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Chapter 1,424: Battle of Saibei (3)

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    At 8 a.m. on May 19, under Zhang Tengjiao¡¯s order, an infantry regiment of the 1st Brigade of the 177th Division began to attack the Japanese army¡¯s first line of defense on the east bank of the Dongyang River west of Beisha City.

    The battle entered a fierce stage at the beginning. The two sides used artillery of more than 75mm at the beginning of the battle, and carried out an artillery battle that lasted for half an hour.

    In order to put psychological pressure on the Japanese army, Zhang Tengjiao dispatched two mountain artillery battalions and a field artillery battalion at once. 36 large-caliber artillery pieces suppressed the little Japanese's mountain artillery brigade at the front.

    After half an hour of continuous bombing, more than a thousand artillery shells were fired directly at the Japanese positions. The bombs were so powerful that the defenders within the Japanese defense lines did not even dare to risk their lives.

    Even the artillery of the Japs failed to fire, and they did not dare to fight back at all!

    Although the soldiers of the 36th Independent Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army stationed on the first line of defense were badly bombed, because the commander of the other side was quite experienced in combat, not many troops were deployed on the front line. Although this shelling seemed awesome on the surface,  It was a coax, but in fact the losses caused to the Japanese and puppet troops were very limited.

    When the national army launched an attack on the Japanese position, the Japanese army, not to be outdone, immediately launched a counterattack under the command of the captain.

    After the battle started, the Japanese aviation forces located in Peiping and Tianjin immediately dispatched to the battlefield for reinforcements.

    At 9:30 in the morning, more than 20 bombers, covered by eight fighter jets, appeared on the battlefield and launched a bombing campaign against the attacking national army.

    At this moment, the air defense regiment belonging to the 177th Division immediately launched a counterattack, and a large-scale ground-to-air battle began.

    "Boom boom boom"

    "Da da da"

    Cannons were roaring, machine guns were roaring, and the Chinese and Japanese armies across the Dongyang River were attacking crazily.

    Since the Japanese army had blown up the bridge connecting the two sides, the soldiers could only attack through the river.

    Fortunately, it is only May and the flood season has not yet arrived. In addition, there is no rain this year. The Dongyang River is less than one meter deep and its width is less than one-third of the flood season.

    But even so, it still caused great trouble to the attacking troops.

    The most important thing is that the soldiers move very slowly in the water, which makes them a living target in the eyes of the Japanese army on the opposite side.

    In addition, the shooting skills of the little devils are generally good, especially those veterans. When hitting a moving target 300 meters away, they can hit accurately every time. The attack took less than an hour and caused great casualties to the troops attacking at the front.  .

    In the forward command post, the commander of the 1st Brigade of the 177th Division, Lu Ding'an, stared at the battle ahead with a gloomy face. This was only the first line of defense, and his troops would not be able to attack it for a long time. More importantly, the casualties of the troops far exceeded his  expected.

    "How many times has this been attacked?" Lu Ding'an asked in a deep voice.

    Deputy Brigadier Feng Delin immediately said: "This is the fourth attack. The first two were exploratory attacks, and only company-level combat units were sent, but the third and fourth times were storming by battalion-level units.  "

    At this moment, a combat staff officer stood up and reported: "Reporting to the brigade, the second attack of the regiment and battalion was defeated again, and the troops suffered heavy losses!"

    "Old Feng, you can't fight like this. There are countless firepower points deployed along the river. Even if we use our artillery to its extreme, it will be difficult to make up for the firepower gap between the two sides. If we continue to fight, the regiment will be destroyed.  "Lu Ding'an said in a deep voice.

    "Yes, this is still the first line of defense. The little devils have several lines of defense like this. If we fight all the way, even if our whole brigade is exhausted, we may not be able to reach Zhangjiakou!"

    "Then what do you think we should do?"

    Feng Delin thought for a while and said: "For frontal containment, let the Second Regiment deploy some elites to find a gentle place to cross the river downstream, and then go around behind the little devil!"

