Chapter 423: The End of the 10th Division (9)

Just when Lai Wuping committed suicide by disembowelment with infinite remorse, the military planes in Binxian County had already split their formations, and except for the planes that had run out of ammunition and hurriedly flew back to the airport or the warships to load ammunition, the remaining planes with ammunition all rushed towards the artillery group of the Eighth Route Army.

However, all of these bombs were dropped, and some were only machine guns and machine gun ammunition. The pilots of the 10th Division were probably aware of the danger of the 10th Division, and without exception, they all reported to the airfield by radio that they had discovered the large-scale artillery of the Eighth Route Army, and then rushed towards the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army like moths to a flame.

Li Chang had already discovered the situation of the enemy planes pounced, but he was confident. Because behind him not only is there the Phoenix Nirvana reborn air defense brigade, but there are also four powerful main brigades around the position. He knew that from the beginning of the crossing of the Wujiang River, the training subjects of the various infantry units of the instructors included air defense operations, and Liu Yimin once commanded troops to resist enemy planes by the Wujiang River, and Liu Yimin personally showed great might, shooting down several enemy planes with one rifle. In particular, after the establishment of the air defense brigade, all units of the division have paid closer attention to ground-to-air combat training, that is, to guard against the entry of military planes into the battlefield and to use infantry firepower to confront the planes.

Because he felt that there was a protective umbrella, Li Chang did not order the artillery group to stop the shelling, but after completing the task of shelling the Eighth Brigade and Regiment, he turned directly and began the artillery bombardment of the troops at the south gate and the west gate.

Some of these pilots took part in the bombing of southern Hebei, fought fiercely with the instructor's air defense brigade in Nangong, and experienced the strength of the Eighth Route Army's air defense brigade. The infantry brothers were in trouble, and the aviation troops naturally wanted to take action, and these pilots set up fighter planes, dodged the trajectory of the artillery group's shells, and rushed up with a roar.

Something unexpected happened to the pilots, and in front of the arc-shaped position of the artillery group, an impermeable net of firepower suddenly appeared, which was a network of fire woven by antiaircraft guns, antiaircraft machine guns, heavy machine guns, light machine guns, automatic rifles, and rifles. Rows of soldiers of the Eighth Route Army set up light machine guns and heavy machine guns, while riflemen lay on their backs and raised their guns to shoot in the air.

There are constantly planes being hit, and there are planes exploding in the air. The pilot of the plane exclaimed on the radio: "I was hit!" I was hit! ”

Those planes that rushed to the artillery position were a little lucky, because after all, they still had machine gun bullets and machine artillery shells, and they still had a certain amount of strength to fight back, and some of them could fire a few shots and fire a few shots before they died, and even caused certain losses to the Eighth Route Army. The worst thing is that those planes that completely ran out of ammunition in Binxian County, at this time they were in a hurry to flee for their lives, this encounter with the firepower network of the Eighth Route Army, it was simply a ** lamb to be slaughtered, completely without the arrogance of the indiscriminate bombing over Binxian County, one by one to the insects that hit the spider web, in vain flapping their wings, flapping a few times, and starting to fall down when they were bored.

After Liu Yimin went up to the roof of the command headquarters, he stopped for a while and felt that it was inappropriate, in case the devil plane still had ammunition, he would hit it himself, and attract the attention of the little devil plane, and give a guy to the command center, wouldn't the loss be too great?

Liu Yimin walked like a fly on the roof, flashing and moving, and arrived in front of an old locust tree at the entrance of the village. After a little observation, the old locust tree has deep roots and thick leaves, just to cover the figure, so he flew up the tree, found a branch to sit firmly, put the Bayi automatic rifle away, stretched out the barrel of the sniper rifle, and observed the direction of movement through the scope.

This Caiyuan Village is on the route from Binxian to Tianjin, and there is an artillery position behind it, so whether it is a plane flying back to Tianjin to load ammunition, or a plane coming to attack an artillery position, it will pass through here.

Of course, there is a lot of luck here, Liu Yimin is waiting for the rabbit, and it is difficult to say whether there are rabbits coming.

However, Liu Yimin was lucky, as soon as he was ready, four planes flew over, and they flew at an ultra-low altitude, apparently to attack the artillery position.

