"Brother Ouyang, why are you so obsessed with wiping out the 40th Brigade? Judging from the ancient military doctrine of Ten Sieges, our army does not have an absolute numerical advantage."
"Sir, there are too many accidental factors in a night battle. Do you think we should put it to tomorrow?"
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When Ouyang Yun decided to carry out retaliatory operations against the 40th Brigade, many people put forward different opinions, including the veteran general Tong Linge who taught the corps, and Deng Zige and others. Almost everyone did this to him I was puzzled by the decision of the spirit, although only a few people expressed it,
For Deng Zige and others, Ouyang Yun dismissed them with just "execute the order", but for the old general Tong Linge, he had to explain the reason: "Old general, I just want to let the little devil know that there is a price for everything. Your country is stronger than ours. If you want to invade our country, you can go ahead. However, there are some things you cannot do. If you do it, we Chinese must recover it, not only the cost, but also you Pay interest, and those who offend our Chinese power will be punished no matter how far away they are. I just want to convey this idea to the Japanese. When the little devils I want to fight think about using gas bombs again, they will think, this will arouse the Chinese people's anger. Will they retaliate? Will they use the same means to fight back against us?"
The old general understood immediately and asked: "It's still because of the mustard gas thing, Ouyang, the Japanese are always brutal, but do we need to be the same as them?"
Ouyang Yun sneered: "Why is it unnecessary? The so-called magnanimity of a big country and the so-called great China cannot be recognized by others just by relying on words and kindness. You have to have harder fists than them and more ruthless methods than they do. The little devil is not Are you always afraid of fighting at night? Grandma, I will fight with him at night and choke him to death."
Tong Linge smiled bitterly, but his eyes were appreciative. From this young man, he could clearly see the shadows of several ancient people, including Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, etc., "Wei Qing's style, Qubing's style..." Thinking of these things The old general understood Ouyang Yun better about the names of weapons and equipment. He no longer insisted on objecting. He patted Ouyang Yun on the shoulder and said, "Then let's go and do it. If you want us to teach the brothers in the corps what to do, just say it."
"Okay, General, I'll get started."
The Japanese army violated international conventions and carried illegal weapons to fight. Either the Xuebing Army did not have such weapons, or it was Tianjin's great victory. A large number of mustard gas shells were found from the arsenal of the former 108th Division that was besieged and annihilated, because this kind of weapon required A dedicated person was specially assigned to keep it. Therefore, Zhang Zizhong, who did not have the ability, transferred all these artillery shells to Ouyang Yun. This time, after the Xuebing Army Chariot Regiment returned to Renqiu to refuel, Ouyang Yun personally issued an order to bring some of them over.
Ouyang Yun really wanted to retaliate in kind, but considering that the visibility was not good at night, and after all, he was fighting on his own country's soil, if he was not careful, he might be infamy for thousands of years; in addition, Considering that the Japanese army only had one and a half disabled brigade, it seemed a bit uneconomical to use weapons with an excessive range of damage, so in the end it was decided to see the real results with real swords and guns.
First, the elite troops attack, monitor sentries, and clear out the 40th Division's security force. Then they use the data obtained from close reconnaissance to carry out artillery bombardment. Then there is a small-scale assault. Finally, there is a large-scale assault.
At this point in the Second Great Wall War of Resistance, the most exciting place to fight was not North China, but East China, especially the area from Shanghai to Jiangsu. The Chinese and Japanese armies were entangled quite fiercely. Both sides kept increasing their troops, and because of the air
The weak strength allowed the Japanese army to completely control the air. Therefore, the ground forces of the Nanjing Central Department were quite passive. So far, three reorganized divisions have been disabled, and five more divisions have been incompletely organized. The Japanese army is even more
It once approached Nanjing,
On the Jiaodong Peninsula, the Japanese army has a complete advantage and has now captured most of Shandong. Moreover, the forward troops of the Second Army of the North China Front have been in contact with the Xuebing Army troops led by Li Tieshu.
In North China, so far, it is difficult to tell the winner. The Japanese army has indeed broken through the Great Wall line. However, the Xuebing Army and the 57th Army have also invaded the areas controlled by the Japanese army, and partially occupy a one-sided advantage.
The fighting in North China greatly exceeded the expectations of the Japanese base camp. At the same time, it also put severe pressure on Juichi Terauchi, Kozuki Seiji and others. This may be the main reason that forced Kozuki Seiji to carry out this night raid.
Kozuki Seiji replied to Yamashita Fengfumi's telegram asking for help. He did not mention the raid. He only told him that there would be troops rushing to help. At the same time, he was asked to lead his troops to bite the Chinese army in order to create fighters for the main force. Kozuki Seiji
There was no mention of mustard gas in the telegram. This was abnormal. The wise and experienced Yamashita had already realized at that time that the 40th Brigade might be used as discards. With this realization, Yamashita
The defense was not only to save lives, but also to truly implement Xiangyue's instructions: to bite the Chinese army to the death,
The battle between the two sides was quite stalemate from the beginning. Yamashita personally sat on the front line, commanding the army to attack and counterattack. In a place called "Niwa" by the locals (the name "Niwa" is actually a small highland, this is
The place with the highest position in the area was located, and there were repeated battles for it, which caused considerable damage to the mechanized infantry brigade that acted as the vanguard.
