Chapter 11: Night of 918 (Four) ()

War was just a topic for Zhang Xuewu's previous life. The only function of the war examples was to be used to repeatedly analyze. The enemy was always just an imaginary enemy composed of data. No matter how realistic the exercise was, it could only be an exercise. Modernization, electronicization, technologicalization, and cutting-edge technology have completely changed the situation and mode of war. The passion of the old days and the courage to fight have become a memory of history.

As a military commander, watch the ruthless war in a cold and cold way. When extreme forces restrict each other to a balance point, the war will naturally disappear. However, if this balance is unbalanced, the war will also come, so that the so-called military and ambitious people are just a point in the balance link.

When Zhang Xuewu was really in the middle of the war, Zhang Xuewu suddenly realized that everything was not the case...

Hirata Duanshan is the son of Hokkaido fisherman Kitagawa. When he grew up, he was adopted by the local famous Hirata family. So Hirata Duanshan became the future Hirata Duanshan. Hirata Duanshan had a preliminary judgment on the tenacious resistance of the Northeast Army of Beidaying, because based on the extension of the opponent's fortifications and the allocation of firepower, the so-called defenders on the other side may have less than a thousand.

Moreover, on the way to Beidaying, Hirata Duanshan had already received a return from the regiment's underground reconnaissance team. The second regiment of the 7th Infantry Brigade of Beidaying had retreated to the arsenal of the three eastern provinces, and the cavalry, engineers, etc. moved towards the Dongling ammunition depot. In addition, the established Northeast Army troops appeared in the city, so Hirata Duanshan had every reason to believe that there were only more than 1,000 Northeast Army defenders in Beidaying.

The 29th Infantry Regiment commanded by Hirata Duanshan has three full infantry brigades, and has previously strengthened a field artillery squadron, plus the Fifth Independent Guards who had previously come to assist in the war, and eating up the so-called few Chinese defenders in the Beida Camp, which does not seem to be a problem for Hirata Duanshan, who is full of confidence.

What really made Hirata Duanshan a headache was that the 7th Infantry Brigade, the Northeast Army's elite infantry garrison guarding Fengtian, did not retreat without fighting as expected as the senior staff officer of Kwantung Army, and did not concentrate troops to defend the Tetsuba. Instead, it divided the troops into many places, allowing the Second Independent Guarding Brigade, which was trying to blossom and build momentum, to hit the wall hard.

"Let the guys from the Independent Garage see the combat effectiveness of the Second Division, as the core force of the Kwantung Army!" Hirata Duanshan gently swung his right hand wearing white gloves, and the twelve styles 899999999999999999999999990 Beidaying barracks, which had the most intense resistance, began to shell the barracks of the 620th Regiment of Beidaying, which was the most intense.

The continuous explosion of flashes and rising smoke columns made the Japanese fierce artillery attack look very powerful. Soon, most of the barracks of the 620th Regiment were destroyed by Japanese artillery fire. In the gap between the artillery fire, the Japanese infantry began to pull a long line of scattered soldiers from east to west to start a full-scale attack on the Beida camp.

Regarding the Japanese army, who thought they had sufficient troops, adopted the usual tactic of two-wing encirclement and key attacks, which was expected by Zhang Xuewu. In history, there were only five or six hundred Japanese troops attacking Beidaying that night. In fact, this was wrong. Through Zhang Xuewu's analysis of the Japanese tactics, the first Kawashima squadron invested by the Japanese army was indeed only more than 300. It was only by relying solely on these Japanese troops to expel the Chinese army in the huge Beidaying. Even if the Chinese army did not resist and evacuate automatically, it would be very difficult. What's more, the commander of Wang Tiehan of the 620th Regiment led his troops to fight fiercely with the Japanese army at 1:00 a.m. that night, and retreated after the Japanese reinforcements arrived.

Therefore, the Japanese army's troops attacking Beidaying should be part of the Second Manchurian Iron Independent Guarding Battalion, the main force of the 29th Infantry Regiment stationed in Fengtian, and the entire Fifth Manchurian Iron Independent Guarding Battalion who came to Tieling to assist in the war. The Japanese army began to occupy the target of Chenyang City after occupying Beidaying, so that at 10 a.m. on September 19, the Japanese army drew out their troops to occupy the important goal of the Arsenals in the Three East Provinces.

