Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 1220

The sound of gunfire became more intense because of the cold orders of the two commanders, one behind the other.

Not only the terrifying roar of heavy machine guns, but also the crisp long bursts of Czech light machine guns!

At this moment, no one is stingy with ammunition anymore!

The machine gunners of the 28th Division who were still alive just wanted to keep those Japanese who were struggling to run to the ships with their short legs in the cold river water on the shore as much as possible.

The Japanese infantry who were fleeing in panic were no longer as fierce as before. Their faces were full of fear and desire for life.

Even though the ships that were still standing a hundred meters away from the shore came to pick them up under strict military orders and braved a hail of bullets, they did not completely abandon them.

It is a pity that when all the artillery on the central position gave up on the ships still in the center of the river, and only focused on the more than 20 ships and concentrated fire, these ships were actually unable to protect themselves.

Satoshi Katayama, who was retreating, could only watch helplessly as the towering water columns exploded more than 300 meters ahead, and then, a series of violent explosions resounded across the river!

That was not only the loud noise of the shells exploding, but also the sound of the motorboat being hit by the shells and the fuel and ammunition stored in it exploding.

Looking back blankly at the exploding fireball, feeling the scorching heat sweeping in from hundreds of meters away, Katayama Satoru, whose face had been almost stiff by the cold wind on the river, couldn't help but hang up two crystals.

It's not that the Japanese Army Lieutenant Colonel is not strong enough, but that he had imagined countless endings for the beach landing operation before this, but this ending was completely leaked before it even started and he was beaten by continuous critical attacks without mercy. It's really 's never appeared.

The Third Army spent a lot of effort on this landing operation in the Tongguan area.

They did not hesitate to persuade the base camp to coordinate and borrowed 25 motorboats for inland river use from the Central China Front Army and the Kwantung Army. In addition to the North China Front Army's own, a total of 40 motorboats were collected, which can be delivered to the river bank at one time. The force reached a thousand men.

In order to confuse the opponent, the Third Army deployed more than 40,000 people along the hundreds of kilometers of the Yellow River, and 40 motorboats were also used scatteredly. However, the Third Division firmly held 23 of them, accounting for one Most of it.

As the top commander of the 6th Infantry Regiment in the beach landing battle, Katayama Satoshi put all the two most elite infantry squadrons of his 1st Infantry Battalion on these motorboats equipped with steel plates.

He believes that the army under his command will act as usual, and can serve as arrows for the entire regiment, tearing a gap for the entire army, moving forward indomitably, and invincible!

It's just that the Japanese Army Lieutenant Colonel didn't expect that the Chinese would have so many heavy machine guns, and they would also use the 'transcendence shooting' that appeared in World War I!

The retreat action taken by the Japanese Army Lieutenant Colonel was actually very wise. If he continued to advance against the seemingly endless waves of bullets, even if he could reach the shore, he would only have 2,000 people at most.

It seems that 2,000 people can fight a Chinese infantry brigade, but that is under normal field conditions.

His infantry wing has enough infantry artillery to destroy the few heavy machine gun fire points of the Chinese one by one, and then it can charge unscrupulously, and then scare the Chinese soldiers who have completely lost their heavy fire cover like herding cattle and sheep. Retreat, and finally enter the rhythm of chasing the defeated troops.

But what now? Not to mention that the Chinese bunkers have not been destroyed by the heavy artillery group, in order to transport more soldiers, the three infantry brigades only carried 4 infantry cannons, and it is still unknown how many infantry cannons survived.

Even if they are all present, can these four small cannons destroy the Chinese bunker group?

The end result of all 2,000 people nesting on the river beach was to be killed one by one by China's terrifying "transcendence shooting" without any resistance.

Unless he bets that China cannot always maintain such terrible firepower intensity.

But, does he dare to bet?

Katayama Satoshi did not dare, because what was on the gambling table was not only the lives of more than 2,000 imperial officers and soldiers, but also his own.

As long as it involves oneself, a normal person would hesitate.

So, he made the most correct and reasonable choice.

