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    In the early morning of December 11, in Zichuan, not far from Linzi, stationed here was the 36th Infantry Regiment of the 18th Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Ninth Division. The commander of the regiment, Colonel Masao Nishino, is said to be orthodox.  He was born as a samurai and usually had very strict requirements for his subordinates. Under his command, nearly 4,000 young soldiers of the regiment worked very diligently to build fortifications in accordance with European War standards. Although his superiors did not pay attention to the Chinese army, as a subordinate, he was very responsible for the implementation of the task.  When the ground defense orders are given, they are uncompromising. No one will think that they are very smart and play some tricks. This is one of the national characteristics of the Japanese. For this, we can only say that this is the luck of the Japanese.  , is a great misfortune for the Chinese people. Fortunately, we can also find this excellent trait in some Chinese people, so China still survives today.  A patrol team of the Japanese army persisted in patrolling despite the cold wind. The sky gradually began to clear up, but when the patrol team looked out, they still saw a vast sky.  But when they stopped to rest, a soldier named Nakamura Koji discovered something was wrong: "Nani, why is the earth shaking?" The sergeant in charge of leading the team shook his head and said: "Don't be nervous, it might be an earthquake.  "The Japanese, who have become accustomed to earthquakes as if they were breathing, obviously made an empirical mistake. Where did the earthquake come from in the shock-type plain of Shandong.  Sometimes, mistakes are unforgivable. These patrols, which were less than 300 meters away from the regiment's position, failed to detect the enemy's situation in time. What awaited them could only be tragedy.  We have to admire the talents of the young army. Just yesterday, when Bai Chongxi inspected Boshan, Jiang Dingwen, the leader of the Second Tank Assault Regiment, suddenly suggested: "Chief of Staff, I humbly suggest that we take advantage of the characteristics of the snowy weather. All our troops are in plain colors.  In this way, the possibility of being discovered by the Japanese army in advance was greatly reduced. " Bai Chongxi was overjoyed when he heard this, and announced on the spot that he would promote Jiang Dingwen to Army Brigadier General and reward him with 1,000 Chinese yuan. However, it would be difficult to put together the white disguise for a while, and Jiang Dingwen reminded him again.  Said: "Report to the Chief of Staff, the shirts of our officers and soldiers are all white." Then the most inhumane order was issued. The officers and soldiers were ordered to wear all their shirts, and at the same time, all field hospitals were covered with white sheets.  tanks and armored assault vehicles, so the Japanese patrols were color blind.  At ten o'clock in the morning, all the assault troops quietly approached less than 500 meters away from the Japanese position. Going any further would easily be accidentally injured by our own artillery.  Bai Chongxi gave the order and opened fire.  The artillery assigned to the 30th Division, as well as the artillery of the First Division that was supplemented from several other divisions, a total of one hundred French heavy artillery, unceremoniously began a devastating bombardment towards the area where Masao Nishino's regiment was located.  God is such a trick on people. When the bombardment started, Masao Nishino was in his regiment headquarters, an old house of a wealthy family in Zichuan, meeting with several battalion captains to discuss the issue of expanding the patrol radius. Maybe it was the appearance of his ancestors.  , the first batch of test-fired artillery shells hit this old house without any bias. Several captains standing in front of Nishino Masao died on the spot and returned to Japan to see Amaterasu, while Nishino Masao's ears were  The shell fragments were chipped off, and he fell to the ground on the spot without being able to stand up. At the same time, in addition to several main officers, the staff of the wing headquarters, the communications troops, and the radio station that determined the outcome of the battle were also hit. It was precisely because  Due to the damage to this radio station, Yu Heng Yicheng was unable to contact the 32nd Infantry Regiment immediately, and was unable to make timely tactical adjustments.  Although the command system lost contact inexplicably, the formalized quality of the Japanese army was quickly reflected. Officers at the squadron leader, squad leader, and sergeant level began to organize the soldiers around them to count ammunition and carry out ammunition counting on the spot without any orders.  Resisted.  But soon they will despair.  The first thing the Japanese soldiers who were holding guns and preparing to resist saw were huge white monsters pressing towards them with strong tremors from the earth. What kind of monsters were these? Most of these soldiers came from ordinary Japanese farmers.  Everyone was dumbfounded.  Tanks are not something unknown to Japan, but the problem is that the Japanese who know this thing cannot lie in the trenches at all, so Japanese soldiers can only be unknown, and the unknown creates huge fear.  However, the inertia generated by strict training caused them to pull the triggers in their hands frantically to stop the monster's progress as much as possible. The bullets hitting the monster only made a crisp sound and were unable to stop the monster from moving forward. Since the rifle was useless, then  Just use grenades, but it still doesn't work. Now the Japanese soldiers are completely at their wits' end. They are already fighting in accordance with the requirements of the army drill, but it obviously doesn't work. Wait, what is the last move in the drill?  Yes, bayonet.  The soldiers of a Japanese reorganized squadron in the first trench did not hesitate to jump out of the trench with bayonets under the leadership of their officers, and thenCharge towards the monster with the heroism and bravery of a warrior.  