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Text Chapter 270 The Destruction of the Field Detachment

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    Liu Changshun quickly adjusted his tactics. The assault battalion led by Wang Kaixiang focused on the remaining troops of the Yedi Detachment, which became the flank support of the entire 24th Division. Faced with Wang Kaixiang's desperate assault, Yechi Jiaping showed no fear and concentrated the remaining troops.  He played a wonderful offensive battle with Wang Kaixiang.  ¡¾.Com text¡¿

    The two sides fought desperately for each support point.  As long as Wang Kaixiang seizes a supporting point of the field detachment, before he can gain a foothold, the Japanese army has quickly launched a counterattack under the cover of grenades and heavy machine guns.  Noji Kahei's desperate counterattack made the assault battalion extremely difficult to fight.  Almost every support point has to go through repeated battles before its ownership is finally determined.

    In order to maximize the damage to the Japanese army, Wang Kaixiang replaced all the leading companies with submachine guns and speed machines, and each person was equipped with six grenades.  Use a large number of automatic firearms to fight Japanese troops in close combat.  Once the Japanese stronghold was captured and the Japanese counterattacked, they would first inflict heavy casualties on the Japanese with a dense rain of grenades, and then use their concentrated submachine guns to inflict heavy casualties on the Japanese who tried to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the attacking troops.

    Although the Japanese army counterattacked fiercely, Wang Kaixiang's fight was also very difficult.  However, under the full cover of the follow-up mortars and several heavy machine guns, and with the support of Liu Changshun's flares fired regardless of the cost, Wang Kaixiang's progress was still considerable.

    Although Liu Changshun mobilized all the artillery fire he could mobilize to support Wang Kaixiang's offensive, the infantry and artillery coordination tactics of the second brigade were incomparable with those of the first brigade that had undergone special training.  In order to support the attacking force as closely as possible, a mortar company could only deploy its elite force to follow closely behind the attacking force to provide fire cover as close as possible.

    Although the second brigade's infantry and artillery coordination tactics are not as skilled as those of the first brigade, its artillery technology is no less than that of the first brigade.  The four 90mm guns that cooperated with Wang Kaixiang's operations formed two artillery groups, alternately covering Wang Kaixiang's attack operations.  It is guaranteed that when the Japanese light and heavy machine guns fire there, the artillery shells will explode there.

    Its precise mortar fire suppressed the field detachment's light and heavy machine guns, especially the heavy machine guns.  After an hour of fierce fighting, the field detachment experienced a fierce battle on the front line of General Shi. The remaining two heavy machine gun squadrons lost most of their sixteen Type 92 heavy machine guns and were forced to withdraw from the battle.

    Having lost its heavy machine gun and artillery support, although the field detachment still resisted strongly, its confidence was obviously insufficient.  In addition to relying on grenades to cause some trouble to the opponent, the field detachment, which has lost all backup and can only demolish the east wall to repair the west wall, is already at the end of its resistance.

    Wang Kaixiang keenly caught the Japanese army's slight signs of fatigue.  Although they themselves suffered heavy casualties under the Japanese army's fierce counterattack with almost no casualties, two of the four companies had lost their combat effectiveness due to more than half of the casualties.  But Wang Kaixiang, who still had two companies in hand, immediately put a complete company that had never been used before into the battle, and was also the first battalion and second company with the strongest combat effectiveness of the four regiments.

    Wang Kaixiang had troops to replace, but as other Japanese troops were entangled with other troops of the Second Brigade and could not divide their troops for support, Nochi Kahei, whose backup was obviously weak, had no troops to replace.  He could only watch helplessly as his squadron was being consumed one by one by his opponent, who was clearly engaged in a war of attrition, but there was nothing he could do.

    ¡°I knew that as long as I persisted until dawn and the air force came over, I would have hope.  But when the battle lasted until five o'clock in the morning, when the sky began to darken, and after having put in the last guard squadron at hand, Nochi Kahei, who had no more troops to mobilize, knew that he was defeated.

    The fire ignited on the Junde front line, and no matter how loudly the communications troops shouted, they still could not get in touch with the division headquarters, letting Nochi Kahei know that something had happened at the division headquarters.  An incident at the division headquarters meant that the subordinate units of the entire 24th Division could only fight independently in the face of the opponent's comprehensive counterattack.  Let alone supporting each other, it is difficult to coordinate with each other.

    Having exhausted all the troops he had left and knowing that there would be no hope of reinforcements at least in the short term, Nochi Kahei took his wing and the last infantry squad half an hour after putting the last squadron of the Nochi detachment into battle.  , leaving behind the guard squadron that was still fighting hard, and disappeared quietly under the cover of the last hint of night on the horizon.

