Chapter 160 The battle recorded in the annals of history
He must be very heartbroken!
He must be very sad.
That's for sure.
The soldier on his back has been sacrificed. Even if his face is close to his, I know that he must have been sacrificed.
Because, when I saw him, his waist was always straight, but at this moment, his figure turned out to be a little rickety.
If I can be by his side, I will definitely tell him that you have done your best, you have given everything you have, please don't blame yourself too much.
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This is a passage written by Tantai Mingyue in his private diary.
Throughout her life, she never let others see it. It was not until ten years after her death that her young daughter donated it to the Chinese Military Museum, so that people in the future can see the spark of battlefield love born in the raging war.
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In the beauty, there is a heroism that makes people burst into tears!
Because of sacrifice.
It was an extremely small battle.
A captain, a lieutenant and a second lieutenant led 22 soldiers, a total of 25 people, to fight against the incoming 93 Japanese troops.
This is after this battle, the Chinese defenders allowed the Japanese army to send out corpse collection teams. According to statistics from the 36th Infantry Regiment Wing Headquarters, there were 93 people, including two second lieutenants and team leaders, who launched the charge from their charging point in the first round.
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As a result, 56 people died in concentrated submachine gun fire, and the remaining 37 people died in hand-to-hand counterattacks with 25 Chinese officers and soldiers. 32 people died, and the remaining 5 people returned to their positions.
I don’t know if it was because the hand-to-hand combat was so brutal that both China and Japan invariably kept silent.
The Japanese army did not fire in retaliation, and even the supervising team did not shoot to kill their deserters. The Chinese defenders, on the other hand, cautiously protected their commander and the remnant troops from entering the warehouse without firing a single bullet.
This is the first time that soldiers from both sides have maintained a common tacit understanding on the battlefield, and it may also be the last time.
Of the 25 Chinese soldiers who participated in the battle, 8 were killed and 2 were seriously injured.
But this small battle was forever recorded in the history of China's Anti-Japanese War.
Because it was the first time that when the Japanese army had an absolutely superior force and attacked wildly, the Chinese soldiers fought back bravely and won a great victory in hand-to-hand combat.
The battle loss ratio of 1 to 3 completely shattered the myth that the Japanese army was invincible in hand-to-hand combat, so that on the battlefields where China and the Japanese army fought thousands of hand-to-hand battles in the next few years, the Chinese military's victory rate reached 40%.
Although there were still more defeats and fewer wins due to factors such as lack of physical fitness and training, it was much better than the almost one-sided record in the early three months of the Great Patriotic War.
Many military historians define this small-scale hand-to-hand battle in front of the Sihang Warehouse as a watershed. There may be many subjective factors, but it is certain that this battle helped many Chinese soldiers psychologically overcome their fear of Japanese hand-to-hand combat.
As Tang Dao said before the war, in hand-to-hand combat, the most important thing is to have an invincible momentum.
Once you get to the point where: you are strong and I am weak, but when I use my body as a shield for my brothers, and you stab me to death, my comrades will not let you go, then victory or defeat no longer matters.
As long as one tenth of the Chinese people are not afraid of death, it can drag the entire Japan into hell.
The Shipai Defense War broke out six years in the future. China and Japan invested thousands of soldiers in what was probably the largest hand-to-hand battle since the world entered the era of hot weapons. It may be the best interpretation of fearlessness.
The future "China National Geographic" once described the young men who died in this hand-to-hand battle: "At that time, children from Chinese peasant families were generally poorly nourished. Most of the soldiers who were sixteen or seventeen years old did not have the height of rifles with bayonets.
, they went into battle with guns longer than themselves and fought tooth and nail.
If they were alive, they would already be in their seventies or eighties. They would also sip sips of fragrant tea in their own orange groves, look at their children and grandchildren leisurely, and live out their days in warmth.
But they died so that other Chinese could have all this."
On that cruel afternoon, the blood of countless warriors soaked the land on the south bank of the Yangtze River. After three hours of fighting without gunfire, the hand-to-hand combat came to an end, and 1,500 Chinese soldiers lay quietly in the most beautiful mountains and rivers in China.
They had fought bravely, but now they were quiet and shy, just like most of their short lives. The Chinese army's position was not lost, and it was the Japanese who retreated.
The Chinese soldiers of the future are lying on the beautiful hills, and the Chinese soldiers of the present are lying quietly in the secret room of the warehouse.
