On Fulu Ridge, the Chinese army lieutenant general died overnight due to the heavy casualties suffered by his troops.
In fact, the new brigade commander of the 40th Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army, Major General Yoshio Shang Yue, who was personally stationed on the front line of Fululing, was not in a better mood. His eyes were also red after not sleeping for 48 hours.
Just as the Chinese generals thought, Yoshio Uetsuki, who had received the division commander's order to attack Fulu Ridge on the right wing of Niangzi Pass, did not hide his tactical intentions at all.
Of course, he also has his own confidence.
The Third Army of the Central Army, the most powerful fighting force of the Chinese army, and the Liu Lang Independent Regiment were all restrained on the Niangziguan front line. Looking at the hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops on the Niangziguan front line, most of the Chinese troops who were miscellaneous troops were not released by Liangfu last month.
In his eyes, he was relentlessly attacking Lvuling day and night, not only to open up the right flank of Niangziguan, but also to eat up tens of thousands of people in a Chinese division.
Yoshito Takagi wanted to further ascend to the throne of Army Lieutenant General, but Yoshio Kamezuki wanted to stabilize his position as the infantry major general brigade commander, and this required military exploits.
However, in two days, he was not only disappointed, but also shocked and unbearably heartbroken.
The Chinese, perhaps knowing the importance of this place to Niangziguan's defense line, were even crazier than defending Snowflake Mountain. Entire battalions and entire companies were wiped out, but entire battalions and entire companies rushed to the position. Countless times, the imperial warriors had clearly occupied the position.
The position was retaken by the crazy Chinese counterattacks. Even when the position could not be retaken, their artillery would fire at the position.
Don't they know that there are their people there too? Don't their cruel commanders know that this will demoralize their soldiers so that no one will dare to go to the battlefield and become cannon fodder?
But what made Yoshio last month collapse was that the Chinese soldiers would still rush to the position, and then the shelling would come again. This incomprehensible cruelty finally made the infantry captain on the front line refuse to send any more people into the Chinese position.
, before the Chinese artillery was eliminated.
However, the Chinese artillery is hidden in the mountains, and Baga's hiding place is tighter than a prairie dog. Not to mention that our own completely superior artillery cannot attack them, and even the aircraft of the 38th Air Wing have a hard time finding them.
trace.
The suicide defense was already terrifying, but what frightened Mr. Yue Yue even more was the behavior of the Chinese defenders after they ran out of bullets. They should have retreated, not according to common sense, but according to all reasons.
But they still did not retreat. They lifted up the rocks on the position and used them as bullets to throw down, miraculously blocking the attack of the 200-man Imperial Army until the arrival of their supporting troops.
In two days, the 80th Infantry Regiment responsible for the main attack suffered casualties as high as 900. Including the casualties in the Snowflake Mountain offensive and defensive battle, one and a half infantry regiments were lost. An infantry regiment with 3,800 people and three infantry brigades,
It can almost fight against a powerful infantry regiment of a Chinese army, but the number of combatable troops is less than two infantry brigades.
In front of the position of a motley Chinese division, he suffered a bloody blow.
Last month, Liangfu even had the illusion that his opponent, who is known as the most elite German weapon master in China, just changed his designation to confuse him?
The words of the division commander's messages became more and more intense, which made the good man last month sit on pins and needles. Looking at Fulu Ridge in the distance, which was still resisting, he secretly made up his mind that if the war has not progressed by tomorrow afternoon at the latest, he will put all his efforts into it.
, the main force of the 79th Infantry Regiment based in Jingxing County was transferred to Fululing.
With the main force of the entire brigade, we launched the final attack on this seemingly shaky but always rock-solid Chinese position.
He did not believe that an entire infantry brigade that could defeat an entire Chinese corps would not be able to defeat a Chinese division, and it was still a Chinese miscellaneous division that was at the end of its fight.
