Taking advantage of our own completely superior artillery fire, we used collapsible boats, wooden boats collected from the river, and two fully armed gunboats to arrive at the river bank. Five infantry squadrons and a heavy machine gun squadron of the 13th Infantry Regiment of the Sixth Division arrived at the river bank, that is,
A complete infantry regiment plus the strength of an infantry squadron.
This was already the largest force that the angry Hisao Tani could deploy on the other side of the river at once. If the stupid Kanzaki hadn't made a mistake that caused the 6th Engineer Regiment to lose nearly half of its folding boats, he could even have deployed an infantry regiment at once.
All the combat soldiers of the 12 infantry squadrons arrived on the other side of the river.
However, the strength of 5 infantry squadrons plus a heavy machine gun squadron has reached more than 1,200 people. The 12 heavy machine guns and the 30 light machine guns and 30 grenades carried by the 5 infantry squadrons are even without the assistance of infantry artillery.
, their firepower value cannot be ignored.
The Japanese army's landing tactics were still the same, with nothing new. They landed on the river beach from three directions: the upper, middle and lower reaches. That is, their favorite three wings in daily battles were the left, middle and right wings. In the middle were two infantry squadrons and heavy troops.
There are 6 heavy machine gun teams in the machine gun squadron. On the left wing of the two wings, there is an infantry squadron with two heavy machine gun teams, and on the right wing, there are two infantry squadrons with 4 heavy machine gun teams.
But the Japanese attack was determined enough.
The Japanese army's superior artillery fire suppressed the entire defense line of the 152nd Regiment until it was unable to raise its head. The Japanese troops who came ashore had enough time to establish positions on the tidal flats on the river bank, and then waited for the arrival of the second wave of reinforcements before launching an all-out attack.
But the Japanese army did not do this, perhaps because the anger of their lieutenant general division commander made them tremble, or perhaps because the pride of "the strongest division on the surface" made them not take the Chinese army in front of them seriously.
Even more than two hours ago, hundreds of their colleagues were killed on the sandbank because of this Chinese army.
Of course, after hearing Nagasawa Uto's report, everyone in the Sixth Division naturally attributed this failure to Tetsujiro Kanzaki's stupidity.
How stupid do you have to be to do this on a sandbank? Even if the Chinese are a bunch of pigs, they are still pigs with guns and cannons. They will naturally fail.
But in this kind of field battle, how could the "strongest division on the surface" fail? Therefore, after all the Japanese troops landed, in addition to the heavy machine guns and grenade launchers, the team quickly built fortifications on the muddy ground along the river bank with the sandbags they carried.
, Masato Kubo, the commander of the 1st Infantry Battalion of the 13th Infantry Regiment, who had landed on the river bank, issued the order to attack.
"Zinenliang, the little devil just relies on the cannon to bully me."
On the right-wing position, Lei Xiong emerged from the artillery hole in disgrace, gnashing his teeth and cursing, while shouting loudly: "Those who are still alive, hurry up and enter the position, the Japanese may attack soon."
Just like the man who called the young soldiers to enter the fighting position, this is a unique experience for veterans. Based on the intensity of the Japanese artillery fire, they can judge when the Japanese army is likely to attack.
The position chosen by the 152nd Regiment was 250 meters away from the river beach. It seemed a little far, and even gave the Japanese enough room to maneuver. However, it was decided after discussion between Xie Guji and a group of battalion and company commanders.
Come down. The reason for such a choice is that everyone has considered that the Japanese artillery is far superior to our own. The Japanese artillery has a great advantage, but they cannot achieve the accuracy of artillery that can accompany the infantry in coordinated attacks. When the Japanese infantry begins to attack.
, those direct-fire howitzers must stop shelling.
The distance of 200 meters is the distance left by the 152nd Regiment for the Japanese to charge. It is also enough for all soldiers to enter the fighting position from the bomb holes and trenches, leaving enough reaction time. Don't think that the distance of 200 meters is very short. Many people
You can arrive within 30 seconds, but don’t forget, this is a battlefield. No one dares to run as fast as running 200 meters. What’s more, when you are fully armed and carrying a weight of more than 10 kilograms, you run a
Let me see?
Just like the five well-trained infantry squadrons of the "Strongest Division on the Surface", after the Chinese soldiers lay down on their fighting positions in disgrace like burrowing rats, they could only bend over and trot forward.
Only 80 meters.
At this time, night had completely fallen. After the main position in the center fired a flare, the other two infantry battalions fired their few flares towards the front of the position. The 2nd Leixiong Infantry Company naturally also fired one. They
More than 100 meters in front of the right-wing position adjacent to the 2nd Battalion of the 152nd Infantry Regiment, Japanese troops swarmed in thickly.
"Ri Nenliang, the little devil has made a lot of money! There are hundreds of people here alone." With such a determined attack posture of the Japanese army, even Lei Xiong, who had witnessed the big scene in Songhu, couldn't help but fall.
Taking a breath of cool air.
"Company Commander, why don't we use two machine guns to shoot one of them first and let them have a taste of our power?" Although Lei Xiong had been promoted to Major and Deputy of the Independent Regiment's Police Reconnaissance Battalion a few hours ago, the man in Sihang Warehouse
Second Lieutenant Zhang, who lost his brother in World War I, still used to call Lei Xiong by his old official title.
"No, Lao Zhang, order two machine gun fire points. Without my order, even if the Japs rush to the position, they can't fire on me. That's what I keep under control. These little Japs alone are not qualified.
See you." Lei Xiong shook his head and said firmly.
