Chapter 270: The Destruction of the Field Detachment
Liu Changshun quickly adjusted his tactics, and the assault battalion led by Wang Kaixiang focused on the remaining troops of the Yedi Detachment, which became the flank support of the entire 24th Division. Faced with Wang Kaixiang's desperate assault, Yechi Jiaping showed no fear and concentrated the remaining troops.
A wonderful offensive battle with Wang Kaixiang. [.Com text]
The two sides fought desperately for one support point after another. Wang Kaixiang only had to seize a support point of the Yechi detachment. Before he could get a foothold, the Japanese army had quickly launched a counterattack under the cover of grenades and heavy machine guns. Noji Kahei's desperate efforts
The counterattack made it extremely difficult for the assault battalion to fight. Almost every support point had to go through repeated battles before its ownership could be finally determined.
In order to maximize the damage to the Japanese army, Wang Kaixiang replaced all the leading companies with submachine guns and speed machines, and each person was equipped with six grenades. He used a large number of automatic firearms to engage in close combat with the Japanese army. Once he captured the Japanese support point, he encountered the Japanese army.
In the counterattack, they first inflicted heavy damage on the Japanese troops with a dense rain of grenades, and then concentrated their submachine guns to inflict heavy casualties on the Japanese troops who tried to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the attacking troops.
Although the Japanese counterattack was fierce and Wang Kaixiang fought very hard. But under the full cover of the follow-up mortars and several heavy machine guns, and with the support of Liu Changshun's flares fired regardless of the cost, Wang Kaixiang still made considerable progress.
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Although Liu Changshun mobilized all the artillery fire he could mobilize to support Wang Kaixiang's offensive, the infantry and artillery coordination tactics of the second brigade were incomparable with those of the first brigade, which had undergone special training. In order to support the attacking troops as close as possible, a mortar company
We can only deploy capable forces to follow closely behind the attacking troops to provide fire cover at the nearest location.
Although the second brigade's infantry and artillery coordination tactics are not as skilled as those of the first brigade, its artillery technology is no less than that of the first brigade. The four 90mm guns that cooperate with Wang Kaixiang's operations form two artillery groups, which alternately cover Wang Kaixiang's attack operations. This ensures
As soon as the Japanese light and heavy machine guns fired, the artillery shells exploded there.
Its precise mortar fire suppressed the field detachment's light and heavy machine guns, especially the heavy machine guns. After an hour of fierce fighting, after the field detachment experienced the fierce battle at General Shi's front line, the only two heavy machine gun squadrons left were ten.
Most of the six Type 92 heavy machine guns were lost and they were forced to withdraw from the battle.
The heavy machine gun was knocked out and the support of artillery fire was lost. Although the field detachment still resisted strongly, its confidence was obviously insufficient. In addition to relying on grenade can also cause some trouble to the opponent, without all the backup, only
The resistance of the field detachment that was able to demolish the east wall and repair the west wall was already at the end of its tether.
The fatigue of the Japanese army was slightly revealed, and Wang Kaixiang keenly caught it. Although he himself suffered heavy casualties under the fierce counterattack of the Japanese army, with almost no casualties, two of the four companies had lost their combat effectiveness due to more than half of the casualties.
.But Wang Kaixiang, who still had two companies in hand, immediately put a complete company that had never been used before into the battle, which was also the first battalion and second company with the strongest combat effectiveness of the fourth regiment.
Wang Kaixiang had troops to replace, but as other Japanese troops were entangled with other troops of the Second Brigade and could not divide their troops for support, Nochi Kahei, whose support was obviously weak, had no troops to replace. He could only watch himself.
The squadrons were completely consumed one by one by their opponents who were clearly engaged in a war of attrition, but there was nothing they could do.
He knew that as long as he persisted until dawn, the aviation force arrived, he would have hope. However, when the battle lasted until five o'clock in the morning, when the sky was already darkening, and after having put in the last guard squadron at hand, Nochi Kahei had no more troops to mobilize.
Know that you are defeated.
The fire that soared into the sky on the Junde front line, and no matter how loudly the communications troops shouted, they still could not get in touch with the division headquarters, letting Yeji Kahei know that something had happened at the division headquarters. An accident at the division headquarters would mean that the entire 20th century
Facing the opponent's comprehensive counterattack, the subordinate units of the Fourth Division can only fight independently. Let alone supporting each other, it is difficult to coordinate with each other.
Having exhausted all the troops he had left and knowing that there was no hope of reinforcements at least in the short term, Nochi Kahei took his wing and the last infantry squad half an hour after putting the last squadron of the Nochi detachment into battle.
, leaving behind the guard squadron that was still fighting hard, and disappeared quietly under the cover of the last hint of night on the horizon.
