Chapter 366: Stealing chickens is not a loss
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Yang Zhen and Guo Bingxun discussed with Tao Jingfei for a period of time in the future, especially the tactics of dealing with this sixty-third wing, which was losing the first attack for the night attack, and stealing chickens instead of eating rice was lost, but the big thunderous embankment Sanshuping Dazuo didn't know that he and his sixty-third wing, just this kung fu, had been dangling outside the ghost gate.
It's no wonder that the embankment Sanshuping Dazuo is not satisfied. 【. A night attack that should have been successful and could even become a classic example of warfare failed because the opponent was covered with mines in front of the position, not to mention his own heavy losses. A night raid that didn't end until dawn came down, not counting the two more squadrons that penetrated into the opponent's depth, but there was no longer a shadow. On the front alone, his sixty-third wing lost nearly a brigade of troops.
I thought that my scout, who was peeping in the dark, had already seen the opponent's deployment clearly, especially when I thought that the opponent was already extremely tired. But when the real fight started, Tsutsumi Shuping Dazuo showed that although the opponent was already extremely tired, his reaction was still amazing.
Moreover, when lighting equipment was not available, his attendants also misestimated the depth and width of the minefield deployed by the other side. The most important thing is that neither he nor those scouts could have predicted that the other party would be able to arrange the firepower on duty in such a short period of time. And even intensified this on-duty firepower to the point of perversion. and stumbling flares in minefields.
Originally, I thought that when the other side arranged the minefield, it would be a few tens of meters deep at most, but I didn't expect that the other party's minefield was actually arranged with a distance of 100 meters. Moreover, the density of the minefield is far greater than the expectation that two squads can be used to open a passage for the attacking troops.
Since this was a lightly armed pursuit, the artillery equipment was still on a slow march behind. This time, Di Sanshuping only carried an infantry artillery squadron and a mountain artillery squadron, and the number of artillery shells carried was also limited, so naturally he would not use artillery shells to clear mines in a big way.
As a result, before the first wave of the charge was halfway through, the two squads on the task of wading mines were blown up by the seemingly endless and varied mines under their feet. And it was an anti-infantry jumping mine that had just stepped into the minefield and detonated, which made the opponent's troops, who were already extremely tired and almost all asleep, react.
With the sound of mine explosions that woke up the dead, and the guidance of several snow-bright flares that rose into the air and illuminated the attack area of the 63rd Wing, the opponent's on-duty fire swept over at the first time. More than a dozen light and heavy machine guns formed a crossfire, mixed with at least five or more light and heavy mortars, and in a short period of time, the first wave of attacking troops following the two squads of the mine suffered heavy casualties.
The attack has already started, and the infiltration troops over there have begun to attack the opponent's flank, and there is no way to retreat. At least in his opinion, his painstaking design and hard work cannot be in vain.
The few artillery men covering the attacking force were also in a hurry, and they did not know whether to assist the infantry in opening a passage in the minefield after the two squads had become recruits. Or should it suppress the machine-gun fire of the opponent who is sweeping through its own infantry.
When the artillerymen asked if they should first assist the infantry in opening a passage in the minefield, they were rejected by the stubborn Tsutsusho Daisa. In his opinion, no matter how wide the minefield hastily deployed by the other side is, there will always be a number. In particular, the two infantry squads, which were ordered to demine by means of meat bullets, should also open nearly half of the gap.
The rest of the ones won't be too big, if they will cause some trouble for the infantry. The number of artillery shells on hand is not large, and priority must be given to suppressing the opponent's machine-gun fire, so as to create conditions for the follow-up attack of the infantry, and as for the minefield, let the infantry use human body to go there.
It's just that what Di Sanshuping didn't expect was that it was his decision that brought him and the losses to the 63rd Wing that were almost unforgettable. The front of the opponent's minefield was wide, and it was all tripping mines and pressure mines, and his density was so large that he had never seen them on the battlefield in the Guannai.
With the sound of almost endless mine explosions, a squadron that had just touched the edge of the minefield and was beaten back by the enemy's dense machine-gun and mortar fire, a squadron that restarted the attack, finally broke through the blockade of the opponent's fire, and then was blown up in the minefield.
The Japanese soldiers who were blown down by the mines under their feet often detonated more mines in their painful struggles. The wounded who were tumbling and struggling detonated another mine, killing and wounding more of their comrades. At the same time as some mines exploded, the secondary damage of blasting canisters and grenades tied to them caused more Japanese soldiers to die.
What caused the greatest mental stress and casualties to the Japanese troops in the minefield was not an ordinary pressure and trip mine, but an extremely strange mine, which would automatically jump up and explode on the upper body of a person after stepping on it. With the help of flares fired by his opponents, he saw one of these mines explode in the waist of a second lieutenant officer. The second lieutenant's entire upper body was blown off.