Liu Yimin unfolded his senses, firmly stared at the leading devil plane pilot, and pulled the trigger. Then, not bothering to watch the scenery of the devil's plane hitting the ground headlong, he quickly loaded the bullet, and the second shot hit the fuel tank of the last plane, and when the plane boarded, it turned into a fireball and exploded in the air.

At this time, if the two planes were interested and escaped quickly, Liu Yimin could only sigh at the opportunity. But Xiao Yue is like that, they are all extremely crazy and like revenge. When the two planes saw that their companions had been shot down, they drew a circle in the air, pressed the nose of the plane, and swooped down on Caiyuan Village.

Liu Yimin was furious and shot the hideous-looking pilot, causing the uncontrollable plane to fall into the pond at the east end of the village.

The other plane was frightened and hurriedly pulled up, intending to flee. Where could Liu Yimin let it get his way, and was about to shoot it, when he saw that the plane had been hit and exploded in the air.

Liu Yimin looked down and saw that it was Li Xiaoshuai and Huang Feihu who commanded the guards to do it, shouted "The first battalion of guards is good", and continued to observe the sky to see if there was a chance.

At this time, except for those that were shot down, most of them were raised and escaped, and there was no shadow of enemy planes in the sky, Liu Yimin said that it was a pity, so he jumped off the locust tree, and asked Li Xiaoshuai to quickly organize troops to extinguish the fire, so as not to cause greater losses to the masses, and turned around and returned to the command headquarters.

After Liu Yimin returned to the headquarters, Luo Ronghuan looked at him with a dark face and said nothing.

Cai Zhong came over and took his gun and hung it on the wall, and then persuaded: "You are a god who descends to earth, and you have to pay attention to your own safety, right?" Now that the war is underway, who can be held accountable if something goes wrong? ”

Liu Yimin said with a smile: "Don't worry, there is nothing mysterious about this war, the key is to seize the opportunity." When we run out of ammunition, we suddenly attack, and no matter how rampant the enemy plane is, it is just an aircraft without ammunition, and it will not do us much damage. Besides, fighting a war is about the training and command of troops, and the training of our army and the quality of its commanders are there, and the superiority in artillery fire is there. This battle was destined to be resolved quickly before it began, and the 10th Division was not our opponent. ”

After speaking, Liu Yimin walked to the map and sat down, watching Zhu Zhexiao keep marking the situation of the enemy and me on the map.

Lai Wuping is dead, and Seya Kai's life is coming to an end.

When the artillery group of the Eighth Route Army turned to attack the 33rd Brigade, Kei Seya gave orders to all units to prevent artillery bombardment in time because he had a little more buffer time than Lai Wuping, and the main force of the 33rd Brigade and the logistics support units such as the divisional baggage wing and the engineer wing that accompanied the 33rd Brigade received early warning. However, the artillery shells of the Eighth Route Army came too quickly, and after receiving the order, the commanders of these troops only conveyed them, and only God knows what level of combat units they were conveyed. Keiya Seya could only watch as the hordes of shells fell, blowing the troops apart.

Kei Seya originally wanted to rely on aviation to destroy the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army, but when he saw that the firepower network of the Eighth Route Army was so dense, he knew that the imperial fighters would be killed if they pounced on it. Now that the battle has been fought like this, Kei Seya is unwilling to let more fighters be shot down, and the future war process is still very long, and the empire needs these excellent pilots to survive. So, Kei Seya shouted over the radio in the command headquarters: "Attention all the air forces, you have done your best for the Empire, and you are out of ammunition anymore." Please do not stop at the battlefield, pull up quickly, and return to the airport safely. I order you to get out of the battlefield and return from the sea to airfields and warships! I order you to return from the sea to the airfield and the warship! Please report to General Terauchi Shouichi and the military headquarters that the 10th Division is determined to fight to the last soldier. Long live the Empire! ”

It was precisely because of the almost frantic shouting of Seya Kai that the military planes avoided greater losses, and those pilots also understood that the Eighth Route Army did not have warships, and the sea was the best way to escape.

