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July 8, 1937 at 2 a.m.
--sand hill
Shagang is the only commanding height outside Wanping City. However, because it is close to the Japanese army station, in order to prevent conflicts with the Japanese army, although there are troops stationed in Shagang, there are only two small outposts with only one squad of troops inside. At this time, in the outpost,
The soldiers were all still sleeping soundly, except for two soldiers who were yawning and standing on the high ground outside to keep watch.
A black shadow suddenly appeared behind a soldier, and there was a flash of sword light. The soldier kicked his legs and struggled, desperately trying to shout out to remind his comrades, but a black hand tightly covered his mouth and nose, making him
He could only make a low whine, and soon the loss of blood made him lose his warmth. He became the first soldier to die in the all-out war of resistance.
The black figure was a Japanese soldier. The Japanese soldier waved back, and a dozen black figures followed him. The other soldier was still dozing off in a daze, and was also scratched by the Japanese soldier.
With a slash, the Japanese soldier pointed at the guard post. A dozen black figures nodded and rushed towards him separately.
In just a few minutes, all the soldiers in the two outposts died in their sleep.
Kiyomizu Setsuro walked up to the sand hill, shook his head, looked at Mutaguchi Renya and said, "Your Excellency, Captain, the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army is unheard of. This is the commanding heights of Wanping, and there are only such a few defenders."
Ichiki Qingzhi looked at Wanping City not far away with a telescope and said, "In this case, let's go to the next city. You see, how can such a good place be allowed to be occupied by such an ignorant and weak nation. Your Excellency, Captain, you
What do you think?"
Mutaguchi Lian also smiled and said, "Our army now has garrisons in Tongxian, Shunyi, Changping, and Fengtai, and has half surrounded Beiping. As long as we cut off the Pinghan Line, Beiping will be an isolated city, and then this thousand-year-old city will be our Yamato."
It's national.
Although we are small in number, with only more than 10,000 people, if you think about Zhang Xueliang back then, you will know that the Chinese army has no choice but to escape when facing us. So our next step should be to cut off the Ping-Han Line, that is, Wanping City, Marco Polo Bridge and Qingshui
Jun, lead your warriors to strive for more glory for the Japanese Empire."
——Dragon King Temple position at five o'clock in the morning on July 8, 1937
Five o'clock in the morning is when people are most sleepy, and the sky is not yet bright. The Dragon King Temple is also called the Dragon Temple. It is close to the Yongding River and is the first line of the Yongding River defense line. It is less than two meters away from Dongxinzhuang, where the Japanese garrison is located.
kilometers. Due to military exercises with the Japanese army in recent months, the defenses here are quite good. But there are only four or five forts, and most of the soldiers are still in ordinary tunnel fortifications.
Stationed at the Dragon King Temple is the 11th Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 219th Regiment. The 3rd Battalion is a reinforced battalion, with more than ten light and heavy mortars, and nearly 40 light and heavy machine guns. The whole battalion has a total of more than 1,400 people.
Gao Xueli, commander of the 11th company, stared at the dim field with wide eyes. Although there was a searchlight, it could only illuminate a very small area. The weather today was not bad, with a bright moon and few stars. He had also heard about what happened last night.
This made him feel uneasy. The Japanese army returned too quickly, which was abnormal. Moreover, the outpost reported that the Japanese army had begun to bring in reinforcements. The soldier's sixth sense told him that danger was at hand.
Suddenly, he found something moving in the field on the right. He pulled the rope connecting the searchlight and pointed in the direction of the field on the right with his hand. The rope was connected to the leg of the searchlight soldier, and the soldier quickly hit the field on the right.
, but found nothing.
Gao Xueli became even more uneasy. He gritted his teeth and said to the machine gunner on the high platform next to him, "Shoot a shuttle over there." If there was nothing, in this tense situation, just because of this, he would not be able to escape the confinement for several days.
dropped.
The machine gunner was operating the Mark Core heavy machine gun and was about to fire. Suddenly there was a gunshot, and a small hole was punched out of the machine gunner's head. The brains and blood gurgled out. The fields on both sides poured out like magic.
Countless soldiers, wearing straw hats on their steel helmets for cover, rushed towards the Marco Polo Bridge in a skirmish line. There was a burst of "all-in-one" mortars from further away. The searchlights were blown up in an instant, and the position was temporarily
Chaos.
"Enemy attack!!!" Gao Xueli shouted loudly, pushed away the machine gunner's body, took the machine gun and pointed it at the field. Other soldiers also reacted and entered the position one after another to counterattack the Japanese army.
