"It's over!" Zhang Yuting's eyes widened, scolded a foul mouth, and then asked: "This, no, Lao Tzu is still on the way, why is it finished pinching?" ”

The signal soldier looked at Commander Zhang stupidly, not knowing how to answer. The deputy head next to him smiled: "Forget it, Lao Zhang, don't send your bullish temper." There are 9 battalions and three brigades, what is so strange if you win, you have to wait for us to arrive and then you can't fight? ”

Head Zhang Yuting said with annoyance: "Who knew that this little devil would suddenly become unbeaten? I knew that we should concentrate our forces and take the initiative to attack and eat the second wing directly. It's good now, the meat in the mouth was not fished, but people ate it, and they didn't even leave us a bite of the soup. ”

The deputy head of the regiment said with emotion: "It's not that the little devils have become weaker, but that we have become stronger." If we continue to train like this, I can't see that in a year, even a battalion of ours will dare to fight hard with a brigade of little devils. ”

Regiment Commander Zhang nodded, his mood improved slightly, and he suddenly woke up again, and said to the signal soldier: "What did you just say that the military headquarters asked us to come back for help?" What happened to the military headquarters and division headquarters? ”

The signal corps hurriedly said: "Report to the regimental seat, the second wing of the enemy's garrison cantonment has been biting our 130th division under the cover of the heavy artillery wing. Fearing that the enemy would pursue the enemy all the way to the base area for sabotage, the military headquarters ordered our unit to quickly return and prepare to flank the enemy. ”

Head Zhang stroked his palms and smiled: "Okay, good, I'm not afraid of the little devils chasing me, I'm afraid they won't dare to let the door!" Inform the brethren that the rear team will become the front team, and go back to kill the devils! ”

When the 390th Regiment practiced "running back and forth", the 116th Division of the Southern Front even cleaned up the battlefield. Under the siege of several battalions. In the end, the Mizumura brigade failed to escape, and the few fish that slipped through the net were also completely encircled and suppressed in the ensuing pursuit battle.

"Hurry up! Rescue the wounded first, and the captured materials must be transported away as soon as possible, and not a single bullet casing is allowed to be thrown down! The commander of the summer regiment, who was in charge of cleaning the battlefield, shouted from time to time. The fighters of the 348th Regiment immediately quickened their movements and quickly cleared the battlefield. The Chinese soldiers, both the wounded and the martyrs, were properly accommodated. The little devil is miserable, the living one mends the knife, and the dead one is stripped of only a pocket cloth.

The local troops of the Second Army Division and the Fourth Army Division hurriedly came to reinforce them, and they originally wanted to pick up some "foreign children" to go back, but they were all dumbfounded when they knew that this was the kind of scene in the road.

Look at the slick corpses of Japanese soldiers all over the ground. A company commander of a regional team was stunned for a long time. Unconvinced, he said: "Your main force is too picky, right?" Leave some for us! ”

The soldiers of the 348th Regiment who had not left next to him laughed and said, "Won't you keep the cloth for you?" Let's go back and make a pair of pants! ”

The company commander took a sip and said unhappily: "We are not rare about this!" Don't dye your willows! ”

The soldiers mocked again: "Why don't you come when you fight the devils?" It's a quick time to pick up a bargain! ”

The company commander blushed and said, "Who said I didn't come?" We came early, but your teacher didn't let us go! Next time, we're going to fight devils by ourselves. Let you look down on people! ”

Local troops are not well trained. In particular, in terms of tactical operations, it is out of step with the main forces. Therefore, Sect Master Zhao Shao was only willing to let them go to the periphery to be responsible for guarding.

Hearing the commotion over there, Deputy Division Commander Liu Runchuan picked up the binoculars and looked at it, and scolded with a smile: "This summer time." Looted so hard! I think I'll clean up the battlefield in the future, and I'll do it for him. ”

Chief of Staff Liu Deyu explained: "This is an order from the Logistics Department. I heard that it was still the meaning of the general seat, and it was required that the consumption of each battle should not be greater than the capture, so it was necessary to preserve the captured materials as much as possible so that the troops could continue to fight. ”

Deputy Division Commander Liu's eyes widened and said, "This, this is nonsense!" In the war, there are those who live by capture? Even if you win every battle, it's impossible, unless you hit the devil's warehouse every time. ”

Liu Deyu nodded, sighed and said, "Yes, it's too difficult to do this." But the Wuhan side won't last long. As soon as Wuhan falls, the Japanese army will definitely return to North China in a big way. At that time, the traffic will be cut off, and it will be too difficult to get supplies from the rear. If we don't think about it now, we will definitely suffer a big loss in the future. ”

