War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 236 Who doesn't have the urge to resist Japan and defend the country? (1000 votes!)

Why was the 29th Army able to create the legend of the broadsword while defending Xifengkou?

On this point, Xu Chaoyang had always been confused. Even if the imitation Type 38 rifle was bad, it was still better than swinging a knife, right?

But when he arrived at Xifengkou, he immediately understood everything.

Xifengkou is surrounded by mountains. The northeastern highland in front is a high point from which you can overlook all the other mountains. To the right of Xifengkou are Shitizi and Baitaizi, and to the right is Dongjiakou, which is also full of ridges, and there is Laopo Mountain to the right rear; further to the right is Tiemenguan.

Directly in front of Xifengkou is the beach, and on the left is another high ground. What matters here is the range and accuracy. Given the Japanese army's equipment and individual soldier quality, wouldn't it be a joke for your 29th Army to stand between two mountains and compete with them in range and accuracy?

You can’t even use up the bullets!

Therefore, the 29th Army's legendary killing of "big swords, big swords, snow dancing in the wind" at Xifengkou was not a display of Kung Fu by the big sword team at all. They were forced into a desperate situation and had to rush in for close combat.

In history, after Wang Changhai took over the defense of Xifengkou, he sent a battalion to compete with the Japanese for the high ground in the northeast direction that day. What was the result?
With a loss of 400 men, they finally took the position, but before they could even gain a firm foothold, they lost the high ground again.

Why is this happening?

Xu Chaoyang was also puzzled at that time. When he arrived at Xifengkou, the two armies intersected with Wan Fulin's 683rd Regiment. The two sides passed each other, and at the moment when one was rushing up and the other was retreating, Xu Chaoyang grabbed a soldier with a black face from the other team and took him out of the team!

At that moment, everyone was stunned!
Before entering the Xifengkou position, Xu Chaoyang asked cunningly, "How is the battle going in front?"

The intelligence given by the superiors were only about the battle situation, what kind of battle took place in which place, who won and who lost. This stuff was meaningless to Xu Chaoyang. What he had to know was the details so that he could analyze the important factors from it.

The captured Northeast Army soldier sighed and responded: "Sir, this is not our fault. This is not a battle that can be fought!"

"On the surface, the Japs did have a thousand men, but that night, in the middle of the night, they suddenly increased their forces to three thousand. When our regiment was defending each position, we faced firepower that exceeded our estimates..."

Xu Chaoyang was amused. He never believed in his life that the Japanese would fight honestly on the battlefield. This was clearly a trick!
"and then?"

Xu Chaoyang asked again.

The soldier continued, "When we first defended the Northeast Highlands, we were also planning to fight the devils to the death and suffer the humiliation of Xuerehe. But we couldn't fight this battle at all. The machine guns on the position couldn't fire. If they did, the Type 92 infantry guns would start shelling. "

"Look, see if our regiment still has a machine gun. Check it out for yourself!"

Xu Chaoyang saw the shoulders of the soldiers of the 683rd Regiment. They had no continuous firepower at all, and the soldiers only carried rifles on their shoulders!
"The Japs were very smart. They pretended to attack and lured the machine guns to fire. Once they found the exact location of the machine guns, the artillery fire started from behind them. They hid behind the slopes that we couldn't see, making us mistakenly believe they would attack at any time. Only when the artillery fire destroyed our machine guns did they show up..."

This time Xu Chaoyang completely understood why Wang Changhai was able to take back the Northeastern Heights with only 217 casualties after sending out a battalion to seize the heights in the first battle of Xifengkou. It was clearly a tactical retreat by the Japanese after consuming the manpower of the th Regiment. The purpose of their retreat was to let you take back the Northeastern Heights and continue the shelling.

But under the circumstances at that time, our army needed some exciting news so we could only announce to the entire army the victory in the first battle!

Otherwise, could the Japs have recaptured the high ground immediately on the same day?
"What about the deployment of troops and weapons?"

Fortunately, Xu Chaoyang was thoughtful enough to ask another question, but this question made the entire army stop.

"Let's not talk about anything else. I'll just tell you about the 14st Battalion of the 27th Regiment of the 1th Mixed Brigade that participated in the battle. This is an offensive force of less than a thousand people, but their artillery force accounts for more than one-third of the troops!"

