Back to the Republic of China as a commander

In the early morning of December 12, Zichuan, not far from Linzi, was stationed here by the 11th Infantry Regiment of the 18th Infantry Brigade of the Ninth Division of Japan.It is said that Masao Nishino, the captain of the regiment, is an orthodox samurai, and he usually has very strict requirements on his subordinates.Under his command, nearly 36 little devils in the wing worked very hard to build fortifications in accordance with European war standards.Although the superior doesn't pay much attention to the Chinese army, as a subordinate, when carrying out the order of on-the-spot defense, no one will think that they are very smart and play tricks or something.This is one of the national characteristics of the Japanese. We can only say that this is the luck of the Japanese and the great misfortune of the Chinese. Fortunately, we can also find this excellent quality in some Chinese people. Still alive.

A patrol team of the Japanese army insisted on patrolling against the cold wind. The sky had gradually begun to clear up, but when the patrol team looked out, they still saw nothingness.

But when they stopped to rest, a soldier named Koji Nakamura noticed something was wrong: "Nani, why is the ground trembling?"

The sergeant in charge of the team shook his head and said, "Don't be nervous, it might be an earthquake!"

The Japanese, who are accustomed to earthquakes like breathing, obviously made an empirical mistake. Where did the earthquakes come from on the shock-type plain in Shandong?

Sometimes, mistakes are unforgivable. These patrols less than 300 meters away from the alliance position failed to find the enemy in time, and what awaited them could only be tragedy.

I can't help but admire the abundance of young soldiers. Just yesterday, when Bai Chongxi inspected Boshan, Jiang Dingwen, the head of the Second Tank Assault Regiment, suddenly suggested: "Chief of Staff, I suggest using the characteristics of the snowy weather. Our army is all plain. In this way, the possibility of being discovered by the Japanese army in advance is greatly reduced."

Bai Chongxi was overjoyed when he heard the words, and announced on the spot that Jiang Dingwen was promoted to brigadier general and rewarded with 1000 Chinese yuan.But this white camouflage will be difficult to get together for a while. At this time, Jiang Dingwen reminded again: "Report to the Chief of Staff, the shirts of our officers and soldiers are all white."

So the most inhuman order was issued. The officers and soldiers were ordered to wear all their shirts outside. At the same time, the white sheets of all field hospitals were covered on the tanks and armored assault vehicles, so the Japanese patrols became color blind.

At ten o'clock in the morning, all the assault troops quietly approached to a place less than 500 meters away from the Japanese position. If they go any further, they will be easily injured by their own artillery.

Bai Chongxi gave an order and opened fire.

The artillery assigned to the No.30 division, and the first division artillery collected from several other divisions, a total of [-] French heavy artillery unceremoniously began a devastating bombardment towards the area where Masao Nishino's unit was located.

God was such a tease. When the shelling started, Masao Nishino was in his regiment headquarters, in the old house of a wealthy family in Zichuan, having a meeting with several captains to discuss the issue of expanding the patrol radius.Perhaps it was the ancestor's manifestation, the first batch of test-fired shells hit the old house without prejudice, and several captains standing in front of Masao Nishino died on the spot and returned to Japan to meet Amaterasu.Masao Nishino's ear was cut off by shell fragments, and he fell to the ground on the spot and failed to stand up.At the same time, in addition to several main officers, the staff of the regiment headquarters, the communications corps, and the radio station that decided the outcome of the battle were also hit.It was precisely because of the damage to this radio station that Yuheng Yicheng failed to get in touch with the 32nd Infantry Regiment in the first place, and thus failed to make timely tactical adjustments.

Although the command system lost contact inexplicably, the quality of the regularization of the Japanese army was soon reflected. Squadron leaders, squadron leaders, and officers at the rank of sergeant began to organize the soldiers around them to count ammunition almost without orders. resisted.

But soon they will be desperate. . .

The Japanese soldiers with guns ready to resist first saw huge white monsters pressing towards them with a strong tremor of the earth. What kind of monsters are these?Most of these soldiers from ordinary Japanese farmers were dumbfounded for the first time.

Tanks are not unknown to Japan, but the problem is that it is impossible for the Japanese who know this thing to lie in the trenches, so Japanese soldiers can only be unknown, and the unknown creates great fear.

But the inertia generated by rigorous training made them frantically pull the trigger in their hands, trying to stop the monster from advancing as much as possible.The bullets hitting the monster only made a crisp sound, and it couldn't stop the monster from moving forward at all.Since the rifle is useless, let's use the grenade, which is still useless.Now the Japanese soldiers were completely helpless. They were already fighting in accordance with the requirements of the Army Code of Practice, but it was obviously useless.Wait, what is the last trick of the operation code combat method?By the way, on the bayonet.

In the first trench, a soldier of a Japanese reorganized squadron jumped out of the trench with a bayonet in his hand under the leadership of the officer without hesitation, and then rushed towards the monster with the heroism and bravery of a samurai.

