Seeing Brigadier Chen rushing to fight, Brigadier Wang of the New 1st Brigade became anxious, "Old Chen, I don't want to lead you like this? Why do you let your 386th Brigade do the main attack, while our New 1st Brigade has to step aside?"
I can tell you, I can let you do other things, but this will definitely not happen today!"
Seeing Brigadier Wang stand up to protest, Brigadier Chen asked calmly: "Old Wang, let me ask you, have you made up for all the losses of your brigade during this period?"
"I……"
Brigadier Wang suddenly became speechless. The fighting in Pingan County was too fierce some time ago, and the troops suffered a lot of losses. Although a group of new recruits have just been added, everyone knows that it is difficult for new recruits to have combat effectiveness without a period of training.
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The 386th Brigade is different. After a month of training, not only the troops lost some time ago have been replenished and restored, but Gao Hongming has also replenished all the weapons they lost. The ammunition is so luxurious that the recruits can conduct shooting training every day. This
It also made many Eighth Route Army soldiers who had no chance to participate in the war so envious that their eyes turned red.
Brigadier Chen is such a shrewd person. After seeing this, he patted Brigadier Wang on the shoulder: "Old Wang, don't be discouraged. War is like a play. There are always protagonists and supporting roles. If everyone plays the protagonist, then
Aren't you still in trouble?
But don’t worry, this time our 386th brigade will be the main attacker, and next time it will be your new brigade’s turn. As the saying goes, the emperor will take turns to come to my house next year, don’t you think this is true?”
Seeing Brigadier Chen's series of punches that rendered Brigadier Wang speechless, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Kong Jie and other regimental commanders were all in admiration.
He is worthy of being known as the Three Heroes of Huangpu back then. His talk alone is beyond comparison with ordinary people.
However, they admired them in their hearts, but none of them dared to say a word. After all, everyone knew the rules and could only communicate with each other while sitting on chairs.
The commanders of the new brigade were a different story. They were anxious and looked at their brigade commander with wide eyes. Although many people wanted to stand up and say a few words, no one had the courage.
After all, everyone knows the rules. It is a confrontation between the brigade commander and the brigade commander. No matter what the quarrel is, it is still their business. If they, the captains, step forward to interfere with the issue, there will be no distinction between superiority and inferiority.
Brigadier Chen and Brigadier Wang were arguing over there, but Commander Liu and Political Commissar Heping looked on with a smile. Finally Commander Liu said: "Okay, stop arguing. Chen* is right, the New First Brigade is indeed still
I haven’t rested well, so I’ll be back as a reserve team this time, and it won’t be too late to go up again if necessary.”
After hearing Commander Liu's words, Brigadier Wang could only agree, while Chen* couldn't stop laughing.
Political Commissar Ping added from the side: "Chen*, since this mission has been given to you, you must fight the battle well. If you lose your chain due to diarrhea, don't blame me and Commander Liu for being unkind."
Chen* also suppressed the smile on his face and said loudly: "Please rest assured, division commander, if we can't win Niangziguan this time, I, Chen*, will come to see you!"
Political Commissar Ping's face became serious, "I don't want your Chen* head, I only want Niangziguan!"
History is always surprisingly similar. When the Japanese army attacked Taiyuan in 1937, they also launched attacks on Niangziguan and Xinkou at the same time. More than 200,000 people participated in those two battles, with tens of thousands of casualties, and the Japanese army finally ended in victory.
Five years later, a war also broke out here, but the offensive and defensive postures of both sides were reversed. It was the Japanese army's turn to defend the Chinese army and launch an attack.
For this battle, in addition to two brigades, Okamura Neiji also transferred 4 brigades from all over Shanxi and assigned them to the mixed 6th Brigade and the mixed 11th Brigade that defended Xinkou.
On September 12, the 386th Brigade officially launched an attack on Snowflake Mountain.
"boom……"
A 75-caliber artillery shell landed on a hillside not far away with a sharp roar, sending up two plumes of thick smoke that filled the sky.
This was deployed on a fortification built by the Japanese army in Snowflake Mountain. Following several screams, several Japanese soldiers fell into a pool of blood. They were covered in blood and let out painful wails.
One thing to note here is that Snowflake Mountain is a half-rock, half-earth mountain. It is very troublesome to build fortifications on such terrain.
In 1937, the 17th Division led by Zhao Shoushan, who was responsible for defending here, suffered this loss. Today, the 165th Regiment Commander of the Japanese Sixth Brigade to prevent heatstroke here, Colonel Iketani Mikisai, was also very angry in his headquarters.
Jump straight.
Since the first half of Snowflake Mountain is mostly made of rocks, the Japanese army often encountered hard rocks when digging trenches. The 165th Regiment had no choice but to rely on sacks to build some crude fortifications to serve as bunkers.
The most terrible thing is that such terrain is unfriendly to defenders. These sacks can only withstand rifle or machine gun bullets at best, but they are powerless against artillery shells.
Once a shell falls, a huge shock wave will explode the rocks, and the rocks flying around will turn into deadly death scythes and splash into the defenders' bodies.
Hiding in a bunker, Chitani Sankisai watched the Chinese army throw artillery shells into the Japanese positions one after another, blowing up the Japanese soldiers hiding behind the fortifications.
"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, this won't work." The Wing Chief of Staff on the side was also anxious, "The number of Chinese artillery shells far exceeded our estimate. If this continues without the Chinese attacking, our warriors will be
It will be blown up by their cannonballs."
Chigu Sanxizhai remained calm and silent. As a unit that had just been transferred from other battlefields in North China, the Mixed Sixth Brigade obviously did not have the experience of fighting against the Eighth Route Army, which was so rich in ammunition.
In their past experience, although the Eighth Route Army troops fought bravely, their equipment was too poor and their ammunition was even less. In a battle, each soldier could carry no more than ten rounds of ammunition.
Not to mention artillery, a few mortars can be called an elite force.
But judging from today's battle, this is not the Tubal Road in their impression. Their equipment is simply better than the elite of their Central Army.
From the beginning of the war to now, the shelling has been going on for a full twenty minutes, and there is still no sign of stopping. I really don't know where they got so many shells.
After a long time, Chitani Sankisai sighed: "Order the troops to withdraw to the second line of defense in the back mountain. We can't hold it here."
The defense line in the back mountain is the second line of defense of the 165th Regiment, and it is also the last line of defense. Originally, Chitani Sanxizhai almost relied on the first line of defense to kill as many Eighth Route Army troops as possible, and then retreated to the second line of defense when they were exhausted.
, wait until the Eighth Route Army catches up, and then mobilize its forces to severely inflict heavy damage or even annihilate the invading enemy.
It's a pity that the plan was good, but when it was actually carried out, I realized that, let alone killing a large number of enemy troops, I couldn't even hold it for half an hour.