September 9th is a day that all the officers and soldiers of the Japanese 21st Division will never forget!
It was also a day filled with blood!
Facing the solid defense line deployed by the Fourth Army Regiment with heavy machine guns, machine guns, and a large number of mortars, Yoon Tang Soo-ul, who had personally arrived at the trench 600 meters away to command the operation, was filled with tragedy and prepared for the worst.
If it doesn't work, he will imitate the former military god Nogi Nogi and use the "pig attack tactic".
Who makes him want to be promoted too eagerly? He has been personally appointed by Major General Nagano as the frontline commander of Position 1, responsible for commanding the first and second infantry brigades, two tank squadrons, and five artillery squads. He almost has Command of half of the 83rd Infantry Regiment.
But the higher the command authority, the greater the responsibility. If the attack fails, he will be the first person responsible for the front line. It is only a trivial matter that his wish to be promoted to the left is failed. It will be tragic if he is ordered to break his belly to apologize.
To be honest, the face of Japan's center left, who received this appointment early in the morning, was extremely pale.
After all, Indo Shuuji is a middle-aged man who is over forty and has no doubts. He knows the subtext of this appointment very well. Nagano Kameichiro does not intend to give him any retreat, nor does he give the 83rd Infantry Regiment any retreat.
You can get there even if you don't fear death. Even if it takes 4,000 lives, you still have to get to Position 1.
The division's artillery wing has 24 of the 36 75-mm mountain guns, 4 105-mm howitzers and the wing's 4 mountain guns, 4 mortars, and 9 infantry guns. They have been preparing for the artillery fire at Position 1 for nearly 2 hours. From about 7 o'clock in the morning until 9 o'clock in the morning, the three machine gun bunkers that had made tanks and infantry artillery gnash their teeth yesterday but were helpless had long been blown into ruins!
The exact losses suffered by the Chinese are not known, but the fortifications and cliffs they built have been completely destroyed!
"Order the 1st and 2nd Squadrons of the 1st Battalion and the 3rd and 4th Squadrons of the 2nd Battalion to prepare. When the artillery fire of the division is extended, they will follow the tank squadron to advance! The remaining squadrons are responsible for covering and responding." Yin Tangxiuer was lying in the trench holding a telescope. After carefully observing the battlefield, he ordered coldly.
The overall width of the defense line is only 800 meters, which really does not support the investment of more troops. The two waves separated by more than 100 meters total 700 troops, which is already the limit that the Japanese Army's center and left can invest. Otherwise, he would dare to put the remaining four squadrons 700 infantrymen were thrown in together.
Further 1,200 meters away, Kitahara Kurasuke, the captain of the left wing of the 83rd Infantry Regiment, looked at the infantry movements on his front line with a telescope and a serious face. How could he not understand the meaning of the acting division commander with such a sophisticated calculation?
Afraid that he, the captain of the Great Left Wing, would not fight to the death with all his strength to preserve his strength, a No. 1 frontline command post was specially built across his wing, and a greedy guy like Yoon Tang Sooul was set on fire, leaving only the frontline with only One path is available.
To be honest, regardless of the high-level military meeting at the infantry battalion level convened by the division commander yesterday evening, because the opponent was just a small infantry regiment with limited strength, the morale of the generals was once again high, and Kitahara Kurasuke, who spoke very little, But I had a bad feeling.
The name of Nogi Nogi's achievement as a military god was written with the lives and blood of the 60,000 imperial troops, but that also had the help of the 203 howitzer, the national artifact brought from the mainland.
It is true that the Chinese army on the defense line at this time cannot compare with the Mao Xiong who had solid fortifications and heavy artillery, but what does the 21st Division have? 4 105 howitzers are the only ones that can handle it, and the rest are 3
Ten thousand infantrymen were put to death.
The most terrible thing is that an infantry regiment that can destroy the 2nd Mixed Brigade together with the famous infantry brigade will only have mortars and a limited number of mountain guns?
Moreover, even those mountain artillery pieces that had bombarded the division commander, except for being used in the morning, were nowhere to be seen throughout the afternoon. Could it be that they were killed by the army aviation fleet?
In fact, Kitahara Kurasuke is not willing to base his victory on the illusory so-called luck. It is more likely that the Chinese have a conspiracy!
Perhaps, with Yin Tangxiuer's surging attack of more than 700 imperial officers and soldiers, the Chinese could only reveal all their trump cards!
Looking at the dozens of tanks and the densely packed infantry figures that had begun to roar on the hillside, the Japanese Army Chief Zuo, who pursed his lips tightly, had a grim look on his face.