The departure of Yeji Jiaping put the last remaining troops of the Yedi Detachment, which had resisted tenaciously and once contained Liu Changshun's offensive, into a complete dilemma. For the remnants of the guard squadron of the Yedi Detachment that had resisted for the last time, Liu Changshun directly sent his mountain artillery battalion to reduce casualties.
In advance, artillery shells were used instead. After two hours of fierce fighting, the sharp knife battalion, whose sharp knives had been sharpened, completely resolved the battle.
When more than forty mountain artillery shells, more than a hundred infantry artillery shells, and mortar shells were fired at the small hill where the field detachment was finally trapped, tearing the remaining officers and soldiers of the last squadron of the field detachment into pieces. As once
Except for the more than 100 seriously injured soldiers who were captured and incapacitated in the previous battle, the field detachment no longer exists.
Before dawn, they finally completely defeated the main field detachment of the 24th Division's flank covering force, and the 1st Division of the 5th Regiment also completed the final division of the remaining troops of the 24th Division. Despite paying a heavy price, they were two full days late.
After only a few hours, the first phase of the combat mission was finally completed. But after Liu Changshun and Wang Xiaoming looked at each other, they both saw the relaxation inadvertently revealed in the other's eyes.
After defeating the field detachment, the remaining baggage troops and engineers on the flanks of the 24th Division remained tenacious despite the resistance. However, they lacked heavy weapons and faced the close-range mountain artillery, infantry artillery, and flat-firing large-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns.
The intensity is decreasing rapidly.
According to the establishment of the Japanese army, the original four-unit division engineer regiment had a strength of more than 700, and the baggage infantry regiment reached more than 4,000. However, after the July 7th Incident, the Japanese army continued to form new divisions, making training
There is an increasing shortage of qualified officers and soldiers.
When forming these new three-unit divisions, not only the regiment organization was changed from the original four to three, the cavalry regiment was changed to the cavalry brigade, the artillery regiment was also changed from the previous four to three, or even two
.The reduction in the strength of its engineer and baggage regiments is even greater than that of the field regiment. The strength of its engineering and infantry regiments has dropped to more than 400 people, and the number of baggage troops has dropped significantly.
Not to mention that there are only the main baggage troops here, even if all the 25th Division's baggage regiment of more than 700 troops are here, the combined strength of the engineering regiment and the engineering regiment is less than a thousand. And among them, there are not even enough weapons.
to half of the total.
An hour after the entire army of the field detachment, which was the supporting force of the flank, was destroyed, the flank defense line, which had lost its main force and consisted of baggage troops, engineers, and even cremation troops, with nearly half of the people without rifles, could no longer hold on. There were already dead and wounded.
The resistance of more than half of these miscellaneous soldiers, under Liu Changshun's attack with almost no regard for losses, finally collapsed after the sky completely cleared.
Except for some of the divided troops who continued to put up weak and almost negligible resistance, most of them retreated all the way towards the Xinhua line in the south. However, they did not expect that they were led by Ma Chunsheng before they ran very far.
The southern group, which was sweeping from south to north, was blocked.
Most of the people who ran out had no weapons, and some even carried only a branch or a bayonet. Even the few who had guns had used up all their bullets in the fierce fighting in the middle of the night. They were not a field unit.
Not everyone has a gun, and the ammunition is not equipped according to the standard of 120 rounds per infantryman.
Since most of the ammunition is given priority to field regiments such as the Forty Regiment and the Field Detachment, these engineering regiments with few weapons themselves can only be treated as second-class, and each person may even only have thirty rounds of ammunition. While guarding Baoshan
The heavy infantry regiment even fired only fifteen rounds of ammunition per person.
Ma Chunsheng would be polite to these Japanese troops who were almost unarmed. The first battalion had a machine gun, and the submachine gun in his hand swept across the battle, and the battle was solved cleanly. Compared with the stubborn resistance Liu Changshun encountered before,
In comparison, the resistance of these miscellaneous soldiers who have lost all will to fight can almost be ignored.
After getting rid of these miscellaneous soldiers, Ma Chunsheng, who had been urged by Liu Changshun several times to go north, left a company to clean the battlefield and guard the prisoners. He took the main force to replace more than half of the casualties before the Japanese planes arrived.
The fourth regiment pounced towards the back of the 40th Regiment, which was fighting fiercely with Wang Guangyu. At the same time, a force bypassed the fierce battle of General Shixian and rushed to the northeast of Tangyuan to cooperate with the first division's basic regiment to monitor the second Japanese army.
Twelfth Regiment.
The fight lasted until daybreak, and the heart became colder and colder. Colonel Rikio Komatsuzaki tried several times to contact the division headquarters, hoping to get instructions, but to no avail. He tried to get rid of his opponent several times and retreated south to get closer to the division headquarters. But after Wang
Under Guangyu's relentless pursuit, the fight lasted for half the night. The Forty Regiment suffered heavy casualties but was still unable to get rid of its opponent's entanglement.
