Age of Rebirth

Chapter 630

Surrounded at the core position of Jingxing Pass, the Japanese army suffered heavy casualties under the fierce artillery fire of Feng Jiwu Corps. More than half of the more than 2 Japanese soldiers were killed or injured in the shelling for more than an hour. Under such circumstances, the head of the Japanese division ignored Okamura Ningji's strict instructions and gave the order to break through.

This is a blatant disobedience to military orders. The division chief knows the consequences of doing so. More than 4 troops have been wiped out in his own hands. Even if he does not go to the military court, he does not want to live. When the few remaining guards escaped the deadly artillery and rushed into the division headquarters, the division commander had already committed suicide by caesarean section, kneeling in front of the portrait of His Majesty the Emperor, as if pleading guilty, or repenting. Blame.

The Japanese army began to break through, and the remaining 1 Japanese soldiers rushed towards the encirclement of Feng Jiwu's regiment without fear of death. , to get a chance to survive, these Japanese soldiers broke out with unprecedented courage and mobilized two-thirds of the troops. The encirclement circle was obviously weak. General Japanese soldiers rushed out from this opening.

When Feng Jiwu got the report, he immediately led the guards of the Corps Headquarters to arrive. More than two thousand Suomi submachine guns spewed out tongues of flame, hitting sand and rocks, and making the Japanese army's way out of the siege impenetrable. The Japanese army's good luck ended here. About 1000 people rushed out of the encirclement, and the rest were blocked back. Feng Jiwu ordered Wu Kefan's Department of the Fourth Cavalry Brigade to pursue immediately and wipe out the remnants of the Japanese army who broke out of the encirclement. [

Seeing the artillery show their power, the infantry fought smoothly, and the cavalry scurried around anxiously, with itchy palms. The cavalry was useless in such a mountainous battle. After receiving the order, the cavalry soldiers were very happy. There were a few little devils, but it was better than nothing. Thousands of horses raised a cloud of smoke and dust, and chased the fleeing Japanese army like a giant dragon.

How can two legs run faster than four legs? In the field under the setting sun, there are shining sabers everywhere, and the corpses of Japanese soldiers dripping with blood. After all, the Japanese soldiers are well-trained. , Infantry against cavalry, dangerous to rely on, no heavy firepower, weak resistance, like paper, useless.

The cavalry came up from all sides, surrounded the Japanese soldiers in the middle, the sound of horseshoes, the sound of killing, the blades entered the body, and the battle was carried out neatly. Only a dozen Japanese soldiers rolled into the ravine and fled. , It can be regarded as saving a life. The battle of Jingxing Pass ended successfully. Feng Jiwu and Tang Qiusheng's corps, at the cost of less than 2000 casualties, after [-] hours of fierce fighting, wiped out more than [-] Japanese troops and guarded Jingxing Pass. The supreme commander of the Japanese army committed suicide.

The sun was setting, the sky was full of sunset, and the westerly wind was blowing. Feng Jiwu boarded the Jingxing Pass where the smoke had not yet cleared. There were mutilated corpses of Japanese soldiers everywhere, pits all over the ground, and the smell of blood was pungent. Feng Jiwu narrowed his eyes Qiao'er used a heavy army group to attack the weakly defended Jingxing Pass. Such a victory was expected. What made him admire was the master's clever move of keeping the two corps around Niangziguan all the time.

Earlier, he had also discussed in private with Tang Qiusheng that the base area in the Taihang Mountains was empty, so it was a waste to deploy troops like this.

Later, the division commander ordered the two corps to jointly attack Jingxing Pass. He didn't quite agree, as long as one corps was enough. Now it seems that the division commander has already made a plan. , The purpose of annihilating the vital forces of the Japanese army has also been achieved. If Neiji Okamura continues to implement the original plan and does not return from the Taihang Mountains, he will take advantage of the situation to capture Shijiazhuang, threaten Beiping, and attack the Japanese reinforcements.

The division commander's battle plan is one link after another. My previous thoughts were too superficial. Thinking of this, Feng Jiwu laughed at himself, got up and ordered the troops to clean up the battlefield, and did not leave anything behind. Lao Jier has already complained to the commanders of the various corps, but he is consuming medicine vigorously when fighting, and he doesn't know the difficulties of the logistics department.

Let’s just talk about the Battle of Jingxingguan. Zhou Yushan of the transportation headquarters sent hundreds of trucks and ran for five or six days before getting all the necessary supplies and medicines ready. Hollowed out, thinking of this, Feng Jiwu ordered the communications department to send a telegram to the logistics department immediately, and sent transportation troops to go to Jingxing Pass to receive the seized materials.

It was getting dark, and the sound of Jingxingguan guns had just subsided. The troops led by Zhang Hansheng, chief of staff of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps, on the front lines of Fuping and Pingyang, exchanged fire with the Japanese reinforcements from Datong. Reinforcements from two divisions of the Japanese army, two regiments of troops, hurried over by car.

