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Text Chapter 144 Fierce Battle with Tang Yuan (3)

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    It can be said that the puppet Manchu army lost this battle in a daze. Before they could figure out what was going on, they were severely defeated.  The two regiments that attacked the mountain together could not reach half a battalion.  A subsequent regiment and training team also lost nearly one-third of their troops.

    It was just a moderate offensive battle. The Independent Second Brigade of the Seventh Puppet Manchukuo Military District, which had more than 3,000 troops, lost more than 70% of its troops.  The three infantry regiments together returned less than six or seven hundred men.  The rest are either still on the hilltop or taken prisoner.

    Looking at the hilltop that had devoured most of his troops and directly promoted him from the commander of a brigade to the commander of a regiment, Zhang Kuiying, who had just been so complacent just now, was almost on the verge of tears.  At this moment, he hated the Japanese chief of staff of the Military District, Major General Ozawa, who forced him to put two of the three regiments into attack.

    "If this guy hadn't forced himself to invest the main force, no matter how cunning his opponent was, he wouldn't have lost 70% of his force in one fell swoop.  Not to mention his future now, it would be great if the Kwantung Army Headquarters could pay him severance pay and allow him to go home safely and retire in peace.  The fate of Suo Jingqing, who had been wiped out by Yang Jingyu in Nanman, could not help but appear before his eyes.

    Major General Ozawa, who was just laughing at the joke, now saw that the situation was not good and stopped gloating.  Once the Second Independent Brigade is completely defeated, the unlucky one will undoubtedly be the brigade commander Zhang Kuiying.  But as his direct superior, he cannot escape the relationship.  Seeing that the situation was not good, Ozawa quickly called Major General Asaburo Kobayashi and asked for support.

    In fact, there is no need for him to take the initiative to ask for help.  Major General Asaburo Kobayashi, who had been watching the battle from behind and was waiting for the Chinese to kill each other and reap the benefits, discovered that something was wrong as soon as the defenders launched a counterattack.

    Realizing that things were not progressing as he had expected, Major General Kobayashi Asaburo, who had already sensed something was not going well, immediately concentrated a brigade of troops. On the one hand, he wanted to defeat the puppet Manchukuo army that had collapsed under the opponent's counterattack.  Come to the rescue.  In addition, he also wanted to take advantage of his opponent's escape from the fortifications and eliminate this extremely cunning opponent in one fell swoop.

    It was just that the Japanese army had just completed its assembly and had not yet had time to enter the battle.  The heavy artillery that had disappeared before sounded again.  The dense artillery shells once again covered the heads of the newly assembled Japanese troops.

    This time it was not only heavy artillery, but also 75mm field artillery that had never appeared before.  Hundreds of 150mm grenades and 75mm field artillery shells created a rain of blood among the Japanese army.  Not only did they cover the attacking defenders, they also sent nearly half of the Japanese soldiers in this brigade directly into the sky.

    Looking at the officers and soldiers of the 37th Regiment with casualties everywhere, Major General Kobayashi Asaburo felt a mixture of shame and anger.  On this first day, not only did he lose a brigade of troops, but he also lost most of a brigade of the Manchukuo Army that was cooperating with them.  This is simply embarrassing and embarrassing to the whole family.  Almost more embarrassing than that damn coward Lieutenant General Sasaki Toichi.

    Feeling ashamed and angry, Asaburo Kobayashi cursed in his heart the incompetence of the aviation force. Although so many troops were deployed, they were still unable to destroy the enemy's artillery.  While secretly cursing the incompetence of the Manchukuo army.  The strength of the two regiments was actually defeated so easily by their opponents, not to mention that they also lost nearly 70% of their strength.  Judging from the strength of the defenders' attack, the opponent was no more than a battalion in strength.  A brigade was defeated by a battalion. What use is this kind of army?

