The general offensive of the Third Expeditionary Group Army was launched at about 10:30 in the morning. The reason why it was delayed until this time was because it took a long time to gather troops from other directions to the target area. Before the Chinese army launched the general offensive, the Japanese army had already The encirclement and suppression of Kim Jong-hwa's brigade began.
Hundreds of thousands of troops were stationed outside, but a small Chinese force sneaked into the hinterland and destroyed an artillery position. When Toshiichiro Koizumi received the report, his nose was almost broken with anger. Since there was a problem with the source of troops, he had to recruit a large number of Nanyang natives. After the front-line troops, Koizumi knew that the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army in Southeast Asia had declined compared with before. However, the army blocking the artillery position had two divisions with nearly 100,000 people. With such a huge troop base, let alone them He was also armed to the teeth, even with his bare hands and a crowd of people, he could crush a few thousand Chinese soldiers to death. He really couldn't figure out how such a thing could happen. After getting angry, Xiaoquan had to face the reality. , and immediately started encirclement and suppression matters.
"The actions of this Chinese army are definitely not isolated. The Chinese people must have follow-up means. It is urgent and the Chinese people must not be allowed to occupy this stronghold. Mr. Honma, I will give you two hours. After two hours, I hope to be able to Hear good news.”
Koizumi put pressure on Honma Masaharu, who personally supervised the formation and ordered an infantry brigade and a mountain regiment to launch an encirclement and suppression campaign against Kim Jonghwa's department overnight.
The artillery position captured by Kim Jong-hwa's brigade was not very conducive to defense because the Japanese army considered that the artillery needed relatively flat ground when selecting the position. However, because it was surrounded by dense forests, it was not conducive to large groups forming a group. For Kim Jong-hwa, it is not a problem to resist for a period of time.
When the battle began, Masaharu Honma first mobilized nearly a regiment of artillery for a fierce bombardment. After about half an hour of indiscriminate bombardment and feeling that it was enough to destroy the defenses of Kim Jong-hwa's brigade, he dispatched the infantry brigade and the mountain coalition. The Japanese artillery's indiscriminate bombardment did cause considerable losses to Kim Jong-hwa's brigade. However, because the first thing Kim Jong-hwa did after capturing this position was to strengthen the defense, even though there were losses , but the degree is within the acceptable range.
The sound of artillery stopped, and under the illumination of the successive flares, densely packed Japs appeared in the field of vision. Kim Zhenghe saw that many of the Japs were black, thin and short, and realized that among them the "Nanyang Two Japs" had more moisture, so he immediately targeted them He issued a sexual order and ordered companies to fight in random battles.
It is said that when Kim Jong-hwa's brigade is at an absolute disadvantage in terms of military strength, it is only proper to unite and rely on fortifications to fight positional warfare. However, because of the current structure of the Japanese army, only one-tenth of the Japanese army's troops are serious Japs, and this tenth Only half of them can be called veterans. Compared with the Japanese army, any soldier under his command can be called an elite. Therefore, his style of play actually shows that bullying the Japanese army is too poor in individual combat effectiveness, and fighting with scattered forces will be counterproductive. Can better utilize your own strengths.
Although Masaharu Honma personally supervised the battle, he was not at the scene. If he had been at the scene, he would have been able to see through Kim Jong-hwa's plan as soon as the formation of Kim Jong-hwa's brigade was unveiled. The on-site commander of the Japanese army was a man named Ishimura Kan's newly promoted major general, it is worth pointing out that Kan Ishimura is only 32 years old this year and was only a lieutenant commander three months ago. The reason why he was able to rise to the top of the Rockets was because of his participation in Koizumi Minichiro's "Seed Plan" "After the failure, after being strangled by Gambon's meat grinder, the monopoly of the middle and low-level officers of the Japanese army in Southeast Asia appeared. In order to maintain the stability of the command system, Koizumi Minichiro had to relax the restrictions on officer promotion. As a result, Lieutenant Commander Ishimura Kan became He was one of the lucky few among the Japanese army in Southeast Asia. He was promoted to colonel in one month, and directly to major general in two months.
As the saying goes, there are three things a new official needs to do when he takes office. As a newly promoted major general, Seokmura-kan certainly requires performance. In his view, the appearance of Kim Jong-hwa's brigade is equal to the military merits handed over to him. It is not surprising that Seokmura-kan has such an understanding. The position where Kim Jong-hwa's brigade and others are currently located is surrounded by Japanese troops. Not to mention that they only have more than a thousand people, but even if there are five times more, facing nearly 200,000 Japanese troops in front, left and right, they have no hope of breaking through. Backed by nearly 200,000 troops, with nearly 6,000 elite troops at hand, and a regiment of artillery to assist, the encirclement and suppression of Kim Jong-hwa's brigade in Seokchonkan was like a three-fingered snail, and it was a sure thing. matter.
When he received the order, Ishimurakan was already full of confidence in victory. At this time, Koizumi issued a curse that limited him to two hours to solve. Naturally, Ishimurakan could not think about tactical issues, but only wanted to crush him with strength alone. , with a view to resolving the battle this morning.
Shi Cunkan did not even leave any reserve troops, but directly ordered the entire army to swarm forward. This was a taboo for military strategists. Therefore, the battle only lasted less than an hour when an accident occurred.
The person who created this accident was a battalion commander named Xiang Yuliang under Kim Jong-hwa. The Japanese army swarmed forward. The absolute superiority in military strength forced Kim Jong-he to also use all his troops. After the former company commander Zhang Hao died in battle, Xiang Yu-liang The battalion commander was automatically demoted to a company-level officer, succeeding Zhang Hao as the frontline commander of this small unit of less than fifty people.
At this time, the defenders only had about a thousand troops left. According to Kim Jong-he's order, they were divided into about 20 units to fight independently. Zhang Hao Company was originally on the front line, so it parachuted into this company at Xiang Yuliang. By that time, they had already penetrated deep into the Japanese army and were forming an offensive and defensive alliance with two other small units to jointly resist the attacks of about one Japanese squadron and two Japanese squadrons around them.
Kim Jong-hwa chose a chaotic war from the beginning. This strategy was quite clever. There was no tacit cooperation among the Japanese army, which was mixed with quite a few Nanyang Japs. Now that its organization was forcibly torn apart by Kim Jong-hwa's brigade, he was immediately forced to Falling into a situation of fighting on their own, the chaotic situation was naturally more conducive to the performance of the combat units of Kim Jong-hwa's brigade, which had stronger individual combat capabilities. The two sides fought fiercely for an hour. What made Seokmurakan feel angry and unwilling was that although our side continued to attack posture, but have lost the dominance of the battle. On the contrary, although the defenders seem to be fighting on their own and are still at a disadvantage in terms of strength, they are like rocks in the rough sea. They seem to be weak, but they can Standing tall.
It must be that he realized that the troops should strengthen their command. Shi Cunkan stepped forward and began to personally direct the battles of various units. Fortunately, he was hiding behind the remote control command. As soon as he showed his face, he was immediately noticed by Xiang Yuliang who happened to be nearby. Xiangyu Liang realized that this was a "good beheading opportunity" and immediately communicated with the two combat units next to him, asking them to cooperate with his troops in launching a beheading battle.