Chapter 32 Chapter 32 Life and Death Fight 1

From June 28 to July 2, it was a critical period for the Japanese army's first general offensive.During the five consecutive days of the Japanese army's full-scale offensive, except for the three periods of dusk, dawn, and noon, when the fighting situation was slightly silent and paused for an hour or two, the rest of the time, due to the endless Japanese attack, the two sides fought endlessly and fought fiercely in the dark. Incomparable life and death fight. The two parties seem to have agreed, you come and go, step by step, and fight routinely. The "trilogy" of the Japanese offensive was: first bombing by air force planes, followed by artillery fire and poison gas attacks, and when the officers and soldiers of the national army positions were half paralyzed, the infantry launched a violent charge.The coordination of movement and firepower, and the coordination of infantry, artillery, and air forces are like conducting daily combat exercises.Every movement and stillness are almost the same as the principles of infantry drills and field tutorials.

Regarding the "three axes" of the Japanese army, the national army was tit-for-tat: when the Japanese aircraft attacked and bombarded by artillery fire, the national army officers and soldiers hid in the anti-aircraft holes, foxholes and shelters and waited for orders to avoid premature heavy casualties; When the Japanese army approached our position and the artillery fire of the Japanese army extended to the rear of the national army position in order to avoid injuring its infantry, the national army officers and soldiers began to show their heads from various concealed places, and cooperated with various obstacles in front of the position to play side fire. With curved firepower, the Japanese army was wiped out in front of the position.Even if the Japanese army has broken into the national army position.The officers and soldiers of the national army joined forces to charge back with bayonets, and desperately knocked out the Japanese army in the position.

The two armies were so tit-for-tat, fighting each other, fighting back and forth, that the ancient city of Hengyang, which had a long history, prosperous business, and prosperity, turned into a rare massacre in ancient and modern times.The sky was dark and the sky was dark, the sun and the moon were dark, corpses were scattered all over the field, and blood flowed like rivers. Due to the endless attacks of the Japanese army.Everywhere on the front line of the national army was in a hurry. On the 28th and 29th, the Xinjie Waiguan outside Jiangxi Guild Hall in the southern suburbs and the positions at the southern end of Wuguiling Mountain were continuously attacked on the 28th and 29th, and some Japanese troops broke into them successively.Major Li Ruodong, commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 28th Regiment of the 10th Division of the National Reserve Army, personally commanded the reserve company to charge back, repelling the Japanese troops.There are more than 300 corpses of Japanese soldiers in the camp and in front of the obstacles.

Battalion Commander Li suffered an injury to his left leg and was evacuated to the hospital. Major Zhai Yugang, the deputy battalion commander, was promoted to battalion commander. The 141st Highland and Maple Mountain positions in the southern suburbs were held by the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 28th Regiment.In the first two days of the Japanese attack, all the light and heavy firepower of the national army was destroyed on the line of obstacles. From June 30 to July 2, Highland 141 was invaded by Japanese troops three times. Major Zhao Xianmin, commander of the 1st Battalion of the 28th Regiment, successively used the reserves of two companies to take turns to fight back, and finally wiped out the guns of more than 1,000 Japanese troops in a brigade.Although the integrity of the battalion position was temporarily maintained, the battalion also suffered more than half of the casualties.The obstacles in front of the position were also completely destroyed.

The Xianggui Railway Machinery Repair Factory in the southern suburbs and the highlands to the west were guarded by the 3rd Battalion of the 30th Regiment of the National Army.Under the cover of the strong cross-fire of the two strongholds of Fengshushan and Zhangjiashan, the Japanese army had difficulty moving during the day, so they carried out continuous attacks at night, and most of them were killed. On the night of July 1, the machine repair factory was once invaded by more than 200 Japanese troops. Major Zhou Guoxiang, commander of the 3rd Battalion, personally led the reserve company to counterattack, and finally wiped out most of the Japanese army before dawn.A small number of Japanese troops occupied the houses and resisted stubbornly, and they were not cleared until noon.The battalion suffered heavy casualties and the situation was critical.

The southern suburb of Zhangjiashan is the key to ensuring the important line of defense southwest of Hengyang.Major General Ge Xiancai, the commander of the Reserve 10th Division who was in charge of the defense in this area, stayed in the command post of Wuxian Temple Division all the time.This command post is only 700 meters away from the main position of Zhangjiashan, and only 300 meters away from the command post of the 30th regiment of Xiaojiashan.He must closely deploy troops and support each other to ensure that Zhangjiashan's position is foolproof.But he himself was within range of Japanese snipers.At that time, the effective range of the 38th cover of the Japanese army was 2,000 meters, and the maximum killing effect area was within 1,000 meters.The staff advised him to set up the command post in the city.But he firmly refused.Jokingly said: The sniper who can kill me is still in his mother's womb!

