At this time, Wang Binghua was still leading the soldiers of the Sixth Battalion to fight the Japanese in the trenches.
It was obvious that the Sixth Battalion was at a disadvantage.
To be precise, it is not that they are "at a disadvantage", but that Wang Binghua's Sixth Battalion has been surrounded by Japanese soldiers and is about to be surrounded and annihilated.
The Japanese may not be good at fighting other battles. In air combat, naval battle, artillery battle and even tank battle, their tactics are all second-rate...
The reason why Yingjiang was able to fight in the air and naval battles at this time was that he took advantage of the zero-fight advantage. On the other hand, Yingjiang himself did not have much experience in air and naval battles. At this time, his tactical level was also low.
It can only be regarded as second-rate, otherwise there would be no need to let the sun never set in commanding every battle.
But this does not prevent it from having the world's largest navy. Who can let people launch an aircraft carrier on average a week?
Needless to say, the Japanese tank tactics have been proven in the Battle of Nomenhan.
The reason why the Japs were able to be arrogant on the battlefield in China was because at this time, China was still in the agricultural era of the feudal period, while the Japs had already entered the ranks of industrial powers... If an industrial country hits an agricultural country, it is almost a dimensionality reduction attack.
Among all the arms of the Japanese, the army is probably at the forefront of the world in terms of quality and tactics.
This is due to the long-term preparations made by the Japanese. On the one hand, the Japanese soldiers are well-trained, and many Japanese officers have studied Chinese military tactics and even conducted in-depth research on the Mongolian conquest of the Central Plains.
The reason is very simple. The Japanese want to occupy the whole of China like Mongolia.
In this case, the most suitable thing to learn from is the tactics of Meng Yuan.
The more representative one is Mutaguchi Renya. This guy regards Genghis Khan as his idol, but his research on Mongolian cavalry tactics is only superficial and he is too extreme and cannot adapt to changes, so he attacked Imphal.
Miserable failure.
In fact, most Japanese officers' research on the art of war was like Mutaguchi Renya's. It was superficial and somewhat rigid when combined with the Japanese bushido. However, such military quality and command quality are quite rare in this era.
For example, Sekiguchi Tianli, without much thought, launched the "interspersed and encircled" tactic against the Sixth Battalion of the Shanxi-Sui Army: sending the main force to the front to fight the enemy in the trenches, and sending small units to the flanks to outflank the enemy.
This tactic put Wang Binghua and others in a dilemma as soon as the fight started: to defend or not to defend?
Just hold on, once the two wings are surrounded by the enemy, it will be a dead end.
If you don't defend, just losing the position is no different than running away.
What's more, escaping in a twisting trench can never be faster than the Japanese on both sides walking in a straight line, so being surrounded is almost doomed.
Adjutant Zhang turned pale with fright. He could no longer care about his grace and shouted to Wang Binghua in a panic: "Batalion Commander, break out! If you don't break out, it will be too late!"
Wang Binghua, who was holding a box cannon and shooting at the Japanese with "bang bang", was so angry that he was shaking with anger when he heard what Adjutant Zhang said. He turned around and punched Adjutant Zhang in the face: "Shut up, damn it."
!Besides, I will kill you if you break out!"
Adjutant Zhang was beaten until the corner of his mouth bleeded and fell to the ground. He was also furious: What the hell is this? You don’t even know that I was sent from above! The equipment and food for your Jinsui Army were all brought by me. How dare you
Beat me?!
Adjutant Zhang got up from the ground and was about to have a fit, but immediately gave up when he saw the murderous look in Wang Binghua's eyes.
If this were normal times, the entire Jinsui Army might still take Adjutant Zhang seriously.
But in this battlefield, especially when you are fighting against the Japanese, even if your life is at stake, who cares whether you were sent from above?
Adjutant Zhang secretly said something bad, this guy is going to risk his life with the Japanese.
"Do you understand?" Wang Binghua asked while pressing the magazine of the pistol and raising his head.
"Yes!" Adjutant Zhang replied sincerely.
At this time, several more grenades came over... This was the enemy's advantage in close combat. They were equipped with many grenades, which could hit the grenades into the trenches of the Chinese army in pieces.
Wang Binghua trotted a few steps without thinking, then turned around and jumped into the corner of the trench. After several "boom" explosions, Wang Binghua looked back and saw that Adjutant Zhang had disappeared.
Wang Binghua thought that Adjutant Zhang was forced to the other side, but later he learned that Adjutant Zhang was planning to run away, so he deliberately separated from him.
"Brothers!" Wang Binghua shouted to everyone around him: "Fight the Japs, kill a few more Japs and go down and become our slaves!"
The surrounding soldiers burst into laughter.
Although the Jinsui Army was not very good, under the training of Chu Yunfei, most of the soldiers of the 358th Regiment had a passion for defending their homeland and country.
Wang Binghua's cry actually made his attitude clear. He just stayed where he was and held off the Japanese for as long as he could.
The ensuing battle was exactly as Wang Binghua expected. The Japanese surrounded the Sixth Battalion from all sides. They were not in a hurry to attack, but fired grenades from a distance into the trenches where the Sixth Battalion was hiding.
That's why the grenade is said to be an artifact of close combat.
A saying often said by the military is "A submachine gun plus grenades are worth the money in close combat."
But in fact, as long as there are enough grenade launchers, neither a submachine gun nor grenades can stop the grenade launchers from exploding indiscriminately.
The Sixth Battalion was bombed to the point of being unable to fight back. Soldiers were killed and injured one by one by thrown grenades. Some soldiers took the risk to shoot their heads in the hope of suppressing the Japanese grenades, but they were killed by Japanese riflemen as soon as they popped up.
One shot to the head...
With the Japs' marksmanship, a well-prepared shot and a distance of less than a hundred meters, it would be an accurate shot.
Wang Binghua shouted: "Brothers, fix your bayonets!"
"Fire the bayonet!"
"Fire the bayonet!"
…
The soldiers passed the order one by one, and then took out grenades without waiting for orders.
Needless to say what he was going to do, use a grenade to blow up a cloud of smoke and then rush forward to fight the Japanese in hand-to-hand combat.
Everyone knows the result of fighting like this.
At this time, out of more than 800 people in the Sixth Battalion, only about 300 people were left, and all of them were injured.
Go up and fight with the bayonet?
Not to mention that the Japanese must have set up machine guns outside. Whether we can rush to them is still a question.
Even if we rush in, how can we fight with the wounded soldiers to bayonet with the well-trained Japanese?
But now the Sixth Battalion has no retreat. They can't stay in the trenches and wait for death. If they rush forward, they can at least kill a few to get back to their base...
At this critical moment, there were suddenly several roars, followed by the "rumble" of the tank motor, and the enemy's firepower was immediately reduced.
Wang Binghua was puzzled for a while: What's going on? They didn't fight the Japanese tanks when they came? Are they going to crush them with tanks?
Wang Binghua was used to it, and when he heard the sound of tanks, he immediately thought they were from the Japanese.
but……
When he cautiously stuck his head out and looked back, he burst out laughing: "It's the Eighth Route Army. They're so damn good! They killed the Japanese tanks! Well done! As expected of Chinese people! Enjoyable!"