The message sent by the headquarters was very simple. It only said one sentence: "Target Dalin Town, occupy it, and defend it."
Dalin County is located to the east of Tongliao City, 124 kilometers away from Tongliao City, and 215 kilometers away from Liaoyuan occupied by the Japanese army. It has convenient transportation. A railway goes right through the center of Dalin County. The order of the headquarters is
It is necessary to control this railway and hold on until the arrival of the 3rd Armored Division.
It is true that the Northeastern Plain is so large that the limited troops of the Seventh War Zone cannot surround all the 500,000 Japanese troops. But as long as they control the Japanese army's railways, the Japanese army will escape like a lame man with a broken leg.
The speed was greatly reduced, which gave the Seventh Theater more time and opportunities to kill the Japanese army's vocal forces.
Su Tong knew very well that the most fundamental thing for a country at war is not its military or technology, but its population. As long as it has talents, it has the capital and hope to fight, and what Japan lacks is precisely population.
Su Tong remembered that during World War II in later generations, Japan's total population was 70.63 million, including 16.93 million men of military age, and the number of men available for recruitment accounted for 50% of the men of military age.
6.2, reaching 10 million people. The total strength of the Japanese army at that time was 1.084 million. After full mobilization in 1942, before Japan’s defeat in 1945, the number of men of service age
It's 17.79 million.
By the end of World War II, the Japanese soldiers were almost exhausted. Even middle-aged men aged forty-five were recruited into the army by the Japanese government, and almost all the men in the countryside were depleted.
There was a report at the time that said that late in the war, a Japanese army officer who was lame in one leg returned to the soldier's hometown with the urn of a fallen soldier in his team. That night, the comrade's widow stayed at her home.
In the middle of the night, the widow of this comrade-in-arms went to the officer's house and asked for comfort, and the officer agreed. Later, when the news spread, more than a hundred young and middle-aged women from the whole village poured into the soldier's home.
Asking for comfort, it took the lame soldier half a month to comfort more than a hundred hungry and thirsty women. This shows the extent of the shortage of young and middle-aged men in Japan at that time. This is not a blind man.
Editor, according to historical records, although it is still the early days of the war, what Su Tong has to do now is to consume as much of Japan's military resources as possible and consume Japan's war potential to the greatest extent.
As long as the airborne regiment holds the Dalin railway, the Japanese army will have no choice but to walk back to Liaoyuan by car or even on two legs. On the endless plain, the aircraft of the Seventh Theater can kill the Japanese army to the maximum extent.
Dalin County is a material transfer station for the Japanese army, and there is also a small station where a large amount of military supplies are stored. However, the arrogant Japanese army only deployed a garrison of more than a thousand troops here. The person in charge is
A lieutenant named Sasaki.
On January 21, 1938, the 27th year of the Republic of China, the weather was clear, windless, and visibility was excellent.
"buzz"
The roar of planes came faintly from the sky. Captain Sasaki was walking back and forth on the railway platform. Sasaki, who was wearing a military coat, felt extremely uneasy. News of the frontline defeat came from time to time along with the passing trains transporting the wounded.
In his ears, this made Sasaki start to feel uneasy.
"The Japanese Empire has dispatched an army of 500,000 people, can't they still defeat the Chinese?" Sasaki kept thinking, "What should I do if the Chinese attack? Is it just relying on this garrison of a thousand people?"
The roar of the plane became louder and louder. Sasaki looked up to the sky impatiently and thought to himself: "These guys who fly planes just lost a battle a few days ago. Are they here to find a place today? They suffered defeats in the air and on the ground. This time
You guys have really disgraced the Japanese Empire. Oh no, this is not an imperial plane, it is a Chinese plane. No, the Chinese are going to bomb."
The plane flew lower and lower, and after a while, the huge outline of the plane also appeared in Sasaki's eyes.
"Baga, why is there such a big plane in China? What are they going to do?" Sasaki, who had no time to think about it, immediately took out the command knife from his waist and blew the whistle hanging around his neck.
"Beep beep beep"
The shrill whistle echoed in the sky above the station. The Japanese troops who heard the whistle were like rats in a rat hole that had been scalded by boiling water. Dense figures emerged from various places, and soon they all gathered in
On the platform.
"The Chinese plane is coming. Everyone must pay attention to air defense and be careful not to be strafed by the Chinese plane. Also, the anti-aircraft guns on the station are not allowed to fire without my order." Sasaki waved his command knife and lectured to the soldiers on the platform.
.In his opinion, these planes are just passing by. There is no need to provoke them and fight to the death with them. They will fly away naturally after a while.
But this time Sasaki thought wrong. These huge planes did not fly away, but hovered over Dalin. After a while, small black dots jumped out of the planes, and soon a black dot appeared in the sky.
Blossoming white umbrella flowers, they are slowly descending towards Dalin County.
Looking at the blossoming umbrella flowers in the sky, Sasaki murmured to himself in stunned silence, "Nani, what is that thing? It can actually land from the sky. Could it be that it is the legendary airborne trooper?"
"No!" Sasaki, who had come to his senses, shouted loudly to the soldiers: "First, the second squadron immediately followed me to the open area in front. We must eliminate them before they have a stable footing. The anti-aircraft guns opened fire immediately."
Looking at the more and more umbrella flowers in the sky, Sasaki had a premonition that their garrison team might be doomed this time. Looking at the umbrella flowers in the sky, the number of the opponent's people was at least 4,000 to 5,000. Just with his own thousand-man gun
No matter what, you can't resist the opponent's attack.
Nearly fifty giant transport planes were hovering over Dalin, constantly carrying people out, and soon the sky was filled with dense umbrella flowers.
"Dong dong dong"
The four 20mm anti-aircraft machine guns placed around the station also began to ring, and several fiery red bullets flew into the sky. Sasaki led two squadrons of soldiers towards the place where the umbrella flowers landed.
Although there was resistance from the parachute, the huge force still made Wang Xiaoguo rush forward a few steps, and he sat unsteadily on the snow.
"Damn it, luckily the snow is thick enough, otherwise I almost sprained my foot." Wang Xiaoguo cursed in a low voice and quickly broke away from the parachute. Before he had time to close the parachute, he took off his Scorpion submachine gun and ran towards the front.
Behind a big tree, he saw a group of Japanese soldiers running towards him in the distance.
"Pack"
A unique firing sound of a Type 38 rifle came from the front. This sound of gunfire seemed to be like a signal, and more and more gunshots were fired.
Several sounds of stepping on the snow sounded behind him, and several soldiers who had landed rushed over from behind.
Wang Xiaoguo ordered loudly, "Open fire immediately. Don't let the Japs get close to here. Not all of our people have landed yet. Cover them with fire."
Following Wang Xiaoguo's order, the faint sound of the Scorpion submachine gun began to sound, and several Japanese soldiers who were rushing at the front were hit by bullets.
"Hurry up and eliminate all those Chinese people." Sasaki waved his command sword and drove more than 600 Japanese troops to rush toward the open area where the airborne troops landed in front. From time to time, a few sparse bullets flew over the top of the team.
Pass.
"Da da da da"
After entering the range of 300 meters, the Japanese Army's Type 11 light machine gun also fired, and the bullets hit the trees with a "snap" sound.
"Machine gun, if there is a machine gun, suppress it quickly." Due to the range, the Scorpion submachine gun had no good way to deal with the Japanese machine gun 300 meters away. Wang Xiaoguo was so anxious that he looked around for the machine gun.
"Battery, machine gun, machine gun is coming." The two soldiers panted and brought an mg42 general-purpose machine gun. The ammunition hand behind them also dragged two boxes of bullets.
"Okay, quickly reload and shoot to suppress the enemy's firepower."
"yes"
The machine gunner knelt down and was about to reload. There was a muffled "ding" sound, and a bullet from the Type 38 rifle hit his helmet. The machine gunner fell to the snow without a word. More followed
Bullets also flew over.
"Bastard" Wang Xiaoguo cursed, rolled on the spot to the side of mg42, took out the ammunition chain from the ammunition box next to it, and skillfully loaded it into the chamber.
"Click"
"Chachachachacha"
The unique and dense gunfire of mg42 immediately rang out, and the bullets swept past like splashing water.
"Boom boom"
At this time, two explosions rang out in the Japanese offensive formation. It turned out that a mortar team had assembled the light 60 mortars they carried at the back and began to support the front.
"Quick, charge forward, we must wipe out all the Chinese people." Sasaki noticed that the opponent's firepower was becoming more and more intensive and looked anxiously at the sky. Dozens of Chinese fighter planes were hovering in the sky at this time. Although they had not dived yet,
Attack, but Sasaki knew that their troops had not yet finished landing at this time, and they did not launch an attack for fear of accidentally injuring themselves. However, this did not mean that he was safe.
Sasaki didn't need to think about what outcome awaited his side as soon as the opponent's airborne troops landed. Looking at the increasingly sparse umbrella flowers in the sky, Sasaki became more and more anxious, "Quickly, rush over and mingle with the Chinese people, otherwise we'll wait until China
It will be too late for everyone to land on the ground."
"Kill to give"
Under the supervision of the officers, the Japanese soldiers who were lying on the ground bent forward and rushed forward desperately. The battle soon entered a fierce stage.