Dozens of artillery muzzles ejected brilliant flames at the same time. Zuo Ping An stared at the flying artillery shells with his heart in his throat. Success or failure depends on this one move. If the Seya detachment's artillery cannot be completely destroyed, Then the batch of cannons just recaptured, together with Cai Cannon and himself, may be torn into pieces by the Japanese retaliation.
Zuo Ping'an is not afraid of death. He also believes that Cai Dapao and everyone here are not afraid of death, but he is afraid that this will affect the entire war situation. The brothers of the Second Study Brigade and the brothers of the 31st Army are fighting bloody battles. They launch a near-suicidal attack. The purpose of the counterattack was to give Chief of Staff Guo an opportunity to break through the 5th Division. As long as the Japs at the northwest gate could be defeated, the Japanese army's originally connected position would be cut into two parts. At that time, the offensive and defensive forces would The two sides will fight each other, and the national army will be able to take the initiative on the battlefield...
Cai Hongguang's performance was much calmer than Zuo Ping'an's. As soon as the shell came out of the chamber, he immediately screamed loudly: "Quick, quick, push back to the gun position, reload, okay, let's fire."
"Empty, empty,..." was another salvo, and at this moment, the first batch of artillery shells hit the target and caused a series of violent explosions.
When the familiar sound of artillery shells tearing the air reached his ears, Setani Kei was stunned. He turned his head and looked at the source of the sound, and was immediately dazzled by dozens of blazing fireballs, " This is..." He could hardly believe his eyes. The next moment, he smelled a breath of death and murmured, "Ba Ge." He even forgot to avoid it.
"Your Excellency." "Quickly rescue the detachment captain." A group of Japanese soldiers behind him were frightened. Several people rushed forward and pressed him under his body. At almost the same time, the artillery position rose up with flames. The next moment, the flames disappeared and condensed. Became a mushroom cloud,
"Boom," suddenly, a more violent explosion came, and the flickering firelight illuminated the surrounding area for several kilometers. Kei Setani felt the ground beneath him shaking and groaning. His body paralyzed and almost lost it. The courage to get up,
,, the Setani detachment piled up together and the shells exploded. A heat wave scraped across the ground against Setani Kei's face, sand and dust flew up, gunpowder smoke scattered, and a huge mushroom cloud rose, shocking everyone on the Taierzhuang battlefield. everyone,
Guo Muyi ordered the car to stop. He got out of the car and looked at the mushroom cloud. His face, which had been tense from beginning to end, finally relaxed. All around him, officers got up from the ground and shouted like thunder: "Brothers, rush. ah."
Five hundred meters ahead, a Jiguang tank directly knocked over a Dou Zhan and then crushed it over. Another Jiguang tank and a Chilo were facing each other, firing two shots at each other. The turret of the Chiro Kai was blown up into the air, and the two lights rushed out of the smoke and fireworks, but they were intact...
A little further away, the defenders were attacking like a wave. Guo Muyi could even clearly see the snow-like light drawn by a big sword, "Zuo Ping'an, this guy will definitely win this battle."
When the violent explosion behind the Setani detachment position shook Antenliji's eardrums, he sat down on an ammunition box, his mind became chaotic. Suddenly, he jumped three feet high and headed towards A few men nearby looked at their men nervously and said, "Quick, pass on my order, and the entire army will break out to the west."
"Hai."
A staff officer asked in a low voice: "Sir, what about the Guoqi Regiment?"
"Let's preserve the strength of the main force first, and wait until the aviation force arrives on the battlefield. Then we will fight back."
"Hai."
"Well." A soldier was hit in the chest by a bullet and fell in front of Chi Zhenhai with a groan.
"You bitch, go to hell." Chi Zhenhai roared angrily and fired three shots at the Japs not far away. The Japs were hit twice in the face and once in the chest and staggered down. Chi Zhenhai opened his mouth wide and tried hard. Panting, he glanced around and saw a completely chaotic scene all around. The enemy and we were completely entangled together. Some of his men fell down from time to time, and more enemies were rushing towards this side. He knew that Mr. An Tengliji The Japanese wanted to run away, but thought to themselves: "If we continue fighting like this, my troops will be wiped out." He suddenly regretted charging too hard, and looked back, just in time to see He Feng and his men rushing towards him quickly, and he felt in his heart Then I breathed a sigh of relief,
When Guo Muyi's troops broke through the Japanese defense line like sharp knives, Chi Zhenhai's ambition was also mobilized. There is no doubt that if he can defeat the 5th Division in this battle and even kill or capture An Tengliji, then he will He and his troops will definitely become famous all over the world, but he underestimated the little devil's combat power.
