Chapter 386: Battle of North China (32)
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Due to the urgency of time, Ushijima ordered the troops to attack overnight without even building a military camp, except for his command tent set up, the rest including the field hospital and kitchen were still in lù days. The latest and fastest update of this book comes from du58.
Although the altitude of Daqingshan is more than 2,000 meters, it is a height built on the foundation of the ancient plateau of Méng, and in fact, Daqingshan is not too high, and it looks only a few hundred meters from a distance. However, Daqingshan is famous for its steepness, not to mention the mountain path from top to bottom, and the other sides are cliffs and cliffs, which cannot be climbed at all.
In order to better defend this base area, Han Yunhua chose Daqingshan from the time he first arrived in Saibei, and after two years of sparing no effort in construction, almost all the steel in Daqingshan has been concreted. There are four lines of defense from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain, each of which is a trench and a pillbox, and the width of the mountain road is less than three meters, which can barely transport the mountain artillery, and other heavy artillery and combat vehicles cannot go up. At the same time, Han Yunhua's department also built an extremely strong permanent defense line at the mouth of the valley, compared with the three defense lines on the mountain, this defense line at the mouth of the valley is the focus of Han Yunhua's defense.
The Japanese attack was crazy, but Ushijima did not order the troops to charge, but always bombarded the Daqingshan defense line with artillery, and the intensity of the firepower and the density of the shells were frightening. As the commander of this Daqingshan defense battle, Han Yunqian felt a lot of pressure. If she was the only one here, Han Yunqian would not hesitate to fight the devil. But now her brother and almost all the staff officers of the command are trapped in the mountains, and the consequences of an accident are unimaginable.
However, the Japanese army would not give him time to think about it, and in just half an hour, more than 5,000 shells and even poison gas bombs fell on the front-line positions. But Han Yunhua, who was familiar with the Japanese army's offensive routines, had long expected this, so when he designed the fortifications, he not only took into account the normal and reasonable defense and attack of the Japanese army, but also took into account the crooked ways of the little devils. So the dozen or so large anti-aircraft dòngs connected by jiāo ditches next to the trenches played a key role.
These anti-aircraft dòng are all built with sleepers and steel reinforced concrete, and they are buried deep underground, not to mention those small-caliber mountain artillery, even large-caliber guns may not be able to do anything with him. So in the first shelling of the Japanese army, the casualties of the guard regiment were minimal, except for a couple of observation posts that were knocked out and a few fighters were killed and wounded, there were almost no losses.
However, after the shelling, it was a big charge of the Japanese army, and in terms of the Japanese army's crazy xìng, it was definitely not to give up if they did not take Daqingshan. Looking at the billowing smoke on the position under the mountain and the continuous sound of explosions, Han Yunqian's heart also continued to sink, and the news from the outside world was getting worse and worse, in the past two days, the Japanese army continued to increase troops in the direction of Daqingshan, in addition to the special combat team, several other troops suffered great losses in the battle with the Japanese army, and even the troops in Xinghe County were besieged by the Japanese army. The 300th Division, which was given high hopes by Han Yunqian and the cadres of the entire former enemy command, was also intercepted by about a brigade of the Japanese army at the Jiāo boundary in Yutian Town, Xinghe County, although the 300th Division of the reorganization attacked the Japanese position at all costs, but the Japanese counterattack was also very fierce, once again allowing Han Yunhua's department to see the strength of the Japanese army, so it was impossible to break through the Japanese defense line in the short term. The latest and fastest update of this book comes from du58.
Two hours ago, Yang Ruihua of Jining reported that about a division of infantry had been assembled and was now on the way to Xinghe County, and the automobile unit of about an infantry regiment in the vanguard was expected to arrive at eleven o'clock in the evening. In order to avoid the Japanese planes, the reinforcements in the direction of Jining chose to march at night.
The reinforcements in the direction of Jining moved very quickly, and when the first tentative attack on Ushijima had just passed, the reinforcements in the direction of Jining had already arrived in Xinghe County. Although a large number of Japanese troops blocked the eastern mén main road in Xinghe County, no Japanese troops were found on the western mén in Xinghe County.
