Glorious Mission 1937

()Chapter 83: Breaking the Game ([-])

On the morning of November 11th, more than 17 people from the Ninth Brigade of the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army, with the assistance of more than 8000 puppet troops, equipped with more than 30 armored chariots, two regiments of field artillery, and 8 aircraft, sent to the Datong City launched a full-scale attack. ..

In order to win Datong City as soon as possible, Major General Kunizaki chose to launch a full-scale attack, that is, a partial main attack and a feint attack. More than 6000 infantry launched an attack on Datong City at the same time. Any direction is the main attack, and all troops are the main force.

"boom boom"

"boom boom"

At the beginning of the battle, the Japanese army shelled continuously for more than 20 minutes. At the same time, the Japanese army's fighter planes continuously swooped down and dropped bombs on the squadrons guarding the outer positions.

The defenders did not show any weakness, the air defense regiment and the artillery regiment fought back with all their strength, and the battle became fierce from the very beginning. It is to raise the flight altitude urgently to sweep away the arrogance just now.

There is only one line of defense in the outer positions of Datong City. This line of defense is composed of trenches and permanent bunker firepower points. It is a fortification around the mountain attached to the fortress construction order. This line of defense is mainly based on a hill with an altitude of more than 200 meters in the south of Datong City. built.

This hill is a very important commanding height outside Datong City. As long as this hill is controlled, the Japanese army will be suppressed if they want to attack Datong from the south gate and west gate, so Li Wensheng put a regiment of troops here.

Originally, according to Chen Feng's idea, he would just give up these outlying positions and stick to the city defenses.However, Li Wensheng believed that the positions formed by these trenches and firepower points were very strong. Such a line of defense did not require much troops at all. One regiment was enough to block half of the Japanese army's strength under the city of Datong. It would be a pity to give up.

Seeing the Japanese puppet army rushing towards them like a tidal wave, the soldiers defending the city couldn't help feeling excited. Such a dense crowd, with their shooting level, is not a living target.

"Da da da" With the order of the frontline commander, all the light and heavy weapons on the defender's position opened fire at the same time, and the Japanese and puppet troops fell to the ground like straws that had been cut down.At this time, the 75 high-speed machine guns equipped in the defenders showed great power, which greatly frightened the Japanese and puppet troops who had never seen the power of high-speed machine guns.

When the Japanese army launched an offensive like the Datong defenders, the Japanese army stationed in Zhangbei, Xinghe, Shangdu and other counties used squadrons as units to sweep the towns and villages outside the county.Every time they went to a village, these Japanese devils first killed all the old people left behind, and then burned the village with a torch as a punishment for the non-cooperation of the Japanese imperial army.

Little Lama Mountain. The 61st Army Headquarters.

"Military seat, Minister Hua is here." Chen Tiebao came in and said that Chen Feng was studying the battle plan in the simple tent.

"Oh, please come in!"

Soon, Hua Dazuo came in with a few telegrams, gave Chen Feng a military salute and said, "Military seat, Datong has an urgent call. An hour ago, the Japanese army launched a full-scale attack on Datong. The Japanese army not only dispatched tanks and armored vehicles , and also dispatched planes, and there are also a large number of artillery!"

"What was the result?" Chen Feng asked with a smile. He had great trust in the defense capabilities of the fortress produced by the system. He believed that there was no way to take down the fortifications of Datong City with the 75mm mountain artillery of the Japanese Army.

"What else can we do? The first round of attack has already been repulsed. The corpses of the Japanese army are strewn across the field. Five fighter planes were shot down. Our army suffered very little loss."

"It was expected!" Chen Feng laughed.

"In addition, the Japanese army stationed in Zhangbei, Xinghe, Fengzhen, Jining, Shangdu, and Tianzhen this morning launched a raid on the villages and towns within the jurisdiction of our army in units of squadrons. Just kill, and after killing people, the village will be lost. So far, I have received information that 19 villages have been destroyed." Hua Dajiao continued to report.

"What, didn't I order all the villages to move? Why are there still people left in the village? What do those county officials, township officials and village officials do?" Chen Feng said angrily.

"Military seat, it's like this. They resolutely carried out your order after receiving your order, but you also know that the old people just want to keep their homes on the ground, and they are all old and can't stand the toss at all. Many old people They are unwilling to transfer, so every village will leave some old people who can't walk to guard the village, I didn't expect those Japanese beasts to even let the old people go." Hua Dajiao explained.

"This is the lesson! Have you figured out the specific situation of the Japanese army's garrison?" Chen Feng asked after pondering for a while.

"I've figured it out. The 26th Wing, 26th Brigade, 11th Division of the Japanese Army is stationed in Zhangbei. There is also an infantry battalion of the puppet army, with a total strength of more than 450 people. Those stationed in Xinghe It is the Duli Supplies Wing of the 26th Division of the Japanese Army and the Second Battalion of the 11th Wing, with a total strength of more than 26 people. Stationed in Fengzhen is the Wing Headquarters of the 11th Wing and the Third Brigade of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army. The brigade, with a total strength of more than 100 people. The first brigade of the 4th duli mixed brigade stationed in Shangdu, with a total strength of about 2 people. The [-]th cavalry brigade and the puppet cavalry [-]st brigade stationed in Jining There are more than a thousand people in the [-]nd Division. The one guarding Tianzhen is an infantry brigade of the Japanese Army's Yamashita Brigade with more than a thousand people, and there are no puppet troops." Hua Dajiao replied.

