The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 269 More Than Two or Three Hands

A large group of devils jumped into the trench, and the first thing they thought about was lying on the other side of the trench and shooting at the enemy in front.

Only then did they realize that the trench was dug so deep. They were small in size, and the trench was dug two meters deep. They couldn't reach the edge of the trench at all!
It turned out that this was a tactic used by the German army in World War I that Wang Jindong had learned from a German military adviser.They deliberately dug the trenches very deep, and then each soldier carried a small bench.In normal times, the soldiers hid in deep trenches, and the security was improved a lot.When the enemy attacked, they stood on the bench just enough to stick their heads out and shoot at the enemy.

After the enemy jumped into the trench, they realized that they could not reach the edge of the trench and were completely passively beaten for a short time. The defenders took the opportunity to return and threw grenades into the trench to kill the enemy.

Wang Jindong improved on the basis of this tactic.At every interval in the trenches, he built solid shelters with machine guns installed in them, and after the enemy jumped into the trenches, they fired at the trenches.

The devils did not expect that the national army would have such a damaging move, causing heavy casualties all of a sudden.

Many strong firepower points were built between the first and second trenches. They fired fiercely at the Japanese soldiers who had not yet jumped into the trenches, and quickly prevented them from continuing to attack, sending them and those who had jumped into the trenches. The devils in the trenches were separated.

Immediately afterwards, the soldiers of the national army counterattacked from the various traffic lanes towards the remaining devils in the trenches, and after destroying them, they recaptured the trenches.

After the soldiers entered the trenches, they stood on the small benches and fired fiercely at the Japanese army.

After a fierce battle, the Nomura Brigade was finally repelled.

After this attack, the Nomura brigade lost more than 200 people.

Oboff was very excited when he saw the soldiers of Nomura's brigade rushing up.It's a pity that his excitement lasted too short, and it turned gray almost in an instant.

Oboff looked at the enemy positions criss-crossed by trenches, as if seeing a vast ocean, and felt a little overwhelmed.

Oboff felt that he could no longer attack blindly like this. He called the captains of the various regiments. Even the captain of the 115th regiment, Chiba Kotaro, who had a bandage on his head and a cast on his leg, was carried over. attended the meeting.

After discussion, Oboff decided to adopt the third strategy proposed by Captain Nomura.

Soon after, Wang Jindong, who was in the war room, received a report from the newly formed 23rd regiment that the devils in the west of the county had withdrawn.

Director Zhou, who was watching the battle in the headquarters, has been engaged in political work since he joined the army and lacks combat experience.He was very happy to hear that the devils had withdrawn.He was just about to inquire about the situation, to see if he could take the opportunity to send someone to escort them out of the county, but he saw Wang Jindong and Chief of Staff Liu smiling at each other.

Wang Jindong said with a smile: "These little devils want to play a trick for me to trick me into being fooled. I'm sorry, I won't be fooled."

Chief of Staff Liu picked up the phone and gave the order directly.He said: "No one is allowed to attack without authorization, let alone flee from the position, otherwise they will be killed."

Wang Jindong had already discussed the battle plan with Gao Jiu. Before Gao Jiu's consent, no matter what the circumstances, Wang Jindong's troops could not leave the county for half a step, and they would fight with the devils for consumption.

Removing the devils at the west gate of the county seat was indeed a strategy adopted by Oboff.

When attacking a town with a strong city defense, encircling three Queyi is a very effective tactic.In order to prevent the enemy from defending the city, deliberately leave a passage for them to escape. The panicked enemies will often abandon the city and escape through that passage, so that the city can be easily conquered.

Obauf underestimated Wang Jindong from the very beginning, so he adopted the tactics of encirclement on all sides, trying to annihilate Wang Jindong and others in one fell swoop.

It was only when the battle was fought that he realized that Wang Jindong's new 187th Division turned out to be a tough nut to crack.Therefore, he adopted the tactics of besieging three ques and one, hoping to shake the enemy's determination to defend the city.As long as Wang Jindong's troops broke away from the solid fortifications, Obauf was sure to defeat the enemy quickly.

After adopting such a tactic, Obauf concentrated the strength of the three brigades and fired all the few remaining shells.Under the cover of fierce artillery fire, more than 2000 devils rushed to the position of the national army at the same time.

Wang Jindong is more than just two or three hands. He is a warrior with rich combat experience, especially good at fighting positional warfare.

Since the start of the war, he has not only reserved a reserve battalion of the 792 regiment, but also divided all the defensive troops into four batches, changing shifts every two hours to defend the front trenches.So that the combat troops on the front line can always maintain sufficient energy and physical strength, as well as sufficient strength.The other 3/4 of the troops can also be fully rested.

Through rounds of battle, all recruits have withstood the test of war. Although the strength of the 187th Division has been depleted, the overall combat effectiveness has been enhanced.

Wang Jindong's 187th Division was equipped with a mountain artillery battalion, and other troops were also equipped with a large number of mortars. After the battle began, in order to prevent the artillery from encountering the enemy's shelling and causing heavy losses, the artillery rarely fired, mainly relying on the front trenches Consume enemies with machine guns and rifles,
The number of artillery shells carried by the Japanese army is limited. From yesterday morning until now, Wang Jindong probably has a basic idea of ​​the number of artillery shells fired by the Japanese army, knowing that they are almost exhausted.The round of violent bombardment just now should have consumed their last shell reserves.Coupled with the news from Gao Jiu that the enemy's supply troops had been destroyed, Wang Jindong decided to use his mountain artillery battalion and a large number of mortars that had been prepared for a long time to deal a heavy blow to the Japanese army.

Seeing more than 2000 locust-like Japanese troops rushing up, Wang Jindong ordered the artillery to open fire.

