Chapter 110 Heavy damage to the independent mixed fourth brigade (please subscribe)
Katayama Shoutaro was so angry that the troops escorting the seriously wounded were ambushed, and Coco suffered a devastating blow.
His attention was completely drawn to the rear, and a large number of troops began to guard the rear, fearing that the Eighth Route Army would take the opportunity to make a sneak attack.
It turned out that the 358th Regiment of the Jinsui Army on the front launched a direct counterattack. Not only did it easily seize the forward starting position, it also caused heavy casualties to the troops.
The small number of troops of the 8th Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army was completely defeated, and the 11th Independent Infantry Brigade suffered a devastating blow.
The artillery team suffered nearly a hundred casualties, and two mountain guns and two field guns were completely destroyed.
Such a heavy loss made him furious. He was so angry that he wanted to cut everyone in the 358th regiment into pieces.
"Order, the 14th Independent Infantry Brigade, the 15th Independent Infantry Brigade, the main force of the attached machine gun brigade, and the main force of the mortar brigade will attack with all their strength."
"The forward starting position must not be lost. We must recapture the position there, and at the same time, we must completely annihilate the attacking Shanxi-Sui Army troops."
"Deploy some heavy machine guns and mortars to build a position to support the withdrawal of Fujita's brigade!"
"Order the Fujita Battalion to quickly penetrate from the flanks and cut off the Shanxi-Sui Army's retreat to the highlands!"
"The 12th and 13th Independent Infantry Brigades are fully committed to protecting the artillery and the safety of the brigade and regiment headquarters."
"Also contact that idiot Tsuneichi Moriki and tell their artillery unit to suppress the artillery unit of the Shanxi-Sui Army to the death!"
Tai Lao of Pianshan Province issued the combat order, but he promised to completely annihilate the counterattack force commanded by Chen Ziyun.
For this reason, he even gave up the combat attack on the wrong eight routes, thus gathering all the troops for combat.
Fujita's brigade quickly received the news, and Major Fujita did not waste any time and immediately ordered all units to alternately cover the evacuation.
Infantry artillery and grenade launchers fired continuously, and a large number of grenades and smoke grenades were fired.
The little Japanese took turns covering and evacuated the battlefield directly. At this time, their team of 800 people had been reduced sharply to more than 600 people.
After the attack by Li Yunlong's new regiment, they suffered more than 100 casualties.
After Li Yunlong watched the Yue army withdraw, he thought for a moment and did not order the troops to pursue.
He arranged for his troops to quickly clean up the battlefield, and at the same time dispatched scouts to closely monitor the movements of the Japanese troops.
"Captain, the harvest was quite big. More than 300 rifles, including light and heavy machine guns, and a lot of ammunition were seized."
"Why don't we just call it a day and withdraw with the troops immediately? Otherwise, if the brigade headquarters gets the news, they will definitely hold us accountable."
"And judging by the little devil's attitude, he must be fighting with the 358th Group again. We don't have to go over and join in the fun, right?"
First Battalion Commander Zhang Dabiao immediately suggested to Li Yunlong while commanding the troops to clean the battlefield.
After all, the brigade headquarters asked the new regiment to defend Yangcun with all its strength and ensure the absolute safety of the outer positions.
Can they now command the security forces of the headquarters? Zhang Dabiao was frightened by Li Yunlong's disobedience of orders.
"Da Biao, did you hear such dense artillery fire? It must mean that the artillery troops have launched an operation."
"The kid is so anxious to go back, which means something big must have happened over there at the Yue puppet army position."
"Please don't tell me whether I am an honest person. If we go back now, it won't be considered a violation of the brigade headquarters' order?"
"I have violated the order, and I will not be the same whether I go back sooner or later."
"The fighting at the Yue puppet army camp is so lively, we have to go there and join in the fun!"
"I heard that Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment is almost as strong as a fucking division."
"Whether our new regiment can be a basic regiment with five or six thousand troops, I don't dare to think about it, but whether it can be three or four thousand troops, that's fine."
"We don't have weapons and equipment, but I can get some good soldiers. Da Biao, we need to continue to accumulate our little wealth!"
Li Yunlong looked at the weapons and equipment seized by the soldiers with a smile on his face.
When he heard Zhang Dabiao's proposal to take the troops back, he squinted his eyes and started preaching directly.
Can Li Yunlong's passion for misusing weapons and ammunition exceed anything else?
He had just come out and won two small battles, and he was not satisfied. Now he would definitely not want to go back.
What's more, in his opinion, Lao Li, the mistake has been made, and it won't be the same whether he goes back early or late.
Since it's the same as before, why not fight a few more battles to enjoy yourself and capture weapons and equipment by the way?
Zhang Dabiao was speechless when he heard what Li Yunlong said.
As the first battalion commander of the new regiment, he can execute the orders given by the regiment commander Li Yunlong if they are wrong.
The new regiment quickly swept the battlefield, and then the troops gradually advanced towards the puppet army positions. Will Li Yunlong look for an opportunity to fight again?
At this time, at the Moon and Puppet Army positions, the Moon Army artillery team was conducting combat transfers.
Six mountain guns and six field guns were staggered to the forward starting position and launched a fierce bombardment.
At the same time, the mortar brigade's more than twenty 90MM mortars also began to carry out indiscriminate bombardment at different locations.
Immediately afterwards, more than a thousand Japs were assigned to the machine gun battalion and advanced along the middle road toward the forward position.
