Glorious Mission 1937

At a quarter past one in the morning, the first battalion of the security regiment entered Xinpingbao and began to build a defensive position.At [-]:[-] in the morning, the Second Battalion entered the Xuanjia Tower.At four o'clock in the morning, Chen Feng led the security regiment headquarters and finally arrived at the Stone Buddha Temple fifteen kilometers away from Tianzhen County.

Going further, the terrain began to become flatter, and the march of large troops would easily expose the target, so Chen Feng decided to stop the Japanese army on the front line of Stone Buddha Temple.After the troops arrived at the predetermined location, they ignored the rest and immediately began to build fortifications according to Chen Feng's order.

Tianzhen County, No.60 First Army 399th Regiment Headquarters, is full of gloom, and everyone has a very solemn expression on their faces.

"Chief of staff, how about the casualties of the battalions and companies?" Zhang Jingjun, the commander of the 399 regiment, was a big man from Shandong, and he spoke in a daze.

"Regiment, the situation is very bad. In just half a day, one-fifth of the troops were killed or injured. The command post of the Second Battalion was hit by Japanese aerial bombs. Seven or eight officers, including the commander of the Second Battalion, died on the spot. Up to now, the whole regiment has lost as many as 231 people. If this continues, our 5th regiment will be removed from the battle order of the Jinsui Army in a maximum of 399 days." Li Haisheng, chief of staff of the 399th regiment, said loudly.

Thinking of the death order issued by the military seat to stick to the county seat for 7 days, Zhang Jingjun gritted his teeth and said, "In order to buy time for Chief Yan's Datong Association to fight, even if we fight the devils to the last person, we must guarantee to stick to it for 7 days!"

The poor soldiers of the No. 60 First Army didn't even know that Commander Yan's so-called Datong Battle was just a cover, and they didn't know that after this battle, their Commander Li would be tried by a military court as a scapegoat, and finally be wronged. He became the first lieutenant general to be shot for 'running away' since the Anti-Japanese War.

On the morning of September 9th, the Japanese army once again launched an attack on Tianzhen County, first dispatching planes to bombard at low altitude in turn, and then bombarding the mountain violently with artillery.Bombed 7 or 4 times in turn in this way, and then the infantry was dispatched to charge.

Fifteen kilometers due north of Tianzhen County, there is the command post of the security regiment.

"Reporting to the commander, the special forces have called. The artillery position of the Japanese army has been found. It is a mountain artillery position with 24 75mm caliber mountain artillery, and there are infantry squadrons for protection." Yang Yi came in and reported.

"Where is the exact location?"

"On a small hill five kilometers north of the county seat, it's only [-] kilometers away from us." Yang Yi replied.

"Okay, Wang Hansheng, have the fortifications been repaired?" Chen Feng turned to Wang Hansheng, the commander of the third battalion of the first security regiment.

"Report to the commander, it has been built. All four fortifications are up to standard and can be put into use at any time." Wang Hansheng is a man from the Northeast, and his voice is very rough, but he is really good at leading troops in battle.

"24 mountain cannons, that should be two full artillery brigades or an understaffed artillery wing." Yang Yi said with a frown.

"Very good, the little devil is very rampant. An artillery regiment has only one infantry squadron to protect it. If you don't eat the meat that is brought to your mouth, you will be punished by God. Wang Hansheng, bring your troops, and I will return the artillery battalion to you Commander, I will add another light machine gun company for you, and give me the devil's artillery position, can it be done!" Chen Feng said loudly.

"Yes, I promise to complete the task!" Hu Tiesheng, the commander of the Second Battalion of the First Security Regiment, said loudly.

"I don't want your guarantee, I want to see your actual actions, go!" Chen Feng said.

"Yes!"

"Order Xu Bao's Special Operations Brigade to send out snipers to assist in the fight in secret!" Chen Feng ordered again after Hu Tiesheng left.

In the artillery position of the Japanese Army, the Chahar dispatched corps du li mixed into the 15st brigade artillery brigade, Major Aoki Jiro, and du li mixed into the No.[-] brigade du li artillery brigade, Major Ito Kabin, observed through a telescope not far away Tianzhen Town.

"Mr. Aoki, although the fighting power of the Chinese people opposite is not very good, their fighting will is really tenacious!" Major Ito said with emotion.

"Yoxi, from yesterday afternoon to now, the Chinese people in the city have suffered at least a thousand casualties, but they still have no signs of retreating. They are much stronger than the No. 60 Eighth Army of China in Zhangjiakou." Aoki Jiro also said Said sympathetically.

"However, according to intelligence, there is only one infantry regiment of the Jinsui Army in this Chinese county. If the fight continues like this, the Chinese will suffer casualties for at most two days. In front of the powerful steel lion of the Great Japanese Empire, All resistance is futile and will be ruthlessly torn to pieces." Ito Hebing said proudly.

"Yoxi, I think we should refresh those infantrymen. Those guys have already charged three times and were all beaten down by the Chinese. It's really a shame for the Japanese Empire." Aoki Jiro said coldly.

"Shaoga, order all the artillery to immediately adjust the bombardment of Zhuyuan, the target, the city wall of Zhina County, and extend the artillery fire for 10 minutes!" Ito Hebing ordered loudly.

However, before Ito Hebing's order was issued, he heard the sound of "bang bang" shelling not far away.Based on years of experience, Ito Hebing and Aoki Jiro could easily recognize the sound of 60 mortars.

