The ten-minute exchange of fire under artillery fire not only tested the courage of the soldiers on both sides.
At the same time, there is also the level of patience of the commanders on both sides and the level of tolerance for casualties. Whoever can't bear it is the loser.
Even though the four infantry squads of a company were facing artillery fire, they were still in the trenches anyway. As long as the artillery shells were not extremely close, they could at least sneak into the trenches and escape the terrifying air wave attack.
Of course, if the shell exploded in the trench, you would have to consider yourself unlucky. A mountain cannon shell could kill everyone in the trench more than ten meters long. It was absolutely unlucky.
There were nearly fifty people in the four infantry squads. More than ten people were killed in the battle, five of them because a shell fell into the trench and died on the spot. More than ten people were injured, and the four seriously injured were carried by the stretcher team.
Go down the mountain for treatment.
However, only a small half of the casualties were caused by bullets.
But the Japanese troops 100 meters ahead of the position had no trenches. Not only did they have to endure the fire suppression from four Chinese machine guns and more than ten light and heavy machine guns on the position, but they also had to endure their own artillery shells that fell on their position from time to time.
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The absence of trenches means that there is no place to escape the murderous air wave caused by the explosion of 6.5 kilogram projectiles. In ten minutes, at least sixty or seventy Japanese soldiers were blown away by the air wave of their own artillery shells, which was even more than those who were shot wildly on the position.
A company of officers and soldiers with thousands of rounds of ammunition would kill more.
If you are injured by a bullet, you still have a chance to fight the infection caused by bacteria to see if you can escape the sickle wielded by the god of death. But if you are injured by the air wave of the cannonball, even this opportunity is lost. Violent
The air wave is enough to crack the internal organs of a human body. The injury will make all the experts scratch their heads even eighty years later, let alone this era.
Zihua had already had the impulse several times to send up the last four infantry squads to increase their strength and defeat the stubborn Japanese army in one fell swoop, but Liu Lang's cold eyes that kept staring at the battlefield forced him to stop him.
Got blocked and went back.
It was tragic, but the casualties were still within Liu Lang's acceptable range. The Japanese howitzers flying in the air but hitting the rear of the battlefield reminded Liu Lang that the Japanese commander he was facing was cunning enough to use artillery battles to find the artillerymen of the independent regiment.
Not only did he want to destroy the position in one fell swoop, but what if he so frantically ignored the life and death of the Japanese infantry that he ordered howitzers to fire on the top of the mountain?
At that time, it will not be the price of the four infantry squads being crippled, it will be the death anniversary of the entire independent regiment, one battalion and one company.
As a regimental commander, Liu Lang is no longer the young special forces soldier who was angry and mad because of the casualties of his comrades in time and space. Considering the overall situation, accepting casualties is another important skill he has learned in several battles.
Never underestimate the madness of the Japanese or how afraid they are of death. The so-called elite Japanese troops in front of the positions are just a bunch of mountain people and fishermen in the eyes of Japan's upper-class nobles. How many casualties they have, they
Don't really care that much.
Liu Lang could only wait now, waiting for the other side's frontline commander to take the initiative to retreat when he could no longer bear the heavy casualties. At that time, it was time to beat up the drowned dog.
Even if you don't counterattack and kill them all, do you really think that the mortars of the independent regiment are just a living thing?
But at this time, the Chinese and Japanese commanders on the two wing positions were frightened by the brutal attack and defense of the central main position, "killing one thousand enemies and damaging eight hundred". How come they had just come into contact, like
Like a decisive battle?
They called their respective commanders one after another to ask if they wanted to change their tactics.
"Captain Liu, why are the little devils so red-eyed and desperate in this first battle? Can the independent regiment withstand it? If the brothers are in trouble, do you want me to give the devils a hard blow and blow the charge horn to follow?
If they make a countercharge, even if they can't penetrate them, they will scare the bastards back." Deputy Commander Wang was very straightforward on the phone.
A typical straight person, which fits his personality very well.
If it had been anyone else, just hearing him ask if he could stand it, he would probably have turned against him on the spot. Fortunately, Liu Lang knew this person's personality and had always been like this.
Having grown up here, he always thinks and says whatever he thinks.
"Deputy Commander Wang, please rest assured here. Not to mention that the first company on the position still has 70% combat effectiveness, there are also two infantry companies waiting in the trenches of the position! The little Japs don't have that ability." Liu
Lang held the phone and his expression remained unchanged, "However, the counterattack you mentioned can be carried out, but not today..."
Turning his eyes back to the battlefield, Liu Lang finally showed a cold smile on his face: "Now, little devil, I can't help it anymore and want to run away."
