Chapter 350: All have arrogance
But what Okajima Shigetoshi didn't expect was that the battalion that was waiting for him to advance here, although the strength was roughly equal to that of the Japanese army that was cut off by them. But the battalion commander who led the team was not timid at all, except for leaving a company led by an instructor to block the rescue operation that he might have.
He took his three main companies and charged his opponent with a good bayonet on his rifle. Thoroughly mingle with the enemy. and the Japanese troops cut off by him, stuck together. At all, he didn't intend to leave a chance for the troops behind him to break through. In his words, even if you die, you will take these devils to hell together, and you must not let the brother troops look down on you.
Although the order given to this battalion commander by the superiors was to spare the vanguard of the Japanese army and leave as much of the enemy's tail as possible. If the Japanese army is divided, it will be solved directly below one and a half squadrons. If there are too many truncated enemy troops, then hold them off first. After waiting for the brother troops behind to catch up, they will be completely surrounded and annihilated.
It's just that the battalion commander didn't expect that the stuffing in the bun he made was a little too much. The Japanese army cut off by him was almost equal in strength to him. In this case, according to the intention of the superiors, the Japanese army in front of him was first contained. Waiting for the troops behind to rush up, it is actually completely okay to launch an attack.
But for this, as early as the beginning of receiving this order, I have been holding a breath of anger in my heart. As for the overall deployment of his superiors, he did not obey the battalion commander at all in his heart, but he did not do what his superiors wanted at all. Because he clearly knew that the so-called brother troops that rushed up behind him were all troops of the Anti-Japanese Federation.
The main force of his own unit had not been withdrawn from the battlefield to rest because of excessive casualties in the bitter battle on the front line of the Wei family's shack. It is in order to complete the predetermined blocking plan, in the continuous retreat and retraction deployment. Or they are setting up a new encirclement for the part of the Japanese army that has not been intercepted by themselves. It's not on the front line of Tang Stick, as the last barrier on the entire battlefield.
Under the circumstance that their own troops are already exhausted, the so-called fraternal troops that rushed up behind will not have any other troops except for the Anti-United Nations. Although it was a fraternal unit, it was difficult for this battalion commander to accept the result of being a piece of the pie by a fraternal unit other than a fraternal unit.
If the brother troops that came up from behind were the troops of his own regiment, he might still be able to accept it. But the follow-up troops are all anti-United Nations troops, but this guy is holding back a fire in his heart. Why can these old eight-way people only give them a hand on the battlefield?
In his eyes, although the brother troops are well-equipped and their combat effectiveness is indeed strong, they are not bad breeds, and they are not ambiguous when fighting devils. Why did they come up and join in the deal? Why are they the main force, and their own troops can only play a supporting role? Why do you have to wait until they catch up and launch a general attack?
To say that all the Japanese troops who broke through the siege were stopped, but the own troops of a reinforced battalion did not have such a big belly. However, the combat target assigned to him by his superiors was the Japanese army who was intercepted by himself. But how much can be intercepted, that's not up to you? Why do you have to come to solve the problem?
In addition, in the previous battle in the Wei family's shack, his battalion has always served as a brigade reserve. Although he ran a lot of unjust roads, he never got a fight. He could only watch the other troops repeatedly fight with the Japanese army in front of him, which was enough to make him hold his breath.
When his battalion was in Jinchaji, it was the first-class main battalion among the troops directly under the military region. It has always been used in the most critical places at the most critical moments. The ace troops also have the arrogance of the ace troops. This time, he actually asked him to wait for the anti-union behind him to rush over, and then completely solve the enemy in front of him, and he couldn't swallow this breath.
People fight for a breath and Buddha fight for a stick of incense, this battalion commander who is holding a breath in his heart does not follow the intention of his superiors at all. Not to mention that the enemy army in front of him is equal to his strength, even if it exceeds the strength of his troops, he will not be so honest and wait for the follow-up troops to come up and fight this battle. He still has the arrogance of being a soldier.
In fact, the three troops participating in this battle, in addition to the Anti-Japanese Alliance, which participated in the war in formation, the two brigades that advanced into the army, one from Shanxi, Chahar, Hebei, and the other from the Taihang and Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Regions. It can be said that the three troops that participated in the war were troops from three different places.
Except that the troops of the advance army and the anti-coalition forces were not convinced by each other, and they were all determined to compete on the battlefield. It is to advance into the army itself, because all the troops are from the major strategic regions in North China, and they are not convinced by each other, and they are all vying for the position of the first-class main force.
The troops of Jinchaji and the troops of the Taihang Military Region, and the Taihang Military Region and the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region also secretly shouted at each other. Almost all of the troops incorporated into the advance army turned out to be the first-class main forces in the major strategic areas. In later words, they are all trump cards. Do you have the arrogance of the ace army, how can you stand it if you are inferior?
Between the old troops and the new ones who have just been upgraded, there is a competition over who is the real main force. Between columns and columns, compete for the position of the first-class ace column of the whole army. Brigade after brigade is vying for the position of the first-class main brigade of their own column, and even the first-class main brigade of the whole army.
At the regimental level, the main regiments vying to be the first-class columns and brigades were holding back their breath. At the battalion level, the battle is actually even more fierce. Not only is it necessary to be the main battalion of the whole brigade, but it is even secretly competing to see who is the first ace battalion of the whole advance army. Although there was no problem in obeying orders, the various units were fighting each other in private.
