The 4th Cavalry Brigade requested to evacuate Duolun, which made the Kwantung Hall very angry, because when had the Kwantung Army suffered such casualties in previous battles against China?
But the current situation is different. The Northwest Army is definitely not an ordinary force, but Muto Nobuyoshi cannot ask for help from home, so Muto Nobuyoshi immediately decided to transfer the Sixth Division to Duolun and mix it into the 33rd Brigade to continue advancing towards Zhangjiakou.
Muto Nobuyoshi believes that the enemy is only equipped with a large number of advanced weapons, but in terms of tactics, combat, and will, they are absolutely no match for the Kwantung Army, so they can fight. Of course, Muto Nobuyoshi also sent a telegram to the Japanese base camp requesting to send troops to support the Kwantung Army.
After all, in addition to the 200,000 troops of the Northwest Army, the Guo Army also concentrated 250,000 troops in North China.
The 40,000 Kwantung Army is indeed a bit small.
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The 33rd Mixed Brigade Brigade Commander Major General Kaoru Nakamura
Under the jurisdiction of the 10th Infantry Regiment, the commander of the regiment is Colonel Renjian Shunshi.
63rd Infantry Regiment Commander Iizuka Asoyoshi
The 39th Infantry Regiment Mixed Battalion, Captain Kitazawa Sadaharu, Lieutenant Colonel
40th Infantry Regiment Captain Okamura Moto
The 10th Field Artillery Regiment, Commander Motojiro Taniguchi
Woo~
A grenade shell fell on the position of the 135th Regiment of the 45th Division.
The 45th Division stationed in Longmen on April 11 and began to build fortifications to prepare for defense.
The 44th Division's position is in the north of Longmen, the 43rd Division is in the south of Longmen, and the 15th Army forms a defensive formation.
When the battle between the 45th Division and the Japanese 33rd Brigade came to a close, the two divisions outflanked and wiped out the Japanese army.
"Bah, bah, bah! Damn, the little devil's grenade is so accurate."
"Shunzi! Get rid of that grenade quickly!"
Wu Longjian sighed and quickly called on the mortar crews in his company to fight back.
Boom! ! Boom!
With two soft and muffled sounds in succession, two mortar shells flew towards the little Japanese 200 meters away.
boom! !
The explosion blew away three Japs, killing not only one grenadier but also an observer grenadier.
"Shunzi! Well done!"
Wu Longjian praised him without hesitation, and then continued to observe the enemy troops.
Shunzi and the others immediately moved after killing a few little Japs. When they moved forward, the enemy's artillery shells flew over from behind.
"Quick, calculate the trajectory."
"Southeast direction, get down quickly!!!"
Woo!
boom! boom! boom!
The 33rd independent mixed brigade is under the jurisdiction of the 10th Field Artillery Regiment, which has 16 Type 90 75mm field guns.
Just now, four field guns from a Japanese artillery squadron opened fire.
"Damn it, move the position!"
The Japanese artillery squadron's firing exposed them, and the artillery regiment of the 45th Division quickly measured the distance.
I don’t know if I learned that the Northwest Army was equipped with a large number of artillery, so the Japanese field artillery unit was deployed 10 kilometers away.
The multiple mortar fires just now attracted the attention of the Japanese army. After measuring the distance, they reported it, so they were shelled by the Japanese army.
However, all the artillery of the Northwest Army are equipped with Dezi's artillery, which not only has a long range, but also has extremely high accuracy. After a few minutes of calculating the enemy's position, the 150mm howitzer battalion under the artillery regiment opened fire.
At an attack distance of 15,000m, even Japan's Type 96 150mm howitzer cannot hit it.
The roar of 12 howitzers could be heard throughout the position. The attacking Japanese troops fell down one after another, only to hear the sound of shells being fired towards the rear.
The 1.6-ton Type 90 field gun made it difficult to move in a short period of time. The first salvo blasted out more than a dozen large craters with a diameter of more than 4 meters on the Japanese field artillery squadron's position. One gun was The barrel of the gun was bent, and one hit directly.
The second salvo hit the ammunition dump, and the ammunition exploded, turning the entire field artillery squadron into a pile of debris.
Colonel Haseguchi Motojiro ordered at the beginning of the war not to fire easily. As a result, after receiving the news from the frontline infantry, the 2nd Field Artillery Squadron fired at the Chinese army, directly exposing its position.
"Baga! That stupid pig Yamamoto!" Haseguchi Motojiro angrily pulled out his command sword and chopped several times on the tree nearby.
Captain Jian Shunshi, the captain of the 10th Infantry Regiment, has commanded his troops to launch three attacks on the Chinese defenders' positions today. However, the enemy's firepower is extremely crazy. Every time he finally gets close to the enemy's position, the firepower will be increased violently. Except There were corpses everywhere, but the 10th Regiment found nothing.
Seeing that the commander of Shunshi was very angry, when did he have to pay attention to this and that when fighting with the Chinese army? The Chinese army is actually equipped with so many machine guns, especially the heavy machine gun that cannot be named. As long as it is hit, if you are lucky, you will die without pain. If you are not lucky, half of your body will be smashed and you will lie in the pile of corpses wailing.
The Chinese army is equipped with a large number of mg30 light machine guns, which are common with 28 and a half 7.92mm caliber bullets. They have a simple structure and reliable performance. They can fire 600-800 rounds of bullets per minute. In the case of the Northwest Army, each light machine gun has 6,000 rounds of ammunition. It's not too scary at all. If you don't have enough rifle ammunition, you can use it.
The little devil suffered a lot with this machine gun. As soon as the little Japanese Type 92 was fired with the crooked handle, bullets from the opposite side would swarm in. From time to time, mortars would fire, and most of the machine gunners had been lost. On the current position, almost no one dared to touch the machine gun. It was either well hidden or the machine gun was thrown to one side and people ran to the other side. The officer's orders did not work.
One regiment suffered heavy losses in the four-hour continuous attack, losing more than one-third! Nearly 600 people were killed or injured.
Seeing that the commander-in-chief was helpless, he couldn't fight the field artillery and he couldn't attack. How could he fight this battle?
Rely on the number of people?
But I heard that one division of the Northwest Army requires more than 10,000 people, and sending the entire brigade is not enough to replace them.
That night, when he saw Colonel Shunshi, he told the brigade commander that the 10th Regiment would not attack without field artillery support. The other company captains also agreed. They had no choice but to launch an attack on the Chinese army today. Each regiment lost two to three hundred people, and the entire brigade was injured.
Major General Nakamura Kaoru is not the kind of person who doesn't cherish the lives of his soldiers. He saw today's battle with his eyes, so after the meeting, he sent a telegram to the Kanto Agency: I independently formed the 33rd Brigade in Longmen on April 16th. An echelon attack was launched against the Chinese army. The enemy's 45th Division had fierce firepower. Although all our officers and soldiers were brave and fearless of death, there was still no results until evening. The losses were serious and morale was low. We asked for tactical guidance.
When General Muto Nobuyoshi saw the telegram, it was hard to believe that an independent mixed brigade with more than 6,000 people actually requested tactical guidance from the Kanto Agency after the attack failed. Did he mean to ask for reinforcements?
