Yes, even if Colonel Suzuki Kenji faces such a dilemma, he does not doubt that the 40th Infantry Brigade can hold on here for more than three days.
And even if he can't get in touch with the division headquarters at the moment, when those idiots from the 38th Air Wing escape back, it doesn't take much. As long as there are one or two planes, the division headquarters will definitely know what they are facing.
In times of difficulty, troops will be sent for reinforcements.
Jingxing County has a baggage regiment of more than 3,400 people and a complete infantry brigade of more than 1,100 people. Only 3,000 of the 4,500 people are needed to break the siege.
Although based on the calculation of the firepower of the Chinese who besieged them and the habits of the Chinese, the Chinese strength should be more than 15,000, but Suzuki Kenji is still unwilling to admit that they will still be beaten. Now it is just
The Chinese just took advantage of the terrain. If a new force came from Jingxing County, the Chinese who were attacked would have no choice but to retreat.
Suzuki Kenji didn't know that the so-called firepower value he calculated and the so-called habit of estimating the number of enemy troops based on this were really far from reality.
So far, there are only three infantry battalions besieging them, with a total strength of no more than 1,500 people. The thin defense line makes even future generals frightened.
Once the Japanese army comes to their senses and mobilizes all their forces to break out, as long as they are willing to pay enough casualties, they will be able to penetrate the extremely weak defense line and escape into the mountains. Although the independent regiment and the 386th Brigade spent half a month setting up this pocket battle, they will achieve unprecedented results.
A great victory, but annihilating this infantry brigade with more than 6,000 people is obviously just a dream.
However, as long as the Japanese army chooses to stand still and wait for reinforcements, then, as time goes by, the two infantry battalions located on the mountain ridge will arrive, and the independent regiment Panshi Battalion located at the entrance of Qigen Village will also arrive, plus the artillery unit.
, engineering troops, and baggage troops. By then, the number of people participating in the division and encirclement will reach more than 4,000.
At that time, the encirclement was truly thickened. However, this was not enough. The independent regiment security platoon, the 386th brigade security company, and the strong men battalion Shang were deployed by Liu Lang 3 kilometers away to make the last breakthrough for the fleeing Japanese invaders.
There are more than a thousand people.
The number of troops actually participating in the encirclement and annihilation of the Fourth Infantry Brigade will be more than 5,000, which will never be much less than the Japanese army that has been divided and surrounded.
At that time, it was the end of the Japanese army in the encirclement.
With a thick enough defense line and completely superior terrain, coupled with far superior firepower to the Japanese army, the Japanese army without the support of aircraft and artillery will be worn to death bit by bit until the final line of defense completely collapses.
As for the possible reinforcements sent by the Japanese army from Jingxing County, a special forces team led by Niu Er is paying close attention to the mountains around Jingxing County, and will report the size of its troops, marching route and marching speed to the Qigen Village frontline headquarters at any time.
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The nearly 80-mile mountain road from Jingxing County to here is not a big road. Even if they march at the highest intensity, they will not be able to reach the battlefield within 6 hours. The Japanese army is not a red army. They carry rifles and throw away food bags, water bottles, and all supplies.
He threw his arms away and just ran. He could march 280 miles on the mountain road in one day and one night, and the average speed reached a terrifying 12 miles per hour.
Because they didn't dare to advance lightly, and they didn't dare to roar like the commander of the red army, throwing away all their burdens except guns and bullets and advancing at full speed. Without heavy machine guns, infantry cannons, and mountain cannons, why would the Japanese dare?
Known as the No. 1 Army in Asia? Just because they dare to serve the emperor with their bushido spirit? The Chinese also have this spirit that is almost martyrdom, but it is not for one person, but for many people, and for the future of many people.
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In Liu Lang's mind, the real Asia's number one army in this era was the ragged beggar who ran all day and night on the muddy mountain road wearing straw sandals and carrying an old sleeve to the battlefield more than 200 miles away and defeated the enemy in one fell swoop.
's army.
They explained with facts that man can defeat nature and that talent is the first factor that determines war, not equipment.
Even in the future, when cruise missiles roar thousands of kilometers away and blast resistance into ashes, and even if the "world police" are so powerful that they can clearly see the brand on the cigarette butt in your hand from thousands of miles above, as long as you don't give in,
There is no war in this world that can be won by high technology alone.
Whether it was the bitter battle with the so-called Allies in the ice and snow of the North in the early days of the founding of the Republic, or the American soldiers who suffered defeat in the jungles of the southwest, or the red polar bears who had to retreat miserably after ten years of hard fighting in the mountains of West Asia, all facts illustrate this truth.
The key to determining the victory of a war is always people, not so-called aircraft and artillery.
The Great Wall of China can be blown up, but as long as people's hearts persist, millions of flesh and blood can build a new Great Wall of thousands of miles.
What's more, if the Japanese army has reinforcements, doesn't China have any?
The 129th Division, the three main divisions of the 18th Group Army, in addition to leaving the 385th Brigade Headquarters and the 770th Regiment, the Special Agent Battalion, the Engineer Battalion, the Artillery Battalion, and the Transport Battalion to stay in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, the Division Headquarters led the 386th Brigade and the 769th Regiment to teach
A total of more than 9,100 people from regiments and cavalry battalions arrived in eastern Shanxi, plus more than 4,000 people from the 343rd Brigade temporarily placed under command from the 115th Division. The total strength still reaches more than 13,000, and so far, only one infantry brigade has been dispatched.
