Fortunately for Kurahashi, the first class soldier was especially lucky that his parents gave him a good name!
Fortunately, isn’t it just good luck?
Being able to survive this battle depends solely on luck!
He was a member of the team that attacked the hillside, but he was very close to the Chinese second trench, only about sixty or seventy meters!
It's not that this poor first-class soldier was brave, but that he escaped two disasters in a row, but the infantry squad he belonged to suffered heavy casualties. The captain, who had nowhere to vent his anger, thought he was greedy for life and afraid of death.
Therefore, the poor Japanese superior soldiers were organized into a desperate team that rushed to the front in this battle.
The so-called death squad is the vanguard among the vanguards. They always advance without retreating. Those who retreat without receiving military orders will die!
Extending one's head is a sword, and shrinking one's head is also a sword! The Japanese superior soldiers who had been forced to the edge rushed to the forefront this time.
Then, miraculously escaped this disaster!
When the first shell hit, the first-class soldier who had just stood upright and summoned the courage to shout "on board" with his friends jumped forward desperately and jumped into a crater blasted by a 105 howitzer!
The crater nearly 1 meter deep blocked the surging air waves. The Japanese soldier, who was curled up like a baby in his mother's womb, tried his best to survive. Although his body was bruised and bruised by the debris falling from high altitude, he was lucky to survive.
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In other words, the Japanese superior soldiers were not the only lucky ones of the desperate squad. Because the geographical environment of the desperate squad was filled with craters and rocks, their survival rate in the first round of shelling was as high as 65%!
On the contrary, the trenches that most Japanese infantry thought were less than half a meter deep on average turned into a hell on earth!
It wasn't until the artillery shells landed on the left and right sides of the trench with incomparable accuracy, with nearly one-tenth of the shells falling into the trench, that the Japanese infantry discovered that the reason why the trench was shallow might not be because the Chinese were lazy.
Rather, it seems to be prepared for today!
The heavy mortar company of the Fourth Regiment threw at least more than 200 artillery shells into this trench area, more than one-third of the total number of artillery shells dropped on the entire front line.
It is difficult for shallow trenches to withstand the air waves and shrapnel of artillery shells that are so close. The most frightening thing is that when the artillery shells fall into the trenches, all the soldiers in the trenches up to 40 meters long are either swept away by the air waves or are blown away.
The shock wave caused blood to vomit from the mouth, and the lethality was much higher than on the slopes!
By the time the Japanese infantry realized that this was a death trap, it was already too late. The falling shells left them with no way to escape!
In the end, of the more than 350 Japanese soldiers who hid in the trenches, less than 70 survived, a survival rate of less than 20%!
The officers and soldiers of the Second Company who went to clean up the trench afterward almost vomited. They had seen a lot of dead bodies, but limbs torn apart by the energy of heavy artillery were scattered everywhere, and half-cooked intestines and entrails were hung on the trench walls.
, it is still beyond the acceptable range of most officers and soldiers.
Especially the fishy smell mixed with the aroma of meat, it can definitely be called the smell from hell!
When 20 minutes later, the blazing artillery fire extended backwards, the remaining Japanese troops who had received the order to retreat began to retreat frantically. Although there were not many, there were still about 200 people, but the Chinese soldiers on the second line of defense would not let this go.
At this rare opportunity, light and heavy machine guns and various rifles began to roar.
‘Beat the drowned dog’, ‘Kill you while you are sick’, these are terms that Tang Tuanzuo often talks about, and they are deeply rooted in the bones of the officers and soldiers of the Sixings Regiment!
Although the smoke filled the air gave many Japanese infantrymen a chance to escape, a considerable number of them still became prey on the battlefield.
For example, Yang Bicheng, who has been promoted to deputy squad leader, although he has been equipped with a submachine gun and no longer serves as a precision shooter, the corporal who has found confidence in his marksmanship still goes to great lengths to carry a Mosingana rifle!
That rifle was specially awarded to him by Tang Dao in recognition of the Gushan blocking battle. It was not included in the equipment of the infantry company. To put it bluntly, it was Yang Bicheng's private gun.
