For the first time in thousands of years, the small city of Longling ushered in such a fierce and spectacular dawn, with tons and tons of cannonballs whistling by, and thousands of soldiers shouting, bleeding, and tearing apart When the officers and men of the Hongye Wing of the 49th Division of the Japanese Army arrived at the first line of anti-tank trenches, they were greeted by the heavy machine gun ruler of the Fourth Motorized Infantry Regiment of the Second Motorized Infantry Division, and in order to deal a more effective blow at the Japanese army, Hao Jianye, commander of the Fourth Motorized Infantry Regiment, even strengthened the 1st Motorized Infantry Battalion, which had always regarded it as a treasure, to the First Motorized Infantry Battalion, which served as the first line of anti-tank trench defense.
These American 1942-style 050-inch 127-mm anti-aircraft machine guns with a chain of 100 rounds brought huge casualties to the Japanese army, and the lethal 050-inch caliber bullets tore the Japanese soldiers who tried to erect the bridge ladder into two sections along with the ladder.
A Japanese lieutenant who was shot in the chest was punched in the chest with a bloody hole the size of a basin, and a Japanese soldier Cao on the side was almost cut off by a stray bullet, and the painful moans and bleeding intestines did not frighten these fierce and wild Japanese soldiers, who braved the machine gun fire of the Chinese defenders to erect bridges and ladders, while more Japanese soldiers lay on their sides on the ground, keeping their faces as close to the ground as possible, desperately digging bunkers, which were almost useless against the machine guns of the Chinese defenders who were firing from high places.
But the Japanese soldiers were still digging like ostriches, and even the comrades next to them were beaten to the point that their brains were bursting.
As time passed, there was a hint of fish white on the horizon, and the Japanese resolutely advanced a large number of Type 92 infantry guns to the vicinity of the first line of anti-tank trenches, and cooperated with the tank squadron that had previously supported the infantry attack, and there were few left, trying to suppress the defenders' fire at all costs.
Hao Jianye, the head of the fourth regiment of motorcycling, found.
The Japanese soldiers at the front appeared to be digging the walls of the anti-tank trenches in an attempt to create a circuitous passage that would allow the infantry to avoid the defenders' fire and enter the anti-tank trenches and occupy them.
Under the alternating fire of the two sides, the Japanese finally found an opportunity to push several bridges and ladders towards the anti-tank trenches Looking at the falling stairs, the faces of the Japanese soldiers showed a beastly smile.
The Japanese soldiers holding the bridge slab nervously lay down and waited for a muffled sound behind the mound dug by the infantry, and then the wooden bridge made a clattering sound, followed by a few dull explosions, the Japanese soldiers who built the bridge fell down one piece, and several corpses were planted in the trench.
Several more explosions were triggered Obviously, the width of the anti-tank trench was much wider than the Japanese expected, and the despicable people also planted mines in the anti-tank trench, and the Japanese soldiers gritted their teeth with hatred, but there was nothing they could do.
Dawn had already fallen in the midst of fierce fighting, and the Japanese attack had become urgent, and according to the previous reconnaissance of the Japanese army, the main forces of the Chinese defenders should be concentrated between the second and third to the trenches.
That was why the intention was to launch an attack at 4 a.m., to end the battle before 7 a.m., and to occupy the first trench as the starting point for the main attack.
Because the First Mechanized Corps had strong firepower from the whole to the individual soldiers, and because it was supported by the US Air Force in the air, Saburo Takehara, commander of the 49th Division, decided from the beginning to avoid its strengths and attack it shortened, and used night combat and close combat as a means.
Force the opponent's 1st Mechanized Army into a white-knuckle battle with itself.
Saburo Takehara realized.
If after dawn your own troops are unable to capture the seemingly simple first trench.
Then they will face ground air strikes by the US military at any time.
The attacking force and the follow-up force will be blockaded by both enemy air strikes and artillery fire "Retreat" Saburo Takehara gave the order with a blank face.
Chief of Staff Shinji Ibe hesitated.
Picked up the phone and gave the order for the troops to retreat.
The sudden retreat of the Japanese made the smile on Song Yuhang's face freeze.
Because the US ground air raid is still ten minutes away from reaching the sky over Longling.
The ground counterattack units of the 2nd Motor Infantry Division have entered positions.
The heavy artillery brigade directly under the army also adjusted the ruler and completed the preparations.
The Japanese retreated at this time. made Song Yuhang feel like he had a punch on the cotton.
"I really touched the stubble this time," Song Yuhang muttered and smiled helplessly at Xu Tu'an: "Do you remember the origin of Japan?"
Flutter.
All the locals in the concealment of the command post laughed almost at the same time.
Everyone has heard this obscene classic joke.
This joke is arguably the most invented and slanderous joke ever made up to slander the Japanese.
Even many officers and soldiers of the First Mechanized Army know this historical story about the ancestor of the Japanese who was Wu Dalang.
After the Hongye Wing broke out of the range of fire of the Chinese defenders.
Wing Commander Hirono Funro went straight to the division headquarters.
He needs His Excellency the Division Commander to give him a clear and responsible explanation.
Why abandon the ground occupied after a hard and fierce battle to attack the starting position.