There are still 9,000 people in the main force that have not yet entered the battle. A total of 4 infantry regiments, the 769th Regiment, the Teaching Regiment and the 343rd Brigade, at one o'clock in the morning before the battle in Qigen Village started, they had already set off from the station more than 100 miles away and headed towards Qigen.
Village mobile.
The moment the Jindong War Zone fell at Fululing, it issued a military order to the 129th Division to assist in the defense of the rear flank of Niangziguan. Their march had already been announced to all defense zones, and even Kawagishi Bunzaburo had it on his desk, but he guessed correctly
Got the beginning but didn’t think about the ending.
Those who participated in the siege of the 40th Infantry Brigade were not the main force of the 129th Division with more than 10,000 men in his eyes, but the Independent Regiment and the 386th Brigade, the real main force of the Red Army. They set off overnight just to drive over from Jingxing County.
of reinforcements.
The direction of their march was towards the town of Chaiyu.
To encircle a point for reinforcements, the Red Army has used the old routine for many years, but it has always worked. Even the old Japanese soldier Bunzaburo Kawagishi who has studied the Red Army's combat routines will still fall into the trap again. The main reason is that he guessed Liu Lang's troop deployment wrongly.
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However, it is too early to talk about the ground battle. The duel in the sky is what the tens of thousands of Chinese and Japanese infantrymen in Shigen Village are most concerned about.
In fact, not only the entire Chinese army deployed in Qigen Village or the red troops still advancing at full speed in the mountains and fields are paying attention to this battle, the entire Chinese army on the Niangziguan front line has been aware of this battle, which they did not know beforehand.
battle.
For ground troops, it takes half a day or a day to walk on a mountain road of dozens of miles, but for the vast blue sky, the distance of dozens of miles cannot block the view. What's more, the fighter planes that have already reached their highest speed can take one minute.
It can run for nearly twenty miles, especially for the fighters from both sides that have begun to pursue the battle, the sky with a radius of tens of kilometers is their battlefield.
And the front line of Niangziguan is also on the battlefield that belongs to them.
The sound of dozens of fighter planes roaring and fighting in the sky had already alarmed the tens of thousands of Chinese and Japanese troops on the Niangziguan front line. They just couldn't see clearly which side the fallen plane belonged to, but that was not a fierce air battle above the main battlefield.
But it reminded these experienced soldiers that there was definitely a fiercer battle on the ground under the sky than in the sky.
This is the first time that the Chinese soldiers in Shanxi have seen their own aircraft appear in their airspace. They are extremely looking forward to the Chinese fighter planes winning this air battle.
The first ten minutes, which were far away and somewhat blurry, were actually a great torture for the Chinese officers and soldiers on the Niangziguan front line.
One fighter plane after another falls, but no one knows which side it belongs to. But no matter which side it belongs to, there are definitely Chinese fighter planes. Just like the battlefield on the ground, no one will think that one's own fighter planes will remain unscathed.
Just win.
Even if the arrogant Japanese army believes that their air force will definitely win the final victory, they will not think that they can win this air battle without losing one aircraft.
Their artillery fire on the ground was so awesome, weren't they killed by the tenacious Chinese until they were screaming and leaving corpses scattered all over the field? Especially for Lieutenant Commander Hatori, who had lost command on the front line of Jiuguan and was completely despairing.
If you want to win with zero battle losses, it is just a beautiful fairy tale for the generals of the Chinese and Japanese armies, including the soldiers, who have sufficient combat experience.
However, tens of thousands of Chinese officers and soldiers who were suffering in their hearts did not know that the fairy tale was about to come true.
However, that still requires effort.
Although the "Aviation Volunteer Army" had an absolute advantage in the duel in the sky, with 16 vs. 7, it by no means completely won the battle.
Any slight mistake may allow the beleaguered Japanese Army Air Force to break its humiliating 17-0 record. What Zhou Dapeng has to do now is not to shoot down all the Japanese aircraft, but to end the battle within 5 minutes and destroy the aircraft with only half of the fuel left.
Take the fighter plane back.
The Merlin aircraft engine of the modified P40, which had lost its auxiliary fuel tank before the total mileage reached the battlefield, was powerful enough, but it also consumed a lot of fuel. They could fight for up to five minutes before they had to return home.
Therefore, when the chase started, Zhou Dapeng gave an order on the intercom. Once the enemy plane was shot down or the enemy plane fled in disgrace and left the battlefield, all fighter planes would be forced to leave the battlefield and return to Yan'an Airport at an accelerated speed. If the fighter planes were damaged, the flight number could not be determined
Returning to the airport, one should not parachute over the battlefield to prevent changes in wind direction from blowing the parachute towards the Japanese positions. In the mountains, Liu Lang had already prepared an emergency team and a search and rescue team composed of mountain residents to rescue them.
The Japanese pilots also knew that this was their last ditch effort, their last chance to wash away the shame of the entire North China Expeditionary Force. Almost all of them turned on the afterburner to the maximum, charged at the Chinese fighter formation, then turned around, and then charged and fought again.
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It is as brutal as the ancient cavalry's confrontation, and at the same time there is the tenacity and wisdom of chasing each other up and down, staggering back and forth to seize advantageous attack positions.
From an altitude of three to four thousand meters to a low altitude of six to seven hundred meters, from directly above Qigen Village to the sky more than ten or even twenty kilometers away from here, the heartbreaking roar of aircraft engines can be heard everywhere.
Roars and machine gunfire.
The roar of airflow generated by the high-speed flight of both sides even covered up the sound of gunfire that resumed on the ground.
Everyone knows that although the Chinese Air Force has undoubtedly won, the final battle in the air battle has just begun.