Chapter 276: General Attack
Guo Bingxun's words shocked Wang Guangyu a lot. When Liu Changshun's artillery launched a general attack on the whole line resounded through the front line of General Shi. Wang Guangyu is still immersed in the impact of these words on him.
Looking at Wang Guangyu, who was still stunned, Guo Bingxun knew that he still needed to digest his words for a while. He Xiaoxiao did not disturb him, but turned his attention to the progress of the war. As for Wang Guangyu, a rare talent in the entire military region who has both military and political skills, Yang Zhen is not the only one who is optimistic. For this person, Guo Bingxun also has high hopes.
It's just a person's development, whether he can achieve certain achievements, opportunities are very important, but the key is still in himself. If you yourself are a Liu Adou who can't afford it, then no matter how good the opportunity you give him, it will be a kind of Lang fee. Wang Guangyu is undoubtedly promising, but how far he can go in the future is still up to him in the final analysis.
Guo Bingxun, who turned his main attention to the progress of the war, did not interfere with the command of Liu Changshun and Wang Xiaoming. He was very careful to grasp the rhythm only on some important points, except for coordinating the fire support of the artillery directly under him, and leaving all the rest to the commanders of the 2nd Brigade to be responsible for themselves.
In Yang Zhen's words, they are all senior commanders at the brigade level, and they should have experience in commanding operations independently. Wang Guangyu showed that he was very good in the previous fight, and proved his strength with his results. And Du Kaishan also performed well in the previous raid on Yilan. Now it depends on whether this Liu Changshun can hand over an answer sheet that satisfies the commander and himself.
Although Guo Bingxun did not explain anything, in fact, it was his failure to explain anything that brought great psychological pressure to Liu Changshun. Although he was very arrogant on the surface, he was actually not as good as he appeared, and Liu Changshun, who was still very meticulous in his thoughts, knew that this battle was a test for the headquarters to be able to perform the post of brigade commander.
However, although there is a lot of pressure in his heart, fortunately, Wang Xiaoming and Ma Chunsheng beside him are not dry meals. With the assistance of the two of them, although Liu Changshun was somewhat restrained, he was not restrained, and he should be qualified.
After accepting the task of the general attack, Liu Changshun transferred one battalion from Yang Zhen, strengthened one battalion to Wang Guangyu before, and suffered more than one battalion casualties in the previous battle. And from the middle, the two battalions with the strongest combat effectiveness were selected to be used as sharp knives.
In Liu Changshun's private words to Wang Xiaoming and Ma Chunsheng: "The 40th Wing of the devil has been almost worn out by the First Brigade before, and now our Second Brigade is clearly here to pick peaches." If the fight is too ugly, we will have no face at all. ”
"Little devils, don't say that we rely on the strong to bully the weak, Lao Tzu has transferred two battalions to deal with their two squadrons this time, which has already given them face. If it weren't for the fact that the headquarters stipulated that the battle must end before dawn, Lao Tzu would have transferred two companies to grind with them. Let's see if the combat effectiveness of his 40th Wing is strong, or the combat effectiveness of our 2nd Brigade is strong. ”
"Lao Tzu doesn't believe in evil anymore, without air support, without artillery cover, they have become a group of toothless tigers, can these little devils be so public? Let's be fair this time, a battalion against one of their squadrons. lest the little devil come to Lord Yama and say that we should bully more and less. ”
Looking at Liu Changshun, who was unashamed to say fairness, Wang Xiaoming and Ma Chunsheng couldn't help but secretly despise him. What the fuck are you calling this? A battalion of 800 people goes to deal with a squadron of more than 200 people, is this still called fair? And that's not even counting the regiment's infantry and mortar batteries, as well as the artillery support provided by headquarters.
It's just a belly discussion, but neither of them went to argue with Liu Changshun's very thick-skinned guy about this matter. How can there be so many fair things on the battlefield? This is a battlefield of life and death, and it is not the one-on-one duel that you have enough to do in the past.
Liu Changshun invested enough capital from the very beginning, and under the condition that the clods of earth set up by the covering artillery fire had not completely fallen, the two battalions that were engaged in the first wave of attacks launched attacks from the two flanks of the Japanese position under the cover of flat-firing anti-aircraft machine guns, as well as a large number of light and heavy machine guns, infantry guns and rapid-fire guns that fired at close range.
