Dawn finally arrived and the sky finally became bright.
In order to prevent the Baoshan Regiment from disrupting the battle, the main force of the Kunozaki Detachment directly withdrew to the attack launch line five days ago, and all three fortification groups it occupied were abandoned. In fact, it didn't matter whether they gave up or not, because the Baoshan Regiment had laid the ground for the attack.
The high explosion had already collapsed all the tunnels and almost all the fortifications.
The Yanagida brigade stationed in the fortifications suffered heavy losses, and the captain, Lieutenant Colonel Yanagida, was killed on the spot!
The five infantry brigades assembled on both sides of the road waiting for the start of the general attack also suffered heavy casualties. The exact number of casualties has not yet been calculated, but according to Colonel Yasuda's estimate, the total number of casualties was at least a thousand! When the Chinese started the artillery bombardment, the five infantrymen
The brigade was being assembled and on standby, and the personnel were quite concentrated. How could the casualties be so small?
But this is not the key point. The casualties of one or two thousand people are not a big deal for the Kunisaki detachment.
The key is...the entire mountain artillery regiment was destroyed! Although Kimura Squadron arrived at the position of the 3rd Artillery Battalion in time, they could not change the outcome of the destruction of the 3rd Artillery Battalion. Since the sky was already bright at that time, Major General Noboru Kunizaki even
Through the artillery mirror, I "witnessed with my own eyes" the fighting process between Kimura Squadron and the Chinese army.
When Kimura Squadron arrived, the Chinese army had already occupied the artillery position.
However, the Kimura Squadron was worthy of being the most elite motorized infantry squadron in the Kunisaki Detachment. With one counterattack, it defeated the small group of national troops occupying the position and took advantage of the situation to recapture the artillery position. However, soon, the national army gathered more troops to counterattack.
About two hundred national troops rushed to the position and started a brutal hand-to-hand fight with Kimura's squadron.
With a one-to-one strength comparison, Major General Noboru Kunizaki originally thought that Kimura Squadron would win easily!
But the final result was completely beyond the expectations of Major General Noboru Kunizaki. The nearly 200 Imperial warriors in Kimura's squadron were actually wiped out by the Chinese army of less than 200 people! And they used the hand-to-hand stabbing method that the Imperial Army is best at! Until
Now, the cold light of the large Chinese swords seemed to be flashing in front of Major General Noboru Kunizaki's eyes.
At this moment, Major General Noboru Kunisaki's mood was as heavy as ever. Without the artillery support of the mountain artillery regiment, the following battle would be difficult to fight. However, Major General Noboru Kunisaki still firmly believed that his Kunisaki detachment would have the last laugh.
But the price he will pay will be much heavier than he expected!
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Baoshan regiment headquarters, tunnel.
The 5th Battalion has returned, but of the more than 500 people who went on the expedition, only about 50 people came back alive!
There were more than fifty bloody men, and each one was almost soaked in blood from head to toe. It was as if they had just crawled out of a pool of blood. Wherever they passed, a line would be left on the ground.
There are bloody footprints. Under the sunlight, these footprints reflect a heart-stopping bright red color.
Li Yulong limped and walked at the front of the queue, with an iron expression and a burning gaze.
There were two wounds on Li Yulong's face that were stabbed with bayonets. The bones were deep and the flesh was open like an open fish mouth. It was ugly and ferocious. The large knife slung over his shoulder made him even more murderous.
, Li Yulong's face and body were covered with blood, some of it was his own, but more of it belonged to the enemy. In this battle this morning, he killed twenty-eight Japanese soldiers alive!
"Regiment seat, all the artillery of the Japs are dead." Li Yulong walked up to Yue Weihan step by step, straightened his back and said proudly, "We also defeated an infantry squadron of the Japs."
Yue Weihan nodded silently. He also witnessed the hand-to-hand combat on the Japanese artillery position through the artillery mirror!
To be honest, Yue Weihan really didn't expect that the 5th Battalion of the Sichuan Army was so powerful with bayonets. There were less than 200 remaining soldiers, and they were still at an absolute disadvantage in terms of physical strength. In this way, they actually killed nearly 200 Japanese elite infantrymen who were full of energy. , unless I saw it with my own eyes, Yue Weihan would never believe it was straight.
When did the Sichuan Army's stabbing force become so powerful?
I’ve heard that the Northwest Army’s sword squad is very powerful, but I’ve never heard that the Sichuan Army’s bayonets are so powerful!?
But Yue Weihan didn't know that this regiment (5th Battalion) was not an ordinary Sichuan regiment. From the regiment leader Li Yulin to the ordinary soldiers, they were all young soldiers from Baishi Village in eastern Sichuan!
The folk customs in the eastern Sichuan and western Hunan areas have been fierce since ancient times. The mountain people living in the mountains have always been half civilians and half bandits. The men in many villages have practiced martial arts since they were young. When they grow up, they practice day and night, practice kung fu hard, and march in army formations. Maybe it's not on the table, but in terms of hand-to-hand combat, there's really no guarantee that you'll lose to the Japanese.
Yue Weihan's eyes passed over the fifty-odd officers and soldiers one by one, and his expression changed slightly: "Where is regimental deputy Li?"
Li Yulong turned around and waved his hand. Two soldiers had already come forward carrying a stretcher. They then lifted the white cloth covering the stretcher, and there were two bloody fingers on it. Li Yulong said sadly: "Regiment leader, I The whole eldest brother was blown to pieces. We searched for it several times, but we only found these bits and pieces."
After saying that, Li Yulong carefully wrapped the two fingers with white cloth and said: "Brother, after I finish beating the Japanese, I will take you home..."
Yue Weihan's face was as dark as water and he was silent.
Next to them, Liu Yi, Lu Xiufeng and other officers also had sad faces. Liu Xin even covered her mouth tightly, but war reporter Zhao Xinyi pressed the camera shutter repeatedly to capture this extremely tragic but heroic scene that was breathtaking. Freeze forever, Zhao Xinyi thought of a name for this photo in an instant: Brother, I will take you home.
"Pa!" Yue Weihan suddenly stood at attention and saluted "Li Yulin" with the most standard military salute.
Behind him, Liu Yi, Lu Xiufeng and other officers also stood at attention and saluted, and the soldiers of the regiment's security company also raised their guns in salute.
"The ceremony is complete!" Yue Weihan suddenly put down his right hand, strode to the front of the queue of more than fifty remaining soldiers, and suddenly stood at attention.
In an instant, more than fifty pairs of indifferent eyes were focused on Yue Weihan. The eyes of all the officers, regiment guards and all officers and soldiers were also focused on Yue Weihan. War reporter Zhao Xinyi quickly put down her camera. Then he took out his notebook and Yue Weihan was about to start lecturing!
"I've heard a long time ago that little Japanese are very good at fighting with bayonets."
"In Jingjiang, we also experienced the little devil's stabbing. It was indeed very powerful. There were more than 180 people in the guard company compared with more than 60 people in the other people's company. With a strength advantage of three to one, it was a tie!"
"But today, the 5th Battalion gave us the face of the Baoshan regiment commander!"
"With less than 200 people fighting against more than 200 Japs, we don't have an advantage in terms of numbers, and in terms of physical strength, we have traveled dozens of miles and fought several times, but the Japs came on a motorcycle. Yes, we have been recuperating for a long time, and just like that, our 5th Battalion still defeated the little Japs!"
"The brothers in the 5th Battalion are all good, they are heroes, they are good men, they are all upright men!"
"Starting from today, our Baoshan Regiment will no longer have the 5th Battalion, and we will never have one again in the future!"
"But, starting from today, there will be an additional heroic battalion in the battle sequence of our Baoshan Regiment. The name of this battalion is - Bayonet Battalion!"
"Li Yulong!"
"have!"
"Do you dare to take on this difficult task of mine?"
"I'm not afraid of death, so what tasks are there that I wouldn't dare to take on?"
"Okay, from now on, you will be the lieutenant colonel commander of the Bayonet Battalion of the Baoshan Regiment!"
Li Yulong suddenly stood at attention, raised his hands and saluted: "Seat the regiment, Commander Li Yulong of the Bayonet Battalion, led the entire battalion of fifty-six officers and soldiers to report to you, please give me instructions!"
Yue Weihan raised his hand in return and said coldly: "Take a break."
"Yes." Li Yulong put down his right hand and rested his feet.
"Li Yulong, listen to me!" Yue Weihan stepped forward and fastened the disciplinary buttons of Li Yulong's woolen uniform with his own hands, and then shouted coldly, "I will leave the bayonet camp to you, you must bring it with me.
Well, if you bring down this ace battalion of hand-to-hand combat, I will shoot you!"
Li Yulong responded sternly: "As long as I, Li Yulong, are here, the Bayonet Battalion will always be the trump card in the hands of the regiment!"
"Okay, let's all go down and rest." Yue Weihan waved his hand and said, "If you are injured, don't hold on, go to the hospital quickly."
After saying that, Yue Weihan turned around and entered the headquarters. Several regiment deputy and battalion commanders also followed in. Regiment deputy Liu Yi said: "Regiment seat, the forward observation post just sent back news that several shelling points in the artillery camp have been discovered.
There are many corpses of Japanese soldiers, which shows that the judgment of the regiment commander is very accurate. The Japs really planned to launch a general attack this morning. If the artillery battalion's shelling had not disrupted the opponent's deployment, and the infantry of a brigade of the Japs came up, we would have still
I really can’t stand it.”
Niu Dagen next to him flattened his mouth and said: "If this is really the case, then my artillery battalion's death will not be unjust."
Niu Dagen's artillery battalion was completely destroyed. Not only were the sixteen 75-gun cannons finished, but most of the more than 400 people in the entire artillery battalion also died heroically. These artillerymen were all good, until the little Japanese's cannonballs fell on their heads.
They never thought about turning around and running away. Until they were about to die, all they could think about was firing a few more shots and killing a few more naughty little Japs!
Yue Weihan waved his hand and said with concern: "The Guoqi detachment will definitely not give up after suffering such a big loss. However, they must not be able to organize an effective attack this morning, but in the afternoon, I think for sure
There will be a fierce battle, and each battalion must not be careless. Also, each battalion will suffer heavy casualties. Zhang Zhongyi's 3rd Battalion must be transferred back immediately. As for the defense of Pukou, leave it to Liu Fengsheng's security group. At most, it will be from the 3rd Battalion.
Move a platoon to assist them."
Liu Yi, the regimental deputy, nodded and said, "I'll call Zhang Zhongyi right away."
Thanks to the lobbying of war correspondent Zhao Xinyi and the mobilization of several county and town mayors of the Nationalist Government, the security teams from several counties and towns have all gathered in Pukou. There are more than 2,000 people in total. The Nanjing Garrison Headquarters has given a security team
They were ordered to assist the Baoshan Regiment in garrisoning Pukou.
Watching Liu Yi turn and leave, Yue Weihan said to Liu Xin next to him: "Captain Liu Xin, immediately telegraph to the garrison headquarters that our regiment will launch a counterattack at 5:50 this morning, destroying the independent 3rd Mountain Artillery Regiment of the Guoqi Detachment in one fell swoop.
The team killed and injured more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers, Jiangpu has no worries, and Pukou has no worries!"