Volume 1: The Battle of Songhu Chapter 34 The Rock
The interspersed tactics of the old devil of Iino had a miraculous effect, and the Nationalist army was caught off guard by the Japanese squad that suddenly appeared from the back, and in less than 15 minutes of fighting, the half platoon of more than 20 Nationalist troops stationed on the nameless hill on the left side were all annihilated, and the position also changed hands.
Although the Nationalist army reacted quickly and quickly mobilized troops to launch a counterattack on the nameless hill in an attempt to regain its position, Iino Kenju did not intend to give the Nationalist army any chance to turn the tables.
"Command." Kenten Iino straightened up suddenly, turned his head and shouted, "The artillery squadron immediately launched a general artillery bombardment on the front and the two hills on the right, and all the shells were gone, and the 3rd Infantry Brigade immediately launched an attack from the front to the left hill, and cooperated with the Matsushima squad to completely control the hill on the left." ”
"Hello." The adjutant bowed heavily and turned to go.
More than 700 Japanese soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Brigade of the Iino Wing quickly completed the assembly, and then like a flood that broke the embankment, it surged towards the nameless hill on the left.
The Nationalist troops suppressed on the mountainside on the left side, including Li Shijian's battalion, were instantly caught in the flank attack of the Japanese troops on the top of the mountain and the Japanese troops at the bottom of the mountain, and the situation was extremely grim.
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This was the most severe challenge faced by the 58th Division after encountering the Matsuura Division.
The news came back to the headquarters of the 343rd Regiment, and Yang Shaoren, chief of staff of the 58th Division, was in a hurry, and wanted to ask Feng Shengfa several times to transfer the 347th Regiment, but Feng Shengfa did not say anything, Zuihou Yu closed his eyes and recuperated, only the careful adjutant Zhang Shaojie found that Feng Shengfa's closed eyelids were actually beating frequently, which showed that his heart was not calm.
Feng Shengfa's heart was by no means calm, this would make him actually grit his teeth and hold on.
What is the most basic tactical literacy as a senior commander? It is not the will to dare to die, not the excellent military theory, nor the keen sense of smell on the battlefield, but the excellent psychological qualityIf there is no excellent psychological quality, everything else is like a castle on the beach, which will collapse in one rush.
Now is the time to test Feng Shengfa's psychological quality.
The strength of the 58th Division is only so much, at least in a short period of time, it is impossible for the Corps Headquarters to send reinforcements to the 58th Division, which also means that Feng Shengfa can only rely on the existing strength to block the Songpu Division, which is a difficult task, and the battle has just begun, Feng Shengfa must not and dare not invest in the 347th Regiment as the reserve of the whole division so early.
can't put in the 347 regiment, which means that the 343 regiment can only rely on its own liliang to restore the position, which means that the officers and soldiers of the 343 regiment can only take their lives to fill in, as the commander of the 58th division, but to watch the officers and soldiers of the 343 regiment take their lives to fill in, Feng Shengfa's heart will inevitably be tortured, which is actually very cruel.
Historically, many commanders have chosen to sacrifice their armies on local battlefields for the sake of overall victory, and Zuihou will be criticized and criticized even if he wins, which is actually unfair and unjust, as a commander, he first needs to consider ensuring victory, and then saving his army as much as possible.
Because victory means that more troops are preserved, and it means that the lives and property of hundreds of people are preserved.
In order to achieve this goal, he must deploy and use troops as reasonably as possible, rather than using enough force at the beginning, so in this process, it is inevitable to see that the 343 regiment is all wiped out.
At least until a complete collapse, reserves must not be moved.
Qi Yongnian stared at Feng Shengfa for two seconds, and seeing that Feng Shengfa never opened his eyes, he knew that it was impossible for the division seat to send reinforcements to him, so he immediately picked up the steel helmet and buttoned it on his head, turned around and walked outside the regiment headquarters, and when he left the headquarters, Qi Yongnian took the flower machine from a guard and put it on his chest.
"Brothers, there is a way to raise soldiers for a thousand days and use them for a while, we usually eat the country and wear the country, and today is the time for us to serve the country." Qi Yongnian said as he opened the bolt of the flower machine, then turned the muzzle of the gun and rushed up to the mountain pass in front, "Rush, rush up with Lao Tzu and regain the position."
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Li Shijian was crushed under a boulder by the machine gun of Little Japan, and he was so anxious that he was about to burst into flames.