Could it be that the Moon Army troops did not expect that at this time, the troops commanded by Chen Ziyun had already left the forward starting position and directly moved to advance on both sides.
At about one o'clock, Chen Ziyun began to receive reports.
The guard company on the left and the cavalry company on the right immediately stopped advancing and they began to build positions.
A few minutes later, a large number of little devils appeared quickly, and Chen Ziyun did not hesitate at all.
One after another, the signal bombs were fired directly at the little Japanese troops.
The dazzling light of the red signal flare appeared in the Lunar Army. Zhou Wenbo's observation team immediately locked its position and quickly carried out mapping operations.
Groups of people shot Zhu Yuan and began to communicate by phone.
The First Artillery Company and the Second Artillery Company began to work.
Soon, six Shanxi orogen cannons launched a bombardment, and not long after, six Bofors cannons also launched a bombardment.
Twelve mountain guns launched a annihilating bombardment, and a large number of grenades were fired directly at the Moon Army troops.
The explosions of artillery shells continued to sound, and at the same time, troops on both sides launched direct fire.
Especially the guard company on the left, where they assembled twenty-eight light and heavy machine guns and six grenade launchers to fire concentrated fire.
As for the two moon-type mortars, they had already used up their few shells.
However, the mainstream mortar caliber of the Shanxi-Sui Army and other troops is 82MM, and the moon-type 81MM mortar cannot be used, so it cannot be supplemented.
The port did not have two mortars to support it, so the impact on the battle would not be great.
More than a hundred soldiers have advanced rapidly east of Chu Yu's command. They used submachine guns and shell guns to shoot at close range.
The soldiers of the two rifle platoons took aim with the captured Type 38 rifles and also fired accurately.
A large number of bullets were fired at the little devil, and the little devil who was bombarded was completely caught off guard.
The cavalry company on the right also started shooting. They requested to use the Czech rifles captured from the puppet cavalry battalion!
Czech-style rifles were once widely used in the Northeast Army and the 29th Army in North China.
The Moon Army captured a lot of them, because the caliber was different from their rifles, so they armed those Czech rifles to the puppet troops.
Because Czech rifles are also suitable for cavalry use as infantry rifles, all puppet cavalry battalions are equipped with Czech rifles.
After those rifles became Chen Ziyun's trophies, they were directly handed over to the cavalry company for use.
Regardless of whether the cavalry company is a newly formed unit, most of them are veterans.
Please tell me whether as a cavalry unit, they definitely have no combat effectiveness at all.
However, after the battle in East Malaysia, they were transformed into infantry, and those warriors certainly had strong combat capability.
Three points and one line, aim, pull the trigger, and the bullet quickly leaves the barrel.
Pull the bolt, eject the cartridge case, reset the bolt, and continue aiming and shooting.
The troops on the left and right sides used full firepower and cooperated with the artillery troops to launch combat strikes.
The little devils fell into a pool of blood one after another, and they had no time to react.
The two infantry major captains who were commanding the battle immediately took cover. They looked at the passively beaten troops with expressions of astonishment on their faces.
Because not only they, but also the brigade commander Katayama Shotarō speculated that the Jinsui Army troops must be at the forward starting position.
However, they never imagined that Chen Ziyun would command the troops to advance directly from both sides.
The Lunar troops advancing along the middle road were attacked in an instant.
"Baga Yalu, who is directing them to fight?"
"That person can effectively guide the artillery to carry out long-range bombardment, and is very proficient in infantry command. Isn't it really scary?"
"Chu Yunfei, the commander of the 358th Regiment of the Jinsui Army, may not be so capable."
"Those idiots in the intelligence agencies are so capable, but they don't have any information at all!"
The Major Captain said solemnly, and they looked at each other with fear.
Immediately afterwards, the two captains rushed to command the troops to disperse.
The machine gun brigade following the battle quickly set up heavy machine guns and directly launched suppressive fire.
The mortar brigade in the distance exposed fire on the left and right sides and launched a covering artillery bombardment.
After Tsuneichi Moriki got the news from the artillery observation post, he also wondered whether he could hit the target accurately.
Twelve artillery pieces began to shell the position of the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Sui Army in the east under his command.
The little devil launched a counterattack with all his strength, and then suppressed the fire attack from both sides.
The Moon Army's machine gun brigade currently has more than thirty heavy machine guns. Counting the two brigade machine gun squadrons, their number of heavy machine guns is about forty.
The mortar brigade has more than twenty 90MM mortars. When the firepower is deployed, the troops on the left and right sides will naturally suffer casualties.
Chen Ziyun raised his telescope and observed for a while, and then he began to direct the guard company to alternate cover and retreat to the forward starting position.
The cavalry company troops on the right should be dispersed and concealed to cover the transfer of the guard company.
The Moon Army troops received effective fire cover, and they immediately launched an attack.
The security company troops on the left side of the port have begun to withdraw from the battlefield.
When the little devil wanted to pursue the cavalry company with all his strength, the cavalry troops retreated and evacuated directly on horseback.
At around two o'clock in the morning, the guard company withdrew to its starting position.
At this time, the 14th and 15th independent infantry brigades, after successive battles, had enough combat strength of more than 1,100 people in the two brigades.
That means that if at least more than 400 of them were killed, they would be seriously injured and lose their combat effectiveness.
So far, the five independent infantry brigades in the east of the independent mixed fourth brigade have suffered varying casualties, and none of them is fully equipped.
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