Chapter 125: An Undesirable Victory
Zhang Hu and the others stood on the slopes on both sides of the valley mouth, condescending to block the devils, and at the beginning, they did suppress the attack momentum of the devils. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Although the devil is not suitable for the special combat team's style of play, he still has a very good way to attack the fixed position.
When the devil attacks, it's not like in the movie, swarming up. They're tactical.
First, they would suppress the enemy with artillery fire, and then, with a small number of troops, take advantage of the terrain, crawl forward, approach the enemy, and when they reach a distance where they can throw grenades, throw grenades massively at enemy positions, and only then jump up and charge.
At the same time, the devil will send troops to flank or outflank to increase the psychological pressure of the opponent.
Now that the devils have no heavy weapons, they set up light machine guns to suppress enemy fire, and at the same time, use a lot of grenadiers to attack. This grenadier is very powerful.
Folding 89 type grenadier canister, caliber 50 mm, full gun length 413 mm, barrel length 260 mm, full gun weight 2.7 kg, gun barrel weight 1.6 kg, barrel foot length 170 mm, barrel plate weight 1.1 kg, foot plate height 60 mm, foot plate width 67 mm, maximum firing range 700 meters, effective firing range 500 meters. Type 89 is also the grenadier canister that the Japanese army mainly equipped in World War II.
The operation of the grenadier is mainly based on experience, just like a child playing a slingshot, practice makes perfect. The devil is well-trained, and the grenadier is at a distance of about 300 meters, with great accuracy. The special operations team shoots a shot to change places, they can't do it, but for fixed targets, the power of grenadiers is extremely great.
The main reason why the national army suffered heavy casualties in a war was that its tactics were inflexible and it would only fight positional warfare. The devils use long-range artillery fire or grenadiers to consume a large number of the national army's troops.
The battle lasted for more than 20 minutes, and although Zhang Hu and others held their positions, there were less than 30 people left.
Observing that the enemy's firepower on the opposite side had weakened, Hyogo Ryuyan Daisa immediately organized a large-scale charge, he took all the machine guns and grenadiers that could be used, concentrated his fire to suppress the enemy, and dispatched a large brigade at one time, regardless of life or death, to charge.
Soon, there were only a few special operations mobilizers and seven or eight veterans left around Zhang Hu, who swept away with machine guns and machine guns. After holding on for another 20 minutes, there were only 3 people left around Zhang Hu. Seeing that he can't stop the devil's charge.
At this moment, the troops of the Xia Dynasty finally arrived. He did not stop and immediately launched an attack on the devil.
Seeing that the situation was critical, Hyogo Longyan Daisa ordered a brigade to be responsible for blocking the attack, and the machine guns and grenadiers continued to suppress Zhang Hu and others, and he led the rest of the men and horses to force their way through the valley.
Zhang Hu and the others only cared about dealing with the enemy in the front, and they were suppressed by the enemy's fierce firepower, and they had no way to stop it when they saw the devil brigade passing through the valley.
Zhang Hu ordered a special operator to block the valley mouth with a machine gun, but was quickly knocked out by the devil's grenadier. He personally set up machine gun fire and killed many devils. Soon after, he was also injured by a stray bullet.
Xia Chao led his troops to charge bravely. The hundreds of devil remnants who were responsible for blocking basically had no ammunition in their hands, and they couldn't stop the powerful firepower attack of the Tiger Brigade at all. It was quickly defeated.
Xu Feihu's troops finally arrived, but after a trip in vain, the battle was over.
Hyogo Ryuyan fled, and with him nearly 2,000 devils fled. The summer dynasty was very depressed, and this battle was relatively poor. After interrogating the captives, it was learned that Ryosuke Isoya had been killed, and he finally received a consolation prize.
Xia Chao learned that the battle behind the 10th Division was commanded by Hyogo Longjing, and felt that he should pay attention to this person.
Xuzhou Fifth Theater Command.
