Chapter 69 Bloody Battle Taierzhuang
At eleven o'clock in the evening, the west gate of Taierzhuang.
Platoon commander Zhao Deming was leaning against a section of the wall that had been blown up, gasping for breath. On his left-hand side, Wu Yushu was holding a shot and was looking nervously ahead. "Platoon commander, do you think the little devil will continue to attack?" He asked Zhao Deming.
"I don't know what to do, what's the matter! Xiao Wuzi, are you afraid of death? β
"I was a little scared at first, but now I'm not afraid!" Wu Yushu said, his eyes glowing green like a beast under the light of a pile of war not far away, and he roared in a deep voice: "I want to avenge Lao Mu and them!" I've only killed two devils, and I'll have to kill at least five to get enough of this. I'm the only one left of nine of us in three shifts, but we've only killed four devils in total. Nine of us in three shifts killed nine devils, it's worth it! β
Zhao Deming smiled, and then he coughed violently, and said, "According to your kid, say so, then I-" He quickly calculated, "Don't you want to kill seventeen devils?" Then I can't do it, the little devil's artillery is too powerful, he, he NND, if only the artillery of the Cadet Army could support us. β
The 57th Army originally had its own artillery unit, and because of Ouyang Yun's support, it was still very strong for a while, but it was regrettable that in the later battles, it was blown up by the Japanese aviation one by one.
The west gate was defended by Zhao Dengyu's 132nd Division. The Seya detachment had a large number of people, and there was the main force of the Isoya Division following behind, and it was well-armed, and it was a fierce attack as soon as it came up. The detachment leader, Major General Setani Kai, planned to tear apart the defense line of the west gate of Taierzhuang in one go, and then directly interspersed with the south gate, striving to put Li Pinxian's 31st Army and 132nd Division in it. At that time, as long as the independent 3rd Mixed Infantry Brigade of the cabinet body is cut off from Taierzhuang and Pixian, the 132nd Division and the 31st Army will become turtles in the urn.
Seya Kai dared to launch a strong attack as soon as he came up, and he had capital. During the Japanese invasion of China, detachments were a special form of formation, with different sizes, large brigade and regiment level, and small only squadron level. And the Seya detachment is one of the more famous ones, and the reason why it is famous is that it is a freak - why do you say that? The Seya detachment had only five infantry brigades, but the artillery reached seven squadrons, including two squadrons of howitzers of 150 mm caliber.
As soon as the Seya detachment came up, it launched a fierce artillery bombardment, and the artillery of the seven squadrons bombarded at the same time, completely destroying the first and second peripheral fortifications built under the personal command of Zhao Dengyu in just a quarter of an hour, and the troops who served as these two lines of defense also suffered heavy losses, and the troops of the three companies finally withdrew only one and a half platoons, including the half platoon of which Zhao Deming was the platoon commander.
There's a reason why Kei Seya let the heavy artillery come on as soon as the fight starts, and he is ready to let the tanks of his two squadrons come on the field in the next battle, tearing through the defenders' lines and breaking through in one fell swoop. Considering that the tanks of the Xuebing Army had already joined the Xuzhou battlefield, he was worried that Ximen was ambushing the tank troops of the Xuebing Army, so he first used artillery fire to plow it first, so as to find out the specific defense situation of the Zhina people.
There are two tank squadrons under the command of the Seya detachment, including eight Quirrell and sixteen Beanwar. Whether it is Quirrell or Bean Chariot, they were beaten by Jiguang tanks in the Second Great Wall War of Resistance and the Battle of Nanjing, so in the battlefield south of the Yangtze River, these two tanks basically disappeared from the Japanese army. As for the battlefield north of the Yangtze River, the little devils bullied other factions in China The army tanks are scarce and there are no corresponding anti-tank weapons, and also considering the domestic production capacity and the reason why the new Type 99 tank is strong and strong, so it is still equipped with these two tanks in the backbone troops.
After the heavy artillery bombardment, Kei Seya ordered the 10th Wing led by Akashiba Yaezo Osa, led by a squadron of chariots, to launch an attack on the outer defense line behind the west gate.
Chishiba Yaezo resolutely carried out the combat intentions of the detachment commander and invested the troops of two brigades at one time.
The bloody battle began.
Zhao Dengyu arranged a regiment responsible for the outer defense line, but it only lasted for an hour and lost half of it and was unable to fight again. At the same time, he organized the regimental personnel to form a death squad and rushed to the devil's chariot with cluster grenades and explosives bags.