After rushing out a few steps, they saw less than a few meters behind the monster, followed by a large number of Chinese soldiers wearing ill-fitting shirts. They were enemies. A sergeant shouted loudly. The Japanese army immediately decided to kill people first and then work together to deal with it.  monster.  Soon enough, the machine gun equipped with the tank opened fire. What was even more terrifying was that the rifles in the hands of the soldiers in white shirts were not long, but the rate of fire was very alarming. "Click, click, click," the sound of gunfire.  Dense and full of fire, a squadron of Japanese troops was wiped out in less than a minute by the murderous weapons created by human industrial civilization. Even the commandos of the tank brigade did not expect that the weapons in their hands were so effective.  After the first line of defense was successfully broken through, the engineers immediately stepped forward and used firewood to fill 24 channels that were large enough for the tanks to pass through the trenches. Shortly after the tanks successfully passed through this line of defense, nearly 200 Japanese soldiers who did not know whether they were alive or dead rushed forward.  The result was naturally that everything was broken into pieces.  If Wang Zhenyu were present at this moment, he would be surprised to find that the tank brigade was as easy to defeat the Japanese as he was to play games in later generations. In other areas, it is equally easy to break through with armored assault vehicles, but the protective effect of armored assault vehicles is obviously not as good as tanks  , the Japanese army's crazy and almost suicidal resistance caused vehicle damage and casualties, but compared with the price paid by the Japanese army, these casualties were almost negligible.  After receiving a simple bandage, Nishino Masao decided to go to the front in person to direct the counterattack. Before leaving, he suddenly glanced at his regiment flag, which was personally awarded by His Majesty the Emperor. After thinking about it, he said very solemnly  He said to the only young medical soldier in the headquarters who did not follow him: "Please protect this military flag." Because he did not believe that he would be defeated, Nishino forgot to explain that if our army accidentally finished playing with you, boy  Remember to burn the military flag.  A misstep turned into an eternal hatred. Nishino, who had participated in the study and discussion of the Japanese army's experience in the European War, knew the moment he saw the tank that had revealed its true appearance that he was in big trouble this time. He shouted in great horror: "Baga!  How could the Chinese have this thing? "" Sir, what is this thing? Have you seen it? How should we deal with it?" the only staff member who survived the test missile explosion asked cautiously.  Nishino then remembered that he should stay calm. He glanced at the staff officer who asked the question and said: "This is a European tank. I guess China bought it from the Europeans at a high price. There must not be many in quantity. This thing is very heavy and cannot be dealt with."  Difficult, immediately organize a death squad and bring bundles of grenades to blow up its tracks. If this thing can't run, it won't be a threat. "This order is correct, and it is also very useful in the European War, but don't look at Wang Zhenyu's tank.  No matter how advanced, the tactics were advanced. The infantry following the tank unceremoniously used the powerful firepower in their hands to nail the Japanese death squads who were not afraid of death less than 15 meters away from the tank.  It was too late for Nishino to be upset, because the Chinese army also appeared behind him. Zhang Zizhong's First Division Commander rushed into Zichuan first, and rushed into the 32nd Regiment's battle line from the flank. The 32nd Regiment was now completely in chaos, although  There are still almost half of the troops, but they can't organize any effective resistance at all. Personal bravery is of no use at this time. Nishino has to work hard to collect troops to resist step by step. Maybe this can buy some time for the division.  Well, tanks are probably not something that even a new division commander can deal with. This was the last thing Masao Nishino thought of before he was shot dead. He was hit by a stray bullet when he was transferring the command post. This time he didn't have the shell during the shelling.  As luck would have it, the bullet entered his back and penetrated his heart.  A major officer named Nobuyuki Ando was the quartermaster of the 32nd Regiment. He witnessed almost the entire battle. He wrote in his diary: "At this moment, I miss my mother and my wife especially. Before the expedition,  They were still praying for me. I really didn't think it was necessary at that time. I just followed the invincible imperial army to China to punish a group of bandit-like troops. But the current situation is really bad. Okay, we were captured by China.  The rebel army was beaten to pieces. Who would have thought that an entire regiment was defeated in less than an hour from the beginning of the battle to now. The soldiers are very brave and the officers are not afraid of death, but why can't we get rid of the bad luck of defeat?  I feel like I¡¯m going to die here, but I really don¡¯t want to go to the Yasukuni Shrine.¡± Nobuyuki Ando did not become a god in the end. A missed mortar accidentally helped him. He was buried by the collapsed wall and woke up.  When they arrived, they had become prisoners of war and coolies.  After a tenacious battle, the Nishino Regiment was completely wiped out within two hours. The 3,780 Japanese soldiers in the entire Regiment were missing, and a total of 3,689 people were missing. 91 people were captured, of which 74 were seriously injured and died.  To 500 people, the largest casualty occurredDuring an attack on a compound, more than 120 soldiers were killed. Finally, the commander of the 1st Division stopped the stupid attack and directly ordered the entire regiment to bombard the place with mortars, thus directly solving the problem.  Such a huge disparity in battle damage ratio was something neither side could have imagined before the war, but this was just the beginning of the extremely bloody Jinan battle. The tanks were rumbled into action again.
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