Chapter 856: Withdraw to Yangbai Township
The Browning heavy machine gun is a heavy weapon purchased by Chen Aihua and Catherine directly from the United States, the Browning heavy machine gun can be called an absolute weapon on the battlefield, its caliber is 12.7MM, it can be used for flat fire and anti-aircraft fire, and it is a lethal threat to light armored targets and low-altitude flying ********.
It can easily penetrate civil fortifications when using special ammunition, and the Browning heavy machine gun is definitely an excellent heavy weapon.
Three Browning heavy machine guns began to fire, and the bullets were accurately fired at the ghost soldiers.
The high-speed rotating bullet hit the body of the ghost soldiers, and many of the ghost soldiers were directly beaten into a mess of minced meat!
Some of the devil soldiers were hit in the head by bullets, and the heads of the ghost soldiers were torn apart as if they had been crushed by a heavy truck over a watermelon.
Browning's heavy machine gun fire lasted less than a minute, and more than a dozen devil soldiers were all killed, and these devil soldiers died a tragic death.
Even though they had been fighting on the battlefield for a long time, the devil soldiers of the First Division, who had rich combat experience and strong psychological endurance, couldn't help but feel numb on their scalps and show panic on their faces after seeing the corpses of their comrades.
Especially seeing the tragic situation of those ghost soldiers who were directly hit in the head by heavy machine gun bullets, some ghost soldiers began to stop, and they had fear in their hearts.
The little devils do have a bushido spirit, and they firmly believe that they can report to Amaterasu after they die, but Amaterasu will not accept headless ghosts.
Seeing that many of their companions' heads were blown up, the ghost soldiers were inevitably shocked and frightened.
Even when the captain squadron leader saw this scene, he immediately lay on the ground and dodged, he was afraid that he would also be shot in the head.
"Retreat, retreat!" The captain squadron leader immediately began to give orders.
He knew that his squadron would have to recuperate before it could continue the attack, and that if he forced his attack, the casualties would be heavy.
The 1st Squadron of the 2nd Brigade immediately began to withdraw, and grenadiers and light machine guns fired wildly at the trenches to cover the charge of the troops.
HOWEVER, THE 65MM FIELD ARTILLERY COMPANY DIRECTLY UNDER THE REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS OF THE NAMELESS REGIMENT WAS NOT POLITE IN THE SLIGHTEST, AND THE FOUR 65MM FIELD GUNS CONTINUED TO FIRE AT THE JAPANESE LIGHT MACHINE GUNS AND GRENADIERS.
The little devil left more than 20 corpses and evacuated his position in a panic, while the defenders also paid the price of more than ten casualties.
Long Zhengze, the acting commander of the 9th Battalion, who commanded the outer position, realized that this little devil force was not simple, and he immediately ordered the troops to quickly rest and recuperate to defend against the next attack of the devil soldiers.
The first attack of the 49th Wing of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Division of the Japanese Army was repulsed, but the little devils still had high morale.
At the same time that the 9th Company stationed on the outskirts of Yangbai Township repelled the Japanese attack, the 1st Brigade of the 49th Wing of the Japanese Army, which was responsible for detouring from the flank, had already begun to reach the flank at this time.
The first brigade was equipped with an infantry artillery squadron, and after the mountain artillery squadron set off from the right side, they successively captured Wangjiazhuang Village and Guojiazhuang Village, and after the first squadron of the second brigade launched a frontal attack and was repulsed, nearly 400 people from two infantry squadrons of the first brigade of the Japanese army began to attack Yangbai Township directly from the right side.
More than 300 devil soldiers with rifles approached Yangbai Township quickly under the cover of light machine guns and grenadiers.
The second and third companies of the Ninth Battalion were stationed in Yangbai Township, and the two companies had nearly 300 men, but all the heavy weapons of the Ninth Battalion were deployed on the periphery.
The 1st Brigade of the 49th Wing of the Japanese Army was also very proficient, and their two infantry squadrons began to divide into two ways soon after they advanced.
One infantry squadron began to advance towards Yangbai Township, while another infantry squadron began to flank the outer positions held by the 1st Company of the 9th Battalion.
At the same time, the infantry artillery squadron belonging to the 1st Brigade, the mountain artillery squadron began to shell the peripheral positions, and the four infantry guns and four 75MM mountain guns continued to fire shells to suppress the peripheral positions of the 1st Company and cover the movement of the troops.
The 9th Battalion stationed in Yangbai Township was under tremendous pressure, and at 1:40 p.m., the 2nd Brigade of the Japanese Army dispatched two infantry squadrons to attack again from the front, while the machine gun squadron and artillery squadron directly under the 2nd Brigade were all reinforced to fight these two infantry squadrons.
The 1st Brigade, which was responsible for the flank detour, also engaged two infantry squadrons, and the two infantry squadrons were covering the attack with four infantry guns and four mountain guns.
"Battalion commander, the little devils on the flanks are less than three hundred meters away from us, if the little devils on the flanks rush over, they will cut off our rear road, and the artillery positions will also be affected."
The company commander of the first company ran in front of Long Zhengze, and said with a worried expression on his face.
The outlying positions of the 1st Company were attacked by two Japanese infantry squadrons, a machine gun squadron, an anti-tank gun squadron and another artillery squadron, and the flanks were attacked by an infantry squadron and two artillery squadrons.
And the purpose of the little devils is obvious, they plan to take out the outer positions of Yangbai Township first, and then attack Yangbai Township.
The flank-detouring 1st Brigade attacked Yangbai Township only sent an infantry squadron, and this infantry squadron was obviously struggling to conquer Yangbai Township, where two companies were stationed.
The tactics of the Japanese army are very clear, they want to concentrate their forces to eat the first company stationed in the outer positions, for the Eighth Route Army troops stationed in Yangbai Township, they are only contained, and the Japanese army obviously hopes that the second and third companies stationed in Yangbai Township will come out to reinforce the peripheral positions.
As long as the second and third companies came out of Yangbai Township, the first brigade with a roundabout flank would be able to effectively attack the mobile second and third company troops.
Long Zhengze just looked at the current situation, and he knew what the little devil wanted to do.
"Give up the outer positions, and the troops will enter the interior of Yangbai Township along the communication trench to garrison!" Long Zhengze immediately began to give orders.
After the first company received the order, the troops quickly began to evacuate through the communication trenches to the interior of Yangbai Township.
How did the devil soldiers know that the 9th Battalion had reserved a communication trench, and they also felt that they would definitely be able to destroy the Eighth Route Army troops in the outer positions this time.
However, by the time they came to the outer position, the troops of the first company had already withdrawn to Yangbai Township to garrison.
At 1:45 p.m. on 20 September, the 49th Wing of the Japanese Army captured the outlying positions of Yangbai Township, while all the troops of the 9th Battalion withdrew to Yangbai Township to garrison.
After the commander of the 49th Wing of the Japanese Army, Saro Mizuguchi, learned that the main force of the Eighth Route Army had withdrawn to Yangbai Township, he immediately began to contact the 1st Brigade of the Japanese Army through the radio.
Shuikou Rosa planned to send an infantry brigade to attack Yangbai Township, while he led the main force of the wing to continue to advance towards the depth of Wutai County.
The commander of the 1st Brigade of the Japanese Army, Major General Brigade Abe Norihide, was an excellent commander, and after his report to Shuikou Rosa, he first ordered the Mountain Artillery Wing directly under the 1st Division Regiment, which was attached to the 1st Brigade to fight, to start shelling Yangbai Township, and at the same time he immediately took the 1st Wing to Yangbai Township as soon as possible.