Just when Yang Zhen was nervously adjusting his deployment and preparing to launch a counterattack, the Japanese and puppet troops' positions at the foot of the mountain heard loud slaps one after another. [.Com text]
His face was slapped more than ten times in a row. The pain was almost numb but he didn't even dare to cover it. Takeo Fukuda, the captain of the third squadron of the Japanese independent fifth garrison in Harbin, was unable to resist.
You can consider yourself unlucky.
From the moment I heard the intensive gunshots ringing out on the mountain here, to the time I discovered that the other party was not a friendly force and immediately launched an attack, until now, the four consecutive wave-like attacks have occupied half of the mountainside and driven the bandits to the top of the mountain, but they have never been able to do so.
He couldn't drive those bandits off the top of the mountain, but he paid a heavy price.
In addition to the fact that more than half of the accompanying puppet Manchukuo military police suffered casualties and lost their combat effectiveness under the intensive machine gun fire of the anti-Manchu and anti-Japanese elements, our squadron also paid the price of a whole squad falling under the intensive fire of the opponent's heavy machine guns. Damn it,
Those heavy machine guns from the other side?
This is not to say that Takeo Fukuda is ignorant, but as he is just a squadron leader, he naturally has no idea that the opponent he is shooting at on the top of the mountain has seized an entire train full of arms and ammunition at Weihe Station.
Although Kojiro, the former Second Major, knew about it, he never made it clear to him.
Having paid a price but gained limited results, the Major Operations Staff Officer of the Independent Fifth Guards, Kojihara Rōji, who was temporarily appointed to unified command of the Japanese and puppet troops, was naturally not satisfied. He killed two unfavorable combatants on the spot.
After becoming a puppet Manchukuo officer, Takeo Fukuda, who commanded the only Japanese squadron participating in the war, naturally became another punching bag.
Kojiro, the former Second Major, was not just dissatisfied at this time. It could be said that he was extremely angry. Otherwise, he would not have violated the convention and killed the Puppet Manchukuo officer in front of the Puppet Manchukuo military police.
For the Puppet Manchukuo, a colony that the Japanese army painstakingly managed, although the Japanese army's control over the so-called Manchurian rebels was much greater and stricter than that of the puppet army that had just formed in the pass at this time, it rarely dealt with it at will.
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Those puppet Manchukuo officers who are said to be disadvantageous in combat are usually sent to a military court first. Although it is basically just a formality, the result is not different, but at least they still have to pretend on the surface.
At this time, Kojiro's former second major Fei killed two Puppet Manchukuo officers who were at least disadvantageous in his eyes. He also ignored the so-called military power of the imperial army and killed his squadron leader in front of the Puppet Manchukuo military police present.
The fan turned him into a pig, which already showed how angry he was.
What made the former Second Major Kojiro angry was not the casualties paid to seize this hilltop. The loss of the squadron of the third squadron made Takeo Fukuda feel distressed, but in the eyes of the former Second Major Kojiro, these soldiers were just
They were just consumables of the war. He didn't feel sorry for the Japanese, let alone those puppet Manchukuo military police who were worse than dogs in his eyes?
The reason that made him so furious was that in his eyes, a squadron of the Imperial Japanese Army, which was enough to defeat a regiment or even a division of the Chinese regular army, personally attacked several times and even a small hilltop occupied by bandits.
None of them could be taken down. After several charges, they were suppressed halfway up the mountain by the opponent's firepower, which really undermined the imperial army's military power.
The fact that the attack failed and harmed the imperial army's military power was only one of the reasons he could say. What made him so furious were the few reasons he couldn't say. This time he went into three sieges and encircled them on three sides.
To survive, the tactic of driving these anti-Manchu and anti-Japanese elements, who had always slipped through the net in previous campaigns, to a large encirclement that had been set up in the south in an effort to annihilate them all was his tactic as the combat staff officer of the Independent Fifth Guard Corps.
I worked it out after thinking hard all night.
Now, he didn't expect that the bandits in front of him, who in his eyes could only play ambushes and never dared to compete openly with the imperial army, could be so tough. With the cooperation of a large number of puppet Manchukuo military police, a squadron of the imperial army launched four attacks in succession.
In the face of a wave of offensive that was enough to defeat any army's resistance, he actually persisted. Not only did he persist, he was able to bite back and cause considerable damage to the imperial soldiers.
If he fails to defeat the bandits in front of him, not only will the battle plan he painstakingly designed before the new commander Sasaki and Major General Ichi take office come to nothing, but he will also end up making others laugh at him. He is not smiling.
Although he didn't care much, he knew that if this plan failed, his future would be completely bleak.
And in Kojiro Haraji's view, the most important reason why he cannot tolerate the futility of his subordinates is that if he is unable to destroy the opponent's resistance and allows the outflanking troops on both sides to arrive and defeat the opponent, that is the most important thing.
Things that cannot be tolerated.
Quite simply, Lieutenant Colonel Koji Ikeda, the captain of the 1st Battalion of the Independent 5th Guards Corps, who was currently fighting fiercely with Guo Bingxun and commanding the troops marching eastward to suppress the Japanese and puppet troops, was his mortal enemy since the Army Non-Commissioned Officer School.