Facing the scene in front of him, the battle around him, the death and wounding, and the almost discoloration-changing screams of pain in the mutilated body that was blown up by the landmine, even if the will of the Japanese soldiers was strong, they could not bear this almost boundless fear. Even Tsutsumitsukihei Daisa, who has always thought he was like iron, closed his eyes and didn't dare to look at the evil consequences he had created single-handedly.
The mines under their feet and the dense machine-gun fire on the opposite side made it almost impossible for the Japanese troops trapped in the minefield to advance or retreat. When one of the charging squadrons had lost a full two-thirds of its strength in the minefield, and finally barely approached the enemy's forward position, it was hit by an overwhelming flurry of grenades, grenadiers, and a huge number of submachine guns. The remaining few Japanese soldiers who were stunned and couldn't advance or retreat were taken prisoner cleanly.
In fact, the minefield that has brought endless troubles to them at the moment, whether it is the 63rd Wing, which has suffered heavy losses at the moment, and even the Kwantung Army, there are really some people who do not remember to eat.
Both the 104th Division and the 24th Division in Tangyuan suffered heavy losses in the minefields deployed by the opponent, but they still did not attract the attention of the top brass of the Kwantung Army. It is not without professional minesweeper sappers, but the number of professional sappers who are already insufficient in their own numbers is very limited in this battle. The entire 8th Division and the 63rd Wing were equipped with two squadrons each.
Moreover, there are very few professional minesweepers for these sappers, only simple minesweepers. At the beginning, in order to deal with the Japanese sappers, Yang Zhen specially manufactured wooden mines with wood everywhere in the northeast as the shell, which can effectively use the minesweeper without synthetic resin or hard plastic. The engineer squadron that was originally assigned to the Eighth Division was crippled by this kind of wooden mine and had to withdraw from the battle.
In the previous confrontation with Tao Jingfei, both the Eighth Division and the 63rd Wing had encountered minefields arranged by extremely cheap and mass-produced weapons such as mines. But at that time, the 8th Division or the 63rd Wing was very generous. Either use artillery fire to clear mines, or dispatch combat vehicles to directly crush a way in the minefield.
These anti-infantry mines are highly lethal to infantry and sappers, but when faced with tank tracks, they are extremely inadequate. In addition, the Japanese army's overwhelming artillery and mine-sweeping methods made most of the minefields arranged by Tao Jingfei useless.
And this time, in order to achieve his tactical goals, the troops at hand were as light as possible when he quietly followed Tao Jingfei to retreat. Not to mention the mine-sweeping engineer squadron, even the artillery only carried four Type 41 mountain guns from a wing gun, except for the brigade artillery squads equipped with Type 92 infantry guns of each brigade. Even the artillery squadron of the wing was thrown out by him.
In the absence of the previous tank cooperation, and the loss of artillery fire minesweeping capital. While the minesweepers were still in place and waiting for reinforcements from the 11th Division, there was no other way than to employ people to make a hard route in the minefield.
However, although more than one squadron was filled in the minefield, the embankment Sanshuping finally opened two paths in the minefield anyway. But in the follow-up battle, the progress was still not smooth. Although the opponent was almost only in a stubborn defense and did not carry out any counterattacks, except for occasional tactical counterattacks in some important areas.
But the artillery set that reacted to it was coordinated with machine guns, artillery and mortars in the forward positions, specifically to hit his follow-up troops, and artillery positions. Several infantry guns and mountain guns brought by Tsumitsupyeong Osaku this time after losing half of the artillery. The remaining artillery was forced by the opponent's artillery to fire a few shells and had to move their positions, and even went to the back without saying a word. No matter how much the infantry pleaded, they just didn't open fire.
And the follow-up artillery of the Japanese army, those long-range, but also heavy enough artillery are still slowly shifting their positions at this time. As for the artillery of the 8th Division, which served as the main force some time ago, they were as addicted to drugs as the infantry and were no longer able to participate in the battle. The two ** field artillery squadrons, one ** mountain artillery squadron and one ** mortar squadron that were temporarily transferred by Hakata Shigeichi were still on the way from Mu Ling to here.
The 63rd Wing, which had lost artillery support, became cooler and weaker the more it fought. When the 63rd Wing, which had touched the ashes on Lao Hei's back, shifted its gaze to other positions, and tried to find another place to attack, all the places on Lao Heibei's back and the Jinsha River line enjoyed similar treatment, and when the sky was bright, the offensive of the 63rd Wing, which could no longer bear the casualties, died down.
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