Chapter 278: The End of the 4th Brigade (19)
The Japanese army in this period was undoubtedly arrogant, and in the face of the Chinese army, whether it was running away without firing a shot, or fighting to the death without retreating, the victory after victory made the Japanese no longer take the Chinese army into account.
Fighting under the Xifeng Pass for several days and still not being able to advance was a big disgrace for Xiyi, who commanded nearly 50,000 troops, and coupled with the major defeat suffered by the 4th Brigade, which made Xiyiyi even more obsessed with breaking through the Chinese Great Wall defense line.
Now, the 4th Brigade is heavily besieged by Chinese, and the planes have already reconnoitred it for several days, and with the information sent by the intelligence department personnel lurking in the Chinese area, Xi Yiyi firmly believes that no other Chinese troops have entered this 100-mile radius except for the 60,000 troops of the Chinese 29th Army.
Xi Yiyi made a wrong judgment, thinking that the main force of the 29th Army had made a risky operation and quietly went to besiege the 4th Brigade, and now Xifengkou must be understaffed, maybe he can attack again, and he can take advantage of the lack of Chinese military strength to win a big victory, and even break through Xifengkou, so that the Chinese commander who ate sesame seeds and lost watermelons regretted it.
I have to say that Nishiyi is a very conscientious soldier, and when one of the only two brigades directly under the division is disabled, he does not want to rescue immediately, but to find a fighter for overall victory.
But he made two fatal mistakes, his subordinate Major General Suzuki Mitsu was vague, and Liu Lang and his independent regiment Nishiichi didn't understand at all. In fact, not to mention the Japanese army, even Liu Lang's direct boss Huang Jie didn't know that when Liu Lang's independent regiment was in full swing, the firepower intensity was enough to lower than the two divisions of the 29th Army.
After sending troops sufficient to resolve the crisis of the 4th Brigade, Nishiichi organized Commander Muto Nobuyoshi to reinforce the 14th and 33rd Mixed Brigades, which he had already arrived first, and launched an attack on the Kimineguchi.
Song Zheyuan, commander of the 29th Army at Xifengkou, was already surprised by this kind of Japanese attack, and regarded him as one of the repeated strong attacks of the Japanese in the past few days. He even ordered not to fight hard when the Japanese attack was too strong, and took the initiative to abandon some peripheral positions, and when night fell, the Japanese aircraft and artillery could not provide sufficient support before recapturing.
It stands to reason that this line of thinking is also common, and the two armies have played out similar situations many times, and the Japanese army often storms and takes several positions during the day, and then recaptures them again because of the decisive counterattack of the 29th Army at night.
Because of the problem of the mountain, the total number of positions is so large, and at the same time, he is worried that the losses will be too large, and Xi Yiyi will not be able to throw more troops into it at all, and he has captured the position several times, and has been recaptured by the 29th Army several times, which has long made Xi Yiyi unbearable.
This time, he judged that the main force of the 29th Army was 80 miles away, and Xi Yiyi, who had long been unable to bear the constant setbacks, would he stop? After successfully storming several outlying positions with the support of artillery fire, Saiyi was no longer as cautious as before, but ordered the two mixed brigades to press up and launch an all-out attack on the main position of the 29th Army.
This beat Song Zheyuan a little blindfolded, spicy next door, look at this posture Japanese devil is going to compete today! People put on a posture of tens of thousands of people attacking to the death in one breath, Song Zheyuan would be a fool if he hid it again, and he couldn't care so much at the moment, and all the dozen or so imitation Japanese-style 41 infantry guns of the Shanxi Arsenal, which had been hidden in the whole army for many days, were all transferred out to face the Japanese army, which was the last family of the 29th Army.
Song Zheyuan was also forced to be helpless, if the Japanese army broke through the main position of Xifengkou, not to mention his family, how many of the more than 50,000 people of his 29th Army here could survive? Since the Japanese devils want to fight, let's fight it clean! All the officers and men of the 29th Army had the same thoughts as their commanders, and vigorously sprinkled all the ammunition they had saved for many days on the two mixed brigades that were attacking in a big way.
Although the firepower of the 29th Army was almost there, it was also an army of tens of thousands of people, and a dozen or so infantry guns could not match the sharpness of the Type 41 mountain artillery of the 8th Wing of the Japanese Army, but the infantry artillery did not have the intention of engaging in an artillery battle with the opponent's artillery at all, that is, it opened fire on the attacking Japanese infantry, fired a few shots and ran, and continued to fire at the next place.