At 11 o'clock in the evening, the first batch of about 4,000 Jīng Rui troops finally entered the county seat of Xinghe County, and at the same time arrived Zuo Quan, the political commissar of the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region, so that the supreme commander of Xinghe County changed from Zhang Dabing to Zuo Da Political Commissar. After taking over the troops in Xinghe County, the political commissar Zuo learned about the enemy's troop deployment and firepower intensity, and compared it with the troops in Xinghe County, so he immediately ordered the troops to eat and prepare for a counterattack to rescue Han Yunhua on Daqing Mountain. ,
Han Yunhua didn't care about how the outside world was fighting, and he was not only not afraid at all, but full of excitement when he was surrounded by the Japanese army, which made all the cadres, including Han Yunqian, extremely surprised. Of course, Han Yunhua's performance also gave others a lot of encouragement, in the eyes of the vast majority of people, the commander is Chengzhu in xiōng, and the little devil under the mountain has nothing to be afraid of, which Han Yunhua did not expect.
Han Yunhua's current mood is that he is nervous, the battle in the eastern direction of Hebei has entered the countdown, and the main force of the independent 77th Division has also captured Xinglong County, which is less than 30 kilometers away from Miyun. And Kimura Hyotaro's department was taught by the instructor and Chen Guang's 334 Brigade plus the troops of the Jizhong Military Region, and they couldn't take care of the end, and hundreds of thousands of troops on both sides stumbled around Zhengding for nearly half a month. Most importantly, the political atmosphere in Europe was extremely tense, and Germany had repeatedly clamored for war, but it did not attract the attention of Britain and the United States. However, Han Yunhua knew that this time Germany was not just talking.
Throughout the battlefield in North China, nearly 80,000 Japanese troops in eastern Hebei surrounded Li Dayong's more than 40,000 miscellaneous troops in Qian'an, and the onslaught of nearly ten days caused huge casualties to Li Dayong's troops, and Qian'an was now in danger. According to the telegram sent by Li Dayong yesterday, the losses of Qian'an's troops now exceed 25,000, and although there are still nearly 20,000 people still fighting strength, the morale of the troops is very low, and the Japanese army is constantly bombarding with poison gas bombs, incendiary bombs, and aerial bombs, so the fortifications of Qian'an, including the entire city, have been almost destroyed, so the large Japanese army can be under the city of Qian'an in two days at most, and Qian'an will be lost in five days at most, and Li Dayong, including his 40,000 troops, will be completely wiped out in a week.
Of course, Li Dayong's troops are not vegetarians, and the devils who have been fighting for more than ten days have not benefited much, and the casualties of the Japanese troops on the attacking side will not be much smaller than those of Li Dayong's troops. ⑤???? Read the latest chapter of this book, so Li Dayong can let Han Yunhua fight as much as he wants, don't worry about Jidong's affairs, anyway, there is no problem with his 40,000 miscellaneous soldiers exchanging 40,000 Japanese soldiers for 40,000 Japanese soldiers.
The other side of the Jidong battlefield has now entered a white-hot stage, and the Japanese cavalry group has been blocked in Kuancheng for seven hours, and all the Japanese officers, including Lieutenant General Yoshida, are a little impetuous. The corpses of men and horses were everywhere under the small dirt bag, and the blood flowed down the hillside and merged into a dark red wet band in the valley, and the smell of blood permeated the battlefield.
The seven-hour battle took a heavy toll on the Japanese cavalry, and so far four cavalry wings had been disabled, and although they were still intact, at least 3,000 cavalry were killed or seriously wounded. The loss of the troops is one thing, but more importantly, the blow to the morale of the troops is the most important, and the originally mighty cavalry group is now withering like a dead father.
However, the Sharp Knife Battalion, which was responsible for blocking the Japanese army, was not having a good time, and less than 200 of the more than 700 Jīng Rui were now left, and more than 560 people, including the commander of the Sharp Knife Battalion, died on this land. There are no wounded in the troops, as long as those who can fight are fighting, and those who are not fighting are dead except for the dead, and now the highest cadre on the front line of the blocking position is Chen Erwa, the commander of the machine gun company, and as for the machine gun company, there are only 12 people left in Chen Erwa, originally according to the order of the independent 77th division headquarters, the troops can retreat after four hours to block the Japanese army, but the two sides have just entered the white-hot stage soon after the war, even if the sharp knife battalion wants to withdraw, it can't be withdrawn. The Japanese army is red-eyed, and they will not advance if they don't wipe out this small force, but now even if the Japanese army doesn't entangle the sharp knife battalion Chen Erwa, they won't retreat, because now the soldiers are exhausted, and what awaits them when they get out of the position will be complete death.
