With so much hope now, Du Kaishan, who has finally managed to get the Japanese troops ashore, and whose heart is about to grow grass, can still be vague? Will he tie up his hands and feet because he is reluctant to part with fuel and ammunition? He can't wait to even
Du Kaishan, who picked up bricks and threw them at him, would act so petty? If he wanted to be merciful, he would probably feel sorry for himself.
The change in mentality allowed Du Kaishan to mobilize all the resources he could mobilize during this battle, just to deal with the two Japanese divisions face to face. As for the consumption of materials, at this moment, he was not interested in watching others fight.
He was full of enthusiasm and had been jealous for a long time. He had already been a little out of breath and couldn't care less.
Du Kaishan's all-out investment in firepower did play a very important role. The firepower of his aviation force caused heavy casualties to the 44th Division. Under the full cover of the aviation and artillery, compared with the 44th Division,
The Ninth Division resisted extremely tenaciously, and Du Kaishan's assault operation in front of the Forty-fourth Division progressed extremely smoothly.
Before the napalm fire ignited into the sky was extinguished, his tank troops had already torn apart the defense line of the 44th Division in front of Sanhuzhuang. His offensive was like a knife cutting through butter. The first round of the offensive penetrated
It destroyed the defense system of the 44th Division and forcibly separated the connection between the 44th Division and the 9th Division to the north.
The headquarters of the 93rd Regiment of the 44th Division, which had just arrived at Dengjiazhuang east of Sanhuzhuang, was the last Japanese landing force among all the Japanese troops to land in this battle. Although the two infantry brigades rushed forward slowly, they still
Before they could even join the main force of the division, the anti-alliance tank troops were attacked from the flanks, smashing the entire march into pieces.
It was originally thought that marching at night could effectively avoid enemy firepower. However, after landing, the main force of the 93rd Regiment, which advanced towards the front line of Sanhuzhuang at maximum speed and tried to merge with the main force of the division, merged with the division headquarters and faced the enemy from the left wing.
The group of anti-Union tanks that came in at high speed did not collapse at the first touch, but they disrupted the entire marching sequence before they had time to unfold.
The anti-alliance tanks that rushed in at high speed were too fast to cover the flanks of the Japanese army and the alarms issued by the scouts were effective. The tanks had already appeared in front of the 93rd Regiment. The tanks were covered by a large number of half-track vehicles loaded with infantry.
, like a machete, slashed directly at the marching sequence of the 93rd Regiment. On the plain terrain, the infantry and tanks were competing in speed, so the loss was a bit too big.
Faced with the sudden attack of a group of anti-alliance tanks covered in camouflage, the commander of the 44th Division, Lieutenant General Sekihara Roku, who was accompanying the 93rd Regiment, reacted quickly and immediately understood what he was doing.
This is an ambush. The enemy has obviously been preparing carefully for a long time and is waiting for you here. Otherwise, there will be no warning time for you?
Among the Osaka soldiers under his command, there are quite a few second-mobilization veterans from the Fourth Division. Although they are not very active in fighting, one thing is certain. That is, on the battlefield, all tactics that can save lives will be used.
There is never any ambiguity in execution.
The reconnaissance troops he sent on the flanks actually rushed forward before they had time to issue an alarm. It was obvious that the enemy troops were already prepared here. From the tanks and armored vehicles that rushed over, they had not had time to come.
You can see the branches that were pulled out for camouflage.
But for the current Sixth Lieutenant General Sekihara, it is no longer important whether the enemy has already ambushed him. What is important is that he clearly knows that after the entire march sequence is disrupted, he knows that on the terrain here
, relying solely on the two brigades in his hands that have been disrupted, it is impossible to compete with the tanks and mechanized clusters of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. Fighting the enemy here is basically asking for death.
In the shortest possible time, he realized that the situation was unfavorable to him. Lieutenant General Sekihara Six, who also acted very quickly, did not even have time to gather the scattered troops. Sayazi took the lead and retreated towards Sanhuzhuang's main force.
.In order to avoid making his target too obvious, he even abandoned his Nissan senior officer car.
And he ran fast, and the surrounding Osaka soldiers were not slow either. Except for the part that was cut off and scattered, the remaining people continued to passively resist while also retreating quickly behind the division commander. But with
Compared with these infantry marching on foot, the anti-Union tanks and half-track armored vehicles moved faster.
At the same time that the march sequence of the 93rd Regiment was overwhelmed by the Anti-Japanese Alliance tank armored group, a tank company of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, with the cooperation of a mechanized infantry battalion and a double 23 self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery company, attacked with maximum force
The speed of the attack overwhelmed the leading Japanese squadron and cut off the 93rd Regiment's retreat route to Sanhuzhuang.
A tank company lined up plus a mechanized infantry battalion, coupled with the twin 23rd anti-aircraft guns firing flatly, used intensive firepower to defeat the 93rd Regiment desperately retreating to Sanhuzhuang, expressing extremely enthusiastic support.
Welcome. Between the 93rd Regiment and the 44th Division of Sanhuzhuang, a fire net composed of firepower was set up in cooperation with the deep artillery.
Seeing that his retreat was cut off, Lieutenant General Sekihara Six, who could be considered as decisive, did not hesitate to act as the commander of the Lieutenant General's division. He immediately organized the one and a half squadrons that were still following him and launched a desperate charge towards the anti-Union blocking force. Trying to get behind him
Before the anti-alliance armored forces complete the outflank, they open a road to join the main force of the division.
