Chapter 632: Reinforcements

The Japanese troops who were surrounded in the core position of Jingcheng Pass, under the ferocious artillery fire of Feng Jiwu's corps, suffered heavy casualties, and more than half of the more than 20,000 Japanese troops were killed and wounded in more than an hour of shelling.

This is a blatant disobedience to military orders, the division commander knows the consequences of doing so, more than 40,000 troops, in his own hands, even if he does not go to the military court, he does not want to live, the chief of staff of the division and regiment with a bloody face, with the remaining few guards, dodged the fatal shells, and rushed into the division headquarters, His Excellency the division commander has already committed suicide by caesarean section, kneeling in front of the portrait of His Majesty the Emperor, as if to ask for guilt, as if to repent or question.

The Japanese army began to break through, the remaining more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers, fearless to death towards the encirclement of Feng Jiwu's corps, was knocked down layer by layer by dense bullets, and the back continued to rush up, crazy, get a chance to live, these Japanese soldiers, burst out of unprecedented courage, transferred two-thirds of the troops, the encirclement was obviously weak, under the fierce impact of the Japanese soldiers' sacrificed their lives, was broken through a gap, the Japanese soldiers burst the embankment like a flood, from this mouth surged out.

Feng Jiwu got the report, immediately led the corps headquarters guard regiment to arrive, more than 2,000 Suomi submachine guns, spewed out tongues of fire, hit the flying sand and stones, and hit the Japanese army to break through the road airtight, the good luck of the Japanese army ended here, only about 1,000 people rushed out of the encirclement, and the rest were blocked back, Feng Jiwu ordered the Wu Kefan Department of the Fourth Cavalry Brigade to immediately pursue, and be sure to completely annihilate the remnants of the Japanese army that broke through the encirclement.

Watching the artillery might, the infantry also fought smoothly, the cavalry was anxious to turn all over the ground, the palms of the hands were itchy, such a mountain attack, the cavalry was useless, after receiving the order, the cavalry soldiers were happy, although the little devil was a little less, but it was better than not catching a mouthful, thousands of war horses, a puff of smoke and dust, rolling dragons chased down the Japanese army who ran for their lives.

How can two legs run over four legs, on the field under the sunset, there are shiny sabers everywhere, bloody corpses of Japanese soldiers, finally the Japanese soldiers are well-trained, and when they flee in panic, they have not forgotten to organize a blocking line, infantry against cavalry, there is no danger to rely on, and there is no heavy firepower, weak resistance, like paper paste, useless.

The cavalry on all sides surrounded the Japanese soldiers in the middle, the sound of horses' hooves, the sound of killing, the blade into the body, the battle was carried out simply and neatly, only a dozen Japanese soldiers were quick to add their lives, rolled into the ravine and fled, which was regarded as picking up a life, the battle of Jingcheng Pass ended successfully, Feng Jiwu and Tang Qiusheng's corps, at the cost of less than 2,000 casualties, after 11 hours of fierce fighting, annihilated more than 40,000 Japanese troops, and the supreme commander of the Japanese army guarding Jingcheng Pass committed suicide.

The sun is setting, the sunset is full of sky, the west wind is blowing strongly, Feng Jiwu climbed the Jingcheng Pass where the gunpowder smoke has not yet dissipated, there are mutilated corpses of Japanese soldiers everywhere, bomb craters all over the ground, the smell of blood is pungent, Feng Jiwu's eyes narrowed into a slit, and he attacked the Jingcheng Pass with a heavy army group with weak garrison strength, such a victory, as expected, what made him admire was that the division commander always put the two corps around Niangzi Pass and did not move this trick.

Previously, he had also discussed privately with Tang Qiusheng that the base area in the Taihang Mountains was empty, and whether it was a waste to arrange troops in this way.

Later, the division commander ordered the two corps to jointly attack Jingcheng Pass, he did not quite agree, as long as one corps is enough, now it seems that the division commander has already made a follow-up move, if Okamura Ningji all returned to the Pingjin area, the goal of capturing Jingcheng Pass and annihilating the living forces of the Japanese army has also been achieved, if Okamura Ningji continues to implement the original plan and does not return from Taihang Mountain, he will take advantage of the situation to capture Shijiazhuang, threaten Beiping, and can also strike at the Japanese army that comes to reinforce him.

Thinking of this, Feng Jiwu laughed self-deprecatingly, got up and ordered the troops to clean up the battlefield, and not leave anything behind.

Let's talk about the battle of Jingcheng Pass, Zhou Yushan of the transportation headquarters sent hundreds of trucks and ran for five or six days to prepare the materials and ammunition needed.

The sky had already darkened, and the sound of the artillery at Jingcheng Pass had just subsided, and the troops led by Zhang Hansheng, chief of staff of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps, exchanged fire with the Japanese troops who had come from the direction of Datong on the line of Fuping and Pingyang.

