Chapter 614: Retreat
However, for Li Ziyuan at the moment, as long as these cannons are still in his hands, he still has to use them well and sufficiently. Although one mountain artillery was left to cooperate with He Sanliang's counterattack over there, the fire suppression composed of three mountain artillery and mortars was enough to drink a pot of puppet soldiers in person. Especially in the puppet army's own will to fight, it is far less tenacious than the Japanese army.
The twelve mountain shells that came directly knocked down the puppet army that was assembling according to the order and preparing to retreat. Before the puppet army could react, another three rapid-fire nine shells fell. More than 20 shells in a row hit the entire puppet army cluster with flesh and blood.
Under the cover of three mountain guns, because the firing range was slightly worse, it was necessary to transfer the mortars from the gun positions. After moving forward quickly for more than 300 meters, it immediately joined the shelling. Mountain artillery hits the depth, mortars hit the front line, and the combination of mountain artillery and mortars blew up the entire cluster of puppet troops.
Originally, according to the secret order of the division commander, although the morale of the puppet troops in each unit fell rapidly, it was still orderly in advance and retreat, and there was no chaos because of the retreat. However, the momentum of the artillery fire transferred from the Eighth Route was so fierce that even the artillery of the puppet army in depth did not react. The infantry in front of them had already been blown up with flesh and blood.
Then the dense firepower of the Eighth Road made the puppet artillery not even dare to fire back, for fear that the opponent's shells would fall on their heads. After the reserve team transferred by He Sanliang arrived at the battlefield, the counterattack launched by Liu Siming's troops under the cover of a large number of light and heavy machine guns made the puppet army feel even more difficult to resist.
After the reserve team arrived, Liu Siming, who felt much more confident, quickly adjusted his tactics. In order to reduce casualties and achieve tactical objectives as quickly as possible. Liu Siming divided the two companies into two lines, and the light machine guns were placed at the forefront of the counterattacking force, and the two troops alternately covered and attacked by leaps.
Half of the heavy machine guns were grouped in a centralized group, placed in the middle position, and concentrated fire to cover the attack and advance of the troops in front. The rest of the heavy machine guns formed tactical groups and followed the forward movement of the second echelon. At the same time, all * and grenadier canisters were concentrated in the second-line echelon. In the counterattack, the second-line echelon cooperated with the troops in front.
The task of the second-line echelon is one, once it encounters the enemy, it will throw the * in its hands, over the troops in front, and at the same time use the grenadier to suppress the enemy's counterattack fire. As well as in coordination with the heavy machine guns of the cover, providing fire cover for the first echelon. Liu Siming himself carried a shell gun with a wide open nose and personally led the first echelon to rush and kill.
Liu Siming's counterattack force, under the cover of stormy light machine gun fire, coordinated with the suppressive fire in depth. The two companies were like two sharp knives, cutting horizontally towards the puppet formation, which had fallen into chaos under the artillery fire. Liu Siming's strange style of play made the puppet army in front of him very uncomfortable.
The puppet army, which was already in chaos under the shelling, was extremely unsuitable for his style of play to be beaten. The previous tenacious style has long been replaced by the defeat at this moment. Despite the strength of the puppet army, it is still superior to the Eighth Route in person at this moment. However, Liu Siming's strange tactics concentrated all the light and heavy firepower on the front-line troops as much as possible.
There were attacking troops in the front, and covering troops in the rear. As long as the puppet army resists a little, the overwhelming * will be smashed down with grenadiers, mountain artillery and *. A large number of light and heavy machine guns fired a dense bullet, like a whirlwind, swept through every puppet army that tried to resist stubbornly.
Under the intensive firepower, the puppet 38th Division, which had fallen into chaos, really could not resist Liu Siming's counterattack under the cover of artillery fire. In just fifteen minutes, he fell into complete chaos and was beaten to a complete collapse. After He Sanliang eliminated the Japanese army over there and rushed over with the rest of the troops, this puppet army could no longer withstand the blow.
Throwing away almost all of his heavy weapons, he retreated in a northeasterly direction. Light and heavy machine guns, mountain artillery, mortars, and a large number of baggage ran all the way. Even many puppet soldiers lost their guns and bullet bags in order to speed up their escape. The wiser ones took off their uniforms and threw them away as they ran.
The two battalions after the break were cut off and surrounded, and the main force that fled in front was also torn off by Liu Siming like a hungry wolf. The bitten and bloody pseudo-38th Division was unable to stand all the way under Liu Siming's bite, and could only continue to retreat all the way.
Looking at the tragic situation of the defeat of the army, the puppet 38th Division's puppet Major General Wang Division elder burst into tears. He is also a soldier of the older generation, from the Northwest Army to the Jicha Theater, and then to the current Wang Puppet Army. He has deep enough qualifications to participate in almost all the battles of the old Northwest Army, and he has lost many battles.
But a defeat like today's rout has never been experienced. He once thought that his troops would never be defeated, but now they were actually in front of him. And this rout has reached the point where it can't be contained.
He really couldn't understand what kind of opponent he was encountering. In terms of strength and firepower, he has an absolute advantage. In terms of the training of the troops, they also considered themselves no worse than the Central Army and the Eighth Road. Coupled with the more tenacious and elite Japanese army, how could it be so badly defeated.