Grandmaster Zhao Shao came over and said approvingly: "Well, the chief of staff is right, we have to take precautions!" ”

Erliu hurriedly turned around and said respectfully: "Master!" ”

Division Commander Zhao nodded and asked, "Have the losses, results, and captures been counted?" ”

Chief of Staff Liu Deyu hurriedly replied: "Report to the division, our department has a total of 278 killed and 1,567 wounded, of which as many as 262 are seriously wounded. Annihilated one battalion after another squadron of the enemy, totaling more than 1,200 men. In addition, our troops also inflicted some casualties on the 1st and 3rd Brigades of the 3rd Wing of the enemy's garrison troops during the battle, but they could not be counted in detail, and conservatively estimated that the number of casualties should be more than 300. ”

Senior Commander Zhao frowned slightly, and said with a solemn face: "In other words, if we talk about the total number of casualties, we will suffer even more?" ”

Chief of Staff Liu nodded and said, "Yes, division!" Fortunately, we won this game, and if we lose or draw, our casualty figure will only become a death number. ”

Upon hearing this, Senior Commander Zhao's face became even more ugly. It is important to know that the 116th Division of Ludao was fighting with a wing of the Japanese army with the strength of the whole division, and the mountain artillery battalion basically suppressed the Japanese wing artillery and infantry artillery. However, even in this situation of absolute superiority, more than 1,800 people were killed and wounded, and the combat strength of a regiment was almost wiped out. The only thing to be thankful for is that with penicillin, most of the wounded can be saved.

Deputy Division Commander Liu Runchuan persuaded: "Master, don't blame yourself too much. As the old saying goes, if you kill 3,000 people and lose 800 yourself, how can there be any reason for immortals to fight a war? Where can we put this record on hold, it can't be called a great victory in Jinghai! ”

Master Zhao sighed and said, "I don't understand this truth. However, the brothers were all raised by their fathers and mothers, and as a commander, I naturally had to do everything possible to reduce the number of wounded, so that more brothers could live to see the day when the War of Resistance against Japan was won. If we destroy 3,000 enemies and lose 800 ourselves, then those of us who lead the troops must not only be responsible for destroying 3,000 enemies, but also 800 for ourselves. You can't just die one more person! ”

Deputy Division Commander Liu Runchuan was deeply moved after hearing this, and said movingly: "Thank you for the teachings of the teacher!" ”

Master Zhao waved his hand and smiled: "Don't thank me, if you want to thank you, thank you!" These words were all spoken by the General Assembly at a meeting of officers at and above the rank of the whole army, and I was deeply touched when I heard it! ”

Deputy Division Commander Liu said with emotion: "No wonder the headquarters has risen rapidly from the head of a security regiment to become the deputy commander-in-chief of the theater. This kind of mind and bearing fruit are difficult for ordinary people to reach. ”

Senior Zhao nodded and said with a smile: "After you go back, you can ask the chief seat for advice." Then he asked: "Chief of Staff, have you analyzed the specific circumstances of the casualties?" ”

Chief of Staff Liu took out a note from his jacket pocket, nodded and said, "Yes, Shiza!" According to our statistics. Of the 540 brothers killed or seriously wounded, 37 were wounded by bayonets. 220 people were hit by rifle bullets, 102 by light machine gun bullets, 120 by heavy machine gun bullets and 247 by shrapnel. He also explained: "This shrapnel damage includes aerial bombs, mountain artillery, infantry guns, grenadiers and grenades. Because it's hard to distinguish. So the calculations are put together. ”

Deputy Division Commander Liu said in surprise: "I see that you have been busy for a long time. I didn't expect the statistics to be so detailed! What bullets have been checked? Also, it doesn't seem to match the total number of people! ”

The chief of staff explained: "There are more detailed statistics! We recorded the location of the wounds and the wounds of most of the wounded, and the two commanders could watch them slowly. ”

"The determination of what kind of bullet is based on the wound. After the ordinary 38 rifle hits the human body, the inlet is small and the outlet is also small; The center of gravity of the bullet of the special bullet for the crooked handle machine gun is backward, and the import is small and the export is large; The Type 92 heavy machine gun bullets have great lethality, and they are imported and exported! Of course, this statistic is only an approximate estimate and cannot be 100% accurate. ”

"As for the fact that each category is more than the total, it is because many fighters have multiple injuries on their bodies, and some of them have different types of injuries, so there are more than 540 people in total."

"In addition, the vast majority of the lightly injured were injured by grenadiers, accounting for more than 70 percent of the total."

