Chapter 43: The Helplessness of the Head of the Division
() At this time, the sun was already bright, and it had been almost an hour since the first troop transport ship docked. Because the port was too small, the Japanese troops who landed could not expand the landing site through the intersection. Nearly 5,000 troops had already landed.
The soldiers of the Sixth Division were all crowded near the buildings at the port, waiting for the front to continue advancing. Lieutenant General Ye finally boarded the Duliao Port.
Land, he was very dissatisfied with the progress of the Third Regiment at the front. Although he looked down upon the Taiwan Army from the bottom of his heart, the fact that the attack of the troops at the front was blocked also showed that the Taiwan Army was at least a little stronger than the Qing Dynasty army. He did not see
The Japanese army abandoned their position and ran away as soon as they charged. In the eyes of Lieutenant General Okubo, this was only barely qualified, and even the Japanese reserve divisions could not compare.
After a brief confrontation, the field artillery brigade of the Sixth Division finally set up several Type 31 rapid-fire field guns and began to launch artillery attacks on the Taiwanese army's positions. The real casualties among the Taiwanese defenders began from now on.
That’s just the beginning.
After experiencing naval artillery fire and heavy machine gun massacre, most of the Taiwanese defenders who stayed and did not escape gradually adapted to the atmosphere of the battlefield. Although there were some soldiers who were trembling and unable to change their magazines, most of them
He had already remembered some of the subjects in training and exercises, and began to confront the Japanese army in a methodical manner according to the method he was familiar with.
The Type 31 field gun is a 75mm field gun that Japan purchased from Krupp, Germany. The gun mount was purchased by Schneider Company, and it is assembled and produced in Japan. Because the gun body is too short, the maximum range of this gun is
It is only about 5,000 meters away. Although it is much more than the 60mm mortar equipped by the Taiwan Army, because it is in a port with the sea behind it, no matter how far the range is, it is useless. It can only be at a distance of about 1,000 meters to defend Taiwan.
The army is against her.
In the artillery battle between the two sides, the Taiwanese defenders, who had no actual combat experience, did not lose at all. Since the sound of the 60mm mortar firing was small and there was basically no smoke, it was difficult for the Japanese artillery to determine the specific location of the Taiwanese artillery. They could only
Fire at random to suppress the approximate location. The 60mm mortar can be moved by running if two people set it up, and its fire speed is 31 field guns.
Several times that of Japan's artillery, so the Japanese artillery fought for a long time without damaging a single 60mm mortar. Instead, one of their own 31 field guns was damaged, and nearly ten artillerymen were killed or injured. However, Zheng Fazai's company
The "Badger" armored vehicle, however, attracted the attention of the Japanese artillery. A 75mm shell killed one of the machine gunners of the armored vehicle. As a result, the driver of the armored vehicle was injured.
Afraid, Cao controlled the armored vehicle and left the semi-buried bunker and retreated to the other side of the mountain. This was a blind spot in the Japanese sight. Unless they could capture Zheng Fazai's position, they would not be able to see the armored vehicle, but the armored vehicle could
Use a 12mm heavy machine gun to block the area nearly 100 meters in front of the position diagonally. Although it is possible to hit your own people, for your own safety, the armored vehicle driver
The members could not care about that much anymore. Lieutenant General Ye gritted his teeth, stamped his feet, and once again resorted to the human sea tactic. There were 50 people in a row, a total of 10 rows, with an interval of 10 meters, preparing to attack the Taiwanese defenders.
Behind the attacking soldiers are three prepared 31st field guns. As soon as the soldiers start charging, these three field guns will turn around the foot of the mountain and fire to suppress the powerful machine guns.
Just when Lieutenant General Okubo was about to give the order to charge, a familiar scream came from his right side. Then, the battle-hardened soldiers and officers around him fell to the ground one after another. At the same time, a row of
The shell passed through the cliff on the right and landed in the harbor.
At the moment of the explosion, Okubo was thrown to the ground by the adjutant beside him. He raised his head from the dust. Lieutenant General Okubo looked at the bombed houses with confusion, and suddenly felt a very bad feeling in his heart.
The sound of these shells is similar to the caliber of our 31 field gun, but the power of the explosion is obviously greater than that of the 31 field gun. A small warehouse made of mountain rocks that was hit by the shells was blown up with just one shell.
To be smashed to pieces, this kind of power requires the Japanese army to
Only a 12 centimeter cannon can do this. And the extremely powerful machine guns before also made Lieutenant General Okubo feel a little powerless. Although since the landing, Lieutenant General Okubo has seen from all aspects the Taiwanese army's lack of war experience. As long as
Let yourself break out of this mountain pass and be in the wild
During the battle, these Taiwanese troops equipped with excellent rifles and a large number of machine guns were no match for them at all. Their casualties might be higher than expected. However, the subsequent heavy machine gun massacre and the soundless and smokeless
, can be sent continuously at any time
The small cannon that fired a lot of shells gave the Lieutenant General a headache. Now, suddenly, such artillery shells with obviously asymmetric caliber and power were fired from a distance, which reminded Lieutenant General Okubo of what happened to the Navy. Could he be like this?
Like the navy, defeated by some unknown weapons?
Just as Lieutenant General Okubo and the soldiers of the Sixth Division were looking for bunkers to avoid more artillery shells, the second wave of artillery shells arrived as scheduled. This time, the impact point was closer to the Japanese soldiers crowded in the port.
We, one of the artillery shells has hit the position of the 31st Field Artillery Brigade.
Then, every few seconds, a round of artillery shells will fall in the port, and the bigger the more accurate it is. Basically, where there are more Japanese soldiers, the shells will hit. For a while, the buildings in the port collapsed, regardless of whether they failed to comply.
Residents who were evacuated to inland areas under evacuation orders, as well as Japanese officers and soldiers who landed ashore, were all reduced to pieces of flesh and corpses by the explosions after rounds of shelling.
Lieutenant General Okubo and several senior generals around him were hiding in a crack in the mountain. Listening to the continuous shelling outside, the Lieutenant General's heart became heavier and heavier. From the explosion, the Lieutenant General could clearly hear
, the opponent has at least 10 or more cannons firing at the port, and
And these cannons don't care about blowing the port into ruins, nor do they care about some Taiwanese residents stranded in the port. They just fire wave after wave into Duliao Port at a rate of 3 to 4 seconds.
, if this continues, your division will be slowly blown apart.
In order to get rid of this situation of being passively beaten, Lieutenant General Okubo ordered that the Taiwanese army's position at the intersection must be captured at any cost. One brigade was all dead, the next brigade was all dead, one regiment was all dead, and the next regiment was all dead.
The troops continued to advance, and they had to continuously attack the enemy's positions. He wanted to trade his own life for the future of his division.
When the Japanese soldiers from the first group rushed out of the intersection with shouts, they found in despair that they were not only greeted by the firepower just now. On the small slope north of the intersection, several people were lying side by side.
The kind of big guy that can spit out tongues of fire, and it was obviously set up not long ago. Except for one car that had bullet marks and was covered with dust, the rest of the big guys were clean.
