The third chapter decisive battle in Changping (23)
In the case where the cadet army had a tank regiment, melee warfare was obviously extremely beneficial to the Japanese army. However, when Mitsunao Kuhiro hid the more than 300 death squads in the longitudinal trenches, he actually did not think about this at all. He just hopes to blow up as many tanks as possible, and the achievement of this situation undoubtedly allows him to see the dawn of victory.
Ouyang Yun naturally did not expect that just because he participated in the battle in person, he would actually cause confusion in the command of the troops participating in the battle, thus creating such an opportunity for the little devil. No matter how the officers excused the junior officer, he could not be exempted either.
Under the leadership of the brigade's long-term Hiromitsu Nao, the Japanese army quickly penetrated into the ranks of the Xuebing Army. In just a quarter of an hour, at least two thousand Japanese invaded the Xuebing Army's array and began the most brutal hand-to-hand combat.
There was no time to investigate why this situation happened. Ouyang Yun immediately asked the officers around him to go back and gather the team. Then, he loudly said to Liu Kui: "Liu Kui, it's time to act like a military guard regiment. In hand-to-hand combat, we are not afraid of the Japanese."
Liu Kui had already realized the reason for this situation at this time, so he was not moved by the provocative general at all. He calmly ordered a battalion commander named Zhang Jun beside him to immediately protect the military seats and evacuate to the rear, and then organized his team to greet them. devil,
Zhang Jun was very conscientious and immediately asked a few soldiers to set up Ouyang Yun and evacuate to the rear. How could Ouyang Yun be willing to leave at this time? He couldn't help shouting: "Zhang Jun, what are you doing, holding the commander hostage? Why don't you let me go?" Give me my gun quickly."
The personalities of Zhang Jun and Liu Kui are surprisingly similar. Although their faces are full of smiles, they are not ambiguous at all when performing tasks. No matter how Ouyang Yun calls, the soldiers of his battalion will keep him close to him. Protect in the middle and rush to retreat behind,
Seeing that the situation in front was becoming more and more chaotic, some Japanese soldiers actually started to launch hand grenades at our own tanks. Ouyang Yun became anxious and quickly lowered his request and said: "I won't go to the head office. I'll hold the line here. I'll call out a few times." The voice will definitely play a role in calming the morale of the soldiers." This time, Zhang Jun did not insist anymore and just made a request to shout for him, saying that he was afraid that if his identity was exposed, the Japs would launch a crazy counterattack.
Ouyang Yun had no choice but to agree. Then, a strange scene occurred. First, several soldiers shouted: "Brothers, the military commander said that our broadsword can defeat the assassination moves of the little Japs. Everyone calmly accepted the challenge. We will definitely win." Then nearly a battalion of soldiers shouted in unison, and the shouts resounded throughout the battlefield, even covering up some explosions.
Melee battles are the most demanding on the individual quality of soldiers, because you may not necessarily have the protection and coordination of your comrades around you, and what you face is not just the enemy situation in one direction.
This sentence was spoken by Liu Kui in class when he later served as a military academy instructor, and his basis was the battle that later became known as the "Changping Melee."
The quality of individual soldiers is a general concept, which includes not only the soldier's enemy-killing skills, but also a very important point, which is the soldier's fighting will, commonly known as the fear of death.
The reason why the "Changping Melee" was later recorded in military history is because the soldiers on both sides of the melee were ruthless and desperate. In the most brutal part of the battle, soldiers from both sides rushed together, pinched each other, bit their ears, and used all possible means. At one point, the advantage of the Wei Qing-style assault rifle was offset by the crazy thrusts of the little Japanese. When a bright and shining bayonet stabbed towards the chest and abdomen, most of the soldiers of the Xuebing Army chose to pull out their weapons. He took out the big knife from his back,
The turning point of the battle occurred ten minutes after the melee started. In these long ten minutes, the Xuebing Army paid the price of more than 500 casualties and more than a thousand injuries. The 108th Division, including the previous human bombs, lost more than 1,000 lives. There were more than 1,000 people and more than 400 injured. Why did the Japanese army have a much higher death rate than injuries? It was because the Xuebing Army's swords slashed them, and it was rare to survive a single blow without being killed.
As a guard force, no one in the guard regiment led by Liu Kui was equipped with broadswords. Even if they were equipped with cold weapons, they were only daggers and some hidden weapons. It was the guard regiment's joining the battlefield that turned the situation around in the melee. Every officer and soldier in the guard regiment was a sharpshooter. They advanced all the way, firing all the way, and quickly pushed back the Japanese offensive.
And as more and more cadet officers and soldiers were freed from hand-to-hand combat and began to use guns, the defeat of the Japanese army became inevitable.
What is ridiculous is that when the Japanese troops were surrounded piece by piece and began to be shot by bullets, Mitsunao Kuhiro actually raised his command sword and said to Liu Kui who was rushing at the front from a distance: "Call your highest officer to come out. I want to have a decisive battle with him, China Pig, do you want to have a decisive battle with our Imperial Japanese Army?"
Liu Kui cursed coldly: "Stupid." He raised his gun and shot.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the Japanese soldiers on the opposite side immediately pulled their brigade leader down.
The battle has now entered the normal track. With no enemy in sight, Mitsuhiro Kuhiro led about a thousand people and began to break out, because the three lines of defense had also entered into fierce battle at this time. In the end, their group of Japanese soldiers fled to the southwest and separated into a regiment. In pursuit, Ouyang Yun led other troops to press against the three lines of defense of the Japanese army.
At the three lines of defense, the Japanese army led by Shimomoto Xiongmi and the teaching corps led by General Tong Linge fought in a orderly manner from the beginning. The first thing the two sides started to compete was the artillery unit. Compared with the 9th Division, the 108th Division The artillery unit of the regiment is much shabby. There is only one field artillery brigade, while the teaching corps has a regiment-sized artillery force, which also includes the four heavy artillery units that were just equipped. The existence of four heavy artillery units is a nightmare for the 108th Field Artillery Battalion. They only fired five shells from each gun, and the position was covered by 115mm shells. The reason why they gave the 108th Field Artillery Battalion a chance to show off was because they taught the artillery of the regiment how to operate heavy artillery. The level was still lacking, so I had to adjust the shooting of Zhu Yuan three times in a row before I hit the right spot.
After the artillery was destroyed, Xia Yuan Xiongmi sent a cavalry brigade to attack the artillery position of the teaching corps in a diagonal route. Naturally, Tong Linge could not let it succeed. He decisively withdrew the artillery regiment directly into the city and then set up in the city. In the new position, the ultra-long range of heavy artillery was used to attack the Japanese army. After about a quarter of an hour of shelling, Shimomoto Xiongmi could no longer hold his breath, and took the lead in leaving the position and launching a counterattack.
Tong Linge got what he asked for, and soldiers came to cover up the water and earth. The whole army attacked and suppressed them. The two sides started a positional battle.
In battlefield battles, because the firepower points of heavy weapons such as mortars and grenades are all within the firepower coverage of the heavy artillery of the teaching corps, the only weapons the Japanese army can rely on in the end are the 38 Gai in their hands. At this point, There was no longer any suspense about the outcome of this battle, and Ouyang Yun's arrival with his team only accelerated the process.
It seemed impossible to defeat them, and the fate of the defenders could only be eaten one bite at a time. Shimomoto Kumaomi could not afford the responsibility of exhausting the entire army, and in the end he had no choice but to follow the example of his subordinate Mitsunao Hisahiro and choose to escape.