This person not only snatched away the qualification that originally belonged to him and was the first to graduate in the same period, but also made him the loser again when they competed with each other to pursue the daughter of a general. Koji Ikeda became the general's son-in-law.
After that, his official career skyrocketed, and he repeatedly suppressed Kojiro Haraji. When Kojiro Haraji and most of his classmates at the non-commissioned officer school at the same time were still in the rank of major or even captain, they had already sat on the rank of lieutenant commander.
Position.
I heard that after the cleanup is completed, this man who has taken away Kojiro Hara's first place, his goddess and his classmate on the ladder will soon be transferred to the regular field division as the co-captain. In other words, he will be promoted to colonel.
He was about to be promoted to captain of the Major Corps, but he was still a small staff officer. Although he did well among his classmates, and it was rare for him to reach the position of major officer, he was only a small staff officer after all.
He has never served as a commander in any unit. Not to mention the commander of the unit, even being promoted to chief staff officer seems to be far away at least for now. When he thinks of this, Kojiro Haraji's heart aches. In his opinion, these should be all
What belongs to him, if not for that damn guy who showed up to fight for the love, the general's daughter, and the position of Captain of the Colonial Corps on the strength of having a father who is a university professor, all of this should have been his.
Although nepotism is not as prevalent in the Imperial Army as it is in the Chinese Army, there is a general's father-in-law or family member taking care of him, and the speed of promotion is still unmatched by civilians. Kojiro Haraji stubbornly believes that his opponent can defeat him
Reaching the position of captain of the Major Alliance must have something to do with the care of his father-in-law who should belong to him.
Kojiro Haraji, who was overwhelmed by jealousy, did not even think about it. He was just the son of a fisherman from Kitakyushu. In Japan, where clans were prevalent and people valued well-matched families, it was impossible to marry the daughter of a high-ranking general.
Although the general had once regarded him as a son-in-law who had just graduated from the sergeant academy, and expressed his affirmation of his talent. But to say that he wanted to recruit him as his son-in-law because of his affirmation was just wishful thinking.
It is not terrible for people to have ambitions, but what is terrible is to be dazzled by ambition. After receiving the news that Lieutenant General Sasaki Toichi, known as the father of Manchuria, was about to be transferred to the commander of the Independent Fifth Guards, he was supposed to be in the guard
Kojiro Haraji, who was sitting in the office at the team headquarters and rarely got his turn on the battlefield, thought it was time for him to perform.
As the operational staff officer of the Independent Fifth Guards, Kojiro Haraji knew very well that the Kwantung Army Headquarters attached great importance to this anti-Manchu anti-Japanese element. He also knew that after the loss of Weihe County, especially those who had just been transferred to Manchuria
The military column of the Fourth Division was ambushed north of Weihe County. After two entire brigades of the Fourth Division troops were blown into the sky together with the military column, the Kwantung Army headquarters came under great pressure from within the country.
Lieutenant General Sawada Shigeru, the commander of the Fourth Division, even threatened that if the Kwantung Army Headquarters could not give the Fourth Division a satisfactory answer regarding the attack on the military column and the death and injury of thousands of Imperial soldiers, he would directly
A message to the Emperor demanding that the Kwantung Army be held strictly accountable and those responsible be held accountable.
As a combat staff officer at the High Command, Kojiro Haraji immediately felt that this was an opportunity to change his destiny after learning about the incident for the first time. So he painstakingly came up with this combat plan.
Even in order to leave a good impression on the General and teach the guy who had usurped the position that originally belonged to him, Major Kojirohara, a combat staff officer, persuaded the garrison on the pretext that he had drawn up the combat plan himself.
The chief of staff, who was the temporary acting commander before Lieutenant General Sasaki took office, sent himself to coordinate the operations of various ministries.
What Kojiro Haraji didn't expect was that in his eyes, this one fight would bring his enemy back to the arms of Amaterasu and wash away the shame of having his love stolen away by a horizontal sword. But because of letting that person
The daughter of a general who had expressed his admiration became a widow, but was ordered to retire from active service for life after the war. And he himself was seriously injured in the battle. Although his life was saved, he lost an arm.
and became disabled for life.
At this moment, mixed with the rage of the failed attack, Kojiro Haraji, who repeatedly threatened his subordinates to quickly capture the hilltop in front of him, did not notice that the road less than 300 meters on his right wing looked very dense because it was covered with good vegetation.
In a hidden ravine, a troop was quietly approaching his position. While he was dancing and waving his saber to intimidate his subordinates, his attitude was extremely arrogant. He was also firmly held in the crosshairs by a Type 38 rifle designed and manufactured in China.
middle.
Li Yanping was also experienced in battles, so he didn't know what was going on, but this was a very common surprise attack in his fighting career, but it made him slightly nervous.
After suppressing the move of a veteran who stretched out his loaded rifle and prepared to kill the guy on the Japs position who was dancing and waving a saber, Li Yanping roughly estimated the distance between the enemy and ourselves and signaled the troops to continue to engage in covert encounters as much as possible.
enemy.