Seeing that the front line was tight, Ge Xiancai immediately ordered the reserve team in his hand—the engineer company and the search company directly under the division to ambush on the side of Zhangjiashan in advance, but he led his staff and guards to advance to the front line of Xiaojiashan to command. The Japanese army rushed forward with a frenzied vigor that was bound to win.Facing the bombing and bombing of the 10th Army's position, a raging mentality, after being blocked by a torrential rain, he was unmoved at all, and still rushed forward fanatically, one after another, like a group of mindless stringers puppet.

On the contrary, the defense of the 10th Army has cooled down.The brave soldiers of the 10th Army indulged in a very calm mood in such a cruel and fierce battle. They faced the battle calmly and calmly.When a shooter falls, another shooter immediately takes over; heavy firearms are fired without stopping for a moment, and the joints and connections of side shots and cross shots are tightly knit, decent and appropriate.This made the fanatical attack of the Japanese army and the calm defensive style of the 10th Army a perfect match for both offense and defense.This pair of opponents has successfully run in like this.This also achieved a world war spectacle.

The overall combat mentality of the 10th Army is more and more like a confident, mature and prudent hunter who waits patiently, is integrated and orderly, dense and dense, and has the same defensive method as there is any attack. to deal with. First, the soldiers of the 10th Army fell silent, shooting, dropping bombs, and fighting silently.The Japanese soldiers, who were always good at shouting, seemed to be infected quickly, rushing up and touching up silently.Only the Japanese commander was still shouting and screaming like thunder.When the commander of the 10th Army fired his shell gun, the bullets flew like locusts, and the Japanese army fell like mowing grass.Their shouting consciousness during training all the year round was like waking up from a dream, and they shouted together in front of the 10th Army formation...

The Japanese's general offensive lasted until the fourth day, and their vigor waned.They were drawn, confused, and angry by the calmness of the defenders. After the bombardment, they rushed up without saying a word.The Japanese commander watching the battle was surprised to see this unconventional action of his troops. In front of Zhangjiashan, Wuguiling, Tiger-shaped Nest and other formations, the charging Japanese troops became dumb, sneaky and cautious. The courage of the attackers has been reduced by more than half. The garrison's position is like a silent giant, silently watching and watching.The Japanese army crossed the trench, trampled down the net, and pushed down the wooden fence... At this time, the opponent was still silent. Silence is sometimes a kind of spiritual force that can destroy people.

The Japanese army was eagerly waiting for the opponent to open fire, but at this moment, they mustered up their pride and toughness to charge. 500 meters, 200 meters, 100 meters, the distance gradually shortened in the torment, but the opponent just didn't fire, as if they had returned to the era of cold weapons, until they saw the opponent's soldier's cold eyes and cold muzzle... The Japanese soldiers' hearts were shaken Now, get timid. During this silent process, the Japanese army's habit of fighting and stabbing became exhausted, and the usual drills and drills became unfamiliar. Face to face, people's character, human endowment, people's sense of motherland, and national spirit are all in this kind of competition and competition. In the process of learning, strong and weak, good and bad are distinguished.Just when the Japanese soldiers were overwhelmed by all this, the 10th Army commander's shell gun rang... The anger of the bullets and grenades burst out with a frightening force, overwhelming the mountains and rushing towards the Japanese army like a torrent of flames. The Zhangjiashan position is the protruding part of the whole division's position, and it is the key to the battlefield in the southwestern suburbs of Hengyang.The entire position consists of three small highlands with small elevations.The southeast is the 227.7 highland, and the northwest is the 211 highland. The distance between the two highlands is about 50 meters, which is the most effective distance for the crossfire network of rifles and machine guns.Zhangjiashan is in the northeast direction, slightly higher than these two small highlands, and is located directly behind the first two highlands, with a distance of about 150 meters. , so the position is particularly strong. During the battle from June 28 to July 2, the Japanese army launched no less than 20 fierce attacks on the position, all of which were repelled by the national army.During this period, some positions were either rushed into by the Japanese army, or most of them were occupied by the Japanese army, but they were immediately restored by the counterattack of the national army.So repeated, as many as 9 times. When the Japanese army first attacked Zhangjiashan, they were determined to win. With the momentum of Mount Tai, they concentrated their superior artillery fire and carried out destructive shooting at the obstacles in front of the national army positions. At the same time, they carried out air strikes and poison attacks on the national army.In the dense fog filled with gunpowder smoke, and in the thunderstorm with the sound of bullets, the Japanese army swarmed in like a tide.The officers and soldiers of the national army stood firm on the fortifications, calm and calm, regardless of the threat of poisonous gas and fierce artillery fire, first strafed vigorously, then bombarded with grenades, and finally engaged in hand-to-hand combat with bayonets.Seeing the Japanese rushing over wave after wave, they fell down wave after wave.Until the last day, he was still blocked by various layers of obstacles, and his corpse was buried under the cliff.