Glorious Mission 1937

Not everyone has heard the saying that you can learn a lot from a pit, but everyone understands this truth.Especially as a high-ranking commander, Honda Shinichi attached great importance to the Xinghe County Security Regiment, a little-known Chinese force, from the bottom of his heart.

After hearing the report from the forward cavalry, Shinichi Honda did not order the troops to launch an attack immediately, but ordered the forward troops to immediately build fortifications on the spot, set up a command post, and wait for the arrival of the large troops before discussing.

Xinping Fort, located in the north of Tianzhen County, used to belong to the Datong Town Pass of the Ming Great Wall.The terrain is narrow and dangerous. Although most of the relics belonging to the Great Wall have been destroyed by people, the security team built earthworks on the basis of some earthen walls left over from the Great Wall of the original Ming Dynasty.

After observing the terrain, Honda Shinichi couldn't help feeling worried. Although the opposite position was quiet, through the binoculars, Honda Shinichi saw rows of bright bayonets behind the sandbags and the black muzzles of guns and heavy machine guns. He took a rough look. After a while, in the forward position alone, the Chinese people could not put up the strength of a reinforced company.

And there are four machine gun positions, each with at least two heavy machine guns, which are only placed in the open. According to the usual practice, at least one or two concealed firepower points should be kept during defensive operations, that is to say, only the forward positions of the Chinese army At least ten heavy machine guns were deployed, and the firepower was stronger than that of his infantry regiment.

Thinking of yesterday's battle, Honda Shinichi really wanted to retreat.In just over half a day of fighting yesterday, his alliance lost more than 700 people.Although there were more than [-] wounded, more than [-] people died in the battle, equivalent to more than half of the infantry brigade. If those wounded were counted, the Honda United lost one-third of its combat effectiveness.

"Gentlemen, yesterday morning, the hateful Chinese army on the opposite side attacked the artillery positions of the imperial army, causing the imperial army warriors of the two artillery brigades to be crushed. Your Excellency Commander Tojo ordered our department to quickly wipe out this Chinese army. Excuse me. Who is willing to take the initiative to ask for a fight?" Honda Shinichi said loudly.

"Your Excellency, Captain, I am willing to lead the troops of the headquarters to fight, and set to capture the Chinese position within two hours, capture the enemy's commander alive, and use his head to pay homage to the heroic spirit of the empire's warriors!" Major Ichiro Fujita, the captain of the First Infantry Battalion Said respectfully.

"Yo, Mr. Fujita is worthy of being a samurai of the Fujita family. Well, today, your department will be the vanguard of the regiment to attack the Chinese troops. In addition, I want to tell you that His Excellency Commander Tojo sent a telegram saying that the Chinese troops yesterday It was upgraded to a brigade-level military unit by the Zheng Fu of China, but the actual establishment is still a regiment with no more than 2000 troops. Today, the leader of the regiment saw the new graves of their soldiers in the back mountain of Shifo Temple. There are more than 800 graves in total. That is to say, in yesterday's battle, at least 800 people were killed in the battle, and it is conservatively estimated that the wounded will not be less than 500 to 800 people. [-] people, the captain of the alliance requires you to defeat the enemy in front of you within an hour." Honda Shinichi said firmly.

"Hay!"

"Order, the third cavalry division of the Imperial Association Army will dismount and serve as infantry to assist the imperial army in combat."

"Hay!"

The battle started quickly. The Japanese army first used mortars to conduct sparse shelling, followed by a squadron-scale attack.

It's not that the Japanese army changed their tactics, but that in yesterday's battle, the artillery of the Honda Wing was wiped out by the artillery battalion of the security regiment, leaving only one or two small-caliber mortars available.

"Reporting to the commander, the Japanese army has launched an attack on the position of the first battalion. The strength is an infantry squadron plus a puppet infantry company."

"Tell Li Bin that this is the little devil testing the firepower of our army, and order him to only expose one-third of the firepower."

"Yes"

"Report to the commander, the Japanese army's first attack was repulsed, and the casualties of the enemy and ourselves were very limited."

"Well, just tell Li Bin to let him act according to the plan." After speaking, Chen Feng asked Yang Yi who was beside him: "Chief of Staff, where is the third regiment now?"