    Major General Asaburo Kobayashi is, after all, a top student at the Japanese Army University, and his reaction speed is absolutely top-notch.  He keenly discovered from the opponent's heavy artillery that although it was a bit messy, it was quite accurate in the landing point, the opponent must have ambushed artillery observers near him.  Upon discovering this, Major General Asaburo Kobayashi immediately mobilized a squadron of troops and launched a carpet-like search around him.

    In fact, Asaburo Kobayashi¡¯s sense of smell is still very sensitive.  Indeed, in order to ensure that the novice heavy artillerymen could fire accurately at least theoretically, Guo Bingxun deployed artillery observers around the planned assembly area of ??the Japanese army.  However, the observer's location was not north of the Fasi River, but on the south bank of the river, in an extremely hidden position on the edge of a relatively high mountain overlooking both sides of the river.

    Due to terrain restrictions, except for the artillery that remained on the south bank of the river, the Japanese infantry's offensive starting point could only choose a relatively flat area on the north bank of the Fasi River.  As a result, all Japanese positions were exposed to the observation post.  It can be said to be a panoramic view.

    This observation post specially used to correct the accuracy of artillery fire is composed of an artillery observer and a five-watt radio, as well as a squad drawn from the reconnaissance battalion, all equipped with submachine guns just produced by the arsenal.  Their work is actually very simple. The entire Qunce Mountain area has already been planned at 360 degrees with Qunce Mountain as the center.??The shooting boundary has been demarcated.

    What they need to do is to provide some simple coordinates that can easily find the specific location on the map, such as 500 meters south of the 90-degree No. 5 area based on the location of the Japanese army.  There is no need to even report the shooting ruler.

    This method is also impossible.  Formal artillery training, especially the training of a qualified artillery observer, cannot be mastered in a few months.  In desperation, Yang Zhen had to figure out an extremely simple method.  It takes Qunce Mountain as the center and turns the surrounding twenty miles into a 360-degree circle.

    Using the coordinates of the central warehouse as the reference point, the circle is evenly divided into four ninety-degree areas.  And all the terrain within the scope of this ninety degrees is divided into ninety parts evenly.  Each portion represents a degree.  Within each degree of area, one or several obvious landforms will be found as reference points and sequenced on the map.  The location on the south side is based on the direction of Fasi River.

    In this way, the artillery commander can easily find the enemy's position on the map and conduct long-distance fire coverage based on the data reported by the observer, such as thirty-seven degrees and fifty meters south.  Although the process is a bit more cumbersome, it undoubtedly solves the problem of short artillery training time.

    However, this solution can only be used in defensive operations.  In the field battle, firstly, there is not so much time to do this.  2. It broke away from the pre-constructed cover fortifications, and the artillery needed to move its position many times.  Every time the position is moved, the scale must be reset. How can there be so much free time on the battlefield?

    Most of these artillery observers were students from the Puppet Manchukuo High School who joined the army when Weihe County was captured. Although they had little actual combat experience, they learned quickly because of their cultural background.  Although one month is not long, this simple method is still quickly mastered.

    This is why even though Asaburo Kobayashi can tell from the sequence of gunshots and the point of impact that his opponent's heavy artillery is a beginner, he is still extremely unskilled in using it.  But I still can't figure out why the shots are so accurate.

    If we say that the Manchu Army was mobilized to take over the 37th Regiment to attack the defenders in front of them, this was the first mistake made in this battle that could already be called a battle.  Then he chose the wrong location to search the local artillery observers, and failed to knock out the opponent's eyes that would pose the most fatal threat to him in launching the next attack. This was the third mistake he made.

    And having too much confidence in the aviation bombing, believing that it had destroyed the opponent's heavy artillery group that had caused a lot of trouble for him, was the second mistake he made.  He didn't know that just after the 37th Regiment encountered the first wave of heavy artillery bombardment, at his request, the Kwantung Army Headquarters, in addition to some of the light bombers that had been deployed for ground support,

    With the fastest speed and the usual high efficiency of the Japanese army, a whole fleet of Type 97 light bombers were mobilized from the two army aviation bases of Mudanjiang and Jiamusi that day to carry out carpet bombing on the front line of Qunce Mountain.  Try to destroy this heavy artillery group that poses an extremely threatening threat to the suppression forces.

