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    Sawada Shigeru placed his hope of rescuing the 44th Regiment on the 57th Regiment of the First Division, which set out from Heihe and was responsible for blocking the westward retreat route of Yang Zhen's troops.  [.Com text] He didn¡¯t know that at this moment, he was ambushed inexplicably in the Qinghei Mountains without firing a shot, and suffered heavy losses. The 57th Regiment, whose captain Matsushiro Kimura and Colonel also died in the battle, was rapidly retreating towards Heihe.  .

    It was just a hasty retreat with wounded soldiers and corpses, because the 57th Regiment, which was the most severely damaged and lost almost all its radio stations, could not spread the news.

    For the 57th Regiment, this time they suffered a huge defeat without firing a single shot, and without even seeing their opponent in person. They lost inexplicably, which was really cowardly.  It's no wonder that the 57th Regiment thought that their defeat was unclear. Almost no one could have imagined that the only thing that caused them huge casualties was a shelling while they were camping.

    According to the requirements of the Kwantung Army Headquarters, the 57th Regiment, which did not disperse its operations, suffered heavy losses in this shelling.  Of the two infantry brigades that set off, one of them became a god in this artillery bombardment. The density of firepower was absolutely rare for the Japanese army.

    Major Gunki Hashimoto, the captain of the First Battalion who replaced the captain of the 57th Regiment, Colonel Matsushiro Kimura, who was killed in the shelling, faced huge losses. Especially after inspecting the scene of the shelling, he concluded that his opponent had at least one heavy artillery brigade.  After the conclusion, they did not dare to stay any longer and directly chose to retreat.

    The 57th Regiment, which suffered heavy losses during the bombardment, thought that its opponent had heavy artillery the size of a brigade, and that it was a long-planned bombardment.  In fact, they didn't know that they were just the test subjects of a new type of weapon unfortunately.  What was bombarding them was just six 107mm multiple rocket launchers that had just been produced.  It is impossible to say that it was planned for a long time, but they just happened to catch up.

    Before Yang Zhen moved the arsenal, he took out a lot of drawings of weapons.  However, most of these drawings are small weapons. Only this 107mm multiple rocket launcher designed by the Chinese is the only one among the three major guerrilla weapons in later generations. It is the only heavy weapon among them.

    Yang Zhen¡¯s so-called self-designed weapons, including this kind of rocket launcher, cannot be purchased and cannot be mass-produced. He will not consider equipping them for the time being.  At least I won't consider it until I have the ability to produce it on a large scale.  This weapon, like the AK 47 rifle and RPG II anti-tank rocket launcher that came out in advance, was specially produced to exchange aid with the Soviets.

    It's just that unlike the AK-47, which consumes a lot of bullets and will not be equipped before large-scale military production capabilities are formed, this kind of firepower is fierce and the range is not close among weapons of the same caliber. The most important thing is that it is light and easy to use.  As long as a certain production capacity can be achieved for the two-barreled rocket launcher, Yang Zhen would consider equipping it in small quantities.

    Thanks to his experience in carrying out secret missions in a small country in West Asia that was prone to wars, Yang Zhen knew that in many cases, the more advanced the weapons and equipment, the better.  Because the more advanced weapons require higher maintenance and supply conditions.

    Yang Zhen, who could only rely on captured raw materials from the Japanese army to produce weapons like the AK 47, which was known for its rapid fire, and did not have any raw material supply conditions, simply could not afford to equip it.  For now, using the Japanese-style 38 rifle is the most correct choice for Yang Zhen.  Because he can easily get bullets.

    "However, Yang Zhen is still prepared to equip this kind of multiple rocket launcher.  After all, this kind of weapon with strong firepower and extremely light weight, and the most important thing is to use simple weapons, is still very suitable for the current situation of Yang Zhen's army.

    ¡°Just because the production equipment on hand, especially the number of seamless steel tubes for producing launchers, is extremely limited, we can only produce six as samples first.  Even these six rocket launchers, which attack seventy-two tubes, have consumed all the seamless steel tubes in stock.  As for the rockets, also due to craftsmanship issues, only 240 rounds were produced.