"I passed Gaomiao Township half an hour ago, and I can get here in an hour at most. In addition, Captain Li and the second battalion and third battalion have already passed the Xuanjia Pagoda, and I can arrive here in an hour and a half." Yang said. Yi replied.

"One and a half hours, okay, then one and a half hours, immediately send a report to Li Wensheng and Li Yifeng, ordering them to arrive at the predetermined position in one and a half hours, and then immediately go into battle without waiting for orders from the headquarters. The special forces sent a telegram ordering them to pay close attention to the movements of the Japanese troops in Tianzhen. Once the Japanese reinforcements arrive, they will immediately stop them along the way and slow down the enemy's marching speed. If necessary, they can blow up Li Erkou and Zhangjiacun , All the bridges along the Stone Buddha Temple can also be placed with landmines at specific locations. In any case, reinforcements from the Japanese army must not be allowed to enter the battlefield." Chen Feng said.

"Yes"

The effect of the tentative attack was not bad. Although Fujita Ichiro was a little dissatisfied with the cowering of the puppet Mongolian army, but seeing that the firepower of the Chinese troops had been fully exposed, he didn't care about anything anymore.

After adjusting the direction of the attack, Fujita Ichiro ordered the troops to attack again. Unlike the last time, this time Fujita Ichiro pressed the entire infantry brigade and the two cavalry regiments of the puppet army, totaling more than 900 puppet troops. It is necessary to defeat the defense line of the squadron in one fell swoop.

Seeing the Japanese army rushing over row by row with bayonets upright, the first battalion commander Li Bin was extremely excited, nainai, isn't this row after row a living target.Based on the shooting level of the soldiers of the first battalion, within 100 meters, they can shoot without fail. Thanks to the pig-headed commander on the opposite side, they can figure out such a dense formation.

In fact, this is because Li Bin has limited knowledge, and he doesn't know that this is not the standard form of the Japanese army's attack. The Japanese army's standard offensive and defensive method is three-three. For example, when a wing attacks, it will first use two squadrons to detour to the two wings, because the standard position of the squadron is a U-shaped position. The fire support points are generally heavy machine guns.

If you attack in the middle, the ferocious flanking fire will be a nightmare for skirmishers.The outflanking squadron carried [-]-step battle artillery, grenades, light aircraft and communication equipment.In fact, it is a synthetic detachment. Its composition is the German rapid force in the late period of World War I. The grenadier replaces the mortar, and the added infantry is called ghost gun, which is almost the same size as a heavy machine gun.

As for the defenders, the heavy machine guns were unable to effectively kill continuously moving targets due to the slow adjustment of the shooting range, and the front wingtips of the positions were sparsely populated by infantry, and their quality was uneven.Cannot provide effective cover. The Japanese infantry artillery suppressed and destroyed the firepower points, the grenadiers restricted the opponent's movement, and light aircraft killed the infantry, while their own infantry made a triangle field defense to protect their own firepower points.Until the opponent's firepower is cleared.Then frontal shelling, cover the left and right wings of the frontal attacking troops first, seize the ends of the u-shape, and deploy heavy machine gun firepower from the Japanese side. The two squadrons that were pulled out before immediately penetrated deep into the rear of the defenders.The arranged firepower points implement layered crossfire on the defender's position, suppress the front line, cut the front and rear connections, and start a coordinated infantry attack from the front.The frontline defenders were suppressed by firepower, and it was difficult for the rear to get reinforcements. The trenches were gradually cleared by grenades.

Chen Feng is well aware of this offensive method of the Japanese army, so when arranging his positions, he deliberately avoided those terrains that would allow the Japanese army to have a detour. Therefore, when the Honda United arrived here, they were surprised to find that Xinpingbao was actually a The opening-shaped depression has dangerous terrain on both sides, both of which are cliffs that cannot be climbed. The terrain in the middle is very flat. Entering Xinping Fort can only be assaulted from the front.In addition, when the Japanese army tried to attack just now, it was found that although the squadron had set up a large number of firepower points on the forward position, due to the unreasonable layout, there were more than a dozen shooting dead ends. The army can rush to 50 meters in front of the position in a very short time.

According to Ichiro Fujita's estimation, as long as the troops can rush into the first 50 meters of the enemy's position, hand-to-hand combat will be inevitable, and as long as the two sides start hand-to-hand combat, then the victory must belong to the Imperial Japanese Army. Technology is still very confident.