Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping led the main force of the 21st Division to pursue the fierce pursuit, and the effect really came out. The Chinese cavalry troops in front could no longer organize effective resistance and could only rush their horses. Because if they stopped, It may be torn to pieces by the machine guns on tanks, armored vehicles, cars, and motorcycles that are catching up.
It was already dark at this time, and there were already dots of lights in the villages along the way. The huge convoys, horse teams, and people of the 21st Division formed a river of lights and flashlights, flowing slowly on the North China Plain. , looks very spectacular.
Lieutenant General Jiujin Songhei was sitting in the car, wearing white gloves on both hands, holding a sword on his back, staring straight ahead without blinking, his heart full of pride: The Imperial Japanese Army is invincible, no matter how brave the Chinese people are , no matter how well-trained, can they stop the torrent of steel? The Chinese despicably destroyed the road and affected the speed of the vehicles. Otherwise, these cavalry would have been swallowed up long ago!
It's a pity that happiness is always interrupted by those who catch the eye. Lieutenant General Washi Jin Songhei was intoxicated, and the chief of staff reminded him that it was already very late, and the troops should stop chasing and camp on the spot. Besides, there was a vast darkness. It is difficult to find the Chinese cavalry under cover.
Lieutenant General Washizu Songhei felt more and more annoying to the Chief of Staff. However, General Judai Terauchi and Lieutenant General Nishio Hisou had strict orders. Besides, night was indeed a paradise for sneak attackers. The soldiers had been running around all day and it was time to rest. .
Lieutenant General Jiujin Songhei stopped the car, opened the door, stepped out of the car, took a look at the dark night sky, and asked the chief of staff to take out a map to see where the troops were chasing.
The chief of staff took out the combat map issued by the military department and checked it. The report said that they had reached the military attache village. From the military attaché village to the east, across the canal, you will reach Wucheng County. Going south along the east bank of the canal, you can directly attack Xiajin, Linqing, and The independent mixed fourth brigade joins forces.
Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping took the map and looked it over in person. It was clearly marked on it. This military attache village is a large and densely populated town, right in the middle of the road from southern Hebei to Shandong. The more people there are, the more food and grass will be. It is a small town. Great place to camp.
Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping nodded and decided that the troops would stop the pursuit and camp in the area of Wu Guanzhai.
Out of the sensitivity of senior generals, Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping called in to search for the captain of the 21st Regiment and asked in which direction the pursued Chinese cavalry had fled.
The captain of the 21st Search Regiment reported that they were among the tanks, armored vehicles, and cars, and could see clearly under the illumination of the car lights that the Chinese cavalry troops did not stop after arriving at the Military Attaché, but instead bypassed the Military Attache and continued southward. Fleeed.
Looking at the dark military officer's village in front of him, Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping was not sure if there was an ambush in the town. He originally wanted to camp in the wild for safety reasons. Considering the defensive role of the military officer's village, Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping decided to Go to the town and camp.
Looking at his watch, it was already 7 o'clock in the evening. Lieutenant General Washijin Songhei was a little anxious because the infantry and artillery were slow and the troops were still coming here. Lieutenant General Washijin Songhei ordered the armored troops who arrived first. , the vehicle-borne troops and the cavalry search wing established attack positions on the spot, organized vigilance, and waited for the main infantry force.
About half an hour later, the main infantry force arrived, and Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping felt that it was time to issue an order to camp on the spot at the Military Attaché.
Just in case, Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping ordered the 21st Search Regiment to branch into the military attache village to search and occupy the military attache village; the 51st Regiment of the Mountain Artillery Corps established an artillery position outside the north of the military attache village to provide fire support; The 62nd Infantry Regiment arrived first at the north gate. The leading troops of the 81st Regiment were at the west gate ready to attack the military attache's village. The armored troops were deployed in the north and west directions to prepare to guide the infantry attack. The team is ready to build a position and stand firm on the spot. If there is an enemy situation in the military attache's stronghold, they will immediately capture the military attache's stronghold. If the attack fails, the entire division will switch to positional warfare on the spot and wait for the support of Tianming aviation.
Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping thought that he was very considerate and well-deployed, but he didn't know that at this moment, seven artillery regiments and a flying thunder artillery regiment had already been raised around his 21st Division. With the high muzzle, the gate of hell has been opened to the 21st Division. He and his 21st Division will become the luckiest division in the history of the Japanese army to be attacked by eight artillery regiments.
