Chapter 44 It is not the quality of soldiers but the gap in equipment
() Those who bombarded Duliao Port were the 2nd Regiment of the 4th Brigade of the Taiwan Army stationed in Deep Bay Port after hearing the news. Deepwan Port is more than 70 kilometers away from Duliao Port on a mountain road. Since then, it has received a support telegram from Zheng Fazai.
, the second regiment immediately set off from Deep Bay Port, riding dozens of Great Wall trucks, regiment-affiliated armored vehicles, and motorcycles, desperately heading towards Du.
Driving into Liao Port, we ran along the cement mountain road that had just been repaired the year before, and ran for more than an hour before arriving outside Duliao Port. Because he was afraid that Duliao Port would be occupied by the Japanese army, the regiment leader came a few kilometers away from Duliao Port.
Ordered the only seven 75mm howitzers to be set up and attacked Duliao Port first, which could delay the Japanese army for a while.
When the forward motorcycle of the second regiment arrived at Duliao Port, the leader of the second regiment finally breathed a sigh of relief. Outside the mountain pass leading to the inland from the port, in the pre-built fortifications, Zheng Fazai's company still
While facing the Japanese army, although the Japanese artillery shells exploded with fireworks constantly on the position, listening to the noise, the Japanese army had not yet rushed out.
The vanguard of the second regiment quickly ditched their motorcycles and joined the defensive position with weapons in hand. While firing at the mountain pass, they sent people on bicycles to go back and report the situation to the regimental commander.
After a while, the large force of the second regiment finally arrived. Since they had received a notification from the leading motorcycle unit on the way, they had drawn up a combat plan before arriving. The first batch of four Badger armored vehicles of the second regiment started driving.
Once on the position, they merged with a Badger armored vehicle from Zheng Fazai's company to jointly block the Japanese army's breakthrough. The remaining two or two Shanrat armored vehicles acted as
As a reserve force, they are always ready to go up. The remaining soldiers are digging two more trenches 500 meters behind Zheng Fazai's company position as a second layer of defensive positions, waiting for other troops coming from elsewhere to arrive.
To hold the mountain pass, anyway, the order issued by the brigade headquarters to the second regiment was to block the Japanese army, establish defensive positions, and wait for backup.
As soon as the human wave tactics launched by Lieutenant General Okubo came to light, they encountered nine 12mm heavy machine guns from five armored vehicles. The soldiers of the Sixth Division were interrupted and broken into pieces. The soldiers behind them were carrying
The minced flesh and blood foam of the brothers in front are still attacking like crazy. However, the word brave is an important word when used on a battlefield that is not much different.
It is a necessary winning factor, but if the equipment is very different, then the proportion of the attribute of bravery in this battle will be much lower. As the casualties of charging soldiers become larger and larger, the effect of charging is
On the few hundred meters from the mountain pass to the small dirt bag, there was a thick layer of corpses and blood, which made the charge more difficult.
After the third group charge was repelled, Lieutenant General Okubo ordered to stop this meaningless death-defying action. When he saw the happy expression on his messenger's face after receiving the order to stop the attack, Lieutenant General Okubo
Jiang slowly sat on a stone and silently looked at the soldiers of the Sixth Division who were hiding from the shelling in the port, with tears in his eyes.
The Sixth Division and the Second Division are the two most powerful fighting forces in Japan. Its predecessor was the Kumamoto Zhentai established at the end of the 19th century. Later, with the reform of the army, the Zhentai was cancelled, so it was renamed the Sixth Division.
, also known as the Kumamoto Division.
Most of the division's soldiers come from Japan's Minami Kyushu region, where the Japanese people have a tradition of enthusiasm, bravery, and decisiveness, and this tradition has become the spirit of the Sixth Division. Whether in the Sino-Japanese War of 1898 or Japan and Russia,
During the war, the Sixth Division was a vanguard force. Whether it was the Qing Dynasty's Beiyang Army or the Russian Army, they were all defeated by this brave team.
But this time, Lieutenant General Okubo felt helpless when facing the Taiwan Army, which obviously had no combat experience or record. Although the rest of the Sixth Division was climbing up the steep cliffs on both sides,
Climb, but Okubo is not optimistic that this small-scale force can create miracles
, even if you climb the cliffs on both sides, heavy weapons cannot be obtained. It is difficult to compete with the machine guns of the opposite army with the rifle in your hand. However, the lieutenant general did not stop his subordinates from trying. After all, it is better to sit here and wait to be attacked.
Compared to being killed by cannonballs, having some actions can distract everyone's frustration.
