This young adjutant, who had just graduated from the Army University before the war, never thought that there would be such an unusual figure in the Japanese army, which always honors death in battle. He never thought that he would
A captain who always talks about how honorable it is to die fighting for His Majesty the Emperor, and who repeatedly vows to live and die with his subordinates.
At such a critical moment, he simply failed to fulfill his promise and abandoned his subordinates to escape alone. Although this is not unprecedented among the Japanese army, it cannot be said to be unprecedented. But at least in the entire Chinese battlefield at present, it is still unique.
The adjutant thought that the commander of the regiment had died gloriously in battle, and he cried a lot.
Although for the highly cohesive Japanese army, the reason for collapse on the battlefield is not based on whether the top officer is killed or missing. In the vast majority of the Japanese army, the presence or absence of the officer does not determine whether the commander is killed or missing.
The total collapse of the unit. Even if the battle situation is unfavorable, the presence or absence of the commander will not determine the fate of an unit.
As a modern army, the well-organized Japanese army will publicly recommend a person with the highest military rank to take command if their commander is killed in battle. Even if all the officers are killed in battle, those experienced veteran non-commissioned officers will take over the command.
The troops fight. Therefore, even if the direct commander is killed in battle, it will not affect the Japanese army's operations.
Moreover, in the past, the combat enthusiasm of the middle and lower-ranking officers and non-commissioned officers of the Japanese army often far exceeded that of senior officers. Especially those lower-level officers who were dedicated to making contributions and opening up territories for His Majesty the Emperor. Their fighting spirit was so strong that it was far away
Exceeding the armies of almost all countries.
Coupled with these painstakingly trained junior officers, their military command capabilities are also quite good. As well as the painstakingly trained non-commissioned officer system, they have created a Japanese army with extremely powerful combat effectiveness. To be honest, the Japanese army's strategic vision is not very good. However,
Tactically, it was the best army in the entire World War II.
It's just that the past is the past, and the present is now. The painstakingly trained officers in the past, as well as the excessive casualties of a large number of non-commissioned officers, have weakened the basic qualities of the middle and lower-level officers of the Japanese army to a certain extent. At the same time, a large number of reserve officers were mixed in.
It also greatly weakened the fearless spirit of lower-level officers.
Facts have proved that those front-line reserve officers who have been civilians for a period of time are far more interested in robbery, rape, and getting rich than fighting. With the burden of family affairs, their fearless spirit has also been greatly reduced. Generally speaking, they are not afraid of death.
When absolutely necessary, they will never give up.
This has also resulted in the fact that the current Eighth Division is far incomparable with the majestic Eighth Division back then. An ordinary long-distance march during wartime can cause a large number of stragglers, so how can it still be achieved?
How do you expect these lieutenants, second lieutenants, commanders, and sergeants who came from the reserve force or have been hastily trained to perform better on the battlefield?
Unlike other countries that when they expanded their armies substantially during wartime, they focused more on selecting junior officers from among senior non-commissioned officers and recruiting college students. They still stubbornly insisted on selecting junior officers from among the new recruits. Before this war,
However, when selecting officers from non-commissioned officers on a temporary basis, because there were also insufficient qualified non-commissioned officers, and the Japanese were too hasty in the selection, the negative consequences gradually began to show up.
In addition, the war situation is extremely unfavorable at this moment. Anyone who is not a fool will clearly understand that the entire army is about to be destroyed. In addition, the newly added squad leaders and middle-level captains who have been added to the army lack experience, and the non-commissioned officers generally have no actual combat experience. And the middle-level officers Most of the officers were killed in the battle, and there was no longer an officer above the rank of captain.
The disappearance of Okajima Shigetoshi has undoubtedly caused the Japanese army, which was already at an extremely low level, to collapse as quickly as an avalanche. And even for an army like the Japanese army, which has always been known for its tenacity, once its military morale collapses , also means total crash.
Just after Colonel Shigetoshi Okajima moved in alone, the morale of the remaining Japanese troops who lost their command became even lower. Some people committed suicide, while others stared blankly at the volcano volcanoes all around them. Some people, They took photos of their family members and did nothing, just sat there and cried. Some even ran around with guns in their hands.
At this time, the current lack of experience of the Japanese army's junior officers and non-commissioned officers has further aggravated the Japanese army's own chaos. Those squadron leaders and squad leaders who were added before the war were rarely able to control the troops. Some of them were unable to control the troops. The captain or squad leader simply imitated his co-captain and simply walked away quietly.
These officers who commanded the front-line combat troops were separated from their posts, further exacerbating the chaos of the Japanese army. The Japanese soldiers who were left behind were like a group of headless flies. But those who graduated from the non-commissioned officer school still stayed at their posts. Under the leadership of officers, some Japanese troops spontaneously gathered and ran around in the entire encirclement, trying to find a way to escape.
The battle has progressed to this point, which means that the remaining strength of the Eighth Division on the Jianping East battlefield has completely collapsed. This was almost impossible to happen in the Japanese army in the past. Let alone Old divisions like the Eighth Division, those ad hoc divisions and security divisions have never experienced this kind of situation.
Faced with such a favorable opportunity, how could the advancing brigade commander let go? He immediately adjusted his troop deployment and launched a final attack on the remaining Japanese troops, which at last was less than one squadron. Although there were still some Japanese troops. The soldiers, led by the remaining officers and non-commissioned officers, were still desperately trying to break through.
