Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 1253

The Battle of Shunwangping, in which China and Japan invested more than 15,000 people, ended at around 3 pm.

As for how far the Kunisaki detachment fought in this battle, even the Japanese army themselves may not be able to stand it.

After the Battle of Nakatōyama, Okuma Konosuke confronted Itagaki Shiro and asked him the exact words of disdain to fight back: "Are you saying that our West Bulge detachment has done nothing in the war zone? Then if you say that Lieutenant General Itagaki's so-called actions are to throw away thousands of imperial officers and soldiers The lives and the sophisticated equipment provided by the people of the empire who scrimped on food and clothing, and the Chinese people on the opposite side were blasting firecrackers as if they were celebrating the New Year in advance. Then, I, Daxiong Yuxinosuke, the West Tuo Detachment and even the entire 4th Division would rather bear this crime, please. His Majesty the Emperor punishes us."

Itagaki Shiro, who had a sinister face, almost sprayed blood in the face of the fat man in front of him.

This is not adding salt to the wound, it can be called another knife in the wound.

If there is a ranking in the world of rarities, Kunizaki Kusuga, who used the top spies of the Imperial Intelligence Division and squatted in the mountains of China for two days with great ambition, is definitely the leader of the world of rarities.

How broken is it?

The Chinese used deceptive tactics to induce Kunizaki to make a wrong judgment and order more than 2,600 people to rush into Heilonggou. As a result, more than 2,600 imperial officers and soldiers became loyal to the empire. That's all.

The 5th Division has more than 40,000 troops and can afford the battle losses of more than 2,000 men!

The Chinese boldly used roundabout tactics to send out elite infantry to attack the mountain artillery brigade position in one fell swoop, killing a total of 16 Type 41 mountain artillery pieces. This did not matter.

Let's fight! Who doesn't suffer some losses? If the loss of just personnel and equipment can make the commander lose his fighting spirit, then what is the name of the Congolese Army?

The original intention of Gangjun is 'Better to break than to bend! Move forward firmly! ' This is what the 5th Division that entered the Chinese battlefield has always done.

Even though on the Xinkou battlefield, the crazy commander of China's 2nd theater pulled out 10 artillery regiments at one go, and more than 300 large and small caliber artillery gave the 5th division a painful blow, the final winner was still the first. The 5th Division?

But the Kunisaki detachment suffered a sudden collapse after suffering a series of blows.

The retreat was so fast that even the Japanese army themselves could hardly have imagined it, not to mention Leng Feng who was leading his troops to the battlefield in Hexi Village.

You have to say that although Colonel Masayoshi Oshima, who is on the front line, made irreparable mistakes and lost troops, he has recovered from the painful blow and is personally commanding an infantry brigade to besiege the four lines on the left highland of Hexi Village. Regiment 1, and there are more than a thousand people fighting to seize the high ground regardless of life and death. In addition, reinforcements from two full infantry brigades are about to arrive.

The total combat strength is close to 5,000, which is enough to prevent the Japanese troops in the direction of Hexi Village and the Leng Feng Department who have already taken advantage of them from continuing to expand their results.

In other words, at 12 noon, even if the Kunisaki detachment missed a move first, it was not completely defeated. Even if the artillery battalion led by Pang Panghai personally added 6 Bofors Mountain Cannons to the battlefield, it would not be possible to defeat them. defeated.

If the war goes as planned, there is a high probability that the two sides will fight fiercely in this mountainous area until dark. The Four Lines Group will win during the day, but it will also suffer certain losses.

For example, the Tang Li tribe, which was deeply encircled by the Japanese army, would suffer heavy losses. This was already within Leng Feng's calculations.

After all, if the Japanese army wants to regain its position, the two infantry companies surrounded on the high ground are the best punching bag.

With the arrival of two infantry brigades, 3000VS600, even if there are 6 Bofors Mountain Cannons, 6 150 mortars and several 80mm howitzers in Panghai desperately providing fire support, I am afraid that there are only two infantrymen in simple positions. The company will also lose a third.

