Chapter 110: Fighting

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Wei Changshan, the commander of the second battalion of the 701st Regiment, wanted to see how many devil soldiers had gathered under the city wall, but as soon as he stretched out half of his head, he was hit by a bullet fired from under the city wall!

The warhead and the steel helmet came into contact with a crisp metallic crash! Battalion Commander Wei hurriedly retracted his head behind the battlements of the city wall, and then reached out and took off the German steel helmet on top of his head and took it in his hand to examine it carefully. The scratches left by the www.biquge.info warhead on the steel helmet are very eye-catching, if it weren't for the warhead sliding to the side along the curvature of the surface of the steel helmet, the second battalion commander Wei Changshan would definitely have been martyred by now!

"Fuck! If I didn't have this iron hat on my head, my old Wei would be lying here today! ”

Wei Changshan, who had escaped, complained quietly as he buckled the steel helmet back onto the top of his head. The difference is that this time his movements in wearing a steel helmet are much more solemn, and there is no more carelessness when he wore a steel helmet for the first time.

At this time, Zhao Shun, the commander of the third company, dragged a rifle and rushed to the side of the battalion commander Wei from the gap in the city wall in the fierce battle. In just a few tens of meters, if it were left in normal times, Company Commander Zhao would run down without panting in one breath, but at this moment, Company Commander Zhao was sweating profusely, and his body was leaning against the bricks of the city wall and breathing in the air.

The bullets and shell fragments flying everywhere in the air were what made Company Commander Zhao so tired.

"Camp, the little devil has come up with two more squads, and there is a big black area in the distance! Look at the posture, let's rush the Isoya Division tonight! The little devil is going to play with us at this time! ”

Company Commander Zhao took a breath, and began to report the latest battle situation to his battalion commander Wei Changshan, at present, the defenders of Taierzhuang and the devils outside the village regard the gap in the city wall as the focus of the battle, the 701st Regiment has successively filled in the gap in the city wall with almost a battalion of officers and soldiers, but still failed to suppress the momentum of the Japanese attack, and now the devils have increased their troops again, which means that the 701st Regiment has to continue to fill the meat grinder in the gap in the north city wall.

"Let your company's reserves go up! Bring more box guns and broadswords! These things work better than rifles in dogfights! ”

Chifengcheng's 31st Division was born in the Northwest Army, almost all the officers and soldiers were equipped with broadswords, the battle lasted for two days, the officers and soldiers of the 31st Division suffered heavy casualties, the number of people decreased, and the broadswords became more numerous, and the commander of the 187th Division, Liu Zhaomu, considered that the defense of Taierzhuang would sooner or later enter the stage of street fighting, so he borrowed a batch of broadswords from the commander of the 31st Division, Chi Fengcheng, as hand-to-hand combat equipment.

With Huang Haoran sending artillery to Sun Lianzhong's 2nd Army first, the requirements of the 187th Division were naturally fully met by the 31st Division, and soon all the officers and men of the 701st Regiment in Zhuangnei were equipped with the standard broadsword of the Northwest Army.

In this offensive and defensive battle at the gap in the city wall, the officers and soldiers of the 701st Regiment were in a condescending defensive position, and the Sichuan soldiers holding the broadsword in their hands often took advantage of the geographical advantage to directly cut off the bayonet mounted by the Japanese army at the front end of the rifle, and after some officers and soldiers tasted the sweetness, the officers and soldiers of the 701st Regiment blocked the gap in the city wall began to use more and more broadswords of the Northwest Army!

"Yes! I'll have the three platoon leaders take the brothers up at once! Camp... We've got to find a way to plug this damn gap in the wall! ”

When Company Commander Zhao made a suggestion, Battalion Commander Wei touched two grenades from the ground and threw them out after pulling off the strings and reaching the battlements of the city wall.

"Blocked? What to block? We don't have sandbags or stones, so I can't go and ask the mountain god to move two mountains, right? Having said that, if I had that ability, wouldn't I just ask the mountain god to suppress Ryosuke Isoya's division headquarters? Do you still need to fight with the little devil in this Taierzhuang? ”

Battalion Commander Wei's joke was not easy at all, and the current situation of the 701 regiment was as embarrassing as Battalion Commander Wei said. They have no ability to drive away the little devils under the city wall, and they can't easily give up the city wall that they have recaptured with great difficulty, it is really a dilemma! Now the 701st Regiment can only add fuel to the bottomless pit in the gap in the city wall, and this battle is rapidly consuming the flesh and blood of the officers and soldiers of the 701st Regiment.

