December 20, 1939, 16 p.m.
The smoke that filled the battlefield cleared, and the scorching air gradually cooled down.
The bloody battle had passed, and the thunderous cheers of the soldiers of the national army lasted for ten minutes, and then gradually disappeared and stopped as the sky darkened.
On the high ground, there were many corpses, halfway up the hillside, in the trenches on the highlands, there were traces of fierce battles, a broken plaster flag covered with wooden poles, burning next to the two smashed 38 covers and the broken 90-style steel helmet, the flag and the broken wooden flagpole together, turned into ashes, just like the Takeda Brigade that had just been destroyed, ethereal The roof of the high ground was covered with corpses, cheering, and celebrating the victory of the national soldiers, who were finishing up and cleaning up the entire battlefield.
The Japanese army was completely annihilated, attacked from both sides, and completely annihilated.
The fierce fighting and white-knuckle fighting lasted for more than 20 minutes, and the battle was fought very quickly, and the result of the battle was doomed when the Takeda Brigade was trapped on the high ground, and the Teaching Brigade broke through first, and a battalion of the 65th Regiment of the friendly army then rushed in.
In the so-called white-knuckle battle, in fact, three or four, or even four or five Chinese soldiers fought against one or two Japanese soldiers, and the Japanese troops who resisted desperately could not defend the front and could not block the back, and in all directions, there were Chinese soldiers who far outnumbered them and had high morale.
Although the brothers of the 65th Regiment did not have good fighting quality, they also fought reasonably well by virtue of their numbers, and they beat the old master to death with random punches, and the final white-knuckle battle, regardless of the friendly 65th Regiment, taught the brigade to fight very happily.
This final melee battle can be described as a quick victory.
The remnants of the Japanese army, surrounded by several times the Chinese army on the high ground, were mercilessly grinded, and the remnants of Takeda on the high ground completely collapsed and were desperately killed on the high ground.
The remnants of the Takeda Brigade of more than 490 people, the teaching brigade and a reinforced battalion of the 65th Regiment of the newly formed 22nd Division directly broke through the defensive line, and after more than 20 minutes of close combat, they were completely annihilated on the top of the high ground, and a complete infantry brigade was wiped out on a small high ground, and a brigade-level unit was wiped out by the Chinese army with a total strength of one and a half regiments.
Zhang Wei sat on the high ground, took off his steel helmet, soothed the fatigue on his body, and added several wounds on his body, including stab wounds, abrasions, and military uniforms.
Three heralds were guarding Zhang Wei's side, all of them were slightly wounded, Zhang Wei had a Zhongzheng rifle on his hand, and an adjutant knife, in the white-knuckle battle, Zhang Wei, who had not fought in person for a long time, cooperated with other brothers and killed five devils with bayonets and shell guns.
A bloody corpse, in the trench in front of Zhang Wei, Zhang Wei was looking at the things that were found from the corpse, the corpse's face had been blown up, and the only thing that could prove his identity was the documents and the adjutant knife that were found from him.
Zhang Wei learned his identity from the blood-stained documents, and this corpse was his old opponent who had been confronted for many days, the first brigade of the 21st Brigade of the 21st Infantry Regiment of the Fifth Division, Takeda Masayuki Shaoza.
Takeda Masayuki did not die in a white-knuckle battle, but was killed by shrapnel from the blasting barrel during the blasting stage, and there were many blood holes blown out by the blasting barrel on his body, and on Takeda Masayuki's neck, there was a blood hole that was hit by the fragments of the blasting barrel, indicating that this guy's death was not painful.
Not long after the soldiers of the teaching brigade began to clean the battlefield, Takeda Masayuki's body was found, and he fell in the trench in a very unsightly posture, and the soldiers who cleaned the battlefield saw the saber on the corpse, and immediately dragged the body and the knife to Zhang Wei's side.
Zhang Wei played with the captured adjutant knife for a while, put it aside, and in addition to the documents and briefcases that were found, Zhang Wei also picked up some family letters and personal photos that had nothing to do with the battle.
In addition to the valuable briefcase and documents to prove his identity, Zhang Wei put the family letters, personal photos, and scattered belongings that had nothing to do with the war back into Takeda Masayuki's pocket.
"Take the knife and drag the body to bury it."
Zhang Wei said.
"Yes" The herald put away the captured adjutant sword, called a few soldiers, and dragged away Takeda Masayuki's body.
The heralds followed Zhang Wei and turned around and walked to the back hill during the attack, supervising the clean-up work after the battle.
Zhang Wei watched the soldiers of various units cleaning up the battlefield, the bayonets of the muzzles were stained with the blood of the Japanese army, just now, he and the soldiers were excited and celebrated, cheering for victory.
At this moment after cheering, Zhang Wei's heart had both a happy pride and a sense of relief, and the opponent who had been fighting for several days was finally defeated.
Moreover, this is the encirclement and annihilation of an infantry brigade, a field infantry brigade of the Japanese army, Zhang Wei in his heart, how can he not know the significance of this result Although he is physically exhausted, he is very excited in his heart, all the plans and sacrifices in the past few days have not been in vain, and they have become the funeral song of the Takeda brigade.
This was the annihilation of a Japanese infantry brigade in a field battle.
The 1st Infantry Brigade of the 21st Brigade of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army was annihilated by the Teaching Brigade of the 22nd Division of the Fifth Army of the Chinese Army and the 65th Regiment of the 22nd Division of the New Division on the high ground on the west side of the Nanbin Highway.
From the beginning of the battle more than two days ago, until the 1st Infantry Brigade of the 21st Wing was wiped out, after replenishing its forces and delaying the battle with the Chinese army, its losses amounted to more than 1,000 troops.
In other words, the 1st Brigade of the 21st Wing, a combat unit, was empty without an establishment and became a brigade-level unit that was surrounded and annihilated by the Chinese army in a field battle "Hurry, hurry" "The rifle is placed here, and the bullets are withdrawn."
The excited voice of He Kun, the platoon commander of the replatoon of the teaching brigade, was extremely obvious on the slope of the mountain.
The soldiers of the teaching brigade and the sixty-fifth regiment cleaned the battlefield in an orderly manner, and the corpses, equipment, and classifications were not presented, and there was no chaos.
The soldiers who collected their weapons placed the captured weapons in a unified manner, removed the bayonets from the captured 38 rifles, removed the bullets from the chambers, and placed them in the same area, and then tied them with hemp ropes, and the captured light machine guns, grenadiers, and the equipment and steel helmets that were taken off were also disposed of.
The baggage platoon of the teaching brigade did not participate in the battle, and it was in full swing in cleaning up the battlefield, very active, and did not compete with friendly troops for loot and capture, the two officers and soldiers buried the corpses together, carried them, and on the surface, everything was carried out harmoniously, but the smile on the face of He Kun, the platoon leader of the baggage platoon, how did the soldiers around him think that "something was wrong." ” Read the URL: