Chapter 366 Stealing chickens is not a loss of money
Yang Zhen, Guo Bingxun and Tao Jingfei have discussed the tactics for the next period of time, especially to deal with the 63rd Regiment. They were preparing for a night attack and failed in the first attack. If they failed to steal the chicken, they would lose a lot of rice.
Colonel Tsutsumi Sanshuping was furious, but he didn't know that he and his 63rd Regiment had already wandered around the gate of hell in just a moment.
It’s no wonder that Colonel Tsutsumi Sanshuping was dissatisfied. [.Com text] A night attack that should have been successful and could even become a classic example failed because the opponent had placed mines in front of the position, not to mention that he also suffered heavy losses. 1
After a night attack that didn't end until dawn, not counting the two squadrons that penetrated deep into the opponent's depth but never saw a shadow again. On the front alone, his 63rd Regiment lost nearly a brigade of troops.
I originally thought that my scout, who was peeping in secret, had clearly seen the opponent's deployment, especially that I thought that the opponent was extremely tired. But when the fight actually started, Colonel Tsutsumi Sanjutsubo discovered that although his opponent had already
He was extremely tired, but his reaction speed was still astonishing.
Moreover, without the use of lighting equipment, his scouts also made errors in estimating the depth and width of the minefield deployed by the opponent. The most important thing is that neither he nor the scouts could have expected that the opponent would be able to do so in such a way.
Within a short period of time, the firepower on duty was arranged. The firepower on duty was even strengthened to an abnormal level, and trip-like flares were set up in the minefield.
I originally thought that when the opponent deployed the minefield, it would be only a few dozen meters deep at most, but I didn't expect that the opponent's minefield was actually deployed a full hundred meters wide. Moreover, the density of the minefield was much higher than what I thought it would be if I took out two teams.
It was unexpected to go to Sanshuping on the dike and open a channel for the attacking troops.
Since this was a light pursuit, the artillery equipment was still marching slowly behind. Disanshuping only carried an infantry artillery squadron and a mountain artillery squadron this time, and the number of artillery shells they carried was also limited. Naturally, they would not use artillery shells liberally.
They went to clear mines, but under the heavy pressure from above, Colonel Tsutsumi Ping, who was eager for success, gritted his teeth and took out two small teams to carve out two attack routes for the main attack force from the minefield.
As a result, before the first wave of charges was even halfway through, the two teams tasked with mine clearance were collectively blown away by a seemingly endless variety of mines under their feet. And it was the one that detonated just after stepping into the minefield.
An anti-infantry jump mine caused the opponent's troops, who were extremely tired and almost sleeping soundly, to react.
Accompanied by the explosion of landmines that could wake up the dead, and guided by several bright flares that rose into the air and illuminated the attack area of the 63rd Regiment, the opponent's on-duty firepower swept across the area at the first opportunity.
came over. More than a dozen light and heavy machine guns formed a crossfire, mixed with at least five light and heavy mortars. In a short period of time, the first wave of attacking troops following the two teams that were patrolling the mines were hit.
The casualties were heavy.
The attack has been launched, and the infiltration troops over there have begun to attack the opponent's flank. Colonel Tsutsumi Tsutsubo has no retreat. Even if he has the intention to retreat at this moment, he can only bite the bullet and fight on. At least in his opinion, he
The painstaking design and extra efforts cannot be in vain.
The few artillerymen covering the attacking force were also in a hurry. They didn't know whether to assist the infantry in opening a passage in the minefield after the two teams became mature, or to suppress the opponent's machine gun firepower that was sweeping across their own infantry.
When the artillerymen asked for instructions whether to assist the infantry to open a passage inside the minefield, they were refused by the stubborn Colonel Tsutsumi Sanshuping. In his view, no matter how wide the minefield deployed hastily by the opponent was wider, it would still be the same.
There are a lot of them, especially the two infantry squads who were ordered to clear mines with human ammunition, and they should have opened nearly half of the gap.
Even if the remaining ones will cause some trouble for the infantry, they will not be too big. I don’t have many artillery shells on hand, so I must give priority to suppressing the opponent’s machine gun firepower to create conditions for the infantry’s follow-up attack. As for the minefields,
They also let the infantry use human bodies to go there.
What Tsutsumi Sanshuping didn't expect was that his decision caused unforgettable losses to him and the 63rd Regiment. The opponent's minefield was wide in front, and all of it was a trap.
He had never seen the density of mines and pressure mines and the variety of mines he had seen in the Guanci Civil War.
Accompanied by bursts of almost endless mine explosions, the first wave of attacking troops, who had just touched the edge of the minefield and were beaten back by the opponent's intensive machine gun and mortar fire, launched a new attack.
The squadron, after finally breaking through the opponent's fire blockade, was bombed in the minefield and their flesh and blood flew everywhere.
The Japanese soldiers who were knocked down by the landmines under their feet often detonated more landmines in the painful struggle. The landmines detonated again by these wounded soldiers who were rolling and struggling, killing more of their comrades. And some landmines exploded at the same time.
, the secondary damage caused by the explosive tubes and grenades tied to the body caused more Japanese soldiers to die.