Most of the generals of the 21st Division had their eyes fixed on the No. 1 position in front of Niangziguan, expecting and being mentally prepared.
But I am afraid no one expected that the first to pay heavy casualties was not the 83rd Infantry Regiment, which was in full swing in front of the 1st Battalion and 2nd Company, but the 62nd Infantry Regiment, which was bypassing the main defense line at Niangzi Pass.
The engineer company of the Fourth Line Regiment carried 1,600 anti-infantry mines before departure. Originally, according to Lei Xiong's request, at least 1,000 anti-infantry mines were to be placed on the main defense line to be defended by the first and second battalions, but the engineer company
Changbai Sheng made a suggestion, and Lei Xiong, who had been thinking about it for a long time, nodded in approval.
Bai Sheng believes that the Japanese army will definitely use artillery to focus fire on the main defense line positions and in front of the positions. If too many infantry mines are placed, there is a high chance that they will be detonated by the artillery fire, causing waste. It is better to use this kind of anti-infantry mines for the Japanese army.
Areas where a large amount of artillery fire will not be used, such as in front of the flanking highlands
The topography of the flanking highlands is slightly different from that of the main defense line. The mountains are lower and the vegetation is denser. The success rate of laying mines in such areas is obviously much higher.
Therefore, according to the topography and topography, the engineer company, with the cooperation of the three battalions and two infantry platoons, spent a whole day laying more than 1,000 mines in front of the flanking high ground, and the farthest distance from the high ground was 2,000 meters!
From the moment the 62nd Infantry Regiment detoured into the mountains and forests, the nightmare began to come!
"Boom!" From time to time, an unlucky child would step on an anti-infantry mine or kick the hemp rope that tripped the mine.
"Haha, another unlucky devil's balls were blown off. Let me count how many balls fell in our Taihang Mountains." Boss Cao in the trench on Highland 1 was excited and carved on the earthen wall of the trench with a military thorn.
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Today's Boss Cao is no longer a second-class soldier in the battalion's cooking squad, but a real first-class soldier. Among the same batch of new recruits, he is rare.
Because now the Four Lines Regiment will no longer be promoted to military rank after meritorious service as before. Unless it is special meritorious service or first-class meritorious service, they are basically rewarded in kind. In the battle to destroy the Second Mixed Brigade, the recruits who won great achievements and were promoted to rank
There are less than five people, and Boss Cao is one of them. The record of killing nearly 40 enemies is beyond the reach of the new recruits, and even many veterans can only give a thumbs up.
In addition, during the training, Boss Cao continued to break his record of bomb throwing distance. In the farthest trench, the record of throwing grenades without running up reached 80 meters, and it was extremely accurate, with an error of no more than 2 meters. It was astonishing.
The humanoid 'little steel cannon', so Boss Cao has been very prosperous in the 4th squad of the 7th company's sharp knife platoon in the past two or three months. Even several veteran sergeants only call him "Boss Cao" instead of calling him "Boss Cao".
The real name itself is a kind of recognition.
Not everyone in the army has a nickname!
"Uncle, please have a rest! Those anti-infantry mines were buried with the help of the animals from Squad 1. You don't know that squad leader Mu Mu seems to be an honest man. In fact, he is the best in the company in sneaking around. The little devil walked up to us.
Unless hundreds of people are killed in front of the position, I won't believe it!" Tu Yunsheng, who was holding a cigarette but not lighting it, squinted and squinted.
The corporal more than two months ago is now a sergeant, and the deputy squad leader has become a squad leader, becoming a real commander, even at the lowest level.
But even among the arrogant soldiers of the Seventh Company, no one questioned Tu Yunsheng's qualifications. This army sergeant who was born in the Sichuan Army worked hard step by step, rising to a higher level in every battle, and even won gold and silver medals.
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In the words of company commander Li Jiujin: "According to Xiaotu's promotion method, I'm afraid if we have another five or six battles with the little devil, I, the company commander, will have to sit for him!"
Of course, Li Jijin was joking, but the young sergeant's battlefield performance was absolutely outstanding and brilliant.
According to Boss Cao's request, after the war, the two people who were promoted entered the same infantry squad. The younger one was the squad leader and the older one was a private. They neither called Boss Cao by his nickname nor his name, only called him uncle.
That’s just Tu Yunsheng.
That was the friendship between the two people in that extremely bloody battle, and no one can replace it!
