Chapter 226: The Battle of Huangcun (2)
Tian Zheng and Song Zheyuan planned that since the Japanese army wanted to divide the 29th Army into two and break through each one, then let the 29th Army be used as a bait to attract the Japanese army to the direction of Huangcun!
The 37th and 38th divisions on both flanks deliberately assembled in the early hours of the morning towards the frontal positions. The momentum was so great that even the Japanese army was alarmed. The Japanese sent spies to observe Song Zheyuan's troops on both flanks, and found that they wanted to all assemble in the frontal positions to the south, intending to prevent the Japanese from moving south.
At this moment, the Japanese garrison has officially changed its name to the "North China Dispatch Army", which is also called the North China Front Army by the Chinese people. Its commander-in-chief was General Toshiichi Terauchi. The North China Front was organized into two armies. The commander of the First Army was Lieutenant General Kiyoshi Kazuki, and he was under the command of all the current Japanese forces in North China, including the 6th, 14th, and 20th Divisions. The commander of the Second Army was Lieutenant General Toshizo Nishio, who was under the command of the upcoming 4th, 16th, and 108th Divisions. At this moment, the commander of the Japanese army commanding this force of more than 30,000 troops is Kazuki Kiyoji. This can be regarded as an old opponent, and they have a certain understanding of each other's tactics.
"These ridiculous Chinese soldiers! I even thought about rushing to the front to stop our army's southward footsteps! It's ridiculous! Don't these soldiers know a phrase that has been circulated in their ancient Chinese language? It's called a mantis arm as a car, and it's not enough! Do they think that with only their backward infantry units of less than 20,000 troops and lacking heavy weapons and anti-aircraft weapons, they can resist the southward march of our Imperial Japanese Army? "Kiyoji Kazuki is now supplemented by the soldiers and equipment of the Japanese native troops, and with more than 30,000 heavy soldiers equipped with modern weapons, the kind of self-confidence that has not been available for a long time has all returned! At this moment, under the momentum of looking at the world, his eyes looked at the large land in front of him, and shouted loudly!
"Long live the Emperor! Long live the Great Japanese Empire! Long live the Imperial Army! The Japanese soldiers responded loudly!
"Originally, we were thinking about breaking each one, but we were afraid that they would run away. Now I didn't expect them to want to join forces! This is exactly what I want, and I will strive to defeat and destroy this Chinese army in one fell swoop! Seiji Kazuki said fiercely. In the entire China, only Chiang Kai-shek's Central Army and Tian Zheng's 54th Group Army can have the strength to fight with our Imperial Japanese Army! The rest of the various miscellaneous troops are all vulnerable! Our army was unexpectedly held back by this motley army with backward weapons and equipment for nearly a month. What a shame! Warriors of the Great Japanese Empire, it is time for you to wash away your shame! Whoever catches the leader of this branch first. Promoted to one level! Seiji Kazuki continued to bewitch.
"Whew! Oh! Oh! The Japanese soldiers shouted like wolves.
The 37th Division of the 29th Army on the southwest side and the 38th Division on the west side of the 29th Army, which received the telegram, were just looking down and hurrying away. Song Zheyuan's eyes narrowed slightly as the troops hurried. He paid attention to some of the people in the clothes who loomed in the distance. Presumably, it was a spy sent by the Japanese army to find out the reality of their troops' movements.
Song Zheyuan lowered his head and smiled, as the troops continued to advance.
When the spies were out of sight, the two forces suddenly began to diverge. Except for a small number of troops who continued to rush forward according to the original route, most of the officers and men of the 37th and 38th Divisions began to march towards the nearby mountains. In the blink of an eye, both of these forces had shrunk by a large circle. However, even the number of these remaining officers and soldiers is close to the strength of a regiment, which looks like at a glance. It's also a big piece of black pressing!
The two forces finally converged. And together there are about two regiments of troops. But it built a position that was enough for two divisions to defend together! In addition to the dense number of soldiers in the front-line position, a small number of troops were sparsely placed on the rear positional defense line.
As for the troops that were diverted between the two divisions, they hid in the mountains and forests and could not be found.
