Tao Jingfei, who did not have much strength in hand, faced the Japanese army, which was under the personal supervision of Yasui Fujiji and seemed to be attacking like crazy. Although everyone's equipment was only half a pound to eighty liang, he was still in trouble. They even had a certain advantage in terms of the fire support they received. [.Com text] But Tao Jingfei had to admit that the quality of this second division was really not something to be boasted about.
Although both sides were equipped with the same Type 38 rifles, crooked machine guns, Type 92 heavy machine guns and grenade launchers, they basically had no advantage in rifle shooting, or even light and heavy machine gun shooting. The Japanese army's grenade fire was very clever and accurate, with almost no hits missed.
If it were not for the absolute advantage in the number of automatic firearms on his side, the large number of submachine guns and the intensive firepower of speed machines would have taken a great advantage in close combat. Moreover, compared with the Japanese army, he had three brigades that had been following him. Fire support from the 90mm mortar battery of the 9th Regiment.
In addition, the mountain artillery company directly under the brigade following Mu Changqiu's actions also provided artillery fire from time to time. Tao Jingfei's improvised blocking line might not be able to stop the Japanese army's crazy repeated charges.
Tao Jingfei's fight was very painful under the repeated pig-like charges launched by the Japanese army. But compared to him, who was just having a hard time, Lieutenant General Yasui Fujiharu at this moment can simply be described as miserable. The troops of several main regiments were destroyed. The opponent is either clinging to you, or being killed or wounded by the opponent's fierce attack.
The only two infantry squadrons and one engineer squadron left around them not only failed to break through the opponent's defense line after several attacks, but the opponent almost ignored the consumption of ammunition and could even use raindrops of mortar shells and numerous light and heavy machine guns. Under the fire attack, except for one squadron that was held in the hand and dared not move, the rest were almost completely lost in just over an hour.
Looking at the few troops left on hand, and then looking at the blocking positions of the opponent facing dense rain of bullets, and from the area where the attack was launched to the opponent's position, almost all the way was covered with the corpses of the dead and people unable to withdraw. , the wounded who could only groan in pain in front of the enemy's position, Yasui Toji's heart became colder and colder. He knew that his efforts to open up a retreat route for the entire army had failed.
Listening to the urgent call of Major General Shozaburo Katayama over the radio, after a fierce battle in the middle of the night and less than a day, Toji Yasui, who had suddenly become much older due to the heavy casualties of the Second Division, waved his hand and signaled The signal soldier immediately turned off the radio.
Seeing Toji Yasui's actions, Colonel Bai De, the only captain of the 30th regiment who was still with him among the division commanders, said softly: "Your Excellency, division commander, judging from the opponent's firepower and troop deployment, Look, if we continue to fight, all our strength will be exhausted. See if we can concentrate the remaining strength on hand and turn to the west Heli River line to break through with all our strength. The opponent's defense force there is weaker."
"As long as we can rush out, turn south, and cross the swamps along the Nada River at the Wynn line, we can join Major General Katayama's troops. As long as we cross the Nada River, we will be safe."
After hearing Colonel Bader's suggestion, Toji Yasui glanced at him and said with a somewhat dissatisfied tone: "We are turning to the west. What about the rest of the troops who are still fighting the opponent at this time? Should we just give up and ignore them?" ?To abandon friendly forces and subordinates like this, is this what our majestic Imperial Army of Japan should do?"
Regarding the words of Anjing Tengji, Bird shook his head and said: "Your Excellency, division commander, it's not that we ignore them, it's actually that we can't protect ourselves now. We have tried hard, but you have seen the result. They are now being
The opponent is so entangled that we can't even retreat, let alone break through."
"You can now ask several regiments how many fighting troops they have on hand? From the fierce battle last night to this morning, the blood of each regiment has been almost exhausted. We can't rescue too many soldiers even if we hold on.
Troops. General, I know that you love your troops as much as your sons. But the current situation is extremely unfavorable to us."
"How far away are you listening to the gunshots behind us? The opponent's pursuers are now very close behind us. There are only two engineer teams behind us blocking the attack. How long can such a small force hold off the pursuers?
, as the division commander, you should know."
"Once we delay and the pursuers arrive, we will be attacked from both sides. The death of Lieutenant General Nemoto Hiro has set a precedent for the first division commander of the Imperial Army to die on the battlefield. You cannot let the second
The division is repeating the same mistakes and becoming the laughing stock of others."
Having said this, Colonel Bird waved to the guards around him, and regardless of Lieutenant General Ani Toji's struggle, he forcibly lifted him up. Colonel Bird didn't care whether he would deal with him after he returned. He
What I know now is that if I don't run, I won't be able to escape until the opponents who have already caught up behind me surround me.
