When he learned that the regiment's base camp had been breached by the Chinese army and that the Japanese army on Heizui Mountain had become a lone force, he had a premonition that Heizui Mountain would be difficult to hold.
Although we have various geographical advantages, the strategic position of Heizui Mountain determines that the Chinese army must capture this highland at all costs.
Since it is done at all costs, it means that the Chinese army will take down this mountain no matter how much it costs or how many people die.
If tens of thousands of people attack day and night without anger, how can the 400 or so people on our side, mostly artillerymen, be able to hold on?
What's more, Ozawa Yushi actually asked the university to send a small team of troops down the mountain. This move was worth considering for Nishiura Jiro.
When the enemy's situation is unclear, you actually have to allocate one-third of your already small combat forces to contact the headquarters. This is a sign of being too blindly confident about the battle situation.
However, within the highly hierarchical Japanese army, he could not question the decision of the military commander during the war, and could only suppress his dissatisfaction and uneasiness.
After the Chinese army began to attack, he not only sent the baggage squadron belonging to the artillery squadron to join the battle, but also let 6 92 infantry guns suppress the Chinese supporting firepower at the foot of the mountain.
Due to the steepness of the mountain and the limited range of fire, he was unable to do anything to deal with the Chinese army that had already attacked the mountainside.
However, these deployments did not give him any peace of mind. He used the four Type 41 artillery pieces that were currently useless as a last resort.
Once the Chinese army attacks, they will launch artillery attacks regardless of whether we are the enemy or ourselves. Even if they kill the idiot Yushi Ozawa, they will still stop the Chinese army's offensive.
You must know that the minimum firing range of the Japanese Type 41 field gun reaches minus 8 degrees, which is even lower than the firing range of ordinary anti-tank guns. The nearest shelling distance can reach within 100 meters, and it is completely possible to shoot at close range.
However, before the Chinese army reached the top, his prepared final blow was completely shattered by more than a dozen flimsy 11.43mm bullets.
Of course, the bullets fired from Miaohua's hands also shattered his head.
"Puff puff……"
The Japanese guarding the artillery positions fell to the ground silently one after another, and the low sound of gunfire was completely obscured by the sound of artillery and gunfire from distant positions.
Many Japanese artillerymen looked inexplicably as their comrades beside them fell to the ground with their heads tilted. They looked around in panic, and then their confused heads were shattered by the next bullet.
At the same time as Miaohua and others took action, Zhao Xiaojin and Zhang Xiaoping, who had cleared the enemy in the north, also opened fire almost at the same time. They were closer to the Japanese 92 infantry artillery. The first thing they hit were the Japanese troops who were still desperately firing and carrying artillery shells.
After Miaohua fired all 7 bullets in her pistol, she directly picked up the Somi submachine gun and rushed out of the trench in an instant, charging and firing at the enemies in depth.
At this time, the word "quick" is important, because the attacking troops from the foot of the mountain will come up soon. If the mercenary group fights with friendly forces and Japanese troops in the darkness, accidental injuries will easily occur.
Fortunately, at this time, there was already a hint of fish belly white on the horizon, and it was dawn.
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Early morning on March 11, Nanjing.
The principal, who was enjoying breakfast in the principal's residence, suddenly saw Adjutant Wang walking in with a telegram and a happy face, and knew that there was good news.
Sure enough, Adjutant Wang saluted the principal and his wife and said softly: "Reporting to the principal, there is a great victory on the Xifengkou front of the Great Wall."
After hearing this, the principal put down the knife and fork in his hand, picked up a white napkin and wiped his mouth without changing his expression, and then said: "Read it!"
"yes!"
"Chairman Jun Jian and his staff traveled over 700 miles in three days and at night. The vanguard regiment arrived at Xifengkou of the Great Wall on the afternoon of the 9th and started a fierce battle with the enemy... In the early morning of the 11th, the staff organized Zhao Chengyu's 109th Brigade and Tong Zeguang's 113th Brigade.
Two regiments launched a night attack on the Japanese troops at Caijiayu, Xiaoxifengkou and other places. The officers and soldiers of the department were dedicated to serving the country, and the soldiers served their lives. Thousands of people armed with broadswords bravely charged and killed..."
"At that time, the Japanese troops were still sleeping, and many of them were dead before they woke up. At 4 o'clock in the battle, the night raid team fought with the enemy more than ten times, and successively captured Xiaoxifengkou, Caijiayu, Xibaozi, Houzhangzi,
At more than ten enemy strongholds including Heizui Mountain, 10 cannons, more than 20 machine guns, and a batch of trophies were seized.
After reading this, Adjutant Wang's face brightened, he glanced at the expressionless principal, and continued to read: "We fought until dawn and destroyed the enemy command post in Baitaizi, killing and wounding more than 2,000 Japanese pirates below the colonel. At present,
The Ministry of Staff is advancing to attack the enemy in depth. The staff of Song and Mingyuan are reporting."
After Adjutant Wang finished reading, he thought that the principal would be in a good mood, but he saw the principal leaning on the back of the dining chair, closing his eyes and thinking.
He was a little worried, wondering if he was too excited and had aroused the principal's dissatisfaction.
In fact, as the current helmsman of the Republic of China, this principal has very far-reaching considerations.
Winning the war was certainly a good thing, but he knew that the current dispute between China and Japan would not lead to an all-out war between the two countries.
Japan is not yet ready for a full-scale war, and China is not to mention it. The German weapon division it is preparing is only a plan on paper, and the domestic hostile forces have not yet been wiped out. To fight against foreign aggression, you must first calm down at home.
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So the question now is no longer a game of numbers such as how many battles were won and how many Japanese soldiers were killed, but how can China and Japan cease the war with dignity and how much benefit must be given to stop the Japanese army?
Moreover, the warlords in the north were the ones who won the battle. First, a brigade of the Jin Army defeated a mixed brigade of the Japanese Army. Now, the Northwest Army achieved a great victory in annihilating more than 2,000 Japanese troops.
However, the 17th Army of the Central Army, which he sent to participate in the war under domestic pressure, fell into a deadly battle with heavy casualties at Gubeikou.
He was a little frustrated, why couldn't the Central Army, which was better equipped and more systematically trained, achieve similar victories, while the local warlords with poor equipment and weak logistical supplies had won one victory after another? Could it be that the commander was incompetent?
In fact, on this point, the principal was wrong. It was not that the commander was incompetent, but that the principal's tight spell limited the frontline commander's imagination and tactical space.
In fact, from the overall perspective of the entire Great Wall Anti-Japanese War, the 17th Army of the Central Army played a mainstay role in the entire Great Wall Anti-Japanese War because they firmly guarded the most important pass along the Great Wall - Gubeikou.
The Gubeikou Anti-Japanese War became one of the largest and most brutal battles in the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War.