In order to ensure that according to the orders of the headquarters, the 40th Wing was wiped out cleanly and completely before dawn, Liu Changshun's offensive was extremely fierce as soon as it came up. Its flat-firing anti-aircraft machine guns and a large number of light and heavy machine guns suppressed the Japanese firepower, and the approaching infantry guns lifted the Japanese army's various temporary field fortifications into the sky one by one. The dense mortar shells will attempt to launch a counterattack, knocking down the attacking Japanese troops in pieces.
In order to ensure the success of this attack, especially in the coordination of infantry and artillery tactics, the relatively good effect was achieved. When taking over the position of the First Brigade, Liu Changshun also left the cadres of the First Brigade behind.
After hearing the report of the staff officer who was sent to the 1st Brigade to coordinate the operations of the two armies on the first day, Liu Changshun was very envious of the 1st Brigade's infantry and artillery coordination tactics. Therefore, when he took over the position of the First Brigade, after asking Guo Bingxun for approval, Liu Changshun easily took over all the few remaining cadres of the First Brigade. It is used to help you coordinate your own troops' infantry and artillery tactics. The artillery units directly under the regiments of the 1st Brigade were temporarily transferred to the command of the 2nd Brigade as a whole.
With the assistance of the cadres of the 1st Brigade and the direct participation of the artillery of the 1st Brigade, the infantry and artillery coordination tactics of the 2nd Brigade in this attack were greatly improved compared with the previous night. Although it is not like the artillery of the 1st Brigade that has been trained hard, the artillery firepower can basically follow the footsteps of the attacking troops under the guidance of flares or signal flares.
With the effective support of artillery, the two battalions launched by Liu Changshun to attack progressed relatively smoothly. Under the cover of artillery fire, the attacking troops fought very steadily, although the tempo was very slow. Layer by layer, the Japanese fortifications were peeled off layer by layer.
In fact, as soon as the cannon sound of the opponent's general attack sounded, Komatsuzaki immediately felt that something was wrong. During the day, the opponent did not brave the bombing of the air force and strive to completely defeat the 40th Wing in one go, as he expected, but only used a small force to launch a penetrating attack, so that he understood that this was just a tentative attack by the opponent under the full cover of his own air force. They are accumulating strength, waiting for their aviation to retreat, looking for an opportunity to give themselves the most fatal blow.
Therefore, after night fell and the aviation troops retreated, Komatsuzaki Rigeo nervously adjusted his troops and deployment, and at the same time looked anxiously in his heart for the night to pass a little earlier, and the aviation troops could appear on his head again.
It's just that the strength at hand is limited, there are only two complete squadrons left, and a patchwork squadron that can even be regarded as a lightly wounded squadron, and this strength and deployment are limited. In desperation, Komatsuzaki could only focus on his front.
Komatsuzaki did not expect that the opponent did not follow the convention to hit the most nails on himself, especially since there were about two companies of troops firmly nailed to his front less than 30 meters in a straight line, but chose to break through on the flank, and put more of the limited strength at hand on the front.
He didn't even expect that the opponent, under the cover of night, secretly detoured the main force back to his relatively thin flank. When Liu Changshun's general attack was fully launched, Komatsuzaki Rishio, who immediately felt that he had made a mistake in deployment, was suddenly blinded.
At this time, he realized that the main forces deployed in the front could not be withdrawn even if he wanted to. The two companies that the opponent had been nailed to his front since last night, which could almost be described as close at hand, had launched a non-stop attack that although the offensive was not violent, it was a stalking attack, dragging his main force to the front, and there was no way to return to help.
Komatsuzaki Toshio, who could not mobilize his frontal forces, knew better that he had only deployed a squadron that was fighting all the men and lightly wounded, plus barely enough people, as well as all the grooms, men, and all the flanks of the non-combatants at the wing headquarters, and could not hold out for long under such a strong attack by the opponent. And once the flank is breached, the forty wings that have lost the flank cover will all be finished.
Now he covered his head and exposed his feet again. Komatsuzaki Ritsuo, who covered his chest and exposed his ass again, regretted his intestines. Why did he work so hard last night, if he had contracted his troops earlier, he would not have almost lost the old capital of the 40th Wing overnight, why is he so passive now?
The battle unfolded just as Komatsuzaki had predicted, and it didn't take long for his flank to collapse under the onslaught of his opponent. It's not that those Japanese troops lack the spirit of fighting to the death, but the opponent doesn't give them the chance to fight to the death at all.