    But even these 240 rockets consumed too much smokeless gunpowder as propellant, which made the commander-in-chief very distressed.  If the smokeless gunpowder used to produce these 240 rounds of rockets is used to make Type 38 rifle bullets that also use smokeless gunpowder as propellant, at least several million rounds can be produced.

    It hurts, but the commander-in-chief still knows that he can¡¯t bear to let his children catch the wolf.  After learning that these 240 rockets and six twelve-barreled rocket launchers had been manufactured, Yang Zhen directly telegraphed to the commander-in-chief that if he encountered the Japanese army, he could use them boldly to test the actual combat effect.  As a result, the 57th Regiment that he sent to his door unfortunately became the first victims of rocket launchers in the world.

    After discovering the traces of the 57th Regiment and finding its campsite, the commander-in-chief did not feel any distress at all except leaving forty rounds of artillery shells behind.??Smashed all 200 rockets into the Japanese camp.  The rocket launcher modified from the 41-type mountain gun mount is very flexible and light, and can be pushed by two people and run.  After the commander-in-chief fired these 200 rockets, he immediately packed up and left.

    Rocket launchers are different from ordinary mountain howitzers. This weapon does not have the loud sound of other artillery fires. In addition to the trace of the tail flame, which is like a streak of fireworks streaking across the sky, the crack can only be heard when you reach the top of your head.  Empty swishing sound.  Encountering this kind of weapon for the first time, the 57th Regiment, which was obviously inexperienced in dealing with it, didn't realize it was under attack until batches of shells fell on their heads.

    Waiting for the two hundred rockets to explode, the camp of the 57th Regiment was already in a mess.  There were corpses of Japanese soldiers killed by bombings everywhere.  Not to mention that the surviving Japanese soldiers were stunned by the intensive artillery fire and were hiding on a mountain to observe the test results. In fact, they wanted to know why Yang Zhen insisted on producing such products despite limited raw materials.  The commander-in-chief of this supposedly powerful weapon was also dumbfounded.

    He never thought that there would be such a kind of artillery. There were only six guns, but the killing effect was almost the same as that of a 72-gun artillery regiment.  And the launch speed is extremely fast.  From the time the first round was fired to the completion of all 200 rounds, it actually took less than twenty minutes.  This is because the arsenal workers who serve as artillery soldiers are not familiar with it.

    Looking at the shocking results in front of him, the commander-in-chief finally understood why Yang Zhen insisted on producing this kind of weapon even though he knew it would consume a lot of equipment and raw materials.  If you take this weapon, the automatic rifle from the previous stage, and the rocket launcher that is still being manufactured to the north, the big brother who is obsessed with the power of artillery will definitely like it.

    Although the impact area of ??the shells fired by this new type of artillery is a bit large, it is still acceptable for a concentrated attack artillery.

    The excited commander-in-chief returned to the arsenal and sent Yang Zhen a secret message that the wine had been brewed and the effect was very good. Many people got drunk after the first treat.

    Contrary to the excitement of the commander-in-chief, the 57th Regiment suffered such a serious blow. It no longer mentioned cooperating with the 4th Division in the clearing. It hastily cremated the bodies of the soldiers who died in the shelling and turned them into ashes.  Withdrew swiftly.  This was just one bombardment, and a large army was destroyed.  If we come back a few more times, the 57th Regiment may not be able to go back.

    "What just makes these Japanese officers and soldiers who don't know what the secrets of the front line of Qunce Mountain can't figure out is that haven't these anti-Manchu and anti-Japanese armed forces always been poorly equipped and lacking in firepower?  How come there are so many heavy artillery?  The Japanese officers and soldiers who encountered intensive firepower attacks had always stubbornly believed that such an intensive bombardment could only be produced by a heavy artillery group equivalent to the size of a brigade.

