Chapter 172: Cleaning the Battlefield
The reason why they didn't throw all the incendiary bombs in the direction of the devil's retreat to block the devil's back road was entirely because the current first division of troops couldn't eat so many devil troops. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Even if it is eaten, it is estimated that the first division will be scrapped, Zhang Cheng has never underestimated the combat effectiveness of the devil's troops, when facing a desperate situation and the devil still has a central command, if they want to completely eliminate the devil, then they will have to pay more than half of the casualties.
In Zhang Cheng's opinion, this is unnecessary, being able to annihilate most of the devils who attacked Yinping Mountain, and the victory of being able to give such a big kill to the devils is huge enough.
If you are still greedy enough to keep all the devils, then it will backfire.
The troops of the 1st Division spread out to every area of the battlefield like wolves that saw their prey of flesh and blood.
All the troops of the 1st Division of the Battlefield Sweep were familiar with it, because almost all the troops had been sent out individually.
Their previous combat mission was to attack small groups of devil troops in the devil-controlled area, as well as numerous puppet troops and transport convoys, so this was a kind of training they had to carry out to clean up the battlefield in a short time.
They did not have much time to fight behind enemy lines, they had to retreat immediately after destroying the enemy.
At the moment when the devil's artillery position was destroyed, the 1st Division took advantage of the devil's momentary distraction to quickly move forward, and it seemed that the troops of the 1st Division absolutely believed that the devil would collapse because of the air attack.
For the 1st Division, supporting Yinpingshan was the most important, and they did not hesitate to sacrifice all the troops because of this.
They had no idea that bombs dropped by bombers could be so terrifying.
They hadn't seen either the terrifying high-explosive bombs or the weird incendiary bombs with blazing white flames, they were just in a desperate state of mind.
The devils began to attack Yinping Mountain, and the devils invested more than 50,000 troops here, killed at least more than 25,000 people, and surrendered more than 4,000 people, which means that the devil's troops lost nearly half.
Coupled with the hasty retreat of the devil troops, a lot of weapons have been abandoned on the battlefield, such a huge gain is simply eye-catching.
Yasuda and Nakagawa Hiroshi retreated quickly under the protection of their troops, retreating southeast with the remnants of their troops.
It was only after discovering that the units of the New First Army were not in pursuit, and this battle was one of the most bitter battles they experienced.
The total strength of both sides in the battle was nearly 100,000, and it was already a battle-level battle.
The battle between the two sides was also very tragic, and it can be said that it was one of the most tragic places after the devil's troops entered China, except for the Songhu battlefield.
From the beginning to the end, the Devil's troops, plus the perimeter losses, suffered close to 30,000 casualties, which was an unimaginably huge defeat.
"Baga, I have to contact the base camp immediately after I go back, this army of the people of China will definitely not be able to let him continue to grow." Kang Tianfu's face was hideous.
"If this army continues to grow, it will be a nightmare for our Great Japanese Empire, and Zhang Cheng of that branch is able to create so many terrifying bombs, which is not allowed for our Imperial Japanese Army."
Kang Tianfu's face was filled with the horror of the rest of his life, and the terrifying explosion still lingered in his mind.
All the devil officers couldn't help nodding, these devil officers had not fought high-intensity battles since they joined the army, and the previous battles had been smooth, making them often very contemptuous of the troops of the New First Army.
However, this battle completely subverted their understanding of the Chinese troops, not to mention those terrifying weapons, the defenders of Yinpingshan alone made them tremble in their hearts.
And the first division that came to support them was even more inseparable from them on the frontal battlefield, and even its combat effectiveness was even higher.
All this made the soldiers of the devil have a trace of fear of the troops of the New First Army.
However, they didn't know that when Zhang Cheng came to the front-line trenches, the scene in the trenches made his eyes red.
Of the 3,500 combat soldiers, less than half are now left.
Most of them were killed after the arrival of the devil's artillery.
In addition, the number of people who died in the battle with the devils on this very land reached 15,600 people.
When Chen Qingshan came to the trenches of Yinping Mountain, he was also shocked by the cruel battlefield in front of him, and there were dense artillery craters everywhere, and the corpses of soldiers on both sides of the enemy were everywhere.
All kinds of weapons were scattered everywhere like garbage, and only the surviving soldiers stood straight on the ruin-like battlefield with gauze tied to them.
"Salute!" Chen Qingshan and the others had red eyes, and the officers of the first division behind them couldn't help but salute the military salute.
"Long live the Chinese nation...... Long live the New First Army......"
"Long live the Chinese nation......
The shouts of the mountains and tsunamis resounded on the battlefield, and the final victory belonged to these soldiers who fought desperately for the nation and the country.
However, after the battlefield was cleared, the post-war affair began to be discussed.
In the headquarters of Yinpingshan, all officers above the regimental level sat in their seats.
In the entire small conference room, a huge map was on the wall behind him, which was the battle map left by the devil before.
He Zhiqi was in charge of counting the seized materials and is now reporting to Zhang Cheng with the list.
"Throne, our list of battles has been made." He Zhiqi was very respectful in front of Zhang Cheng.
He Zhiqi saw Zhang Cheng nodding and continued: "Although our army has suffered a lot of casualties, the casualties of the devils are even greater. ”
He took out a piece of paper again and said aloud: "According to statistics, our side has killed and captured 29,700 Japanese soldiers. ”
Suck...... There was a gasp of air, especially the officers of the first division.
"At the same time, a large number of weapons and materials were seized, of which twelve were heavy artillery, four were completely destroyed and unusable, and the other eight were repaired and ready for battle." He Zhiqi's eyes showed a glimmer of essence.
But the surprises weren't over yet.
He Zhiqi continued: "At the same time, we captured a total of 313 Japanese trucks, of which 200 were completely destroyed, as well as a large number of light and heavy weapons. ”
"Report to the military seat, our side has captured a total of 23,000 Japanese Type 38 rifles on the battlefield, of which 6,000 are damaged and 17,000 can be used." The number of rifles was huge, which made everyone smile.
However, these officers are not interested in the devil's rifle, although the devil's 38 big cover is better than the official rifle in the middle, but now that the new army is equipped with AK-47, of course, it doesn't look down on the 38 big cover.
Soon He Zhiqi changed a piece of paper again and continued: "In addition to rifles, our side also captured 960 light machine guns, 300 were damaged in the battle, and 660 can be used. ”
Call! The commanders instantly became excited, and this was exactly what they needed most.
Of course, one by one they held back their joy, for they wanted to hear the weapons behind.
Sure enough, after the light machine gun, He Zhiqi continued: "In addition to the light machine gun, our side also captured 180 heavy machine guns abandoned by the Japanese army and destroyed in the future, as for the massive amount of ammunition. ”
Crash...... The officers couldn't sit still, but they had their share of the weapons.
However, another report from He Zhiqi immediately shocked them even more.