Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 18

Speaking of the Yamashita Division, I have to talk about the formation of the little devil's troops.

After 1937, in order to adapt to the situation on the battlefield and the ever-expanding war, the Japanese army rapidly expanded on the basis of the original 17 divisions.

Due to the shortage of domestic troops and equipment, the newly expanded troops were divided into four levels: A, B, C, and D:

Type A division: also known as horse-drawn division, governing 2 brigades (each brigade has 2 infantry regiments), one regiment each for engineering, cavalry, guns, and pottery, a total of 8 regiments, plus one division There are a total of 28200 non-combatants in the headquarters and the two brigades and regiments.

Type B Division: Also known as the packhorse division, due to the lack of horses in the later stage, the cavalry regiment was compressed based on the standards of Type A Division and changed to a brigade (individuals do not have cavalry).Jurisdiction over 2 brigades (each brigade has 2 infantry regiments), one regiment each for engineering, artillery, and firepower, a total of 7 regiments, plus 24400 non-combatants in the headquarters of the first division and the headquarters of the two brigades.

Division C: Expanded from a mixed brigade, it has jurisdiction over 3 infantry regiments, one regiment for engineering and one regiment for artillery. Generally, there are 5 regiments, plus about 15500 non-combatant personnel at the division headquarters.

Division D: It is also expanded from a mixed brigade, which only governs 3 infantry regiments, and other arms are only composed of brigades or squadrons, with about 11000 people.Due to its maneuverability and flexibility, it is mainly used to mop up the North China base of the Eighth Route Army.

Independent mixed brigade: It is an independent strategic unit like a division. Generally, there are 2-3 infantry regiments. The number of other arms is smaller than that of a small division, about 6000-8000 people.Undertake auxiliary strategic tasks.

The Yamashita Division is the security division used in the North China battlefield. It belongs to the C-type division and can only be regarded as a third-rate division in the little devil's combat order. (Checked a lot of information, said a lot, personal guess, wrong correction)
Division head Fengwu Yamashita, the division has 3 infantry regiments, a mountain artillery brigade, 12 Type 75 6mm mountain artillery, each regiment includes an artillery squadron, equipped with 24 Type 72 infantry artillery, heavy machine guns [-], [-] light machine guns. (subjectively weakened)

Since the Yamashita Division is a security division, it is not equipped with the more advanced [-]-type mountain artillery, but the [-]-type mountain artillery that the Japanese army has been using in the early days, also known as the regiment artillery; the [-]-type infantry artillery is also called the brigade artillery ; The following Japanese squadrons are equipped with "Type [-]" grenades.

Another example is the configuration of the number of heavy machine guns. Since the total weight of the nine-two heavy machine exceeds 55 kilograms, it needs four people to carry it or carry it on horseback. Machine gun squadron, with eight heavy machine guns (some even 12).

Here, Zhou Weihan is full of thoughts about making a shot at the foot of the mountain. It doesn't make sense that Li Yunlong can kill the headquarters of the little devil Nobuzhe Sakata with a 60 mortar, but it can't work with Zhou Weihan?
Unwilling to give up, Chen Feng had to go back to the station to take a look, which happened to coincide with Zhou Weihan's thoughts.

The two immediately discussed to bring a company each, and if they went too much, they would also deliver food.

Zhou Weihan's new second regiment asked Jing Dagang to bring a company of sharp knives, and specially called on Li Daben and magnets.

This kid has a lot of tricks, and the magnet was originally from the Nine Columns Artillery Company, and he was no worse than Li Yunlong's Wang Chengzhu in terms of artillery.

The rest of the New Second Regiment was led by Wu Qin to repair in Wu'an Village. Wu'an Village has long been out of the encirclement of the little devils, and it is located in a three-way zone, surrounded by high mountains and dense forests. If there is a situation, they can also retreat to the mountains.

In this way, the soldiers of the two companies took turns in four military trucks and set off towards the station of the first column of the Jicha Destroyer.

At dawn the next day, a group of people arrived in the forest near the station, Zhou Weihan told everyone to take a rest first.

"Jing Dagang, Chen Feng and I will investigate the enemy's situation." Zhou Weihan shouted.

Several people first found the commanding heights nearby, and Chen Feng took out his binoculars to observe.

The entire resident was surprisingly quiet, revealing a trace of weirdness everywhere.

"If there is a problem, usually at this time, morning exercises should be done, but today there is no movement at all." Chen Feng frowned.

"I'm afraid your brothers are in danger. With the personality of little devils, few of them will survive." Zhou Weihan said.

In the garrison, Yamashita, who was dressed as the commander of the National Army, stood at the gate tower and said to the surrendered National Army officer: "Wang Sang, you only have this chance to live. I want to see your sincerity, and you must cherish it. "

The national army officer nodded quickly and said, "Commander of the Yamashita Division, I understand."

To say that this little devil's combat effectiveness is really good, Yamashita personally led a brigade of Japanese troops to capture the national army's garrison.

"Temple Lord, go welcome our last Chinese soldiers." Yamashita said.

"Hey, please rest assured, division commander, this time I will definitely take the blame and make meritorious service." Yuu Terauchi, who had been demoted to lieutenant by Yamashita, nodded and said.

He said that he led a squad of "National Army" to welcome them under the city gate, accompanied by an officer of the National Army surnamed Wang, as if he had known that Chen Feng's group would come back today.

"The man above the city gate tower must be a senior devil, and the people around him are nodding and bowing to him." Zhou Weihan stared at him, his eyeballs were about to drop, but unfortunately the distance was a little far away, and the binoculars could only see a figure.

"Look, someone came out of the city gate, it seems to come out to pick you up." Zhou Weihan said to Chen Feng.

"Damn it, someone must have betrayed, otherwise how would the little devil know we're back today."

"It would be great if there was a cannon, just kill the little devil directly." Chen Feng hammered himself, and said helplessly.

"I have a cannon, but I have to think about how to do it to the little devil," Zhou Weihan said with a smile.

"That's great."

"Go, let's go back first."

Zhou Weihan called Jing Dagang over and asked him to assemble two imitated Little Devil [-]-type mountain artillery pieces from the Taiyuan Arsenal and set them up on the artillery positions.

Speaking of the two mountain cannons that were also in the arsenal, taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhou Weihan sent someone to take the two cannons out, disassemble them and hide them at ordinary times, just to serve as a cannon.

The Type 536 Mountain Cannon is one of the three types of mountain artillery equipped by the Japanese army during World War II (the other two are the Meiji 8.3st Type Mountain Cannon and the [-]th Type Mountain Cannon). It is a standard infantry support artillery for the Army Infantry Division. It is only [-] kg, easy to disassemble and transport, and has a range of [-] kilometers. The design is very successful, and it performs well when fighting in mountains or other complex terrains.

"The hill on the opposite side is in a good position, and the distance is also suitable." Zhou Weihan said.

As he spoke, he asked Jing Dagang to take the dismantled parts of the Type [-] mountain cannon to Xiaoshan for assembly.

"Shitou, I heard that you were originally from the Nine Columns Artillery Company, this will give you a good time." Zhou Weihan said to the magnet.

"What the hell kind of gun is this? Why does it look bigger than the kid's Type [-] infantry gun?" Li Daben said as if he had never seen the world.

"You haven't seen this before, have you? This is the [-]-type mountain cannon of the little devil. Back then, I was almost blown up by the little devil. Let's see mine today." The magnet patted the steel plate on his head.

(End of this chapter)