    In order to completely wipe out these gangsters under the dismissal order from the Tokyo base camp and give an explanation to His Majesty the Emperor, Ueda Kenkichi has long lost the petty spirit of bargaining that Sasaki had when he first mobilized troops. He almost asked for anything.  What.  Lieutenant General Sawada Shigeru was even given special permission to mobilize the Type 97 heavy bomber fleet stationed in the Harbin area and the heavy artillery unit stationed in Muling to support operations when necessary.

    Ueda Kenkichi is generous, and Sawada Shigeru will naturally not be stingy.  After receiving a report from Major General Asaburo Kobayashi that the enemy had at least one brigade of heavy howitzers, aviation forces were immediately mobilized to launch a carpet bombing of the secret warehouses on the front line of Qunce Mountain in an effort to destroy the heavy artillery brigade.

    The reason why almost all places where heavy artillery could be hidden on the front line of Qunce Mountain were bombed by Japanese aircraft, but they were never able to destroy this heavy artillery group that posed a great threat to the Japanese army, is not because the aviation force did not work hard.  In fact, the bombs they dropped had very limited effect on the fortifications they built with a large amount of reinforced concrete, except for making earth-shattering noises.  In other words, the fortifications here are too strong.

    However, this also reflects that Japan has different targets for combat, and the effectiveness of building fortifications is also different.  In the Japanese's own words, the fortifications here are based on the Soviet army's organization. Even if a heavy artillery regiment and a bomber brigade are used to cover several divisions, they cannot be destroyed in a short time.  Unless the Soviets can build a bomb larger than 500 kilograms.

    The little devils are very sophisticated. For the Chinese army with poor firepower, they can build tall and big ones without any taboos.In fact, it was a useless turret that could not withstand the bombardment of a 75mm mountain artillery shell.  But when the target of the battle was the Soviet army with powerful firepower, the fortifications built were not only low, but also had excellent concealment performance depending on the terrain arrangement, and were also extremely strong.

    Its firepower configuration is also extremely reasonable. Not only is the entire artillery position made of reinforced concrete, a considerable part of it is built underground.  It's almost hard to spot unless you get closer.  Because it is so close to the Sino-Soviet border, most of its artillery bunkers can even achieve 360-degree surround fire.  It can be said that the little devil worked hard to get here.  ,

    The reason why Yang Zhen took the risk to choose this place as a place for troops to rest and train was not simply because it was dark under the lamp.  More emphasis is placed on the fortifications here.  The fortifications built here are not only difficult for me without heavy firepower, but it is almost impossible to knock them down.  It's just that Yang Zhen still underestimated the ability of the defenses here to withstand strikes.

    Even for the original owner of this place, the Japanese army, which had a large number of aircraft and heavy artillery, it would be difficult to take it down without paying a heavy price.  Even though they have the most detailed engineering drawings here.  Unless they first build a road in this densely forested mountain range and transport in the 240mm heavy howitzer they call Osaka's treasure.

    Or bring in their Type 89 150mm heavy cannon, which they claim to be the most powerful.  However, considering the poor mobility of the Japanese army, it is almost impossible to transport these powerful but heavy big guys here.

    In fact, neither Shigeru Sawada nor Major General Asaburo Kobayashi knew that this secret warehouse located in Gunce Mountain was not an isolated secret warehouse.  It is an integrated fortress group with Xingshan Fortress, Fengxiang Fortress in the north and Fujin Fortress in the northeast.

