Chapter 190: The Fall of the 72nd Division (2)
It was also with the full support of the aviation that these two squadrons broke through the long-range artillery blockade zone of the Anti-United Nations to join. "Words * love * first * hair " words * love * first * hair [no pop-up novel network baoly] This is what makes the 134 team still reluctantly insist. Although after these four squadrons arrived at the line from Encha to Zhangxiutun, there were less than three squadrons left. But for Nishioka Takaichisa, the good luck is a little more confidence to persevere.
After these reinforcements arrived, Nishioka Takaichi did not hold on to the spot, but immediately launched a counter-charge in front of Encha. After paying a considerable price, he finally reluctantly gathered some of the scattered formations around Encha, which was about equivalent to the strength of two squadrons. However, this is also the only force that can be concentrated in his 134th Wing at the moment.
Although in order to bring these two squadrons together, he received reinforcements from less than three squadrons, and only one and a half were left. But in any case, this Nishioka Takadaisa has a certain amount of mobile forces in his hands right now. It is precisely by relying on this vital force that Nishioka Takaichi Saku struggled to support another day.
However, the reinforcements that the 152nd Wing barely drew out were also the last part of the reinforcements that the 134th Wing received until the whole army was destroyed. It was only after the annihilation of the 155th Wing that the remnants of the 134th Wing of the Japanese Army, which was already the only remaining part of the 134th Wing north of the Qingliang River, was facing a situation that was constantly deteriorating rapidly.
The anti-United Nations troops that completed the operation against the 155th Wing were in addition to forcibly crossing the Qingliang River with most of their troops and joining the siege of the 152nd Wing in the south of the Qingliang River. With a considerable part of the troops, under the cover of tanks, they launched an attack on the flank of the remnants of the 134th Wing, which was struggling to support.
In particular, a tank company invested by the Anti-Union on the flank, reinforced two infantry companies to form a fast detachment, like a steel knife, slashed into the only remaining position of the 134th Wing. The last remnants of the 134th Wing were divided into two sections, which made the last resistance of the 134th Wing even worse.
The remnants of the 134th Wing, which faced attacks from three sides, were no longer able to support themselves after another difficult day. There were not many remaining positions, and the reinforcements received were largely wiped out in less than a day. The remnants of a brigade that was waiting for reinforcements on the front line of Zhang Xiutun have all been annihilated.
The troops on the right flank, which had barely supported a few villages, had been surrounded and annihilated after a day of hard fighting. The offensive of the Anti-United Nations has reached the position of its wing headquarters. The entire team was actually in a situation of collapse, and Nishioka Takaichisa, who was really unable to support it, made the most difficult choice.
He ordered all the remaining units of the 134th Wing that could be contacted not to assemble, and immediately broke through to the south bank of the Qingliang River with all their strength on the spot, and joined up with the 152nd Wing behind him. What he meant was to rush out as much as he could. As for the division commander holding on to the spot and waiting for the order of reinforcements, he couldn't take care of it.
It's just that by this time, there are very few subordinates left who can still be contacted by Nishioka. Those who were able to carry out his order to break through were less than one-seventh of the strength of the 134th Wing before the war. As for those subordinates who have lost contact but are still resisting, Nishioka Takiichi can only abandon them helplessly.
The vital force has been basically exhausted, and even the non-combatants of the wing headquarters have picked up their rifles and gone out desperately, but he is really unable to pick up those small units that are surrounded. This nest is not worthy of gold, so don't sell one and then go to a gang.
For Nishioka Guiyi, who clearly knows that according to the current situation, if he continues to stay here, maybe the remaining remnants of the 134th Wing will be defeated, and he can't even survive this night, how to ensure that the 134th Wing is not completely exhausted is the only thing he can do now.
