Just after the Japanese engineers had completed building the pontoon bridge, and the infantry forward was just about to cross halfway across the bridge, a sudden change occurred!
"Hit! Beat me hard! Kill these damn Japanese beasts!" Wang Yongcheng yelled, and took the lead in firing the first shot.
At Wang Yongcheng's order, all light and heavy weapons of the cavalry battalion of the First Guard Regiment immediately opened fire and launched a frantic attack on the Japanese troops on the pontoon.
Obviously, these Japanese soldiers did not expect that there was such a powerful firepower hidden on the opposite side of them. For a moment, people were overturned, countless people fell into the water, and the surface of the Xinqiang River was dyed red with the blood of the Japanese.
"Mortars, aim and fire! Fire!" Wang Yongcheng shouted to the officers and soldiers around the six mortars who were already ready to fire.
Yes, this mortar is the ultimate killing weapon of the officers and soldiers of the cavalry battalion. It is the main force that blocks the temporary southward advance of the Japanese army. The officers and soldiers of the cavalry battalion must rely on the break of the Japanese pontoon bridge to complete their retreat!
For Wang Yongcheng, it is obviously unrealistic to use the cavalry battalion as the main force to launch a crazy attack on the Japanese army - the cavalry battalion is the treasure of the commander-in-chief and a sharp arrow for the entire theater guard force. How can it be here? What about breaking?
Therefore, Wang Yongcheng's purpose here is to give the Japanese army a blow in the head, and then quickly retreat - yes, he just ran away after the fight, killing part of the Japanese army, and his own side did not have to pay any casualties. Such a beautiful thing, why not do it? Woolen cloth?
After receiving Wang Yongcheng's order, these gunners took action one after another and put the prepared mortar shells into the mortar barrel. Is it going on? It was in progress while the Japanese army was busy building a pontoon bridge.
"put!!"
Following the order from the mortar support platoon leader, the artillerymen began to release the shells in their hands.
"Bang!!"
"Bang!!"
"Bang!!"
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Shells streaked across the sky, and then hit the pontoon bridge and the river next to the pontoon bridge. Finally, amidst the explosions, the Japanese pontoon bridge teetered and crashed.
The Japanese soldiers on the bridge either fell into the water or died under machine gun fire from the cavalry battalion officers and soldiers.
For these national officers and soldiers, they would not show mercy. On the contrary, they poured more bullets on the heads of the Japanese troops.
Under the baptism of mortars and light and heavy machine guns, the three pontoon bridges built by the Japanese army collapsed.
At the moment when the pontoon bridge collapsed, Wang Yongcheng immediately issued a retreat order: "Retreat! Stop fighting! Remember to take the injured brothers with you!!"
"Yes, sir!!"
At Wang Yongcheng's order, the officers and soldiers of the cavalry battalion retreated very quickly. They stopped fighting almost immediately. They retreated when it was time to retreat without a trace of nostalgia.
Fortunately, the Japanese army was suddenly attacked by such powerful firepower from the Chinese army, and was almost suppressed to the point where they could not even lift their heads, let alone fight back.
So, just like that, the cavalry battalion retreated smoothly without any casualties.
On the other hand, the Japanese army had nearly 150 casualties, and even Major General Mitsuru Ushijima was almost shot in the head——
Yes, he was almost shot in the head, just look at his smoking hat. If he had been a little further away, the bullet would have hit him between the eyebrows!
"Baga Yalu! Damn the China Army, it actually has such powerful firepower, call the aviation unit immediately! Artillery unit, bomb me hard! Cover the engineering unit to build the bridge!!" Ushijima Mitsuru pulled out his samurai sword and was furious. The underground commanded.
In fact, it’s not the fault of Major General Mitsuru Ushijima for being so uncool, it can only be the fault that he suffered too many losses in the same place!
Judging from the behavior of this unit, it is definitely the unit that attacked Jiankou Town. They are still so insidious and accustomed to sneak attacks! Still a familiar recipe!
"Hai!!" The officers around Ushijima Mitsuru took the order and left.
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About half an hour later, the Japanese artillery unit finally completed the artillery installation.
“Hahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh”
With the order to fire, the flag in the hand of the Japanese artillery brigade commander quickly waved down, and the Japanese artillery soldiers took action one after another.
"Bang!!!"
"Bang!!!"
"Bang!!!"
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As the Japanese artillery opened fire, shells pierced the sky one after another, and then hit the land across the river hard. The explosion was deafening, and then streaks of smoke and dust were rolled up on the land opposite.
"Boom!!!"
"Boom!!!"
"Boom!!!"
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The sound of explosions came from not far away, and a rare smile finally appeared on Ushijima Mitsuru's face. He believed that this shelling would definitely cause a lot of losses to the national army.
"Yoshi, engineering troops, move forward!!" Ushijima Mitsuru waved his right hand gently.
Following Ushijima Mitsuru's order, the Japanese engineering troops took action again, and the action was not as fast as usual.
Perhaps in Ushijima Mitsuru's view, since the national army had spent so much manpower and material resources to build the land behind the river bed on the south bank, there was no reason for them to abandon this position so easily.
In fact, according to Ushijima Mitsuru's conjecture, the original movements of the national army were indeed like this. However, times have long since changed. With the change of the defense plan of the security forces of the ninth theater of the national army, this place was originally composed of the ninth theater. The position stationed by the 1st Battalion of the 1st Guard Regiment turned into an abandoned position.
What is even more unexpected is that Zhang Tianhai directly set up this position as a reverse slope in order to resist the Japanese forward troops' cross-river attack and facilitate the counterattack. It would be easier to defend and harder to attack from the front. , it is easy to attack and difficult to defend from behind.
If you want to ask why Zhang Tianhai has so much confidence, isn't it because he has recruited a large number of civilians? In addition, the number of people in the First Guard Regiment and the Third Guard Regiment was quite large, which gave Zhang Tianhai such confidence.
As a future member of the Communist Party, Zhang Tianhai cannot be ignorant of what the vast ocean of people's war is, and the same goes for fighting against the Japanese. He must drag the Japanese army into this battle composed of the people and his own troops. among.
The bombardment lasted for twenty minutes, and the Japanese engineering troops finally completed the erection of the pontoon bridge.
When the Japanese army quickly drove over, they discovered that there were no enemies here. Apart from the shell craters made by themselves, there were only some bullet casings and shell casings left by the national army.
"Report to General! Our enemies have retreated!" A Japanese officer ran to Ushijima Mitsuru and reported.
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