Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 1333

Didn't Okuma Konosuke, who personally led 5,000 men to intercept the enemy's troops, encounter the 772nd Regiment?

Of course we encountered it.

The leading company of the 772nd Regiment, which was entering Handan at full speed and heading towards Xingtai, almost collided head-on with a large force of 5,000 Japanese troops.

That's called being caught off guard. The closest distance between the two sides will never exceed 600 meters!

According to the captain and company commander, they were seen by the long queue of Japanese troops marching over the cliff, and the Japanese troops also had motorcycles and tanks. Looking at the scale, let alone a reinforced company of more than 200 people, it was only 5 kilometers behind. More than 4,000 main forces of the 772nd Regiment from outside have caught up. It will probably be a **** battle against this main force of the Japanese army.

More than 200 Chinese soldiers had no time to panic and could only hide in the nearby mountains and forests. Many of them were already prepared to sacrifice.

Even though they are already the most elite infantry regiment in the Eightyth Army, facing the Japanese army whose strength and equipment far exceed theirs, they can only prepare for the worst.

Who would have known that a jaw-dropping and bizarre scene occurred. The Japanese army had no intention of causing trouble for them. Instead, they found a nearby field and began to build a field position. Not long after, smoke was still rising from the field position.

This is the rhythm of cooking in a pot!

Does this count as a suspicion formation by the Japanese army? In fact, elite troops have already been sent out to outflank him? The captain company commander, who had enough combat experience with the Japanese army, was so anxious that several big bubbles quickly appeared on his mouth. One of his three infantry platoons was building a field position non-stop in the mountains and forests to prepare for a desperate fight with the Japanese army. The other two platoons Then run desperately to occupy the two commanding heights.

It wasn't until half an hour later that the captain, company commander and officers and soldiers discovered to their surprise that they had indeed overthought it. The Japanese army 800 meters away had really set up camp.

That is, the Japanese army firmly blocked the dirt road. If they wanted to cross the dirt road, they would definitely have to fight with this Japanese army.

If you don't want to pass through this road that can pass large vehicles, you have to leave the mountains and take a detour. This is also a difficult problem posed to the commander Wang Xiaoqiang who arrived more than an hour later.

If Wang Xiaoqiang's past personality was followed, the Japanese would be lousy and they would be beaten. But today is different from the past. Tang Dao personally led the main force of the Four Lines Regiment and the main force of the Southern Hebei Division to fight a fierce battle with a Japanese type division 80 kilometers away. The purpose of the division headquarters and brigade headquarters sending their main group was not to fight with the Japanese army here, but to rush to the battlefield to cooperate with Tang Dao in a decisive battle with the main force of the Japanese army.

The 772 Regiment has nearly 5,000 troops and is an extremely important part of Tang Dao's tactical plan. If they do not arrive on time and wait for the Japanese North China Front to react and assemble heavy troops, it will be a matter of life and death for tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers.

“Let me take a detour!” After carefully observing the Japanese army's field positions, Wang Xiaoqiang made a decision that was extremely important for the Zhaojiazhuang battlefield.

“Commander, once we leave the mountains and enter the plains, if the Japanese troops come up, we will have no chance of defending.” A battalion commander asked with a worried look on his face.

No one dares to ignore a Japanese army that is close to the strength of an infantry brigade, not even elite infantry regiments such as the 772nd Regiment with German and Japanese weapons.

"Leave in batches to test the reaction of the Japanese army. If they dare to pursue our regiment, leave one battalion and two companies to resolutely block it. Call the Jinan Division and ask them to send nearby troops to assist and support. The other battalions and companies will follow me to the front. Cheng Zhaojiazhuang." Wang Xiaoqiang's eyes showed determination.

In order to win the main battlefield, Wang Xiaoqiang was ready to stop the strong enemy with 1,100 officers and soldiers, and the remaining 3,000 main troops continued to rush to the battlefield.

“Yes!” The four major battalion commanders nodded in unison to accept the order.

With more than 1,100 men to block a Japanese army with more than 5,000 troops, the probability of sacrifice was more than 80%, but for the sake of victory, no one retreated.

The officers and soldiers of the 772nd Regiment said their final farewells to the troops responsible for blocking the attack, and began to enter the plains and bypass the Japanese positions as planned.

Although they were more than 10 miles apart, even a strong man like Wang Xiaoqiang still looked solemn. If the Japanese army desperately clung to the main force of his 772nd regiment, let alone support the Zhaojiazhuang battlefield, it would be hard to say who would win or lose in a single battle with this Japanese army.

But a miracle happened. The Japanese army seemed to be collectively deaf and blind, turning a blind eye to the billowing smoke and dust stirred up by the people and horses several kilometers away. Not to mention sending troops to attack, there was not even any intrusive artillery fire.

