diskusbooks Chapter 169 Bloody Battle
Chapter 169 Bloody Battle
The armored reconnaissance battalion, anti-tank battalion and artillery regiment quickly gathered their troops, replenished fuel and ammunition, and quickly marched towards Yongji County, trying to recover Yongji.
After completing its replenishment, the 30st Battalion of the Tank Regiment quickly bypassed Yuncheng and marched towards Shuitou Town, kilometers away from Yuncheng.
At this time, Shuitou Town had become a mess.
After the first armored division's mechanized infantry regiment arrived at Shuitou Town, it immediately built a five-kilometer-long horizontal position in an attempt to block the enemy's route.
However, there is a plain to the northwest of Yuncheng, with no strategic location to defend.
机械化步兵团装备150毫米步兵炮九门、75毫米步兵炮15门、反坦克炮15门，另外37毫米高射炮15门。
In terms of the number of artillery pieces, it was much more than the twelve infantry guns of the Japanese 227th Regiment.
The mechanized infantry regiment had a full staffing of more than 2200 people, while the Japanese 227th Regiment had more than 4200 people.
Moreover, after refueling in Taiyuan and loading up with bombs, the Japanese First Flying Regiment returned to the Yuncheng area.
Looking at the devastated Yuncheng, the remaining twenty light and heavy bomber aircraft of the First Flying Regiment finally decided to drop all the aerial bombs on Shuitou Town.
Even though 15 37mm anti-aircraft guns fired at full force and shot down two enemy planes, the Japanese planes still dropped aerial bombs on the Shuitou Town position.
Wei Dong, the commander of the mechanized infantry regiment of the armored division, has a square face and looks big and strong.
"Fuck him, report the damage!"
"Captain, the total number of deaths in the entire regiment is currently 216, and 412 are seriously injured. Most of them were killed by the enemy's planes!"
Weidong was so angry when he saw the Japanese planes. If the anti-aircraft artillery battalion of our artillery regiment came, they would break your bird wings!
Looking up again, the Japanese plane seemed to have started diving again in a hurry.
"Everyone enter the cave, air defense!"
Fifteen anti-aircraft guns roared again, and one of them was eventually overturned by a Japanese plane, but two were also shot down.
After the Japanese plane took off, it shook its butt and left.
"Hey? How did the Japanese plane escape?! Immediately reinforce the fortifications, pull out all the guns, and fire hard! Don't save ammunition!"
The Japanese artillery engaged in an artillery battle with the artillery battalion, but the Japanese artillery positions were soon destroyed.
"Good job, blast the infantry for me!"
Junichiro Oi, commander of the 227th Regiment, has a standard mustache and is not tall, but he speaks with a big voice.
"Warriors of the Empire, there is only one regiment of the Eighth Route Army. Charge forward and tear them apart!"
It is no wonder that Junichiro Koi is so arrogant. In previous battles, it took at least five times the number of troops to annihilate a regiment of 4,000 enemy soldiers.
There was a huge difference in equipment and quality of troops between the enemy and us, taking the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain as an example.
According to the statistics of the Japanese, more than 30,000 troops from Chongqing were captured, with more than 40,000 bodies abandoned. Adding the number of injured, the total casualties reached more than 100,000.
More than 600 Japanese soldiers were killed in the battle and nearly 2300 were injured. It can be said that "they killed 3000 enemies but lost 10 of their own."
Therefore, the 227th Regiment that came down from the Zhongtiao Mountain battlefield naturally did not take the Chinese army seriously, especially the Eighth Route Army.
"This group of cunning Chinese people just took advantage of the situation to win the battle! Kill them!"
Junichiro Koi sent all three infantry battalions forward without reservation and attacked the Shuitou Town position from three directions.
Looking at the massive enemy, Wei Dong broke into a sweat. This was probably the battle with the biggest disparity in strength between the enemy and us in this campaign.
"All the reserve troops are sent up to block the first wave of attacks!"
The soldiers of the artillery battalion ran with the artillery shells, and the infantry artillery fired at the theoretical maximum rate of fire.
The anti-tank guns were also loaded with high-explosive bombs early on and fired indiscriminately at the Japanese.
The heavy machine gun company's 6 heavy machine guns and 12 81mm mortars also had their barrels red from firing.
Even so, the Japanese pigs on the ground had advanced to a distance of one hundred meters.
All kinds of light and heavy weapons in the regiment opened fire at the same time, and the advantages of semi-automatic rifles were immediately apparent. For every one shot fired by a Type 38 rifle, a semi-automatic rifle could fire three shots.
"Captain! The Japs are coming!"
"Fuck him, you all, fight to the death for me!"
The MP40 submachine gun played an incredible advantage in the tunnel warfare, and together with the 95 automatic rifles of the regiment's reconnaissance battalion, they drove the Japanese out of the trenches.
However, the Japanese continued to rush forward.
"Captain, the deputy division commander is calling!"
"Weidong, get the soldiers into the anti-artillery cave!"
"what?"
"I order your entire regiment to enter the anti-artillery cave!"
Although Weidong didn't understand, he still issued orders to each battalion and company.
"Yes!"
Two minutes later, a whistling sound was heard from the sky, and Wei Dong immediately became excited. This was the sound of the 105 howitzer that he was most familiar with.
"Hahaha, our howitzer battalion is here!"
Five kilometers away, the artillery regiment's howitzer battalion quickly loaded and fired. The explosion point of the high-explosive bombs extended forward from thirty meters in front of the position, and a sieve-like bombing began.
The twenty-minute bombardment gave the wheat fields in front of the Shuitou Town’s real position a baptism of steel, with thousands of craters of all sizes, making it look like the surface of the moon.
The Japanese attack was ended by artillery fragments.
"It's so satisfying, so damn satisfying! Brothers, the artillery regiment is so generous, shouldn't we kill a few more Japanese to repay their kindness?"
Junichiro Koizumi listened to the sudden cessation of artillery fire and stared fiercely at the smoke-filled sky.
"Baga, no wonder the First Flying Regiment ran away so quickly, it turns out they were afraid of the Eighth Route Army's anti-aircraft guns! Gather the troops!"
As soon as the 227th Regiment was withdrawn, the various infantry battalions reported their battle losses, and it turned out that half of them had been lost, with only 2000 Japanese soldiers left.
Junichiro Koizumi was caught in an awkward situation. If he continued to attack the Shuitou Town position, given the firepower of the Eighth Route Army, he would be like a moth flying into a flame.
If we retreat now, it will damage the empire's military prestige.
"Send a telegram to General Kei Miura Kenjiro. My 227th Infantry Regiment has been hit hard by the enemy's artillery fire and has lost more than half of its troops. Please give me instructions for the next step!"
Kenjiro Kei Miura was currently commanding the Pingshun offensive in Changzhi. How could he have the time to pay attention to Shuitou Town, which was hundreds of kilometers away?
"Order Colonel Koizumi to follow the established combat plan. Our 60th Brigade will soon be able to break through the Eighth Route Army's positions, attack Pingshun County, force the independent column to return to support, and reduce the pressure on Yuncheng!"
After reading the telegram, Junichiro Koizumi's heart sank, and the arrogant look he had just shown completely disappeared.
"Baga, by the time they take Pingshun, we'll be wandering ghosts!"
Even though he was unwilling, Koizumi decided to obey orders and fight to the death.
Two thousand Japanese soldiers began to charge on board again.
Looking at the huge crowd of Japanese devils, Wei Dong sneered.
"Damn it, are you bullying us because our mechanized infantry regiment doesn't have tanks or armored vehicles?"
"Captain Wei, you don't have it, but our armored division does!"