57. First Battle Motegi
On the afternoon of March 1, 1933, the commander of the Motegi-mae Nozuki Brigade ordered the chief of staff, Shintaro Umei, to lead several staff officers and adjutants to make arrangements for attacking Akamine Castle according to his instructions.
The 7th Wing Kameda Helpless Osasho Department went straight to Hongmiaozi from the west of the mountain and water slope to make an attack; The 17th Wing Yamaoka Jie Dasa Division went straight out of the Loess Ridge from the south of the mountain slope, and the driver attacked the right flank of the 118th Brigade defensive line; A brigade was dispatched from the 18th Wing of the 18th Wing from southern Liaoning, and the Herutani Shozhong Brigade attacked the left flank of the 118th Brigade from Yanjiadi......
In addition, the Lushun Artillery Brigade was sent to occupy Dongwanzi, intending to bombard the defenders' positions indiscriminately, so as to suppressively take the defenders' positions in one fell swoop, so as to go straight to Chifeng. After everything is transferred, it will be late. Motegi patted his knees, thumped his chest, and asked the departments to prevent the Shina people from sneaking up.
He was still very afraid of the position of the 118th Brigade in the morning, but in the afternoon, he dared to arrange troops in such a way because the reconnaissance was accurate. He said repeatedly: "The imperial army is not good at night fighting, and all departments have strengthened their vigilance......"
In the early morning of March 2, Motegi stood in the headquarters that had just been erected, holding his sword in his hand and breathing a sigh of relief, just about to say, "The attack has begun......"
Yunakasa, who was accompanying the Fourth Brigade, strode into the headquarters, and he said breathlessly: "General Motegi, it's not good, just now the operator reported that there is a branch of the army, from the Uha Avenue, galloping on horseback. It seems that they are either coming to us, or they are coming to Chifeng City, it seems that the starry night is coming......"
Motegi's already tense heart had to be raised higher, he gritted his teeth and said: "Yanxi, could it be that the Chinese army that was dragged and killed by Sakamoto with Sakamoto was put back by Sakamoto?" "I heard that they inflicted heavy losses on a wing of the Imperial Army and wiped out a wing in the Bahrain steppe, and now they have all changed into the guns of the Imperial Army, and their brains are greatly flexible."
He turned around and ordered Chief of Staff Shintaro Umei: "Find a few scouts and test the position of the Shina defense line......
The disabled units of the 118th Brigade have become tired divisions, and if the devils do not attack first, they will never attack first......
At the same time, this is also the instruction of Commander Sun.
When Motegi received the news that the positions in Shina were not moving, he sneered a few times and ordered the staff officers and heralds to call a meeting of the captains of the wings. The captains of the wings quietly rushed to the temporary headquarters of the brigade, and the meeting began. Motegi said straight to the point: "Ladies and gentlemen, yesterday's plan has changed, and according to reliable information, the Chinese army is heading from Wuha Avenue to Chifeng. If the various units of our brigade and regiment carry out yesterday's battle plan, they will inevitably be flanked by the Chinese army from both sides, and there is a danger that they will be attacked by the enemy on their backs......
I ordered the 7th and 17th Wings to leave for the North Hara crossing, except for the first and second squadrons that temporarily monitored the defenders' positions...... This Chinese army, which is known for its surprise attacks and night attacks, crashed into the muzzle of our 4th Brigade this time, and now immediately set out to build fortifications at the North Hara crossing......"
Commander Sun in Chifeng City was strategizing in the headquarters, closely watching the strong devils in the area of Shanshui Slope. He ordered the 118th Brigade position to feign not daring to attack in order to attract Motegi to attack. On the one hand, he asked Li Advisor Tuo Wang Yilun to contact the anti-enemy forces in Liaoxi and other places to step up the momentum to disturb Motegi's vision, and on the other hand, he ordered Ding Berting to step up his march to the North Hara Road through telegrams.
At the same time, the 119th Brigade was asked to give up entanglement with the 17th Wing of the Japanese Army from Harapudu and go north in the starry night, in order to encircle Motegi in the east of Chifeng City.
Mae no Tsuki Motegi is an old fox who has a very advanced perception of war and warplanes. After briefly reassigning the wings, he immediately dismissed the meeting and asked the wings to arrive at their designated positions as quickly as possible......
The 19th Wing's Oshima Yongsho Division had not yet reached the designated position because it was just about to be mobilized, so after the tactical adjustment, they acted the fastest, and the Kurotani Shochu Brigade first arrived at the North Hill Ridge Heights at the North Hara Road Crossing and hurried to build fortifications. Although the devils have high combat effectiveness, they can't stand such a reduction in personnel, according to the regular establishment, one of its brigades must be at least 1,000 people, and now it is not enough, such as the Heigu Zhengzhong Brigade is full of 800, it is not bad, they are urgently driven from Chaoyang and Yixian, and the personnel are not enough at all.