After listening to Camp Commander Wei's answer, Company Commander Zhao could only dispel his original thoughts, but he immediately thought of a new question:

"There's one more trouble right now... Camp! There aren't many grenades left on the walls of the city from our battalion! If there are no grenades at this juncture, I'm afraid that no matter how many people we die, we won't be able to stop the little devil from entering the village through the gap......"

Occupying the city walls to fight defensive battles, the power of grenades should not be underestimated! With the height of the city wall, even the most thin officers and soldiers can easily throw grenades dozens of meters away, and the 701st Regiment also relied on the dense explosion points formed by throwing a large number of grenades to prevent the Japanese infantry from continuously joining the hand-to-hand combat at the gap in the city wall!

It follows from this that if there is a problem with the supply of grenades, it will be a bad situation that cannot be worse!

"Junko! You immediately take a platoon back to the Zhuangzi to carry grenades, no! You even go to the rest! Go back quickly! ”

Battalion Commander Wei immediately made a decision and ordered the remaining officers and soldiers of the third company to immediately withdraw from the city wall to Zhuangnei to act as a transport team to solve the problem of grenade supply for the whole battalion.

"Yes! Camp! I immediately led people straight to the ammunition depot in the regiment! Guaranteed to bring back the most grenades in the shortest time! ”

After patting his chest in front of Battalion Commander Wei and making a guarantee, Company Commander Zhao got up and ran towards the section of the city wall guarded by his company, and he shouted as he ran: "Second company!" Those who can move follow Lao Tzu! Three rows were left behind to support the brethren in the gap in the wall! ”

The officers and soldiers of the three companies who stayed on the city wall heard the call of their company commander, stood up and rushed out in two groups, the group of people led by the three platoon commanders aimed at the gap in the city wall, and the remaining officers and soldiers followed Zhao Shun's footsteps and rushed down the city wall......

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"Your Excellency, Wing Commander! A shell is ready! Do you want to fire now? ”

When all the mortars and Type 92 infantry guns were ready, the artillery commander of the 63rd Wing loudly asked Fukuei Shinpei for orders, and the three captains of the 63rd Wing stood behind Fukuei Shinpei and looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

"Mixi! Fire now! Aim at the gaps in the walls and the walls on both sides! Shoot continuously! ”

"Hay!"

The artillery commander turned around and secretly exhaled a sigh of relief, and there were strict regulations within the Japanese army regarding the use of "Class A shells". In April 1938, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese Army was still quite strong, and many officers were reluctant to use "Class A bullets", believing that this would damage the majesty of the Imperial Army!

Of course, the main reason is that in consideration of the public opinion of the international community, poison gas bombs were used by a large number of warring parties in the First World War, leaving a painful lesson for Western countries, so the Western powers are still extremely sensitive to the use of poison gas bombs.

Japan did not want Western countries to find an excuse to intervene in the Sino-Japanese war because of its use of poison gas bombs, so the Japanese military headquarters always called the poison gas bombs made in Japan "Class A bombs." This is an attempt to confuse the eyes of the world and cross the sea.

"Your Excellency Wing Commander......"

Seeing that the gas bomb was about to fall on the infantry of his brigade, Arai Shaosa couldn't help but want to speak out to stop Fukuei Zhenpei Daisaku from ordering the artillery to shell the gap in the city wall, but when Arai Shaosa just shouted the title of Fukuei Zhenpei Daisa, the other two captains standing next to him stretched out their hands and pulled Arai Shaosa at the same time.

"What are you doing here? Your Excellency, Wing Commander, this is making a mistake! I'm going to stop him! ”

"Arai-kun, you'd better keep quiet! The time given to Furong Dazuo by the commander of the Isogu Division is running out, and after half an hour, if we can't enter Taierzhuang, Furong Dazuo will have to cut his stomach! He's a soldier who doesn't care about you......"

After being reminded by the other two captains, Arai Shaosa could only swallow back what he wanted to say, and he secretly glanced at the watch on his wrist and calculated the remaining time of Fukuei Daisa.

"Huh... Boom! ”

When the shells were fired, there was little movement, as if they knew that this kind of shells would not see the light of day, and the expressions of the Japanese artillerymen when they fired were also very serious.

The first type of armor shell landed accurately in the gap in the wall, and then the second and third.....

After a series of explosions, a brown smoke screen quietly rose from the feet of the Chinese and Japanese soldiers who were fighting, and because it was night, the officers and soldiers on both sides did not notice the ghosts floating around them.

A few minutes later, some people began to have a poisoning reaction, and the batch of "A bombs" used by the 63rd Wing was a suffocating gas bomb, which had a low boiling point and a light specific gravity, which could spread in the air in a short period of time, mainly injuring people's lungs and suffocating people. The poisoned Chinese and Japanese officers and soldiers felt that their throats were feverish and they had difficulty breathing, and the Japanese soldiers, who had quick brains, had already understood their situation, and they turned around and ran back. But most of them didn't go far before they wobbled and fell.

