When receiving an order from the Kwantung Army Headquarters to assemble south to participate in the battle to recapture Harbin, Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, commander of the Japanese First Division, who had previously learned that his opponent had a powerful artillery force, did not dare to be careless. [.Com/Text, not only will he
The main force of the division's tank regiment and artillery regiment will be dispatched, and the two brigades of the first field heavy artillery regiment of the so-called Heihe frontal defense position mobile artillery will be sent, with a total of sixteen Type 96 150mm heavy howitzers.
They were also sent out to try to surpass their opponents in terms of firepower.
In order to cooperate with the 25th Division and the 9th Division going north, to recover Harbin as quickly as possible to restore the so-called international influence. In addition to a border garrison and eight squadrons remaining in Heihe, the First Division
, it can be said that they went all out to the south.
As the main opponent of the First Division, Wang Guangyu has four brigades on hand. Although his independent Eighth Brigade is a newly formed unit, due to external operations, the artillery to which it belongs is in addition to the Type 92 Infantry Artillery Battery belonging to the regiment.
Except for the quantity that cannot be obtained, all the remaining equipment has been fully equipped.
The four brigades under Wang Guangyu, except for the independent 8th Brigade organized by the remnants of the Third Anti-Alliance Army, are only equipped with 150mm heavy mortars and lightweight Type 41 mountain guns because you are guerrilla in nature.
The brigade artillery of the remaining three brigades is all full strength. The artillery damaged in the first stage of the battle has been replaced with reserve artillery.
Moreover, before attacking outside, Yang Zhen assigned one of the only two 155th heavy howitzer regiments in the military region and a battalion of the 122nd rocket artillery regiment directly under the headquarters to Wang Guangyu. At the same time, a newly formed French
The 120mm howitzer battalion was also strengthened and assigned to the first column. Twelve anti-tank companies urgently formed using the newly shipped 25mm anti-tank guns from Jiangbei were also allocated to seven of the first column at one time.
As for light weapons, except for the 1st and 2nd brigades and the 3rd Independent Brigade, which have all been replaced with equipment made entirely in Poland, the newly formed 8th Independent Brigade has all been replaced with French Leber rifles, M192
The Type 2 light machine gun and the Hotchkiss heavy machine gun. The mortars are all French 81mm medium mortars whose performance exceeds that of the Japanese 90mm mortar.
Although the regiment's Type 92 infantry artillery company was not yet fully equipped, it added a 150mm heavy mortar company and a chemical defense company equipped with four self-produced flamethrowers produced by the military region's arsenal.
The firepower at the regiment level is even stronger than that of the old troops. The proportion of submachine guns per squad has also been changed from two to three.
It can be said that Wang Guangyu has now replaced all the equipment of the first column with Polish-made and French equipment. Except for the lack of tanks, it is no less than the ace among the aces of the Japanese army. All new equipment is the first to be replenished.
The division even far surpassed the Japanese army in terms of anti-tank firepower.
Although the caliber of the French 25mm anti-tank gun is not as good as the Japanese 37 rapid-fire gun, its performance is far superior to the Japanese 37 rapid-fire gun. As for the performance of the Bofors 37 anti-tank gun, it is even better than that of the Japanese army.
Incomparable. These anti-tank guns and rocket launchers assigned to the platoon level form a combination of long and near anti-tank firepower.
One has just completed the change of equipment and has high morale. One has its own veteran division and is well-equipped. One designation is not only the first column of the Jidong Military Region, but also the first brigade and the first regiment of the military region. The other designation is the entire Japanese First Division.
Regiment. When these two first-class troops met, they warmly welcomed their opponents' arrival with intense firepower and artillery fire.
Faced with the overwhelming deployment of the First Division, Wang Guangyu relied on the superior equipment in his hands to counterattack and attack. He used the Second Brigade to block the 57th Infantry Regiment attached to the First Tank Regiment in Longzhen.
In addition to the troops, the two main brigades attacked and advanced towards the territory of Nenjiang River with all their strength.