But the battlefield situation changes so rapidly!

Using the simplest and most direct method to force 50 Japanese artillerymen to control 6 mountain guns to bombard the Japanese 105 howitzer position, veteran Youzi actually felt a little guilty.

After all, it was a 105-caliber heavy artillery, and a shell weighed 20 kilograms. When one shell fell, it turned into a sea of fire for hundreds of meters. He was trying to touch the tiger's butt.

But that was his responsibility. If the Japanese artillery position was not contained and the artillery shells fell on the ridge, the losses of the Fourth Line Regiment would be even greater.

So, he personally led an infantry platoon to guard the artillery position, using his gun to 'supervise' the Japanese prisoners to fire at the Japanese 105 howitzer position on the captured map coordinates, while the rest of the infantry dragged another 6 mountain guns to hide It is in the mountains and forests 800 meters away from here.

Veteran Youzi's idea at the time was very simple. The Japanese howitzers could at most kill him and an infantry platoon in retaliation. Compared with the 105 howitzers that concentrated fire on other positions, the losses would be much smaller.

Not only that the main forces of the 7th and 8th companies were saved, they might also be able to bring back 6 75mm mountain guns, which would not be a loss no matter what.

Although this algorithm is cruel and can kill an army captain and 80 soldiers in an instant, this is the battlefield. Every calculation as a commander is actually about the consumption of life, even if it involves one's own life. .

After the Japanese 105 howitzer position was bombarded by the "own" artillery position for 10 minutes, they finally reacted. The angry Japanese artillery turned their guns and used the remaining 6 105 howitzers in the general direction of the artillery position. Boom.

In an instant, tens of thousands of square meters of mountain forest turned into a sea of fire, and the entire mountain trembled under the power of the 105 howitzer.

If the Japanese Mountain Artillery Battalion hadn't chosen a good location, just on the reverse **** in the direction of the Japanese 105 howitzer, and a hill helped block the shells, without ten rounds of saturation salvoes, it is estimated that everyone on the artillery position would have been on the fifth It turned into ashes in six rounds.

Even so, facing the blazing artillery fire so close, more than 100 Chinese and Japanese soldiers on the position were sweating profusely in the winter, including Captain Li Dal, who was hiding behind a huge rock. He was really frightened.

But this did not stop the Japanese prisoners from continuing to fire, because they would die if the shells fell, but if they did not fire, they would not survive until the shells fell.

Chinese soldiers holding submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles are more simple and direct at this moment, "Those who do not carry out military orders will be killed!" ', one means immediate death, and the other means death later. Even fools know how to choose.

After all, whether the cannonball will fall on top of his head is still a matter of the future.

Besides, the 105 howitzer can kill people, but the 75 mountain gun can't kill people? A 6-kilogram grenade can kill both humans and animals in one shot! If one shot doesn't work, then use a few more shots.

Anyway, the Japanese artillery prisoners, who were desperate to survive, were willing to take the risk. Not only did they load the shells twice as fast as before, they even began to actively adjust the muzzles of the guns, striving to kill the heavy shells on the opposite side before they hit them. other side.

It's still the old saying: A dead Taoist friend will never die a poor Taoist! Even those colleagues may have had dinner together and talked about the gorgeous cherry blossoms in their hometown.

Up to this point, everything was normal, even if the Japanese artillery prisoners were mobilized to take initiative under the huge threat of death.

In the next 20 minutes, things started to go wrong.

His Majesty Major General Kunizaki Zheng was going crazy when he learned that his mountain artillery brigade was captured by the Chinese surprise troops.

The news didn't even come from the mountain artillery brigade, but came from the inquiry from the howitzer position, saying that they were attacked by the Imperial Type 41 mountain artillery, and through observation, the trajectory of the artillery shells came from the direction of the mountain artillery brigade position.