About two hours passed. Have a good breakfast. After a well-rested Japanese force, the large force began to move south. More than 30,000 Japanese troops were divided into two echelons, the front and rear, and formed a formation before the positions defended by these two regiments. Tank and infantry cross divisions, it is a classic Japanese army not to talk about coordinated tactics. The Japanese air force also began to take off to help in the war. No less than fifty sorties of Japanese bombers kept circling and bombing the positions of the two regiments. The soldiers of the 29th Army on the position, except for the necessary sentry posts, all the rest hid in the cat's ear hole in the trench! This small cat's ear piercing, a little smaller, is capable of holding a fighter and a certain amount of weaponry. Larger cat's ear holes can accommodate three or two fighters. Although this kind of cat ear piercing will still have casualties among soldiers under large aerial bombs, it can greatly reduce the number of casualties among soldiers! At this time, after about half an hour of bombing by the Japanese bomber unit, the entire defensive position had been completely unrecognizable, but the number of fighters was very small. The number of casualties is less than a hundred! And most of them were minor injuries, and only a very small number of them were killed by the shock wave just near the core of the aerial bomb explosion!
Kazuki Kiyoji looked at the gunsmoke above the front position, and the figure of the soldiers who were originally black and oppressive, but at this moment, they disappeared. Kazuki Kiyoji nodded with satisfaction, "These people are stupid!" No matter how heroic your soldiers are, what can they do with my aviation units? As long as after a round of bombardment, I am afraid that even if you have more brave soldiers, they will all be buried under this fire! ”
"Warriors of the Great Japanese Empire, the time has come for you to make a difference! Whoever catches Song Zheyuan, the leader of the China Army, first, will be promoted to one level! Seiji Kazuki shouted!
Suddenly, the Japanese soldiers who had been following behind the chariot immediately screamed and rushed to the position in front! In their opinion, it is already difficult to form any decent resistance on the position at this moment! The soldiers of China are just a stepping stone for them to make great achievements!
The Japanese infantry rushed to the front of the position with a scream. They were looking excitedly at everything in the position and at the wounded, and they were all thanks to them! So these Japanese soldiers all excitedly began to search for positions!
Suddenly, a group of soldiers of the 29th Army emerged from the trenches of the position! These soldiers, all armed with weapons, opened fire on the attacking group of Japanese soldiers! The Japanese soldier Cui was caught off guard, and suddenly fell a large piece! Seeing this, the follow-up Japanese soldiers hurriedly put away their contempt, each looked for cover, and began a stalemate battle!
Kiyoji Kazuki, who was supervising the battle and commanding in the rear, was also startled by the soldiers of the 29th Army who suddenly rushed out! Look at that number, there is at least one brigade establishment! This made Kazuki Kiyoji very puzzled, weren't all these soldiers buried under the bombing of the aviation force just now? Why are they all suddenly coming out of the ground like ghosts!
However, Kazuki Kiyoji didn't have time to think about it, and immediately commanded the artillery to cover the positions of the 29th Army! After a round of shells was over, Kiyoji Kazuki became less bold this time and began to let the chariot troops and infantry charge in unison!
At the moment when the Japanese troops rushed to the front of the position, the soldiers of the 20th Army in the trenches rushed out again, and fired with the Japanese infantry! But correspondingly, they also began to suffer from the blows of the Japanese tank units! Such a close strike made these two regiments of the 29th Army quickly begin to attrition! As a result, a lot of soldiers of the 29th Army began to bomb the Japanese tanks with cluster grenades!
This battle was undoubtedly very difficult for these two regiments of the 29th Army! Faced with several times the strength of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army also had the help of tanks, tanks, artillery and aircraft! The tragedy of this battle also represents the real situation of many domestic troops in positional warfare with Japanese troops! Often, when the Japanese army charged with chariot units and infantry after being bombed by planes and artillery, the domestic troops had been reduced by more than half! The two armies clashed at close range, and in addition to hand-to-hand combat, which might take advantage, both in terms of the advanced nature of the weapons and the number of weapons, the domestic troops were all at a disadvantage! This also makes the domestic troops have to pay more than three times the price if they want to kill and injure twice as many enemies!
This battle was undoubtedly very tragic! The soldiers of the 29th Army of the two regiments had already lost more than half of their strength in less than an hour of fighting! That's the lives of more than a thousand soldiers! And the Japanese soldiers suffered only about 300 casualties! With such a big battle loss than the drop, Song Zheyuan and the two division commanders in the mountains and forests in the distance couldn't help but cry!
"Withdraw!" The leaders of the soldiers of the 29th Army of those two regiments shouted, and the troops immediately retreated from the trenches to the rear! Seeing this, the Japanese troops behind began the pursuit!
Seeing that the Japanese troops behind him were hooked, Song Zheyuan's eyes flashed with a fierce light!
"It cost the lives of more than a thousand of my brothers, and this time, even if I die, I will tear you off a piece of flesh no matter what before I die!" Song Zheyuan stared fiercely at the Japanese troops chasing behind!
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Chapter 3 is here! Today's Chapter 4 will be sent later! What about commuter passes and recommendations???? I want a ticket~~~