Chapter 26: The Battle of Xifengkou (4)
In fact, Zhao Dengyu and Wang Changhai didn't know that the battle was raging in the northwest direction of Xifengkou, but they didn't know what was going on, and second, they knew that the combat effectiveness of their subordinates was not very good.
It's not that they are afraid of war and don't want to fight, since they have come here, they have long been ready to die for their country.
Rather, it was because the gap in equipment between the two sides was too great, and at the same time, the troops of the two brigades ran for half a day before they arrived at Xifengkou, and their combat effectiveness could not be brought into play at all, because they were too tired.
What's more, they also have a little doubt, that is, as far as they know, friendly forces cannot appear in that direction.
I don't know if this is a drama I wrote and acted myself, used to lure the defenders out to attack them.
Wang Changhai was still quite depressed about the night attack last night, so he didn't agree with taking another risk at this time.
Therefore, although the two generals of the Northwest Army at Xifengkou were also a little ready to move, and Zhang Shixin's troops were flanking the Yue army, but, taking into account many factors, they could only adopt the method of standing still and waiting for the changes.
If Zhang Shixin knew about this situation, he would be quite helpless, because if he was in the perspective of two generals, he would also take a similar approach.
Zhang Shixin doesn't know the radio channel of the Northwest Army, but even if he knows, there is no good way, after all, if you contact the other party for no reason, it is a question whether the other party trusts you or not.
An officer with a military order would not take such a risk to help Zhang Shixin.
This is the situation that Zhang Shixin has to face, the defenders are unwilling to unite with his troops to flank the Yue army, which makes Zhang Shixin's pressure quite great, but for Zhang Shixin, it takes more time to push the Yue army troops.
In fact, of course, it's not that simple.
In addition, the two brigades of the Yue Army, which had rushed over to support, were already on the road, and it would not take more than three hours to reach the rear of Zhang Shixin's troops.
Zhang Shixin wants to push these two brigades and two tank wings, of course, it will take more than this number, that is, more than 10,000 pigs for him to catch, and he can't catch them so easily, let alone more than 10,000 living and resistant?
Under the bombardment of large-caliber artillery, Zhang Shixin's advance did not have many fixed fire points to stop him, but those infantry of the army were quite effective in blocking the offensive of the infantry accompanying the army.
Zhang Shixin was quite depressed about such a situation, because he did not expect that the shooting hit rate of the infantry of the Yue Army would be so high.
Even if you are a summoner, you can't guarantee that you will kill the soldiers first.
The machine gun shooters on many armored vehicles do not know how many people have been replaced, and there are even some trickles of blood stains formed inside the rear compartments of some armored vehicles, indicating that the casualties of machine gun shooters are quite large.
is different from many anti-Japanese dramas, if the quality of the anti-Japanese army before 1943 is the kind of anti-Japanese drama that can't hit anyone, Zhang Shixin doesn't mind eating the TV.
There are many aspects of the anti-Japanese drama that are quite unreasonable, Zhang Shixin has seen it a long time ago, but he didn't think that he still underestimated the accuracy of the army's marksmanship.
This has something to do with the accuracy of the 38 big cover, but an ordinary sergeant in the army has a 60%+ hit probability, and Zhang Shixin has to have a faint respect for the other party.
After all, being able to have such marksmanship accuracy as a whole cannot but be regarded as a great contribution to the military education of the political axe.
However, these faint respects were quickly forgotten by Zhang Shixin, because compared with the infantry of the Yue Army, the armored soldiers of the Yue Army were more scum.
Despite this, Zhang Shixin continued to defeat the troops of the Yue Army who were blocking in front of him, and kept moving closer to Xifengkou.
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It was not the first time that Naoto Hattori had received news from the commander of the Suzuki Brigade requesting support at this time, and he also knew very well that Zhang Shixin's troops did have the ability to easily defeat the troops of the Suzuki Brigade Commander Butan in such a short period of time.
But he wondered why Xifengkou's [***] team did not launch a counterattack against them. Because as long as the commander of the normal point knows it, now is a good time to flank their lone army in front and rear.
Therefore, he has not replied to Zhang Shixin, who is constantly desperately resisting Zhang Shixin, and he almost did not go to the front line in person.
In fact, if he knew that the defenders of Kiminekou did not know the actual situation at all, it was estimated that he would immediately support the Suzuki Brigade.
However, he could only waste the opportunity to delay Zhang Shixin and create a possible annihilation of Zhang Shixin's troops in various speculations.
Victory on the battlefield sometimes depends on the number of mistakes made by both warring parties.
Obviously, Naoto Hattori made the same mistake as Wang Changhai and Zhao Dengyu at this time.
He was wrong in his miscalculation of the battlefield situation.
But according to the opinion of many soldiers, Hattori's approach cannot be said to be wrong, but he has no chance to correct it.
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Wang Changhai and Zhao Dengyu were looking at a girl in a short jacket and several entourages around her at this time, and at the same time looked at a person whose face was no longer bruised, his eyes were swollen, and his body was even more unaware of the serious injury of the military pilot.
