Chapter 812 The big sword chops off the heads of the devils (Part 2)
Chapter 812: The big knife cuts off the heads of the Japanese (Part 2)
After all, Suematsu Shigeharu was a battle-hardened Japanese division commander. After a moment of panic, he quickly regained his composure.
After regaining his composure, Suematsu Shigeharu called the Chief of Staff, Colonel Isoda Saburo, and asked him to immediately learn about the situation from each unit, order the troops to go into battle, and resolutely repel the Eighth Route Army's attack.
The reason why Suematsu Shigeharu issued such an order was because the 114th Division was on the defensive and had a line of defense to rely on. Suematsu Shigeharu firmly believed that his 114th Division was well-trained and well-equipped and could completely repel the Eighth Route Army.
attack.
What Suematsu Shigeharu regretted was that the heavy artillery brigade originally assigned to his command was ordered to be transferred to Qingdao along with the Second Brigade of the 1st Guards Division. Otherwise, Suematsu Shigeharu would have been more confident in repelling the Eighth Route Army's attack. That's it.
, Suematsu Shigeharu is not afraid either. His division itself has a field artillery regiment, which can provide artillery support to various units.
Things were not as good as Suematsu Shigeharu thought. Before the chief of staff, Colonel Saburo Isoda, could inquire about the situation with each unit, the phone at the division headquarters kept ringing. The staff officers picked up the phone and had no time to shout, "Moxi, Moxi."
West." From the microphone came the sound of various Japanese troops reporting that their positions had been violently bombarded by Eighth Route Army artillery fire.
Saburo Isoda had just been promoted to major general a few days ago. Seeing that he would be further used, he was eager to serve the emperor! When he saw the panic in the voices of his staff when they answered the phone, he immediately roared: "Baga!
Don’t panic! Order Colonel Otsuka No. 1 to immediately command the 120th Field Artillery Regiment to fire artillery to suppress the Eighth Route Army’s artillery fire! Order all units to go into battle and counterattack on the spot!”
As soon as Isoda Saburo's voice fell, the staff officer reported: "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, Colonel No. Ōtsuka reported that all artillery positions were covered by the superior artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army, causing heavy losses, and requested to withdraw from the battle."
Saburo Isoda was stunned for a moment.
The most dazzling thing on the battlefield is the rocket launcher that was pulled up for actual combat testing.
The Eighth Route Army Instruction Division Artillery Commander and Artillery Brigade Commander Li Chang, the Political Commissar Wang Shanzhu, the Eighth Route Army Arsenal Director and the Instruction Division Weapons Research Institute political commissar Zeng Zhao, and the new Eighth Route Army Instruction Division Weapons Research Institute Bill Clemen, all stood behind the rocket launcher, their eyes wide.
It was full of excitement. They wanted to personally observe the spectacular scene when the rocket launcher was launched and evaluate the combat effectiveness of the new weapon.
The rocket launcher was aimed at the position of a Japanese artillery brigade in the direction of Niushan Town. The scouts had clearly reported the azimuth coordinates in advance and were waiting for the artillery group to destroy them.
Before the rocket artillery bombardment started, Li Chang was still talking about the same old words, saying, "Don't blame Grandpa Li for being cruel, you shouldn't have been born into this world." The final words were still "Sir, I love you."
"After nagging, Li Chang ordered the rocket launcher squad to fire.
Following Li Chang's order, twelve rocket shells were ejected from the rocket tube, drawing twelve bright rays of light in the night sky, and rushed towards the Japanese artillery position.
The arc drawn by the rocket was so beautiful, as beautiful as a meteor streaking across the sky, and the soldiers couldn't help but cheer.
The rocket exploded, and the firelight illuminated the night extremely brightly. After the second salvo was completed, the rocket squad leader had just raised his flag, and was about to give the command for the third salvo, when Li Chang stopped and jumped.
Shouting: "Stop! Stop! You losers, do you think the rockets are really firecrackers set off during the Chinese New Year? You don't need the money, right? The little devil's artillery position has been damned long ago!"
Sure enough, as soon as Li Chang's roar landed, the scouts sent back a signal that the target was destroyed and the bombardment stopped.
Li Chang turned around and said to Wang Shanzhu: "Political Commissar, you personally lead the rocket launcher squad to carry out mobile operations. Wherever there are many Japanese, go there! This guy is so small that you don't need to be dragged by a car. You can use a war horse to cross small ditches and rivers.
.The little devil is going to have his eyes opened this time!”
In this way, the dignified Political Commissar of the Artillery Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army Instruction Division and Political Commissar of the Artillery Brigade Wang Shanzhu became the commander of the rocket launcher squad and personally commanded the Eighth Route Army's first rocket launcher and began his legendary career on the battlefield.
The Japanese army's front-line position had been torn to pieces under the fierce bombardment of the Eighth Route Army's artillery group. The attack came so suddenly and violently that the Japanese army did not expect that the Eighth Route Army would concentrate heavy troops to kill a single carbine, and suffered heavy losses in the first wave of attacks.