According to the plan, the Japanese cavalry unit had passed Kuancheng and entered the expected ambush site, but now there was no movement, and Wan Guoquan thought that the Japanese army had discovered that they had retreated. However, the news from the scouts said that the Japanese army was now being blocked by the Sharp Knife Battalion and did not advance an inch three kilometers east of Kuancheng.
After getting the news, Wan Guoquan knew that the Sharp Knife Battalion could not be withdrawn, so he ordered the mechanized brigade to advance immediately and rushed to Kuancheng, and at the same time sent a report to the cavalry group of Aurige, ordering his cavalry troops to immediately converge from Kuancheng to Kuancheng, and the two troops flanked the Japanese cavalry group in front and rear. ,
Wan Guoquan has studied that the east of Kuancheng is a wide valley area, although it is not conducive to the assault of mechanized troops, but it is also not conducive to the cavalry troops to break through and escape, as long as the cavalry troops of Ao Liege guard the entrance to the east to death, the Japanese cavalry group will not be able to fly. Therefore, Wan Guoquan's order to Aurege was that the cavalry troops did not need to go into the valley to fight the Japanese army, and that the mechanized troops that were given to him by charging into battle were to be charged, and the cavalry troops only needed to defend the valley.
The original battle plan had to be changed, but although the current battlefield was not conducive to the assault of mechanized troops, it was also not conducive to the escape of the Japanese cavalry, and it would only bring a little trouble to the cavalry units of Aurege. But it was possible to completely annihilate the Japanese cavalry group, and it was worth paying a little price.
Lieutenant General Yoshida Nao didn't expect that the valley where he was located would become the place where he buried his bones, and at eleven o'clock in the evening, just when the Sharp Knife Battalion was exhausted and the bullets were about to be exhausted, and they were ready to meet the Grim Reaper, the rumbling sound of motorcycles suddenly came from behind the Sharp Knife Battalion, which made the Sharp Knife Battalion and Yoshida Naoto shocked.
The original battle plan was only known to the commander of the Sharp Knife Battalion, but after the death of the commander of the Sharp Knife Battalion, all the soldiers of the Sharp Knife Battalion only knew that they were here to block the Japanese cavalry troops, and no one knew why they were blocking it. Now the sharp knife battalion has no strength to fight anymore, and the physical exertion of the soldiers is nothing, but the weapon ammunition has been exhausted, and the guns without bullets are burning sticks, and the vast majority of their troops are equipped with machine guns, even if they are powerful, they can't put bayonets on machine guns. So if this unit that suddenly appeared was the Japanese army, then they would be completely finished today, and if it was reinforcements, the devil's cavalry would not be able to eat and go away.
Soon, hundreds of three-wheeled motorcycles slowly stopped at the rear of the blocking position, and a large number of troops quickly assembled, and through the light of the motorcycle, Chen Erwa saw that all the soldiers were wearing dark green mí color uniforms. Although Chen Erwa has been in the army for less than a year, he knows that the green sèmí color uniform is a unique military uniform of the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region, and it goes without saying that it must be the Eighth Route Army.
The arrival of reinforcements made the only remaining 100-odd soldiers in the Sharp Knife Battalion extremely moved, and they shouted loudly to vent the excitement in their hearts. As the supreme commander of the front, Chen Erwa was also very moved, he stroked his body and withdrew from the trench with a soldier and came to the front of this sudden reinforcement.
A soldier on the opposite side who seemed to be a cadre gave Chen Erwa a very solemn military salute, and Chen Erwa also replied with a military salute like a mechanical reaction, and said loudly: "We are the troops of the 77th Independent Division's Sharp Knife Battalion, I am Chen Erwa, the commander of the machine gun company, which part are you from?" ”
"Zhang Dingguo, commander of the motorized infantry regiment of the mechanized brigade of the 300th Division, comrades have worked hard, from now on we will take over your position, Company Commander Chen, you can go down with your soldiers to rest, we promise to hold the position well, and our large army will arrive soon."
