Chapter 1021: The Great Victory Ends
The Japanese defenders of Beiguan, who had just recovered and were stubbornly resisting the attack of the dragon's tooth column in the pass, were suddenly bombarded by a group of medium howitzers.
Immediately, it was blown up into a river of blood, corpses piled up into a mountain, and the casualties were extremely heavy.
In that dazzling firelight, groups of devil soldiers and the strong city walls were blown to pieces, and with the shock wave, they **** in all directions.
The devil's blocking firepower suffered a great loss for a while, and at this time, the deputy brigade commander Zhou Ming also joined the attack camp with a new force, and under his leadership and encouragement, the officers and soldiers increased the firepower output on the wall.
However, instead of immediately charging forward, he retreated a little, waiting for his howitzer group to continue to bombard the enemy's city defenses.
The heavy artillery brigade carried out 10 rounds of salvos, dropped at least 1,000 rounds of high-explosive grenades on the heads of the Japanese troops, and blew up the entire Shanhaiguan Beiguan city wall into flames and ruins.
Seeing that the artillery bombardment was almost over, Zhou Ming ordered someone to notify the heavy artillery brigade to extend the artillery fire as much as possible to the area around the railway station outside the pass, and then led thousands of dragon tooth infantry, under the coordinated cover of a group of No. 4 tanks, launched a final charge towards the Beiguan city wall in a sea of fire.
The devils were bombarded by devastating artillery fire and suffered heavy losses, and Zhou Ming's offensive became exceptionally smooth, and after defeating a few sporadic resistance of the devils, they successfully rushed to the Beiguan city wall, which had been blown up for a large part, and even officers and soldiers crossed the ruin-like city wall, and then launched an attack in the direction of the railway station.
At this time, the Japanese troops stationed at the railway station, as well as the reinforcements of the 12th Division, which came one after another to reinforce them, were all hit by the extended artillery fire of Ma Yunlong's heavy artillery brigade and were in chaos.
The Dragon's Tooth Column Butan coordinated the attack, rushed over like a mountain and a sea, the devil was defeated at the touch of a button, the defeat was like a mountain, Zhou Ming led the officers and soldiers to launch a fierce pursuit, all the way like a bamboo, and soon captured the Shanhaiguan Railway Station, and the Japanese army began to be fully defeated and fled.
It turned out that not long ago, Lieutenant General Uemura Seitaro, commander of the 12th Division, learned the news that the heavy artillery brigade had been attacked by Shina fighters, and urgently mobilized the antiaircraft artillery brigade directly under the division and regiment to rush to reinforcements with antiaircraft guns and antiaircraft machine guns.
And the worst thing is that a group of reinforcements from the land-based aviation of the Kwantung Army also arrived on the battlefield at this time.
Qiao Youhua and the three were immediately intercepted and attacked by the Japanese ground and air forces.
Fortunately, the three of them were calm and calm, relying on their superb flying skills, and the Japanese ground and air forces were fully circulating, just when they were about to fall into danger, Zhou Ming led the advance corps to capture the railway station and defeat the main ground force of the Japanese army.
Seeing that the Japanese soldiers on the ground were defeated like a mountain and were being chased by their own side, Qiao Youhua immediately said to Jiang Haidong and Ma Biao: "Haidong, Biaozi, our task has been completed, evacuate immediately!" ”
"Yes! Be! The two responded in unison, seizing the opportunity to fire fiercely at the two enemy planes, covering Qiao Youhua's retreat first, and then following closely behind, he took the opportunity to rush out of the blockade airspace of the devil fighters.
More than 20 Japanese fighters did not have time to think about it, and immediately launched a pursuit. Soon, the pair disappeared into the sky.
The battle on the ground was the opposite, the Japanese 12th Division was defeated by the Longya Advance Corps, and lost the Shanhaiguan Beiguan and the railway station one after another.
