Compared to the shock of the Second Battalion, Jiro Nakagawa on the opposite side was shocked and heartbroken.
Just one round of bombardment wiped out the entire Second Squadron. Looking at the second Squadron, which was less than a squadron standing in front of him after being retrieved in embarrassment, he felt so distressed that he almost vomited blood.
His brigade is a standard 1,100-man infantry brigade, with four infantry squadrons, a baggage squadron, an artillery squadron (equipped with two Type 92 infantry cannons) and a machine gun squadron (eight Type 92 heavy machine guns).
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Judging from his experience in China over the years, he would not be afraid of such a force, let alone a Chinese infantry battalion, even a brigade. But today's battle was less than half an hour, and a
The squadron is gone, so how can he continue to fight?
If you are careful, you will definitely find that Nakagawa Jiro's hand holding the command knife is trembling slightly: "The Chinese actually have large-caliber heavy artillery, how is this possible?"
The sudden bombardment made Jiro Nakagawa, who had originally planned to defeat the Chinese defenders on the opposite side, sink to the bottom.
The order to rush to Ping'an County this time was given directly by the division commander, bypassing the regiment commander. This was very rare in the past.
No matter which country you are in, skipping command is a taboo, because it will disrupt the deployment of troops and easily make subordinates confused about who to listen to. This is especially true in the highly hierarchical Japanese army.
However, once a leapfrog command occurs, it proves that the loss of control is extremely urgent and it is too late to convey the order level by level.
From this, Nakagawa Jiro also learned that the situation in Ping'an County had really reached a very dangerous point, so the division commander uncharacteristically bypassed the regiment and gave orders directly to his son.
But the problem now is that judging from the current situation, let alone defeating the defenders in front of them and rushing into Ping'an County to join Major Hatanaka Koichi, if they continue to fight like this, his brigade will be blown up by heavy artillery.
Looking at the three remaining squadron leaders around him, Nakagawa Jiro didn't know what to do for a while.
"Your Excellency, Captain, do we want to continue the attack?" a squadron leader asked, but Jiro Nakagawa heard a subtle tremor in the other person's words.
Nakagawa Jiro understands this very well, after all, the lessons learned from the past are right in front of him.
In less than ten minutes, a squadron was destroyed by bombing, and the people who came back could not even form a small team. This made them panic.
Nakagawa Jiro did not speak, he took out the map and looked at it carefully for a while before shaking his head: "This is the only way to Ping'an County, which means that if we want to rendezvous with the troops in Ping'an County, we have to defeat the Chinese defenders on the opposite side.
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He sighed lightly, turned to a lieutenant and said: "Ueda-kun, it is your third squadron's turn to attack next.
Remember, the formation must be as dispersed as possible and never be concentrated like the Second Squadron, I will let the artillery squadron cover you."
"Hi!"
The lieutenant bowed to him and strode away...
"Tuanzu...good news, the Japanese arsenal in Pingan County was captured by the Fourth Battalion."
At the same time, Gao Hongming of Qixiaguan also received good news.
"very good."
Gao Hongming was overjoyed when he heard this. He actually had no confidence in whether he could capture the Japanese arsenal. After all, the Japanese were not fools. Seeing that the arsenal was not safe, it would definitely be blown up. It would be the same for him.
He curiously asked the staff officer who came to report: "Tell me, how did Nong Tiancai take over the arsenal?"
"Tuanzuo, it's like this..." the staff officer said.
It turned out that when Nong Tiancai attacked the arsenal, the defenders had already installed explosives and were ready to detonate them at any time and kill the enemy together.
But things in this world are so coincidental. By chance, three lone soldiers climbed into the wall through a small hole that was blown open and could only accommodate one person, and then entered the arsenal.
The three men not only destroyed the fuse of the explosive in the arsenal, but also killed two Japanese soldiers responsible for detonating the explosive. After being discovered by the Japanese soldiers in the arsenal, the two sides fought on the spot.
Since both sides were throwing rat weapons, they were only shooting at each other and did not use grenades and other weapons. It was not until the tanks broke through the wall that the defenders realized that the situation was over, but at this time it was too late to blow up the arsenal.
Nong Tiancai and others cooperated with the three soldiers in the arsenal, and after wiping out the remaining dozen or so Japanese soldiers, they finally successfully occupied the arsenal.
"I didn't expect Nong Tiancai to be so lucky."
After listening to the staff officer's story, Gao Hongming was also amazed. He had to admit that sometimes fighting is also about luck.
Some people were able to survive unhurt in the hail of bullets, while others were clearly far away from the battlefield, but were hit and killed by a stray bullet that flew from nowhere.
Now that they have occupied the arsenal, the Japanese in Ping'an County have become turtles in a urn, unable to make any big waves again.
He immediately said: "Pass on my order and tell the third and fourth battalions to be more stable, the progress can be slower, and no unnecessary sacrifices will be allowed."
The staff officer was a little confused: "Tuanzuo, if time goes on for a long time and the Japanese reinforcements get more and more, it will be difficult for us to deal with it by then."
"It's okay." Gao Hongming smiled coldly, "As long as they come, I will let them see what it means to surround a point and call for reinforcements.
You immediately order the first battalion to deploy two companies, and then withdraw the armored battalion from the county town. Let's first eat up the Japanese brigade opposite the second battalion!"
Having said this, he punched the table with his fist, making a muffled sound...
"day……"
"Boom boom boom..."
With a sharp whistling sound, several mortar shells fell into the Japanese attacking formation, and a grenade group was instantly submerged in the smoke.
"Bagya Road!"
Nakagawa Jiro, who was directing the battle, almost had his teeth broken. The Chinese army opposite him was so ungrateful.
They relied on that machine gun with a super-fast fire rate to firmly block the attacking troops three to four hundred meters away. He really didn't understand where the opponent came from so many artillery shells. The third team had already attacked enough
It's been half an hour, and the opponent's artillery fire hasn't stopped. Don't their cannonballs cost money?
Fortunately, after one round of bombardment by the opponent's heavy artillery, they may have discovered that their attacking troops were too scattered, so they did not carry out any more bombardment. Otherwise, once the opponent's heavy artillery was like those mortars, they would not care about the enemy.
If they had carried out covering bombardment, the Third Squadron might have followed in the footsteps of the Second Squadron."
However, Nakagawa Jiro understood that after fighting for so long, the Second Squadron's physical strength was probably almost exhausted.
He decisively issued the order: "Order, the fourth squadron takes over from the second squadron to launch the attack, and must continue to put pressure on the opponent's Chinese people."
"Hi!"
At this moment, a dull roar suddenly came from ahead, and then a steel monster painted iron gray appeared in his telescope.