Age of Rebirth

Lieutenant General Shinyuemon, head of the 20th Division on the eastern front, was extremely conceited and face-saving. The first and second detachments of the Kwantung Army on the central line paid the price. Lieutenant General Shinyuemon, who felt ashamed after losing his troops and losing his generals, did not report the situation encountered by his vanguard, the No. [-] [-]st Brigade, to the neighboring troops.

Otherwise, the troops of the Kwantung Army advancing in the middle would not rampage all the way unsuspectingly, as if they were in no man's land. The ambushes that the second detachment is now suffering from is completely the result of the incompatibility of information on the battlefield. In the direction of Wulu Town, When the fighting was full of fireworks and the sound of artillery was loud, the two detachments of the Kwantung Army in the middle had no idea that the [-]th Division on the Eastern Front had already fought against the blocking forces of the Independent Division.

The sudden ambush, intensive firepower, and roaring shells engulfed the unprepared Kwantung Army's second detachment of more than 9000 people in a dense fire net. The search team was already close to the edge of Guiyunhua Town. Before the squadron had time to form, it was hit head-on by a torrential rain of light and heavy machine gun and submachine gun bullets. The fire net formed by countless bullets beat a squadron of Kwantung Army soldiers to pieces and spattered blood.

Major General Asayama gave the order to retreat. In this case, it was not the time to show the bravery of the soldiers of the Kwantung Army, the "Flower of the Army". I understand that this battle is impossible to fight. The independent division troops are already prepared and ambushed troops.At least in the three wings or so, there is still frightening firepower, maybe there are hundreds of light and heavy machine guns.Hundreds of mortars, dozens of medium-caliber artillery, greeting themselves together?

Condescending, the crossfire on the peaks on both sides, a round of gun salvos, beat the second Kwantung Army detachment into chaos, and there were many dead bodies.The choking smell of gunpowder smoke permeates the valley, a mortar shell.The explosion near Major General Asayama killed several staff officers of the detachment headquarters, and Major General Asayama got off his horse at this time.Then ride on the tall horse.That is the most obvious living target, Major General with rich combat experience, how could he make such a low-level mistake?

In the valley leading to the north of Guiyunhua Town, the guns were rumbling and bullets were flying like rain. The second detachment of the Kwantung Army retreated in embarrassment, leaving corpses everywhere. The head of the first regiment of the third brigade of the Marine Corps, No. .20 Head of the First Regiment of the Third Brigade of the Ninth Corps.Two old classmates from Dingbian Military Academy had a discussion on the walkie-talkie. "The little devil is now beaten to the point where he has no power to fight back, and retreats in embarrassment. We have an absolute advantage in firepower. How can we miss such an opportunity? Who said that blocking warfare cannot be pursued, just chase his mother!" "

As a result, the two bold regiment leaders immediately issued orders to charge and pursue to their respective units. In an instant, more than 7000 soldiers of the independent division on the ambush positions on the peaks on both sides rushed down the mountain like a tsunami. Seventy-eight thousand people from the second detachment of the Kwantung Army who retreated in a panic pursued fiercely. Thousands of submachine guns sprayed hot metal bullets from their muzzles.

The soldiers of the Eastern Army kept screaming and fell to the ground. However, the Kwantung Army is a well-trained elite division that has been fighting the Soviet Army for more than half a year in the Far East. Under extremely passive conditions, the junior officers, He showed a very high tactical quality, and before the detachment headquarters issued an order, he used the squadron as a unit to alternately cover and establish a blocking line, which slowed down the pursuit speed of the independent division troops.

More than an hour later, the independent divisions of the two regiments drove the second detachment of the Kwantung Army to the mountainous area of ​​Sun Dagou, which is more than 20 kilometers away from the blocking line of Guiyunhua Town. , It wasn't until the second detachment of the Kwantung Army established a blocking line that the two regiment leaders gave the order to retreat and returned to the Guiyunhua defense line.

According to the statistics of the battle results, more than 2000 little devils were killed in an ambush battle. Moreover, there was an unexpected harvest. Because of the large number of luggage dragged down, the heavy train of the second detachment of the Kwantung Army could not run away from those combat troops. In the middle, he was surrounded by soldiers all at once, and he was beaten hard. The soldiers of the Kwantung Army's supply troops who were only equipped with [-]-style rifles and pistols were the opponents of the soldiers of the Independent Division with submachine guns. In terms of strength, there was also a difference. Great disparity.

After killing a large supply unit of the Kwantung Army, when cleaning the battlefield, the soldiers had fun. Although the boxes of ammunition are not eye-catching, it is equivalent to cutting off the logistical supplies of the little devil. A large number of Japanese canned food is very curious. Strong soldiers, after prying it open and tasting it, they all felt that the taste was not good. It was too far from our marching rations. Also, what good things can the little devils tinker with?

