Chapter 16 The Longest Afternoon (Part 1)
Wen Songyuan, who was holding on with his troops and was about to take his troops to carry out a large-scale counterattack.
Now he is the only one who can hold Wen Songyuan, the desperate Saburo.
Yu Juncai did not think that the current quality of the Independent 100 Brigade would gain any advantage against the Japanese army who was good at assassination.
At this time, there were too few veterans in the army of the 100th Independent Brigade in Zhuangzi. The new recruits, who accounted for the vast majority of the troops, could barely support them while fighting positions under the leadership of the commander and the veterans around them.
If the Japanese bayonet is really popular, the recruits who have never experienced such a situation are likely to have a psychological collapse, which will lead to a complete collapse of the troops.
It was precisely because of fear that such a situation would happen that Yu Juncai would stop Wen Songyuan from rushing up to fight with the Japanese army with the troops of the 200th regiment.
What Yu Juncai was most worried about was not the extremely accurate shooting of the Japanese infantry and the accurate and fierce artillery bombardment of the Japanese artillery to the positions of the Independent 100 Brigade, nor the assassination ability of the Japanese infantry.
Instead, the four Japanese Type 94 light chariots that were attacking the positions defended by the 31st Division.
When the Japanese army attacked the positions defended by the 100 Independence Brigade, they also attacked the positions of the 31st Division on the left wing of the 100 Independence Brigade.
Under the huge pressure from the Japanese army, the 31st Division's position was already very tight. With the four Type 94 light chariots, the 31st Division's position pose the greatest threat, and they have rushed to a place less than 70 meters away from the 31st Division's position.
The Japanese "bean chariot" such as the Japanese army uses relatively powerful firepower than the Chinese army, which makes the troops of the 31st Division within 200 meters unable to even lift their heads.
This light tank with a total weight of only 3.5 tons but two people have very average firepower and maneuverability. If the tanks of European countries were less than two levels different, it was indeed the Japanese army's killer weapon against the Chinese army at that time.
The attack of ordinary light and heavy machine guns cannot have an effect on them. Only the 37th war defense cannon can penetrate the armor of the 94th tank, which is only twelve millimeters thick.
In 1938, the 37th war artillery defense artillery was the most luxurious weapon in the Chinese army. Except for a few central direct divisions, other troops could not even see them. You should know that there were more than 100 war artillery defense artillery in China at that time.
Just now, what Yu Juncai was most worried about was that when the troops of the 100 Independent Brigade launched a counter-charge, the Japanese army on the left wing broke through the position of the 31st Division with the cooperation of the 94th Type chariot and surrounded the right.
The attacking troops of the 100 Independent Brigade were all conquered by the Japanese.
In order to avoid his own troops being surrounded by the Japanese, Yu Juncai hurriedly sent a battalion to assist the 31st Division, which had already been struggling to fight.
In the next half hour, Yu Juncai commanded all the troops concentrated in the 100 Independent Brigade to block the Japanese army attacking from the front and drove out several small Japanese troops breaking into the defense line.
Yu Juncai's prudent command temporarily stabilized the situation. Not only did the Japanese army facing the 100 Independent Brigade slow down the offensive momentum, but the defense line of the 31st Division also received support from the 100 Independent Brigade in force and forcibly withstood the impact of the Japanese chariots.
However, Yu Juncai knew that all this was just a temporary phenomenon, not to mention that the flesh and blood on the 31st Division could not resist steel in the end.
Even if the battlefield situation seems to be better than that of the 31st Division, the independent 100 brigade units cannot be supported at the moment in the close range of such a mere competition of the individual combat capabilities of both sides.
After all, the biggest problem is that there are too many new recruits. When there are many people and power, it is okay to charge. It is simply a daydream to defeat the Japanese army that is almost the same as their own in this positional battle.
It seems that Yu Juncai is already valuable to support the troops.
According to Yu Juncai's estimate that if there were no reinforcements, the Chinese army in the village would be completely defeated within an hour. He had already made a call for help. Now it depends on how Cheng Jiaji, who is in the brigade department, decides.
The battle situation in Taierzhuang can be said to be related to the overall situation at this moment. After the leaders of the war zone chiefs learned that the war in the Zhuangzi was in a hurry, they were also anxious after they knew that the war in the Zhuangzi was in a war report reported by the Second Army.
Chief Xu personally called Cheng Jiaji to learn about the real situation on the battlefield.
"Captain Cheng, how many people are there in the village now?" Because of the last incident with Dawangzhuang, Chief Xu has always been grateful to Cheng Jiaji. However, this Chief of Staff of the War Zone has always believed in the creed of being a gentleman but not a party, and has never had any private relationships with the various commanders of the war zone.
