Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

Chapter 359: The Impact of the Destruction of the Japanese Artillery Regiment

The explosion in the forest lasted for a full ten minutes. In fact, if Colonel Irie and his men had not stood a little further away, with this level of chain reactionary explosion, there would have been basically no survivors in the entire forest, and they would not have had the chance to commit seppuku.

But the result was still good. In order to escape the blame, Colonel Irie chose to commit suicide by seppuku.

He died very quickly. Kobayashi Ichizo, who was at the temporary command center, was so angry that his nose was crooked.

The huge movement was felt by him even though he was eight or nine kilometers away. He soon realized that something had happened in the heavy artillery regiment.

How long has it been since I started to feel so proud? The plan was successfully implemented for only ten minutes, and it’s over just like that?

Above Huangtuling, the Japanese soldiers in the planes also noticed the flames caused by the violent explosion in the distance. They were all stunned, staring in the direction of their heavy artillery regiment with astonishment, and even forgot to continue dropping poison gas bombs.

The various regiments in charge of mountain and field artillery, as well as Colonel Fujiwara, also stopped their attacks and chose to withdraw and change their positions.

Although they didn't know what exactly happened, it was easy to guess from the noise that there must be a problem with their heavy artillery regiment.

If they don't run now, if the enemy targets them, they will be doomed.

There are many smart people among the Japanese, especially when they need to save their lives.

In fact, after receiving the news from the special forces, the artillery battalion had already begun to adjust the muzzle, aiming directly at the Japanese mountain and field artillery.

The biggest threat has disappeared, and the next step is naturally to kill the weaker threats.

"Your Excellency, the Brigade Commander, the Guard Battalion sent a telegram, the Heavy Artillery Regiment and..."

Before the signalman could finish his words, Xiaolin Yisan snatched the telegram and took a quick glance at it. Suddenly, he felt that the whole tent was spinning...

Nearly half of the guard battalion died, and the entire heavy artillery regiment was wiped out. It really is what you fear the most that comes true.

The heavy artillery regiment was completely wiped out, and his plan could be declared a failure. This time, not to mention promotion, even his position as brigade commander would be lost.

At least Tanaka Shinichi only lost one of his mountain artillery regiments, but he was more direct, and the entire heavy artillery regiment supporting the headquarters was destroyed.

With this result, even if the division commander could let him go, the commander would not.

Little did he know that Umezu Michiro was also in a bad situation at this time. His position as the commander of the First Army was already in the countdown...

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, Irie-kun has committed seppuku. The entire heavy artillery regiment, including over 2000 brave warriors, has been killed by the Chinese artillery fire."

After reading the telegram that fell to the ground, Yokoyama Taketada spoke with difficulty.

The two men shared the same fate, and now they felt sympathy for each other. Their future military careers would be bleak.

In fact, such an effect cannot be achieved by artillery bombardment alone, and the main reason is the secondary explosion.

Kobayashi Ichizo brought all his supplies with him this time, and they were all destroyed in this wave, and a large number of Japanese soldiers were also killed and wounded.

It has to be said that the artillery battalion led by Lu Daya did make great contributions. With just the artillery shells and grenades brought by Kobayashi Ichisan, they could easily capture Taiyuan, but now they were all destroyed in the mountains and forests.

It's no wonder that Colonel Irie was careless. They were really scattered. He didn't expect that these Chinese would use artillery groups to bombard his small artillery positions one by one. This led to the destruction of his entire heavy artillery regiment and killed many Japanese soldiers on guard.

"Bakayaro..."

At this moment, Kobayashi Ichisan didn't know who to scold, he was so frustrated that he was about to explode.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, take this opportunity to quickly send the infantry regiment to charge and try to capture these Chinese in front of us."

Looking at the angry Kobayashi, Yokoyama Taketada couldn't help but remind him.

He didn't want it to end like this, they still had a chance.

After the bombing of Huangtuling, the effects of biological and chemical weapons were still there. Although the attack at this time was not the best, it was not completely impossible. After all, they still had the advantage in military strength.

"Yokoyama-kun, go make the arrangements, quickly!"

Kobayashi Ichisan was obviously confused. When he heard the staff officer's suggestion, he shouted anxiously as if he was grabbing a life-saving straw.

"Hi!"

Yokoyama Taketada had no time to express his admiration for Kobayashi, and without even bowing he began to give the attack order to the Japanese communications soldiers.

Ten minutes later, the Japanese soldiers who had already withdrawn from the battlefield began to charge.

Seeing this, the Japanese in the fleet of planes in the sky tacitly chose to go off duty and flew out of the airspace directly.

By this time, the poison gas in Huangtuling had completely dissipated. Fortunately, the artillery battalion took action in time, which prevented the Japanese from continuing to launch attacks. Otherwise, the losses of each battalion would have been absolutely incalculable.

Even so, the Japanese dropped intensive poison gas bombs, and the combined losses of all battalions now reached more than a thousand, and there was no way to save them.

The independent regiment was still developing too slowly and was unable to form a complete logistics and medical system on the battlefield, which led to many soldiers who were poisoned by gas dying on the battlefield.

Da da da!

At a distance of 800 meters, the soldiers from each battalion took action. The bullets from the M60s seemed to carry the soldiers' anger as they fired at the charging Japanese soldiers and puppet troops.

There was a tacit understanding on every battlefield. The battalion commanders were all furious and had no intention of holding back at all.

In the first wave, the Japanese and puppet troops on all sides suffered a total of four to five hundred casualties.

However, the Japanese were crazy this time. They completely ignored casualties and were determined to capture the independent regiment in front of them.

The Japanese themselves were not afraid of casualties, so naturally the puppet troops were not much better off.

Those who started the riot were shot directly, and several puppet army commanders were beaten badly. In the end, the remaining 6000 puppet troops were all sent to various battlefields.

The Japanese supervision team did not hold back and killed all those who dared to retreat.

Under the threat of a row of machine guns in the rear, the puppet soldiers had no choice but to charge forward. At this moment, they could not even think of surrendering and became cannon fodder.

The main problem is that it's not just the Japanese supervision team, but the Japanese who ordered the charge are all staring at them. Who dares to do anything?

"Don't hide your bullets and artillery shells, shoot them for me. No matter if they are puppet troops or devils, kill them all."

Yang Zhenhua roared with a look of anger, frightening several company commanders of the Second Battalion who were familiar with him.

This is a fight to the death with the Japanese, several company commanders had this thought at the same time.

"Yes, battalion commander."

Shi Xiaoliu spoke first, which prompted the other company commanders to react and they immediately agreed in unison.

Da da da!

As the Japanese approached a distance of 300 meters, the arranged Type heavy machine guns began to fire one after another, followed by snipers and grenadiers.

The reckless fighting style caused great damage to the Japanese and puppet troops. The battle lasted for an hour, and the Japanese's first offensive was repelled.

It’s not that the Japanese commander wanted to retreat, it’s just that the casualties were too great.

On the battlefield of the Second Battalion, there were 1200 Japanese soldiers in one battalion and more than 1600 puppet soldiers. More than a quarter of them were killed or wounded. If they did not retreat to rest, the Japanese soldiers would not be happy.