The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 269 Battle of Annihilation 2
Da da da

bang bang

Several more rounds of bullets were fired, and Major Imada felt a sharp pain in his lower abdomen. A sharp pain mixed with heat spread from the lower abdomen to the whole body. Before he could check the injury, several bullets hit him. The war horse under the crotch.

The tall war horse was hit in the head before it could even neigh, and globs of red and white liquid exploded. The unbalanced war horse immediately fell sideways, taking Major Imada with him and falling heavily to the ground.

"Your Excellency Captain!"

"Take the captain away!"

Several Japanese soldiers crawled to the ground and climbed to Major Imada's side. They pulled Major Imada out from under the dead horse very loyally, and then desperately carried him to the back of an overturned cart. Hidden, the major captain had been hit in the abdomen by two 7.92mm pointed bullets, and one leg was broken when the heavy war horse fell to the ground.

The surrounding Japanese artillery marching columns were in chaos. Under the fire of more than thirty machine guns equipped with more than a dozen Chinese No. 1 tanks, the marching columns were filled with human and horse corpses, and dense bullets They kept coming and going, and the queue was filled with the sharp sounds of bullets piercing the air and whizzing.

Faced with more than a dozen Chinese tanks approaching at high speed, the Japanese artillerymen in the marching column also experienced chaos and panic. The casualties caused by the machine gun fire on the Chinese tanks were only the beginning, and when The real disaster came when those dozen steel chariots rushed into the marching column.

Among the Japanese artillerymen who were suddenly attacked, facing the Chinese tanks that were about to rush into the marching column, some were able to assemble under the organizational command of sergeants and grassroots officers to find weapons such as rifles and grenades that could be used to resist. Some have quietly begun to retreat.

Many Japanese artillerymen hid behind the overturned artillery carts and carts as well as the killed horses and looked at each other. Both officers and soldiers had a look of fear on their faces. The more than a thousand artillerymen who were on the march were absolutely terrified. There is no chance of fighting against a dozen steel chariots!

Several Japanese soldiers who snatched Major Imada kept shouting at the semi-conscious Major Imada, hoping that the seriously injured Major Captain could come out to organize the situation. After a brief coma, Major Imada also woke up. When he came over, Major Imada felt a sharp pain in his head and abdomen.

Blood gurgled out from the bullet point in the abdomen, and what followed was weakness and coldness all over the body. Only the broken leg had no feeling. His body seemed to be held and dragged by several people. When he finally came to his senses, he saw several soldiers with pale faces surrounding him, begging and shouting what they were saying to him, and all looking in the same direction.

When he looked over, he saw a dozen Chinese tanks spitting out flames that had rushed less than 200 meters away from the marching column of his men. It was obvious that this Chinese army's tank force was about to enter. In the march of his troops, Major Imada opened his mouth slightly, his lips kept trembling, and he used his last strength to say with all his strength: "Retreat, retreat, retreat quickly, leave everything behind, leave everything behind." Down!"

This is a very wise order. The artillery on the march is absolutely unable to compete with the tanks. For the Japanese artillery of the two brigades now, leaving all their equipment and retreating is the only option.

What Major Imada issued was an order that was extremely inconsistent with the spirit of the Japanese Bushido, but it was also the order that best preserved the troops at the moment.

After using all his strength to say this, Major Imada seemed to have lost too much blood, fainted, and fell backwards to the ground. The last order he gave was also blocked by the sound of the engine that was getting closer and closer. The roar and the sound of tracks rubbing were annihilated.

Communication and execution are even more impossible in today's chaotic situation.

Almost at the moment Major Imada fell, more than a dozen tanks collided with the marching column of the Japanese artillery like wolves among sheep. Suddenly, the Japanese artillery screamed repeatedly, with all kinds of miserable shouts and strange things. The sounds of collisions mingled together.

Under the command of Zhao Huzhen, a dozen No. 1 tanks of the tank company were divided into three parts in platoon units and launched an attack on the two Japanese artillery brigades.

After the tanks broke into the Japanese army, they began to rush around. The steel tanks knocked down and crushed the Japanese artillery and Japanese horses. The wooden carts loaded with supplies and ammunition were also crushed by the steel tracks. They were turned into powder, and while colliding, the turret of the tank was also constantly rotating, firing at the surrounding crowds unscrupulously.