After they looked at each other uncertainly, Wang Changhai asked the girl: "This young lady, what you said is true?" ”
"Of course, and isn't this pilot the best proof?" The girl smiled slightly: "I don't know if the two generals can cooperate with the patriot's subordinates to flank the army before and after?" ”
Zhao Dengyu hesitated for a moment, and then said: "The order we received is to hold the Xifeng Pass......"
"Have you ever heard of the phrase that a fighter plane is fleeting? If the other party finds out that his enthusiasm has been exchanged for the result of fighting alone and finally failing, if 40,000,000 people know that your actions are so unbearable...... I am afraid that in exchange for 40,000 people's verbal and written criticism. The girl said in a rather gentle tone.
It's just that the girl's words are undoubtedly a heart-wrenching word in the ears of Zhao Dengyu and Wang Changhai.
However, Wang Changhai still hoped to get more accurate information, so he had to smile and say: "Miss, we are acting on orders, but if there is a more accurate situation, we will also ......."
Before the girl could speak, a messenger broke into the house and saluted the two men: "Brigade, Junza telegram!" ”
Zhao Dengyu glanced at the words on the telegram, and then handed it to Wang Changhai, he looked at the girl, showed a look of understanding, and said, "I don't know Miss's surname?" ”
The girl smiled slightly: "Don't be expensive, your surname is Song." ”
Zhao Dengyu knew very well that there was only one family with the surname Song that could influence his top boss, but he didn't know what the relationship between this Miss Song and the three noble ladies was.
However, he knew that Song Zheyuan's order had been issued, and he and Wang Changhai only had to act according to orders.
So after consultations, Wang Changhai led a brigade and the remnants of the headquarters to hold the Xifengkou, while Zhao Dengyu led a brigade to attack the Yue army.
As for the young lady surnamed Song, she said goodbye and left.
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At the same time in Nanjing, in a small villa, Jiang Zhiqing looked at his wife helplessly, although he was quite dissatisfied with his wife bypassing him and accepting some things privately from Song Zheyuan. But when he knew the ins and outs, he could only acquiesce to such a situation.
"Darling, this little girl Ziyan hasn't begged me to do something like an aunt in front of me for a long time, if you have any embarrassment, you can scold me."
"Madam, I also know some things about Zi Yan, but the Song family, as a famous family, as the only heir of the third room, still has to show up outside?"
"After Zi Yan knew that her parents died at the hands of Yue, she hadn't been out of the room for a month, and even I, the aunt in the hall, couldn't persuade him. She was as bad as my cousin's temper, and I didn't think of it for a moment......"
"Alas, madam, I can't say anything about this incident, after all, this is your Song family's business, and it is also done to resist those who say it. Now that things are here, we have to hope that things will get better. ”
Jiang Zhiqing said this, then sat on the chair and pondered for a while before saying: "I thought of one thing, that is, the troops that appear now, will it be the mysterious person who appeared in Ganzhou back then." ”
"Darling, you mean?"
"Yes, he saved a situation that could have turned unthinkable, and now, in the face of national crisis, he has stepped up. It's just a pity that he doesn't want to come into contact with us people. Jiang Zhiqing sighed slightly, and then said in a regretful tone: "I know that the other party has a passion for this country, but this country is too disappointed for him now." ”
"Darling, don't you want to meet this man? Listening to Zi Yan, this person is still quite young. When Mrs. Song thought of this, she couldn't help but smile a little.
She didn't know what her husband was thinking.
"Madam, the other party will not meet us, because the incident in Ganzhou is the best example. The other party has no idea of fame and fortune, and besides, the other party has clearly seen the internal holes in this country, since he doesn't want to come forward, even if he lets the other party stay here, with the strength that the other party has, it is difficult to climb to the sky. ”
"Darling, why didn't the other party appear in that place in the northeast more than a year ago? If only ......"
"Madam, don't talk about that mysterious young man in the Northeast, I'm afraid, the gods will be difficult to return to the sky, the other party just knows this situation and doesn't go to this troubled water, don't you see that the world is now talking about me Zhongzheng quite unbearable?"
Mrs. Song saw the anger and helplessness in her husband's eyes, and stopped talking.
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Of course, Zhang Shixin didn't know that he had once again attracted the attention of the "No. 1 couple in China", and he didn't even know that he had been "sold".
It's just that when he received the defenders of Xifengkou and finally attacked, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart.
While he ordered his troops to intensify their attacks, the troops whose ammunition had reached the cordon should be replenished as much as possible by supplying them on the spot.
Although this will bring some additional casualties, for Zhang Shixin, if he retreats and reorganizes now, he may be attacked by the Yue army for a counter-charge, which will be troublesome.
In fact, the Suzuki Brigade was on the verge of collapse at this time.
The casualties had already exceeded two-thirds of the total number of troops, and if it weren't for a small number of overseers maintaining the formation in the rear, I am afraid that the Suzuki Brigade would have been unable to withstand the offensive and fled in panic.
As for the tank wing of the Type 97 tank, it was now almost completely wiped out, because they could not resist the attack of Zhang Shixin's armored troops with a rather strong impact.
