Chapter 82: The firefight begins
The riot that occurred on the Japanese position made Mitsu Suzuki and others quite disturbed, but in fact, it was also heart-wrenching for the Chinese troops who were cruising at least 600 meters away from the Japanese position.
Listening to the crackling and beating in the center of the Japanese position, coupled with the huge fireballs rising from the continuous falling of artillery shells, it was much more lively than the New Year.
What kind of planes are the Japanese working on? The officers and men of the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Provisional Division, which was responsible for containing the main force of the Japanese army, were staring wide-eyed.
And Liu Ruming, who was a thousand meters away, was also pacing back and forth after receiving the report from the front, analyzing what tricks Suzuki Mitsu was playing. If there was a civil strife in the Japanese army itself, of course he would not mind the whole army pressing on it and giving a big blow to the Japanese army that was suffering from internal and external troubles.
But what if not? Was it a trap concocted by the Japanese army itself? On the contrary, it could destroy the existing good situation. Now, in any case, the Japanese artillery has been dealt with, and if the 4th Infantry Brigade wants to attack Luo Wenyu again, it can only rely on human lives to fill it, but it can no longer do it like yesterday, when the artillery bombards the infantry attack, and the infantry can't attack it, then the artillery bombards it again.
There is no need for the military department to squeeze out troops to support Luo Wenyu from the main force that has already suffered heavy casualties at Xifengkou, he is just as confident that he can use his two infantry regiments to hold Luo Wenyu.
Liu Ruming was not an immortal, nor was he the most outstanding Chinese general of this era, but he finally made a relatively conservative tactic and missed the opportunity to knock the 4th Infantry Brigade directly to death in front of the Luowenyu Pass.
Later generations of Chinese military historians will be somewhat embarrassed when they discuss this classic battle that took place in front of the Luowenyu Pass. If the lieutenant general had been a little more aggressive, perhaps the Chinese side would have won a dizzying victory in this battle.
As long as Liu Ruming presses all the remaining nearly 4,000 people under his command and launches an attack on the entire line of the Japanese infantry that is being shelled, the puppet army that has already broken down emotionally in the dark night will never calm down so easily, and the more than 4,000 well-equipped rebel troops, not to mention an infantry brigade of the Japanese army, even if he is given two more, can he stop it?
Sooner or later, the Japanese army, whose morale was completely fluctuating, would end up in the collapse of the whole army, and the defeated Japanese army was actually not much stronger than a lamb.
A Japanese infantry brigade with a puppet infantry brigade plus two artillery brigades, no, there is also a cavalry brigade and a tank squadron in this way become the record of the Chinese side, perhaps, the outcome of the Battle of Rehe will be rewritten because of this.
One second to remember: /or
It's a pity that they also know very well in their hearts that 99 of the 100 generals will make the same choice as Liu Ruming in the face of such a battlefield where the situation is not clear.
They have already slaughtered a big dragon of their opponents, and if they have to take another risk to be aggressive, they may lose the overall situation at once. Japan can be without an infantry brigade, but China must not be without the Great Wall defense, and the bets on both sides are not on the same level at all.
From this point of view, perhaps, Liu Ruming's choice is the most correct.
Moreover, what if the 4th Infantry Brigade was killed with a stick by mistake, and then the ensuing continuous battle? How could the "second generation of soil" and "red little fatty" named Liu Lang be born out of thin air and blind the eyes of Chinese and Japanese generals! How could the whole of China straighten its waist because of such a battle that is not a large-scale battle!
It is precisely because of this battle that the bloody struggle of Chinese soldiers under the ancient Great Wall of China did not hesitate to sacrifice, and the bloody nature of the Chinese was gradually awakened.
It turns out that when we are not afraid of death, the Japanese begin to be afraid.
The Chinese soldiers are not afraid of death, from Xifengkou to Luowenyu, from the night when Zhao Dengyu's 109th Brigade arrived at the battlefield, he carried a big knife and walked onto the battlefield in the moonlight, it had already begun, continued to this night, and continued backwards until the end of the Battle of Reheγγγγγγ
From the loss of the three eastern provinces to the occupation of Rehe, the Chinese soldiers who were forced to the Great Wall had no way to retreat.
While the Japanese infantry was blown into flames and experienced some internal turmoil that made the commanders of both sides very depressed, the infantry battalion responsible for establishing a blocking position in Banbi Mountain in front of the artillery position where Liu Lang and others were located also exchanged fire with the Japanese Ninth Infantry Brigade that came to support the artillery position.
For the Chinese's blockade, the captain of the Ninth Brigade, Army Major Komura Koichi, did not expect it.
Since they arrived at Luo Wenyu and began to attack, although the Chinese resistance was resolute, the firepower and strength were very limited.
Don't look at the heavy casualties on the first day, but in fact, the Japanese army is probing the Chinese with an extremely resolute attack. The Chinese were very tenacious, and they were reluctant to use their heavy weapons until the position was about to be breached, but that was only a few mountain guns.
And they still have at least two weapons of mass destruction that are useless, and the tank squadron that came with the army and the bombers of the army aviation brigade have not yet been put into the battlefield. The middle and high-ranking officers of the 4th Infantry Brigade basically reached a consensus, Luo Wenyu, they have broken their minds.
It's just that I didn't expect that the Chinese would play such a hand and carry out a surprise attack on the artillery brigade.
What is even more unexpected is that the Chinese even sent troops out of their own defense line and began to fight a blocking battle in the field.
It is hard to imagine that the Chinese defenders on Luo Wenyu, who are already overstretched, can still divide their troops to block at this time?
Case....... Then die here!
Originally, he was angry because of the heavy casualties under his command in yesterday's offensive and defensive battle, and it was even more maddening to be sent out to carry out military affairs at night.
Immediately, he commanded the three incomplete infantry squadrons led by himself to press up.
Of course, it's not that Komura Hirokazu is arrogant, but people have reasons for arrogance.
Don't look at the infantry under his command is much less than in the previous heyday, but the firepower of the 9th Infantry Brigade is not weak. The 12 heavy machine guns of a heavy machine gun squadron in the rear were basically intact, and there was also an artillery squad pushing two 92 infantry guns, not to mention the temporary fortifications built by the infantry battalion of the 2nd Division with stones, which were complete fortifications built with steel plates and sleepers.
In terms of combat effectiveness, the half-crippled 9th Infantry Brigade was definitely stronger than the Temporary 2nd Infantry Battalion, which occupied a temporary position and hid behind rocks, only thigh-deep in a temporary trench.
However, Komura Hiroichi didn't know that the infantry battalion opposite him was not an ordinary infantry battalion.
It's not that this infantry battalion is well-equipped and belongs to the ace unit of the 2nd Provisional Division.
Instead, this infantry battalion has a record in the history of the war in the time and space where Liu Lang once was.
A small infantry battalion in a non-main division of a ragtag army will appear in the history of war, and you can imagine what they have done.