After the expansion of the 132nd Division, it now has two brigades and six regiments, plus the officer corps directly under the division headquarters equipped with Weiqing-style firearms, a total of seven regiments. The strength of the seven regiments seems to be a lot, but in the face of the intensive artillery bombardment of the little devils, it is too quickly consumed. However, after receiving an order, the headquarters must hold Taierzhuang for two days, Zhao Dengyu could only grit his teeth and order, and each regiment was on the serial number, and the regiment in front was lost, and the regiment below was allowed to go up. If one brigade is gone, and another brigade is gone, and if both brigade headquarters are lost, then the division headquarters - anyway, even if the last one is the last one, it will be nailed to the west gate like a nail for two days.
The officers and men of the 132nd Division faithfully carried out this order of the division, and as a result, the Geng Police Biao Regiment held out for only an hour, and the troops lost one and a half battalions, of which one battalion of soldiers died under heavy artillery fire. The three battalions of men and horses were suddenly reduced by half, so it was no wonder that Geng Jingzhong wanted to send a signal for help.
"Throne, let them withdraw! I'll let ** them on the group! "Li Jintian, the commander of the Third Brigade, can't stand it, under the fierce artillery attack of the devils, the Geng Police Biao Regiment has no power to fight back at all, how can this be fought? The only way to do this is to withdraw it first. Thinking like this, he asked Zhao Dengyu.
Zhao Dengyu's division headquarters was set up less than 300 meters behind the first-line fortifications at the West Gate, and in the shelling just now, the concealed fortifications on the periphery were damaged, and now they were no longer enough to resist the next round of shelling. The staff of the division headquarters asked Zhao Dengyu to retreat, but Zhao Dengyu shook his hand and said: "I won't withdraw, this is the rearmost line of defense of our 132nd Division, and the Segu detachment wants to attack Taierzhuang, only step over me!" β
The third line of defense on the periphery is only more than 400 meters away from here, and Zhao Dengyu can clearly see that Geng Gongbiao is mobilizing the personnel of the regiment headquarters to form a death squad. He saw a familiar staff officer holding an explosive bag rushing towards the front Quirrell, and a dozen devils around Quirrell suddenly shot at the same time. The explosive bag on the staff officer's waist was blown up, and the whole person was instantly blown up by the violent explosion. Zhao Dengyu only knew that the young staff officer surnamed Jia Dao, and he didn't even know his name, and he still remembered that this young man was always smiling, like a child who hadn't grown up - suddenly, two lines of tears rolled down his face. Stunned, he watched as another young warrior suddenly rushed out of the fortifications, threw the cluster grenades in his hands with both hands, and then the whole person was beaten into a sieve. The cluster grenade finally hit the Quirrell, and after a violent explosion of "boom", the tank turned into a pile of burning scrap metal. Zhao Dengyu couldn't hold on any longer, he waved his hand and said, "Let Geng Police Biao and them withdraw to Ximen!" β
Li Jintian's eyes were full of tears, and he choked up: "It's late." β
Zhao Dengyu's eyes widened violently, and then he saw that Geng Gongbiao rushed out of the fortifications with a big knife, the big knife waved forward, he shouted something hard, and the next moment, all the surviving officers and soldiers of the regiment jumped out of the hidden fortifications and launched a counter-charge against the Japanese army. At this time, he realized that Geng Police Biao had sent back a signal for help despite his strict orders. It turned out that he was ready to sacrifice all the forces of his regiment and destroy the Japanese advance tank unit with a counter-charge, so as to clear this scourge for the next battle.
"Good man!" He couldn't help but scream, and then ordered: "Li Jintian, hurry up and let them go up." As soon as his voice was lowered, he said in a deep voice: "Tell **, try your best to pick up Police Biao and them back for me." β
After a quarter of an hour of covered shelling, Kei Seya was confident that he would quickly capture the West Gate. There were no tanks near the West Gate, and the scene he feared most didn't happen, so now it's time for the Imperial Army chariot unit to perform. On the opposite side is Zhao Dengyu's 132nd Division, an old opponent. As a pure soldier, Zhao Dengyu is undoubtedly a respectable opponent, but unfortunately, he has no weapons in his hands that can suppress the Quirrell tank, and there is no artillery, so he is destined to be passively beaten.
However, the battle lasted for an hour, and although the Japanese broke through two lines of defense in one go, they encountered an unprecedented strong resistance in front of the third outer line of defense.
