[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 179: Annihilation of the Botian Detachment

It is recognized that the Japanese army fought with two bayonets, and Ma Zheng naturally knew it. Stab training is one of the basic training of Japanese recruits, usually each squadron will be equipped with stab training instructors, and the army unit wing commander needs to develop a corresponding white-knuckle combat training plan according to the specific situation. In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, China needed three to five soldiers to deal with a single Japanese soldier in a white-knuckle battle, which was evident in the strength of the Japanese army's stabbing skills.

The reason why Ma Zheng dared to let the troops and the Japanese army fight bayonets was also relied on, and in Ma Zheng's view, there were three main limiting factors for fighting bayonets: physical strength, technology, and courage! The perfect combination of the two is the birth of a stabbing master!

The soldiers of the Duqi Division were all recruited from northern China, all of them were big and round, and their heights were all above 1.7 meters, while the average height of the Japanese soldiers in the same period was 1.65 meters, and their physical strength was not as good as that of the soldiers of the Duqi Division.

In terms of technology, Ma Zheng knew from the beginning that the Japanese army was very strong in white-knuckle warfare, so he paid special attention to training in this area. Through several actual battles, Ma Zheng found that the strength of the Japanese army's white-knuckle warfare was reflected in individuals, that is, the single Japanese soldier's technology was indeed very strong, but they lacked cooperation. Moreover, the Japanese soldiers had fixed movements and routines when they fought to stab, and in response to this, Ma Zheng formulated a set of stabbing tactics that were specially designed to deal with the Japanese army's routines very early.

After the test of previous battles, Ma Zheng's fighting skills can be described in two words as the Japanese army's bayonet fighting technology - ****! The effect is very good!

Speaking of courage, the Japanese fighting bayonets may be able to scare off part of the army, but it will never include the Duqi Division. The soldiers of the Duqi Division do not lack courage the most, because their head is a lion, even a group of sheep, under the leadership of a lion, can burst out of the combat effectiveness of a lion pack. Successive wars against Japan have cultivated the military spirit of this army. Even new recruits who have just joined the army will quickly become infected by this spirit, because this is a temperamental army.

The most important point is that Ma Zheng also has his own secret magic weapon. In fact, the so-called secret magic weapon is nothing more than a piece of armor, the armor is designed by Ma Zheng, made of two layers of hard cowhide, which can mainly protect the upper body of the warriors.

The reason why I want to get this armor. Mainly based on battlefield experience, Ma Zheng found that white-knuckle warfare is extremely cruel. Mainly in battle, the proportion of those killed is usually much greater than the proportion of wounded. Unlike normal firefights, the white-knuckle combat phase involves close proximity between the enemy and the enemy. In face-to-face encounters, the injuries caused by cold weapons such as bayonets are more concentrated in the vital parts of the human body, such as the chest, abdomen, and throat.

In this case, even if the stabbed soldier does not die on the spot, his life will be in danger due to excessive bleeding. Many of the wounded actually died before they could retreat to the rear. Therefore, Ma Zheng thought of the body armor of later generations, but the conditions were limited, so he could only make cowhide armor.

The cowhide was provided by the Chahar tribe, and they had saved tens of thousands of cowhides over the years, and one cowhide could be used as five sets of armor. However, due to the limited time, only 3,000 pairs were produced before the troops moved south.

Although the performance of cowhide armor is not comparable to that of later body armor, it can still penetrate with a rifle, but it is not easy to pierce it with a bayonet. The only drawback is that the cowhide armor is not breathable. When I put it on, I panicked. But compared to the small life, this discomfort can be completely overcome.

It is because of these dependences. That's why Ma Zheng dared to fight the bayonet face to face with the Japanese army.

And the facts also proved that the strength of the Duqi Division in fighting bayonets had far exceeded that of the Japanese army on the opposite side, and when the soldiers of the Duqi Division rushed towards the Japanese army in groups of three and three, the effect was quickly reflected.

