I am God of War in Snow Leopard

Chapter 201 Annihilate the Matsumoto Regiment
The artillery shells summoned by Xu Qingfeng, as well as the artillery shells fired by half of the artillery battalion, slammed towards the rear of the Japanese attacking troops.

Japanese commander Masama Matsumoto, surrounded by a group of staff adjutants and guards, was busy directing the battle.

I didn't expect that there would be shells coming at this time.

After all, the original half of the artillery battalion of the Huben Regiment's ambush force had been suppressed by their superior artillery fire.

Coupled with the scale of the artillery fire called by Xu Qingfeng, it was the firepower of an American 105mm howitzer battalion.

In World War II, a standard artillery battalion of the US military was equipped with 12 105mm howitzers.

The power of the 12 guns far exceeded that of the Japanese Army at that time, and the howitzers of most of the active artillery fired at the same time.

With the addition of six [-]-type infantry artillery, its wide range of fire coverage and strong explosion power far exceeded the experience of the Matsumoto United.

Therefore, Matsumoto Masan and other Japanese soldiers were almost all blown up.

Among them, Masamoto Matsumoto and several adjutants were hit by two 105mm high-explosive grenades one after another, leaving no body intact.

The other guards, as well as hundreds of devil infantry who were deployed not far behind them as a reserve team due to heavy losses in the early stage of the attack, also suffered a catastrophe.

In addition, the two Japanese brigades, which were ambushing the Huben regiments on both sides to attack and counterattack, were also hit by artillery fire, causing a sudden increase in casualties.

The offensive formation and momentum were also disrupted.

At this moment, Xu Qingfeng, Chen Qifeng, Xu Hu and others, led nearly a thousand reinforcements and rushed into the battlefield with great momentum.

Along the highway, they launched a counterattack directly against the two counterattack forces of the Japanese army.

At that time, the Japanese counterattack force was already a little tired of dealing with the double blow of artillery fire and the blocking firepower of the Tiger and Ben regiment ambush troops on both sides.

The nearly a thousand reinforcements led by Xu Qingfeng became the straw that broke the camel's back.

Directly defeated the last attack will of the two attacking troops of the Japanese army, without waiting for the orders of the devil officers leading the team.

Thousands of devil soldiers spontaneously stopped charging, turned around and fled scrambling to be the first.

Zhou Weiguo, Liang Shan, Fang Shengli, Sun Kui and others saw that the reinforcements had arrived, and immediately led the team to launch a countercharge.

Thousands of officers and soldiers from the various battalions of the Huben Regiment, holding bayonets, rushed out of the position with sharp roars, and at the same time launched a full-line counterattack against the Japanese army.

The commander was lost, and the reserves were also heavily damaged by artillery fire.

The Matsumoto regiment was no longer able to resist, and was defeated by Xu Qingfeng and others with their troops.

After the Japanese army was defeated, the cavalry company, which had been serving as the battlefield reserve and responsible for reconnaissance and security, finally began to enter the battlefield.

Nearly two hundred cavalrymen, led by Wang Changgui and others, galloped out from the wilderness south of Jiantou Mountain.

With the cooperation of the main battalions of the Huben Regiment, a violent raid was launched on the Japanese army who had fled from the rear.

Under the enemy's back and forth, the devils were killed and suffered heavy losses, and the corpses littered the field.

What made the Japanese remnants even more desperate was that because the Tiger Regiment had well-organized cavalry, they couldn't escape at all.

If they run away scattered, they will be directly divided and eliminated by the cavalry.

If you don't disperse and escape, you can't get rid of the pursuit of thousands of Chinese infantry behind you.

With the cooperation of the cavalry company, the more than [-] Japanese troops of the Matsumoto Regiment were finally chased and wiped out at a distance of about one kilometer from Changlinhe Town, and none of them escaped.

As the cavalrymen overtook the last two ghost soldiers, they fell to the ground. ,

In Xu Qingfeng's mind, a prompt from the system sounded at the right time: "Ding Dong, congratulations to the host for completing the task and obtaining 500 American Thompson submachine guns with three bases of ammunition.

The rewards have been distributed to the warehouse, and the host can get them through airdrop at any time. "

"Five hundred Thompsons?" Xu Qingfeng was overjoyed when he heard that. The power of Chicago typewriters should not be underestimated.

Especially the reconnaissance company, the guard company, and the cavalry company. If they can all be replaced with this thing, the firepower in close combat will be greatly enhanced!
Just when Xu Qingfeng was still feeling happy about the explosive equipment reward.

First Battalion Commander Sun Kuijian ran over, and Zhou Weiguo and Liang Shan, who were already walking towards Xu Qingfeng, also arrived one after another.

Seeing Sun Kui's hasty expression, Zhou Weiguo couldn't help asking: "Battalion Commander Sun, what's wrong?"