The 21st Search Regiment has suffered the most from yesterday to today, because their mission is to search and guard, and they are always at the front and on both wings of the large army. The morale of the soldiers has long been damaged by the corpses of their comrades. After receiving the order, the frustrated captain had no choice but to order two squadrons to enter the town from the north gate and west gate to search, and he followed up with the remaining troops.
Seeing the search team using flashlights and riding horses towards the town of Wu Guanzhai, Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping's heart was beating fast. He wanted to find the main instructors here, but he was also afraid that if the main instructors were really here, His 21st Division had no idea how great the losses would be.
The division commander had this idea, but the Japanese officers and soldiers did not. They had been running for a day, been harassed for a day, and were eager to find a place to camp, sleep, fill their stomachs, and restore their strength. Therefore, they attacked the division I didn't pay much attention to the part of the long order about staying on the spot. I heard the order to camp on the spot in the military attache village very clearly. Then, a very strange scene appeared: a group of Japanese cavalry rushed towards the north gate of the military attache village. A group of Japanese soldiers took a detour on horseback and rushed towards the west gate of the military attaché. Groups of Japanese soldiers turned on their car lights from different directions and even used flashlights to illuminate the two groups of Japanese soldiers. It seemed like they were saying goodbye.
In Songxing, after Kangwei led a cavalry regiment to cross Wu Guanzhai, Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan moved the headquarters to the only Western-style three-story building in Wu Guanzhai town. This small building belongs to the traitor Guo Jincheng. This guy After being suppressed, the small building became the office space of the explosives factory. Now that it is night, there is no fear of bombing by enemy planes. This place has a wide field of vision and high visibility, and you can directly observe the battlefield.
Liu Yimin was originally worried that the Japanese army would attack from multiple directions and be relatively scattered. He wanted to further lure the enemy at the Military Attaché Stronghold so that the enemy could concentrate their forces to capture the Military Attaché Stronghold and facilitate the artillery attack. After seeing the Japanese troops arriving at the Military Attaché Stronghold, he began to make preparations to capture the Military Attaché Stronghold. Relatively concentrated, there is no need to be verbose. He directly ordered the artillery brigade commander Li Chang, who was waiting aside with a telephone in his hand, to fire.
The power of artillery during the last battle in Taiyuan had already shocked the soldiers of the instructors. As the artillery brigade commander, Li Chang was even more proud of the majesty of the artillery. He told everyone he met that as long as the battlefield conditions were suitable, let alone a brigade. , even one or even two divisions are no match for the cannons of the artillery brigade. They are just firing a few more artillery shells. The political commissar Wang Shanzhu was reluctant, saying that he was proud and was seriously influenced by artillery doctrine. He had no cavalry or infantry. With the cooperation of reconnaissance troops, signal troops and other arms, can artillery be so powerful?
Although Wang Shanzhu's words were reasonable, Li Chang still heard a trace of unconcealed pride in his words, joking that his fox tail was quietly exposed, and he didn't know how sweet, beautiful and proud he felt!
After the order to encircle and annihilate the 21st Division was issued, Li Chang knew that the division commander had given the artillery brigade a stage to perform, and pestered Liu Yimin to unify the command of all artillery units, which meant that he had to go through a period of
Get addicted to commanding two artillery brigades at the same time!
After getting Liu Yimin's approval, Li Chang took Wang Shanzhu and a group of staff officers to look over the terrain around the military attache's stronghold, and made detailed regulations on how to conceal the artillery and how to quickly enter the battlefield. He also distinguished the bombardment areas of each regiment and stipulated the enemy's
The application of artillery fire in four situations: concentrated, relatively concentrated, relatively dispersed, and dispersed. The position sequence and shelling level of field artillery, mountain artillery, medium mortars, and small mortars were clarified, and three types of first, second, and third were formulated.
Li Chang was still uneasy about the artillery plan, and even ordered each artillery regiment to draw two sketches of concealed gun positions and positional gun positions. It was not until it was confirmed that the entire 10-mile radius around the military attache's stronghold was enveloped in artillery fire that Li Chang reported to Liu Yimin with satisfaction,
The artillery is ready to fire at any time.
