The Japanese took the initiative in street fighting in Zhoucun because they had strong troops, not that their attack was very smooth. In fact, when Cao Jin and Wu Jiasheng felt that the battlefield situation was leaning towards the Japanese, Lieutenant General Riki Ando was already distressed.
He was trembling.
Ando Riki is purely a fanatical militarist, with deep arrogance of the invaders in his bones. However, he never expected that the Eighth Route Army in front of him was so tenacious and had such high tactical quality, and the Imperial Army had already occupied a courtyard.
The Eighth Route Army immediately put a color on its face and immediately organized a small army to fight back, and had to turn this courtyard into a tomb of the Imperial Army soldiers. Moreover, the Eighth Route Army had many automatic weapons, such as submachine guns, pistols, grenades and one that they don't know what their name was.
The automatic rifle combined is particularly suitable for street combat, and it is more convenient to use firepower than the Imperial Army soldiers with only 38 large covers and light and heavy machine guns, and the firepower is extremely fierce.
Now, Ando Riki is a little regretful. He had known that special cigarettes would not work and that the troops would have such a large casualties, so he should have surrounded Zhoucun, which could not even drink clean water, instead of entering the city rashly.
It's too late to say anything now. The two armies are intertwined. You have me and I have you. You can't even retreat. Now you must grit your teeth and destroy this Eighth Route Army. At least they must be expelled.
Zhoucun. Otherwise, once the Imperial Army retreated, the Eighth Route Army would definitely take advantage of the situation to pursue, and the casualties would be even greater.
Seeing the bodies being lifted by the eyes and the wounded being lifted by the eyes, Ando Riki could no longer bear it and immediately sent a report to Lieutenant General Okamura Yasuji, asking for a quick dispatch of troops to reinforce. The Fifth Division
The casualties were too large and could no longer take on the task of pioneering the North Line Group. If this continues, the Fifth Division must be driven back to the local area for rest and rest.
Of course, it is true that Ando Riki said that the 5th Division had too many casualties, but it is a bit too much to say that it needs to be driven back to the local area for rest and rest. It is even more selfish to say that the 5th Division can no longer undertake the task of pioneering the North Line Group.
When he was in trouble, Ando Riki mainly did not want to cause his veterans to be too much. Because he knew that the 9th Brigade and the Independent Mixed Brigade of his Fifth Division were absolutely elite, and they were both trained veterans.
, the shooting level is high and the tactical level is high. If the veteran loses too much, replenishes the new recruits and their combat effectiveness will be deducted, and they may even become second-rate troops.
At this time, Okamura Yasuji had already experienced the tenacity of the Eighth Route Army. The Second Division and the 14th Division were in fierce battle at this time. The Eighth Route Army set up ambush everywhere. Every time the Japanese took a step forward, they had to pay the price of bleeding.
The key point is that instructor Liu Yimin won the battles in a row, with sufficient ammunition supply, and more bullets and artillery shells, the firepower is extremely strong. Apart from air superiority, the Japanese have no other advantages. If you want to attack and advance, you must leave your life.
What made Okamura Yasuji most depressed was that after the battle, the Eighth Route Army's policy of clearing the fields made the Japanese army unable to find the common people, let alone collecting food and grass on the spot and catching Fu Latin. It was difficult to find clean water even if the army drank water.
Everyone has to be transported from the rear, and the carriages are carried, and troops have to be sent along the line to protect it. This is also impossible. The front line is fighting fiercely. It is such a hot day. Drinking water is consumed very quickly. It is impossible to make the soldiers and the wounded die of thirst.
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Therefore, when Ando Rikihito sent a telegram to Okamura Naoji, Okamura Naoji had already passed by Higashikuir Palace and sent a report directly to General Suichi Teraunuchi, requesting to urge the Naosaburo Group of the Kobayashi to go north as soon as possible and attack the attack
The Eighth Route Army, end the battle as soon as possible. In this way, I was always afraid of falling into the trap of the Eighth Route Army, and I did not dare to take advantage of the Imperial Army's rapid detour. Fighting hard with the Eighth Route Army will be too much casualties and consume too fast.
After that, ammunition, food, grass, gasoline, and pensions for the dead soldiers, the wounded were not a small amount. Not to mention how much gold, silver, treasures, white rice, and golden wheat could be seized, there was no clean water. Such a battle was actually
The top is a war of attrition. In the end, the veterans of the elite division will suffer too much casualties and will become second-rate divisions or third-rate divisions.
