Chapter 155 Tokyo Massacre (2)
There is a mountain called Mount Fuji outside the city of Tokyo. Looking down from the top of the mountain, you can have a panoramic view of Tokyo.If the heavy artillery brought by Feng Zicai is placed on the top of the mountain, then Tokyo will be at your fingertips.
And in this important strategic location on Mount Fuji, a reinforced division of 3 troops was also deployed, even more than the troops in the city.
That night, Feng Zi came to the assault position.
At this moment, Xu Bangdao, the commander of the fourth brigade beside him, said: "Master, the little devils have a tight formation and a clear hierarchy of firepower. It seems that we can only use a surprise attack."
Feng Zicai nodded and looked at the sky, it was getting dark.After dark, the deep valley is pitch black, which is a good time to raid the position.
The moon is dark and the stars are sparse, and the sky is lonely.Even Tiangong seems to be favoring the Qing army at this time.
Chen Shanyuan, head of the 12th Regiment of the Fourth Brigade of the Second Division, looked at the formation of more than 2000 men under him, and his heart was full of pride.They will be the first wave of attack echelon to launch a charge to the front position of the Japanese Mount Fuji, but the eyes of these veterans who have experienced the Sino-British Burma War are only calm, without the slightest fear.
On such a night, when a large-scale group raid is launched, it will be impossible for the Japanese troops on the ground to guarantee high design accuracy due to the visibility.And once the two armies are close to a certain extent, the role of artillery will be greatly reduced.In an era without automatic weapons, such a charge would be very difficult to stop.Historically, in the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese army defeated the Russian army, which lacked machine guns, with its fearless night assault charge.
Of course, such a charge is not without its drawbacks.Because of the suddenness of the launch, generally the first wave of attacks can easily approach the enemy's position, so that the artillery does not cause much damage to it.But the artillery will soon have an extended design behind it, making it difficult for his follow-up troops to reinforce him.This requires that the first wave of shocking troops must be very strong, and must be able to occupy the enemy's frontline positions in a short period of time and form a defense.Withstand the enemy charge before reinforcements come up.
Even if the winning side adopts such a tactic, it will suffer a lot of casualties, which is almost a method of hurting people.
Feng Zi dared to do this. In addition to believing in the combat effectiveness of the second division, he also had a little selfishness. The first division defeated people in North Korea. Everyone in the country knew about it. Luo Ming also became famous in the first battle. The second division and the first division are both top ten aces As the head of the main division, he also wants to take this opportunity to prove it to the world.It is also a head-on confrontation, and the second division does not fear anyone.
Chen Shanyuan walked up to the first row of soldiers at this time, arranged their collars and the grenades hanging on their chests one by one, and then said a few words to the soldiers or patted them on the shoulder.These things were often done by his political commissar, but he fell into a pool of blood during the last landing in Yokohama. The weak scholar who he looked down on shot himself in the chest and lay on the beach of Yokohama forever. Just inherit these habits.
Finally, Chen Shanyuan picked up a pottery bowl and said: "Brothers, I am always strict with you, sometimes I kick you with my feet, and sometimes I beat you with a whip. I hope you don't hate my brother. You are going to fight the devils tonight." Alright, my brother will borrow a bowl of water and wine to do your best for you, no matter what you are sorry for, everyone just smiles and wipes away all grievances."
"Leader, everyone knows in your heart that you hate iron and steel. If you can survive tonight, you will follow the leader to fight devils in the future."
Chen Shanyuan's eyes were wet, and he was full of pride: "Okay, let's see if our bone can break the devil's front teeth tonight, everyone."
"Dry" All soldiers held bayonet-mounted rifles in one hand and poured wine into their mouths with the other.The scorching alcohol made the soldier's eye sockets red, and a murderous aura filled the entire starting position.
The attack has officially begun.On the urgently constructed artillery position, hundreds of 57mm Mount Grusen guns lined up in two rows and made violent noises. Although the range and barrel strength are slightly worse than the Krupp guns, the retreating guns are much cheaper. The first-generation standard artillery was equipped with the divisions of the Qing Dynasty, and more than 200 mortars also bombarded the front-line positions of the Japanese army on Mount Fuji at the same time.
