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Text Chapter 352 The Regretful Machijiri Ryoki

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    The two artillery regiment commanders heard this.  [.Com text] thought carefully for a while, discussed with each other, and then said: "In this way, we will equip each of the two regiments with the best mountain artillery company, and carry 70% of the artillery shells on hand to accompany them to the Japanese army.  Deep penetration. In this way, the penetration of troops can reduce the need for rear firepower.¡±

    "In addition, the field artillery battalion with more shells remaining is equipped with nine 105 field guns to form three artillery groups. It serves as the main long-range firepower to carry out fire strikes on the Japanese army in depth. At the same time, 100- and 105-mm field guns are used to form three artillery groups.  Howitzers form a suppressive artillery group, mainly against Japanese armor and artillery. "

    "After receiving the request from the front, these artillery will carry out small-scale fire coverage on the targets proposed by the observers in front. However, we cannot afford barrage shooting now, and can only carry out fixed-point strikes by small artillery groups. Brigadier Commander, you still  Column artillery fire support needs to be requested."

    Regarding the suggestions of the two regiment commanders, Mu Changqiu hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded and said: "I will do as you said. I will report to the commander immediately and request artillery support from the column. But you must be careful, little one."  Although the Japanese didn't fire this round during the day, they might be playing some trick. Please be careful and don't shoot out all the artillery pieces at once."

    After explaining to the two artillery regiment commanders, Mu Changqiu turned to the two infantry regiment commanders and said: "It is eight o'clock in the evening. I will give you two hours to adjust your deployment. At ten o'clock in the evening, launch a counterattack across the board. There are still  Take out the flares, we won¡¯t survive today.¡±

    Wang Guangyu agreed to Mu Changqiu's request for artillery support without saying a word.  According to the deployment reported by Mu Changqiu, the artillery deployment was adjusted in the shortest possible time.  In addition to re-adjusting the artillery deployment according to the needs of the first brigade, he also directly assigned the 107th rocket artillery regiment directly under the column to two battalions of the first brigade and one battalion of 155 howitzers.

    A direct field telephone line was set up between the first brigade artillery, the artillery directly under the column, and the artillery groups of the military district artillery. Not every artillery group was equipped with a two-watt walkie-talkie, which quickly communicated with the column, military district, and a group of artillery units.  The brigade artillery formed a complete firepower network under the unified command of Wu Ting, deputy commander of the column's chief artillery, who rushed to the first brigade headquarters to take charge.

    After receiving target instructions from the first brigade, each artillery group implemented fire suppression on various Japanese strongholds as needed.  At Mu Changqiu's request, before the First Brigade's attack was launched, and after the firepower was covered, column artillery was used to fire 500 rounds of incendiary bombs at the depth of the Japanese army to provide assistance for the First Brigade's attack and solve the problem of insufficient illumination bombs in the First Brigade.

    Although the number of artillery shells in stock of the column artillery is really low, especially the 122 rocket shells with the longest range and the most lethality, there are only less than 300 rounds left, which is not enough to fire a salvo.  However, in order to support the first brigade in combat, Wang Guangyu still issued an order not to skimp on artillery shells.

    The offensive was fierce during the day. With the support of tanks, the Sixth Division not only blocked the offensive of the 1st Brigade, but also forced the 1st Brigade to switch to defense.  But after dark, the Sixth Division, which had no stamina, could only stop all actions and honestly switch to defense on the spot.

    Before the First Brigade launched its attack, the sound of gunfire that had been ringing all day since early morning suddenly subsided, and the entire southern Yilan area showed a rare tranquility.  Mu Changqiu was nervously adjusting his deployment and preparing for the final attack.  As for the Sixth Division, it was really impossible to defeat them at this time.  He is licking his wounds and trying to find ways to supplement his strength.

    In fact, after a day of fierce fighting, the casualties of the Sixth Division were much higher than Mu Changqiu estimated.  The entire Sixth Division currently still has a lot of artillery, but after the fierce artillery battle in the early morning, the entire division only had more than a hundred rounds of artillery shells left.

    Most of the inventory stored in depth was destroyed by the opponent's stormy attack in the early morning.  The remaining bits have already been consumed in the daytime battle.  In order to ensure his own depth and room for maneuver, Machijiri Yuki fought against his opponent for a whole day, which can be said to have damaged his foundation.

    Even with the protection troops on both wings, several squadrons attached to the 14th Division, and the artillery that has fired all the shells, the number of troops that the Sixth Division can still hold guns is only a little over 4,000.  That¡¯s all.  This includes those who were slightly injured and could not leave the line of fire.

    A good woman cannot make a meal without rice. No matter how good Ren Dingjiri Liangji is, no matter how capable he is, he is almost helpless in the face of the situation at hand.  I sent several messages to the eastward troops to urge them to quickly return reinforcements. However, a strengthened unit from the eastward troops tried their best but could not get rid of their opponents.  After a day of hard fighting, it was difficult to save even oneself, let alone return reinforcements.

    Facing the ten thousand-strong entanglement of the opponent, the eastward detachment suffered heavy casualties and huge equipment losses.  When the entire tank regiment encountered a blockage in the eastward detachment and was preparing to cooperate with the attack, it was attacked.Encounter an ambush with accurate and ferocious firepower from your opponent.  An entire tank regiment was lost in the assembly area without firing a single shot.

