The Japanese army during this period was undoubtedly arrogant. When facing the Chinese army, whether they ran away without firing a shot or fought to the death, their victory after victory made the Japanese no longer take the Chinese army seriously.
After several days of fierce fighting at Xifengkou and still not being able to make any progress, Nishi Yiichi, who commanded nearly 50,000 troops, suffered a huge loss of face. Coupled with the heavy defeat suffered by the 4th Brigade, Nishi Yiyi was even more determined to break through the Chinese.
The Great Wall defense line is full of obsession.
Now, the 4th Brigade is heavily besieged by Chinese troops. Aircraft have been conducting reconnaissance for several days, and coupled with the intelligence sent by intelligence personnel lurking in China, Nishi Yiichi firmly believes that there is no one within a hundred miles except the Chinese 29th Brigade.
The army has 60,000 troops, and no other Chinese troops have entered.
Nishi Yiichi made a wrong judgment and believed that the main force of the 29th Army had made a risky move and quietly attacked the 4th Brigade. Xifengkou must be short of troops now. Maybe he could attack again and take advantage of it.
China's military strength was insufficient to achieve a major victory, and it could even break through Xifengkou, which made the Chinese commander regret it after eating the sesame seeds but losing the watermelon.
It has to be said that Nishi Yiichi is a very conscientious soldier. When one of the only two brigades directly under the division was disabled, what he thought about was not to carry out immediate rescue, but to find opportunities for overall victory.
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But he made two fatal mistakes. His subordinate, Major General Suzuki Mitsuchi, was vague and he didn't understand Liu Lang and his independent regiment Nishi Yiichi at all. In fact, not to mention the Japanese army, Liu Lang's direct boss Huang
Even Jie didn't know that when Liu Lang's independent regiment was at full firepower, its firepower intensity was enough to outshine two divisions of the 29th Army.
After dispatching enough troops to resolve the crisis of the 4th Brigade, the Nishigiichi organization sent Commander Nobuyoshi Muto to reinforce the 14th and 33rd Brigades that had already arrived before launching an attack on Xifengkou.
Song Zheyuan, commander of the 29th Army who was stationed at Xifengkou, had long been accustomed to this kind of attack by the Japanese army. He regarded him as one of the many strong attacks by the Japanese invaders in the past few days. He immediately ordered the entire army to show weakness to the enemy and move closer.
The purpose of fighting again was not only to save ammunition, but also to avoid excessive losses due to Japanese artillery fire in the early stages of the battle. They even ordered not to forcefully abandon some peripheral positions when the Japanese attack was too strong, and to wait until night fell.
Aircraft and artillery were unable to provide sufficient support to recapture it.
Logically speaking, this idea is very common. The two armies have performed similar situations many times. The Japanese army often stormed and captured several positions during the day, and then recaptured them again due to the desperate counterattack of the 29th Army at night.
Because of the mountainous terrain, the total position was only that large, and he was also worried about excessive losses. Nishi Yiichi was unable to invest more troops in it. He captured the position several times and was recaptured by the 29th Army several times. Nishi Yiichi had already let Nishi Yiichi
unbearable.
This time he judged that the main force of the 29th Army was 80 miles away. Will Nishi Yiichi, who could no longer bear the constant frustration, stop? After successfully attacking several peripheral positions with the support of artillery fire, Nishi Yiichi was no longer as cautious as before.
, instead ordered the two mixed brigades to press forward and launch a full-scale attack on the main position of the 29th Army.
This made Song Zheyuan a bit confused. The Japanese next door look at this posture. They are going to show off today! They put up a posture of tens of thousands of people attacking to the death. If Song Zheyuan hides again,
He was a fool, and he didn't care so much at the moment. He mobilized all the dozen or so Shanxi Arsenal's imitation Japanese Type 41 infantry cannons that had been hidden for many days and launched a fierce bombardment at the Japanese army. This was the 29th
Jun's last family fortune.
Song Zheyuan was also forced to have no choice. If the Japanese army broke through the main position of Xifengkou, how many of the more than 50,000 people in his 29th Army would be able to survive, let alone their family wealth? Since the Japanese devils want to fight, then
Just fight it all! All the officers and soldiers of the 29th Army had the same thoughts as their commanders, and vigorously scattered all the ammunition they had saved for many days on the two mixed brigades that were launching a massive attack.
Although the firepower of the 29th Army is not close, it is an army with tens of thousands of people. A dozen infantry cannons are not as sharp as the Type 41 mountain cannon of the Japanese 8th Regiment, but the infantry cannons have not competed with the opponent's artillery at all.