Rows of shells roared out, and then exploded on the Japanese positions.The Japanese soldiers in the fortifications only felt that the ground was shaking.The orange flame dazzled the Japanese artillery staff officer holding the Chase artillery mirror on the hillside for a while.Rubbing his eyes quickly, proofreading the design errors.
The night was illuminated by clusters of fire, showing different and strangely shaped smoke columns.For 10 minutes after shelling two, the oblique fire began to escort the commandos forward.
There was the sound of gun bolts being pulled in the trench, and more than 2000 brothers jumped out of the starting position together under Chen Shanyuan's vigorous wave of his hand.Chen Shanyuan clenched his cheekbones tightly and held the command knife in his hand. Now in his eyes, he only saw the opposite position!
This time the entire division was a feint attack, and only the 12th regiment of their fourth brigade was the main attack.During the day, I had already reconnaissance clearly, the position 500 meters opposite to me was the junction of the two enemy regiments, and there was at most one battalion of troops, so I could make a breakthrough very quickly.He is already thinking about how to build fortifications to win the first-line position.
With a piercing cry, the soldier staggered forward after the officer.But it doesn't take long to see the difference between recruits and veterans.The recruits only know how to rush forward in the intertwined bullet rain, even if they have been trained before, they have forgotten it.The veterans still remember to maintain the formation of the charge and maintain the firepower of the skirmish line.
The artillery of the Japanese army reacted quickly, and found the main direction of the Qing army's main attack when the whole line was attacking. The firepower of the mountain artillery and field artillery immediately hit the mountains and valleys.Before the 12th regiment rushed into the shooting blind spot, the shells exploded in the charge queue.In an instant, dozens of figures fell down.
However, this was the last bit of help from the Japanese artillery. The 12th regiment quickly rushed into the Japanese forward position. Due to fear of accidental injury, the Japanese artillery could only extend to the rear of the 12th regiment.
At this time, the Mauser guns in the hands of the soldiers of the 12th regiment also started shooting, and they wanted to suppress the remaining Japanese infantry in the front line.The crisp whistle of the Mauser rifle rang out.
And the Japanese army on the opposite side seemed to be indeed suppressed, and there was no one who fought back.It seems that the next thing to do is to rush into the trenches and use bayonets, rifle butts, or engineer shovels to kill those devils.
However, at this moment, just when the soldiers of the 12th regiment entered the open area with any shelter in front of the Japanese position.The firepower of the Japanese army hiding in the darkness seemed to be revived instantly, and more than a dozen Field machine guns formed crossfire.Coupled with the unique crackling sound of Gatling machine guns, the slightly dense crowd in front of the position was knocked down row by row!Countless people rushed forward struggling, but the distance of less than 200 meters seemed to be an insurmountable moat, and they fell on the icy ground before reaching the goal.The junior officers leading the team rushed to the front.There were also casualties at the front. Many people waved their sabers to call for the soldiers to charge forward, and fell down when they turned around.
Feng Zicai watched the battle in the night with a livid face, his hands trembling slightly while holding the binoculars.The arrangement of people on the front line is not an ordinary infantry company.It was a company of machine guns. This change caught the veteran on the battlefield by surprise.
In this era, machine guns are not the kind of infantry support weapons that are deployed to squad-level combat units. They exist more as a kind of firepower suppression.Like artillery.Generally four to eight heavy machine guns form a machine gun company.Three or four machine gun companies are grouped into a fire group or battalion.
Unexpectedly, the Japanese army would use machine guns like this.And looking at the quantity, the Japanese army should draw out all the machine guns of a division and place them on the front line.They expected us to launch a night attack!With these extremely fast-firing machine guns, the Japanese army’s disadvantage of low shooting accuracy in the dark was made up for. In addition, Mount Fuji’s wide range of fire made it easier for the opponent to display their firepower. This burst of shock turned into a massacre.At this time, the Japanese artillery had already formed a barrage of fire behind them, and it was impossible for them to retreat.Feng Zicai clenched his fists tightly, his nails were embedded in his flesh.
