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Chapter 1610 sets a trap

The Japanese army attacked Siberia with a total of 20 corps, of which the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 11th armies entered the city of Novosibirsk as the vanguard. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After the capture of Novosibirsk, the 1st, 3rd and 11th armies continued westward to open the gateway to Omsk. The Second Army remained, took charge of the defense of Novosibirsk, received factories and mines, occupied surrounding cities, and waited for the arrival of follow-up troops. The 10th Division received an order to occupy the western city of Chirepannovo in the Salaire Mountains, bounded by the Chumaish River, and to secure the Novosibirsk flank.

Who knew that the commander of the 10th Division, Major General Yoshio Shinozuka, led the troops south, and easily broke through the defense of the small units of the Far Eastern Army along the way.

The 10th Division was a reinforced division with two brigades and four wings, plus the 10th Cavalry Wing, the 10th Field Artillery Wing, the 10th Engineer Wing, the 10th Heavy Infantry Wing, the Communications Corps, the Sanitary Corps, and a field hospital. The division is full of 28,200 people, and it can be said that the strong strength is the source of Yoshio Shinozuka's self-confidence.

However, due to the forced march since the southward movement and the large number of troops scattered in the towns along the way, the only squadrons that followed Yoshio Shinozuka at this time were the 8th Infantry Brigade, a squadron of the 10th Cavalry Wing Tank Brigade, and two squadrons of the 10th Field Artillery Wing.

Barnaul was built in 1730, until the beginning of the twentieth century, has been the Altai region of non-ferrous metal mining and smelting and commercial center, but also the region of railway, road and river transport hub, machinery manufacturing such as engines, boilers, machine tools, presses, railway vehicles, agricultural machinery and other industries developed, in addition to textile, chemical and food industries, and there are many colleges and universities of engineering, medicine, agriculture, etc., the attraction of the Japanese army is not under the city of Novosibirsk.

After a brief discussion with Chief of Staff Tsutsumi Tsuki Daisa, and the commander of the 8th Brigade, Major General Okada, it was decided to launch an attack with the 39th Infantry Wing, with artillery supporting the attack across the bank, and the rest of the troops on standby for the time being to observe the reaction across the river.

The intensity of the battle was far beyond Shinozuka Yoshio's expectations, but he had no intention of interfering.

From the binoculars, Yoshio Shinozuka had already discovered the clothes of the defenders on the opposite position and knew the identity of the other party. Now that Isoya Ryosuke has been promoted to the Kwantung Army as chief of staff, and the 10th Division has been strengthened by the military headquarters, Shinozuka Yoshio believes that the troops under his command have been reborn and are fully capable of gaining the upper hand in the duel with the Anjia Army.

Sure enough, the confrontation on the battlefield was quickly broken with the addition of ten Type 95 light chariots to the battle group.

The total weight of the 95 light tank is 7.4 tons, the engine adopts a 115-horsepower Mitsubishi A6120VD 4-stroke 6-cylinder air-cooled diesel engine, the main gun is a Type 94 37mm rapid-fire gun, and the auxiliary weapon is a 7.7mm machine gun. Ten Type 95 light tanks stopped 200 meters away from the trench, their muzzle flames flashed, and the shells screamed and slammed straight into the general-purpose machine gun position of the 1st Battalion of the 197th Infantry Regiment of the 46th Motor Infantry Division.

Because it was a direct-aim artillery attack and there was no problem with the angle of shooting across the river, the accuracy was terrifyingly high, and the general-purpose machine guns of the 1st Battalion of the 197th Infantry Regiment were extinguished one after another. The infantry's firing was completely suppressed by the combined fire of the Japanese army's light and heavy machine guns, grenadiers, and mortars.

The sound of the general-purpose machine gun tearing the tarpaulin in the first trench quickly stopped, and the Japanese wing commander Taihei Yyoo Osaku was so excited that he raised his command knife and shouted: "The enemy's machine gun has been knocked out!" Warriors of the Great Japanese Empire, forward! ”

The remaining 500 or so devil soldiers, as if they had eaten aphrodisiacs, howled and straightened up, and rushed towards the trenches under the hill in front, and the Type 92 heavy machine guns and crooked machine guns kept strafing to suppress the possible remaining firing points.

"Battalion Commander Duan, the regimental headquarters has given an order, let your battalion immediately withdraw to the second trench!" The regimental headquarters correspondent who rushed over from the traffic ditch conveyed the latest order of the regiment commander Long Zhidan to Duan Chengpeng, the commander of the first battalion.

Duan Chengpeng was slightly stunned, and then roared, "Retreat!" ”

The remaining nearly 400 officers and men of the first battalion carried the bodies of the officers and men who had died in battle that could be found, and withdrew through the communication ditch to the second trench 250 meters later.

The last evacuated soldier detonated the pre-planted explosives, boom! In the explosion that sounded almost simultaneously, the first trench and the communication ditch connected to the trench behind collapsed.

"Fire!"

Major Long Zhidan, commander of the 197th Infantry Regiment who had been ordered by division commander Li Jun to personally rush to the second trench and commanded, shouted loudly, and the officers and men of one platoon each of the second and third battalions continued to use semi-automatic rifles and general-purpose machine guns to confront the Japanese army.

With a distance of 250 meters from each other, coupled with the sparse firepower points, more than 500 devils from a large group of the 39th Wing of the Japanese Army rushed into the first trench at the cost of only twenty or thirty people.

Slightly adjusted, the two sides each based on a trench, 250 meters apart to shoot at each other.

After the more than 400 officers and men of the 1st Battalion withdrew to the second trench, Long Zhidan immediately ordered three infantry companies of the 2nd Battalion to join in the firing, and then 20 general-purpose machine guns withdrawn from the cave also joined in the firing.

The distance of 250 meters was extremely reluctant for the Japanese grenadiers, and after wasting dozens of melon grenades, the grenadiers, who had not achieved much success, picked up the Type 38 rifles and joined the ranks of the firefighters under the orders of the grassroots officers of the devils.

The machine guns of both sides became the main force of the fire, and in this tongue of fire, incalculable bullets swept through the air like a whirlwind of 250 meters, whistling towards the opponent's machine gun position. One after another, the chest or head of the shooter rose to the ground in a mist of blood, and then fell into the trench screaming, and the standby sub-shooters stepped on the bodies of their comrades who were still twitching, and the butts of their guns stained with viscous blood were raised, and the rain of bullets of revenge pounced on each other again. The machine gun positions of the two sides, which were completely locked by the enemy's machine gun fire, quickly devoured the blood and lives of the Chinese and Japanese shooters.

All the machine gunners on both sides were red-eyed, desperately hooking the bolts to the end, and the yellow cancan shells rained down on the corpses of the dead shooters stacked on top of each other, and the ground of all the machine gun positions was a pool of dark red blood! However, none of the machine gunners who fired at each other flinched, and they made up for the one that fell!

The battle lasted for a quarter of an hour, and because the positions of the Anjia army were built on high ground, the Japanese tanks could not participate in the attack, so they could only reach the trenches, lean up, and fire shells, but due to the problem of the angle of fire, the effect was not good.

The Japanese wing commander Taihei Yyo Osaku frowned, and with a wave of his hand, another infantry brigade crossed the railway bridge to join the attack. With the arrival of more than 1,000 new troops, the pressure on the defense line of the An Jiajun suddenly increased. At this time, Long Zhidan received a call from the division commander Li Jun again and immediately ordered a retreat.

Soon, the officers and men picked up the small benches that were padded under their feet to facilitate shooting, got into the communication ditch, and retreated to the third trench behind.

Not long after the An Jiajun withdrew from the trenches, a deafening roar suddenly sounded from the Japanese artillery position, and dark red bullet marks swept towards the Anjia Army's position like a meteor.

At the moment of the Japanese shelling, the experienced veterans had already beckoned to quickly hide in the anti-artillery holes, but even so, there were still more than a dozen officers and soldiers who reacted slowly, and were shaken out of the trenches by the tyrannical shock wave, and the corpses tumbling in the air were cut into pieces of flesh by hundreds of sharp shrapnel before they fell, and blood rained in the mud and dust, and several general-purpose machine guns at the center of the explosion were thrown into the air, flying several meters and falling heavily on the position.

On the east bank of the Ob River, Major General Okada, the commander of the 8th Brigade, who was very satisfied with the results of the shelling, smiled proudly and said to the division commander Yoshio Shinozuka: "Shinozuka-kun, judging from the firepower, the other side should have only one regiment!" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka nodded slightly, but his face was serious.

"Shinozuka-kun, what are you thinking?" Okada-shi was a little strange.

"Okada-kun, as we all know, the An Jiajun has never been at a disadvantage in the contest with the emperor's ** team, and they have powerful artillery!" Speaking of this, Yoshio Shinozuka said worriedly: "But until now, not only have they not seen any traces of large-caliber heavy artillery and light artillery, but even mortars have not been seen firing them, so what kind of conspiracy do they have?" ”

"I see...... Shinozuka-kun, don't worry! Okada analyzed easily: "According to the information we have, the Far Eastern Army and the Anjia Army were originally bounded by the Aleyi River, and Barnaul was under the jurisdiction of the Far Eastern Army. Due to the rapid progress of the emperor's ** team, the An Jiajun hurriedly went north, and its heavy firepower must not have been able to carry it. So far, the An Jiajun has used general-purpose machine guns, and there is not a single Makqin heavy machine gun, which is the best proof! Therefore, I think it is necessary to take the high ground on the other side of the river as soon as possible, and set up our artillery positions on the hills, so that even if the artillery of the Anjia Army arrives in the next few days, we will not have to be afraid of him! ”

Yoshio Shinozuka nodded, feeling that it made sense, so he let Okada give the order and dispatched the three brigades of the 40th Wing to cross the river immediately.

With more than 3,000 devils entering the battlefield, the west bank was densely packed with Japanese infantry, while on the east bank, only more than 1,000 soldiers from a brigade of the 39th Infantry Wing, two artillery squadrons, and more than 900 logistics and staff personnel served as the rear guard of divisions and brigades.

Yoshio Shinozuka was not worried about the security of the headquarters and artillery positions being threatened, in his opinion, within a few kilometers of the east bank of the river, even if a squadron arrived from a distance, the main force that came forward could come back at any time. Unbeknownst to Yoshio Shinozuka, behind a small hill a few kilometers away on the east bank, the officers and men of the armored battalion directly under the 46th Division and the 196th Motorized Infantry Regiment, who were closely watching the movements of the Japanese army through binoculars, quickly rushed to the tanks and armored personnel carriers. The officers and men of the special service brigade and reconnaissance battalion directly under the division took advantage of the terrain to sneak to the predetermined positions.

In the headquarters on the west bank, one kilometer away from the front of the position, Li Jun, commander of the 46th Division, after seeing the Japanese army put in the main force, pressed the excitement in his heart and issued one order after another.

The officers and men of the air defense battalion directly under the division and the mortar regiment temporarily formed after concentrating all the mortars in the division immediately took action, and after the battle began, they had to rush to the top of the slope at the highest speed and launch fierce fire on the Japanese troops who had fallen into the trap.