The snow-white rice in the bag is a good thing. Based on the principle of not wasting, the two captains waved their hands, "I will transport it back! We don't eat the canned food, but we can give it to the common people! Tonight, everyone will have an extra meal and eat rice." !" The soldiers were discussing happily, "This battle was fought well, not counting the killing of more than 2000 little devils, and breaking the bullets and food of the little devils! These bastards should be hungry!"

After withdrawing to the defense area of ​​Guiyunhua Town, the two regiment leaders reported to their superiors, Major General Xiao Jinting, Commander of the 20rd Brigade of the Marine Corps, and Major General Guo Zhenmin, Commander of the [-]rd Brigade of the No.[-] Ninth Corps, to report the ambush outside Guiyunhua Town situation of war.

After reading the telegram, the two brigade commanders were shocked into a cold sweat. These two guys were too bold. It made sense for the blocking battle to be an ambush. The right wing of the second detachment of the army, which is more than 20 kilometers away, is the first detachment of the Kwantung Army with more than 9000 people. If this part of the Kwantung Army comes from the flank, it is not certain who will fight who?

"Adventure! Bold!" Xiao Jinting and Guo Zhenmin, who were separated by dozens of kilometers, popped out these words almost at the same time in their minds. Then, two telegrams with similar contents arrived at the two heads of the defense forces of Guiyunhua Town. In his hand, the general idea is, "I affirm the results of the battle, I affirm that the ambush was very beautiful, but for the subsequent pursuit, I made a severe criticism. "

The second detachment of the Kwantung Army retreated to the front line of Sun Dagou. After rectifying the troops, the leader of the detachment, Major General Asayama, wanted to cry but had no tears. In less than three hours of fighting, the second detachment lost more than 4000 people. Among them, the jade was broken More than 2000 people were injured, more than 2000 people were injured, and the second detachment with a strength of less than [-] people suffered more than half of the casualties. What's more, they lost all their luggage, ammunition and food. In addition, the next meal will start to be hungry.

The most important thing is that the field hospital of the detachment was beaten to pieces, and all the medicines and medical equipment were lost. The wounded had no medicines to treat them, so they had to wait to die. Near Sun Dagou, it became an outcropping hospital. Listen The wounded soldier let out a low and high wail, and Major General Asayama, who was so depressed, sat on a stone with a pale face. First, he sent a telegram to Major General Narita, the leader of the first detachment on the right wing, asking Mr. Narita to reinforce him. Yes, mainly ammunition and food, as well as medicine and military doctors.

Major General Narita's call back stunned the hopeful Major General Asayama, "Mr. Asayama, my first detachment was in the direction of Buyun Mountain, and was blocked fiercely by the independent division because the enemy's artillery fire was very fierce and the troops suffered heavy casualties. A large number of wounded soldiers need medical treatment, and now they are forced to retreat to the front line of Lijiatun to stand by, and the detachment's supply troops, because of the difficult mountain road, are seriously lagging behind, and it is difficult to keep up with supplies for a while, please forgive me!"

That is to say, the first detachment in Narita had a much better life than himself. They were too busy to take care of themselves and could do nothing to help. Major General Asayama stayed for a while, dictated a message, and reported the situation encountered by the second detachment. It was given to General Yoshijiro Umezu, the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army who commanded operations in Liaoyang.

In the telegram, Major General Asayama wanted soldiers, ammunition, food, and artillery. The second detachment was secretly transferred from the Liaoxi Corridor to the Liaodong Peninsula battlefield. At that time, Nanjiro was still the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army. The Feng Jiwu Corps of the independent division in the western Liaoning area, which did not disturb, was lightly armed and did not move heavy weapons at all. The entire second detachment only had dozens of mortars and several light and heavy machine guns.

Major General Narita felt bad about what happened to the Asayama Detachment of the same Kwantung Army. When I was not prepared at all, a heavy artillery shell fell down. The artillery hit so fiercely that it almost killed more than half of the first detachment marching in a ravine.

According to Major General Narita's estimate, the independent division's defensive troops used at least one field artillery regiment and two mountain artillery regiments to deal with their own troops of no more than [-] troops. Therefore, Major General Narita came to the conclusion that he didn't know what was happening in other directions. On the Buyun Mountain line, at least the main force of the independent division was blocking him!

Therefore, Major General Narita, like Major General Asayama, pushed the first detachment in the middle, but was strongly blocked by the independent division, causing heavy casualties. Moreover, the independent division had a large number of artillery, so he had to order the troops to retreat The situation was reported to General Umezu Yoshijiro, commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army.

On the western front, the 20th Division advancing from the direction of Gaizhou to Bayuquan was the last main force of the Japanese army to fight against the blocking force of the Independent Division. The opponent the [-]th Division encountered was the No. .[-] Units of the [-]st, [-]nd and [-]rd Brigades of the Ninth Corps.

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