The shells they fired, even if they hit the opposing tanks, most of them were bounced off by the thick armor plates.
As for those small-caliber mountain guns, they were put out quite cleanly by the opponent's artillery with the highest priority.
The armored soldiers of the Yue army were quite helpless to discover the fact that their 57mm tank guns could not penetrate or even hit the front of the opponent's tank and combat vehicles at a distance of more than 400 meters.
And if the opponent fired at them from a distance of 500 meters, it was quite easy to damage or even destroy their Type 97 tank.
At the same time, the opponent's artillery is much more powerful than their 57mm guns, and even those short-barreled assault guns also make them grit their teeth in terms of splash killing.
The suspension system used by this tank is quite fragile, and sometimes a mortar falling nearby may cause them to be severely damaged, and the suspension system has to fly out of at least a few load wheels.
Therefore, the longer the charioteers survive on the battlefield, the more they feel a problem, that is, compared with the opponent's armored troops, their Type 97 chariots are undoubtedly fighting between adult men and junior high school students, and they are quite inferior.
However, they quickly solved the problem, and they didn't have to think about how to deal with these monsters anymore, because their remaining Type 97 tanks were locked by more than a dozen Wild Bee self-propelled guns......
When Zhang Shixin broke through the defense line that only the Governor team was defending, he was surprised to receive a message:
That is, a few mercenary infantrymen in a house, after killing a few stubborn officers and soldiers, found a military flag that had been burned in half, and an officer who had stuck a knife into his abdomen, broke open his stomach, and died in a similar appearance.
Zhang Shixin shook his head: "If you can't beat it, you can play seppuku, and I say that I am also such a virtue, forget it, don't care about him." ”
In fact, Zhang Shixin didn't know that the commander of the Suzuki Brigade who was seppuku was quite angry before he died, because in his eyes, it was because of Naoto Hattori's "death and not rescue", which led to the almost total annihilation of his troops.
However, Naoto Hattori did not send reinforcements before because of his hesitation, but now, Zhang Shixin has almost completely wiped out this Suzuki brigade, and Naoto Hattori has not sent reinforcements yet, because Zhao Dengyu has led the troops to stand with Naoto Hattori's troops.
At the same time, not only Zhao Dengyu's department, but also a force of about 1,000 people was attacking the flank of the Hattori brigade, so Naoto Hattori could not send even a large group of troops to support it now.
Of course, this is what Naoto Hattori himself thinks is the case.
Zhang Shixin set off again after a short rest and replenishment.
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In fact, Naoto Hattori's troops could have fought in separate forces, because his brigade and a tank wing would not be too difficult to withstand the offensive of more than 4,000 infantry with poor weapons and equipment.
However, he did not send reinforcements, firstly, because he was worried that the defenders would attack quite elite, and he was worried that the line of defense would be lost because of the lack of numbers. Second, he didn't expect that the Suzuki Brigade was really about to end.
However, when he realized his mistake, many things were too late to undo it.
The opposing troops, as well as the enemy forces that were harassing the flanks, could hardly move a step forward under dense fire.
The quality of the weapons of the Northwest Army is inferior to that of many local warlords, not to mention that it is now equipped with the official Central Army.
Cold weapons aside, hot weapons are even more diverse. What Hanyang-made, old-fashioned things such as "water beads" and almost rifled and polished things occupy a considerable proportion of the number of weapons and equipment of the Northwest Army.
According to Zhang Shixin's thoughts, these garbage things that he didn't even bother to look at were the best companions of many soldiers.
This was the actual situation at that time, there were many armies, and they did not even have all military uniforms, let alone weapons.
In fact, on the battlefield of the War of Resistance against Japan, not only the Eighth Route Army, but also many local armies had weapons of all countries.
Sometimes, the seized 38 big covers and crooked handles and other things are even more sought-after.
It is said that this weapon is not very good in many aspects, but compared with this situation, these weapons can become a sought-after commodity, and it is conceivable how bad the armament of the anti-Japanese forces at that time was.
Many books write that the Eighth Route Army was poorly equipped, but before receiving a considerable amount of American aid, except for a few German armor divisions, which unit dared to say that it was well equipped?
Most of them are just 50 steps and 100 steps of laughter.
Under the circumstance that weapons and equipment are almost completely inferior, the only way to resist the battlefield is to pile up human lives and use human lives to resist the footsteps of the army.
An inch of mountains and rivers, an inch of blood, 100,000 young people and 100,000 troops.
This is the best adjective sentence for the battlefield of resistance, and it is also the most painful and helpless adjective.
If the weapons and equipment were better, similar to the one himself, it would not be a problem for the army on the battlefield to lose a quarter of the casualties.
If you fall behind, you will be beaten, and this sentence is just as common as it was in 1840, and even now, and even in 1953.
So in such a situation, it was too late after Naoto Hattori found out that he could completely resist the counterattack of the defenders from Kiminekou with a small number of troops.
Because Zhang Shixin's troops had already appeared in their rear...... (To be continued.) )