On the battlefield in western Liaoning, this time it cooperated with the anti-coalition forces, and this contest escalated to a contest between two fraternal troops. On the battlefield, compare who is the real ace army. Especially in this operation, the two brigades of the advance army were assigned to the command of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, which made the two brigades participating in the war more energetic.
This kind of contest was not only a contest in the exercise ground and training, but also ran through the entire battle. Of course, this kind of private contest is not a secret dismantling of each other on the battlefield. Rather, they are not convinced by each other, and on the battlefield they see who destroys the most enemy troops and who captures the most weapons.
Especially at the moment, it is also part of the Advance Army formation, but it is another brigade from the Taihang Military Region, which has already eaten the record of a reinforced infantry brigade of the Japanese army on the battlefield in Jianpingxi, and the contrast with the fact that he has not been able to achieve much success in the first battle of the Wei family's shack, has made this brigade formed by the old army of Jinchaji and Hebei even more stimulated.
The whole army was screaming and shouting, shouting that they would fight a hard battle to show the brother troops who was the first-class main force of the advance army. At this time, let this battalion commander, who is the first-class main battalion in Jinchaji, wait for the anti-coalition troops in the rear to rush over and then solve the battle. Don't say that this battalion commander doesn't do it, I'm afraid his subordinates won't be able to agree.
However, if he is not convinced, he is not convinced, but his head is still very sober. I knew that in terms of basic military quality, although my troops had been training in the northeast for several months, they still had a certain distance from the Japanese army. Although the equipment of the troops has also come up and the ammunition is sufficient, in terms of equipment, it is at most on par with the Japanese army in front.
Under the circumstance that there is still a certain gap in the military quality of the troops, it is not an easy task to solve the Japanese army that was intercepted by itself. You must know that this is the Kwantung Army, and it is also the elite unit in the Japanese army. In terms of military quality, our own troops still have to be retrained. In terms of weapons and equipment, everyone is basically the same.
Even if it was a Japanese army that only intercepted two squadrons, it was a dignified attack and encirclement. Then it can only be a fishing net with too large a mesh, or nothing can be caught. Not only will it not even be able to settle the battle before the brother troops rushing over, but it is likely that they will be bitten back by the Japanese army.
So from the very beginning, he had no intention of fighting a mountain offensive and defensive battle with the Japanese army in front of him. In order to fight this battle well, he can be said to have been planning for a long time. After rushing to the front line of Shijiazi, he ambushed all his troops in the ditch at the foot of the mountain on both sides of the mountain road. The Japanese soldiers all stepped on their heads, but they didn't move.
After the Japanese troops who broke through arrived at the Shijiazi line, they conducted fire reconnaissance. He also led his troops to grit their teeth and persevered in the test of the Japanese army's blind firepower. The Japanese army, which was already close at hand, did not notice anything, and the suddenness of the battle was almost perfectly achieved.
And his troops are also the long-tested old Eighth Road, and the battlefield discipline is absolutely excellent. Fighting this kind of close-range ambush warfare is also practice makes perfect. Its ability to conceal the battlefield can be described as quite superb. The choice of ambush site also exceeded the expectations of the Japanese army.
Even when the Japanese soldiers marched to the nearest distance of only two or three meters from the ambush site, they did not find the ambush troops hidden in the dry ditch at the foot of the mountains on both sides, and still less did they find the machine gun and grenadier positions hidden on the mountainsides on both sides, instead of the machine guns and grenadiers that should be set up on the ridges. In addition, the Japanese troops who were fleeing for their lives were too hasty in reconnaissance and did not conduct detailed reconnaissance, so they did not notice the enemy army lurking under their noses at all.
During the test of the Japanese army's firepower, a small number of cadres and soldiers who were hit by the Japanese army's stray bullets gritted their teeth and persevered until the attack order was issued by their superiors. Some soldiers were even tested by the Japanese army to see if there was an ambush in the surrounding area, and half of their legs were blown off by a direct hit from the grenadier canister. Until the blood was drained and sacrificed, no sound was made.
It is also the strict discipline of the battlefield that ensures the suddenness of the battle. And at the fastest speed, taking advantage of the Japanese retreat, in order to prevent ambushes on both flanks, and consciously widen the gap between the marching sequences, which can almost be said to be slightly fleeting, to complete the division of the Japanese army in the shortest possible time.
After completing the division of the Japanese army, although it was a bit surprising to judge the number of Japanese troops who were cut off by themselves. But this battalion commander, who had been holding a breath in his heart and wanted to fight for a breath of life and death, did not hesitate to directly take the troops and paste them together, mixing with the Japanese army.
His idea was very simple: although the basic military quality of his troops was still far behind that of the Japanese army, there was still a certain gap. But the level of fighting bayonets is not much different from that of the Japanese army. With bayonets and submachine guns, talk to Japanese soldiers in close combat. Lao Tzu can't compare to you in marksmanship, and the white-knuckle combat that specializes in hard work is not too much worse than you.
The original Old Eighth Road, because of weapons and ammunition, attached great importance to white-knuckle warfare. After years of hard work, he even did not hesitate to learn from the Japanese prisoners of war at the expense of the enemy. In terms of the level of bayonet fighting, it is not much worse than the Japanese army. Three guns and eight roads, that's just a generalization. Due to the lack of ammunition, not to mention the local troops of the Dirt Eighth Road.
It was the main force composed of the old Eighth Road, and when it was in an ambush battle, it basically rushed up after three shots and began to fight bayonets. Any firepower and tactics can only be thrown aside when fighting an ambush battle. Bayonets and broadswords are what you should do.