    After the shelling, the first thought of all the surviving officers and soldiers of the 57th Regiment was that their opponents were definitely not the so-called anti-Manchu forces, but the Russians on the other side of the river.  Only the Russians who advocate great artillery doctrine would equip so many heavy artillery.  Only the Russians can create such violent artillery fire.  And according to this scale of artillery attack, the opponent's strength is at least one corps.

    After realizing that the opponent in front of them was most likely the Russians on the other side of the river, the officers and soldiers of the 57th Regiment dared to stay.  He only carried four Type 41 mountain guns belonging to the regiment's artillery, and his strength was less than one brigade.  The opponent has at least one heavy artillery brigade, and its strength is at least at the corps level.

    The Japanese are not afraid of death, but they are not stupid.  Especially the officers and soldiers of the First Division who came from a big city like Tokyo are not stupid.  Except for a few lunatics, no one would do it.  After reaching this consensus, the 57th Regiment not only retreated, but also retreated extremely quickly.

    With the 57th Regiment withdrawing like this, Sawada Shigeru, who was still in the dark and still expected them to rescue the 44th Regiment, got a black eye.  From the headquarters of the Kwantung Army to the commander-in-chief of this suppression, Du Hao was even more unaware.  It was not until the 57th Regiment ran back to the Heihehara garrison that everyone realized that the 57th Regiment had returned before entering the designated combat area.

    Of course, what exactly happened to the 57th Regiment that caused it to be unable to appear on the battlefield is a story for another day.  However, after receiving a telegram from the Kwantung Army headquarters that could not contact the 57th Regiment, Lieutenant General Sawada Shigeru, who had lost his last glimmer of hope, could not help but sigh up to the sky: "The 57th Regiment is missing, the 44th Regiment is missing."  It¡¯s over.¡±

    After clearly understanding that the 44th Regiment had lost all chances of rescue, and fearing that Lin Fang's detachment and the third cavalry brigade would also join in, Sawada Shigeru had no choice but to give Lin Fangtaro and the third cavalry brigade an order.  An order for the camera to retreat.

    In factEven if the 57th Regiment could arrive on time, it would be impossible for the 57th Regiment, which had to cross half of the Xing'an Mountains, to rescue the 44th Regiment before it was destroyed.  Neither Yang Zhen nor the three regiment leaders Wang Guangyu, Liu Changshun, and Du Kaishan would give them this opportunity.

    After learning that Du Kaishan used fire attacks to cleanly kill two Japanese squadrons at a small cost, Wang Guangyu was not polite to the Japanese troops in his encirclement.  Using the coordination of infantry and artillery, Colonel Tsutsuki Taro Kawama, who saw the number of soldiers around him reduced one by one but could not break out of the opponent's encirclement, was in agony.

    After the darkness was dark, I still wanted to take advantage of the night breakout Kawa Mo Taro, but he did not expect that he had just gathered the breakout troops, but his opponent played a lot of lighting.  The enclosed circle was illuminated in white.

    The Japanese troops that had just completed their assembly were blasted directly from the size of a reinforced squadron into a small squadron by a burst of intense mortar fire and heavy machine gun fire from their opponents.  Almost all light and heavy weapons lost embers.  Before Taro Kawajama's first breakout could even begin, he was nipped in the bud by Wang Guangyu.

    Kawama Tsutsutarou gathered all the remaining troops to break out for the first time. He was beaten to pieces by a mortar and dissipated without even raising a wolfberry.  It would be even more wishful thinking to rely on the strength of the remaining squad to break through.  In the subsequent breakouts, they were beaten back by the opponent's machine gun fire without even touching the edge of the encirclement.

    Seeing that after another failed breakout, there were not many people left around him, and he had been demoted from the captain of the alliance to the squad leader in command of thousands of people. Kawama Tsutsuki Taro, who knew that he was unlikely to be spared today, did not hesitate to do so.  Tsutsuki Taro Kawama, who did not want to become the first captured captain of the Imperial Japanese Army, threw away his pistol, picked up a Type 38 rifle belonging to a fallen soldier and led the charge.

