Chapter 532: The Prologue to the Great War (4)
"Commander-in-chief, the 3rd Column launched a general attack on the 103rd Infantry Brigade of the enemy's 29th Division at about 3 o'clock in the morning, and after eight hours of fighting, the enemy's 103rd Brigade was completely annihilated.
"Tell Commander Zhao that their current task is to take advantage of the fact that the Japanese army has not reacted to eat all the Japanese troops west of Binjiang in the shortest possible time, and launch a tentative attack on Harbin, so that the Japanese army mistakenly thinks that we are going to attack Harbin, and don't worry about other things."
"But the commander-in-chief, if you don't let the other troops of the second column support, and you don't let the third column support, the fifth division alone can't eat that brigade at all?"
"Of course I know they can't eat, otherwise I wouldn't have sent them, and if we show strength, will the Japanese send reinforcements? Only by letting them see hope, seeing that the troops besieging them can be defeated or annihilated, can the Japanese army be fooled, you must know that my target this time is not only the 29th Division of the Japanese Army! ”
"The 29th Division is now a pile of mud, there is nothing to fear, we have to use this 29th Division as an introduction to transfer the 11th Division of the Japanese Army in Qiqihar City, the 11th Division of the Japanese Army is my real goal!"
"The enemy's 29th Division has lost its combat effectiveness, and one of the brigades of the 11th Division of the Japanese Army has also been trapped in the Qinggang area, whether we can mobilize the Japanese troops in Qiqihar City to facilitate the next continuous operations, it depends on the performance of Wang Ruqi of the Fifth Division in the future, only to drag the Japanese troops to death, so that they can not cross the Qinggang line, and they can't leave, forcing Yamamuro Zongwu to send troops to rescue, I don't believe that he can watch a brigade be eaten by us."
"As long as Wang Ruqi fights harder, they will fight harder. Only by forcing the Japanese army to jump over the wall in a hurry can the 11th Division be truly mobilized and create favorable conditions for the penetration of follow-up troops, two days, as long as they are here like nails here for two days, to strive for a short time for the main force to replenish and transfer! ”
"Don't always do the things of smashing pots and selling iron. It's time for **** devils, let them jump over the wall in a hurry, as long as the 11th Division is dispatched, our whole game of chess on the Western Front will be completely alive. ”
The Fifth Division sent snipers to clear the Japanese army's heavy fire points at fixed points, and the light machine guns and grenadiers on the other side also moved with the squads.
Chief of Staff Geng Dianjun said happily: "Division commander." I think the tactical level of our soldiers is no weaker than that of the Japanese army! ”
Wang Ruqi smiled and said: "It's okay to fight with the wind, if the situation is reversed, you may not be able to play at this level!" ”
Geng Dianjun nodded and said, "Well, what the division commander said is true!" But we're still a new team, and it's good to be able to achieve this result. In time, it will definitely surpass the Japanese army! ”
Wang Ruqi also smiled and nodded. He was very pleased with the performance of his group of recruits.
As he spoke, the distance between the two armies became closer and closer. The Japanese finally advanced to a distance of less than twenty meters from the fighters. The squadron leaders of the Japanese army drew their command knives and howled: "Give a few presses!" ”
The soldiers rushed forward shouting hooray. They had already loaded their bayonets before they charged, and as they charged, they fired at the dense areas of our troops. Then, without retracting the shell, he pounced with a bayonet.
"Hit!" The Fifth Division had a new method of warfare, and the soldiers no longer simply returned fire with pistols as before. Now two to four light machine guns were arranged on the left and right flanks of each platoon. At the platoon commander's command, the Heavy cross-fire on the charging enemy. After many experiments by the armament department, this deployment can give the enemy maximum damage.
"Puff puff puff ......" dense bullets instantly shot into the crowd of Japanese soldiers. Beat the Japanese army that was charging. Taking advantage of this gap, the fighters put their rifles down or behind their backs, replaced them with pistols and fired. Some soldiers with good arm strength also threw grenades and grenades.
Under such a fierce offensive, the Japanese army, which only had 38 big covers and crooked handles, naturally could not resist and retreated to the rear one after another. Dozens of corpses were left underground, and it was too late to drag them away.
"Press it up!" The platoon commanders of each company led the soldiers to chase and fight fiercely. There is no intention of stopping at all. Some of the more combat-ready companies had even launched a fierce assault on the defeated Japanese troops. However, the Japanese army fought very tenaciously and often fought to the death, and because both sides fought to the death, the war quickly fell into a stalemate.
Geng Dianjun said: "Division commander, this battle has been fought for nearly a day, and if it is delayed, I estimate that the little devil's reinforcements will arrive, and when the time comes, they will join forces with the outside, and we will become the target of ambush, do you want to send the reserves!" ”
"But Lao Geng, we don't have any reserves in our hands, we sent the reserves three hours ago, and now we have no troops that can be mobilized except for the cavalry regiment and the guerrillas.
