Chapter 117 Fight to Fame - Han Xin's Terrible

In the battle of Pingxingguan Guangou Village, the third brigade of the new regiment annihilated the devils, the Japanese army, the national army, and the Eighth Route Army, the three armies were shocked and became famous in the first battle.

Han Xin, the commander of the new regiment, instantly became a well-known figure in the Second War Zone.

In this battle, the fierce combat power of the new regiment was simply terrifying, and even Itagaki Seishiro was panicked after thoroughly understanding the details of this battle a few months later, and his heart palpitated: "Fortunately, there are not many such people in China, fortunately, this Han Xin's position is not high, and fortunately, he is a member of the Eighth Route Army." ”

The three are fortunate enough to fully demonstrate Itagaki Seishiro's fear of Han Xin, a small chess piece that is inconspicuous in the entire Chinese battlefield; It completely shows the strength of Han Xinxin's regiment, and it is well-deserved to become famous in the first battle.

These, in fact, are all sides, when curious people from all sides have probed into this battle, and after careful analysis, they finally understood that Itagaki Seishiro's jealousy of Han Xin was definitely not untargeted.

First, the comparison of the quality of individual soldiers: Han Xin is leading a bandit group, at least from the first few months before Han Xin became the head of the new regiment, all the events and the cadres who shook their heads and quit from the new regiment show that this is a group of bandits who can only drink alcohol and eat meat, except for the Red Army brand on their heads, there is no other merit.

Not even on the real battlefield, this new regiment has never been on it.

On the other hand, most of the third brigade of devils are Japanese elite samurai serving in the army, and the most unfortunate ones are also in accordance with the principle that Japanese men of school age must serve in the military, and only after 11 months of arduous military training and simulated battlefield exercises did they start the pace of aggression against China.

Prior to this, as the elite third brigade, it had experienced the baptism of war all the way, and it can be said that they were all veterans who had been on the battlefield.

Second, the comparison of arms and equipment: the third brigade of the devils (in fact, most of them, only more than 500 people), a machine gun squadron, including two machine gun platoons and an ammunition platoon; There are two artillery squads, including 15 grenadiers and mortar squads, equipped with crooked handles, 25 Type 95 machine guns, 4 Type 92 heavy machine guns, and one 70mm Type 92 infantry gun.

New First Regiment: There is no classification of troops, only 4 old-fashioned light machine guns, soldiers are equipped with rifles, in addition to Hanyang, at least one-third of them are old-fashioned bird guns and arquebuses in the Guangxu period, and they are prepared with slashes and sickles, mixed with some kitchen knives.

Third, the comparison of the number of participants in the battle: 511 people in the third brigade of the Japanese army, 799 people in the new regiment, close to 1:1.5, this point may be a slightly dominant part of the battle between the new regiment and the Japanese army, but this is not only a big joke in the eyes of the Japanese, but even in the eyes of other Chinese soldiers, it is a joke completely.

In the era of thermal weapons warfare, when the disparity in equipment is too large, there are many people who win by fighting more with less, and it will definitely not be as difficult as in ancient times in the era of cold weapons.

You must know that since the September 18 Incident, 99 percent of the battles between the Japanese army and the Nationalist army have been fought with less, and this is the case, and the Nationalist army has still been defeated and retreated.

Fourth, the comparison of the number of casualties on both sides: And this point is also what shocked everyone, the devil brigade of 511 people, the whole army was wiped out, no, I heard that the new regiment was also captured by a devil, and wanted to commit suicide, but was stopped by the men and horses of the new regiment and imprisoned in the regimental headquarters of the new regiment.

In the new regiment, 799 people participated in the battle, 116 were killed, 293 were seriously wounded, and minor injuries were not counted.

In other words, judging from the comparison of the death toll, 116:509, close to 1:5, is an absolutely appalling number.

You must know that although Lin and Nie worked together to annihilate about 1,000 people of the devil with four or five thousand troops, their own side also lost a total of six or seven hundred people, and this, in the eyes of everyone, is already a great victory.

In addition, the place where the two sides fought was the area of Lao Ye Temple, which was a bare open field, so the new regiment had no place to use on the terrain.

To sum up, except for a slight advantage in numbers, all parts of the new regiment are at an absolute disadvantage.

However, this is the case, the new regiment of the Devil Brigade annihilated the devils, returned victorious, and became famous in one battle, which can be known to be true.

So the intelligence investigators of all parties began to analyze, and after analysis in all aspects, they finally came to these major conclusions:

First, Han Xin has mastered first-class training methods, which can make a world of difference in an army in just a few months, which can be inferred from the comparison of the new regiment before and after a few months.

Second, there is no doubt that Han Xin's military literacy is extremely high and his command ability of small units is superb.

Third, Han Xin's personality is agile, his use of troops is changeable, he is both decisive and brave, and he dares to take risks, which can be seen from his disobedience to his boss's military orders and white-knuckle combat.

These are the information fed back by the intelligence officers of all parties, and after Han Xin knew what these people said about him, he couldn't laugh or cry, so he could only keep silent.

The impact has come here, but it's not over yet.

Next, the facts opened: after the Itagaki Division was defeated at Pingxingguan, on October 5, the Japanese North China Front issued an order to capture Taiyuan, with Itagaki Seishiro as the supreme commander, commanding more than 50,000 people in three divisions including the 5th Division and the Chahar Corps.

At the same time, Lao Chiang dispatched about 280,000 troops from the second, sixth, seventh, fourteenth, eighteenth, and twenty-second group armies, equipped with aircraft and artillery teams, to deploy defenses north of Xinkou.

On the 13th, the Japanese army launched a fierce attack, although the national army fought bravely to kill the enemy, after two days of fierce melee, the Battle of Xinkou annihilated more than 20,000 Japanese troops, and our army suffered more than 100,000 casualties.

Speaking of facts, the first battle between the new regiment and the devil brigade and the battle of Xinkou cannot be compared in terms of pattern, strength, and equipment.

However, the ratio of the new regiment's forces to the enemy was 1:1.5, and the ratio of casualties between the enemy and us was 5:1, and the ratio of the enemy's and our forces' investment in the first battle of Xinkou was 1:5.5, forming a huge contrast.

Only these soldiers who really participated in the Battle of Xinkou realized more and more that Itagaki Seishiro's jealousy of Han Xin was definitely very reasonable, and even many people couldn't imagine how the new regiment could win in that situation.

In any case, the battle of the new group of Lao Ye Temple became famous in the first battle, and Han Xin's name was even mentioned in the hearts of the world.

In addition, in the battle of Xinkou, on October 15, it began to enter a state of stalemate, in order to contain the enemy, the boss of the Eighth Route Army commander-in-chief personally ordered to fight behind enemy lines and take the initiative to attack.

At this point, guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines began to enter the sight of all sides.