Seeing that his platoon leader's face was still a little angry, Lei Xiong sighed slightly and explained: "Old Zhang, I know you want to kill the kid to avenge Shuanzi, but we can't fight the kid head-on. This
Despite the aggressiveness of the criticism of the little devils, in fact, if you look at them, they are all infantry, not to mention, and they are spread out widely. This is obviously a test. The grenadier soldiers are still hiding behind, waiting for their heavy firepower to show up.
, so as to attack our heavy firepower. If they take out our assets at once, when they really attack later, what else will we use to attack them? Lao Zhang, order the brothers to use all weapons except light machine guns.
Heavy machine guns are not allowed to fire easily. If the Japanese rush within 50 meters, they can fire."
"Yes, company commander, you are right." Second Lieutenant Zhang nodded slightly, bent over and trotted all the way in the trench to pass Lei Xiong's order to the entire company.
"Fire!" Following Lei Xiong's order, the gunshots of the second company of the right-wing infantry suddenly rang out.
At the same time, the sound of gunfire along the entire 2,000-meter defense line belonging to the 152nd Regiment was like popping beans, and the flames spitting out from the light and heavy machine guns were clearly visible in the dark night. Thousands of Japanese soldiers who were bending forward were instantly beaten to the ground.
In the field of vision of the Sichuan officers and soldiers, there were no less than dozens of Japanese soldiers whirling down like wheat. The heavy machine guns deployed by the Japanese army in the rear also began to roar, and exchanged fire with the exposed fire points of the officers and soldiers of the 152nd Regiment.
Killing dozens of Japs in just one encounter was definitely a good achievement. However, a Japanese Army Colonel who was holding a telescope hiding in a bunker made of sandbags more than 200 meters later had a smile on his face.
Plus disdain.
"Yoshi! The Chinese people's tactics are so crude. A small test exposed all their firepower."
Kubo Masamori was certainly entitled to be proud. As soon as he arrived on the battlefield, he uncharacteristically did not use a small force to test, but devoted all his strength to launch an attack.
But that is not arrogance, but as Lei Xiong analyzed just now, it is a test. Yes, the Japanese army commander used all the strength of his men to test out the heavy firepower of the Chinese on the opposite side and kill them.
Then, all the infantry invested rushed into the trenches under the cover of his heavy firepower. He believed that no Chinese army could survive the bayonet of the imperial warriors under his command. That was not arrogance, but that in North China
Confidence gained on the battlefield.
He was so confident that the Japanese commander could kill the defenders in front of him in one fell swoop.
As for the increased casualties of the imperial officers and soldiers caused by his excessive investment of troops in this process, that was no longer within the scope of his consideration. The Japanese Army Colonel believed that in the face of victory, everything would be covered up, and Hisao Tani Division
Your Excellency, the regiment commander, will definitely appreciate his brave fighting spirit.
His strategy had succeeded. When they saw the huge force attacking them, the Chinese who had just been stunned by the terrible artillery fire were a little panicked.
Just on the frontal battlefield alone, there were at least four heavy machine guns firing desperately, and there were more than eight light machine guns. Compared to the two infantry squadrons in front of him, the firepower was not much weaker at all. However,
The Chinese are looking for death! There are more than 10 grenade launchers hidden on the tidal flats around him. Their targets are the light and heavy firepower points exposed by the Chinese.
Yes, the strategy of this Japanese army commander who was extremely ruthless to his soldiers was very successful. The officers and soldiers of the 152nd Regiment rushed to the fighting position from the blazing artillery fire and poured out firepower crazily at the Japanese army which was not far away, almost.
Every infantry company commander roared and opened fire, and almost all light and heavy firepower points opened fire.
Naturally, as their commander requested, the Japanese grenadiers first launched a grenade attack on the heavy machine gun fire point. Dozens of grenades instantly covered the few heavy machine gun positions. At a distance of 250 meters, for the first
For the veteran grenade launchers of the Sixth Division, they could hit within five meters of the heavy machine gun's firepower point with almost no test firing. By the second shot, it was even more accurate to within two or three meters.
If Xie Guji had not ordered the heavy machine gun fire points to be specially designed with anti-cannon holes, when the Japanese grenade launchers began to fire, the heavy machine gunners would have protected the heavy machine guns as their main combat mission, carrying the heavy machine guns and hiding in the defensive areas.
In the shell hole, there might have been heavy casualties.
But even so, two heavy machine gun fire teams were still a little slow to hide and were hit by grenades. Three machine gun shooters died on the spot, and the heavy machine gun was also damaged. The light machine gun was much stronger in this round of attacks.
Too often, the machine gunners would simply fire once, then retreat into the trench with their guns in hand, change positions and fire again.
However, the Japanese grenadiers were extremely determined to pursue the firepower of the Chinese defenders, and they fired extremely accurately. They were hiding in the dark night 250 meters away, and there may be bunkers. Whether it was machine guns or rifles trying to attack them,
Neither has much effect.
It is not that the 11 mortars did not fire to attack these firepower points of the Japanese army, but they, who were located 600 meters behind the battlefield, were also bombarded by the mountain artillery fire of the Japanese army again. As a result, they could only drag the mortars in guerrilla operations.
The firepower is also extremely limited, far less intense than the previous fire coverage. And the Japanese grenadiers are extremely scattered on the river bank. The mortars may pose some threat to the heavy machine guns with the coordination of the artillery observers, but for the Japanese
The grenadier soldiers were helpless.
For a time, on the long front, the Japanese grenadiers became the most hated target of the officers and soldiers of the 152nd Regiment. Regardless of whether they destroyed the target, they completely suppressed the light and heavy firepower here, and the Japanese infantry lost the Chinese defenders.
After being suppressed by the army's light firepower, they had already crawled forward for more than 40 meters and were about to reach the most dangerous 50-meter area in front of the position.