In fact, by daybreak, Colonel Matsuzaki Rikio could no longer fight. The 40th Regiment, which had launched an attack with the field detachment one after another, had certainly caused extremely heavy casualties to Wang Guangyu in its attack on General Shixian a few days ago.
The old foundation of the first brigade was all gone.
However, the opponent also suffered heavy casualties under the stubborn resistance of the opponent relying on favorable terrain. In addition to the field detachment that was maimed and disabled two brigades, the second brigades of the 40th Regiment that successively launched the attack also suffered more than half of their casualties and completely lost their combat effectiveness.
A large group also suffered nearly one-third casualties.
In fact, only the third battalion of the 40th Regiment remained intact. In addition, it was transferred to serve as the division headquarters security force and the rear supply base security force. By the time Wang Guangyu launched a full-scale counterattack, the 40th Regiment was actually available.
There are less than half of the soldiers.
Only half of the troops were tightly entangled by Wang Guangyu. Although he knew that his opponent was launching a full-scale counterattack, Colonel Matsuzaki Rikio could not mobilize a single soldier to support his flank. Even the opponent had penetrated deep into his position, as if
It was like a nail was hammered into his heart, and the two companies that were clinging to life and death were unable to eliminate them.
After daybreak, Colonel Matsuzaki Rikio, who had exhausted more than half of his manpower, could only give up the attempt to block the breach opened by the opponent and completely shrink the position. At this time, the Third Battalion, which had fought fiercely with Li Mingfeng in the middle of the night, was almost on the verge of death.
Li Mingfeng, who had blocked the breach, was defeated. However, he himself suffered casualties from one and a half squadrons under the opponent's fierce artillery fire and desperate resistance.
Colonel Matsuzaki Tokio really didn't dare to add more troops to the last two squadrons left. This was already the only remaining mobile force of the 40th Regiment. Without him as the commander, he became a mere commander. Re-
Attempts to seal the breach opened by the opponent can only wait until the dawn air force arrives.
Although he already knew that his opponent had the kind of artillery that would explode into pieces when they hit him, Matsuzaki Rikio hesitated for a long time before shrinking all his troops into one place. In his opinion, as long as the sky gets bright and the aviation force arrives, the opponent will
Preserve the artillery and dare not fire easily. Under the cover of aviation, you can get rid of the opponent's entanglement and retreat southward with all your strength.
Colonel Matsuzaki Rikio, who had almost spent a whole sleepless night, was looking forward to the appearance of the aviation soldier who was so cute for the first time.
In fact, Colonel Matsuzaki Rikio didn't know that if he ordered the Third Battalion to insist on even one more offensive, it would be very likely to defeat the current defensive force, which could not even raise a company, and almost all the ammunition he carried had been used up.
Li Mingfeng. And Wang Guangyu, whose manpower was almost exhausted, could no longer mobilize any soldiers to support Li Mingfeng.
If the breakthrough opened by Wang Guangyu is re-blocked and the two companies that broke into the depth of the 40th Regiment are wiped out, Wang Guangyu, who is already at the end of his rope, can only stop the offensive. At the same time, because the troops have been exhausted, there are only two dissatisfied soldiers.
The large defensive line of General Shixian is likely to be captured by the 40th Regiment.
Once General Shixian was lost, it was already broad daylight and the Forty Regiment relied on the favorable terrain and the cover of a large number of aviation forces. In fact, Wang Guangyu, who was also exhausted from the fight, had almost no chance of recapturing it.
At that time, Komatsuzaki Rikio, who has occupied the Shogun's Stone Line at the gateway to Luobei, can advance northward and break into Luobei, which has been extremely depleted of troops. When retreating, he can rely on the favorable terrain of the Shogun's Stone Line, defend tenaciously with air support, and wait for the arrival of reinforcements.
At least you can be invincible at that time.
But sometimes the balance of victory is just a little bit close. Komatsuzaki Rikio gave up re-blocking the breach opened by the opponent and gathered the troops together. Although it seemed safe for the time being, he completely lost the initiative he originally had on the battlefield.
gave in.
Moreover, it was not that easy for the 40th Regiment, which was already entangled with Wang Guangyu's men, to shrink. Although they finally blocked the opponent's offensive, they were stalked by the opponent and were almost indiscriminate in their tactics.
, the shrunken position was not only within easy reach of the opponent, but also suffered a lot of damage from the opponent.
The defense line entangled with the opponent not only made the 40th Regiment have to guard against the mortar shells and machine gun bullets fired from time to time by the opponent at any time. It also made the aviation force constrained and unable to support the ground attack.
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