As a result, the army lost 56 planes of various types in the First Battle of Binxian, so that the commander of the North China Aviation Group would rather resign than give the order for the planes to take off again. Because if this situation happens again, the big loss will make him commit suicide by caesarean section. It doesn't matter if he's dead, it doesn't matter if the plane is damaged, the lost pilot is a baby bump that can't be bought with gold. The North China Front has already lost too many pilots and can no longer afford to lose them. What's more, it is getting late, and if the fighter plane takes off again, it will not be able to come back. At the same time, this battle also caused a serious consequence, that is, when fighting with the instructors, all the planes of the military were dropped at high altitudes, and they no longer engaged in any dive-dropping bombs or low-altitude flights. Although the bombing accuracy was greatly reduced, the safety factor of the aircraft was increased.

After the battle between ground and air, the end of the 10th Division arrived. The artillery group of the Eighth Route Army did not have any scruples, and chased after the army, shelling wherever the army formed a group, scattering and scattering the army, and directly shelling the elite 10th Division into a group of routs.

At this point, there was no suspense. The artillery group of the Eighth Route Army also stopped shelling and was busy shifting its position to prepare to deal with the reinforcements of the Japanese Army. Only medium mortar regiments were left to provide fire support to the attacking troops.

When the units of the Eighth Route Army were busy organizing fire to ambush the planes of the Japanese army, Kai Seya already knew about Lai Wuping's death, so he would use his hoarse voice to call the aviation troops to quickly leave the battlefield from the sea with all his might. Now that the air force is damn dead, and those who should have run have also run away, Seya Kai has only taken care of gathering troops.

With this gathering of troops, Seya Kaicai found that the elite 10th Division had collapsed. Not to mention the Eighth Brigade, it was heavily damaged by artillery fire during the assembly, and all those who escaped by luck became routed soldiers, and the soldiers could not find the generals and the generals. His own 33rd Brigade was even more miserable, originally suffered heavy losses along the way, and basically they were all supplementary troops from the mainland after the Battle of Xuzhou, so that the artillery group of the Eighth Route Army was beaten violently, not to mention the dead, and the living became routs, and even some soldiers had gone crazy and scurried around the battlefield. On the contrary, it is the baggage wing, maybe the Eighth Route Army wants to seize the materials, but it suffers less from artillery shells, the troop losses are still smaller, and the organization is quite complete. The field artillery wing was not bad, although the positions were destroyed, the artillery was destroyed, and the shells were killed, but more than 500 people ran out, which is equivalent to one-sixth of the strength of the field artillery wing.

At this time, Seya Kaizhi scolded Lai Wuping for being a bad seed, can he solve the problem as soon as he dies? As an imperial general, at this time, he is not thinking about how to die, but thinking about breaking through and bringing more soldiers out.

So, after the artillery group of the Eighth Route Army stopped attacking, Seya Kai seized the time to gather his troops, and he was determined to organize the surviving soldiers, reorganize them, fight their way out of the encirclement, and go to join the 2nd Division.

Seya Kei firmly believes that the territory of this Binxian County is so large, no matter how many troops the Eighth Route Army has, it is impossible to surround the water, and there is always a place to escape.

Kei Seya, who had made up his mind, finally walked out of the headquarters and went to the battlefield with his staff officers and brigade guards to organize the troops. It's a pity that his dream of finally gathering troops was also shattered by the Eighth Route Army. Because the mortars of the Eighth Route Army are like eyes, as long as the army is slightly concentrated, it will attract a fierce beating. Every shelling made some people around Kei Seya less.

The Eighth Route Army launched a general offensive, encircled on all sides, and constantly contracted the encirclement. In particular, the assault group headed by the 1st and 2nd Regiments, guided by tanks, armored vehicles, and automobiles, surrounded them with a bang. There were shouts of killing everywhere, and machine guns on tanks, armored vehicles, and cars were blowing like the wind. The Eighth Route Army in Binxian County was also killed, and the army had reached the point of exhaustion.

At this time, Seya Kai felt a trace of remorse in his heart, thinking of his parents, wife and children at home, and felt that he might be wrong, China is so big, although there are frequent wars, but if there is a real hero and the country is unified, it is definitely not to be insulted. This occupation of China may have been an impossible fantasy from the beginning.

With a trace of remorse in his heart, Seya Kai saw the large forces of the Eighth Route Army approaching step by step, and the imperial soldiers who were holding explosives bags and grenades and tried to die with the enemy were all beaten into a hornet's nest, and those soldiers who fled were even worse, they all became the targets of the Eighth Route Army that surrounded them, and they could not die again, and if they didn't think about it, the destruction of the whole army would be inevitable.

