Sawada Shigeru pinned his hopes for the rescue of the 44th Wing on the 57th Wing of the 1st Division, which set out from Heihe and was responsible for blocking the westward retreat route of Yang Zhen's headquarters. He didn't know that at this moment, without firing a single shot in the green black mountain, he was inexplicably ambushed and suffered heavy losses, and the 57th Wing, which was killed by Wing Commander Kimura Matsujiro Osa, was retreating rapidly towards Heihe.

It was only a hasty retreat with the wounded soldiers and corpses, because the wing headquarters was the most damaged, and the 57th Wing, which had lost almost all the radio stations, had not yet been able to get the news out.

For the 57th Wing, this time without firing a shot, and even before seeing the opponent's face, it suffered a big defeat, and the loss was inexplicable. It is no wonder that the 57th Wing thought that it had lost in vain, and that almost no one could have imagined that it was only an artillery bombardment while camping that caused them huge casualties.

At the request of the Kwantung Army command, the 57th Wing, which did not disperse its actions, suffered heavy losses in this shelling. Of the two infantry brigades that set out, there was directly more than one brigade in the midst of this artillery bombardment, whose firepower density was absolutely rare for the Japanese army.

Captain Hashimoto Gunji Shaosa, who took over the command of the 57th Wing Commander Matsujiro Kimura, who was killed in the shelling, faced huge losses, especially after inspecting the shelling site and coming to the conclusion that the opponent had at least one heavy artillery brigade, he did not dare to stay and directly chose to retreat.

The 57th Wing, which had suffered heavy losses in the shelling, thought that the opponent had heavy artillery the size of a brigade, and that the shelling had been planned for a long time. In fact, they knew that they were just unfortunate to be test subjects for a new weapon. And the shelling against them was nothing more than six 107-mm MLRS that had just been produced. It's impossible to say that it's been premeditated for a long time, but they just happened to catch up.

Before the transfer of the arsenal, Yang Zhen took out a lot of blueprints of weapons. However, most of these drawings are light weapons, and only this 1007-mm multiple rocket launcher, which was later called the only one of the three major guerrilla weapons, was designed by the Chinese, and was the only heavy weapon among them.

Yang Zhen's so-called self-designed weapons, including this kind of rocket artillery, cannot afford to raise and cannot form mass production, and he himself will not consider equipping them for the time being. At least until you have your own mass production capacity, you will not think about it. This weapon, like the AK 47 rifle and RPG II anti-tank rocket launcher, which came out in advance, was specially produced for the purpose of exchanging aid with the Soviets.

It's just that unlike the large consumption of bullets, which will not be equipped with AK 47 before the formation of large-scale military production capacity, this kind of firepower is fierce and the range is not close in the same caliber weapons, the most important thing is that it is light and simple to use 12-barrel rocket launchers, as long as it can form a certain production capacity, Yang Zhen will still equip it in small quantities.

Thanks to the experience of a small country in West Asia that has carried out secret missions in later generations, Yang Zhen knows that in many cases, weapons and equipment are not as advanced as possible. Because the more advanced the weapon, the higher the maintenance and supply conditions required.

With AK 47, a weapon that is known for its rapid fire, Yang Zhen, who can only rely on the raw materials of the captured Japanese army and does not have any raw material supply conditions, cannot afford to equip it at all. For the moment, using a Japanese-style 38 rifle is the most correct choice for Yang Zhen. Because he can easily get bullets.

However, for this kind of multiple rocket launchers, Yang Zhen is still ready to equip them. After all, this kind of weapon with strong firepower and extremely light in itself, the most important thing is to use a simple weapon, which is still very suitable for the current situation of Yang Zhen's troops.

It's just that the production equipment at hand, especially the number of seamless steel pipes for the production of launchers, is extremely limited, and only six doors can be produced as samples. Even these six rocket launchers, which attack seventy-two tubes, have exhausted all the seamless steel tubes in stock. As for the rockets, also because of technological problems, only 240 rounds were produced.

However, even these 240 rockets, because too much smokeless gunpowder was consumed as propellant, it also made the commander-in-chief feel distressed enough. The smokeless gunpowder used in the production of these 240 rounds of rockets could produce at least a few million rounds if they were used to make Type 38 rifle rounds, which also used smokeless gunpowder as propellant.

