The strength of the Takeda Brigade has been worn out again, after fighting again and again, the firepower of the Takeda Brigade is worn out, this lunch, Takeda Masayuki ate very unpleasantly, a brigade, relying on such a small number of troops, to break through the front of the blockade, reinforcement Kunlun Pass, it is too difficult.
Fastest updates The squadron at Kunlun Pass, Takeda was informed, not a small number of troops, the surrounding squadrons, the strength of tens of thousands of troops, not to mention whether it can break through the heavy resistance in front of the road, even if it is defeated, it will not be able to complete the task of breaking the siege at all, and even be blocked when the siege is lifted.
"Captain, the combat soldiers of both infantry squadrons have been depleted, shall we do it again?"
asked the brigade adjutant.
After this assault, the current two squadrons of the Takeda Brigade were again short of personnel due to casualties, and the adjutant of the brigade meant that they would not follow the old method of drawing troops from the baggage squadron to replenish them.
"No need, pause and rest on the spot," Takeda replied decisively.
After this defeat, Takeda temporarily gave up the idea of assault and advance, and did not want to implement the practice of replenishing the baggage troops, and now the problem of the first brigade of the 21st Wing is no longer to be solved by demolishing the east wall and supplementing the west wall, and the two infantry squadrons under Takeda Masayuki, a heavy machine gun squadron and a baggage squadron, after the two days of battle damage, Takeda relied on the soldiers of the baggage squadron to replenish the combat squadron.
It's okay once or twice, but in the past two days, the Takeda Brigade has not fought smoothly in every battle, and the casualties suffered have affected the vitality, and behind every failed attack is at least sixty or seventy casualties, and this number is often the loss of the entire detachment or more than half of the casualties, rather than sporadic and scattered casualties that have no impact on the battle.
As a direct result, Takeda continued to draw troops from the baggage units to replenish, and the essence and blood of the first brigade of the 21st Wing were seriously consumed in the step by step attack on Kunlun Pass, a baggage squadron, a strength of nearly 200 people, dozens of baggage carts, and carriages.
In order to replenish the force, Takeda incorporated more than half of the baggage troops into the combat squadron, and was even forced to abandon some of the baggage vehicles.
Of course, Takeda dared to abandon the baggage cart because the baggage materials carried by the Takeda Brigade before the war were carried in excess of the amount of baggage, and the materials and ammunition carried were much more than the normal standard, and the artillery shells of the 92 infantry artillery carried more than 1,500 rounds, so he had the confidence to abandon the materials and reduce the load.
But now, it is difficult to have any effect on the replenishment of troops, not to mention that after abandoning a batch of materials, the remaining baggage of the brigade will still have to be carried by people because there are many things to carry, even after abandoning a batch, the family foundation is still rich, and the necessary baggage vehicles must be controlled, and the mules and horses carrying ammunition alone must be led.
The troops need ammunition and food for operations, and it is impossible for all the baggage soldiers to go to war, otherwise who will carry the more than a dozen Type 93 baggage trucks in their hands now, as well as the ammunition and materials for mules and horses Then, Takeda could only seek foreign aid, and the only foreign aid he could think of was the second brigade of the 21st Wing led by the commander of the 21st Wing, Miki Yoshinosuke Osa, who followed behind the Takeda Brigade.
"Captain, if you pause the operation, the Wing Captain has been urging you."
"The casualties are so large, we have to stop the operation, the squadron is sworn to resist our attack, such fierce resistance, how long has it been since I saw you go to send a telegram to the wing commander, asking for a favorable reinforcement, reinforce the brigade, and the brigade is here to stagnate and wait for reinforcements" "It's the captain, the enemy forces in front, do we want to carry out artillery bombardment and harassment?"
"No, let the soldiers rest."
Takeda gave up the idea of continuing the assault, and did not intend to engage in a low-intensity firefight with the opposing squadron, at this moment, Takeda Masayuki and Zhang Wei had the same idea, neither of them wanted to fight, they just wanted to maintain the status quo, maintain contact, and achieve their tactical goals.
It's just that Zhang Wei's purpose is to buy time for the ambush position behind him by delaying, and Takeda Masayuki's purpose is to wait for reinforcements from the rear to come.
If you don't hit me, I won't hit you.
After lunch, more than 500 members of the Takeda Brigade received an unprecedented order to build simple fortifications and set up simple tents, which meant that the soldiers of the Takeda Brigade could rest in the tents and sleep properly.
During the several days of fighting, the soldiers of the Takeda Brigade did not use tents at all, and they all used the ground as beds, and the Japanese soldiers set up tents in the field, built improvised fortifications, and enjoyed a rare rest in the afternoon.
Behind the Takeda Brigade, thirty miles away, the sound of gunfire resounded across the road, and a battle that could not be said to be fierce was taking place, and the battlefield was in the fields on both sides of the road, and there were several Japanese corpses on the road.
The Fifth Army supplemented the 1st Regiment and supplemented the 2nd Regiment to carry out constant attacks on the 21st Brigade of the 21st Wing led by Miki Yoshinosuke, and the officers and men of the 2nd Brigade in advance were very angry, and Miki Yoshinosuke was even more annoyed, these squadrons were like flies, coming out to bite for a while, and harassing once for a while, each time the casualties caused to the 2nd Brigade were not large, but they were very annoying.
And with every engagement, the entire marching team had to stop until the attacking squadron was driven out, and the second brigade led by Miki Yoshinosuke was not only a brigade, but also reinforced baggage supplies.
As soon as the team stopped, the vehicles and mules and horses that pulled the artillery and supplies had to stop, start and advance repeatedly, and the speed of the march naturally slowed down.
The commander of the 21st Wing, Miki Yoshinosuke Osa, stood beside the car with an angry face, straddled the saber diagonally, and on the left side of the road, the 2nd Brigade was making a small pursuit of the squadron that attacked them.
"Boom" The 94-type 37 anti-aircraft artillery directly turned the muzzle on the highway and bombarded the soldiers of the Fifth Army's supplementary regiment who did not have heavy weapons, and the firepower of the supplementary regiment was very weak, so it could only attack and disturb the battle, and the second brigade led by Miki Yoshinosuke was strengthened, with a total strength of more than 1,500 people.
There are infantry guns, anti-aircraft guns, heavy machine guns, and the soldiers of the Fifth Army's supplementary regiment do not even have grenadiers, only the half-used Hanyang-made rifles that have been eliminated in the training of the New 22nd Division and the 200th Division of the Fifth Army, and some of the formal and Czech light machine guns are not many.
The main force of the 2nd Brigade did not need to go down the road, and sent a small squad of troops to quickly defeat the soldiers of the 5th Army Supplementary Regiment who were ambushed and harassed.
In the field, dozens of poorly clothed and equipped bodies of officers and soldiers were found.
Miki Yoshinosuke was angry that these rabble, in the constant attack, seriously slowed down his march, obviously vulnerable, but there was nothing he could do about them
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