Chapter 18: The Bloody Battle (6)
"Kill, give!" As soon as the artillery fire extended, the infantry of the Japanese army began to launch a three-sided siege against the few squadrons in the Beida Battalion, suppressed by the supporting fire composed of heavy machine guns, mortars, and grenadiers.
The biggest advantage of Zhang Xuewu's circular position is that it can flexibly and flexibly adjust its strength and firepower and shrink the defensive area; in the Second World War in history, the US army, which has an absolute advantage in firepower, has repeatedly used circular fortifications with fierce infantry projection firepower to inflict heavy losses on the troops that occupy an absolute superiority in troops.
Due to the sufficient preparation before, the firepower of Zhang Xuewu's department was not weaker than that of the reinforced battalion of the US army in the late stage of World War II, especially the number of heavy machine guns was amazing, which had a lot to do with Zhang Xuewu's borrowing of the equipment of the 621st Regiment and the 619th Regiment.
In the heavy machine gun fire, the army suffered a big loss, the ring position of the defenders of the Beidaying camp was like a hedgehog, and there was artillery support from the direction of Tanglin in the east, the army tried to attack the Tanglin ammunition depot, but the strong fortifications and fierce firepower of the ammunition depot finally had to give up, and the Kwantung Army lacked the necessary training, weapons and equipment, and sufficient troops.
The grenadier is a simple grenade projectile equipment unique to the army, and the Northeast Army also purchased a large number of copies from the arsenals of the three eastern provinces in the later period, and the grenadier is a very lethal weapon in the hands of experienced soldiers, and the soldiers of the Yue army who are constantly advancing use the grenadier in their hands to overturn seven or eight heavy machine guns.
The Czech-made light machine guns could not effectively maintain the continuation of firepower because of the relationship between the 20-round magazine, so they gave the infantry the opportunity to quickly break through, and several soldiers of the Yue army formed a battle group or several battle groups covered each other to cover each other to besiege the perimeter of the defenders of the Beida Battalion.
Holding up the binoculars, Jiro Tamon looked at his soldiers and shouted "Long live His Majesty the Emperor", and rushed towards the ring fortifications in the middle of the [***] with the smoke of gunpowder that had not yet dissipated.
Suddenly, continuous flashes and muffled explosions erupted from the position of [***]! The scorching metal jet instantly pierced the offensive formation of the Yue army, and a large number of wounded soldiers fell to the ground with a shaky fall, struggling and moaning weakly.
This is a big gift specially prepared by Zhang Xuewu for himself, with a thin skin of lead barrels in order to load the Italian-made Tamili tripping mines, on which two grenades and half a kilogram of iron sand are tied to a wooden frame, after the extension of the army's artillery fire, Zhang Xuewu ordered Wang Chuang to abandon the outer defense line, Zhang Xuewu commanded the troops to leave the gift of his own creativity on the position.
Come on! With the input of the counterattack troops, the counterattack troops, which were densely killed and wounded by the mine array, soon drove out of the circular position with a large number of submachine guns and Mauser pistols, and the army was full of abandoned corpses around the position.
Tamonjiro's eyes went from watching his troops rush forward with smug expression, to staring at his troops in amazement, and being driven out like ducks.
Jiro Domon blushed and clenched his fists tightly, when did the Imperial Army become so unbearable during his military career? Especially with such an unbearable unit, it turned out to be the famous Sendai Division under his command? Victory is already in sight, and these cowards dare not hold out in the face of the enemy? The victory or defeat of assault operations is often determined by who can hold out for the last five minutes on both sides of the enemy! In fact, the most embarrassing thing for Jiro Tamon was that Shigeru Honjo led Miji Kenkawa, Seishiro Itagaki and Ishihara Waner and others to watch the battle.
For the Haikou he boasted before, Tamonjiro was almost annoyed at this moment, and Major General Amano, the commander of the Amano Brigade in charge of the attack, was almost slapped in the face.
It was already 16 o'clock in the afternoon of the 19th, if the Beiping and Nanjing sides had the intention of counterattacking, I am afraid that the Yue army would not continue to gather heavy troops to besiege the Beida Battalion, and Zhang Xueliang listened to Chiang Kai-shek on the issue of treating Yue himself, because the first battle of the "Middle East Road" had made Zhang Xueliang realize that it was absolutely impossible to deal with the army of a country with local forces, and all the energy of the Nanjing Central Committee was in the internal control, and it was inevitable that there would be some indulgence in the aspect of the capital.
