Chapter 688: Where the Division Headquarters is located
The position of the division headquarters and the artillery wing of the Japanese army is always together, and if you find the Japanese division and regiment headquarters, you will find the Japanese artillery wing, and if you find the Japanese artillery wing, you will find the Japanese division and regiment headquarters.
The habit of the little devil has not changed from the beginning of the war to the end of the war, first of all, the Japanese artillery wing has a lot of artillery, and on the Chinese battlefield, they rarely encounter artillery positions that can compete with them, even if the Chinese troops deduce the location of their division and regimental headquarters, the Chinese troops have no artillery to fight over.
As for sending infantry for a surprise attack, it is even more fool's dream, there will be a large number of Japanese troops in front of the Japanese division and regimental headquarters to block it, not to mention that the Japanese division and regimental headquarters will also have a large number of guard troops.
And this time, the regimental headquarters of the 21st Division of the Japanese Army was obviously directly exposed to the eyelids of the 1st Artillery Battalion, and their divisional headquarters was directly within the range of the heavy artillery of the 1st Artillery Battalion.
Chen Haojie made an inference,Near the artillery positions marked on the map,There are several villages that have been specially marked,Obviously, this may be where the Japanese division headquarters is located,Liang Zerui saw the mark on the map,He clenched his right hand into a fist,Slammed it on the table。
"Rapid fire one by one, if we can defeat the Japanese division headquarters, we will be lucky." Liang Zerui gave the order.
Four cannons, four field guns began to fire, and one shell after another quickly fired towards the village that the 1st Artillery Battalion had speculated.
Queshan Village bore the brunt of the attack, and eight shells quickly hit Queshan Village.
Headquarters of the 21st Division of the Japanese Army.
When the artillery position was bombarded, the face of the commander of the lieutenant general's division, Washizu Matsudaira, became extremely annoyed, and when the artillery wing was lost, Washizu Matsudaira's eyes turned red.
After receiving the report from the captain of the Osa, Washizu Matsudaira immediately began to transfer on a straddle motorcycle.
The Japanese troops are not fools, and the opponent's artillery can end their own artillery positions, so it obviously shows that the division headquarters is also within the range of the opponent's artillery.
If you don't transfer at this time, you will just wait for the attack of the opponent's shells.
Washizu Matsudaira retreated in disarray, and he sat on a straddle motorcycle and quickly left Queshan Village.
"Boom, boom."
At this time, explosions began to sound, and shells began to fall on Queshan Village.
Washizu Matsudaira, who had just left Queyama Village, was attacked by a wave of air, and the straddle motorcycle was overturned, and Washizu Matsuhei fell to the ground, and he fell unconscious on the spot.
A large number of devil soldiers who evacuated with Washizu Matsudaira immediately came to Washizu Matsudaira's side, and they quickly protected Washizu Matsudaira tightly.
Queshan Village began to be shelled, but because the 1st Artillery Battalion could not be sure that the headquarters of the Japanese division was in Queshan Village, after firing eight shells in Queshan Village, the 1st Artillery Battalion began shelling nearby villages.
Although the 1st Artillery Battalion marked the entire territory of Pingding County to shoot Zhu Yuan, they could not be sure where the Japanese division headquarters was, and a good opportunity was missed.
If the 1st Artillery Battalion had professional equipment, they would definitely not miss such an opportunity, but the 1st Artillery Battalion did not have those professional equipment.
At half past seven o'clock in the morning of 26 June, more than an hour had passed since the Japanese 21st Division entered Pingding County.
In this period of more than an hour, the 21st Division was under the key care of the 1st Artillery Battalion, and the artillery wing was knocked out of half of its artillery, paying hundreds of casualties.
At the same time, the division headquarters in Queshan Village was also shelled, but fortunately, Washizu Matsudaira was evacuated ahead of schedule, and he was only wounded, but the chief of staff of Osa, who remained in the division headquarters, and the commander of the Nakasa wing of the engineer wing, died in this shelling.