This time, the Eighth Route Army was extremely well prepared. Each artillery group locked its target in advance. It first focused its artillery fire on the Japanese artillery positions, and then covered the Japanese Longhai Road defense line fortifications. In the words of Liu Yimin later when he evaluated this battle, it was "this battle"
Our army's artillery group made its first success, and the first wave of shelling destroyed the Japanese Longhai Road defense system, clearing obstacles for the further development of the battle."
Not only the artillery group was well prepared, but the Eighth Route Army armored group was also well prepared. In order to ensure the firepower advantage and achieve immediate results, Liu Yimin concentrated all the vehicles he could mobilize, allowing the heavy machine guns of the heavy machine gun regiment and the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns of the air defense brigade, as well as various units
All the bazookas were mounted on cars and quickly advanced behind the tanks and armored vehicles, forming a wide fire surface.
Now, the small Japanese strongholds along the way were unlucky. The Eighth Route Army artillery group might not have bothered to greet them, but the roaring armored group did not let them go. Without saying a word, they attacked the Japanese turrets, bunkers, and machine gun bunkers.
Either the tanks and cannons, or the anti-aircraft guns and rocket launchers mounted on the cars behind the tanks, beat the enemy in these small strongholds without even a chance to launch a suicide attack.
Suematsu Shigeharu, the commander of the 114th Division, could not have imagined that the Eighth Route Army would adopt this kind of tactics. He would have thought that his 114th Division was well-equipped and had strong positions to back off the Eighth Route Army's attack. If he arrived
If you come to the battlefield where the Eighth Route Army breaks through, you will probably be frightened to death or even faint! The Eighth Route Army is not fighting here, it is just holding a water ladle and pouring bullets and shells out like water!
The shelling continues, the armored group assaults continue, and the Japanese army's panic continues!
Youth in the flames of war is beautiful!
Zhang Guangming, commander of the 1st Teaching Company, led the entire company, like a sharp knife, and followed the overcoming armored group to swoop towards Niushan Town.
The Eighth Route Army artillery groups concentrated on shelling the Japanese field fortifications. The Eighth Route Army artillery groups would never hit villages and towns like Niushan Town. In this way, although the Japanese and puppet troops stationed in Niushan Town were frightened by the might of the Eighth Route Army artillery group,
They were stunned, but they were also grateful for their luck and avoided the fate of being blown to pieces by the Eighth Route Army artillery.
But the little devil's luck soon came to an end. Under the cover of firepower from tanks, armored vehicles and automobiles, the most elite regiment of the Eighth Route Army rushed to Niushan Town.
This Niushan town was originally a beautiful and prosperous big market. Once the Japanese came, the beauty and prosperity no longer existed. Especially when the Eighth Route Army broke through Longhai Road a few days ago, the Japanese aircraft and heavy artillery brigade attacked Niushan.
The town was bombed indiscriminately, leaving Niushan Town full of holes. After the Japanese army reoccupied Niushan Town, they rushed to repair the fortifications and basically blocked the gaps in the wall.
Needless to say, the fortifications on the Longhai Road defense line in the north of the town, as well as the little Japs in the fortifications, were all submerged under the fierce artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army. Even those Japanese and puppet soldiers who were lucky enough to be alive and put up a stubborn resistance were also submerged.
Under the tyrannical fire net of the Eighth Route Army Armored Group and the First Religion Regiment. Only in Niushan Town, because the Eighth Route Army artillery group did not implement fire coverage, the Japanese and puppet troops had time to enter the fortifications and resist stubbornly.
The Japanese and puppet troops began to fight back. Not only machine guns and rifles were fired, but also infantry artillery was fired in an attempt to block the Eighth Route Army's attack on Niushan Town. Not to mention, although the 114th Division were all conscripted reserve soldiers, their fighting will was incomparable.
Those young soldiers in the standing division are so fanatical, but their combat skills are not bad at all. They are all veterans, their marksmanship is very good, their machine guns are accurate and tricky, and their bullets hit the tanks and armored vehicles manufactured by the Japanese empire.
The ding-ding-dong-dong sound was heard, blocking the attack passage for the Eighth Route Army infantry. If this had been left without tanks, the Eighth Route Army would probably have covered the passage into Niushan Town with corpses.
The tanks of the Eighth Route Army fired at the north gate of Niushan Town. Boom, boom, boom, boom, bombs exploded on the wall of Niushan Town with hatred, especially the anti-aircraft guns and rocket launchers placed flat on the cars. They hit steadily.
Accurate and ruthless, the wall around the north gate of Niushan Town was quickly destroyed. The Eighth Route Army tanks rumbled into Niushan Town through the gap.
Zhang Guangming, wearing a steel helmet and holding an August 1 automatic rifle in his hand, led the soldiers into the town along with the tanks.
