Chapter Twenty-Six: Total Annihilation
A battle that took place in Shimen. The topic of not being able to fight without artillery and tanks has sparked a great discussion in the whole army, and this has brought about a new round of training and actual combat tactics.
This is a later story, or set our sights on the battlefield.
In Shimen Town, Kimura Yudazuo received the Shimen defenders as he wished, and at the same time he also really experienced part of the strength of the Chinese army - the reason why he said this is because he still didn't know the way, and there was still the 21st Brigade hidden behind the 19th Brigade, and at the same time, another brigade had gone around to the long platform and was driving his back road.
The reconnaissance unit sent by Kimura Xiong did not survive the contact with the reconnaissance unit of the Eighth Division, which caused the blockage of battlefield information of the Japanese army and also laid the groundwork for the rout of the Kimura Brigade.
The combat power shown by the 702nd Regiment made Kameda Nobuyuki very frightened. Perhaps it is the reason why the Japanese regard the turtle as a lucky beast, the Japanese army is naturally good at defense, although Shimen Town has not fallen into the hands of the Japanese army for a long time, but after Kameda's personal design and supervision, especially in the south of Zhennan, Fujian, its fortifications have been quite complete and solid. Kameda originally thought that with just relying on those two small bunkers and two processed houses, he would be able to hold out for three or five days even against the previous division's Shina army, but he didn't expect that the other party would release smoke bombs, so that the role of the bunker could not be played.
That's it, what really shocked and frightened him was the tenacity and bloodthirstiness shown by the Chinese army in the later white-knuckle battle. The Japanese are born dogs, you are weaker than him, and when you see him running, he will bark and bite with bared teeth; But if you are better than him, then even if he is insulted in every way, he will shake his head and tail to show his obedience. Kameda doesn't know Cantonese, so he doesn't know what the officers and soldiers of the Second Regiment of Lu Dao mean by "losing his mother". In his opinion, this passage is a mantra-level existence, which can make people go crazy, otherwise how to explain that those Chinese soldiers who chant this sentence in their mouths are like forgetting life and death, and there is no retreat?
The Japanese were afraid of being beheaded, which was the main reason why the 29th Army's broadsword team became famous. Not to mention that its broadsword tactics were just able to restrain the Japanese army's assassination routines, and the courage of the Japanese was chilled by three points just by raising the broadsword. The broadsword is one of the standard equipment of the student army, and almost everyone from those brigade commanders, even division commanders, and army commanders to ordinary soldiers, has one in their hands, and its psychological deterrent effect on the Japanese is far greater than that of the broadsword itself. The Japanese dare to boast that the army is the second in the world, and one of the tactics they are proud of is white-knuckle warfare, but this is relative, for the broadsword of the school army, these devils know that their own white-edged tactics are so flawed, unless more than two people deal with a student army at the same time, otherwise it is a dead end.
In the battle of Zhennan, Kameda saw with his own eyes that more than a dozen of his subordinates had their heads chopped off with a knife, which greatly stimulated him. Knowing that Kimura wanted to test the combat strength of the Xuebing Army, he hurriedly suggested by example: "Your Excellency, the people of China are crazy, they still have chariots, I think we should withdraw first!" ”
Kameda is one of Kimura's top generals, and as a master of Yanagawa Ryu Kendo, when he was still in the base camp of the Kwantung Army, he liked to gamble with the officers of other troops in white-knuckle combat. It was such a fierce general who was rampant in the Kwantung Army who actually said such words at this time to destroy the morale of his own majestic and long-term soldiers, which made Kimura have a bad idea in his heart.
The Japanese, who had not dealt with the Cadet Army, even if they had heard too much, only felt that the Cadet Army was only a little stronger than the ordinary Chinese army, and there was still a huge gap between them and the Imperial Army. Kimura was only transferred to the 13th Division at the beginning of the year, and he had no experience in the battle of Nanjing-he had not fought with the Xuebing Army, so he imagined the "powerfulness" of the Xuebing Army with normal thinking, and felt that if the Imperial Army and other branches of the army were one enemy and three enemies, then it would be okay to lower his posture and treat the Xuebing Army with one enemy and two enemies - this is also the reason why he dared to take a brigade to come out to rescue the Shimen defenders.
Kameda's words were serious, and while he was skeptical, the soldier's self-esteem was also stirred up.
The battle ahead was raging, with gunfire bursting out, and from time to time some officers and men on both sides fell to the ground howling. Kimura's eyes narrowed, and he looked closely, and found that although the firepower of the Cadet Army was fierce, the accuracy was not good, which made him full of confidence in the next battle. He said to Kameda: "Kameda-kun, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and the people of China attack one of your squadrons with a brigade, and they will not be able to win. Wait and see how I teach the people of China. Xuebingjun, hum, I want them to know the true power of the second strongest army in the world! ”
Kimura personally went into battle and organized a siege team of more than 100 people, preparing to launch a chilling offensive and strive to break the morale of the people of Shina in one go!
At this time, Mohid was talking to Gui Mingxun on the phone: "Big mountain, big mountain, I'm the wilderness!" ”
"Received in the wilderness!"
"How's the fighting going in town?"
"Japanese reinforcements are coming in, we are fighting, and the size of the Japanese army is about a brigade."
"Received, take it appropriately, we'll come over immediately!"
"Good!"
Gui Mingxun talked to Mo Xide on the phone, immediately called Tan Langxing, and then asked him to collect the troops appropriately and carry out the task of luring the enemy.
Tan Langxing knew that the 20th Brigade had already occupied Changtai, and this was the encirclement and annihilation according to the plan. Under his command, the 701st Regiment and the 703rd Regiment began to retreat strategically, retreating slightly by two or three hundred meters, giving way to the center of Shimen.
