Lieutenant General Koshiki Toranosuke, the chief of staff of the 20th Division, finished his words and was scolded by Kozuki Kiyoshi.
"The lives of the Japanese Imperial Army warriors are far more precious than the lives of the Chinese soldiers. How can we carry out indiscriminate bombing unless it is a last resort?" Kozuki Kiyoshi said this and added, "What's more, the Suzuki Regiment
We are far from reaching a desperate situation. If we carry out indiscriminate bombing at this time, although it can severely damage the China Army, the pacification of the county seat will definitely not be saved! It will be a great disadvantage to the entire defense battle of Taiyuan. Do you understand?"
"Hai." Yuesheng Hunosuke lowered his head suddenly.
"Order." Xiangyue Qingji waved his hand and said solemnly, "The Suzuki Wing immediately launched a counterattack and must drive all the Chinese troops entering the city out of the city to give the Army Air Force a chance to bomb!"
"Hai." Yamashita Jingwu suddenly lowered his head and immediately ordered to leave.
Pingding County.
The commando led by Chu Zhongtian has penetrated hundreds of meters into the city and has just seized a compound.
"Hit, beat, kill these idiots!" Yang Donglin yelled repeatedly, charging and firing. From time to time, Japanese soldiers fell down after being shot. This guy's marksmanship was indeed impressive.
"Come back!" Yang Donglin was in the excitement of fighting when he was unexpectedly pulled back by Chu Zhongtian.
"What are you doing?" Yang Donglin glared at Chu Zhongtian with red eyes, and roared sternly, "Get out of the way!"
Chu Zhongtian groaned, threw Yang Donglin back with a slight force of one hand, like throwing a sack, and then shouted without looking back: "If you don't want to die, just stay behind!"
"Take a good look at how the veterans fought!" Li Chusheng continued, "Don't think that if you come out of the Central Military Academy, the little devil's bullets will fly around. Let me tell you, this won't work! Never mind that you are
A top student who graduated from a military academy or a big-headed soldier with mud-legged background will die the same if his head is shot by a kid's bullet!"
While he was talking, the commandos had quickly spread out along the streets and built fortifications on the spot.
The fire support team's two Type 92 heavy machine guns and four crooked-handled light machine guns have also been set up on the roof and walls of the courtyard on the street. Yang Donglin and other officers and students were suddenly confused. Looking at this posture,
The commando seems to be preparing to defend, but wasn't it still attacking just now? Why did the defense switch to defense?
An officer cadet asked Li Chusheng blankly: "Deputy captain, aren't we a commando team?"
"What's wrong with the commando team?" Li Chusheng answered while waving his engineer pickaxe to sort out the debris on the street. In less than a moment, he dug out a foxhole. After that, Li Chusheng removed two door panels from the house and put them on the top of the pit.
, this bunker is basically safe as long as the enemy's grenade is not unlucky enough to hit it directly.
The officer still asked blankly: "Assault team, naturally we should assault forward, assault, and assault again. Our mission is to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop with the force of autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves. How can we stop and turn in midway?"
What about defense? This is wrong, that’s not what is taught in tactics courses.”
Li Chusheng sighed and said patiently: "With your distinguished status as a top student of the Central Military Academy, if you were in another *** army, you would be able to work as a company commander, but the commander-in-chief did not send you to the front line.
Instead of leading the troops, you were incorporated into the teaching brigade and treated as ordinary soldiers. Do you know why?"
Yang Donglin and other officers and students immediately pricked up their ears and hurriedly moved closer to this side.
"Because you can only talk about war on paper, but you don't know how to fight at all, let alone lead troops!" Li Chusheng said, "If I really want to send you to the front-line troops to lead troops, it will not only harm you, but also harm the soldiers under your command!"
"You're talking nonsense!" Yang Donglin said angrily, "Who said we can't fight, who said we can't lead troops?"
"Still talking back?" Li Chusheng said coldly, "Since you think you can fight, then tell me why we should switch to defense on the spot?"
"This..." Yang Donglin was speechless.
Not only Yang Donglin, but even Wang Zanchen, a veteran of the Jin-Sui Army, didn't understand why he had to switch to defense on the spot!
Yang Donglin was silent for a moment, then suddenly said with a stiff neck: "In my opinion, turning to defense is a wrong decision at all. We should continue the attack and wipe out all the Japanese in the city in one go!"
"Destroy them all!?" Even Chu Zhongtian was furious now. He turned around and said coldly, "Have you ever fought in a street fight before?"
"No." Yang Donglin shook his head and then said, "But we have learned that street fighting is cruel."
"There are some things... you can't learn in class!" Chu Zhongtian said coldly, "After this battle is over, if you are still alive, you might as well ask the veterans who participated in the Battle of Nanjing, what will they know?
Tell you what kind of cruel method street fighting is, and then you won’t keep talking about what’s in the textbooks!”
Seeing that Yang Donglin and other officers and cadets still seemed to understand, Li Chusheng was very angry and said: "It is not difficult to wipe out all the Japs in the city, but do you know how many people will die?" After saying this, Li Chusheng said again, "We at least have to die.
