While Tang Dao and "Majin Buu" were bargaining with each other with their own motives, the battle of Shunwangping had already begun at 8 o'clock in the morning.
Not only did he catch a rabbit without guarding the trap he dug for two days in the cold, but he was also kicked hard by a rabbit at night. Kunizaki was stunned and one can imagine how frustrated this eagle felt.
Therefore, before 6 o'clock, the Japanese army began to cook rice, allowing the infantry to have their first hot meal in the past two days. Then at 7 o'clock, they mobilized two infantry brigades as the vanguard and marched aggressively towards the foot of Shun Wangping Mountain.
Set off to this village with a population of over 400 people.
Because of this river valley, Hexi Village owns hundreds of acres of land. In order to prevent bandits, a village wall and a watchtower were built on the village. There are more than a hundred young people in the village, making it the largest gathering place for mountain people near Shunwangping.
Yesterday afternoon I heard that the Japanese were coming. The young men in Hexi Village were not afraid of it. They actually planned to defend their homes with swords, guns and more than a dozen blunderbuss.
It was Li Jijin's earnest persuasion. There were tens of thousands of Japanese troops on the opposite side, so just leaving these hundreds of men in the village was undoubtedly a mantis' use of arms.
Except for a few young people from Hexi Village who volunteered to stay and serve as guides for the Four Lines Regiment, the rest of them, including the elderly, the weak, women and children, evacuated from Heilongtan to the depths of Wangwu Mountain. In order to prevent them from encountering sporadic Japanese soldiers who were unable to resist, Li Jijin
They were also given four shell guns for self-defense.
Hexi Village is now deserted!
As expected, after the Japanese troops of the two infantry brigades arrived at the bank of the river, which was tens of meters wide in front of Hexi Village, they did not rush to attack the 7th company position, which was only 30 meters away from the bank. Instead, they used mountain artillery to target the village first.
A random explosion.
The bombs were grenades and incendiary bombs. Even though they had just left elementary school last night, because the incendiary bombs contained combustion-supporting chemicals, it didn't take long for a village with nearly a hundred houses to burn into a sea of flames.
Li Jijin knew that the Japanese army wanted to cut off the retreat route of the defenders on the river bank first, so as to prevent the defenders from retreating to the village to fight with them in street battles when they saw no enemy.
This is also a kind of psychological pressure, allowing the defenders to take a closer look. They cannot stop their advance with this simple trench dug overnight.
Kunizaki didn't want to waste too much time in front of this small river. If he approached the Black Dragon Pond earlier, the main force of the Four Elements Regiment would have less time to build civil engineering works.
In the past year, Kunizaki, who had suffered heavy losses from the Four Elements Regiment, had studied the battle cases of the Four Elements Regiment countless times. He knew what kind of temperament the Chinese army he was facing had.
The Four Lines Regiment was extremely tenacious and tenacious when facing the enemy. On several occasions, their opponents had already broken through their defense lines, and the few remaining soldiers in the trenches still refused to retreat. All members were either killed in the battle or persisted until reinforcements arrived;
In addition, the most painful thing about the Four Lines Group is that while they have sufficient firepower, they also have extremely excellent civil fortification construction capabilities.
Just like when the 108th Division attacked its station in the hinterland of the Taihang Mountains with heavy troops, the few remaining defenders actually built complete civil fortifications on that important road in less than two days. This is also
As a result, the 108th Division not only returned without success, but also lost a large number of artillery pieces and its commander was killed due to the opponent's sneak attack.
With such a lesson learned from the past, how could Kunizaki not accept the lesson? In this battle, he would use superior force and firepower to press forward, fight quickly and never give the Four Troops a chance to breathe.
Kunisaki didn't even pay attention to the three to four hundred men who were stationed by the river. What he wanted was to defeat the main force of the Four Elements Regiment.
Therefore, before the infantrymen even started to attack, Kunizaki revealed part of his trump card.
More than 12 mountain artillery pieces from an artillery brigade concentrated fire and bombarded a larger village into a sea of flames in less than 20 minutes.
"You bastard Japanese! I will fight with you." A young man from Hexi Village hiding in the trench cursed with tears in his eyes and gritted teeth as he watched his home being burned into a sea of flames.