If this battle is not successful, the two of them will lose face and go home.Those who were beaten by the first division in North Korea had no power to fight back. Zhang Xunzai, who also came back from Germany, also shined brilliantly. Now it's their turn.But he can't even attack Tokyo, can this veteran not be anxious?
In the headquarters on the other side of the battlefield, Nakamura, the commander of the Tokyo Guard Division of the Royal Army, also appreciated all this with satisfaction.Now is no longer the era of cold weapons. It is foolish to want to win by simple force superiority.In his opinion, if the officers commanding the Qing army had a little bit of military common sense, they should stop attacking temporarily, and then look for weak spots in the Japanese defense line to attack.But in doing so, his artillery would add some more casualties to their numbers.
However, as the battle progressed, Nakamura Shiya's face gradually changed, and the original relaxed expression was replaced by a dignified expression.
The reason is that the Qing army not only did not choose to retreat, but instead bumped into the front with the strongest firepower of the Japanese army time and time again.From the artillery mirror, I saw with my own eyes the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, shouting slogans that resounded through the sky, and continued to charge.The wounded crawled on the ground, grabbing the red-hot machine guns of the Japanese army with both hands.Occasionally, a soldier rushed into the trench, and there was a loud noise in a blink of an eye. It should have been killed with a grenade and the soldiers in the trench.He even saw a Qing soldier jumping up from the ground, blocking a machine gun that was spewing bullets with his chest.
As a result, when the soldiers on the front line saw a Qing soldier rushing up, the first thing they did was not to kill them with the machine gun in their hands, but turned around and fled to the second line.Fighting against such an army was really terrible. He gradually realized that his colleagues in North Korea were defeated by such an army, and their soldiers' fighting will even tended to surpass that of soldiers.
(End of this chapter)
There is a mountain called Mount Fuji outside the city of Tokyo. Looking down from the top of the mountain, you can have a panoramic view of Tokyo.If the heavy artillery brought by Feng Zicai is placed on the top of the mountain, then Tokyo will be at your fingertips.
And in this important strategic location on Mount Fuji, a reinforced division of 3 troops was also deployed, even more than the troops in the city.
That night, Feng Zi came to the assault position.
At this moment, Xu Bangdao, the commander of the fourth brigade beside him, said: "Master, the little devils have a tight formation and a clear hierarchy of firepower. It seems that we can only use a surprise attack."
Feng Zicai nodded and looked at the sky, it was getting dark.After dark, the deep valley is pitch black, which is a good time to raid the position.
The moon is dark and the stars are sparse, and the sky is lonely.Even Tiangong seems to be favoring the Qing army at this time.
Chen Shanyuan, head of the 12th Regiment of the Fourth Brigade of the Second Division, looked at the formation of more than 2000 men under him, and his heart was full of pride.They will be the first wave of attack echelon to launch a charge to the front position of the Japanese Mount Fuji, but the eyes of these veterans who have experienced the Sino-British Burma War are only calm, without the slightest fear.
On such a night, when a large-scale group raid is launched, it will be impossible for the Japanese troops on the ground to guarantee high design accuracy due to the visibility.And once the two armies are close to a certain extent, the role of artillery will be greatly reduced.In an era without automatic weapons, such a charge would be very difficult to stop.Historically, in the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese army defeated the Russian army, which lacked machine guns, with its fearless night assault charge.
Of course, such a charge is not without its drawbacks.Because of the suddenness of the launch, generally the first wave of attacks can easily approach the enemy's position, so that the artillery does not cause much damage to it.But the artillery will soon have an extended design behind it, making it difficult for his follow-up troops to reinforce him.This requires that the first wave of shocking troops must be very strong, and must be able to occupy the enemy's frontline positions in a short period of time and form a defense.Withstand the enemy charge before reinforcements come up.
