Back to the Republic of China as a commander

When the tank brigade appeared in front of the main position of the Ninth Division of the Japanese Army, Kanwei Matsuura, the division commander of the Ninth Division, performed much better than the joint leader Nishino.He didn't foolishly ask what it was?He made a surprised voice from the direction of the enemy: "Where is the 32nd regiment?"

The 32nd regiment no longer exists, and the regiment flag representing their honor has also fallen into the hands of Zhang Zizhong, the commander of the first division. A division of soldiers kicked and kicked the ground.Some of the officers knew what to expect, and the regiment flag was immediately sent to the division headquarters. Unfortunately, Zhang Zizhong had never studied in a Japanese military academy. He didn't know what the regiment flag meant, so he threw it on the ground with ease. After throwing it away, I stepped on it and spit out phlegm.As a result, when the alliance flag was sent to the Northern Expedition Army's General Staff, Jiang Fangzhen, the always gentle and gentle deputy chief of staff, pointed to the alliance flag with a livid face and said, "Which bastard left footprints on it and spit on it?" ? How can I submit this to the committee?"

Zhang Zizhong, who was usually full of vigor, was so bluffed on the spot that he dared not make a sound. When he came out of the general staff, he immediately ordered that all Japanese military flags and sabers captured should not be damaged, and they would be handed over to the division headquarters with a heavy reward.If there is any damage, once found, twenty military sticks.

As a result, there was a very strange scene in the subsequent battle. As long as there was a military flag or saber, the soldiers of the youth army would rush forward, and even fight for it. . .

Still returning to the position of the Ninth Division of the Japanese Army, the tank brigade broke through the Japanese defense line very easily, and the officers and soldiers of the First Division and No.30 Division following the tank brigade rushed into the Japanese position unceremoniously. Fight with the Japanese army who was disrupted.The breakthrough continued to expand. Lieutenant General Matsuura Kanwei once planned to organize troops to beat the Chinese out, but his efforts soon ended in failure. The combination of tanks and submachine guns could not be resisted by the bravery of the Japanese army.The tragedy of the Japanese army on the Pacific battlefield during World War II was repeated. Pieces of Japanese troops were knocked down in front of the squadron's tanks.

However, tanks and assault vehicles also encountered a problem now, that is, the combat discipline of the Japanese army. Although the defense line was broken through, the Japanese army did not collapse.Their strong faith made them stick to their positions, and they would never give up their positions even if there were no reinforcements, and they used all means to kill and injure the infantry who followed.And some Japanese soldiers who had lost hope of victory frantically opened the grenades and plunged into the squadron, even if they didn't get shot a few times, they were like zombies in later science fiction movies, and they didn't kill them Not too late.The officers and soldiers of the 30st Division and the No.[-] Division who were bombed for a while were terrified. No matter how urged by the officers, they were unwilling to charge forward.In addition, the artillery of the Japanese army also began to show its power, cutting off the possibility of the infantry following up, and the attacking troops with a bit of loss began to lose touch.

As a result, a strange scene appeared on the battlefield. Although the tank brigade rushed in easily, it was in a very dangerous situation due to the lack of follow-up troops, because there was no one to deal with the tanks and armored vehicles. A desperate little Japanese soldier.As a result, several armored assault vehicles caught fire and exploded after being bombed several times in a row.Seeing this situation, Gu Zhutong, the commander of the tank brigade, immediately ordered the tanks and assault vehicles to be placed sideways on the spot, using the tank's 57mm guns and the assault vehicle's machine guns to continuously bombard and shoot the Japanese army, and then relying on a thousand soldiers in his hands Commandos holding submachine guns formed a defensive line, constantly knocking down the Japanese troops pouring in from all directions.But this is also extremely dangerous, because once the Japanese army rushes into the range of 60 meters, they will throw grenades without hesitation. In addition, submachine guns are very expensive. Although the assault vehicle is carrying ammunition, once it is used up, the consequences will be unimaginable. .The three German advisors Guderian, Maninstein, and Rommel who followed Gu Zhutong, after a brief debate, unanimously decided to adopt Maninstein's method and not to stay where they were and get beaten.Gu Zhutong was as good as he said: "Give me the order, and immediately organize the entire attack group to attack forward, trying to penetrate the Japanese defense line. If the Japanese army can persist, then it doesn't matter to penetrate back. I don't believe them. Japan can still stay in chaos. As for how much the idiots of the 30st Division and No.[-] Division will lose, that is their own business. Who made them follow so unresolutely. I almost cheated myself."

The tank brigade immediately started to start the engine and began the assault. The armored assault vehicle was placed on both sides of the entire assault group according to the order, and the machine guns on the vehicle continuously fired at the Japanese soldiers who were trying to approach the convoy.Even so, there will always be intervals, and there will always be Japanese soldiers holding grenades and loading them up with a bang and blasting them away.

