The night of September 18, 1940, Peiping, North China Expeditionary Army Headquarters
The Japs' reserve team here had just been mobilized, and the military command over there immediately launched a large-scale attack on the North China Expeditionary Force headquarters. They built 80mm mortars, 88mm howitzers, and thirty artillery pieces fired at the same time, launching an urgent firepower Attack.
The North China Expeditionary Force headquarters and its surrounding areas were quickly annihilated by artillery fire. Unlike the troops outside the city who were worried about accidental damage, the military command troops in the city had more time to conduct on-site reconnaissance, calculate the elements, and can better conduct calibrated firing, so the artillery shells The landing points are basically concentrated in the target area.
The North China Expeditionary Army Headquarters, which was built in the former Qing Dynasty, is still very strong. As long as it is not hit directly, it will not be a serious problem. However, it is still trembling under the intensive artillery fire. Many ancillary buildings were blown into pieces in a short time. ruins. The gendarmerie sentry posts set up on the periphery were also cleared, and the fortifications built with sandbags simply could not withstand such high-density shelling.
What frightened the Japanese army even more was that the attackers actually used chemical bombs. Although they were just the simplest chlorine gas shells, they still made the Japanese military police more confused. It was true that the Japanese army was equipped with gas masks, but when nothing happened, who He would carry that thing with him. It's so heavy and useless. Besides, does the Chinese army have any chemical weapons?
The Japanese reconnaissance balloons in the sky quickly locked the position of the artillery position. There was no way to conceal the position using artillery at night. A Japanese cavalry received the order to attack at the first time. Compared with the slow armor, Troops who want to destroy the attacker's artillery positions as soon as possible, the cavalry is obviously the best choice.
The Japanese cavalry troops moved, but they were attacked just after they completed their assembly. The military commander actually prepared two Maxim heavy machine guns, and used curved shooting from one kilometer away to cover the assembly area of the Japanese cavalry. If it weren't for several Managed by veterans of the Beiyang Army, the military commander really doesn't know how to play this.
This is by no means an empty talk. Do you dare to think that the Chinese troops in 1937 were inferior to those in 1911 in terms of training and equipment. In 1915, General Cai was confident that he would fight the Japanese army in the four eastern provinces and force them to sue for peace. However, in 1931, a certain second-generation ancestor no longer had the courage to resist. On the one hand, the commander no longer had the talent. On the other hand, the quality of the troops is constantly declining. 33
However, the quality of the Japanese cavalry was still good. Although they suffered heavy losses, they still rushed out despite the hail of machine gun bullets and rushed towards the artillery position. Some small Japanese troops who had escaped from the riot zone also rushed over. After a while, with several huge explosions, the artillery position of the military command was still destroyed. There was no way, the Japanese were really ruthless, they went all out as soon as they came up, and they couldn't stop them at all.
However, the artillery has completed its mission, not only destroying the outer defense line of the North China Expeditionary Force Headquarters, but also greatly mobilizing and killing the Japanese army, attracting a large number of mobile troops to a place far away from the North China Expeditionary Force Headquarters, further weakening the The defense of the Japanese headquarters.
Just when the Japanese were overjoyed that the shelling was over, the real attack began. More than two thousand armed personnel appeared near the headquarters of the dispatched troops. Just now they were ordinary citizens who were being slaughtered. But next, British MK/M1917 steel helmets, Dagu-made MP18 submachine guns, twenty-ring mirrors, and M24 grenades all appeared. Suddenly, the Military Command Beiping Station took out all the good weapons.
The military commando assault force began to clean up the remaining Japanese in the periphery step by step. After all, even if the small Japanese were covered by artillery fire for a few minutes, there would still be lucky ones, but the Japanese's luck soon stopped in front of the black hole of gunfire.
In just over a minute, the firepower points outside the North China Expedition Army Headquarters were destroyed like a torrent. Two thousand vs. double digits. If you can block it, you will be out of sight. But just when the Juntong assault force was about to approach the gate of the headquarters, a change occurred. Multiple hidden firepower points emerged, and the Juntong assault force was wiped out in an instant. Regardless of the Juntong's intelligence capabilities, but It is still impossible to have absolute control over the deployment of the dispatched army headquarters.
However, the military assault force was not without any means. The demolition team immediately rushed forward with explosive bags, but before they could reach the bunker, they were blown away. Landmines and Japanese troops were actually on the streets around the dispatched military headquarters. Bray, and it is not pressed, but electrically activated.
Without stopping, the subsequent demolition team continued to follow the same path. They had to use their bodies to clear the Japanese mines. No matter what, there were always a certain number of Japanese mines, but this time they fell softly before they could rush over. Go down, Jaap snipers. The fierce exchange of fire here provides the snipers with a good shooting field of view. The Japs sniper points within a few hundred meters have focused their attention on the scheduled dispatch army headquarters. Anyone who appears Anyone within their sight would be shot without hesitation.
At this moment, there were at least fifty snipers blocking the outer area of the headquarters. It was difficult for them to avoid all kinds of firepower and approach the bunkers. However, the military commandos did not panic. After a while, several modified cars were driven out. They were luxury cars, but now they were welded with a layer of marine steel plates and turned into homemade cars. Armored vehicles filled with explosives and gasoline.
Twelve cars drove out from several forked roads at the same time and rushed towards the North China Expeditionary Force Headquarters. Although it was the first time for the Japanese to see this thing, they still knew that they had to stop these vehicles. All kinds of things happened for a while. The firepower was as fierce as these vehicles' concentrated fire, but even so, four bomb cars still hit the walls and buildings of the headquarters.
Several gaps were opened in the Japanese's tight firepower network, and even a corner of the main building of the headquarters collapsed. Before the smoke cleared, the military commanders rushed forward and poured into the headquarters. The remaining A few bunker firepower points couldn't be blocked at all. There were too many military commanders, and it was far beyond what the Type 92 machine gun could block.
Some civilian staff of the headquarters who hastily picked up their weapons wanted to resist, but they were dispersed after just one encounter, and they were not even given a chance to die. The arrogant Japs officer in the past was just a matter of a bullet, and the beautiful female radio operator was a matter of a knife. The resistance of the Japanese army was as weak as a baby. Now everyone involved in the attack firmly believed in one thing. , that is, they can definitely kill Okamura Neji.
A large number of military commando troops poured into the headquarters building of the North China Expeditionary Force and began to strangle the Japanese officers who tried to resist. At the same time, they were looking for high-ranking officers such as Gangcun. Although it took a little searching and squeezing the Japanese to clean up the headquarters, their There is still plenty of time. As long as Gangcun can be killed, it doesn't matter whether they can evacuate or not.
But at this moment, the Japanese actually blew up several buildings themselves, completely burying the passage leading to the underground headquarters. You read that right. The old boy Neji Okamura actually buried himself. Now, the Japanese reinforcements are coming. The attackers definitely don’t have time to clean up the rubble, not to mention the many junior Japanese officers. and soldiers are still resisting.
Helpless, Liu Wenxiu had no choice but to give up and continue to assassinate Okamura Neji, calling everyone to retreat, but there were still many people who did not want to retreat, but chose to stay and continue to exterminate the Japanese. To these people, Liu Wenxiu did not say anything. A lot of spare ammunition and weapons were left to them.
Some people died, but not completely...