Riding on a tall horse, Kei Seya looked at the battlefield with a telescope, and was dumbfounded when he saw hundreds of Shina soldiers rushing out of the hidden fortifications without hesitation, carrying cluster grenades and explosive packs to rush towards the Quirrell tank he relied on to attack. He didn't want to abandon the strong fortifications and even launched an attack with the imperial army, and he first thought that the commanding officer of the people of China was crazy. Five minutes later, after losing two Quirrells and being successfully broken into the formation by the China, his ecstatic heart instantly fell into the ice cave - the command officer of the China's command was not crazy, but grasped the best opportunity to counterattack. They rushed out of the fortifications on which they depended, and although the danger was greater, at the same time, they also completely engulfed the chariot troops and the two squadrons of imperial troops in front of them. "This is a completely desperate way of playing!" He realized this, and suddenly felt stupid. The advantage of the Seya detachment was the intensive artillery fire, and he hurriedly launched an offensive without completely destroying the defenders' will with artillery fire, which gave the 132nd Division a chance to counterattack.
In this way, although the Geng Police Biao Regiment could not escape the fate of the destruction of the whole regiment, the Seya Detachment would definitely not be pleased. In terms of the ratio of lost combat power alone, the Seya detachment lost a lot - the loss of the most elite chariot troops was the most elite chariot unit, and it was only eight Quirrell.
The powerful combat strength gathered by the officers and men of the Geng Police Regiment caught the Japanese army by surprise, not only containing the offensive momentum of the Japanese army at once, but also gaining local superiority. After the eight Quirrell tanks and four bean chariots were blown up one after another by Geng Police Biao using crowd tactics, they changed their shameful and arrogant momentum and began to reverse and retreat frantically. But they wanted to run now, but it was too late.
Geng was shot in the left arm, which affected his running speed, and he brandished a big knife in his right hand and shouted: "Brothers, fight to the death!" Fight to the death! Don't let the little devil's tortoise shell run away! β
"Rush!" "Boom!" Another Quirrell turned into a pile of scrap metal because of a warrior's desperate pounce on itβKei Seya saw this clearly in his binoculars, and his hands trembled. He couldn't figure it out, how could the battle situation, which was clearly firmly gaining the upper hand, suddenly change drastically?
The division staff officer of the Isoya Division, Captain Yukio Asegawa, looked anxiously at the front-line battlefield, and gritted his teeth and said: "Special attack tactics, Your Excellency the detachment leader, this is a special attack tactic. In order to avoid greater losses of the troops, give the order to retreat! β
"That's all there is to it, let them withdraw first!"
The bugle sounded, and the Japanese began to retreat.
As soon as he saw that the little devil actually wanted to run, the fighting spirit of the Geng police was even stronger, and he shouted: "Catch up, catch up, brothers, everyone is going to die today anyway, and when you die, you will pull a few more devils on your back so that you don't lose your money." As long as we are distanced by the devils, the devils will definitely bombard them with cannons! Brothers! Fight to the death! Protect your brothers who died in battle! β
The devils began to retreat, and many warriors instinctively wanted to stop the pursuit. Just kidding, although the devils were beaten back, they still had seventeen or eight hundred people, five or six times the number of them, as long as they were relieved, it would be a dead end to catch up. A considerable part of the casualties of the Geng Police Regiment were due to the previous shelling. As soon as Geng Gongbiao shouted these words, he ignited the will to die in the hearts of the soldiers - the little devils are sharp, and they are going to die anyway, so it is better to pull a few more devils to the bottom, and when they go to the underworld, they will have more capital to brag about. So, a strange scene appeared, the party with a large number of people was chased and beaten by the party with a small number of people, and the devil who was showing off his might just now is like a lost dog, being chased and running wildly.
This scene was what Kei Seya and Yukio Segawa didn't want to see, seeing that the infantry queue blocked the retreat of the chariots, and three more chariots were destroyed one after another, Kei Seya couldn't bear it. The Quirrell tank is going to come in handy, and if it is completely destroyed on the outer front, what about the next street fighting? Do you want someone to fill it in? He hurriedly ordered the infantry to stop retreating, that is, two for one, and to make sure that the remaining four Quirrells were saved.