    It¡¯s just that it¡¯s different from the other three fortresses that serve as starting areas for attacks and are completely offensive.  This secret warehouse is not only responsible for providing supplies during wartime, but also responsible for protecting the sides and rear of the three fortresses during wartime.  Although there are only two squadrons of garrison troops in peacetime, in wartime they can accommodate at least one brigade of garrison troops.

    In order to ensure combat needs, except for a small number of civil fortifications, most of the defenses here are made of reinforced concrete.  For such extremely strong fortifications, those light bombers carrying bombs with a maximum weight of only 100 kilograms are almost helpless.

    After receiving the order to master the use of the 150mm howitzers stored here as quickly as possible, Ma Qichang immediately transported the heavy artillery from the warehouse and deployed them all to several permanent firepower points.  There were even six cannons placed directly at the gates of the two warehouses directly facing the attack direction of Kobayashi Asaburo in the south.  As long as the door is opened, you can shoot at the intended target without making any adjustments.

    By doing this, although the firing range seems a bit narrow, the survivability of artillery and artillery in the face of the superiority of Japanese ground and air firepower has been greatly enhanced.  But even Ma Qichang was in contact with these big guys for the first time, let alone those artillerymen who were not even a crash course.

    Fortunately, Yang Zhen formulated an extremely simple method of calibrating the shooting range based on the current situation.  When necessary, just fire the cannonball according to the data reported by the observer.  Although it is a beginner, the operation is very unfamiliar. Not to mention the slow rate of fire, the explosion points of the shells fired are also too messy.

    Anyone who has a little knowledge of military knowledge will immediately understand the messy impact of the shells they fired, and they will immediately understand that this is a group of artillerymen who are not even rookies.  It's definitely not the kind of shells fired by veteran artillerymen who have been trained for many years.

    Relying on the simple firing range calibration method developed by Yang Zhen and relying on Ma Qichang's unified command, the accuracy of these artillerymen, who have just begun to become familiar with this kind of artillery, is generally good.  At least he didn't make a joke about hitting his own head with a cannonball.

    It¡¯s just that Ma Qichang only dared to let these people shoot at the already defined shooting range, which is equivalent to a semi-fixed target.  As for overshooting shooting, blocking shooting, pursuit shooting, etc., I absolutely dare not do it, let alone free shooting.  If you do that, you will have to hit your own head with a cannonball.  This group of people are not even familiar with artillery operation. If they really use these guys as their own hands, the unlucky ones will be their own troops.

    Fortunately, so far, these new recruits are performing normally.  Although he was a little tired, he still did not disappoint the commander and chief of staff.  Although it may not play a decisive role for the time being, Ma Qichang believes that as long as it is given a period of time, when these people finally mature, they will perform better and better.

    Since Ma Qichang's artillery is performing normally, someone will eventually be unlucky.  Facing an entire brigade being bombed to piecesIn the end, the Thirty-seventh Regiment was actually beaten into a state of disability, and the remaining troops could no longer cheer up.

    Xiao Lin saw that even if it was a squad-sized attack, the commander of the regiment and the brigade's combat staff had to drag the soldiers lying on the ground one by one to force themselves to stand up.  Asaburo couldn't bear it anymore.  It was proposed to the division commander, Lieutenant General Sawada Shigeru, that part of the troops of the 44th Regiment, which was about to arrive, would be deployed to take over the 37th Regiment for flank attack.  The remaining forces of the 37th Regiment were strengthened to the front, and they cooperated with the 61st Regiment in the frontal attack.

    As the commander of the Fourth Division, Shigeru Sawada, who has been in office for more than half a year, is very clear about the virtues of his troops, especially the virtues of the Eighth Regiment and the 37th Regiment, the two original Osaka Regiments.  If these two regiments were surrounded, out of love for life, they might fight to the death for survival.  Otherwise, as long as there is a chance of survival, it would be absolutely wishful thinking for them to fight for their lives.

