Chapter 196: Unscrupulous Defensive Warfare
The two armies fought again without the need for orders from the officers of both sides, and everyone knew that the next battle would be extremely bloody and cruel. But in the end, who can come out on top depends on the real battle right now.
It was only when the two division commanders moved their headquarters to the blocking position defended by the Volunteer Division, looking at a defensive position that was broader than the position of the Independent Regiment. The trenches crisscrossed the barbed wire. Some of the flat land suitable for armored vehicles is full of triangular cones that can overturn tanks, and all this undoubtedly realizes that if the Japanese army wants to capture this place next, I am afraid that they will pay a price that will hurt them to the bone......
But the troops are all pulled here, and if they don't fight, they will undoubtedly surrender without a fight, as a little devil who would rather die than drag his back. After inspecting the terrain, the Japanese armored division again sent two armored brigades to cooperate with two infantry brigades. Launch the first round of attacks from two relatively weakly defended locations.
When Du Liren, who was staying behind the position and watching, looked at the attack point chosen by the little devil, and sure enough, he deliberately left a trap to lure the little devil into falling for it, and a cruel sneer appeared on his delicate face: "Little devil, you are really an obedient one!" ”
Two weak points, exposed in the eyes of the commanders of both sides, became the first battlefield in which the two armies fought. Looking at the armored vehicles that arrived at the point of attack first, again encountered a dense minefield with heavy losses. Without waiting for the commander behind to give the order to retreat, the mortar battalion, which was placed in the weak point, threw down a round of unusually dense and accurate mortar shells.
Looking at the tanks and infantry, the two division commanders who were the commanders of the town were undoubtedly about to crush their teeth. But we can only hope that these soldiers will be withdrawn from there with the tanks. But just in anticipation of it. When you can escape back to one is one, and when you can escape back to one soldier is one soldier.
A group of volunteer soldiers who rushed out of the Haode passage dug in advance, almost each with a submachine gun, killed all the surviving Japanese soldiers. As for the tanks, which were busy fleeing for their lives, they were warmly entertained by Molotov cocktails and turned into a large iron coffin.
When all the tanks and infantry trying to break through here were no longer moving, these volunteer soldiers emerged from the secret passage. Drilling back through the passage again, this seemingly weak attack point did not seem to be as easy to pass through as imagined.
What about this other place?
When two Japanese commanders. I don't expect the mud that looks like it's been stepped on. It is possible to bypass the main position and enter the passage of the opponent's flank position. Armored vehicles and infantry, after entering, did not encounter the attack of mines as expected. But the infantry who walked into these mud. But I felt that the dirty muddy floor here was a little wrong.
Just when someone recognized it in horror. These look jet-black stains. It was when the oil ignited at the sight of the fire was about to turn around and run away. Several soldiers of the Xu family army who had been waiting for a long time sneered: "I still want to be scared when I come, dreaming!" Try the taste of being charred by the fire! ”
With these soldiers, from different places, threw the tools of ignition. The oil and tar floating on the water immediately ignited a raging fire and smoke. The soldiers who don't even know that if they get these stains, they get the grim reaper. You can't run fast in this kind of muddy field.
Even if you run fast, you can't keep up with the speed of the fire. As their clothes were set on fire, the Japanese soldiers became fire men jumping in the mud. As for the armored vehicles that seemed to be wrapped in iron sheets, they were also put in ovens. If you don't drill out. It will also be grilled and matured. The consequence of drilling out is also to become a burning man.
When they saw that the selected attack site was also a place where there was no way to pass through, the commanders of the two divisions scolded almost in unison, and the commander of the Longhua army on the opposite side actually adopted such an inhumane combat method to fight.
But this kind of combat method of roasting living people is very relieving for Du Liren. Because under the influence of the officers and soldiers of the Xu family, Xu Bin, the supreme commander, has always instilled a concept in them. That is, don't treat the little devil as a human being, how to kill can feel relieved, then you don't need to care about the means to kill.
Looking at the battle again, losing dozens of armor and keeping up with thousands of soldiers, the hearts of the two division commanders were naturally extremely angry. The two division commanders, who no longer had the expectation of a loophole, finally made a hard-hitting attack. A fierce attack was launched towards the main position of the Volunteer Division.
Seeing that the tanks were destroyed and turned into scrap metal, and the soldiers were killed at the front of the position, the commanders of the two divisions really wanted to go into battle in person. When they attacked in one day, in addition to paying thousands more lives, they broke through the first barbed wire fence laid by the volunteers.
The two people, who had never thought that barbed wire had such a great power before, looked at the corpses that fell horizontally and vertically on the edge of the barbed wire. Both realized that the other commander's commander was undoubtedly a master of defensive warfare. can give full play to the role of this small barbed wire, so that they will pay thousands of casualties in order to push this barbed wire fence down. It is enough to prove how strong this Xu Jiajun Volunteer Division, which has been proven by the Ministry of Intelligence, is.
