After a life-and-death battle between the special forces of the Independent Regiment and the 20th Infantry Regiment of the Fourth Division of the Japanese Army, a larger-scale offensive and defensive battle began in which China and Japan each invested thousands of people.
After the arrival of more than 3,800 troops, the 20th Infantry Regiment only repaired for more than half an hour. Under the cover of four mountain cannons and four infantry cannons from its artillery squadron, an infantry brigade headed towards Sun Yongqin's troops.
The attack was launched from the location of Lianhua Mountain.
Although the top Japanese soldiers suffered heavy casualties, it is not that they were completely ineffective. They finally detected the location of the defensive position of the Yiyi Peasant Army active in Huanghuachuan, Chengde.
Of course, this was also the result of Liu Lang's deliberate release. If they were not allowed to know the defensive positions of Sun Yongqin's troops, how could they let their horses attack? If they didn't attack, how could they let the hawkers of the Fourth Division knock down the big army?
front teeth?
Throughout the entire history of China's Anti-Japanese War, the characteristics of the various divisions of the Japanese army seemed to Liu Lang to be similar to those of various types of dogs.
For example, the Fifth Division under the leadership of Seishiro Itagaki, who is full of militaristic ideas, is like a wild dog. The harder you beat them, the crazier they become. Even if they are about to die, they will bite you to make you feel heartbroken.
He is a difficult opponent. Another example is the 16th Japanese Division that committed heinous crimes in Nanjing. It is like a mad dog. In the face of a crisis, it does not care about its own safety and wants to tear down many opponents that are stronger than itself.
Here comes a piece of meat. The 16th Division, which was surrounded by the US military during the Pacific War, was so desperate that it relied on the bones of its own soldiers who died in the battle to fight the US military. There were only more than 600 people in the entire division after the war, which showed that they were not normal people.
Crazy is a hateful and terrifying opponent.
But the Fourth Division, in Liu Lang's opinion, is more like a husky. Although it looks like a wolf with cold eyes and sharp teeth, as long as it is fat and beaten, this guy has to show his face to save his life.
The first nature.
What we need to do now is to beat up this pretentious "Erha" before we talk about anything else.
The "Huskies" in Liu Lang's eyes were ordered by Colonel Nagumo, who was furious that half of his infantry squadron had been lost before the war officially started. At four o'clock in the afternoon, it was close to the dusk of winter in northern China, and the trenches and fortifications had already been dug.
The Jehol Volunteer Army launched an attack.
The reason why Sun Yongqin built his first line of defense in Lianhua Mountain was because of the terrain of Lianhua Mountain. It was not because it was dangerous and easy to defend but difficult to attack, but because of the terrain of Lianhua Mountain.
Lotus Mountain is not just one mountain, but composed of several mountains.
As the name implies, Lotus Mountain looks like a blooming lotus when viewed from a high altitude. In the middle is a 130-meter-high hill that looks like the stamens of a lotus, and is surrounded by four large hills that look like petals.
There are layers of small mountains.
Further into the distance, there are mountains that are getting higher and higher. If you want to enter the mountains, you must pass here. And if you want to pass through the Lianhua Mountain area, the only mountain road that can be used by large vehicles is only 300 meters away from the main peak of Lianhua Mountain.
As long as there are troops stationed above and they want to take that road, they will be within their range of fire.
However, if you want to attack the defensive position on the main peak of Lianhua Mountain, you cannot avoid the attacks from the other four mountains. However, if you want to capture any of the mountains first, due to the terrain, the defensive position on the nearby hills not far away can also be attacked.
its support.
To put it more plainly, according to the characteristics of the terrain, the Lianhua Mountain defensive position is a mountain defensive position that can serve as horns for each other. The position on the main peak can also protect the flanks of all peripheral positions.
Even if the two mountains outside are captured, as long as the main peak is still there and the two positions on the back are still there, all the troops can retreat smoothly under the cover of firepower and finally escape into the mountains.