It is not easy to attack on the back, and it is even more difficult for the side that is in a weak firepower to attack on the back, but the situation is stronger than the people, although it is at an absolute disadvantage in firepower, the attack must continue, although Li Shijian is not the regiment commander, let alone the division commander, but he knows the defensive arrangement of the entire Wanjialing.
Whether the 58th Division can block the 10th Pei Regiment of Little Japan in the mountainous area east of Wanjialing depends on whether the 343rd Regiment can hold the high mountain tip, and whether the 343rd Regiment can hold the high mountain tip, the key depends on whether the battalion can recapture the nameless hill on the left side, because once the little Japan has a firm foothold on the left hill, the battle will not be able to fight, and the little Japan can fully suppress the firepower of the Nationalist army on the other two hills by erecting mortars, grenadiers and heavy machine guns on the hill.
In other words, whether or not the 10th Pei Regiment of Little Japan can be eaten this time depends on the performance of the battalion.
Li Shijian took the box cannon and put down the steel helmet on his head, he knew that at this juncture, he would never be greedy for life anymore, even the regimental seat under the mountain had already carried the flower machine to the line of fire, if his battalion could not take the hill in time to restore the original position, the entire defense line of the 343rd Regiment would soon collapse.
"Brothers, fight with Little Japan of the Dog Day, today he will either die or I will die" Li Shijian roared loudly, jumped up from behind the big rock where he was hiding, and charged up with his shoulder against the box gun, which had a range of up to 100 meters after being docked with the butt, which was enough to pose a threat to the little Japan on the top of the mountain.
Li practiced marksmanship well, and he knocked down two Japanese soldiers in a short point.
Seeing that the battalion commander had taken the lead in the charge, the officers and men of the battalion immediately turned red-eyed, and one by one they got up from behind the trees, under the ridges, and in the depressions where they were hiding, and rushed up the hill with a roar, and the only three Czech light machine guns in the battalion also opened fire fiercely, pouring bullets like water into the hills.
The little Japan on the top of the hill quickly reacted and concentrated its fire on it.
The officers and men of the battalion rushing up the hill with bayonets were suddenly like weeds that had been cut down, falling down one by one, and in just a few moments, less than half of the more than 400 officers and men of the battalion remained, and in less than 50 meters, more than half of the battalion suffered casualties.
After paying the price of more than half of the casualties, the battalion finally rushed to the top of the mountain.
It was already a short-handed battle, and little Japan also opened the bolt of the gun, withdrew the bullet, and started a white-knuckle battle with the national army.
"Little Japan, I'm your grandmother" Li Shijian, like an enraged lion, roared loudly, grabbed the box gun and smashed it on the steel helmet of a Japanese soldier, only to hear a bang, the steel helmet of the Japanese soldier was smashed down, and the box gun imported from Germany won a complete victory in the contest with the steel helmet produced by Little Japan.
The Japanese soldier didn't say a word, and fell to the ground with his head tilted.
Li Shijian took off the butt of the box gun and threw it away, picked up another box gun in the holster, and then fired the bow left and right and fired again and again, and it only took a moment to pile down more than a dozen Japanese soldiers.
The battalion soon gained the upper hand in the white-knuckle battle, and little Japan was killed and retreated.
"Be careful," Adjutant Li suddenly shouted, rushing over to block behind Li Shijian.
Li Shijian hurriedly looked back, only to see that Adjutant Li had been stabbed in the abdomen, if he hadn't blocked it just now, the bayonet of the little Japanese on the opposite side would have stabbed into his vest, Li Shijian raised his hand and shot the little Japanese who sneaked up in the back to shoot the head, and when he leaned over to support Adjutant Li, Adjutant Li was already dead.
"Camp, camp, ......camp" Adjutant Li's mouth closed, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, just pointed his finger at the bottom of the mountain, Li Shishi looked in the direction of Adjutant Li's finger, the battle under the mountain has reached the juncture, in the canyon between the two mountains, the 343rd Regiment has set up a defensive line, and now there are only a dozen Liao Liao people still fighting on the defensive line, and outside the mountain pass, at least five or six hundred Japanese soldiers have rushed over.
"Quick, quickly set up the machine gun, give it to Lao Tzu, hit it hard" Li Shijian grabbed the small Japanese machine gun position in two steps, kicked the Japanese soldier who had lost his breath with one kick, and then put the butt of the gun on his shoulder and fired fiercely outside the mountain pass.