When building the second line of defense, in view of the lessons learned from the many anti-Japanese tank swarms in the past, which were detoured behind them through mountainous areas that the Japanese army believed were unlikely for tanks to pass through. After taking office, Lieutenant General Yoshio Hongo specially
Visited the entire second line of defense.
A detailed inspection of the equipment and setting points of each fortification group was also conducted. Each valley was on the map, not to mention revised. All fortification groups were also set up according to the direction of the valley.
The commanding heights of the entire valley serve as the core, and the components are deployed in a dispersed state.
However, this natural village in the southwest of Majiazhai has certain mountainous plains from the village to Majiazhai, which is conducive for tanks to break through. However, the surroundings of this natural village are surrounded by mountains.
If you want to enter this natural village, Majiazhai is the only way.
The enemy's tanks indeed penetrated through the mountainous areas many times, posing many fatal threats to the Kwantung Army's many operations. But when your tanks penetrated the mountainous areas, there must be valleys for marching. You must know that behind the natural camp is
A mountain ridge running from north to south. The only one is not so much a pass, but a slightly lower mountain ridge. The slope is also quite steep, making it difficult for tanks to climb over.
If the enemy uses explosives to blast out a road for tanks to pass, then their own artillery fire can form a fire net in this direction. If they use engineers to dig, based on the height of the so-called pass, they want to
It would take several days to dig this pass and dig it out by hand alone.
In addition, as soon as he retreated to the second-line position, he sent engineers to make some manual modifications to the pass. The angle of the slope was increased, and even the south side of the pass was cut to a 70-degree slope.
.So he believed that it was impossible for the enemy tanks to cross this mountain ridge.
It's just that Yoshio Hongo didn't expect that Lin Qungao didn't even think about digging through the pass, which was about fifty or sixty meters high. He just worked from top to bottom to dig out a gentle slope on both sides, and used local materials.
Tanks were used to pull down dozens of large trees, and the slope of the pass, which was tens of meters high, was smoothed out. As long as the tanks could pass through, it would be considered complete.
As for the two 76mm cannons and a quadruple 14mm anti-aircraft machine gun carried by the infantry, they were directly pulled over by the tanks. Yoshio Hongo did not expect it at all. He originally thought that the Anti-Japanese Alliance
The tank cluster was an impossible place to pass, but Lin Qungao really managed to break through it.
The most critical thing is that on the Majiazhai battlefield, except for some twenty infantry guns, mortars, and eight mountain guns, the rest of the artillery has been transferred to the direction of Kaoshantun to provide fire support for the breakout.
.The artillery that originally controlled this direction is also being transferred.
Facing Lin Qungao who suddenly came out from an unexpected direction, the Japanese troops in Majiazhai, who had never thought about the enemy situation in that direction, were caught off guard. When Lin Qungao commanded his tank group, they were easily defeated.
After there were not many fire points in the southwest of Majiazhai, all the tanks increased their horsepower and rushed into Majiazhai Village as quickly as possible. The infantrymen also quickly got off the vehicle and immediately joined the battle under the cover of the tanks.
Although Lin Qungao wasted some time while making detours and intersperses, his black tiger's heart-breaking move did have a quite sudden effect. The Japanese army was thrown into chaos by the tanks that suddenly came out from the south.
He was driven out of Majiazhai in a short period of time.
However, the Japanese army was not slow to respond. After losing Majiazhai, the middle part of the entire defense system, the Japanese commander, who knew the seriousness of the matter, did not hesitate to weaken the strength of the defenders in other directions and immediately organized a counterattack as soon as possible.
At the same time, all the artillery fire that could be mobilized was concentrated.
However, even though the Japanese army's counterattack was extremely fierce, the counterattack artillery fire almost razed Majiazhai, a small village in the eastern mountainous area of Kaiyuan, to the ground. However, in the face of the Anti-Japanese Army, which mainly used tanks and strengthened its infantry composition,
The defense system feels quite weak.
No matter whether it is the 92 Infantry Artillery or the Mountain Cannon, no matter what kind of shells it fires, it can't destroy the Anti-Alliance tanks. But the Japanese counterattack troops not only have to face the intensive infantry firepower of the Anti-Alliance, but also the Anti-Alliance tanks.
Fire strikes, especially tank fire and vehicle-mounted machine guns, are accurate and hard.
The terrain of Majiazhai is conducive to defense, which once brought great difficulties to the Anti-Japanese Alliance's offensive. But after the offensive and defensive sides completed the transition, it was equally difficult for the Japanese troops who were driven out of the village to recapture the place. The Anti-Japanese Alliance
The tank fire always exploded extremely accurately during the Japanese charging sequence.
Just a few tanks and some infantry were enough to block the entire entrance and exit around Majiazhai. The tanks also continued to adopt small-scale attack tactics to carry out small-scale attack on the Japanese counterattack troops.
Counterattack. In addition to the three Japanese 150mm heavy mortars captured by the Anti-Japanese Alliance in the village, they also poured out the shells without hesitation.
These three Type 96 150mm heavy mortars were captured by Lin Qungao's troops at a Japanese mortar position in the village when they entered the village. When they were seized, these three mortars were captured.
A large number of artillery shells were captured at the same time by firing around the artillery. Therefore, the anti-alliance forces who used waste had no intention of saving at all.
