Back to the Republic of China as a commander

But when they stopped to rest, a soldier named Koji Nakamura noticed something was wrong: "Nani, why is the ground trembling?"

The sergeant in charge of the team shook his head and said, "Don't be nervous, it might be an earthquake!"

The Japanese, who are accustomed to earthquakes like breathing, obviously made an empirical mistake. Where did the earthquakes come from on the shock-type plain in Shandong?

Sometimes, mistakes are unforgivable. These patrols less than 300 meters away from the alliance position failed to find the enemy in time, and what awaited them could only be tragedy.

I can't help but admire the abundance of young soldiers. Just yesterday, when Bai Chongxi inspected Boshan, Jiang Dingwen, the head of the Second Tank Assault Regiment, suddenly suggested: "Chief of Staff, I suggest using the characteristics of the snowy weather. Our army is all plain. In this way, the possibility of being discovered by the Japanese army in advance is greatly reduced."

Bai Chongxi was overjoyed when he heard the words, and announced on the spot that Jiang Dingwen was promoted to brigadier general and rewarded with 1000 Chinese yuan.But this white camouflage will be difficult to get together for a while. At this time, Jiang Dingwen reminded again: "Report to the Chief of Staff, the shirts of our officers and soldiers are all white."

So the most inhuman order was issued. The officers and soldiers were ordered to wear all their shirts outside. At the same time, the white sheets of all field hospitals were covered on the tanks and armored assault vehicles, so the Japanese patrols became color blind.

At ten o'clock in the morning, all the assault troops quietly approached to a place less than 500 meters away from the Japanese position. If they go any further, they will be easily injured by their own artillery.

Bai Chongxi gave an order and opened fire.

The artillery assigned to the No.30 division, and the first division artillery collected from several other divisions, a total of [-] French heavy artillery unceremoniously began a devastating bombardment towards the area where Masao Nishino's unit was located.

God was such a tease. When the shelling started, Masao Nishino was in his regiment headquarters, in the old house of a wealthy family in Zichuan, having a meeting with several captains to discuss the issue of expanding the patrol radius.Perhaps it was the ancestor's manifestation, the first batch of test-fired shells hit the old house without prejudice, and several captains standing in front of Masao Nishino died on the spot and returned to Japan to meet Amaterasu.Masao Nishino's ear was cut off by shell fragments, and he fell to the ground on the spot and failed to stand up.At the same time, in addition to several main officers, the staff of the regiment headquarters, the communications corps, and the radio station that decided the outcome of the battle were also hit.It was precisely because of the damage to this radio station that Yuheng Yicheng failed to get in touch with the 32nd Infantry Regiment in the first place, and thus failed to make timely tactical adjustments.

Although the command system lost contact inexplicably, the quality of the regularization of the Japanese army was soon reflected. Squadron leaders, squadron leaders, and officers at the rank of sergeant began to organize the soldiers around them to count ammunition almost without orders. resisted.

But soon they will be desperate. . .

The Japanese soldiers with guns ready to resist first saw huge white monsters pressing towards them with a strong tremor of the earth. What kind of monsters are these?Most of these soldiers from ordinary Japanese farmers were dumbfounded for the first time.

Tanks are not unknown to Japan, but the problem is that it is impossible for the Japanese who know this thing to lie in the trenches, so Japanese soldiers can only be unknown, and the unknown creates great fear.

But the inertia generated by rigorous training made them frantically pull the trigger in their hands, trying to stop the monster from advancing as much as possible.The bullets hitting the monster only made a crisp sound, and it couldn't stop the monster from moving forward at all.Since the rifle is useless, let's use the grenade, which is still useless.Now the Japanese soldiers were completely helpless. They were already fighting in accordance with the requirements of the Army Code of Practice, but it was obviously useless.Wait, what is the last trick of the operation code combat method?By the way, on the bayonet.

