At four o'clock in the afternoon on the 21st, the main force of the Anjia Army's 2nd Guards Division occupied Wangwu Town, a strategic pass between the north and south. In addition, the 4th Regiment as a partial division had successfully crossed the Beimen River before the Japanese army could react, and captured Dongfang.
Zhonghe Town, where Poe Academy is located, has built a tight defense line in the northern part of New South Wales.
As a result, the Japanese army in Dan County was divided into four unrelated parts.
The 2nd Guards Division of the Anjia Army used its first regiment to guard Wangwu Town, its second regiment to intercept the Japanese troops in Xinzhou, and its fourth regiment to seize the throat of the North Road, while massing troops at the front lines of Tengyang, Huangpo and Hehuadi, waiting for the first
The airborne divisions gather.
No matter how slow the Japanese commander was, Fujiwara Hidema realized that something was wrong at this time. He did not hesitate anymore and immediately sent people to notify the Japanese troops in Baimajing through the waterway, asking the Japanese troops responsible for the defense of the central area of Dan County to abandon coastal defense and rendezvous.
The Japanese troops north of Wengui Village launched an attack on Wangwu Town, which was located on the north-south main road.
At the same time, Fujiwara Hidezen wanted to ask the troops on the northwest coast of Dan County to gather in Eman Town and Sandu Town respectively. After gathering, they would launch an attack on the Anjia Army guarding Mutang Town and Zhonghe Town, and join the main force.
The fighting started at about ten o'clock in the night in the northern, central and southern areas of the Dan line.
Nanhuang Village is located on the right bank of the "ji"-shaped section of the Chunjiang River. When the river originates from Fengshiling, Malaoshan and other mountains in central Hainan Island, after entering the southern area of Nanhuang Village, the river surface suddenly becomes vast and wide.
There was originally a highway bridge over the river more than 100 meters away, but it collapsed during the continuous bombings in the past few days.
The Japanese army had to build two pontoon bridges on the left and right sides of the original bridge. However, in today's air raid, both pontoon bridges were sunk by bombers of the Anjia Army Air Force.
After nightfall, the Japanese troops from Baimajing set out and joined the Japanese troops attacking Wengui Village in Fengtou and Xindi Village two hours later. Afterwards, the Japanese troops left some troops behind, and the main force marched toward Wangwu Town in the northeast. The Japanese troops
The reason why we chose to operate late at night was that we could avoid the almost ubiquitous bombers and attack aircraft attacks by the Anjia Army Air Force during the day, and maximize the power of ground artillery fire.
At 11 o'clock in the evening, the Japanese army arrived on the west bank of the Chunjiang River and used artillery to conduct a fierce shelling on the Anjia Army's defense line on the east bank. Then, taking advantage of the favorable opportunity of suppressing the artillery fire, the Japanese army began to erect a pontoon bridge on the Chunjiang River.
Half an hour later, the Japanese army finally set up two pontoon bridges, and the large troops began to quickly cross the river and attack towards the east bank.
Major General Tomishima Kitamaki, commander of the Japanese 397th Brigade, who was ordered to temporarily take command of
Got up.
However, time was tight, and Tomishima Kitamaki, who was rushing to catch up, could no longer organize an offensive formation calmly. He could only quickly deploy his troops on the beach and then send all the heavy artillery across the river.
An hour later, overwhelming artillery shells hit the position of the First Regiment of the Second Guards Division, which was responsible for holding the southern line of Wangwu Town.
In an instant, shrapnel flew across the front of the position and flames were blazing. Many temporary fortifications were turned into rubble under the intensive attack of howitzers and field artillery. Some of the Anjia Army Guards officers and soldiers hiding in the trenches were killed, and more
The others were buried by the mound of earth until only their backs were left.
The regiment and the battalion were located at a position of more than 200 meters at the forefront of the south side of the Huanhai Highway. Only one squad of officers and soldiers was left to monitor the movements of the Japanese troops. After a quarter of an hour of artillery fire, the large Japanese army, like locusts, divided into three groups and attacked the position fiercely.
In the eyes of many Japs who had never fought against Anjia officers and soldiers, there should be no signs of life activity at the front after being covered by such fierce artillery fire.
However, when a large number of Japanese troops rushed to a distance of 200 meters from the Anjia Army's frontline position, they were knocked to the ground by the seven surviving soldiers with general-purpose machine guns and automatic rifles.
"The devils are coming!"
Sergeant An Shuoxiao, the squad leader who had no talent for reading and joined the army after graduating from the Boy Scout Academy in 1939, shouted loudly while commanding the troops to fight.
The Anjia army officers and soldiers in the tunnels and anti-aircraft holes at the back quickly gathered and rushed to their respective positions through the communication trenches. In front of the position, the closer to the Anjia army position, the denser the Japanese offensive formation became.
Major Zhao Feiran, commander of the first battalion who was in the second-line bunker, saw that the Japanese army was already 100 meters away from the first-line position and loudly ordered: "Fire!"
