Chapter 925: Don't suffer immediate losses
In just a few minutes, Zhang Gushan's position became a battlefield of flesh and blood.
When the Japanese air fire suppressed the defenders of Zhanggushan, soon, the 106th Division of the Devils dispatched a number of heavy artillery pieces to carry out artillery bombardment.
The devils have planes in the air and artillery bombardments on the ground, and the soldiers of the national army cannot withstand the double attack of the devils at all.
The devil's aircraft and artillery, with the advantage of concentrating firepower, constantly attacked the Zhanggushan position.
Not long after, the anti-aircraft positions on the position were destroyed by the Japanese aircraft artillery, and the position became a sea of gunpowder smoke and fire, and the scorching scorched earth blasted by artillery shells and aerial bombs was everywhere.
The Japanese army occupied various advantages on the battlefield, and the battle trend completely fell to the side of the Japanese army.
The national army not only suffered heavy casualties, but also boosted the fighting spirit of the devil soldiers.
The artillery fire of the devil's aircraft lasted for more than ten minutes, and the devil's infantry began to rush up to the position.
"The infantry attacked, and the ducks and chickens gave !!"
"Imperial soldiers, recapture the front position, duck and chicken to !!"
The Devil's front-line commanders raised their command knives high and ordered the Devil's infantry to charge.
More than 1,000 little devils were very brave, and the enemy rushed to the Zhanggushan position as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.
At this time, the officers and men of the 305th Regiment of the 51st Division, who were holding their positions, had already suffered heavy casualties, and they were bombed by the enemy, and many officers and men lost consciousness and fell to various places in the position.
When the little devil rushed to a distance of less than 300 meters from the position, the officers and soldiers on the position gradually came to their senses.
"Brothers, the little devils are attacking, get ready to fight!!"
"Get into a combat position and get ready for battle!!"
The soldiers of the national army hurriedly ran out of the bunkers and stumbled back to their combat positions.
The position was bombarded by devil planes and artillery, and most of the fortifications lost their defensive role.
"Brothers, open fire, hit the !! hard"
At the sound of an order, the officers and soldiers of the country on the position rose up to fight back.
"Tutu Tu Tu !! Tu
"Dada, dada!!"
The sound of light and heavy machine guns on the position was intertwined.
The officers and men of the Nationalist army opened fire on all their firepower, cross-firing the Japanese officers and soldiers who rushed towards them.
The little devil organized a death squad of several hundred people, and the enemy had a sun flag tied to his head and made a suicidal charge.
The devil's death squad soldiers charged at the front, they were not afraid of death at all, and they were not afraid of the oncoming rain of bullets.
"Uhhh......h
The devil death squad that rushed to the front bore the brunt of the bullets.
The devil soldiers fell on the way to charge in twos and threes, but the little devils behind did not dodge at all, and directly trampled on the corpse and continued to charge.
"Imperial warriors, go on the offensive !!"
"Charge forward, onboard, onboard!!"
The little devils were full of fighting will, and while shouting the slogan of long live, they opened fire on the national officers and soldiers on the position.
The charging of the devil group continued to sway in like a wave, making it difficult for the soldiers of the national army to deal with.
The two sides fought in a tug-of-war for a while, and the devil's plane flew again.
Enemy planes carry out low-altitude attacks, and enemy planes attack wherever the positions are densely fired.
The devil has mastered air superiority, no matter how tenacious the officers and soldiers of the country are, they do not have the strength to compete with the little devil.
In the blink of an eye, more and more devils rushed in, and the officers and men of the national army on the position were suppressed by the devil planes, and the situation on the battlefield was very unfavorable for the national army, and the position could be lost at any time......
Wang Yaowu, the commander of the 51st Division, was standing in the shelter, and when he saw that the defenders on the position suffered so many casualties and the Japanese firepower was so fierce, he was naturally anxious, and he really wanted to order the artillery to attack immediately.
However, the devil's plane was overhead, and as soon as the artillery fired, then the heavy artillery position was completely exposed.
"Damn, the firepower of this Japanese army is really fierce enough, I really didn't expect the Japanese 106th Division to have such a strong combat effectiveness!" Wang Yaowu scolded and said.
A major general officer next to him spoke: "Division, the Japanese army's firepower is too fierce, and the enemy has air support, now we have no advantage at all, and the front-line troops continue to stick to the Zhanggushan position, and our casualties will be very large." ”
"Chief of Staff, what do you think?" Wang Yaowu asked the chief of staff what he meant.
The chief of staff of the major general thought for a few seconds and said cautiously: "Division, it is recommended to temporarily abandon the position and withdraw the 305th Regiment on the front line for rest and recuperation, so as to reduce our casualties and preserve our strength before recapturing the position at night." ”
Wang Yaowu graduated from the third phase of Huangpu, although he was only a lieutenant general and division commander, but he was very respected by President Jiang, and he was also one of the best commanders in the national army.
Wang Yaowu has always been flexible and changeable in war, knowing that the enemy is strong, he will not fight to the death with the enemy.
After some consideration, he agreed to the tactical recommendations of the chief of staff.
"Chief of Staff, you are right, at the moment the Japanese army occupies various advantages, we will definitely suffer a loss if we go head-to-head with the little devils, even if we can hold the position of Zhanggushan, but our casualties will be several times that of the little devils."
Instead, Wang Yaowu ordered the Ministry of Communications to immediately issue a retreat order to the front-line troops.
Soon, the communications department of the 305 regiment at the front received an order from the division headquarters.
The 305th Regiment suffered half of the casualties on the battlefield, and the order was passed to the front commander, and the 305th Regiment immediately withdrew to the Zhanggushan position.
The order from the division headquarters soon reached the battalions and companies, and the officers and men began to prepare for evacuation.
After all, the 74th Army is an elite force, and even if it is evacuated, it will be an orderly and disciplined evacuation.
If the order to retreat was given in a haphazard manner, there would certainly be many casualties.
"Brothers, you can take away weapons and ammunition, and blow up all the things you can't take away, and you can't leave them to the little devils!!"
"The wounded were evacuated first, and one battalion stayed behind to cover the other battalions!!"
Officers and soldiers carried all kinds of heavy weapons and equipment, and the wounded were sent off the front line one by one.
The officers and men who were left behind the mat were covering the evacuation of the other battalions while fighting the enemy according to the fortifications of the position.
Half an hour later, all the officers and men of the 305th Regiment withdrew from the Zhanggushan position.
After the Japanese officers and men occupied their positions, they shouted for joy one by one, as if they were demonstrating to the newly defeated officers and men of the Nationalist Army.
The officers and men of the 305th Regiment were all bloody men, and they looked at the Japanese troops clamoring in the distance, and they lost their positions like this, and the officers and men of the whole regiment were naturally unwilling.
Subsequently, Zhang Pu, the commander of the 305th Regiment, hurriedly ran to the division headquarters of the 51st Division with his wounds.
Zhang Pu, the commander of the 305th Regiment, asked Wang Yaowu that the 305th Regiment be the main attacking force and recapture the position from the Japanese army.
Although the 305th Regiment suffered many casualties in this battle, the overall combat effectiveness of the 305th Regiment was still very strong.
The 51st Division is the most elite German armament division unit in the 74th Army, and the 305th Regiment is the most capable combat regiment in the 51st Division.