Distressed is distressed, but the commander-in-chief still knows the reason that the child can't trap the wolf. After learning that the 240 rockets and six 12-barreled rocket launchers had been manufactured, Yang Zhen directly telegraphed to the commander-in-chief that if he encountered the Japanese army, he could use them boldly to test the actual combat effect. As a result, the 57th Wing, which was sent to the door by itself, unfortunately became the victim of the first batch of rocket artillery in the world.

After discovering the traces of the 57th Wing and finding its camp, the commander-in-chief did not feel any distress in smashing all the 200 rockets into the Japanese camp except for 40 shells. The rocket launcher modified with the 41-type mountain artillery mount is very flexible and lightweight, and two people can run by pushing it. After the commander-in-chief concentrated on the 200 rockets, he immediately packed up his things and left.

Unlike ordinary mountain howitzers, this weapon does not have the loud sound of other artillery fires, except for the tail flame that is like a firework in the sky, and the swishing sound of breaking through the sky can only be heard on the top of the head. Encountering this weapon for the first time, the 57th Wing, which was obviously inexperienced in dealing with it, did not find itself attacked until a batch of shells landed on the top of its head.

By the time the 200 rockets had exploded, the camp of the 57th Wing was already in shambles. Everywhere there were the corpses of Japanese soldiers who had been killed. Not to mention that the surviving Japanese soldiers were dizzy by this period of intensive artillery fire, they hid on a mountain to observe the test results, and in fact, they wanted to know why Yang Zhen insisted on the limited raw materials, and why he insisted on producing this kind of weapon that was said to be a powerful weapon.

He never imagined that there would be such a kind of artillery, only six, but the lethal effect produced was almost the same as that of a seventy-two formed artillery regiment. And the launch speed is extremely fast. From the first shot to the completion of all 200 rounds, it took less than 20 minutes. This is also because the workers of the military factories who made cameo artillery appearances were not familiar.

Looking at the shocking results in front of him, the commander-in-chief finally understood why Yang Zhen insisted on producing this weapon even though he knew that a lot of equipment and raw materials would be consumed. If you take this weapon to the north with the automatic rifle from the previous stage, and the rocket launcher that is still being built, the big brother who is obsessed with the power of artillery will definitely like it.

Although the dispersion area of the shells fired by this new type of artillery is somewhat large, it is still acceptable for artillery that gathers ** fire.

The commander-in-chief, who was very excited, returned to the arsenal and sent Yang Zhen a wine that had been brewed, and the effect was very good.

Contrary to the excitement of the commander-in-chief, the 57th Wing did not mention cooperating with the 4th Division to clean up the wounds after being hit so severely. This is only one shelling, and more than one brigade has been lost. If they come a few more times, I'm afraid the 57th Wing will not be able to go back.

It's just that these Japanese officers and soldiers who don't know what secrets are on the front line of Qunce Mountain can't understand is that these anti-Manchurian and anti-Japanese forces have always been poorly equipped and lacking in firepower. How could there be so much heavy artillery. These Japanese officers and men, who were attacked by intensive firepower, had always stubbornly believed that such a dense artillery bombardment could only be produced by at least a heavy artillery group equivalent to the size of a brigade or regiment.

After the shelling, the first thought of all the surviving officers and men of the 57th Wing was that their opponents were definitely not the so-called anti-Manchu forces, but the Russians on the other side of the river. Only Russians who admired artilleryism would have been armed with so many heavy artillery. Only the Russians could have created such a heavy artillery fire. And according to this scale of shelling, the opponent's forces have at least one corps.

After concluding that the opponent in front of them was very likely to be the Russians on the other side of the river, the officers and men of the 57th Wing dared to stay. He only carried the 41-type mountain guns to which the artillery of the four wings belonged, and there was less than one brigade left in the army. And the opponent has at least one heavy artillery brigade, and the strength is at least at the army level.

The Japanese are not afraid of death, but they are not stupid. In particular, the officers and men of the 1st Division, who came from a big city like Tokyo, are not stupid. Except for a few crazy people, no one will do anything about touching a stone with an egg. After reaching this consensus, the 57th Wing not only retreated, but also retreated extremely quickly.