Setsuro Kiyomizu pulled out his command sword and pointed at the Dragon King Temple and shouted "Grenade!!"
The grenadier soldiers who followed the infantry charge immediately set up an artillery position and fired random bombs in the direction of Gao Xueli. When the smoke cleared, Gao Xueli was already injured. This was because the guards around him used their bodies to press him down.
Because of him, Gao Xueli looked at the guard who was still shouting at the company commander just now, and saw that several soldiers who rushed to the heavy machine gun position were shot through the forehead, gritted his teeth and said, "Don't stay there all the time.
In one place, there is a kid with good marksmanship, so let’s hit him.” After saying that, he took the light machine gun from the arms of a dead soldier, moved to another place and shouted, “Hit me, hit me hard.” After yelling, he turned over and took it.
He fired his machine gun again and knocked down a Japanese soldier. He didn't dare to stay any longer and quickly bent down and moved to another place.
It must be said that the Japanese army at this time had extremely high combat literacy, both in marksmanship and gunnery. In a short while, the 11th Company had killed and injured more than 20 soldiers. Most of these soldiers were machine gunners.
Jin Zhenzhong, who had been sitting at the battalion headquarters, heard the sound of gunfire in the northeast. He walked out and saw that it was in the direction of the Yongding River. Jin Zhenzhong shouted, "Everyone enter the combat position and contact the regimental commander immediately."
Where does Jin Zhenzhong need to inform Ji Xingwen? Who in Wanping City doesn't know that there is a fight here.
The headquarters of the 219th Regiment is located in Changxindian, southwest of Marco Polo Bridge, close to the Pinghan-Han Line. After Ji Xingwen received the news, he immediately ordered the first battalion gathered in Changxindian to enter combat status and prepare to assist the third and second battalions.
Enter a resting state to serve as a reserve team.
At this time, the Dragon King Temple was already a sea of fire. Gao Xueli led the soldiers to avoid artillery fire and grenade launchers in the fortifications. Due to the crazy penetration of the Japanese spies before the war started, all the firepower points of the position were touched. The war started.
It had only been half an hour. Half of the machine gun points had been destroyed, leaving only the fortress's machine gun points struggling to hold on. Gao Xueli's eyes turned red when he saw it. He shouted to the communications soldier, "Go and report to the battalion commander that he wants us to
Artillery counterattack, if this continues, all brothers will be named."
The signal soldier shook the phone frantically and shouted at the other end of the phone, "Requesting artillery support, requesting artillery support."
Mutaguchi Lian who was in Shagang looked at the messy Dragon King Temple with a telescope and said with a smile, "The China Army is nothing more than that."
Suddenly, I saw a loud sound of artillery in Wanping City, and a string of artillery shells hit the Japanese troops charging forward. It was the light mortar unit deployed in Wanping City. Mutaguchi Lian was also surprised and quickly looked at Wanping City, only to
I saw four or five heavy machine guns in Wanping City shooting at the Japanese troops attacking the Dragon King Temple in the north. For a while, the Japanese troops were attacked from two sides.
This was not over yet. The heavy mortar company located in Shaguo Village, just west of Marco Polo Bridge, also began to fight back. The Japanese soldiers in the sorghum and corn fields were turned upside down by the bombs. Countless corpses, limbs, gun parts, stones and vegetation were lifted into the air by the artillery fire.
Gao Xueli, who had been suppressed by artillery fire for a long time, saw this opportunity and shouted excitedly, "Brothers, fight!"
The soldiers of the 11th Company immediately stood up, stretched out their long and short guns from the bunker, and opened fire fiercely.
The attacking squadron of Kiyomizu Setsuro was defeated step by step, and finally left dozens of corpses behind and retreated a mile away. Kiyomizu Setsuro looked at the somewhat frustrated soldiers and said with a smile, "What's the matter, gentlemen? They just appeared on the road.
Just pick up a small stone and kick it away. Let's have breakfast now. After eating, we will tell those Chinese pigs how to fight."
The Japanese soldiers heard this and shouted, "Long live! Long live!"
Mutaguchi Lian who was in Shagang also saw that the first charge ended in failure, and shouted to the artillery captain, "Bomb the artillery positions in Wanping City immediately."
Since Shagang is the commanding heights, Wanping's defense situation is clear at a glance. The Japanese reinforcements arrived in a hurry and did not carry heavy firepower such as mountain artillery. They only carried Type 94 90mm light mortars. The range of this gun is 3800 meters.
