ww.x.om Chapter 188 Pit

Anman had two options, the first was to turn around and move westward with another Japanese army that was advancing eastward. The second is to continue to attack, but not to force. If the first one is chosen, the Japanese army can only take a detour, and the location of Liushutai is more fatal, and the Japanese army, which carries a large amount of heavy equipment, will inevitably have to take the road built by the Germans. So the detour had to go back first, and then go west.

It is clear that the first option is unrealistic, and only a forcible attack on this path can be taken.

An Man sent a wing of the 29th Brigade to take the mountain road lightly and flank the willow platform. The Japanese army has coveted Jiaodong for a long time, and the military map indicates a small road that leads to the Guò infantry, passing through Zheguding to Zhuwo Village. Zhuwo Village is behind Liushutai, once you can go around the back to attack Liushutai, the success rate will be greatly increased, and the casualties will be much smaller.

After the deployment, the Japanese heavy artillery positions were moved forward to maintain a distance from the mountain artillery and field artillery, which was convenient for suppressing the opponent's artillery.

After the redeployment, the Japanese army soon launched another artillery bombardment, as if to vent their anger on the position, the Japanese artillery this time very generous, a full hour of artillery preparation. The Liushutai position struggled under the fierce artillery fire of the Japanese army, and the beautiful mountains and rivers were baptized in the smoke of gunpowder.

The artillery was followed by an infantry charge, and this time Xu Chongzhi did not let the artillery regiment fire, but let the artillery regiment shift its position. The Japanese heavy artillery moved forward, but they did not dare to stay in place and be bombed. Bofors is light and easy to disassemble, dismantled into several large pieces, and run away on horseback, changing positions to prepare for the next artillery strike.

Sure enough, less than five minutes after the artillery moved their positions, Japanese shells fell on their original positions. Xu Chongzhi couldn't help but secretly sigh that the Japanese army's observation ability is indeed very strong, and elite soldiers are elite soldiers. The artillery regiment of the 19th Division, to say that the overall su zhì is actually not high, was able to take advantage of the artillery battle because of proper tactics. The design elements were set in advance, and once the Japanese entered a certain position, they could open fire without recalculation.

This move can be said to give full play to Bofors' advantages. Hit and run, change places and continue to fight.

After seeing the power of the equipment of the armor division, Xu Chongzhi had a bottom in his heart, anyway, it was defense, with the terrain and strong fortifications, it was enough to calmly respond to the battle. I was a little worried about the flanks, although the terrain in the area of Zhiguding was dangerous, but the troops in my hands were limited. Only one company was put on guard, what if the Japanese army took a small road to sneak attack? This is Xu Chongzhi's only worry, the frontal defense, as long as the ammunition is sufficient, he is confident that he will hold it for a week, after all, the Japanese army has so many troops, and a division of 15,000 people, with a strong terrain defense, it is not in vain. Of course, sacrifice is inevitable.

As soon as the Japanese shelling stopped, the charge began. Xu Chongzhi did not go to the position, waiting for news from the front in his command post. Didn't wait for news from the front. Chief of Staff Han Meng came back first, and laughed loudly when he entered the door: "Division commander, the ammunition and shortage of Qingdao have been delivered, and there is also a reinforced regiment of troops, which was drawn out by Division Commander Lin to reinforce us." ”

Attacking Qingdao from the navy is basically not much different from sending it to death, and Qingdao run by the Germans is a fortress. There are dozens of large-caliber artillery, where can be attacked at will. The Japanese Navy did not even dare to enter Jiaozhou Bay, so it could only block it outside. If you get closer, you will be hit by a battery. "I've seen General Xu, and Xie Guoyi was ordered to come to reinforcements!" The leader of the team followed Han Meng, and when he saw Xu Chongzhi coming over, he stepped forward to salute and speak.

"Great, thank you Brother Songting, I'll treat you after the battle." Xu Chongzhi is in a good mood, and one more regiment is more than 2,000 people.

Xie Guoyi said: "The division commander deliberately strengthened the machine guns and mortars in the division, and the submachine guns were almost concentrated. The regiment has a total of four infantry battalions and one machine gun battalion, 3,336 men, waiting for your command. Before coming, Division Commander Lin also said that he was very envious of you, who could compete with the Japanese army head-on. ”

Xu Chongzhi saw that he was very young, that is, twenty-five or sixteen years old, and said attentively: "Listen to the accent, are you from Nanjing?" ”

Xie Guoyi said with a smile: "Dangtu County is a native of Ma'anshan, the second phase of the teaching team. Participated in the Great War of the North and South, but unfortunately it was Henan, and the Beiyang Army retreated all the way across the Yellow River, almost all of them walked over, and later saw the suppression of bandits. ”

There are more than 300 trainees in the second phase of the teaching, and basically all of them serve as regiment commanders and battalion commanders in various units. Those who can be the head of the regiment are mixed, the individual students of the first phase, and the ones who are the head of the regiment. It can be seen that Xie Guoyi is supported by military exploits.

This man looked at Svenwen, but in fact, the war was very ferocious. Lin Shuqing valued him very much, so he sent him out to represent the face of the division.

Xu Chongzhi was even happier when he heard this, the strengthening of the regiment is the strengthening of the regiment, and a serious regiment has six or seven hundred people in two days. "Okay, you go down and rest first, I'll call you if there is a combat mission."

Xie Guoyi saluted and retired, just leaving for a while

, a staff officer came in from outside and reported: "Division, the 43rd Division has arrived." As soon as the words fell, He Haiming's voice came from outside: "You are a brother, you have always been good?" Is He late? ”

Xu Chongzhi strode out, and when he saw He Haiming walking in the courtyard, he laughed, stepped forward and shook hands tightly and said, "Brother Yiyan, it's too timely." Coming from Bengbu, I'm afraid I won't have time to rest all the way, right? Great work! ”

"It's not hard, our department arrived in Weifang first, rested for a while and replenished some artillery and machine guns. Before coming, Fu Shuai told me that Xu Ruwei was good at using soldiers and smart in battle, and when he arrived at Liushutai, he had to listen to his command. He Haiming said, and said rightly: "He Haiming was ordered to come to reinforcements, and it was all up to Master Xu's dispatch, and there was no other word. ”

When the gunfire of Liushutai was intensive, Li Qianyu, who was originally stationed in Pingdu, had already led his troops to cross the Dasha River. Waiting on the other side of the river was a regiment sent by Li Daxiong and several thousand men to build fortifications in advance along the riverbank, so as not to make Li Qianyu's 10th Division too short of time.

After giving up Yexian, he directly gave up Pingdu, and this tactical adjustment was not because the Japanese army was too strong, but because it was found that the gap in strength between the Wehrmacht and the Japanese army was not as big as expected. In this case, Cai Ye boldly proposed to concentrate superior forces between the Dasha River and the Xiaosha River to encircle the Japanese army's eastward group. If the westward group is reinforced, it will surround the point and send reinforcements, and if there is no reinforcement, the Japanese army will be slowly trapped.

Fang Jianxiong was also worried that the attack in Yexian and Pingdu was too ruthless, and it would scare the Japanese army into not daring to march lightly. In case the Japanese army increases its forces again, it will be troublesome. Although Japan does not have 18 divisions and regiments at large, it can be mobilized and put into battle in a maximum of one month with Japan's mobilization capacity.

Fang Jianxiong didn't have that much time and money to fight a lose-lose battle with Japan. Fang Jianxiong and Cai Yi's ideas are actually redundant, the Japanese army basically belongs to the type of not hitting the south wall and not looking back, and it is indeed redundant to expect the Japanese army to put away their arrogance.

After the attack on Yexian County, the Japanese army relented slightly, but soon returned to its original state. The Japanese army easily occupied the position in Yexian County, and Mitsutomi Kamio walked up to the fortifications built by the squadron, and could not help but be deeply shocked by the solidity and exquisiteness of this fortification. In order to achieve the purpose of camouflaging and leaving, some of the fortifications on the position were not deliberately destroyed. The anti-artillery hole collapsed by itself, making it look like it had been directly hit by the cannon and collapsed. There were also a number of broken guns on the ground, including a few Maxims. These Makqin were destroyed by the artillery fire of the Japanese army, and they could still be used when they were pulled back for repair, but Shen Tongwu ordered them to be discarded, causing the illusion of heavy casualties. There were also a few flags, which were not taken away either. The Japanese army has always attached great importance to military flags, especially those above the brigade level, and it is said that the Japanese emperor personally awarded the flag, and he refused to be captured even if he died.

"Yo Xi, it seems that the Chinese army was defeated under the heavy artillery fire of our army." After Kamio Mitsutomi made this judgment, the acting siege artillery commander Nian Mura nodded with deep sympathy: "It should be like this, in front of our army's heavy artillery, the Chinese army suffered huge casualties, so it withdrew overnight." Your Excellency, Division Commander, there are not many shells for heavy artillery, and you need to wait for domestic supplies. ”

Thinking of this, Kamio Mitsutomi had a terrible headache, and the Chinese man's plane was too annoying. The landing ground was bombed, and a large amount of military supplies were lost, and although some supplies were subsequently supplied, they were still tight. Fortunately, the weather is good in the past few days, otherwise it will be more troublesome.

"Hurry up the country, hurry up the transportation and supplies. His Excellency An Man is already attacking Liushutai, and we must move quickly, join forces with His Excellency An Man, and march to Qingdao. ”

On September 16, the Japanese right flank group, under the cover of heavy artillery, launched a fierce attack on Liushutai. Taking advantage of the battle, the 19th Division made full use of the favorable terrain and the advantages of light weapons and equipment to repel eight fierce Japanese attacks.

He Haiming's troops, which were reinforced in time, were placed by Xu Chongzhi in Zhuwo Village as a reserve. He Haiming had no objection to this arrangement, and took the initiative to request that a brigade of troops be sent to be responsible for the security of the flanks. Xu Chongzhi agreed to this construction, and thanks to the timeliness of this construction, when He Haiming's brigade arrived in the area of Zheguding, it was responsible for monitoring and garrisoning a company in Zheguding, and a wing of the Japanese army was engaged in a fierce battle. Although the terrain was strong, the Japanese army was well armed, and after two hours of fierce fighting, when the strength of a company was almost lost, He Haiming's brigade reinforcements were in place. A fierce fire, followed by a powerful counterattack, the Japanese wing could not support it, and was forced to retreat, losing more than half of its men.

Knowing that the flank attack had been blocked, and that the troops had been defeated, Yasman had no choice but to order the entire 29th Brigade to attack the flank the next day, in order to defeat the Chinese army on the flank and threaten Liushutai from behind.

On the evening of the 16th, the Japanese troops on the right took the initiative to cease fighting, and the Japanese troops on the left entered Pingdu County along the way. Kamio Mitsutomi was overjoyed to see that Pingdu had won without a fight. It is believed that the elite of the squadron suffered heavy losses in Ye County and was no longer able to stop the Japanese attack.

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