After rushing out a few steps, they saw a group of Chinese soldiers in ill-fitting shirts not a few meters behind the monster.It's the enemy, a sergeant shouted loudly, and the Japanese army immediately decided to kill people first and then work together to deal with the monster.

It was too late and then soon, the machine guns equipped on the tank opened fire. What was even more frightening was that the rifles in the hands of the Chinese soldiers in white shirts were not long, but the rate of fire was astonishing. Intensive, full of flames, a squadron of Japanese troops was wiped out by the murderous weapons created by human industrial civilization in less than a minute. Even the assault soldiers of the tank brigade did not expect that the weapons in their hands were so effective.

With the successful breakthrough of the first line of defense, the engineers immediately stepped forward and used firewood to fill in 24 passages large enough for tanks to pass through the trenches.Not long after the tank successfully passed the line of defense, nearly 0 Japanese soldiers who did not know whether they were dead or alive rushed up, and the result was naturally that all the jade was broken.

If Wang Zhenyu was present at this moment, he would be surprised to find that the tank brigade fought the Japanese army as easily as he played games in later generations.In other areas, relying on armored assault vehicles, it is equally easy to break through.However, the protective effect of armored assault vehicles is obviously not as good as that of tanks. During the crazy to almost suicidal resistance of the Japanese army, vehicle damage and casualties occurred.But compared with the price paid by the Japanese army, this casualty is almost negligible.

After receiving a simple bandage, Masao Nishino decided to go to the front to direct the counterattack. Before leaving, he suddenly glanced at his alliance flag, which was awarded by His Majesty the Emperor himself.After thinking for a while, he said very solemnly to the only young health soldier in the headquarters who did not follow him: "Please protect this military flag."

Because he didn't believe that he would be defeated, Nishino forgot to say that if our army accidentally finished playing, you boy should remember to burn the military flag.

Nishino, who had participated in the study and discussion of the experience of the Japanese army in the European War, saw the tank that had shown its true face, and he knew that he was in big trouble this time.He shouted very frightened: "Baga, how could the Chinese people have this thing?"

"Your Excellency, what is this thing? Have you seen it? How should we deal with it?" The only staff officer who survived the explosion of the test projectile asked cautiously.

It was only then that Nishino realized that he should remain calm. He glanced at the staff officer who asked the question and said, "This is a European tank. It is estimated that China bought it at a high price from the Europeans. The quantity must not be large. It is very bulky and cannot be dealt with." Difficult. Immediately organize a death squad and bring bundles of grenades to blow up its tracks. If this thing can't run, it won't be a threat."

This order is correct, and it is also very useful in the European war, but despite the fact that Wang Zhenyu's tanks are not very advanced, their tactics are advanced. The dead Japanese death squad was crucified less than 15 meters away from the tank.

It was too late for Nishino to be upset, because the Chinese army also appeared behind him.Zhang Zizhong's first division commander rushed into Zichuan first, and rushed into the front of the 32nd Regiment from the flanks. The 32nd Regiment was completely chaotic. Although it still had almost half of its troops, it could not organize any effective resistance at all.Personal bravery is useless at this time. Nishino has to work hard to gather troops to resist. Maybe this can buy some time for the division. Tanks are probably not enough to be dealt with by changing the division commander. This is Nishino Masao's last thought before being shot dead.He was hit by a stray bullet while transferring command posts, and this time he had no luck with the shelling, the bullet entered his back and penetrated the heart. . .

A major officer named Nobuyuki Ando was the quartermaster of the 32nd Regiment. He witnessed almost the entire battle process. He wrote in his diary: "At this moment, I miss my mother and my wife very much. They are still praying for me. At that time, I really didn't think it was necessary. I just followed the invincible imperial army to Zhina to punish a group of bandit-like troops. But the current situation is really bad. The riot army was beaten to pieces. Who would have thought that the entire regiment was defeated in less than an hour from the start of the battle. The soldiers are very brave, and the officers are not afraid of death, but why we still can't get rid of the bad luck of failure, I feel like I'm going to die here, but I really don't want to go to the Yasukuni Shrine..."

Ando Shinyuki did not become a god as he wished, and a missed mortar accidentally helped him. He was buried by the collapsed wall, and when he woke up, he had become a prisoner of war and a coolie.

After tenacious fighting, the Nishino Regiment was completely wiped out within two hours. A total of 3780 Japanese troops from the entire regiment were missing, 3689 were missing, and 91 were captured, of which 74 died of serious injuries.The youth army suffered a total of less than 500 casualties, the largest casualty occurred in an attack on a house, and more than 1 soldier was killed. Finally, the commander of the first division stopped the stupid attack and directly ordered the mortar bombardment of the whole regiment Here, solve the problem directly.

Such a disparity in the battle loss ratio was beyond the imagination of any side before the war, but this was only the beginning of the extremely bloody Jinan Battle, and the tanks were roaring into action again. . .