The idea of an artillery battle is to fire at the attacking Japanese infantry, fire a few shots, then run away, and continue firing at the next place.
Being carried out by the 29th Army without any regard for costs, the two mixed brigades that attacked nearly 10,000 people were in great trouble. In just half an hour of fighting, they lost nearly 2,000 soldiers and suffered casualties.
The rate was as high as 20%.
This is the result of Xiyi seeing that the situation was not good and ordering the entire army to retreat. If the fight continues, it is more likely that the two mixed brigades will eventually merge into one and become one.
The main force of the 29th Army was actually all there. Xiyi turned black at the sight. The fierce battle far exceeding that of the previous few days proved how ridiculous his previous judgment was. The cost was the death of nearly 1,000 Imperial Army elites and more than 1,000 soldiers.
Constant wailing.
"Commander of the 1st Xiyi Division, we need to invest more troops in such a strong attack." Although it is a suggestion, the two major general brigade commanders of the two mixed brigades did not even add "Your Excellency" after the commander of the 1st Xiyi Division. It can also be seen that
How resentful are they towards Lieutenant General Nishi Yiichi?
On the other hand, the 29th Army had an inexplicable pseudo-decisive battle with the Japs, which ended in an anticlimactic manner. Although our own losses were not small, hundreds of officers and soldiers were killed, more than a thousand officers and soldiers were injured, and ten infantry guns were lost in the previous artillery battle.
We also lost four gates and almost wiped out all our money, but we also killed and injured nearly 2,000 Japanese soldiers, which was almost the total of several days of fighting.
All said and done, I still got some advantages.
Although I don't know why Nishi Yiichi, the commander of the Japanese 8th Division, fought like this, Song Zheyuan, Liu Ruming, Zhao Dengyu and other senior officials of the 29th Army all smiled and expressed the hope that Nishi Yiichi would do this twice.
Anyway, we still have 50,000 people. Even if we continue to use them one to one, if we can wipe out a Japanese division, it will go down in history. Although this idea is a bit sad for the defenders who should have a great advantage,
But this is the reality. To be able to fight one to one or even one to two or one to three with the Japanese army whose equipment superiority is much better than that of the Chinese military is the greatest wish of the Chinese military generals.
You know, in the Battle of Jehol, which lasted just over half a month, the casualty ratio between China and Japan even reached an astonishing 1:15. That was simply a shame for every national army general. However, the huge disadvantages in equipment and training made
They had to swallow this bitter pill.
Song Zheyuan was still rejoicing over an inexplicable small victory. This famous general in the history of China's fight against the Japanese invaders did not know that Luo Wenyu, not far from him, was about to set a record with two regiments under his command.
Brilliant, it can make him stuff two duck eggs in his mouth.
Of course, if he could, he would even rather stuff two goose eggs and join the group of generals under his command who would write colorful chapters in Chinese history in the future.
Nishi Yiichi was heartbroken for his error in judgment, and decided to leave two mixed brigades who were equally beaten to death to confront the 29th Army. They could not attack but they could still contain them. At the same time, the telegraph was still not far away from their own side.
The 6th Division, which was ordered to come to support Baili Di, turned to Luo Wenyu, where he wanted to have a decisive battle with another main force of the Chinese army that surrounded the 4th Brigade.
Nishi Yiichi, who has a heavy artillery brigade, a complete brigade under his command, and most of the 6th Division, totaling 25,000 troops, is confident that he can defeat the Chinese army one by one. He must also defeat it, otherwise, he will not be able to clear the 3rd Army.
The 8th Division suffered a series of humiliations in the past few days. Nishi Yiichi did not even include the two Manchurian puppet army brigades.
In particular, Suzuki Mitsuchi, who was as stupid as a pig, could not even figure out the strength and numbers of the enemies besieging him. Nishi Yiichi simply couldn't believe what was said in the telegram sent to him by Suzuki Mitsuchi just now.
The 4th Brigade was besieged by two regiments of the Chinese 29th Army and an independent regiment of the Central Army. No other numbers were seen.
You mother-in-law Suzuki Mitsuchi, can you be any more stupid? Three regiments only have 7,000 people. You told me that 7,000 people surrounded your 7,000 people, and also swallowed up 2,000 people from two artillery brigades.
There isn’t even a scumbag left? Xi Yiyi, who has always been cautious and conscientious, feels that he will feel a little better only if he scolds his subordinate with this Chinese national curse, like "Bagya Road" or something like that.
Words of speech could barely express his anger.
Luo Wenyu, there are at least three Chinese brigades or even three divisions, Nishi Yiichi stubbornly believes.