Three thousand people died, captain, you, you, me, everyone here, no one can survive!"
"In street fighting, the casualty ratio between the enemy and us is basically one to one!" Chu Zhongtian added coldly.
"But..." A stupid officer scratched his head and asked, "Even if we switch from offense to defense, isn't this still street fighting? Is there any difference?"
"***! Can this be the same?" Li Chusheng couldn't help scolding, "Are you stupid!?"
"Hey, how do you know my nickname?" The officer and student said in astonishment, "My name is Mu Tie, and they all call me Mu Tie."
"Holy shit..." Li Chusheng heard this and wanted to use his engineering pickaxe to smash the wooden head into pieces.
"Okay!" Chu Zhongtian interrupted coldly, "Although you are new recruits, don't be stunned. Hurry up and help the veterans build bunkers. In ten minutes at most, the little Japs on the other side will fight back.
!Although the little devils in Pingding County are not equipped with field artillery groups, they still have 92 infantry guns and 80 mortars!"
Chu Zhongtian’s decision saved the lives of nearly a hundred officers and soldiers of the commando team!
In fact, the main force of the 80th Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army has already built a line of defense in the block ahead. If Chu Zhongtian's commando continues to advance forward, they will definitely run into the encirclement of the main force of the Japanese Army. At that time, waiting for the assault
The team will have a tragic ending in which all members die in battle!
The Japanese suddenly switched to defense, a move that greatly exceeded the Japanese army's expectations.
Colonel Suzuki Kenji, commander of the 80th Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army stationed in Pingding County, hesitated for a moment and was about to order a counterattack when a telegram from the First Army Headquarters also arrived. Suzuki Kenji did not hesitate anymore and ordered the 1st Infantry Battalion to quickly turn around.
Enter a counterattack and expel the Chinese *** troops entering the city from the city at all costs!
Dongcheng District.
Just ten minutes later, the Japanese artillery bombardment arrived on time!
At least six Type 92 infantry guns fired fiercely at the commando team's temporary barricade from several kilometers away. One after another, grenades fell from the sky and exploded violently on rooftops, courtyard walls or streets. Soon there was smoke and flames.
, however, due to the dense buildings and complex terrain in the neighborhood, the Japanese shelling had little effect.
Amidst the deafening explosion, Wang Zhanchen couldn't help but cast an admiring glance at Chu Zhongtian.
Yang Donglin and other officers and cadets haven't figured it out yet, but Wang Zanchen, a veteran, has already figured out the mystery.
What does it mean that the Japanese artillery bombardment is so intensive and so fast? This means that the Japanese army's position is not chaotic at all. It means that the Japanese artillery is simply holding back. If the commandos continued to charge forward just now, they would definitely hit them head-on.
If you go into Zhuyuanli where the Japanese artillery has pre-calibrated shooting, the ball will be dead!
But now, because the commandos suddenly stopped attacking, the Japanese artillery was forced to correct the situation, and the accuracy was even worse.
Before this, Wang Zanchen really didn't take Chu Zhongtian as a young boy in his eyes, but now, Wang Zanchen somewhat understood that the reason why Yue Weihan appointed Chu Zhongtian as the captain of the teaching brigade was not because he had given
Yue Weihan has been an aide-de-camp. Chu Zhongtian is really good at fighting!
After the bombardment ended, the Japanese army immediately launched an infantry attack.
After a melee, the Japanese army's first attack was quickly repelled.
As soon as Chu Zhongtian gave an order, the light and heavy machine guns that had just been mounted on the roof and the courtyard wall were immediately withdrawn.
As soon as the six light and heavy machine guns were withdrawn, the piercing scream of artillery shells pierced the sky again. This time, the shooting accuracy of the Japanese artillery was much higher than the previous shelling. Dozens of consecutive shells almost all hit the roof and walls of the compound.
If the six light and heavy machine guns of the courtyard wall and the fire support team had not been transferred in time, they would have definitely been destroyed.
Seeing that the eaves and walls of the courtyard were blown up by Japanese artillery shells and filled with smoke and dust, Yang Donglin and other officers and cadets finally gave in.
The faces of Wang Zanchen and other veterans of the Jinsui Army showed thoughtful expressions. The reason why the Baoshan Division was able to repeatedly inflict heavy losses on the Japanese army and create miracles did not seem to be due to luck!
In the past, when the Baoshan Division was only the Baoshan Battalion and the Baoshan Regiment, I am afraid that only Yue Weihan himself had superb tactical command capabilities. But now, under the influence of Yue Weihan, the tactical command capabilities of a considerable number of the officers of the Baoshan Division have been completely improved.
, such as the brigade commanders of Baoshan Division and the main regiment commanders, such as Chu Zhongtian in front of me.
Of course, only a small number of officers had the opportunity to appreciate Yue Weihan's tactical command abilities.
But even the front-line command of this small number of officers was enough to greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the Baoshan Division. Coupled with Yue Weihan's monster-like ultimate command, it is no wonder that the Baoshan Division was able to continuously inflict heavy losses on the Japanese army, leaving the Japanese army disgraced, and even