Not only the scouts who found the howitzer position began to snipe them one by one without mercy, but the officers and soldiers of the guard company and infantry company who had already rushed in used bullets like pouring bullets to let them know, and then gathered around the cannon.
All around is death.
Of course, there are also successful ones.
Several mushroom clouds that burst up in succession and a loud bang knocked the soldiers who were charging forward 200 meters away to the ground.
There was even a group of Japanese soldiers who bravely threw hand grenades into an ammunition point storing 105 howitzer shells. At least 40 20-kilogram 105 howitzer shells exploded and formed a fireball that lit up most of the sky above the battlefield.
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The huge sound shook the eardrums of most people on the battlefield with a radius of nearly one kilometer. Even the Chinese and Japanese troops on the front line of Niangziguan, five or six kilometers away, heard it.
Such a terrible big explosion, not to mention several Japanese soldiers who were only a dozen meters away from the center of the explosion were blown to ashes, even the 105 howitzer with a total weight of 1,900 kilograms including the gun body and gun mount dozens of meters away was overturned.
If it weren't for the fact that the howitzer was placed in a valley, and there were rocks on both sides blocking the way, which minimized the power of the explosion of more than 300 kilograms of artillery shells, let alone the howitzer made of steel, it would have been destroyed, and the distance it was charging towards here was only 200 meters.
An infantry squad of three meters would have to finish it all.
Even so, several people were injured by the flying rocks, and another seven or eight people were injured by the shock wave caused by the explosion. An infantry squad basically lost its combat effectiveness.
Fortunately, Pang Pang, who was not far away, arrived with two scouts and established a defensive position directly around the wounded soldiers until another infantry squad arrived five minutes later with health soldiers.
That was also the biggest loss suffered by the two companies in this battle, and the soldiers injured by the shock were basically classified as seriously injured.
By 6:20 in the morning, fifty minutes after the entire battle broke out, the sky was already bright, figures tens or even hundreds of meters away could be clearly distinguished, and the battle had come to an end.
Except for a group of Japanese troops who took advantage of the previous darkness to either escape into the mountains, or to join an infantry squad of defenders along the north side where there was no gunfire, and fled towards Jiuguan, the rest of the Japanese troops were all annihilated in the first place.
On the position of the 21st Artillery Regiment.
In the wilderness, Japanese corpses can be seen lying everywhere.
However, this time they did not kill everyone. As long as they knelt on their knees and raised their hands in surrender, they were not killed. Special personnel were assigned to guard them all.
This was the suggestion of Second Lieutenant Koichi Kobayashi of the Allied Forces. His original words were that he did not want to become a polished commander, but he was still a second lieutenant, right? Of course Tang Dao knew the Xiao Jiujiu in this guy’s heart. He just hoped to save some of his compatriots. This was also
Human nature.
Considering that the 21st Division has only entered China not long ago and has not committed any heinous crimes. With the example of Second Lieutenant Kobayashi Koichi speaking out from his own experience, there must be many people who want to survive, and especially for technical arms such as artillery, survival is better than death.
It's useful, even if you don't want to help fight, you can always become an instructor!
No matter how bad it was, it was okay to keep it as a bargaining chip with the Japanese North China Front Army. Tang Dao knew that many patriots were imprisoned in Pingbeicheng, and many of them were people from the literary and artistic circles who had some friendship with Lao Tantai.
In any era, don’t underestimate the power of scholars. They don’t have the power to tie a chicken, but they have a lot of ink in their stomachs. They can speak in one way and their ability to ‘fool’ is first-rate.
Of course, for those who are unwilling to surrender, just go to hell!
Compared to foreigners like the Japanese, Tang Tuanzuo still prefers them to be a little softer.
If there were enough, Tang Tuanzuo wouldn't mind letting this group of 'soft and cute' short-legged people hold up flowers and pull the banner of "Long Live the Chinese Nation" in front of Niangzi Pass after the Battle of Shanxi Province.
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In the end, 197 Japanese troops were captured, but more than 1,300 were killed. According to the size of an artillery regiment of the Japanese Horse Regiment, which has about 3,000 people, there may only be a large part here, plus the guarding infantry, the Japanese army is
The total strength here is about 2,100, and only 500 Japanese soldiers can escape at most. More than 70% of them were captured and killed, which is basically considered a total annihilation.
