When the second battalion launched a fierce attack, the officers and soldiers of the first and fourth battalions were not idle either. They launched fierce attacks in the northwest and southwest directions respectively. From above, it looked like a triangle, with three corners attacking towards the center.
Just after Jun Sakamoto ordered the correspondent to finish the telegram, the phone at the headquarters rang. Operations Staff Officer Takeda Sanyuki directly picked up the phone and said: "Moxi Moxi, this is the detachment headquarters!"
After a while, Takeda Sanyuki covered his mouthpiece and asked: "Your Excellency, brigade commander, the enemy forces in the northwest and northeast corners are launching a fierce attack. The offensive is very rapid. The ratio of light and heavy machine guns is extremely high, and there are also mortars." Cannons and other weapons, now that Major Nakajima is requesting reinforcements, should we use the reserve force?"
Sakata Shun pondered for a moment, caressed the thin face, and said: "You can use the reserve team, but you must leave a force to support the eastern battlefield!"
"Hai!" Takeda Sanyuki responded, and then conveyed Jun Sakamoto's order through the phone.
Looking at Takeda Sanyuki's expression, Sakamoto Jun's heart sank: he didn't know if he could survive until the support troops of the Sato Alliance returned to Yutou Town.
Jun Sakamoto himself knew that it would be a mistake to underestimate the enemy at the beginning. If he had concluded from the beginning that the enemy was the ace army, he would not have been so passive.
Again, empiricism kills people. Since the Juxian battle, the Chinese army has never shown the momentum to have heavy weapons.
During the battle in Juxian, the Northwest Army withdrew from Juxian in embarrassment, and even the only two artillery pieces were blown up.
This scene, these signs, and the information from the Special High School course all told Jun Sakamoto that his opponents in Linyi were just a bunch of miscellaneous troops and a mob!
But it was only now that Sakamoto Jun realized that his mistake seemed to be a bit serious. What kind of rabble was this? The difference was to show the enemy weakness and then give a fatal blow!
Then turn the camera to Li Chunfei's 1st Battalion in the southwest of Tangtou Town.
After Lu Shaojie's Second Battalion launched the attack, Li Chunfei ordered the troops to attack. However, compared with the progress of the Second Battalion, the First and Fourth Battalions encountered tenacious resistance from the Japanese army to varying degrees!
After all, neither the 1st nor 4th Battalion was as lucky as the 2nd Battalion. Not to mention the reinforcement of an artillery battalion, as well as the reinforcement of the small artillery company and the mortar company, the firepower was not ordinary.
In comparison, the attacks of the 1st and 4th Battalions were like feint attacks.
But even this relatively weak attack caused Major Akinishi Nakajima to suffer a lot - in fact, the firepower of the 1st and 4th Battalions was not bad, with one light machine gun per class, and then With the addition of the increased firepower of a machine gun battery, apart from the lack of grenade launchers, which aspect was superior to the Japanese army?
Another point is that both the First Battalion Commander Li Chunfei and the Fourth Battalion Commander Han Xingle have experienced the tragic scenes of the Songhu Battle, especially Li Chunfei, who was assigned to the Second Battalion shortly after the Songhu Battle began. The Zhang Tianhai Battalion of the 16th Regiment had been fighting with Zhang Tianhai in Shanghai for almost three months.
Commanders who have experienced such big scenes naturally know the cruelty of war, so they are quite rich in the use of troops and firepower.
From the beginning of the war to the present, Nakajima Akari, who is in charge of commanding the battle in the west, has received battle reports of nearly a hundred casualties.
There are three platoons in a company, three squads in a platoon, and nine light machine guns in one company, plus the fire support of six heavy machine guns from the cannon company and two mortars. It can be said that they The firepower is not weak!
"The brothers from the first platoon and the second squad are trying to move forward with their light machine guns, trying to block the fire holes of the little Japs!" shouted Li Fei, who is the company commander of the first battalion and second company of the first regiment directly under the third theater. , from the beginning of the battle, the battalion commander put the first and second companies into the battlefield.
"Yes! Platoon leader!" The second squad leader responded, and then started to move forward with a dozen brothers.
The 1st Battalion has always regarded itself as "I am the boss of the 1st Regiment". At this time, they did not win the main attack mission, which made everyone in the 1st Battalion hold their breath. In addition, the battalion commander had given a fatal order: it must be done. Break through the enemy's defense line in front of the 2nd and 4th Battalions!
The First Battalion is originally the unit with the largest proportion of soldiers in the teaching corps. In addition, deputy commander Zhou Fangjie, who was born in the teaching corps, is responsible for the training. In terms of combat literacy, it can be said to be the strongest unit among the several battalions. .
"Tu tu tu tu..."
The Japanese machine guns were feebly spraying fury, but from their angle they could not see the officers and soldiers of the regiment. They knew that the other side was trying to get closer, but there was nothing they could do.
This is related to the topography of Tangtou Town. Tangtou Town is located on a small hill. From the perspective of Feng Shui, it means "there is a young dragon here, which is suitable for living."
However, it was precisely because of this hillside that the Japanese army was very distressed. Several firepower points were originally deployed here, but unfortunately, the officers and soldiers of the machine gun company of the 1st Battalion of the Zhiyi Regiment knocked out two points with mortars as they approached.
It was precisely because the two machine gun fire points misfired that they fell into this dilemma.
At this time, the Japanese army was like a powerless girl locked in a room by a strong man. It was only a matter of time before she was captured!
Of course, Li Chunfei was not that indecisive commander. He discovered the weakness of the Japanese defense line from the beginning, so he invested an entire second company in this direction as an offensive force, and also concentrated the machine gun company. The main force attacked in this direction, using the first company as a feint attack force to contain the Japanese firepower.
Looking at the progress of the second company, Li Chunfei's eyebrows suddenly wrinkled. If he had advanced equipment such as a walkie-talkie in his hand at this time, he would definitely curse: "Li Fei, what the hell are you doing? If you don't hurry up, you're going to have to do it." The people from the second battalion got on board first!"
In the past, Li Chunfei would not have been so anxious, but listening to the fierce sound of gunfire from the Second Battalion's main attack direction, he could guess that the Second Battalion would be able to break through the enemy's defense line soon.
But Li Chunfei is the commander of the first battalion. He usually prides himself on being the commander of the "number one ace main battalion". The first prize will soon be Lu Shaojie's. Can you not be anxious?
Li Chunfei gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "The heavy machine guns of the machine gun company immediately suppressed the enemy's fire points and covered the brothers of the second company to blow up their fire points!"
"Yes! Battalion Commander!" the commander of the machine gun company responded.
The Japanese troops here in Tangtou Town were in a dilemma, but Sato Masaki led the troops back in a hurry.
Originally, the troops he led were already in a fierce battle with the 180th Division of the Northwest Army, and they were already in a state where it was difficult to leave. No matter which side was the first to evacuate, they would face huge losses!
But after seeing the telegram sent by brigade commander Sakamoto Jun, Sato Masaki left some troops to continue fighting with the Northwest Army, and he led the main force to return for reinforcements. Even if the remaining troops were wiped out by the national army, then There is no way.
If the detachment headquarters is destroyed, this battle will mean that the main force of the Fifth Division's battle in Linyi will inevitably fail!
Masaki Sato can still tell the difference between what is light and what is serious!
Now the Japanese army can only abandon their vehicles to protect their commanders!
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PS: Here comes the second update. It’s not the 3,000 words I imagined. I overslept. I’ll add another big chapter tomorrow!
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