Bai Chongxi was very nervous during this period. Yes, he was indeed very nervous. For a week in a row, his nerves had been very tense. For any general in the country, facing hundreds of thousands of troops composed of eight divisions,
People will be very nervous when the Japanese army launches a crazy counterattack, especially when it also includes a tank division.
Fortunately, things on the Minqing side have finally come to an end. Two of the four Japanese divisions have fled, and the other two divisions have been defeated by Zhou Huangzu and Wu Dali who arrived. The remaining small number of remnants have also been defeated.
Escape to Fuzhou. Moreover, the reinforcements of the five security brigades have also arrived in Nanping. With three divisions and five security brigades in hand, Bai Chongxi has the confidence to make the Japanese army on the opposite side suffer.
"Sir Bai, the 399th Division sent a telegram. The Japanese 24th Division, with the cover of more than 100 tanks and more than 100 artillery pieces from the 1st Tank Division, is attacking Wangtai Town where they are defending.
, Laizhou Town and Xiqin Town launched a fierce attack on the front lines. The Japanese offensive was fierce. Li Jinling called and asked for air reinforcements." Bai Jingran handed Bai Chongxi a just-sent telegram in his hand.
Bai Chongxi did not take the telegram, but waved it to indicate that he would not read it, and then asked softly: "You should have confidence in your troops. If Li Jinling can't even cope with the first day's attack, what's the point?"
It’s such a waste of Zhongxin’s cultivation for you.”
After hearing Bai Chongxi's words, Bai Jingran couldn't help but blush. The so-called concern is chaos. The 399th Division has 18,000 people and hundreds of heavy artillery to help. It would be too bad if it can't withstand even a day's Japanese attack.
I used it. It seemed that I was concerned and confused. When I heard that the Japanese had more than a hundred tanks to support the battle, I felt a little unsure.
Bai Jingran said secretly: "Li Jinling, Li Jinling, you have to give me a voice, and don't let Chief Bai and those people from the old Gui family look down upon you."
Bai Jingran also guessed a little about Bai Chongxi's thoughts. This little Zhuge, who has been wandering around Nanjing and Chongqing in the past few years as a deputy general manager, must have been depressed for a long time. Now Chief Su has handed over such an elite team to him
How could he not use all his strength in his hands? I guess for him, annihilating the Japanese troops in Fujian is his goal...
"boom……"
An artillery shell fell on the attacking Japanese army. The huge explosion and the black smoke that rose instantly hit a Japanese ** type tank that was slowly moving forward and more than a dozen Japanese soldiers following the tank.
All covered.
When the smoke cleared, the chariot, which weighed only 11.8 tons, had overturned on the ground, and the dozen or so infantrymen behind it had all disappeared without a trace.
"Your Excellency, Captain, tank No. 523 was destroyed by Chinese artillery fire!"
In a Japanese command vehicle a few hundred meters away, Kojiro Nishizumi, captain of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Tank Regiment, heard the shouts of the driver Nishimura.
"Baga, these damn Chinans, the artillery fire is too fierce. All they are equipped with are 155-caliber heavy howitzers." Nishizumi Kojiro cursed helplessly and angrily.
As the first tank division formed in Japan, Kojiro Nishizumi has always been proud of his ability to serve in this first tank unit in Japan. What makes him regretful is that the Normen war broke out with Soviet Russia last year.
Kojiro Nishizumi was unable to catch up with the Battle of Han, so he always felt very regretful.
In Nishizumi Kojiro's view, even if the tank divisions of the Imperial Japanese Empire were not as good as the Germans, they should be more than adequate compared to the Chinese. Unfortunately, since the Battle of Nomonhan, the base camp has strictly ordered not to provoke the Soviet Union again.
.Therefore, Nishizumi Kojiro has never had the opportunity to display his abilities, and this time when their first division went south to enter the border, he saw it as an opportunity to exact revenge. He must teach those Chinese people who dared to resist the imperial army a lesson.
.
But today, when he formally commanded the troops to attack the Chinese positions, he was hit hard by the Chinese with a stick, and he was beaten until stars appeared in his eyes.
Kojiro Nishizumi, who has been staying in the Northeast for a long time, originally did not know much about the Seventh Army that emerged in the pass, and the information he received was fragmentary. Moreover, he was only a major. As a middle- and low-level officer, he had the best information channel.
There were not many reinforcements coming, so before the war, deep down in his heart, he had a contemptuous attitude towards the army that was going to fight him, but now he felt a little regret for his self-defense.
The firepower of this army is really too fierce, not to mention the overwhelming rain of bullets, and the artillery fire is also very fierce. The large-caliber artillery shells are thrown down as if they are free. When they launch a salvo, the entire
The ground was shaking. Less than twenty minutes into the charge, the First Battalion, which had been charging forward sullenly, lost seven tanks. After being hit in the head, the remaining tanks of the First Battalion began to be cautious.
stand up.
