Three hundred and fiftieth seventh chapter won the bet
What made Okajima Shigetoshi feel even more unlucky was that when he chose to hold on to his position, he was too hasty and selected several mountains that turned out to be stone mountains. In the absence of tools, on a solid mountain full of stones,
It is almost impossible to build any fortifications using only engineering shovels.
Moreover, the mountains full of rocks increased our losses to a certain extent. When an enemy artillery shell fell, the rocks flying everywhere almost doubled the power of the artillery shells. Especially on the mountains,
The rocks flying everywhere have almost no blind spots, and are even more lethal than cannonballs.
Looking at the enemy troops rushing up from the surrounding area, the increasingly intensive artillery fire falling on his head, and the pressure of the firepower from the surrounding commanding heights, his subordinates could not even lift their heads. Facing the increasing number of troops every minute,
Okajima Shigetoshi knew the number of casualties very well. If he didn't find a way, he and the remaining subordinates might be buried here.
Gritting his teeth, Okajima Shigetoshi decided to change his tactics. Damn it, hold on until dark. If you drag it on, this little force will be worn away. Okajima Shigetoshi, who was about to go crazy, ordered the squadron with docked tails to hold on to the end.
The two hillocks used cross fire to block the passage for the enemy to attack from behind.
Anyway, the chance of the squadron that has been encircled to break out seems to be very slim at least now. Rather than wasting the squadron's considerable strength in the breakout battle, it is better to let them sacrifice their lives to feed the tiger and use limited resources.
Use your troops to hold back some of the enemy troops as much as possible to reduce the pressure on you to break through.
As for the enemy forces that have cut off the connection between their main force and the following squadron, let them focus their main target on the squadron that is actually in a dead end. As for the main force led by him, the entire army has bayonets and engages in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.
Concentrating all the remaining light and heavy machine gun firepower, they broke out toward the southwest of Damai Gou.
The three infantry squadrons that broke out in Jianping City are now supporting him on the front line of Jiajiayingzi. As long as he joins these three infantry squadrons, he can rest easy. With the reinforcements of these three fully-organized squadrons, let alone
He is not afraid of two battalions of enemy troops, even if a brigade comes.
At the same time, after reuniting with him, he turned to the southwest and flanked the entire Jianping battlefield to Yebaishou. As long as he recaptured the strategic town of Yebaishou, although he failed to return to Chaoyang as ordered, he could still be regarded as completing the reinforcement task assigned to him by the division commander.
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Okajima Shigetoshi here had just begun to put his ideas into practice, and the brigade commander of the advancing army there immediately sensed that these Japs wanted to break out of the encirclement by force from the way he braved the surrounding artillery fire and began to gather troops. He did not want to give himself a
He caused too many casualties. In addition to ordering the troops in front, if the Japanese army launched a bayonet charge, get out of the way and attack from both wings with firepower.
He also adopted the wolf pack tactics of following and overtaking the pursuit, tearing off the flesh from the Japanese army's breakout sequence. He would not be too little if he divided a Japanese army into a squad, and he would not be too much if he divided a Japanese army into a squadron. He could bite.
You can bite off as much as you can. But there is one thing, that is, you are absolutely not allowed to fight hard.
However, considering that under unfavorable combat conditions, the Japanese army generally used the tactic of cutting off the tail of a gecko to protect the whole body. In order to prevent the pursuing troops on the wings and behind from being restrained by small groups of Japanese troops, he strictly stipulated the troops at all levels.
Facing the Japanese army that was divided by itself, it was necessary to stop the pursuit and left the operational standard of encirclement and annihilation.
The enemy at the company level must not be less than one squad of Japanese troops. The Japanese troops at the platoon level must be faced by no less than one detachment.
If the company captures only one Japanese detachment and then stops to encircle and annihilate it, the company commander will be dismissed on the spot. If the surrounding Japanese army cannot be encircled and annihilated for a while, then stay and watch them, as long as they do not merge with the main force of the Japanese army.
On the front line of Damai Gou, he strengthened the high-speed machine company left by Cao Yafan to the southwest of Damai Gou. With four 12mm machine guns, he strengthened the two Type 92 heavy machine guns captured today. As well as the previous ones in the Wei family shack.
During the battle, all nine Type 96 light machine guns captured were deployed in crossfire.
At the same time, he turned the firepower of the four German-made general-purpose machine guns originally deployed on the Damai Gou line to the west, blocking the mountain roads and mountainside areas where the Japanese army turned southwest from Damai Gou. If the direction in which the Japanese army would break out was determined,
, turn to the southwest of Damai Gou. These four machine guns will first peel off a layer of skin from the Japanese army.
After adding two 82 mortars and two mountain guns to the artillery group, he set up a tight fire ambush circle for Okajima Shigetoshi on the mountain road southwest of Damai Gou. In his words, if the Japanese army
If you really want to fight a bayonet breakout, then use firepower to teach them a lesson.
Tell this bunch of little devils who have been relying on their own firepower to go on the rampage. There was nothing they could do against them in the pass. It is not that the Chinese people's fighting will is really worse than theirs. If the Chinese soldiers had the same sophisticated equipment as theirs, they would definitely not
Let them live a good life. In terms of the use of firepower, the Chinese army is no worse than them.
In addition to the fire blockade, the last reserve team of the reinforced platoon was also placed on the two hills southwest of Damai Gou. Once the Japanese army breaks through the first-line fire net, the reinforced platoon can at least buy time for itself to adjust its deployment. Consider this.
It was already approaching dusk, and he deployed all the three hundred flares left by Cao Yafan to the southwest.