In the first trench, a soldier of a Japanese reorganized squadron jumped out of the trench with a bayonet in his hand under the leadership of the officer without hesitation, and then rushed towards the monster with the heroism and bravery of a samurai.

After rushing out a few steps, they saw a group of Chinese soldiers in ill-fitting shirts not a few meters behind the monster.It's the enemy, a sergeant shouted loudly, and the Japanese army immediately decided to kill people first and then work together to deal with the monster.

It was too late and then soon, the machine guns equipped on the tank opened fire. What was even more frightening was that the rifles in the hands of the Chinese soldiers in white shirts were not long, but the rate of fire was astonishing. Intensive, full of flames, a squadron of Japanese troops was wiped out by the murderous weapons created by human industrial civilization in less than a minute. Even the assault soldiers of the tank brigade did not expect that the weapons in their hands were so effective.

With the successful breakthrough of the first line of defense, the engineers immediately stepped forward and used firewood to fill in 24 passages large enough for tanks to pass through the trenches.Not long after the tank successfully passed through this line of defense, nearly 200 Japanese soldiers who did not know whether they were dead or alive rushed up, and all of them were naturally broken.

If Wang Zhenyu was present at this moment, he would be surprised to find that the tank brigade fought the Japanese army as easily as he played games in later generations.In other areas, relying on armored assault vehicles, it is equally easy to break through.However, the protective effect of armored assault vehicles is obviously not as good as that of tanks. During the crazy to almost suicidal resistance of the Japanese army, vehicle damage and casualties occurred.But compared with the price paid by the Japanese army, this casualty is almost negligible.

After receiving a simple bandage, Masao Nishino decided to go to the front to direct the counterattack. Before leaving, he suddenly glanced at his alliance flag, which was awarded by His Majesty the Emperor himself.After thinking for a while, he said very solemnly to the only young health soldier in the headquarters who did not follow him: "Please protect this military flag."

Because he didn't believe that he would be defeated, Nishino forgot to say that if our army accidentally finished playing, you boy should remember to burn the military flag.

Nishino, who had participated in the study and discussion of the experience of the Japanese army in the European War, saw the tank that had shown its true face, and he knew that he was in big trouble this time.He shouted very frightened: "Baga, how could the Chinese people have this thing?"

"Your Excellency, what is this thing? Have you seen it? How should we deal with it?" The only staff officer who survived the explosion of the test projectile asked cautiously.

It was only then that Nishino realized that he should remain calm. He glanced at the staff officer who asked the question and said, "This is a European tank. It is estimated that China bought it at a high price from the Europeans. The quantity must not be large. It is very bulky 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 despite the fact that Wang Zhenyu's tanks are not very advanced, their tactics are advanced. The dead Japanese death squad was crucified 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 front of the 32nd Regiment from the flanks. The 32nd Regiment was completely chaotic. Although it still had almost half of its troops, it could not organize any effective resistance at all.Personal bravery is useless at this time. Nishino has to work hard to gather troops to resist. Maybe this can buy some time for the division. Tanks are probably not enough to be dealt with by changing the division commander. This is Nishino Masao's last thought before being shot dead.He was hit by a stray bullet while transferring command posts, and this time he had no luck with the shelling, the bullet entered his back and penetrated the heart. . .

A major officer named Nobuyuki Ando was the quartermaster of the 32nd Regiment. He witnessed almost the entire battle process. He wrote in his diary: "At this moment, I miss my mother and my wife very much. They are still praying for me. At that time, I really didn't think it was necessary. I just followed the invincible imperial army to Zhina to punish a group of bandit-like troops. But the current situation is really bad. The riot army was beaten to pieces. Who would have thought that the entire regiment was defeated in less than an hour from the start of the battle. The soldiers are very brave, and the officers are not afraid of death, but why we still can't get rid of the bad luck of failure, I feel like I'm going to die here, but I really don't want to go to the Yasukuni Shrine..."