Even among the more than 1,100 officers and soldiers who were ready to sacrifice their lives to stop them, they waited until the main force had left for a long time, but no Japanese soldiers came.

No one is here, so why not stop the bird? Run away!

At two o'clock in the afternoon on the 18th, more than 1,100 officers and soldiers all withdrew from their blocking positions and rushed to Zhaojiazhuang in hot pursuit of the main force.

"I'm afraid these Japs are not two Japs in disguise!" Wang Xiaoqiang, who was on his way, felt a strong sense of regret in his heart.

How about he be more decisive and defeat these cowards in less than two hours?

Then Wang Xiaoqiang and the 772nd Regiment have hit a brick wall. The 4th Brigade is a genuine Class A division, with three infantry brigades at full strength. It also has an armored squadron and an artillery battalion, plus two A squadron of heavy troops, not to mention the 772nd Regiment, even if the 771st Regiment is added to it, a few big teeth will have to break if you want to eat them.

Didn't Big Bear Konosuke see the detouring 772nd Group? Of course, he saw it, but in his own words: "Our department is responsible for intercepting the Chinese regular army, not the peasant army. If we abandon the defense of this necessary traffic artery because we are chasing a group of peasant soldiers, then is it a trap for China?" Man's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain?”

Furthermore, when faced with questions from the Japanese North China Front after the war, Major General Okuma Konosuke also responded in this way.

Indeed, in the early stages of the march, the 772nd Regiment, in order to avoid exposing their whereabouts, all changed out of military uniforms and put on regular clothes. At first glance, they looked similar to the armed brigades of various counties, except that there were more pack horses used to carry heavy weapons.

Major General Okuma Konosuke's reasons are irrefutable, because the military order he received was to intercept the Chinese regular army coming out of the Taihang Mountains. If the Chinese really tried to change things, he would have been fooled.

But the fact is that Major General Okuma Konosuke was very resourceful and firmly guarded the traffic artery leading to Xingtai. He did not fall into the trap of the Chinese. However, the Chinese's more than 4,000 regular troops still magically descended from the sky on the morning of July 19. Appeared near the main battlefield of Zhaojiazhuang.

"Then don't worry about me. Who knows whether the cunning Chinese used airborne means to accomplish this impossible situation. Apart from that, I really can't find any other reason." Major General Okuma Konosuke said. Innocent face.

The Chinese are really airborne. The Chinese don't even have a few fighter jets. Where are the large transport planes coming from? His Excellency Lieutenant General Shinozuka Yoshio was not present at the scene, otherwise he would have pounced on and tore the mouth of this fool who was pretending to be stupid.

But His Majesty Major General Konosuke Ohma will definitely give anyone who dares to hurt him a slap in the face. Anyone who is familiar with him as a Japanese army general knows that this guy has a generous personality.

As the saying goes, "Money makes a fool of himself." Under the heavy-spending management of the Lieutenant General of the 4th Division, more than 5,000 Imperial officers and soldiers of the 4th Division led by Okuma Konosuke were able to kill more than 5,000 Imperial officers and soldiers in the field for several days. It was not released, nor did it block a single Chinese regular army. The 10th Division that surrounded the Chinese turned into a sandwich biscuit. This was a major tactical error that miraculously no one mentioned.

Of course, there is also the factor that the two big bosses, Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka and Commander Tatenjun, have also not been held accountable.

It is true that the Japanese Army Base Camp does not want to change a field commander again in just six months. At the same time, it must also take into account the face of His Highness the Prince. You cannot say that His Highness the Prince is blind!

Although that is a fact.

Since Duo Tianjun took office, many plans have been written, but the reality is that there has been no progress on the front lines of Zhongtiao Mountain and the Taihang Mountains in southeastern Shanxi. The "Operation Qingxiang" in the occupied areas has been repeatedly frustrated. In the end, a The permanent division is completely disabled, it is purely a Japanese version of 'Duo Tiankuo'!

In short, regardless of whether Okuma Konosuke did it intentionally or unintentionally, the 772nd Regiment finally arrived at the battlefield at 10 a.m. on July 19.

Yoshio Shinozuka was really confused at that moment. It was not that thousands of Chinese rushed to the battlefield, but that an imperial permanent division was actually surrounded by Chinese.

Yes, not only did the independent battalion that stayed 8 kilometers away left the position they had worked so hard to dig and headed for the battlefield, the 772 regiment that had just arrived also divided into two directions and headed towards Zhaojiazhuang.

This turned out to be a rhythm of making dumplings for him with the Chinese army in the encirclement. After the shock, Yoshio Shinozuka almost laughed out of anger.

