Chapter 213: It's hard to decide whether to fire artillery or not
Zhu Hongxi led 10 soldiers of the 3rd Regiment to reconnoiter in the southeast direction under the cover of night, and stood in the middle of the road to question the rushing troops, and found that it was a Japanese army that had fled, so he immediately fell to the ground and rolled on the side of the road, and loudly ordered the fire to block it.
The 186th Regiment sent two platoons to reconnoiter in advance, and laid an ambush on both sides of the highway leading from Jiangwan to Fuzaobang, and when they heard Zhu Hongxi shouting, 'It's a little devil to shoot quickly,' he immediately ordered the troops to destroy the fleeing enemy with the heaviest firepower.
The Japanese commander who had fled to Fuzaohama with more than one squadron was panicked, but he did not expect that under the cover of night, he was still intercepted by the fire of the Chinese troops.
This did not make the Japanese captain feel terrible, and the cunning guy thought that if he fought alone and had no chance of winning, it was better to take advantage of the darkness to break through the southwestern position of the weak firepower of the Shina troops and quickly retreat to Fuzaohama.
Because he knew that at this time, in the first battle of Miaoxing, the Japanese Imperial Army was surrounded and attacked by the powerful forces of the Fifth Army and the Nineteenth Route Army, which sent three main forces, suffered heavy casualties, and at this time the whole line had been defeated.
After receiving the order of Commander Ueda Kenkichi, he quickly retreated in the direction of Fumohama, but who knew that in this retreat, the entire army was defeated in the night, and was surrounded and annihilated by the Chinese army in front of the interception and then the pursuing troops, and it was difficult for the various units to retreat backwards in an orderly and coordinated manner.
Now the Japanese troops of more than one squadron of the 24th Mixed Brigade led by him, the captain, will be blocked by fire in the defense area of the Fujiwara Wing at this time, and he is eager to send reinforcements to the Fujiwara Wing stationed in Songjiawa.
But the Japanese commander would never have thought that not only did he not wait for reinforcements from the Fujiwara Wing, but what he was waiting for was the artillery fire of the Fujiwara Wing. β
The Japanese soldiers who were intercepted by the fire and lay down on the spot to counterattack, and more than half of them were killed by two rounds of artillery fire, and the little devils who were lucky enough to survive roared hysterically: "Bastard, why did the Fujiwara Wing want to reinforce us by destroying us with artillery fire, a group of damn pigs, dead and dead." β
The captain of the Japanese army saw that the Japanese troops he led to flee were heavily damaged, and did not dare to continue to entangle with the Chinese troops at night.
He quickly glanced at the three fire blocking positions of the Chinese troops, and found that there were no more than ten soldiers in the southwest direction at most, but the fire of this small unit was very fierce, as if each person had a light machine gun in his hand, and the powerful firepower that sprayed out was like a dozen fire whips whipping towards the troops.
In the direction of due west and northwest fifty meters, it seems that the firepower is relatively widely distributed, but the weapons used should be made in Hanyang, and the firepower of these two positions is not fierce, and this firepower is very different from the lethality of the small unit with very strong firepower in the southwest direction.
The Japanese captain again analyzed the three firepower blocking positions, and finally ordered a small group of Japanese troops to contain the fire of the two positions in the southwest and due west, while he led the main force of the Japanese army with more than one squadron to the northwest corner, and after a fierce fire impact, finally broke through the fire blockade of the three positions of the Chinese troops, and fled in panic.
The Japanese squad that contained the firepower of the two positions in the southwest and due west saw the main force breaking through, and the squad leader ordered a Cao Chang to take a squad to continue to contain it, and he took more than 40 little devils to weaken the firepower of the blocking troops in the northwest direction with the help of the main force to break through, and with the 30 or 40 Japanese troops to break through the encirclement frantically, in the impact and breakthrough, more than a dozen corpses were left behind, jumping out of the fire strike range and fleeing in panic.
Wang Feng's 3rd Regiment and 186th Regiment sent three reconnaissance units to identify a Japanese army that was rushing from the southeast and blocked it with firepower.
The main force of the Japanese army broke through the firepower and fled, and only one squad of Japanese troops was left behind, and when the enemy and us were engaged in the final firepower battle, another unit suddenly came from the southeast and quickly entered the battle.
At this time, the sky was already dark, and Wang Feng, who was standing on the tower, could only see the sparks from the weapons of the four positions in the fierce battle for the battle that took place more than 200 meters away, but he could not judge the entire process of the battle.
He was anxious but helpless, because fighting at night, confronting the fire of the enemy who suddenly appeared, it was really difficult to decide how to command the troops that were fighting, and what means should be taken in the next step to deal with the attack of the Japanese army.
Cui Minghao, commander of the 186th Regiment, who was standing at the foot of the tower, had been sending two platoons to reconnoiter the enemy's situation to exchange fire with a unit of unknown truth that had rushed over at a distance of more than 200 meters.
After more than half an hour of fierce fighting, there were four positions where fierce gunfire was heard, and at this time, the gunfire slowly fell down, Cui Minghao couldn't help but worry in his heart, he didn't know what the result of the battle was, whether he destroyed the enemy, or was ...... by the enemy.
Wang Feng saw that the gunfire of the battle between the enemy and us was not as fierce as at the beginning, although he had no bottom in his heart about the outcome of the battle, he believed that since it was a fleeing enemy, his combat ability would not be too strong when he fled at night, and as a commander, he would never encounter the enemy when he fled, and would fight for a long time in the night with a lone army.
This Japanese commander will definitely order a small part of the troops to be pinned down, and take the opportunity to lead the main force to find a position with weak blocking fire to break through.
Although Wang Feng's analysis was very correct, he didn't get the battle report from the front, and his heart was still not steady.
The gunfire in the southeast direction slowly thinned out, and when everyone thought that the battle would soon end, they suddenly broke out again into fierce gunfire, accompanied by loud shouts, because the distance was too far to be heard clearly, and everyone was surprised why there was another fierce gunfire.
Cui Minghao nervously raised his head and shouted to Wang Feng standing on the tower: "Brother Wang, you are standing high and looking far, tell me why it sounds like the battle is about to end, but suddenly fierce gunfire broke out, could it be the ..... of the Japanese reinforcements." β
"Brother Cui, I also wondered, I don't know how it would suddenly break out again fierce gunshots, for the sake of safety, whether it would be ......."
"Captain Wang, don't be for ...... Isn't it, hurry up and lock on the target of this unit that suddenly joined in, and order your artillery to bombard them, give the order quickly, it really makes you die in a hurry, and you are still grinding, and my two platoons will be wiped out if you rub again. β
How could Wang Feng not want to artillery fire to support the three of his own men who were fighting against the Japanese army's fleeing troops in the night? But he didn't know whether the unit that suddenly joined the battle was friend or foe, and what if the artillery bombarded friendly troops once the artillery was fired and the heavy fire was carried out.
Once this friendly army, which had fought valiantly against the enemy on the battlefield, at this time risked the great danger of pursuing the enemy in the night, and finally caught up with the enemy, but was crippled by friendly artillery fire, if it caused heavy casualties, this mistake would be dealt with by military law.
"Crazy Wang, you bastard is usually brave and resolute, why are you indecisive in this situation? You only sent out ten soldiers, but I am two platoons, if they can't get artillery support in time and all of them are killed, I will kill you, and I will shoot and fire the cannon for meββγ Cui Minghao roared hysterically.