As soon as the 57th Wing withdrew like this, they kept their knowledge in the dark, and they were still counting on them to rescue the 44th Wing's Sawada Shigeru. And from the headquarters of the Kwantung Army to the commander-in-chief of this purge, Du Hao did not know. It wasn't until the 57th Wing ran back to the Heiheyuan garrison that everyone knew that the 57th Wing had run back before it had entered the designated combat area.

Of course, what happened to the 57th Wing, and the director was unable to appear on the battlefield for a long time, that is a later story. However, after receiving a telegram from the Kwantung Army Headquarters that the 57th Wing had never been able to be contacted, Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada, who had lost the last glimmer of hope, could not help but look up to the sky and sigh: "The 57th Wing is missing, and the 44th Wing is finished." ”

After clearly understanding that the 44th Wing had lost the opportunity to rescue, and was afraid that the Lin Fang detachment and the 3rd Cavalry Brigade would also get in, Sawada Shigeru, in desperation, issued an order to Lin Fangtaro and the 3rd Cavalry Brigade to retreat.

In fact, even if the 57th Wing could arrive on time, the 57th Wing, which needed to cross half of the Xing'an Mountains, would not be able to rescue the 44th Wing before the 44th Wing was destroyed. Whether it is Yang Zhen, or Wang Guangyu, Liu Changshun, and Du Kaishan, the three heads of the regiment, will not give them this opportunity.

After learning that Du Kaishan attacked with fire and cleanly ate the two squadrons of the Japanese army at a small price, Wang Guangyu was not polite to the Japanese troops in his encirclement. Using the coordination of infantry and artillery, the Kawama Majitaro Osa, who was in the encirclement, and saw that the soldiers around him were reduced one by one, but he could not break out of the opponent's encirclement, was bitter.

Originally, after it was dark, Kawama Majitaro, who wanted to take advantage of the night to break through, did not expect that he had just assembled the breakout troops, but the opponent fired a large number of flares. The enclosure is illuminated in a snow-white patch.

The Japanese troops, who had just completed their build-up, were blown up into a squad directly from the size of a reinforced squadron by a burst of intensive mortar fire and heavy machine-gun fire from the opponent. Almost all light and heavy weapons were lost embers. Before Kawama's first breakthrough could start, he was nippled in the bud by Wang Guangyu.

Kawama Magataro concentrated all the remaining forces for the first breakout, and without even lifting a Lang flower, he was beaten and dissipated by a mortar. If you want to rely on the strength of the remaining squad to break through, wouldn't that be even more wishful thinking. In the following breakthroughs, he was hit back by the opponent's machine-gun fire without even touching the edge of the encirclement.

Seeing that there were already few people left around him after another failure to break through, and he had been demoted from the captain of the wing who commanded thousands of people to the captain of the squad in a straight line, Kawama Hammer Taro, who knew that he would not be spared today, was simply at all. Kawama Majitaro, who did not want to be the first captured captain of the Imperial Japanese Army, dropped his pistol, picked up a fallen soldier's Type 38 rifle and led the charge.

At this point, Kawama knew that he couldn't wait for reinforcements. On the northern front, although the gunfire of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade was very intense, it was just too late to get around. On the southern front, on the side of the Lin Fang detachment of the Fourth Division, although the gunfire was equally intense, it was also unreliable.

Although the situation is the same on both sides, the difference between them is clear to Kawama Majitaro. The 3rd Cavalry Brigade of the Northern Front was unable to reach for a long time, and it was definitely not that they did not work hard. But if you let a cavalry fight a mountain offensive battle, it is in itself difficult for a strongman.

But the Hayashi Fang detachment in the south couldn't be relied on, but Kawama Malletaro knew that there was definitely something wrong with it. Looking at the half-dead attack of the Fourth Division a few days ago, Kawama Hammer Taro knew that if he asked these guys to rescue him, he was afraid that when his bones were cold, he would not be able to wait.