What caused the greatest mental stress and casualties to the Japanese troops in the minefield were not ordinary pressure and trip mines, but an extremely weird mine that would automatically jump up and explode on a person's upper body after being stepped on. It was used by opponents to launch
Colonel Tsutsumi Sanjutsubo saw one of these mines explode in the waist of a second lieutenant officer. The entire upper body of the second lieutenant was blown away.
Facing the scene in front of him, and the battles around him that were bombed with numerous casualties, holding the mutilated body that was blown up by landmines, the pain was so painful that it almost made people laugh. Even if the Japanese soldiers had a strong will, they couldn't bear this.
It was almost boundless fear. Even Colonel Tsutsumi Sanshuping, who always thought he had a heart of iron, closed his eyes, not daring to look at the evil consequences he had created.
Landmines beneath their feet and intensive machine gun fire from the opposite side made it almost impossible for the Japanese troops trapped in the minefield to advance or retreat. When a squadron that launched the charge dropped a full two-thirds of its troops in the minefield, it finally managed to get close to the opponent's forward position.
At that moment, they were beaten again by an overwhelming barrage of grenades, grenade launchers, and a huge number of submachine guns. The remaining few Japanese soldiers who were stunned and unable to advance or retreat were neatly taken prisoner.
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In fact, facing the minefield that brought them endless troubles, whether it was the Sixty-third Regiment, which had suffered heavy losses, or even the Kwantung Army, they really cared about eating rather than fighting.
Both the 104th Division in Guanmenzuizi Mountain and the 24th Division in Tangyuan suffered heavy losses in the minefields deployed by their opponents, but they still did not attract the attention of the senior officials of the Kwantung Army. Professional
It is not that there are no mine-sweeping engineers, but the number of professional engineers that is already insufficient is very limited. The entire 8th Division and the 63rd Regiment are only equipped with two squadrons each.
Moreover, these engineers had very few professional mine-clearing equipment, only simple minesweepers. In order to deal with the Japanese engineers, Yang Zhen specially made a mine-sweeping machine made of wood that was available all over the Northeast without synthetic resin or hard plastic.
The shell can effectively deal with wooden mines of mine sweepers. The engineer squadron originally assigned to the 8th Division was blasted to pieces by such wooden mines and had to withdraw from the battle.
In the previous confrontation with Tao Jingfei, both the 8th Division and the 63rd Regiment had encountered minefields made of extremely cheap and mass-produced weapons such as landmines. But at that time
The 8th Division or the 63rd Regiment were very generous. They either used artillery fire to clear mines, or dispatched tanks to directly crush a path in the minefield.
These anti-infantry mines are highly lethal to infantry and engineers, but when faced with tank tracks, their lethality is extremely insufficient. Coupled with the Japanese army's overwhelming artillery fire and mine clearance methods, most of the minefields deployed by Tao Jingfei were lost.
effect.
But this time, in order to achieve his own tactical goals, Colonel Di Sanshuping kept the troops at hand as light as possible while quietly following Tao Jingfei's retreat. Not to mention the minesweeper engineer squadron, even the artillery was equipped with nine pieces of artillery equipment in addition to each brigade.
In addition to the brigade and squadron of the Type II infantry artillery, he only carried four Type 41 mountain cannons from a regiment. Even the rapid-fire artillery squadron of the regiment was left behind at the starting point.
Without the previous tank cooperation and the capital of artillery and mine clearing, and with the mine clearing engineers still staying in place waiting for reinforcements from the 11th Division, Colonel Tsutsumi Ping had no choice but to use his men to forcibly cut a path through the minefield.
There is no other way besides the route.
However, although more than one squadron was filled into the minefield, Disanshuping finally opened two paths in the minefield. However, in the subsequent battle, the progress was still not smooth. Although the opponent except some important
Apart from occasional tactical counterattacks, they almost only maintained a tenacious defense and did not carry out any counterattacks.
However, the artillery mass it responded to cooperated with the machine guns, rapid-fire guns and mortars in the forward positions, specifically to hit his follow-up troops and artillery positions. The several infantry guns and mountain cannons brought by Colonel Tsutsumi Sanshuping this time,
After losing half of the artillery, the remaining artillery was forced to move positions after firing a few rounds from the opponent's artillery. Even when they got to the back, they simply remained silent. No matter how much the infantry begged, they would not fire.
As for the Japanese artillery that followed, those artillery pieces with long range but heavy enough were still slowly moving their positions. As for the artillery of the Eighth Division, which had been the main force some time ago, they were addicted to drugs like the infantry.
Unable to participate in the war. Two independent field artillery squadrons, an independent mountain artillery squadron and an independent mortar brigade that were temporarily transferred by Shigeichi Hatada are still on their way here from Muleng.
The Sixty-third Regiment, which had lost artillery support, became increasingly frustrated, and its offensive became weaker the more it fought. After encountering a disastrous defeat on Lao Hei's back, the Sixty-third Regiment shifted its attention to other positions, trying to find another place to attack.
After the 13th Regiment enjoyed similar treatment in all areas along the Laoheibei and Jinshahe lines, by daybreak, the offensive of the 63rd Regiment, which could no longer bear the casualties, ceased.
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