At half past five in the evening, following Liu Yimin's order, all the artillerymen pushed down the reed mats on the cannons, rolled out the cannons from each village, hitched mules and horses, and pulled field and mountain cannons into position. Mortars
It’s not that troublesome. Just carry it on the packhorse and assemble it immediately after arriving at the position.
To be safe, Li Chang used the phone to check the situation of each regiment on the battlefield. After checking, Li Chang reported to Liu Yimin excitedly: "Everything is ready, just waiting for the order to fire. This time, I, Lao Li, will set off a super fireworks for the division commander."
The party will definitely satisfy the teacher."
Liu Yimin reminded Li Chang that the Japanese army had an artillery regiment and wanted to launch Japanese artillery to bombard our artillery position.
Li Chang answered simply: "Those idiots have no chance. My artillery observers will discover them as soon as possible. They will be the first to be unlucky."
Now, the Japanese army may be eager to camp, and they are very cooperative. They are basically waiting for further orders on the roads and fields around the north and west gates of the military attaché. It seems that they are preparing to attack the military attaché. One squadron, one squadron.
They gathered together to form a pile of people. In addition, the Japanese tanks, armored vehicles, and cars all turned on their headlights to provide lighting for the search troops. This target could not be more obvious.
Upon hearing Liu Yimin's order to fire, Li Chang immediately shouted on the phone: "According to the first plan, all artillerymen, fire! Fire! Fire!"
Needless to say, Li Chang said, the Japs' car lights and flashlights had already exposed their position and intentions. Each artillery regiment had adjusted its bombardment angles, and the muzzles of the guns were pointed at the Japs' concentration point. After receiving the order to fire, the artillery positions were
Immediately a series of commands sounded, and soon the first test-fired artillery shell flew out of the barrel.
After the first test firing, there was another burst of commands to adjust data from each artillery position, and a five-round salvo immediately began.
Fan Shiying, commander of the Second Company of the Seventh Battalion of the Mountain Artillery Regiment, and instructor Yuan Puzheng, since crossing the Yellow River eastward, have led their companies to participate in battles such as annihilating the main force of the Fifth Division, recovering Taiyuan, annihilating the Chahar Dispatch Corps, and attacking Tianjin.
The troops have been tempered, the knowledge learned and trained has been tested in actual combat, and the gunners have become veterans.
Now, Fan Shiying and Yuan Puzheng were keeping a close eye on the gathering place of the Japs outside the North Gate, commanding their cannons to fire a salvo. The shells streaked across the sky, lighting up bright arcs, and struck hard towards the enemy. On the heads of the devils.
After the five-round salvo was fired, Fan Shiying asked the observer about the effect of the shelling by phone. Under the command of the observer, he corrected the bombardment data and immediately began to extend the bombardment.
Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping heard the explosion of artillery shells when he was observing the search troops entering the military attaché camp.
After a test-fired artillery shell exploded at each artillery position of the instructor division, Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping immediately realized that he was wrong, completely wrong. Looking at the number of artillery shells flying from all directions, Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping The lieutenant general quickly determined that this was the real artillery of Liu Yimin's instructor. It was the artillery of Liu Yimin's instructor who had obtained weapons from the Fifth Division, the Chahar Dispatch Corps, and the Tianjin North China Front Army. There were at least five or six of them. The strength of the artillery regiment. My 21st Division has really met the main force of instructors. It's ridiculous how ignorant and arrogant I am to actually want to challenge Liu Yimin's instructors with a three-unit guard division. I'm afraid The strength of their artillery force is much greater than that of their entire division. Otherwise, the main force of the elite Fifth Division of the Flower of the Imperial Army and the elite Chahar Dispatch Corps, which came from the Kwantung Army, would not have been able to join forces quietly. The jade is broken.
The most ridiculous thing is that he disobeyed military orders and rushed forward greedily. He did not even report to Lieutenant General Nishio Hisao and General Terauchi Hisichi that he was attacked by such an elite small cavalry unit and suffered heavy losses. He only wanted to create miracles and show off his talents. , regard danger as opportunity. To use a common saying often said by Chinese people, it is to let lard blind your heart!
Lieutenant General Songhei Jiujin, whose eyes were full of regret, was just about to order his troops to disperse and take cover when he heard a series of thunders in the sky. When he looked up, he saw the meteors all over the sky reflecting the night sky in an extremely bright and charming way, as if they were burning. It's like fireworks, especially beautiful.