The dense gunfire was mixed with desperate screams and the angry shouts and cheers of some Chinese tank soldiers. The march of the two Japanese artillery brigades was completely dispersed within a few minutes. Several tanks rammed left and right, and Japanese soldiers and horses were constantly being crushed to death. As the tanks repeatedly rammed and drove among the Japanese troops, they left dozens of blood-red track ruts on the ground. print.

In the chaos, Major Imada, the captain of the first battalion of the Third Independent Mountain Artillery Regiment, who had fainted, woke up again. The soldiers who were beside him just now all fell in a mess in a pool of blood next to Major Imada. , and the cart in front of Major Imada was also riddled with bullet holes from the dense machine gun bullets.

Major Imada struggled to stand up and glanced around, only to see more than a dozen Chinese tanks attacking his subordinates wantonly, or, it would be more appropriate to say massacre.

And a gray chariot rushed towards Major Imada's position at this moment. Major Imada, who was filled with grief and anger, had a calm expression on his face. Looking at the increasingly approaching Chinese chariot, He slowly took out the Southern Type 14 pistol from his waist and pulled the trigger on the approaching gray tank.

砰

A bullet hit the turret of the No. 1 tank, leaving a faint scar and golden sparks before being bounced away.

砰

Major Imada pulled the trigger again, with a calm and dazed look on his face, and used his only means of resistance to start a second attack on the Chinese tank. This time, the bullet hit the baffle of the tank's track and bounced away. .

Before Major Imada could fire the third bullet, the gray No. 1 tank rushed over like a violent beast, crushing the wooden cart in front of Major Imada. After that, Major Imada only felt that There was a sharp pain, followed by a spinning sensation as if the world was hanging upside down.

Immediately, he fell into boundless darkness, and his entire body was caught in the tracks of the chariot, turning into balls of red and green flesh.
Two artillery brigades, twenty-four Type 94 75mm mountain guns, more than 1,800 artillerymen, and more than 1,000 horses were beaten to a pulp by this sudden appearance of the Chinese tank company. Scattering in all directions, the various loud noises produced by the brutal collision of the tanks were far more violent and shocking than the gunfire from the vehicle-mounted machine guns.

The twisting sound of the artillery body being crushed and deformed, the shattering sound of the cart and the ammunition box being knocked away, and the screams and the sound of flesh and blood coagulating when the Japanese soldiers were crushed to death. The lingering sounds lingered on the battlefield. It's a complete picture of hell.

In the forward position of the 48th Division, Colonel Yamada Tetsujiro, captain of the 41st Infantry Regiment, who had just taken command of the five infantry brigades in the forward position, stepped on the ammunition box left by the Chinese army. , one foot stepped on the outer edge of the communication trench of the Chinese army's position, and he held his waist with both hands, assuming a heroic posture. Looking at the corpses of Chinese soldiers piled up in front of the position, scattered and emitting white smoke, his mind was filled with thoughts. With great excitement. After the battle, he had successfully established a forward command post. Now his mind was full of how to attack next and how to severely damage the Chinese army to avenge yesterday's attack. He even wanted to finish his work in one battle and put the enemy to death. The Chinese troops in Xiaguan rushed to the grand goal of feeding fish in the river.

However, just as Yamada Tetsujiro was wandering in his mind with high spirits, the adjutant of the wing suddenly hurried through the traffic trench and ran to Yamada Tetsujiro's side in a hurry.

"Report to the captain, something happened, something happened."

A trace of displeasure flashed across the face of Tetsujiro Yamada, who was in high spirits. He snorted and asked displeasedly: "Why are you in such a panic? What's going on? What happened?"

The wing adjutant looked horrified and said with concern: "Sir, the two mountain artillery brigades following behind our unit were suddenly attacked by Chinese tanks on the way, causing heavy losses. They are now in a melee. Just now Several officers and soldiers of the mountain artillery unit fled to our position. I took them to the wing headquarters for questioning. There were more than a dozen Chinese tanks and they were still fighting fiercely. The two mountain artillery brigades were on the march. I was suddenly attacked and had no power to fight back.”

"what?"

