Chapter 129: Shelling of the Japanese Army
At this moment, the four squadrons of the devil's brigade gathered together, but their number was only in their early four hundred, which showed that in the battle just now, more than two hundred warriors sacrificed their lives for the empire. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The four infantry squadrons and the machine gun squadron all went to the position, and there was only one transport squadron and the direct personnel of the brigade left by him, and the total number of people added up was less than one hundred and fifty people.
So the captain of the devil brigade gave a gun to each of the personnel directly under the transport squadron and the brigade, and asked everyone to follow him to the battlefield. The captain of the devil brigade has already decided that he is going to be on the front line to command the imperial soldiers to block the attack of the Shina people.
The devil's reinforcements came up, and Wang Dazhu commanded the troops to launch several attacks in a row, but they were all defeated by the devils. Although his fifteenth regiment was strong, there were still more than 600 people in a brigade of devils.
If he had been solved by a few charges, it would have been impossible for the devil to win the battle again and again in the future. After Wang Dazhu used up all the reserves on hand, he still couldn't take the devil's position, so he no longer insisted on a quick victory, and switched to artillery bombardment, the artillery battalion not only had eight infantry guns, but also more than a dozen mortars, but he saw how many devils let him blow up.
Although the attacks of the 15th Regiment were repelled one after another, the casualties of the troops made the captain of the Devil Brigade really unhappy. Now the entire brigade, including the wounded, is less than four hundred people.
Not only that, but until now, the people of China have been firing artillery non-stop, and almost every minute and every second there are soldiers injured or killed, which makes the captain even more uncomfortable, isn't it the patent of the imperial army for artillery to cover infantry attacks.
Just when the captain of the devil brigade was about to despair, their reinforcements finally arrived, but they were not sent by the wing commander, but directly sent by the brigade headquarters.
Although he was not sent by the Captain, the Captain of the Devil Brigade was still very grateful to his Captain in his heart, because he knew that being able to send these reinforcements must be the result of the Captain's efforts.
The co-captain of the Sixth Wing, Misaku Yoshida, actually wanted to send troops to support for a long time, after all, the brigade that served as the guard was a member of his Sixth Wing. However, Yoshida Takemi is also powerless now, there were originally three brigades under the Sixth Wing, but the Sakata Brigade was transferred by the brigade commander to Junichiro Kasaka to attack Xuanhua, and what is even more embarrassing is that the Sakata Brigade has now been completely wiped out.
There was already one brigade missing, and another brigade was divided to guard against the enemy that might appear in the rear, and there were tens of thousands of Allied troops in the front position attacking, Yoshida Mitake had already armed all the living people who could see in the wing headquarters, and it was only with another brigade that he could block the attack of the Allied army.
At this time, the telegram sent by the captain of the devil for help, Mitake Yoshida didn't say anything, and directly forwarded the message to General Miao Nakazawa, and let His Excellency the general look at it himself, anyway, I can't pull out a reinforcement now.
But Nakazawa Sannan is having a hard time now, and he doesn't understand why there is such a big gap between his treatment. When it first entered Chahar, the Fifth Brigade was like a bamboo, and at that time, the Allied forces on the opposite side were even stronger than now, but they were only blindly defensive, and the imperial army could fight whenever they wanted, and stop when they wanted.
Why did he suddenly have so much courage to control the people on the other side, and he dared to take the initiative to attack him, although he was now a little short of ammunition, but it was only a little short of shells.
This is also because when attacking the city, he always relies on artillery shells to destroy the protective power of the city, if it is a simple defensive battle, with the ammunition stored by the brigade headquarters and various wings, there is no shortage of ammunition within a week.
Could it be that because they have an extra support army, they have become so bold? After receiving Mitakeshi Yoshida's telegram, Nakazawa Sano will also be full of dizziness, he is now a little too busy to take care of himself, he wants to have the heart to send troops to support the guard brigade, but there are really no soldiers to adjust, all the troops in his hands that can fight are fighting, there are no idlers at all.
But if it is not saved, it will not work, if the back is broken through by the Chinese army, the entire fifth brigade may collapse, because there are still more than 20,000 allied troops attacking on the main position.
If he was rushed to the position by nearly 40,000 Chinese soldiers, and he didn't even have 4,000 people, as long as he thought of this scene, Nakazawa Sannan's scalp would tingle.
"Damn the Shina people, they always like to attack at night, do they think they all have clairvoyant eyes?"
Nakazawa Sannan cursed, if it was during the day, his pressure would be much less, and with the help of the plane, not only could he suppress the artillery fire of the Zhina, but his field artillery brigade could also maximize its power, and he would not face a painful choice like now.
After cursing in his heart for a while, Nakazawa Mitsuo finally gathered the guard squadron and the gendarmerie squadron, and transferred two hundred men from each subordinate to form a reinforcement team of five hundred and fifty people, and at the same time ordered the artillery to provide artillery support for the rear guard brigade.
Originally, the devil's position only had about 400 remnants, but this time it received more than 500 reinforcements, and the total strength directly doubled and more than 100 people.
