Chapter 1189 On the battlefield, you can't be handsome!
The 39th Brigade headquarters is 800 meters away from the defense line outside the artillery position. Gunfire at such a close range means that the defense line has been breached.
Including an infantry squad that came for reinforcements, there were more than 100 imperial warriors, but they were rushed in by the Chinese without even being able to resist for ten minutes.
Although there were still more than 2,400 people on the artillery position, there were already artillerymen with rifles and pistols, shouting and fearlessly rushing towards the enemy's direction.
But thinking about it with their buttocks, Yoshitake Takagi and Tadayasu Hosokawa also knew that letting a group of infantrymen with rifles and machine guns rush into the artillery position was like a pack of hungry wolves rushing into a herd of sheep. The total number of artillery soldiers could not exceed hundreds of guns.
They have almost no ability to resist.
If the dozens of cannons parked here were blown up by them, the Battle of Jindong would have ended early. With cannons, they would have fought so hard. Without cannons, one infantry brigade and two regiments would have basically died.
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The Japanese major general and colonel rushed out of the field headquarters, lay down in the fortifications, and picked up their binoculars to look ahead.
Although it was still dark, with the bright light of machine gun bullets cutting through the night sky at dawn and the light of exploding mortar grenades, in the telescope, the figure of a Chinese man wearing a gray military uniform, a white shirt and yellow trousers was just 300 meters away.
They had even besieged a field artillery, using rifles and submachine guns to kill the artillerymen who were hiding around the field artillery and resisting desperately in the mountains, but they had no intention of throwing grenades or using light machine guns.
The expressions of the two people changed drastically again. It seemed that they already knew what the Chinese people's purpose was. The Chinese people's appetite was much greater than they had just imagined.
In fact, the number of Chinese who appeared in their sights was no less than one or even two infantry companies. They were not a death squad that blew up artillery. They came to seize artillery.
As for why they were trying to grab the cannon, the two people, who were already gray-faced, looked pale...
"Hosokawa-kun, you already know the intentions of the cunning Chinese. We must not let the Chinese rob our empire's important weapons. If they are allowed to rob field artillery or even howitzers, then our imperial warriors on the Niangziguan and Jiuguan fronts will be
We are in danger." Taking a deep breath, Takagi Yoshito dropped his binoculars and turned his gaze to the artillery regiment captain who also had an ugly face, "I'll leave the bombing to you."
"Hi, Mr. Takagi, I will try my best." Hosokawa Tadayasu nodded, "Sir Takagi, please retreat first!"
"Retreat? Haha, the Chinese waited for seven days for the opportunity to mobilize troops around our brigade headquarters and then chose this dawn sneak attack. How could they give us a chance to retreat? I think, the Chinese gathered here
, at least no less than an elite infantry brigade! They will definitely set up ambushes at various mountain passes, waiting for you and me to escape, and then shoot us like rabbits in the mountains. I am a major general of the Imperial Army,
How can I give them such a chance? Even if I die, I can only die on the way to charge towards the enemy." Turning his head and casting his gaze back into the slight darkness, Takagi Yoshito sneered with a look of determination on his face, and said decisively
: "I will lead the warriors of the artillery regiment to buy you more time. We must blow up all the heavy artillery, especially the howitzers, before the Chinese arrive. Please."
"Hi! Mr. Takagi, please take care." There were tears in Hosokawa Tadayasu's eyes, he bowed his head heavily to his superior, then adjusted his military cap, turned around and left the fortification.
A team of five guards quickly followed.
The Japanese colonel walked resolutely and resolutely. Even if there was a flash of light from an explosion in the distance, whether it was a mortar or a grenade, illuminating the figures of him and the guards in the darkness of dawn, he remained unmoved and continued.
Take big strides forward.
However, the hand holding the handle of the command knife quietly tightened.
Watching Hosokawa Tadayasu's figure disappear into the darkness, Takagi Yoshito slowly stood up and walked back to the headquarters. Standing in front of the combat table covered with a combat map of the Eastern Jin region, he said solemnly: "After five minutes, if the war does not improve,
, the message to the division headquarters is as follows: His Excellency Lieutenant General Kawagishi Bunzaburo, Commander of the 20th Division of the Imperial Japanese Army, Yoshito Takagi of the 39th Infantry Brigade of the 20th Division, today received numerous orders from China with the 26th Artillery Regiment
The troops were besieging this place, and when this message was dictated, the Chinese army had already broken through the defense line. At that time, the humble officer should have been loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, and more than 2,000 imperial officers and soldiers were all broken into pieces. There is no regret in serving the empire and serving His Majesty the Emperor.
Without further ado, I would like to request Lieutenant General to promptly revise the strategy against the enemy at Niangziguan. The main forces of both brigades and regiments are blocked by the enemy and have not advanced for several days. Yamashita Fengwenjun's strategy of attacking the enemy in a roundabout way along the mountainous area has now proven to be unadvisable.
, the division should concentrate the main force of our army on the western front, defeat the will of the China Army, and aim directly at Taiyuan to relieve the worries in the north of Shanxi."
Obviously, at this time, Takagi Yoshito did not forget to trick his old rival who had been promoted early and vent his complaints to his boss. In his opinion, he was attacked by the Chinese army because of the division.