Kei Seya made a mistake here, he repeatedly changed the order to make the obedient Akashiba Yaezo a little confused, and as soon as he delayed the delivery of the order, the team that had been distanced by the retreat immediately fell into chaos. The devils in the front want to turn back and attack, but the ones behind will continue to retreat, and the ones in the middle are rushed by both sides, and the devils of the two brigades are at a loss.
The telescope at night was not far away, but the afterglow of the war and flares burning everywhere allowed Zhao Dengyu to still be able to see hazy with the telescope, and when he saw this scene, he shouted pity: "Lao Tzu has no artillery!" Now, if there is a shelling, how many devils will be killed! β
Li Jintian was very angry when he saw that Police Biao was stubbornly pestering the devil: "If you don't see anything good, you can accept it, withdraw it!" β
Zhao Dengyu glared at him: "Withdraw, if you withdraw, you will die, the little devil's artillery has already been aimed." Geng Gongbiao is right to do this, it's all death anyway, kill more devils, it's worth it! β
The confusion of the Japanese army queue hindered the retreat of the chariot troops, and the soldiers of the Geng Police Regiment fought hard and blew up the remaining few Quirrell and Bean Zhan, which made Seya Kai, who was riding on a big horse, almost fall off his horse without hurrying. At this time, the flare over the battlefield was extinguished, and he said angrily: "Flares, fire flares, there are not many people in Zhina, Chichai is a stupid person, how did he do it, the strength is six times that of the Zhina people, why did he fall passive!" Even if he bit it with his mouth, he also bit all the people of China to death. β
Yukio Reverse Segawa rolled his eyes when he heard this, and said in his heart that the reason why this situation was caused was not because you changed the order without permission. But he forgot that the order to let Chichai Yaezo retreat was what he suggested.
Compared with the chaos of the Japanese army, the soldiers of the Geng Police Regiment who broke out were full of fighting spirit. In the chaos, Geng Police Biao was shot again in the left leg, and at this time he was sitting on the ground, just brandishing a big knife and shouting to fight: "Brothers, kill!" cut his son of a bitch, let the little devil know how powerful the grandfathers are!
The soldiers were slaughtering, except for those who still had grenades and explosives bags, they were still running around with the devils, looking for an opportunity to run towards the places where the devils were concentrated, and the others all drew their guns and knives and started a fierce white-knives battle with the little devils.
A flare was raised, and finally a devil found Geng Gongbiao, an officer of the Zhina Army, and more than a dozen devils surrounded him with guns, and two or three guards against Geng Gongbiao, and the two sides fought together.
Police Officer Geng watched a guard soldier named Zhang Xiaolazy being stabbed into the left and right ribs by two bayonets after he slashed over a devil with one knife, and yelled: "Little lazy! He threw out his broadsword. The big knife stabbed a devil, and the devil wailed and pulled the knife out of his abdomen and threw it away, and then stabbed him straight at him.
Police Officer Geng shouted: "Come on!" He threw out his pistol. He had long since run out of bullets in his gun, and when the pistol was thrown out, there was really no weapon left.
The devil dodged the pistol in a flash, and at the same time howled in pain again, and with a lunge, the spear pierced him in the heart.
Police Officer Geng was not afraid, and grabbed the spear with his right hand. The devil stabbed his hands hard, cut off three of his fingers when he stabbed him, pulled them out, and then stabbed them down.
At the critical moment, a guard next to Geng Jingzhong shouted: "Tuanzao!" He pounced on him and stabbed him in the chest.
The devil howled and flipped the spear, and the guard shook out the big knife in his hand, and the big knife stabbed directly into the devil's heart.
"Pony, pony!" Police Officer Geng hugged his guard, watched him foam of blood coming out of his mouth and nose, his body in his eyes was frozen, his eyes were about to split, and he shouted in a hissed voice. Suddenly, he felt a pain in his back, a cold breath penetrated his heart and lungs, his body froze, he suddenly stood up, turned around, and smashed his bloody right fist over.
The devil who stabbed him in the sneak attack was about to turn the gun, but suddenly he turned around and couldn't hold the gun, he hurriedly stepped forward to grab it, but was stopped by the hideous expression on the face of the Geng police biao, the action was sluggish, and he had already been punched in the face, and the whole person flew out of the gun.
"Poof! Burst! The sound of two gunshots piercing into the body, and the pain in his back again, Geng Gongbiao's body froze completely. Then, he just stood there, letting the two devils draw their spears and stab them, and their eyes were wide open.
A flare rose into the sky, Zhao Dengyu happened to see this scene, and tears appeared in his eyes again-