Determined, Colonel Bird led the remaining troops and seized the opportunity when Tao Jingfei was adjusting his deployment due to casualties. He turned west and opened a large hole in the western front position defended by only one platoon, discarding all the baggage and wounded along the way.
Ran away wildly.
Tao Jingfei, who did not expect that the Japanese army would break out to the west, reacted too late. At this time, Colonel Bird, with a patchwork of troops that was less than a squadron, forcibly held the disappeared figure of Yasui Toji.
There was no trace. Tao Jingfei, who was in a hurry and unable to prepare himself, only caught some of the tails who stayed behind to block the pursuers.
Tao Jingfei, who was tricked by Colonel Bird and didn't know that one of the escaped Japanese soldiers was General Shi Xianxian, was the only one who spoke after interrogating the prisoners he captured. After learning the truth, Tao Jingfei was so regretful that he was almost killed.
He bit off his own tongue. If he had known that the previous Japanese offensive was personally directed by the commander of the Second Division, Anjing Toji, Tao Jingfei would have launched a counterattack without hesitation. Even if he couldn't catch anyone alive, even if he was dead, it would be fine.
Tao Jingfei felt depressed when he thought that this old fellow, Toji Anjing, had slipped away from him for the second time. The first time Mu Changqiu took over the headquarters of the Second Division, although he killed the Chief of Staff of the Second Division,
But because of the stubborn resistance of the opponent's security forces, the old guy ran away.
But this time, when the main force was about to encircle him, this old guy still escaped from under his nose. Tao Jingfei, who almost made himself angry to death, saw that dozens of people were struggling for their lives and injured many of them.
They captured their soldiers, so the tightly tied Japanese prisoners of war were angry.
If these guys hadn't refused to speak, that damn old bastard wouldn't have been able to escape. If it hadn't been for his status as political commissar, Tao Jingfei, who was in such a rage, almost didn't pull out his gun and killed all these prisoners.
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Tao Jingfei, who was the biggest fish in the entire General Stone Line, originally wanted to grab food from Mu Changqiu and take it out on the 29th Regiment who was struggling with the Eighth Regiment. But Yang Zhen's letter was on the spot
The telegrams that blocked the Japanese army's retreat and blocked possible Japanese reinforcements could only make him stay silent.
Tao Jingfei was very depressed because Toji Anjing ran away. Later, when he led the main force of the Seventh Regiment to arrive, he found that Du Kaishan, who had nothing to do, was even more upset. Seeing that General Shixian no longer had any room for his participation, Du Kaishan turned his attention directly to
After arriving at Tangyuan, at the junction of Heli and Wang Guangyu, who was fighting fiercely with the Japanese outflanking troops, I planned to grab food from Wang Guangyu.
As for Mu Changqiu's two squadrons that were still resisting, they were just a piece of cake in his opinion, and they really didn't interest him. It was just the commander's order to move the third brigade to defense on the spot, which made him a little agitated.
Don't dare to act rashly.
Tactically, if you disobey the orders of your superiors, as long as you are not running away, the commander may not pursue him. But strategically, you are disobeying the orders of your superiors and changing the battle plan without authorization, which affects the unified deployment of your superiors. If the commander finds out about this, a scolding will be considered frivolous.
of.
He was really unwilling to just let him watch like this here. After the main force of the Seventh Regiment went south to join the troops led by the political commissar, except for Mu Changqiu, who was still fighting fiercely with the remnants of the 29th Regiment, he now had
With the addition of another regiment of troops, Du Kaishan was obviously more confident.
Despite some hesitation, this guy kept encouraging Tao Jingfei to go south to compete with Wang Guangyu for food. In his opinion, as long as his political commissar agreed to bear this responsibility with him, at least when punishing him, the commander would also
He will be merciful. The commander can't withdraw the military and political officers together.
Tao Jingfei was indeed a little moved by this guy's instigation. However, although he was still depressed because Toji Yasui ran away from under his nose, Tao Jingfei's head was at least sober. He was more or less still disobeying orders from his superiors.
There is some hesitation. Because he is a political commissar, once the superiors investigate this matter, his punishment will probably be higher than that of Du Kaishan.
It's just that the bait thrown by Du Kaishan really made him a little tempted. Yasui Toji has only so many troops at hand, where can he run? It's not like meeting up with Katayama Shozaburo. As long as we take a shortcut to Fuguitun, Xihe Line
If the Japanese army attacks from the flank, they may be able to catch the fish that has escaped.
After receiving a telegram from Tao Jingfei's Anjing Toji who broke out to the west and asked for punishment, he didn't know that Tao Jingfei was instigated by Du Kaishan at this time. The hesitant Yang Zhen smiled and didn't care. One of them was lost.
So what if the subordinate commander just let him run away? According to the current progress of General Shixian's war, although the fight is very difficult, it is basically certain that the battle can be resolved before midnight.
