Hebian Zhengzo, with a group of generals from the brigade headquarters, had just rushed to the middle of the Marco Polo Bridge when a mortar bomb fell on the crowd of Japanese troops crowding the bridge and escaping first, and they fell instantly.
Hebian Zhengsan hurriedly stopped and looked back, only to see a dark mass of Chinese troops in the distance, pressing towards the Marco Polo Bridge. At that moment, he did not dare to neglect, and quickly assigned Captain Mutaguchi Lian, the commander of the first regiment, to return and preside over the bridge.
The blocking battle at the bridge requires ensuring the absolute safety of the brigade headquarters at all costs.
Everyone knows that according to the current situation, taking charge of the rear will definitely lead to death or death. Although Mutaguchi Lian was a little reluctant, he still followed the order and braved the continuous artillery fire attacks from the Chinese Army to quickly summon
The brigades and squadron leaders under the wing used the defense line originally constructed by the 37th Division to spread out their troops and attack the pursuing squadron head-on.
Hebian Zhengsan hurriedly crossed the river and just took a breath. He suddenly discovered that there was a defense line built by the Chinese *** team more than 400 meters in front of the bridge. He couldn't help but feel his heart sinking. At this time, the heavy firepower of the Hebian brigade was
Weapons are almost gone, and the ammunition we carry is no longer abundant. How can we continue to fight the war?
Looking back, on the other side of the bridge, the battle was extremely fierce. The Chinese ***'s artillery shells fell like raindrops on the heads of the Japanese officers and soldiers responsible for blocking the rear. The situation of bullying the Chinese *** with strength and weakness in the past was now reversed.
It's estimated that it won't be long before the defense line is breached.
But no matter what, we have to attack the enemy in front of us first! Kawabe Shozo made up his mind, even if all the jade is shattered, he will give a painful blow to the enemy in front of him, so that they understand the power of the Kawabe brigade. At that moment, he
Immediately order the remnants of the artillery regiment of the brigade that had just crossed the river to concentrate all mortars and grenades to bombard the opposite position.
Amidst the intensive firing of forty or fifty mortars and grenades, a series of explosions soon came from the position of the Chinese *** team opposite.
"Brothers, run away, the devil is coming! If you don't want to die, run away!"
In the darkness of the night, someone screamed loudly. The Chinese *** team on the opposite side suddenly gave up their position, turned around and ran away. Among the densely packed crowd of people fleeing, from time to time someone was hit by flying shrapnel and made a sound when they fell to the ground.
He wailed loudly, leaving Zheng San and a group of generals around him stunned by the river.
"It would be great if all the Chinese army were like this..." Captain Xuanniao Gaozuo, the captain of the second regiment of the garrison brigade, murmured.
It was Hebei Zhengsan who had a clearer mind: "This Chinese army should be the Third Division of the Northern Hebei Army stationed east of the Marco Polo Bridge. This division was established with the support of the Imperial Army of our country. It was trained by instructors sent by the empire and has a certain combat effectiveness.
, at least it shouldn’t collapse at the first touch. I have seen Shiyousan, who has a sharp mouth, monkey cheeks, and a slightly convex back of the head. You can tell that he is rebellious at a glance. Maybe Commander Xiangyue and the others have done something, so that’s why they are like this. Immediately convey the order, don’t shoot indiscriminately, if you find it
If you are alive, please bring him to see me immediately, I guess Shi Yousan has further arrangements."
A group of generals nodded one after another and immediately conveyed Kawabe Shozo's order. Soon, a small group of Japanese soldiers who came out brought back an officer from the Northern Hebei Army and came to Kawabe Shozo's side.
The officer nodded and smiled, took out a blueprint from the green marching bag he carried with him, and handed it to him with both hands: "The Prince of the Riverside, my Excellency Meng Wei, once studied at Sendai University in Japan, and has always admired the Empire.
Prosperous and powerful, he is currently serving as the battalion commander under Brigadier Zheng Xixian of the Northern Hebei Army. Our brigade commander asked me to bring Taijun a marching plan... Here, in the upper reaches of the Yongding River, our Northern Hebei Army has
A pontoon bridge is used to travel between Changping, Nankou and other places on weekdays. We all like to cross the river there, which can save a lot of distance. At present, the surrounding areas of Peking are all controlled by the Anjia Army and the 29th Army. The only way out is to go north and break through the Central Army.
The junction of Tang Enbo's and Wei Lihuang's troops will be joined by the imperial army as soon as they reach Juyong Pass."
Hebian Zhengzo took the marching plan, read it carefully, and gave a thumbs up to the officer with a humble smile: "Yoshi, you have a very good conscience. The imperial army will not treat Meng Jun badly, Meng Jun,
Could you please lead the way to the pontoon?"
Meng Wei quickly bowed ninety degrees: "I am willing to serve the imperial army to the death!"
Zhengsan by the river nodded appreciatively and waved his hand to Meng Wei to lead the way. Soon the team started again, heading north along the Yongding River.
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The battle at Marco Polo Bridge was still very fierce. The Japanese army, which had lost heavy firepower support, could only use a few mortars and grenade launchers to fight against the officers and soldiers of the Thirty-seventh Division who were pursuing them from all sides.
The positions of the Thirty-seventh Division were reinforced during the day, and bomb shelters were specially dug in some sections, so the Japanese army could hold on for a while. The Japanese soldiers' marksmanship was extremely accurate, coupled with the point-to-face coordination between machine guns and rifles.
, causing huge damage to the soldiers of the 37th Division.
At this time, Zhang Dakui finally led the model battalion and the companies directly under the regiment to fight. Seeing that the attack of the 37th Division was blocked, Zhang Dakui quickly ordered the mortar company to immediately aim at the Japanese firepower point and first eliminate the threat of light and heavy machine guns.
