Chapter Eighty-Nine: A Great Victory
"Throw down everything that you can't use, Lu Kuangou, don't throw away the sapper shovel, it's very useful! Lao Dong, I'll help you get two magazines. The preparations before departure were carried out intensely, and among several people, Jiang Maosheng was the most excited, he borrowed a submachine gun from the platoon, replaced his rifle, pulled out the magazine and plugged it in, in fact, he had already checked it. Le Fei shook his head, his equipment was too heavy, rifles, pistols, sapper shovels, magazines, steel helmets, bullet belts, and his body was tickling when he ran, and he didn't know if he could keep up with the speed of the armored car.
"Tom", a red signal flare rose one after another, the trumpet of the charge resounded throughout the land, Shi Tong lightly stepped on the accelerator, and the armored car that had already started slowly drove out, followed by a convoy of forty-three vehicles lined up in an arrow formation, and behind it was the infantry of the three infantry regiments that had temporarily become.
"Hurry up!" Le Fei and the others bent down and followed up quickly, and now they were within the range of enemy fire, and they would be shelled at any time. The long and high-intensity training worked, and everyone did not feel tired.
"Boom!" More than 200 artillery pieces opened fire in turn according to the predetermined plan, and a line of fire broke out at the front of the Japanese position, and then this line of fire quickly extended in depth in the direction of the Japanese army, covering it like a curtain. This barrage not only caused heavy losses to the Japanese soldiers who were assembling to continue the attack, but also blocked the view of the Japanese troops, who did not see a large army following the attack not far behind the barrage.
"Hidden, hidden!" Such shouts were everywhere in the Japanese army, but the infantry, who had almost no cover, had no way to do it, and the speed of escaping backwards was simply not as fast as the barrage was advancing, and a large number of soldiers were caught up in the barrage.
The Japanese artillery also began to counterattack, but only eighty guns did not do much at all. Everywhere the barrage passed, there was a mess, the ground was full of infantry corpses and crying wounded soldiers, and the surviving soldiers saw a frightening scene - a tall figure was faintly seen in the smoke, and slowly, the smoke cleared, and the figure became clear.
"Enemy attack!" A soldier at the front had just shouted two words, a bullet that hit him in the forehead accurately, and then a rain of bullets swept through. Two light machine guns were mounted in the nose of the armored vehicle, which opened fire rapidly in the bumps of the armored vehicle and swept towards possible targets. The soldiers in the rear compartment fired at both sides through the firing holes, and many Japanese soldiers did not change their minds after being subjected to heavy shelling, and were hit again by armored vehicles, almost breaking down mentally, and there were few resistance.
"Smack!" Le Fei half-crouched and killed a Japanese soldier hiding in a crater with his head exposed, the armored vehicle had penetrated deep into the enemy position, and nothing could stop the advance of the armored vehicle, and the infantry followed behind to pick up the surviving Japanese soldiers. Under the command of the officer, some soldiers were on guard on both sides, and the armored convoy could not cover the entire battlefield, but could only be used as a spear to penetrate the enemy formation, while the infantry following it expanded the gains on both sides.
The deeper you go into the Japanese positions, the more resistance you encounter, the armored vehicles are hit by bullets and then ricocheted off by steel plates, and the invincible monsters cause many of the soldiers who survived the shelling to collapse and flee. Seeing the results achieved by the armored vehicles and the infantry in the rear, the commanders and fighters in the rear decisively ordered the whole army to attack, and the Japanese army was already crushed and unable to organize an effective resistance, and now was the best time to expand the results of the battle.
In an improvised fortification, a large number of Japanese soldiers gathered here, and the resistance became fierce. With the passage of time, a large number of soldiers were assembled under the organization of officers to organize the defense, and small points were formed on the battlefield, with resisting Japanese soldiers in the center, and there was a lack of artillery on both sides, and the assault troops of the Zhenguo Army quickly installed mortars.
Shi Tong's eyes were tight, his nervousness had disappeared, replaced by excitement, the crushing battle made Shi Tong forgetful, seeing a Japanese improvised fortification of dozens of people to stop the attack of our army, he hit the steering wheel, and the armored car rushed straight towards the position. Le Fei and the others happened to be attacking the fortification, and when they saw the armored car rushing up, they silently gave a thumbs up in their hearts: Big brother, you are a cow pen!
"Keep up!" Le Fei and the others jumped up from the ground, followed by the armored car, and the armored car rushed into the fortification, and the Japanese soldiers inside scattered and crawled out, and then were knocked down by the rain of bullets that followed. The fortifications were a crater, the armored car was not a tank after all, the truck had limited cross-country capabilities, and the armored car was head-down and parked in the fortifications.