After the Second Battalion of the Thirty Regiment took the lead in annihilating the entire army, and after a fierce battle with Du Kaishan's Seventh Regiment in the middle of the night and nearly a day, the remaining one and a half squadrons of the Japanese Sixteenth Regiment were successfully resolved before being ordered to go south.
The commander of the Colonel's regiment, Shigesaburo Miyazaki, was killed. Although the few remaining troops were still resisting, they could no longer reverse the overall situation.
As for Liu Changshun, with the fire support of a battalion from the field artillery regiment directly under the military region, it was basically done. The remaining Japanese troops, less than a squadron, were tightly surrounded by firepower from a battalion of Liu Changshun. If Liu Changshun hadn't been transferred
A battalion went to replace Du Kaishan, who had actually ended the battle and ordered the entire brigade to move south. The remaining strength of the 4th Regiment had long been wiped out.
Two hours after the remaining troops of the 30th Regiment broke through, only the remnants of the 29th Regiment who were still fighting Mu Changqiu in the battle between General Shixian were left. Although the two remnants of the 29th Regiment were still fighting fiercely.
The resistance of this squadron is still tenacious, but anyone who is not blind can see that their destruction is just a matter of time.
Yang Zhen can be sure that even if Anjing Tengji runs back to Jiamusi, it is unlikely that he will lead troops again in the future. It is estimated that according to the Japanese army's custom, he will be given a casual job for this guy, and he will be sent home after recuperation. Secondly
The significance of the division to the Japanese army is self-evident. Not counting Major General Saburo Katayama, who is still entangled with Wang Guangyu. The loss of General Shixian alone was enough for the Tokyo Base Camp to give him a free return ticket.
Seeing that Yang Zhen didn't care about Toji Ani running away, he had already joined him. At this time, Guo Bingxun, who was marking the progress of each department on the map, pondered for a while and said: "Commander, this Toji Ani has run away, and the rest of the Japanese army is now
Du Kaishan's move to force his way south from the Japanese army's formation is meaningless as we linger on for a while."
"After he joined Tao Jingfei, he should have one regiment of troops on hand now, not counting Mu Changqiu's 1st Regiment, which is still fighting fiercely with the remnants of the 29th Regiment. Such a large number of troops cannot sit idle.
I wonder if we should let them assume a posture of going south, scare Major General Katayama Shozaburo, and make them retreat without a fight."
Speaking of this, Guo Bingxun hesitated for a moment and then said: "Commander, we are now exhausted. I just made a rough calculation. Not counting Wang Guangyu's side, in the battle last night and today, Liu
Changshun's only remaining regiment suffered nearly half casualties, and Du Kaishan's third brigade suffered more than one-third casualties."
"This is the number of casualties of the field troops of the military region. The latest casualty figures for the first and third divisions, which are fighting fiercely with the Japanese 11th Division and the 25th Division, have not yet been calculated. The third division is fine, but according to Chen Hanzhang
Judging from yesterday's telegram, after our army launched a full-scale counterattack, a detachment of the Japanese 11th Division crossing the river from Fujin clearly strengthened its offensive."
"Chen Hanzhang only has one divisional basic regiment, plus the troops of the two county brigades of Luobei and Suibin. Although the number of troops is not much different from the detachment of the 11th Division, the quality is incomparable. After several days of fierce fighting
At the end of the day, two-thirds of the basic regiment of the Third Division has been casualties. Now in order to supplement the strength of the Third Division, the commander-in-chief has even transferred the guard battalion of the Northeast Bureau to the Third Division."
"This is only the number of casualties, and the consumption of materials has not been included. Now two-thirds of the ammunition in stock, especially artillery shells of various calibers, has been consumed. In addition to the arsenal currently seizing the time to produce more mortar shells,
The rest of the artillery shells are already being dug up, using our last reserves."
"Especially now that the 75mm mountain artillery shells that we are currently unable to produce are almost depleted of embers, and the total inventory is less than 200 rounds. Although the inventory of 107 rocket shells is slightly more, it is also less than a thousand rounds.
After several consecutive wars, our material losses were too great."
"Since the troops of the Second Division destroyed almost all their weapons and ammunition before the entire army was destroyed, our seizures during the battle with the Second Division were almost zero. Except for the ones captured from Mu Changqiu
In addition to more than a thousand rounds of 75mm field artillery shells, the remaining ammunition and equipment seized are far less than the consumption."
"Compared with the consumption of ammunition, the most difficult thing now is the replenishment of soldiers. In addition to the only independent regiment that can be used as supplementary soldiers, as well as the small number of prisoners of the Puppet Manchu Army whose reliability is much worse, we now have
We don’t have any additional troops now. Commander, we are now unsustainable. I wonder if the next stage will be based on deterrence.”
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