This time, in addition to a brigade general and a regiment (belonging to the mechanized infantry brigade) monitoring the remnants of the 9th Division and the 108th Division, as well as a battalion of the guard regiment remaining in Changping, Ouyang Yun dispatched all the troops in Changping.
The ratio of the strength of nearly three brigades to the remaining strength of the 40th Brigade has reached nearly three to one.
After the first charge, the battalion of the mechanized infantry brigade was disabled. Not only was it disabled, but what was even more worrying was that it was suppressed by the Japanese army in the charging zone and was unable to withdraw.
Ouyang Yun was very angry after observing this with the infrared telescope he brought when he traveled. The reason for his anger was that during the daytime battle, the mechanized infantry brigade fought in a orderly manner, but why it failed at night? It was because of the lack of
Is it the cover of the tank? He shouted at He Zhengjiang who was not far away: "He Zhengjiang, where are the tanks? Send me the tanks. If you have advanced weapons, don't use people to fill them. You seem stupid or pretentious?
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He Zhengjiang was wronged because Ouyang Yun attached great importance to the tank unit. Therefore, according to the combat regulations of the tank unit, unless it is in the middle of a battle, post-war maintenance is necessary. This night attack, in determining the order of the attack
At that time, he had already proposed to the military commander that the tank would not participate in the war because it needed maintenance.
Fortunately, Pan Meiren was attentive and she immediately explained the matter quietly in Ouyang Yun's ear.
The latter's expression immediately softened and he said: "I'm confused, but without tanks, our student army can't defeat the Japs. You know, the GCD used to rely on millet and rifles to defeat the Japs."
These words made her even more confused. Even Pan Meiren didn't know what to say.
Perhaps realizing his slip of the tongue, Ouyang Yun called to Liu Kui: "Liu Kui, bring the team over. Let's show the brothers of the mechanized infantry brigade what a truly strong army is."
When she heard that Ouyang Yun wanted to go into battle in person, Pan Meiren's face changed color, and the others couldn't stand. The junior officer looked indignant at this time, and the subordinates did not dare to make mistakes. Tong Linge, a veteran, had no choice but to He stood up and said something fair: "Commander Ouyang, what's the matter with you? You are the commander-in-chief, and your battlefield is at the headquarters. Why do you always talk about going to the front line so easily? This little devil is trying his best, um , in my opinion, they must have reinforcements."
He Zhengsheng nodded: "I feel the same way." Then he saw Ouyang Yun's expression change, and he hurriedly said loudly: "I will go to hold down the formation myself, I don't believe that I can't take it down." After saying that, he immediately called to the regiment to which the battalion belonged. The commander of the regiment led the regiment towards the front line,
The Xuebing Army's raid was divided into three directions, the left and right wings and the center. However, due to the existence of the "mud puddle", when the small high ground could not be captured, the two wings were completely exposed to the firepower of the Japanese heavy machine guns, so they acted as the left wing for the attack. A regiment of the mission's teaching corps and a regiment of the third brigade of the first division responsible for the right-wing attack were both suppressed to death and were unable to deploy their formations and charge.
After He Zhengsheng led the team away from the command location, Ouyang Yun felt much calmer. He picked up the telescope and looked around the "mud" as much as possible. For some reason, his heart gradually lifted, like Tong Linge. As he said, once the Japanese reinforcements arrive, it may become impossible to annihilate the 40th Brigade. This is not the worst result. What he is worried about is that if the Japanese catch him and hit him, If we take this opportunity to attack the 40th Brigade with troops, make a large-scale mobilization of troops, abandon the key point of Wangjiawei and turn here, then...
As the saying goes, you get what you're afraid of. Just when He Zheng went to the front line and began to organize his men to launch a more violent offensive, opposite Huangzhuang, on the other side of the Lijia Village, gunshots and explosions suddenly rang out.
Soon, as several flares rose into the sky, Ouyang Yun's hand shook and he almost dropped the telescope.
"Military seat, enemy situation." Not far away, a scout belonging to the guard regiment stumbled over and shouted loudly from a distance: "Report, a large enemy force has been discovered in the direction of Jiutanzi, and they are approaching. Fierce fighting broke out.”
Almost all the people opened their mouths at the same time, and many people even said "ah". Tong Linge touched his nose and smiled bitterly: "I really got it right."
Ouyang Yun touched the sweat on his forehead and whispered: "It's okay."
Deng Zige and others immediately understood what he meant, and they all said happily: "Yes, it's not bad."
This was discovered early. If the Japs sneak up here, the 40th Brigade will not be annihilated, but will most likely be annihilated by the other party.
Impulse is really the devil. Even if it is an impulse with legitimate reasons, the consequences can be very serious.