Age of Rebirth

The troops of the No. 20th Brigade of the Japanese Army in the direction of Xuling Town consisted of two regiments. In addition to attacking and occupying Xuling Town from the front, they also had a task of detouring from the direction of Xuling Town to the east and capturing Wu from the flank. Furnace Town, outflank the rear of the independent division troops near the bridgehead of Nahe River, attack front and back, and completely wipe them out.

Major General Kono, the head of the brigade, hated the independent division in front of him to the core. First, the Xinqiao Regiment was severely damaged, and then the two regiments were beaten to death and wounded again. Counting, No. 20 The brigade has lost more than [-] troops in the vicinity of the bridgehead of the Nahe River. Moreover, none of them were the result of a direct confrontation, but were all tricked by the hateful Chinese!

Therefore, the soldiers of the independent division defending the bridgehead of the Nahe Bridge must be within the target of Major General Kono's complete annihilation. In fact, Major General Kono has fallen into a state of paranoia at this moment. What's more, the wrong judgment, the defensive independent division has not many troops, and the firepower is not strong. They can only rely on tricks to prevent the imperial army from seizing Zhuanghe County.

According to Major General Kono's judgment, in the direction of Xuling Town, even if there is a defensive force with an independent division, it is unlikely that there will be too many troops. Crossing the river with the strength of two infantry regiments should be a breeze. What they did was to firmly attract the independent division defenders in the direction of Wulu Town, and create opportunities for the troops in the direction of Xuling Town to outflank the rear.

The No.20 [-]st Brigade quickly readjusted its deployment and launched a second cross-river attack.The artillery fire was still overwhelming, blowing up the offensive area on the south bank of the river upside down.The smoke filled the air, and then, the artillery fire extended, and a large number of infantry began to cross the river, covering the firepower, regardless of whether the independent division troops on the other side counterattacked.According to Major General Kono's order, heavy machine gun bullets were poured over like locusts, and mortar shells fell one after another.

Major General Kono believed it.Those cunning Chinese soldiers will definitely hide in the underground fortifications on the other side of the river, waiting for their troops to cross the river halfway.Shoot again.In the ancient Chinese art of war, there is a trick called "strike halfway!" Then use fierce firepower to cover the infantry to cross the river!

The heavy machine gun bullets and mortar shells of the Japanese army on the other side of the river beat the south bank of the river into a miasma, and Meng Jianzhu's face became serious, all the tricks.It's all useless, the rest.It is a head-to-head contest.

"Commander Sun, order the front-line troops to enter the position immediately, bring the little devil closer and fight again, the heavy artillery of the little devil will be useless!" Meng Jianzhu issued an order. This is a tactical adjustment. In the previous battle, They all tended to launch a surprise attack when the Japanese army was halfway across the river. Now, they would fight back after the Japanese army started to land.

Now, Meng Jianzhu only has one heavy artillery battalion in his hands, and he doesn't have the capital to fight an evenly matched artillery battle with the little devil's heavy artillery. The two heavy artillery battalions and two rocket artillery companies that have been reinforced are still on the way. Besides, Meng Jianzhu doesn't want to think about it Early exposure to heavy firepower.

Under the cover of the firepower on the bank, the Japanese soldiers who had lingering fears were pleasantly surprised to find that they were not hit by a single bullet during the process of crossing the river. Therefore, the Japanese soldiers became excited and scrambled to the beach on the south bank of the river. It was better to step on the muddy river beach than to be in the water. Suddenly, in the silent wilderness, there was the roar of light and heavy machine guns, and dense bullets flew towards the head.

The Japanese soldiers who had already boarded the embankment were beaten back by the huge kinetic energy of the bullets, covered in blood holes, and rolled down the embankment onto the river beach. The remaining Japanese soldiers were killed by the dense rain of bullets. On the narrow river beach, the dense Japanese soldiers, like stranded fish, lay densely in the muddy muddy water.

Major General Kono's face finally turned livid. If the mortar shelling of the previous independent division troops gave him a judgment, the independent division defenders on the other side of the river were a reinforced battalion, so now there are so many light and heavy machine guns The crazy shooting made him have serious doubts about his previous judgment. According to his understanding of the formation and equipment of the independent division, so many light and heavy machine guns can only appear in regimental-sized troops!

"Support firepower, suppress the defenders of the Independent Division, cover the infantry attack, order, concentrate all the Type [-] infantry artillery, and bombard the Independent Division's position on the opposite bank!" Major General Kono issued the order. However, the soldiers of the imperial army had already landed on the south bank of the river, and they were too close to the defenders of the independent division. However, the distance of several hundred meters from the division, the heavy artillery bombardment, and the probability of accidentally injuring one's own side exceeded the casualties caused to those Chinese soldiers. Fortunately, There are also small caliber infantry guns available!

