Chapter Ninety-Three: Xu Hu's Request
Honda Shaosa was still immersed in the victory of repelling the attack of the Shina people, and after hearing the words of the staff officer, Honda Shaosa hurriedly raised the telescope hanging on his chest to observe the enemy's movements. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Shaozuo's telescope has a high multiplier, and the movement of our army when retreating is not small, so he can see clearly.
I saw that all the soldiers got into the truck one by one, and then a black smoke came out of the butt of the car, and then the whole truck flew away.
After the first car started, it was as if it had received an order, and then the trucks started at the same time, and then there was no more, because Honda Shaozo could only see the dust flying over the sky.
Honda Shaozo finally knew why the Chinese army retreated, and it turned out that he wanted to escape. But he really couldn't catch up, the people of China ran on four wheels, they only had two legs, how could they catch up.
Fortunately, the monk can't run the temple, even if he catches up with Duolun, Honda Shaozo has to destroy this army that brought him shame.
"It's finally back in Duolun, and it still feels good to be at home!"
As soon as I came down from the battlefield and returned to Duolun, I immediately felt a sense of intimacy.
At the headquarters of the 145th Brigade, Li Hanzheng, who had changed into a new military uniform, was convening a meeting at the brigade headquarters, Gao Jian and Shi Shi'an were already waiting in the conference room, and all the officers of the 14th Regiment and the units directly under the brigade headquarters were also present.
"The brigade has arrived!" Seeing Li Han coming, the guards guarding the conference room reported loudly.
"Traveler!"
After seeing Li Han come in, all the officers, including Shi Shi'an, stood up and saluted Li Han.
"Everyone sit down, Chief of Staff, tell everyone about the situation of the Japanese army!"
"Yes, Brigade!"
Gao Jian stood up, pointed to the operational map in the conference room of the brigade headquarters with his baton, and began to introduce the intelligence of the Japanese army.
"The devil can be said to be menacing this time, and the Japanese army responsible for attacking Duolun has driven a brigade over to him, and he really looks down on us.
Now our old opponent, the Japanese troops of the 23rd Wing, are less than thirty miles away from the city, and they will be able to kill Duolun in about two hours! ”
During this period, the army developed fast enough, not only from the regiment-level anti-Japanese brigade to a national army brigade.
Moreover, Li Han also updated the weapons and equipment, and at present, except for the units directly under the brigade headquarters, all other units have been replaced with German equipment.
It stands to reason that the troops are stronger and the weapons are better, and life should be a little better.
But God doesn't seem to want the soldiers of the 145th Brigade to have a better time, and it has only been less than two months since it developed, and the devils have begun to attack again.
In addition, a brigade and regiment unit was dispatched at one time, and this was undoubtedly a huge test for the newly established 145th Brigade.
Although a brigade of the Japanese army has only five or six thousand people, the number of artillery pieces they are equipped with far exceeds that of a division of the Chinese army, and as a brigade and regiment-level unit, the brigade commander is already capable of mobilizing some aviation units to fight together.
In modern warfare, the Air Force has become the nemesis of artillery, and the anti-aircraft firepower of the 145th Brigade is almost zero, which means that in this war, the role that the artillery of the 145th Brigade can play will be very limited.
Although Li Han replaced the troops with German equipment, he did not have anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns, which were too expensive for Li Han to afford for the time being.
"What are you afraid of, what about a brigade of the Japanese army, now our 145th Brigade can be described as strong and strong, more than our old unit, the 9th Independent Brigade. In the past, we only had one regiment to do it in Yuguan and the devils, but now there are so many people who are still afraid that they will not be able to hold Duolun. ”
Shi Shi'an stood up and said to Li Han that he was a staunch anti-Japanese general, and he was able to take the initiative to become a deputy brigade commander in the ranks of his former subordinates, mainly so that he could be on the front line of fighting devils.
Moreover, he was telling the truth, at least now the 145th Brigade is in a much better position than when they were in Yuguan before, not only are the soldiers strong and strong, but the people in Chahar Province also express strong support for Li Han.
In addition, Feng Yuxiang, the former commander of the Northwest Army, heard the news that the Japanese army was attacking Chahar.
The old ministry is also being convened to prepare for the establishment of the Chahar Anti-Japanese Allied Army, intending to unite all the anti-Japanese forces in Chahar to resist the Japanese invasion together.
"What the deputy brigade commander said is right, with the support of the people of the whole province and even the whole country, what else do we need to be afraid of, I now set a general policy for the whole brigade: swear to fight the Japanese army to the end."
"Fight to the end!"
"Order Wang Dazhu to lead the 15th Regiment to immediately set up a blocking position in Guojiatun, intercept the 24th Wing of the Japanese Army and the troops directly under the 46th Brigade in Guojiatun, and buy time for the large army to encircle and annihilate the 23rd Independent Wing."
It is better to cut off one of the enemy's ten fingers, since you want to fight, you have to beat the devil.
Li Han made up his mind this time to completely annihilate the 23rd Independent Wing and eliminate the old devil Yamashita Seiichi, even if he fought the five or six thousand people of the 145th Brigade
On the other side, when Makoto Yamashita saw Honda Shaosa, he gave him two slaps on the spot. Seiichi Yamashita knew that Honda Shozo had been haunted by what happened last time.