Sun Kui didn't care to salute and said: "Many Japanese prisoners have been captured, I'm here to ask for instructions on how to deal with them."

Xu Qingfeng frowned and said, "Didn't I say that as long as it's a Japs, we don't want to take prisoners and execute them on the spot!"

Sun Kui explained: "Tuan Zuo, these captives are different. Many of them are female devils. Most of them are from field hospitals and belong to the medical staff."

Without waiting for Zhou Weiguo and Liang Shan to open their mouths, Xu Qingfeng ordered first: "Go and investigate, but anyone who has been to Nanjing will be buried alive, and those who have not been to Nanjing will be shot on the spot!"

"Yes!" Sun Kui got the order and was about to leave.

Liang Shan persuaded, "Tuan Zuo, isn't it inappropriate to do this?"

Before Xu Qingfeng opened his mouth to speak, Lin Baoguo ran over with a murderous look, and said bluntly: "There is nothing wrong with it, all of them buried alive will be considered cheap for them!"

"Brother Lin, what do you say?" Liang Shan asked.

Lin Baoguo said with a sad face: "Your regiment doesn't know yet, right? The devils slaughtered 30 of our compatriots in Jinling, of which more than 8 were soldiers, and the rest were unarmed old and weak women and children.

Buried alive, shot, humiliated, beheaded, everywhere!

With such a sworn blood feud, how can we talk about benevolence, justice and morality with the little devil? "

"What?" Liang Shan, Zhou Weiguo and the others couldn't help but change their expressions, and Liang Shan stepped forward and grabbed Lin Baoguo's shoulder and asked, "What you said is true?"

Lin Baoguo said with a painful face: "Of course it is true, although the Japanese tried their best to cover it up, the news has spread like wildfire.

According to news from Nanjing, after the devils broke through the city, the massacre continued for a full week.

The Qinhuai River was stained red with blood, and the corpses of the murdered compatriots almost blocked the Yangtze River! "

Liang Shan was trembling with anger. At this moment, he finally understood why Xu Qingfeng had been so cruel to the Japanese.

He said to Sun Kui, the commander of the first battalion who was also angry: "First battalion commander, gather all the prisoners for me, and I will interrogate them myself!"

"Yes!" Sun Kui, who shared the same hatred, agreed, and immediately rushed over with Liang Shan and others.

Although Zhou Weiguo was also very angry, he was much calmer than Liang Shan.

After calming down his excitement, he suggested to Xu Qingfeng: "Qingfeng, the battle here is over, can we go back to Hefei and unite with the ministries in the south of the city to launch a general attack on the remaining Japanese troops in the encirclement?"

Xu Qingfeng said: "There is nothing wrong with returning to the division, but it is still too early for a general attack."

Zhou Weiguo was a little surprised and said: "Do you still want to repeat the old trick and continue to surround the points to fight for aid?"

"I'm afraid this won't work. First of all, the Japanese have suffered two big losses. If they send reinforcements again, they will definitely mobilize heavy troops and be extremely careful.

Secondly, after these successive battles, our losses are not small, and it is not appropriate to fight such a large-scale ambush for the time being. "

Xu Qingfeng nodded and said: "I know this, don't think about encircling the spot for the time being, and the devils in the encirclement in the south of Hefei City are already entrapped.

Eliminating them is only a matter of time, but before that, we can take this opportunity to temper the recruits of our Huben Regiment. "

"Oh?" Zhou Weiguo said, "What do you mean?"

"When we get to the front line, we need to open an opening from the various units of the Hefei garrison, and our Huben Regiment will be the main force to engage in firepower with the Japanese troops in the encirclement.

Actual shooting is much more effective than on the training ground. "

Xu Qingfeng said.

"Yeah." Zhou Weiguo deeply agreed, but couldn't help but sigh: "The shortcomings of the new recruits in each battalion of our Huben Regiment's lack of actual combat experience were gradually revealed in this evenly matched ambush battle.

For example, the shooting accuracy of soldiers has dropped significantly.

Otherwise, we would not have been suppressed by the Japanese counterattack! "

"Therefore, seizing every opportunity to temper the troops in actual combat and allowing the new recruits to grow and transform as quickly as possible is what we commanders must do, and it is the only thing that can reduce troop casualties."

Xu Qingfeng put away his gun, took out his cigarettes and gave them to Zhou Weiguodao.

At this moment, a burst of gunfire suddenly came from the distance.

Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo unanimously looked up and followed the sound. They both knew that the gunshots were probably from Liang Shan and Sun Kui who were executing the devil prisoners, so they didn't ask any more questions.

Instead, he lit a cigarette and began to urge the surrounding soldiers to clean up the battlefield as soon as possible.