The dense gunfire on the southern front is probably a hard performance by these calculating Osaka soldiers, so as to fool themselves. If the province itself has a chance to stand out, he will report their complaint to the Kwantung Army Headquarters. Otherwise, with the real combat effectiveness of the Fourth Division, why can't it be relied on when the distance is not too far? If they really gave their lives to reinforcements, I'm afraid the ghosts won't believe it.

With no hope of rescue and at the same time losing the possibility of breaking through, as a samurai of the glorious Emperor Xià, Kawama Malletaro Osa chose to die in battle rather than commit suicide by seppuku like a coward. In his opinion, a samurai is only a qualified samurai if he dies on the battlefield. Seppuku suicide, that's what only cowards and losers do.

Kawama Majitaro Osa's idea of taking the initiative to die soon received an enthusiastic response from a group of soldiers. Holding a Type 38 rifle, he and the only dozen Japanese soldiers left around him were beaten into a sieve by the dense machine-gun fire of the blocking troops.

However, although the commander of the 44th Wing, Kawama Mamataro Osa, was killed, it did not mean that the resistance of the 44th Wing had completely collapsed. The three infantry squadrons that were being ravaged by Liu Changshun were still resisting stubbornly, although they suffered heavy casualties and the actual strength was less than one squadron.

Even from time to time, under the command of Matsushita Fuji Shaozuo, the captain of the 3rd Brigade of the 44th Wing, he fought a confrontation battle with Liu Changshun's troops in front. His fierce and tenacious fighting style allowed Liu Changshun to truly understand what is the style of the veteran division of the Japanese army.

For the near-seeming dying resistance of this part of the Japanese army, Liu Changshun was very troubled. These Japanese troops resisted stubbornly, and they were unable to resolve the battle for a long time, not to mention bringing a lot of casualties to themselves, but they also had to beware of being bitten by these wolf-like Japanese soldiers.

In fact, Liu Changshun, who had a headache, didn't know that their opponent at this time, Matsushita Fuji, was even more suffering. After half a day and fierce fighting in the middle of the night, the three infantry squadrons led by him, who were inferior in strength and firepower, were intact at this time, and there were few soldiers left who could still stand up. There were three infantry squadrons, and at this time there were less than one squadron of soldiers who still had combat effectiveness.

And the losses of light and heavy machine guns were even more heavy. All the supporting fire, except for the two light machine guns, which barely had half the base ammunition left after collecting all the ammunition from the infantry, the two heavy machine guns were destroyed. Its last position was also compressed into a narrow area that was no more than 100 meters long from east to west and only more than 40 meters wide from north to south.

The most strict thing is that there are not only not many people who still have combat effectiveness, but all kinds of supplies have been almost consumed. The position was full of medicines and bandages that were consumed too quickly, and they could only be hastily bandaged with leggings. As for whether they can hold on, it depends on whether their platelet concentration is enough for the wounded, which makes the morale of the Japanese army drop very quickly.

And for the remaining Japanese troops, it is even more unfortunate that after the previous fierce fighting, they have very little ammunition left at this moment. The reason why Matsushita Fuji fights with his opponent from time to time is not that he really has the strength to fight back. It's really because there is little ammunition left, so you can only rely on white-knuckle combat to kill and injure the opponent as much as possible.

Because Yang Zhen's all-out counterattack was almost perfect and had reached the suddenness of the tactics, he had been fighting for two consecutive days, and most of the officers and men of the 44th Wing, which had consumed a lot of ammunition, had already hurriedly entered the battle before they had time to replenish their ammunition. When Matsushita Fuji was ordered to launch a counterattack, the average number of ammunition in the hands of his soldiers was less than 40 rounds, which was only one-third of the Japanese army's standard ammunition ration.

And light and heavy machine guns generally do not reach a base. In order to contain the opponent's extremely strong offensive, the Japanese army consumed a lot of ammunition. By the time the night battle began, most of the ammunition in the soldiers' hands had been almost depleted. Forty rounds of ammunition, no matter how much you save, it is impossible to last too much time.

The reason why they are still resisting at this time is only because the instinct that has always been tenacious is still supporting. It's just that how long it can last, even Panasonic Fuji itself doesn't have a number. But there is one thing that Matsushita Fuji is very clear, that is, if the reinforcements don't come, he can't run and run, and he really can't support it for long.

