Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Japanese Army Breaks Out
Another Japanese fighter was not spared. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The first plane exploded less than two minutes later, but the plane was not blown up by fighters, but it exploded by hitting the ground itself.
The pilot on this fighter plane may not have taken his class seriously when he was still a cadet, so when the plane had just smoked, the panicked pilot decided that the plane was not working and chose to parachute to save his life.
Although the soldiers of our army did not know what a paratrooper was, the target of the two huge parachute bags was still obvious, so at the same time as the devil pilot's parachute bag was opened, more than a dozen machine guns were already aimed at it.
In the end, the two devil pilots who successfully parachuted out staged a free-fall movement for the soldiers, although the height was not very high, only more than 100 meters, but it was enough to smash the two devils into a pulp.
A few devil pilots had just beaten our soldiers with machine guns to a blur of flesh and blood, and in the blink of an eye, their bones were gone, and the soldiers of the whole brigade on the position cheered, while on the other hand, the devil's face was as white as dirt.
The Japanese bombers were slightly injured because they were still a certain distance from the ground and their armor was much thicker than that of the fighters.
But even so, the bomber and the remaining two fighter pilots were half frightened to death one by one, and hurriedly increased their flight altitude, flying from a position of several hundred meters to an altitude of thousands of meters at once.
The bomber dropped the bomb again, and basically nothing could be seen, it was completely up to feeling. Several bombs were even dropped on the Japanese positions where they were fighting bayonets with the reconnaissance battalion, causing dozens of casualties to both Chinese and Japanese troops.
The angry Yamashita Makoto pointed to the sky and scolded: "Eight Geya Road! I don't know if the aviation is helping the people themselves.
Due to the wanton and indiscriminate bombing of the devil's planes, the 145th Brigade was a failure, and it also took the lives of many soldiers. And Li Yong, who had already rushed to the devil's position, was also forced to retreat because of the delay in the follow-up reinforcements.
After that, Li Han launched several attacks, but unfortunately they were all blocked by the devil's plane at the most critical time.
It may be that the devil pilot will Yamashita Seiichi's situation, react to the top brass of the Japanese Kwantung Army and attract their attention.
For the sake of the face of the Japanese Empire and the honor of the Kwantung Army, they would never allow the phenomenon of a single wing of Imperial troops being completely annihilated by the Shina Army at the beginning of the war.
Therefore, the top brass of the Kwantung Army specially assigned an aviation brigade to Seiichi Yamashita, so that he could call for aviation support anytime and anywhere.
At the same time, he also gave a death order to the Japanese army blocked by Wang Dazhu in Guojiatun, and the commander of the 46th Brigade, Inoue, once gave a death order, if he could not successfully rescue Yamashita Seiichi, then General Inoue should also apologize to His Majesty the Emperor by disembowelment.
After receiving this order, Inoue fell into deep regret for the first time, he really shouldn't have coveted the hundreds of thousands of oceans sent by Seiichi Yamashita, and now he has trapped himself in it.
Seiichi Yamamoto, this old thing, is really a broom star, and his Yamashita family still refuses to take a break after the pit, and now it has hit his head again.
If Seiichi Yamashita were standing in front of him now, maybe Inoue would really be able to help but shoot him down once he was there.
However, it was too late to say anything, in order to open up the life path of the rescue 23rd Wing, Inoue began to attack Wang Dazhu's blocking position regardless of casualties and costs.
Wang Dazhu and Gao Jian brought over to replenish the battalion, and the total number of people in the battalion was more than 4,000, but the devils only attacked for one day, and they lost more than 1,000 troops.
Because the firepower of the 46th Brigade was too strong, their brigade headquarters directly administered a mountain artillery brigade, which was equipped with 12 41-type 75 mountain guns. A tank squadron equipped with ten Type 89 light tanks, which is the predecessor of the Type 95 tank.
And the 24th Wing is also a fully manned wing, also equipped with four mountain guns and six infantry guns, and several infantry guns equipped by the 15th Regiment cannot be put on the table at all in front of the devil artillery unit.
As soon as the devil came up, the artillery bombarded non-stop, and then the infantry, under the cover of the tank, launched a continuous group-level charge at the brigade level against Wang Dazhu and them.
Fortunately, the 15th Regiment was equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns and mortars, and was able to withstand the Japanese artillery fire and bombard, stopping Inoue in place for a while.
In addition, before Gao Jianlin set off, Li Han also brought him the four 37 battle anti-aircraft guns from the brigade headquarters, and the devil's tank squadron was defenseless, and was killed by our artillery eight at once, and the remaining two tanks did not dare to rush forward at all, and were finally used as a mobile battery by the devil officer.
"Ladies and gentlemen, now we are in a very dangerous situation, and the Japanese army has regarded our 145th Brigade as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh.
Wang Dazhu's side is fighting very hard, and the casualties of the troops are also very large, we must deal with the old devil Yamashita Seiichi tonight, and then block the attack of the Japanese 46th Brigade with the 15th Regiment. ”
Li Han gave orders to all the officers present.