In fact, Zhang Xuewu knew very well that the Beidaying was tactically impossible to hold at all, and the advantage he relied on was that he was familiar with this period of history that almost everyone was familiar with in later generations, and in cooperation with all the automatic firearms of the Seventh Infantry Brigade, he used the most effective defense mode of the US army to deal with the siege of the Japanese army during World War II, built a ring fortification to resist the Japanese army, and transported away as many weapons, ammunition, armaments, and ordnance and equipment as possible stored by the Northeast Frontier Army, so as to minimize the losses in history.
Speaking from his heart, Zhang Xuewu knew very well that the Beida Battalion was the death ground of the Quartet, and if the Yue army was fully prepared and had sufficient firepower in terms of tactics, then the only result of defending the Beida Camp would be to serve as an artillery target for the Yue army.
Zhang Xuewu is very soberly aware that if a war or conflict within a certain scale between China and China is triggered because of his insistence on the Beida camp, whether it is his own retreat in the face of difficulties, or the order of Beiping or Nanjing to fight back, it is impossible for the Kwantung Army to fully occupy the Northeast, so that when a full-scale war breaks out between China and China, China will be in a relatively advantageous position. The hundreds of thousands of Northeast Frontier Guards can also play a tremendous role that has not had the opportunity to play in history.
It can be said that the fall of the four northeastern provinces and the crisis of Pingjin were also due to the night of the September 18 Manchuria Incident and the repeated waiting of Zhang Xueliang, deputy commander-in-chief of the land, sea and air force in Beiping.
Zhang Xuewu looked at the sun that was gradually setting in the west, and said that he seemed to have realized his intentions, and the troops of the Yue army besieging him in front of him were also decreasing, and tonight was his last chance to break through. If tonight passes, I still choose to stick to it, but the political axe of the Republic of China is generally popular in history, and I naturally don't think about being captured and surrendered, I'm afraid I can only sacrifice my life for the country!
Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang Chung-zheng, who returned to Nanjing to take command, were full of hope and pinned everything on the mediation and deterrence of the League of Nations; in fact, Chiang Kai-shek had his own small abacus, and the reason why Zhang Xueliang, deputy commander-in-chief of the army, navy, and air force, as China's largest warlord town, was able to become the biggest bargaining chip on the balance of the national political axe was because he had hundreds of thousands of well-equipped and brave Northeast Army.
He was embraced by Zhang Xueliang, and if Zhang Xueliang turned his hands over for the rain and turned his hands into the rain, would he Jiang have to go into the field again? Zhang Xueliang, the alliance brother, is a double-edged sword for him Jiang someone.
Chiang Kai-shek had just instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to send a note to the Chinese League of Nations Mission in Neiwa and many other matters, when He Bin, deputy director of the secretariat, quietly came to Chiang Kai-shek's side and said: "Chairman Chiang, Zhang Xueliang, deputy commander-in-chief of Beiping, is calling!" ”
Chiang Kai-shek thoughtfully used his Fenghua words to say quickly and sharply: "Quick! Fast! Hurry up, next time Hanqing's call doesn't have to go through the secretariat, you can directly come in! ”
He Bin nodded, as if he had appeared quietly, and left quietly! Chiang Kai-shek glanced at He Bin's back with his eyes, He Bin was born orthodox, deeply influenced by Sanming Cooking, is a high-achieving student who graduated from Yenching University, and his writing is comparable to Chen Bui and Dai Jitao, Chiang Kai-shek has considered more than once to really include it under the curtain as his thirteen Taibao to serve him, but there is an old saying in China, called effectiveness is not as good as fate, although He Bin is extraordinary, but he always can't enter Jiang's eyes because of such and such problems, and has been sideways in the secretariat for several years, and what he sees is more and more slippery.
Chiang Kai-shek picked up the microphone and fed it, and he heard Zhang Xueliang eagerly say over there: "Chairman Chiang, now the army has concentrated most of the troops of the Second Division and all the strength of its reading garrison, and is storming the Beida Battalion, and the first part of our army defending the Beida Battalion will fight to the death with the enemy and will not retreat, and now the two sides are in a stalemate!" ”
(After the September 18 Incident (known as the Manchurian Incident), Sun Ke's political axe was unable to deal with the political axe deficit, diplomatic and financial crises, Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Jingwei cooperated to form a cabinet and became the chairman of the Military Committee of the National Political Axe, and the title of chairman also appeared in the mouths of some important officials from the end of the 21st year of the Republic of China.) )