Just when the Dragon Boat Festival left Nanjing and rushed to Changzhou, the battle in Baijia Town had already begun.
The two warring parties were Li Guoqiang's troops of the 672nd Regiment, the garrison of Baijia Town, and the First Infantry Battalion of the 23rd Regiment of the Japanese Division.
The tactics of the Japs are always the same. They took advantage of their superior firepower to give the Chinese defenders a disincentive.
The east gate of Baiqi Town and the positions outside the city wall encountered indiscriminate bombing by the Japanese.
Some of the defenders panicked, but since Li Guoqiang and the commanders of the garrison were there, no one dared to run to the city at this time.
In addition, after the arrival of Li Guoqiang in the city defense of Baijia Town, all the original trenches were renovated.
Trenches were dug deep and bomb shelters were dug, and some important facilities, including weapons and ammunition storage warehouses, were reinforced.
But this took a lot of time, so a company of troops ran to a temporary position five miles away from Baijia Town to block the Japanese invaders.
It's just that although this garrison is very brave, its combat capabilities are average, and the commander failed to fully follow Li Guoqiang's deployment.
They only dug temporary bunkers in order to retreat into the city after blocking the enemy.
It's just that they underestimated the Japs too much. Under the cover of the Japs' artillery fire, their temporary fortifications were simply vulnerable.
Then they made the mistake of comparing marksmanship with the Japanese before the Japanese entered their effective killing range.
This caused the entire company to suffer heavy casualties again.
The little Japanese rushed to the position and carried out a massacre. All the officers and soldiers of the company died on the position.
But from the beginning to the end of the battle, the Japanese army only spent an hour.
However, this little bit of time bought still allowed Li Guoqiang to reluctantly repair the fortifications in Baijia Town.
Therefore, the Japs' carpet bombing only had a deterrent effect, but the result was little harm.
This also gave those defensive forces hope. What they feared most was the gunfire from the Japs. It's like the little devil can't finish his cannonballs.
But by this time the trenches were reinforced, dug deeper, and bomb shelters dug. As long as the Japs' shells don't fall in the trenches, they are safe.
So the soldiers who were originally trembling with fear mustered up their courage, remembered Li Guoqiang's instructions, and brought the Japanese closer before fighting.
This is the best combat idea to deal with Japanese soldiers who are skilled in shooting.
Of course, if there was no Dragon Boat Festival, they would not have thought of this, and they would still be competing with the Japanese in marksmanship from a distance.
So when the Japanese from the two infantry squads rushed up, they were all stunned. The Chinese army was not what they imagined, and most of them had been killed.
Moreover, these Chinese soldiers were different from the past. Just when they thought that the people on the position were either dead or had escaped, the Chinese soldiers showed their heads one after another and shot wildly at the Japanese.
The bullets came like raindrops, and the Japanese without cover could only watch the bullets embedded in their bodies one by one.
The Japanese were stunned for a moment and thought to themselves: Are all the Empire's artillery shells adulterated? Only fire doesn't hurt anyone? After a round of artillery fire, the Chinese people were more energetic than after taking a shot of chicken blood.
Did the Chinese people develop antibodies under the bombardment of the Japanese Empire?
Guli
If the Chinese can withstand artillery shells, how can we fight this war?
Just when the Japanese were in trouble, another group of Japanese were shot and went back to see their Amaterasu.
Fortunately, there was a bunker. The Japanese in front were dead. Some of them were still screaming but were treated as sandbags by their own people.
The Japanese lay on the ground and fired at the Chinese defenders in the fortifications. The fight between the two sides was extremely fierce.
However, there were few Japs, the defenders had one company, and the defenders on the city wall could provide effective support to the ground defenders.
The two teams of the little devil soon became exhausted and showed signs of retreat.
Major Okamura, the commander of the first battalion of the Japanese 23rd Regiment, naturally could not watch his two squads being wiped out by the enemy's three-dimensional attack. He ordered the artillery to continue firing, and fierce artillery fire once again covered the defenders' positions.
But Li Guoqiang was not a vegetarian. When they were at Jiangyin Fortress, they captured a large number of Japanese weapons, including the Little Japanese's 70mm caliber artillery, 80mm caliber, and even 120mm caliber.
Li Guoqiang brought out the mortar and bombarded the little Japs. The bombs made the little Japs cry for their fathers and mothers. Corpses were scattered all over the field. They retreated 500 meters before stopping.
Old Guizigangcun is about to cry. Grandma's Chinese artillery fire is too fierce. One of his artillery squadrons is simply not enough to fight them.
But how did he know that at least nearly three regiments of the Japanese who were eliminated in Jiangyin Fortress were loaded with dozens of large vehicles with various weapons and ammunition. Including the 112th Division and the 103rd Division, their equipment has been replaced with Japanese equipment and there are still some leftovers.
In addition to the importance of Baijia Town, Commander Huo directly assigned twenty artillery pieces to the first battalion.
Under a burst of artillery fire, seventy or eighty Japs were killed, and seven or eight artillerymen were also killed.
Major Gangcun had no choice but to order his troops to retreat temporarily, waiting for reinforcements, and borrowing more artillery fire to suppress the defenders in the city.
The 3rd Infantry Brigade of the Japanese 23rd Regiment, the 1st Artillery Battalion, and two machine gun squadrons, as well as the baggage troops, were all on their way to Baijia Town.
Previously, the 3rd Infantry Battalion, the 1st Artillery Division, and two machine gun squadrons were struggling with the Chinese defenders of Womachuan, covering the 1st Battalion, and the 2nd Battalion broke through the blockade.
Although there were casualties during this period, the casualties of dozens of people were nothing to a company of Japanese troops.
At this time, a large wave of Japanese soldiers were attacking Baijia Town. It was not known whether the Chinese defenders, who had less than 600 people, could withstand them.
Because at the same time, Zhou Weiguo, who was rushing to rescue, was blocked by the Japanese army near Xiaoyangzhuang.
The Japanese did not rush over as unscrupulously as Zhou Weiguo imagined, but saw the favorable location when passing by Xiaoyangzhuang.
The little Japanese had a military map, and the Japanese officer had been trained in a formal military academy, so when he saw that there was an open area further on on the map, he ordered the troops to occupy Xiaoyangzhuang.
There are still villagers in Xiaoyangzhuang who don’t know anything. Although they met the people fleeing from Baijia Town, they didn't take them seriously at all. After all, Baijia Town is more than ten miles away from them. And if the defenders of Baijia Town really can't hold on anymore, they won't have time to run away by then.
But unexpectedly, the Japanese Second Infantry Brigade bypassed Baijia Town and attacked the village directly.
The Japanese in the Fifth Division are all inhuman beasts.
They killed people and robbed everything they saw, and the whole village turned into a living hell in just a moment.
No one, including the elderly, children, and those who ran slowly, escaped. They were either killed or captured by the little devils. Only a few young adults in the village ran out.
They saw the Chinese soldiers crying and said that the Japanese not only killed people everywhere, but also took away more than a hundred girls in the village. If no one saves them, the consequences can be imagined...