That was the 'morgue' chosen by the Army Lieutenant Colonel before the war. It was one of the strongest and safest rooms in the entire warehouse.
Those who are alive, even if they only have one arm and one leg, as long as they can still shoot and load bullets, they all have to fight. But if they die, they have to lie down in the quietest and safest place. This is the only thing a commander can do.
What you can do for your brothers.
Lei Xiong stood at the window and drew the number sixteen in the direction of the concession. Although he didn't know where his commander was, he knew that his commander would definitely be able to see him.
Yes, the army lieutenant colonel looked at Lei Xiong clearly through the telescope. Looking at the numbers he drew, his tall and straight posture remained unchanged like a sculpture, but tears were already filling his eyes.
Sixteen people died in battle!
Although the Army Lieutenant Colonel said nothing or did nothing, the Westerners in the observation room could feel his sadness.
What could be sadder than a commander watching his subordinates die in battle, while he could only watch from the other side?
"Thank you, Lieutenant Colonel, I'm sorry!" The stubborn old man with a goatee expressed his apology sincerely for perhaps the first time.
The lieutenant colonel did not answer and remained silent.
He refused to accept it.
He is very small and cannot represent the country, but he can represent himself, that's all.
Japanese Army Command Headquarters.
Wakitajiro has regained his composure and even apologized to the brigade chief of staff, Colonel Kimura Shaoki, who had just blocked his military order: "Your Excellency Kimura, I'm sorry, I just lost my temper."
"Jiro-kun, you're welcome. After observing the battlefield just now, I think I should have understood why the 36th Regiment suffered heavy casualties and was unable to attack for a long time." Kimura Shaohiong was obviously very satisfied with Wakiba Jiro's attitude and nodded to him.
This colleague at the same level took a reassurance.
"The combat effectiveness of this group of Chinese people far exceeds any opponent our army has encountered in the past. The failure of this battle was actually caused by multiple factors, not just Jiro-kun and Makino-kun."
"Thank you, Mr. Kimura, for your pertinent evaluation!" Jiro Wakiita nodded expressionlessly and turned to look at the battlefield.
"However, please don't be discouraged, Jiro-kun. The Imperial Army will never stop moving forward just because of this setback." Kimura Shaoxiong said.
"Please rest assured, Mr. Kimura, although our army lost the hand-to-hand battle just now." After a long time, Wakibajiro slowly turned around. His face was a little pale, but his eyes were brighter than ever.
"The reason why the Chinese were able to win was because they had a warrior-level master who could fight one against ten. The Chinese won, but the Chinese civilians didn't cheer. Why?
Because our imperial warriors also inflicted great pain on them, and half of their soldiers fell.
90 for 10, we are at a loss, but our 36th Infantry Regiment still has 2,000 people who can be exchanged. Where are the Chinese?
The decisive battle has just begun." Jiro Wakiba's calm numerical comparison analysis made the two Japanese military officers feel chills in their shirts.
But they had to admit that the army commander in front of them, who was already in his fifties, had more than twenty years of military experience.
The tenacity of the nerves alone is not comparable to that of ordinary people. If it had been anyone else, they would have given up long ago in the face of the successive defeats.
"What to do with the soldiers who fled back to their positions?" Makino Jun asked.
"Enforce military law!" Jiro Wakiita turned his gaze to Binghan.
"It's better to let them take advantage of their crimes and let them be at the front in the next round of charge." Kimura Shaoxiong begged.
After all, those who can persevere to the end in such brutal hand-to-hand combat are considered to be the best among infantry in terms of combat power and tenacity.
"No, my 36th Infantry Regiment's onboard charge formation does not need cowards who escaped from the battlefield. If they are brave enough, they should die on that position, even if they take away one more Chinese life?
"Wakiitajiro shook his head and refused.
The five Japanese soldiers who had escaped back to their own formation were lined up in a row in front of the trench 300 meters away, and military law was executed.
Without any words, the Japanese army showed everyone the harshness of military law and their determination with their blood and lives.
It was also a counterattack against the Chinese soldiers who launched a counterattack hand-to-hand combat regardless of life and death and ultimately won.
In a hand-to-hand battle, you win, but that doesn’t mean that you really knocked off my momentum, because those who retreat will die!
The five Japanese soldiers fell like rotten wood, like the drums beating before the war, indicating to everyone that a more brutal battle was about to begin.
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