Chapter 718: Guanshan Town Defenders
Outside Guanshan Town, in the headquarters set up by the 21st Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army, Major General Kenichi Kamiki stood in front of the map, and he had a smug expression on his face.
The 82nd Wing and the 83rd Wing have firmly surrounded Guanshan Town, and the two infantry brigades of the 62nd Wing have also begun to rush into Guanshan Town.
In Shenmu Kenichi's view, it is only a matter of time before Guanshan Town is fully occupied, and this time the three infantry wings of the 21st Division have tightly controlled the surroundings of Guanshan Town, and it is simply impossible for the defenders of Guanshan Town to evacuate.
"Send a telegram to Your Excellency the division commander, the 62nd Wing has entered the town of Guanshan Town, and at the latest at 11 o'clock we will solve all the troops in Guanshan Town, and after solving the troops in Guanshan Town, we will quickly go to the county seat of Pingding County, and after the first brigade and the independent mixed third brigade group will be mixed with each other, we will continue to clear out the remnants of the new second brigade troops in Pingding County." Kenichi Kamiki called the communication soldier, and he said with confidence on his face.
In his opinion, there was no problem for the three infantry wings to encircle and annihilate the troops of the new second brigade in Guanshan Town, and he was full of confidence in this operation.
"Hey." The communications soldier immediately nodded and agreed.
The telegram was immediately sent to the headquarters of the 21st Division, which was still in Yangquan County at this time.
"Your Excellency General Shenmu, our headquarters is too close to Guanshan Town, so it is too dangerous, I suggest that the headquarters be transferred, and after the new second brigade troops in Guanshan Town are completely annihilated, we will set up the headquarters in Guanshan Town."
A Japanese soldier came to the front of Shenmu Kenichi, looking at the Shenmu Kenichi in front of him, the Japanese soldier said cautiously.
"It doesn't matter, the Zhina troops in Guanshan Town are about to be wiped out by our troops, they will not pose any threat to us, the troops are about to fully capture Guanshan Town, and after occupying Guanshan Town, I will enter Guanshan Town as soon as possible." Kenichi Kamiki said indifferently.
He wanted to enter the town of Guanshan and prove his merits.
There was no fighting outside the town of Guanshan, and the troops of the 5th and 6th Battalions of the Independent Regiment and the machine gun and artillery companies of the guard battalion assigned to them were all engaged in street battles with the Japanese troops in the town.
The casualties of the two battalions were very heavy, the original force of more than 1,000 people is now only more than 800 people, the commander of the fifth battalion, Ji Haotian, has been wounded, the commander of the sixth battalion, Luo Chenxi, has also hung up the lottery, and many officers and men of the fifth and sixth battalions are talking strange things while fighting.
"Deputy commander, there are more and more little devils, if we don't retreat, I'm afraid the troops will run out. The 7th and 8th Battalions of Commander Zhong Jian are all old subordinates of Brigade Commander Sun Weiguo, and Commander Zhong Jian is the old leader of Brigade Commander Sun Weiguo. ”
"There are only eight people left in our platoon now, deputy regiment commander, we will all have to fight out this bit of family foundation in the fight, Brigadier Sun Weiguo is good at commanding operations, but he is making such an arrangement now, isn't it clear that he wants to fight our troops?"
"We can't continue to fight, deputy commander, let's break through immediately, let's go back to Fuping County, let's talk to Commander Nie about this matter, Sun Weiguo is deliberately targeting us, let's withdraw immediately, if it's too late, we will all have to explain here."
Several officers came to Tan Tianyu's face, they were covered in blood, looking at Tan Tianyu in front of them, the officers said in a complaining tone.
"Brigade Commander Sun has the arrangement of Brigade Commander Sun, we are soldiers, and soldiers must obey orders, and the troops will stick to Guanshan Town and fight to the last soldier."
In the face of the officers' complaints, Tan Tianyu was extremely calm at this time, and he said in a serious tone.
He was also dissatisfied with Sun Weiguo's arrangement, but he knew that what he had to do now was not to care about these things, but to command the troops to defend Guanshan Town.
The officers were still unconvinced, but when they heard Tan Tianyu's words, they silently returned to their posts.
They thought that Sun Weiguo was targeting them, and they felt that Sun Weiguo was deliberately trying to push them all into the fire pit.
But they didn't think that the machine gun company and artillery company of the guard battalion were all assisting in the operation in Guanshan Town, and these two companies never complained.
At present, the three infantry companies are under the command of Wang Tieniu, deputy commander of the 1st Advance Regiment, and the 3rd Brigade is an independent mixed brigade unit, while the machine gun company and artillery company are supporting the 5th and 6th battalions.
The machine gun company has six Maxim heavy machine guns, and at present, two Maxim heavy machine guns have been destroyed in the machine gun company, and the company commander was also killed by a Japanese miniature grenade when he was directing the transfer of troops, and he was replaced by a deputy company commander.
Two infantry battalions of the 62nd Wing entered the town, and fierce street fighting ensued, with heavy machine guns becoming the backbone of intercepting Japanese infantry fire.
"Da Da Da!" The deputy company commander held a telescope and looked at the street in front of him, under his command, two Makqin heavy machine guns were deployed on two nearby high grounds, and the two heavy machine guns continued to fire fire, and there were already more than 30 corpses of devil soldiers on the street.
After the little devils saw this, they didn't dare to continue to march forward, they hid and hid, and they didn't dare to continue charging at all.
Four heavy machine guns and two infantry guns were immediately drawn in, and the deputy company commander observed through the binoculars, but he had been locked by the Japanese sharpshooters.
When the telescope was raised, the Japanese riflemen saw the reflective telescope, and they immediately began to aim and shoot.
More than a dozen rifle bullets were fired at the deputy commander of the machine gun company at the same time, and the deputy company commander was punched four or five bullet holes in his body, and he fell from the house and fell to the ground.
After killing the deputy company commander, more than a dozen devil soldiers cautiously moved forward with rifles, but when they entered the range of the heavy machine guns, the Makqin heavy machine guns began to fire pointedly, seven or eight bullets were shot, and five or six devil soldiers began to fall to the ground.
As the Makqin heavy machine gun began firing, the Japanese infantry artillery immediately began to aim.
With a "boom", a grenade was fired by an infantry gun, and the grenade hit directly at the Makqin heavy machine gun.
This Maxim heavy machine gun was destroyed by Japanese grenades, and the other Maxim heavy machine gun was immediately transferred.
The commander and deputy commander of the machine gun company were all killed, and three of the six Maxim heavy machine guns were destroyed, but they still insisted on fighting, and no one mentioned evacuation.