The battle has been going on for more than two hours. The main force of the 48th Division has arrived outside Wangqing City one after another. Hearing that the attack on Wangqing County has been blocked and has not even broken through the outer city wall fortifications, Nakagawa Guang suddenly became furious.
Immediately ordered all the troops rushing outside the city to join the siege of Wangqing County.
Of course, Nakagawa Hiro also knew that it would be very difficult to eat a new batch.
As a result, the 144th Infantry Regiment of the 48th Division has been eaten up, and the First Taiwan Regiment has been severely damaged. There are only about 2,000 people left. Even if the relatively uniform number of Taiwan's Second Regiment is included,
The total number of infantry capable of fighting is only about 5,000. The key is that these 5,000 are mainly soldiers recruited from Taiwan. Their combat effectiveness is much worse than that of soldiers recruited from Japan.
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But even so, Nakagawa Hiroshi decided to make a desperate move, preparing to devote all the infantry to the offensive with the cooperation of artillery, to capture Wang Qing in one fell swoop and eat Xu Rui's new regiment.
Because the old devil knows that although the risks of this battle are great, the benefits are also huge!
Wealth has always been gained through danger, and military success has to be exchanged for one's life on the battlefield!
The battle was extremely fierce. The two Taiwanese regiments, using infantry squadrons as units, launched a wave of attacks on the city wall fortifications outside Wangqing County. At the same time, the Japanese artillery firepower was also free of charge, and there was also infantry support firepower.
It will implement indiscriminate fire coverage on the battlefield.
This caused a very large number of casualties to the Xinyi Group.
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"Batalion Commander, the brothers in front can't stand it any longer!" Zhao Dakui, the guard platoon leader, rushed in and shouted to He Shuya, "Isn't it our turn to join the guard platoon?"
"It won't be time." He Shuya shook his head, then raised his wrist and looked at his watch. He found that it was almost time before Xu Rui asked to hold the city wall fortifications, and immediately ordered, "Order the main companies to immediately abandon the outer city wall fortifications."
, put the Japanese into the city and prepare for street fighting!"
"Yes!" Zhao Dakui said.
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boom!
Boom boom!
Several loud noises were heard, and the wall of Wangqing City collapsed again, and countless Japanese soldiers rushed in from the collapsed spot.
Seeing this scene through the telescope, Nakagawa was delighted and said: "Hey, Maeda-kun is indeed a famous general and your command is good."
"General, would you like to transfer the Taiwan Second Regiment here as well?" Chief of Staff Seto Shigeta said.
What Seto Shigeta meant was to concentrate his troops on one point, defeat that point, and defeat the entire line. The advantage of doing so is that it is relatively easy to win, but the disadvantage is that it will only end up as a rout. Most of the main force of the new regiment will still escape, but
This is obviously not Hiro Nakagawa's goal. What this old devil wants is total annihilation!
"No!" Zhongchuan Guang suddenly raised his hand and said in a ferocious voice, "Order all infantry brigades to attack from all sides according to the original plan! The new regiment must be eliminated in Wangqing County!"
"Hai!" Seto Shigeta paused.
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On the battlefield ahead, the moment the city wall was breached, Maeda Zuoguang immediately ordered the soldiers to attack and advance. At this time, Maeda Zuoguang was in a very excited mood, as if the unparalleled feat of annihilating the new regiment was already within reach.
Second Lieutenant Uhei Shinno is a veteran who participated in the July 7th Incident. In Manchuria, he participated in the anti-alliance encirclement and suppression campaigns several times. In Siberia, he also participated in several major battles. Therefore, Uhei Shinno's combat experience is very
Rich, seeing the Chinese troops evacuate the city wall, Shinno Youbei immediately led more than 20 people to chase them.
After chasing for less than a hundred meters, they had already penetrated deep into Wangqing City. At this moment, a loud noise was heard, and the three soldiers rushing at the front fell to the ground.
"Landmines!" Seeing the three soldiers being blown away, Shinno Youhei's pupils shrank suddenly, and he immediately raised his hands and shouted, "Stop advancing! Call the engineers over!"
After a while, two engineers with mine detectors ran over and began to detect mines.
However, before a landmine could be detected, two gunshots were heard, and the heads of the two poor Japanese engineers suddenly burst into blood, and they fell to the ground without saying a word.
"Chinese snipers, throw in the towel!" the Shinno right guard yelled, directing the Type 92 heavy machine gun behind him to fire suppressively in the direction from which the gunfire came.
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The news soon reached Maeda Zuoguang.
"Your Majesty Colonel, we have discovered a minefield laid out by Chinese soldiers ahead, and our army cannot continue to advance." Sekine Yu, the chief of staff of the 1st Regiment, walked up to Maeda Zuoguang with a livid face and said in a deep voice.
"Have the engineers been sent up?" asked the commander of the regiment, Zuoguang Maeda.
"The engineers have already gone up, but the Chinese have ambushed a large number of snipers in the city. The engineers have suffered heavy losses and are now unable to carry out normal demining."
"Baga, damn the Chinese!" Maeda looked at the time and said in a ferocious voice, "If we can't break through the Chinese mine array as soon as possible, then the Chinese may slip away, and our efforts will be in vain.