Under the pursuit of the Longya Column Butan and the army, the Japanese army was defeated and defeated, and Queen Cang retreated.
In the chaos of the army, the chariot wing directly under the 12th Division rushed to the battlefield in time, and their appearance slightly curbed the pursuit momentum of the Lower Dragon's Tooth Advance Corps, and won a precious respite for the defeated troops of the 12th Division, so that they would not be defeated by the whole army and annihilated by the Dragon's Tooth Column in a battle.
However, the tank wing, which had high hopes from Lieutenant General Kiyotaro Uemura, ran into the Dragon's Tooth Tank Brigade, which was intact and not killed by its heavy artillery fire, and the result was predictable.
Both sides are not at the same level in terms of firepower or armor protection.
What's more, on the side of the Dragon's Tooth Column, there are also elite infantry who have just won the Japanese army and have a rainbow of morale, which is simply a chariot wing that has completely abused the little devils.
In less than half an hour after the two sides fought, dozens of Japanese tanks and armored vehicles were destroyed by more than half of the Dragon's Tooth tanks, and the remaining devil armored soldiers hurriedly fled in chariots, no longer caring about their own infantry who were still trying to recover their combat strength and counterattack.
On the Japanese side, seeing that their tank wings were so vulnerable, the morale that had just been gathered collapsed again, and thousands of them turned around and ran, no longer ignoring the assembly orders of their superiors, and ran for their lives, just thinking about escaping this damn battlefield as soon as possible.
As a result, the 12th Division's last bit of hope for a counterattack was also completely shattered, although the defeated Japanese army was blocked by the tank wing, which opened the distance between it and the pursuing troops of the Dragon's Tooth Column, and it was not a problem to get rid of the pursuit of the Dragon's Tooth Advance Corps.
However, as a result, the heavy artillery brigade and a large number of baggage troops that were unable to move failed to retreat in time, and the position was quickly captured by the Dragon's Tooth Column, and the baggage soldiers and a large number of precious artillery were wiped out by the Dragon's Tooth Column, and more than 100 150mm heavy howitzers and a large number of combat materials, as well as hundreds of various vehicles used in transportation, all became trophies of the Dragon's Tooth Column.
When Kiyotaro Uemura learned that his 12th Division had engaged the Dragon's Tooth Column for the first time and had ended up in a crushing defeat, the chariot wing, which was regarded as a treasure, was half-crippled, and the heavy artillery brigade and baggage troops were all wiped out, this old devil was so angry that he almost didn't spit out a mouthful of blood.
Gritting his teeth and roaring angrily, he was inseparable from Qiao Youhua's dragon tooth column, and he must kill them all to thank him for the hatred in his heart, but Uemura Kiyotaro could only be ruthless, his A division group can now be said to have been disabled, and the combat power has lost at least more than half.
Lost the dangerous place of Shanhaiguan again, and the morale was extremely low, and the Dragon Tooth Column had just won a series of big victories, and its morale was booming, obviously in a short period of time, they didn't want to realize what they just said.
Qiao Youhua's side, the three piloted the fighter plane was tightly bitten by the Japanese army, and they couldn't get rid of it easily, and finally they learned that the air defense brigade had deployed an air defense position in the south of Shanhaiguan, so they decided to lure the devil fighter to the south of Shanhaiguan.
The devils already hated them to the core, and when they saw them turn around and fly towards Shanhaiguan, they naturally refused to stop the pursuit easily, so they followed closely after them, but they were severely beaten by the air defense brigade that had been prepared for a long time, and the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns formed a dense and fierce anti-aircraft fire, and five or six enemy planes were shot down in an instant.
Qiao Youhua and the three of them took the opportunity to get rid of the Japanese army, and the devil fighter plane was ambushed, and they were taken aback, not knowing the truth and truth, and turned around and fled in a hurry.
At this point, the battle of Shanhaiguan ended perfectly with the victory of the dragon's tooth column.