Yang Zhen's telegram to stop Wang Guangyu's next move was very simple. It only contained two sentences. The first was to order Wang Guangyu to end the war at Wang Shazitun's front line as soon as possible. [.Com text] The second was to tell him directly.
The regiment will be returned to its organizational structure immediately after the enemy facing Fuguitun is eliminated. At the same time, the supplementary soldiers allocated to the 1st Brigade will arrive with the 1st Regiment later.
Looking at Yang Zhen's telegram, Wang Guangyu immediately understood that this was the commander's next big move, and he did not dare to mess around. In addition to handing over Sugino Yan's remaining soldiers to the Second Regiment
, he stopped honestly and made a temporary adjustment within his own unit before the additional troops arrived.
Originally, Wang Guangyu thought that with the existing two battalions of the Second Regiment, it would be impossible to catch the snails with three fingers by eating up the remnants of less than two squadrons of Japanese troops currently trapped in the small village of Wang Shazitun.
What's wrong? He didn't expect that Ma Fengqi, the leader of the Second Regiment, was playing extremely poorly.
Compared with the villages in the pass, the size of Wangshazitun is indeed not large. However, this village is a larger group of tribes composed of residents from the entire western mountainous area of Tangyuan who were relocated after the Japanese army took over the settlement and merged households. In order to cut off
The connection between the people and the Anti-Japanese Alliance activities was in the western mountainous area of Tangyuan, where the Japanese army built a tall and strong wall.
As an outpost to blockade the Anti-Japanese Alliance, it is different from other group tribes made of rammed earth. The wall of Wangshazitun is entirely made of large pieces of granite poured into concrete. It is not only tall, but also extremely strong. The 90 mm pressure
Hitting it with cannonballs is like scratching an itch.
In addition to strengthening the powerful direct-aiming artillery, the infantry artillery and light and heavy mortars equipped by the second regiment have limited lethality against the wall. Moreover, the Japanese army has less than two squadrons, and although its strength is definitely not large, it is just that
Combat soldiers even refer to infantry alone.
But its firepower is not weak. Not only are there a lot of machine guns and grenade launchers. Especially the heavy machine guns, there are as many as twelve. Moreover, as the seat of Sugino Yan's headquarters, the ammunition reserve here is also extremely large.
Sufficient. There will be no problem if you insist on it for at least three days.
Relying on solid fortifications, a large number of light and heavy machine guns, and a tenacious will to resist, the remnants of the Japanese army that had all shrunk into Wangshazitun Village gave Ma Fengqi and his second unit a solid lesson in what it means to attack a fortress.
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Originally, Ma Fengqi did not regard the Japanese army that had retreated into Wangshazitun as a piece of cake. In Ma Fengqi's view, the Japanese army in front of him was indeed very powerful, but after its main force had been eaten, there were less than two soldiers left.
How much trouble can the defeated remnant of a squadron cause? He was too careless, which also affected his own troops. The second regiment did not even carefully survey the terrain before launching an attack.
The result of Ma Fengqi's carelessness was that he was hit hard in the head with a stick, and this stick beat the Second Regiment to a bloody head. The company that took the lead in attacking had already been wiped out by the Japanese army in front of Wang Shazitun.
The completely clean and almost uncovered area was intensively strafed by more than ten light and heavy machine guns from the Japanese army, as well as four infantry cannons mounted on the wall.
A fully loaded infantry company did not even reach the edge of the wall, so it was forced to retreat with two-thirds of its casualties. The number of retreating personnel, including those with injuries, was only fifty.
Multiple people.
Seeing that his entire infantry company was crippled without even exerting any effort, Ma Fengqi's eyes turned red and he cursed in distress. But scolding is a curse, and problems must be solved after all.
Just scolding here will not solve any problem.
After calming down, Ma Fengqi raised his binoculars and carefully observed the Japanese deployment in Wangshazitun. Only then did he realize how big a mistake he had made in underestimating the enemy. At the same time, he felt lucky that he was among the first wave of attacks.
Not too many troops were invested.
The Japanese army invested 80% of the troops on hand that could be put into battle on the wall, and invested 100% of heavy weapons. Coupled with the well-trained Japanese army's precise marksmanship, the entire Wangshazitun was now like a
Like a hedgehog breathing fire tongues everywhere.