    The heavy artillery regiment disappeared inexplicably.  The company's artillery and equipment were all reissued, but no matter how hard Colonel Tsuboda Fumihei, captain of the 13th Regiment, who led the eastward reinforcements, searched, he could not be found.

    As soon as the battle started, the eastward detachment lost most of its heavy firepower and all its tanks, and had no choice but to rely on its existing firepower to fight its opponents.  With an absolute disadvantage in terms of military strength, although they are still fierce, they have been unable to reverse the passive situation.

    It¡¯s not that Colonel Tsuboda Fumei, who was in charge of commanding the Eastward Detachment, didn¡¯t do his best, nor was it that the officers and soldiers of the Eastward Detachment didn¡¯t work hard.  However, after receiving a telegram from the division commander to immediately return reinforcements, Colonel Tsuboshima Fumio, who immediately wanted to shrink his troops and retreat, found that after most of the fierce battle for most of the day, his troops were already entangled with their opponents.  Not to mention gathering troops, it is very difficult for each of our troops to coordinate operations with each other.

    The eastward advancing troops, which accounted for nearly half of the Sixth Division, were unable to withdraw, and most of the effective forces on hand were exhausted.  In desperation, Machijiri Yuuki knew that if he stopped counterattacking now, the current situation would probably be even more unfavorable for him.  But with very few troops on hand, he could only terminate all operations after nightfall.  After switching to defense on the spot, he sent a telegram for help to Juichi Namada.

    Machijiri Yuki knows that his opponent will not give up on him who is currently weak. I am afraid that he is already mobilizing troops and generals to prepare for a fatal blow to him.  What he regrets most now is why he turned the war situation into safety by fighting alone several times in order to maintain the Sixth Division's so-called glorious tradition of fighting in the interior of China.  A whole day wasted in vain without asking for help.

    Now that the troops on hand are seriously insufficient, Machijiri Yuuki finally understands the meaning of the Chinese proverb about saving face and suffering.  At the end of the day's fighting, when the casualties were tallied up, half of the troops had been lost in total, including the shelling in the early morning.  Except for a small amount of infantry artillery, almost all the artillery shells were consumed, and Machijiri Yuuki wanted to give himself a few big mouths.

    ¡°I¡¯m so fucking confused.  Even if you can't save face and don't ask for reinforcements, you should still apply for some additional artillery shells.  Even if the artillery shells stored on the front line in the previous stage were lost, in order to ensure the success of this battle, the Kwantung Army also stored a large amount of military supplies, especially ammunition, in Weihe and Muling in the rear.

    In order to ensure front-line transportation, thousands of vehicles from two vehicle fleets were specially deployed.  If he opens his mouth, with air cover during the day, at least his artillery can get enough shells, so why should he talk about the empty city strategy here.  It is really a huge waste to convert toothless artillery into infantry.

    Right now, he was entangled by the opponent in the East Journey, and he was caught in a situation where he could not advance.  The connection between the Western Front and the 14th Division was completely separated by the opponent with a powerful force.  In fact, Machijiri Yuki understands that the current main force of the Sixth Division is completely isolated and helpless.

    The first thing facing the Sixth Division now is to get rid of the entanglement with the opponent, or to move eastward with all its strength to join the 13th Regiment.  One is to either desperately move westward and move closer to the 14th Division.  Otherwise, withdraw the entire line southward and abandon the southern part of Yilan.  But all three options undoubtedly require the approval of the corps commander.

    In fact, for Machijiri Yuki, from the bottom of his heart he still wanted to retreat south.  Because as a lieutenant general division commander, it is really unseemly to rely on the Fourteenth Division, which is tantamount to asking for shelter.  As for Xiangdong, I am afraid that his opponent has already taken precautions.

    For Machijiri Ryouki, the best choice is to retreat southward to the Weihe territory and move closer to the 29th Division that has moved to the Muling line to form a new line of defense.

    And it was precisely this choice that he dared not make without the approval of the military headquarters.  Because this choice undoubtedly means abandoning the eastward detachment that is fighting hard, and it also means exposing the entire right wing of the 14th Division to the opponent.

    Knowing that the reality was not optimistic about him, Machijiri Yuuki no longer cared about maintaining the glorious tradition of the Sixth Division being good at fighting alone.  If we don't ask for help, let alone maintain the current front, it's hard to say whether the Sixth Division will be able to see the moon tomorrow night.  At nine o'clock in the evening, a long telegram was sent to Lieutenant General Shigeichi Namada, the commander of the Fifth Army. In the telegram, Machijiri Yuki, who was so anxious that he didn't care about looking for a fig leaf at this time, told Shigechi Namada directly and clearly.  1: "If we don't add at least one regiment to the Sixth Division within twelve or fourteen hours, the Sixth Division, which currently has very few manpower left, will be in danger of collapse across the board. Either add more troops to the Sixth Division.  The strength of a regiment is either approved by the Sixth Division.Abandon the existing position and retreat south to Weihe to rest and recuperate.  "

    Before the anxious Machijiri Ryouki received a call back from the army commander, at exactly 10 p.m., the mountainous area in southern Yilan, which had only been quiet for a few hours, once again heard the overwhelming sound of artillery and deafening shouts of killing.  Along with the sound of gunfire and shouts of death, bright flares continued to rise, illuminating the night sky in the southern mountains of Yilan.

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