Chapter 390: The Battle of Guangdong[7]
Wei Yonglu was killing on Xing's head, and he didn't notice that he was being targeted, and suddenly an instinctive reaction of being targeted by the prey made the big knife in his hand stop, and his gaze turned to He Zhiying Er, who was a few meters away. There was no one between him and Zhiying at this time, and the two people who were a few meters away coincidentally clenched the handle of the knife in their hands.
Wei Yonglu sneered and pointed the tip of the knife at He Zhiying Er, who held the knife with both hands and took an attacking posture. Both of them were on the verge of attacking, and Wei Yonglu was about to go straight in with a single knife on his tiptoes, but there was a series of shots from Mauser's pistol beside him. And there were a few blood flowers on the chest of the second Zhiying. Kazuchi looked down at his chest, and the katana slipped feebly from his hand, and he fell down with his eyes in disbelief.
Wei Yonglu withdrew the broadsword, turned his head and saw that it was Tang Yiqiang, the commander of the first battalion, who shot him. Wei Yonglu said angrily: "Qiangzi, why do you use the gun? I'm afraid that I won't be able to beat Little Japan, but I still want to grab the credit?" Tang Yiqiang replied disdainfully: "Yonglu, don't you look at what time it is? If the gun can be solved, you still have to compete with the force? Hurry up and keep up with the team!" Wei Yonglu looked around and saw that the soldiers under his command had already chased behind the fleeing Japanese soldiers, chasing them all the way, and he fell behind.
Wei Yonglu didn't say more, and after picking up the command knife of He Zhiying Er, he continued to chase forward. The Japanese position was broken through on three sides, and only the 62nd Army on the right was responsible for the direction of the attack, and the 62nd Army could be said to have used all its strength, but it was still unable to break through the position defended by a Japanese brigade. The front of the Japanese positions was covered with the corpses of fallen soldiers of the 62nd Army.
Compared with the 90th Division, the weapons and equipment of the 62nd Army were not half a point; there were only a dozen mortars in one army, and there were not enough shells, and the 151st Division, which was the main attacker, had more than 7,000 officers and men, and there were only more than 20 heavy machine guns, and there were more than 40 Czech-style light machine guns, and the others were all single-shot rifles.
The 770th Regiment of the 151st Division was tasked with tearing apart the Japanese defense line, and for this reason, the regiment commander Xu Hansheng launched several charges in succession, and the machine gun fire points, mortars, and grenadiers on the Japanese positions brought considerable casualties to the charging troops. Several charges failed to rush to the range of thirty meters in front of the Japanese position, watching his soldiers continue to fall on the way to the charge, Xu Hansheng bit his lip and bled out, and his clenched fists and nails sank into the flesh.
Knowing that the attack was not going well, Zhang Da, commander of the 62nd Army and commander of the 151st Division, personally came to the position and transferred all the mortars of the whole army. A dozen mortars fired at the Japanese fire points that were bursting with flames, and this shelling made several firepower points dumb. Xu Hansheng took the opportunity to launch another charge, but as soon as the troops approached the Japanese position, several machine-gun fire points appeared on the position, and the dense machine-gun bullets knocked the charging soldiers to the ground in rows.
Xu Hansheng was angry and anxious, and slammed his fist on the sandbag in front of him. Seeing that the attrition of the 770th Regiment was very serious, Zhang Da transferred the 771st Regiment again and concentrated more than a dozen light and heavy machine guns to suppress the Japanese position. Zhang Da also let go, and ordered all the shells to be fired, and the Japanese defense line must be torn apart. At the command of the order, more than a dozen mortars fired shells at the Japanese positions as fast as they could.
In the light of the explosion of the shells, the firepower on the Japanese position was obviously weakened, Zhang Da ordered the whole regiment of the 771st Regiment to assault, and the 771st Regiment under the leadership of the regiment commander, more than 1,000 officers and soldiers shouted and launched a charge. Finally, the 771st Regiment rushed to the Japanese position and fought with the remnants of the Japanese army. The Japanese commander transferred soldiers from elsewhere to drive the 771st Regiment out of its position, and Zhang Da also ordered the other two regiments of the 151st Division to reinforce it. Thousands of people fought together and a scuffle began.
In the other three directions, the troops of the 90th Division were gradually compressing the space of the Japanese army, and now several thousand Japanese troops, including the 22nd Brigade and Regiment Headquarters, were surrounded on three sides in an area of one or two square kilometers. Tangshan Leopard, the commander of the Guard Brigade, saw that the 62nd Army's attack direction had not yet formed an encirclement, and knew that the 62nd Army's attack might not go well, so he sent the 2nd Guard Regiment to support.
Coincidentally, Zhang Lingfu also found that the 62nd Army failed to attack, and also sent the 3rd Battalion of the 546th Regiment to support. When the 151st Division of the 62nd Army was fighting with the Japanese army, the 2nd Guard Regiment and the 3rd Battalion of the 546th Regiment were killed at the same time. With these two fierce fighting forces coming from behind, the Japanese army was instantly defeated, and under the attack from both sides, only a few escaped at night, and most of them were annihilated.
Zhang Da didn't have time to say a word of thanks to the reinforcements, so he was urged to rush to the center of the Japanese camp. When they arrived at the center, they really surrounded the 22nd Brigade of the Japanese Army. When the commander of the 22nd Brigade, Major General Yoshikatsu Kuroiwa, had already sent a telegram asking for help to the headquarters of the 11th Division and the military headquarters of the 21st Army.