It is indeed an objective fact that the Japanese army was short of troops, but the retreat of the 7th Infantry Brigade of the Northeast Frontier Defense Forces allowed the Japanese army to successfully occupy the city of Chenyang. On the night of the 918 Incident, the strategic and tactical goals that the Japanese army placed first pointed to the Chinese garrisons of Beidaying. Only by defeating the Chinese garrisons of Beidaying can the Japanese army occupy Fengtian City and quickly advance along the South Manchuria Railway to occupy important cities along the route.

Faced with the Japanese attack, Zhang Xuewu passed the coordinates of the Japanese army's main attack area and secret positions to Zhang Tianpeng of the artillery battalion through telephone, while calmly commanding the troops to block the Japanese army based on fortifications.

The Japanese army, which formed an alternate cover of scattered soldiers with an extremely low tactical attitude, was advancing tenaciously. Looking at the bodies of Japanese soldiers who braved their defenses' firepower, Zhang Xuewu took a deep breath, but his brows became tighter and tighter. Although Japan was just a small place, it was Japan's blessing and misfortune. It was Japan's blessing and misfortune! The military militia carried out by Japan, which lacked strategic depth and lacked materials, was like a nouveau riche in the business world. The rich and compradors could afford to lose, while the seemingly powerful Japanese Empire could not afford to lose!

In the barrage composed of tracer bombs, Japanese soldiers shouted to each other to inspire tenacious advancement. When they entered a distance of 100 meters, the casualties of Zhang Xuewu's troops, as the defenders, began to increase sharply. If someone said that the Japanese three-inch nails were easy to deal with, Zhang Xuewu could now pull away the people who said this, the Japanese were indeed very difficult to deal with. Their individual soldiers' qualities were beyond Zhang Xuewu's expectations.

To be precise, there are too many officers and soldiers in the 7th Infantry Brigade, which surpasses the elite Northeast Army. Even so, Zhang Xuewu did not mean to give in at all. This is China's territory. As a soldier, he retreats without fighting? It's not a pity to die!

Soon, the Japanese army's full-scale attack turned into an encirclement and a key attack. This tactic was Hirata Duanshan's specialty. The key attack broke through a little and shocked the entire line. The left and right encircled the attack to the real and real attack, making the enemy lose sight of one thing.

When the Japanese army once again set off an attack, Zhang Xuewu decisively ordered the launch of three red signal flares. When the three red signal flares took off, Hirata Duanshan was stunned for a moment. You should know that the three red signal flares mean the meaning of the attack in the military signal transmission. Are the Chinese army ready to counterattack?

At the same time, looking at the three red signal flares that had begun to fall, Zhang Tianpeng nodded to the launching officer of the battalion group who had been waiting for a long time! The small flag in the launching officer's hand fell.

Boom, boom! As the orange-red flames ejected from the muzzle, the earth was trembling slightly. The 75mm Italian field cannon using German Krupp technology is the most replicated model of the Northeast Army. It was originally the 7th Infantry Brigade adapted from the Northeast Army's Grand Marshal's Guard Brigade, and the equipment was naturally the imported original!

When the first shell fell and the explosion flashed, the Japanese wounded soldiers in the smoke rose, and the continuous and densely fell shells formed into one piece. The raging shrapnel were quickly harvesting the lives of the invaders. The broken internal organs and broken limbs were thrown high into the sky by the explosion shock wave, and then fell back to the ground in an instant.

"Col. Be careful!" The moment Hirata Duanshan was thrown to the ground by his adjutant, he felt a wave of heat surge, as if his whole body was completely in numbness. His hand seemed to be no longer his own? Is the sticky feeling on his face bleeding? Hirata Duanshan, who was constantly tinnitus, saw that the bloody body of Adjutant Kobayashi, who was pulled away from him, seemed to be still twitching?

After the artillery battalion fired the last shell, Zhang Tianpeng immediately organized his troops to retreat as planned. The violent shelling could be said to have completely disrupted the offensive rhythm of the 29th Japanese infantry Regiment. The injury of the corps leader Colonel Hirata Duanshan also made the overall offensive of the 29th Army.
Chapter completed!