Kei Seya knew that defeat was inevitable, and he also sent a farewell message to Shouichi Terauchi and Ryosuke Isoya. However, time did not allow for this time, and Kei Seya only briefly reported that the 8th Brigade, the 33rd Brigade, the Field Artillery Wing, the Baggage Wing, the Engineer Wing, and the Field Hospital had all fought to the end, and the main force of the 10th Division was about to be shattered. Eventually, Kei Seya sent a telegram requesting his wife to educate her children so that they could serve His Majesty the Emperor and contribute to scientific research and commerce in the Empire.

This Lai Guqi is indeed smart, although he has already remorseed, but that is definitely not to say that he opposes the war of aggression against China. This guy is an out-and-out fanatical militarist and a pioneer in the invasion of China. He only had a trace of remorse, and it was not a discovery of conscience, but he just had a little understanding of the impossibility of winning the war of aggression against China. Of course, he knew that he must not say anything unfavorable to the holy war in the farewell telegram, in that case, even if he died, it would also harm his family. So, he implicitly told his wife that he would let his children engage in scientific research or business. The implication is that children should no longer be allowed to go to war.

After sending the telegram, Kei Seya ordered the military flag and code book to be burned and the radio station smashed. Then draw the command knife and lead the soldiers to charge personally.

Not to mention, the attack of Seya Kai's murderous surname really played a calling role, and those routed soldiers who were lying on the ground pretending to be dead, and scurrying around on the battlefield like headless flies slowly gathered and began to resist in an organized manner. However, the artillery attack caused by the resistance was so terrible that it was impossible for the remnants of the army to assemble and hold any position. In the end, there were only more than 200 people left around Kei Seya.

Looking at the Eighth Route Army surrounded on all sides, Seya Kai had a whim, he gathered the remaining soldiers, stopped shooting, and put on all bayonets, and then let the commander of the 39th Wing of the Eighth Brigade who escaped alive Numata Takazo Osa come forward to shout, demanding a fair duel with the Eighth Route Army and a high and low bayonet.

Numata Tajiazo Osa was frightened at this time, where did he still have the courage to shout. The angry Kei Seya shone his ass is two feet, and then ordered his combat staff officer, Kazuo Iguchi, to come forward and shout.

Kazuo Iguchi, this kid, stood up and waved his hands constantly, signaling the Eighth Route Army to stop attacking.

By this time, the battle was over, and Zhang Guangming, the commander of the first regiment and one battalion and one company who surrounded Seya Kai, had the intention to capture Seya Kai alive, and he had already seen from Seya Kai's epaulettes that this old devil was a major general, although the division commander did not like to be taken prisoner by the army, but it was also very good to be able to capture a major general alive to play. So, Zhang Guangming ordered the troops to stop shooting and see what the little devil said.

When Kazuo Iguchi saw that the Eighth Route Army had stopped shooting, he shouted, "The Eighth Route Army has listened." The commander of our brigade said that your army won purely by powerful artillery fire, and it was not able to win. Although our army suffered a crushing defeat, we said that the dignity of the human people of Bendi [***] should not be tarnished. We are willing to fight your army one-on-one, and we will decide whether we win or lose. The remaining 200 or so people of our army will never run away, nor will they survive, and are willing to die in the fight with bayonets. If your army has the guts, fight with us with bayonets. If you don't have the guts, then forget it, you guys just shoot. ”

As soon as Zhang Guangming heard it, the little devil was still energetic, and he still wanted to fight with a bayonet when he died, and Lao Tzu would fulfill you!

Zhang Guangming made a move and ordered a company to line up and prepare to fight the stab.

Seya Kai's original intention was to take advantage of the short-handed encounter between the two sides to let the soldiers pull the grenades and die with the Eighth Route Army. At the very least, you can throw grenades at the Eighth Route Army, and kill a few people. As for fighting bayonets, he didn't even think about it. At this time of the battle, all the surviving devils around him were wounded, where could they still fight with bayonets!

Seeing that the Eighth Route Army was deceived, Seya Kai was overjoyed, and immediately ordered the soldiers to prepare to solve it with grenades. He himself asked for two grenades from a soldier, and planned to throw one as soon as the Eighth Route Army got close to the grenade throwing distance. The other was left to himself, or he would have been a captive.

(To be continued)