Chapter 57: Victory in the First Battle
Southern suburb of Gangpo, headquarters of the Kunisaki detachment.
Major General Noboru Kunizaki was observing the [***] position in front of him through the artillery ranging telescope (artillery mirror), and asked the chief of staff next to him, Osa Yasuda, "Did the aviation scouts find anything unusual?" ”
Yasuda Daisa thought for a while and said: "The aviation scout reported that there are many people in China who are assisting the China Army in building fortifications in the past few days, but this is not a cause for concern at all, and it is in vain for the China Army to have more people to help, because it is impossible for the civil engineering fortifications built in a hurry to withstand the shelling of the 105 Mountain Artillery. ”
Major General Kunisaki Noboru said: "Then let the Yanagida Brigade launch a tentative attack, so that the firepower of the Shina Army is exposed." ”
At the order of Major General Noboru Kunisaki, the Yanagida Brigade, which had been recuperating for several days, immediately began to assemble before the battle, and the artillery squadron under the Yanagida Brigade also began artillery preparations.
In just 10 minutes, the four Type 92 infantry guns of the artillery squadron under the Yanagida Brigade fired hundreds of shells at Chi Chengfeng's 2nd Battalion position, causing the entire 2nd Battalion position to burst into flames and mud splashing everywhere, but the more than 500 officers and men of the 2nd Battalion had already prepared and hid in the anti-artillery holes that had been dug in advance and reinforced with masonry and cement.
While the artillery was bombarded, the 4th Infantry Squadron of the 2nd Squadron, to which Yanagida's Brigade belonged, quietly moved to the front of the position.
This infantry squad is really ruthless, and it actually advanced the attack launch point to a distance of less than two hundred meters from the front line of [***], such a close distance, if this little devil's artillery has a mistake, the shell is very likely to blow up his own people, but it can also be seen from this that the little devil's infantry and artillery coordination is really not blown.
At the very least, the infantry and artillery coordination of the seventeen permanent divisions and regiments is very strong.
As soon as the shelling stopped, more than 40 devil soldiers immediately rushed out from the attack point with bayonets.
By the time the officers and soldiers of the 1st Company of the 2nd Battalion of Baoshan on the opposite side drilled out of the anti-artillery holes and rushed into the trenches and foxholes, the devil soldiers were already within 50 meters! After all, the Baoshan 2nd Battalion is the foundation of the Northeast Army, and the reaction is quite fast, if it is replaced by those two Sichuan military camps, when they enter the trenches, I am afraid that the devil soldiers will have already killed them under their noses!
That's it, the few guard positions built in front of it are still occupied by the little devils.
Chi Chengfeng was immediately scared out of a white sweat, now, he has a personal experience of the "awesomeness" of the Kunisaki detachment, this Kunisaki detachment is really fucking extraordinary!
In an instant, fierce gunfire rang out on the position of the 1st Company of the 2nd Battalion of Baoshan.
The two crooked light machine guns at the forefront fired at the same time, and the devil soldiers who were rushing forward with their waists were immediately knocked down several times, and the rest of the devil soldiers immediately fell to the ground when they saw that the situation was wrong, and found cover on the spot and set up light machine guns and grenadiers to shoot at [***], although [***] had strong fortifications as a barrier, they could not have the upper hand in the shooting!
In the headquarters of the 2nd Battalion of Baoshan, Chi Chengfeng was jumping to scold his mother: "His grandmother, what does the 3rd Company do to eat?" ”
Liao Yaoting, the deputy of the battalion, said: "Battalion, the individual quality of the little devils is indeed much stronger than ours, the light machine gun firepower of the 3rd company is not dominant, and the grenadiers of the brothers are not as easy as the little devils, and it is even better to throw them out directly with their hands to throw them accurately, and it is reasonable to fall into the disadvantage." ”
Liu Zhijian, the deputy of the battalion, also said: "Battalion, hurry up and let the heavy machine gun fire in the concealed fortifications open fire, otherwise it will be a big trouble for the little devils to rush in front of the 3rd company!" ”
"Fire fire, fire! Kill these dogs! ”
Chi Chengfeng scratched his head and scolded, "His grandma, as soon as he was connected to the fire, he was forced to expose the hidden firepower, and it was time to let Tuanzao and Dalong laugh at them when he turned around." ”
As soon as Chi Chengfeng gave the order, the two hidden firepower points on the front line immediately opened fire!
Four Type 92 heavy machine guns and four crooked light machine guns were fully arranged in these two concealed firing points, and these eight light and heavy machine guns suddenly constituted a tight crossfire, and the bullets blew like a wind towards the Yue army squad 50 meters away.
In the headquarters of the Yanagida Brigade of the Yue Army, seeing the Yue Army squad turn around and retreat, Yanagida Nakazo showed a smile on his face, put down the binoculars and said to the artillery observer beside him: "Have you seen the firepower of the Chinese Army clearly?" ”
The artillery observation lieutenant took his eyes off the back of the artillery mirror, retracted his feet and said, "Haiyi! ”
Yanagida Nakasa waved his hand and said, "Order the artillery squadron to immediately correct the firing of Zhu Yuan." ”
The artillery squadron's firing was quickly corrected, and the attacking vanguard squad had just withdrawn to the two-hundred-meter line, and the four ninety-two rifle guns of the artillery squadron began the second round of shelling.
