Chapter 760: Fierce Battle at the North Gate [4]
The heavy machine gun fire points in several fortifications on the Japanese position were blown up one after another, and the bullets fired were immediately thinned out, and Luo Jiang, the commander of the first battalion, shouted excitedly: "Brothers, rush with me!" The leader jumped up and rushed forward. The rest of the officers and men of the first battalion also jumped up one after another and launched a charge at the Japanese position, and the soldiers who rushed to the front also threw grenades and bullets at the Japanese position.
The distance of more than 50 meters was quite close, and the Japanese troops on the position were not suppressed by heavy machine guns, and no matter how much they resisted, it was difficult to block the charge of the first battalion in such a short time. Wei Shaofeng, who was behind, saw that the first battalion really lived up to his expectations and rushed to the Japanese position, and hurriedly ordered the second and third battalions behind him to also charge, so as to reinforce the first battalion and make every effort to take the Japanese position.
At about the same time that the 1st Battalion of the 871st Regiment rushed to the Japanese position, the 1st Battalion of the 877th Regiment also rushed to the Japanese position. However, the attack of the 1st Battalion of the 877th Regiment was not as dynamic as that of the 1st Battalion of the 871st Regiment, and the various combat groups with squads as units were extremely spiritual, coupled with the excellent quality of individual soldiers, so that they wandered in the dark like ghosts.
With the exception of the heavy machine guns that were used to suppress the Japanese in the back, the weapons in the hands of the attacking fighters were all adjusted to single shots. At a distance of tens of meters, with only the moonlight and the fire on the position, with the accurate marksmanship of the soldiers, they can also snipe the enemy very well. Listening to the sound of gunfire, it was not dense, and even the light machine guns only made intermittent firing sounds such as "da-da-da", but the Japanese troops that could be destroyed were by no means less.
If it encounters a machine-gun fire point in a fortified fortification, the combat team will call the bazooka group to come to help, and this attack method of the 1st Battalion of the 877th Regiment makes the Japanese troops on the position completely unable to adapt to it, only to see the people around them being shot and falling down, but they don't know where the bullets are flying from, and it is difficult to find the target even if they return fire. It didn't take long for the Japanese troops on the position to be so nervous that they were about to collapse, the bold ones were still shooting blindly outward, and the timid ones were already hiding in the corners and shivering.
How could these Japanese troops, whose morale and fighting spirit were completely devoid, be able to block the infiltration attacks of dozens of combat groups, and the combat teams of the first battalion attacked the Japanese positions from all over the place. The Japanese positions were broken through in both directions almost at the same time, and the news made Li Changwu happy, and once again told Tang Yu and Wei Bin, the two brigade commanders, to pay attention to the follow-up of the follow-up troops, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
The atmosphere of the Japanese army is completely different, on the second position, Lieutenant General Shunjiro Takeuchi has arranged heavy troops, an infantry wing and a heavy machine gun squadron are arranged on the position, so many troops and strong fortifications can be defended, but in such a short period of time, the Chinese army broke through the defense line and rushed to the position, how can it not make Lieutenant General Shunjiro Takeuchi angry?
After scolding the wing in charge of commanding Shima Harayoshi Osa, he went to the ground to supervise the battle. The chief of staff, Yamada Takuro Osa, who still arrived in a hurry, stopped him. The angry Lieutenant General Shunjiro Takeuchi grabbed the telephone on the table, and after trying to call Shima Harayoshi Osa, he first reprimanded him fiercely, and finally said: "Yours, immediately organize troops to drive the Shina people out of the position, and if the position is lost, you can ask His Majesty the Emperor for guilt!"
In fact, Shima Harayoshi Osa was also depressed when he stood in a fortification, and several captains under him were also listening to him scolding him in a duck-like voice. Especially the captain of the brigade at the forefront, he couldn't even figure out how many Chinese troops were attacking the position, and he was directly slapped a few times by Shima Harayoshi Daisaku when he reported.
On the phone, the order of the division commander Lieutenant General Shunjiro Takeuchi made Shima Harayoshi Daisa's heart chill, and when he heard the division commander hang up the phone, he breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and reprimanded several captains who were being trained: "Your Excellency the division commander orders our wing to drive the Shina troops out of the position at all costs, otherwise I will apologize for the crime, and you will also go to the military court." Now I ordered all four infantry battalions to attack and drive the Chinese who dared to attack from their positions with bayonets. My guards will form a squad of overseers, and those who dare to retreat without permission against the order will be shot immediately!"
The four captains stood up and bowed at the same time and replied, "Hey!" and walked away quickly. In addition to the dead and wounded, there were 3,600 or 700 Japanese troops on the position, and at this time, under the command of the officers, they rushed towards the 871st and 877th regiments that had just rushed to the position, with their bayonets on their 38th rifles. Wei Shaofeng and Wu Zhijun were really taken aback by this intensive charge of the Japanese army, and the two of them reacted at the same time that the Japanese army was going to fight hard.
At night, many of the daytime co-ordination could not be used, and even the shooting was very accurate, and it was time to fight for their lives, and the two regiment commanders gave the order to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army at the same time. In terms of numbers, the 871st Regiment and the 877th Regiment combined also had about 4,000 people, which was almost the same as the Japanese army.
