Chapter 118: Bloody Battle (8)
Could it be that this little Chengde is made of copper cast iron? Could it be that the [***] guarding here are all immortal? Okamura Ningji's question is probably only Zhang Xuewu can answer him, it can be said that Zhang Xuewu originally referred to the successful experience of countless classic defensive battles in later generations when he was defending Chengde.
Initially, Zhang Xuewu planned to use the Golan trenches, which were famous for the Middle East war, and barbed wire to delay the impact of the infantry and chariots of the Chinese army, and then use mortars to close the impact channel, use the fire of the divisional artillery regiment to block the reinforcement echelon reinforcement route of the Yue army, deploy communication trenches behind the Golan trenches, and throw grenades and explosives directly to the bottom of the trench when necessary, killing and wounding the infantry of the Yue army or blasting the offensive combat vehicles of the Yue army.
Theoretically, the weapon only has a great impact on the semi-open line position, and in the face of multiple, three-dimensional, full-coverage, semi-buried bunkers, the weapon is a typical tragedy, but the amount of engineering in the Golan trench is extremely huge, and it requires special terrain, and it is not possible to dig anywhere, the most critical point is that the Golan trench is a typical mechanical engineering multi-level, multi-point, multi-supporting three-dimensional blasting construction, manpower is simply unable to carry out excavation, even if it is a general geological soil, A 200-metre-long Golan trench alone would take at least 5,000 men to dig for three to four months.
The most important thing is that the Golan trench is an anti-tank heavy army group assault, but he does not have many combat vehicles to use, and he has always paid little attention to the equipment and training of armored troops, even in battle, so Zhang Xuewu is not worried that the Yue army will gather their original few combat vehicles to come over for reimbursement at one time.
Therefore, Zhang Xuewu chose a semi-enclosed multiple cross defense system, with barbed wire and closed communication trenches, gathering the strengths of all families, flexibly and maneuverably setting up fire support and compound fire points of the position deployment structure, this kind of offensive first-line positions at the same time to face the second- and third-line positions of the firepower projection strike of the position construction mode made the army suffer.
However, Zhang Xuewu was not complacent, the ammunition was consumed very quickly, the casualties were heavy, the field hospital was already overcrowded, many lightly wounded returned to their respective units and were incorporated into the reserves, and the seriously wounded were also diverted in small amounts, and the bodies of the sacrificed officers and soldiers were placed in the backyard of the girls' middle school, and the bodies were covered with snowflakes after a snowfall.
The living can't take care of it, and it's too reluctant to take care of the dead, the onslaught of the army has finally come to an end, Zhang Xuewu originally thought that the army would do whatever it takes to break the city, and now it seems that he himself is nothing more than that, they have not fought any battles since the Russian War, but they are better trained in peace, and the temper and arrogance cultivated by Xiaobei are better.
Under the rain of bullets from Maxine's heavy machine guns, there are still corpses all over the wild ghosts crying wolf, saying that I am really nothing remarkable, don't be afraid of them, when you are fearless, you are the bravest person!
After the army stopped attacking, Zhang Xuewu almost traveled all over the left flank and central positions of Majiagou Side Ridge, Laohugou positions, and even climbed the main peak position of Seng Guan Peak.
The casualties and losses of the troops shocked Zhang Xuewu, who originally thought that Wang Chuang's second regiment, which was the easiest to fight, and the six reinforced battalions were still reimbursed for three, Wang Chuang was very helpless to report to Zhang Xuewu, of which the five battalions were to reinforce the Tiger Ditch position, and the remaining people were not enough to form a company, it can be said that the fifth battalion was completely scrapped, and the second and sixth battalions were consumed on the monk crown peak, and a company had to be filled in almost an hour, and the troops had to pay a very big price through the artillery blockade area of the army.
The worst fighting in the whole division was Xu Guohui and Zhao Xinyu's two regiments, both of which only had two battalions, and now they were all thinking about the general reserve of the last three battalions in Zhang Xuewu's hands, and after Zhang Xuewu's general reserve was reduced by half from six battalions, he said that he would not transfer another soldier or a soldier.
Within Zhang Xuewu's division, Evans of the five German advisers led by Maitlin participated in the white-knuckle battle in the defense of Majiagou Side Ridge and died heroically, and Rogge was seriously wounded, so plus Metrin only had four German advisers covered in gunpowder, these German advisers used their practical actions to demonstrate their outstanding and noble military guards to the Chinese people, in Zhang Xuewu's view, no matter how the German army performed in World War II, the professional defense of the German [***] people is very admirable, So he has long regarded Maitlin and the others as his own.
For the Chinese people, personal emotions will often exceed their professional responsibility and sense of honor, the German consultants undoubtedly have deep feelings for the Chinese team they have coached, and are even willing to be born and die with the Chinese people to resist foreign humiliation, but the emotions do not hinder their sense of military responsibility, perhaps the same oppression and humiliation, so the German people are more willing to get close to the Chinese people.
Li Songtao with a deep face, Xu Guohui with a head injury, Zhao Xinyu with a shoulder on his shoulder, Li Xinkai with a face of gunpowder, Huang Tao who was covered in mud, Zhang Tianpeng who looked tired, and Wang Chuang who was drowsy! This is the team of Zhang Xuewu and Yue Jun who shook the Rehe portal.
After Li Xinkai saw that everyone had arrived, he opened a dossier and took a deep breath and said: "Since our unit arrived in Chengde at the beginning of the year, we have consolidated our defense to cut off the claws of the Kou, and since March 3, the cavalry of the army appeared on the outer line of Chengde City, and the 10th and 14th divisions of the army have attacked Chengde since the beginning of the campaign. After our army incorporated Tang Yulin's headquarters, there were more than 17,000 people in the division, more than 16,000 combat soldiers, more than 4,700 killed in battle, more than 5,300 light and serious wounded, and most of the ammunition consumed in storage, only bullets and grenades were sufficient, and the stock of artillery shells was basically exhausted, and only the last two bases remained, and the artillery regiment had destroyed a total of 15 artillery pieces since the battle, and the 429 casualties were no longer among the above-mentioned casualties. ”
It can be said that Li Xinkai's report made the faces of everyone present slightly cold, and the idea of more than half of the casualties and running out of ammunition and food appeared in everyone's hearts, if it was under field conditions, I am afraid that even if Zhang Xuewu's ability to control the troops is strong, I am afraid that the new first division will also fall into a rout and out of control at this moment, it can be said that Zhang Xuewu will secretly thank a son of a bastard Xiao Yueben, if it were not for the siege of the city on all sides of the army, the new first division would not have broken out such a tenacious and amazing combat effectiveness, It is already a rare miracle to defend the lonely city with one division against the enemy, especially the extremely arrogant Imperial Army.
Li Songtao saw that everyone's expressions were a little dignified, so he smiled and said, "I said the master's seat, it's really as you said!" are all two legs and one belly, Xiao Yue is not a steel indestructible body, and a shot is also a hole! I went to the old street camp before, oh my God! This little devil's corpse is pressed layer by layer! I estimate that my casualties are at least three times that of our army, and now that Xiao Yue is no longer fighting, I think they just can't gnaw, and I want to adjust my tactics to grasp the rhythm of the attack, because since the start of the war, I have been jumping according to our rhythm, in my opinion! Xiao said that Ben Yi will send someone to negotiate! ”
"Negotiations?" Everyone in the war room felt a little incredible? The two sides have already killed the red eye? And what a fart to talk about?