The Japs were really clever. When they saw the Eighth Route Army entering the town, they advanced instead of retreating. They launched a counterattack in an attempt to drive the Eighth Route Army out of the town. The Japs' grenades were hidden in the courtyard and opened fire, covering the Japs' infantry's counterattack.
When Zhang Guangming saw the Japs counterattack, he shouted "Well done". The commander concentrated his firepower and cooperated with the machine guns on tanks and armored vehicles to massacre the Japs.
The First Teaching Battalion is the instructor's sharp knife and trump card. It is all equipped with August 1 automatic rifles and August 1 machine guns. The firepower is continuous and dense. The Japanese 38 big cover is no match at all. The Japanese counterattack did not last long, and then
As the Eighth Route Army tanks poured into the town one after another, and followed by the First Jiao Company and the First Jiao Battalion all entered the town, the little devils' counterattack soon failed and began to hide in the courtyard and start fighting with the Eighth Route Army.
Fighting. Some little devils also played suicide attacks, holding explosive bags and holding grenades to sneak attack tanks and armored vehicles of the Eighth Route Army, and even played a game of attacking tanks with Molotov cocktails.
It turns out that the Japanese army in North China did not use Molotov cocktails. Since Higuchi Kiichiro, the commander of the Ninth Division, learned from the 23rd Division's practice of using Molotov cocktails against Soviet tanks on the Nomonhan battlefield, not only the Ninth Division's
The little Japs used Molotov cocktails, and the little Japs in the 114th Division also learned it. No, the Eighth Route Army tank rushing at the front had just killed a Japs machine gun crew climbing on the roof with one shot. There was a yard on the side of the road.
A dozen Molotov cocktails flew out, landed on the tank, exploded and caught fire, engulfing the tank in a raging fire.
When Zhang Guangming saw the tank on fire, his eyes almost started to bleed. With a wave of his hand, a dozen soldiers following him threw grenades into the yard. Before the smoke from the explosion dissipated, Zhang Guangming took the lead and charged into the yard.
As soon as he rushed into the courtyard, he heard a "Yeah" in his ears. Zhang Guangming quickly threw himself to the ground, rolled on the spot, and glanced at his grandmother. There were more than ten Japanese corpses lying in a mess behind the courtyard wall. Needless to say,
He was killed by a grenade thrown in by the Eighth Route Army just now. A kid with a bayonet was sneaking up on him. The kid had a ferocious look on his face.
Zhang Guangming, lying on the ground, raised his gun and opened fire, knocking the little Japs who attacked him to the ground. Just as he was about to jump up, he saw a machine gun sticking out of the window of the main house in the yard, screaming.
, shooting at the gap in the yard, knocking down several soldiers who were rushing into the yard from the gap.
Zhang Guangming ignored the carp and rolled again. He raised his gun and pointed at the Japanese machine gun with a burst of fire, causing the Japanese machine gun to misfire.
After killing the Japs machine gun, Zhang Guangming jumped up. At this moment, a Japs corpse on the ground came to life and hugged Zhang Guangming's legs.
Zhang Guangming lowered his head and looked, damn, it turned out that the little Japs lying on the ground was not dead. He might have been stunned by the grenade explosion just now, but now he woke up and attacked him.
Before Zhang Guangming could turn the butt of his gun and hit the little Japs on the head, the Japs let out a "Hi" sound and used both hands to knock Zhang Guangming to the ground. This time it was broken, and the two Japs with bayonets pounced on them.
He came up, screamed "Yeah" and "Yeah", and stabbed Zhang Guangming with two bayonets at the same time. With a snap, a bayonet pierced Zhang Guangming's stomach.
Before the little Japs could continue their actions, the soldiers who had just rushed into the yard opened fire, knocking the two Japs to the ground.
This happened in a flash of lightning. The Japs who clung to Zhang Guangming's legs had no time to take any further action before he was shot dead by the soldiers who rushed into the yard.
Zhang Guangming gritted his teeth, reached out and pulled out the bayonet on his stomach, and blood sprayed all over the floor.
Zhang Guangming grinned and smiled bitterly: "Damn it, I never thought that my dignified first company commander would be injured!"
The battle in Niushan Town did not last long. There was a Japanese brigade and a battalion of puppet troops stationed in Niushan Town. Two Japanese squadrons and puppet troops were deployed on the east and west wings of the town. They had already been overwhelmed by the Eighth Route Army artillery and armored firepower.
There were only the Japanese Brigade Headquarters and two squadrons in the town, and there were not many troops. Under the attack of the Eighth Route Army tanks, armored vehicles and the First Teaching Battalion that invaded the town, they suffered heavy casualties. In the end, the Japanese Captain led the remaining defeated soldiers and stood at the south gate of the town.
In the two courtyards, they were buried under artillery fire and grenades by the Eighth Route Army's concentrated firepower.
The Eighth Route Army captured Niushan Town, effectively cutting the 114th Division in half from the middle. Suematsu Shigeharu soon understood that his 114th Division was facing an unprecedented crisis.