Tang Dao is not Zhuge Liang, and he can calculate the next five hundred years, but Tang Dao has always adhered to the principle of supremacy in firepower. He exchanged the windfall in his hands for arms and purchased hundreds of thousands of machine rifle bullets in the mountain city. Later, I went to a stingy old man to blackmail him for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Approximately more than 300,000 rounds have been used at this time. How do you describe the intensity of this firepower? Maybe it can't guarantee the output for a whole day, but it's not a big problem to kill more than 2,000 Japanese infantry lying on the river beach.

What should I do if I get short? Tang Dao was not worried about this. After he ordered the entire army to stop shooting unless the barrel of the gun was damaged or the machine gun malfunctioned, Tang Dao asked Xia Dayu to send a telegram to the Second Theater Command.

“At dawn, the Japanese army assembled thousands of soldiers and hundreds of ships to launch a general attack. All our troops have been put into position, and the ammunition storage consumption is huge! The personnel losses are huge!

Our troops are all stupid, but we are determined to build the northwest and east Great Wall with the flesh and blood of our 4,500 troops before Tongguan!

If you are lucky enough to win this battle, I hope the commander-in-chief will see that my new regiment will spare no effort to serve the country and the people, and replenish ammunition for our department to fight the Japanese invaders again! "

The message Tang Dao sent to the Second Theater Command made everyone cry.

yes! 4,500 people is a lot, but they are new recruits, okay? Such a group of new recruits were able to make up their minds to build the Great Wall of the Northwest with flesh and blood, and their request was just to replenish their ammunition and fight again!

Even a well-informed woman like Wu Meizi's eyes sparkled when she received this heavy telegram from the theater staff and sent it to the stingy old man's office.

"Te Liang, the war has just started, and you are running out of ammunition? That's hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition. They are for feeding the Japanese, not for military rations. I can only consume this amount if a division of more than 10,000 people fights for one day. How could he light it up?

Tang Dao, this is a misfortune, this is moral kidnapping! Shameless, so shameless. "Who is that stingy old man? You can see through a certain group member's face almost at a glance.

But what if you see through it? Although a certain regiment did not send the message with a "shameless" invention, it still sent the message to the theater staff, rather than directly to the theater communications office controlled by someone.

As long as the stingy old man dares to give away a dime, the news that he used 4,500 recruits as cannon fodder without giving them ammunition will be spread throughout the war zone. I wonder if that general will feel chilled?

Even Tang Dao directly said that he would not join the second war zone that day. Perhaps most generals would take it for granted.

So, Tang Dao was determined that the stingy old man must send him more bullets. 500,000 rounds might not be available, but 300,000 rounds would be enough.

If the Japanese dare to come again, hundreds of thousands of bullets will be thrown out and they will be killed.

The tragic Satoru Katayama's choice was fine, but what about the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army who had landed ashore? Can those Imperial warriors who are desperately fleeing after receiving the order to retreat find their way home?

They couldn't be found. Since three motorboats exploded in the sky near the river bank under the gunfire, the Japanese soldiers who were the boatmen on the already weakly protected wooden boats and rafts began to hesitate.

The Japanese troops who waded through the shallow water were only a few dozen meters away from the ships that could take them home. However, the sky full of artillery fire and the ballistic trajectories that constantly shredded the air meant that only five ships could reach the shallow water!

The surviving Japanese soldiers rushed frantically toward their last means of escape. A wooden boat that could only carry 20 people was instantly filled with people like it was surrounded by a colony of ants. Even the side of the boat was covered with people full of will to survive. Japanese infantry.

The wooden boat, whose load had suddenly increased several times, was unable to move, let alone embark on the return journey!

"Baga! Damn you bastard, let go of your hand!" A Japanese second lieutenant who had finally climbed onto the boat looked at the senior soldier who was still holding on to his belt for most of his body and was still in the water, with anger in his eyes.

“Captain Kuroo, don't leave me, please, Meiko is still waiting for me at home!” The superior soldier's eyes were full of pleading.

“If you can't leave, act like an imperial warrior, take your gun, and block the enemy's bullets for the warriors!” the Japanese Army second lieutenant sternly reprimanded.

The Japanese Army private's hand is still holding tightly to his last life-saving straw.

Then, the Japanese second lieutenant raised his pistol without hesitation, pointed it at the soldiers in his squad, and pulled the trigger!

"Bastard! Coward!" The Japanese second lieutenant turned around and roared: "Set the ship immediately! Anyone who obstructs will die!"