Ando Shinyuki did not become a god as he wished, and a missed mortar accidentally helped him. He was buried by the collapsed wall, and when he woke up, he had become a prisoner of war and a coolie.

After tenacious fighting, the Nishino Regiment was completely wiped out within two hours. A total of 3780 Japanese troops from the entire regiment were missing, 3689 were missing, and 91 were captured, of which 74 died of serious injuries.The youth army suffered a total of less than 500 casualties. The largest casualty occurred in an attack on a house, and more than 120 soldiers were killed. In the end, the commander of the first division stopped the stupid attack and directly ordered the mortar bombardment of the whole regiment. Here, solve the problem directly.

Such a disparity in the battle loss ratio was beyond the imagination of any side before the war, but this was only the beginning of the extremely bloody Jinan Battle, and the tanks were roaring into action again. . .

Chapter 459 Battle of Jinan ([-])

When the tank brigade appeared in front of the main position of the Ninth Division of the Japanese Army, Kanwei Matsuura, the division commander of the Ninth Division, performed much better than the joint leader Nishino.He didn't foolishly ask what it was?He made a surprised voice from the direction of the enemy: "Where is the 32nd regiment?"

The 32nd regiment no longer exists, and the regiment flag representing their honor has also fallen into the hands of Zhang Zizhong, the commander of the first division. A division of soldiers kicked and kicked the ground.Some of the officers knew what to expect, and the regiment flag was immediately sent to the division headquarters. Unfortunately, Zhang Zizhong had never studied in a Japanese military academy. He didn't know what the regiment flag meant, so he threw it on the ground with ease. After throwing it away, I stepped on it and spit out phlegm.As a result, when the alliance flag was sent to the Northern Expedition Army's General Staff, Jiang Fangzhen, the always gentle and gentle deputy chief of staff, pointed to the alliance flag with a livid face and said, "Which bastard left footprints on it and spit on it?" ? How can I submit this to the committee?"

Zhang Zizhong, who was usually full of vigor, was so bluffed on the spot that he dared not make a sound. When he came out of the general staff, he immediately ordered that all Japanese military flags and sabers captured should not be damaged, and they would be handed over to the division headquarters with a heavy reward.If there is any damage, once found, twenty military sticks.

As a result, there was a very strange scene in the subsequent battle. As long as there was a military flag or saber, the soldiers of the youth army would rush forward, and even fight for it. . .

Still returning to the position of the Ninth Division of the Japanese Army, the tank brigade broke through the Japanese defense line very easily, and the officers and soldiers of the First Division and No.30 Division following the tank brigade rushed into the Japanese position unceremoniously. Fight with the Japanese army who was disrupted.The breakthrough continued to expand. Lieutenant General Matsuura Kanwei once planned to organize troops to beat the Chinese out, but his efforts soon ended in failure. The combination of tanks and submachine guns could not be resisted by the bravery of the Japanese army.The tragedy of the Japanese army on the Pacific battlefield during World War II was repeated. Pieces of Japanese troops were knocked down in front of the squadron's tanks.

However, tanks and assault vehicles also encountered a problem now, that is, the combat discipline of the Japanese army. Although the defense line was broken through, the Japanese army did not collapse.Their strong faith made them stick to their positions, and they would never give up their positions even if there were no reinforcements, and they used all means to kill and injure the infantry who followed.And some Japanese soldiers who had lost hope of victory frantically opened the grenades and plunged into the squadron, even if they didn't get shot a few times, they were like zombies in later science fiction movies, and they didn't kill them Not too late.The officers and soldiers of the 30st Division and the No.[-] Division who were bombed for a while were terrified. No matter how urged by the officers, they were unwilling to charge forward.In addition, the artillery of the Japanese army also began to show its power, cutting off the possibility of the infantry following up, and the attacking troops with a bit of loss began to lose touch.

