(There are many unreasonable things in the previous article, and some are not fully explained. I will write the latter part first because I was not well prepared. Please forgive me and take the time to revise the previous changes.)
After half an hour of shelling, the sound of artillery gradually became sparse and stopped.
All the soldiers of the 135th Regiment let out shouts of charge and began to attack the Japanese positions.
The Japanese field artillery regiment also began to fight back. The reason why they did not start an artillery battle with the 45th Division was mainly because they did not have the ability. The number of artillery pieces was small and there were not many artillery shells, so they kept hiding until the Northwest Army began to attack, and the Japanese army did not open fire. fight back.
However, Colonel Haseguchi Motojiro had already closed his eyes in pain. He knew that after the artillery opened fire, his artillery regiment would become an infantry brigade in a short time.
Sure enough, not long after, the sound of the hissing shells rubbing against the air was heard in the sky.
"Baga!! Damn the Chinese army!!"
"Fight back! Fight back!!"
Colonel Haseguchi Motojiro has gone crazy. You must know that an artillery regiment is a very important strategic resource in Japan. When Japan's resources are scarce, artillery is extremely scarce.
Colonel Haseguchi Motojiro, who had already lost several artillery pieces, knew that even if he returned alive, he would be punished, and he might even have to apologize to the emperor.
Buzz~
Buzz~
Just when Colonel Motojiro Haseguchi looked crazy, the roar in the sky brought him back to reality. Looking at the huge cluster in the sky, Colonel Motojiro Haseguchi opened his mouth in shock.
"This is not the Imperial Air Force!"
"Baga!! This is a Chinese plane!! Why! Why! Why does that person have such advanced weapons!!"
The only consciousness in Colonel Haseguchi Motojiro's mind before he lost consciousness was that Japan was over.
As a new air force division, this was the first time that the 5th Air Force Division went into battle. Since the Japanese 4th Cavalry Brigade took the initiative to withdraw from Duolun, there was no fighting in the direction of Duolun. The first part of the 14th Army set out to the north and stationed in the northern area of Chahar, waiting for the arrival of subsequent garrison troops.
Therefore, the 5th Air Division temporarily applied to participate in the annihilation operation against the Japanese 33rd Mixed Brigade.
A large number of B9 bombers flew over the Japanese positions, and a large number of aerial bombs fell from high altitudes. For the first time on Chinese soil, the Japanese army felt a heavy blow from the sky!
When a 250kg aerial bomb fell, there was no sound within a radius of 50m. Even the attacking 45th Division slowed down its offensive momentum.
A B9 bomber carried 1,000kg of bombs, a bomber regiment, 30 B9 bombers, and a total of 120 250kg aerial bombs. The Japanese position was bombed after being bombarded by heavy artillery.
The Japanese casualties rose sharply under this attack. When the bombers left, the ground troops continued to advance.
The little Japanese didn't have any decent fortifications, and the position artillery was almost completely destroyed, so they couldn't effectively counterattack at all. With the influx of a large number of soldiers from the 45th Division, gunfire began to erupt on the Japanese position, and a large number of Japanese troops began to retreat. If you look at it from a high altitude, you will find that except for some of the shit-yellow Japanese troops who stayed behind to block, the rest began to orderly. retreat.
It has to be said that armies from all over the world are often prone to problems when they retreat, but Japan is unique. When Dabing, Maozi, and Dezi retreated, large-scale routs occurred. Only the Japanese army retreated. Very organized.
However, the Japanese army's retreat was also inhumane. Each wounded soldier was given a grenade to block the pursuers, while the others quickly retreated.
With the continuous attack of the 45th Division, a Japanese brigade left behind was quickly wiped out when attacked by about three regiments. Lieutenant Colonel Ono Taro was killed on the spot.
This is not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is that the division commander Li Haijian led a damn reconnaissance company straight to Nakano Xin's brigade headquarters, but the building was empty.
Fortunately, the 44th Division and the 43rd Division have already surrounded them from both sides. With the two legs of the Japanese army, do they want to outrun four wheels? How can it be.
Li Haijian ordered a battalion to be left behind to clean up the rear of the battlefield, and ordered the troops to continue moving forward, not letting these little devils go.
On the way forward, Japanese troops fired cold shots from hiding places from time to time to block our troops, and they were all killed on the spot. There were even little Japs who rushed out from the darkness with grenades and died with our army. The marching speed was slowed down. Fortunately, all the ministries were marching quickly. As for the Japs, if they encountered them, they would leave a squad to clear them out.
The 45th Division soon caught up with most of the Japanese army. The two sides exchanged fire in the wild. A regiment of the 5th Air Division received an order to bomb Japanese horses and trucks to slow down the march of the Japanese army.
Nakamura Kaoru looked embarrassed at this time and had lost his hat. The entire brigade had lost more than 1,800 people under the integrated air and land attack of the 45th Division. In addition to those who stayed behind to block the attack, there were only more than 2,000 people retreating now.
When had Nakamura Kaoru ever been so embarrassed? But he couldn't muster any energy and ran faster than the scouts beside him.
Those who didn't know, thought he was a scout. Looking at his rags, if it weren't for the command knife in his hand, one might have thought he was a sergeant squad leader.
Just as he was running for his life, a large group of Chinese troops appeared from the front and surrounded him from all directions.
As soon as the two sides met, the 44th Division's mortars immediately fired at the Japanese army. The Japanese army began to retreat in panic. Because they had no terrain advantage and faced several times the enemy force, they could only retreat backwards. There happened to be a village behind. , hoping to defend there and wait for rescue.
With the formation of the encirclement, Bao Tieshan's military headquarters also received the news.
"Okay, okay! Hahaha, a mixed brigade of the Japanese army was surrounded by our army in a village!"
The chief of staff on the side was also happy: "I think we can let the troops attack this afternoon. After fighting this battle, we will have a day of rest tomorrow and then we can go to Chengde."
As the encirclement became smaller and smaller, the 15th Army began to get closer and closer to the Japanese army, and the resistance of the Japanese army became more and more tenacious.
Bao Tieshan quickly arrived at the front line. Looking at the Japanese army's huddled defenses, after confirming that there were no villagers in the village, Bao Tieshan asked the soldiers to start making rice. After the meal, they wiped out all the Japanese in the afternoon. The fight lasted from morning until around 12 noon. If these little devils hadn't run too fast, the battle might have ended long ago.
After the entire army rested for an hour, at 1:30 noon on April 17, the artillery regiments of each division of the 15th Army launched an attack on the village where the Japanese army was stationed. The artillery fire covered the village for about ten minutes. After the artillery fire coverage was completed, each division The division began to attack, and the Japanese resistance became more tenacious...
