The attack was decisive and the number of people was numerous, and I have to say that in such a small encounter, the special service platoon of the second regiment was a little embarrassed, although the special service platoon did not suffer losses, but the battle process was indeed a little dangerous.
Xue Rong, the platoon commander of the special service platoon, almost lost his life, and the whole platoon was able to withdraw under the pursuit fire of the Japanese army, the scene was very ugly, and the tactical quality shown by the Japanese army in the raid was also very superb.
Needless to say, more than 1,000 people, together with the light and heavy equipment they carried, were able to hide in front of the spy platoon at close range, but they were not discovered, and they were able to launch a decisive and fierce surprise attack within minutes, and quickly assault across the river.
During this period, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army was at its peak, and the 55th Division, which attacked Tonggu, was an army transferred from the Chinese battlefield, fought in Hunan, had rich experience, and had many veterans.
It is self-evident who the 112th Wing of the 55th Division, the main force of the Japanese army, which attacked Tonggu, and after a long march, the infantry and artillery workers of the whole division totaled more than 20,000 people, finally defeated the Anglo-Burmese troops along the road, and the front of the troops pointed directly at Tonggu, and the commander of the 55th Division, Lieutenant General Takeuchi Kan, advocated a quick battle and a quick decision, and decided to fight immediately, and the 55th Division did not even take a breath and immediately launched an attack.
"Hurry across the river, assault, hurry" "Quickly erect the bridge and rush to the north bank" On the south bank of the Biaoguan River, more than 3,000 Japanese soldiers were hurriedly lining up to cross the river, the Japanese officers' reprimands and orders were endless, a spectacular scene, a large number of horses, artillery and heavy equipment were staying on the south bank to cross the river, and the 112th Wing of the 55th Division of the Japanese Army finally assaulted the periphery of Tonggu after marching day and night.
At present, six pontoon bridges have been erected on the bank of the Biaoguan River, and the Japanese sappers have prepared a large number of rubber boats and temporary emergency rafts to transport infantry across the river with rubber boats and rafts, and heavy equipment and artillery have crossed the Biaoguan River through the pontoon bridges, and a steady stream of equipment, ammunition, and soldiers have crossed the Biaoguan River and set foot on the land on the north bank of the Biaoguan River.
The mules, horses, trucks, Type 41 75-mm mountain guns, Type 94 37-mm rapid-fire guns, Type 92 infantry guns, all kinds of supplies, and all kinds of equipment reinforced by the division and regiment were transported across the river in an orderly manner.
The morale of the 112nd Wing of the Japanese army was high, because just a few dozen minutes earlier, they had "crushed" the Chinese troops on the north bank in one fell swoop, and their morale was greatly boosted.
The 112th Wing is subordinate to the 55th Division, and it is the infantry wing with the strongest combat effectiveness and the longest history among the three infantry wings of the 55th Division, and its combat effectiveness is much stronger than that of the other two infantry wings of the 55th Division, the 142nd Wing and the 143rd Wing.
After the 55th Division arrived at the periphery of Tonggu, the division commander Takeuchi Kan asked the 112th Wing to cross the Biaoguan River and attack Tonggu from the front, and it was not unreasonable for the wing to be counted as one of the best infantry wings in the entire Japanese 15th Army.
In the Biaoguan River, you can even see the Japanese soldiers sinking in the water, stripped naked and tied to weapons, and tied themselves to rubber boats and rafts with ropes.
The 112th Wing was so eager to attack, in addition to its own ferocity, there were naturally other reasons, before, the main force of more than 500 Japanese troops who was eaten by Zhang Wei, hum, was the people of the 112th Wing.
After the 2nd Supplementary Regiment ate the elite of the Japanese army, the commander of the 112th Wing lost contact with them for a long time, and the commander of the 112th Wing knew what it meant to lose contact with the striker for a long time, and in the end, the 112th Wing combined the telegram sent by the elite of the forward and the direction of the march, and came to a conclusion that the enemy army in Tonggu had eaten the main force of the forward.