In the night, a string of car lights, like ghostly eyes, flickering in the night sky, the reinforcements of the Japanese army, sitting on the car, bored Japanese soldiers, suddenly found that on the dark wilderness in front of them, burst out of a cluster of firelight, heard a loud rumbling sound, flew in the air like a meteor-like bright spot, and then smashed on the top of the head, the Japanese army hit the iron plate headlong, first suffered a shell, the explosion made people turn over on their backs, a wing at the front, dropped hundreds of corpses, panicked retreat, the Japanese division in charge of the command was shocked, the Chinese army has long been prepared and is waiting for itself here.

Listening carefully, my heart is a lot more settled, judging from the sound of artillery, blocking his own Chinese army, using light artillery, should be in a hurry, hastily established a blocking position, well, let the heavy artillery of the imperial army, to teach the Chinese soldiers, as an experienced senior commander of the Japanese army, his judgment is completely correct.

The Japanese artillery was well-trained, and in a very short period of time, the field artillery position was constructed, and the coordinates of the artillery position of the Chinese army were transmitted back from the front.

Zhang Hansheng, who was formerly the commander of the Sixth Independent Brigade of the Independent Division, was born in a field unit and knew how to fight this kind of battle, and he was very experienced in the allocation of all kinds of firepower; he was the first to strike at the Japanese troops, and some light artillery such as Type 92 infantry guns and mortars, and he advanced to a distance of 500 meters in front of the blocking position, taking advantage of the numerical superiority to give the Japanese army a cold shoulder.

After firing a few shells, taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese army had been beaten with a stick, and there was no time to return to their senses, these light artillery pieces quickly withdrew to the rear of the position, that is, the home of the independent division, Zhang Hansheng did this, if the Japanese infantry attacked at this time, they would find that the original Chinese artillery had disappeared, and the Japanese artillery shells were all hit on the empty field, and the dust and gunpowder were all in the sky.

The soldiers lying on the blocking position, watching the Japanese artillery fighting lively, covered their mouths and secretly laughed, our new chief of staff had two hits, beat the little devils, and consumed their shells, there were soldiers who were familiar with Zhang Hansheng, and immediately took over the conversation, that was wrong, our Chief of Staff Zhang turned out to be the brigade commander of the main field brigade, directly under the command of the division commander, and the Han chief of staff who was transferred away, are the commanders of the main brigade under the direct command of the division commander, in the face of the Japanese artillery fire, the soldiers still have such leisure and leisure, countless victories, It has allowed all the soldiers to build confidence in the victory of the Japanese army and the Japanese soldiers, and in history, there is no market for any "Japanese phobia" in the various units of the independent division.

Take stock, as the soldiers said, the chief officers and even the chief of staff of the independent division's corps were all from Tang Qiuli's starting team, and those veteran brigades, Zhang Hansheng, who was keeping an eye on the Japanese army, didn't know at all that he had become the protagonist of the soldiers' conversations, and the Japanese artillery bombardment stopped, and Zhang Hansheng ordered the heavy artillery units to prepare for the shelling.

The Japanese infantry launched an attack, and there were bursts of Japanese shouts, Zhang Hansheng had a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and grabbed the phone and ordered: "Heavy artillery destroys the Japanese artillery position, and the front line immediately fires" The Japanese artillerymen who were busy with stinky sweat gasped, and the shelling just now, at least thousands of shells, smashed on the heads of the soldiers in China, and the heavy artillery of the Japanese Imperial Army was very powerful

Pride or self-confidence can be understood, but reality often shatters blind self-confidence, the commander of the Japanese artillery wing, with his mouth wide open, his eyes widened, like a ghost, looking at the fire meteors flying all over the sky, blinking to the top of his head, they are all experts, no stranger to artillery, that is at least a salvo of more than a hundred large-caliber guns, more than twice as much as the heavy artillery of his entire wing, damn the Chinese army, we were fooled

"Artillery evacuation" The commander of the Japanese artillery wing almost shouted out his throat, but he was also able to shout these four words, and a large-caliber shell fell to his side with a bang, almost a direct hit, and His Excellency Dazuo turned into a cloud of blood mist, and the dust returned to dust, and he also carried a few officers around him.

One cannon killed the command of the Japanese heavy artillery wing, and the remaining Japanese artillery suffered from hell, requiring six mules and horses to tow heavy artillery, and it was difficult for eight or nine soldiers in an ordinary gun position to even turn the gun body, and the evacuation was an empty word, and the order of the wing commander could only be carried out by soldiers with two legs.

The legs couldn't outrun the shells, the Japanese artillery positions were blown up in several rounds of salvos, the heavy artillery became parts, the artillery became corpses, the attacking infantry, and they didn't please them, they were beaten back by the dense rain of bullets, the commander of the Japanese division was shocked and ordered the troops to stop the attack, the artillery positions were destroyed, there was no cover of artillery fire, plus it was a night battle, whether he could break through the blocking position of the Chinese army, he had to face the reality.

(To be continued)