Let’s talk about destroying them. Soon, the Japanese army’s crooked machine guns began to misfire, and the suppressive firepower was suddenly gone.
The Type 38 rifles equipped by the Japanese army have several shortcomings. One of them is that the rate of fire is not fast. Although the five-round ammunition load is already a lot, they did not load it at all in front of the Chinese troops rushing up in darkness.
With time to spare, he could only jump up with a cry, pick up his bayonet, and start a bloody hand-to-hand battle with the Chinese troops.
Zhang Dakui calmly observed the battlefield and found that there were about four to five hundred Japanese troops, firing cold shots while retreating to the other side of the Marco Polo Bridge. Zhang Dakui speculated that this part of the Japanese army should be the center of his command, and immediately ordered not to pay attention to the Japanese troops in the melee.
Just pursue the fleeing enemy.
The Japanese troops who withdrew across the bridge immediately accelerated to flee the battlefield under the guidance of the brigade and regiment staff who stayed to lead the way. Zhang Dakui led the officers and soldiers of the Model Battalion in hot pursuit. At this time, Li Jun also led the officers and soldiers of the three battalions of the regiment and rushed out.
At the east gate of Wanping City, they rushed to the site of the firefight. Like Zhang Dakui, Li Jun looked at the slowly descending flares in the sky on the other side of the river, and did not choose to stop and eliminate the enemy. Instead, he rushed to the bridgehead and joined the pursuit.
All Japanese soldiers who participated in the early stages of World War II had to undergo at least eleven months of military training. The first five months of this year's military training were recruit training. The training subjects included formation, assassination, target practice and pulling. During this period,
There must be at least one five-day camping training under harsh winter conditions to train soldiers' cold endurance and night combat capabilities. The next two months are regular individual soldier comprehensive quality training, emphasizing squad and squadron-level combat coordination.
During this period, there must be march endurance training of more than 30 kilometers every day, and the instructor will control the proportion of forced marches, but it must not be less than five kilometers of forced march every day. The next month will be brigade-level combat training, during which the recruits will do target practice.
The results have stabilized, and the basic requirement is to score 80 points in ten shots at 400 meters. The recruits will begin to receive field shooting training, swimming training and intensive assassination training from this month. In addition, there is a 40-kilometer march every day.
In the next two months, we will engage in brigade, wing-level combat coordination, advanced technical and tactical movements and fire-line maneuvers. After this training, *** ordinary soldiers will not only have excellent individual skills, but most of them will be able to respond to larger battle situations.
A very clear understanding, this is why the Japanese army can often maintain its combat effectiveness even if it loses its commander.
Therefore, the continuous combat march ability of the Japanese soldiers is about fifty kilometers per day. If limited boats and vehicles are added to assist, their combat maneuverability can reach an average of more than 100 kilometers per day, and the forced march can reach more than 80 kilometers per day, and can
Fight for another six hours on the same day, and such a battle can last for about a month. What is the concept? Generally, the continuous marching ability of the *** troops is about 35 to 45 kilometers per day, and the forced march can reach 60 kilometers per day.
Kilometers or so, any faster will cause a significant reduction in personnel. In short, the Japanese army's mobility has always had a clear advantage over ordinary Japanese troops, which has resulted in the Japanese army being passively attacked in most situations.
Of course, the Japanese who were on the run now encountered the ace *** division of the Anjia Army who had undergone more rigorous training than themselves and had made more trips than themselves. Naturally, they suffered a lot. Soon, the first soldier who fled with the regiment headquarters
The commander of the regiment, Colonel Mutaguchi Lian, realized that something was wrong. The Japanese troops were chasing closer and closer. He quickly ordered a small group of Japanese troops to stay to stop the enemy, and then continued to escape.
More than 30 Japanese soldiers who were no longer well-organized came together to discuss, and then spread out to both sides of the road, preparing to take advantage of the night to strike hard at the pursuers and try to delay the pursuit of the pursuers.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Dakui had already discovered the Japs' anomaly under the illumination of the flares that continuously rose into the air to indicate the direction of the follow-up troops' pursuit. He immediately stopped and let the mortars blast fiercely, and then let the soldiers with good marksmanship perform precise bursts of fire.
, quickly cleared away the Japanese troops behind the palace, and then pursued them again.
"This is not the way to go!"
Seeing that the distance between him and his pursuers had shortened again, Colonel Mutaguchi Lian frowned. As he ran, he looked back and saw that the pursuers were about six hundred meters behind. He thought for a moment
He simply stopped and said: "Gentlemen, if we continue to gather together, we will inevitably be annihilated by the Chinese army. We might as well evacuate in all directions under the cover of night. This is the territory of the Northern Hebei Army's friends. They have a very good attitude towards the imperial army and towards China's own
The army is extremely vigilant. Therefore, as long as we avoid the eyes of the pursuers, we can safely turn in and then go to the river crossing point to gather on our own."
"Hai!"
Almost all the Japs were in a desperate situation. When Mutaguchi Lian said this, they were overjoyed, and they all agreed. After all, the Japs were also afraid of death. The reason why they were not afraid before was because of their confidence in the strength of their own army.
, but since the war began, the Japanese army has suffered frequent setbacks, and the original contempt for the Chinese *** team has been wiped out.
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Zhang Dakui, who was rushing slowly and hurriedly, found that the remaining Japanese troops suddenly split up and fled, hiding in the darkness to the west and north. There was no movement at all by the three friends who were responsible for the blocking task. He couldn't help but be surprised and full of doubts.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, I still didn't hear any sounds of fighting. Then I thought about it and cursed: