Chapter 556: Counterattack
In the sound of gunfire, bullets continued to fly out of the various guns in the hands of the soldiers. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
There was an empty space outside the "research institute", except for the snow, and the Japanese soldiers were wearing khaki uniforms that stood out in the white, so the bullets greeted the Japanese soldiers as if they had eyes, and in a short time the outer snow was dyed red.
The soldiers fought calmly, while the Japanese side was already full of screams, shouts, and orders...... This pretentious 59th Division of the Japanese Army had just begun to show defeat in the battle with the expeditionary force.
Zhang Chi, who was watching the battle situation in the back, noticed that something was wrong, so he called his fellow villagers with a phone call and scolded: "How did you do it? Didn't you want to keep it away? ”
"Master!" The fellow villager replied with some grievances: "I took it...... If this is confiscated, can the devil still be like this? ”
"Put it away again!" Zhang Chi ordered: "Pay attention to safety, retreat when you reach almost two hundred meters!" ”
"Yes!"
At this time, the Japanese artillery decisively joined the battle group...... Hosokawa Tadayasu originally did not intend to let the artillery shoot, on the one hand, because he thought that Qiqihar and the "research institute" stationed by more than 3,000 people in this regiment did not need artillery at all, and those Chinese troops did not have artillery either. Hosokawa decided to carry forward the spirit of the samurai and fight fairly with the Chinese troops without using artillery.
On the other hand, the Japanese army was already short of ammunition, and it had to be transported from Nomenkan...... So Hosokawa Tadayasu wanted to save these shells for mechanized units against the Chinese troops.
But now, he found that it seemed that it would not work without the use of artillery, and if he continued to fight like this, he was afraid that he would not be able to rush even if he ran out of wings.
As soon as the order was given, artillery fire "rumbled" towards the defense line of the expeditionary force.
The fellow villagers were still worried that they had beaten too hard just now and didn't know how to stop...... Suddenly reduce the firepower or give up the position inexplicably, then the Japanese devils are not fools, they can also see something.
This time the devil fired the artillery to meet the intention of the villagers, and withdrew the troops to the second line with a wave of his hand.
The devil did not suspect it, and followed closely behind the artillery fire to get close to two hundred meters, and then the standard machine guns and grenadiers smashed into the defense line of the expeditionary force, and the infantry in front of them shouted and rushed into the first line of defense with bayonets......
Hosokawa Tadayasu nodded with satisfaction, and secretly said that it was good that the artillery fire could still be suppressed, otherwise the face of the 59th Division would be lost in this battle, you must know that not long ago he was still laughing at the division stationed in Manchu was a shame for the Japanese Empire.
"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General!" Hongo staff officer handed a telegram to Hosokawa Tadayasu and said: "The 63rd Division has arrived, and Lieutenant General Nobu Shotoku asks for instructions on the next move!" ”
Hosokawa Tadayasu did not hesitate for a moment, and said confidently: "Let Vice Commander Ye continue to march in the direction of Harbin, and this will be handed over to the 59th Division!" ”
"Yes!"
Hosokawa Tadayasu's order itself is not a problem, the reason is that the two battlefields of Qiqihar and the "Research Institute" are too small, and the forces of the two divisions and regiments cannot play a greater role in this battlefield at the same time, not to mention that Hososhun Tadayasu believes that the 59th Division is fully capable of defeating the enemy in front of him, so in order to occupy the "Eastern Railway" more quickly and establish a defense on the "Eastern Railway", of course, it is to let the 63rd Division bypass Qiqihar and take the lead in attacking eastward.
But Hosokawa Tadayasu's wishful thinking this time was wrong, and Hosokawa Tadayasu refused to admit defeat and went to the black ...... It laid the groundwork for the complete rout of the 43rd Army later.
The Japanese attack went very smoothly, and after leaving behind more than 100 corpses, they hit the last line of defense of the expeditionary force...... "Research Institute".
The "Institute" is surrounded by a half-meter-thick fence with perforations...... This was obviously built by the Japanese army in the first place to resist the attack of possible guerrillas, who would have thought that the expeditionary force would descend from the sky and directly descend into the "research institute" to launch an attack, so that the wall did not play a role at all.
At this time, the wall became a line of defense for the warriors.
And this line of defense was nothing in the eyes of the Japanese army...... The Japanese army has artillery in their hands, and what wall can not collapse after a cannon passes?!
Sure enough, as soon as the artillery fire passed, the wall was blown to pieces, and Hosokawa Tadayasu let out a sinister laugh, waved his hand viciously forward, and ordered loudly: "Attack!" ”
Hosokawa almost saw his men rushing into the wall and then stringing the enemy on bayonets one by one.
But at this time, the style of painting changed abruptly......
Just as the Japanese troops rushed to the vicinity of the wall, there was a sudden "rumbling" of artillery, and rows of mortar shells smashed accurately outside the wall.
Hosokawa Tadayasu couldn't help but be dumbfounded, because it was only in these few minutes...... The enemy fired more shells than the Japanese fired all of them. Of course, on the one hand, the expeditionary force was under heavy artillery fire, and on the other hand, Hosokawa Tadayasu was reluctant to shoot more shells.
But this is enough to prove that the Chinese army is not as "weak" as it has been before, although this "weakness" can already be regarded as strong in Hosokawa's eyes.
Then Hosokawa Tadayasu's face couldn't help but change, and he quickly realized that this was a trap set by the enemy, so he immediately gave the order: "Retreat!" Retreat now! ”
However, it was too late to wake up.
When the Japanese army was stunned by the shells, a shout of killing suddenly sounded inside the wall...... The Chinese expeditionary force jumped out of the gap in the wall and followed closely behind the artillery fire.
Who would have thought that the Japanese army originally wanted to blow up a gap in the wall and rush out, but instead it was used by the expeditionary force as an exit for the counterattack.
The Japanese were originally bent on melee combat, as they were quite conceited about their stabbing skills.
But at this moment, they really realized that the stabbing technique was about to become obsolete...... The semi-automatic rifles and submachine guns in the hands of the enemy basically have no chance to fight and stab.
Of course, the rate of fire of semi-automatic rifles was not fast enough, and some Japanese soldiers were occasionally able to get close in the melee, but the Japanese troops who were close were quickly knocked down by the bayonets or butts of the expeditionary force...... Compared with the soldiers of the expeditionary force who crawled out of the sea of blood in the corpse mountain, the soldiers of the 59th Division of the Japanese Army were still a little tender.
What is even more terrifying is that two troops were killed on both sides of the "research institute" to penetrate directly into the rear of the Japanese army. (To be continued.) )