"I told you, monitor, don't always laugh at me because I don't know how to count. Believe it or not, I will spend money to find those college students to make up for my math lessons alone after I go back. I can also teach your children to count beads in the future!" Boss Cao heard this!
In response to Tu Yunsheng's deep ridicule, he retorted angrily.
"Haha! Uncle, I believe everything else you say, but if you want to spend money to study, I really don't believe it. Also, you can't even count from 1 to 100, who gave you the courage to teach my baby
Counting beads? Counting beads. I beg you, please let go of the baby that is still in my future wife’s belly, okay?" Tu Yunsheng burst into laughter.
The few soldiers around who had their eyes closed and were concentrating all laughed together when they heard this.
"Why are you laughing? What's so funny? You little bastards, after I finish the war with the Japanese, you will definitely use the money you saved to open a school and recruit all your little kids. You won't teach anything else but just teach how to make steamed buns.
Huamuan, I'm good at it." Boss Cao looked unconvinced.
"Uncle smokes. I'm so scared of you. What are we brothers doing so hard? Isn't it because we want our children to have a good future in the future? It turns out that your wish is to teach them how to make steamed buns and flower rolls. If you dare,
You can cook!" Tu Yunsheng was convinced by his big brother, and he quickly handed over the cigarettes and threw the cigarette case to another soldier, signaling him to give cigarettes to the whole class.
Because the only garrison in their small highland was their infantry squad, plus a medical soldier specially assigned to them, a total of 16 people!
Highland 1 is 200 meters above sea level, and is flanked by Highlands 2 and 3 on the left and right sides. The three highlands are the defense area of the entire sharp knife platoon. They are part of the 10 highlands defended by the entire Seventh Company, and are also the most advanced positions in the Seventh Company's defense area.
Since the flank area of Niangziguan's main defense line is extremely large, just one seventh company needs to defend 10 highlands with an overall width of 1,500 meters, and the entire battalion is 3,000 meters high. Reserves and deep positions must also be left, so the troops are naturally dispersed.
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The reason why the Sharp Knife Platoon can be called the Sharp Knife Platoon is because it is the most capable of fighting tough battles. This difficult task naturally falls on them.
Under the weighing of the second lieutenant of the Sharp Knife Platoon, the task of Highland 1, the lowest among the three highlands, fell to the 4th Platoon.
Although it seems that the low altitude here is the most dangerous, because of the low altitude, the light machine guns and mortars deployed on the highlands on both sides can provide condescending fire support to this "low-lying" position, and can also provide fire support to its two wings.
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Of course, the most important thing is to have full trust in Tu Yunsheng, the squad leader of Class 4!
In the sharp knife platoon, there is a saying about each squad leader: the honest squad leader is poisonous, the big squad leader is fierce, the skinny squad leader is ruthless, and the small squad leader is handsome!
It seems that what he is talking about is the personal characteristics of the four squad leaders of the Jian Dao Platoon, but in fact, Tu Yunsheng is so handsome, it can be said that it is both in appearance and temperament.
In terms of overall strength, Tu Yunsheng is the most balanced among the four squad leaders of the Sharp Knife Platoon!
"Hey! Monitor, there is no future for our descendants! I just hope they can have enough to eat and don't be like my poor brother who fell off the cliff for so long just to change his stutter.
He just died." Boss Cao took a puff of cigarette, and his eyes flashed with deep sadness again.
Every time he thought of his younger brother saying, "Brother, I'm sorry!" before he died, and the blood-stained face of the young machine gun shooter who never took a sip of mutton soup until his death, Boss Cao felt like his heart was pricking with needles.
A pain that will last a lifetime.
"Uncle, the situation is low! The regimental commander once told a dream he had. In his dream, he dreamed of our China after the victory of the war! Not only can everyone have a full stomach, but also have meat to eat every day, and there are tall buildings in the city.
The building is brightly lit. Our military includes the army, navy, and air force. We are equipped with aircraft carriers, 10,000-ton cruisers, and fighter jets that can disappear in the blink of an eye. In particular, there are countless cannons, which can be equipped by an infantry battalion.
"The kind with more than a dozen heavy cannons." Tu Yunsheng looked at the sky with hope, describing the 'dream' that Tang Daozeng and the others had described.
That was really a scene that every Chinese soldier was looking forward to. It was also at that time that the young Sichuan Army soldier who was used to being in trouble gritted his teeth and quit smoking. He really felt like a cat's claw in his heart, so he smoked a cigarette.
