Due to the serious shortage of napalm bombs due to the limitation of raw materials, as well as the previous large-scale use, this type of bombs in the warehouse has bottomed out and can almost be described as empty. During ground attacks and bombings
, most of the time, 250 kilograms, 100 kilograms and 50 kilograms of ordinary high-explosive bombs imported from Jiangbei and a small amount of old-fashioned Soviet-made yellow phosphorus incendiary bombs are used, making them far less powerful than napalm bombs.
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At the same time, those P-39 fighter jets that temporarily serve as attack aircraft cannot produce their own artillery shells for the time being, so they can only rely on the 200,000 rounds of 37-type artillery shells that the Americans provide when the aircraft are provided. Therefore, unless they are attacking extremely important targets, they generally
Fang Ziyi is only allowed to use a 12.7mm machine gun to shoot at the ground.
Although due to the constraints on the use of ammunition, the aircraft participating in the air raids were not able to exert their maximum power. However, multiple batches of intensive air raids also caused heavy casualties to the Japanese army.
Fangzheng's gate was not able to touch the Second Independent Guards. In addition to returning home after suffering heavy losses in the air raid, the Fourteenth Division itself also suffered heavy losses.
The two 12.7mm machine guns carried by the p-39 fighter jets are a bit weak when facing solid Japanese fortifications, and may not be of much use. However, when strafing unprotected Japanese marching brigade and exposed in the bare wilderness
When the Japanese troops were clustered together, their intensive firepower was very useful.
Just on the west bank of the Ant River, a group of P-39 fighter jets used mounted bombs of 100 or 50 kilograms and 12.7 mm machine guns to attack the Japanese troops who were trying to cross the Ant River to support the Japanese troops trapped in Fangzheng County.
The Second Wing suffered heavy losses. One and a half battalions of the Second Wing were forced to survive. Under the intensive onboard machine guns of these P-39 fighter jets and the strafing and bombing of a large number of high-explosive bombs, the casualties paid were far higher than those of aerial bombs.
The Japanese army's ability to withstand strikes and casualties is much higher than that of the general army. However, in the plains on the west bank of the Ant River and on the open, unobstructed river surface, they were subjected to a double attack of ground and air firepower. Even with a strong will
The army, facing huge casualties, has a limited ability to withstand it.
Although casualties were not included in the forced crossing of the Second Regiment, which was eager to rescue the division headquarters, under the attack of ground and air fire, the casualties reached 90%. The entire regiment was disabled. The 59th Regiment itself had suffered severe blood loss.
The team also completely lost its combat effectiveness in the afternoon battle. Faced with the embarrassing situation and the reality that reinforcements were delayed, Kita Seiichi made the decision to break out with all his strength.
Compared with the other two regiment commanders who could not be contacted, the only one who could be contacted was trapped on the front line of Zhonghoutun. Colonel Gaoshan Guifu was a little angry after receiving the order from the division headquarters: "What should be the next step?"
How to do it depends on your own situation and you decide?" What does this mean?
Is this for the 15th Regiment to defend or to wait for a breakout? To defend? On the front line of Zhonghoutun, I can't cobble together the strength of only one brigade, so what can I do to defend? If I hadn't had the foresight to seize thousands of human shields, let the opponent throw a rat weapon.
, it is estimated that he has been crushed by his opponent to the point where he is no longer a scumbag.
If we had broken through, what would we have done? If we had approved it earlier and used the human shields in our hands as cover, we would have safely withdrawn to Fangzheng County. But now we have to defend and cannot hold. Withdraw, in addition to agreeing to the other party's conditions
, and there is almost no way to retreat. And there are tens of thousands of rounds of special smoke shells, how easy to deal with them? Let the division commander handle it. In a short period of time, these special smoke can hurt the enemy as well as ourselves.
Have all the shells been disposed of?
Looking at Gao Shanguifu's downcast expression after receiving the call from the division headquarters, several officers from the 15th Regiment who were trapped in Zhonghoutun couldn't help but secretly guess what the content of the call from the division headquarters was and what it could do.
The captain's face turned so gloomy and scary.
They only knew that this telephone line, which could barely maintain communication despite intermittent radio contact, was obtained by the commander of the company by threatening the lives of the Manchurians who were being held hostage.
After hesitating for a long time and not figuring out how to deal with these special smoke shells, the mountain turtle man gritted his teeth, looked at the gradually darkening sky, and said to the adjutant of the regiment beside him: "You go talk to them, just say
I promise to let go of all the Manchus here, but they must ensure our safe return to Fangzheng County."
"And immediately send people to throw all those special smoke bombs into the well. Throw as many as you can, and put the ones that can't be thrown away in their original place. As long as the other party agrees to our conditions, immediately throw away all the ones that cannot be carried.
Supplies, retreat to Fangzheng County."
The adjutant heard what Gao Shanguifu said, hesitated and said: "Your Excellency, the regiment commander, the division's order is for us to deal with these special smoke shells first, and then find a way to retreat. If you throw away all these shells, I'm afraid we won't be able to retreat to the division."
Let the regiment headquarters explain it. Besides, even the Tokyo Base Camp and the Kwantung Army Headquarters will not agree to throwing away tens of thousands of special smoke shells at once."