However, for Tang Tuanzuo, who personally planned this night attack plan, how many Japanese soldiers were killed was not the most important. What was important was how many artillery pieces were captured. The Japanese did not just run away, there were many who persisted until the end.
The 'evil deed' of exploding cannons is not uncommon.
What's going on in my little life? How can I get rid of precious artillery? Every time the two company commanders Yang Xiaoshan and Qian Dazhu hear a violent explosion, they feel sad. They can't live in their little life now!
What was more painful than them was the 160 artillerymen who finally entered the battlefield. Each of them only carried a Black Star pistol. If the artillery was gone, what were they doing here? Carrying pistols and the young people who were about to pounce.
biu~~~biu~~~biu'?
It can only be said that with the victories one after another since the establishment of the Fourth Army Regiment, the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Army Regiment are becoming more and more motivated. Even 500 people raiding an artillery position and annihilating the enemy bandits can no longer satisfy them.
Already.
In the past, most of the people would be slapping their butts and carrying the captured guns and ammunition and going back to drink celebratory drinks. How could they still be here slapping their thighs with a sad look on their face, thinking about how many intact cannons they had captured?
Worrying?
Even if there were, they wouldn't be able to pull it away! The 75-meter mountain cannon weighing seven to eight hundred kilograms was okay, but the nearly two-ton 105 howitzer wouldn't be able to pull them away even if they gave them dozens of cows, right?
Of course, Tang Tuanzuo didn’t want to leave at all!
First, the purpose of seizing the Japanese artillery positions was not only to destroy the heavy firepower of the Japanese army, but also to play a trick of "using the enemy to fight the enemy"!
Relying on its own 105 howitzer with a range of up to 10 kilometers, the 21st Division has been extremely arrogant this week. There are 105 large-caliber howitzers in the main position and further flanking highlands to attack the infantry on the highlands of the Si Xing Regiment.
Cause great damage.
According to statistics, more than 700 officers and soldiers of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions were killed in battle this week, 800 were seriously injured, and battle losses reached 1,500, one-third of which were lost to Japanese artillery fire! The 105 howitzer is the largest in the 21st Division.
accomplice.
That's good, now it's their turn to get bombed.
The Four Lines Tuanshan Artillery Company and the Heavy Force Company have also been prepared for a long time and will respond together when the artillery group here begins to bombard the Japanese army. There will be 12 Bofors Mountain Cannons and 12 150-heavy mortars participating.
shelling.
The number of artillery pieces that join the regiment to beat up the Japanese troops on the front lines depends entirely on how many artillery pieces can be captured in this battle.
Secondly, and most importantly, the artillery regiment's position is located exactly between Jingxing and Niangziguan. It is only more than a thousand meters away from the only mountain road open to traffic, which firmly blocks the 21st Division from leading to Jingxing.
The county's retreat.
If the 21st Division, which has pack horses, carts, and tanks of all types, wants to pass through, it must take this road. There is no other way.
Yang Xiaoshan and Qian Dazhu had already received orders from Tang Dao. Except for one platoon from the guard company that was responsible for the security of the newly occupied artillery position, the remaining five infantry platoons and a fire support platoon all rushed to the high ground on both wings near the mountain road to establish blocking positions.
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This artillery group, together with the 500 infantry, will become the iron door bolt blocking the 21st Division!
In fact, Tang Dao never thought from the beginning that the battle of Jindong was just a defensive battle! What he wanted was not the heads of thousands of Japanese invaders, but the lives of tens of thousands of Japanese invaders.
This night attack was the most fatal blow in Tang Dao's counterattack against the 21st Division. They actually used inferior troops to counter-encircle the 21st Division!
If Tang Dao did this when the 21st Division was at its peak, it would definitely be seeking death. The 21st Division, which has a strength of 19,000, only needs to dedicate 5,000 men to block the main force of the Four Lines Regiment. The remaining more than 10,000 people only need to
In half a day, these 500 elites can be swallowed up to nothing, even with the help of artillery.
