Chapter 64 Ambush
Just after Xu Shijiu replaced the new magazine and fired two short shots, the door that was originally closed suddenly opened again. A Japanese soldier carried a machine gun and put it on the threshold. At the same time, six or seven Japanese soldiers appeared on the courtyard walls on both sides of the gate, raising their guns to fire at the direction where Xu Shijiu was.
It turns out that Japan has been secretly calculating Xu Shijiu's ammunition allowance, intending to take advantage of the gap between Xu Shijiu's replacement of magazines to launch a firepower attack. Unfortunately, they encountered a real veteran.
Xu Shijiu ignored the bullets passing by his ears, and tightened the trigger and shot them for a long time. The scorching bullets were poured over like water in a moment. The Japanese machine gunner who had just lie on the threshold was instantly beaten into a sieve. Six or seven Japanese soldiers who were standing up straight from the wall of the courtyard were also shot and screamed and fell back into the yard.
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Wudoujing, the 306th Regiment ambushed the position.
Qiu Weida was smoking one by one, and his face seemed a little anxious. The 19th brigade of Xu Shijiu in the south had already launched an attack on the Japanese army in Gu Jiazhai, but the direction of Shenjiaqiao in the north was not moving at all. Qiu Weida couldn't help but wonder whether Xu Shijiu had the information wrong or had his own judgment wrong?
Speaking of which, Qiu Weida is just in her early thirties. She is so angry that she will inevitably be frivolous as young people.
Liu Zhenwu, deputy commander of the 1st battalion of the 306th Regiment, had even had cold sweats in his palms. Liu Zhenwu is a veteran of many battles. He has fought the Beiyang Army, the Northwest Army, and the Red Army. However, this is the first time he has fought with the Japanese. It is said that Japanese are very cruel and capable, so it is inevitable to be nervous.
"Here, little Japanese is here!" The 3rd battalion commander Hu Hao suddenly ran back from the front.
Qiu Weida suddenly looked very excited when she heard this. She threw the cigarette butt at her feet and stepped on it. Then she took out the Browning pistol from the holster. Titicacla put the bolt on the gun and turned her head and yelled: "Prepare for battle!"
The 1st Battalion Commander Liu Zhenwu wiped the cold sweat on his trouser legs and grabbed the detonator.
The 51st Division had an engineer company under the division. When they were about to go out, Wang Yaowu split the engineer company into rows and followed the various regiments. The bombing and detonation devices carried by the engineers came in handy.
In a moment, a sharp headlight was coming, so even the roar of the car engine was heard very clearly in the quiet night sky. Qiu Weida counted roughly. As Xu Shijiu said, there were more than a dozen tricycles, six or seven trucks or armored vehicles, and there were many Japanese infantrymen, and at least one brigade!
With his fingers pressing the trigger of the pistol, Qiu Weida's heart couldn't help but pound.
The 1st Battalion Commander Liu Zhenwu felt that the eggs under his crotch were trembling. The back of his right hand holding the detonator tightly had even raised blue veins. However, the 306th Regiment was an old army that had been through many battles. Although they were so nervous that they were still persistent and did not cause any unexpected situations.
The Japanese army was ignorant and stepped into the ambush circle of the 306th Regiment with great swagger. It is said that the 17 permanent divisions of the Japanese army were powerful. In fact, they were not so powerful at the beginning, but were fought little by little during the Sino-Japanese War. At this time, the Japanese army had never suffered a night battle, and the ambush was naturally not too vigilant.
The Japanese army finally completely entered the ambush position. Qiu Weida raised his pistol and shot it at the sky. The first battalion commander Liu Zhenwu also pressed the detonator fiercely. The next moment, more than a dozen bombs buried on the road suddenly exploded. In the dazzling red light, two trucks and an armored car in the convoy were overturned at the same time.
The road bridge on Wudoujing was also blown up.
At the same time, the officers and soldiers of the 306th Regiment who were ambushing on both sides of the highway also opened fire violently. Dozens of light and heavy machine guns and thousands of rifles instantly intertwined into dense crossfire. The Japanese soldiers lined up with four columns to follow the convoy and marched forward suddenly and fell down like cut wheatgrass, with screams sounding.
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The 11th Japanese Division has built a forward base at the Lion Fort.
After Matsui Ishigen adjusted the center of combat gravity, a large number of small steamers were transferred to Sichuan Shakou. On the side of the Lion Fortress, the landing speed of the 11th Division greatly accelerated. In the early morning of August 30, not only was the advance base built at the Lion Fortress, but the 11th Mountain Cannon Regiment directly under the division had also built artillery positions near the Lion Fortress.
Kazuki Yi rushed back to the division headquarters overnight to attend the military meeting. At the meeting, the commander of the 11th Division, Sobu Yamamori, conveyed the order of the commander of the condemnation army, Matsui Ishien. Hearing that Matsui Ishien wanted to allocate the 5th Battalion of the Chariot directly under the Condemnation army and the 10th Regiment of the Independent Heavy Artillery to the 11th Division, the commanders of several regiments were very excited.
Speaking of the seventeen permanent divisions of the Japanese army, they are usually classified as Class A divisions. In fact, these seventeen permanent divisions are also divided into three different levels.