At first, Kunizaki Zheng was still a little unbelievable, but after constant calls and telegrams to the mountain artillery brigade and no response, he had to accept this result.

Then, the overstimulated Major General Commander of the 9th Infantry Brigade of the 5th Division made a jaw-dropping decision.

He will personally lead his troops to recapture the mountain artillery brigade's position and mountain artillery, and annihilate the small number of Chinese elites who dare to break away from the main force.

First of all, this is a veteran soldier's judgment of the battlefield situation. Since the attack is to be carried out in roundabout ways, there will definitely not be many troops. There is no infantry garrison at the mountain artillery brigade at this time. As long as there are more than 100 elite infantry, they will be unable to parry. ;

Secondly, Major General Kunizaki Zheng has enough experience in attacking artillery positions. In the last battle of Mouse Mountain, an artillery position under his command was blown up by the Chinese in this way.

It's just that Kunizaki Zheng never dreamed that the Chinese would become addicted to this trick, and would repeat the same trick again and again.

Yes, the Chinese won the first half, but the Chinese still underestimated his power.

Although the current brigade headquarters no longer has an infantry brigade, it still has a directly affiliated security squadron and nearly 1,500 engineers, baggage troops and cavalry.

No matter how powerful a group of Chinese elite infantry without heavy fire cover is, they will be doomed if they are surrounded by heavy troops.

Therefore, regardless of the desperate obstruction of the brigade chief of staff, Major General Kunizaki Masaru, who gave him a slap in the face, personally led the three infantry squadrons of the **** squadron and the three temporary infantry squadrons composed of cavalry, baggage soldiers, and engineers. More than 800 people set out.

Go straight to the mountain artillery brigade position 2,000 meters away from the brigade headquarters.

If nothing unexpected happens, this Japanese "miscellaneous soldier" with more than 800 troops will collide with two elite infantry companies of the Fourth Army Regiment. It will definitely be a collision like Mars hitting the earth.

Whether it is in terms of equipment or soldier quality, the 600-person infantry company of the Fourth Line Regiment definitely exceeds the 800 Japanese troops. However, the Japanese army has its own top commander to personally lead the morale of the army. In addition, it can also call in the 105 howitzer for fire support, which also has its own advantages.

The two sides have not yet figured out the strength of the other party, and it may be a fateful encounter that is destined to be tragic!

What a pity, God's will plays tricks on people!

The angry Major General Kunizaki Masaru encountered an extremely "clumsy" bombardment before he could even see the shadow of the Chinese.

The reason why it is said to be "clumsy" is because the bombardment was purely led by a group of infantry who had never touched the mountain cannon, and was completed by a group of mortar crews.

The first people to discover the presence of the Japanese army were the young people from the mountain villages who were eager to make meritorious deeds and join the Four Lines Regiment.

Adong took three soldiers from Squad 4 as scouts and lay down on the top of the mountain to observe. Unexpectedly, he discovered that there were a large number of Japanese troops active in the forest opposite.

A veteran immediately judged that this group of Japanese light infantry, who preferred to cross mountains and ridges instead of taking mountain roads, came to attack the artillery positions that were already under fire. Adong was most familiar with this terrain and ran fast. He quickly passed the veteran's judgment to Tu Yunsheng and reported it to Qin Wulang, who was the deputy commander of the 8th company at the time.

Qin Wulang was originally a soldier of Zhao Daqiang. He made great achievements in the battle of Laojinkeng and was promoted from sergeant squad leader to second lieutenant and became a platoon leader. However, Zhao Daqiang's infantry company had no place for the time being, and he could not wrong this veteran. It happened that the Sihang Battalion was expanded to In the Four Lines Regiment, facing the actual job of second lieutenant and platoon leader given by Leng Feng, Zhao Daqiang could not keep anyone no matter how reluctant he was to give up.

