Chapter 237: The Bloody Battle of the Datong River

Just when the Beiyang Naval Division was immersed in the joy of defeating the Japanese Combined Fleet, Nie Shichengbu in Korea was under unprecedented pressure! Since the beginning of the Battle of Pyongyang, the onslaught of the Wonsan Group led by Motoji Mountain has never stopped, and even after the news of the defeat of the Japanese Combined Fleet, the 1st Division of Motoharu Mountain still spared no effort to attack all key points, including Peonydae. k update

As Nozu Dokan gradually advanced in the direction of Pyongyang, the activity space of the Beiyang Army Division was compressed little by little, and the density of Japanese troops was gradually strengthened. The Japanese army, which has an absolute superiority in troops, is already capable of launching a centripetal assault on all fronts! This is undoubtedly an aggravation of the Pyongyang Qing Army, which is overstretched.

In addition to the pressure from the Japanese army, in order to cooperate with the grand strategy, since the Japanese fleet appeared in the sea off the Taedong River, the supply to the Pyongyang garrison was temporarily cut off, and from the time the Japanese army entered the sea off the Taedong River to the time when it was defeated by the Beiyang Fleet, Pyongyang's Beiyang Army could only rely on hoarded materials to fight. This was undoubtedly a great limitation for the Qing army, which relied heavily on firepower, and since then, the daily ammunition consumption of all heavy artillery has been limited, and machine gunners and mortar gunners have been told to save ammunition.

Although the Mudantai Heights were still in the hands of the Qing army, the position in Chuanqiaoli had been lost, and the Beiyang Army had to disperse its forces to defend all possible crossings along the vast Datong River. Coupled with the troops of Nozu Michikan, who were gradually approaching from the southern front, the length of the defense line in the North Ocean was lengthened. In this case, loopholes were inevitable, and the Japanese army constantly sent squads to find loopholes to intersperse, and Beiyang had to use the same method to deal with the Japanese army. The proportion of night melee combat continues to rise. Both sides are exchanging human lives until one side can't hold on anymore.

With the sound of the explosion of the mine, Shao Yu said that there were guests here tonight. Before he had time to sleep well after changing the guard from Mudodae, he was pulled to the Taedong River in the east of Pyongyang to be responsible for anti-interspersing. If you want to cross the Datong River under the nose of machine guns and artillery during the day, you will undoubtedly seek death, so sneak attacks at night have become the most common means used by the Japanese. And after nearly a week of fighting, the special commandos represented by Shao Yu have become a group of night owls, groggy during the day, and full of energy at night! No, business is coming to the door again tonight.

As a battalion-level cadre, Shao Yu brought people who were really not worthy of his official position, only 50 people. But these 50 people are all well-equipped, each person has a box gun, that's for sure, there are a lot of machine guns and grenadiers, there are 5 machine guns, 3 grenadiers and 2 mortars among the 50 people, and almost everyone has to work part-time ammunition hands. Either you carry machine-gun bullets or you carry grenades and want to bring your own weapons alone, only 4 snipers and Shao Yu's two guards can.

The troops were rapidly deployed under the command of Shao Yu, with two squads advancing to the target area on the left and the right, while the fire support group was slightly further behind to provide support to the advancing troops at any time. Shao Yu naturally has a set of methods for these infiltrated Japanese squads, and these troops will generally develop in depth after they go ashore, and leave marching marks along the way. When they think they have found a hole in an opposing warship, they will fire a flare to tell the opposite Japan. Subsequently, Japan sent another force to try to open the gap and consolidate the front.

In the face of this situation, Shao Yu and the others rarely pounced directly on the shore, but judged the direction of the other party's travel, and then set up an ambush on the road in advance. As for how to judge the direction of the other party's travel? There are many ways to do this, all kinds of minefields along the way are dense, and it is inevitable that the opponent will win the lottery when they come, or eradicate the signal flares of observation posts and support points to determine the position of the opponent, in short, with the minefield and the snipers who shoot black guns and the machine guns in the bunker, Japan's small-scale infiltration operations are basically ineffective. …,

Originally, Shao Yu planned to follow the "operating procedures" and go through it once. But when they approached the target area, they vaguely sensed that something was wrong. "Someone is digging in the soil." Feeling the vibration under his feet, Shao Yu immediately lay on the ground, and then a slight vibration and rustling sound reached his ears.

"The Japanese are well learned." As soon as he heard this voice, Shao Yu's heart sank suddenly, this was obviously the vanguard of the Japanese army to establish an advance position in the area, and at night, it was easy for the Japanese army to smuggle in small groups. If, after a successful crossing, dig bunkers and trenches under the cover of night. The role of shelling was also not very large. The black light is blinding, where is the other party? The best way to do this is to prevent the development of the opposite direction in depth first, and then wait until after dawn to clean up this group of miscellaneous fish with artillery and machine guns.