, coupled with the condescending position of Shagang, it can easily hit a distance of more than 4,000 meters. Shagang and Wanping City are only two kilometers away, and the 94 mortar can completely cover Wanping City. Now Wanping City will suffer, and the garrison in Wanping City will suffer.
The Ninth Company, the light mortar company, and the heavy machine gun company all hid in the fortifications, with few casualties. The angry Japanese army simply attacked the Commissioner's Office in Wanping City. After a while, the Commissioner's Office was bombed to the ground and civilian houses were destroyed.
A lot of them were also blown up.
After receiving the news, Qin Dechun sent Wang Lengzhai, Administrative Inspector of the Fourth District of Hebei Province and Wanping County Magistrate, Lin Gengyu, Commissioner of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Hebei-Chacha Government Affairs Committee, and Zhou Yongye, Deputy Director of the Transportation Department of the Hebei-Chacha Appeasement Office, to prevent the situation from escalating, and the Japanese side.
On behalf of Taoi, Japanese supply officer Taira Tera and secretary Saito negotiated. At the same time, he ordered the garrison to "defend the territory is the bounden duty of soldiers, and fighting foreign wars is the honor of soldiers. The duty is to instruct all officers and soldiers in the regiment to sacrifice their lives and stand firm, that is,
We regard Wanping City and Marco Polo Bridge as the tombs of our army. Every inch of our land cannot be easily used by others. (Historical Facts)"
Knowing that the 29th Army was seeking peace, Mutaguchi Ren also believed that only by inflicting pain on the 29th Army could he benefit from the negotiations, so he ordered Setsuro Shimizu as the commander and led about 600 people from the 8th Squadron as the forward to continue the attack on the Dragon King Temple.
Position. I personally led the 7th Squadron and the artillery unit to raid the formation at the sand hill.
At this time, Jin Zhenzhong led the 10th company and the security brigade in Wanping were rushing to the Dragon King Temple. In order to conceal their identity, they all wore straw clothes and straw hats. When they arrived at the Yongding River, another fierce battle broke out at the Dragon King Temple.
Sun Peiwu, captain of the security brigade, said urgently, "Battle Commander Jin, let's go up."
Jin Zhenzhong shook his head and said, "Wait a minute. I know Captain Gao of the 11th Company. He can hold on. Let's wait. When the Japanese troops are exhausted, we can then rush forward and try to defeat the Japanese at once."
Gao Xueli of the 11th Company and his soldiers relied on the bunker fortifications to resist the crazy attack of the Japanese army. At this time, Gao Xueli controlled a Mark Core and continuously swept it from the bunker towards the prostrate Japanese soldiers who were shooting on the ground.
Because it was long-range shooting, the advantage of the Japanese army's precise shooting suddenly became apparent. The machine guns of the 11th company were difficult to attack because the Japanese troops were far away and separated. Rifle shooting was also difficult to hit the Japanese troops due to the lack of training of the soldiers. High
Seeing that this was not a problem, Xue Li shouted, "Let all the machine guns cease firing, and the riflemen also withdraw. Let the Japanese come up closer, and we will fight again."
When Sun Peiwu heard the sound of China's Czech rifle machine guns disappearing, he couldn't help but said anxiously, "Batalion Commander Jin, let's go up."
Jin Zhenzhong shook his head and said, "The 11th Company will not be defeated so quickly. I will bring a guard squad up. Captain Sun, you and everyone are waiting for my news."
At this time, Wanping City's light mortars had been completely suppressed by Shagang and were unable to support the Dragon King Temple. However, the Japanese troops in Shagang were also attracted by Wanping and did not notice such a poorly disguised army. Qingshui
Jielang saw that Longwang Temple's counterattack was gradually weakening, and he shouted excitedly, "Charge with the whole army."
When Jin Zhenzhong took up the position, the Japanese troops were already less than 200 meters away. Jin Zhenzhong knew at a glance what Gao Xueli was up to, and immediately ordered the follow-up troops to counterattack ten minutes after the battle started. When the Japanese troops were less than 30 meters away from the troops,
Setsuro Kiyomizu was so excited that his saber trembled.
Jin Zhenzhong shouted "hit" and then picked up his Bergman submachine gun and fired. For a moment, the entire position seemed to shoot out a large steel net, knocking the entire charging Japanese army to the ground.