Wang Jindong's artillery battalion had 24 75mm Mount Forbes guns, and at least 50 mortars equipped in other ministries.

Obauf spent all his money this time, hoping to break through the enemy's position through a fierce attack, or at least to put strong pressure on the enemy, forcing the enemy to abandon the county seat and escape from the west gate of the city.

The locust-like Japanese soldiers rushed to the positions of the national army, and the dense shells flying all over the sky sprinkled on the dense formation of the Japanese army like insecticide.

Obauf saw from the artillery mirror that those loyal and brave warriors of the Yellow Army kept falling down in the violent explosion of shells, and some even flew up after being blown up.He couldn't bear to watch it any longer, so he turned his head to one side.

In order to grasp the situation on the battlefield, after a while, he gritted his teeth and continued to observe forward.He saw that the attacking team of the Huang Army, which was originally dense, had begun to become sparse, and the bodies of the Huang Army soldiers were everywhere on the ground.

Seeing this tragic scene, he really wanted to give an order to stop the attack.However, seeing those brave soldiers of the Yellow Army still attacking bravely, he continued to observe.

When he saw the soldiers approaching the enemy's position, they seemed to have been hit by fierce firepower and fell down in pieces.Those who were alive finally stopped, and quickly retreated.The withdrawn soldiers of the Yellow Army were still being knocked to the ground under the fierce enemy fire.

It turned out that Wang Jindong saw the Japanese army launching the largest attack so far, and he also suppressed all the soldiers of the national army who were on rest.The sudden increase of a large number of national troops completely defeated the enemy's attack with fierce firepower.

Up to now, Wang Jinzhong still has a whole battalion of reserves in his hands.

Obauf was repelled just like that when he saw the attack of the powerful troops he organized, but there was not a single enemy fleeing in the direction of the west gate of the county seat.Obviously, his tactics failed again this time.

The soldiers of the national army repelled such a large-scale Japanese attack, and they couldn't help cheering when they saw the densely packed Japanese corpses at the front of the position.

It was already noon, and the two sides started their lunch respectively.The area around the county town became quiet.

Wang Jindong is a person who enjoys it. Even though the battle was so fierce, Xiaozao of the division still cooked him four dishes and one soup, and even his favorite fat sausage.

While eating, he listened to the battle damage of the 187th Division.

So far, the 187th Division has lost a total of 23 people from the two battalions of the 672rd Regiment in Lanxi County and Qinglong Town. In the defense of Zhiyuan County, no organized troops have been lost. A total of 1042 people have been killed or injured. There are still more than 6900 people, and the organizational system of the army has basically remained intact.It can be said that basically the strength of the main force is preserved.

In terms of ammunition reserves, it is still possible to carry out 5-6 battles on the scale just now.

Aobaofu, who is outside the county seat, cannot enjoy it as much as Wang Jindong.The orderly brought him a box of rice with some canned salted fish slices in it.In this difficult environment, he has nothing to criticize. He is also listening to the battle damage report while eating.

In addition to the 2898 officers and soldiers of the Yellow Army that were lost according to yesterday's statistics, the Kono Brigade was attacked by Gao Jiu's guerrillas this morning and lost more than 270 soldiers.In the three offensives launched today, the first lost only more than 20 soldiers, and the second lost more than 220 soldiers.

In the third large-scale attack that was launched just now, the loss of the Huang army reached an astonishing 912 people.

An infantry battalion of the Japanese army stationed at the ferry crossing in Korea was also attacked by the anti-Japanese army last night. Fortunately, the loss was not large, only six soldiers were injured or injured.

So far, the entire 128th Brigade of the Japanese Army has suffered 4178 casualties, and it can be said that half of its troops have been lost.

In fact, the real loss of the Japanese 128th Brigade has already exceeded half.

日军第128旅团。不包括早已经被打掉的骑兵第18大队。这次出动了步兵第115联队、步兵第150联队、野炮兵第120联队联队长、工兵第114联队、轻步兵第114联队。

The most important combat units are the 115th Infantry Regiment and the 150th Infantry Regiment. These two regiments suffered the most losses. Their strength is now less than half of their original strength. It can be said that the combat effectiveness of the entire brigade , has dropped to less than half of the original

Not to mention the loss of convenient ammunition. The shells of the Type [-] infantry artillery have all been fired, and the number of mortar shells left is not much.

Fortunately, judging from the distance, the transport troops transporting the ammunition should arrive soon.

However, the transport troops that were expected to arrive at Zhiyuan County at 1:00 noon did not move at 3:30 pm.Opauf felt that there was more danger than good luck, so he sent the infantry squadron directly under the brigade headquarters to meet the supply troops.

Before the ammunition supply arrived, the Japanese army was temporarily unable to launch a large-scale offensive, so Oboff had to order the troops to temporarily rest.

Throughout the afternoon, the Japanese army did not launch an attack.

Wang Jindong is also very honest, he doesn't care so much, he just does it the old way and never leaves the position.He knew very well that although the 128th Brigade of the Japanese Army had lost a few teeth, he was still a man-eating tiger.Before Gao Jiu gave affirmative news, Wang Jindong decided to continue fighting with the devils.

He was in a good mood at this time, and after drinking and eating, he sat on the chair with his legs crossed, and even hummed a little tune from his hometown.

After Gao Jiu and the others fought a battle this morning, they also calmed down.On the one hand, they are already a little tired from continuous fighting and need to be refreshed.On the other hand, they don't have much ammo either.The most important thing is that the mortar shells themselves carry a limited number. After a lot of consumption, there are not many left.Gao Jiu and the others planned to take a good rest during the day and go to trouble the devils at night.

At this moment, Jiang Xiaomei accidentally sent a piece of good news.

(End of this chapter)