He really couldn't figure it out, since the opponent had such a powerful firepower in his hands, he still had reserves. He actually used the strength of four companies, plus some light and heavy machine guns, to fight hard with himself and the Japanese. Even if two companies are disabled, they dare not need to be replaced by reserves.
Through this very low-level means, little by little, you and the Japanese stupid donkey are trapped? And the firepower of his reserves and family is hidden in the dark, waiting to give him the most fatal blow. His style of play, which violates the most basic common sense of using soldiers, was taught by that military school? he
Aren't you worried that after the first line is broken through, it will cause the collapse of his entire position. Why is he so bold? In the case of the disadvantage of troops, you still dare to play the first line to fight for attrition, and the second line secretly accumulates strength to find an opportunity to counterattack, this kind of tactics of taking the chestnut in the fire?
How did his opponent's head grow, and how did he come up with this bold style of play, which violated the most basic military common sense? How did his soldiers train, the casualties of the front-line defense troops were so great, they couldn't even keep the forward positions, and the main force behind them didn't move and stood up like this?
This puppet division commander Wang still hasn't figured out how he lost this battle, and he lost so badly? I didn't even understand what this opponent of mine was thinking in my heart? Who gave him so much courage to dare to bet on the lives of the whole army, and even those people in the Jiuding Mountains, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a battle of cutting off children and grandchildren?
It's just that the development of the battle situation didn't give this guy much emotion. After paying two-thirds of the casualties of his pistol company, plus most of the guards of Major General Toyoji Okumura, the two men finally escaped. But the radio station was lost, the code book was lost, and everything including baggage and heavy weapons was lost.
After escaping, these two almost became major generals with a light pole commander. Looking at the reckless Taihang Mountains around him, he didn't dare to stay at all. ran all the way to the Jiuding Pass, and joined the troops who stayed there and were confronting Zhang Zijian. After finding a little defense for himself, he ran all the way in the direction of Changzhi in the west.
As for the piece of fat in their eyes in Jiuding Mountain, these two don't dare to think about it now. Whether it was the division commander of the Wang puppet major general or the major general Toyoji Okumura, the two who lost it can be said to be confused, it is quite unforgettable and unforgettable.
At this moment, he is sticking to the Jiuding Pass, and he is almost unable to support it completely. I don't know the battle situation in Luofengling yet, but the faint sound of artillery from there is Zhang Zijian, who has been worried about Li Ziyuan. After all the Japanese puppet troops in the mountain pass were evacuated, while breathing a sigh of relief, they were still a little confused.
Especially the Japanese puppet army actually gave up at this time, even if it was another company-level attack, it was already powerless to stop itself. The retreat of Zhang Huang made him even more confused about what was going on in Luofengling. But even if the Japanese puppet army withdrew, Zhang Zijian, who had basically exhausted the living forces around him, did not dare to act rashly.
It wasn't until the scouts he sent found the main force and came back to report. Only then did he know about the battle situation on Li Ziyuan's side, and that Li Ziyuan actually defeated the Japanese army with the main force of the 38th Division of the puppet army and three squadrons with the strength of two battalions with the strength of two battalions.
After receiving the news, Zhang Zijian and Qian Peng glanced at each other, almost unable to believe the news. It was two regiments of puppet troops supported by a large amount of artillery fire, plus three squadrons of Japanese troops who were in full swing. was actually picked up on the battlefield by Li Ziyuan, who had just a little strength? That's a bit too bizarre.
Needless to say, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army is needless to say, but the combat effectiveness of the puppet army, the two of them have seen it with their own eyes before, and it is definitely not a good stubble. This puppet 38th Division is definitely not comparable to the ordinary puppet army. Both offense and defense have a considerable level, and the combat effectiveness can also be said to be the best in the puppet army.
Not to mention that there are nearly three Japanese infantry squadrons, even this pseudo-38th division is enough for the main force to drink a pot. As a result, it has now come that the main force of the regiment actually won more with less, and defeated the Japanese puppet army, which had an absolute superiority in both strength and firepower, in one fell swoop, which was unbelievable to anyone.
But the panicked scene when the Japanese puppet army retreated before, as well as Li Ziyuan brought by the communicator, immediately mobilized the people on the fortified wall of Jiuding Mountain to rush to Luofengling to assist in cleaning up the battlefield and assisting in the order of transporting the wounded. makes the two of them have to believe that all this is real. That's what Li Ziyuan did, and he really won a big battle.
After receiving Li Ziyuan's order, he was anxious to understand the battle situation, to be precise, he was anxious to understand how Li Ziyuan's battle was fought, Zhang Zijian and Qian Peng. There was no prosthetic hand for others, and he personally brought hundreds of villagers and more than ten large vehicles to Luofengling under the leadership of local cadres.
When they arrived at the place, they looked at the corpses of the Japanese puppet army, groups of puppet army prisoners who had been disarmed, plus more than 20 Japanese prisoners wearing only a pair of crotch pants. As well as the abandoned weapons and ammunition all over the ground, and when there were large quantities of baggage and mules and horses, the two men were surprised and couldn't keep their mouths shut for a long time.