The infantry lying on the river beach is not in danger for the time being. It is a good thing. Major General Kono will not be impulsive. Under such intensive firepower from the opponent, he ordered the soldiers to charge desperately!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The sound of a mortar being ejected made Major General Kono's face change drastically. The damned independent division mortar appeared again. Major General Kono saw that countless mortar shells Flying out from the south bank of the river, it made an arc, landed on the river beach with a scream, and exploded countless earth flowers. In an instant, the corpses of imperial soldiers lying on the river beach, mixed with mud and sewage, flew into the air together. !

The Type 20 infantry artillery of the No.[-] [-]st Brigade was pulled up and set up on the high ground on the north bank of the river at close range, and the mortars of the [-]st Brigade and [-]st Marine Corps fired at each other across the river. The Japanese army had the upper hand in terms of the number of small-caliber artillery used by the Japanese army's mortars. The artillery shells exploded into a mass, and the mud was scattered in all directions. The Japanese soldiers who were suppressed on the river beach took the opportunity to start a desperate charge.

When fierce fighting broke out in the area around the bridgehead of the Nahe River, fierce fighting broke out at the same time at Xuling Town, north of Wulu Township. Immediately, he was hit by a fierce counterattack from the third regiment of the first brigade of the Marine Corps. Chen Mengqiao, who had a whole heavy artillery regiment in his hand, did not hide his strength. After repelling the first Japanese attack, he ordered the heavy artillery regiment to do a good job. Destruction of Japanese artillery preparations.

Sure enough, after the attack was repulsed, when the Japanese Mountain Artillery Wing bombarded the third regiment's position for the second time, suddenly, countless large-caliber artillery shells flew over and landed on the artillery position. God.

Regardless of the caliber and range of the artillery, or the power of the shells, the 75mm caliber mountain artillery of the Japanese army cannot compare with the [-] caliber howitzers of the First Brigade Heavy Artillery Regiment. This is an artillery battle with a huge difference in power. In less than an hour, a mountain artillery regiment of the Japanese army was almost wiped out, and Du, the heavy artillery regiment of the first brigade, aimed its artillery fire at the infantry of the two regiments of the Japanese army, and the artillery shells smashed over them. , leaving the bodies of Japanese soldiers everywhere.

After receiving the report, Major General Kono, the head of the No. 20 [-]st Brigade, sweated on his forehead, "Heavy artillery? The cunning Chinese army has heavy artillery. One of our own mountain artillery units was almost completely destroyed. That proves that the heavy artillery of the Independent Division is at least the size of a regiment, which means that in the direction of Xuling Town, the strength of the Independent Division's blocking troops is a brigade!" He quickly came to a judgment.

The direction of Xuling Town, compared to the direction of Wulu Town, is undoubtedly secondary in terms of importance to Zhuanghe County. In that secondary direction, the defenders of the Independent Division have reached the strength of a brigade. The attacking Wulu town?

Cold sweat dripped down his face, and Major General Kono realized that he didn't know the attack direction of other brigades, but in the direction of Wulu Town and Xuling Town, at least there was an independent division, a brigade and a brigade. The strength of a regiment, not at most the strength of a reinforced battalion as judged by the division commander before.

Major General Kono is not a fool. If it is as he judged, this battle will be difficult to fight. After thinking about it, he felt that it is necessary to remind the commander of the division to notice this, "Call the commander of the division immediately, my No. 20 first brigade When the regiment attacked the direction of Wulu Town and Xuling Town on the south bank of the Na River, it was strongly blocked by the troops of the Independent Division!"

"During the battle, the independent division troops used a regiment of heavy artillery. Our 21st Brigade's two offensive troops failed to achieve results and suffered heavy casualties. Based on this, the Ministry of Staff judged that the independent division troops on the front line of Zhuanghe The strength of the troops is very likely to far exceed the previous estimate!" He dictated the telegram.

Just when the No.20 20st Brigade of the [-]th Division was fiercely blocked by the [-]st Brigade of the Marine Corps in Wulu Town and Xuling Town on the Zhuanghe Line, the No.[-] [-]rd Brigade of the [-]th Division The regiment, in another direction of attack, also suffered strong counterattacks from the [-]nd and [-]rd Brigade of the Marine Corps, and the way the battle started, just like the bridgehead of Nahe River, started with some Japanese troops being ambushed.

The commanders of the three brigades of the Marine Corps combined the tactics of blocking warfare and ambush warfare very skillfully. They all gave the Japanese troops a sap. The bridge unit started, from east to west, and unfolded sequentially. Without exception, it ended with the Japanese army's advancing momentum faltering.

The [-]th Division of the Japanese Army, which advanced the fastest, stopped advancing after paying a certain price in front of the independent division's blocking line. The Japanese commanders found that they were facing an opponent with extremely powerful combat effectiveness , instead of those independent divisions who were beaten by the imperial army and fled in embarrassment on the front line of Anton with tens of thousands of wounded soldiers.

(to be continued) (to be continued...)