Kimura commanded the storming team to "destroy the withering and decaying" for more than 200 meters, and seeing the people of China fleeing in panic, he said to Kameda proudly: "See, you must pay attention to the use of momentum in the battle with the people of China, and use the belief of victory as a guide, rush over in one go, and crush the morale of the people of China." As long as they can defeat the morale of the China, no matter how many of them are, there is only one way to rout! ”
Kameda Nobuyuki felt that something was wrong, the retreat of the Shina people was orderly, it didn't look like a rout at all, and he kindly reminded Kimura Yu: "Your Excellency, the Shina people are defeated but not chaotic, I think it's better to be poor and not chase." ”
Kimura smiled, pointed at Kameda and said, "Kameda-kun, what's the matter with you?" It's just that you have suffered a defeat, and your courage has been lost? Ha Lu Ha! Look, in a quarter of an hour at most, I'll be running around the mountains like a winter rabbit! "Forward!" He suddenly roared at the large army behind him, and the large Japanese army put away its machine guns and mortars and began to follow.
After the 1st Regiment and the 3rd Regiment met in the south of the town, Tan Langxing waved his hand, more than 2,000 soldiers got out of the way, and the 28 tanks of the tank battalion suddenly roared in unison, and attacked from three directions in three directions.
Tan Langxing waved his hand again and roared, "Keep up!" ”
The officers and men of the 1st and 2nd regiments crowded behind the tanks, screaming and trotting after the tanks.
The engines of twenty-eight tanks sounded at the same time, and the loud sound immediately aroused the vigilance of Kimura Yu, who asked in horror, "What sound?" ”
"It should be, it should be the tank unit of the China!"
"The people of China have tanks?!" Kimura glared at Kameda, who couldn't help but sweat on his forehead.
Kimura glanced at him fiercely and scolded, "Eight grids! Then he yelled at Kazuo Ono, a staff officer of the army: "Quick, organize a death squad to resist for a while," and then shouted at the others: "Withdraw!" ”
It's late.
The rear team of the Japanese army changed to the front team, and only then ran out of the distance of less than 200 meters, and more than a dozen cadets suddenly flashed out at the intersection of the north of the town, each of them had a general-purpose machine gun, and the gunfire of "Da Da Da Da" rang out like a bean, and dozens of devils who rushed to the front were all swept down. The Japanese army hurriedly fell down and wanted to return fire, but the dozen or so cadets suddenly gave way to both sides, and the next moment, an armored car drove from behind a row of houses, and the 20-millimeter cannon in front of the car rang out continuously, and the devils lying on the ground were blown away by five or six.
The sudden appearance of the ambush made Kimura Xiong's face change greatly - Shimen Town is so big, the whole town even residential areas and streets, a total of three passages, after the Zhennan army attacked, it has been divided into three places, and is being forced by tanks as the lead, and now that the back road is blocked again, their retreat is only left to the west and east. But the east is the mountain, the west is the river, if you go up the mountain, it will definitely be difficult to escape the fate of being surrounded and annihilated, the only way to do this is to retreat from the river. Kimura's thoughts raced, and he finally decided to break through from the west. "I hope that the people of China did not set up an ambush in Hexi!" Thinking so, he personally selected a squad of devils to serve as a death squad to snipe the enemy in the north, and then led nearly two squadrons of devils to blow up the wall of a house of residents and began to flee to the west.
And when he fled to the river, he saw the broken bridge that had been blown in two, and he only felt that his legs were weak, and he almost didn't fall. The surface of the Xiaoling River in the west of Shimen Town is less than 20 meters, but the river is very fast, and most of the devils in the Kimura brigade are landlubbers, and if you cross the river in this case, Kimura can't imagine the consequences.
Kameda's face became more and more pale, he gritted his teeth and looked at Kimura, and suggested, "Your Excellency, you can only wade across the river!" ”
Kimura's attention was drawn to what was behind him, and Kameda followed his gaze and saw a soldier rushing towards an armored vehicle with a few grenades.
When the armored car first appeared, Kimura hoped to be able to penetrate its armor at close range with a machine gun, but after two attempts, two machine gunners died, and only a few small white dots were punched on the armored car in front of the armored car, and he was desperate. At this moment, he must have hoped that the soldier would blow up the armored car, but the next moment, the soldier was suddenly swept away by the machine gun on the armored car, and immediately danced - the grenade rolled to the ground, and then "boom", blowing him to pieces.
Kameda closed his eyes in pain.
Kimura watched the two squads of soldiers on the sniper mission being killed by shelling and bullets one after another, and he knew that he had lost the opportunity to cross the river. Even if the river is not deep and they are allowed to cross the river on foot, then they will become a target for the people of China in the river. Now the only choice is to fight! It's a pity that there is only one heavy artillery left in the two brigades, otherwise, what kind of brilliant damage will be achieved if the artillery is allowed to carry out a covering artillery bombardment at this moment! Thinking like this, Kimura knelt down towards the east, he prostrated on the ground, and muttered, "Your Majesty, Kimura has been loyal to you!" Then he stood up and roared, "Warriors of the Great Japanese Empire, it's time for us to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor. "Take the lead and rush towards the position of the Cadet Army, which is gradually closing the front!
The Japanese ** are already desperate, despair makes them fearless of life and death, all the devils rushed forward after Kimura, screaming while rushing, and what awaits them is a one-sided slaughter - in an attic in White Rock Town, Mohid watched the Japanese launch a suicidal attack with a telescope, and sneered: "This devil officer is stupid!" If he insists on staying in town, this battle will be very difficult for us. ”
Tan Langxing nodded: "The combat effectiveness of the Japanese army should not be underestimated, and this battle can be fought like this, there is an element of luck in it." ”
Mohid nodded in agreement.