In less than an hour after the bayonet was red, more than half of the casualties of the first wing of the Hatada detachment were killed, and in desperation, Hatada Shigeichi had to use the reserve in advance to send the dissatisfied second wing to the battlefield in advance.

However, the second wing had just rushed forward. Fierce gunfire suddenly came from the side of the team, and when they turned their heads, Harata Shigeichi was taken aback, and at some point a Chinese/army appeared on their left side.

At this time, the fog had almost dispersed, and Harata Shigeichi concluded at a glance that there were at least a thousand people in this force rushing out from the left. And now he has only one squadron of guards by his side. It is impossible to be an opponent at all.

Ha Tian Shigeichi wanted to withdraw, but it was too late, the first and second wings in the distance had already joined Ma Zheng's department, and they couldn't withdraw at all, the only thing he could do now was to get closer to the big army.

So, under the persecution of Huang Sicheng and others, Hakuda Shigeichi and a squadron of guards also moved closer to the main battlefield, so far, more than 4,000 people from the two wings of the Potian detachment fell into the encirclement of the Duqi Division, and the two sides engaged in a tragic white-knuckle battle in Lion Rock.

The battle lasted until 8 a.m., and except for a few Taiwanese soldiers who surrendered, the rest of the entire Taiwanese brigade, including Lieutenant General Shigeichi Hata, were wiped out, and none of them were spared.

During this period, Japanese fighters flew to the battlefield many times, but because the two sides were intertwined, and the military uniforms of both sides were almost the same, it was impossible to tell who was who! Therefore, the Japanese aviation could only leave in disgrace.

After the battle, Ma Zheng ordered a battalion of the 200th Regiment to stay and clean up the battlefield, and the rest immediately returned to Jiujiang City with the wounded and prisoners.

Soon after the Duqi Division withdrew from the battlefield, Wang Zhonglian and two divisions of the 13th Army also rushed to Lion Rock, and their scouts detected that there were troops fighting near Lion Rock, and the battle was very fierce, so Wang Zhonglian came up with the 13th Army.

But the scene made the people of the 13th Army stunned, only to see that the foot of the Lion Rock was like a slaughterhouse, and there were corpses lying horizontally everywhere. The most important thing is that it can be seen at a glance from the military uniforms that these corpses are all Japanese, although they are not counted in detail, but there are more than three or several thousand people in such a dense package.

Moreover, they have fought with the Botian detachment dozens of times in the past few days, and it can naturally be seen that this is the Botian detachment that had made them miserable on the Xintang front line before, and it seems that they were annihilated here.

Shocked, Wang Zhonglian immediately asked Zhang Xuezhong on the side: "Tongming, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Xuezhong was silent for a while and said: "The Botian detachment is over, and his detachment is more than 6,000 people, and he has lost more than 1,000 people on the Xintang front, and then he will set up a part to stay behind, and the rest is only more than 4,000 people." There are a few thousand corpses here, and even if they are lucky, there are not many who survive. ”

"I'm not asking this, I'm asking who is the opponent of the Hakuda detachment?" Wang Zhonglian said.

"I don't know, they didn't leave the bodies of the dead. However, I just checked the wounds of the Japanese, and most of them were caused by bayonets, which means that the Hatata detachment was destroyed with bayonets. It seems that our Central Army does not have that unit that can compete with the Japanese army in bayonet fighting, and it is really impossible to imagine that this unit did it. Zhang Xuezhong said.

"It doesn't matter, whether it's that unit that did it, in short, it's our Chinese's own troops. Judging from the direction of their retreat, they should go straight to Jiujiang, it seems that they are preparing to recover Jiujiang, let's go, our 13th Army also joins in this excitement, and see who the Divine Annihilated the Botian Detachment. Wang Zhonglian said.

Then Wang Zhonglian said again: "It's not a practice to let these little devils storm the corpse wilderness, and it is easy to cause a plague, Tongming, you leave a battalion to dispose of these corpses!" ”

"Yes!"

(To be continued.) )