Chapter 176: Surprise Attack and Bloody Battle
With the full support of the headquarters of the Raiya detachment, Akashiba Yaezo set off with his troops, and at this moment his men had gathered two wings and a cavalry brigade.
A field artillery wing directly under the division headquarters will provide the most powerful artillery support for his attacking troops, not to mention, it will not be long before the aviation units directly under the North China Front will also come to help in the battle.
In the afternoon of the same day, Chichai Yaezo arrived at Taierzhuang with thousands of Japanese troops, and immediately launched a fierce attack on the outlying positions of Taierzhuang under the cover of artillery and aviation.
Garrisoned in the area of Taierzhuang is the 31st Division under the jurisdiction of Sun Lianzhong, the commander of the 2nd Group Army of the Fifth Theater, Chi Fengcheng.
The two sides engaged in an encounter at Nitougou Station, and the 185th Regiment of the 31st Division of the defending army fought bloodily, and finally suffered heavy casualties under the powerful fire of Japanese aircraft and artillery, and was forced to retreat.
Chichai Yaezo immediately commanded the Japanese 10th Wing and Cavalry Brigade to pursue, but was blocked by the 186th Regiment of the 31st Division in Liujiahu, and the 185th Regiment was able to breathe, and then launched a counterattack against the Japanese with the 186th Regiment at night.
After daybreak, the Japanese launched a fierce attack on the troops of the 2nd Regiment of the 31st Division under the cover of heavy artillery fire and air force fire.
The two sides engaged in a series of bloody battles, with extremely heavy casualties.
The 186th and 185th regiments were overwhelmed and retreated, and the Japanese army approached the city wall of Taierzhuang.
Night fell, the moonlight sprinkled, and it was another murderous night with a black wind and a high moon.
Qiao Youhua quietly poured out of the mountains and forests north of Taierzhuang with seven hundred dragon tooth soldiers and went straight to the Japanese attack position.
On the Japanese position, the Japanese army, which had been fighting bloody battles for two days and three nights, was resting and waiting for reinforcements, and the tenacity of the Chinese defenders in Taierzhuang exceeded the expectations of the Japanese army.
Akashiba Yaezo did not complete the task given to him by Nagase Tani Kei, but had to stop the attack because of the heavy casualties.
Overnight, he sent a telegram to Nagase Valley to ask for help, and in the message, Nagase Valley Kai scolded Akashiba Yaezo bitterly and promised to lead the main force of the detachment to reinforcements tomorrow morning.
After inspecting the position, Yaezo returned to his wing headquarters, intending to rest.
Suddenly, there was a sudden explosion from the northwest of the headquarters, followed by a dense burst of gunfire and shouts of killing.
"Baga Yalu, what's going on?" Chichai Yaezo hurriedly ran out of the headquarters.
I saw that the northwest position was full of fire, gunfire was loud, and in the darkness, I didn't know that the Chinese soldiers were swarming with overwhelming shouts of killing.
"Yaga Tooth Road! Stop them! Akashiba Yaezo yelled angrily at the adjutant who had arrived in a hurry.
The adjutant suddenly bowed his head and answered, and hurriedly took the order.
At the same time, in Taierzhuang, the officers and men of the 31st Division, which confronted the Japanese army across the city wall, were also alarmed by the guns and fires outside.
Chi Fengcheng, the commander of the 31st Division, climbed to the top of the city and held a telescope to observe for a while, and immediately said: "It seems that there are peripheral reinforcements arriving, and I order all battalions to attack immediately, and the inside and outside should be combined to launch a surprise attack on the Japanese army!" ā
As soon as Chi Fengcheng gave an order, thousands of officers and soldiers of the 185th, 186th, and 187th regiments, which were already in full swing and had a deep hatred of blood, poured out of the village one after another and launched a fierce attack on the Japanese army from the front.
Da-da-da-da! The Type 92 heavy machine guns on the Japanese position immediately began to roar, and dazzling tongues of fire shot out from the muzzles, and a large number of dense scorching bullets rained in.