Wang Zhenhua, the head of the First Tank Regiment of the Tank Brigade at the time and the son of Wang Longzhong, the vice chairman of the Nationalist Government, faithfully recorded this tragic scene in his post-war report: "The Japanese soldiers are like crazy lunatics. They don't care about their own lives at all. I don't know how terrible death is. They just rushed towards us with bundles of grenades without fear of danger. We tried our best to stop their crazy actions with firepower, but we still couldn't do it completely. From time to time, armored assault vehicles were hit It caught fire, and the fighters in the car had to jump out of the car to escape, because this big guy is too weak. If all our armor is tanks, then it’s useless for Little Japan to play self-destruct...”

The actions of the tank brigade immediately caused panic in the Japanese army. Although there were still Japanese defensive positions in front of them, they were definitely unstoppable.Because all the heavy weapons are supporting the front line, the head of the division Matsuura Kanwei saw this situation and immediately shouted to the staff around him: "If these Chinese tanks are allowed to penetrate our defense line, it will be troublesome, and we will collapse across the board. Immediately order the artillery wing to ignore the forward positions and turn around to bombard these tanks. I don't believe that they are not afraid of artillery, so we must stop them and stop them."

The artillery level of the Japanese army is really good. Immediately after receiving the order, they went up shirtless and held the shells. They didn't even need to test fire. They bombarded the area where the tank brigade was located with the fastest and fiercest firepower, and their results were quite amazing. , More than 40 armored assault vehicles were destroyed, and five tanks caught fire after being hit. The drivers of three of them failed to escape from the tanks, and the brigade commander Gu Zhutong burst into tears.The tank brigade panicked. At this time, the left and right of the German advisers came out. They went down to the three regiments and directly helped Wang Zhenhua and Jiang Dingwen command the troops, bypassing the destroyed vehicles and continuing to advance. In addition, Liu Zhi led the engineering regiment Take in wounded soldiers and technicians with damaged equipment along the way, and save these officers and soldiers who have actual combat experience as much as possible.Such bombardment is not all bad, at least hundreds of Japanese soldiers who were about to die and the grenades in their arms also disappeared in the shelling.Gu Zhutong clearly wrote in a report after the war that caused an uproar within the Military Commission: "Because our army placed too much emphasis on the suddenness of tactics, we blindly ordered Although the tank brigade's attack did create huge results, the losses caused cannot be ignored. Therefore, as the commander of the entire tank force, I cannot agree with Chief of Staff White's command this time."

The Japanese army who was attacking the tank brigade immediately cheered, and then they couldn't care less about mourning for those comrades who were accidentally injured. What they have to do now is to continue to organize death squads to rush forward with cluster grenades.But that's where their luck ends. . .

"Buzz buzz buzz..." Just as the bombardment started, dozens of small black spots suddenly appeared in the sky not far away, but the small black spots soon turned into big black spots, making a loud noise. It was also getting louder and louder, and finally it was so loud that the fierce gunfire on the battlefield was not enough to cover it up.

"What is this?" On the front line of the Japanese army, a young Japanese soldier was touching the prayer belt around his waist. Before he left for the battle, his mother and sister went to the street to ask passers-by to sew it stitch by stitch. I don't know if I can survive the battle, go back to my hometown, and see my mother and sister again.Originally thought that coming to China was just to clean up some bandit troops with very low combat effectiveness.But in the battle just now, it was obvious that people like myself were being besieged, and the middle of the front line was obviously broken through, and it was barely blocked by the warriors of the empire with desperate suicide attacks.At this time, there was a huge noise in the sky, and the young soldier looked at the roaring fighter plane and asked the squadron leader beside him.

Just commanding everyone to repel an attack by the Chinese army, the squadron leader who was resting in the trench glanced at the sky and said weakly: "This is an airplane. I saw this thing when I was in Tokyo. It is mainly used by the pretentious guys in the navy. For reconnaissance! It doesn't have much effect!"

"Then is this our Japanese plane?" The young soldier asked again with some expectation. In fact, he really wanted to ask the officer if we could win?But he was afraid of being reprimanded, so he didn't speak.

The squadron leader nodded: "Of course it is our Japanese aircraft. How could the backward China make such a good thing."

So the Japanese soldiers cheered immediately during the bitter battle, but almost at the same time, the officers and soldiers of the 30st Division of the Youth Army and the No.[-] Division also saw the plane. They knew that this thing was theirs in Boshan yesterday. On the other side, because the Chief of Staff Bai, who is said to be a great figure, arrived in Boshan with this guy.So they also cheered loudly, but the Japanese soldiers were stunned instead. . .

In the end, the Japanese soldier who longed to go home returned to his hometown after 40 years. According to Resolution No. 1960 of the National Assembly in 112, all the remains of Japanese soldiers who participated in the Shandong Battle in 1919 were cremated and returned to their hometown for burial. . .

These small black dots are actually a battle group composed of forty bombers and twenty fighters led by General Yang Xianyi himself. Their goal is only one, the artillery position of the Japanese army, find it and destroy it.

Coincidentally, because the commander of the division Matsuura Kanwei urgently ordered the transfer of the muzzle to shell the tank brigade, the Japanese artillery wing failed to change the artillery position in time after the last shelling was completed. The result was naturally a tragedy.