, the blood of the warriors will be shed in vain, and this must not be allowed to happen!"
"Your Majesty Colonel, the question is how to quickly pass through the minefield?"
"If it doesn't work, just use artillery fire to carry out induced demining."
"I'm afraid not. Now the imperial army has entered the city and is intersecting with the new anti-resistance group. The distance is very close. In addition, it is night again and it is such a complex lane terrain. It is impossible to achieve precise shelling. In this situation
Under this condition, the Imperial Army may suffer heavy losses from the bombardment and fail to achieve its objective."
"So, there is only one way."
"Your Excellency Colonel, you mean..."
"Yes, capture some Chinese people and use their lives to create a safe passage."
"Your Excellency, Colonel, I am afraid you will be disappointed. There is no longer a single Chinese resident in Wangqing City."
"Baga, this guy Xu Rui is really not that difficult to deal with!" An imperceptible fierce light flashed through Maeda Zuoguang's eyes, and then he said with a ferocious face, "We can't drag it on like this any longer. If
If that doesn’t work, then use the lives of the imperial warriors to open up a safe passage!”
Maeda Zuoguang was really anxious now, and he actually came up with the stupidest method of using human flesh to clear mines.
Maeda Zuoguang's order was quickly conveyed. In front of the minefield, hundreds of Japanese soldiers tied white strips of cloth to their heads and were ready to smash the jade into pieces.
"Warriors, the enemy is in front of you. For the glory of the empire, move forward! Use your lives to build the great cause of the empire. Move forward!"
"Onboard!" Only a few Japanese soldiers raised their arms and shouted, and then drank the rice wine in the tank in one gulp.
"Rice wine, this is the taste of hometown." A soldier from Taiwan shed tears. After hearing his words, some Japanese soldiers actually started crying.
"Baga, don't cry. It is your honor to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor!" A Japanese officer slapped the soldier in the face, and the air became stagnant for a moment.
"You are warriors of the empire. It is your honor to sacrifice your life for His Majesty the Emperor. The empire will remember you!" the Japanese officer shouted.
Although many soldiers from Taiwan said nothing on the surface, they felt a little sad in their hearts. These officers only wanted to use the lives and blood of Taiwanese people to dye their military medals red. However, there was no way around it. This was colonialism. The sorrow of the army, these soldiers from Taiwan have no choice.
"For the glory of the empire, move forward!" the officer yelled, and ordered the soldiers, who were mainly from Taiwan, China, to line up ten people and march forward hand in hand while singing the "March of the Drawing Swords".
We are officers and soldiers
The enemy is an enemy of the imperial court who cannot be tolerated by heaven and earth.
The enemy general is an unparalleled hero in ancient and modern times.
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Until the enemy is completely wiped out
Let's move forward together, move forward!
Pull up your katana and move forward with the awareness of mortality!
boom!
A Japs triggered a mine, which was an anti-infantry directional mine. None of the ten Japs in the first row ran away, and they were all blown to pieces. The two Japs next to them did not die immediately, but fell to the ground in pain. Hearing the screams, the timid Japanese soldier was trembling with fear, but under the threat of the Japanese officer behind him, he could only bite the bullet and continued to move forward with tears in his eyes while singing "March of the Sword". OK.
"Your Majesty Colonel, isn't this too cruel?" On the distant city wall, Sekineo happened to see this cruel scene through the telescope, and turned his head and said to Maeda Zuoguang.
"They are loyal to the empire. This is their honor. What's more, they are just some colonial troops and not the real warriors of the Japanese Empire. What's the pity if they die?" Maeda Zuoguang said coldly.
Sekine was silent. In the eyes of most Japanese like Maeda Zuoguang, Taiwan is just their colony, and the Taiwanese are just their cannon fodder, and it means nothing if they die.
boom!
Boom boom!
The mines continued to explode, coupled with the shooting of the new regiment of officers and soldiers, the Japanese fell down one by one. However, these Japanese managed to walk out of the passage with their own lives.
When they passed through the minefield behind the pass, only about twenty of the more than two hundred Japanese soldiers remained.
Shinno Youbei originally thought that he would definitely die, but unexpectedly he survived. Because he was so excited, Shinno Youbei couldn't help but look up to the sky and burst out laughing.
Ta-ta-ta-ta.
At this moment, a new round of heavy machine gunfire suddenly sounded from the opposite side.
The next moment, the sound of Bobosha submachine gunfire and the gunfire of Mosin Nagant rifles intertwined together. The remaining twenty-odd Japanese fell to the ground in an instant. Only Shinno Ubei lay down immediately after the gunshot. He fell to the ground, then looked around and found that except for himself, there was no one alive in the entire infantry squadron.
Seeing this scene through the telescope, Maeda Zuoguang didn't even frown.
At this time, the Taiwan First Regiment he led had lost most of its strength after several hours of bloody battles. Up to now, the number of combat troops in the entire regiment had been reduced to less than a thousand, and the attack was already weak. Same thing. It also happened to the Second Regiment in Taiwan. Under the powerful attack of the New Regiment, both Japanese Regiments suffered heavy losses!