The early Japanese army had no trucks, and artillery was traction or loading. According to the types of animal power used, it was divided into two categories: horse-drawn division and pack horse-drawn division. The cannons equipped by horse-drawn division were generally heavy and large caliber fields. They were marching by horse-drawn horse-drawn divisions, which had high requirements for roads and belonged to field divisions.
The pack horse division is only equipped with lightweight and small diameter mountain cannons. It marches through pack horses, and has low requirements for roads. It is similar to the mountain division, but it is not a professional mountain division.
By the early 1930s, the Japanese Army began to follow the world trend to try mechanization, and successively organized the Guard Division and the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the Kanto Army into a mechanized heavy-equipment division.
Therefore, even the seventeen permanent divisions are divided into mechanized heavy equipment divisions, horse-drawn divisions and pack horse divisions. The 11th Division of Shanshi Zongwu is a pack horse division. The 11th Regiment of the Mountain Artillery has only 36 75mm caliber mountain cannons, and the firepower is the weakest among the seventeen permanent divisions.
Even though the firepower was weak, the mountain artillery corps of the 11th Division did not build an artillery position until tonight.
The Navy Aviation had previously provided limited support to the 11th Division, so the 11th Division had been fighting hard since landing. The reason why the 44th Infantry Regiment of Hezhiying 2 was able to crippled Peng Shan's 11th Division was not because of its firepower advantage, but because of the superb tactical command ability of the old Japanese.
However, with the chariot brigade and the independent heavy artillery gang, the Japanese army's firepower advantage is quite obvious. Moreover, Matsui Ishione has adjusted the combat center. In the subsequent combat operations, the naval aviation will inevitably provide more firepower support to the 11th Division, so the Japanese army's firepower advantage will be even greater.
From tomorrow, the Luodian battlefield will be completely under the control of the Japanese army.
He Zhiying Er said to the Yamashi Zongwu with confidence: "Teacher Commander, the Chinese army opposite Luodian has no combat power left. Tomorrow morning, our 44th Infantry Regiment will launch a full-line attack on the Shi Xianggong Temple. I believe that before tomorrow dark, the division commander can stand at the head of Jiading City to enjoy the beautiful sunset."
Anda 23 couldn't help but question: "Ha Zhisang, are you too optimistic?"
Nagatsusa Bizhong, the commander of the 22nd Infantry Regiment, also said: "Since the war between the Songhu War, the tenacity of the Chinese army has exceeded the imagination of the empire. We must admit that the combat effectiveness of the Chinese Central Army, especially the fighting will, is definitely not comparable to that of the Northeastern Army of China. To be honest, underestimating the enemy will be a price."
He Zhiying Er said: "You two are too worried. Before dark yesterday, I only invested a team to launch a tentative attack, and I easily captured Luodian. What does this mean? This shows that the Chinese army opposite is already exhausted, and there is not much force left. If we fight tomorrow, our troops can break through the defense line of Shi Xianggong Temple without any effort."
Then, Hirataki boasted about the fishing tactics he had made.
Anda Twenty-three, Nagatosaki, Asami Yoshio and several other infantry captains were quite dissatisfied, but if the battle situation in Luodian was as true as what Chitakao said, the first contribution of the Battle of Songhu would probably fall on this guy. Thinking of this, the few convoys were quite uncomfortable.
When Shanshi Zongwu heard this, he was very energetic.
If the Chinese army in front of Luodian was indeed completely destroyed as He Zhiyinger said, the situation of the war would undoubtedly be included in the control of the 11th Division, because intelligence from Nanjing showed that Chinese reinforcements transferred from all over the country would not arrive in Luodian until at least tomorrow morning.
There was a whole day, enough time for Hezhi United to capture Jiading.
However, the good mood of the Yamamoto Sobu lasted less than half a minute. The chief of staff of the 11th Division, Tamamura Ieba hurried into the conference room and said to Kazuchie Eagle: "Huachisang, your adjutant just called and said that the Yamauchi brigade was ambushed by the Chinese army on the way to assist Gu Jiazhai. In a crisis, you should go back to Zhouzhai quickly."
"Nani?!" He Zhiying's eyes widened, unable to believe his ears.
Yamashita Sowu also frowned and looked at Kazuhitoe II with a look of displeasure. This guy just said that the Chinese army opposite Luodian had no more troops. As soon as he finished speaking, an infantry brigade of the 44th Infantry Regiment was ambushed by the Chinese army. What's this?
Several regiment captains began to sarcastically.
"He Zhisang, it seems that you didn't catch fish, but instead got caught by the fish?"
"I have said that Chinese people are very cunning, and they should not underestimate the enemy."
"Teacher Commander, it seems that you will not be able to enjoy the beautiful sunset from the city of Jiading tomorrow."
Faced with the sarcasm of his colleagues in the army, He Zhiying Er's face almost became a monkey butt. He couldn't stay in the division headquarters, so he said goodbye to the Shanshi Zongwu and said, "Teacher Commander, I'll go back to Zhou's house first."
Sun Wu of Yamashi did not take this matter seriously. He thought that even if the Yamauchi brigade had been ambushed by the Chinese army, there would be no problem. After all, there was still a gap in equipment between the Chinese and Japanese armies, and the terrain near Luodian was open, so even if the war was not good, it would not be difficult for the Japanese army to break through.
When the mountain clan Zongwu waved his hand and said, "Go quickly."
Chapter completed!