The 15th Regiment was his old unit, and all the officers above the company commander followed him all the way from the northeast, and it was impossible for Li Han to watch the 15th Regiment be wiped out by the devils like this.
Besides, in order to keep the 23rd Wing, the Kwantung Army Command did not hesitate to make such a big move, and even specially assigned a large number of aviation units to them, Li Han could imagine how the Japanese army would react after he really annihilated the 23rd Wing.
"There are still more than 2,000 people in our regiment, and there are more than 3,000 people in addition to the troops directly under the brigade headquarters, and there is a large amount of artillery support, so there is no reason why we can't take a position guarded by only a few hundred devils.
Wang Dazhu's 15th Regiment was still a newly formed unit, and the supplementary battalion was only 4,000 people, but it blocked the fierce attack of more than 4,000 devils. If we don't take the devil's position tonight, what face will we have in the 145th Brigade in the future! ”
Shi Shi'an said angrily, several battalions of the 14th Regiment rushed to the devil's position several times today, but the devil's plane always appeared at critical moments, causing the follow-up troops to not be able to go up.
He had been holding back a fire in his heart, although he knew that the soldiers could not be blamed for this, but when he heard that Wang Dazhu led the 15th Regiment to undertake the attack of the main force of the 46th Brigade alone, his heart was also very uncomfortable.
Because he was not only the commander of the 14th Regiment, but also the deputy commander of the 145th Brigade, the pressure on the 15th Regiment increased exponentially for every day they dragged on here.
If it weren't for the fact that the devils had planes, under the cover of the artillery battalion, their first attack would have already killed the Japanese positions.
Think about it from the shoes of Wang Dahan, how much pressure they are under, they have to withstand the bombardment of dozens of Japanese artillery, and they also have to face the threat of Japanese aviation.
"Tonight, I will take the reconnaissance battalion, the brigade headquarters guard company, and the third battalion of the 14th Regiment to attack from the east, and the old regiment commander will lead the remaining troops to attack from the west.
Of course, hundreds of devils can't be their opponents of thousands of people, Li Han is showing his determination by saying this, this night attack, no matter how big the casualties, will not retreat if he does not take the devil's position.
At the same time, on the Japanese position, Seiichi Yamashita also had a strong and ominous premonition in his heart, which was a veteran's intuition.
Although he was temporarily granted the right to call the air brigade at any time, this could not change the situation in which he was besieged by Chinese troops.
What he needs most now is the support of the infantry, and only the infantry can directly transfuse blood to his troops, after all, the current air force has not yet developed a helicopter, and it cannot always stop in the sky above the 23rd Wing and give them continuous fire support.
After the aviation dropped the bomb and the machine-gun bullets, they still had to leave. And the people of China took advantage of this gap to constantly attack their own positions. In one day's time, only 600 of the more than 1,400 elite members of the imperial army remained, and more than 800 people were reduced.
What's even worse is that the air force can't be dispatched at night, and Seiichi Yamashita, who has already dealt with Li Han a lot, knows that the opponent will definitely not let go of this opportunity.
Yamashita Osa thought of breaking through, he couldn't wait for death in place, the 23rd Wing couldn't disappear in his hands, it would become a shame for the entire Great Japanese Empire.
Although Seiichi Yamashita did a lot of nepotism in the 23rd Wing, he was absolutely loyal to the Japanese Empire and would never allow himself to bring a stain to the Imperial Army.
Even if only one squad rushed out, it could be claimed that the 23rd Wing had only suffered heavy losses, and was not annihilated by the formation of the Zhi Na Army.
There are still many reserve soldiers in the empire, let alone a wing, even if a division is lost, the empire can make up all the divisions and regiments from the division commander to the small soldiers in a few days.
The more Seiichi Yamashita thought about it, the more he felt that it was a good idea to break out, and if he was lucky, even he wouldn't have to die, although he also knew that it was very dangerous to break through now, and whether he could survive or not depended on luck.
But if you continue to wait for the rescue of the brigade commander on the position, then even luck will be gone, basically no different from waiting for death.
Despite the brigade commander's repeated promises that they would soon be able to defeat the Shina army that was blocking them and come to join him, Yamashita Seiichi no longer trusted his brigade commander.
Because it was this "soon", the brigade commander had already said for a day, which caused the 23rd Wing to miss the best period to break through.
Originally, if he had broken through in the daytime, with the cover of aviation, Seiichi Yamashita was at least eighty percent sure that he would be able to successfully break through, but now the risk of breaking through is equivalent to suicide.
Yamashita Seiichi didn't have a grudge against Inoue once, it was the last way he buried the 23rd Wing. Fortunately, the Kwantung Army Command had already ordered that if he died, Inoue would be buried with him once.
Thinking of this Yamashita Seiichi's heart is also a lot more comfortable, His Excellency is now a little crazy, and he can't find a Chinese to accompany the funeral, and it is okay to find someone of his own.
Of course, Seiichi Yamashita himself was still a highly educated officer, and after complaining, he immediately regained his spirits and prepared to break through.
If you can not die, then it is naturally the best, who would want to die if you have nothing to do!