I have to mention the equipment of the 29th Army. At this time, the 29th Army was no longer short of guns and ammunition like Xifengkou. The 29th Army in Hebei, Peiping, and Tianjin had become a powerful local warlord, especially in Tianjin, which had a large amount of machinery and equipment.
, could make their own weapons and ammunition. After the Hebei-Cha Government Affairs Committee was established on December 18, 1935, the 19th Army quickly expanded to five divisions, totaling 48 regiments, with a total strength of more than 100,000. Among them, Zhang Zizhong’s 38th Division
It has five brigades, a total of eleven regiments, and nearly 30,000 troops. The equipment of the 29th Army is also impressive at this time. Soldiers generally use Czech rifles, platoon leaders use German Bergmann submachine guns, and company commanders each
A twenty-shot shell gun, each squad is equipped with two grenades, two rifle grenades, and one Czech light machine gun. The entire division is equipped with more than 700 light machine guns, which is more than the 270 established by the Central Military Class A Division.
There are four columns, more than twice as many, which can be said to be a well-equipped army, better than the Central Army.
Therefore, although it is only one company, the 11th company also has more than ten machine guns. Although half of them have been blown up, the firepower network composed of six or seven light and heavy machine guns is not easy for the Japanese troops who are closer than 30 meters. All of a sudden
Twenty or thirty people fell down.
Seeing this, Setsuro Shimizu was unwilling to give in. He said to the grenade team who stayed behind, "Fight their firepower and cover with machine guns. The others will charge with me to the death, kill!!!"
When Jin Zhenzhong saw that the Japanese army was advancing instead of retreating, he knew that this was a decisive battle. If he could survive this position, there wouldn't be much problem today. He shouted, "Brothers, hold on, our reinforcements will be here soon."
At this time, there was a sound of Peng, and a grenade from a grenade hit Jin Zhenzhong's side. Jin Zhenzhong was hit in the left arm by shrapnel. Jin Zhenzhong almost fainted from the pain. This bombardment hit the machine gun and only the bunker was left.
The four machine guns inside were still firing, but the other machine gun points were all muted.
The Japanese army took the opportunity to rush into the position. Jin Zhenzhong pushed away the running Gao Xueli and said, "Let the brothers rush up and entangle them. The 10th Company and the security team came up immediately and fought with them. Go tell these little devils."
, they are still a little behind in hand-to-hand combat.”
Although the weapons of the 29th Army have been changed, they still retain the sword from Xifengkou. Gao Xueli nodded, drew the sword from his back, jumped out of the bunker and shouted, "Brothers, get on it!"
Most of the troops of the 29th Army are from the Northeast and Northwest. The folk customs in these places are fierce and hand-to-hand combat has always been their strong point. Most of the Japanese troops were formed into teams of three. The soldiers looked at the Japanese troops forming back-to-back formations. The experienced ones cooperated with each other.
, or five or six people, one person resisted, another person attacked closely, and the others entangled other Japanese soldiers. A three-person team was solved in a few moves.
But most of them were killed by the Japanese three-person small formation regardless of the outcome. After all, the 29th Army was severely expanded and many fighting skills were insufficient. From time to time, you could see red-eyed soldiers from both armies dying together or committing suicide by pulling grenades.
But after all, there were many Japanese soldiers. After seven or eight minutes, the 11th Company could no longer stand it any longer. At this time, the 10th Company and the security team finally rushed forward. The light machine gunners were positioned on both sides. The Czech light machine gun's advantage in accurate shooting was immediately revealed.
, the Japanese troops still behind were cut into two. The 10th Company and the security team used long and short guns to beat the Japanese troops who were still fighting. Setsuro Shimizu could only watch the nearly 100 people who had already rushed forward.
He was driven down like a duck and beaten to pieces.
Sun Peiwu and his men were overjoyed and said, "Brothers, kill me!!" As he said that, he and his men rushed out of the position and chased the Japanese army.
When Jin Zhenzhong saw it, he shouted, "Come back! Come back to me, everyone."
Mutaguchi Lian who was in Shagang also saw that the 29th Army actually rushed out of the bunker, and said with great joy, "Aim all, shoot."
The mortar crew immediately adjusted their gun position, and more than a dozen shells hit the charging soldiers. Setsuro Shimizu also directed the heavy machine gun fire, driving back the 29th Army that had rushed out.
Jin Zhenzhong was so angry that he couldn't speak. When he saw Sun Peiwu running back, he was about to curse, when a cannonball hit them. Sun Peiwu and Jin Zhenzhong fell down covered in blood.