There is no precedent for the Imperial divisions to be surrounded and severely damaged by the Chinese army on the Chinese battlefield, but in those cases the Chinese mobilized more than five times the number of troops to encircle them, and there were an unknown number of Chinese on the periphery who struggled to block the Empire's reinforcements.

And now the Chinese have roughly the same strength as his 10th Division, and they actually want to play this trick. That's not the saying that the Chinese often say, "Use a lantern to go to the toilet - you're looking for shit!" '

"The whole army shrinks its defense line. I want to see what the Chinese use to attack. Their trenches and fortifications can make us bleed out, and we can do the same!" Yoshio Shinozuka said this almost arrogantly, which was later known as It is one of the most slap-in-the-face quotes.

Of course, I dare to say this because of Lieutenant General Shinozuka Yoshio's confidence in the construction of civil engineering works under his command. Otherwise, the Yamazaki Brigade in the past time and space would not have relied on fortifications to withstand the 683 Brigade's violent attack for a day and night, and finally was not completely wiped out under the cover of reinforcements, making a small battlefield become the veteran's life. One of the regrets.

However, Yoshio Shinozuka ignored one thing: no matter how awesome the fortifications are, it takes time.

The 772nd Regiment, which had just arrived on the battlefield, rested for less than an hour and immediately launched an attack on the Japanese defense line.

Furthermore, the 772nd Regiment also played a routine that the 10th Division was very uncomfortable with.

The conventional attack pattern of the Japanese army is to bombard the enemy with artillery and then attack with infantry, and then attack with artillery after the infantry attack. This wave after wave of attacks consumes the opponent's ammunition and fighting spirit, and ultimately leads to victory.

However, the 772nd Regiment finished the cannon fire and continued to fire the small artillery, and then the big artillery bombardment, while the infantry frantically started digging forward from their own trenches. You could see with your eyes that in less than one afternoon, the positions of the two armies went from being 600 meters apart to Within 300 meters, the infantry can even use rifles to shoot accurately in the trenches.

In order to support Tang Dao this time, Brigadier Cheng spared no expense and assigned a mortar company with 6 150 heavyweights and 18 82nd mortars directly under the brigade headquarters to the 772nd Regiment. This is almost as much as the 683rd Brigade has accumulated in the past two years. All the heavy firepower comes down.

24 mortars fired wildly at the Japanese frontline for nearly three hours, almost making Lieutenant Colonel Kuroda Saburo, the frontline commander responsible for resisting the 772nd Regiment, cry.

This Japanese Army lieutenant colonel, who was promoted half a month ago because of his good performance as acting regiment commander, never expected that in addition to the Four Lines Regiment, the Chinese army would have such exaggerated heavy firepower.

On this afternoon, more than 300 imperial officers and soldiers were killed or injured by Chinese artillery fire.

What's even more terrible is that, with the help of artillery cover, the Chinese dug forward crazily, as if they wanted to connect the trenches with their own trenches.

Instead of playing field battles and playing duels with fortifications, this really exceeded the expectations of the Japanese commander.

Of course, the 10th Division was not a vegetarian when it was reduced to three artillery positions protected by its own infantry positions. It began retaliatory artillery bombardment on the 772nd Regiment's positions early.

But don't forget that there are also artillery on the Si Xing Regiment position at the far end of the battlefield. The ultimate range of the 150-meter heavy force is only 3,300 meters, which cannot rely on the Japanese mountain artillery position. However, due to the contraction of the Japanese defense line, the nearest one The artillery position was only 1,600 meters away from the front of the position, completely within the range of 150 meters.

The artillery positions did not open fire. When they opened fire, the thick smoke could be seen thousands of meters away. The "little wild monsters" of the reconnaissance company who were still wandering around the battlefield were waiting for this moment.

The 12 150-meter heavy-duty guns and 12 80-mm howitzers on the battlefield raised their muzzles high and focused their fire on the coordinates sent by the scouts using the field radio!

The Japanese artillerymen who hastily moved their positions did not have time to dig out sunken ground fortifications for each artillery position like the Four Lines Regiment did. To break the sky, they piled a circle of sandbags around the artillery to protect against heavy machine guns. Not bad, but facing the air wave caused by a 150-pound artillery shell weighing nearly 20 kilograms, it can be said to be vulnerable.

"Fight back! Fight back! Find me the Chinese artillery position and fight back!" Yoshio Shinozuka, whose face turned purple because of the fireball rising from the artillery position, almost roared and ordered.

He never thought that one day the artillerymen of the Imperial Division would be pressed to the ground and rubbed by poor Chinese.