Needless to say, Okamura Yasuji, Sedoriuchi had already become an ant on the hot pan.
Kwantung Army and Central China Front Army have been urging troops to return to defense. Kwantung Army Commander Kenji Ueda reported that the Soviet Far East Military Region is ready to move, and recently, aircraft have been crossing the border for investigation. The Eighth Route Army was found in the south of Liaoning, and it is very likely that the Eighth Route Army would take advantage of the Manchurian troops.
The Kwantung Army has secretly expanded its troops and expanded its continental defense force. However, temporary expansion of the army was useless. I beg General Shou Nai'ui to immediately release the First Division, the Second Division, and the Seventh Division back to defend Manchuria, and
At least two were drawn from the security division in North China to Manchuria for garrison.
The Central China Front Army and the North China Front Army have been competing for control of the occupied district government, fighting openly and secretly. Therefore, the Central China Front Army commander Shinji Hata was a little unpolite. After reporting the war situation along the Yangtze River in a telegram, he asked when Soichi Tezukashi would let him go.
His seven divisions returned to central China? Should we wait for the Chinese army to regain Hangzhou, Nanjing and Shanghai before returning to defense? The North China Front Army should carefully examine whether the intelligence is unknown or the combat plan is wrong, and why the invincible imperial army is invincible.
Under the command of the temple's lord, the elite troops could not even deal with the Eighth Route Army of a division?
Teraunuchi was unwilling to be humiliated by Kenyo Ueda and Shunruo Hata. After scolding Baga a few times, he simply ignored these two short-sighted guys and let them roar at will, concentrate on solving the war in Shandong.
But he couldn't ignore another problem, that is the logistics supply issue.
Before the army moved, food and grass came first. This is an old Chinese saying. Soichi Tezunai has a deep study of China, so he naturally knows the meaning of this sentence. But now so many troops are concentrated in North China, and they need to eat, drink, bullets, and shells. That is not
A small number. Especially when fighting with teachers, the Japanese have suffered heavy casualties, ammunition losses, military replenishment, weapon replenishment, and ammunition replenishment must keep up. However, like the 35th Division and the 33rd Division
Such troops threw away their guns when they retreated, and all the arsenals in the Great Japanese Empire were at full capacity and could not keep up with their needs. Although the Prime Minister did not say it clearly, the cabinet had already made considerable military expenditures
I'm upset.
A small staff officer from the base camp made a mistake, but he actually started to trouble Shiichiko Shi. This guy wrote an article and presented it to Prince Jae-in, the chief of staff, and made some calculations for the North China Front Army.
The total number of weapons, ammunition, chariots, armored vehicles, cars, war horses, food, gasoline, medicines and soldiers killed by the North China Front Army since the war began. It is clear that the entire Japanese Empire is now a general of the Shinakatsushi.
For one person’s military service, please let the general be pitiful to the people of the Japanese Empire and leave them some rice and white flour. You can’t rob them of poverty!
That's not counting. At the end of the article, this little adviser used the most vicious language to stimulate Soichi Desouchi, saying that he was fighting around. The army of the Imperial Japanese army was getting bigger and bigger, and young people were sent to the port every day.
They boarded the ship and rushed to North China to participate in the war. However, these young people did not know that under the command of the generals in the temple, they only acted as a transport team, and were to send guns and cannons to the Eighth Route Army.
Of course, the little adviser's quick speech must have caused a disaster. Prince Zairen, the old bastard of the Immortal Court and Soichi Tezunai, wore a pair of pants, so the news was leaked immediately.
When Teraunuchi heard about this, he accused the small staff officer of the base camp of leaking military secrets, inciting anti-war sentiment, being disloyal to the emperor, and wantonly slandering the warriors of the imperial army, demanding that he be shot.
The Japanese staff members were all arrogant and arrogant guys and never took any superiors seriously. When this little staff member saw Soichi Teshiuchi accusing him, he would not be able to stand dead. He immediately contacted a group of people to start arguing, and started to argue.
It's a sensation.
Maybe he was afraid that things would get bigger and bigger and would be out of control in the future. Prince Jae-in, the Chief of Staff, did not know what measures had been taken. Anyway, the body of the little staff officer appeared on the beach at the Tokyo Bay Beach. After being identified by forensic doctors,
, Conclusion: Drowning and dying while swimming.
Although this is just a small episode, it shows that the huge military expenditure of the North China Front Army in Shandong has reached an unbearable level.