"Stupid, stupid!" Bunzaburo Kawagishi yelled at the headquarters of the 20th Division in Shijiazhuang after receiving Yoshio's request for the entire brigade to attack last month. "Jingxing County is a supply base for our army. If it is not heavily defended, it will be captured by the China Army."
Take advantage of that, that will put our army in an extremely dangerous situation. That idiot, Mr. Utsuki Yoshio."
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, this is not necessarily the case. The main forces of the China Army are all contained by our army. According to intelligence, the main forces of the Liu Lang Independent Regiment and the 3rd Army of the 26th China Route Army on the Niangziguan front line are all out, as well as Major General Takagi's 39th Infantry Brigade.
The regiment fought bloody battles, and the situation was extremely stalemate; the 17th Division was violently attacked by the 80th Infantry Regiment of our 40th Brigade Regiment and was unable to take care of itself; in the south, the main force of the China Army, the 26th Route Army, the 42nd Army, the 30th Army and the 27th Route Army were attacked by our 108,109
The division pretended to move and did not dare to leave its position; and its reinforcements, the 22nd Army, which set off from Sichuan Province, are still moving towards the war zone at the junction of Shaanxi and Shanxi. The Chinese lacked cars, and the army composed of peasant soldiers wanted to come in a short time.
Unless everyone has wings on the front line, no Chinese army will be able to pose a sufficient threat to our Jingxing County for at least a week." Kimura Jiuzang, chief of staff of the 20th Division, pointed at the map to the furious Kawagishi.
Bunzaburo analyzed.
Indirectly, he helped a certain major general solve the problem.
There's no way around it. If a staff officer doesn't have a commander, he won't fart loudly. But in the Japanese division, even if the staff officer has a commander, the fart won't make much noise. Chiefs of staff at the colonel level and brigade commanders at the major general level don't say anything.
, you have to suffer if the commander of the regiment, who is also at the rank of colonel, doesn't give you a good look. Who knows, you are just the staff officer of the division commander, while he is the chief officer with more than 3,000 troops under his command?
Takagi Yoshito is already a loyal supporter of His Excellency the division commander, and the newly appointed Yoshio Kamizuki is the development target of Kushimura Kuzo. A major general brigade commander and a colonel chief of staff may not be enough to keep warm with the veteran division commander Kawagishi.
Bunzaburo fights against him, but he can overwhelm others, right?
At this critical moment, Kushimura Kushiro, who is from the academy, even if he lies with his eyes open, he still has to support this major general brigade leader who is suitable as an ally.
Of course, his analysis is not just lying. The intelligence of the empire's senior intelligence agent lurking in the second theater is on Kawagishi Bunzaburo's desk. At this moment, the Chinese can send another brigade to the Niangziguan front line, even if they have
ability.
However, what can an infantry brigade of 3,000 to 4,000 people do? Attack Jingxing County where there are still 1,000 people stationed there? Don’t be ridiculous. More than 10,000 people are defending an infantry regiment with 3,800 people. It is extremely difficult to attack.
, isn’t that similar to suicide?
Glancing sideways at his chief of staff, Kawagishi Bunzaburo's anger subsided a little. Of course he knew that Kushimura Kushiro's analysis was correct, and his anger just now was not actually because of the deployment of troops from Jingxing County, but because
It was because a regiment of the 40th Infantry Brigade attacked a Chinese miscellaneous division and suffered heavy casualties for two days without being able to advance any inch, so they took the opportunity to vent their anger.
In fact, not only Yoshio's side last month, but also Takagi Yoshito's 39th Brigade on the Niangzi Pass front line. The war also embarrassed him. Not only did the feint attack turn into a strong attack, but it also suffered heavy losses.
The series of casualty figures in the battle report made him tremble with fear. The soldiers who died in the battle had no time to transport their remains back to the rear. They basically took advantage of the fighting time to burn them on the spot, and put the ashes into wooden boxes and transported them back to the baggage squadron.
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In the past two days, the small wooden boxes wrapped in white cloth that had been shipped back had almost covered the playground.