    The departure of Nochi Jiahei put the last remaining troops of the Nochi detachment, which had resisted tenaciously and once contained Liu Changshun's offensive, into a complete dilemma.  For the remnants of the field detachment's guard squadron that resisted the last, Liu Changshun, in order to reduce casualties, directly moved his mountain artillery battalion ahead of time and used artillery shells instead. After two hours of fierce fighting, the sharp knife battalion, whose sharp knives had been sharpened, completely resolved the battle.

    When more than 40 mountain artillery shells, more than a hundred infantry artillery shells, and mortar shells were fired at the small hill where the field detachment was finally trapped, the field detachment was fired upon.??After the remaining officers and soldiers of the last squadron were torn into pieces.  As an organic wing in the past, the Field Detachment no longer exists except for the more than 100 seriously injured soldiers who were captured and incapacitated in previous battles.

    Before dawn, the main field detachment of the 24th Division's flank cover force was finally completely defeated, and the First Division of the 5th Regiment also completed the final division of the remaining troops of the 24th Division.  Despite paying a heavy price, the first phase of the combat mission was finally completed after being two hours late.  But after Liu Changshun and Wang Xiaoming looked at each other, they both saw the relaxation inadvertently revealed in the other's eyes.

    After defeating the field detachment, the remaining baggage troops and engineers on the flanks of the 24th Division remained tenacious despite resistance.  However, lacking heavy weapons, their resistance was rapidly reduced when faced with mountain artillery, infantry artillery, and large-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns firing at close range.

    According to the establishment of the Japanese army, the original four-unit division engineer regiment had a strength of more than 700, and the baggage regiment had a strength of more than 4,000.  However, after the July 7th Incident, the Japanese army continued to form new divisions, making the use of well-trained officers and soldiers increasingly insufficient.

    When forming these new three-unit divisions, not only the regiment organization was changed from the original four to three, the cavalry regiment was changed to the cavalry brigade, the artillery regiment was also changed from the previous four to three, or even two  .  The reduction in strength of its engineer and baggage regiments was even greater than that of its field regiments.  The strength of its engineering regiment has dropped to more than 400 people, and the number of heavy equipment has dropped significantly.

    Not to mention that there is only the main force of the baggage troops here, even if all the 700-odd troops of the 25th Division's baggage regiment are here, the total strength of the baggage regiment together with the engineering regiment is less than a thousand.  And those with weapons accounted for less than half of the total.

    An hour after the entire army of the field detachment, which was the supporting force of the flank, was destroyed, the flank defense line, which had lost its main force and consisted of baggage troops, engineers, and even cremation troops, with nearly half of the people without rifles, could no longer hold on.  The resistance of these miscellaneous soldiers, who had suffered more than half of their casualties, finally collapsed under Liu Changshun's attack, which almost ignored losses, after the sky fully lit up.

    Except for the fact that some of the divided troops are still carrying out weak and almost negligible resistance.  Most of the people retreated all the way towards the Xinhua line in the south.  But they didn't expect that before they could run very far, they would be blocked by the Southern Group led by Ma Chunsheng and sweeping from south to north.

    Most of the people who ran out had no weapons, and some even carried only a branch or a bayonet.  Even the few who had guns ran out of bullets in the fierce fighting in the middle of the night.  They were not a field wing, and not everyone had guns.  The ammunition is not equipped according to the standard of 120 rounds per infantryman.

    Because most of the ammunition must be supplied to field regiments such as the 40th Regiment and the Field Detachment first.  These engineer regiments with few weapons themselves can only be treated as second-class treatment, and each person even only has thirty rounds of ammunition.  As for the heavy supply regiment guarding Baoshan, each of them only fired fifteen rounds of ammunition.

    Ma Chunsheng would be polite to these Japanese soldiers who were almost attacking with bare hands.  The first battalion had a machine gun, and the submachine gun in its hand swept across the battlefield, and the battle was solved cleanly with three strikes, five strikes, and two strikes.  Compared with the stubborn resistance Liu Changshun encountered before, the resistance of these miscellaneous soldiers who had lost all will to fight could almost be ignored.

    After getting rid of these miscellaneous soldiers, Ma Chunsheng, who had been urged to go north by Liu Changshun several times, left a company to clean the battlefield and guard the prisoners. He took the main force to replace more than half of the casualties before the Japanese planes arrived.  The fourth regiment pounced behind the 40th Regiment, which was fighting fiercely with Wang Guangyu.  At the same time, a force was used to bypass the fierce battle of General Shi's front line and rush to the northeast of Tangyuan to cooperate with the first division's basic regiment to monitor the Japanese 22nd Regiment.

    The fight lasted until dawn, and the more I hit, the colder my heart became.  Colonel Matsuzaki Rikio, who tried to contact the division headquarters many times in the hope of getting instructions, but to no avail, tried to get rid of his opponents several times and retreated south to get closer to the division headquarters.  However, under Wang Guangyu's relentless pursuit, which lasted for half the night, the 40th Regiment suffered heavy casualties but was still unable to escape the entanglement of its opponent.