As a result, a strange scene appeared on the battlefield. Although the tank brigade rushed in easily, it was in a very dangerous situation due to the lack of follow-up troops, because there was no one to deal with the tanks and armored vehicles. A desperate little Japanese soldier.As a result, several armored assault vehicles caught fire and exploded after being bombed several times in a row.Seeing this situation, Gu Zhutong, the brigade commander of the tank brigade, immediately ordered the tanks and assault vehicles to be placed sideways on the spot, using the tank's 57 mm guns and the assault vehicle's machine guns to continuously bombard and shoot the Japanese troops.

Then relying on a thousand commandos with submachine guns in their hands to form a defense line, they kept knocking down the Japanese troops pouring in from all directions.But this is also extremely dangerous, because once the Japanese army rushes into the range of 60 meters, they will throw grenades without hesitation. In addition, submachine guns are very expensive. Although the assault vehicle is carrying ammunition, once it is used up, the consequences will be unimaginable. .The three German advisors Guderian, Maninstein and Rommel who followed Gu Zhutong unanimously decided to adopt Maninstein's method after a simple debate.

Don't stay where you are and get beaten.Gu Zhutong was as good as he said: "Give me the order, and immediately organize the entire attack group to attack forward, trying to penetrate the Japanese defense line. If the Japanese army can persist, then it doesn't matter to penetrate back. I don't believe them. Japan can still stay in chaos. As for how much the idiots of the 30st Division and No.[-] Division will lose, that is their own business. Who made them follow so unresolutely. I almost cheated myself."

The tank brigade immediately started to start the engine and began the assault. The armored assault vehicle was placed on both sides of the entire assault group according to the order, and the machine guns on the vehicle continuously fired at the Japanese soldiers who were trying to approach the convoy.Even so, there will always be intervals, and there will always be Japanese soldiers holding grenades and loading them up with a bang and blasting them away.

Wang Zhenhua, the head of the First Tank Regiment of the Tank Brigade at the time and the son of Wang Longzhong, the vice chairman of the Nationalist Government, faithfully recorded this tragic scene in his post-war report: "The Japanese soldiers are like crazy lunatics. They don't care about their own lives at all. I don't know how terrible death is. They just rushed towards us with bundles of grenades without fear of danger. We tried our best to stop their crazy actions with firepower, but we still couldn't do it completely. From time to time, armored assault vehicles were hit It caught fire, and the fighters in the car had to jump out of the car to escape, because this big guy is too weak. If all our armor is tanks, then it’s useless for Little Japan to play self-destruct...”

The actions of the tank brigade immediately caused panic in the Japanese army. Although there were still Japanese defensive positions in front of them, they were definitely unstoppable.Because all the heavy weapons are supporting the front line, the head of the division Matsuura Kanwei saw this situation and immediately shouted to the staff around him: "If these Chinese tanks are allowed to penetrate our defense line, it will be troublesome, and we will collapse across the board. Immediately order the artillery wing to ignore the forward positions and turn around to bombard these tanks. I don't believe that they are not afraid of artillery, so we must stop them and stop them."

The artillery level of the Japanese army is really good. Immediately after receiving the order, they went up shirtless and held the shells. They didn't even need to test fire. They bombarded the area where the tank brigade was located with the fastest and fiercest firepower, and their results were quite amazing. , More than 40 armored assault vehicles were destroyed, and five tanks caught fire after being hit. The drivers of three of them failed to escape from the tanks, and the brigade commander Gu Zhutong burst into tears.The tank brigade panicked. At this time, the German consultants came out.

They went down to the three regiments and directly helped Wang Zhenhua, Jiang Dingwen and the others command the troops to bypass the destroyed vehicles and continue to advance. In addition, Liu Zhi led the engineering regiment to take in the wounded soldiers and technicians with damaged equipment, and to preserve as much as possible these already Soldiers with actual combat experience.Such bombardment is not all bad, at least hundreds of Japanese soldiers who were about to die and the grenades in their arms also disappeared in the shelling.Gu Zhutong clearly wrote in a report after the war that caused an uproar within the Military Commission: "Because our army placed too much emphasis on the suddenness of tactics, we blindly ordered Although the tank brigade's attack did create huge results, the losses caused cannot be ignored. Therefore, as the commander of the entire tank force, I cannot agree with Chief of Staff White's command this time."