Not to mention Nishizumi Kojiro's depression, Li Jinling, who was on the defensive side, was also very nervous. His 399th Division was tasked with defending a more than 30-kilometer-long front line in Wangtai Town, Laizhou Town, and Xiqin Town.
Li Jinling had to be even more careful when facing the Japanese army's crazy attack. The consequences of any position being breached were not something he could bear. Moreover, he had not been the division commander for a long time, so he needed military exploits to speak for himself. He was always worried.
With determination, he came to the headquarters of the 678th Regiment near Laizhou Town to personally supervise the formation.
At this time, the sound of guns and artillery was heard in front of the position of the 678th Regiment. Thousands of Japanese troops were scattered and slowly pressing forward under the cover of dozens of Japanese tanks.
"Click!"
The machine gunner operating the M2 Browning heavy machine gun in a heavy machine gun emplacement on the position shook the dust on his body from the previous shelling, and pulled the gun bolt backward. The ammunition hand beside him also held up the metal ammunition belt.
The gunman looked solemnly, held his breath, and looked nervously at the Japanese tanks rushing like waves hundreds of meters away.
Suri has always been generous to his trusted troops. As a supporter of firepower supremacy, Suri distributed M2 Browning machine guns to the company level. Each company had two M2 machine guns and nine M1919A4 machine guns to ensure that they
There is enough firepower to tear apart the enemy's attack.
"Dudududu...!"
When the Japanese tanks approached 500 meters, the company commander's whistle sounded, and the light and heavy machine guns and semi-automatic rifles on the position immediately started firing, and the crossfire formed by dense bullets poured forward in an instant.
The 7.62mm caliber bullet hit the armor of the tank and made a clanging sound.
"Boom! Boom!..."
In the company's mortar fortification located at the rear of the position, the soldiers of the mortar squad kept putting 60 mortar shells weighing 3.2 kilograms from the muzzle into the gun barrel. With the sound of gunfire,
, small artillery shells were fired one after another. The smoke and cast iron fragments raised by the explosion of the 60 artillery shells kept flying in the Japanese offensive formation. The irregular pig iron raised by each shell
Most of the cast shrapnel can harvest some flesh and even life. Intense artillery fire accompanied by raindrops of metal bullets filled every corner of the battlefield.
"Your Excellency, Captain, there is news from Captain Xiaolin from the front. Their squadron has been destroyed by two more tanks. Captain Xiaolin requested to temporarily retire and rest."
In the tank where Kojiro Nishizumi was, the machine gunner who had been responsible for the surrounding movements turned to Kojiro Nishizumi and shouted loudly.
The ** tank is a light tank developed by Japan based on the French Renault ft-17 tank. Of course, in order to flatter themselves, the Japanese call themselves medium tanks. As one of the oldest tanks,
Except for the command vehicle that serves as the commander, other tanks of this kind are not equipped with radios. All commands must be carried out by semaphore. Therefore, the machine gunner in the vehicle must also serve as an observer when there is no firing mission.
responsibility.
Nishizumi Kojiro felt agitated. The losses in this attack were too great. Moreover, Nishizumi Kojiro also arrived for the first time. The armor of the Japanese tank was too thin. The Chinese large-caliber artillery could only destroy the tank.
But even the armor-piercing bullets of their large-caliber machine guns could penetrate the armor of the tank, which made Kojiro Nishizumi feel a little desperate when he arrived.
"Is it true that the Chinese position cannot be broken through?"
Nishizumi Kojiro murmured, then took off the microphone from the side and called his immediate superior, the Second Regiment Captain: "The First Battalion called the Regiment Commander. Our brigade's attack was blocked, and nearly half of the tanks were killed or injured.
"Baga Yalu, there is only one company of defenders on your opposite side, but you have been fighting for an hour and you can't even get close to the opponent's position. What on earth do you do for food? You let me down so much! I'll give it to you again
If you still can't break through the Chinese positions in one hour, you can have your own caesarean section!"
The roaring voice of the commander of the regiment, Colonel Rikiji Nishikawa, came from the transmitter. The voice was so loud that it could not be covered up even by the continuous sound of gunfire all around.
Putting down the transmitter dejectedly, Nishizumi Kojiro stood stunned for a while, and then shouted loudly: "Tano-kun, send a signal to all the tanks immediately, attack at full speed, the emperor will wait for half a day!"
"Hai!"
The machine gunner who received the order immediately got out of the turret, risking being hit by the hail of bullets and waving two small flags on the battlefield.
"Give Tusi..."
"charge……"
After receiving the latest order from the remaining ten tanks of the First Brigade, all the commanders began to direct the tanks to rush forward against the hail of bullets...
The Japanese attack lasted all day and did not stop until dark. After nightfall, both sides were silently licking their wounds, gathering strength and waiting to continue fighting after dawn.
The commander of the 1st Tank Division, Nishizono Issaku, and the 24th Division Commander, Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu, who were responsible for commanding the attack, did not expect that the Chinese army on the opposite side was already ready for a counterattack... (To be continued. If you
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