Even though there is no one in the village now, even the elderly have been carried away into the mountains, but all the belongings accumulated by the people of Hexi Village over several generations are gone.
With their home gone, especially in such a cold winter, it is almost impossible for the elderly and children to wait until spring comes.
"Brother, don't worry, wait until we drive away the Japanese and rebuild our home." Tu Yunsheng, who was also huddled in the trench, could only comfort him like this.
During the Battle of Jindong, Tu Yunsheng, who was already an army sergeant, had his calf blown off in a bombardment. Military doctors used six bottles of penicillin to get him through the terrible infection and finally save his life.
He lost a leg and basically lost his combat capability. It stands to reason that he should retire. With the current scale of the factory in Dakouzidong, let alone letting him work with the disabled soldiers, there is no big problem even if he keeps it for nothing.
However, after the war, Tu Yun, who received the 'Special Combat Merit' and was promoted to Army Sergeant, refused to work in life or death. He even wanted to exchange his hard-earned solid gold medal for a chance to continue to stay in the army.
Company commander Li Jiujin had no choice but to personally bring Tu Yunsheng and the equally determined Cao Xiazi to Leng Feng and asked to keep these two as cooks for his company headquarters.
Li Jijin is taking a curved path to save the country. As long as he can stay as a cook, whether he can go to the battlefield or not is not a matter of a word for him as the company commander.
Leng Feng was also in a dilemma. The two friends, "Tian Can Di Que", were very brave in the battle of Jindong, but after all, they were handicapped and the Four Elements Regiment could not weaken their combat effectiveness because of this. Moreover, once this was opened, it was not known whether there would be any
How many disabled veterans without arms and legs want to return to the army?
Leng Feng had no choice but to go to the director of the Political Department, Ye Chenghuan. Ye Chenghuan, who also felt that it was very difficult, had to contact Tang Dao, who was still far away. Two severely disabled veterans wanted to stay in the army, but what seemed like a small matter was unexpected.
It involves a lot of things, and only the main function of Tang Dao can put it into perspective.
Tang Dao quickly gave a reply and agreed that they would stay. The special merit medals would not be withdrawn, but the rewards would be cancelled. The rewards for their battalion, company, and platoon officers would also be cancelled, as an exceptional punishment.
However, the two will not serve as cooks, but will continue to serve as the squad leader and deputy squad leader of the infantry squad. The infantry squad they belong to has 4 more people than the other infantry squads, and they will be used to assist the two during emergency marches.
After that bloody battle, only two of Tu Yunsheng's infantry squads were disabled, and all the rest died in the battle. After receiving Tang Dao's military order, Leng Feng and Li Jijin immediately set about rebuilding the infantry squad.
From the entire infantry battalion, 2 veterans with two years of military service, 3 veterans of one year, 4 half-year soldiers, 5 recruits who have participated in at least one battle, and 4 additional recruits, including 7 sergeant-level soldiers, were selected.
Accounting for almost one-third of the infantry squad.
In order to commend this infantry squad, Li Jijin spared no expense. He only allocated them 5 semi-automatic rifles, 4 submachine guns, 6 bolt-action rifles, 4 pistols, a rifle grenade, and a light machine gun.
It is no weaker than an infantry squad of the Japanese army.
Not to mention the 3rd Battalion, even the entire Fourth Infantry Regiment deserves to be named the first infantry squad.
The young man glanced at the infantry squad leader who had lost half his leg, and the tears in his eye sockets couldn't help but want to flow down.
Even a man without a leg is dragged to the front line? By the way, there is a one-eyed dragon with a blindfold on one eye in the trench where he is. I heard that he can hardly see anything with his other good eye.
, he is simply a blind man.
It can be seen that the army in front of us is short of soldiers. If we expect them to defeat the Japanese army, it is better to go to sleep and dream more.
Maybe this young man from a mountain village was already very pessimistic, but the next moment, something happened that made him feel even more sad.
"Evacuate?" Tu Yunsheng, who had just finished comforting his fellow villagers, almost jumped up when he received the military order from the platoon headquarters' signal soldier who quickly ran over to deliver it.
How is this possible? Their two infantry companies worked hard all night, finally dug two trenches, and withdrew without firing a single shot?