With the second lieutenant taking the lead, the Japanese soldiers who were eager to return waved their rifles in their hands and hit their colleagues who were still clinging to the side of the ship in an attempt to cling to them without mercy. They seemed to have forgotten that they were drinking sake together with their arms around their shoulders and talking about the attack last night. After landing at the Chinese position, everyone went to the Chinese village to relax.

There are non-threatening men there for them to kill to their heart's content, and there are women too!

Countless Japanese soldiers screamed and fell into the water. Then, the Japanese soldiers who were still carrying guns also launched their own revenge. "Pop! Pah! Pah!" The sound of the Type 38 rifle sounded.

　　However, this time it was not the Chinese who were targeted, but their own compatriots.

"Baga! Shoot these **** who dare to betray the empire!" The Japanese second lieutenant who was shot in the shoulder gave a stern order with veins popping out on his forehead.

The Type 96 light machine gun mounted on the bow of the ship roared, aiming at the compatriots in the water who dared to shoot at the wooden boat.

On the water, the miserable roar shook the sky. The Japanese soldiers, who were unable to die for a while, were like meeting a life-or-death enemy. Before they sank into the roaring Yellow River, they pulled the trigger on the ship that was already more than ten meters away from them, even if it could only open a fire. gun.

The Japanese soldiers who were lucky enough to get on the boat fought back with all their lives!

The ugliness of human nature is fully revealed at this critical moment!

This scene simply stunned the Chinese officers who were lucky enough to see this scene behind the telescope.

It turns out that if the Japanese are defeated, they will fight among themselves!

"Haha! Good job, Ri Nenliang! Keep beating me hard! Tell all the brothers in the brigade that after this battle is over, I will buy ten pigs out of my own pocket to give the brothers extra meals in the evening!" Arriving at the front line in person The major general brigade commander saw this scene through the telescope and laughed loudly.

This may be the most comfortable moment for him in the six months he has been stationed in this area. I hope his brothers are not far away and can see such a miserable scene of the Japanese.

Similarly, Lieutenant Colonel Katayama Satoshi, who was already beaten to tears, also saw the story happening in this water through a telescope.

This time, the Japanese Army Lieutenant Colonel, who was no longer strong enough, did not cry, but just closed his eyes in pain.

This is no longer a question of how big the loss is, but it is likely to become a shame for the entire infantry regiment and even the entire third division!

Just, what can he say? If he were in a different place, he might make the same choice. Instead of dying together, it would be better for a strong man to cut off his wrist and let those who can still walk live.

Staying on the bank of this river, the only outcome is death!

Of course, apart from the ruthless Japanese troops themselves, the Chinese artillery fire and heavy and light machine gun fire were the main reason why the Japanese troops who tried to escape from the shore suffered a disaster.

However, Lieutenant Colonel Katayama Satoshi did not say that he fled back to the other side completely wearing the hat of shame. At least he still had a few men to support the scene.

Not all Japanese soldiers fled regardless. After all, there were still "smart people", or people who were sensible and determined enough.

There were nearly 500 Japanese troops who landed, roughly composed of 10 infantry squads. After Katayama Satoshi issued the order to retreat, most of the Japanese troops lost their will to fight and tried to escape. However, there were still two infantry squads with nearly a hundred Japanese troops working **** the shore. While digging a personal bunker.

The two infantry squad captains knew that with such a crazy concentration of firepower from China, even if they wanted to leave, they would probably not be able to survive!

In this case, it is better to risk your life and use the individual bunker to save yourself for the time being. If you can provide cover for your retreating colleagues, you may be able to hold on for a certain period of time until the next wave of reinforcements arrives.

Even if they didn't persist until they died in the battle, the division would highly commend them for their bravery, and the empire would even give them glory for it!

The ideal is very full, but the reality is very backbone!

The little people have never sat in that position after all, and they don't know the real thoughts of the big people.

After all the fleet was evacuated, the sound of gunfire on the river beach continued for another half an hour before it stopped.

In front of them is the strength of an entire Chinese infantry regiment. With 90 vs 2000, absolutely inferior strength, absolutely inferior terrain and fortifications, this kind of ceaseless fighting spirit is worthy of being flaunted and commemorated in any country.