Chen Erwa knew about the reorganization of the 300th Division, although he had never heard of this motorized infantry regiment before, but this did not prevent him from trusting this unit.
"Comrade regiment commander, it's okay to give you the position, but our sharp knife battalion can't be withdrawn, my comrades-in-arms are still on the position, they don't allow us who are alive to withdraw from the position before the battle is over, so I beg the regiment commander comrade to let us stay here and fight with you, we are familiar with the terrain here, and we can help you." Chen Erwa said loudly.
Looking at the young and somewhat excessive company commander in front of him, looking at his blood-stained face and the wounds on his body that had not yet been bandaged, Zhang Dingguo didn't know what to say, but he knew that if he didn't let this company commander stay on the position today, it would be a pity for this unit. "Okay, Company Commander Chen, you can stay with your troops, I'll let the soldiers send it to you, the devils are about to attack, let's go into the position."
"Get into position and prepare for battle"
The infantry of the mechanized brigade are all jīng rui selected by Han Yunhua from various units, so their combat quality and fighting will are not comparable to ordinary troops. Soon more than 1,800 fighters entered the position, machine guns and small steel cannons were set up, just waiting for the Japanese to charge. ,
Seeing the arrival of the reinforcements of the squadron, Lieutenant General Yoshida's heart was sinking, this small infantry "regiment" of the branch blocked him for nearly eight hours, and if such a regiment came again, then his plan to raid Chengde was likely to be aborted, so he had to fight quickly and quickly break through their defense line while the reinforcements were not really stable.
"The order is to charge, the 10th Cavalry Wing, the 121st Cavalry Wing."
"Hail"
The two cavalry wings immediately led the crowd out and rushed towards the last line of positions of the Sharp Knife Battalion.
"Dada............"
".......... Da Da Da ..............."
“………… Boom Boom Boom ............"
Unlike the Sharp Knife Battalion, every soldier of this motorized infantry regiment of the mechanized brigade is an expert in machine guns, and each motorcycle will be equipped with a tǐng light machine gun, so the firepower on the position of the Sharp Knife Battalion has more than doubled. And the artillery company of the motorized regiment was not vegetarian either, and a dozen mén mortars did not say anything, first ten rounds of rapid shè.
Although it is true that the will to fight of the Japanese cavalry is not said, the Japanese cavalry is a live target in the face of such dense firepower, and when the cavalry units of the Japanese cavalry group rush to a distance of less than 100 meters from the position, they can no longer rush forward.
The sound of gunfire, artillery, shouts of killing, groaning, neighing of horses, thick smoke, and fire turned the entire battlefield into a hell on earth, and nearly 5,000 Chinese and Japanese soldiers died here in just half a day, making Zhang Dingguo, who had just entered the position, and Lieutenant General Nao Yoshida, who had been commanding for seven or eight hours, feel chills all over his body.
Just as the battle between the two sides was in full swing, a cavalry suddenly rushed out from behind the Japanese cavalry group, quickly ran to Lieutenant General Yoshida and said in a panic: "Report to Your Excellency, the commander of the group, our troops guarding the mouth of the valley have just received news that a large number of Chinese cavalry have suddenly appeared in the east of the valley, and the number is incalculable. ”
"Nani Baga, the cavalry of China? How could there be cavalry in China here? Yoshida Nao was greatly annoyed, and at the same time felt an unprecedented panic, he suddenly had a premonition that this time the cavalry group was afraid that it would not be able to complete the mission, and even a large number of troops would be damaged.
Yoshida Nao didn't realize the danger he was facing now, Han Yunhua had spent so much effort, not to prevent him from sneaking up on Chengde, but to completely annihilate his cavalry group. Perhaps this idea seemed crazy to Lieutenant General Yoshida, and he didn't even think about this possibility, after all, where is the mobility of the cavalry troops, even if they can't escape, they can still escape. He didn't believe that his more than 15,000 cavalry couldn't even escape, so the current Lieutenant General Yoshida Nao, although panicked, was not yet luàn.
Looking at the dense firepower of the squadron in front, Lieutenant General Yoshida knew that his mission had been completely failed today. Somewhat reluctantly looking in the direction of Chengde, Lieutenant General Yoshida ordered all the cavalry groups to turn around and rush towards the mouth of the valley.