    At the beginning of taking office, he also tried his best to rectify these two wings.  But more than half a year has passed, and not only has it failed to produce results, but I almost died from exhaustion.  For these two teams, which were said to be unafraid of defeat, and for those Osaka soldiers who were like knives, Sawada Shigeru almost tried his best, but failed to achieve any results.

    For the Japanese officers and soldiers of these two regiments, other Japanese troops were simply weak in defeating them.  Other troops are those daring grassroots officers who disobey their superiors' orders during combat and make combat decisions without authorization.  In the Fourth Division, there will definitely be no such example.  It is quite common for a major to serve a second lieutenant.  It happened that a lieutenant-level officer waited on a private soldier.

    Sawada Shigeru once witnessed a captain serving a private a foot-washing water, but it was a little slow, and then he gave him a scolding.  Later, Shigeru Sawada inquired carefully and found out that the occurrence of this situation was related to the highly developed business environment in Osaka since ancient times.

    The family members of many officers of the Fourth Division are likely to work in the businesses of their subordinates or even the soldiers' families.  Even if it is not for themselves or for their families, these high-ranking officers can only be respectful to their subordinates.  There is no way to avoid this situation according to the Japanese military's traditional regional recruitment system.

    Although the private soldier was just a top soldier, his family had a lot of money.  Several members of the captain's family worked in the private's family business.  For the sake of my family's work, I could only endure the insult of that private.  Such examples are rare among Japanese standing divisions.  But it is common among ad hoc divisions composed of reserve officers and soldiers.

    Is it possible for such troops to go to the front line to fight their opponents?  Excluding other factors, many grassroots officers were afraid of accidentally killing their young masters, so how could they dare to fight with all their strength.

    In desperation, Sawada Shigeru could only pray to those in the base camp not to be so confused that they would dispatch the Fourth Division, especially these two regiments, to the battlefield.  Otherwise, the reputation of the Imperial Japanese Army will probably be ruined in the hands of these two regiments.  Therefore, Sawada Shigeru could understand Major General Asasaburo Kobayashi's euphemistic but firm request to replace the 37th Regiment with the 44th Regiment of the 11th Division.

    But understanding is understanding, but for Sawada Shigeru, it would be detrimental to his own face to replace all the 37th Regiment at once.  But if the 37th Regiment is allowed to continue its attack, I am afraid that General Ueda Kenkichi¡¯s wish will only come to nothing.

    After hesitating for a long time, Zetian Shigeru finally took a compromise approach.  In addition to urging Major General Heiyan Yisheng, the commander of the 22nd Brigade of the 11th Division, who had already led the team to Jiamusi, to speed up the march and be sure to arrive at the planned participation area before dawn the next day, he also ordered the 11th Division to  The reinforcements were evenly divided into two parts.

    Reinforce Major General Kobayashi with one brigade of the 44th Regiment and two infantry squadrons of the 43rd Regiment.  The rest of the troops were personally commanded by themselves as reserves for the frontal attack.  If necessary, take over the frontal attack of the 61st Wing.  As for a brigade that was originally planned to stay in Jiamusi to take over the defense of the Fourth Division, he also transferred it out.  Strengthen the protection and blockade of the northern line.  As for the Eighth Regiment, which was originally responsible for this task, he has been transferred to the center line as the general reserve team.

    Sawada Shigeru¡¯s move was originally because he was worried that during the Battle of Xuzhou last year, the Eighth Regiment watched the Chinese Army¡¯s breakout force slip away from under his nose, and the scene of indifference would happen again.  To prevent these anti-Manchu armed forces from breaking out to the north under unfavorable circumstances.  They were specially replaced with troops from the 44th Regiment.

    But I didn¡¯t expect that the blockade on the northern line would be strengthened.  With the combat effectiveness of the 11th Division, it is indeed possible to cut off Yang Zhen's troops' northward breakout route.  But his rear areaJiamusi became empty.  What he didn't expect even more was that under the pressure of his own troops, this armed force actually dared to split up its troops to attack Jiamusi.
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