Yu Wenyuan, the 701st Regiment on the city wall, didn't know what was going on after he saw that a large number of officers and soldiers in the gap suddenly fell. The Sichuan army fought a civil war for many years and never encountered an opponent who used poison gas bombs. Since participating in the Anti-Japanese War, due to the weak firepower of the Sichuan army, the Japanese troops fighting against them rarely need to use "A type ammunition", and it is the first time that Commander Yu has seen such a strange scene! All he could think of was that he had to quickly increase his troops and tie the gap back up!

The devil has "retreated", and this is a good opportunity!

"Quick! Go to the gap for reinforcements! Hurry up! ”

The commander of the regiment issued a wrong order, and the officers and soldiers of the 701st Regiment on the city wall began to flock to the gap in the city wall where the suffocating poisonous gas was the strongest, and soon, the second batch of poisoned officers and soldiers began to fall one after another!

Seeing the strange deaths of the brothers who rushed into the gap, and the terrifying appearance of the poisoned people struggling on the ground, the Sichuan soldiers of the 701st Regiment were shaken! There was chaos on the walls!

"It's poison gas! Cover your nose and mouth with a wet towel! ”

Finally, an officer from the brother unit to the aid of the 187th Division issued a warning, but it was too late, the 701st Regiment lost at least more than 200 officers and soldiers in the Japanese poison gas bomb attack, and the remaining officers and soldiers also suffered a sharp decline in combat effectiveness due to fear!

Japanese infantry in gas masks poured into the gap in the walls like a tidal wave. The 2nd Battalion, which was closest to the gap in the city wall, desperately threw grenades at the gap, but soon the grenades were gone, and the officers and men of the 2nd Battalion could only organize machine-gun fire at the risk of being smoked by poison gas. But the wet towel obviously could not resist the poisonous gas of the devils, and with the officers and soldiers of the second battalion poisoning one after another, the fire on the city wall could no longer suppress the Japanese army......

"Brethren! Fight with the little devils! ”

With a shout from Battalion Commander Wei, the remaining officers and soldiers of the second battalion on the city wall bravely rushed towards the enemy group and fought to the death with the devil soldiers wearing gas masks. The big knife was broken and bent, and the officers and soldiers of the second battalion smashed it with the butts of their guns! The butt of the gun was broken, and the officers and soldiers of the second battalion hugged the devil and bit it with their teeth! Some officers and soldiers pulled grenades on their bodies......

After the tragic battle, the two companies of the second battalion blocking the gap were killed and wounded!

Yu Wenyuan, the commander of the 701st regiment, was forced to order the whole regiment to withdraw to Zhuangnei!

When the follow-up troops of the 63rd Wing came up with gas masks, the officers and soldiers of the 701st Regiment after the break only made a weak resistance, and the follow-up echelon of the Japanese army rushed frantically up the city wall from the gap!

Battalion Commander Wei took the remaining dozens of officers and soldiers to throw rows of grenades at the Japanese soldiers who climbed the city wall, and the second battalion has now become the rear guard of the whole regiment, in order to give the 701st regiment time to build a second line of defense, Battalion Commander Wei and his soldiers chose to fight with the Japanese army to the end!

The Japanese soldiers who climbed the city wall had no way to retreat, and the murderous Warlords set up crooked machine guns behind them! Going backwards is a dead end. So the devils who climbed the city wall braved the rain of bullets and fought with the last dozens of officers and soldiers of the second battalion.

On the bullet-riddled walls, shouts of killing and screams rang out one after another. There was blood, brains everywhere. Ten minutes later, the entire second battalion was killed!

Furong Zhenping Dazuo saw all this happening on the wall of Taierzhuang clearly in the telescope, and he was so angry that he smashed the telescope in his hand to the ground.

When the two hours given by Ryosuke Isoya were about to run out, the 63rd Infantry Wing of Fukuei Shinpei Dazuo finally entered Taierzhuang again! But the 63rd Wing also paid a heavy price of nearly seven hundred casualties!

"Attack! Keep attacking and moving forward! Interspersed with the depth of the positions of the Chinese army in Taierzhuang! Artillery pushed to the front line and opened fire! Order the sappers to blast the breaches in the walls! Make sure that the chariot unit can drive in! ”

Fukuei Shinpei's madness continues, this is because the order that Ryosuke Isoya gave to Fukuei Shinpei Daisa is to extinguish the counterattack offensive of the Chinese army, although the Chinese army on the northern wall has collapsed, but the Chinese army in the east is still attacking the 10th Wing, Fukuei Shinpei Osa must seize the fighter and launch a fatal blow from the back of the Chinese army, so that he can not only relieve the siege of the 10th Wing, but also save his own life!