This is the best first line of defensive terrain that can be defended and withdrawn. The First Mixed Brigade stationed in Rehe also fought fiercely with Sun Yongqin's troops several times here. Although once he sent as many as three infantry brigades, Sun Yongqin could not
In order to avoid excessive casualties, they voluntarily withdrew into the mountainous area and abandoned this defensive location. However, Sun Yongqin's troops could stay here for a long time, which did not mean that the Japanese invaders could also. As soon as the First Mixed Brigade withdrew, they came out to occupy this territory again.
This caused great distress to the First Mixed Brigade stationed in Rehe.
If we win, we will use the terrain advantage to fight against them. As soon as we see that there are many of you, we will retreat. As soon as you leave, we will come back and occupy this place and harass the Japanese troops in this area endlessly. In the past two years,
At least three to four hundred Japanese soldiers died at the hands of Sun Yongqin's men, and countless properties were lost.
Otherwise, as arrogant as they were, they would not have lowered their face and asked the Kwantung Army Headquarters to send heavy troops to encircle and suppress the invincible Sun Yongqin's troops.
The purpose of the Kwantung Army Headquarters in sending an additional 7,000 troops from the 1st Brigade of the Fourth Division to Rehe is to use thunderous momentum to annihilate the increasingly powerful Chinese peasant resistance army in one fell swoop, eliminate future troubles forever, and prevent them from resurrecting.
Chance.
According to the intelligence provided by the First Mixed Brigade to Nagumo Zoji and the others, the Chinese may defend this area symbolically for a period of time before retreating and escaping. Although Nagumo Zoji was angry at the huge losses under his command, he was also
The plan was made to occupy this important position first, wait for the arrival of another infantry regiment from the brigade, and then divide the troops into two groups to carry out a long-term encirclement and suppression of the Chinese peasant resistance forces who had fled into the mountains.
As a top student at Kyoto Army University, Nagumo Zouji knew very well that the army escaping into the mountains might be safe for the time being, but that would also be a dead end. No army could last long without any supplies.
Yes, while the mountains provide an endless protective barrier, they also block their ability to obtain supplies.
The reason why the Rehe garrison went into the mountains to encircle and suppress them several times but failed was because they were short of troops. There was also a rebel force that echoed here in the Qinglong Mountain on the outside. They were often captured by cunning people before they finished fighting here.
The Chinese stabbed him with a knife.
But now that they're here, it's completely different.
On the periphery, the Rehe garrison was tightly fortified. In the mountains, more than 7,000 troops carried out a tight blockade and looked for opportunities to engage in a decisive battle with the main force of the Chinese peasant army trapped in the mountains. Even if they did not dare to show up due to fear, they would be trapped in the mountains to death.
The Imperial Army has long been familiar with this trick in the three northeastern provinces, and several large groups of Chinese rebels were annihilated in this way.
Nanyun Zuo Er had a good idea, but the reality gave him a blow.
Position No. 1, located on the left side of the main peak of Lianhua Mountain, is stationed with a battalion of Sun Yongqin's troops. It is said to be a battalion, but in fact it is equivalent to a reinforced company of the regular army, with less than 300 troops. Because Sun Yongqin has already transferred his
More than 4,000 people were organized into one division and three regiments. The establishment was large enough, but the manpower was not enough, so the company had to be transformed into a battalion, and the battalion into a regiment.
More than 4,000 people were organized into four regiments, but each regiment actually only had a strength of just over a thousand people. This was actually the old routine of the volunteer army in the Japanese-occupied areas during this period, to pull off the tiger's skin and put up a big flag! Put up the big flag.
Yes, sooner or later we will recruit enough people.
You must know that when Sun Yongqin first organized a team, there were only more than 300 people. In one month, it expanded to 3,000 people. Now, after two years and so many battles, he still has more than 4,000 people. It is already very rare and valuable.
Yes.
A Japanese infantry squadron was responsible for attacking Position 1. Their flanks were attacked by another infantry squadron to contain the firepower of the Chinese peasant army on another hill. There were two infantry squadrons behind them as reserves.
The four mountain cannons and four infantry cannons of the artillery squadron directly under the wing sent by Nagumo Zoji, as well as the two infantry cannons equipped by the infantry brigade responsible for the main attack, a total of ten cannons provided fire support for them.
This momentum was no less powerful than the first battle the Liu Lang Independent Regiment fought against the Fourth Brigade in Luowen Valley.