Before the battle lasted more than two hours, the Japanese army paid the loss of one Osa, one Nakasa, seventeen mountain guns, and hundreds of artillerymen.
Of course, the 1st Artillery Battalion fired half of the shells this time, and the 1st Artillery Battalion had to cut back on food and clothing in the next battle, otherwise the shells would be exhausted.
AFTER THIS BATTLE, WASHIZU MATSUDAIRA'S DIVISION HEADQUARTERS HAD TO BE EVACUATED FROM PINGDING COUNTY, AND HIS DIVISION HEADQUARTERS WAS ESTABLISHED IN A VILLAGE IN YANGQUAN COUNTY, BUT IT WAS STILL WITHIN THE RANGE OF 105MM CANNONS.
Washizu Matsudaira ordered Kenichi Kamiki to temporarily halt the attack on the town of Kanesan while he waited for the rest of the Japanese troops to move into Binh Dinh Prefecture.
At this time, Washizu Matsudaira realized that he had rushed to Pingding County and was the first to become the target of the new Second Brigade.
As the troops of the 21st Division ceased operations, Binh Dinh County began to restore a brief calm, but at this time, the 114th Division of the Japanese Army, independently mixed into the 3rd Brigade and Brigade, they had begun to enter the county seat of Binh Dinh County, and the two Japanese troops were rapidly advancing towards Zhixi Town.
At the same time, the main force of the 1st Brigade and the 4th Cavalry Brigade also began to advance to the county seat of Pingding County, and they were rapidly marching towards Donghui Town.
All the Japanese troops on the east and west routes entered Pingding County, and once they met in Zhixi Town and Donghui Town, the preliminary battle plan of the two Japanese troops would be achieved.
The Sixth Cavalry Regiment deployed in Zanhuang County has not taken any action so far, and the personnel of the brigade headquarters are very anxious about this, and many people want to send a telegram to the Sixth Cavalry Regiment and order them to act quickly, but Sun Weiguo did not give any order to the Sixth Cavalry Regiment, and Sun Weiguo does not intend to interfere with the operation of the Sixth Cavalry Regiment this time.
"Brigade commander, the Japanese cavalry brigade has entered Pingding County, they will arrive at Donghui Town at half past nine at the latest, there is only one battalion of the independent regiment stationed in Donghui Town, it is difficult for them to resist the attack of the cavalry brigade, not to mention that the first brigade of the melee is also marching towards Donghui Town."
Yue Wu, the chief of the Operations Section of the General Staff Office, came to Sun Weiguo, Yue Wu looked at Sun Weiguo, and said with a solemn expression on his face.
"Brigade commander, the 6th Cavalry Regiment has strengthened the engineer company, reconnaissance battalion, the 3rd company of the 1st Artillery Battalion, and the 2nd Artillery Battalion, if they delay in taking action, we will be under great pressure here, we should immediately send them a telegram and let them act quickly."
Yin Jin, the deputy director of the General Staff Office, also came to Sun Weiguo and said, his face already showing an anxious expression.
Yin Jinshan, the commander of the 6th Cavalry Regiment, was Yin Jin's elder brother, and Yin Jin was afraid that his brother would delay the fighter plane, which would bring a devastating blow to the troops of the New Second Brigade.
"I trust their judgment, we are not on the front line, we do not know the situation at the front, and rashly giving combat orders to the 6th Cavalry Regiment will only affect their command. Yin Jinshan and Ge Haifeng are both generals who can stand alone, they can act according to the situation on the front line, you don't have to worry, before the cavalry brigade goes to Donghui Town, the 6th Cavalry Regiment will definitely take action. Sun Weiguo said with a smile, he was not worried at all.
Sun Weiguo trusted Yin Jinshan and Ge Haifeng of the Sixth Cavalry Regiment, and he believed that they could complete the task excellently.