HCB Chapter 114 Great Victory
Chapter 114 Great Victory
The soldiers of the firepower battalion were equipped with a large number of submachine guns. Relying on their powerful firepower and the fact that there were not many defenders on the left side, they quickly rushed in.
Except for the 311th Regiment's front position, which had heavy machine guns deployed, the other 312th and 313th Regiments could only hastily set up heavy machine guns.
The most intense exchange of fire between the 102nd Regiment and the 311th Regiment. Because it was a feint attack and was a little far away from the position, the 102nd Regiment did not suffer many casualties under the heavy machine guns, but it was still suppressed by the 311th Regiment.
Fang Weiguo hid in the back, looking at the opponent's heavy machine guns raging, and said angrily: "Mortar, shoot down the opponent's heavy machine guns."
"Yes, commander." The artillery immediately began to set up mortars and aimed at the heavy machine guns in front of the 311th Regiment's position.
After a few gunshots, the 311th Regiment's heavy machine gun was knocked out. Fang Weiguo stood up and said, "Brothers, charge."
When the 312th Regiment reached the right wing, the 103rd Regiment had already rushed into the position and occupied the advantageous terrain.
The 312th Regiment, which was originally on the defensive, had to launch a charge against the 103rd Regiment.
Fang Weijia curled his lips and said, "Set up the general-purpose machine gun and defend against the enemy's counterattack."
When the 313th Regiment arrived at the rear of the position, the 104th Regiment had already rushed in. When the two armies faced each other, they were completely fighting with firepower.
The 313th Regiment did not have time to set up heavy machine guns and only had light machine guns and rifles. The 104th Regiment not only had submachine guns, but also general-purpose machine guns that were also very convenient to use.
The machine gunner holds a general-purpose machine gun, and as long as the ammunition carrier is holding a bullet belt next to him, the general-purpose machine gun can be used as a light machine gun.
Moreover, the 104th Regiment had more than 313 general-purpose machine guns and submachine guns, while the th Regiment had less than light machine guns.
As soon as the two sides came into contact, people on both sides kept falling down, but as the firepower advantage of the 104th Regiment came into play, the 313th Regiment suffered heavy losses.
"Throw grenades." Seeing that many soldiers were killed or wounded, Fang Tianming immediately gave orders from the rear.
After a round of grenade bombing, the 313th Regiment finally couldn't hold on and retreated.
After just a few minutes of fighting, the 313th Regiment left behind more than 313 bodies. The commander of the 3th Regiment immediately ordered: "Captain of the rd Battalion, quickly take people to the rear to build fortifications."
"Yes, Commander." The commander of the 3rd Battalion immediately led the 3rd Battalion in the rear to retreat.
The commander of the 313th Regiment led the 1st and 2nd Battalions in a fighting retreat, but under the grenades and machine gun attacks of the 104th Regiment, soldiers continued to fall.
As the battlefield was tense on all sides, the Firepower Battalion of the 31nd Division rushed into the position of the 311st Division and launched an attack from behind the 311th Regiment. Coincidentally, Fang Weiguo also rushed into the position of the th Regiment with his soldiers.
Under the double-sided attack, the 311th Regiment was quickly divided and surrounded into countless pieces.
There were exchanges of fire in several directions. The commander of the 31st Division was observing the battlefield with a telescope. Just as he was getting anxious, an officer came up and said, "Commander, the enemy has broken through our left wing."
"Quick, gather all the troops directly under the division headquarters who can move, distribute weapons and prepare for battle." The commander of the 31st Division was shocked and gave orders to the officers in a hurry.
Because there were no enemies on the left wing at the beginning, he did not take it seriously and only sent one company of the guard battalion up.
The left wing was breached and the enemy would soon rush up. The commander of the 31st Division was a little panicked. He asked, "Has the telegram been sent?"
"Commander, the radio station was blown up by the enemy's artillery fire." The staff officer next to him whispered.
The commander was so angry that he jumped up and down: "What, bastard, why didn't you say it earlier?"
On the right wing of the battlefield between the 103rd and 312th Regiments, the 312th Regiment suffered heavy losses under the fire of general-purpose machine guns.
"Brothers, charge." Fang Weijia felt that the time was almost right, so he stood up and shouted to the soldiers around him, then took the lead in the charge.