Perhaps maintaining the advantage of heavy firepower is the last thing the Japanese Army Lieutenant General wants to retain.

As a result, the two Chinese armies he faced were mercilessly trying to tear one of them off. How could Lieutenant General Shinozuka Yoshio, who wanted to retain his dignity, endure it?

The overwhelming artillery shells hit several coordinate areas found by Japanese artillery observers after careful observation.

But what the Japanese artillery observers didn't know was that before firing, Tang Dao ordered more than a dozen camouflage points to light firewood moistened with water and add white phosphorus. From a distance, the rich and somewhat white smoke looked very similar to the gunpowder smoke after the artillery fire. resemblance.

What the Japanese saw might be real artillery positions, but most of them were camouflaged open spaces.

The artillery shells fired by the Japanese artillerymen were most likely to help dig up the ground in Zhaojiazhuang. However, the shells that landed on the real artillery positions were protected by sunken fortifications, so air waves and shrapnel had almost no impact. The artillery squad suffered damage, that is, two telephone lines were blown down by artillery fire, making it unable to receive orders from the company headquarters in a timely manner for 20 minutes.

To put it bluntly, on the afternoon of the 19th, it was mainly a battle between the artillery of both sides. The artillery of the 772nd Regiment captured the Japanese frontline infantry and beat them. The artillery of the Fourth Line Regiment grabbed the Japanese artillery positions distributed in several places and beat them. Knickers' angrily counterattack.

After fighting all afternoon, Shinozuka Yoshio received a report from the artillery regiment and almost vomited a mouthful of blood.

Of the 36 mountain artillery pieces, 5 were originally damaged by Chinese sneak attacks. They were all shot in one afternoon. Now, 11 of the remaining 31 pieces of artillery were destroyed, leaving only 20 pieces. Not to mention the remaining 20 pieces, the artillerymen suffered more than 500 casualties.

If Yoshio Shinozuka had been wiser and decided to run away at this time, I am afraid that there would not have been that famous rout. The independent regiment and independent battalion were not strong enough to form a complete encirclement of the 10th Division, leaving two wings on both sides. With a gap of more than 3 kilometers, the 10th Division had to run away, but the Chinese soldiers, who also relied on only two legs, could not keep them.

But the information that the two mixed brigades would arrive on the battlefield the day after tomorrow gave Yoshio Shinozuka the determination to continue to persevere. It would be fine if he could not suppress the Chinese. Is it possible that he could not even stop them?

So, throughout the night, there was a constant sound of digging in the trenches of the two armies.

Whether it was the Four Lines Regiment or the Independent Regiment, they all dug forward in shifts. The Japanese army also did not dare to stop for a while and desperately deepened and reinforced their trenches.

It seems that both sides have planned to compete not by bullets but by seeing who can dig more soil.

Both China and Japan are exhausted!

This kind of physical work is no easier than fighting. According to young A Dong, he would rather fight the Japanese face to face than wield a pickaxe to dig holes like a hard-working bamboo rat.

This is a physical and mental test for any soldier.

Because this kind of work lasted for most of the day after the sun rose.

Eager to make up for yesterday's mistake, the Japanese North China Front Army Aviation Corps once again dispatched a bomber group of 16 fighters, this time led by Captain Sasaki.

However, the Japanese bomber group, which did not easily enter the core area of the battlefield and cruised outside the battlefield, was dumbfounded after sending reconnaissance planes that entered the low-altitude area as if they were dead.

The Chinese trenches and our own trenches are almost touching each other when viewed from 900 meters in the air. If they drop bombs, it means killing one thousand enemies and damaging themselves nine hundred and nine.

That's a big deal. Making a mistake once may be an accident, but making the same mistake again just one day later is a definite fool. Captain Sasaki is an extremely smart man.

As a result, the 16 Japanese fighter planes roared and circled around the outside of the battlefield for several times, then turned around gracefully, and interacted with the eagerly awaited 10th Division on the ground.

The frugal Captain Sasaki even ordered that heavy bombs were not allowed to be thrown away. The empire's resources must not be wasted. This caused the fuel gauges of several Japanese planes to light up red when they landed.

As long as Captain Sasaki hesitates for a few more minutes, this bomber group may become the first bomber group in history that did not drop a bomb, fired a bullet, or suffered any attacks, but was almost run out of fuel by its own bombs and crashed. of weirdness.

Japanese pilots have quite good eyesight. In fact, the closest trench between China and Japan is only 60 meters, which is definitely the limit of distance between cheeks.

ps: Tomorrow is my daughter's 18th birthday. I promised my daughter to take her and her grandparents to a hot spring resort. I will take a day off tomorrow! (End of chapter)

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