54 vs. 144, the Second Independent Heavy Artillery Brigade was far inferior in terms of artillery numbers, but the result was completely different. The flying artillery battle lasted for about half an hour in total, thousands of fireballs lit up the night sky for more than ten kilometers, and
The rumbling explosion was earth-shattering, waking up all living beings within hundreds of kilometers. People who didn't know why even thought there was an earthquake.
The artillerymen on both sides were red-eyed. Even though they heard the sound and knew that a shell was coming towards their head, they refused to retreat. They would rather be killed in the next moment than fire the shells in the barrel. Fireballs were flying all over the sky.
The number will weaken every few minutes. After twenty minutes, the number of fireballs flying in each round on one side will be very few. In the last five minutes, there will be three artillery pieces from the Xuebing Army and more than ten from the Japanese Army.
Heavy artillery fire. At this point, Tian Yuichiro thought that his side would win a tragic victory. However, the result was that he was blinded. Five minutes later, the only remaining heavy artillery piece of the Japanese army was blown into pieces by the explosion of the shell, and
The fireballs flying from a distance are still three in one round.
"Boom!" The explosion was still ringing. The remaining three artillery pieces of the Xuebing Army continued to bombard the disabled artillery position of the Japanese army. A Japanese military truck carrying ammunition was hit and exploded.
, an earth-shattering explosion sounded, fireballs, and shrapnel shot out in all directions. Opov and others who were watching the battle were immediately affected. Several military policemen in front of Opov were hit by shrapnel and fell to the ground wailing. His men saw it,
They immediately followed him towards the command vehicle behind them, stuffed him into the command vehicle, and retreated in embarrassment towards a safe area away from the artillery array. The victory of the artillery battle was already decided, and the result was beyond the expectations of all the Japanese soldiers.
The army won the victory. Not one of the Japanese army's 144 guns was left, and more than 3,000 officers and soldiers were killed and wounded. All three regiment captains were killed. If his men hadn't fought to kill each other, Tian Yuichiro would have been doomed.
, three self-propelled artillery pieces survived. There were more than 1,500 people in the brigade, and more than 600 people survived. More than 500 of them were logistics personnel responsible for transporting ammunition.
The three artillery pieces that survived were all from the fourth regiment. They relied on the stone pond as cover to fight from the beginning to the end, and won at least a quarter of the battle results, which is a miracle.
The results of the artillery battle were reported by the surviving artillerymen of both sides. Although the Second Xue Army won, nearly a thousand people died in the battle, and Cai Dayong died again. From Ye Zhao down to the ordinary soldiers, everyone felt very heavy and had no feeling at all.
The joy of victory. On the Japanese side, Keisuke Fujie and Saburo Miura were in a state of confusion. The former grabbed the staff officer who read the electricity and shook it hard, forcing him to admit that he had read it wrong. "Three heavy artillery regiments,
It's better to strike later! How can we not defeat China's artillery?!" Fujie Keisuke was entangled in this point and could not let go for a long time.
Miura Saburo was silent for a long time before he adjusted. He persuaded, "Fujie-kun, it's not a big deal. We didn't suffer from this exchange. The artillery battle lasted for half an hour, and all the hidden artillery power of the Chinese people must have been mobilized.
Simply, let Opov's 150th Infantry Regiment also attack Wu Village. In this way, we will have an absolute advantage in strength on the front line of Wu Village. Without artillery, I want to see what the Chinese will use to fight us!
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At this point, Fujie Keisuke knew that no matter how angry he was, it would be in vain. He pushed the staff officer to the ground and said bitterly: "I should have gone to the front line personally. Bage, this bastard Tian Yuichiro, it's his fault."
He is still a top student in the gunnery department of the Military Academy, and actually, actually - whatever, it depends on whether Naoji Sakai and Okuyasu can achieve a breakthrough in Kure Village!"
While the artillery battle was still going on, at about 2:30, the offensive and defensive battle on the Hufeng front line began. Amid the sky-shattering explosions on the south bank of the Xinjiang River, Akimitsu Saburo first asked the 65th Infantry Regiment to attack the Xuebing Army based on the fifth trench.
The defended sixth trench launched a fierce attack to cover the 102nd Regiment's entry into the position, and then began a war of attrition with the 18th School Brigade.
After two hours of fierce fighting, the Japanese army first blew up the bunker in the sixth trench at the cost of one brigade, and then consumed the 225th Regiment of the 18th Xuexue Brigade at the cost of two brigade, and then captured the sixth trench.
Trenches. At that time, after repelling four consecutive ambushes from the Guangfeng Self-Defense Brigade under the Shangrao Self-Defense Corps, the troops led by Sakai Naoji finally arrived at the front line of Wucun, and immediately started a fierce battle with the 11th School Brigade.
At about four o'clock in the morning, Shunroku Hata received the latest battle report in Quzhou. After analyzing it with Tikiro Furushu, they believed that the cost of capturing Hufeng was too high, so they asked Saburo Akimitsu's troops to change to a feint attack, with Obafu's troops as the main force to attack Wu.
Two people in the village jointly signed an order to Obaofu: You must arrive at Guangfeng City before dawn, otherwise military law will be imposed!
After the New Year's Strategy was completed like this, both Hata Shunroku and Furushuo Qianro felt ashamed. And with the news of the defeat of the 6th Division Fuding, the two felt that if they could not make a breakthrough on a certain front, then they would
It was not a matter of being able to deliver a New Year's gift to His Majesty the Emperor, but a matter of being unable to explain it to the generals at home, so he was determined to achieve a breakthrough on the Kumura-Guangfeng front.
The Japanese army's attempt to open the Wucun front was first discovered by the Liudu Township Self-Defense Brigade under the Shangrao Self-Defense Corps. This situation was reported to Ye Zhao. Ye Zhao found out the strength of the Japanese army. He was moved and called Du Linzi.
, let him and the Special Artillery Brigade stay in Guangfeng so that they can support the Wucun front line at any time.
At around 4:20, Zhang Rentian, commander of the 11th School Brigade, after fighting all his regiments, realized that with only a thousand soldiers left and about three brigades of 1,500 self-defense team members, they could not stop the Japanese army from occupying Wu.
village, and asked Ye Zhao to abandon Wucun and evacuate to Guangfeng.
The reason why Ye Zhao did not regard Wucun Town as a defense focus from the beginning was because the terrain was complex and not conducive to large-scale operations. After receiving a call from Zhang Rentian, he knew that it was time for the 1st Special Artillery Brigade to dispatch. He personally spoke with
Zhang Rentian called him and said to him: "Abandon Wucun and retreat to Shanshupeng! No matter how much it costs, evacuate all the people in the town."
After hanging up Zhang Rentian's call, Ye Zhao asked the communications staff to contact Du Linzi. Through Du Linzi, he found Ni Chunsheng, commander of the 1st Special Artillery Brigade, and said to him bluntly: "Commander Ni, the Japanese army is attacking Wucun with heavy troops. There are tanks clearing the way.
Our troops cannot stop us at all, we can only rely on you."
Ni Chunsheng was not pretentious and said: "Commander Ye, we came to Shangrao to fight the Japanese. How to fight, I listen to you!"
"Okay. I will ask the 11th Brigade to snipe the Japanese troops in the Shanshupeng area. Please contact Brigadier Zhang Rentian. Please communicate with him about when to enter the battle and how to fight."