He knew that if he wanted to fight the Japanese devils well, he would not be able to do it without a good body, and Yantu was really a blood-sucking insect that penetrated deep into the bone marrow, which wasted money and drained the body. Fortunately, the regimental commander understood their habits.
The Sichuan Army who lived like that would supply a large amount of cigarettes as long as they had them. This was one of the important reasons why Tu Yunsheng was willing to follow Tang Dao.
A commander who is considerate of his soldiers. If he misses one, he doesn’t know how long he will have to wait to meet him again. Sichuan people are romantic optimists, but they are also very practical.
"Really? Our army will be so powerful in the future? Also, what are those aircraft carriers and cruisers? How much bigger are they than the awning boats in our hometown?" A corporal veteran from the Songjiang Security Group came over and asked.
"Bah, what kind of awning ship, how can it be compared! An aircraft carrier is a big ship that can sail on the Yangtze River. It can carry at least 1,800 people. A cruiser! I guess it is a transport ship, hundreds or thousands of them.
Sheep kind." Tu Yunsheng spat at his colleague, who had little experience, and began to brag about Xia Jiba based on his own imagination.
The large ship that Jiang Zhongxin can carry hundreds of people is already the largest ship that young people in Sichuan have ever seen, and the one that can carry a thousand people is unimaginably large. There is a sheep in that cruiser, which naturally exposes the situation.
The purpose of ships!
"My God, what a big ship that is!" the soldiers all exclaimed.
Everyone has ignored a very important issue. They have all gone to sea to fight. What the hell is a ship specially built to transport sheep? Is it necessary to build a patrol ship specially? People eat sheep, and sheep eat grass. This is a closed loop.
Complete, right?
In the trenches, the inexperienced Chinese soldiers were looking forward to a better life in the future because of the inconsistent descriptions of their sergeant squad leader, but the Japanese troops of the 62nd Infantry Regiment advancing in the mountains and fields were completely plunged into a nightmare.
Faced with this kind of anti-personnel mine hidden under vegetation or even buried under seemingly impossible rock formations, not to mention that they didn't bring a few metal detectors at all, even if they did, it was mostly useless!
The engineering squadron that followed them carried a total of three metal detectors, and after the first anti-infantry mine was stepped on and the four legs of two soldiers flew into the sky, all three metal detectors were deployed. The inferior quality
The imperial military industry completely caused the soldiers of the 62nd Infantry Regiment to lose confidence in it.
It didn't matter that there were very few landmines that could be detected. Even the engineers holding metal detectors were killed and injured more than a dozen, until all three metal detectors were blown into parts!
Since then, nearly 4,000 officers and soldiers of the 62nd Infantry Regiment have been walking on the edge of the knife. In 4 hours, they have only advanced less than 1,000 meters. Not to mention, nearly 10 officers and soldiers died and more than 160 officers and soldiers were injured.
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Most of the dead officers and soldiers were hit by projectiles in the waist and crotch, suffering from unbearable severe pain due to vital injuries. It really wasn't because the first aid kits were incompetent and could not effectively stop the bleeding. There were more than thirty soldiers who lost their legs.
The fact that he was still lying on the stretcher and groaning was proof of this.
Good guy, we haven't even seen the Chinese yet! More than 600 infantrymen have lost their combat effectiveness.
One wounded soldier cannot be carried by two soldiers, right? Abandon all the wounded soldiers. Not to mention that the infantry captains did not dare to think so. Even their leader Yokoyama Sawa, who was always known for his fierceness, would not do this.
"Gather all the wounded soldiers in the valley, leave an infantry squad and six medical soldiers to take care of them, wait until we eliminate the Chinese, and then take them back for treatment." Heng Shanze, the captain of the Great Left Alliance with a savage look on his face, was in his prime.
After receiving reports of casualties caused by accidentally stepping on anti-infantry mines from three infantry brigades, he gritted his teeth and issued military orders.
This is actually equivalent to abandoning these more than 160 wounded soldiers. Without surgery and adequate medical treatment, almost no one can see the dawn three days later.
One infantry squad and six medical soldiers were the limit that Yokoyama could accept. Otherwise, the terrible loss of 600 combat power before the war even started would make the frontline infantrymen feel a strong sense of frustration!
He must maintain his current morale, and if he wants to regain the high spirits he had before departure, he can only conquer the high ground of the Chinese and use the numerous corpses of the Chinese to inspire him!
But obviously, Hengshan Ze didn't know that the mountains and rivers and opponents he had to face were all tough in the whole of China!
The battle on the frontal battlefield finally broke out at 9:22!
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