Not long after, Sun Kui and Liang Shan walked in hand in hand with a solemn expression.

Xu Qingfeng looked them up and down and asked, "How is it? Are you done?"

Liangshan said angrily: "It's over, I've never been to Nanjing, I've destroyed them all!"

Xu Qingfeng took out another cigarette and lit it, stuffed it into his mouth, patted his shoulder, turned around and left with Zhou Weiguo.

……

In the south of Hefei City, there is an unknown mound, which is the temporary command post of the Japanese army.

Akira Sakamoto was eating the few canned beef left to satisfy his hunger. A communications soldier suddenly ran over and reported to him: "General, it's not good. I just got the news that the reinforcements on the southern front were encircled by the Chinese army in the Jiantou Mountain area. .

Under the captain Matsumoto Zhengshan, there are more than 3000 imperial warriors, all of whom died for the empire! "

"What?" The canned meat in Sakamoto's startled hands came out and fell to the ground.

Standing up, he grabbed the messenger soldier's lapel and asked with disbelief, "What did you say? The entire Matsumoto Regiment was wiped out?"

The Japanese communications soldier nodded in fear: "Yes, General."

Akira Sakamoto suddenly seemed to have been drained of all his strength and collapsed directly on the two ammunition boxes.

At this time, a wave of powerless despair sprouted in his heart, yes, it was despair.

The Matsumoto Regiment, which had more than 3000 men, was well-organized and was not surrounded, was completely wiped out.

How long can he last under the siege of the Chinese army several times larger than his own with the defeated army of less than 2000 in his hands?

Just when Akira Sakamoto was a little discouraged, a group of Japanese fighter planes were ordered to rush to the sky.

Once again, violent air strikes and bombings were launched on the positions of the blockade troops of the various ministries of the national army outside the encirclement.

Listening to the roar of the engine of one's own fighter plane, looking at the positions of various ministries of the national army that were bombarded by dense and powerful air firepower and dust and smoke.

Akira Sakamoto suddenly rekindled the hope of survival, and immediately ordered the signal soldier: "Immediately send a telegram to the headquarters of the front army, requesting all support!
Weapons and ammunition, food, water, and soldiers, in short, we need all the support! "

……

Jinling, Central China Japanese Command.

Because the Japs killed too many people in Nanjing, in order to avoid public opinion and diplomatic pressure, the Japanese base camp was forced to replace Matsui Iwane and others who had made great military exploits.

Taken over by the six generals Hata Toshi, the supreme commander of the Japanese army in Central China.

Therefore, at this moment, the commander of more than 30 Japanese troops in central China has become an old devil, Shunroku Hata.

Compared with Matsui Iwane, this person is more radical and brutal.

Therefore, after he took office, he spared no effort to promote the Central China Front Army to send troops and attack north along the Jinpu Railway.

However, at this time, Shunroku Hata was furious about the deteriorating and corrupt war situation in Hefei.

Not long ago, he got the news that the two reinforcements who went to support the Sakamoto detachment were ambushed by the Chinese army one after another, and all of them were wiped out.

This is simply unacceptable to him.

Therefore, the old devil Hata Shunroku was angrily pacing back and forth in the command room of the headquarters, roaring.

All the senior staff officers of the devils who were present were scolded.

At this moment, another communications lieutenant and adjutant hurriedly broke into the combat conference room.

Facing Hata Shunroku's sharp eyes that could almost kill people, he stood at attention tremblingly and saluted: "Report to Your Excellency, Commander, the besieged Sakamoto detachment sent an emergency call for help."

Hata Junliu reached out to take the telegram, read it hastily, and his face suddenly became more gloomy and angry.

The Chief of Staff Masatake Kawabe next to him bravely stepped forward to take a look at the telegram, and said to Hata Toshiroku: "General, the Sakamoto detachment must not make any mistakes, otherwise our West Road offensive troops will be wiped out." .

This has too much impact on the imperial army. "

"What are your plans?" Hata Junliu turned his head to look at Masatake Kawabe with unkind eyes.

Kawabe Masatake immediately stood up and said in a dignified voice: "At present, the time for ground reinforcements may be too late, and the most urgent task is to mobilize all available air forces to provide supplements to the Sakamoto detachment through airdrops.

Including weapons and ammunition, food, water and even soldiers! "

"Airdrop?" Shunroku Hata said with some doubts: "Is it possible?"

"General, this is the only effective support method we can take right now." He Bian Zhengwu said resolutely.

"Then I will do as you say, reinforce the Sakamoto detachment at all costs, and quickly mobilize a group of more capable troops to rush for reinforcements!"

Shunroku Hata said with sharp eyes.

"Hai!" Hebian Zhengwu suddenly nodded, and immediately took several combat staff to discuss the specific airdrop support plan.

(End of this chapter)