The Red War God of Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 274 The Battle of Yang Temple 1

In the division-level establishment of the National Defense Forces, both the howitzer regiment and the tank regiment belong to the large establishment and are the main firepower output units of the marine division.Because the artillery's self-protection ability is weak, they are all equipped with light infantry battalions; but the tank units do not have this configuration, because the tank units are originally used to charge into battle, and their mobility is far stronger than that of the howitzer regiment.

This may be the objective reason for the predicament of the chariot troops on the Hongxi battlefield. However, this predicament also shows that the commanders of the National Defense Forces did not have a deep understanding of Wu Aihua's tactical principles.

The role of chariots indeed lies in the rapid assault on the battlefield, but there is another more important principle, which is "step-tank coordination".Even in the German or Soviet armored armies in World War II, the duel of thousands of tanks was inseparable from the coordination of infantry and tanks.Without the coordinated operations of infantry, the role of chariots will be greatly reduced.

The armored brigades directly under the various armies of the National Defense Forces, as well as the armored divisions that are being prepared, are equipped with infantry combatants loaded by armored personnel carriers. It's up to the infantry to solve the problem.

Fortunately, the plight of the tank regiment of the 061 Division is not desperate. The main loss is that the machine gun shooters on the tank suffered a lot in the confrontation with the Japanese army. At worst, they can return to the starting point.

When the Qingbu battalion entered the battlefield, the pressure on the tank battalion was temporarily relieved, and when a battalion of the marine regiment joined the battle again, the Japanese army's swift and violent offensive was finally contained 100 meters away from the forefront of the tank.

At this time, the chariot regiment began to recover, and the regiment leader Zhao Huiwu was so angry that he yelled and ordered: "Roll the rolls, use tank guns to roll the devils' names, don't worry, name the devils one by one!"

But in fact, the loss that Zhao Huiwu suffered before dusk can only be recovered when he fights tomorrow, because the curtain has come, and the threat of tank guns to the Japanese army in groups of three or five has been greatly reduced.

The battle in Hongxi was full of twists and turns, brutal and bloody, and the other two battles besieging the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army were also not easy at all. After all, this is the ace division of the Japanese Army!

Yang Temple, Yang Temple battle.

日军驻有第3师团部、步兵第10联队、战车第3联队、骑兵第3联队、野炮兵第3联队、工兵第3联队以及辎重兵第3联队，日军总人数高达15000人。

The troops of the National Defense Forces responsible for attacking Yangmiao include the 061nd Marine Regiment of the 2 Division, the 063st Marine Regiment of the 1 Division, the Armored Brigade directly under the Sixth Army, the Howitzer Regiment of the 063 Division, the Rocket Artillery Battalion and the Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion of the 063 Division. The Japanese army is slightly taller, and its heavy firepower configuration is also better than that of the Japanese army.

However, the attack on Yangmiao did not go well.

After the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army arrived in Jiaxing and north of Jiashan, Susumu Fujita commanded the 3rd Engineering Corps of the Japanese Army to improve and supplement the fortifications of the previous 107th Division.If it is said that most of the fortifications in Hongxi are based on points, and then they are connected by points to form defensive positions, but the Japanese army positions in Yangmiao are based on lines, and the trenches are particularly strong. Conversion is very easy.

In addition, Fujita Jin has two other tricks: one is to dig a large number of anti-tank trenches in front of the position to prevent the assault of the tank troops of the National Defense Forces; the other is to make full use of the terrain of Yangmiao, which is about two kilometers southeast of Yangmiao. An isolated mountain with a length of more than a thousand meters, a width of more than 1.5 meters, and a height of more than [-] meters. To the northwest, there is a small river flowing slowly. The river is not very wide, the narrowest point is only seven or eight meters, and it is not very deep. , the deepest point is only about [-] meters, but such a small river has become a barrier for the Japanese army to block attacks from the north.

Fujita Jin ordered the engineering wing to make full use of the terrain, established several artillery positions that were easy to defend and difficult to attack, and concealed all 3 12mm howitzers and 120 36mm field guns of the 75rd Field Artillery Wing on the isolated mountain.The advantage of being as high as more than [-] meters allowed the range of the Japanese artillery to make up for the weakness of the relatively short range caused by technical reasons. In addition, it gained the benefits of terrain and wide field of vision. Troops pose a great threat.

On the small river in the northwest, Fujita established a large number of machine gun fortifications, infantry artillery and grenade launching positions, and sent an infantry brigade to defend; Defense forces on the line.

Perhaps, Yangmiao really has the conditions to become a classic battle between China and Japan. The small river in the northwest and the lonely mountain in the southeast are naturally close at both ends. The distance between the two sides is less than 500 meters. Under the conditions of modern warfare, These more than 500 meters can be completely blocked by machine guns alone.

Huang Tingzhen, the commander of the "Hongyao Battle", the commander of the 061 Division, was personally responsible for the command of the battle for Yangmiao.Yang Miao is not easy to fight, and Huang Tingzhen knows it. If the consideration is more detailed before the battle, for example, if the heavy artillery brigade directly under the general and the armored brigade are swapped, the effect may be better, but since the war has already started, it is not very good to transfer.