But their fight against the trapped beasts was of no use to the entire war situation when some Japanese troops had given up resistance. It was like a wave that was barely stirred up. It only existed for a short period of time before being overwhelmed by the huge waves coming from all sides. One end was completely suppressed.
By the early morning of the second day of the battle, the sound of gunfire along the entire line from Shijiazi Nangou to Damai Gou had completely subsided. In the more than ten miles long valley, no Japanese soldiers were still resisting. In the entire valley, There are corpses of Japanese soldiers killed in battle and abandoned weapons and equipment everywhere.
Because they were separated from the brigade, the Japanese troops who were left behind by Colonel Okajima Shigetoshi. Since the entire battlefield in front had collapsed, under the leadership of a squad leader, they simply killed the enemy who forced them to resist desperately. Squadron commander, collectively lay down your weapons and surrender.
As the last twenty or so Japanese soldiers surrendered, there were no more organized Japanese troops on the Jianping main battlefield from Damai Gou to Luofugou. All the Japanese troops invested in the battlefield in the northeast of Jianping fled back to Chaoyang The only one in the city was Colonel Okajima Shigetoshi, who abandoned his subordinates at the most critical moment and escaped alone. He hid in the mountains for more than 20 days and escaped repeated raids by the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
After all, this man had gone through many times of being alone and had developed the ability to evade arrest and escape. He was actually able to survive repeated raids by the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and not only was he not caught, but he even managed to escape back to Chaoyang City. This is
Colonel Shigetoshi Okajima, whose specialty was escape, became the only survivor on the Northeast Jianping battlefield.
However, in this battle, although the advancing brigade achieved the record of annihilating two incomplete organic infantry brigades of the Japanese army, it suffered heavy casualties in the battle. In addition to a hand-to-hand battle in Shijiazi, the battle
In addition to the reinforced battalion of Guang. Including the number of casualties in the Wei family shack, the two regiments that participated in the battle after the battle subsided could only piece together the strength of one battalion.
On the battlefield from Shijiazi Nangou to Damai Gou, the Japanese army's final resistance failed to change the situation of the battle. The commanding heights around the battlefield were also controlled by this brigade. Even with the firepower density far exceeding that of the Japanese army in front of them,
Some of the Japanese troops who were struggling to their death still caused considerable casualties to the attacking troops.
Although the morale of the Japanese army collapsed in the end, it does not mean that the Japanese army in front of them will honestly lay down their weapons and surrender. Even the Japanese squadron that finally laid down their weapons and surrendered, there were only about 20 people left in the fight.
, and finally surrendered after being unable to fight any longer.
Although the brigade achieved considerable results in this battle, it was also maimed in the battle. Especially the battalion and company cadres suffered the greatest casualties. Of the twelve battalion commanders and instructors, seven and a half were killed or injured. All
One-third of the company commanders and instructors were killed. In the next stage, the brigade will no longer be able to participate in the war without a long period of replenishment.
And just three hours before the Shijiazi Nangou battlefield ended, the battlefield to the west of Luofu Valley, which was only a few dozen miles away from them to the north, also completely calmed down. Except for a small number of fish that slipped through the net, they were still being hunted.
Two Japanese infantry brigades on the battlefield west of Luofugou were completely wiped out.
Unlike Colonel Shigetoshi Okajima, who abandoned his men at the critical moment and escaped alone, Colonel Kobayashi Shimaji, who finally chose to fight to the end with his men, took a dozen guards and officers from the wing headquarters and hid in a
There was a stubborn resistance in the cave, but the exhausted Anti-Union Soushan troops burned them directly into charcoal with flamethrowers.
The Japanese troops on the front line of Jiajiayingzi, after discovering that all surrounding friendly forces had lost their last contact, ignored their original plan to meet up with Colonel Shigetoshi Okajima, turned around and ran towards the sun. In the end, they did not want to run in the wrong direction.
He knew the direction and plunged into the arms of a battalion of the Anti-Japanese Alliance that had detoured from Jiangyingzi.
As soon as the two armies met, they were both startled by the sudden appearance of their opponent. But after the brief accident passed, a fierce battle broke out between the two armies. One desperately wanted to escape, and the other desperately refused to let him escape.
.The two battalion-level troops were fighting inextricably in the mountains between Jiajiayingzi and Erdaoyingzi.
Before a result could be achieved here, the two battalions advancing behind him also rushed up from behind, forming a three-sided pincer attack on the Japanese army fleeing south from Jiajiayingzi. How could this Japanese army be able to withstand it?
So many tigers and wolves came up to bite each other, and they were all devoured before noon.
With the end of the front-line battle in Jiajiayingzi, there are no more organized Japanese troops on the entire Jianping battlefield. The complete settlement of the Jianping battlefield also indicates that the main force of the Japanese Eighth Division has once again been annihilated. In addition to clearing out the Japanese army
Apart from the dispersed stragglers and sporadic fighting, the fighting on the entire Jianping battlefield has basically subsided.
Li Mingfeng went south to Chaoyang, Lingyuan, and Beipiao, and the gates have been completely opened. The entire Chaoyang and Beipiao are already in a situation where there is no danger to defend, and the reinforcements are blocked south of Beipiao. The defenders are not
Chaoyang City and Lingyuan, an important town in western Liaoning, are already like ripe fruits, placed in front of Li Mingfeng.
The battle on the Jianping battlefield was over, and Li Mingfeng, who was completely relieved and freed up his hands, rolled up his sleeves and prepared for a thorough battle in western Liaoning. According to his plan, he concentrated the existing troops and moved the entire army south to Beipiao.