The 20th Division suffered the heaviest casualties since it entered China. It was almost able to catch up with the 5th Division, which was fighting against more than 200,000 Chinese troops in the north of Shanxi Province.
Not to mention the strict order from the North China Expeditionary Force Headquarters to capture Niangziguan and advance to Taiyuan, Shanxi Province. This casualty alone must be covered up by victory.
After thinking for a while, Bunzaburo Kawagishi, whose face returned to a cold expression, nodded, "Kisimura-kun is right, so I agree with Yoshio Utsuki and order him to mobilize two infantry brigades and two infantry brigades of the 79th Infantry Regiment tomorrow afternoon.
The infantry squadron went to Fulu Ridge, leaving two infantry squadrons and the division's baggage regiment to garrison Jingxing County. After capturing Fulu Ridge, the entire army repaired for a day to replenish all kinds of baggage, and then attacked Niangziguan in a roundabout way towards Chaiyu Town.
Cooperate with Mr. Takagi to encircle the Chinese troops on the front line of Niangziguan, especially Liu Lang’s independent regiment. We cannot let anyone go. I will hang the fat man’s body high in Niangziguan so that all the Chinese people can take a good look.”
"Hi!" Kushimura Kyuzo lowered his head with a smile on his face.
This favor was eventually sold by him.
As for how this favor came to Yoshio Kametsuki's ears, he didn't need to worry about it. Who can be a simple person who can become the commander of the Major General Brigade? Someone will always tell him this.
The third day of battle at Fulu Ridge was still extremely cruel, it could even be said to be more cruel.
The Japanese reconnaissance planes kept circling over Fulu Ridge, responsible for finding the mountain artillery battalion of the 17th Division for the timid Japanese army who would rather be shot by the supervising team than be "shot" by the Chinese mountain artillery in vain.
Once the mountain artillery shelling begins, at least three Japanese bombers will take off from Shijiazhuang and bombard the targets provided by the reconnaissance aircraft.
The mountain artillery battalion was broken into pieces and hidden in the mountains. The artillery bombardment could not last more than 8 minutes and had to be evacuated quickly. The support for the front line was greatly weakened.
Therefore, after being reminded by Xigua, the frontline troops of the 17th Division also used suicide bomb ambush methods. As long as the Japanese troops stepped into the position, they would die with the enemy. If one could not do it, then two, or three, or four
indivual.
Throughout the day, the 17th Division once again suffered more than 1,000 casualties.
When the battle reached dusk, only two of the five infantry regiment commanders were left. The fifteen infantry battalion commanders had suffered casualties of nearly two hands. The number of company commanders was even more unbearable to read.
As for the Japanese army, they finally waited for their own fresh troops. Two fully-staffed infantry brigades with more than 2,200 people, plus two infantry squadrons with 400 people, were short of Lvlingxia. Not counting other arms, the Japanese army only had infantry, and its total strength was
Up to 4800 people.
The number of people has exceeded the 17th Division.
The Seventeenth Division, by this time of the war, had more than 12,000 men in the division, with only 5,000 remaining.
More than 7,000 people were killed or seriously injured in the battle.
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PS: Some children's boots said in the book review area that Feng Yue's progress is too slow. One battle requires seventy or eighty chapters, and he likes to describe details. Although he is very passionate and touching, he will eventually get tired of aesthetics. Feng Yue hopes to do a little bit here.
Explain that Feng Yue hopes to use the battles of small people to highlight the purpose of the entire war, hoping that those seniors who should not be forgotten are not just simple cold numbers. The 102nd Regiment, the 5th Company, and the 9th Company written by Feng Yue, then
They are all battles in real history. Fengyue is just hope. Those heroes and martyrs are known to you and me. They should never be just names on tombstones, nor just numbers. They should be known in our hearts.
Always remember.
I'm sorry everyone, Feng Yue is a very emotional person. The more information he consults, the less Feng Yue can do to increase the pleasure of the article with the numbers of killing a large number of Japanese pirates. That period of history is a history that is unbearable to read.