Two hundred meters, one hundred and fifty meters, one hundred meters. When the troops covered with branches as camouflage crawled forward bit by bit with extreme caution until they were no more than a hundred meters away from the enemy, Li Yanping was a little nervous.
But my mood suddenly relaxed.
Turning his head and looking at the several light and heavy machine guns that had been set up, Li Yanping pulled out his pistol and whispered to the two company commanders following him: "Tell the troops not to charge and only use firepower to kill the enemy. There.
Shoot where there are more people. Remember to focus all your firepower on the infantry first, and leave the Japanese artillery to the commander to deal with."
Seeing the two company commanders nodding, Li Yanping raised his head again and carefully observed the Japanese and puppet troops who were launching another attack on the hilltop position, and then the shell gun in his hand fired first.
After he fired his pistol, the outflanking troops concentrated all their light and heavy firepower and swept towards the Japanese and puppet troops who were desperately attacking the defenders on the top of the mountain under the pressure of Kojiro's original gun.
As they were desperately attacking the Japanese and puppet troops on the hilltop, they were suddenly blinded by the firepower that suddenly appeared from the flanks. The Japanese and puppet troops who were unable to prepare were hit in pieces by the dense firepower that suddenly appeared from behind. They were attacked from both sides.
Under this, the army was defeated after only a short period of resistance.
Yang Zhen, who had been commanding the troops on the hilltop to resist the recent seemingly crazy attack by the Japanese and puppet troops, saw that Li Yanping had already detoured back to his position and had taken the lead in firing. He immediately ordered the artillerymen who had already determined the firing range to open fire immediately, giving priority to the intensive artillery fire.
Smashed at the artillery positions of the Japanese and puppet troops.
The infantry artillery positions of the Japanese and puppet troops were set up on a flat land in the mountains. Kojiro Haraji, who was eager to make contributions, was too careless and impatient. When he discovered that these were in front of him, they were strictly ordered by the Kwantung Army Headquarters to be annihilated.
After attacking the so-called anti-Manchurian anti-Japanese elements, he immediately launched an attack. In order to defeat these troublemakers first, he did not even do the most basic fortifications. Several infantry artillery pieces for fire support were placed on the bare flat ground.
Although he knew that the Kwantung Army had a train loaded with arms and supplies, especially part of the equipment of a new mortar brigade that the Kwantung Army was preparing to form, and it fell into the hands of bandits while refueling at Weihe Station, he still didn't care.
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In his heart, he did not believe that these bandit armed forces would use artillery. This was because the anti-Manchu and anti-Japanese armed forces had never used weapons such as mortars when they harassed the pioneering regiments and group tribes.
The consequence of Kojiro Haraji's carelessness and over-expanded ambition was that his artillery was immediately blown into a pile of scrap metal by the dense mortar shells flying over the ridge.
After being hit by a sudden blow and watching helplessly that his artillery and artillery were reduced to parts, Major Kojiro Hara Er, who has been serving in the command organization since graduating from the non-commissioned officer school, has never served as the chief officer of the army and lacks combat experience.
Exposed without a doubt.
At this critical moment, his performance was actually not as good as his subordinates who were beaten but quickly came to their senses. Without their commander, the subordinates who spontaneously resisted under the command of the sergeant actually
Start to stay.
If Takeo Fukuda was still alive, Kojiro Haraji's daze at this critical moment would not have posed a fatal threat to the Japanese and puppet troops. As one of the few officers promoted by soldiers in the Japanese army, Takeo Fukuda, who has rich practical experience, at least knew
What should he do.
However, it is a pity that this unlucky squadron leader, together with several soldiers around him, were beaten into a hornet's nest by machine gun bullets in the first moment when Li Yanping commanded the detour troops to launch an attack.
Takeo Fukuda was killed in the first battle, and Kojiro Haraji was at a loss. The entire Japanese and puppet army lost its command. When the mortar group commanded by Yang Zhen killed the Japanese artillery, it began to switch firepower and
When the artillery shells hit the Japanese and puppet infantry, the Japanese and puppet troops, who had lost their command, could not withstand the attack from both sides. Soon after the puppet Manchukuo military and police, who had relatively weak combat effectiveness, began to collapse, the always strong Japanese army gradually became unable to hold on.
Showing a state of collapse.
Kojiro Haraji, who gradually woke up from the sudden blow, originally wanted to make a last-ditch effort to stabilize the troops, but a mortar shell falling from the sky shut his mouth.
Seeing the supreme commander fall in the rain of mortar shells, the Japanese army, which was already in a state of collapse, could no longer hold on. Under the leadership of the only remaining second lieutenant, the still breathing Kojiro was lifted up.
The two retreated.
After defeating the Japanese and puppet troops at the foot of the mountain, Yang Zhen stopped Li Yanping from pursuing the enemy and ordered Li Mingrui behind him: "Send a report to the Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of Staff Wang and tell him that I have eliminated the Japanese and puppet troops here.
, ask them how the fighting is going there? Tell them they can retreat."
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