I felt that the captain of the devil brigade with a heavy army was suddenly full of confidence, and at the same time, he made up his mind that he would help His Excellency the general to hold the back road this time.
Wang Dazhu saw that the devil's reinforcements had come up, and he no longer urged the soldiers to hurry up and attack, anyway, there were only so many little devils in total, and there were more people who came to his side, so there were naturally fewer devils on the main position of the alliance.
Although Wang Dazhu really wanted to take the devil's position as soon as possible, he didn't want to cause too many casualties to the troops, after all, now that they had the advantage, as long as they spent more time, the devil would be wiped out by them sooner or later. As soon as the Japanese reinforcements entered the position, the main force of the 145th Brigade led by Li Han also felt it, and merged with Wang Dazhu's 15th Regiment.
The reinforcements of the Japanese army have only come in their early 500s, and the main force brought by Li Han is not even more than 5,000, and the captain of the devil brigade, who was greatly confident because of the reinforcements a second ago, immediately turned dead gray after seeing this scene.
"Brigade seat, if you don't complete the task of the brigade, please punish the brigade!"
Wang Dazhu said to Li Han with a guilty face that he did not complete the task assigned to him by Li Han, which made Wang Dazhu feel ashamed of Li Han's trust in him.
"Dazhu, don't think about it, you did a good job, although it is important to fight devils, but the lives of the soldiers are more important, especially when the devils are at such a disadvantage, there is no need to fight them in a needle, we can completely eliminate this devil with fewer casualties." After Li Han came up, he didn't mean to blame Wang Dazhu for his ineffective fighting, which made Wang Dazhu breathe a sigh of relief, and he became more and more respectful and grateful to Li Han in his heart. After all, he swore to the brigade at that time that he would capture the Japanese position and open the way for the main force of the brigade headquarters. Dazhu's personality determines that he will never make excuses for his failures.
In his opinion, the mistake is that right is right, and if he didn't do what he promised Travel, it was his own dereliction of duty, and Traveler did not hold him accountable, but Traveler was magnanimous, and this could not be an excuse for not completing his task.
Of course, he is definitely not turning the corners, but wants to learn a lesson from it and sum up experience, so that he can better complete the tasks assigned by the brigade next time.
Li Han did not pursue Wang Dazhu not only because Wang Dazhu was his confidant and favorite general, but also because of Wang Dazhu's earnestness, victory and defeat without arrogance or discouragement, that such an officer was able to make continuous progress in battle.
It is too late for him to appreciate Wang Dazhu, a general who dares to undertake arduous combat tasks and at the same time has the courage to take responsibility.
What's more, although Wang Dazhu did not capture the position of the Japanese army, he successfully consumed a large amount of the devil's vital force.
This was originally the goal that Li Han wanted to achieve, as long as the devil's losses reached a limit, the position would naturally be self-defeating.
"Dazhu, temporarily belong your artillery battalion to Xu Hu, let him command in a unified manner, and wait until this battle is over, and then return to the formation of your fifteenth regiment, you have no opinion!"
Since Li Han decided to capture the devil's position mainly at the cost of the smallest casualties, of course, he wanted to maximize the power of the artillery, and Wang Dazhu, this kid usually quietly, suddenly came out with an artillery battalion, which made Li Han a little greedy.
And he believes that as long as he asks for it, Wang Dazhu will definitely not say a word, and there will be no dissatisfaction in his heart, although the cannon is a good thing, but compared to the brotherhood between him and himself, the comradeship is far from enough.
However, Li Han would not have done that, the 15th Regiment was originally part of the 145th Brigade, so why should he worry about his own things. Not only Wang Dazhu, but also the four regiments under the jurisdiction of the 145th Brigade Li Han are treated equally, as long as they are capable, let alone the artillery battalion, even the artillery regiment Li Han will not win the love of others, of course, the key is that they must be able to afford it.
The reason why the troops below were asked to hand over field artillery or mountain artillery of more than 75 caliber to the brigade headquarters was mainly due to the problem of centralized use; if which of the four regiments had the ability to form an artillery regiment, the problem of centralized use of artillery would naturally not exist.
This time, in order to concentrate firepower, Li Hancai wanted to temporarily hand over Wang Dazhu's artillery battalion to Xu Hu's unified command, so that the artillery battalion could consume the devils on the position to the greatest extent.
With the addition of the brigade headquarters artillery battalion, twenty artillery pieces of two artillery battalions began shelling the positions of the devils, and this is not counting the thirty or forty mortars that fired at the same time.
The screams resounded through the heavens and the earth, and countless shells covered the devils on the position, and the ensuing shells leveled the Japanese positions by dozens of centimeters, and the agitated gunpowder smoke completely annihilated the devils' positions.
The firepower points on the devil's position were cleared at the first time, and the weapons that hurt our soldiers the most, such as heavy machine guns, mortars, and grenadiers, have all been turned into scrap metal and parts, and the devil soldiers responsible for using these weapons have been reported to Amaterasu.