However, his younger brother lost the battle, and Seiichi Yamashita didn't care about Honda Shaoza's usual neglect of him. But now that Honda is also a pioneer, and the people of China have also seen it, they have also been beaten.
Moreover, the 23rd Wing was already dissatisfied, and now it has more than 500 casualties, can Seiichi Yamashita not be angry, he is even beginning to wonder now whether the 23rd Wing is still capable of attacking Duolun.
Fortunately, His Excellency the Brigade Commander was behind him, and he didn't have to worry about the rear road, and Yamashita Seiichi completely forgot that he had ordered the troops to speed up because he hated being followed by the Brigade Commander.
It's just that what Seiichi Yamashita didn't expect was that Honda Shaozo also hated being followed by him all the time, because until now Honda Shaoza couldn't mind him.
It was precisely because of Seiichi Yamashita's unfairness that Honda Shaozo lost the opportunity to avenge his subordinates, and it was precisely because of this that the 12th Infantry Brigade was ambushed by Li Han.
Of course, whether it is Seiichi Yamashita or Honda Shaosa, they will not admit that they were defeated by the Shina people, and the reason why they did not win was because of their own mistakes, which gave the Shina people a chance to take advantage of.
Originally, at this time, waiting for the next rendezvous with the brigade commander Inoue and attacking Duolun together was the most correct choice for the 23rd Wing.
However, Seiichi Yamashita obviously would not choose this path, in that case, he and the 23rd Wing would never be able to raise their heads, and only the blood and heads of the enemy would be able to wash away their shame.
In order to prove himself, Makoto Yamashita led the independent 23rd Wing, with firm steps, all the way to Duolun County.
The 14th Regiment had already built fortifications according to the city, Shi Shi'an also set up his headquarters on the forward position, and the troops were all ready at the front of the position, just waiting for the Japanese to pounce.
The devil did not disappoint Shi Shi'an, thousands of Japanese soldiers wearing khaki military uniforms slowly appeared in the sight of the soldiers of the 14th Regiment, and the soldiers' breathing became heavy.
The first wave of attacks was only two squadrons of Japanese troops, which were used to test the firepower and troop deployment of our army, but they faced a battalion of the 14th Regiment, with more than 800 people, dozens of light, heavy and light machine guns, and the firepower was not ordinarily strong.
Although the two squadrons of Japanese troops were a little stressful for them, if Seiichi Yamashita only used these two squadrons to attack, then there would be no ten days and eight days to see any effect.
Seiichi Yamashita must not be able to wait so long for such a long time to come, let alone ten days, that is, one day, the large force of the brigade may rush over, if it is really eight to ten days later, I am afraid that even the Kwantung Army in the northeast will reach the battlefield.
After the tentative attack had no effect, Seiichi Yamashita immediately threw in the main force of the wing and launched an attack on the position.
The 12th Brigade and the 11th Brigade, which had not recovered from serious wounds, joined forces and concentrated on the positions of the 14th Regiment.
Before the soldiers charged, the Japanese artillery fire was concentrated on the position of the 1st Battalion of the 14th Regiment, and four mountain guns and six infantry guns kept hitting the positions of the 14th Regiment.
Although Seiichi Yamashita said that he was the captain of the wing, he only made a few moves to start a battle, and it had become a common practice for the Japanese army to attack the national army before the war, and he was certainly not an exception.
Originally, the 23rd Wing had a total of 14 guns, including a squadron of mountain artillery, a squadron of infantry guns, plus two Type 92 infantry guns in each brigade, adding up to exactly 14.
However, the last time Yamashita Yoshio went out to Fengning, Yamashita Seiichi strengthened both the mountain artillery squadron and the infantry artillery squadron to the 11th Brigade, and then all of them were captured by Li Han.
After more than a month, the 23rd Wing was replenished with a squadron of four 75-mm mountain guns, and the infantry guns had not yet had time to be replenished because of the short time.
However, Yamashita Seiichi felt that these were enough, and the four mountain guns and the six infantry guns gathered from the three brigades added up to enough for the army.
Moreover, there were sixty or seventy grenadiers covering the attack of the soldiers, plus more than a thousand soldiers of the imperial army, and this powerful firepower and strength were enough to deal with the Chinese people.
The position of the first battalion was already in a sea of smoke and fire, and the soldiers struggled to keep their bodies down to avoid the violent impact of the explosion and the flying shrapnel in all directions.
However, there was no fear on their faces, and under the leadership of the officers, they used rifles and machine guns to shoot fiercely at the Japanese troops who took advantage of the opportunity.
"Brigade seat, the acting commander of the artillery battalion, Xu Hu, reported that they had discovered the position of the Japanese artillery and asked for shooting."
Gao Jian said to Li Han.
"So what are you waiting for! Shoot the artillery immediately and wipe out all the Japanese artillery! Chief of Staff, you tell Xu Hu that if he kills all the Japanese artillery this time, Lao Tzu will immediately remove the word acting from his head. ”
For Xu Hu's request, Li Hanzheng couldn't ask for it, didn't he see that the soldiers on the battlefield were being overwhelmed by the devil's artillery fire. (To be continued.) )