No matter who it is, although the Japanese army and the Chinese army are 1 to 3 in public, privately they do not think that their soldiers are any worse than the Japanese soldiers. Some people even think that the Japanese soldiers are not only sharp in artillery but also have tanks. It is strong, has many aircraft, and the others are useless. If nothing else, the performance of the 38-meter cover is not as good as that of the Chinese formal ones. They have ignored one thing: the quality of soldiers. Japan adopts an elite military policy and maintains a large number of reserve troops in the country. These As long as the soldiers are brought to the battlefield, they are qualified soldiers. On the other hand, in China, due to years of warlord fighting, almost all factions believe in the idea that there is strength in numbers. As long as you can shoot, you are a qualified soldier. Well, the troops are generally undertrained, and the soldiers are not nourished enough. It is okay to pull off heroic scenes in normal times, but when they are really pulled into the battlefield, the superiority and inferiority are immediately reflected. This has resulted in the following situation. What can be fought in China? Almost all the troops were eliminated by the survival of the fittest after experiencing a large number of civil wars. If they were not well-trained, they could only train in battle. The result was a situation like the first Great Wall War of Resistance. The national army assembled hundreds of thousands of people, and ended up fighting. If you can't defeat tens of thousands of little devils, this will cause various factions and armies to crave for those veterans. Why did Li Bai's 50,000 Gui clan army be divided by other troops after the defeat? This is of course related to the command of the two men. Regarding the mistakes, there is another very important point. In the eyes of various officers, those well-trained Gui soldiers are all talents.
In fighting, courage is indeed very important, but courage is definitely not the most important. Of course, from the overall perspective, the bravery of the Chi Zhenhai Department is very important to the victory of Taierzhuang. It was the rapid insertion of the Department regardless of casualties and the firm containment. With the main force of the Japs in the northwest gate, Guo Muyi had the opportunity to quickly cut in and completely cut off the connection between the Segu detachment and the 5th Division.
In addition, Li Pinxian's unreserved investment also brought this raid to a successful conclusion. If He Feng and Zhang Changtai did not follow them into the battlefield, Chi Zhenhai's two thousand people would not be able to stop the falling enemy. The Japanese army in a crazy state,
The battle at the east gate of Taierzhuang has changed since the addition of the Eagle Cliff Brigade. Guarding the east gate was Wang Zifeng's brigade of the 31st Army. Wang Zifeng began to invest because he was worried that Guo Muyi's troops would not be able to arrive on the battlefield on time and that his troops would suffer excessive losses. They were very cautious when deploying their troops. Unexpectedly, as the Eagle Cliff Brigade joined the battlefield, the pressure on the Japanese army behind them was too great, and they were directly squeezed by the Eagle Cliff Brigade to less than two square kilometers outside the east gate. The Japanese army's formation on the battlefield in front of the east gate After it became thicker, it would be even more difficult for Wang Zifeng to increase his troops and form a breakthrough. The east gate was too narrow. At most, one squad could go out at a time. If it were any more, they would be bombarded by Japanese grenade launchers. Wang Zifeng saw an eagle. The Yingya Brigade fought vigorously behind the Japanese army. Almost all the enemies that were wiped out at the east gate were the work of the Yingya Brigade. He was impressed.
After the 31st Army entered Taierzhuang, Li Pinxian was worried that there were not enough troops to guard the four gates of the East City at the same time, so he had people block the southeast gate. At this time, Wang Zifeng saw that he could not form a breakthrough from the east gate, so he rolled his eyes and decided to attack from the southeast. He left the city through the city gate, and then attacked the enemy outside the east gate from the north along the city wall, trying to open a gap there. He personally led two battalions of troops to hang down from the southeast gate wall, shouting: "Quick, quick, Brothers, all the meat has been eaten by the Eagle Cliff Brigade. If we were later, we wouldn't even have the soup to drink." He led two battalions of soldiers and rushed along the city wall towards the east gate.