On the position, Captain Hideta, who was hiding in the shell crater, watched his soldiers being continuously shot down by the fierce firepower of the Chinese, and being blown away by artillery shells flying from the rear. He even saw with his own eyes the 2nd Infantry Squadron under his command.
Squad leader Hidekawa Narihito wielded a command sword and bravely directed his soldiers to fight, but was targeted by Chinese machine guns. Dozens of machine gun bullets fired at him and sparks flew from the rock where he was hiding.
However, Hidekawa Sunghito, who had firmly hidden himself behind the stone, still did not escape the Chinese's terrifying machine cannon. One of the machine cannons that was attracted to him fired frantically at the natural stalagmite that was 70 to 80 centimeters high.
It lasted for nearly a minute until the stalagmite was broken into pieces bit by bit, and finally the exposed Second Lieutenant Hidekawa Seihito was killed.
Hideta Gorenko will never forget the frustrated look Hidetaka Narihi looked at him at that minute when Hidetaka Narihito was only twenty meters away from him. There was despair and pleading...but more importantly, he was full of resentment.
Yes, if he, the squadron leader, was not allowed to retreat, that young man who had just graduated from the infantry school for two years might not have died on this hillside!
The handsome second lieutenant was hit by machine gun and machine gun shells, and even his upper body was lost. At the moment when the stalagmite was exploded, Hideta Ohrenko didn't even dare to lower his once proud head for the first time.
look.
He even forgot how happy he was when he used a knife to split the head of a village woman holding a baby in a Chinese village and split the baby in half.
If someone hadn't stopped him, he would have even wanted to take a picture next to the corpse of the village woman who was still spitting out blood, and the baby was still waving her little hands before she died completely, and send it back to his country to send to his parents and wife, so that they could see it.
How did he conquer the poor and ignorant land of China?
At that moment, he realized that when death came, he was worse than the Chinese village woman who spat in his face. At least she was still standing, instead of huddled in the crater like him.
He didn't dare to look, and he didn't even have the courage to wave his command knife and continue to direct the soldiers to attack and advance.
He is afraid, he is afraid of being seen by those crazy Chinese, who will also cover this place with crazy machine guns and machine guns!
"Alternate cover, retreat!" Hideta Gorenko, who quietly dropped his command sword, removed his captain's collar badge and put it in his purse, finally made up his mind and gave the Japanese army a retreat order.
The pride of the Imperial Army has been lost, so we can't even lose our lives!
On the battlefield, the Japanese signal corps sounded the retreat siren.
All the Japanese soldiers were relieved. Some of them continued to shoot on the ground, while others dragged the wounded's legs down the mountain and began to evacuate this battlefield that was a hell for them.
As for the corpse, they couldn't care less about it at the moment.
Liu Lang breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, this battle was basically over.
The four infantry squads on the position can finally breathe a sigh of relief and no longer have to face artillery fire and shoot at the Japanese army. If it continues for another ten minutes, the Japanese army will suffer heavy casualties, but these four infantry squads who stick to the position will also suffer heavy casualties.
There were only a few left. The strongest company in that battalion was almost crippled.
And this is just the first battle in Jiuguan!
The Japanese aggressors were lying dead on the battlefield. A quick glance showed that there were at least nearly 200 people. In terms of casualty ratio, this battle could be described as a complete victory, but Liu Lang couldn't be happy at all.
The casualties of the company have not yet been counted, but they will definitely not be less than 40. And such a battle will last at least four to five days, which means that more than a hundred people will never see his parents again.
Wife, children, and more than a hundred graves will be added to the Guangyuan Martyrs Cemetery of the Independent Regiment.
At the foot of Yamashita, Lieutenant Colonel Hatori of the Japanese 1st Infantry Battalion was even more sad. The loss of dozens of people in the previous battle had made him heartbroken. In this battle, the losses were even more heavy and difficult for him to accept.
Of the two infantry squadrons, can one, or most of them, come back? The smoke blocked his vision, and the figures of the Japanese soldiers who fled in a hurry were still in the rising smoke.
This offensive and defensive battle ultimately ended in his defeat.
However, the Chinese people think that this is the final outcome, that they have won? Even if they win, it is a tragic victory.
Raising his hand to look at the watch on his wrist, Hatori Nakazawa Yinjiu's eyes were filled not with sadness, but with a more terrifying intensity, causing the staff officer beside him to sweat in his vest.
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PS: Because I accompanied my old mother to the hospital early in the morning to queue up for admission and check-up, and didn’t go home until after 1 p.m., I just finished coding and updated, so the update is late.
However, the hospital beds are too tight and we are not admitted to the upper hospital, and cystoscopy requires hospitalization before we can do it. We can only continue to line up tomorrow. I hope that the examination can be done tomorrow and Fengyue's heart will be more stable. Thank you for your understanding and blessings. Thank you.