Chapter 571: Attack on Lang Son [5]
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The Chinese army was able to possess such a large number of artillery pieces, which surprised Major General Yukio Akita, and was also relieved that the Kuuma Mountain Heights and the Bawaishan Heights had been lost in a short period of time. No matter how complete the position is, it cannot withstand the repeated and intensive bombardment of so many artillery. At the same time, Major General Yukio Akita had another worry about his position.
Although the shelling was fierce, the Japanese troops were still desperately blocking the artillery fire, especially the machine-gun fire points in the pillboxes and bunkers, which did not have much danger, and they were even more ferocious. Twelve rapid-fire guns of the rapid-fire artillery squadron were also pushed into position, and eight shells hit the target in one salvo. The shell hit the Cheetah tank, and it did not cause damage to the Cheetah tank, but only caused the tank to receive a shock when it hit it.
One of the two shells hit the light tank penetrated the armor and exploded inside the tank, while the other broke the tracks and brought the tank to a halt. In addition, one heavy armoured vehicle and two light armoured vehicles were injured, and one light armoured vehicle caught fire and exploded at that time. The rapid-fire guns of the Japanese made the tanks nervous all at once, and all the tanks turned their fire to deal with these rapid-fire guns with all their might.
The twelve rapid-fire guns fired only three rounds before they were killed by the vehicle-mounted artillery and then the vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns, but the Panzer Regiment also paid the price of two light tanks, two heavy armored vehicles, and three light armored vehicles that were either damaged or destroyed. Huang Gang saw that the losses of the armored regiment were not small, and that this feint attack had also achieved its goal, and if the attack continued, the battalion without the cover of the tank would suffer even greater losses under the fierce fire of the Japanese army, so he decisively ordered to retreat.
The troops withdrew, leaving only the wounded and destroyed vehicles in front of the position, emitting black smoke. Jin Zige gritted his teeth, looking at the chariots left behind, his eyes could spew fire, the armored regiment had not suffered such a big loss since it became an army in Burma, and this time, the armored regiment lost twenty percent of the chariots, which made Jin Zige heartache and anger.
Huang Gang silently came to Jin Zige's side, patted Jin Zige's shoulder and said: "Zige, look at the point, there will always be sacrifices and losses in battle, we have written down this hatred, and slowly settle it with Little Japan." Jin Zige still didn't bite a word, and Huang Gang only sighed and left. Through this feint, Huanggang knew that if he wanted to capture the Japanese position, then these fortifications on the position must be cleared first.
Especially the two high pillboxes, which were condescending, and the danger of the infantry was too great. Huang Gang came to the heavy artillery regiment, and after finding Tang Weiren, he told Tang Weiren his thoughts, and Tang Weiren immediately agreed to use heavy artillery to bombard the pillboxes and those bunker fortifications. With Tang Weiren's assurance, Huanggang was ready to launch another attack. However, this attack still required the assistance of the armored regiment, so Huanggang found Jin Zige again.
After hearing that Huang Gang was ready to launch another attack and needed the cooperation of the armored regiment again, Jin Zige immediately returned to the armored regiment without saying a word, and prepared to send combat vehicles to assist the infantry in attacking the Japanese position. This time, Jin Zige sent all four Cheetah tanks, as well as six light tanks and eight heavy armored vehicles, and not a single transformation armored car.
The protection of both light tanks and heavy armored vehicles is okay, even if they are damaged, they will not explode and catch fire, and the crew inside can be saved as much as possible. In the last attack, the crew of light tanks and heavy armored vehicles suffered small losses, while the crews of destroyed light armored vehicles were almost completely killed.
After Jin Zige was assigned, he got into a light tank, and several battalion commanders wanted to stop Jin Zige from going into battle in person, but they were all scolded back by Jin Zige. In this way, Jin Zige personally led a group of chariots and drove to the forefront. This time, the 571st Regiment attacked with the armored regiment, and the regiment commander Zheng Daodong personally led all the officers and men of the regiment into battle.
Huang Gang ordered the artillery to open fire again, this time all three battalions of the heavy artillery regiment opened fire, the 150 heavy howitzer and artillery battalion 18 heavy guns focused on the two towering pillboxes, the 122 howitzer and artillery battalion 18 grenades and artillery guns focused on the bunker fortifications on the position, and the field guns of the 75 field artillery battalion and the heavy mortars of the 278th brigade worked together to deal with the Japanese soldiers in the trenches and sandbag fortifications.
A few minutes later, the first two pillboxes ate dozens of shells each, and then they could no longer support it and collapsed with a bang. Fortunately, Major General Yukio Akita had been transferred to a bunker, otherwise he would have been buried in the pile of broken bricks and rubble of the collapsed bunker. Seeing that the Chinese army had such powerful artillery fire, even Major General Yukio Akita's face changed color, not to mention those ordinary soldiers.
Major General Akita Yukio felt the explosion of the earth shaking outside in the bunker, felt the earth tremble, and shouted with a blue face: "Yaga! Where did the people of China get so many large-caliber heavy artillery? What kind of army is this?" When he shouted, the soldiers around him were nervously looking at the walls of the bunker, praying that the shells would not fall on their heads.
