Zhang Zhizhong just instinctively issued the order to launch the attack based on the intuition of an excellent military general and based on the current battlefield situation.
He didn't know what kind of victory he would gain because of these mere twenty minutes. Just as he wrote about this battle in his memoirs in the past historical time and space: Sacrifice is deserved, but survival is a reward.
Unexpected.
Yes, even in the past time and space, Zhang Zhizhong had never had such extravagant hopes of annihilating nearly 4,000 enemies in a great victory. There were no airplanes, no naval guns, and the only few artillery regiments were still engaged in artillery battles with the Japanese army.
The only thing he could do was to lead the 50,000 soldiers under his command and use their sacrifices to prove to the invaders that the Chinese were not the sick men of East Asia.
Just like what he is doing now, he moved the general headquarters less than 4 kilometers away from the front line. That is the highest command organization of the 50,000-strong army in addition to the Nanjing base camp. According to wartime regulations, he, a lieutenant general, should
Twenty kilometers behind.
Before going to the front line, he once wrote to his family, "It is the autumn of the survival of the country and the nation. As a soldier in Zhongzhong, he should go to the battlefield and fight hard to defend our sacred territory. However, he wants to be shrouded in horse leather. He is unwilling to endure humiliation and live in vain. If he unfortunately dies,
I hope that with my passionate head I can arouse the whole people to resist the war, go forward and fight, persist in fighting, resist the powerful, and defend our country..." The lieutenant general used practical actions to tell the soldiers under his command that he was with them.
The courage to sacrifice one's life, the keen judgment, and the small back door opened by God, these three complement each other, and the curtain of a victory that shocked the whole world was just opened.
"Boom, boom..." the roar of the God of War announced the beginning of the Chinese people's revenge.
The Japanese Type 38 150mm field howitzer, the German Krupp 75mm mountain gun, the German 75mm le.IG18 infantry gun, the German PAK37 combat anti-aircraft gun... The Chinese army has all its cannons that can fire
, all poured towards the Japanese invaders' position.
No more firing a cannon to change places, no more conserving cannonballs, the instructions on the summit are simple: shoot all the cannonballs, hold the gun and fight the little devils together with the infantry brothers.
Don't look at the variety of artillery of the Chinese army. Even in the eyes of the Japanese army, those 75mm mountain artillery can only be called infantry artillery and are not even included in the artillery sequence. The 37mm combat anti-aircraft artillery is even more of a joke, but those who are barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes.
Acting recklessly and risking their lives, several rounds of artillery fire from several remaining artillery regiments blew up the Japanese positions.
However, unexpectedly, he did not suffer crazy revenge from the Japanese army on the opposite side.
Just like in history, the exhausted Japanese army did not expect that the retreating national army would launch a full-scale counterattack at this point in time. What's more, since the huge explosion, their captains could no longer
The regiment headquarters could not be contacted. Faced with a full-line attack by three divisions of the National Army with a total of 24,000 people, the Japanese army, which had always been well organized and powerful in combat, was at a loss...
The Japanese troops on the front line were confused, but Naouchi Shaofumi, a squadron commander directly under the wing headquarters, who was ordered to come to check the situation, was not confused.
Out of caution, Naouchi Shaofumi specially led two full squads with a total of nearly 100 people in a search formation towards the place where the gunshots were heard. Unexpectedly, just after advancing 400 meters, two heart-stopping shots rang out from the front.
Howling, a huge fireball rose from behind.
The scorching air waves even knocked the last soldier to the ground.
He opened his mouth wide and blinked several times before confirming that the location where the fireball had just turned into was none other than the headquarters. Naouchi Shaofumi was dumbfounded.
The colonel he was responsible for protecting and the soldiers he spent time with day and night turned into a rain of fire right before his eyes.
As this rain of fire gradually withered, so did Naouchi Shaofumi's heart. The loyalty of the commander also declared that his future was ruined. Even if he, the first person responsible for the safety of the commander's headquarters, would
If you don't stand in the dock of a military court, your military career will basically come to an end, and you may even be ordered to have a disembowelment.
Turning back in horror, Zhi Nei Shaowen stared ahead, his eyes full of madness.
This is the result of a level shot from a Type 41 mountain gun.
Naouchi Shaofumi, who graduated from the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School and was promoted to Sergeant at the age of only 28, relied not only on the appreciation of Colonel Hayashi Daihachi, but also on his excellence as written by his qualifications.
In a very short period of time, Naouchi Shaofumi determined the real culprit that caused all this.
The gang of despicable Chinese who killed Lord Colonel were right in front, and the distance would never exceed 800 meters. Nauchi Shaowen looked at the dark night ahead that looked like a demon's mouth, and his heart was filled with hatred.
"Baga, move forward at full speed." Nauchi Shaowen gave the order without hesitation.
Even if tens of seconds later, the front line suddenly lit up like daylight, and the rumbling sound of artillery indicated that this was a premeditated sneak attack, Major Naouchi did not waver in his determination to let the soldiers rest for ten minutes before launching an attack with all their strength.
He wanted to find out those Chinese rats who only knew how to sneak attack, use a bayonet to dig out their hearts and dry them on the tip of the knife. Only in this way could he wash away the shame of Naouchi Shaowen.
Liu Lang and his remaining soldiers faced an unprecedented fierce battle.
An infantry cannon, a light machine gun, and a total of nineteen guns and thirty-eight guns. Together with myself and a female second lieutenant, there are twenty-eight soldiers. What they are facing is that their chests are filled with hatred.
Major Naouchi and his two fully armed squads comprised 100 Japanese soldiers in 8 infantry squads. Each infantry squad's standard configuration of a light machine gun and a grenade can make a commander despair.
Even after many years after the war, Liu Lang couldn't help but feel a little palpitated when he recalled this night. It was the first lesson in the so-called bushido spirit taught to him by 100 crazy Japanese, and it was with dripping blood.
Of course, the Chinese people have never lacked the courage to sacrifice, from the distant top of the Great Wall to the gentle Jiangnan water towns, from the ancient pre-Qin Dynasty to Liu Lang's modern memory, never.
A fight of 40,000 people and a battle of 100 versus 28 started almost at the same time.
As a top student who graduated from the Army Military Academy, Naouchi Shaofumi was not carried away by anger. While letting the rapidly marching soldiers rest for ten minutes to recover their strength, he was also observing the enemy position 300 meters away.
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That was the conclusion he came to at the cost of four top soldiers. The small group of Chinese troops that he originally thought should run away actually chose to stay put.
Is the commander of the China Army a lunatic? He knew that he was surrounded by nearly 20,000 enemy troops, but he still had the courage to stand still and wait for reinforcements. Or was he confident that their army would definitely break through the imperial army's defense line?
Weird thoughts just flashed through Naouchi Shaofumi's mind, which was really ridiculous.
How could an army with hundreds of thousands of people that lost millions of territory without firing a single shot be an opponent of the brave and capable Imperial Army? Even if the captain of the regiment had already pledged his loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor, Naouchi Shaofumi did not feel the opposite.
Troops with poor equipment and low morale will win the final victory.
But no matter how he thought about it, Naouchi Shaofumi did not underestimate the small Chinese team on the opposite side. It could penetrate several kilometers in one's own front, blow up the headquarters with one shot, and snipe his own troops with several shots in the dark.
The four top soldiers are absolutely elite.
Therefore, Naouchi Shaofumi chose the empire's most traditional offensive method.