As a result of mistakes in strategic planning, if two infantry brigades with more than 10,000 troops deployed in front of Niangzi Pass, would something like this still happen?
Which Chinese army dares to touch the back of the Imperial Japanese Army, which has more than 10,000 troops?
Indeed, if the Japanese army here has as many as two brigades, even Langdanza may not dare to play this big one. But different situations have different ways of playing. What Yoshito Takagi wants is to have two brigades.
It’s not certain that they will be able to capture Niangzi Pass. Didn’t the original Eighth Division suffer a bloody blow at Luowen Valley?
The Japanese major general who issued his farewell message was not a softie. He did not say that after fooling his subordinates, he would take off his general uniform and smear his face with black ash and run away while the night was still under cover. Instead, he led his last desperate attack.
When he got ten guards, he took a bunch of scumbag artillerymen and went to buy time to blow up the artillery for his artillery brothers.
The Japanese major general, who was looking forward to death, did not know that Colonel Hosokawa, who had received his order to bomb the artillery, did not issue the military order to bomb the artillery in time.
It wasn't this coward who escaped first. During the entire war, most of the Japanese army officers and subordinates were die-hard. After the defeat, these guys who liked to use knives to cut their belly for fun were like crazy people.
, then you are afraid of death? Even if you are afraid, it is because you are afraid that after death, your head will be chopped off by a "cruel" guy like Liu Tuanzuo, or you will hang it on a tree to dry and use it as bacon.
To be honest, the reason why Liu Tuanzuo was called Colonel Beast by the Kwantung Army after the Great Wall War was that he chopped off the heads of dozens of people from a team that massacred Mijiayu Village and kept them for public viewing.
It was his indifference that caused thousands of wounded Japanese soldiers to freeze to death in the wilderness of northern China. It is not just that Liu Tuanzuo won a great victory, which would frighten the proud Kwantung Army.
However, even so, it is worth paying attention to the Japanese officers and assistants of the independent team. After all, no one wants to be treated so roughly by Liu Tuanzuo, right?
The reason why Hosokawa Tadayasu did not issue a military order to explode artillery was because he also had to maintain the image of a colonel on the battlefield. Not only did he have a neat military appearance, he even wore the white gloves holding the handle of his command sword well, which was very impressive.
character.
Especially at the moment when the flames of the bomb illuminated his somewhat tragic profile, which was like steel cast from iron, he was an absolute model of an iron-blooded soldier. If anyone took a picture of him and brought it to Japan, he would be an absolute example of thousands of boys and girls.
Idol.
Everyone knows that a person riding a white horse on the battlefield will not become a prince, but will most likely become a dead soul, but this "handsome guy" at the rank of colonel obviously doesn't think so.
So, he died.
Among the independent regiment's special operations brigade, Lan Guanhu's Sixth Special Forces Squadron is at the bottom in terms of reputation and strength. Including their squad leader Lan Guanhu, the overall strength of the original group of veteran special forces is not as good as the others.
It is considered outstanding, that is, ranked in the middle and lower reaches.
But Lan Guanhu has a skill that no one in the entire special operations brigade can match, including Lang Tuanzuo, who is amazed and ashamed of himself.
That's camouflage, infiltration, and lurking. This thing really requires talent. It's also wearing a straw coat. Others may be able to tell something is wrong at a glance, but he is wearing it. Even if you know where he is lying, you can't do anything.
You can't see anything unusual. If you don't get half a meter closer to him, you can't even be sure where he is lying at your feet.
Orchid Guanhu can even imitate the swaying rhythm of the grass blades on its body according to the wind speed, and it can also imitate the chirping of insects, making you feel that it is just a pile of tangled grass.
What made Liu Tuanzuo stunned was that there was even an extra bird and eight eggs on the head of Lan Guanhu, who had been training to lurk in the mountains for 36 hours without moving. It could make even the most vigilant bird completely kill him.
If you treat it like a real clump of withered grass, you can imagine how powerful he is.
This time, other special teams either went to Jingxing County or Shimen, but their 6th special team stayed in the mountains on the front line from Jingxing to Niangziguan. Although Lan Guanhu and other special team members didn't say it, they still felt in their hearts.
Holding back a breath.
It’s not about fighting for merit, but it’s about being the best in literature and the second in military skills. In the army, everyone wants to be the first and the elite. Since they are elites, they have to take on the most difficult tasks, instead of just lying in the mountains and forests to provide the enemy with help.
military information and intelligence, they should fight in a hail of bullets.
Before the battle started, the 6th Special Forces Team, which had cleared out the patrols along the way, sneaked into the mountains and forests and approached the Japanese defense line under the leadership of Lan Guanhu. When gunshots were heard from Zhang Ruhao's side, the Japanese soldiers all went to fight with Zhang Ruhao and his hundreds of soldiers.
The No. 1 soldier fought tooth and nail, and the seven special forces sneaked straight into the battlefield.
Their goal was to kill important targets of the Japanese army and quickly find the location of the howitzers to provide to the commanders who were attacking the Japanese positions. It didn't matter that the 75-caliber field gun was blown up, but those 12 howitzers were what Liu Tuanzuo had to do.
Gotta grab it.
Then, unfortunately.
Lan Guanhu, who had lurked into the Japanese artillery position and was secretly looking for targets, was blinded by the tragic face of the Japanese commander at the moment when the explosion lit up.