The 29th Army did not hesitate to do this, and the two mixed brigades of nearly 10,000 people who attacked this time were unlucky, but in just half an hour of fighting, they lost nearly 2,000 soldiers, and the casualty rate was as high as 20 percent.
This is still the result of Xiyi seeing that the situation is not good, and ordering the whole army to retreat, if the fight continues, I am afraid that it is more likely that the two mixed brigades will eventually become two into one.
The main forces of the 29th Army were all there, and Xiyi's eyes were blackened for a while, far exceeding the fierce fighting of the previous days proved how ridiculous his previous judgment was, at the cost of the death of nearly 1,000 elite Imperial Army and the incessant wailing of more than 1,000 soldiers.
"Commander of the 1st Division of Xiyi, we need to invest more troops in such a strong attack." Although it was a suggestion, the commanders of the two mixed brigades did not even add Your Excellency after the commander of the 1st Division of Xiyi, which shows how much resentment they have against His Excellency Lieutenant General 1st Xiyi.
On the other hand, on the side of the 29th Army, inexplicably and the anticlimactic devils came to a pseudo-decisive battle, although their own losses were not small, hundreds of officers and soldiers were killed, more than 1,000 officers and soldiers were wounded, and ten infantry guns also lost four in the previous artillery battle, almost exhausting the family's funds, but also killed and wounded nearly 2,000 devils, which is almost the sum of the records of several days.
Speaking of which, it still takes advantage of something.
Although I don't know why the commander of the 8th Division of the Japanese Army, Xi Yiyi, fought like this, Song Zheyuan, Liu Ruming, Zhao Dengyu and other high-ranking officials of the 29th Army smiled and expressed their hope that Xi Yiyi would come like this twice.
Anyway, there are still 50,000 people on their own side, even if it is consumed one to one, if it can consume a division of the Japanese army, it will go down in history. Although this idea is a bit sad for the defenders who should have a great advantage, this is the reality, and it is the greatest wish of the generals of the national army to be able to fight the Japanese army, which is much stronger than the national military, or even 1:21:3.
You must know that in the Battle of Rehe in just half a month, the ratio of casualties between China and Japan even reached an astonishing 1 to 15, which was simply a shame for every national army general, but the huge disadvantage in equipment and training made them have to swallow this bitter fruit.
Song Zheyuan was still rejoicing in an inexplicable small victory, this extremely famous general in the history of China's fight against the Japanese invaders did not know that in Luo Wenyu, not far from him, the glory that the two regiments under his command were about to create could make him stuff two duck eggs in his mouth.
Of course, if he could, he would even rather stuff two goose eggs with the generals under his command who would later write a colorful chapter in Chinese history.
Xi Yiyi's side was heartbroken by his mistake in judgment, and categorically left two mixed brigades that were beaten to confront the 29th Army, which could not be attacked, but it was still no problem to contain it. At the same time, the telegram ordered the 6th Division, which was still less than 100 miles away from his side, to turn to Luo Wenyu, and he was going to fight a decisive battle with another main force of the Chinese army besieging the 4th Brigade in Luo Wenyu.
With a heavy artillery brigade, a complete brigade, and most of the 6th Division, with a total strength of 25,000 troops, Nishiichi was confident that he would be able to defeat the Chinese army. He must also be defeated, otherwise, he will not be able to wash away the series of humiliations suffered by the 8th Division in the past few days. Xi Yiyi didn't even count the two Manchurian puppet army brigades.
Especially the stupid and stupid Mitsu Suzuki, who couldn't even figure out the strength and number of the enemy besieging him. Nishiichi couldn't believe what he had just said in the message that Mitsu Suzuki had just sent him.
The 4th Brigade was besieged by two regiments of the Chinese 29th Army and an independent regiment of the Central Army.
Your mother's Suzuki Mitsu, can you be a little more stupid? Three regiments are only 7,000 people, and you tell me that 7,000 people surrounded your 7,000 people, and by the way, you swallowed up 2,000 people from two artillery brigades, and there was not even scum left? Xi Yiyi, who has always been cautious and serious, felt that only by scolding his subordinate with this national curse of the Chinese would he feel a little better in his heart, and mantras such as "eight grid tooth road" could hardly express his anger.
Luo Wenyu, at least three brigades or even three divisions in China, Xi Yiyi stubbornly believed.