Chapter 7: The Waltz of Death (Part 1)
Although Cheng Jiaji and others had long been psychologically prepared for the intensity of the second attack of the Japanese, no one expected that the Japanese attack would be so wild and fierce.
This time, Master Yamaki did not disperse his troops. Except for one squadron blocking the Houzhuang exit and conducting a restraining attack on the Houzhuang Hua army, the other two infantry squadrons held obvious bayonets in front of the artillery squadron, divided into several small square formations and rushed towards the front of the entrance of the Qianzhuang Zhuang.
The Yamagi Brigade had only four infantry squadrons, and half of the total force was invested in the main direction at once. More than 300 Japanese attacked Qianzhuangzhuangkou without regard to casualties. The Chinese army's light and heavy machine guns and mortars swept down and bombed the Japanese one by one, but the Japanese still pressed Qianzhuangzhuangkou step by step at any cost.
Yamaki's plan was very simple. He wanted to use the forces of two infantry squadrons to attack Qianzhuang head-on. He believed that with the combat effectiveness of these two infantry squadrons and the full cooperation of the artillery, even if the Chinese defenders in Zhuangkou could not be defeated, it would be enough to attract the Chinese troops to Qianzhuangzhuangkou. At that time, the squadron he arranged in Houzhuang as the reserve squadron to launch an attack in Houzhuang. In view of the fact that this plan was more than 80% sure.
In fact, the Japanese's understanding and application of military tactics were really average, but this move was really effective. The combat effectiveness of the Japanese devils in the early stages of the war could not be equivalent to the strong men recruited from Japan in the late stage of the War of Resistance. Not only were the soldiers, but the grassroots officers below the brigade were mostly war madmen with strong military qualities and strong dedication. When they let go of their hands and feet, the Cheng Jiaji detachment immediately felt strong pressure.
When the Japanese army's second attack began, Cheng Jiaji was inspecting Yu Juncai's troops at the entrance of Qianzhuangzhuang. He did not leave the position, nor did he point fingers on command. Cheng Jiaji, who was self-aware enough, knew that even if Brother Chu on the battlefield had many wonderful ideas, what he could do now was not to treat himself as an ordinary soldier.
"Brother I, from now on, you will command me. If I go down to the forefront, you should just think I am an ordinary soldier."
After saying this to Yu Juncai, Cheng Jiaji took a German 98K rifle from Ma Sanbao and walked towards the front, and the guards around him hurriedly followed closely.
It was not until Cheng Jiaji had taken dozens of steps that Yu Jun realized. Looking at Cheng Jiaji's back, he felt a lot of troubles in his heart. Moreover, he was always very nervous and involuntarily moved by the trust in himself in Cheng Jiaji's words.
Although Yu Juncai's foundation in the 16th Army was too shallow, he could only rely on Cheng Jiaji, the big tree, which could make his life and seek development in the 16th Army.
As a professional officer who was born in the army and received a formal German military education, although he was arrogant to Cheng Jiaji on the surface, he did not dare to do anything against the other party's will.
But at the core, he was very despised Cheng Jiaji, the chief who became a monk halfway and the group of men around him, in terms of military abilities. He always thought that Cheng Jiaji was just a little clever. If he really talked about the military abilities, he could see that.
But today Cheng Jiaji had already surprised him too much. This time he was suddenly attacked by the Japanese army. If the general leader who relied on nepotism would either escape or resist such a nutritious order in a relatively safe direction.
Although Cheng Jiaji looked like a playboy on weekdays, he acted so remarkable when things came to an end. He ran to the front line to inspect shortly after receiving the fire. This was already a big surprise from Yu Juncai and his old brothers. Now he reasonably gave up commanding the battle as the highest battlefield commander (that was not a nominal command, but a real blind command.) Instead, he went down to the trench with a rifle.
Yu Juncai knew what kind of mood and feelings would be if the brothers on the front line saw Cheng Jiaji fighting the Japanese side by side with them?
He had also been an ordinary soldier and naturally knew that Cheng Jiaji, a commander who had never deducted money and food from his brothers and paid out his own pockets to add vegetables and rewards to his brothers, was very popular among ordinary soldiers.
This time, with such a beautiful move, there will definitely be many straight soldiers who admire Cheng Jiaji very much. From then on, there will be more people in this army who are interested in Cheng Jiaji, which is not a good thing for Juncai's ambition.
Yu Juncai did not feel even a little resentment towards Cheng Jiaji's feat this time. After all, there were several regiment-level troops in the millions of troops of the National Army who would squeeze into the trenches of artillery fire together with the soldiers as ordinary soldiers.
With this, even though he knew that Cheng Jiaji was too popular and was very harmful to his far-reaching vision, Yu Juncai still felt that having such a commander was much better than a commander who escaped five hundred meters after hearing gunshots and then turned around and commanded on the phone.
When Cheng Jiaji approached the Japanese mortars that were plowing the frontier trenches with shells, the Japanese artillery fire had become weaker.
After all, in a long-distance surprise attack, the Yamamu Brigade could not bring too much ammunition. Even the Type 92 infantry artillery originally equipped by the brigade artillery squadron was left in the detachment headquarters because of the secret of the sneak attack. It was not brought to Dawangzhuang together.
There are not many shells from the Shanmu Brigade. In fact, Shanmu's firepower preparations have consumed more than one-third of the shells brought by the Shanmu Brigade's attack on Dawangzhuang this time.
No matter how arrogant Shanmu was, he went deeper and said that he did not dare to wipe out all the precious shells on the second charge.
It should be said that the Japanese were still very tacit in the cooperation of the insurgent artillery at this time. The artillery fire stopped and the Japanese with bayonets had already rushed to a hundred meters away from the position under the cover of light and heavy machine guns.
With the incredible eyes of the Chinese soldiers, their detachment leader Lieutenant Colonel Cheng Jiaji jumped into a simple trench that could not be completely protective. He raised the rifle in his hand and fired three shots at the Japanese. Unfortunately, except for the first shot less than two meters away from a Japanese, which scared the guy and made him lie on the ground quickly, the other two shots were not known where they flew. His three bullets were completely wasted.
But for those soldiers who were fighting the Japanese at the forefront, as long as Cheng Jiaji, the detachment that they thought was high-ranking, fought side by side with them in the same trench, it would be enough. Everyone imagined that a young master like Captain Cheng was not afraid of death. What's the terrible thing about my life?
The national army in the trenches were all inspired to be motivated.
Of course, Cheng Jiaji knew that in addition to spiritual motivation, material rewards also had to keep up, so he immediately gave him a reward of twenty for every Japanese soldier killed, and every Japanese officer killed, and every Japanese soldier killed, he gave him a reward of fifty for every Japanese soldier.
The Chinese soldiers even scattered the Japanese army's step by step and cheered. Since the war started, the morale of the Chinese army has overwhelmed the Japanese for the first time.
Everyone was in a hurry, only the sixth young master of the Cheng family secretly counted the Japanese heads, and his heart was filled with stimulation. If the war zone did not reimburse the reimbursement, the expense would be quite large. If these guys wanted to rush all the Japanese who rushed up, they would have to write an IOU.
Chapter completed!