The 40th Division was completely destroyed. The division commander, Lieutenant General Aoki Seiichi, was captured alive and the military flag was surrendered, especially the military flag. This shocked the Japanese base camp. The Japanese army paid special attention to the historical honor represented by the military flag. This made China
Even if the army can defeat them or even achieve complete victory, it rarely captures the military flag. When the battle situation is not going well, the military flag is burned first. This is a tradition of the Japanese army. The symbolic meaning of this tradition is to show that the army will not hesitate to destroy all the troops.
determination, so now that the flag of the 40th Division has been captured by the Chinese, does this mean that the frontline officers and soldiers have lost the bushido spirit and dare not die for their country? This is what the big bosses of the Japanese military are most worried about, so
They frequently passed through the Army Ministry and the China Dispatch Force Headquarters. Anami Yuki and Sawada Shigeru directly gave orders to the frontline commanders, urging them to carry forward the spirit of Bushido and have the consciousness to serve the country with their own lives for His Majesty the Emperor. This is equivalent to giving Nakamura Rao
The Japanese commanders in Yichun and Jiujiang, including Yichun and Jiujiang, and Hideo Uchiyama, were burdened with heavy shackles, forcing them to consider the aftermath before fighting, which invisibly affected their combat deployment.
Before the emergence of the Xuebing Army, in every major war between China and Japan, although the Japanese military special high school would collect information about Chinese commanders for their own commanders to refer to, its symbolic significance was far greater than its actual effect.
I took a quick glance at it just to figure out which China general I was going to defeat. After the Xuebing Army appeared, especially in the Battle of Tianjin, the Battle of Wen'an, and the Second Battle of the Great Wall, it repeatedly defeated the Japanese army.
The Japanese commanders who fought against the Bingjun first began to pay serious attention to the intelligence about Ouyang Yun, and then began to pay attention to every Chinese military officer who appeared in the intelligence with the color of the Bingjun. Gradually, the Japanese military commanders in China were asked to
At the request of the Japanese army, special departments began to be formed to collect and sort out relevant intelligence. As a result, not only the Xuebing Army, but also every general in China had their own files in the Japanese army’s intelligence library. Then every time there was a big war, the Japanese commanders would
Will habitually read the opponent's information, hoping to better suppress the opponent by understanding the opponent's combat style and command skills.
Nakamura Rao Xiong and Uchiyama Hide met with the frontline troops last night to encourage morale. It was at the request of the military bosses. In addition, the most complete preparation they made was to study Rao Guohua's intelligence information in the hope of being able to
Determine what kind of attack method he will adopt so as to arrange defense in a targeted manner.
Rao Guohua was a former general of the Sichuan Army, and the Sichuan Army was a representative of the backward armed forces in China that relied more on people than weapons. Therefore, Nakamura and Uchiyama quickly reached an agreement on what kind of offensive method Rao Guohua would adopt.
He believes that Rao Guohua will give full play to his military advantage and will invest saturated troops as soon as the war begins. "If the Chinese want to use the human sea tactic, then our underground fortifications will be effective. If we can crush the Chinese attack tomorrow, then they will definitely
If it severely dampens their morale, maybe the Chinese will just give up." Uchiyama Ying said this, and the two of them thought that Rao Guohua would take a solid offensive, so they deployed two brigades of troops in the underground fortifications at the forefront of the fortress.
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Then, when the heavy artillery troops of the Xuebing Army began to concentrate their firepower on a certain area, the little Japs were in tragedy. There were more than 300 Japs stationed in that area. When the bombardment ended, more than 300 people were directly killed.
More than two hundred others were also killed by the shock, and hundreds of Japanese soldiers in nearby bunkers and tunnels were also injured by the shock.
The earth-shattering explosion sounded like muffled thunder through the underground tunnels and reached the ears of Nakamura and Uchiyama. Feeling the vibration of the mountain, they were drenched by the falling sand and gravel. The faces of the two Japanese changed.