It's not that he knew what Okajima Shigetoshi was thinking in advance. It was that the Japanese troops who ran from Jianping City to Jiajiayingzi were in the southwest of the entire Damai Gou line. Since the guy on the opposite side wanted to break out, he should
It was heading toward the southwest. Because in the southwest, there were the reinforcements he dreamed of.
When Cao Yafan left, the remaining battalion was deployed at Jiangyingzi, southwest of Damai Gou, on the Liutiaogou line. If the Japanese troops were allowed to escape from the Damai Gou line, he would be humiliated.
The duck cooked in one's own pot flew into other people's bowls.
In fact, he placed the last reserve force in the southwest of Damai Gou, which was actually a gamble. If the Japanese army had not chosen this direction to break out, and his troops had been used to the extreme, he might have been overtaken by the Japanese army. Because he initiated the general attack
In the attack, all his troops in the northeast direction have been committed to the attack. In the northeast direction, he only has two squads of security forces.
Fortunately, even though he was still a little unsure when he placed the bet, he finally made the right bet. Okajima Shigetoshi's breakout direction was really based on his judgment. After desperately gathering more than one
After the squadron, under the cover of the only three heavy machine guns and all light machine guns left behind, they desperately broke through to the southwest.
Okajima Shigetoshi thought that by turning to the southwest, where the defense was relatively weak, he could use the Japanese army's assault capabilities to finally open a gap. But he didn't want to. His breakout operation was solid, and he ran into a new fire network.
Medium. Not only the frontal blocking firepower is like a fire net, but also the flanking firepower is quite intensive.
As a result, his first group of troops had not had time to get close to the garrison position southwest of Damai Gou. They were attacked by a burst of artillery fire on the way, and more than half of them were sent back to their hometown. The remaining half were captured by Damai Gou on the way.
The machine gun fire from the front was all knocked out as it charged toward the southwest.
Looking at the first batch of attacking teams, they were all shot to death on the way without even touching the mountain pass in the southwest. I knew that as long as I hesitated for a moment, I would not have to think about breaking out, but would have to consider whether to commit seppuku or use a pistol.
Colonel Okajima Shigetoshi, who had committed suicide, continued to invest troops to the southwest of Damaigou without any hesitation.
The wave-like attack he launched put a lot of pressure on the blocking troops in front of him. However, relying on the machine gun firepower and the huge lethality of the 12mm machine gun, Colonel Shigetoshi Okajima's breakout operation was like waves that kept rushing towards the embankment.
.Wave after wave rushed up, and another wave was pushed back under the intensive crossfire.
This blocking battle officially started at 18:25 pm. After a full four hours of fierce fighting, Damaigou and the defenders in the southwest consumed almost two-thirds of all ammunition, and finally did not let Gang
Shima Shigeton's breakout operation was successful.
The only troops Okajima Shigetoshi had on hand, which were not many, were also used up again and again in unnecessary consumption, depleting the last of his blood. No matter how fierce the Japanese soldiers are in combat, he is still a human being. He can take a shot.
Bullets or cannonballs also kill or maim.
After four hours of fierce fighting, the mountain road from Shijiazi Nangou to the southwest pass of Damai Gou and the ridges on both sides were full of corpses of Japanese soldiers. They were either unconscious or constantly dying.
The wounded were lightly or seriously injured. However, the wounded who were hit by rifle bullets were still in a bit of pain, but they were still alive. Although there was no one to manage and care for them, they were still barely alive after all.
Those who were hit by 12mm anti-aircraft machine gun bullets were not so lucky. Many had their arms knocked off or were knocked back. The most evil thing about this thing is not the huge penetration power, nor the huge damage.
The force. But the terrifying pressure it brings when hit at close range.
Those who were hit directly in the chest and were not even given time to rescue were better off. But whether they were hit in the arms or legs, as long as they were hit, they would be amputated directly. However, they could not die for a while and could only wait until the blood in the whole body flowed out.
He will die only after doing it. This is undoubtedly a long, but extremely painful wait.
This kind of on-the-spot amputation without anesthesia, but the huge pain caused by being unable to die for a while, was unbearable even for the tenacious Japanese soldiers. The wounded on the ground and howling in pain made the remaining Japanese soldiers feel depressed.
Morale dropped even more rapidly.
The corpses of Japanese soldiers killed in battle all over the mountains and fields, the constant exploding shells, and the colors of the ballistic trajectories across the night sky added a bit of terror and ferociousness to the mountains and fields in the early summer night. The remaining Japanese soldiers could no longer break out, and their will was completely gone.
Collapse. Although the remaining Japanese troops are still trying to resist, they are already helpless. Colonel Shigetoshi Okajima's continuous breakout tactics have drained their blood.
Faced with an increasingly unfavorable and tragic situation, Okajima Shigetoshi was a man who once moved behind enemy lines alone and escaped safely back to the Japanese-controlled area. He had rich escape experience. After discovering that breaking out of the encirclement was actually impossible,
After that, he had completely lost his determination to continue fighting, so he did not bring anyone with him or inform anyone.
He didn't even take his own personal guard with him. He took advantage of the cover of night and carefully calculated the time for the flare to take off. He quickly turned to the northeast of Damai Gou and disappeared silently into the mountains shrouded in the night.
Just after the last assault failed, his men were horrified to find that their captain was missing.
The only remaining adjutant of the wing beside him tried many times to find his wing captain, but he was never able to find any trace of him. Not even his body was found. Only in a dry ditch.
, found the saber and gloves of His Excellency the captain.