"Squad leader Tu, this is the company commander's order. Hurry up. The first and second platoons over there have already carried out the order. We are the only ones left behind." The young signal soldier also had helplessness written on his face.
"Brothers, retreat!" Tu Yunsheng gritted his teeth, holding his own gun and helping a soldier stand up with difficulty.
Run away without firing a single shot? The young people in the mountain village looked at the soldiers in the trenches with guns and bullet boxes and quickly retreated along the traffic trenches with disbelief on their faces.
"Boy, just leave if I ask you to. We can't fight here. We can't fight the Japanese anywhere in the mountains. Please hold my hand and run faster. Otherwise, the enemy's shells will fly over later and you won't be able to run away."
Boss Cao, who was passing by, held the village youth's wrist with one hand, like an iron pliers.
Boss Cao, who has gone through several wars and basically lost his eyesight, is no longer the recruit who made steamed buns and soup in the past. Although he has almost lost all his eyesight, his calmness of mind is what makes the two of the infantry squad more capable.
Veterans of all ages admire it.
In their words: If I couldn't see the two moves, I would no longer want to live. How could I be like Lao Cao and practice bombing commands calmly every day?
The so-called command to drop a bomb means that a special soldier stays by his side. Using the coordinates agreed upon by the two, one person shouts, and Boss Cao is responsible for dropping the bomb.
I don’t know if when the eyes lose their function, the other senses of the human being will become more developed. In less than a month, Boss Cao, who used to rely on his eyes to drop bombs so far and so accurately that he can be called a human cannon, has developed a skill that can make everyone
Everyone was stunned by his unique skill. He could hit wherever the soldiers asked him to.
Within a radius of 60 meters with him as the center of the circle, almost no blind spots can be covered!
The most awesome thing is that Boss Cao can even estimate the burning speed of the grenade fuse and the flight speed of the grenade to determine whether to throw the grenade to the target location or in the air directly above the target.
For example, if the soldier who cooperated with him said that there were trenches or bunkers there, Boss Cao could use his own estimation to make the grenade he threw explode in the air to form an airburst bomb, causing damage to the target.
In the words of Li Jijin: This may be the Si Xing Regiment, no, the most awesome blind bombardier in the entire Chinese army!
With this skill alone, Deputy Squad Leader Cao, who was promoted to Army Corporal, has become one of the backbone of the first infantry squad of the Sixings Regiment.
Anyone who has been on the battlefield knows how important a bombardier who knows where to hit is to an infantry squad.
Boss Cao, who seemed to be enlightened, took the frustrated guide and evacuated quickly along the traffic trench.
The communication trenches were the last retreat for these two infantry companies. In order to ensure that the 400 people would not be exposed to the wilderness for evacuation, the two infantry companies expended great efforts to dig three communication trenches more than 400 meters long.
Li Jijin's order was issued in a timely manner. Within five minutes, the Japanese infantry was ready, and the Japanese artillery began to turn its muzzles, aiming at the trench positions on the river bank and launching indiscriminate bombing mode.
"The Chinese have escaped?" A Japanese major saw through the gunpowder smoke the figures of Chinese soldiers entering the mountains and forests hundreds of meters away.
A trace of suspicion flashed across his face, but he gave the order firmly: "Notify the rear to stop the shelling, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Squadrons to cross the river, and the heavy machine gun squadron to provide fire cover!
But be careful, the Chinese must be deceitful if they give up so easily, and can only send a small number of people into their positions!"
Although the water in the creek is cold, it cannot stop the Japanese army from advancing. In order not to get their military trousers wet, many Japanese soldiers simply took off their military trousers and jumped into the cold river with their bare legs.
One man's position attacked.
But after crossing the river, there was no rush to enter the position. Nearly a thousand Japanese troops were crouching on the cold river bank. Only an infantry squad of less than a dozen soldiers carefully approached the trenches.
Sure enough, their caution worked, and several Japanese soldiers squatted down howling in pain.
That was a trick Tang Dao learned from the 28th Division. He ordered the military factory to use scraps to make iron caltrops. As long as there was steel, this thing was not technically difficult. With the current material reserves and various materials of the Sixings Regiment Military Factory
You can have as many machine tools as you want, as long as each infantry company wants them.