"It's a heavy artillery piece." Uchiyama's voice was trembling.
Nakamura's face was covered with sweat, and his small eyes were flashing with a fierce light. He said in a deep voice: "The area will be intensively bombarded. I'm afraid it will be difficult to preserve the fortifications in the area affected by the bombardment."
Uchiyama immediately thought of a question, his face became very serious, and asked: "What if the Chinese attack from the blasted tunnel?"
Later additions to the fortifications were built under the leadership of Nakamura. He once told Uchiyama that he could walk back and forth in the fort even with his eyes closed. Of course, because the underground tunnels were too long and complicated, this time would be It will be very long, "Don't worry about this problem. In terms of bravery, the imperial army is much stronger than the Chinese. If Rao Guohua really dares to do this, then I will make those Chinese pigs who rushed in regret coming to this world." Nakamura Mi He raised his eyes and said,
"Xinxi, then I'll be relieved."
The sound of explosions continued, and time became longer. No one knew how long it had passed. Just when Nakamura and Uchiyama thought the bombardment would not stop, the world suddenly became clear. Uchiyama was the first to react. He looked at his watch and said: " It lasted for half an hour, and then it was time for the Chinese to launch an attack."
Nakamura picked up the phone and was asking the operator to pick up the Iwashima brigade in front. The dull sound of gunfire came over. He threw the phone away and said to Uchiyama: "Uchiyama-kun, I will go and watch from the front, and I will leave this place to you. .”
Uchiyama nodded, Nakamura picked up the helmet and put it on his head, then walked out of the headquarters with a few officers.
The 11th Battalion of the 412th Regiment of the 11th Xuexi Division was responsible for the first attack. As early as half an hour before the bombardment started, the 11th Battalion cadets, led by battalion commander Xu Mengzhen, crawled to a place one thousand meters away from the shelling area. Hiding well, one thousand meters is the minimum safe distance to avoid accidental bombing. At this distance, although the 11th Battalion students were lucky not to be accidentally injured by shelling, several were injured due to improper handling. , the two most serious cadets were so shocked that they coughed up blood. The long shelling process was so loud that it made people temporarily deaf. The shelling stopped. Xu Mengzhen was delayed for a minute before he came to the head of the 412th Regiment. Realizing under the reminder, he immediately stood up and shouted: "Brothers, rush with me and protect the fire-breathing soldiers."
In tunnel combat, the flamethrower is an excellent weapon. Unfortunately, the tanks at Madang Fortress cannot come up. Otherwise, if the flamethrower tanks were deployed, this battle would be much simpler.
The cadets of the 11th Battalion on the ground generally suffered from symptoms of temporary deafness. The Japanese soldiers in the underground fortifications were naturally not immune. This was also an opportunity for Xu Mengzhen and the others to quickly open up the situation.
After the shelling lasted for half an hour, hundreds of deep pits were blasted out in the shelling area of about one square kilometer. These deep pits were either hard-exploded by the continuous bombardment of artillery shells, or the roofs of bunkers were blown open, and even more. Many of them appeared after the tunnels were blown up, and these blasted tunnels will be the targets that Xu Mengzhen and the others must occupy.
Yesterday's bombing has completely destroyed the ground in Madang. The vegetation has been burned, the wet soil has turned into floating soil, and the exploded gravel is everywhere. These have seriously slowed down the progress of the cadets. In order to Due to the sudden nature of the attack, Rao Guohua did not order the firing of signal bombs and illumination bombs, so Xu Mengzhen and the others could only rely on their memory and use the guidance of scattered embers of artillery fire in the distance to rush forward. There was no road at all, and gravel was everywhere, so from time to time Some people fell to the ground, and even suffered bloody head injuries, but no one groaned. They just got up silently and continued to rush forward, hoping to break through the one-kilometer death line in one fell swoop and rush in to be blasted away. in the tunnel,