EBE Chapter 284: The Battle of Cangyunling Gele
Chapter 284: The Battle of Cangyunling Gele
But now, the situation has changed!
The reversal of events caught both the enemy and us off guard.
Later generations of Americans believed that the turning point of World War II was the Pearl Harbor incident.
Mao Zedong later believed that the turning point of World War II was the Battle of Stalingrad.
However, the Chinese people in later generations believed that the turning point of World War II was the attack and defense of Gele in Cangyunling.
A breakout and transfer battle that was more like a counter-encirclement and suppression campaign turned into an annihilation war of long-distance raid, encirclement and attack on reinforcements.
Although this day happened two years earlier than the Pearl Harbor incident, the Japanese army was still strong at that time.
But what is unquestionable is that the offensive and defensive situation between China and Japan has begun to change on this day.
Although Shimuqiao said a lot of harsh words, his actions were quite good.
He did not let his Eighth Route Army comrades rush forward like that.
On both wings, there were also militiamen walking in front, holding shields and carrying sandbags.
They established forward positions for the two main regiments on the two wings of the Japanese position.
In fact, this kind of position is not used to defend against the Japanese.
It was only used to retreat and adjust after the attack on the Japanese position failed.
Because the Eighth Route Army lacked long-range firepower, even if they wanted to use heavy machine guns to fire, they would be destroyed by a few shots from the Japanese.
Therefore, the Japanese would dig some fortifications at this distance.
The only difference is that today it is the Japanese themselves who are lacking heavy weapons.
Three hundred meters away, the people digging the fortifications were soldiers of the Eighth Route Army.
At this time, the Japanese Chief of Staff Haruta was trying to persuade Sakata Nobutsu to withdraw his troops first.
With the way the Eighth Route Army's artillery is firing, the infantry battalion deployed in the front will probably only have a few people left in the end.
If the Eighth Route Army's artillery extends backwards, the entire Sakata Regiment will be lost here.
In terms of time, the main force of the brigade will arrive in two hours.
However, Chief of Staff Chuntian believed that the Eighth Route Army would not let him go easily.
As for waiting until the Eighth Route Army's artillery ammunition reserves are exhausted, that is simply wishful thinking.
Didn't you hear it? The Eighth Route Army on the left and right wings have just started to charge upwards.
The artillery on the Eighth Route Army position opposite fired even more vigorously.
Is there any point in this that suggests that the ammunition reserves are about to run out?
Colonel Nobutsu Sakata graduated from the Japanese Army Officers University in his early years.
Since he had no family background, he was naturally not valued by his teachers and was not given any important position after graduation.
It was not easy for him to reach the position of colonel and regiment commander, so naturally he had profound military attainments.
After Chief of Staff Haruta's advice, Sakata Nobutsu also realized that the situation was urgent.
If they don't retreat now, the two main regiments of the Eighth Route Army will have to gain a firm foothold.
It would be even more difficult for them to retreat calmly.
Besides, even if they wanted to retreat now, they could only withdraw one large group of people.
The brigade in front was not only responsible for taking the bombing, but also for blocking and entanglement of the Eighth Route Army.
Otherwise, when the Eighth Route Army behind caught up, he would not be able to sing out of tune.
Of course, he still had selfish motives, if he couldn't even bring back a whole brigade.
Apart from being tried in a military court, the only option waiting for him was to commit suicide by seppuku.
"Hey, Chuntian-kun, send someone to inform the Third Battalion right now to hold the circular position.
Then notify the 4th Infantry Battalion and the squadron directly under the regiment headquarters.
Carrying only the firearms and ammunition they had with them, they began to move towards the back ten minutes later.
Let us go together to welcome the arrival of the main force of the brigade!"
If those two words hadn't trembled, Sakata wouldn't have known how to say it, it would have just been "retreat".
He was such a proud soldier that the word "retreat" was too difficult for him to say, so he could only say "transfer" instead.
After hearing this, Chief of Staff Haruta felt unhappy.
I often hear that someone's troops have moved in and are requesting tactical guidance from their superiors.
The captain and I always laughed at the cowardice of the opposing commander, but we didn't expect that it would be our turn so soon.
The chief of staff first ordered the messenger to notify the troops that needed to retreat.
As for the third team responsible for taking the mines in front, both of them tacitly chose not to notify them.
It's not that they want to abandon their comrades, they are just afraid that the news of their betrayal will spread.
This will affect the morale of the empire's warriors. If the entire front collapses, no one will be able to escape. In fact, it doesn't matter. According to the Eighth Route Army's saturation bombardment on flat ground.
After a while, the Eighth Route Army's artillery stopped bombing, and by the time the enemy rushed over, they probably wouldn't even be able to fire a follow-up shot.
Chief of Staff Springfield asked the telegraph soldier to send a message to the brigade headquarters, asking the main force of the brigade to move closer to him as soon as possible.
Suddenly, the whistling sounds of several mortar shells were heard in the sky.
It fell straight down in the direction of their regiment headquarters.
"Protect the wing commander!"
Following a loud roar from the regiment chief of staff, several combat staff officers rushed over, knocked Sakata and Haruta to the ground and protected them under their bodies.
"Boom boom boom..." Along with the sound of explosions, Nobutsu Sakata's regiment headquarters had already been reduced to ashes.
It turned out that at least six of the ten mortar shells hit Sakata's regiment headquarters at the same time.
"Hit it, hit it, I hit the Japs' regiment headquarters!"
He watched as the Japanese regiment headquarters was razed to the ground by the Type 82 mortars in his own barracks.
Wang Chengzhu was so excited that he did not change his original intention, did not know the consequences, and jumped up again as usual.
With three "puff" sounds, everyone watched as Wang Chengzhu was hit in the chest by three bullets from the Type 92 heavy machine gun.
Wang Chengzhu fell backwards with a look of surprise on his face, right into Li Yunlong's arms.
When everyone saw Wang Chengzhu was shot, they quickly squatted down and hid.
Zhao Gang held a telescope in his hand and looked down the mountain along the trajectory of the Type 92 heavy machine gun.
This is a full two thousand meters away, and the opponent's heavy machine gunner is an expert.
Although he couldn't see the situation on the mountain, he fired a short burst of shots at the mountain based on his calculations of the trajectory.
It was also Wang Chengzhu's bad luck. At this angle, if he hadn't jumped up, the bullet would have hit the sky.
Zhao Gang was not polite and immediately gave orders to the artillery.
"Two thousand and fifty meters straight down the mountain, at the heavy machine gun position in the southwest corner, three mortars fire immediately!"
Although Battalion Commander Wang Chengzhu has already died, there is now a chance to avenge him on the spot.
The operators of the three Type 82 mortars immediately adjusted their angles and fired three shells.
Hearing the sound of artillery fire, Wang Chengzhu struggled to climb up from the arms of the heartbroken Li Yunlong.
He raised the telescope to take a look, coughed a few times and said, "It's fucking off target for me, half a degree to the right, a little low.
Oh no, the devils are trying to escape, shoot three rounds at high speed, fire!"
The Japanese heavy machine gunner watched three shells explode fifty meters away from him.
He knew that he had been targeted by the Eighth Route Army's mortars.
He admired in his heart that the Eighth Route Army gunner's reaction was quite fast and he had already locked onto him.
While commanding his heavy machine gun team, he quickly changed his position.
Alas, this is really a bad year!
In the past, it was the Chinese army that replaced their machine gun positions in a timely manner. They didn't expect that it would be their turn to escape now.
As the Chinese say, this is the changing of times, right?