The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 251 Cold and Fiery Destruction
Faced with repeated attacks by the two main cavalry companies of the teaching corps, the main force of the Japanese army that attacked the position of the first battalion of the fifth teaching regiment finally failed and began to retreat.

The situation on the battlefield was completely one-sided, and the form of the battle seemed to have returned from the most modern firepower exchange to the most primitive ancient war in an instant.

The ground was trembling and blood was rushing. The officers and soldiers of the First Battalion of the Fifth Regiment of the Teaching Corps saw that the Japanese soldiers in front of the position who were fighting with them just now were now being repeatedly abused by the cavalry like playthings. In the competition of strength again and again He was constantly defeated in the fight with flesh and blood.

And this kind of battle, which is close to the cold weapon age, can exactly stimulate the desire to fight in a man's heart.

The cavalry unit's one-sided victory also made the officers and soldiers of the first battalion of the fifth regiment of the teaching corps feel excited.

In the position, Zheng Huiran, the commander of the first battalion of the fifth regiment of the teaching corps, who was covered in blood, looked at the Japanese soldiers who were killed by the cavalry battalion of the corps. He gritted his teeth and threw away the smashed military cap, picked up the helmet, and faced The battlefield was also filled with enthusiasm, and the officers and soldiers who had fought bloody battles for the rest of their lives shouted: "Brothers, fix your bayonets and fight the enemy down!"

Immediately, Zheng Huiran was the first to pick up the Mauser rifle with the bayonet and rushed out of the position. The officers and soldiers of the first battalion also rushed out and fought with the Japanese army.

At this time, the Japanese army on the battlefield was in complete chaos. At every moment, Japanese soldiers were killed by cavalry sabers, knocked away by horses, and trampled by horse hooves.

The addition of the infantry of the Teaching Corps has exacerbated the decline of the Japanese army. The red-eyed officers and soldiers of the Teaching Corps have not yet dissipated from their bloody battle with the Japanese army. Now they are inspired by the overwhelming victory of the cavalry. Further desire to fight.

As a result, hundreds of officers and soldiers of the First Battalion rushed out like crazy. Some were carrying rifles with bayonets, some were carrying engineer shovels and picks, and the infantry gunners were carrying iron bars and work tools for carrying cannons. Some even picked up the helmets directly and even fought with the Japanese soldiers in hand-to-hand combat.

All the infantry fought desperately like the cavalry, stabbing with bayonets, smashing with shovels, biting with teeth, hitting with stones, and grabbing with hands. All the officers and soldiers had only the same idea in their minds - to kill the enemy in front of them!

kill!kill!kill!

The Japanese Hiroshima Fifth Division, which used to be arrogant and had always looked down on the Chinese army since defeating the Qing army in Pyongyang during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894, finally felt what it means to be crushed by absolute power and what it means to collapse with no way to escape.

Just over forty years ago, the same troops of the Fifth Division also chased death and northward in the Battle of Pyongyang, like chasing ducks or sheep, and defeated the elite Huai army of the Qing Dynasty. , in just one night of fighting, more than 10,000 Qing troops were forced to flee and completely collapsed.

Today, the officers and soldiers of the Training Corps told the Japanese army with practical actions that China is no longer the Qing Dynasty of decades ago, and the Chinese army is no longer the pig-tailed Qing army of decades ago! They are a group of real bloody men and real warriors!
The attacking Japanese army was a complete infantry brigade of the 41st Infantry Regiment of the Kunisaki Detachment, with nearly a thousand troops. Under the fierce attack of the cavalry, the Type 92 Infantry Artillery Squadron directly under the brigade had been completely destroyed, and its main force -The three infantry squadrons, the heavy machine gun squadron, and the brigade headquarters were also in chaos under the siege of the infantry and cavalry of the teaching corps, and almost lost command and control.

The wandering Chinese cavalry and the desperate Chinese infantry with red eyes almost completely destroyed the offensive formation of the Japanese infantry brigade. On the pile of corpses in front of the position, several more layers of bodies trampled by war horses soon appeared. The bloody corpses of Japanese soldiers.

Most of these corpses were hacked to pieces with sabers and even lost their heads. Some lucky ones who were killed by cavalry with rifles and speed machines were able to get some relatively good-looking pictures of their deaths. But when they fell to the ground, they were killed by cavalry again. The hooves of the war horses trampled and crushed them, eventually turning into puddles of pulpy flesh on the ground.

Various human parts that had been trampled to pulp by horseshoes and corpses that had been rolled and crushed oozed out a large amount of blood, dyeing the brown and ocher soil in front of the position blood red. The air was filled with the smell of blood and There was a stench, and the helmets and weapons of the fallen Japanese soldiers were trampled and destroyed together with the corpses.

Like the mutilated corpses, few of the weapons left by the Japanese troops on the ground could be found intact.