But these Japanese infantrymen who were almost blown to pieces by a large number of mortars and grenade fire may never have expected that their determined fighting process was not recorded in the battle report, and even the death list of those who died heroically in battle was not included in the battle report. Not even qualified to enter.

They were included in the missing list of the 6th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Division. It was not until more than ten years after the war that the Japanese soldiers who survived the battle spoke out about this.

The reason is simple. Susumu Fujita could not tolerate the first battle of the westward expansion that he had devoted all his efforts to end in failure.

Regarding the battle to forcibly cross the Yellow River that morning, the battle report sent by the Third Division to the Third Army Headquarters was just "during a test attack, the division suffered a minor setback"!

But this time, due to the "small setback" in Fujita Susumu's battle report, how much damage did the 6th Infantry Regiment bear, which was forced to return to the starting point?

Of the 3,200 people from the three infantry brigades of the 6th Infantry Regiment, less than 1,800 people were able to return to the shore in the end, including the wounded.

That means 1,400 people died! The battle fatality rate was almost more than 40%.

The highest battle fatality rate was among the more than 480 people who first landed ashore. The two most elite infantry squadrons under Lieutenant Commander Katayama Satoshi, except for an infantry squad that stayed with him, were all the ones he called the indestructible Arrow One. elements.

However, this indestructible arrow was smashed into pieces against the Chinese iron wall. Only 43 people were able to come back alive!

It's really true that no one out of ten can be saved!

The only thing that comforts Lieutenant Colonel Katayama Satoshi is that he no longer has to deal with the **** who shoot his colleagues with machine guns in order to escape for their lives.

Because, even if they got on the boat, the boat could not outrun the artillery shells after all. The Chinese, who had already made up their minds, extended the artillery fire to the center of the river.

Only two wooden boats returned with holes in them, but there were only living people and no corpses on them. In order to speed up, all the corpses were mercilessly thrown into the cold river water.

On the river, wrecks of motorboats and wooden boats and flames can be seen everywhere!

Looking from a distance, it looks like the boat lanterns that Chinese people like to put out during the Lantern Festival!

This time, the fuel is 1,400 Japanese lives!

The Third Division's first large-scale beach landing battle was a huge defeat!

However, the Chinese troops on the ground, including the officers and soldiers of the Sichuan Army's new corps who participated in the battle with hundreds of thousands of machine gun bullets and more than 1,500 artillery shells, did not celebrate their hard-won victory.

"Kill!" Susumu Fujita, furious, roared angrily.

After the last gunfire stopped on the river beach, the Japanese artillery group fired wildly again.

The rumbling sound of artillery fire lasted from early morning to dusk, and the Japanese army bombarded the area non-stop for a whole day.

According to statistics, during this day alone, the Sixth Artillery Regiment of the Third Division fired more than 8,000 artillery shells!

Even, not only the defense position on the southwest coast of Tongguan, which caused them heavy losses, but also the front and city of Tongguan were within the range of artillery coverage.

Tongguan City, which was already devastated, turned into rubble on this day. If it were not for the tall and thick old city wall surrounding Tongguan City, even the Tongguan people themselves would not be able to recognize their home.

Fortunately, eight days ago, a propaganda team from the 26th Division went to the streets with loudspeakers to shout messages, asking the people of Tongguan to temporarily hide in the mountains outside Tongguan City and wait until the war subsided before returning home. Otherwise, there would be more than 1,000 people in Tongguan City. Only one-third of the 15,000 people are left at this time because of God's blessing.

It seems that the Japanese army emptied at least half of their artillery shell reserves in one go. At about five o'clock, the Japanese artillery fire finally stopped.

It's just that the Third Division was knocked unconscious by a Chinese soldier with a hammer, maybe they never dreamed, maybe some people! Just love to toss.

When you calm down, he gets even more energetic!

For example, a certain person named Tang, his principle has always been: when the enemy comes, I beat him; when the enemy leaves, I stick with him; when the enemy is stationed, I attack; when the enemy is tired, I continue.

Anyway, apart from beating up the enemy, the most important and core point is: I won't let you have a comfortable life!

This is a seventeen-character tactical formula that Tang Dao summarized by combining mobile warfare, guerrilla warfare, and defensive warfare and taught it to the battalion and company commanders under his command to adjust themselves according to the battlefield conditions. (End of chapter)

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