The thickness of the walls of Wang Shazitun is obviously different from those of the group tribes he fought before. Although it is not made of reinforced concrete, it is obvious that those large granite stones are not any worse than the strength of concrete. Ninety millimeters
The mortar shells are like scratching an itch. Even if the 120mm mortar shells are fired, they will not have much effect. What kind of wall is this? It can be compared with the walls of those small counties in the pass.
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Ma Fengqi, who lacked direct-aiming artillery, hesitated for a long time, but still hung up a phone call to Wang Guangyu, hoping to get support from the field artillery battalion strengthened by the pre-war headquarters for the 1st Brigade. Although this wall could not be damaged by mortar shells, in the 1970s
In front of the five-millimeter field gun, although it cannot be like paper, it will no longer be indestructible.
Just Wang Guangyu's reply made Ma Fengqi feel as if a basin of cold water had been poured from head to toe. The shells of the field artillery battalion strengthened by the headquarters had been exhausted in the previous battle. Now before new supplies are sent from the headquarters, the field artillery battalion's shells have been exhausted.
The artillery camp had no shells left.
Although Wang Guangyu's words were tactful, his meaning was expressed clearly. He told Ma Fengqi that if the Second Regiment wanted to take down the fire hedgehog, they had to find a way on their own. Don't even think about artillery support.
.At least until new supplementary artillery shells are delivered to the headquarters, it will be impossible to support artillery fire like in the battles of the past few days.
Putting down the phone in his hand, Ma Fengqi knew that there would be no more artillery support and looked back at the wall that was surrounded by flames that could kill people at any time, but he felt a headache. Without the support of artillery, if he wanted to capture this wall
How many people are needed to add more to it? Think of more ways? What do you think? You can't bite that stone wall that's as high as two people with your teeth, right?
Ma Fengqi, who looked like a vicious wolf trapped in a room, pulling back and forth with red eyes. At Yang Zhen's request, as one of the political cadres that the central government had just transferred from the pass, a group of Yang Zhen's old troops
Selected from the 29th Division, he served as deputy director of the regiment political office and instructor of the main battalion when he was in the Red Army.
As a veteran political worker, Huang Guanglie, who replaced the former Political Commissar of the Second Regiment who was transferred to the Political Department of the Military Region as the Propaganda and Education Section Chief, was very steady. He smiled and said: "Old Ma, don't do it either.
I'm too anxious. If you think about it carefully, there will eventually be a solution."
Having said this, Huang Guanglie pondered for a while and said: "During the Long March, because we had lost all our heavy weapons, we could only use our brains to think more when attacking the enemy. Without the support of heavy weapons, this battle would not be fought at the right time.
We have to fight. Does it mean that without the support of heavy weapons, we will not be able to fight?"
"I just took a look. This group of devils is very cunning. When they reduced their forces, they cleared the entire three hundred-meter radius around the village. There was not even a tree left for us. If we want to launch a
The attack, with such intensive Japanese firepower, would be difficult to pass through the three hundred meters distance."
"However, it is difficult to pass through on the ground, but it is not necessarily impossible underground. Without the firepower of direct-aimed artillery to help us blow up this wall, don't we still have explosives distributed and seized by our superiors on hand? We can use explosives to blow it up
That wall, the explosives might as well have a larger yield. Even if it doesn't kill them, it can still stun them."
Hearing this, Ma Fengqi looked at the political commissar who was still unfamiliar to him, and said with some confusion: "How to go underground, maybe we have to drill a mouse hole. My political commissar, don't say there is no one, even if there is really one now
Even people our size can't get through this mouse hole."
After hearing Ma Fengqi's words, Huang Guanglie smiled and squatted down. He asked the guard beside him for the kettle and placed it on the ground. He used a branch to draw a big circle around the outside of the kettle, then placed a little more emphasis on the outside of the circle and said, "Captain, look.
This is Wangshazitun, and this circle is the area where the Japanese have cleared the area. This is our position."
"In other words, the straight-line distance between us and the Japs is only three hundred meters. If we dig a few tunnels at our current location, we can dig directly under the Japs' walls and place explosives. If we don't have enough time, we don't even need to dig.
A fully concealed tunnel, as long as one person is tall enough to cover our attacking troops."
"The Japs' light and heavy machine guns are all set up on the wall that is more than two people high. As long as we go underground, it will be difficult for the Japs' firepower to hit us. Even if our mortars cannot collapse the wall, the covering troops can't.
Just dig in. Besides, we can also light something on fire to cover the troops with smoke."