The artillery bombardment lasted for a full 30 minutes, and the heavy artillery of the heavy artillery regiment stopped shelling, but the heavy mortars of the 278th Brigade were still throwing shells at the Japanese positions. Seeing that the time had come, Jin Zige on the light tank vehicle commanded loudly with the on-board radio: "Armored regiment, attack!" Four Cheetah tanks took the lead, and more than a dozen combat vehicles began to march towards the Japanese position, and behind the battlecars, the officers and men of the 571st Regiment were still closely following.
The intensity of artillery fire on the Japanese position has decreased, and the smoke of gunpowder has dissipated slightly, and Major General Akita Yukio's bunker was lucky not to be hit by shells, but Major General Akita Yukio saw from the observation hole that the Chinese army sent more than a dozen combat vehicles to cover the infantry to launch an attack, and Tie Qing's face did not improve in the slightest. At this time, Major General Yukio Akita knew that it was time to come up with his last magic weapon, otherwise the position would definitely be broken through by the Chinese army.
Major General Yukio Akita directly ordered the hidden mountain artillery squadron to launch an artillery bombardment on the attacking Shina tanks, and at the same time ordered all the Type 92 infantry guns and artillery guns of his own unit to also fire at the attacking Shina infantry. After all the 12 rapid-fire guns were blown up, the 12 75-caliber mountain guns of this mountain artillery squadron were the last reliance of Major General Yukio Akita, and he would not use them until the most urgent time.
The Japanese army's sudden artillery bombardment hit the 271st Brigade unprepared, and the four Cheetah tanks were not afraid of the bombardment of mountain artillery, but other combat vehicles could not, and in just a few minutes, two light tanks and two heavy armored vehicles were injured, and two heavy armored vehicles were destroyed. Kanekoge's seat was not hit by a cannonball, but Kanekoge's eyes were even redder.
On the on-board radio, Kaneko shouted hoarsely: "All the chariots, concentrate the artillery fire, and kill the little Japanese artillery to Lao Tzu!" All the chariots dodged the Japanese shells while aiming their artillery in the direction where the Japanese shells were flying. However, the accuracy of the vehicle-mounted artillery is not high in movement, and it is impossible to accurately know the position of the Japanese mountain artillery position, so it has fired several rounds of shells, but the effect is not great.
The officers and men of the 571st Regiment were following the chariot forward to assault when suddenly there was a screech of shells in the sky. The 571st Regiment was also battle-hardened, and the officers immediately instructed the soldiers to lie down and avoid the shelling. And just like that, the shells exploded in the crowd and still took the lives of many fighters. In a matter of minutes, more than 200 officers and men fell on the road of the attack.
As soon as the Japanese launched an artillery bombardment, Huang Gang, who was watching the battle, secretly shouted: "Not good!" Huang Gang's phone call directly went to Tang Weiren, ordering Tang Weiren to immediately use artillery fire to knock out the Japanese artillery position. After Tang Weiren discovered that the Japanese artillery had opened fire, he was already calculating the direction of the Japanese artillery position for the first time, and when he received Huanggang's words, he immediately ordered all three artillery battalions to open fire.
Only a few minutes passed from the order of Huanggang to the first round of shells fired by the heavy artillery regiment, but in these few minutes, the attacking troops suffered heavy losses. When the Japanese artillery fire was all silent, Huanggang was furious and did not withdraw the attacking troops, but reinforced the remaining light tanks and heavy armored vehicles of the armored regiment and the 572nd regiment.
Jin Zige in front saw that the Japanese artillery was dumb and breathed a sigh of relief, and ordered the chariots to continue the assault, at this time there were still ten chariots left that could continue the assault, and the officers and soldiers of the 571st Regiment also jumped up from the ground and followed the chariots to continue the assault. Although the 571st Regiment also lost more than 200 people and more than 100 were wounded, there were still more than 1,000 people left, and these officers and men all rushed to the Japanese position with red eyes.
After the Japanese positions were repeatedly bombarded by artillery fire, they also suffered heavy casualties, especially those machine-gun fire points, which did not survive one out of ten. In this way, the Japanese soldiers were still under the command of the officer, lying on the position and desperately blocking the attack of the Chinese army. Without rapid-fire guns, mountain artillery, and even Type 92 infantry guns and mortars, how could a few machine guns and Type 38 rifles be able to stop the assault of the chariot?
Without much hindrance, the four Cheetah tanks cut into the butter like hot knives and broke through the Japanese positions unstoppably, and behind them, the officers and men of the 1st Battalion of the 571st Regiment followed and covered. The vehicle-mounted artillery was useless, but the vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns were more enjoyable, and the automatic weapons such as rushing, frontal guns, and light machine guns in the hands of the officers and men of the first battalion kept spitting tongues of fire, and the Japanese troops in front were killed one after another, and the rest also scattered and fled.
After breaking through into the Japanese position, the four Cheetah tanks did not stop advancing, but rushed straight to the iron bridge over the Qiqi River. Behind them, the officers and men of the battalion also launched a surprise attack on the iron bridge with four chariots. Before the attack, Huanggang specially explained to the attacking troops, and the iron bridge over the Qiqi River was the top priority, and it was necessary to occupy and protect it as soon as possible.