Even if the winning side adopts such a tactic, it will suffer a lot of casualties, which is almost a method of hurting people.
Feng Zi dared to do this. In addition to believing in the combat effectiveness of the second division, he also had a little selfishness. The first division defeated people in North Korea. Everyone in the country knew about it. Luo Ming also became famous in the first battle. The second division and the first division are both top ten aces As the head of the main division, he also wants to take this opportunity to prove it to the world.It is also a head-on confrontation, and the second division does not fear anyone.
Chen Shanyuan walked up to the first row of soldiers at this time, arranged their collars and the grenades hanging on their chests one by one, and then said a few words to the soldiers or patted them on the shoulder.These things were often done by his political commissar, but he fell into a pool of blood during the last landing in Yokohama. The weak scholar who he looked down on shot himself in the chest and lay on the beach of Yokohama forever. Just inherit these habits.
Finally, Chen Shanyuan picked up a pottery bowl and said: "Brothers, I am always strict with you, sometimes I kick you with my feet, and sometimes I beat you with a whip. I hope you don't hate my brother. You are going to fight the devils tonight." Alright, my brother will borrow a bowl of water and wine to do your best for you, no matter what you are sorry for, everyone just smiles and wipes away all grievances."
"Leader, everyone knows in your heart that you hate iron and steel. If you can survive tonight, you will follow the leader to fight devils in the future."
Chen Shanyuan's eyes were wet, and he was full of pride: "Okay, let's see if our bone can break the devil's front teeth tonight, everyone."
"Dry" All soldiers held bayonet-mounted rifles in one hand and poured wine into their mouths with the other.The scorching alcohol made the soldier's eye sockets red, and a murderous aura filled the entire starting position.
The attack has officially begun.On the urgently constructed artillery position, hundreds of 57mm Mount Grusen guns lined up in two rows and made violent noises. Although the range and barrel strength are slightly worse than the Krupp guns, the retreating guns are much cheaper. The first-generation standard artillery was equipped with the divisions of the Qing Dynasty, and more than 200 mortars also bombarded the front-line positions of the Japanese army on Mount Fuji at the same time.
Rows of shells roared out, and then exploded on the Japanese positions.The Japanese soldiers in the fortifications only felt that the ground was shaking.The orange flame dazzled the Japanese artillery staff officer holding the Chase artillery mirror on the hillside for a while.Rubbing his eyes quickly, proofreading the design errors.
The night was illuminated by clusters of fire, showing different and strangely shaped smoke columns.For 10 minutes after shelling two, the oblique fire began to escort the commandos forward.
There was the sound of gun bolts being pulled in the trench, and more than 2000 brothers jumped out of the starting position together under Chen Shanyuan's vigorous wave of his hand.Chen Shanyuan clenched his cheekbones tightly and held the command knife in his hand. Now in his eyes, he only saw the opposite position!
This time the entire division was a feint attack, and only the 12th regiment of their fourth brigade was the main attack.During the day, I had already reconnaissance clearly, the position 500 meters opposite to me was the junction of the two enemy regiments, and there was at most one battalion of troops, so I could make a breakthrough very quickly.He is already thinking about how to build fortifications to win the first-line position.
With a piercing cry, the soldier staggered forward after the officer.But it doesn't take long to see the difference between recruits and veterans.The recruits only know how to rush forward in the intertwined bullet rain, even if they have been trained before, they have forgotten it.The veterans still remember to maintain the formation of the charge and maintain the firepower of the skirmish line.
The artillery of the Japanese army reacted quickly, and found the main direction of the Qing army's main attack when the whole line was attacking. The firepower of the mountain artillery and field artillery immediately hit the mountains and valleys.Before the 12th regiment rushed into the shooting blind spot, the shells exploded in the charge queue.In an instant, dozens of figures fell down.
However, this was the last bit of help from the Japanese artillery. The 12th regiment quickly rushed into the Japanese forward position. Due to fear of accidental injury, the Japanese artillery could only extend to the rear of the 12th regiment.