As soon as the light and heavy machine guns defending the Japanese began to fire, the opponent's shells came to the door. Less than half an hour after the attack was launched, the light and heavy machine guns of the Japanese on the flank lost their embers under the relentless artillery fire of the enemy, and most of them, along with the machine gunners, were reduced to piles of parts under the enemy's artillery fire.
As soon as the battle began, it lost its basic fire support, and its troops were already insufficient, and now it could only rely on rifles and the traditional white-knuckle combat capabilities of the Japanese army, and the last attempt of the Japanese troops on the flank to crush the opponent with white-knuckle combat was less than ten minutes after the collapse under the dense submachine gun fire of the opponent's attacking troops, the flank of the 40th Wing was shaken on the entire line, and then the whole line collapsed.
And Komatsuzaki tried his best to draw the troops of the two squads from the front, but before he could reach the combat area, he was tightly covered by the dense mortar shells fired by the opponent on the way. The soldiers of the two squads, almost all of whom were spared, were all beaten on the way to reinforcements.
Looking at the unobstructed light of the flares fired by the opponent, and the troops struggling in the rain of bullets formed by the dense mortar shells, Komatsuzaki Rigeo, who closely observed the progress of the battle, not only shook his head and sighed. This scene is not unfamiliar to him, let alone unseen by the Chinese army who participated in the battle in the pass.
It's just that this hand usually happens only in the scene of the Shina army. But I didn't expect that today's feng shui will take turns, and it will happen to me almost unchanged. The situation is similar, except that the person who suffers has changed objects. The scene in front of him suddenly reminded Komatsuzaki of an ancient Chinese saying called thirty years of Hedong, thirty years of Hexi.
It's just that Liu Changshun didn't give much time for Komatsuzaki to sigh. After tearing apart the flanks of the Japanese troops, the two battalions quickly adjusted the direction of the attack and rushed to the backs of the two remaining squadrons of the 40th Wing, which were still fighting hard with the two companies of the 1st Brigade and the front which were still holding out.
Behind them, after seeing the success of his tactics, Liu Changshun did not hesitate to leave a battalion of reserves, and put all the rest of the troops on the battlefield to find and annihilate the remnants of the defeated Japanese army, so as to ensure the safety of the rear road of the attacking troops.
The first phase of the war progressed smoothly, and the early completion of the combat goal made Guo Bingxun completely relieved. It's just that he is a rigorous person, and he has not given up his attention to the war. As long as the fight is not over for a minute, he will not give up his attention.
Compared with Guo Bingxun, who is much easier now, Komatsuzaki Ritsuo has prepared for the worst when he knows that the time he has held out and knows that the time he has held on can be calculated in minutes. As soon as his flanks collapsed, he ordered the wing flags and all the flags to be burned. In his opinion, these battle flags personally awarded by His Majesty the Emperor must not fall into the hands of his opponents.
After burning the military flag, Komatsuzaki Ritsuo, who knew that he had reached the last moment, used the radio to send the last farewell message to Lieutenant General Kenji Dohihara, who was far away in Jiamusi, and then blew up all the radio stations, burned the code book completely, and integrated all the communication troops into the front-line combat squadron.
At the same time, Komatsuzaki gave a grenade to each of the medical staff who had no combat effectiveness. As for the seriously wounded who had lost their combat capability, and could not even move freely, together with all the superfluous weapons that had lost their owners, they were all put together and burned with gasoline.
Ritsuo Komatsuzaki is already crazy at the moment. In his opinion, weapons were given by the emperor and must not fall into the hands of his enemies. And the emperor's samurai could not be prisoners of war who could be humiliated at will. Compared to the lives of those wounded soldiers, the traditions of the Imperial Army were more important.
After this qiē, Komatsuzaki concentrated all his remaining forces and fought against the only two companies that were actually still fighting in the first brigade that attacked head-on. His meaning was very clear, if he could defeat the opponent's two companies, he might be able to take advantage of the opportunity of the opponent to concentrate the main force on his flank, and get a chance to break through from the front.
If they can't defeat the frontal enemy and can't break through, then the 40th Wing will bite off a piece of the opponent's flesh even to the death. He did not want to be a prisoner of war, but like his subordinates, he stood at the front of the charging queue with a bayonet on it, carrying a 38-type rifle with a bayonet.