    When the battle reached this point, Tsutsuki Taro Kawama knew that he could no longer wait for reinforcements.  On the northern front, although the sound of guns and artillery from the 3rd Cavalry Brigade seemed very intense, they could not get closer.  On the southern front, on the Lin Fang detachment of the Fourth Division, although the sound of gunfire was equally intense, it was also impossible to get close.

    Although the situation on both sides is the same, Tsutsuki Taro Kawama knows the difference very well.  The third cavalry brigade on the northern front has been unable to come over for a long time. It is definitely not because of their lack of effort.  But if you ask a cavalry to fight in a mountain offensive, it will be a difficult task in itself.

    "But Lin Fang's detachment in the south couldn't be relied upon, but Taro Kawajama knew there was definitely something fishy in it.  Seeing the half-death attack of the Fourth Division a few days ago, Tsutsuki Taro Kawama knew that if he let these guys rescue him, he would probably not be able to wait until his bones were cold enough.

    The intensive sound of gunfire on the southern front is probably a show by these calculating Osaka soldiers to fool themselves.  If the provincial government has a chance to break out, report them to the Kwantung Army Headquarters.  Otherwise, with the real combat effectiveness of the Fourth Division, why can't we get closer even though the distance is not far?  If they say that they are really working hard to provide reinforcements, I am afraid even the devil will not believe it.

    With no hope of rescue and the possibility of a breakout, as a glorious samurai of His Majesty the Emperor, Colonel Tsutsumi Taro Kawama chose to die in battle instead of committing seppuku like a coward.  In his opinion, a samurai can only be considered a qualified samurai if he dies in battle.  Commiting seppuku is something only cowards and losers do.

    Colonel Tsutsuki Taro Kawama's idea of ????asking for death soon received an enthusiastic response from a group of soldiers.  Holding the Type 38 rifle, he and only a dozen Japanese soldiers around him were beaten into pieces by the intensive machine gun fire of the blocking troops.

    However, although the captain of the 44th Regiment, Colonel Tsutsuki Taro Kawama, was killed in battle, it did not mean that the resistance of the 44th Regiment had completely collapsed.  Although the three infantry squadrons being ravaged by Liu Changshun suffered heavy casualties and their actual strength was less than one squadron, they were still resisting tenaciously.

    From time to time, under the command of Major Matsushita Fuji, captain of the 3rd Battalion of the 44th Regiment, he even fought an offensive battle with Liu Changshun's troops in front.  His fierce and tenacious fighting style gave Liu Changshun a real lesson in the style of the old Japanese division.

    Liu Changshun was troubled by the near-death resistance of this part of the Japanese army.  These Japanese troops resisted tenaciously and were unable to resolve the battle. Not only did they bring considerable casualties to themselves, but they also had to beware of being bitten by these wolf-like Japanese troops.

    In fact, Liu Changshun, who had a headache, did not know that their opponent Matsushita Fuji at this time was even more miserable.  After a fierce battle for half a day and most of the night, the three infantry squadrons he led, which were at a disadvantage in terms of strength and firepower, were intact at this time, and there were not many soldiers left who could still stand up.  There are three infantry squadrons. At this time, there are less than one squadron of soldiers with combat effectiveness.

      And the losses of light and heavy machine guns were even more heavy.  All supporting firepower, except for the two remaining light machine guns that barely had half of the base ammunition after scraping all the ammunition from the infantry, the two heavy machine guns were destroyed.  Its final position was also compressed into a small area of ??less than a hundred meters long from east to west and only more than forty meters wide from north to south.

    The most serious thing is that not only are there not many people left with fighting power, but all kinds of supplies have been almost exhausted.  There were places everywhere on the battlefield that had to be hastily bandaged with leg wraps because medicines and bandages were consumed too quickly.  As for whether the wounded can persevere, it depends on whether their platelet concentration is sufficient, which causes the morale of the Japanese army to drop rapidly.

    And it is even more unfortunate for the remaining Japanese troops

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