Many officers and men of the 31st Division were shot and fell to the ground, but the officers and men who followed up were undaunted, went forward one after another, crossed the bodies of their comrades-in-arms, and continued to rush towards the Japanese position.
At the head of the city, their light and heavy machine guns also opened fire one after another, suppressing the Japanese blockade fire.
At the same time, the Dragon Tooth Task Force led by Qiao Youhua was like a sharp boning knife, cutting into the Japanese position.
Well-equipped, well-trained, and tacitly coordinated, the officers and men of the Dragon's Tooth quickly broke through the Japanese blockade and fought a bloody battle with the Japanese reinforcements who rushed to reinforce less than 500 meters away from the headquarters of Chichai Yaezo.
In the darkness of the night, there was scarlet fire and deafening gunfire.
The officers and soldiers of the dragon tooth and the Japanese army launched a white-knuckle stab, after the big waves of the sand-like survival of the fittest, now these more than 700 dragon tooth soldiers are the most elite soldiers in the world today, no matter the stab, shooting, they are stronger than the day after day of fighting, has been very tired in front of the Japanese army.
Therefore, as soon as the two sides fought, the officers and soldiers of the dragon tooth gained the upper hand.
Qiao Youhua and Jiang Haidong are the nightmare of all Japanese infantry, Qiao Youhua has become a strong man in the realm of the Great Perfection of the day after tomorrow, and Jiang Haidong and the three of them have become the strong people in the realm of the day after tomorrow.
It's like a tiger entering the flock, God blocking and killing God, and Buddha blocking and killing Buddha.
Qiao Youhua didn't even use the three-edged army thorn, with only a pair of iron palms, the soles of his feet gushed, his body was fluttering, and everywhere he went, all the devil soldiers were slapped out with a palm, and all the bones and internal organs were shattered and died.
"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, the combat strength of this branch of the army is too strong, the imperial army can't resist it at all, hurry up and evacuate!" A devil adjutant came to Chishiba Yaezo and built a yƬ road.
"Bagaya Road, a group of rice buckets!" As the commander of this unit, Chichai Yaezo could certainly see that his troops were not at all the extremely strong combat effectiveness of this suddenly appeared Chinese army, not to mention that his troops were now exhausted.
Even in its heyday, it was no match for it.
"Order the cavalry brigade to launch a surprise attack on this Chinese army and assist the infantry brigades to encircle and annihilate them!" Chishiba Yaezo immediately ordered.
Although retreating can ensure his own safety, however, he did not capture Taierzhuang has left a bad impression in front of Nagase Tani Kai, and now if he gives up the area that has been captured, Akashiba Yaezo has absolutely no doubt that after he goes back, he will not be shot by His Excellency the detachment leader.
Therefore, he resolutely gave the order to counterattack, and put the odds on the cavalry brigade.
After receiving the order, about seven or eight hundred devil cavalry immediately dispatched one after another, swarming from the rear of the Japanese position.
Sensing the rumbling and shaking sound coming from the ground, Qiao Youhua, who was wantonly killing the devil's infantry, turned his head, his face changed, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Machine gun, machine gun immediately set up, give me the cavalry to stop the devil!" ā
At the same time, he kicked off the 38 big cover of a devil infantryman, and after even he himself kicked out, his figure flashed, and he came to the side of a dead machine gunner, holding a light machine gun and rushing towards the swarming devil cavalry.
The ......machine gun was a nightmare for the cavalry, and the machine gun in Qiao Youhua's hand roared angrily while running towards the devil cavalry.
He could already see the swords and hideous expressions on the faces of the devil cavalry.
Puff, puff, a shuttle bullet went down, and the dozen or so devil cavalry at the front, with men and horses, were shot one after another and were knocked to the ground. ć
The next moment, the follow-up devil cavalry swarmed with sabers, Qiao Youhua roared, and used the light machine gun in his hand as an iron rod to slash horizontally at a devil cavalry who came first.