[July 10th] The morning of the fourth day when the Battle of Datong broke out.
"Tong! Tong! Tong!"
Accompanied by several loud roars, the two artillery groups in the east and west of the National Defense Force and the Garrison Corps launched bombardments on the Japanese troops stationed in Datong City on time.
It happened that the violent tremors caused by the explosion disturbed Yasui Fujiji, who was resting and recuperating. At that time, he had shouldered the burden of the Second and Twenty-Two Grand Masters on his own since his death from Dohashi. Li Yunfeng's artillery troops bombed non-stop for more than twenty hours a day. They were like a ruthless machine that was wound up. They were thinking about it all the time and tried their best to find a way to defeat the enemy!
For this reason, he had not closed his eyes for more than forty hours. He finally managed to catch a nap two hours ago when the fuel and lamp ran out. He was awakened by the sound of artillery fire from the National Defense Forces, and immediately faced two eye-catching black circles. Jumping off the bed, his pupils were bloodshot at that moment, as if they were about to burst out of his eyes at the next moment.
It's a pity that so far, even though he has racked his brains, he still hasn't come up with any effective strategy to defend against the enemy!
The battle continues to this day. The 22nd Division, which originally faced off against the National Defense Forces on the outskirts of the city, has been bombarded by the opponent for two days and three nights, and has paid the price with the lives of 971 Japanese locust troops, including the head of the division. Finally, some middle-level officers were dissatisfied with Anjing Fujiji's timid tactics.
After forming a private alliance in small groups, more than 10,000 people from three regiments broke out of the trenches and immediately charged towards the opponent's infantry position.
At that time, the people responsible for guarding the first line of defense were the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Regiment and the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the National Defense Forces. The battalion commanders were Xizi and Xu Hu respectively. Seeing the opposing Japs rushing up, everyone showed joy. With a look on his face, he is gearing up and waiting for the opponent to approach.
"Fight!" Following Xu Hu's order, the third company at the forefront of the 2nd Regiment and 1st Battalion took the lead in meeting the enemy. The heavy machine gun Lao Chai, who had been eager to try for a long time, held both ends of the MG42 general machine gun's grip with two thumbs. The gun as thick as a muzzle spurted out a tongue of flame instantly, and at that moment the bullets poured out like a tide, the sound of gunshots like tearing cloth was heard endlessly, making Lao Chai intoxicated and full of excitement.
Once upon a time, Lao Chai, who was once reduced to a beggar soldier, was also a machine gunner in the Sichuan Army, which was so poor that he couldn't even urinate blood. However, his broken machine gun belonged to Zhao Erxun, the former governor of Sichuan during the Xuantong period. Second-hand Maxim bought from Germans.
After half a century of wear and tear, the tripod used to weigh the gun body was worn into a bipod; and every time half a round of bullets was fired, water had to be poured on the cold cylinder of the barrel jacket to cool down;
Of course, this is not the end of the story. In order to save bullets, his superiors will give him numerous instructions before a battle begins, to draw the enemy closer before fighting!
Little did they know that this was such an old-fashioned way that it couldn't hit anyone from a little further away!
For this reason, it is two eras behind the Japanese's heavy machine guns and grenade launchers. Its range is so limited that it can be surpassed by just the 38-meter cover!
Fortunately, the ancients said that it was Hedong in the 30s and Hexi in the 30s. Since joining the National Defense Force, he has become a duck, and he has suddenly become rich! Not to mention his promotion from the heavy machine gun team leader of the Sichuan Army to the machine gun platoon leader of the Defense Forces, the MG42 general machine gun alone made him drool under the midsummer sun.
After actually operating it with my hands, I felt as if I had lost my mind. I thought about it during the day, cried at night, and even dreamed of sleeping with my arms around the frame of the machine gun!
At that time, the First Corps of the Garrison Armed Forces was out of the city to suppress bandits. He was so anxious that he took the initiative to apply to his superiors for cooperative operations. Unfortunately, the two armies had strict combat scopes. His application was rejected by his equally anxious superiors, so During those days of training, the big trees around the camp were ruined for eight lifetimes!
One after another fell down, just like the Japanese who were charging at that time. The first one was shot through the waist and fell to the ground and died, and then the next one had his Achilles tendon broken, and the tendons of his calf and feet split straight into pieces. Two pieces, even without realizing it, the body accelerated and charged and fell to the ground. Turning around and taking a closer look, the two bloody feet were stuck on the ground, and the blood from the wound on the calf was gushing outward like a fountain...
Seeing that the battle situation was not going well, Anjing Tengji was angry and anxious and had no intention of investigating who gave the order to attack without authorization.
He hurriedly ordered the rest of the 22nd Division and the main infantry troops under his command to mobilize in the trenches. They used left and right wing tactics to gather more than 10,000 people at the forefront, in an attempt to form a huge encirclement of the defense forces with their strength advantage!
I have to admit that this old Japanese who was appointed to take over as the new division commander of the Second Division after Yoshio Shinozuka was dismissed from his post is still somewhat capable.
Knowing that instead of trying to persuade the forward assault troops of the 22nd Division to return to the city to no avail, he tried to turn passivity into initiative. He killed 90% of the troops in one move and took advantage of the situation to form a huge encirclement. He wanted to control the defense forces and the garrison. The 30,000-strong army was surrounded by men and artillery.
In this way, if he advances, he can use his superior force to annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop; if he retreats, he can also rely on the artillery unit to provide fire cover, gather the troops back from the left, center, and right directions, and then rely on the high wall of the city Deep and Datong City, which is well supplied, can also hold on and wait for reinforcements.
Unfortunately, he made a fatal mistake, that is, he still regarded the National Defense Force as a second-rate army that was purely on foot and had not received any professional military theory. At most, it had more artillery than his own side.
Little did they know that this was a new army that had already been reborn! Only an ordinary garrison squadron can deploy up to eight military trucks; any company commander of the National Defense Force can mobilize reinforcements from the battalion and regiments, and even the artillery directly under the headquarters!
Therefore, seeing all the Japanese troops in the city, Zhou Weiguo, then the commander of the Second Regiment of the National Defense Force and the deputy chief of staff of the Garrison Corps, burst into laughter.
Immediately, a magical scene happened that made Li Yunlong stunned and eye-opening! The First Regiment, the Second Regiment, the First Corps, and the Second Corps turned their guns almost at the same time, targeting the Japanese soldiers who were charging forward with a blast of fire;
Immediately, the 8,000 infantrymen of the National Defense Force boarded their vehicles and set off, bypassing the Japanese troops on the east and west wings, extending the battle line into the fortifications originally dug by the 22nd Division, occupying the buffer zone, shortening the depth of the front, and cutting off the enemy. The army's return route.
Seeing this situation, a few Baga officers with good brains quickly ordered their own troops to block the SADF military cards that were driving by crazily!
They knew very well that once their retreat was cut off, the only way out for the 70,000-strong army waiting for them was death!
It's a pity that the Chinese God did not grant the Japanese dog's wish! Before the other party could get closer, the soldiers on the truck wielded rifles and light machine guns and sent the Japanese army away neatly!
The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly! By the time Yasui Fujiharu realized the seriousness of the situation, the defense forces had already extended their frontier to land less than ten miles away from the Datong City Wall!
Tens of thousands of Japanese locust troops were made dumplings as a result, causing Yasui to freeze on the spot, his expression numb and his eyes wandering:
"Oops! I'm afraid this time it won't be broken, but the whole army will be annihilated!"