The 5th Division attacked the east gate, north gate, and northwest gate at the same time. The northwest gate invested the most troops, followed by the north gate. Only two groups of Japanese were deployed at the east gate. After a fierce battle in one day, more than two thousand Japanese were lost. The squadron was attacked by both sides and another squadron was killed. At present, there are less than 1,400 Japs left, tightly relying on the two lines of defense, resisting the attacks of the Eagle Cliff Brigade and Wang Zifeng Brigade.
The violent explosion coming from the northwest made Jiang Banjun realize that Guo Muyi's cutting should be completed. He looked at his watch and saw that it was almost five o'clock. He couldn't help but become anxious. He said to Huang Hailu: "This way If we can't continue the fight, the Japanese have shrunk into hedgehogs and are too difficult to chew. I will leave one regiment to you and lead the second and third regiments to rush to the north gate to see if there is any chance to contact the chief of staff."
Huang Hailu replied happily: "Okay."
Jiang Banjun looked at him seriously and said, "Second brother, you have to promise me that after I leave, I can only surround you but not fight. If you want to lead a fierce attack, I won't leave."
The reason why Huang Hailu agreed so quickly was that he wanted to personally lead the attack after he left. His plan was revealed by him, and he chuckled: "Third brother, you treat me like a child. Don't worry, the damage is too great." I won’t fight the battle, who am I? I never do anything that results in a loss, so don’t worry.”
Jiang Banjun was worried that the current situation could not be broken after dawn. Once the Japanese planes bombed, the current good situation might be broken, so he wanted to contact Guo Muyi and borrow some tanks to rush over. He still had one layer He was worried that the Japanese troops at the North Gate and Northwest Gate would join forces to attack Guo Muyi, and Guo Muyi would not be able to withstand it, so he hurriedly led the troops north. He took a deep look at Huang Hailu, and gathered the troops.
At a quarter past five, outside the northwest gate,
Guo Muyi looked at his watch and exhaled heavily,
The battle has progressed so far, and there are still fifty-seven Jiguangs out of the seventy-six. Among them, three were destroyed by heavy artillery, one was blown up by a Japanese tank, five were paralyzed by the bombing, and the remaining nine were all destroyed by the Japanese. Suicide attacks continued one after another. As for the tank numbered 221, Guo Muyi heard the scene just now, and heat surged in his eyes.
The Japanese were ruthless enough. At a distance of less than 200 meters between the raiding force and Chi Zhenhai, An Tengliji and Setani Keileng sent nearly two brigades of Japanese soldiers to charge hard. When the battle was at its most intense, a Tank No. 221 was surrounded by more than a hundred Japs, and its tracks were jammed with machine guns by the Japs. The commander of the tank, Huang Jiyun, was worried that the Japs would break through the blockade, so he put the muzzle down on the ground and fired several shots. , finally caused the tank gun to explode, and then the artillery shell exploded. They used their loyalty and flesh and blood to crush the last hope of the Japanese.
The Japanese went crazy. Hundreds of Japanese soldiers ignored the bullets coming from both sides like a storm, and rushed towards the relay tanks in front of them with various explosives. From time to time, some Japanese soldiers were hit by bullets with explosives on their bodies. , and then was dismembered after a loud bang. With blood and flesh flying everywhere, the Japanese forced Chi Zhenhai's brigade back bit by bit towards the northwest gate. If it weren't for the decisive entry of He Feng and Zhang Changtai's regiment, Chi Zhenhai's brigade would have been forced to retreat. The defense line that the Zhenhai Brigade used more than a thousand officers and soldiers to open up will likely be filled again by the Japanese army using human sea tactics.
Xue Feng's luck was not very good. Of course, looking at it from another perspective, his luck seemed to be too good. The 145 he transferred to had its tracks broken again and turned into a fixed turret. He replaced it with a numbered 145. For 147, then, under the leadership of this 147, the remaining nine tanks of the battalion played the role of bulldozers. They rushed unscrupulously towards the dense array of Japanese soldiers, destroying human bombs one after another, and then suddenly Turn the direction 90°, face the Segu detachment, and run straight towards the 5th Division.
An Tengliji watched his men being torn to pieces one by one by various explosives. The close distance between them and the Setani detachment was swollen again. For the first time, he felt the taste of despair.