It's a pity that even if the 21st Division is still a lion now, it is still a lion that has been drained of half of its blood. Let alone fight with a pack of hyenas, it might even topple a takin.
A week of arduous defense only gave the Japanese commander the illusion that no matter how tenacious the Chinese side was, they just wanted to hold on to the defense line to prevent themselves from being completely annihilated by an opponent with a superior force.
Nagano Kameichiro, acting commander of the 21st Division, was completely deceived by Tang Dao!
What's even more terrible is that this week's tactical deception is not a tug-of-war where the enemy advances and we retreat. The head-to-head defensive battles are fierce and attrition. The four-line regiment suffered a loss of 1,500, but the 21st Division consumed a lot more.
There is vitality.
The number of remains and wounded that were transported to Jingxing County and transferred to Shimen alone was more than 4,000, not counting the many corpses that were blown to fly ash and unrestrained on the battlefield. The nine regular infantry brigades under the 21st Division
, six have been disabled, and half of the 3,600-man baggage regiment has been added to the front-line troops.
Tang Dao is so stingy. If the Japanese kill his brother, he must pay back with ten times his life! The three Japanese infantry regiments on the front line of Niangziguan will all die!
However, the premise of all this is that the captured artillery is enough to withstand the Japanese army's upcoming fierce counterattack.
Tang Dao's prediction was right. Nagano Kameichiro became a "crazy man" when he received the farewell message from Awara Koaki Nakazuo!
There was no time to roar in the headquarters, so he immediately picked up the phone and notified the two infantry regiment captains on the Niangziguan front line, and immediately mobilized an infantry brigade each with infantry artillery to return to the 21st Artillery Regiment position where the division headquarters was located, and there was also an
A tank team of 5 Type 94 and 2 Type 89 tanks accompanied them.
This is already the strength that the Niangziguan frontline can mobilize with all its strength!
As a division commander-level commander, Nagano Kameichiro understands what the loss of artillery positions means.
Not only did it lose most of the division's heavy firepower, but what was even more terrifying was that that area held the 21st Division's only retreat.
Even if he thought that the Four Elements Regiment, which had been fighting fiercely for a week and was equally weak, was not capable of surrounding him, putting the retreat in the hands of the opponent would undoubtedly be an existence that no commander could sleep peacefully at.
Therefore, the failure of the 21st Division was not without reason. Until now, Nagano Kameichiro does not know how serious his commander was against China.
Sometimes, greed can lead people to destruction, but if a commander who has reached the peak of his ability to control the battlefield is greedy, then it may be because 'the boldness of the person is the fruit of the land'.
When the two infantry brigades arrived aggressively 30 minutes after the gunfire from the artillery regiment had stopped, they were blocked by high ground on both sides of the mountain road.
Just as the two Japanese Shaozuo suppressed their blushes, they each ordered two infantry squadrons under their command, under the cover of all the tanks of the chariot team, in an attempt to eat up the hundreds of Chinese troops who dared to stop them without perfect fortifications.
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The sharp screams of "Hugh~~~~Hugh~~~~Hugh" filled the entire sky.
Unfortunately, the 160 artillerymen of the Fourth Line Regiment who entered and occupied the artillery position had already picked up their most familiar "guns"!
A distance of more than a thousand meters is exactly the range of various types of howitzers!
Three intact 105 howitzers and 14 still usable 75 mountain guns were the final capture of this battle. That is to say, the overturned 105 howitzer was too heavy and could not be repaired in a short time, otherwise the shelling would have been added this time.
The Japanese army should have four 105 heavy artillery pieces.
Without these to rely on, how could Tang Tuanzuo be willing to let the elites of his two companies do that kind of life-and-death blocking work?
Paying huge sacrifices in exchange for the final victory may seem like the ruthlessness of the commander, but it is actually more helpless. If victory can be achieved at the smallest cost, why would the commander be unwilling?
The 400 infantrymen with almost no fortifications on the high ground on both wings were actually more of just soy sauce. What really determined the direction of the battlefield was the captured artillery and the incoming artillery shells.
The faces of the two Japanese army officers turned from red to white quickly, especially when the shock wave caused by the explosion of a 105 howitzer shell blew away the bodies of more than a dozen Japanese infantrymen who were already prostrate on the ground like leaves in front of the hillside.