"Hay! Your Excellency, Wing Commander! Let's strike right away! ”

Can't wait for the scene of Fukuei Zhenpei Osa's seppuku, Arai Shaosa knows that it will be difficult for him to get justice for his subordinates! At present, what the North China Front wants is to take Taierzhuang, and Furong Zhenping Dazuo can turn defeat into victory is a hero! In the eyes of the senior generals of the military department, what is the life of one or two hundred Japanese officers and soldiers?

The Japanese troops who broke into Zhuangbei pursued the officers and men of the 31st Division and the 701st Regiment of the 187th Division who were retreating, and since the Chinese army's attack tonight was launched from the small temple in Zhuangbei, the reoccupation of the small temple in Zhuangbei became a sign of the 63rd Wing's resumption of the front.

The small temple that has been burned to the ruins has actually lost its strategic value, but now the small temple is in the hands of the Chinese army or the Japanese army, and it seems that the capture or loss of the small temple in Zhuangbei marks the success or failure of both the offensive and defensive sides.

The 31st Division and the Japanese army launched a fierce battle in the area of Xiaomiao in Zhuangbei, and the Japanese army launched a group charge as soon as they came up!

As soon as the north of the city was broken, the 30th Division of the 10th Wing of the Japanese Army attacking in the east had to stop its operation, and Chi Fengcheng knew that if he could not switch from attack to defense in time, then the defense line in Taierzhuang Zhuang was very likely to collapse on the whole line! He won't be able to pay this responsibility then!

"Command! The 181st and 183rd regiments shrank across the board! The 30th Division consolidated its existing positions and prepared for a Japanese counterattack! The 182nd Regiment on the south bank of the canal immediately entered Taierzhuang, and in addition, sent the latest battle report to Huang Deputy of the former enemy headquarters, requesting the former commander to allow the 27th Division and the 44th Independent Brigade on both sides of Taierzhuang to flank the Japanese troops on the periphery of Taierzhuang, and not let the devils continue to reinforce the village! ”

When this telegram sent by the 31st Division was sent to Huang Haoran, the small temple in the north of the city once again fell into the hands of the 63rd Wing!

After learning that the 63rd Wing had recovered its position before the attack, Ryosuke Isoya immediately ordered two infantry brigades that had just arrived at the front line of Taierzhuang to storm the northwest corner of Taierzhuang, in an attempt to capture the west gate, the Japanese army formed a death squad to attack the city, and broke into the village after blasting a gap in the northwest corner of the city with heavy artillery, due to the premise of the two main battalions of the 701st Regiment to carry out the night attack plan, resulting in insufficient strength of the defenders of Xizhuang, in the face of the attack of the two infantry brigades of the Japanese army, a battalion left behind by the 701st Regiment launched a desperate resistance, The fierce fighting continued until late at night, and the fighting eased slightly, and the casualties on both sides exceeded 400. After the Japanese army broke into Xizhuang, it directly threatened the west gate of ---- City, an important passage between the defenders in Zhuangnei and Zhuangwai, and the officers and soldiers of the 31st Division suffered heavy casualties, and several subordinates of Chifeng City had the idea of retreating. That night, after reporting the battle situation to Chi Fengcheng on the phone, they said: "The Japanese offensive is too fierce, and more than half of the officers and soldiers have suffered casualties in the past few days, and they can no longer hold on. ”

Chifengcheng is very clear about the two-day battle situation in Taierzhuang, the 31st Division suffered heavy casualties, the Japanese offensive has increased unabated, and the defenders of Zhuangnai have been difficult to support, after tonight's battle, the position in Zhuangnai is close to fragmentation, even if the 182nd regiment on the south bank of the canal is all thrown into Zhuangnei, can it survive tomorrow daytime?

If the 31st Division waits until tomorrow when it collapses during the day, then the canal to the south will probably be blown up into a river of blood by Japanese planes!

Thinking of this, Chi Fengcheng picked up the phone and called Huang Haoran, if he wanted to withdraw from Taierzhuang, Chi Fengcheng had to ask Huang Haoran, the former commander-in-chief of the enemy.

After the phone was connected, Chi Fengcheng said loudly, "Report to the subordinate, two hours ago, the Japanese army in Zhuangbei carried out a counterattack on our department, and although they fought hard, they still failed to hold the position recaptured during the night attack!" Half an hour ago, the Japanese army from the west broke into Taierzhuang again! The casualties of our unit are too great, please allow the 27th Division to take over the battle of our 31st Division, let us withdraw to the south bank of the canal, and take a breath!" (To be continued.) )