Many helmets were rolled around and deformed after being hit by horses' hooves. The handguard of the Type 38 rifle was stepped on and cracked and twisted. The strange and fragile ammunition supply of the Type 111 crooked light machine gun was also damaged and deformed by the destruction of the war horse. .

The only thing that was still intact was the Type 92 heavy machine gun, whose entire gun body was made of steel. However, under the trampling of war horses, the heat sink of the Type 92 heavy machine gun was mostly bent and mottled.

Both the Japanese soldiers' physical bodies and the weapons they carried faced the fate of being shattered into pieces.

During the melee, Major Kobayashi Sadazou, captain of the 1st Infantry Battalion of the 41st Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army, was also covered in blood. He stood in the center of the battlefield, his body was soaked in blood, and there was still a trace of the cavalry on his left arm. The big gash opened by the saber.

Of course, compared with the blood flowing out of his body, Major Kobayashi's heart was really bleeding at this time. He couldn't believe the scene in front of him at all. He only felt that there were gray figures of the Chinese army everywhere, and those under his own There are fewer and fewer yellow figures, gradually being overwhelmed by gray and brown figures of Chinese cavalry and Chinese infantry.

The white light of the Chinese cavalry sabers flashed, like the god of death emerging from hell, harvesting the lives of his men wantonly.

Staggering on the battlefield, Xiaolin Zhenzang's eyes were splitting and his heart was twisting. Before the attack, he wanted to avoid the large-caliber artillery that the Chinese army came from out of nowhere, and to capture the Chinese army's artillery as soon as possible. Position, very supportive of the tactic of using smoke to obscure enemy artillery observation.

During the battle, he even used infantry artillery to fire many times when his own people were bound to be accidentally injured. He even requested fire support from the regiment artillery squadron and the mountain artillery group directly under the detachment. Xiaolin was so dangerous and crazy. That is to seize the Chinese army's positions as quickly as possible.

But the matter has come to an end. Xiao Lin, who is now walking in the sea of ​​​​blood and corpses, feels that the commander of the Chinese army opposite is a real madman. A madman even crazier than him. He is so crazy that he imitates the Japanese army's use of smoke bombs to cover their positions, and then directly Use the original tactic of cavalry shock.

Indeed, Qiu Qingquan, who adopted this tactic, would later be nicknamed Crazy Qiu for his hard work in fighting, and Xiao Lin and his brigade were the initial touchstone for this title.

Of course, as a professional soldier, Xiao Lin still suppressed the sadness and shock in his heart. He endured the severe pain in his arm, blew the brass whistle, and called out to the few non-commissioned officers and soldiers who had not been dispersed in the brigade. He shouted an order: "Contact all squadrons and prepare to break out. Gather immediately. Let's retreat!"

Although the situation is over, Major Kobayashi knows that at this time he must control his troops that are about to collapse and gradually lose control. The non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the brigade headquarters around him are also veterans and veteran sergeants. Although almost all of them are led by Captain Cao, On the ground, they were all scattered among the fighting teams, notifying their respective squadrons to gather together.

Soon, the Japanese non-commissioned officers who risked their lives to issue orders for the troops to break out and gather for battle one after another ran back to Major Kobayashi to recover.

The number of people who came back was less than half of what they had been before they went to deliver the order. However, these non-commissioned officers who desperately delivered the order and then ran back to return to life, while completing the task of delivering the order, also brought one bad thing after another to Major Kobayashi. information.

"Your Excellency, the captain, the captain of the first squadron, Lieutenant Mitani Tamazuchi!" "The captain of the second squadron, lieutenant Shiina, was seriously injured and just committed suicide with a pistol!"

"Captain, the infantry artillery squad has been wiped out!"

Major Xiaolin closed his eyes in pain, waved the saber in his hand, and roared: "Break out quickly, break out quickly, everyone break out!"

"Breakout!"

"Kill out!"

The bruised and bruised noncommissioned officers around Major Kobayashi also shouted hoarsely and blew their whistles. Under the whistles and the breakout orders that were passed on, the nearly collapsed Japanese army also showed good tactical literacy and With all their organizational skills, they all tried their best to move closer to the direction of Major Xiaolin and rush towards him.

Although some people were constantly hacked to death by the sabers of the cavalry of the Teaching Corps, or stabbed with bayonets by the infantry of the Teaching Corps, the remaining Japanese troops were still faithfully and well executing Major Kobayashi's orders, and these Japanese troops also knew that this was the It was a dead place, and the only way to survive was to rush out and fight out, so they all rushed outside with all their might.