By the time Yoshidayu's brigade and Fukue's brigade arrived, their brigade had already dug up the improvised fortifications. Oshima Yong Dazuo had just set up his headquarters behind a small hill on the south side not far from the battlefield, and the 6th Battalion of the 233rd Regiment of the 117th Brigade was only 500 meters away from the position. First, because the defenders were all riding horses and running fast, the second devil was busy digging trenches, and the soldiers who were guarding also went to dig trenches.
The Kurotani Brigade didn't notice that the defenders had arrived, and both the Yoshida Yu Brigade and the Fukue Squadron jumped into the bunker of the Kurotani Squadron, took the bracket, loaded the bullets, and opened fire on the defenders. But faster than them, it was a grenadier squad of Fukue's stunned brigade, they were faster, they didn't even find cover, they loaded the bullets and put them on.
Fang Xuanliang, the battalion commander of the sixth battalion with bandages on his head, had good ears, and as soon as he handed over his horses to the horsemen, he heard two long sounds of "steel-steel-" in the south, and immediately understood that he had encountered a devil. He also shook his head and signaled to hide on the spot, and the soldiers around him immediately understood, lying down and scattering. But it was still slow, and the shells thrown by the two grenadiers exploded, and the flesh and blood flew everywhere......
Immediately after that, several crooked sub-machine guns swept over with a "da-da".
Battalion Commander Fang turned around and saw that Deputy Li Guiying, who was still wearing bandages on his arm, waved the shell gun with his hand, and said, "The devil has fierce firepower, spread out on the spot, and move backwards." He found that while he was speaking, the commander of the 1st Company, Wang Dashui, and the commander of the 2nd Company, Mi Tongqing, both instructed the soldiers to quickly dodge the strafing point of the machine guns and roll to the north lowland, and the 3rd Company quickly threw several Japanese-style grenades on the flanks towards the devil's position.
The devil had two crooked machine guns that immediately exploded into the sky, but the machine guns "clicked" and screamed.
When Mao Suiyuan, the commander of the seventh battalion, and Zhang Dawen, the deputy of the battalion, saw that the sixth battalion had concentrated all the horses and handed them over to the horsemen, they knew that there was a situation, and they immediately dismounted, ran forward and lay on the grass, and opened fire on the devil's side, intending to attract the devil's firepower, so that the sixth battalion could get out of the dangerous place smoothly.
Hong Guoren, the commander of the eighth battalion, and Ma Shu, the deputy commander of the battalion, also arrived later, and these two battalion commanders were from Shaanxi and were both Muslims. Although they were all wounded, they didn't believe in evil, so they had to try the grenadiers they picked up from the devil's position. The soldiers in the back put the five grenadiers away, loaded them, pulled the ropes, and released them. It's really hit the devil's position, and I can't see how many devils I've killed.
Miao Ziping, deputy regimental deputy and chief of staff Xie Zhanfang, also arrived with the regimental headquarters, and they also put down the reins of their horses to observe the terrain from behind a small hill, and they found that they were too close to the devils, and they would inevitably suffer in firepower. Although most of the soldiers have been replaced with Japanese-style guns and have also used grenadiers, it is not a rule for whoever touches them, and there are no rules, especially those who use grenadiers, which will basically be put down, and the accuracy will be greatly reduced.
The devils are well-trained, so that all weapons are organized into formations, and the defenders are in positions against them, which is their individual?
Deputy Miao Tuan hurriedly called Deputy Zhang Tuan of the 18th Regiment in the north, and agreed that the 233rd Regiment would contain the devils head-on, and the 18th Regiment would go around to the east of the North Hill Ridge Heights to attack its flank. Before the 18th Regiment reached the east of the North Hill Ridge, it was seen from the captured telescopes that two more wings of devils had arrived to the south of the devil's position. Deputy Zhang Tuan immediately reported the situation to Brigade Commander Ding by telephone, and sent capable soldiers to investigate the detailed movements of the devils.
At this time, it was 8 o'clock in the morning of March 2, and the brigade headquarters and the directly subordinate team of the 117th Brigade had already beaten their horses and arrived at Caojiawopu, which was 40 miles away from the North Hara Road crossing. Chief of Staff Zhang immediately arranged for the establishment of a headquarters and the erection of antennas by the communications corps.
Commander Sun used the telephone sent by the communications battalion to talk to Brigade Commander Ding, and he ordered the remnants of the 117th Brigade to keep a distance from the devil's position, and then form a unified attack line in the north and east. When the 119th Brigade arrives at the designated position, the remnants of the 118th Brigade will form a western encirclement line, surrounded on all sides, and must wrap Motegi's dumplings......
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