So Qin Wulang came to the 8th Company of the Third Battalion as the first platoon commander. After the Battle of Jindong, he was promoted to Army Lieutenant and served as the deputy commander of the 8th Company, becoming the No. 2 military officer of the 8th Company.

Because the captain of the 8th company contracted tuberculosis in mid-December and was weak and needed to rest, Qin Wulang led the 8th company to the expedition as deputy company commander.

That's just right, otherwise Li Jiujin would not be able to decide all the tactics for this joint operation of the 7th and 8th companies.

But as Li Jijin personally led an infantry platoon to stay on the Japanese artillery position, Qin Wulang was the top officer of the two infantry companies at this time.

When he heard the report from the scouts ahead, Qin Wulang instinctively considered how to form a formation to block this group of Japanese light infantry.

"Deputy Company Commander Qin, don't we have artillery? The position that Adong said that the Japanese must pass through is not far from the bottom of our area. Let's blast him first. Even if he misses, he will be scared." Damn it, let's run away until dark." Tu Yunsheng suggested.

Before Leng Feng left, he specifically explained to Li Jiujin that they were attacking important targets in a roundabout way. The most important thing was to use the complex terrain in the mountains to move around, so as to give the Japanese army a chill, so that the Japanese army would have to use all their strength to defend. It was used to reduce the pressure on the frontal position instead of fighting the Japanese to the death.

So when he heard that the Japanese army was coming with thousands of troops, Tu Yunsheng's first instinct was to delay, rather than engage in a direct battle, although he was not afraid either.

"What you said makes sense, but we don't have regular artillery. How can we guarantee accurate shooting?" Qin Wulang frowned.

"What's so difficult about this? Just those mortar brothers. Many of them were transferred from the artillery battalion. I don't believe they can't even use mountain artillery. They can't shoot accurately!" Tu Yunsheng Continue to suggest.

“Okay, then gather them all together, use the six mountain cannons, and blast the Japanese first, as long as it takes!” Qin Wulang thought for a while and agreed to the suggestion of the ace infantry squad leader.

The idea of the lieutenant and sergeant at this time was to frighten the Japanese into delaying tactics, and then escape once they received a new mission from the battalion headquarters.

But they never expected that the Japanese army would be personally led by an army major general, otherwise they would definitely reconsider their tactics.

After all, if a major general is already on the verge of feeding him, he can just go up and do it as a ball. It is rare for thousands of troops to behead an admiral.

Fortunately, a bunch of "clumsy" artillerymen didn't let go of the big fat meat that was brought to their mouths!

Tu Yunsheng still looked down too high on his brothers who were playing with "little cannons".

Mortar operation and howitzer operation are completely different concepts. As long as the mortar is given enough live ammunition training, an infantryman can become a qualified mortar operator in a month, but howitzers and cannons are different. This is a real technical branch that requires strict study and sufficient training.

An artillery school was established a few months ago in the artillery battalion of Pangdahai. As long as it is not a day of combat or live-fire training, artillery officers will be organized to give lectures to fill in various fields for the gang of old men who have been transferred from infantry to artillery. Artillery-like knowledge.

Therefore, although artillerymen do not have to risk their lives on the front line like infantrymen, I don't know how many artillerymen want to return to the ranks of frontline infantrymen. Learning is painful for many people, not to mention a bunch of people who can't read big words. What about the rural people!

The artillerymen who are accustomed to playing "small cannons" were probably all buzzing when they received the military order and looked at these iron lumps.

What they were worried about was not that they would miss the mark and waste the shells, but that they would not hit their own people in the head.

A smart artilleryman came up with an idea. If my brothers can't shoot accurately with the parabola, then they can lower the muzzle of the gun and use it as an infantry cannon.

At least the direction of the muzzle aiming will not be wrong, and it will never hit one's own people.

A group of old men did what they were told, and even worked tirelessly to push and pull a 650-kilogram mountain cannon to the hillside, just to have a commanding view of the area mentioned by the superiors.