And with the help of the Eighth Independent Brigade, which relied on their familiarity with geography and took small roads to seize the front line of Kehoutun and Sunzhai on the north bank of the Koluo River. On the east bank of the Koluo River and the triangle area south of the Mu River, the enemy was strengthened.
The 49th Regiment, the four infantry squadrons of the First Regiment, and the First Regiment of Field Heavy Artillery are encircling the trend.
The First Division was no ambiguity. After discovering that it was being surrounded by its opponents, the Forty-ninth Regiment did not retreat but advanced. Relying on artillery support, it attacked southward with all its strength. However, facing the two men in Wang Guangyu's hands,
Under the flanking attacks from the 1st Ace Brigade and the 3rd Independent Brigade, the relentless bite from behind by the 8th Independent Brigade, and the powerful artillery attack from the opponent, it was difficult to move forward.
In particular, the wolf pack tactics of the Eighth Independent Brigade caused great losses to the Forty-seventh Regiment. Guo Tiejian, commander of the Eighth Independent Brigade, suffered heavy losses in the sweep of the Japanese and puppet troops last autumn, and he and political commissar Yu Tianfang
Under the cover of the Second Division troops, they retreated into the base area before gaining a foothold. Afterwards, he led his troops for training in the Jidong Military Region. As the leader of the main detachment of the Third Route Army, Guo Tiejian, who was the main force of the Japanese encirclement and suppression of the Third Route Army at that time, was very critical of the 47th Regiment.
I hate it so much that I can gnash my teeth.
Not only the brigade commander Guo Tiejian, but also the main regimental-level cadres of two of the three regiments of the Eighth Independent Brigade are all cadres of the Third Route Army who successively retreated to the base area after the defeat of the Third Route Army last fall and the start of this battle.
.Even a large number of battalion and company platoon commanders were held by the backbone of the Third Route Army's eastward retreat.
Deputy brigade commander Wang Minggui and commander of the second regiment Wang Jun retreated to the base area after the complete defeat of the Third Route Army this year. Director of the Brigade Political Department Zhang Yunsheng and commander of the first regiment Zhang Guangdi retreated to the base area last year along with Guo Tiejian. These
The survivors of the Third Route Army also hated the Forty-seventh Regiment, which was the direct executioner of the Third Route Army's complete defeat. Most of the wounded and sick captured by the Third Route Army were from the Forty-seventh Regiment.
massacred.
With the approval of Wang Guangyu, Guo Tiejian took advantage of his geographical familiarity and led the Eighth Independent Brigade to march alone. After bypassing the Japanese army on the Hengshan line and directly seizing the Sunzhai line, he left only one regiment commanded by political commissar Yu Tianfang and deputy brigade commander Wang Minggui.
Monitor other Japanese troops in Heihe and ensure the main force is engaged in encirclement and annihilation operations.
He personally commanded a reinforced regiment to launch a fierce attack from the rear of the 47th Regiment. Guo Tiejian did not fight head-on with the 47th Regiment. Instead, he commanded the two regiments like a group of foraging wolves seeing a herd of deer.
He followed leisurely from behind. But as soon as he got a chance, he would pounce on him and take a bite. And as soon as he took a bite, he would bite off a large piece of his opponent's flesh.
Guo Tiejian's tactics can be said to be quite effective. Faced with the opponent's attack from both sides, the Forty-seventh Regiment was unable to mobilize its main force to turn around and deal with the Eighth Independent Brigade, so it could only constantly mobilize its forces to turn around and deal with it.
This hungry wolf behind you.
As a result, because the number of troops mobilized each time was not large, one squadron after another sent food to the mouth of the Independent Eighth Brigade. Not only was it unable to repel the hungry wolf behind him that could not stop biting, but it was actually weakened.
The front line faced the troops of the 1st Brigade and the 3rd Independent Brigade.