Jiujin Songping is a professional soldier, and he has been a military attache stationed abroad and a military academy principal. He naturally knows that it is not a meteor above, let alone fireworks, but a spectacular sight when a large artillery group fires a salvo. Immediately, his The 21st Division will be blown to pieces by these meteor shower-like shells and disappear into thin air.
There is no use regretting at this time. Since the instructor can concentrate such a powerful artillery group against him, a big net must have been opened in all directions, and he is just waiting to close it after the artillery bombardment! If he wants to stick to the spot, he will undoubtedly wait for the support of the Tianming Air Force. It's just an idiot's dream. The only way is to concentrate the main force to open a gap and rush out!
Ignoring the danger, Jiujin Songping pushed away the guards who had gathered around him, pulled out his command knife, pointed at the instructor's artillery position, and shouted loudly: "Use tanks and armored vehicles as the guide, the 62nd Regiment as the vanguard, and the 81st Regiment as the vanguard. The alliance provides support and rush out!"
It's a pity that at this time, the instructor's artillery group no longer gave Jiujin Songping a chance to assemble his troops and organize a breakout. Groups of artillery shells hit one after another, hitting down, hitting down, smashing the dense Japanese army formation. Smash it into chaos, knock it out, and beat it to death completely.
The most unlucky thing was those cars, tanks, and armored vehicles. Due to their large headlights, they became obvious targets. They were constantly hit and overturned by artillery shells, and the Japanese in the cars were also unlucky. As a result, the remaining tanks were Armored vehicles and cars hurriedly turned off their lights and ran for cover, crushing and killing many of their own people.
The Japanese artillery is very professional. In accordance with the order of the division commander, they have dismounted the cannon and are setting up the artillery, preparing to cover the possible attack of the infantry on the military attache's village. When one of the enemy's units encountered an artillery attack, the Japanese commander pulled out his cannon.
He commanded his sword and prepared to fight back. Unfortunately, he drew his sword and looked around, feeling horrified. Cannons were firing from all directions. Where should he fight back?
The commander of the Japanese artillery regiment was in trouble only for a short while, because swarms of artillery shells were like bees that smelled the fragrance of flowers, buzzing and swooped towards them. The commander of the Japanese artillery regiment howled, threw down his command knife and left.
Lie down on the ground.
Lying down is not a panacea. A piece of shrapnel severely cut into the carotid artery of the Captain of the Japanese Artillery Regiment, causing him to merge directly with the earth.
Seeing that the commander of the regiment, Colonel Colonel, had already reported to Amaterasu, most of the cannons were overturned by the shells of the Chinese artillery. The Japanese artillerymen turned from stunned to fear. The Japanese artillerymen who were lucky enough not to be killed knew that the artillery position had become
The most dangerous place, I don’t know who screamed and ran away first. Anyway, the Japanese artillerymen who were alive all ran away from the artillery position with their heads in their hands. The smart ones got on the packhorses carrying the artillery, and the stupid ones just walked straight to the artillery position with bow-legged steps.
The infantrymen ran away.
Seeing the heavy casualties and the disorganized troops, Lieutenant General Washizu Songping then remembered that he should send a report to Lieutenant General Nishio Hisao and Lieutenant General Juichi Terauchi for help, at least report the 21st Division's ambushes.
When I turned to look for the communications staff officer, I found that the communications staff officer and the radio operator had been killed, and the parts of the radio station were scattered all over the floor.
Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping knew that his 21st Division was at a critical moment of life and death, and the only chance was after the bombardment was over. At that time, the remaining troops could be gathered to break through desperately.
Lieutenant General Jiujin Songping saw that there was no one around him to convey the order, and he did not care about his status as a lieutenant general. He rolled a few times on the ground, then got up and ran quickly, moving around in the crater, and finally arrived.
In front of a tank that was tossing back and forth, he ordered this tank to take the lead in breaking out of the encirclement, aiming at the road to Shandong east of the military attache's village.
After receiving the clear order, the tank immediately turned around, turned on its lights again, and rumbled towards the wheat field, hoping to take a detour to the east to break out.
Seeing the tanks starting to break through, the remaining Japanese infantry, cavalry, engineers, and artillery seemed to have found their way. They emerged from the crater and under the vehicle, and followed the tanks to break through in fear.