Wherever there is a need, a large number of artillery shells are tilted in that direction, and three rapid fire rounds are fired. Coupled with the high-explosive grenades fired by tank guns, every direction the Japanese army counterattacks becomes a cemetery for their burial. And Lin Qun
The tactical counterattack of small groups of tanks organized by Gao Buxiang to move out and retreat quickly also increased the losses of the Japanese counterattack.
The Japanese commander was forced to resort to the desperate tactic of "Banzai Charge". However, in the face of the dense firepower of the defenders, the Japanese army, which could only attack along several valleys, was knocked down by artillery fire and bullets.
.Even tanks suddenly rushed out by the Anti-Japanese Alliance and were knocked away or directly crushed under the tracks.
Looking at the battlefield littered with corpses of Japanese soldiers, Lin Qungao took a puff of his cigarette comfortably, knowing that the overall outcome of this battle was decided. Even if the Japanese soldiers were going crazy, he was like a grasshopper who couldn't jump high.
To the young guide who was trembling with fear after seeing such a bloody scene for the first time, he said: "How about it, let's get excited."
"I said it would be pointless for a strong young man like you to stay at home and farm. Come and join the army. Looking at you, you must be a good driver of a tank. Look at how good our iron horses are, except for maintenance.
It takes some effort, but you are not afraid of the enemy's guns at all. It would be great if you had read books, our army needs people like you."
After saying that, he pointed very proudly in front of a tank that had just retreated from a tactical counterattack. His expression was quite heroic. It was just that he was not pointing at the tank. He was pointing at the tank. He looked at the tracks of that tank.
The young man immediately vomited up the bones and flesh on his body.
While vomiting, he waved his hands and said: "Sir, I have studied and graduated from elementary school. But your army is good, but it is also a bit too much. Even if the Japanese are hateful, they will not be crushed into pulp.
Since I can’t join your army, it’s better for me to farm my land in my hometown.”
In response to the young guide's answer, Lin Qungao smiled and said nothing. Do you think war is really that simple? The battlefield is originally a life-and-death killing. Whoever shows mercy may be waiting for death. Some things are still there.
It is not until you see that that you realize the true cruelty of war.
However, they did not spit, and Lin Qungao did not ask further questions. According to the regulations of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, new recruits are recruited and allocated uniformly every year. Each army has no right to recruit soldiers. Even if he really became a soldier.
, and you may not actually go to your own army.
The reason why I asked this question was just because I looked at this guy. Although he was not tall, he had the body of a typical wheelbarrow covered in bumps due to long-term farm work. It would be a pity not to drive a tank. He
This body type is the best body type for driving a tank.
But when his thoughts changed, Lin Qungao just passed by. He still put his main energy on the command of the battlefield. At the moment, he was concerned with business matters, but he didn't have that extra energy.
To persuade a stranger to become a soldier.
Under the coordinated tactics of infantry and tanks, the anti-alliance troops who broke into Majiazhai built the small Majiazhai village into a strong fortress. The Japanese troops who fought back paid a heavy price. Everywhere around the Majiazhai battlefield,
They were all corpses of Japanese soldiers who had been shot dead.
Although the Japanese army paid a heavy price, they still failed to recapture Majiazhai. This village, which the Japanese army once thought was very strong, although there were not many anti-union defenders in the village, now it has become the Japanese army itself. No matter what,
It's a hard nut that can't be chewed.
Lin Qungao also continued to organize tank fire to provide support to the surrounding friendly forces who were fighting fiercely. Although his tank guns were not very powerful, they fired from behind the Japanese troops at various key points in the surrounding area, which was still fighting.
The Japanese army was very unbearable.
After seizing Majiazhai and repelling multiple Japanese squadrons and counterattacks of squadron size or above, Lin Qungao immediately organized a tank company and an infantry company to attack the enemy forces at Jinjiazhai a few miles west of Majiazhai.
Behind the scenes, to support the brother troops who are defending the enemy with Jinjiazhai and fighting fiercely in the Nanshan Mountain of Jinjiazhai.
Lin Qungao caught the Japanese army by surprise, quickly seized Majiazhai and continuously provided support to the surrounding battlefields, which was like the last straw to break the Japanese army around Majiazhai. The unit made a big fuss in the core area of the Japanese army.
, providing the most favorable support to the offensive of surrounding troops.
The surrounding troops immediately adjusted their deployment and tactics after the Japanese army's position was disrupted. They began to take advantage of the adjustment opportunities of the enemy's deployment and continuously launched a series of attacks in depth against the Japanese army. After a series of fierce battles, the troops around Majiazhai
A series of key points such as Jinjiazhai, Huashan, and Xinghua were successively captured by the anti-alliance attacking troops.
Majiazhai is located at the center of the Forty-fourth Army's defense line. The gains and losses of Majiazhai are directly related to whether the Forty-fourth Army's defense line can become an overall defense line. Majiazhai is not big, but its location is critical.
The loss of the small mountain village would definitely be fatal to the entire 44th Army.
With the loss of Majiazhai, the entire Japanese army group east of the Zhongchang Railway was actually in a situation of being divided into two. Moreover, with the loss of the western barrier, the entire Japanese defense core of Chaihe Fort was almost exposed to the Anti-Japanese War.
in front of the attacking troops.
Lin Qungao made a surprise victory. Before the Japanese army could react, he quickly captured Majiazhai, one of the crucial strategic points in the entire defense system of the Forty-fourth Army. In addition to completely destroying most of the Forty-fourth Army,
Blocked outside the mountainous area east of Majiazhai. It also became the first domino in the series that eventually caused the entire 44th Army to completely collapse.