This is great. The officers and soldiers of the first battalion who entered the first-line position concentrated all their general-purpose machine guns and automatic rifles to fire together. The general-purpose machine guns in the second-line position and the high-level dual-purpose machine guns in the third-line position all opened fire. The firepower density was so high that the Japanese army
Tomishima Kitamaki's face changed drastically as he watched the battle from behind the starting position.
Thousands of Japanese soldiers charged desperately across a front two to three hundred meters wide, but were quickly swept to the ground like harvested rice in rows.
The Japanese army did not fare well on the Anjia Army's right-wing defense line, and their attack on the left-wing defense line held by the officers and soldiers of the Second Battalion also failed extremely smoothly.
When Major Xu Haowei, commander of the second battalion, just took over the position, he gathered all the officers and non-commissioned officers of the battalion and above for mobilization:
"The Japanese army in Dan County, which accounts for almost one-fifth of the Japanese army in Hainan, was divided and surrounded by our Second Division. If the little devils want to survive, they can only desperately attack Wangwu Town, which we are guarding, to open up the connection between the various departments. Wang
The Battle of Five Towns is related to the success or failure of the Danxian Campaign, the progress of the Hainan War, and the honor of the newly formed unit of the Second Guards Division!
"As your battalion commander, I also value honor above all else and will never allow anything embarrassing to happen to our battalion! I am giving an order now: If I retreat while I am in position, you can shoot at me. Others
No matter who retreats, we will kill him without mercy! Do you understand?"
"Yes! There are enemies but no one. We are in position!"
All the participating commanders and fighters gave categorical answers.
In fact, among the officers and soldiers who can enter the Guards Group, which one does not have top-notch political and military skills? There is no need for such a threat at all! The strong sense of military pride and honor unique to the Anjia Army has been deeply engraved in every officer.
Deep in the souls of famous soldiers, even if Xu Haowei didn't say anything, no officer or soldier would retreat.
After the battle began, Xu Haowei saw that the Japanese had concentrated the forces of at least two brigades to launch a fierce attack on the frontline position held by his battalion. He quickly ordered the two mortar platoons of his heavy firepower company to fire fiercely at the front of the position.
The officers and soldiers of the 169th Division, who played a soy sauce role in the Japanese army, have lived in a peaceful environment for a long time. When they were stationed in Hainan Island, they were also responsible for long-term security warfare. Their opponents were all poorly equipped armies such as the Cantonese Army and the Japanese guerrillas, and they were confused about the problem.
It was based on Japan's domestic political propaganda against the Chinese Army three or seven years ago. Who would have thought that the Anjia Army, which had just landed not long ago, would actually have "heavy" equipment such as mortars?
In just a few minutes of shelling, the Japanese charge route was blown into a mess.
The Japanese's grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and other long-range firepower supporting the attack were either bombed or forced to move. The Japanese soldiers in front were hit by overwhelming grenades and raindrop-like bullets.
The first wave of Japanese attacks failed to work. They dropped a total of more than 400 corpses on the north and south wings before retreating in embarrassment.
"The information is not good!"
This was the first reaction of the Japanese commander, Major General Tomishima Kitamaki. Although as a mid-level and senior officer, he knew that the Anjiajun's firepower was very fierce, but the intensity of it was still beyond his expectation.
With the loss of air superiority, the Japanese army did not dare to move at all during the day and could only rely on night cover to carry out assaults. However, if the ground firepower was also inferior to the opponent during the attack, then the battle would be difficult to fight, especially when the opponent's structure
Strengthen your defense and wait for your own attack.
Major General Takeuchi, the commander of the 15th Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army, also had an ugly expression. Major General Takeuchi, who had led his troops to fight against the Anjia Army in Indochina and the subcontinent, had a clearer understanding of the current situation than others. He
know an
When fighting, the family army is as fast as the wind, as fast as the forest, as aggressive as fire, as motionless as a mountain, as unpredictable as the clouds, and as moving as thunder. Compared with any strong army in history, it is better than any other strong army in history, since the opponent is determined to hold on to Wangwu Town.
I'm afraid it won't work without making huge sacrifices.
The Japanese infantry attack failed, and heavy artillery once again fired fiercely at Anjiajun's defense line.
This time, the Japanese army did not hold back. The four infantry groups that had regrouped, almost accompanied by heavy artillery, advanced towards the position held by the Anjia army, demonstrating the tactics of infantry and artillery coordination to the fullest.
Amidst the overwhelming explosions, the Anjia Army's frontline position was quickly lost, and several squads of officers and soldiers guarding the forward position were all killed. However, the Japanese still paid a heavy price of one to two hundred people.
After the Japanese followed the same pattern and invaded the second-line positions, they still did not encounter any resistance, and their morale was greatly boosted. Due to the lengthening of the front line, the Japanese rear continued to send reinforcements to the front line, and at the same time, they used the dilapidated fortifications that had been destroyed by their own heavy artillery to launch operations.
troops to meet the Anjiajun's counterattack.