    In fact, by daybreak, Colonel Matsuzaki Rikio could no longer fight.  The Forty Regiment, which had launched an attack with the Yedi Detachment, had certainly caused heavy casualties to Wang Guangyu in its attack on General Shixian a few days ago, and almost wiped out all the old foundation of the first brigade.

    ¡°But we also suffered heavy casualties under the stubborn resistance of our opponents relying on favorable terrain.  In addition to the two brigades of the field detachment that were maimed, the second brigades of the 40th Regiment that successively attacked also suffered more than half of their casualties and completely lost their combat effectiveness.  The First Battalion also suffered nearly one-third casualties.

    In fact, only the third group of the Forty Regiment remains intact.  In addition, he was transferred to serve as the division headquarters security unit and the rear baggage base security unit.  Wait until Wang GuangWhen launching a full-line counterattack, the actual available troops of the 40th Regiment were less than half.

    Only half of the troops were tightly entangled by Wang Guangyu. Although he knew that his opponent was launching a full-scale counterattack, Colonel Matsuzaki Rikio could not mobilize a single soldier to support his flank.  Even the two companies that were clinging to life and death were unable to eliminate the opponent who had penetrated deep into his position and was like a nail in his heart.

    After daybreak, Colonel Matsuzaki Rikio, who had exhausted more than half of his manpower, could only give up his attempt to block the breach opened by his opponent and completely shrink his position.  At this time, the third brigade, which had fought fiercely with Li Mingfeng in the middle of the night, almost defeated Li Mingfeng who was stuck in the breach.  However, under the opponent's fierce artillery fire and desperate resistance, one and a half squadrons were injured or killed.

    Colonel Matsuzaki Rikio, the last two remaining squadrons, really didn¡¯t dare to add more troops to them.  This is the only remaining mobile force of the 40th Regiment. Without him as the commander, he has become a mere commander.  Attempts to re-block the breach opened by the opponent can only wait until the dawn air force arrives.

    Although he already knew that his opponent had artillery that exploded into pieces when they fought, Matsuzaki Rikio hesitated for a long time and still shrank all his troops into one place.  In his opinion, as long as the sky gets bright and the aviation force arrives, the opponent will not dare to fire in order to preserve the artillery.  Under the cover of the aviation force, he can get rid of his opponent's entanglement and retreat southward with all his strength.

    Colonel Matsuzaki Rikio, who had almost spent a whole sleepless night, was looking forward to the appearance of the aviation soldier who was so cute for the first time.

    In fact, Colonel Matsuzaki Rikio didn¡¯t know that he was going to order the Third Battalion to persist in even one more offensive.  It is very possible to defeat Li Mingfeng, who is now unable to gather even a company of defensive troops and has almost used up all the ammunition he carries.  Wang Guangyu, whose manpower was almost exhausted, could no longer mobilize any soldiers to support Li Mingfeng.

    "If the breakthrough opened by Wang Guangyu is re-blocked and the two companies that broke into the depth of the 40th Regiment are wiped out, Wang Guangyu, who is already at the end of his rope, can only stop the offensive.  At the same time, because the troops have been exhausted, the huge general Shi Xianxian defended by only two dissatisfied companies is likely to be captured by the 40th Regiment.

    Once the general stone line is lost.  When it was already broad daylight, the Forty Regiment relied on favorable terrain and under the cover of a large number of aviation forces. In fact, Wang Guangyu, who was also exhausted from the fight, had almost no chance of recapturing it.

    By then, Rikio Matsuzaki, who has occupied the front line of the general's stone at the entrance to Luobei, can break into Luobei's already extremely depleted army to the north.  To retreat, you can rely on the favorable terrain of General Shi's first line, defend tenaciously with air support, and wait for the arrival of reinforcements.  By then you will at least be invincible.

    But sometimes the balance of victory is just a little bit close. Matsuzaki Rikio gave up re-blocking the breach opened by his opponent and gathered his troops together, even though it seemed safe for the time being.  But he completely gave up the initiative he had on the battlefield.

    ¡°And it¡¯s not that easy for the 40th Regiment, which is already entangled with Wang Guangyu¡¯s troops, to shrink.  Although the opponent's offensive was blocked in the end, due to the opponent's persistent pursuit and almost indiscriminate play style, the shrinking position was not only within easy reach of the opponent, but also suffered a lot of nails from the opponent.

    The defense line entangled with the opponent not only makes the 40th Regiment have to guard against the mortar shells and machine gun bullets fired by the opponent from time to time.  It also left the aviation force tied up and unable to support the ground attack.

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