After giving the order to break out and asking the friendly forces on the south bank of the Qingliang River to provide fire support to cover their breakthrough operation, Nishioka Kiichi Saku blew up all the radio stations and carefully wrapped the wing's flag around himself. Take the lead in commanding the troops around him, and under the cover of the remnants of the squadron, he broke through to the south with all his strength under the cover of the remnants of the squadron.
As for the wounded, no matter how light or heavy, he abandoned them, except for two light machine guns, all heavy weapons and ammunition that could not be taken away from the rifle or above were also thrown away by him. In a word, all the personnel and materials that could become a burden were thrown away by him. Even because of the insufficient number of small arms, he did not even leave suicide grenades for the wounded.
It's just that this Nishioka Takadaisa thinks well, but he has become a lone soldier and his remnants are defeated, can he still have a chance to stand out? Will the anti-coalition forces around it give them this opportunity to rush across the Qingliang River? Will the night provide effective cover for their breakout operation? At least judging from the current situation in Zaonan, the possibility can be said to be almost minimal.
After discovering that the unit had made a move to break through to the south, a battalion of the Anti-Japanese Union immediately launched a full-speed pursuit despite being blocked by the small force left behind by Takaichi Nishioka. At the same time, on the side of the encirclement behind him, the troops who had been severely criticized for being rushed through their positions by Japanese reinforcements the day before and entered the Encha battlefield also launched an interception on the spot despite the supporting firepower of the Japanese troops on the south bank of the Qingliang River.
And after his flank had completed the encirclement and annihilation of the enemy on the front line of Zhang Xiutun, the Jin-Cha-Ji troops who came from Caitun and Dongli Xiang on the flank, found that there were signs of a breakthrough in the department. Immediately, a complete formed battalion that had been serving as a reserve behind him was drawn up and launched a fierce attack on the Japanese breakout troops from the flank.
The unit not only took the initiative to attack, but also concentrated one 41-type mountain gun of the brigade artillery battalion, three German-made 75-mm infantry guns, and all regimental mortars under the guidance of the incessantly firing flares. Two heavy machine gun batteries and six captured Type 92 heavy machine guns, as well as almost all light machine guns. Along the route of the Japanese army's breakthrough, a fire blockade line was set up.
Nishioka Takaichi and his men rushed out of the village he was holding onto, trying to break out under the cover of night. But he didn't expect that the breakout troops led by him would fall into a dense fire net, and the flares rising one after another in the sky illuminated his breakthrough route in a snow-white light.
Although at this time, the howitzers and rocket artillery of more than 100 mm deployed in depth by the Anti-United Nations were basically unable to provide effective fire support. However, the artillery of the various units, guided by the use of signal flares by the infantry, played a considerable role. All kinds of small and medium-caliber artillery built a tight network of fire on his breakthrough route.
In particular, the three German-made LG 18 infantry guns transferred from the Jin-Cha-Ji troops participating in the war were guided by the signal flares fired by the attacking troops in front with the cooperation of mortars. At an S speed of more than ten rounds per minute, a group of shells smashed on the Japanese troops who broke through.
At the same time, almost all of the light and heavy machine guns that fired, with the help of the illumination provided by the flares, knocked down Nishioka Takaichi and his men in pieces. One of the battalions that had been put in was also fully loaded with bayonets, and under the cover of artillery and machine-gun fire behind them, they rushed forward against the Japanese breakthrough troops.
In this night battle, the battalion of the Jinchaji troops, which was killed on the flank, played a very key role. In cooperation with the frontal anti-United Nations pursuit force under the cover of half-track armored vehicles, the multi-way and pursuing anti-United Nations pursuit force turned the 10-kilometer route from Encha to Qingliangjiang into a cemetery for burying Japanese soldiers.
After receiving a report that the Japanese troops on the front line of Encha had forcibly broken through the encirclement, and that the Jinchaji troops were making every effort to intercept it. Hou Guozhong also reacted quickly, and immediately mobilized a rocket artillery company and two howitzer batteries to suppress the Japanese troops on the south bank of the Qingliang River in front of Encha.