There are no more than 30 people in the Four Lines Group who have this honor of owning personal weapons, such as Ming Xin's heavy sword, Cai Yongguan's thick-backed sword, and a Black Star pistol that Tudou wanted for himself, which Lao Abacus wears with him.
A Tang Dao signed military dagger and more.
In other words, there are only two types of people who have private weapons in the Four Lines Regiment. They are either super capable or have great military exploits. Otherwise, the strict military regulations of the Four Lines Regiment are not just for show.
Because the Fourth Army Regiment currently has strict regulations on the load of individual soldiers. During long-distance marches, individual soldiers carry a complete list of weapons and ammunition, food, water, and utensils. During training, even if the backpacks are stuffed with bricks, they must be consistent with actual combat and have to be weighed.
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There are thousands of kinds of people in the world, and naturally there are thousands of different preferences. So if everyone has additional needs besides standard weapons, will the load-bearing capacity have to be increased a lot?
Therefore, after all, special people only belong to a small number of people, and if you want to have certain privileges, you need to fight for them yourself.
Yang Bicheng also carried the weight of his Moganshina rifle and 100 rounds of ammunition on his back. For these extra kilograms of weight, he sweated a lot during training.
But it was through this constant beating that the once timid young man was forged from a piece of dirt into a piece of fine iron!
The thicker the smoke, the brighter the eyes of the Japanese killers!
According to post-war statistics, seven Japanese soldiers died from this marksman's pistol alone! A total of 11 bullets were fired!
Fortunately for Kurahashi, the first class soldier was one of the lucky ones to escape, if he hadn't slipped and fallen into a crater because he was running too fast.
At the cost of a front tooth being knocked out, Yang Bicheng was briefly unconscious for 2 minutes, causing Yang Bicheng to mistakenly believe that he had been killed by him and then look for other targets. Otherwise, the Japanese superior soldier would never have had the opportunity to write his memoirs.
On the entire second line of defense, there were as many as 10 precision shooters who participated in hunting down the retreating Japanese soldiers. Their total score was to kill 29 people, with an average of three kills per person.
This success rate of killing Japanese troops even exceeded the 8 light machine guns and 2 heavy machine guns that fired.
The number of Japanese troops who were able to successfully withdraw in the end would never exceed 200!
In the First World War, 500 Japanese invaders were killed. This was a result achieved by the Fourth Army Regiment, which could only count the wreckage of Japanese troops in front of the position. If you add in the damage caused by 150 heavy artillery to the Japanese trenches 600 meters away, it would be close to 600 results.
In other words, a Japanese infantry brigade was crippled!
As for the Fourth Army Regiment, it only cost them 1,080 rounds of heavy mortar shells!
Of course, it is not necessarily true that all the more than 500 Japanese troops were killed by this round of artillery fire!
Many of them were actually injured by the explosion or were knocked into coma by shock, and no more than three-fifths of them died on the spot!
If possible, according to the wishes of the frontline commander Lei Xiong, the Japanese army can take back this batch of seriously wounded soldiers, so that they can kill some of the Japanese army's effective forces, and also allow these seriously wounded soldiers to consume the Japanese army's medicine and manpower.
Killing them all at once is never realistic. Slowly consuming the opponent's strength and then killing you in a decisive battle is Tang Tuanzuo's favorite mode.
But Yoon Tang Sooul, who fell into madness, did something that outraged both humans and gods.
Amidst the constant roar of Chinese heavy artillery shells, Yintang Xiuer, who had already retreated 500 meters again and entered the frontline command post in the dense forest, kept silent with a telescope on the left and looked at the distant position.
After seeing less than 200 defeated troops and the last few tanks hurriedly retreating in the smoke, the Japanese army center left, who had been silent for more than ten minutes, put down his telescope with a livid face and never looked back: "Teletype Artillery Regiment 21"
Nishikawa, center left, requested the howitzer squadron and mountain artillery battalion to target the enemy's No. 1 main position and provide fire coverage for 30 minutes.
I also contacted Commander Nagano by telegraph that the enemy has hidden large-caliber mortars, which has hindered our attacking troops, but Commander Nagano please rest assured. In the next battle, I will do my best to conquer the position."