The Japanese army who was attacking the tank brigade immediately cheered, and then they couldn't care less about mourning for those comrades who were accidentally injured. What they have to do now is to continue to organize death squads to rush forward with cluster grenades.But that's where their luck ends. . .

"Buzz buzz buzz..." Just as the bombardment started, dozens of small black spots suddenly appeared in the sky not far away, but the small black spots soon turned into big black spots, making a loud noise. It was also getting louder and louder, and finally it was so loud that the fierce gunfire on the battlefield was not enough to cover it up.

"What is this?" On the front line of the Japanese army, a young Japanese soldier was touching the prayer belt around his waist. Before he left for the battle, his mother and sister went to the street to ask passers-by to sew it stitch by stitch. I don't know if I can survive the battle, go back to my hometown, and see my mother and sister again.Originally thought that coming to China was just to clean up some bandit troops with very low combat effectiveness.But in the battle just now, it was obvious that people like myself were being besieged, and the middle of the front line was obviously broken through, and it was barely blocked by the warriors of the empire with desperate suicide attacks.At this time, there was a huge noise in the sky, and the young soldier looked at the roaring fighter plane and asked the squadron leader beside him.

Just commanding everyone to repel an attack by the Chinese army, the squadron leader who was resting in the trench glanced at the sky and said weakly: "This is an airplane. I saw this thing when I was in Tokyo. It is mainly used by the pretentious guys in the navy. For reconnaissance! It doesn't have much effect!"

"Then is this our Japanese plane?" The young soldier asked again with some expectation. In fact, he really wanted to ask the officer if we could win?But he was afraid of being reprimanded, so he didn't speak.

The squadron leader nodded: "Of course it is our Japanese aircraft. How could the backward China make such a good thing."

So the Japanese soldiers cheered immediately during the bitter battle, but almost at the same time, the officers and soldiers of the 30st Division of the Youth Army and the No.[-] Division also saw the plane. They knew that this thing was theirs in Boshan yesterday. On the other side, because the Chief of Staff Bai, who is said to be a great figure, arrived in Boshan with this guy.So they also cheered loudly, but the Japanese soldiers were stunned instead. . .

In the end, the Japanese soldier who longed to go home returned to his hometown after 40 years. According to Resolution No. 1960 of the National Assembly in 112, all the remains of Japanese soldiers who participated in the Shandong Battle in 1919 were cremated and returned to their hometown for burial. . .

These small black dots are actually a battle group composed of forty bombers and twenty fighters led by General Yang Xianyi himself. Their goal is only one, the artillery position of the Japanese army, find it and destroy it.

Coincidentally, because the commander of the division Matsuura Kanwei urgently ordered the transfer of the muzzle to shell the tank brigade, the Japanese artillery wing failed to change the artillery position in time after the last shelling was completed. The result was naturally a tragedy.

Chapter 460 Battle of Jinan ([-])

Yang Xianyi quickly found the artillery wing of the Japanese army, and he immediately asked his deputy to fly the flag and drop bombs. There are still serious technical problems in installing radios on the aircraft, and there is no way to rely on flags to command.

As a result, aerial bombs weighing more than 30 kilograms were unceremoniously dropped towards the positions of the Japanese Artillery Wing. The momentum was scary, but the hit rate was equally astonishingly low.Strictly speaking, since there was no dive bombing and low-altitude bombing technology at this time, only three bombs successfully hit the target, but it was enough, because the three bombs that didn't know where to go hit the Japanese army in the end. The ammunition stacked on the artillery position directly caused the explosion!