In the night, strings of car lights, like the eyes of ghosts, flashed in the night sky. The reinforcements of the Japanese army, sitting in the car, and the chatty Japanese soldiers, suddenly discovered that in the dark wilderness in front of them, there were clusters of explosions. The flames, heard the loud rumbling noise, flying in mid-air like meteor-like bright spots, and then smashed hard on the top of the head, the Japanese army hit the iron plate with its head, and was first hit by a cannon, which made people turn their backs on their backs , the first regiment left behind hundreds of corpses and retreated in a panic. The Japanese division commander in charge was horrified. The Chinese army had long been prepared and waited for itself here.

Listening carefully, I felt more at ease. Judging from the sound of the cannons, the Chinese army that blocked me used light artillery. They should have arrived in a hurry and established a blocking position hastily. Well, let the imperial army's heavy artillery , Let’s teach the Chinese soldiers a lesson. As an experienced senior Japanese commander, his judgment is completely correct.

Immediately ordered all the troops to get off the vehicle, the artillery wing immediately organized shelling to open the way for the troops to advance. The Japanese artillery was well-trained, and within a very short period of time, they built a field artillery position. The coordinates of the artillery position of the Chinese army were transmitted back. Then, a series of cannons, dragging dark red tail flames, smashed on the blocking position of the independent division troops. The flames were shining and flying horizontally, and the smoke of gunpowder enveloped the night sky.

Zhang Hansheng, formerly the commander of the Sixth Brigade of the Independent Division, was born in a field army. He knows how to fight this kind of battle and is very experienced in the deployment of various firepower. He first attacked the Japanese army with some Type 500 infantry artillery Light artillery such as mortars and mortars moved forward to [-] meters in front of the blocking position. Taking advantage of the superiority in numbers, they gave the Japanese a cold shoulder. Nor did the large-caliber artillery speak.

After firing a few rounds, taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese army had suffered a sap and did not recover, these light artillery quickly retreated to the rear of the position, which is the property of the independent division. Zhang Hansheng did this. If at this time When the Japanese infantry attacked, they would find that the original squadron artillery had disappeared, and all the Japanese artillery fired on the empty field, filling the sky with dust and smoke.

The soldiers lying on the blocking position watched the Japanese artillery fighting lively, covering their mouths and secretly laughing. Our new chief of staff did something wrong. He beat up the little devil and used up their artillery. There are soldiers who are familiar with Zhang Hansheng, Immediately took over the quarrel, it was wrong, our Chief of Staff Zhang was originally the brigade commander of the main field brigade, and was directly under the command of the division commander, and the transferred Chief of Staff Han was the brigade commander of the main brigade directly under the division commander's command. Facing the artillery fire of the Japanese army, the soldiers still have such a leisurely mood. Several victories have given all the soldiers confidence in the victory of the Japanese army and the Japanese soldiers. Syndrome" has no market at all in the various units of the Independent Division.

Taking stock, it is true as the soldiers said that the chief officers and even the chiefs of staff of the independent division's corps were all from Tang Qiuli's starting team. Has become the protagonist of the soldiers talk, the Japanese bombardment stopped, Zhang Hansheng ordered the heavy artillery unit to prepare for the bombardment.

The Japanese infantry launched an attack, and there were bursts of shouts in Japanese. With a sneer on the corner of Zhang Hansheng's mouth, he grabbed the phone and ordered: "Heavy artillery destroys the Japanese artillery positions, and fire immediately at the front!" Out of breath, in the shelling just now, there were at least thousands of shells that hit the heads of the Chinese soldiers, and the heavy artillery of the imperial army was smashed, which was very powerful!

Both pride and self-confidence are understandable, but reality often shatters blind self-confidence. The captain of the Japanese Artillery Regiment opened his mouth wide and his eyes widened. They are all experts and are no strangers to artillery. It was a volley of at least 100 large-caliber artillery, twice as many as the heavy artillery of our entire regiment. Damn the Chinese army, we were fooled!

"Bombardment! Evacuation!" The captain of the Japanese Artillery Corps almost broke his throat, but he could also shout these four words. A large-caliber cannon crashed down on his side, almost a direct hit, this Colonel , turned into a cloud of blood mist, dust to dust to dust, and also brought a few officers around him. [

One shot killed the headquarters of the Japanese Heavy Artillery Regiment, and the remaining Japanese artillery suffered hellish sufferings. The heavy artillery needed to be dragged by six mules and horses, and the first soldier in an ordinary artillery position could not move without turning. The gun body is difficult, and evacuation is empty talk. The order of the regimental commander can only be carried out by soldiers with two legs.

The legs couldn't run faster than the guns. The artillery positions of the Japanese army were blown up into flames in several salvos. The heavy artillery became parts, and the artillery became corpses. The attacking infantry did not please, and was beaten back by the dense rain. , The head of the Japanese division commanded the troops to stop attacking in amazement. The artillery position was destroyed without artillery cover. In addition, it was a night operation. He was not sure whether he could break through the blocking position of the Chinese army. He had to face the reality.

(To be continued)