Chapter 203: Stubborn Devil
. Seeing that the war was at a stalemate, Fang Xianjue's troops, who only arrived at 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, became the straw that broke the camel's back, and no one thought that most of the troops in this team who were still recruits would show the courage of a lion in their first battle
After leading his troops to Taiyuan City, Fang Xianjue immediately ordered his subordinates to attack, because of his excellent command in the defense of Zhongtiao Mountain, although many cadres were suspicious, but still resolutely carried out his order. It must be known that although this unit has experienced vicious battles in Zhongtiao Mountain, due to the addition of a large number of new recruits in the rear, the combat experience is generally still seriously insufficient, but they also have their own advantages, that is, they are young and vigorous, and the newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. Therefore, Fang Xianjue took advantage of the opportunity of the troops' vigor to launch an attack immediately, if they stopped and waited for the order, the young men thought too much, but they might have the intention of fearing death and cowardice, and at the same time, it also gave the devil time to transfer troops and plug the loopholes.
What's more, Fang Xianjue is not blindly adventurous, he is more confident in his subordinates than anyone else, you must know that although more than 30,000 recruits account for more than half, but there are no less than 10,000 veterans, almost every squad leader and deputy squad leader and machine gunner are elite veterans who have experienced a hundred battles, with their leadership, recruits can quickly adapt to the battlefield and grow up quickly. Moreover, the banditry that was rampant in Henan a year or two ago objectively made the local folk customs gradually become extremely fierce and aggressive, even if they were new soldiers, they were not bloodless at all. Even most of them had seen blood and even killed people before they joined the army, and they had already undergone rigorous military training before entering the regular army, it would be a bad luck for the enemy to treat them as ordinary recruits
Moreover, they are not guarding Zhongtiao Mountain in vain, and the logistics department of the Central Plains Border Region has a "three priorities" principle in issuing new equipment, "Meritorious troops are given priority, and the main force is given priority." Proximity is a priority. Since the main force of the 15th Army was far away from the border area for more than a month, the nearest Zhongtiao Mountain Fang Xianjue Department became the first batch of owners of the new equipment in the arsenal. Whether it is the Bayi gun clan or the big and small Red Star mortars, in terms of the scale of 30,000 people. They were all the first to be equipped, if they didn't count the heavy artillery, Fang Xianjue's current weapons and equipment were much better than the large army of the 15th Army in the north of Taiyuan City, which may also be where Fang Xianjue's confidence in daring to take risks lies
And as Fang Xianjue expected, as soon as the charge horn sounded, the young men rushed into the city like hungry tigers, and the Japanese troops in the southeast corner of Taiyuan City were seriously insufficient, and they couldn't resist the enemy for a while, while the characteristics of young people were good at fighting with the wind, and after getting the start, they were fighting more and more smoothly. Even the marksmanship seems to be much more accurate than usual, but the arrogance of the devil has been completely suppressed
In addition, young people have the advantage of being more agile in their minds, among the various troops besieging the city. They were the first to come up with a way to crack the new tactics of the devils, which was actually very simple, leaving an extra demolition team when demolishing the wall (Fang Xianjue's young soldiers rushed too fast, and it was difficult for infantry support artillery to keep up, and they often relied on large-caliber guns and grenades to attack the fortifications during street fighting. After opening the passage, the original demolition team immediately dodged the projectile. The second demolition group that was ambushed was to strike at the enemy's exposed machine-gun fire, which had an immediate effect and quickly spread among the Red Party departments, and it also greatly affected the military production in the border areas, because the relatively heavy infantry artillery was difficult to adapt to the increasingly flexible and changeable fighting style of the grassroots commanders and fighters, and soon the arsenal was completely discontinued, and the heavy gun grenades and the bazooka that gradually began to be installed in the troops became the most important infantry offensive weapons of the 15th Army...,
Xiangyue Qingji did not draw troops from other places to intercept the breakthrough of Fang Xianjue's department, because now the pressure from other directions is also very great, his decision may be right, at least this can give the squadron the greatest damage possible, but it unexpectedly achieved Fang Xianjue, who led his troops to make the first contribution, and soon after he was justifiably appointed as the commander of the 17th Division of the 15th Army, and Su Yu was responsible for the military command of the 15th Army, which undoubtedly made him more comfortable with the large corps operation
Due to underestimating the strength of Fang Xianjue's department, the headquarters of the 1st Army of Kazuki Kiyoji was terminated on the fifth day after the squadron launched an attack on Taiyuan, and Kazuki Kiyoji was also killed on the spot by a grenade when he resisted, but the remnants of the Japanese army in the city still did not lay down their arms, even if they were forced to fight separately without unified command, they still fought to the end like they had taken medicine. Therefore, it was not until a full ten days later that the squadron completely wiped out the remnants of the enemy in the city, and in the process the people of Taiyuan suffered huge losses in life and property, and the total casualties exceeded 70,000 (including more than 20,000, more than 30,000 of the Eighth Route Army, and more than 20,000 of the 15th Army. The squadron also went out in flames, and Zuihou wiped out all the more than 50,000 Japanese troops without taking a single prisoner
The order not to take prisoners was given by Hu Weidong, and the desperate resistance of the Japanese army was what he expected, but the devil saw that the general trend was gone, and the heavy weapons were destroyed so quickly and completely made him very surprised and angry, although the special combat team with less than 200 veterans was dispatched again and sacrificed more than 50 people who made Hu Weidong almost cry in distress, but the devils, who had long been prepared for bombing, still only let the 15th Army capture 15 240mm heavy howitzers (a total of 24), 12 150mm heavy cannons (24 in total), 8 150mm field cannons (24 in total), 24 105mm field cannons (72 in total), 2 150mm howitzers (24 in total), 5 105mm field guns (72 in total), and almost all of the 75mm field guns, mountain guns, infantry guns, battle defense guns, and the 54 75mm anti-aircraft guns that Hu Weidong wanted most were blown to pieces. As for light weapons, after destroying a full 50,000 Japanese troops, the squadron captured less than 5,000 complete guns, including pistols
Among them, the heavy artillery is relatively more than because the devil was cut off early, and then fought many fierce battles, at that time the explosives reserve was very small, and the heavy artillery was relatively strong and durable, so it was able to repair more haode, if only the captured intact cannons, then the total is estimated to be no more than 20
Relatively speaking, the tank armored vehicle is not easy to blow up completely, the harvest is okay, and it will be able to repair all the haode, a total of 16 Type 95 light tanks have been captured, and 24 Type 97 medium tanks and 4 Type 92 cavalry armored vehicles should be considered quite advanced on Shijie, and the armored brigade that was seriously injured before can finally recover a little bit of strength (your support on this site is my biggest motivation.) )……,