However, at this time, there was no movement from the deep defense lines of the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Guards Division of the Anjia Army on the north and south wings, allowing the Japanese heavy artillery to wreak havoc.
The Japanese commander Tomishima Kitamaki, who was standing in a temporary headquarters at a height of more than 30 meters above the river beach, and the three Takeuchi men who had been ordered to come to discuss the war situation looked at each other, and both of them showed excitement on their faces.
color, and saw the hope of victory almost at the same time.
At this time, the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 1st Regiment had passed the forward observation post and quickly found out the number of Japanese troops, the distribution coordinates of troop concentration points and heavy firepower points, and then reported them to the regiment headquarters, which reported the situation and were rushing to the scene urgently.
Two squadrons of armed helicopters arrived.
At this moment, the Japanese artillery fire on the ground is still extending, and the entire front is full of violent explosions, with firelight and gunpowder smoke filling the ground. The Japanese are quickly gathering troops to the front, preparing to form a certain strength and overwhelm the temporary structure built by the Anjia Army in one fell swoop.
Defensive line, capture the third line, fourth line position and Wang Wuzhen in the rear.
The huge explosion covered up the roar of the helicopter engine. When the Japanese artillery saw beams of light shining down in the sky and the night sky was lit up by countless flares, they realized that something was wrong.
However, at this time, it was too late for the Japanese army to divert. Thirty armed helicopters roared and began to dive. The pilots kept pressing the buttons on the joysticks to pour rockets at the Japanese artillery positions below.
Almost instantly, the Japanese artillery position was reduced to a sea of flames.
The 75mm mountain guns, field guns and Type 92 infantry guns equipped by the Japanese divisions, brigades and infantry regiments were blown to pieces by the fierce artillery fire. The twisted barrels, broken gun bodies and wheels flew everywhere, and were drawn
The exploding ammunition boxes were like violent volcanoes, spreading the bursting flames, wind and shrapnel in all directions.
The Japanese artillery was littered with casualties, and the starting position of the infantry was also a mess. There were Japanese soldiers who were confused and running around in the violent explosions. On the road, in the rice fields, in the hills, and on the ridges, there were people running around everywhere.
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After the armed helicopters fired rockets at the Japanese artillery positions, they aimed at the tents and temporary warehouses that the Japanese army had erected urgently, and launched newly equipped submunitions. The Japanese army, from officers to ordinary soldiers, were knocked down in pieces by the dense steel balls of the submunitions.
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When the Japanese army was in chaos, more than thirty armed helicopters equipped with Vulcan cannons sorted out some important targets of the Japanese army from the rear to the front.
The 20mm Vulcan cannon can fire 1,200 rounds of ammunition per minute. For the Japanese army without any protection above their heads, this kind of lethality is far more effective and direct than artillery. In just half an hour, the front of the Japanese army on the right bank of the Spring River was
The troops who left the position and broke into the Anjia Army's deep defense line suffered unprecedented heavy losses, and the number of troops was reduced by one-third.
After the armed helicopter fleet left, the regiment continued their efforts and concentrated two more mortar companies, aiming at the Japanese army's troop assembly point and carrying out violent bombardment. One grenade after another exploded among the Japanese troops huddled in the trenches, which was frightening.
The trembling Japanese soldiers were bombed to death and wounded, and the losses were unusually heavy.
Just when the helicopter was gone, the sound of artillery gradually stopped, and everyone in the Japanese army breathed a sigh of relief, the loud charge bugle sounded.
The 3rd and 4th Battalions of the 1st Regiment, which were the reserves, together with the officers and soldiers of the 1st Battalion and the 2nd Battalion, launched a countercharge towards the newly occupied defense line by the Japanese army.
The Japanese soldiers, who were stunned by the combination of air and land by the Anjia Army, were caught off guard. After a brief resistance, they were in chaos and the remaining Japanese troops had to retreat in confusion.
The Anjia army did not care about themselves. After driving the Japanese troops out of the defense line, they took the initiative to stop.
The third and fourth battalions quickly retreated and continued to rest at a safe location. The first and second battalions detached half of their troops to repair the defense line, and the remaining officers and soldiers retreated to the third-line position to stand by.
The Japanese army was in chaos for almost two hours before restoring their organization, but by this time they had lost valuable artillery, making the attack even more difficult.
From nightfall to midnight the next day, and from midnight to early morning, the Japanese army continued to fight hard. When their offensive improved slightly, they were attacked by the Anjia Army Army Air Force. All previous efforts were wasted, and they had to swallow the bitter fruit of failure.
Under this situation, the Japanese army paid a heavy price of more than 3,000 people and still did not take a step forward towards Wangwu Town. This was very difficult for the Japanese army to accept. However, they were helpless in the face of the Anjia Army's iron wall. The war situation was not conducive to the Japanese army.
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