Yang Xing, the squadron leader of the special operations squadron, saw that all regiments of the Fifth Division had already entered the battle. Even the recruit battalions were sent to the front line, and the hill was in full swing. And his troops are still hiding in the woods to rest, and they really don't feel good.
At this time, when he heard about the reserves, he was busy holding his breath and listening carefully. Geng Dianjun observed the enemy situation of the Japanese army under the mountain and said: "The situation is far beyond our budget, the Japanese army under the mountain is not a wing at all, but a brigade. ”
"Are we going to watch the little devil slip out of our noses?" Wang Ruqi asked with wide eyes.
"Division commander, I don't want to, but seeing that there are more than 3,000 little devils under the mountain, and the casualties of our army are constantly increasing, it is we who will suffer if we continue to fight, just now the guard regiment reported that it is almost unbearable to seek support, and all the troops in our hands have been sent out, do you want us to let the guard regiment release a gap."
"It's a shame to just let them go."
Yang Xing, who was sitting on the side waiting for the task, couldn't help it, and said: "Two leaders, where there is no reserve, we are, send us up, I promise not to let the little devil break out of our encirclement."
Geng Dianjun persuaded: "Captain Yang, don't worry, you will fight the battle!" All you have to do now is to take the time to rest and be ready to fight. ”
Yang Xing smiled bitterly: "Chief, you always say that you can invest at any time, but as the ace unit of the division headquarters, we have waited for such a long time, and we have not even won the task of digging a ditch, and even the group of recruits who have just been in the army for less than three months have gone to the front line to fight, and our group of elites are still waiting stupidly, isn't this a joke, send us!" ”
"Alright! Just now the commander of the guard regiment sent a telegram asking for help, and you lead the special operations squadron to support it. ”
"Please rest assured, the two leaders, our special operations squadron will ensure that the mission will be completed." Yang Xing said with great joy as he saluted.
Seeing Yang Xing's high-spirited leadership of the team to set off, Geng Dianjun said with a smile: "Division Commander, you are a brilliant general, you see that Yang Xing is about to make a military order." ”
"Where, it's not all Lao Geng, you cooperate well. By the way, I just heard that several of our medical staff have fallen ill, what is the situation? ”
"Tired, the troops have been fighting for 24 hours in a row, from the moment of the exchange of fire, a large number of wounded were sent to this field hospital that can only accept 200 casualties, the sudden increase in wounded has led to a shortage of medicines, many surgeries can only be done under the premise of using some Chinese herbal medicines, the heart-rending wails of the wounded also interfere with the doctors, and the serious shortage of medical staff! As a result, many doctors are exhausted. Geng Dianjun said with emotion.
"Let those district squads and guerrillas go to help relieve the pressure on the medical staff, and it's been a day of fighting, why haven't the little devils under the mountain moved at all, Lao Geng, did you say that their leaders really abandoned them?"
"Impossible, you must know that the entire division is only the main force of two brigades, he can watch this brigade being eaten by us, and he will definitely send reinforcements."
"It's good to be sent, otherwise we'll all be busy in vain, the battle that could have ended in half a day, let us fight like this, I don't think the little devil is bad, we can't hold on."
Major General Naojiro Amaya, commander of the 10th Infantry Brigade, sighed and said, "Hey, it seems that today is a lot of bad luck, and you and I are afraid that we will be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor!" ”
When the staff officer was rejoicing at the news that reinforcements were on the way, he was greatly surprised when he heard this, and said: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, where did you start with this?" The firepower of the Chinese army is not as good as before, and our reinforcements are coming soon, and the situation is obviously favorable to our army! ”
Naojiro Amaya shook his head with a wry smile and said, "It's not that the Shina army can't eat us, it's just that they don't want to pay the price!" And we sent a wing of troops to break through, but they were all repulsed, twenty-four attacks! This army is going to surround us. ”
At this time, the sun had slowly set, the sky was gradually darkening, and as if the enemy had made an agreement, the gunfire stopped at the same time, and the whole area was calmed down at once, and the Japanese soldiers took the opportunity to build the proposed fortifications with the corpses of their comrades, rubble, car fragments, mud, etc., while Naojiro Amatani, who was in the crowd, quietly looked at the crescent moon in the sky.
The staff officer stood aside respectfully, holding a freshly copied list in his hand, and said with an ugly face: "Your Excellency the brigade commander, it has been counted, a total of 2,407 people were killed in battle, 1,233 people were wounded in battle, and many squadrons suffered more than two-thirds of the casualties. ”
Naojiro Amaya nodded slightly, and said coldly, "You can do what you want, you don't have to ask me." In addition, those who are seriously injured do not need to be treated, give them a ride. ”
"Hey!"
(To be continued.) )