At this time, the Mauser guns in the hands of the soldiers of the 12th regiment also started shooting, and they wanted to suppress the remaining Japanese infantry in the front line.The crisp whistle of the Mauser rifle rang out.
And the Japanese army on the opposite side seemed to be indeed suppressed, and there was no one who fought back.It seems that the next thing to do is to rush into the trenches and use bayonets, rifle butts, or engineer shovels to kill those devils.
However, at this moment, just when the soldiers of the 12th regiment entered the open area with any shelter in front of the Japanese position.The firepower of the Japanese army hiding in the darkness seemed to be revived instantly, and more than a dozen Field machine guns formed crossfire.Coupled with the unique crackling sound of Gatling machine guns, the slightly dense crowd in front of the position was knocked down row by row!Countless people rushed forward struggling, but the distance of less than 200 meters seemed to be an insurmountable moat, and they fell on the icy ground before reaching the goal.The junior officers leading the team rushed to the front.There were also casualties at the front. Many people waved their sabers to call for the soldiers to charge forward, and fell down when they turned around.
Feng Zicai watched the battle in the night with a livid face, his hands trembling slightly while holding the binoculars.The arrangement of people on the front line is not an ordinary infantry company.It was a company of machine guns. This change caught the veteran on the battlefield by surprise.
In this era, machine guns are not the kind of infantry support weapons that are deployed to squad-level combat units. They exist more as a kind of firepower suppression.Like artillery.Generally four to eight heavy machine guns form a machine gun company.Three or four machine gun companies are grouped into a fire group or battalion.
Unexpectedly, the Japanese army would use machine guns like this.And looking at the quantity, the Japanese army should draw out all the machine guns of a division and place them on the front line.They expected us to launch a night attack!With these extremely fast-firing machine guns, the Japanese army’s disadvantage of low shooting accuracy in the dark was made up for. In addition, Mount Fuji’s wide range of fire made it easier for the opponent to display their firepower. This burst of shock turned into a massacre.At this time, the Japanese artillery had already formed a barrage of fire behind them, and it was impossible for them to retreat.Feng Zicai clenched his fists tightly, his nails were embedded in his flesh.
If this battle is not successful, the two of them will lose face and go home.Those who were beaten by the first division in North Korea had no power to fight back. Zhang Xunzai, who also came back from Germany, also shined brilliantly. Now it's their turn.But he can't even attack Tokyo, can this veteran not be anxious?
In the headquarters on the other side of the battlefield, Nakamura, the commander of the Tokyo Guard Division of the Royal Army, also appreciated all this with satisfaction.Now is no longer the era of cold weapons. It is foolish to want to win by simple force superiority.In his opinion, if the officers commanding the Qing army had a little bit of military common sense, they should stop attacking temporarily, and then look for weak spots in the Japanese defense line to attack.But in doing so, his artillery would add some more casualties to their numbers.
However, as the battle progressed, Nakamura Shiya's face gradually changed, and the original relaxed expression was replaced by a dignified expression.
The reason is that the Qing army not only did not choose to retreat, but instead bumped into the front with the strongest firepower of the Japanese army time and time again.From the artillery mirror, I saw with my own eyes the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, shouting slogans that resounded through the sky, and continued to charge.The wounded crawled on the ground, grabbing the red-hot machine guns of the Japanese army with both hands.Occasionally, a soldier rushed into the trench, and there was a loud noise in a blink of an eye. It should have been killed with a grenade and the soldiers in the trench.He even saw a Qing soldier jumping up from the ground, blocking a machine gun that was spewing bullets with his chest.
As a result, when the soldiers on the front line saw a Qing soldier rushing up, the first thing they did was not to kill them with the machine gun in their hands, but turned around and fled to the second line.Fighting against such an army was really terrible. He gradually realized that his colleagues in North Korea were defeated by such an army, and their soldiers' fighting will even tended to surpass that of soldiers.
(End of this chapter)
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