The First Field Heavy Artillery Regiment, which was assigned to it and was equipped with sixteen Type 96 heavy howitzers, suffered heavy losses in the exchange of fire with the 122nd Rocket Artillery Regiment directly under the First Column Headquarters. It was equipped with sixteen pieces.
Although the Type 96 heavy howitzer's single gun performance is good, its firepower density is far inferior to that of the 122 rocket launcher with forty rounds. Its maximum range of 12 kilometers is also not as good as the 122's maximum 20-round rocket launcher.
Kilometer range.
Wang Guangyu was very angry. Although he had mobilized the direct heavy artillery regiment to participate in the battle from the beginning, he hid the 122 rocket artillery battalion attached to the headquarters. He gave the order to the battalion commander that as long as the Japanese 1st heavy artillery regiment did not open fire,
, his rocket launcher battalion is absolutely not allowed to fire. But as long as it fires, the first heavy artillery regiment must be suppressed.
In fact, the Japanese army's battlefield reconnaissance capabilities are quite strong, but they still have no awareness of the rocket artillery battalion that Wang Guangyu deployed four kilometers deep to the front-line troops and kept strict vigilance. In addition, they lost air superiority, and the reconnaissance plane took off as soon as possible.
One of them was shot down. Therefore, the Japanese army had no idea that their opponent had a rocket artillery battalion with a range of more than 20 kilometers waiting for them.
When receiving a telegram asking for help from the desperate frontline troops who had been bombarded by the opponent's heavy artillery, Colonel Jiang Yuan, the leader of the 1st Field Heavy Artillery Regiment, gave the order without hesitation, concentrating all artillery in an attempt to suppress the opponent's heavy artillery blasting at the 47th Regiment.
Troops. What Colonel Jiang Yuan didn't expect was that his opponent had a surprise force waiting for him to open fire.
After receiving the call for help from the 47th Regiment, the 16 Type 96 heavy howitzers carried by the 1st Field Heavy Artillery Regiment opened fire quickly in an attempt to relieve the firepower pressure of the infantry. But they did not know that the 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment
As soon as the three artillery groups of the regiment appeared and opened fire, they were targeted by the waiting opponents.
After intense calculations and measuring its location, Ouyang Qin, deputy commander of the 122 Rocket Artillery Regiment directly under the headquarters, who personally led the team, gave an order and twelve 122 rocket launchers were exposed towards the Japanese Seventh Field Heavy Artillery Regiment.
out of position and fired a volley.
Four hundred and eighty 122 rockets trailed long tail flames, spectacularly passing over the positions of the two armies that were fighting fiercely. I was dumbfounded when I saw this kind of shell firing from behind and passing over my head again.
In front of the officers and soldiers of the 49th Regiment, they flew towards the position of the 1st Field Heavy Artillery Regiment.
Among the officers and soldiers of the 49th Regiment, many were used as test subjects for the world's first batch of rocket launchers last year. They enjoyed the fire-breathing and powerful shells and greeted them warmly. When they saw this kind of shells, they greeted them warmly.
When it was over their heads, those officers and soldiers who participated in the westward march last year thought of their colleagues who suffered heavy casualties under such shells. They could not help but shrink their necks in fright, crawling in the trenches and letting the officers scold them.
, just didn’t dare to raise his head.
Before these officers and soldiers, who had already enjoyed the reception of such powerful artillery, could react, there was a burst of dense explosions, and the three artillery groups of the First Field Heavy Artillery Regiment, which had been desperately supporting the front-line infantry operations just now, were desperately firing artillery shells.
The position was covered by dense artillery shells.
The 122 rocket launcher, like the 107 rocket launcher, is most suitable for covering exposed positions and marching groups with firepower. Its extremely high rate of fire and dense firepower density can even kill the opponent in this situation.
To describe it as terrifying.
Coupled with Wang Guangyu's calculations and unintentional calculations, the ending of the 1st Field Heavy Artillery Regiment, the main fire support of the 49th Regiment's southward campaign, cannot be described in just one word.
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