Just when Matsushita Fuji was almost in despair, the opponent suddenly relaxed the momentum of the attack. Not only did the intensity of the attack decline, but some troops at the front even began to retreat in a planned way.

The opponent's sudden relaxation of the offensive made Matsushita Fuji not understand what was going on. But the slowdown of the offensive really made Panasonic breathe a big sigh of relief. He knew that with the amount of ammunition he had at hand, which had barely scraped together a base for the machine gun, the rifle was basically empty, and he could no longer afford another massive attack from his opponent.

In order to find a glimmer of life, Matsushita Fuji gritted his teeth and decided to take advantage of the fact that the sky was still bright, and his subordinates could still gather enough troops of a squadron to break through to the south. Matsushita Fuji is very smart, he knows that if he chooses the direction to the east, there is the 3rd Cavalry Brigade to respond, and the opponent must have arranged a strong blocking force. So he chose the direction of the breakthrough to the south.

Panasonic Fuji's breakthrough tactics are very simple, those who can run keep up, those who can walk but can't run, and the seriously injured who can't even walk are all left behind. Even in order to attract the attention of his opponent and make him think that he was still resisting, Matsushita Fuji even shed the only light machine gun.

And he himself took the soldiers who could move freely, and took advantage of the white-knuckle battle to make a bloody way to the south. It's just that his plan is good, but Liu Changshun and Du Kaishan, who is rushing here, don't give him this opportunity.

It's just that what Matsushita Fuji didn't expect was that the direction his opponent chose to attack this time was the south, instead of the tactics that the southern troops had been using before were only used to block it and could not break through, and the direction of attack was still based on the north. And his opponent had relaxed his offensive before, just trying to create an illusion that he couldn't fight.

I don't know what Liu Changshun thinks, the ghost messenger changed the direction of the last attack from north to south, but the consequence of this decision was that Matsushita Fuji, who had just launched a breakthrough operation, crashed into the arms of the attacking troops. Before Liu Changshun launched an attack, Matsushita Fuji, who took the first breakthrough action, found that things were not good, and when he wanted to take back his sticking out head, it was too late.

In order to take down these Japanese troops at one time, Liu Changshun can be said to have made a bloody investment. Not to mention the front-line command, almost the light and heavy machine guns and mortars of the entire regiment were transferred to this direction. Seeing that Matsushita Fuji actually dared to launch a counterattack, Liu Changshun, who didn't know that Matsushita Fuji was preparing to break through the attempt, was not polite at all. After firing the last two flares, illuminating the battlefield in snow, intensive machine-gun fire and mortar shells knocked down the Japanese troops trying to break through.

At this time, in addition to the bayonet, the chamber of the gun was already empty, and even the only two crooked machine guns with bullets were also left in the Japanese soldiers on the position, facing the dense fire net, and there was almost no ability to fight back. As for Matsushita Fuji, who commanded this breakthrough, he was beaten into a hornet's nest in the first time.

The distance of one hundred and fifty meters became a lingering nightmare for the Japanese breakthrough troops. Half an hour later, when the gunfire fell, no one in the Japanese breakout force could still stand. After Du Kaishan, who came to grab food, led his troops to arrive, the gunfire on the battlefield had subsided.

Seeing the destruction of the breakout troops, the light and serious wounded who were left behind by Matsushita Fuji to attract the attention of their opponents were after using the last bullet to solve the seriously wounded who could not move. More than a dozen lightly wounded people who were still able to move committed suicide by sounding the last two grenades. By the time the morning came, the gunfire on the front of Qunce Mountain had subsided. The 44th Wing, as a formed wing of the Japanese army, no longer exists.

Before the gunfire on the front line of Qunce Mountain completely subsided, the Lin Fang detachment, which was left behind by Sawada Shigeru to respond to the 44th Wing, turned around and slipped first in the direction of Yubara County.

The 3rd Cavalry Brigade, which had been attacking extremely hard and trying to rescue the 44th Wing, immediately retreated quickly to the Jiamusi line with a small number of Japanese stragglers who had escaped from the gap. By noon that day, there was not a single soldier of the Japanese army around Qunce Mountain.