The young lieutenant staff officer felt a chill running down his spine. Although there was no high probability that this shelling would accidentally injure the defeated soldiers who had already retreated 400 meters from the battlefield, there were still many seriously injured soldiers who were left on the battlefield before they could be dragged away.
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When the howitzers and mountain artillery bombarded them, it was just like what he said, it was a covering bombing, so not only the bodies but also the bodies could not be found.
Even if this position could be captured, after the war, all the corpses would probably be burned together and then a handful of ashes would be used as remains and put into a special small wooden box and sent back home.
"Since it is for the prosperity of the empire, then let them fight to the end for the empire!" Yin Tangxiuer, center left, did not turn around but seemed to know what his staff officer would be thinking, and sighed coldly.
Even Lei Xiong, who was sitting on the front line, did not expect that the Japanese commander he met this time was more cruel than he had ever encountered before. As soon as his defeated troops retreated, he immediately requested artillery to bomb the position, without caring about the bodies left on the position.
The corpses of Japanese soldiers on the ground and the seriously injured soldiers who had not yet had time to evacuate.
Although cold-blooded, this move is extremely vicious and even effective. It can not only attack the Chinese soldiers and fortifications on the position, but also reduce a lot of burdens. There is no need to worry about those who no longer have any combat effectiveness but still waste medicine and personnel care.
of wounded soldiers.
This extremely cold decision made Lei Xiong's wishful thinking all come to nothing, and he directly used artillery to kill all his wounded soldiers.
It was this decision that caused more than 200 Japanese soldiers who had a chance to survive to lie on the battlefield in the Aihong Fields, watching helplessly as their own artillery shells fell from the sky and blew themselves into ashes.
Although this current staff officer is so ruthless that he is sweating coldly, in fact, he is also taking huge risks.
Putting aside the blame from his superiors, as long as he can win this offensive and defensive battle, all ugliness can be covered up, even the cruelty of shelling one's own soldiers.
However, regardless of the strict discipline of the Japanese army, they will carry out even the cruel military orders of their superiors. However, there are many Japanese soldiers who are ruthless and ruthless, and it is not uncommon for them to shoot behind the scenes when their superiors are not paying attention.
Yin Tangxiuer's center left also ran the risk of being shot down by the one or two hundred defeated soldiers who had withdrawn from the front line. This cannot be eliminated by saying that the center left is not the center left.
The infantrymen with red eyes, stimulated by the casualties of their fellow countrymen, took advantage of the chaos on the battlefield to shoot behind the scenes without anyone being able to find out.
The key is, if everyone is dead, who will investigate? Maybe a few other infantry captains are still laughing behind the scenes?
Knowing that there would be such disadvantages, Yin Tangxiu'er, the center left, still did it, and even contacted the division headquarters directly, bypassing his immediate superior, the captain of the left alliance.
The official position of Captain Zuo was so coveted that he was desperate for it.
Even from now on, the eyes of his guard team will not only stay on the Chinese position, but also guard against the hateful eyes of the soldiers behind them.
What does that sentence mean: If God wants to destroy people, he must first make them crazy!
The Japanese Army's center-left falls into this category. Even the captain of the 83rd Infantry Regiment's left-wing wing in the rear looked as ugly as if he had eaten a piece of Rexiang after learning of his decision. He wanted to strangle this guy's neck and question him: "
You really want to go to court-martial, can you please don't drag me into this?"
However, there are too many lunatics among the Japanese. Compared with Yokoyama Sawa Daizuo of the 62nd Infantry Regiment, who is known for his fierceness and slutty moves, the crazy Yun Tangxiu Er is like a docile little lady.
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The most brutal battle on the entire Niangziguan battlefield was not on the main battlefield, but on the flanks!
That is actually the craziest bet made by Nagano Kameichiro!
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Regardless of the fact that Nagano Kameichiro invested up to two infantry regiments, three tank squadrons and almost all artillery on the main battlefield, Nagano Kameichiro, who actually still had some combat experience, knew that his opponent was the Four Lines Regiment.
He lost confidence in attacking the frontal position.
The reason why the main force was placed in the frontal position was actually just to contain and consume the insufficient strength of the Four Lines Regiment.