Li Jijin ordered each infantry squad to carry 200. Calculus weighed 2 taels each, which roughly equaled the weight of 40 kilograms. On average, each person carried a bag of about 15. Although it was impossible to complete the task of the 28th Division in one step, at least there were
The density is one, but as long as you walk too much, you will definitely get hit.
Seeing with his own eyes the soles of his comrades' feet pierced by sharp triangular nails, the Japanese infantrymen lying on the river bank couldn't help but feel chills in their balls. The Chinese are really too insidious and vicious.
It's okay to be hit in the sole of the foot, and you don't even have to participate in the subsequent battles because of it. Maybe a bad thing turns into a good thing, but if you unfortunately get shot and fall to the ground, and your face or crotch is pierced by this thing, what kind of thing will it be?
Experience?
Just thinking about it doesn’t feel very wonderful.
But the Japanese infantrymen were obviously too superficial. They underestimated the "viciousness" of Teacher Xiao He, who had been influenced by Tang Tuanzuo for a long time.
All Tribulus terrestris has been heavily polluted after leaving the factory, with chemicals and artificial domestic waste. In short, wherever it is dirty, these triangular nails are placed wherever they are, and there are countless bacteria on them.
Now it looks like it's just a hole in the sole of the foot. It won't take long for the wounded Japanese soldier to have a 100% chance of wound infection. Septicemia combined with bacterial infection will cause the wounded soldier to die even after consuming an unknown amount of medicine.
This is also true. The four Japanese soldiers who had their soles pierced on the positions of the 7th and 8th companies were eventually listed on the death list of the Kunisaki detachment.
"Baga! Order the personnel who go to survey to be careful. The Chinese may even have explosives buried in it." ordered the Japanese Army Major who approached the river.
"The Japanese are really smart!" Li Jijin, who had already hid in the mountains, looked through the telescope and saw that only a small number of Japanese troops entered the front-line trenches, and felt a little regretful.
"Tell them not to wait any longer, detonate the explosives and retreat quickly!"
With several loud bangs, several clouds of gunpowder smoke rose from the trenches that the two infantry companies had worked so hard to dig but gave up before firing a shot.
Those were three 50-kilogram explosive points that were buried last night. In order to prevent them from being detonated by Japanese artillery shells, they were basically buried 5 meters deep underground. They would be detonated through detonators and wires. They were originally used when the trenches were about to be breached.
A strategy of perish together.
If we retreat now, won't everything be left to the Japanese?
But the Japanese are also smart. The main force stays outside and only sends a small group of personnel into the trenches. The soldiers hidden in the traffic trenches are less than 100 meters away from the Japanese army. They still want to wait for the Japanese to take the bait, and they may even be injured.
inside.
A total of 150 kilograms of explosives destroyed the trench by dozens of meters, but only a few Japanese soldiers were killed or injured, so the work was basically in vain.
If we count losses and results, the 3rd Battalion lost manpower, more than 100 kilograms of explosives, and hundreds of caltrops overnight, but the result was less than 10 Japanese soldiers killed.
On the other hand, the Kunisaki detachment consumed more than 200 rounds of artillery shells and suffered 9 casualties in the battle. In addition, thousands of No. 1 soldiers were exposed to the cold wind for more than 20 minutes with their bare buttocks exposed, but they managed to capture the bridgehead position.
For the Japanese army, this was a victory. The engineers could build a simple pontoon bridge without any scruples. Thousands of infantrymen did not have to get wet in the cold weather and could direct their troops towards the Black Dragon Pond with full force.
In terms of losses and results, this 'blocking battle' seemed to be a draw between the two sides, but strategically speaking, the Four Lines Regiment was completely defeated!
Because, they could have used this river that was not too fast but wide enough to make the Japanese army shed all their blood here, but they gave up easily.
Even young people from mountain villages who knew nothing about military affairs felt that the Chinese army they followed had no future.
If he hadn't thought that these people had given some weapons and food to the villagers and were at least considered good people, he would have run as far as he wanted.
But what this simple mountain village youth did not expect was that this Chinese army had no bottom line than he imagined!