After coming.
They all know that it's over, everything is over!
Not only their two infantry brigades, but even the entire division!
Because the Chinese actually grabbed the 105 heavy artillery! Moreover, the Chinese also have artillery, the kind of Western-made artillery with extremely long range and high accuracy.
Then, the Chinese seemed to hear the thoughts of the two of them, and the whistle of sharp artillery shells piercing the sky came again. This wave came from their rear, belonging to the direction of Niangziguan.
Yes, the Yingshan Artillery Battery of the Sixings Regiment, under the orders of the Tang regiment, participated in the war!
In this small area, there are actually 3 105mm howitzers and 26 75mm mountain artillery, which are concentrated fire bombardment. These two Japanese infantry brigades are really worthy of pride.
The sky was already bright at this time, but what was even brighter was the entire mountain that was lit up!
More than 0.5 square kilometers of mountain forest are within the range of shelling!
"Te Liang, retreat, retreat for me!" As early as when the 105 howitzer began to speak, the Chinese officers and soldiers on the two flanks of the high ground rolled and climbed towards the back of the mountain after the two originally brave commanders of the company roared.
Run away.
Before leaving, the artillery platoon leader who led the team embarrassedly told the two of them that they had never operated the 105 howitzer, so the error would inevitably be large. They would try their best to hit the high ground with the first few shots, but once they fired with full force from behind, they would
I can't control it anymore.
What it really means is that that area will be concentrated by artillery fire anyway, so infantry brothers, you will not be needed!
As the saying goes, "Listen to others and eat enough." When you see that the artillery platoon commander is only 300 meters away from his own height when he claims to shoot forward, God knows if they will hit the top of the mountain with one artillery fire. The two large company commanders are still running away with their heads in their hands.
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Bravery is not what Xia Jiba uses!
Seeing the green signal bomb fired on the infantry high ground to indicate a smooth evacuation, Tang Tuanzuo, who was standing in front of the field radio, naturally waved his hand and ordered: "All artillery positions, two shell bases, 30 minutes!"
That means that 1,500 rounds of artillery shells will be dumped here.
War is also a part of life. If you can't resist it, then enjoy it! Even if all you enjoy is despair.
At this moment, the Japanese soldiers struggling under the artillery fire finally realized the feelings of the Chinese soldiers they faced on the North China battlefield who could only be covered by their artillery fire. It was probably the same as their extremely desperate mood at this time.
No matter how strong the fortress is, it is still fragile in the face of the ravages of artillery fire.
A year ago in Songhu, 750,000 Chinese soldiers built the Great Patriotic Wall with their flesh and blood. In front of the crazy Japanese naval guns, the average daily casualties were in the thousands.
The Japanese invaders could not be allowed to destroy the whole of China within the three months that they boasted, and they could not even advance in Songhu. This was the result of the bloodshed of more than 300,000 officers and soldiers on the battlefield.
That is a fortress built with flesh and blood, and that is a line of defense built with will.
The struggle at that moment between the two Japanese infantry brigades without any bunkers in the mountains actually had nothing to do with will. They were running around, just trying to survive this crazy bombardment.
But it is a pity that it is in vain. No matter brave or cowardly, they will be wiped out in this rain of shells!
In fact, it didn't even take half an hour, and there were not many Japanese infantry left alive on the battlefield.
All the Type 94 tanks on the mountain road had long been overturned by the turbulent air waves. The two remaining Type 89 tanks were still alone on the mountain road because of their thick armor and large size, or because of good luck.
It wasn't that they didn't want to run away, but they couldn't run away. Huge shell craters trapped the two poor Type 89 tanks in the middle of the road.
When the infantrymen of the Fourth Line Regiment returned to the battlefield, they couldn't help but feel happy when they saw these two tanks trapped on an isolated island.
They had captured the Japanese; they had taken the artillery pieces; but they had never driven the tanks in their childhood, so they didn’t know how they felt.
Now, the opportunity has come!
A phoenix without its feathers is no better than a chicken, and a tank without infantry protection is nothing!
This chapter has been completed!