The commanders of the two divisions, who knew that such a fight would only increase casualties, finally had no choice but to send a telegram to the rear again requesting artillery support. Just from the battlefield of Matsubara, a Japanese howitzer regiment was vacated, not far from them. As a result, at dawn the next day, the Volunteer Division, which had lost artillery support, also began to fall into a bitter battle.
In the face of these little devils killing and injuring his subordinates at a cost of almost three to one, Du Licheng was undoubtedly distressed. But because of Xu Bin's order, he still gritted his teeth and persevered. At the same time, the enthusiastic Jizhou Army sent an elite infantry division to supplement the position to cooperate with the battle.
In this way, after a day of bombardment by the Japanese army, after repelling the crazy attacks of the Japanese army several times. Finally, under the cover of night, he withdrew from the first-line position and retreated to the second-line position to block the attack. So much so that the Japanese army, which fought again the next day, consumed countless bombs and blew up some scarecrows tied with thatch.
Just when these Japanese officers and soldiers, who were also physically and mentally exhausted, thought that they had finally made the Longhua army unbearable, they looked at the blocking position that appeared again not far ahead. These Japanese soldiers are really completely speechless! Taking advantage of such a huge trench fortification, the method of blocking is used to delay the speed of their attack and survive.
This kind of rogue but effective tactic undoubtedly made the two division commanders, who could almost be said to be half-crippled, finally seek the support of the rear command again, and let them mobilize another infantry division to cooperate. Because, after the two infantry divisions were merged after the battle yesterday, the total strength of the two infantry divisions did not reach the number of the full strength of one division. This means that, unconsciously, one of their infantry divisions is completely gone. That's tens of thousands!
Except for the two infantry divisions and regiments, which lost more than one, the independent armored divisions and regiments that originally had hundreds of armored tanks, only a hundred armored tanks remained, and the officers and soldiers were even less pitiful. It is undoubtedly a bit exaggerated to call it an independent armored division with these people and cars. Now these people are with the car, and it is appropriate to describe it as a team.
The commander of the armored division, who wanted to cry without tears, asked for punishment without waiting for a call from the military headquarters in the rear. The post of commander of this incomplete division was handed over, and at the same time the armored division was asked to take a back seat. Give the main force of the attack to the reinforced infantry divisions. The invincible armored division in their minds can be said to have been slapped in the face here.
Realizing the strength of the Xu Jiajun Volunteer Division, he also knew that if he did this, it would be up to him to see who could hold on to Zuihou. The commander of the Japanese invasion of China, Asakajin, was ruthless in the head, and directly transferred two main divisions that escaped from the Matsubara battlefield. In cooperation with the Japanese army, which was merged into a division, it was necessary to break through the opponent's blocking position no matter what, and take the Jizhou Mansion in one fell swoop.
As long as they take Jizhou Mansion, their current losses can be explained to the people. If so many people died and so many chariots were lost, they still couldn't grab a piece of territory for the homeland. Even if he is a prince, he will inevitably need to resign and return to China, explain and plead to the Diet and the royal family.
Upon learning of the arrival of three Japanese infantry divisions, Xu Bin saw the situation in Jizhou Mansion displayed by the Ministry of Intelligence, President Li Da, who seemed to think that the Volunteer Division could carry it forever. When it came to transferring supplies, it was so slow.
As for those allied forces who learned that Jizhou was about to fall and were worried that the back road would be cut off. Without waiting for Li Shichang's order, they were strictly ordered by their respective governors to quickly retreat to Liaozhou. So much so that the main division of the little devils, who had been fighting against the coalition forces in Songyuan, was able to transfer two main divisions to reinforce the Jizhou battlefield so easily.
In fact, I also know that it is better to expect the troops of these warlords to contribute than to expect the sow to go up the tree, Xu Bin when he received this information. Undoubtedly, he was also angry, but seeing that there were still many people in Jizhou Mansion who had not evacuated, he could only let the Intelligence Department spread the information that the Japanese army had reinforcements, and the front line was likely to be unstoppable, prompting these people to speed up their escape from Jizhou.
In order to buy time for these people to flee, Xu Bin could only ruthlessly ask the volunteer division to hold on for another day before the other party's reinforcements resisted. In addition, you can also ask the Jizhou Army to send a main division as an assistant to help. Strive to give the Japanese army another head-on move on the Jizhou front.
As for the independent regiment that served as a reserve, when the volunteers received the order, they began to infiltrate the base selected by the intelligence department in Jizhou according to Xu Bin's instructions, and prepared to receive the retreat of the volunteer division.
They will take guerrilla forces to strengthen Liliang in the jungle and mountainous areas bordering Jizhou and Heihe Prefecture, and at the same time carry out sabotage and strikes against the Japanese army that is ready to use it as a resource base. This mode of combat is also familiar to the officers and men of an independent regiment born out of the guerrillas! (To be continued......)