In particular, the two concealed firing points on the front line withstood most of the shells of the artillery of the Japanese army, and the entire position was blown up beyond recognition!
After half an hour of artillery preparation, the army attacked again.
This time, it is no longer a squadron of forty or fifty people, but a squadron of one hundred and forty or fifty people!
As soon as the artillery bombardment stopped, the squadrons immediately launched a charge in three directions, one squad attacked from the front, and the other two squadrons detoured to the flanks.
However, this time, the tactics that the army has tried and tested many times in peacetime have failed!
First of all, the infantry squad that attacked head-on was suppressed by [***] firepower, and the two concealed firepower points that the artillery squadron focused on shelling just now were not destroyed, and the infantry squad that attacked frontally suffered a big loss due to its lack of psychological preparation, and the two infantry squads that detoured from both flanks also hit the iron plate.
Soon, the entire 4th squadron, which participated in the attack, was defeated.
In the headquarters of the Yanagida Brigade, Yanagida Nakasa's face suddenly changed.
"Baga Yalu, those two firepower points of the people of China have not been destroyed?"
"And the flanks, when did the Chinese army also learn to protect their flanks?"
The deputy captain and a few squadron leaders next to him didn't dare to answer, obviously they couldn't understand how the two fire points of the people of China survived under the cover of such heavy artillery fire just now? There is also flank protection, the Zhina Army has always had no awareness of this, and it seems that the Zhina Army in front is really different.
Yanagida Nakasa felt very embarrassed, His Excellency Kunisaki and the entire Kunisaki detachment were watching his performance not far away, if this scene was smashed, where would his face go? Yanagida Nakasa could even feel the displeasure on the look of His Excellency Kunisaki and the mocking eyes of his colleagues.
"Order, the artillery squadron has fired all the shells, and then use the gas shells!" Yanagida Nakasa gritted his teeth and said in a cruel voice, "The shelling is over, the 1st Squadron and the 3rd Squadron attack at the same time, this time we must take the opposite Zhina position!" ”
"Hello!" The commander of the artillery squadron and the leaders of the 1st and 3rd infantry squadrons bowed their heads abruptly, and at the same time folded their feet and stood upright.
The third round of artillery preparations of the army began soon, and after firing hundreds of live ammunition, they quietly used the rotten mustard gas bombs, but the [***] on the opposite side had already prepared, and there were many gas masks in the baggage intercepted last time and previous seizures, and Yue Weihan had already sent the gas masks to individual soldiers, and he had long been guarding against this hand.
The third attack of Yanagida's brigade still ended in failure, but this time he finally discovered that the construction of the opposite branch army was not any civil fortifications, but permanent fortifications of masonry and concrete structures, especially the two hidden firepower points at the front, which were clearly muddy bunkers on the surface!
………… That night, Noboru Kunisaki personally presided over a military review meeting.
Yanagida Nakasa also made a profound review at the review meeting and proposed a response strategy.
We must admit that our nation is a nation that is very good at admitting mistakes, summing up mistakes, and improving mistakes, and this is indeed worthy of vigilance and learning from the people of the country.
"Yanagida-kun, you don't have to take it to heart about the defeat today." Kunizaki Noboru comforted a few words, and then changed his words and said, "Because the Chinese army on the opposite side has used the past few days to build a complete permanent fortification group, it is obviously impossible to destroy the opponent's permanent fortification group with the 92 rifle cannon, Ming said, the mountain artillery wing and the chariot detachment will cooperate with the 3rd brigade to fight, Yanagida-kun, you must not let me down again tomorrow." ”
Yanagida Nakasa got up suddenly, and immediately gathered his feet and said, "Haiyi." ”
………… When Kunisaki Noboru presided over the military review meeting, Yue Weihan was also inspecting the position of the 1st Company of the 2nd Battalion in Baoshan.
Chi Chengfeng muttered as he walked: "His grandmother's, the casualties of the 1st and 2nd companies are okay, but the ammunition consumption is too serious, especially the heavy machine gun bullets, which consume several bases in half a day, according to this intensity, at most three days, all the heavy machine guns in our battalion will have to sing the empty city plan!" ”
"Chi Chengfeng, you don't cry poor here with me." Yue Weihan said coldly, "All the ammunition has been distributed to the battalions before the war, and it is useless for you to shout, I don't have any extra ammunition here to replenish you." ”
In fact, this is also the fatal drawback of the weapon, once the ammunition is exhausted, even the best weapon will become an ornament.
If you want to rely on capture to feed the war, it is simply wishful thinking, the little devils are not cheap transport teams, how easy is it to rob them of their baggage? Once or twice, you may still succeed, and you can succeed three or four times, and the little devil is not a fool? It's really so easy to rob other people's supplies, and it will take eight years to fight the Anti-Japanese War?
Chi Chengfeng pursed his lips and said silently, but he slandered in his heart: "His grandmother's, let's not believe that you didn't leave some private goods?" ”
"It's useless for you to scold in your heart, I still don't have ammunition to make up for you." Yue Weihan seemed to have eyes in the back of his head, and as if he could hear the voice in Chi Chengfeng's stomach, and said coldly, "I'm here to remind you, you'd better be mentally prepared, tomorrow's devil's attack won't be as strong as today." ”
(To be continued)