"Very good, that is to say, the Japanese army scattered in the outer counties of Datong only has more than [-] troops, and the rest of the troops are outside Datong City. It seems that the little devil is determined to eat us, hehehe!" Chen Feng said with a sneer.

"Junzuo, what should we do then, do we just allow the little devils to slaughter our compatriots and burn our village?" Hua Dajiao asked in a deep voice.

"Where is the cavalry group, and when is it expected to arrive in Kulun?" Chen Feng asked intently.

"There are Japanese aircraft patrolling during the day, so our troops can only operate at night. If everything goes well, we can reach Kulun in three days. If everything goes wrong, it will take seven or eight days."

"Then order the troops to wait. When the cavalry troops arrive in Kulun, when will we attack, and I want to kill the little devils with one blow. I dare not say anything else. None of the ten thousand little devils ran away." Chen Feng said coldly.

The sun is setting on the western mountains, and the setting sun outside Datong City is like blood.

After a whole day of fighting, the Japanese and puppet troops finally saw how powerful Chen Feng's troops were. Although the Ninth Brigade fought bravely and organized 8 attacks in one day, they were all shot without exception. The team was easily repelled, even under the command of Major General Kunizaki himself.

In the conference room of the Japanese Army Joint Command Headquarters in Shilipu Town, the atmosphere was relaxed from yesterday. Looking at Major General Kunisaki Deng with his head tied like a big rice dumpling, all the officers felt very uncomfortable.

"Kunisaki-kun, how are the casualties of the troops?" Itagaki Seishiro has been observing today's battle. From a tactical point of view, Kunizaki's command is perfect. Even if he is replaced, it may not be better than Kunisaki. Where to go, but even so, I was defeated, completely defeated.

"It's very serious. The Imperial Army killed 1611 people and injured 2219 people. The 2nd Division of the Imperial Army Infantry died and injured more than 6000 people!" Kunizaki said tremblingly.

"Hiss..." Everyone gasped involuntarily. They all knew that today's battle was very tragic, and they didn't expect that the casualties would be so heavy.More than 800 people were killed and injured in the Ninth Brigade, which is more than half of the casualties. The second infantry division of the Imperial Association Army only had a total of more than 6000 people. It lost more than [-] people in the first battle, which is considered disabled.

On the first day of the war, nearly 1 people were lost. How can this battle be fought? The most important thing is that the casualties were so heavy that even the outer positions of the Chinese army were not captured, and even a section of the city wall was not destroyed. It seems that this Chinese army The city is really a hard bone.

"Just now Lieutenant Tokugawa Hotoshi of the Lingshi Aviation Corps called. In order to support our army in the First World War today, the Provisional Aviation Corps was shot down by the Chinese Air Defense Force with 17 fighters, and another 2 fighters were injured. In addition, we also lost 33 This is almost one-third of the tank troops in our hands now, and the artillery has also lost a lot, 6 mountain guns were destroyed, and more than 120 soldiers were lost." Seishiro Itagaki added.

All the officers of the Japanese army gasped again, nainai, when did the Chinese army become so powerful, and they fought planes and tanks so awesome. Many of them watched today's battle on the spot, and they did see that the imperial army lost a lot Little, from time to time there are planes exploding in the sky, and tanks on the ground are destroyed from time to time, but I didn't expect the tank troops and aviation troops to be hit so hard.

"Don't be discouraged, gentlemen. Although the enemy's combat power has exceeded our estimates, we can also conclude that the city must be the main force of the 61st Army of China. No matter how fierce the prey falls into the trap, it is impossible to escape. "Itagaki Seishiro said in a deep voice.

At this time, Major General Kunizaki suddenly stood up and said to Major General Yuhara Seiichiro: "Yuhara-kun, please forgive me, I offended you yesterday, you are right, this Chinese army is indeed different from other Chinese troops!"

"Mr. Kunisaki, the warriors of our Great Japanese Empire will not be intimidated by difficulties. Although this Chinese army is powerful, we are not helpless against them." Major General Seiichiro Yuhara said in a deep voice.

"Oh, what do Youhara-kun think?" Seishiro Itagaki asked.

"Since our land and air cooperation cannot take down this Chinese army, we can only attack from the ground. I have fought against this Chinese army, and their actual combat effectiveness is not as strong as we imagined. Many of them They were recruits who had just been recruited, and the reason why they caused such heavy casualties to the imperial army was entirely because their weapons and equipment were better than those of the imperial army, especially in terms of automatic firepower, which far surpassed that of the imperial army's field troops. Configuration. Everyone in the battle today has seen that whether it is the small hill in the southwest or the Chinese army on the city wall, they have a machine gun almost every ten meters, and the intensity of firepower is far beyond our imagination. Coupled with the strong fortifications of the city, it caused such heavy casualties in a short period of time. Therefore, I believe that if we continue to attack like today, it will only increase the casualties. Instead of doing this, it is better to find another way.” Seiichiro Yuhara the major general said loudly.