Good guys, I'm afraid these guys are the ones who treat howitzers as direct-aimed cannons and reduce the range from several thousand meters to one thousand meters without having any confidence in hitting.

But these old guys are still a bit ashamed. In order to ensure the hit rate, they simply set up a mass fire, where everyone fires at the same time. If the accuracy is not enough, we use the power to combine. Anyway, it is used to scare people.

Six 75-caliber "infantry guns" were lined up in the dense forest. Amidst the almost ferocious roar of a mortar squad leader, they fired!

As expected, it's crooked!

Six artillery shells passed over the Japanese infantry who were passing through the valley in groups and hit the mountains and forests on the side.

The violent explosion scared all the Japanese infantry who were still advancing rapidly.

Then, the biggest surprise occurred in the Battle of Shun Wangping.

As the commander, Major General Masaru Kunisaki arrived at the front line in person, but this front line was not a direct gun-to-gun front line. No matter what, he still stayed at the rear.

At this time, the Japanese Army Major General was hiding in the forest behind, looking into the distance with a telescope. Before he could see anything, a row of artillery shells came over.

An artillery shell seemed to have eyes, and it hit an area less than 200 meters away from the Japanese Army Major General.

Several Japanese infantrymen were directly blown into flying trapezes.

"Baga! The Chinese have artillery! Be careful to avoid it!" Kunizaki Zhengdu just yelled in fright.

The sergeant squad leader of the Fourth Army Regiment over there also cursed angrily, "Damn, it's wrong! Load the bullet and come again!"

Then this round, it went wrong again.

But for the poor Japanese Army Major General, it was disastrous.

The Chinese artillery's cannons seemed to be aimed at him, and three rounds of artillery shells were fired around him, which really made people want to die.

“Damn, how do the Chinese know I'm here?” Some frightened Japanese major generals wanted to leave the area.

It's okay if you don't hide, but something will happen if you hide.

A row of artillery shells that were completely missed hit the area less than 10 meters away from the Japanese Army Major General. The shrapnel was like a knife cutting butter, easily slicing through Kunisaki Masaru's fat belly.

The internal organs gushed out from the 20-centimeter-wide wound. The Japanese military medics tried to stuff it back in, but they already saw their brigade commander rolling his eyes wildly.

There was no need to wait for the wound to become infected. The massive blood loss in a short period of time had already killed this Japanese Army major general.

The news of the death of Major General Kunisaki Sei made Oshima Masayoshi's mood instantly drop to freezing point. As the second-in-command of the Kunisaki Detachment at this time, if Oshima Masayoshi could still remain calm enough to directly obtain the command of the Kunisaki Detachment, this would The war could still continue, but he knew that no matter how hard he tried from now on, he could no longer avoid ending up in a military court.

The frustrated Japanese Army Colonel actually chose to transfer command to the Lieutenant Colonel and Chief of Staff who stayed behind at the brigade and regiment headquarters.

The even more panicked Army Lieutenant Colonel chose to withdraw his troops.

Don't chase the enemy when you are poor. Leng Feng, who was somewhat baffled by the Japanese army's maneuver, chose to play it safe and ordered his troops to quickly leave and hide in the mountains and forests.

At less than 3 o'clock, the sound of gunfire that echoed through the mountains and forests fell silent.

The massive Kunisaki detachment lost its major general detachment leader, nearly 4,000 imperial officers and soldiers, 16 artillery pieces, and 4 Type 94 tanks in the battle at Shunwangping. Other than that, they gained nothing.

In this battle, Leng Feng's troops lost less than a hundred people and suffered more than 200 minor or serious injuries. In terms of battle losses, they were only a few tenths of the Japanese!

Leave alone the North China battlefield, even looking at the entire Chinese battlefield and even the world, this can be regarded as a bizarre battle.

It seems that the Kunisaki detachment came here for no other reason than to receive a severe beating!

No one understands!

ps: I didn't update yesterday because I had something to do, so today I'll send you a 5,600-word chapter!

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