noffsinger Chapter 355 It’s Over
Chapter 355 It’s Over
Chapter 355
Column enters the city, I lead the way!
The Japs are coming, I'll poison them!
This is the catchiest phrase for this group of surrendered puppet soldiers, and almost all of them can sang a few lines of it, either truly or falsely.
Wang Meng only sent one regiment, a mechanized infantry regiment of the 1st Division, to control Yangquan, and then quickly took over important targets such as the Yangquan Steel Plant and Cement Plant.
At this time, Wang Meng didn't care about every blade of grass, every brick and tile in Yangquan, but concentrated on thinking about how to break the siege of Niangzi Pass and Langwo Mountain.
After thinking for a moment, Wang Meng immediately decided to fully utilize the armored division's mobility and firepower advantages.
Order:
The 26th Armored Division, located north of Taiyuan, moved northward in an armored cluster and took the initiative to attack the th Division, which was kilometers away.
The 6th Armored Division, also in the north of Taiyuan, pushed northward and threatened Xinzhou. Xinzhou currently had only one garrison battalion and one Xinzhou Security Regiment, with a total of more than 3,000 Japanese and puppet troops.
Together with the less than one thousand remnant soldiers brought by Yoshio Shinozuka, the total number was only four thousand.
The 4th Armored Division in Taiyuan City suffered the heaviest losses in the Taiyuan battle, and was responsible for guarding Taiyuan and, depending on the situation, recovering some counties north of Taiyuan.
The 1st Armored Division (lacking a mechanized infantry regiment) and the 2nd Armored Division outside Yangquan advanced at full speed towards Niangzi Pass, determined to break the siege of Niangzi Pass and rescue Li Yunlong from Langwo Mountain.
Niangzi Pass is the throat of Shaanxi. After conquering Niangzi Pass, one can enter and exit Taiyuan and Shijiazhuang freely.
When the Japanese attacked Taiyuan in 1937, they first attacked Niangzi Pass.
At that time, the Japanese sent the 20th Division and the Xiyang Detachment to attack with more than troops, and defeated Chongqing's regiments and soldiers.
The Japanese suffered only a few thousand casualties, while the Chongqing troops suffered more than 27,000 casualties, and countless heroes died at Niangzi Pass.
A few days ago, the 3rd Armored Division took advantage of its strong mobility and strong resilience to catch the Japanese off guard and captured Niangzi Pass at a slight cost.
Otherwise, there will be another bloody battle.
At this time, the Niangzi Pass position was attacked from both sides.
The 59th Brigade of the 54th Division and the 5th Independent Mixed Brigade from Taiyuan, a total of Japanese devils and more than puppet troops, were attacking the highlands of Xuehua Mountain in the Niangziguan area.
Yoshio Hongo of the 62nd Division who escaped from Yangquan was leading the 63rd Brigade and the 64th Brigade, a total of more than Japanese soldiers, preparing to attack Falu Ridge from behind.
Hosokawa Yasutada calculated that as long as they could capture Xuehua Mountain and Falu Ridge, they would be able to open up a passage to Shijiazhuang.
If we are lucky, we can take advantage of the steepness of Niangzi Pass to block the large force of the independent column and slowly destroy the small force outside Niangzi Pass.
Even if you are unlucky, you can retreat back to Shijiazhuang and recuperate.
However, there is a prerequisite for this, and that is to take over Niangzi Pass.
Therefore, Yoshio Hongo and Yasutada Hosokawa commanded their troops at the same time and launched an attack on Hanahwa Mountain and Falu Ridge.
The troops attacking Xuehua Mountain were the 5th Independent Mixed Brigade from the Shijiazhuang direction, which had a total of four independent infantry battalions, the 15th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd Battalions, with a total of more than heads.
The mechanized infantry regiment with more than 2,000 troops is stationed in Xuehua Mountain.
进攻乏驴岭的为阳泉方向的第59师团步兵第53旅团，一共四个独立步兵大队，独立步兵第41、42、43、44大队，共计五千多头。
The Japanese concentrated all their artillery and fired wildly at the two hills.
Although the 3rd Armored Division had arrived for several days, because the two hills were rocky, it was extremely unfavorable to build fortifications. They could only use sacks of soil to build bunkers, and their anti-artillery capabilities were really insufficient.
The 3rd Armored Division transported all the artillery to the top of the mountain, so they could attack the Japanese artillery from a high position and for a while they were able to fight the Japanese to a draw.
However, the Japanese did not charge after the artillery bombardment as they did in the past, but instead launched a direct attack on the two hills.
"Damn it, put all the anti-aircraft guns down. If you can't hit the Japs, just throw stones at them!"
Dozens of anti-aircraft guns and anti-tank guns of the artillery regiment adjusted their firing angles and fired at the Japanese soldiers at the bottom of the hill.
For a moment, gravel flew everywhere, and even if the Japanese soldiers were not killed by shrapnel, they were still screaming in pain from being hit by the stones.
"Okay, let's do this! Where is our plane?"
"Captain, we're on the way!"
The mechanized infantry regiment blocked the first wave of attack by the Japanese, but this was only a tentative attack by the Japanese.
Immediately afterwards, the Japanese sent out more troops and moved in full force.
Especially the 59th Division in the Taiyuan direction, whose commander Yoshio Hongo also made a desperate attempt.
"Everyone attack! If we fail to take Falu Ridge this time, the independent column armored division behind us will crush us to pieces! Kill them!"
Yoshio Hongo was not a fool. According to his calculations, the armored vehicles and tanks of the independent column should arrive soon, so this attack was their last chance.
The Japanese artillery continued to fire, suppressing the artillery of the mechanized infantry regiment.
More than ten thousand Japanese soldiers swarmed onto the hillside of Faluling like a swarm of locusts.
"Oh, the Japanese are really spending a lot of money! Brothers, do they think our mechanized infantry regiment is a soft persimmon? Kill them!"
The soldiers fired grenades and shells, but there were too many of them! Some of them had already rushed to within 30 meters.
"Let the soldiers prepare. Those who can shoot must not fight with bayonets. I have only one request. Falu Ridge cannot be lost to the 1st Mechanized Regiment of the 3rd Armored Division! Kill!"
The regiment commander took the lead and fired a burst of shots with an MP40 submachine gun.
"Give me the troops stationed at Falu Ridge. Have them throw a round of grenades and then hide in the trenches!"
Although this order puzzled the 1st Mechanized Regiment of the 3rd Armored Division, they did not have the courage to doubt Chief of Staff Wang's order.
After throwing the grenade, the soldiers of the regiment covered their helmets, leaned against the trenches, and prayed that the Japanese would not rush up.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The artillery division, the 1st Armored Division Artillery Regiment, the 2nd Armored Division Artillery Regiment, hundreds of howitzers, infantry guns and anti-aircraft guns fired at the same time, shaking the earth.
The earthquake also turned Falu Ridge upside down. The officers and soldiers hiding in the trenches all touched their heads and thought that they were lucky that they had hidden themselves, otherwise, the rubble would have turned them into sieves.
Bullets of all sizes knocked down a layer of rocks on the Falu Ridge.
As for those densely packed Japanese soldiers, they were either killed by explosions, shocks, or crushed to death by the rubble, while those at the foot of the mountain were buried alive under the rubble.
Yoshio Hongo looked at the Japanese soldiers who were like ants that had been drenched in boiling water, and said two words: It's over!