Chapter 844: Attack Dongzhai Town
At present, the first independent infantry brigade has been defeated, and the fifth independent infantry brigade of the Japanese army has been attacked by the second armored battalion shortly after leaving Dongzhai Town, and the fifth independent infantry brigade has been defeated by the forty Vickers tanks of the second armored battalion, and its establishment has been completely disrupted.
At present, Dongzhai Town has the headquarters of the 2nd Brigade of the Japanese Army, the artillery team, the engineer team, the communication team directly under the brigade headquarters, and the baggage squadron and machine gun squadron of the 5th Independent Infantry Brigade, which have begun to defend themselves, and the commander of the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade, Major General Tsuneoka Kanji, also intends to gather brigade troops to resist together.
It's just that now that the independent mixed second brigade has been completely disrupted, there is no way for Toneoka Kanji to continue to gather his brigade troops together.
The main force of Fang Chaoqun's nameless regiment also began to march under Dongzhai Town, and the field artillery company, mortar company, and mountain artillery company of the nameless regiment began to set up artillery positions one after another.
FOUR 65M FIELD GUNS, FOUR 82MM MORTARS, AND FOUR 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS CONTINUED TO SHELL THE JAPANESE POSITIONS IN DONGZHAI TOWN, AND THE REGIMENT COMMANDER FANG CHAOQUN PERSONALLY CAME TO THE FRONT LINE TO COMMAND THE OPERATION.
The nameless regiment should be called the Honorary Third Regiment, which has the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th Infantry Battalions under its jurisdiction.
Although the Military Commission awarded the honorary third regiment number and regimental flag, the honorary third regiment number and regimental flag were left at the division headquarters by Sun Weiguo.
The nameless regiment continued to use the nameless regiment number, and the four subordinate battalions were numbered to supplement the first battalion, the second battalion, the third battalion, and the fourth battalion.
The regiment commander Fang Chaoqun is the only one in the Honorary Second Division who can serve as both a political commissar and a sergeant commander, while the deputy regiment commander Zheng Guan Zilin is a rare fierce general in the Honorary Second Division, and the regimental chief of staff Zhu Jianwei is transferred to the post of brigade chief of staff.
The leaders of the Anonymous Regiment were all carefully selected by Sun Weiguo, and this time against Dongzhai Town, Sun Weiguo directly came to the front line to command.
Fang Chaoqun gave an order to the troops, the regiment commander went to the battalion headquarters to command, the battalion commander to the company headquarters, the company commander to the platoon headquarters, the platoon commander to the squad command, and the squad leader rushed directly to the front.
This time, it was the first battalion that was in charge of the main attack, and Fang Chaoqun personally came to the first battalion to command, and officers from various units also came to the main attack unit to personally command.
"The number of Japanese troops in Dongzhai Town is not large, about 700 people, of which there are not many combat troops, but they have an artillery team with 16 artillery pieces under their jurisdiction, including four 37MM anti-tank guns, four 75MM field guns, and eight 75MM mountain guns." At the headquarters of the Anonymous Regiment, Zhu Jianwei, chief of staff of the regiment, immediately reported the situation.
Sun Weiguo held the binoculars and looked towards Dongzhai Town, he nodded, and a calm expression appeared on his face.
"If we want to take Dongzhai Town before 12 o'clock at noon, as long as we take Dongzhai Town, today we will be 70% sure that the Japanese army will be annihilated independently and mixed into the second brigade. Otherwise, the Japanese reinforcements will surely come in quickly, and at that time, our situation will become passive. ”
Sun Wei said solemnly Chinese, he knew that the troops of the 26th Division of the Japanese Army would definitely be reinforced, and even the troops of the 109th Division of the Japanese Army who went to Xin County would be immediately reinforced.
Time is very important to the troops of the Honorary Second Division, and the most critical thing at present is whether the Unknown Regiment can complete the combat mission within the specified time.
"The division commander, regiment commander and deputy regiment commander have all gone to the front line to personally command the troops to fight, and our regiment will definitely take Dongzhai Town within the specified time." Zhu Jianwei replied in a serious tone.
Before Sun Weiguo could say anything, a piercing alarm sounded.
"Air raids, Japanese air raids, quickly hide up." After the siren sounded, someone began to shout with a tin horn.
As the shouts sounded, Wang Youhua, Sun Weiguo's guard squad leader, immediately came to Sun Weiguo's side with the guards, and they wanted to immediately escort Sun Weiguo to the anti-artillery hole.
"Don't worry about me, the little devil plane hasn't come yet, but the commander ran to the anti-artillery hole in advance, how can such a commander command the operation." Sun Weiguo refused.
Officers are the courage of soldiers, and any action of officers on the battlefield will directly affect the morale of the troops.
At this point, Sun Weiguo is very strict with himself, the little devil plane has not yet come, if he runs into the anti-artillery hole, it will inevitably affect the morale of the troops.
After a while, two Japanese light bombers began to arrive in Dongzhai Town, and then the Japanese planes began to drop aerial bombs.
Aerial bombs began to fall, and the sound of huge explosions was heard, and the ground seemed to tremble.
The artillery of the 2nd Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, which had been in a state of concealment, also began to shoot, and eight field guns and four mountain guns continued to fire at them.
And the officers and soldiers braved the attacks of Japanese planes and artillery, and they kept marching to the front.
Under the command of Fang Chaoqun, the first battalion of the supplementary battalion had already begun to pull out the skirmish line, and the officers and men alternately covered and leaped forward, and the machine gun company directly under the supplementary first battalion immediately set up an artillery position and a machine-gun position, and three infantry guns and three heavy machine guns had already begun to be erected.
The Japanese defense of Dongzhai Town was mainly artillery and machine guns, and more than 200 people of the Engineer Corps and the Fifth Independent Infantry Brigade were placed in the town for defense.
Fang Chaoqun held a telescope and looked at the Japanese position, and he immediately ordered the replenishment of the first battalion to distance again.
He assembled a number of commandos, armed with light machine guns and sniper rifles, as well as shell guns, whose mission was to quickly get close to the Japanese artillery and machine guns and blow them up.
"Grenadier, smoke grenade cover!" A company commander of the 1st battalion of the replenishment gave the order loudly.
He was at the forefront, and the company commander calmly commanded the troops to fight, and at this time he was less than 300 meters away from the fire point of a Japanese heavy machine gun.
A grenadier began to be erected, and as the smoke grenades were loaded into the grenadiers, the grenadiers quickly launched the smoke grenades.
Smoke grenades began to explode in front of the Japanese heavy machine gun fire points, and then a large cloud of smoke appeared, and the sight of the Japanese heavy machine gun shooters began to be blocked.
The various assault teams quickly began to advance, and the company commander quickly advanced forward with a shell gun in his right hand.
BUT AT THIS MOMENT, A CRIMINAL SHELL BEGAN TO FALL ON THE COMPANY COMMANDER'S SIDE, AND THE 75MM FIELD ARTILLERY GRENADE BEGAN TO EXPLODE, AND A HUGE EXPLOSION SOUNDED.
The company commander was killed on the spot, and he did not even leave a single intact body.
"Company commander!" The soldiers who followed the company commander to charge saw the company commander sacrifice, and they couldn't help but cry out in pain.