Speaking of this, Huang Guanglie said: "Old Ma, our troops are much better now than when we were on the Long March. Everyone has enough bullets. The number of light and heavy machine guns in your regiment is incomparable to even the best brigade in the pass.
Above. There are also light and heavy mortars, infantry artillery, grenades, anti-aircraft machine guns, etc. This is something that neither the former Red Army nor the current 18th Army dared to think of in the pass. It is your previous resistance
I'm afraid you haven't even thought about joining the Second Route Army, right?"
"But what the brigade commander just said is right. The troops and equipment have come up, which is a good thing. But we must not develop the habit of relying on firepower to solve everything. We are not that generous. We do not have enough support in military industry capabilities.
This habit we had before must be changed. We cannot fight without the cover of artillery fire."
Ma Fengqi didn't listen to Huang Guanglie's preaching words at all, but the novel tactics in front aroused his great interest. The political commissar had only been in office for a few days, and although the two sides were not familiar with each other yet, Ma Fengqi saw that
It turns out that my new partner is definitely not a simple character. At first glance, he is a battle-hardened character. This will give me a surprise as soon as he comes up.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the idea proposed by Huang Guanglie was very likely to be realized. After thinking about it for a while, Ma Fengqi stood up and patted the dust on his hands and said: "Political Commissar, I think your method is feasible. But we have what we have now.
There is a shortage of wood, and it is too late to find it now.
"I think we can just create a few semi-hidden trenches one person deep, three hundred meters apart, and deploy a few companies and directly affiliated engineering companies. I think we can definitely dig in under the Japanese wall before dark. At the same time, we can dig in under the wall.
Two heavy machine guns and a mortar were deployed behind each trench to cover them and suppress the grenades and machine guns of the Japs."
After that, Ma Fengqi called over the three battalion commanders and several direct company commanders of the regiment, and directly used the formation that Huang Guanglie had set up, divided each of the three battalions into a section and said: "Spread your three battalions evenly for me to advance together, one
Even a tunnel. The engineer company has prepared explosives for me, and distributed five hundred kilograms to each battalion."
"At the same time, light and heavy machine guns and mortars were sent to me in advance to suppress the Japanese firepower on the wall. I must ensure the safety of the troops' excavation. The political commissar is right, your mortars cannot blow up the wall.
Is it possible that even the Japanese firepower on the wall can’t be suppressed?”
"This time there is no distinction between main attack and assist. The company that digs under the wall first and blows open the wall first will be the main attack. This time I can't sell the iron. ***, one regiment can't even connect two squadrons of devils.
If we can’t even eat it, how can we have the face to meet people?”
Ma Fengqi changed his tactics, but it made Colonel Sugino dumbfounded. When his opponents made such a move, they all went underground, making all his light and heavy machine guns and other direct firepower instantly useless. The only grenade can only be fired in time.
After a few rounds, they were either shot into the sky by the mortars that the opponent had aimed at long ago, or they were killed or maimed by the opponent's snipers.
Seeing his opponents entering deeper and deeper into the tunnels, Sugino Sugino suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. If he didn't find any way to stop his opponents' actions, at this speed, they would be able to hit him right before his eyes before it got dark.
But apart from mobilizing troops to attack, Colonel Sugino couldn't think of any other way.
Gritting his teeth, Colonel Sugino, who really couldn't think of a countermeasure, dispatched two infantry squads and rushed out, trying to destroy the opponent's tunnel fortifications. However, the opponent's firepower had already been aimed at him, and as soon as his side of the village gate opened
, the opponent's light and heavy machine guns mixed with mortar shells swept over like a violent storm. Before the two teams could approach the tunnel, they were beaten back.
Seeing that the two teams that were fully staffed when they set out, only less than half of them came back, Sugino Yan completely gave up the idea of destroying the opponent's tunnel fortifications. He knew that his opponent was now eager to leave the fortifications and fight them.
Fight head-on. As soon as you break away from the existing fortifications, your opponent will calmly eliminate you.
In desperation, Yano Sugino could only increase his firepower, and tried every means to use firepower to stop his opponent. This was an extremely shameless and devoid of bushido-like tactics. But no matter how many machine guns there were, the bullets fired would not turn and could stop the opponent.
Their capabilities are really limited. The Japanese soldiers on the wall just watched their opponents dig the tunnels right under their noses, almost calmly, but they were unable to do anything.
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