Before the 063 Division arrived at the Hongyao front, Yang Miao's troops were only the 061nd Regiment of the 2 Division and the Army Direct Armored Brigade. The strength of the troops was obviously weak. The 061 Regiment launched several tentative attacks and was met with fierce Japanese artillery fire.However, it is obvious that the Japanese artillery fire has also been reserved, at least the 120mm howitzer was not used.Of course, the commander was not Huang Tingzhen, but Lai Weixian, the deputy commander of the 061 Division.

After Huang Tingzhen arrived at the Yangmiao battlefield, he discovered Lai Weixian's helplessness.This Yangmiao is just a tortoise, with mountains on both sides and rivers on both sides. Although there is an entrance and exit, the opening is just within the range of the Japanese heavy artillery.

Is it okay to attack from the small river in the northwest? The range of the 120 howitzer is as high as 15 kilometers, and the small river and even the entire Yangmiao are within the range of the artillery fire of the Japanese Field Artillery Regiment.

In the end, all the staff of the "Hongyao Campaign" headquarters had to make the worst and most realistic decision: launch shelling with the Japanese army!Only by destroying the artillery positions of the Japanese army can other units of the Wehrmacht come into play.

“轰轰轰——”下午5时10分，063师榴炮团1营、2营共24门105mm榴弹炮对鬼子孤山上的炮兵阵地进行猛烈的炮击！

"This density of shelling is enough for the Japanese army to drink a pot." The staff officers of the observation post said excitedly when they saw the flames and thick smoke rising from the isolated mountain.

"Order: The original 10-minute bombardment was changed to 5 minutes, and the ammunition near the position was immediately removed!" Commander Huang Tingzhen was not optimistic at all.

The ammunition soldiers who received the order immediately drove the car full of artillery shells to the reserve position.

"As soon as the five minutes are up, move your position immediately!" Huang Tingzhen gave the order again, because the ominous premonition in his heart was getting stronger and stronger.

Five minutes is only enough for the howitzer to fire ten rounds in rapid succession. "Hurry up, put on the trailer and transfer immediately!" Ji Zhenxiang, the head of the howitzer regiment of the 5 Division, fired 063 rounds from the artillery, and the roar was still echoing in his ears. , when the gun barrel was just reset, he shouted into the soil microphone.

In fact, the trailer driver was already backing up in the direction of the gun.

"Quick, quick, Baga, the artillery of the Chinese Army needs to move its position, prepare to fire!" Almost at the same time, on the lonely mountain, Aoi Dosa of the 3rd Japanese Field Artillery Regiment shouted at the Japanese artillery with a telescope in his hand.

"Boom boom boom..." 36 100mm field guns of the Japanese army began to counterattack violently against the artillery positions of the National Defense Army!

Seeing that the trailers in front had pulled the howitzers out of the battlefield, Ji Zhenxiang slowly let go of his hanging heart. He also knew that the coordinates of the shelling just now were measured by the Japanese army during the shelling in the morning. The position has been transferred, so... the result can be imagined, the Japanese army will definitely retaliate immediately.

"Boom—" At this moment, the Japanese army's first test shell fell, and it landed directly on the position of the previous howitzer.

"Quick, quick—" Seeing this, Ji Zhenxiang became nervous again. The Japanese army's test-fired shells were so accurate, so the first round of shelling would not take more than half a minute.

The artillerymen also knew that this was a race against death, so they moved faster; soldiers who had no tasks for the time being, and soldiers on duty near the artillery positions, all ran quickly, the farther away from the artillery positions the better.

"Regimental Commander, hurry up, retreat—" Hu Tianshen, the battalion commander of the Qingbu Battalion, came running like flying with two soldiers. Ji Zhenxiang was standing on a raised part of the artillery position and shouting. This is not for the Japanese artillery shells. Be a target?

"Boom boom boom..." The Japanese artillery came faster than expected, and the remaining 063 howitzers of the 10 Division Howitzer Regiment were immediately submerged in the smoke of the shell explosion.

"Lie down—" Ji Zhenxiang yelled the moment the devil's shell fell.

"Regimental Commander—" Hu Tianshen, the battalion commander of the Qingbu Battalion, cried out in despair when he saw Ji Zhenxiang was shrouded in the smoke of a shell explosion.

Hu Tianshen was out of reach. He and the two soldiers were at least 50 meters away from Ji Zhenxiang.

The Japanese bombardment was also very restrained. Like the National Defense Forces, they only shelled for 5 minutes before quickly shifting their positions.As a senior artilleryman, Aoi Tuo naturally knew that the National Defense Forces did not do their best in this bombardment. Maybe when he was having fun, the National Defense Forces artillery fire hit him.

The howitzer positions where the gunpowder smoke has cleared, the scene is horrible!

Hundreds of soldiers who were too late to evacuate, not to mention one living person, even a complete corpse would be difficult to find. The 10 cannons and their trailers were blown to pieces, and the barrels, gun mounts, tires, carriages, steel plates, etc. were flying everywhere. Ji Zhenxiang, the head of the howitzer regiment, was lucky not to be on his side , at this time, Ji Zhenxiang lay down on the ground, with a large pool of blood soaked under his body. According to the total amount of blood in a person, even if Ji Zhenxiang still has a breath, it is impossible for Ji Zhenxiang to come back to life.

1938年2月24日下午5时20分，一纸电文传到华东野战军司令部：“063师榴炮团在对日军炮击时遭到日军火炮突袭，我军官兵死亡576人，重伤20余人，榴炮团上校团长吉祯祥不幸遇难……”