Master Zhao thought for a while and said, "Well, you guys are doing a good job, and this should be studied carefully." From these data alone, it can be seen that the Japanese army's marksmanship is indeed very powerful. Not only rifles, but also light and heavy machine guns are no exception. If our fighters are more proficient in evasive maneuvers, more tacit in tactical coordination, and more secure in fortifications, we should be able to greatly reduce casualties. ”

Deputy Division Commander Liu nodded and said, "The division is right!" In my opinion, there is another point that the Japanese army deserves our attention, and that is their grenadiers. The Japanese artillery has been suppressed by us, and basically has not made any efforts. The plane was also bluffing, dropping a few bombs indiscriminately. Most of the casualties caused by the so-called shrapnel were caused by grenadiers! ”

The chief of staff agreed: "It is true! Although both the enemy and us have grenadiers, and our Northeast Army has long been equipped, it is still far from catching up with the little devils in terms of use level. It would be nice to have a weapon that can suppress the grenadiers! ”

"This can step up training and improve the operation level of our fighters!"

"If you want to deal with grenadiers, I think you still have to build 60 cannons!"

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When it comes to the topic of military affairs, the three of them have endless things to say. While the discussion was in full swing, the military headquarters of the 53rd Army sent another telegram, ordering the 116th Division to immediately move to the direction of the base area in order to plan the battlefield.

After reading the telegram, Division Commander Zhao said to the two deputies: "Ladies and gentlemen, the enemy's independent mixed 7th Brigade has abandoned Cangzhou and is going north with all its might. The military department means not to fight hard with it for the time being, and to evacuate first. ”

The chief of staff smiled: "It's okay, anyway, our three tasks of containment, sabotage, and annihilation of the enemy have been completed, and there is no need to entangle with the little devil anymore." To be honest, the enemy army in Cangzhou is too slow to come at this time! ”

Deputy Division Commander Liu was also curious, and said suspiciously: "Master, I don't understand it yet." The Japanese army has an independent mixed brigade in Cangzhou! When they hit the Third Wing, why didn't they dare to go north for reinforcements! ”

Division Commander Zhao handed him the telegram and said with a smile: "The little devil was frightened by the suspicious tactics of the general assembly. Of course, they probably didn't expect us to be able to annihilate one of their brigades in such a short period of time. It seems that we have hurt the little devils, otherwise we would not give up such an important city as Cangzhou. ”

The chief of staff also came over curiously and said, "What kind of suspicious plan?" Ah, the 33rd Division has gone to Bozhen! ”

Bozhen, now Botou City, is the southern gate of Cangzhou. It is also one of the important nodes on the Jinpu line. Bozhen and Nanpi and Meng villages to the east; Huaizhen and Jiaohe in the west; Dongguang and Fucheng in the south; and Cangzhou and other towns in the north, becoming the largest and most stubborn area sandwiched between central Hebei and Hebei.

Division Commander Zhao explained: "I didn't go all, because of the temporary changes in the plan, the main force of the 33rd Division was too late to move. It was only a battalion that was actually dispatched. ”

The chief of staff was a little unconvinced and questioned: "One battalion took Bozhen?" Impossible! I remember last week's enemy briefing that there was a squadron of Japanese troops and a squadron of puppet troops in that place! Moreover, the fortifications were also very intensive, and several surrounding towns were garrisoned by Japanese puppet troops. How could a battalion of troops be able to kill it? ”

Deputy Division Commander Liu also expressed doubts, but after reading the telegram, it suddenly dawned on him. It turned out that the 33rd Division was not an ordinary unit, but an assault engineer battalion directly under the division headquarters. This unit was upgraded from the previous assault engineering company. Battalion commander Huo Ting has studied in Europe. Such an elite was trained from the German commandos of the First World War. Zheng Weiguo also provided a lot of practical advice for the growth of the unit.

After continuous exploration, the tactical level of this unit has been greatly improved. After hooking up with the Germans, the equipment has also been greatly improved, and some of the equipment is even higher than that of the special service brigade. Like what. Each combat soldier has a set of steel cuirass. The 38 rifle drilled a pit at most at a distance of 200 meters. It is also difficult for machine guns to penetrate as long as they do not hit one point in a row.

The main weapon of the soldiers was not a rifle either, but a Steyr MP34 submachine gun. This weapon, also known as the Steyr-Surothong S1-100 tactical submachine gun, uses a 9x25 mm Mauser high-power pistol cartridge. Instead of the 9x19mm barabam bullet commonly used by flower traps (MP18, MP28). Just look at the long path to see how powerful this gun is, in fact, this weapon should be classified as a carbine.