A 1,000-man troop, not even a specially formed artillery battalion, but more than one-third of such a troop is composed of artillery units...

That is to say, their attack must be supported by artillery fire; that is to say, their attack must bomb your machine gun positions, and if you lose your machine guns, you will not be able to defend;

In other words, when you want to counterattack, you will face the Japanese positions that are fully armed and equipped with heavy weapons. If you want to see hope, you will have to pay the price of a large number of soldiers' lives.

At this moment, the Japs are using their Baixinger skills to defeat the fish in the gold league, and there are no AI teammates to hold them back!
The only thing Xu Chaoyang can take advantage of is that they have to fight one against five!

"Why did the troops stop?"

Wang Changhai came back from the front and shouted when he saw Xu Chaoyang: "Chaoyang, I was looking for you!"

"I just asked, the Japanese occupation of the Northeastern Highlands is indeed a headache. I plan to send a battalion over to take back the Northeastern Highlands first. What do you think?"

After saying this, Wang Changhai saw Xu Chaoyang holding the black-faced soldier of the 683rd Regiment in his hands. He went over and pried Xu Chaoyang's hands apart, thinking that there was a conflict between the two sides: "They are pitiful enough..."

Wang Changhai felt that the 683rd Regiment was beaten by the Japanese from Xifengkou and had to face the scolding of the people of the whole country when they returned, which was pitiful enough. It was a bit wrong for Xu Chaoyang to bully them at this time. He did not think that Xu Chaoyang would be bullied after the conflict, so he said this.

"It's us who are pitiful!"

Xu Chaoyang released his hand and turned to say, "Captain Wang, our firepower is not enough. If we rashly send a battalion to seize the Northeast Highlands, we will inevitably face huge casualties."

"Then why don't you take over the Northeastern Highlands?" Wang Changhai looked at Xu Chaoyang in confusion: "Can you bear the situation where the other side is eager to shoot you even when you go out to pee?"

"Of course we have to fight, but we can't just rush in blindly. We can't do something that will cost lives."

"Captain Wang, we have come from a long way, we were shaken in the train all the way, and we were woken up in the middle of the night and rushed to Xifengkou. We are tired. My suggestion is that we should hold Xifengkou firmly and let the soldiers take turns to rest during the day, and we will wait together until night."

"In the evening?" Wang Changhai looked at Xu Chaoyang.

Xu Chaoyang supported Wang Changhai's back and said, "Yes, in the evening, come, let's talk while walking."

"Let our men rest for a day, so that they can eat and drink enough. At night, we will use the stone ladder to attack the far end of Northeast Highland and sneak up the mountain at night. As long as we sneak up, the Japanese will lose the protection of this natural barrier. At that time, either their artillery company will bombard us together with them, or we will have to fight with gun firepower."

What Xu Chaoyang was talking about was the tactics used by Brigade Zhao after he personally went to Xifengkou. After Brigade Zhao led the entire army to arrive, he first sent people to guard the strategic location of Panjiakou, and then sent reinforcements to Tiemenguan to stabilize the flank, and then launched a desperate battle with the Japanese.

At that time, Brigade Commander Zhao took advantage of the night to send his men to climb the stone ladder and cross the white platform to launch a surprise attack on the Japanese from behind. Unfortunately, due to the poor weapons and equipment, they ultimately failed.

But it was completely different when Xu Chaoyang arrived at this generation. Their 217th Regiment had enough firearms to fight the Japanese, as well as the experience gained on the Rehe battlefield and the marksmanship they had honed at the cost of ammunition.

Yes, even so, there is still a difference in rank between the 217th Regiment and the 14th Mixed Brigade of the Eighth Division of the Japanese devils. However, as long as they climb onto the Northeast Highlands, the difference in rank can be completely compensated by the advantage in weapons over a short distance on the same ridge.

He just didn't believe that he would raise the MG30 upwards and the Japanese soldier's body would be pierced by the bullet without falling down.

As for why they didn't go to Baitaizi to attack from behind...

The main reason is that there are too few troops, and the secondary reason is that they are not familiar with the terrain, so it is better to fight what you can see in front of you!
"Let me think about it." Wang Changhai was a little dazed. Although he had not yet officially fought with the Japanese, he still had the urge to capture the Northeast Highlands in one fell swoop.

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