The 112 Wing desperately assaulted Tonggu, and there was also a layer of revenge You must know that there are more than 500 people in the main force of the forward, all of them are the essence of the 112th Wing, and after suffering such a big loss, more than 500 people were killed, it was an unprecedented encounter of the 112th Wing, and it was a great shame, and to wash away the shame, it was necessary to be the first to attack Tonggu and annihilate the enemy army in Tonggu.
Moreover, all units of the 55th Division have already received a report that it is the Chinese army that is guarding the same ancient period, and what is the Chinese army in the eyes of the Japanese army of the 55th Division is a group of troops with inferior equipment, inferior tactics, low quality, and vulnerable The main infantry force of the 112th Wing crossed the Biaoguan River in only half an hour, and all of them were transported to the north bank, and most of the follow-up light and heavy equipment was also transported In this way, all the Japanese troops who crossed the river attacked the ancient city of Tonggu to the north with great vigour, and in front of them was the Ekechun position where the Second Regiment was stationed.
Ekechun, replenishing the positions of the 2nd Regiment.
After Xue Rong's spy platoon withdrew, Zhang Wei immediately summoned the officers of the whole regiment and announced the battle order, and everyone knew that this time it was not a small fight, not a battle with the forward, but a serious main attack.
In the command post, the battalion commander of the Second Supplementary Regiment, the officers directly under the regiment, Xu Ziwen, the company commander of the temporary field artillery company, and Hu Kainuo, the liaison officer, all surrounded Zhang Wei in the regiment headquarters.
Zhang Wei was not excited, nor was he afraid, he was very calm, he had waited for a long time for this day, but when the moment really came, Zhang Wei really had no other emotions in his heart except for the enemy's strategy.
Zhang Wei: "To make a long story short, judging from the battle situation brought by Xue Rong, in front of us, it must be the main force of the 55th Division of the Japanese Army, and the strength will definitely not be less than one wing, I order, the whole regiment is ready to fight, each battalion sticks to its own defense area, in order to avoid Japanese shelling, the main force advanced fortifications are hidden, observation posts are left on the position, the tracked vehicles and tanks of the special service platoon are temporarily hiding in the concealed fortifications, and the four large-caliber field guns of the field artillery company are the same, and it is not yet the time to use the big guys." ” "Dong Erli, your artillery company should be the main support firepower, the two-pounder and six-pounder flat-fire guns have been called up for me, as well as the large-caliber heavy machine guns equipped by each battalion, remember to use them properly, hold the first line of defense and the second main line of defense is the high ground, the defenders will listen to orders anytime and anywhere to provide fire support to the first-line positions, the baggage company will prepare to treat the wounded, and the communication company will maintain the communication network, actively contact with the friendly 200 divisions, and cannot interrupt communications."
Officers: "Yes" Half an hour after the 112th Wing crossed the river, on the artillery position of the 55th Division on the south bank of the Biaoguan River, 36 75-mm field guns of the artillery wing of the 55th Division opened fire with a bang, and 36 38 modified field guns projected the artillery fire of a division and regiment onto the Ekechun position in the same direction and on the same front.
The loss of the Japanese artillery in the battle with the British army was not large, and the ammunition was very large, and round after round of artillery covered the main position held by the second regiment.
After aerial reconnaissance, the Japanese army had already determined the position of the national army on the front line of Ekchun, and they also knew very well that it would be a fool's dream not to defeat the defenders in front of Tonggu and take Tonggu.
The 55th Division even raised school-fired balloons on the south bank, completely ignoring the loss of shells, shelled the positions of the 2nd Supplementary Regiment, and the 75 high-explosive bombs, 75 incendiary bombs, and 75 howitzer shrapnel all the highly lethal shells hit the positions of the 2nd Supplementary Regiment one after another.
In just ten minutes, the positions of the 2nd Supplementary Regiment were hit by the artillery fire of a division and regiment, and smoke rose and thick smoke billowed from it The real main attack kicked off. ：。
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