To be honest, before launching the Shandong war, Soichi Tezuka made full preparations. The Kanto Army's southward corps was allocated by Manchuria, the supply of the Central China Front Army was allocated from Central China, and the North China Front Army was beaten by the Eighth Route Army in the previous stage and was huddled on the railway line.
Supplies naturally have to be allocated from the local area. All preparations were sufficient, with ammunition, grain and medicine reserves. However, Soichi Tezuka did not expect that at the beginning of the war, the materials were consumed so quickly, especially the 35th Division.
And the 33rd Division lost all the supplies and had to be resupplied. Needless to say, guns, guns, ammunition must be allocated from the reserves of the domestic and North China Front Army. The food problem cannot always be transported from the local area, right? Soichi Tetsuchi of Teraunuchi
I originally thought of raising food and grass on the spot after occupying central Hebei, southern Hebei, borders and western Shandong. This method was not bad. At first, I also grabbed some food, but later it was not. The reason was that the Eighth Route Army had escaped the net and the militia.
The guerrillas kept attacking the grain transport convoy. They often tried their best to collect all the food from the people, but were snatched by the Eighth Route Army and had to take the lives of the grain collectors.
In desperation, Soichi Tezuka had to order the guard headquarters in central Hebei, Hebei-Shandong, southern Hebei, western Shandong, southwestern Shandong, and western Taixi to increase the efforts to collect grain and ensure that the frontline needs.
As a result, the Japanese army began to burn, kill and rob, and the robber face was once again exposed. Correspondingly, the resistance in various places became more intense. The people fully understood the Japanese's evil face and had a closer relationship with the Eighth Route Army.
Then, cover the soldiers and fight against the Japanese.
After receiving a telegram from Okamura Yasuji, Teraunuchi felt that he had made a strategic mistake. He should not divide his troops into three groups, but should concentrate his forces to clear down the middle of Shandong and eastern Shandong, and open up the Jiaoji Road first. Then you can
After all, Manchuria is the foundation of Japan's interests. If there is any mistake, it will be troublesome. Besides, I have made a promise to Kenji Ueda, saying that it will be opened to open the Jiaoji Road in ten days to ensure
Let the First Division, Second Division and Seventh Division be built. A few days have passed now, and I can’t even take over a small Zhou Village. How can I talk about opening up Jiaoji Road?
At this time, Soichi Teraunuchi had to consider adjusting the combat plan. He was a commander-level figure in the Japanese army and the culprit of invading China. He could not only stand on the position of the North China Front Army, but also consider the overall situation. Now, since it is determined that the main force of the Eighth Route Army is in Shandong
In the interim, we must mobilize a large army to capture it in one fell swoop, completely annihilate the main force of Liu Yimin, open up the Jiaoji Road, completely restore the public security in central and eastern Shandong, and then we will then send troops to solve the Eighth Route Army that was responsible for the restraining tasks in the mountains of central and southern Shandong.
So, after obtaining the approval of the base camp, Teruchi Nakachi adjusted his combat plan again and ordered Tada Jun's South Line Group to attack and advance quickly northward, join the battlefield in Central Shandong, cooperate with the North Line Group and the Central Line Group, and wipe out the main force of the Eighth Route Army's instructor in one fell swoop and recovered
Central Shandong and eastern Shandong regions.
In this way, the elite troops of the Japanese army, the central and southern lines began to pounce on Luzhong.
While Teraunuchi was busy adjusting his strategic deployment, the enemy and us on the battlefield in Zhoucun had reached a state of fierce fighting.
After the Japanese army captured Kuixing Pavilion, Lieutenant General Ando Rikito, the commander of the Fifth Division, moved the division command headquarters to Kuixing Pavilion and ordered Major General Kiyoshiki to command the 9th Brigade and the Engineer Regiment.
, the search brigade carried out street fighting in the city. Considering that the city had been beaten and the heavy artillery had no chance to exert its power, Ando Riki ordered the Independent Mixed Brigade of the Guards to be commanded by the 9th Brigade and join the street fighting in the city, respectively
The east gate and the west gate attack. Another corps was assigned to the field artillery gang to detour north and directly attacked the north gate.
Lieutenant General Ando Rikishi did not intend to attack the North Gate. He planned to leave a retreat for the Eighth Route Army and drive them out of the city to annihilate them. However, the street fighting in the city was at this time, and Rikishi Ando Rikishi judged that the Eighth Route Army wanted.
If he guarded Zhou Village, he would choose to break through the siege at night. At this time, Riki Ando, who was already crazy about being stimulated by the heavy casualties, was unwilling to let the Eighth Route Army slip away in the night. Therefore, he sent a roundabout attacking force to break through the North Gate in one fell swoop
, attack the Eighth Route Army in the city and completely eliminate the Eighth Route Army.
The street combat tactics of the 21st Regiment are very good, which was taught by Liu Yimin himself. To put it bluntly, it is the street combat tactics of infantry squads in later generations. Based on the squads, each infantry squad and infantry platoon form three combat groups, respectively
Responsible for attack, cover and alert tasks on both wings, and arrange firepower reasonably to protect the retreat of wounded personnel, ammunition supply and rapid transfer of troops, rely on the courtyard, take out shooting holes on the walls, cooperate with street fighting fortifications such as barricades and castles to form a room
Top, castle, wall triple firepower net, tanks that use bazooka to strike Japanese tanks, armored vehicles, light and heavy machine guns, 38 large covers, infantry cannons, mortars block the streets, submachine guns, 81 automatic rifles, pistols, grenades and ghosts
Infantry fights for each courtyard. In this way, the Japanese troops have the advantage in firepower as a whole. But in each courtyard and every small street, our army has the advantage in firepower. Moreover, our army is mobile and flexible, and we can move a position for a while. The Japanese
The occupied courtyards may also be quickly taken back by our army.
This tactical instructor has repeatedly practiced in Xi'an and listed it as a military technical competition project. However, if you implement this tactic, you must put the Japanese in it and mix them with the enemy, so that the Japanese's planes cannot be blown up or cannons cannot be bombed.
The battle started at noon, and the Japanese were constantly attacking, and our army and the enemy were fighting repeatedly. Both sides were coming and going, and the blood dyed the bluestone paved road on Zhoucun Street red.
The Japanese who attacked the East Gate and the West Gate also entered the city and were entangled with our army after taking a dammed plane made of explosives.
The 21st Regiment, the 2nd Row of the 9th Company of the 21st Battalion, resisted step by step and retreated to the top scholar's mansion on the north side of Sisi Street. The soldiers did not have time to appreciate the style of the residence of the top scholar Wang Yingtong of Kangxi, so they hurriedly hid, and the Japanese were about to attack.
Chen Huaifu, the second platoon leader of the Ninth Company, was from Qishan, Shaanxi. He was originally from Yang Hucheng's army. The Red Seventh Army was captured when he captured Xi'an and later joined the Red Army. He was incorporated into the Fourth Independent Division. When the Fourth Independent Division participated in the battle to destroy the Ma Family Army, he was brave enough to fight.
He was promoted to the commander of the combat team and later became the deputy squad leader. After heading north to fight against Japan, this Leng Wa from Shaanxi was extremely brave in fighting and became promoted to the platoon leader.
There are three combat squads in the row and one fire support squad. The fire support squad was equipped with a Type 92 heavy machine gun, two light machine guns and two grenade launchers after the Qingdao battle. In today's street battle, a row
The fight was excellent. Each soldier carved a few pieces on the butt stock, which was their record. However, the troops suffered heavy casualties. Originally, there were only 36 left in 50 soldiers.
The Japanese chased after him. The streets were filled with the Japanese's rumbling birds and the slight footsteps.
The Zhuangyuan Mansion enters the courtyard in front and behind, and there is a two-story brick and wood structure in the middle.
After Chen Huaifu entered the door, he saw the yard clearly and made a gesture to let the light and heavy machine guns go to the room. He also chose the position of two grenade launchers to bombard the Japanese on the street. The three squads were also hidden and prepared to put the Japanese on the ground.
Put it in the yard and eliminate it.
Hearing the voice of the Japanese outside the gate, Chen Huaifu immediately ordered the grenade launcher to give a few shots through the courtyard wall, and it became quiet outside the courtyard immediately.
Not long after, the Japanese pushed open the empty door, and the grenade hanging on the door exploded, and the two Japanese who pushed the door were blown away immediately.
After the smoke of gunpowder, the three Japanese men jumped in in a few seconds. As soon as they came in, they rolled, fell to the ground, held their guns and began to look around.
The Japanese were quicker, and the Eighth Route Army was faster. After a few crisp gunshots, the three Japanese were twitching a few times and then completely lay down to the ground.
This time, the Japanese outside the gate were busy, and the machine guns shot into the gate for a while, and then a small team of Japanese rushed in.