Tetsujiro Yamada yelled out loud, his feet became unsteady, and he almost fell into the traffic ditch. His mood also took a 180-degree turn.

The mountain artillery was raided by Chinese army tanks, which immediately made Tetsujiro Yamada feel threatened from behind. As far as the matter itself was concerned, Tetsujiro Yamada did not necessarily care or worry much.

What he was afraid of was that since the Chinese army had the ability to copy the mountain artillery units on the side, it meant that they could also launch a surprise attack on the main force in the field. After realizing this, Tetsujiro Yamada couldn't help but shudder. In my mind, I had further inferences and suspicions about the sudden action of the Chinese army. There was even a vague speculation that the Chinese army's tanks were trying to capture the main position from the side, but had an unexpected encounter with the mountain artillery unit on the road.

Yamada Tetsujiro said eagerly to the adjutant of the regiment: "Have you asked clearly about the number of Chinese troops in the surprise attack? In addition to tanks, are there any infantry cooperating?"

"Captain, they said there is no infantry, only tanks."

"No infantry, no infantry"

Yamada Tetsujiro kept pacing in the traffic trench, murmuring and repeating the information reported by the adjutant. An uneasy feeling of being attacked from both sides floated in Yamada Tetsujiro's heart.

Indeed, if the tank can drive to the rear and attack the advancing mountain artillery unit, it will definitely be able to sneak attack from behind the main force of the five Japanese infantry brigades that have not long established themselves in the Chinese army. For reasons and reasons, such a sneak attack from behind is not allowed. Not defensive.

Yamada Tetsujiro thought for a moment, and then decisively ordered: "Immediately send my order to the 1st Infantry Battalion, the 2nd Infantry Battalion of the 38th Infantry Regiment, and the direct rapid-fire artillery squadron of the 38th Infantry Regiment. , and all the light armored vehicles immediately rushed over for reinforcements, transferred all the trucks we came in to them, and told them to use the cars to load the vanguard troops, and at the same time use the cars to tow the rapid-fire guns to support the artillery units in the rear as soon as possible. "

"After driving away the enemy's tanks, don't drive back immediately. Just stay where you are and search around to see if there are any Chinese troops nearby to prevent the Chinese troops from copying my position."

"Yes!"

The wing adjutant replied, and then he was about to leave to convey the order, but just after running out a few steps, he was stopped by Yamada Tetsujiro who looked worried.

"and many more!"

The adjutant of the wing hurriedly turned around, ran back and said hurriedly: "Captain of the wing, do you have any other orders?"

"Not enough, not enough. Let the rapid-fire artillery squadron of our wing follow. The enemy has more than a dozen tanks. One of our rapid-fire artillery squadrons only has four rapid-fire cannons. Pull the rapid-fire artillery squadrons of both wings over. , go quickly!”

"Yes!"

The adjutant immediately left to deliver the order.

Subsequently, there was a commotion on the main position occupied by the Japanese army. Just five minutes later, more than a dozen vehicles loaded with eight Japanese Type 94 37mm rapid-fire cannons from a leading squadron and two rapid-fire artillery squadrons quickly turned to the side. Moving forward, a dozen Type 94 light armored vehicles followed closely behind.

Two of the five Japanese infantry brigades occupying the position of the 48th Division also began to assemble and prepare to rush back to assist the raided mountain artillery unit.

At this point, due to the tank company's surprise attack on the Japanese mountain artillery unit, the Japanese army, which had just invaded the first line position of the 48th Division, began a split support operation.

The three infantry brigades belonging to the 38th Infantry Regiment, the two infantry brigades belonging to the 41st Infantry Regiment, and the two squadrons directly under the infantry regiment that were originally in the position were suddenly reduced by half.

After the two infantry brigades of the 38th Infantry Regiment and the two 37mm rapid-fire artillery squadrons directly under the regiment were transferred away, there were only three complete infantry units left in the position. The brigade and two wing artillery squadrons were gone.

More than a dozen Type 94 light armored vehicles, which the Japanese army relied on during the attack phase, also hurriedly rushed to the rescue of the Japanese artillery unit that was severely beaten. The Japanese army on the position no longer had armor to rely on.

This division of troops by Yamada Tetsujiro was exactly what He Wei was eager to see.

(End of this chapter)