But the idea is beautiful, the reality is cruel! The Japanese army did not follow Shao Yu's routine at all. The Japanese army is not stupid, and they will not send you several squads of soldiers for you to sacrifice guns every day. Those cannon fodder also have a mission, is the mission? Use your own life to find out the layout of the opponent's defense line and minefield, and find out the situation by the river through many touches. It is also unrealistic to say that every time Shao Yu and they can annihilate all the infiltrators, because each infiltration force will leave a few people on the river bank to investigate the terrain and soil quality and then return to the east bank and report the situation, so after several days of reconnaissance, the Japanese army already has a general impression of the situation on the west bank of the Datong River, and tonight, it will be time to launch a general attack!

Listening to the sound of paddling from the Datong River, Shao Yu finally felt that something was wrong. "This is not a squad, this is a big army, Japan is going to make a big move!" Shao Yu said in his heart. Faced with the grim situation, Shao Yu sent people back to report quickly, and at the same time led the team to attack the Japanese army.

If you want to attack the troops who are building bunkers from the front, it is obviously a thankless task, and the bunkers have been dug up more or less, and the best time to attack is missed, so stage backup has become the best choice. With the faint moonlight and their understanding of the terrain, Shao Yu and the others successfully went around the rear of the Japanese beachhead, and at this time, a group of Japanese troops was preparing to land.

Several 60mm mortar shells streaked across the night sky with piercing screams and exploded near the Japanese landings, and the picric acid charge in the shells quickly ignited the trees and shrubs next to the Datong River. The bright yellow fires were very dazzling in the dark night, and there was a little confusion after the Japanese army was suddenly attacked, and with a light source, the well-trained machine gunners could have used this short time to shoot the less than 100 Japanese follow-up troops on the shore!

Bullets were fired like locusts at the Japanese without the slightest cover, and some of them immediately jumped into the water or hid behind the wooden boats to avoid the bullets, but then the grenadiers spoke so that these Japanese soldiers who survived the first wave of machine gun fire could not escape the hands of the Grim Reaper. In less than 1 minute, except for a dozen Japanese soldiers who had already entered the bunker, the other Japanese soldiers were strewn by the river. And this sudden exchange of fire also disrupted the Japanese army's plans.

Looking at the sudden rise of fire on the shore, Nogi Noshinori gritted his teeth with hatred. I prepared for so many days, and paid the price of 200 people to find out the situation on the other side, but it was still discovered by the Qing army. As a result, the Japanese artillery group hidden on the east bank launched an artillery bombardment of the Qing army's positions and minefields that had been exposed, accompanied by a huge roar, clusters of orange flames rose from the east bank, and the piercing sound of shells crossing the sky broke the silence of the night.

Immediately, on the entire Datong River front, the Japanese army realized that the concealed artillery group was fully fired, and launched suppressive fire on the Qing army on the opposite bank. A new big war has begun. After a long period of fighting, the Japanese army also learned wisely, and taking this shelling as an example, the efficiency of the bombardment on the whole line was really not high. The efficiency of simply concentrating fire on key areas is not high, why? The reason is very simple, the Qing army generally waits in the second-line position, and when you finish blowing up, people will go up. Your shelling was not in vain? And because of the obstruction of the Datong River, the coordination of troops and artillery bombardment was very consistent. So the efficiency is extremely low. …,

However, this time the Japanese tactics changed, and I still suppressed the place that was selected as the breakthrough point, but in addition to this, I also suppressed the communication lines moving from the second-line position to the breakthrough. Divide the breakthrough from the position with continuous artillery fire, and at the same time establish a beachhead by means of night infiltration, so that both in terms of the speed of the troops' advance and the strike effect of heavy firepower, there is a qualitative improvement, and at night, if you want to counter-suppress my artillery, it will be difficult to hit accurately!

In the face of a surprise attack, the Beiyang Army, which was on the defensive line along the river, was also in disarray. Except for Shao Yu's area, which successfully delayed the attack of the Japanese troops crossing the river, the Japanese army in many other areas attacked surprisingly smoothly in the early stage, not only establishing a beachhead on the opposite bank, but also a considerable number of troops had successfully crossed the river.

But fortunately, Nie Shicheng's reaction was quite fast. I really can't hit your artillery, but it's still okay to hit the Japanese beachhead only in front of you, as for the artillery to indicate the target, this is indeed a bit difficult, using mortars and other small cannons to hit picric shells into the nearby woods to provide a light source for the observation post is a way, but what about the place where there is no combustible? Then it can only be exchanged for human lives, get close to reconnaissance, and then release flares, which is almost a mortal task.

But there are still people who take the initiative to bear, after taking the necessary equipment, jump out of the trench without hesitation, and walk towards the shore along the communication trench dug in advance, a considerable number of people were taken away by shrapnel before they got close to the Japanese beachhead, and the rest of the people rushed over from the sacrificed comrades, cat-waisted, tried to hide themselves in the rain of bullets, walked between craters and bunkers, and after discovering the Japanese position, they calmly sounded the signal flare, accompanied by a red signal flare rose into the sky, The next moment the warriors will be covered in a rain of bullets. But they were not afraid or hesitated, with the red signal flare, while their lives were coming to an end, the tall backs were going to immortality!

In the next chapter, there will be a certain big killer ~~~. You can guess what. This thing appeared in the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War~~. After the last, ask for support!!