In addition, the battalion was armed with light and heavy machine guns, grenades, mortars, as well as a large number of incendiary bombs and Molotov cocktails. Those who have watched old Soviet movies are deeply impressed by the phrase "Alyosha, burn that miscellaneous". That's right, this is the Chinese version of the assault engineer brigade, but the scale is not as exaggerated as Maozi, with a total strength of only more than 700 people, of which less than half are assault soldiers.

In order to involve the defenders of Cangzhou, so that they did not dare to go north for a short time. At the suggestion of Deputy Chief of Staff Li Du, Zheng Weiguo decided to use the strong combat effectiveness of the assault engineer battalion to dig out the heart of the enemy in the center of the enemy's domination.

Generally speaking, the closer the enemy forces are to the base area, the more vigilant they are, because they are at the junction of the enemy and us, and conflicts may break out at any time. And the closer to the large and medium-sized cities at the core of the enemy's domination, the more slackness the defenders became. Zheng Weiguo took advantage of this to decide to let go of the towns around Bo Town and not fight, and went straight to Bo Town.

Historically, Su Yu, deputy commander of the 2nd Detachment of the New Fourth Army, led a regiment to set off in the rain on January 18, 1939, from the border area of Gaochun County, Jiangsu Province and Dangtu County, Anhui Province, to attack the puppet army's stronghold near the Japanese airfield in Wuhu, Anhui Province.

The assault troops crossed the Qingshan River with wooden boats and ropes, then ran and attacked, arrived at Tingtou Town, Dangtu County on the evening of the 20th, and arrived close to Guanshumen at 1 a.m. on the 21st, and rushed into the puppet army stronghold. In this battle, from the beginning of the attack to the resolution of the battle, it took about 8 minutes, together with the clearing of the battlefield, in less than half an hour, and more than 300 defenders were annihilated, including 57 prisoners, and 4 machine guns and more than 70 long and short guns were captured.

Of course, Battalion Commander Huo's command ability is not as good as that of General Su, but the results are not bad at all. Under the cover of the local underground party, the troops unknowingly bypassed the Japanese blockade and resisted the outskirts of Bozhen in the middle of the night.

In the early morning of the same day, the troops suddenly launched an attack on Bozhen. The battle went very smoothly, and with the response of the underground party pistol team lurking in the town, the assault engineer battalion took the city gate lightly, and then blocked the Japanese puppet troops in the barracks with lightning speed. The puppet army was also a single, surrendered without saying a word, and arrested several Japanese "advisers" as a letter of surrender.

The Japanese were much more fierce, not only refusing to surrender, but also trying to fight back outside the barracks. In order to reduce unnecessary casualties, Battalion Commander Huo had to order Molotov cocktails to be thrown, and the Japanese soldiers of a squadron were killed except for the personnel on duty, and the rest of the more than 100 people were all killed in the fire.

The capture of Bozhen brought great panic to the surrounding Japanese puppet army, and even Cangzhou, which had an independent mixed brigade, was nervous and did not dare to send reinforcements to the north and south. After all, the lessons of the Fourth Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade are there, and who knows if Zheng Huzi has gathered heavy troops on the outskirts of Cangzhou?

What frightened the Japanese puppet army even more was that the Second Army Division and the Fourth Army Division also took the opportunity to intervene. Not only did he completely cut off the railway between Cangzhou and Dezhou, but he also organized the militia to bluff and make a posture to attack Cangzhou. These local troops were all dressed in the clothes of the regular army, and the Japanese puppet army could not distinguish them for a while, so they had to retreat to a few county towns to hold on. But in this way, the momentum of the local forces has been strengthened.

After the destruction of the 2nd Brigade of the 3rd Wing of the garrison, the Japanese command finally felt that something was wrong, and could not sit idly by and watch the remaining two brigades of the 3rd Wing be destroyed, so it had to force the 7th Brigade to go north to reinforce the independent mixed brigade.

The commander of this brigade is called Yoshitaro Hayashi, and he is a well-known tactician in the Japanese army. After analyzing the battle example of the 4th Brigade Regiment of the Independent Mixed Brigade, he believed that the biggest mistake of the division was to rashly divide troops in areas where the enemy's situation was unknown, and as a result, the 97th Army was broken by each of them.

Of course, Lin Fangtaro would not make this mistake again, so he gave up all the strongholds in Cangzhou and went north with a large army of more than 6,000 people (including more than 1,000 puppet troops, not many puppet troops at that time). Such a large force is not easy to bite, so the 53rd Army simply ordered the 116th Division to give up and prepare to concentrate its forces against the Japanese on the Western Front. (To be continued......)

PS: I sent another chapter on behalf of someone, hoping that there will be more opinions from experts who love the history of the military and the Anti-Japanese War, so that the author, the frog at the bottom of the well, can have a good rise in knowledge!