Xia Chao did not know that Chairman Chiang had arrived in Xuzhou, so he sent the telegram to Li Zongren. Although the Xia Dynasty was not satisfied with this battle, it was an out-and-out victory for Li Zongren.
Li Zongren received the telegram, glanced at it, and handed it to Chairman Chiang, who took it and looked at it, and couldn't help but be overjoyed. In the Ningbo dialect, he read: "Fifth Theater Command, Commander Li."
After fierce fighting, our division and regiment annihilated the division headquarters and the eighth brigade, annihilating more than 3,500 enemies in total, and killing the commander of his division, Ryosuke Isotani. About 2,000 remnants of the enemy fled. Tiger Brigade, Summer Dynasty. ”
After Chairman Jiang finished reading, there was a round of applause in the headquarters.
Since the 10th Division was basically wiped out, and the 5th Division was also withdrawn to Linyi, the victory of Xuzhou was decided. Subsequently, the remnants of the Seya detachment were completely annihilated by the national army.
Because of the appearance of the Xia Dynasty, the Battle of Xuzhou greatly exceeded the historical Taierzhuang victory. In this battle, not only the Seya detachment was completely annihilated, but also the Japanese 10th Division and the 5th Division were severely damaged, so that the casualties of the Japanese army increased from nearly 20,000 in history to more than 30,000, and there was also an additional division commander Isoya Ryosuke and a brigade commander Lai Qigu.
Xia Chao decided not to participate in the large-scale battles of the national army and went back to run Shandong. He ordered Xu Feihu to collect the weapons of the Japanese army, and even the wreckage of the bombed tanks and cars, which could be disassembled, were also transported back, and he would be independent in the future. Learn to be frugal and be prepared to live a poor life.
In the summer, Chao sent a telegram to Chairman Chiang, requesting to return to Shandong. As a result, he received an order to immediately report to the headquarters of the Fifth Theater in Xuzhou. Chairman Chiang wanted to meet with Xia Chao.
Xia Chao asked Xu Feihu to lead the team back to Zaozhuang first, and he went to Xuzhou by himself.
Hyogo returned to Linyi, and was soon arrested by the Central China Dispatch Army Headquarters on charges of escaping. Okamura Ninji, who was the commander of the 11th Army at this time, analyzed the course of the 10th Division's operations and believed that Hyogo's Ryuyan Daisaku had handled it appropriately under the circumstances at that time. He personally interceded with the commander of the Dispatch Army, Shunroku Hatata, and sent Hyogo to the 11th Army as an operational staff officer, and soon became the commander of the 58th Brigade.
The summer dynasty came to Xuzhou.
As soon as he entered the war room, he saw many high-ranking generals, many of whom knew each other, and they all greeted him one after another.
As soon as Wang Shihe saw Xia Chao, he greeted him affectionately: "Heavenly Dynasty, you are here, come with me, the chairman is waiting for you." ”
Under the envious gaze of the generals, Xia Chao passed through the crowd and entered a small conference room. In the conference room, in addition to Chairman Jiang, there were Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, He Yingqin and others. Even Chen Cheng came with him, in his capacity as director of the Political Department of the Military Commission.
When Chairman Jiang saw Xia Chao, he opened his mouth and smiled: "Heavenly Empire, come, come here." ”
Xia Chao hurriedly walked to his side and stood up and saluted. Then, Xia Chao and the other adults also greeted each other.
Both Chairman Chiang and Li Zongren praised the Xia Dynasty. Chairman Jiang said: "Celestial Empire, you have made great contributions this time, and the Military Commission has decided to award you the Order of Yunlu of the Second Class. The Tiger Brigade was expanded into the Tiger Brigade and participated in the new stage of the Battle of Xuzhou.
After Chairman Jiang finished speaking, he waited for Xia Chao to express his gratitude. Everyone also congratulated them.
Xia Chao was reluctant in his heart, and he said something that surprised everyone.