Donggang County is more of a small town than a county seat. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

If it weren't for Li Zhilong's Fourth Division stationed here to confront the Japanese army, many fortifications would have been built on the periphery of Donggang. The entire Donggang can almost be said to be defendable.

After Li Zhilong left here with the main force, all the positions of the Fourth Division on the periphery of Donggang were handed over to a garrison regiment.

Because the garrison regiment was mostly recruits, and it was armed with only three heavy machine guns. The Japanese army sent an infantry wing to attack them, and they could not hold it for half a day, not to mention that the Japanese army moved two field divisions equipped with a large number of artillery.

Thinking that the Japanese army might attack Donggang at any time, and the main force of the division led by himself would take at least ten hours to rush back to Donggang. In order to block the Japanese army in the East Port. Even though he knew that the cavalry was not good at defense, Li Zhilong resolutely ordered the commander to attach his cavalry regiment and take ten mortars to reinforce Donggang first.

Less than an hour after the cavalry regiment returned to the East Harbor, the Japanese troops were dispatched.

The vanguard of an infantry wing, armed with a large number of heavy machine guns, appeared in front of the positions of the 4th Division.

As soon as the Japanese army came up, dozens of heavy machine guns were arranged in front of the position, and then a large group of infantry lined up in a skirmish line, with a posture that could attack at any time.

The head of the first cavalry regiment immediately frowned, and said with heavy weapons: "The Japanese army must know that our main force is not in Donggang. As soon as they came up, they launched an attack on the scale of a large group, and this was to defeat us in one attack! ”

The commander of the Donggang garrison regiment asked with a worried face: "The Japanese army is menacing, and the heavy machine guns of the garrison regiment and the cavalry regiment add up to only twelve units, which is not even one-third of the Japanese army. Commander Li, this battle is not easy to fight, I don't know if you have any good ideas. ”

For the commander of the 1st Cavalry Regiment, infantry defense was clearly not his strong point.

But after thinking about it, he still replied: "If you can't stop it, you have to block it." Don't be afraid of the heavy machine guns of the Japanese army, I came back with ten mortars, and no matter how many heavy machine guns the Japanese set up before us, they couldn't withstand our bombing! ”

"So, what we need to guard against is the Japanese infantry. Greet with heavy machine guns at a distance, with rifles if you are closer, with grenades if you get closer, and if the Japanese rush to our positions, then with sabers and bayonets! ”

Soon the Japanese offensive began.

Under the cover of dozens of heavy machine guns, seven or eight hundred Japanese troops lined up in a skirmish line and rushed towards the position.

The commander of the cavalry regiment did not wait, and as soon as the Japanese attacked, he ordered the mortars to open fire, trying to knock out the Japanese heavy machine guns before the infantry counterattacked.

In this way, the cavalry commander was confident that he would repel the Japanese attack and hold the East Port.

Ten mortars did not disappoint him, and after two minutes of shelling, dozens of Japanese heavy machine guns were all silent.

The remaining defenders of Donggang actually had the new artillery that the Liaodong Army had just been equipped with. The commander of the Japanese wing who heard the sound of artillery could be described as a great surprise, although the destruction of dozens of heavy machine guns made him very heartbroken, he was still confident that he could take the position of the Liaodong Army in front of him.

Because, the intelligence of the General Headquarters clearly told him that there were only 1,000 Liaodong Army in front of him, and they were all recruits who had never been on the battlefield.

In the face of this kind of opponent, if you can't win, then you will be the captain of the wing in vain.

Thinking of this, the wing commander did not order the infantry who had already launched the attack to retreat.

Instead, under the cover of the brigade's own light machine gun and rifle fire, it continued to attack.

As soon as the Japanese heavy machine guns were silent, the heavy machine guns equipped with the cavalry regiments and garrison regiments were fired, and it was not long before the riflemen joined the battle.

Although the charging Japanese troops were swept to the ground in pieces, they still had no intention of stopping.

While continuing to attack with casualties, he counterattacked with rifles and light machine guns.

At this time, although the Japanese troops exposed in front of the position suffered heavy casualties, the garrison regiment, which was the main force of the defense, also began to suffer casualties.

Seeing that the Japanese troops in front of the battle were swept to the ground in pieces, some excited soldiers of the garrison regiment directly exposed half of their bodies to shoot at the Japanese soldiers in order to increase the hit rate.

As a result, as soon as they fired a bullet from the chamber, a bullet entered his chest.

Seeing that the casualties of the garrison regiment were getting heavier and heavier, the Japanese attacking force had three or four hundred men left to rush to about 100 meters in front of the formation, and then they did not continue to rush forward, but lay on the ground, holding rifles and light machine guns to shoot at the defenders.

As a result, the casualties of the garrison regiment were even greater.

The commander of the garrison, who was personally guarding the position, although he was very heartbroken, did not have any way.

Officers at all levels can only be ordered to walk back and forth in the position, pulling their voices to make their subordinates pay attention to concealment in battle, and stabilize the morale of the army.

Every move on the position, the cavalry commander watched it all.

Although he did not take the position, one thing he was sure of was that the casualties of the garrison had reached a staggering third.

As a recruit unit, the casualties were so large that they could not collapse, and the regiment commander was shocked and knew that the casualties in front of him had reached the limit that the garrison regiment could bear.

If the current bad situation cannot be changed, the garrison may collapse directly on the battlefield under the attack of the Japanese army.

"Chief of Staff, order the 1st and 2nd Battalions on both flanks of the defensive line to attack immediately and destroy the remaining few hundred Japanese troops in front of the formation. If possible, rush at the main forces of the Japanese army as well. As long as they can kill and injure a large number of Japanese forces, this Japanese army will lose its offensive capability. ”

The chief of staff frowned and reminded: "Although there are not many Japanese troops in front of the battle, they are equipped with a lot of light machine guns. Let the cavalry rush now, without the loss of most of the company, the cavalry will not be able to rush in front of the Japanese army at all. ”

The head of the regiment shook his head and replied: "There is no other way but to rush." Didn't you see the message of the garrison that you can't hold on? Casualties are casualties, and immediately give a signal for the 1st and 2nd Battalions to attack. ”

Suddenly a cavalry unit appeared on the battlefield, and there were seven or eight hundred cavalry.

Not only was the commander of the Japanese wing behind him taken aback, but the remaining three or four hundred Japanese troops in front of the battle were also frightened.

Especially when they saw these cavalry rushing towards them, many Japanese soldiers became weak-minded.

There were even some Japanese troops who were afraid of the idea of retreating.

However, as soon as this idea was proposed, it was rejected by the captain.

"Yaga, you are confused. No matter how fast we retreated, we couldn't move faster than the cavalry. Now what is the difference between retreat and suicide. Only by staying where we are there can we have hope. ”

"We have ten light machine guns, and with proper coordination, we will be able to hold off the cavalry attack."

"Five light machine guns are arranged on the left and right flanks, and as long as the cavalry comes into range, they will be fired, and they must be blocked." (To be continued.) )