To put it bluntly, the 83rd and 82nd Infantry Regiments are actually cannon fodder in the eyes of Nagano Kameichiro. The real decisive factor in battlefield victory must be the 62nd Infantry Regiment that enters the mountains from the mountain road.
Yokoyama Sawa, captain of the 62nd Infantry Regiment's Left Wing, is not only his favorite general, but also has an elder brother Yokoyama Naga who is very famous in the Japanese Army. Although Yokoyama Naga is 48 years old and in his prime, he has just been promoted to major general.
However, both Ishihara Wanji and Iimura Soi, who were both known as the 21st "Three Feathered Birds" at the Army Sergeant Academy, were elites in the Japanese Army. During this kind of war, their rapid rise to prominence was almost visible to the naked eye.
Indeed, the Japanese are also very good at human relations. Yokoyama, who is still the Minister of Resources of the Ministry of War at this time, will be promoted to Army Lieutenant General and serve as the commander of the 1st Division in a short time, officially entering Japan.
After the outbreak of the Pacific War, the top army officials served as commander of the 4th Army of the Kwantung Army and the 11th Army of the North China Front, commanding an army of 100,000 people.
"No matter what the situation is on the frontal battlefield, as long as you, Mr. Ze, break through the Chinese positions on the flanks, with my guarantee, and your dear brother walks around in the Army Department again, you will be the next commander of the 21st Division. You will have one division and two generals.
The glory of the Hengshan family will be extremely glorious!"
This was the promise Nagano Kameichiro made to Yokoyama Sawa in private when he came to see him off in person before the departure of the 62nd Infantry Regiment.
Yokoyama Sawa, who comes from a military family, is not stupid. He knows that his immediate boss is currently in an embarrassing situation. The accidental death of the division commander Washizu Matsudaira is an opportunity, but it may also become the Waterloo for Nagano Kameichiro.
The future and destiny of this imperial army major general were all decided in the battle of Niangziguan!
If he wins, he will successfully take over as the division leader!
Defeated, at least standing still and being criticized by the front army and the Army Headquarters, at worst at worst being transferred to reserve force and ruining the future!
Otherwise, he wouldn't have painted a big picture for himself before his future and destiny were clear!
But he really had to eat the cake he drew.
In fact, Nagano Kameichiro captured the biggest movement deep in his heart!
Growing up, his brother, who was five years older than him, had always been a symbol of family glory. He was a shining figure when he was in the sergeant academy. When he entered the army, he rose to the top and was promoted to Army Major General at the beginning of the year.
On the other hand, he, the second son of the Yokoyama family, whose efforts are not inferior to those of his elder brother, has always been just a shadow of his elder brother. Even this time, he was finally promoted to the army's left wing and served as the newly formed 21st division.
Captain of the 62nd Infantry Regiment, many people think that this is because of his brother, but they have not seen his efforts!
It has always been Yokoyama Sawa's dream to be close to or even surpass his brother! But now, this dream is right in front of him, how can Yokoyama Sawa not be tempted?
Therefore, Yokoyamazawa even has a stronger psychological need to win than Nagano Kameichiro!
The members of the third battalion located on the high ground on the flanks did not expect what a cruel opponent they would face.
However, for the officers and soldiers of the Third Battalion of the Si Xing Regiment, who have never been afraid of tough battles, no matter how tough the opponent is, it is nothing more than "the troops will come to cover up the water and the soil will cover it up"!
In Sihang Warehouse, Songjiang, Guangde, Bihe, Licheng, and Changle Village, were the Japanese troops not tough? But in the end, weren't their heads smashed by their iron hammers, and their faces were covered in blood?
The 4,000 Japanese invaders led by Tietou Zuo, who dreams of surpassing his brother, and the more than 1,300 steel troops led by a cold-faced battalion commander who bears the blood feud of his family are destined to fight their way through this rolling mountain.
Mountain of corpses and sea of blood!
Regardless of the fact that the number of Chinese and Japanese troops participating in the war did not exceed 6,000, which is not outstanding in the entire history of the Sino-Japanese war, the attackers still maintained an offensive posture with such a high casualty rate, which is extremely rare in the entire history of war.
This battle was also called a battle of wills by the boss of the Eightyth Army!