After Kei Setani was guarded by his subordinates and left the artillery position, the redness on his face never faded. The Chinese wanted to eat the Andeng Division, but they were not afraid of knocking their own teeth. He understood the Chinese in this way Desperately cutting off contact between his troops and the 5th Division, he recklessly threw all his reserve troops into the battlefield between the Northwest Gate and the West Gate. He stubbornly believed that in pure infantry combat, the Chinese Army was definitely no match for the Imperial Army. , Now, there are only two Chinese troops that can pose a threat to the imperial army. One is the chariot troop in front of you, and the other is the artillery troop not far away. "The Chinese artillery must be destroyed, can it be done?" He said. So Major Mizuno Hayaki, commander of the Setani Detachment’s tank squadron,
"Your Excellency, leave it to me." Mizuno replied confidently,
"吆西."
Kei Setani underestimated the power of the Jiguang tank. When he saw that nearly a thousand of His Majesty the Emperor's warriors failed to destroy dozens of tanks with desperate suicide attacks, Kei Setani gradually felt his scalp numb. , but at this moment, the sound of artillery that had been silent for a period of time became loud again, and this time the direction was towards the Mizuno Tank Squadron that had just left.
One after another Chiro and Douzhan were blown apart, burned and exploded. More than 30 tanks were almost completely lost before they drove a kilometer. Setani Kei's confidence in victory was completely shaken. ,,
What a difference. The Jiguang tank was as stable as a rock in the fire. On the other hand, Chilo and Dou Zhan were like a leaf in the storm, which was shattered in one fell swoop.
"Amaterasu has abandoned the Empire of Japan." The final thought came to mind, and Setani Kei's heart became panicked.
After the most violent counterattack, Guo Muyi's troops successfully separated the Setani detachment from the 5th Division. Some tanks turned their muzzles to the Setani detachment. After a few rounds of shelling, a brigade of Japs who launched the charge were killed. After rushing back, with about a regiment of cadets quickly filling their positions, Chi Zhenhai's brigade, He Feng, and Zhang Changtai's regiment entered the tank defense circle. Setani Kei knew that what he should consider now was not to rescue An Tengliji, but how to rescue An Tengliji. Safely retreated,
There were only a dozen tanks left to monitor the Setani detachment. The rest, led by Xue Feng and Wu Kezui, all pounced viciously on the 5th Division. "Brothers, charge." Guo Muyi stood there The armored vehicle roared with guns waving, and two regiments of soldiers followed closely behind the impact vehicle, killing with overwhelming force towards the main Japanese position outside the northwest gate.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, break out of the encirclement." Seeing one soldier after another fall in the fireworks of the explosion, an officer suggested to An Tengliji,
"Can we hold on for another hour? In another hour, the aviation force should be able to arrive on the battlefield." An Teng said softly, with a very calm tone.
"Your Excellency, the defense line outside the west gate has been completely breached..."
"Where's Goto?"
"Grandmaster Goto has already sacrificed his life for his country."
"How is the situation in Guoqi?"
"Twenty minutes ago, Colonel Guoqi sent the last telegram, saying that the Chinese appeared in the east."
"Qingshan Jun."
"Your Mightiness."
"Let's break out."
"Hai."
The number of raiding troops was still too small, and isolating the connection between the Setani Detachment and the 5th Division was the key to determining the success or failure of this raid, so Guo Muyi chose to cut in in a straight line instead of fanning out, thus giving An Teng Liji's breakout created an opportunity. Of course, if Jiang Banjun and Huang Hailu divided their forces to outflank the southeastern side of the 5th Division from the beginning, the result would be different. Of course, that would also add a variable to the surprise battle. ,,If An Tengliji fails to break through, he will definitely choose to station troops in one place. In that case, although the 5th Division can still be severely damaged, as the Isogaya Division enters the battlefield, whether Guo Muyi's troops can retreat wholeheartedly becomes a problem. Doubtful,
Colonel Guoqi Guangyan never received an order from An Tengliji to break out of the encirclement. Therefore, although he was worried that his troops would be in danger of being divided and surrounded, he never thought of leading his troops to break out.
This gave Jiang Ban's army the opportunity to quickly break through the Japanese defense line at the North Gate and move closer to the Northwest Gate battlefield. Jiang Ban's army didn't know that Guo Muyi had no intention of encircling Andengliji, so for the sake of safety, he slowed down the troops' speed He controlled it within a certain range and did not run wildly. This made him miss the opportunity to intercept An Tengliji.
This is also the only shortcoming of China in this morning's battle.