The brigade commander shook his head and said: "Our main task is to hold back this Japanese army and prevent them from attacking Xu Dalong's troops. In order to prevent the Japanese army from being trapped and fighting, we must adopt the tactic of surrounding three and missing one, leaving a way for the Japanese to retreat.
The Japanese army left the village and evacuated, and could take advantage of the armored forces to pursue the Japanese army and annihilate a large number of Japanese troops in the pursuit process."
Li Yunlong, Kong Jie and others also knew that the strength of the Japanese army was still there and that the brigade commander's decision was correct. They all agreed with the brigade commander's combat intentions.
The brigade commander quickly issued a combat order. Li Yunlong's independent regiment and Kong Jie's new second regiment attacked head-on. Commander Cheng's 69th regiment and two supplementary regiments provided support and cooperation.
Fujiwara Konichi's thoughts have also changed at this time. He no longer hopes to annihilate the anti-Japanese armed forces in front of him, but wants to hold back the enemy army in front of him and prevent them from rescuing Xu Dalong.
He immediately ordered his troops to build fortifications on the spot to block the enemy's attack.
The brigade commander and Fujiwara Konichi had the same idea, and both sides launched offensive and defensive operations with the same purpose.
In the area south of Lingao City, troops from the Japanese 215th Brigade and the Japanese 32nd Division launched an attack on Xu Dalong's headquarters.
At this time, Xu Dalong's troops only had more than 4,000 men. The Japanese army invested all its troops, more than 14,000 men, in the hope of annihilating Xu Dalong's troops in one fell swoop.
The so-called heroes think alike. Xu Dalong came out this time not just to deliver supplies to his superiors. He had the same idea as the Japanese army, which was to eat the Japanese soldiers who came to intercept them. But his appetite was bigger, so he thought
Eaten the Japanese 215th Brigade and the troops of the 32nd Division in one bite.
After the battle started, Wang Chengzhu led the infantry detachment, under the cover of a tank squadron, to build fortifications on the spot to block the Japanese attack on the left wing. Due to the rush of time, there was no time to build strong defenses, so they relied on tanks and armored vehicles to exert their full power.
With the advantages of a large number of artillery and machine guns and sufficient ammunition, they were able to block the Japanese attack while digging fortifications on the spot. Although they did not have an advantage in terms of force, they still blocked the Japanese attack.
Sun Desheng commanded the cavalry detachment to launch a sparrow attack on the Japanese troops on the right wing. The large number of cavalry squadrons also attacked the Japanese troops with machine gun and artillery firepower. The Japanese troops were exhausted and unable to concentrate their forces and could be used to transport the guerrillas.
The troops attacking the convoy consisted of less than an infantry brigade.
Xu Dalong had already arranged a direct comprehensive squadron, an infantry squadron, and two artillery squadrons to block the Japanese attack on the right wing. The Japanese army could not attack at all.
Xu Dalong adopted the same tactics as the brigade commander, Li Yunlong and others. He concentrated the main force of Cui Zhenyue's tank brigade, Wei Monk's special operations squadron, Wang Pao's motorcycle squadron and two mechanized infantry squadrons to go
The weak link in attacking the Japanese army was the troops of the Japanese 32nd Division who were responsible for intercepting the front.
Chiba Xunichi personally participated in the battle this time. He commanded the engineer regiment of the 32nd Division, an infantry brigade and an artillery brigade to block the frontal attack, and cooperated with the troops of the 215th Brigade to encircle the Mawushan guerrillas.
In order to achieve the suddenness of the battle and prevent the target from being exposed, Chiba Xunyi did not build fortifications in advance. He thought that the Japanese army had a large number of troops this time and could completely surround and annihilate the Mawushan guerrillas. His task was only to block the advance of the guerrillas.
road, so he commanded the troops into the battle with confidence.
Unexpectedly, the key target of the Mawushan guerrillas was directly on the troops of the 32nd Division under his command.
Chiba Xunyi's troops had just set up their posture and were digging trenches, when a large number of artillery shells flew from the opposite side.
The density of artillery fire was so high that it directly covered the Japanese artillery positions.
Immediately afterwards, the enemy diverted artillery fire to bombard the Japanese engineers and infantry. The intensity of the artillery fire was completely beyond the expectations of the officers and soldiers of the 32nd Division, and they were beaten into a panic.
At this moment, there was a huge roar from the front, and hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles rushed towards the Japanese position.
Xu Dalong fully understood the characteristics of the use of armored forces, which are concentrated use and group assault to maximize the assault effect of armored forces.
Xu Dalong immediately devoted the main force of the armored force and launched an attack on the Japanese 32nd Division.
Facing such a huge group of tanks, the equipment of the 32nd Division was not as good as the Japanese field troops. Except for a small number of Type 92 infantry guns and mortars, there were no other heavy weapons, and it was impossible to stop the battle.
With the assault of the vehicle troops, their defensive position was suddenly breached.
The Japanese officers and soldiers were also very tenacious. When they saw the tanks and armored vehicles rushing over, many Japanese officers and soldiers took off their hats, filled several grenades together, and prepared to rush forward with these grenades in their hands.
Blow up enemy tanks and armored vehicles.
The machine guns on tanks and armored vehicles are also not rigid. They cooperate with each other and there is no blind spot for shooting.
The guerrillas who followed the tank troops' charge also used a large amount of machine gun fire to provide cover. Those Japanese soldiers who tried to get closer were knocked to the ground one by one.
The guerrillas rushed into the Japanese army's position and continued to attack forward, directly piercing the Japanese army's defensive position, dividing the Japanese army into two halves, and then expanded the results to both sides.
Tanks and armored vehicles chased the chaotic Japanese troops on the plains. Most of the Japanese officers and soldiers were knocked to the ground by fierce machine gun fire. Some Japanese troops were directly crushed by tanks and armored vehicles.
Although Chiba Xunyi knew that the Mawushan guerrillas were powerful in combat, he did not expect that the defensive position would be breached just after the battle began. His troops were in chaos and could not form effective resistance at all. The situation on the battlefield was one-sided, like a massacre.
generally.
The Japanese 32nd Division suffered the most attacks from the Mawushan guerrillas. It was already somewhat afraid of the Mawushan guerrillas. The last time the 81st Regiment surrendered to the Mawushan guerrillas, it also caused a lot of damage to the officers and soldiers of the 32nd Division.
Great psychological impact.
Facing the powerful enemy force that they could not resist, the engineer regiment of the 32nd Division collapsed first. They fled in all directions, directly disrupting the infantry brigade.
Seeing a large number of tanks and armored vehicles rolling over, the Japanese infantry brigade also began to collapse and flee in all directions.
The guerrilla tanks, armored vehicles, cavalry, and mechanized troops chased the fleeing Japanese troops and annihilated them in large numbers.
Chiba Xunyi's headquarters was located at the rear of the infantry brigade. Seeing the collapse of his troops, the armored fighting vehicles rushed towards him, and he hurriedly got into the car and took the lead in escaping.
Cui Zhenyue, Wei Monk and others saw that the Japanese army collapsed, leaving Wang Pao's motorcycle squadron to continue chasing the defeated Japanese troops. They immediately led their troops to attack the Japanese army on the left.