The Artillery Brigade is not equipped with mortars, where is the sound of mortars? It seems that there are quite a few of them.Ito Hebing and Aoki Jiro looked at each other, and hurriedly ran out of the command post.

But before they ran out, violent explosions sounded around them, and the entire command post was razed to the ground immediately.

Two kilometers away, Wen Hao, commander of the artillery battalion directly under the Xinghe County City Defense Command, was excitedly commanding the artillery battalion to bombard the Japanese artillery positions.

The distance of two kilometers was just right, and the 12 60 mortars equipped by the artillery battalion adjusted the shelling elements slightly and then carried out full-scale shelling.

The artillerymen of the security regiment were all trained by Chen Feng himself, and several officers were selected from the students who had fled from various places. It was not very difficult to accept the theories Chen Feng said.After several actual battles, the combat effectiveness of the Artillery Battalion improved rapidly, basically meeting Chen Feng's minimum requirements.

Although the power of the mortar is limited, it is flexible enough, and it is much more powerful than infantry artillery or mountain artillery at close range.

Wen Hao knew that the artillery battalion's combat mission this time was to destroy the artillery positions of the Japanese army, so he ordered the soldiers of the artillery battalion not to save shells, and to shoot all the shells they brought within 5 minutes, and then retreat immediately, and the rest Just leave it to Wang Dabeard to deal with it.

The sudden shelling of the artillery battalion completely stunned the artillery of the Japanese army. With the sound of explosions, screams, guns and shells, the artillery positions of the Japanese army quickly fell into a sea of ​​flames.

At the same time as the artillery battalion opened fire, the third battalion of the security regiment, which had moved to less than one kilometer from the artillery position of the Japanese army, also launched an attack under the leadership of the battalion commander Wang Hansheng.

"Da da da!"

The machine gunner cleared the way in front, and the others charged behind, quickly approaching the Japanese position.

I have to say that the individual quality of the little devils in the early days of the war was still very strong. Although they were attacked suddenly and shells continued to explode around them, the Japanese army did not panic.The infantry squadron protecting the artillery position immediately fired back, and the machine gun position at the front of the position quickly sprayed dead steel ammunition.

The Japanese army's counterattack suddenly caused casualties to the troops, and the soldiers rushing to the front kept falling, but no one retreated, and continued to charge under the leadership of Wang Hansheng.

To Wang Hansheng's delight, the machine gun position of the Japanese army failed to fire within less than a minute after it sounded. The machine gunner who replaced him was shot dead as soon as he pulled the trigger.

The 15rd Squadron of the Infantry belongs to the Artillery Wing of Du Li Mixed No.[-] Brigade, which is responsible for protecting artillery positions.Although the bombardment of the squadron caused huge casualties to the third squadron, but fortunately, only one of the commander of the third squadron, Captain Yamaki, and several team leaders was seriously injured in the shelling, and the others were safe and sound.

Captain Shan Mu knew the purpose of the Chinese, he immediately ordered the troops to counterattack, and at the same time sent a report to the regiment headquarters outside Tianzhen City, requesting combat guidance.

The firepower of the Chinese people is extremely powerful. He observed just now and found that the number of light machine guns of the Chinese people has reached more than 20.However, his squadron only had four Taisho 11-year light machine guns, which obviously did not have an advantage in firepower. He only hoped that the fortifications that had been arranged before could play some role.

But as soon as the battle started, Lieutenant Yamaki discovered an abnormality, that is, the officers, machine gunners, and grenadiers of the third squadron were killed by the Chinese one by one. In just 2 minutes, there were two squad leaders and eight machine gunners. After being headshot, the machine gun position he had arranged in advance hardly played any role, and the Chinese rushed to a distance of less than 200 meters from the position in just a few minutes.

Seeing that the machine gun position was misfired again, Captain Yamaki uttered a classic Japanese national curse "Ba Ga", and immediately ran to the machine gun position, picked up a light machine gun and opened fire.

But less than a minute after he pulled the trigger, he felt a pain in his chest, and then his strength seemed to be drained, and finally he fell to the ground and lost consciousness.

That's right, these were all done by the snipers of the Special Forces. It was the first time the troops fought against the Japanese Army. At the beginning of the war, the individual soldiers of the Japanese Army were of extremely high quality. Chen Feng was worried that the troops would suffer too many casualties, so he ordered the Special Forces to assist.

With the assistance of these more than 50 snipers, all the officers and technical units of the Japanese army were killed in a short period of time, and the third battalion of the security regiment and the machine gun company easily rushed into the Japanese army's position.

The performance of the Japanese army, which lost its commander, was not necessarily much better than that of the Chinese army. Although none of them surrendered, they were retreating.

After rushing into the position, the advantage of the automatic firepower of more than 20 light machine guns in the third battalion was brought into play. Of the more than 200 people in the third squadron, a third were killed by the artillery battalion, and a third were killed by the special forces team. The ones that were placed were quickly disposed of by the third battalion.

The situation in the artillery position on the side was even worse. Due to carelessness, the artillery shells of the Japanese artillery were stacked in the open air nearby. The result was very sad, and they were all detonated after a few shells from the artillery battalion fell down.The final result was that Wang Hansheng was almost useless, and all 24 mountain cannons and more than 800 artillerymen were reimbursed, including the two unlucky artillery commanders.