Saburo Takehara did not give any explanation to Saburo Hirono, in Saburo Takehara's view, as the commander of the division, he did not need to explain his subordinates at all due to the tactical arrangement, and the subordinates who could not comprehend the tactical intentions of their superiors were themselves unqualified subordinates.
Frustrated, Hirono returned to the command post and slammed his military hat on the table, he didn't understand what tricks His Excellency, the division commander who was known for his ingenuity, was doing, but no matter what tricks he played, he should not give up the position that the soldiers had occupied with their lives and blood.
However, when the bombers of the US Air Force bombed the air under the cover of fighter planes, Hirono was stunned for a moment, and the genius of His Excellency the division commander was too shocking After carefully studying the characteristics of the anti-tank trench in the north of the city, Saburo Takehara decided to use a large number of smoke bombs as a cover, concentrate artillery fire on the first trench, and use the smoke to cover the demolition squad to approach the blasting trench and open a breakthrough for the infantry.
Two hours later, the Hongye Wing once again served as the main attacker, this time Saburo Takehara recruited the captain of the Wing Captain Hongno Furou and other wings with a reverent expression to the headquarters, and personally deployed the offensive task and said: "Before, the defenders of China intended to use bombing with heavy artillery to cut off our attacking troops, and then carry out a short attack before the formation, intending to severely damage our attacking troops, which shows that our opponent Chongqing First Mechanized Army is not simple, especially their commander Song Yuhang, who is extremely fond of directly commanding the forward troops, It is often the weakness or point that we inadvertently attack us most inadvertently, so many should be paid attention to. ” At the beginning of the Japanese offensive, a large number of smoke grenades were fired using American-made 105mm howitzers, and the dense smoke seriously affected the sight of the Chinese defenders.
In the face of the new tactics of the Japanese army, Song Yuhang calmly commanded and ordered the heavy artillery brigade to find the location of the Japanese concealed artillery group according to the direction of the Japanese shelling, after all, these American-made 105 mm howitzers captured by the Japanese army in Kohima, India, were a big threat to the defenders.
Obviously, the Japanese artillery group had been guarding against the heavy artillery brigade of the First Mechanized Army in Longling City, and after completing three rounds of rapid fire extremely quickly, they hurriedly shifted their positions and directly withdrew from the fire range of the heavy artillery brigade, without giving the heavy artillery brigade directly under the First Mechanized Army any chance.
Zhang Wei, the deputy brigade commander of the heavy artillery brigade directly under the army, had no choice but to dial Song Yuhang's phone, Song Yuhang knew that this was the third time that the heavy artillery brigade could not lock the position of the Japanese artillery group, if the Japanese army knew the location of the heavy artillery brigade, and the Japanese commander had the spirit of adventure, the heavy artillery brigade was likely to suffer heavy losses With two huge explosions, the Japanese demolition unit used the cover of smoke to successfully blast two gaps in the first anti-tank trench, Immediately, a squadron of Japanese sappers began to drop explosives into the trench to detonate it.
When the Japanese army had just finished clearing the bottom of the trench, the 2nd Motorized Infantry Battalion of the 4th Motorized Infantry Regiment immediately launched an attack from the detour of the second anti-tank trench to the first line of anti-tank trenches.
With nowhere to retreat in the trenches, only a small number of Japanese sappers armed with Southern-style pistols were slaughtered, and the Japanese infantry immediately launched an attack with the intention of rescuing the sappers in danger.
Just as the Japanese infantry was swarming, the American-made 105-millimeter guns of the artillery battalion directly under the Second Motorized Infantry Division suddenly launched an artillery bombardment, and the smoke and dust stirred up by the violent explosions enveloped several squadrons of Japanese officers and men.
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It was learned that the engineer squadron encountered a counter-assault by the squadron in the process of submersion and explosion, and all the jade was shattered "Despicable and shameless Shinaman" Hongye Furou clenched his fists with a creak, his eyes were red, he roared heartbreakingly, many people in the command headquarters saw the wing captain so out of shape for the first time, and the insider quietly revealed that the third son of the captain of the Hongye wing was in the engineer brigade, and it was the engineer squadron commanded by Captain Ozawa who had just blasted the first anti-tank trench of the Chinese defenders.
Despite the artillery blockade, the Japanese infantry still broke into the trench extremely tenaciously, and the Chinese defenders who had not yet had time to retreat were mixed up, and the second battalion of the 4th Motor Infantry Regiment with the help of submachine guns, 1 carbines, and Browning heavy barrel rifles could always form a local fire superiority, even in the face of several times the Japanese army.
Although the 49th Division of the Japanese Army took part in the Imphal offensive, the combat style of the British Army, which was mainly equipped with Enfield's single-shot pronation bolt machine, was completely different from that of the First Mechanized Army, which received training from the US Army, and the infantry tactics of the First Mechanized Army were a special product of the fusion of the US Army's theory of victory in firepower and modified by Song Yuhang.
Small units cooperated with each other in a narrow space, covered each other, supplemented by explosives, and concentrated superior firepower to inflict heavy casualties on the enemy.
When the Japanese soldiers in the trenches fell to death in the rain of bullets from the Chinese soldiers, the Japanese soldiers were surprised to find that the squadron they were facing was no longer the army they were familiar with
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