So although he was very kind to Cheng Jiaji because of the affairs of Dawangzhuang, he also took care of the independent 100 brigades.
However, in the scene, Xu and Cheng have always used official titles to refer to each other.
"Reported to participate in the seat. The ranks of the ranks have all five infantry battalions and two close-range artillery companies in Zhuangzi. When they entered, they had about 26,700 troops. However, after a long fierce battle, the casualties were extremely high. It is estimated that the number of people is no more than 1,800." Seeing the lieutenant general of the war zone asking about his military strength, Cheng Jiaji just didn't dare to be ignorant.
"Then there should be about 2,000 people outside the village."
As the chief of staff in charge of the direct troops of the theater, Xu Shenzuo is still familiar with the strength of the 100 Independent Brigade.
As soon as he said this, Cheng Jiaji knew the elegance of the songs and knew in his heart that the genitals had already tactfully urged him to send troops to aid the village.
"Reported to participate in the seat. The total number of troops in the ranks outside the village is 2,200, including two infantry battalions, one cavalry battalion, and two regiments and one brigade team. There are about 1,500 who have full combat power, and the others are non-combatants who can also be put into battle when necessary. However, more than 300 people in the cavalry battalion have been put into the 27th line of defense to participate in the battle for a while, but Cheng Jiaji hurriedly answered.
"The village is tight, and Commander-in-Chief Sun of the Second Army hopes that all your troops will enter the village to fight. Do you have any objections?" At this point, Xu Shenzu's intention has been fully exposed.
As Cheng Jiaji judged, it was indeed the Commander-in-Chief Sun who received an emergency call from the 31st Division, hoping that Cheng Jiaji would throw all his troops into the village. However, the Independence of the 100th Brigade was a direct unit in the war zone, so it was difficult to force the order.
Then he moved this Xu Shen to the post. Maybe this is what the commander of the war zone commander meant.
At this time, the overall gains and losses of Taierzhuang are of great importance.
Although he understood that the superiors' considerations were indeed their reasons, Cheng Jiaji decided to express his opinions clearly to the superiors, and at least he had to fight for it.
"Select, the 20th Army is still fighting with the Sakamoto Detachment, and the situation is still unclear. At this time, let our army's last reserve team be used. If the battle is still going to last for three or five days, then what will be allowed to support the situation? Besides, it is only one o'clock in the daytime. Even if the army forces attack with all their might and suffer heavy casualties, our army will not be able to expand the results under the cover of the Japanese air. Bei Zhi still insists on reporting the combat plan of the Group Army Command and the War Zone Chief Office two hours ago. Please consider the chiefs of the Chief Office."
"Your battle plan to launch a large-scale night attack tonight was originally approved by the War Zone Chief. But the situation has changed now. Since you are so persistent in that plan, then implement it according to the original plan. However, the battle situation in the village must be stabilized before 3 pm, otherwise the war zone chief will strictly order your troops to invest all your troops in the battle in the village!"
After a while, Xu Shenzun agreed to Cheng Jiaji's request.
Cheng Jiaji guessed that the commander-in-chief of the war zone should be next to Xu Shenzuo at this time. Xu Shenzuo must have asked the commander-in-chief just now.
Otherwise, Xu Shenzuo would not dare to decide on such a big thing alone.
"Yes, Master Juan. I will definitely stabilize the battle situation in the village before 3 pm!"
Cheng Jiaji put down the phone and felt relieved. What he was most afraid of was that the superiors forced him to immediately lead all the mobile forces of the 100 brigades to rush into the village to fight the Japanese army that was attacking.
If he respects the order, he will not be able to pass his own level.
If the command of the chief officer is not carried out, it is to disobey the order in front of the formation.
It’s no small matter to kill your life before the battle, especially at such a critical moment, maybe you can’t even save your life.
It is a small matter to die from military law, but who will deal with this situation is a big problem.
Perhaps it was because of the sublimation of the soul in Dawangzhuang's Blood and Fire Hell, but Cheng Jiaji felt that his ideological realm was gradually improving.
Cheng Jiaji, who put down the big stone in his heart, immediately said to Gao Shiying, Brother Xiaomin, "You are in charge of the troops here. I will take the brigade guards to the village to see if this group of Japanese soldiers is three heads and six arms!"
After saying this, Cheng Jiaji took Ma Sanbao, who had been promoted to the commander of the brigade guard company, and quickly walked out of the temporary brigade headquarters of the Independent 100 Brigade.
Chapter completed!