    "Well, I think it's okay. I'll send a report to Ma Yuhu and ask him to mobilize the main force of the two battalions and cross the river from the lower reaches of the Dongyang River immediately. Just tell me what I said. They only have two hours. I will hear it in two hours.  Gunfire rang out from the other side!¡±

    "yes!"

    "Call the first regiment again and ask them to continue their fierce attack on me and contain the main force of the Japanese soldiers to prevent them from affecting the second regiment's crossing of the river!"

    "yes!"

    ?¡­

    The sound of gunfire rang out again, and the forward position was once again shrouded in artillery fire!

    On the Japanese military position, Major Haraguchi Kumajiro, the captain of the 36th Independent Battalion, also had a solemn look on his face.

    He is a graduate of Mainland China University??A top student, although he has not been on the Chinese battlefield for a long time, he has participated in many large and small battles, but this is the first time he has seen an attack like this.

    Because in previous battles, the Imperial Japanese Army was attacking and the Chinese army was passively defending, but now it has just changed its position.

    It's not that he's not good at defensive warfare, but the artillery fire from the opposite army is too fierce. The artillery fires continuously, as if there is endless ammunition. This is completely different from the Chinese army that Major Haraguchi knows.  .

    What¡¯s more important is that the opponent¡¯s soldiers were not afraid of death. Even though they suffered such heavy losses, they still did not stop attacking, but became more and more brave.

    If it weren¡¯t for the river blocking the way, I¡¯m afraid the army on the opposite side would have reached the other side of the river long ago.

    "Oka-kun, this is already the fifth attack by that person. How many casualties do you think the other party has suffered?" Major Haraguchi asked the adjutant.

    "There should be no less than 500 people. The opponent sent two infantry companies in the previous attack, and the two casualties added up to at least 150 people. The next two were battalion-level charges, and the casualties are conservatively estimated to be more than 300 people.  , even five hundred people are possible." Lieutenant Xiaolu, the adjutant, replied.

    "The brigade commander's order requires us to kill a large number of people's troops. It seems to be very effective. If the fight continues like this, this line of defense can kill at least 3,000 people!"

    "Hai!"

    ?¡­

    The attack of the 1st Regiment lasted for half an hour before being repulsed. The reason was that the battalion commander of the 1st Regiment and 1st Battalion was killed by stray bullets during the attack. In addition, 4 of the 8 chief and deputy company commanders of the 4 companies in the battalion died.  Two of them were seriously injured, leaving only two who could still fight.

    Compared with the casualties of officers, the casualties of soldiers were equally heavy.

    After two consecutive charges, less than 150 of the 560 people in the battalion could still fight at this time. Most of the remaining people were killed, and more than 200 people were injured and lost their combat effectiveness. It can be said that the regiment and battalion were basically disabled.

    But for the sake of the overall situation, the first regiment commander organized the troops again and launched the sixth attack.

    This time, in order to motivate the troops on the front line, Liu Yuhe, the commander of the first regiment, personally led the team to participate in the front-line attack.

    Liu Yuhe was born in the Hunan Army. He did not go to a military academy, but he did read.

    Six years ago, he joined Li Guoyao's command along with Xu Hu and others. At that time, he was still a small soldier.

    In six years, this baby boy who was so scared that he peed his pants when he saw the Japanese soldiers shooting gradually grew into the main regiment leader.

    It is not that Liu Yuhe has never fought a tough battle like this before, but this is the first time he has fought with such a coward. Before, they hid in the dark and watched the little devils rushing forward as if they were about to die. Today they were the attacking party. Liu Yuhe felt that he  What you do may not necessarily be better than that of a kid.

    But no matter what, military orders are like mountains, and they must be implemented once they are issued.

    At that moment, he ordered the half-disabled second battalion to gather immediately, and according to his command, rushed towards the position where the Japanese soldiers were stationed on the other side of the river.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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