Under the cover of nearby infantry, fighters in armored vehicles climbed out one after another and joined the ranks of the infantry. More and more Japanese soldiers rushed over, and the distance was too close, and melee weapons such as submachine guns came into play. A little devil suddenly rushed towards Dong Dashan, who was holding a light machine gun and firing, but before he could turn the muzzle, Le Fei pulled out his pistol and shot him dead. Sometimes, when the pistol is finished, the sapper shovel is pulled out for hand-to-hand combat. (The reason why the Japanese used bayonets more often was that their rifles were mostly single-shot rifles and had a slow reload rate)
The armored convoy had already penetrated the enemy formation and was moving towards the Japanese artillery positions according to the plan, at this time there were only more than thirty armored vehicles left, and behind them were less than a thousand soldiers, and the rest of the infantry was entangled with the Japanese army. Despite gaining the upper hand, there were still many casualties.
Fortunately, the reinforcements then arrived, and the large armies of the 1st Division of the 2nd Army and the 3rd Division of the 1st Army joined the battle, and the defeat of the Japanese army was irreparable.
Oyama Iwa and Nishikanjiro and other high-ranking officials rode their horses and fled to the rear with the help of soldiers before the barrage came, and many soldiers also followed and escaped the barrage's attack and gathered on the artillery position.
Looking at the soldiers with less than a thousand people around him and dozens of artillery pieces, the fierce aura of Dashan Yan was stimulated instead, and death was inevitable, but someone had to be buried before! Under his orders, more than 30 surviving artillery pieces were aimed directly at the positions of the former Japanese army, all of them curved guns, powerless against the close convoy of armored vehicles.
The Japanese infantry frantically rushed to the armored car, trying to block the advance of the armored car with their bodies, most of them were hit by bullets, and a very small number of people rushed to the armored car, the speed of the armored car was not fast, this is a field battlefield, there are obstacles everywhere, the convoy was forced to stop moving forward, becoming a firepower point.
The original Japanese position is now mostly Zhenguo Army soldiers, the final struggle of more than 30 artillery pieces caused heavy losses to the Zhenguo Army, after the war statistics, this final artillery bombardment alone made the Zhenguo Army lose more than 300 soldiers. Fortunately, the Japanese artillery position was quickly breached, and the infantry rushed up to find the bodies of officers such as Oyama Iwa and Nishikanjiro, as well as the burned military flags, but the beautifully made katana was captured, which was better than nothing.
It was not until three o'clock in the afternoon that the entire battlefield calmed down, and more than 200 surrendered Japanese soldiers were executed on the battlefield. At this time, the Japanese soldiers had not yet undergone a crazy bushido education, and surrender was not impossible, of course, whether to accept it or not was another matter. Surrender, live? Ask the people who died in Lushun if they agreed!
In the Zhangmu Annihilation Battle, a total of 18,643 Japanese troops were eliminated without taking prisoners, including Japanese Army General Oyama Iwa and Lieutenant General Nishikanjiro, commander of the Second Division; More than 7,600 rifles were seized in good condition, all of which were used for future militia training; Twenty-three pieces of artillery, which were rebuilt after the war. On the part of the Zhenguo Army, there were 1,361 casualties, a casualty ratio of 13 to 1, and if it were not for the fact that there were too many new recruits of the Zhenguo Army, the casualties could have been reduced.
The news reached back to the General Staff and Lu Liang, and the General Staff ordered a general attack on the remaining Japanese troops, and the 3rd Division of the 1st Army and the 1st Division of the 2nd Army captured Humen and cut off the retreat of the 3rd Division. The 2nd Division of the 2nd Army moved in the direction of Houjie, joined the 2nd Division of the 1st Army, and launched a campaign to annihilate the 3rd Division.
As for Lu Liang, he did not interfere in the military aspect, and his job was to launch propaganda and announce the news of the annihilation of the Japanese army in a high-profile manner. The battle situation is very clear, the third division is currently only about 8,000 people, and it is just around the corner to destroy it. The Second Army of the Japanese Dispatch Army is now at sea and is expected to arrive on the 18th, and it is believed that the Japanese side will make a more cautious decision after receiving the news of the total annihilation of the First Army. Even if the Second Army still came, Lu Liang didn't mind fighting again.
The overall situation of the main battlefield has been decided, and the second battlefield Raoping has also come to an end, the soldiers of the tenth town were surrounded by the third division of the third army in the Baiyang area, the second and third brigades of the third division were not slow, and they launched an attack immediately after blocking the return road of the tenth town.
Sun Daoren made the decision to surrender neatly, in fact, even if he didn't say it, most of the soldiers under him surrendered on their knees. The 10th Town was more advanced than the Japanese in terms of individual weapons, but the casualties inflicted on the 3rd Division were negligible, and several wounded soldiers were twisted in their feet - too excited during the pursuit!
Xu Chongzhi and Deng Yinnan tried to escape by hiding in the bushes, but were uncovered by attentive and meritorious soldiers, and after being interrogated by high-ranking officers by the Investigation Bureau, a conspiracy surfaced. Lu Liang didn't expect Sun Ge to fall to such a point, and actually colluded with the Japanese army to attack Guangdong, does this still have a little bit of a revolutionary?
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