Gao Shanguifu waved his hand to stop the adjutant from talking and said: "Go ahead and execute it, it's no big deal. The empire's use of special cigarettes on the battlefield in China is an open secret, and the China army has also used it in previous battles.
Many special cigarette shells were seized."
"During the Battle of Lanfeng, Lieutenant General Doihara threw away hundreds of rounds of special smoke artillery shells, and was not held accountable in any way? Since it is an open secret, it is no longer a secret. As for the investigation of responsibility, we have to wait.
We have to wait until we get back alive. If we can successfully break out, if the base camp and the Kwantung Army are held accountable, all the responsibilities will be borne by me alone."
After the adjutant made up his mind, the tired-looking Takayama Turtle didn't dare to say anything more and went out to negotiate with the people on the opposite side. Looking at the adjutant's back in a hurry, Takayama Turtle waved his hand to the other dozen or so officers.
Said: "You should start preparations immediately. Prepare for a breakout as soon as possible. The division and regiment headquarters have made up their minds to break out. If we arrive late, the division and regiment headquarters will not wait for us."
"Also, restrain your soldiers and don't harm those Manchus. If we fight in China Pass, these thousands of people don't matter. But this is not Nanjing, let alone China, but Manchuria. We still have thousands of people in Fangzheng
It is impossible to take away all the overseas Chinese when we break out. We have to worry about reciprocal retaliation from our opponents. The most fundamental thing is not to do anything that arouses the anger of our opponents."
"I know that all squadrons are very interested in these Manchu women, and they have done a lot of extraordinary things in the past two days. Even everyone, from last night to today, did some things. But I
Now I solemnly tell you once again that I don’t care about what happened in the past. But from now on, no matter whose actions endanger the breakout operation, you will commit seppuku to apologize to the emperor."
Compared with the surprise of the officers of the 15th Regiment at Gao Shanguifu's decision, Chen Hanzhang and Duan Ziquan looked at each other. Although they saw the unwillingness in each other's eyes, they considered that the thousands of people trapped in the village could not give it to that person.
Although more than a thousand Japanese were buried with him, Chen Hanzhang finally nodded and agreed to the request of the turtle husband in the mountains.
Although there is already a solution that is not a solution, how can it be said that it is easy to dig tunnels for infiltration under the eyes of the Japanese army? Because of the fear of being discovered by the Japanese army, they can only use engineering shovels to dig little by little. And in the lack of professionalism
In the absence of personnel, we must try our best to prevent the tunnel from collapsing.
This is not the extremely sticky loess in the pass. It is close to the river and the groundwater level is also very high. Under the nose of the Japanese army, it is necessary to achieve concealment and ensure that the quality of the tunnel is enough to withstand the rapid retreat of thousands of people.
This is not an easy thing to achieve without any problems.
The Japanese soldiers are not fools. If they make such a big move under their feet, they may not notice it in a short time. But it is difficult to guarantee that they will not be discovered in the long run. Especially when they need to dig so many tunnels at once, it is very difficult
Keep it strictly confidential and it will never be discovered by the Japanese army.
After dawn, after Guo Bingxun, who rushed to Tonghe County from Jiamusi, learned about the situation and dispatched a plane to conduct reconnaissance in the shortest possible time, Chen Hanzhang and Duan Ziquan felt even more disheartened. They were trapped in Zhonghou
The people on the front line were not only in the outer fortifications, but also wherever there were Japanese troops inside and outside Zhonghou Tun, there were at least a dozen or even hundreds of ordinary people among them.
This also means that all the tunnels are only dug around the outer fortifications, which is of no use at all. There is simply no way to rescue all the people at once. The Japanese army in front of them is not the puppet Manchukuo army, but the brutal
The Japanese soldiers did not take Chinese lives seriously. Once their intentions were exposed, these Japanese soldiers would certainly not be lenient when killing these hostages.
Just when Chen Hanzhang and Duan Ziquan were thinking hard and couldn't find a solution, the Japanese army sent people to negotiate at this time. Although they were a little unwilling, they had no choice but to agree. Fortunately, the retreat direction proposed by these Japanese troops was to withdraw to
Founder County, not other directions.
After hesitating for a while, facing the conditions proposed by the Japanese army, Chen Hanzhang finally nodded. Fortunately, after the 18th Regiment arrived, all the Sixth Brigade had arrived. Although the current strength cannot be said to be sufficient, at least it is not as strong as the Sixth Brigade.
It was as stretched as it was before we arrived. Now with the full support of the aviation force, even if these thousands of Japs run back to Fangzheng County, they will not pose much of a threat to the overall war situation.
Although he agreed to Takayama Turtle's request, his behavior, which was completely different from before, also aroused Chen Hanzhang's alert. After thinking about the overall situation on the battlefield, Chen Hanzhang felt that the Japanese army was desperate to shrink its troops. It should be Takayama Turtle.
Husband, the entire Fourteenth Division shouldn't have to run away.
Keenly aware of the Japanese army's motive, Chen Hanzhang immediately sent a report to Wang Xiaoming and Ma Chunsheng, reminding them to pay attention to the actions of the Japanese army inside Fangzheng County, as well as the actions of other Japanese troops. Let them beware of the Japanese army taking advantage of darkness to attack our aviation force.
Withdrawing and in previous battles, the troops were too tired and suffered too many casualties and took the opportunity to break out.
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