This time there was no response, no response at all.
The bright light of several illumination bombs suddenly flashed across the sky, and Sergeant Masauki Koyama understood that another Japanese defensive position was about to be breached by the Chinese.
"Damn Chinese people!" Koyama Masayuki cursed in a low voice.
As a veteran who has served for five years, Koyama Masayuki knew that if he wanted to survive, the best way was to turn around and run back, but he could not do this because his beloved brother was still in danger.
Moreover, when he left home last year, he promised his mother that he would bring his brother home safely.
Footsteps suddenly sounded in the rice fields. Koyama Masayuki in the bomb crater tightened his grip on the Nanbu pistol in his hand. The sound was getting closer and closer, and his mood became more and more nervous.
When he realized that the sound had come near him, he thrust his head out, took out his pistol, and was about to pull the trigger. However, he found a familiar figure appearing in front of him. He was so frightened that he quickly raised his wrist to the sky.
There was a crisp gunshot, and a bullet grazed the person's head.
The person who had narrowly escaped death was also startled. Just as he was trembling and about to raise the Type 38 rifle in his hand, a familiar voice sounded in his ears: "Jiro, is that you?"
"elder brother!"
The person who came was none other than Oyama Masayuki's younger brother, Oyama Jiro, who had been searching for a long time.
Seeing his brother, Koyama Jiro was so excited that he shed tears, but before he could speak, Koyama Masayuki grabbed him by the collar and pulled him into a crater.
"elder brother……"
As soon as Jiro Koyama finished speaking, he was interrupted by Masayuki Koyama, "Shut up, the Chinese are coming soon, follow them and run away!"
After saying that, Koyama Masayuki was about to crawl towards the back, but before he could climb two steps, he was grabbed by Koyama Jiro behind him. He smiled desperately and said: "Brother, we can't leave! At least one company
The Chinese surrounded us, and just now the last few remaining members of our squadron were all killed."
"idiot!"
Koyama Masayuki was lying in the muddy rice field, his face full of unwillingness and struggle. You must know that he and Jiro were the only two sons in their family. If they all died here, the old mother at home would definitely cry to death.
"Quick... just in front, surround them."
"Prepare grenades!"
The shouts of Chinese soldiers came from nearby.
Finally making up his mind, Masayuki Koyama threw the pistol to the ground, slowly raised his hands, and then stood up from the crater.
At this time, Koyama Masayuki did not know that the two brothers were already the last soldiers to surrender on the outskirts of Jinzhong City.
Just two days ago, Yan Xishan announced to the whole country on behalf of the World War II zone the launch of the battle to regain Taiyuan. The provisional 42, provisional 43 divisions and
The 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army launched a fierce attack on Jinzhong under the cover of three artillery battalions of the Jinsui Army, two artillery battalions of the Liantai Militia Regiment, and more than 60 aircraft.
Under the cover of aircraft and artillery, tens of thousands of troops launched an attack on the 86th Brigade and the 115th Division of the Japanese troops stationed in Jinzhong in two directions.
Lieutenant General Ogura Chuichi, the commander of the Japanese 115th Division in charge of the defense of Jinzhong here, made a mistake. He actually let the Huncheng 86th Brigade, which had just escaped to Jinzhong, be responsible for the peripheral defense of Jinzhong.
The reason was that the 86th Brigade was newly defeated. If they were allowed to enter Jinzhong City, the decadent atmosphere of defeat would be transmitted to the 115th Division.
As soon as an order came out, the entire Eighty-sixth Brigade immediately went into an uproar. They managed to escape to Jinzhong. They originally thought they could correct themselves for a while, but they never expected that they were ordered to garrison the outer defense line. This was not to serve as cannon fodder for the 115th Division.
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The brigade commander, Major General Nodomi Kojima, immediately jumped over the hierarchy and sent a telegram to Okamura Neiji, denounced Ogura Chuichi's bad behavior.
After receiving the telegram from the Kojima channel, Okamura Neiji was shocked and immediately ordered Ogura Chuichi to modify the defense plan. Unfortunately, Okamura Neiji's order was too late.
Facing the Chinese army's overwhelming air and ground firepower, the 86th Brigade, which had no fighting spirit, quickly collapsed.
The outer positions quickly fell apart, and they were completely destroyed in less than two days. In the end, Kojima Channel sent a supervising team to shoot more than a hundred Japanese soldiers who retreated, and this stopped the decline.
The temporary 42nd and 43rd divisions of the Jinsui Army, which was responsible for the main attack on the right wing this time, were quite effective. After the Jinsui Army's charge was blocked by the dying Japanese army with a dense rain of bullets, they immediately changed their tactics. They first called
The planes bombed the remaining Japanese positions indiscriminately, and then mobilized three artillery battalions for follow-up fire. For a moment, the earth shook, the mountains shook, and the sky was filled with acrid smoke.
With the Eighty-sixth Brigade trying to fish in troubled waters with half helplessness and half anger, the two divisions of the Jinsui Army took advantage of the situation to regain the peripheral positions in Jinzhong. The Japanese army on the left was not much better, although there are still sporadic
Gunfire rang out, but it was only a matter of time before the left wing was completely captured.
At 17:00 on the third day, the temporary 43rd Division of the Jinsui Army gave a warning to the Japanese defenders entrenched on the hill outside Jinzhong City, asking them to recruit and highlight their talents, so as not to be named by our artillery. If
If you die at the hands of your own people, you won't have to cry out for your injustice.
In order to occupy this hillock, the Jinsui Army sent two infantry battalions to launch an attack. The battle was fierce for a time, and even a hand-to-hand combat broke out. The two battalion commanders of the Jinsui Army were killed in the fierce battle, until night fell in China
Only then did the army occupy all the outer positions.
Subsequently, the joint command ordered the temporary 42nd Division, 43rd Division and the Eighth Route Army 115th Division to immediately launch an all-out attack on Jinzhong City. The Japanese 115th Division relied on the terrain in the city to resist tenaciously. After a day and night of fighting, the coalition's offensive slowed down.
At this time, the internal front lines in Jinzhong City were intertwined and a melee broke out.
In view of the casualties suffered by the siege troops, Yang Aiyuan, who was in charge of the command, was particularly distressed and immediately ordered the use of artillery to clear out the strongholds held by the Japanese troops.
But then the problem came. The Japanese army built a large number of fortifications and bunkers in Jinzhong City, and these bunker fortifications were all made of cement. They were so strong that the most powerful Liao-style 105 mountain cannons equipped by the Jinsui Army could shoot directly.
There was nothing they could do. In order to deal with those bunkers, Yang Aiyuan had to second the Fifth Artillery Battalion to Gao Hongming.
Yes, this battalion is a newly established artillery battalion by Gao Hongming for this battle. It is equipped with a B4-type 203mm siege heavy artillery known as Stalin's Hammer.
The overall weight of the gun reaches more than 15 tons, and the rifled barrel is 5 meters long and weighs 5 tons. The shells of the gun actually weigh more than 100 kilograms, which cannot be carried by manpower at all, and can only be loaded with a special crane.
With the support of these heavy artillery, Jinzhong City's attack speed became much faster.