The 312th Regiment collapsed under the attack of grenades and machine gun fire.
Seeing the soldiers of the 103rd Regiment rushing towards them like wolves and tigers, many soldiers threw away their weapons, squatted on the side of the road and hurriedly said: "Don't shoot, we surrender."
As the 312th Regiment and the 311th Regiment were defeated, the 313th Regiment also retreated to the vicinity of the headquarters.
"Commander, we can't hold on any longer." The commander of the 313th Regiment found the division commander and said urgently.
The commander of the 31st Division looked panicked: "How many people are left in the 313th Regiment?"
The division's direct troops originally had two thousand men, but under the artillery fire just now, only about fifteen hundred were left.
"Less than a thousand people." replied the commander of the 313th Regiment.
When the 31st Division was bombarded by artillery fire, most of the soldiers were queuing up for meals, so nearly two thousand people were killed in the artillery fire.
The commander of the 31st Division gritted his teeth and said, "Break out from the left wing."
"Division Commander, the enemy..." The commander of the 313th Regiment was about to refute, but the division commander glared at him and he stopped talking.
When the division commander led his troops to the left wing, they were intercepted by the 104th Regiment which had caught up with them and rushed out of the left wing position with more than a thousand people.
Not long after they broke out of the position, they were intercepted by the Guard Battalion and Reconnaissance Battalion of the 2nd Division.
The Guard Battalion and the Reconnaissance Battalion are both elite, especially the soldiers in the Reconnaissance Battalion. If they are not elite, they cannot adapt to the reconnaissance mission at all.
Not long after the division commander was blocked by the soldiers of the Guard Battalion and the Reconnaissance Battalion, parts of the 104th, 102nd and 103rd Regiments surrounded him from the rear.
Shortly after the exchange of fire, most of the remaining people in the 31st Division chose to surrender.
The battle lasted three hours, starting with the bombardment at 7 a.m., the attack at 7:30 a.m., and ending at around 10 a.m. The battlefield was finally cleaned up at about 12 noon.
Fang Guoxuan moved his headquarters into Yanping County and ordered the 102nd Regiment to build a defensive position in Yanqiu, which was the hilly area where the 104th Regiment was previously located.
At the same time, a battalion was placed on each side of Yanqiu, and the rest of the troops were stationed in Yanping County.
Fang Tianming came forward to report: "Commander, the battle results have been counted."
"In this battle, 3871 enemies were killed, 4135 captured, 7831 Taisho XI-type guns, 25 box guns, 216 light machine guns, 12 heavy machine guns, and 57 12-caliber artillery pieces were seized."
"What about the troop losses?" Fang Guoxuan didn't care about the results of the battle, he just asked in a deep voice.
方天明凝重道：“各部战死404人，其中102团122人，103团98人，104团184人。”
Hearing this number, Fang Guoxuan was silent. He had fought several battles with Ma Jincen before, and they were all hard battles, although he lost 823 people.
But that was because Fang Weiguo's Second Regiment, which used 3,000 men to defend against the attack of Zhang Guilin's 12,000 men, lost more than 500 men in this battle alone, and the rest of the casualties added up to only more than 200 men.
This time, when fighting against the Northern Army, they had the advantage in artillery, but they lost more than 700 people in just two battles. How can this not make people sad?
"Report the victory to the commander, and also report the casualties." Fang Guoxuan sighed.
"At the same time, arrange a troop to transport all captured prisoners back to Changhuan and report to the commander to ask how to deal with these prisoners."
Fang Tianming immediately responded: "Yes, Master."
Nanling, after receiving Fang Guoxuan's telegram, Fang Jian happily said, "Good, good, great fight."
A standard regiment of the Northern Army had 2,000 men, and a division had three regiments, plus the troops directly under the regiment, totaling more than 8,000 men. An army had three divisions, plus the troops directly under the army, ranging from 28,000 to 32,000 men.
The Northern Government's Third Army had 32,000 men, plus two divisions of the Seventh Army, a total of 48,000 men.
Twelve thousand were wiped out in just one battle, leaving only thirty-six thousand men, which should make it much easier for the Second Division to cope with.
"Second Division, Third Division, how are your preparations going?" Although the situation had improved a little, Fang Jian did not dare to be careless. He asked Tao Yunong beside him.
"If you are ready, send out a truck fleet to quickly transport them to Changhuan."