Chapter 33: The Bloody Battle of Luodian (5)
The distance of more than 100 meters, running a little faster, is only more than 10 or 20 seconds. In order to avoid the enemy's landing on the position, the officers and men of the 66th Regiment immediately opened full fire, and the light and heavy machine guns opened fire together, which kept the devil 50 meters away.
However, at this moment, a dense pile of shells flew from the other side of the river, and it turned out that the Japanese troops on the other side of the river were once again carrying out covering bombardment of the position while the Chinese army was in the middle of the trench battle. The officers and men of the 66th Regiment were unable to take refuge in the shells in the face of sudden shells, and many people were killed and injured in the explosion for a while.
Bai Fei saw through the binoculars that the Chinese soldiers were killed one after another, and finally understood the vicious plan of the Japanese army, they used death squads to attract the Chinese army to fight, and then covered and bombed the position at any cost, and did not care about their own people at all, and even killed them together, so as to achieve the goal of killing and injuring a large number of Chinese soldiers.
It turned out that after the first shelling by the Japanese army, it was found that there were anti-artillery holes built on the positions of the Chinese troops, and the bombing effect was not good. After Kanichiro Ueno lost his temper with the artillery unit, he was about to organize an attack on the infantry troops, when the chief of staff of the division, Tayuan Toshio Osa, came up and said: "Ueno-kun, we can't attack blindly, the shelling just now did not cause much damage to the Shina army, and according to yesterday's report on the defeat of the 5th brigade, the Shina army is equipped with a machine gun with a very fast rate of fire, if we do not inflict heavy damage on them, I am afraid that the attack will cause a large number of casualties to our soldiers." ”
Kanichiro Ueno thought about it for a moment and asked, "What do you have in mind?" ”
Tian Yuan Li Xiong said: "We can lure the snake out of the hole." The more than 600 soldiers who fled back from yesterday's defeat can be sent out to be bait..."
Tana Toshio explained the plan, and Kanichiro Ueno immediately agreed, and in order to make the plan more secure, he selected four or five hundred soldiers from the two wings under his command to participate in the marching team.
I have to say that the Japanese army's plan was very vicious, but it was very effective. The frontal position of the 66th Regiment almost collapsed when the sudden covering artillery bombardment was completed, and the regiment commander Hu Lian saw that he had just formed a regiment, and after several rounds of shelling, more than half of it was damaged, and his eyes suddenly turned red, and he pulled out the pistol in his waist and was about to go to the position to fight the devil, but he was desperately pulled by the guards.
Seeing these situations, Bai Fei picked up the radio in his hand to connect the cannon Lian Wu cannon, and said to him solemnly: "I don't care what method you use, quickly knock out the Japanese artillery position for me, immediately!" Right away! ”
Wu Cannon said: "Tuanzao, we have arrived at the destination and calibrated the artillery to shoot Zhu Yuan, you can rest assured, soon let the devil artillery go to the western sky." ”
Wu Cannon hung up the phone, and immediately ordered his subordinates to open the cannon, after two rapid fires, Wu Cannon observed through the binoculars, and then ordered: "Move the ruler to the left and move a secret position, ten rapid fires, fire!" ”
"Boom...", a series of 150mm heavy artillery grenades fell from the sky and smashed into the Japanese artillery position, blowing up the two wings of the Japanese artillery in a daze, and the wing commander saw that the artillery and soldiers under his command were destroyed one after another, and hurriedly issued an order to transfer the position. At this moment, a large row of Japanese wagons responsible for loading and transporting artillery shells was hit by several shells, and the detonation caused by the shells immediately turned the Japanese artillery position into a sea of fire.
"Bhagayanu!" Seeing that the rear artillery position was destroyed, Kanichiro Ueno angrily pulled out his saber and cut off a small tree by the river, and asked, "The defenders of Shina have artillery, why didn't we get the news before?" ”
The commander of the 2nd Heavy Artillery Wing, who had become the commander of the light pole, stepped forward with a disgraced face and said: "Judging from the explosion, this is our own 150mm heavy artillery, and it must have been obtained by the Chinese Army without blowing up the cannon during the rout of the 5th Brigade yesterday." ”
"Damn it!" Kanichiro Ueno trembled when he heard this.
Chief of Staff Tian Yuan Toshio said eagerly: "Ueno-kun, our artillery has been lost, so it is better to let the troops withdraw from a safe distance as soon as possible, otherwise it is likely to be attacked by the artillery fire of the Chinese army..."
As if to verify his words, before Takato Toshio's words fell, a series of shells fell in the Japanese barracks, and the Japanese soldiers were bombed and cried wolf, one of which happened to be smashed in front of the tent of the temporary headquarters.
Ueno was shocked, and fled with his troops to the vicinity of Tangwan in embarrassment, and only then did he stand on his feet. As soon as the losses were counted, Kanichiro Ueno was half angry, ashamed and angry, and the previous bravado of boasting about having breakfast in Luodian Ancient Town had obviously become a joke.
Japan's army was relatively strong during World War II, and the long-term victory gave them an incomprehensible sense of pride, so when an army commander wants to conquer a certain goal, he would generally rather spend more time and effort, fill in a few more lives, and generally will not turn to others until it is absolutely necessary, feeling that it is a manifestation of incompetence. During World War II, although Japan's air force did not have its own system, and was generally subordinate to the army or navy, they flew in the sky all day long, thinking that they were superior to others, and their education level and social status were also stronger than the army leaders who only knew how to fight brutally. In such a complicated situation, the Japanese army units were very reluctant to see the air force, and they rarely asked the air force to participate in the war unless it was necessary.
But now Kanichiro Ueno has no other way, although his infantry has suffered little losses, but there is no artillery, and he no longer dares to joke with the lives of soldiers, and as a last resort, Kanichiro Ueno can only order the air force to fight together.
After the order was given, Japanese planes soon flew over Luodian. At this time, the Chinese army in Luodian was busy rescuing the wounded and repairing the fortifications.
Hu Lian's 66th Regiment was calculated by the Japanese army in the frontal position, and suffered heavy casualties, more than 600 people were killed or blown up, and more than 400 people were wounded, and a regiment of 1,800 people was reorganized, and there were only more than 700 people left who could fight in a battle.
Hu Lian looked at the devastation on the ground, and almost pulled his nails into his flesh in distress. His eyes were red and he said with tears: "It's me who is sorry for these brothers, it has been less than 12 hours since they were added to the 66th regiment, I Hu Lian is guilty, and it is not a pity to die." ”
While directing the staff to rescue the wounded, Bai Fei comforted Hu Lian and said: "It's not your fault, it is inevitable that there will be deaths and injuries when you are a soldier." Qingshan buries loyal bones everywhere, they are all heroes who sacrificed their lives for the country, Brother Hu, don't be too sad, it is important to rescue the injured, and we will find the devil to settle accounts later. ”
Although the words are easy, if this kind of thing falls on his Bai Fei's head, I am afraid that he will be sad to die or live. Fortunately, the Protector Army was arranged to defend on the flank, but the losses were not large, only more than a dozen casualties, not to the point of breaking bones and bones.
As soon as Bai Fei's words fell, there was a sudden humming of the engine in the sky, Hu Lian looked up, he was shocked, he didn't have time to be sad, and said loudly: "Oh no, Japanese planes, it seems that our little people can't hold Luodian." At this time, there were still dozens of wounded soldiers on the position who had not been transferred, and Hu Lian hurriedly led people to command the rescue and evaded.
Bai Fei looked at the Japanese planes that were getting closer and closer, and snorted coldly and said to himself: "Can't hold it? Not necessarily! ”