As time went by, more and more Taiwanese reinforcements arrived near this small fish port and fired artillery shells into the port from all directions. Now not even a complete building can be found in the port.
The nearly 10,000 Japanese soldiers who had landed were all huddled under the cliff near the mountain pass, and their original offensive operations were changed to defensive operations.
Due to shelling in the port, the remaining officers and soldiers of the Sixth Division were ordered by Lieutenant General Okubo to withdraw from the port waterway and wait for orders outside the port. Originally, after discovering the arrival of Taiwanese reinforcements, Lieutenant General Okubo planned to evacuate a group of troops who had landed.
The officers and soldiers returned to the ship, but because the artillery fire was too fierce, letting the ship dock at the dock to pick up and drop off people was basically a living target, so more than 10,000 officers and soldiers had to stay in the port again.
At around 11 o'clock in the morning, just when the Japanese troops in the port were stunned by the bombing and missed their brothers on the ship, several dull and powerful loud noises suddenly came from outside the port.
The explosion of artillery shells that suppressed the Taiwan Army was like muffled thunder in the sky.
Some Japanese soldiers thought there was thunder and looked up at the sky, but there was not even a cloud in the sky. The sunlight on the other side of the cliff had already passed through the height of the cliff and shone on the water in the port.
"Boom...boom..." followed by several loud noises, still so dull and depressing, Lieutenant General Okubo finally understood that this was not thunder, but a troop transport fleet outside the harbor.
It was attacked, but the sound was not the sound of naval guns on the destroyer. Since the destroyers did not fire, there was no need to ask. Taiwanese submarines that can launch deadly torpedoes underwater arrived, and the ships outside the port
The war fleet is also finished.
Okubo's guess was correct. Since most of the submarines rushed to Taichung to participate in the naval battle, the Taiwan Submarine Brigade Headquarters searched the Tainan area and finally found 5 "Tuna-class" ships undergoing maintenance from the submarine base in Tainan.
"Submarines, after receiving the order, the five submarines quickly loaded torpedoes, barely gathered some crew members, and hurried towards Duliao Port.
After nearly 3 hours of driving, we finally arrived outside Duliao Port at 11 o'clock. When the five submarines came from the water to the outside of the port, they spotted a large number of ships from the periscope in the distance. These
Most of the ships were cargo ships and merchant ships flying the flags of various countries, but there were two destroyers flying the British Navy flag.
After confirming with the headquarters, five submarines quietly approached the convoy. The first round of torpedo attacks sank one of the two destroyers and seriously injured the other. The remaining troop carriers discovered that the destroyers were suddenly attacked and immediately became confused.
Some began to hide in the port, and more fled toward the Philippines.
After taking care of the 2 destroyers, the 5 submarines no longer had any worries. The remaining cargo ships and merchant ships were all slow-moving guys. The 5 submarines did not even close their periscopes, and drove at a high speed of 17 knots, heading towards those
The escaping merchant ships chased after them. Unfortunately, these ships couldn't run at the highest speed.
The troop transport ships reaching 15 knots were chased by the five Taiwanese submarines and killed one by one. Whoever ran in front would be the first to be unlucky. After a few ships were destroyed in this way, it seemed that the remaining ships could no longer run away.
, all began to stop the ship, extinguished the boilers, raised the white flag, and surrendered to the Taiwanese submarine.
As more and more ships surrendered, the five submarines could not handle so many ships. Moreover, the Japanese Army on some ships actually used uniformed land gunners to shoot at the floating submarines, so several submarines combined
, simply kill them all. So, the more than 10 surrendered ships from various countries were torpedoed by the submarines one by one. No matter whether they were sinking or not, they had to hit them first to avoid trouble. If they sank, they were unlucky. If they didn't sink, they would float first.
Okubo heard the muffled thunder outside the port, and saw several troop transport ships escaping hastily from the waterway despite the shells. He knew in his heart that the Taiwan Navy was coming, and the troops outside the port were in danger, and since the Taiwan Navy could
If you have the time to come here, it means that the Six Nations fleet in Taichung has not
What advantage did they take? Since the navies of the six countries did not succeed, there is even less hope for our own side. These Taiwanese armies did not attack at all, but only used various artillery shells to hit the port from three directions. It seems that they have no hope at all.
I don't plan to fight with myself. I'm going to kill these 10,000 people alive.
Surrender is impossible. Not only will the troops be gone, but the reputation of yourself and your division will also be lost. In that case, even if you return to Japan alive, it will be almost as good as death, and maybe it is better to die. If you don't surrender, you will be dead.
It's really unbearable to see my subordinates like me, who have been through life and death, being killed and wounded by artillery shells at one moment. So, just be out of sight, out of mind.