However, his human attack was destined to be of no advantage in the competition with steel on the smooth terrain on the coast of the Bohai Sea. The two charges were not able to break through the firepower network formed by the Anti-Japanese Alliance tank guns and vehicle-mounted machine guns.
On the contrary, he invested a squadron and a half, and only a few dozen men were left.
As for his artillery, except for those lost during the landing, the rest were with the main force of the Sanhuzhuang Division in front. The only four infantry cannons and one mountain cannon were also present when the anti-alliance tank group raided
, I don’t know where it was thrown. In the absence of artillery cover, the result of pitting infantry against tanks can be imagined.
Fortunately, after the fighting started here, the scattered units of the 93rd Regiment were constantly attracted by the sound of gunfire. Although the two charges came down, one and a half squadrons were basically wiped out. But within this short period of time,
, Lieutenant General Sekihara Sixth was actually surrounded by a lot of Japanese troops.
Lieutenant General Sekihara Six, who was eager to open a gap, did not care about the casualty rate at this time. He sent out the guards around him to capture every Japanese soldier passing by him. From a few people to a small squad, or even half a squadron, they captured
Send one out one by one. No matter how much he urges or intimidates, human flesh cannot fight against steel.
Lieutenant General Sekihara Roku, who was furious, even did not hesitate to personally order or force his subordinates to organize human bomb attacks as the division commander. However, both in spirit and will, the gang had basically collapsed.
Osaka soldiers, how could they do such a stupid thing?
I saw the division commander actually ordering me to carry a grenade and break through the enemy's fire net to blow up the enemy's tanks. Are you kidding? This kind of stupid thing is acceptable to the Osaka soldiers who always pay attention to bodyguards? Many times before
The failure of the assault had already depleted the little blood of these Osaka soldiers.
The corpses on the ground between the two army positions have already demoralized these Osaka soldiers to the extreme. At this time, Lieutenant General Sekihara No. 6 issued this order that undoubtedly made them take the initiative to die. For these Osaka soldiers, it was absolutely unacceptable.
I will do it. The order from Lieutenant General Sekigahara Six has just been issued. I am afraid that if the recruitment of volunteers fails, the division will assign the order to itself.
In less than five minutes, the few troops that Sekihara Roku finally gathered around him left half the squadron of guards. The rest either took the opportunity to sneak away, or simply lay down and pretended to be dead, and some even openly disobeyed.
, simply ignored orders from mid-level officers.
After the order of Lieutenant General Sekihara Six was issued, the hit rate of every artillery shell fired by the Anti-Japanese Alliance was surprisingly high. One 82 mortar shell could actually hit the Japanese army one or two hundred meters away from the impact point.
Soldiers. This includes not only soldiers, but also some junior officers.
As for the veterans who were mobilized again as the backbone of the Fourth Division after its recovery, they simply slipped away in the first wave and played a role that the Japanese army did not want them to play. The swiftness of these people's movements even made everyone
None of the local division officers noticed that these veterans disappeared under their noses. In the face of saving their lives, the majesty of Lieutenant General Roku Sekihara, the division commander, was directly ignored by these people.
Lieutenant General Sekigahara Six, who had no idea that he was going to use a meat-munition offensive to defeat the enemy's tanks, which was now very common in other divisions, actually allowed the last remaining soldiers around him to be defeated on the spot.
I watched helplessly as there were fewer and fewer Japanese soldiers around me, but there was nothing I could do.
The junior officers who were supposed to suppress them were unable to stop them, and even took the lead to sneak away. Should he, the lieutenant general commander of the division, be asked to catch them one by one in person? Not to mention that he had nothing to do with these Osaka soldiers, it was just a change in the battle situation.
He would not be given much time to recapture those deserters. At this moment, the sound of gunfire and the roar of tank engines behind him were getting closer and closer.
In the end, he had no choice but to face Sanhuzhuang, which was not far behind the anti-alliance tanks, but he could only sadly give up his previous plan. He took the only guard team around him, plus more than a dozen from his division headquarters.
The officer tried to take a detour and retreat to the beachhead of Zhang Juhe on the seaside.
In fact, Lieutenant General Sekihara Six and his chief of staff made a very serious mistake when formulating the landing sequence. Among the three regiments of the 44th Division, the 92nd and 93rd
All the soldiers of the two regiments, as well as all the junior officers and non-commissioned officers, were mobilized from Osaka Prefecture, and they were full of the habits of Osaka merchants.
Especially for the 93rd Regiment, almost all the soldiers come from the most prosperous urban area of Osaka. Compared with this Regiment, the 94th Regiment from Wakayama near Osaka is much better. Although it is not as good as those from Kumamoto and Sendai
The ferocity of the soldiers in impoverished areas cannot be compared, but at least the habits of the traders are not so bad. They still have some military look, unlike the other two regiments who look like old-fashioned people.
If he took this group of merchants who were used to being careless and fought against the tank groups of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, wouldn't he be looking for trouble? However, there was no other way for Sekigahara Roku to come up with such a plan. With the Ninety-three Alliance
Compared with the other teams, the 94th Regiment did have a much tougher style, but he had to be sent to the front to watch the 92nd Regiment, which was also from Osaka.
Unexpectedly, the 94th Regiment was crippled by the enemy's surprise attack when they landed. Apart from the 93rd Regiment, he really had no other troops to use. His
The Forty-Fourth Division has three regiments, two of which are from Osaka. Without these two regiments, Lieutenant General Sekihara Sixth became the bare commander.