Not only the officers and soldiers of the teaching corps were furious, but the Japanese soldiers who had been beaten violently were also furious. In order to cover the main breakout, some Japanese soldiers who were seriously injured and unable to move, and wounded Japanese soldiers whose bodies were covered with cuts and scars, took the initiative to stay behind. After the break, they blocked the infantry and cavalry of the teaching corps. Some used their bayonets to fight the infantry and cavalry of the teaching corps. Some physically collided with the cavalry of the teaching corps. Some even fired grenades to look for the cavalry of the teaching corps. The infantrymen blew themselves up.

The Chinese officers and soldiers on the battlefield are true warriors, and the Japanese soldiers on the battlefield can be regarded as living up to the bushido spirit that they uphold as a guide and regard as a treasure.

Boom
Amidst the rumbling explosions, the desperate blocking of the Japanese army after the break played a certain role. The suicide attack method did slow down the infantry and cavalry attack of the teaching corps. Some officers and soldiers also fell under the suicide grenade attack of the Japanese army. The Japanese army after the break The breakout gap won by the main force at the cost of their lives also allowed the Japanese troops who broke through from the front to look for opportunities to exploit gaps and fight their way out.

"Get out, get out!"

The captain, Major Xiaolin, shouted and took the lead and finally rushed out. He led the protruding troops to run wildly and retreat backwards. All the remaining Japanese troops who escaped were all running away without looking back. Don't Run for your life.

Because they knew that the main force of the Chinese army behind was cavalry. If they wanted to pursue them, they would be able to rush over quickly. However, they could only save their lives if they kept running and escaping. At this time, they were following Major Kobayashi to break through. There were only less than 300 Japanese officers and soldiers left.

Stimulated by the extreme desire to survive, the remaining two hundred or so Japanese troops broke through the encirclement at a very fast pace. As they quickly moved away, the sound of horse hooves and shouts of death behind them gradually became less frequent.

Just when many of the Japanese troops who rushed out felt a little happy secretly, a disaster more terrifying than the cavalry pursuit quietly befell them.

When the more than 200 Japanese soldiers rushed out for more than a kilometer, suddenly, two dense strings of ballistic trajectories exploded in the open space on both sides of the retreat road, and shells fell from the sky and fell into the more than 200 Japanese soldiers. In the queue of Japanese troops.

The Japanese troops retreating hastily and desperately did not have any decent fighting formation at this time. Everyone was retreating in a very compact formation, which undoubtedly gave the incoming machine guns and artillery shells excellent shooting. Target.

Boom boom -

Da da da-
Da da da-
Waiting for them here, what surprised them was the heavy weapons company of the Cavalry Battalion of the Teaching Corps. This company was equipped with an 82nd mortar platoon and a heavy machine gun platoon. At the beginning of the war, the heavy weapons company received The cavalry battalion commander, Major Wang Hanqing, ordered to cover the rear.

The commander of the heavy weapons company wisely ordered the entire company to dismount and set up heavy weapons positions in front of the position, which were the firing positions for Jinling-made Type 24 heavy machine guns and Jinling-made 20-year-old Type 82 mortars.

All the soldiers built simple fortifications on the spot, and the specially trained war horses all lay sideways on the ground to hide. If you didn't observe carefully, it would be difficult to spot this quietly concealed company of men and horses.

The Japanese army, which was only focused on breaking out, obviously did not notice the heavy weapons company. In the end, like a headless fly, it just came out of the tiger's mouth and then into the wolf's den, getting into the firepower net of the heavy weapons company of the cavalry battalion of the teaching corps.

In the open ground, facing more than 200 Japanese infantry gathered together, the firepower of the heavy weapons company was fully exerted. 82 mortar shells exploded among the Japanese ranks, and dense heavy machine gun firepower Repeatedly shooting at the Japanese ranks, the unprepared Japanese infantry were knocked down and blown away like rice being cut.

The air around was filled with blood mist and the broken limbs of Japanese soldiers.

Major Kobayashi, captain of the 1st Infantry Battalion of the 41st Regiment of the Japanese Army, who was at the forefront, was directly hit by an 82 mortar shell during the first round of fire attack from the Heavy Weapons Company of the Training Corps and was blown up on the spot. fragmented.

As a result, no matter how elite the Japanese army was, they could no longer maintain an organized retreat in the face of sudden gunfire. The remaining Japanese troops began to break up and flee in all directions.

Within more than a minute when these Japanese troops were ambushed and intercepted by the heavy weapons company of the cavalry battalion of the teaching corps, the cavalry of the teaching corps not far away in front of the position also eliminated all the remaining enemies in front of the position, shouting to kill towards the last one. More than a hundred remaining Japanese troops rushed over.

What awaits these Japanese soldiers are only cold sabers and blazing fire nets!
Their end is only death and destruction!

And this is exactly what the invaders deserve.

At the same time, Qiu Qingquan, who was in the command post of the teaching corps, and He Wei, who was watching the battle in the military police headquarters, both showed satisfied and cool smiles in front of the artillery mirror.

(End of this chapter)