The order was to complete the encirclement and annihilation of the 155th Wing at this moment, and the troops that had already forcibly crossed the Qingliang River on the front line south of Sanlang should immediately use the strength of no less than one reinforced battalion and two tank companies to carry out forcible action on the front line of Raoyangdian, so as to completely disrupt the deployment of the Japanese troops on the south bank of the Qingliang River. Support the troops in Jiangbei and encircle and annihilate the 134th Wing.
After receiving Hou Guozhong's order, the artillery deployed in the depth of the battlefield on the front line of Encha and the artillery that had already crossed the river to the south quickly opened fire to suppress the Japanese positions on the south bank of the Qingliang River, especially the artillery positions. In order to assist the troops on the north bank in their operations, the artillery fired 200 rounds of incendiary bombs at the Japanese positions on the south bank of the Qingliang River. The lit fire lit the entire Qingliang River on both sides of the river, illuminating a piece of red.
At this time, on the melee Encha battlefield, large-caliber artillery had lost its effectiveness. However, for suppressing the support firepower of the Japanese army on the south bank of the Qingliang River, he still held the handle. Under the superior artillery attack of the Anti-Japanese Union, the Japanese artillery on the south bank of the Qingliang River, which had suffered heavy losses in the past few days of fighting, quickly closed its mouth.
When the dawn of dawn once again illuminated the north bank of the Qingliang River, the 134th Wing, as a formed unit of the Japanese army, no longer existed. Nishioka and his subordinates were not able to escape from Ascension through the last ten kilometers of fire. At present, it is the dry season of spring, and the Qingliang River, which does not have a large amount of water, has become a life and death line in front of the 134th Wing.
Nishioka Takaiisa, who is also quite tough, and his wing headquarters were cut off by the Jinchaji troops who rushed up from the flanks in the process of breaking through. After a small-scale night melee, the captain of the Dazuo Wing, who relied on a small ditch to resist, and half of the Wing Headquarters, which was cut off with him, were beaten into a sieve by the Jinchaji troops.
And the half of the wing headquarters he rushed over was not able to escape from Ascension in the end. The anti-union half-track armored vehicle-mounted machine gun that was pursued was crushed into a pile of mud with the ramming belt. The annihilation of the 134th Wing also indicates that the final resistance of the wing has collapsed.
When the battle lasted until 5 o'clock in the morning, when the last gunshot on the north bank of the Qingliang River had passed, there was no longer any formed unit of the Japanese army on the north bank of the Qingliang River, except for a very small number of scattered remnants of the Japanese army, who had not yet had time to carry out a clearance. From the Encha line to the north bank of the Qingliang River, there were mutilated corpses of Japanese soldiers everywhere.
After the 134th Wing was completely resolved, Hou Guozhong left a regiment in Jinchaji to clear the remnants of the enemy on the spot so as not to leave hidden dangers. The rest of the troops who have completed their respective combat missions are ordered to display the spirit of heedless fatigue and casualties, and immediately cross the Qingliang River in the south on the spot. Cooperate with the two flank troops that are carrying out centripetal attacks to complete the encirclement and annihilation of the remaining troops of the 72nd Division.
On the battlefield on both flanks, the 118th Division had already completed the turn and was desperately attacking on the left flank, trying to solve the encircled 72nd Division. The 100th division of the Japanese army on the right flank has advanced to Enxian under the cover of tanks and heavy artillery, and the Japanese troops on both flanks have been encircled.
Hou Guozhong, who knew that he had little time left, on the one hand, concentrated his superior forces and firepower, and invested one-third of the troops assigned to his tank troops, and stepped up his attack on the 152nd Wing, which was the only remaining part of the 72nd Division, from the Qingliang River to the canal. On the one hand, the stubborn resistance on both flanks and the fight for every inch of land strive to solve the remnants of the 72nd Division before the follow-up reinforcements of the Japanese army arrive.