Ouyang Yun rushed to Qianhu, and as soon as he got off the car, he heard the sound of gunfire from the direction of the Lion Gate suddenly becoming more violent. He turned around and saw hundreds of fireballs hitting one direction one after another, and then, The top of the Lion's Gate mountaintop, which had only occasionally flickered with flames, was completely shrouded in flames. He was startled for a moment, and then heard Huang Hua shout: "Commander-in-Chief, Division Commander Menkweili reported that the 18th Division has begun to evacuate."
"Oh." Ouyang Yun responded and sighed thoughtfully,
In terms of situation, the battle in Qianhu has changed from an offensive and defensive battle to an encirclement and suppression battle. Once the chariot troops of the Ninth Xuexi Division appeared behind the East Route Army, Yamamuro Somu realized that his side had no chance, even if Okamura The commander immediately came from the Lion Gate. However, without weapons that could suppress the tanks of the cadet army, pure infantry only increased casualties.
The Expendables, Tamashii Special Attack, Yamamuro Munetake and Yamada Joji also tried, but to no avail. The Ninth Academy Division originally had a brigade of infantry, and the Academy Third Division reinforced it with a brigade of infantry, in a combination of three vehicles and two steps. In front of us, there are no powerful weapons, and other tricks made by manpower can only delay the time of the entire army's destruction. The special attack battle that was once proud of the little devils has become a suicide squad one after another. The human-shaped torch, their last magic weapon, failed.
More than two hundred "Mandrills", "Alligator", "Platypus" and a similar number of armored vehicles were lined up, followed by rows of cadet soldiers, and behind them were the artillery regiments of the 3rd Division, no matter what you kid. Set up a frontal defense formation, or organize death squads to launch a special attack, or spread out the formation to strengthen the depth of defense. I just use one move, first bombard with heavy artillery, and then use tank cannons, machine guns, and combat anti-aircraft salvos. , then, the tanks cleared the way, machine guns fired, and the student army followed and charged,
The fighting style of the Xuebing Army is very arrogant and rude. However, because of their absolute weapon superiority, no matter how much the Japanese have the will to fight, the spirit of sacrifice, and no matter how unwilling they are, there is nothing they can do. There has never been a life-and-death battlefield. If there is truth, it would be with a big fist.
After an hour and a half of fierce fighting, Yamamuro Munetake and Yamada Joji successively organized nine brigades for defense, and gathered a regiment to launch a fierce attack on the west bank of the former lake. However, it was all in vain.
The artillery regiment of the 3rd Xuexue Division was only responsible for attacking at first, but later it began to help the defenders on the west bank of Qianhu Lake in defense.
The gap between those with cannons and those without cannons is huge, and the gap between those with tanks and those without tanks is equally huge (the Japanese did have tanks in the beginning, but they did not dare to compete with the tanks of the Xuebing Army. Naturally, There would be no chance to show off). In addition, the trainees were quite proficient in coordinated infantry combat. The special attack tactics that the Japanese army had achieved success in the past were useless. As a result, the war situation began to show a one-sided trend. It's inevitable,
With the roar of artillery and bursts of gunfire, they saw that the surrounding troops were getting smaller and smaller, while the cadet army was getting braver and braver. Yamamuro and Yamada knew that the situation was over, so they asked Hashimoto Mochishun to send a telegram to Okamura Neji to report the situation. Afterwards, they organized about three brigades of Japanese soldiers nearby and began to break out. They used nearly a squadron of military police to open a passage from the north bank of the former Hubei Province. Yamamuro Somu led more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers to flee, and behind them, There were still several thousand Japanese Japs flopping, struggling, and shouting on the surface of Qianhu Lake. In addition, there were another three to four thousand Japanese Japs who formed more than a dozen small formations and resisted stubbornly.
Break it with one blow, then surround them and break them one by one.
Ouyang Yun dared to ask the Eighteenth Division to withdraw from Lion Gate because he knew that the battle in Qianhu was coming to an end.
"Capture Sanshi Zongwu alive."
"Capture Yamada Joji alive."
"Brothers, kill the Japanese."
"Go ahead."
On the east and west banks of Qianhu, the shouts of killing were loud, and flares flew into the sky one after another, illuminating the surrounding area.
Large-scale battles no longer exist, and are more often encirclement and annihilation battles based on regiments, with tank guns, machine guns, and anti-tank artillery blasting from the front, infantry following the tanks to charge, machine gun fire, and grenade bombardment. , then a submachine gun and an assault rifle swiped away,
No Japanese surrender, because they know that surrender means death. The "battlefield discipline" of the Xuebing Army is no longer a secret. After the Japanese base camp deliberately exaggerated, the Japanese now fear being captured more than dying in battle.
Because of this matter, Jiang Guangnai once argued with Ouyang Yun. As a Chinese soldier in the true traditional sense, he has a strong attachment to the Heavenly Kingdom, so he believes that enforcing battlefield discipline on prisoners not only damages the Heavenly Kingdom's magnanimity, but also Moreover, it will also arouse the stubborn resistance of the remaining Japanese troops and increase the casualties of the troops. This is an overkill.
Ouyang Yun refuted him with one sentence, "Anyone who offends China's power will be punished no matter how far away it is. Otherwise, it is not enough to scare the world. The heavenly country has its own magnanimity, but it is definitely not now, nor is it right." This ungrateful, renegade robber state,
The fewer the Japs were left, the more intense the resistance became. Although the gunfire from the 38-year-old Gai seemed weak amid the gunfire from the Wei Qing-style and Qubing-style firearms, it also brought considerable casualties to the Xuebing Army. , every time a comrade dies, the surrounding cadet offensive will become more and more fierce, and hand-to-hand combat begins in many places, and the cadets who already have the absolute upper hand in numbers often greet each other in three or four, so one Japanese after another is killed. Executed "battlefield discipline" and lost his head,
Some soldiers couldn't find any Japs to fight with, so they pointed their guns at the Japs struggling on the lake and began to clean up the battlefield.
At Lion's Gate, an indiscriminate saturation bombardment by the Eighteenth Division during its retreat left almost no one alive. Two entire brigades of Japs were shouting with excitement because of the defeat of the Jewish cadets. The next moment they were counted. The curtain of fire set off by the continuous explosion of hundreds of artillery shells was completely engulfed.
Ridian volunteered to stay behind to block the Japanese pursuit, which made Menqueri feel more and more guilty and sorry for him, so he launched a bombardment regardless of the cost: "Bomb me hard, I want all the Japanese." Let them all be buried with Lidian and the others."
This round of shelling came suddenly and violently, startling Yokoyama Yong who was about to reach the top of the mountain and broke into a cold sweat. He was pinned down by several military policemen, his heart was beating wildly, and he thought: It's over, if the student If the army repeatedly used this move, we would not have so many troops to consume. Based on this consideration, he only ordered to continue the attack five minutes after the bombardment stopped.
"Sir, the Jews have escaped." A captain shouted from above.
Hengshan Yong cautiously climbed to the top of the mountain. He saw the 18th Division's convoy that had gone away, and then he came to his senses. Just as he was about to give the order to pursue, the messenger suddenly shouted from the bottom of the mountain: "Commander's order, retreat. "
"Retreat." "Why retreat?" There was a sudden voice of doubt on the top of the mountain. Many officers surrounded Yokoyama Isamu, waiting for him to make up his mind.
Hengshan Yong glanced in the direction of Qianhu and saw several fireballs exploding. He sighed and said: "The East Route Army may have been defeated. Let's withdraw."
All the Japanese who heard this sentence were stunned.