The reply he received was all asking him to stand firm and wait for reinforcements, and the commander of the 21st Army, Lieutenant General Koro Furuzhuang, also said that he would send planes to support as soon as it was dawn. After receiving the telegram, Major General Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu could only order the troops to resist the attack of the Shina army with all their might, and they must hold on until reinforcements arrive. In Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu's opinion, he still has thousands of troops in his hands, and there should be no problem in holding on until the reinforcements arrive, and it is not good that the reinforcements can surround the attacking Shina army, so as to eliminate it.
However, after just over two hours, all the defensive positions on the periphery were lost, and his troops were surrounded on all sides in an area of less than two square kilometers, which made Major General Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu feel uneasy and frightened. Judging from the reports of his subordinates, the army that attacked him was not only powerful in firepower, but also had very high quality in individual soldiers, and with the same number of people, he could quickly defeat his own troops in hand-to-hand combat. This is something that makes Yoshikatsu Kuroiwa difficult to accept.
After encircling the Japanese army, Tang Yikuan, commander of the 90th Division, appeared on the front-line position, and in the face of the defensive positions hastily built by the Japanese army, Tang Yikuan decided to fight a quick battle. As soon as the battle drags on until dawn, Japanese planes will come to support, and although it will not change the status quo much, it will certainly increase the casualties on their own side. Tang Yikuan gave an order, and the 90th Division concentrated the artillery of the whole division, and even used the artillery of the captured Japanese artillery wing, and aimed the muzzle of the gun at the surrounded Japanese army.
At two o'clock in the morning, the shelling of the Japanese central camp began, except for the 62nd Army, which had less artillery fire on one side, and more than 200 artillery pieces were concentrated on the other three sides. More than 200 artillery pieces were fired at the same time, and the scene was not only shocked by the officers and men of the 62nd Division, but also some officers and men of the 90th Division. Countless shells plowed the entire camp of the Japanese army, and in the light of the fire, countless Japanese soldiers flew into the air and fell in pieces.
The shelling lasted for forty minutes before it stopped, and as soon as the shelling stopped, the prepared Chinese soldiers poured into the Japanese formation from all directions, like a tidal wave. Resistance to the charge was minimal, and the few remaining Japanese troops who dared to resist fell to the guns of the stormtroopers. More than half an hour passed, and Tangshan Leopard rushed to the headquarters of the 22nd Brigade of the Japanese Army with a regiment of guards.
This headquarters is built underground, so it was not blown up by artillery shells, when the guard regiment rushed to the front, there were still dozens of Japanese soldiers in the fortifications in front of the headquarters to make the last stubborn resistance, Tangshan Leopard mercilessly let the bazooka hand shoot several rounds of rockets at the Japanese fortifications, and then used anti-aircraft guns on armored cars, ten minutes later, when Zhang Lingfu led the troops to arrive, Tangshan Leopard had taken this position and attacked the headquarters.
Major General Yoshikatsu Kuroiwa, the commander of the 22nd Brigade in the headquarters, and several combat staff officers committed suicide, and the wing flag and some important documents were also burned. Tangshan Leopard asked the fighters to clean up the scene, take away all the useful things, and then walked out of the headquarters. At this time, Tang Yikuan had already ordered the battlefield to be cleaned up.
In Yingde County, Wang Haitao sat in the city tower, listening to the constant gunfire outside the city, and was a little worried. What he was worried about was not whether he could completely annihilate the 22nd Brigade and regiment, the number and strength of the 90th Division were there, and with the assistance of the Guard Brigade and the 62nd Army, it would not be a problem to completely annihilate the 22nd Brigade of the Japanese Army. Wang Haitao was worried about the excessive casualties of the 90th Division and the Guard Brigade.
The 11th Division of the Japanese Army must be a veteran Division A after all, and it is ranked first in the entire Japanese army in terms of individual quality and combat effectiveness, that is, its own troops, and if it is replaced by other national army units, 100,000 people may not be able to completely annihilate this brigade and regiment. In the face of an attack, the Japanese army will definitely resist desperately and stubbornly, and if they do not pay attention, it is likely to cause losses to the troops and cause a large number of casualties among the soldiers.
The battle reports from the front were constantly passed to Wang Haitao, almost all of them reported the progress of the battle, and there was little mention of casualties. It was not until the final report that he reported that he had captured the headquarters of the 22nd Brigade of the Japanese Army, and the commander of the Japanese Brigade, Major General Yoshikatsu Kuroiwa, committed suicide by disembowelment, and at the end of the battle, Wang Haitao couldn't help but ask: "What are the casualties of our army?"
The signal soldier who came to report was stunned for a moment and replied: "Report to the military seat, the report sent earlier did not mention the casualties, and the lowly position is not clear. Wang Haitao said: "You go and send a letter to Division Commander Tang Yikuan, and tell Division Commander Tang to report the casualties as soon as possible." The signal soldier agreed to leave, and Wang Haitao left the city tower at this time and returned to the headquarters.
An hour later, Tang Yikuan came to the command headquarters, and Wang Haitao settled down when he saw the excited expression on Tang Yikuan's face. Sure enough, Tang Yikuan immediately reported after seeing Wang Haitao: "Military seat, our army has completely annihilated the 22nd Brigade of the Japanese Army, and the whole division has lost a total of 267 soldiers and seriously injured 353, and the guard brigade has sacrificed 86 people and seriously injured 52 people. The exact number of enemies destroyed and captured are being counted. ”
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