Wang Haitao's subordinates are all proud soldiers, and from the Battle of Songhu to the present, there has never been a lack of bravery. I saw that the officers and men of the 871st Regiment and the 877th Regiment also roared and rushed towards the Japanese army with rifles with bayonets or shiny steel knives in their hands. The soldiers on both sides collided together like two torrents in an instant, and only one faced each other, and both sides suffered two or three hundred casualties.
Seven or eight thousand troops fought together in the dark of night, and the positions were full of fighting people, and the screams kept ringing out. In the faint light of fire and moonlight on the battlefield, no one cared to look into the distance, and only the enemy in front of them seemed to be inexhaustible. At this time, the battlefield was already in chaos, and not only the Japanese commanders, but even the two regiment commanders, Wei Shaofeng and Wu Zhijun, could not figure out who had the upper hand, nor did they care about considering the casualties.
After Tang Yu and Wei Bin knew about the scuffle between the two sides on the battlefield, they both became nervous. The tactics that could be used during the day in the dark of night could not be used, and it was all up to the soldiers to fight the Japanese army to the end with their bodies and courage, and such a battle was a victory and a crushing victory, and the casualties of the two regiments were indispensable! This was different from the original plan, and it was necessary to let the commander know, let alone the merits, and it would be good if he could not be trained.
Tang Yu and Wei Bin both had the idea of ending the battle as soon as possible, so the two of them coincidentally sent the 872nd Regiment and the 878th Regiment at the same time. The 872nd Regiment and the 878th Regiment were ready to reinforce the front line at any time, and as soon as the order arrived, the two regiment commanders, Chen Dian and Qi Xuan, did not dare to slack off, and immediately ordered the whole regiment to attack. The officers and men of the two regiments were like two sharp arrows, and they once again rushed towards the Japanese position.
In fact, at this time, the Chinese side already had an advantage in the position, and the Chinese soldiers had trained the habit of shooting all the bullets in their guns at the enemy before stabbing them, and this alone cost the Japanese army hundreds of casualties. Moreover, the Chinese soldiers are all soldiers of Guangxi, who are already extremely fierce, most of them have practiced martial arts before joining the army, and they have practiced hard in the training of sword skills such as breaking the edge and eight knives, so they not only do not fall behind in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army, but also have the upper hand.
Under the elimination of the other's strengths, the Chinese still had 3,000 troops on the position, while only a wing of the Japanese army had more than 1,000 people left. However, after more than 20 minutes of hard fighting, the soldiers on both sides were exhausted, and it was only the desire to defeat the enemy and the determination to avenge the fallen comrades that supported them to continue to fight.
At this moment, there was a tsunami-like shouting of killing behind the desperate Chinese troops, and the Chinese officers and soldiers on the battlefield suddenly lifted their spirits, and at the same time thought in their hearts: "Reinforcements are rushing up!" This thought made their bodies suddenly full of strength again, and they rushed towards the Japanese army even more frantically. Contrary to the Chinese army, the Japanese soldiers, who were already exhausted, fell into deep despair when they heard the shouts of killing in the distance.
When the 872nd Regiment and the 878th Regiment rushed to the position, the Japanese soldiers became more difficult to resist, and people began to flee backwards. Standing behind the warlord's team, Shima Harayoshi Daisa, also wanted to cry without tears at this time, and the army was defeated like this, which also meant that his life would also end.
Shima Hara Yoshidasa looked at the defeated soldiers who stopped in front of the Overseer, and did not order the Overseer to shoot, he had already sadly thought that instead of fleeing back and apologizing, it would be better to die here, and he could die on the battlefield like a real samurai!
Thinking of this, Shima Harayoshi Osa slowly drew out his command knife, pointed forward with the knife, and roared hoarsely: "His Majesty the Emperor! As he rushed, his guards followed, shouting slogans and rushing forward. As they passed by the deserters, Shimahara Yoshiosa and his guards didn't even look at the deserters.
Perhaps it was the resolute charge of His Excellency Wing Commander that inspired the blood in the bones of these deserters, and the deserters stopped running away, turned around, and followed Shima Harayoshi Osa, also shouting, and launched a counter-charge against the onrushing Chinese army. It's just that the disparity in strength between the two sides at this time is too great, and the 872nd Regiment and the 878th Regiment that rushed up are both new forces, and no matter how fierce the Japanese army is, it is impossible to turn defeat into victory.
The two sides collided together and fought for less than ten minutes, and the battle was nearing the end, especially the wing commander Shima Harayoshi Daisa, after facing Zhang Zheng, the commander of the second battalion of the 878th Regiment, was beheaded on the battlefield by Zhang Ping with a steel knife in his hand, the blood and courage inspired by the Japanese army were again ruthlessly attacked, but at this time the Japanese army could no longer break and escape, and their remnants of these hundreds of people had been surrounded by the officers and soldiers of the two regiments.
The battle finally ended with the annihilation of a Japanese wing, but although the battle was won and the second line of Japanese positions was captured, the 871st and 877th regiments also paid the price of more than 1,500 casualties. After this casualty figure was reported to Li Changwu, Li Changwu slapped the table with a blue face. This casualty figure is difficult for him to accept, and even if he reports to Commander Wang Haitao, it is useless.