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Chapter 696: Battle of Xiong'er Mountain (7)

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    At one o'clock in the morning, the sleeping Japanese soldiers were awakened by the fierce firefight outside the city, and then the entire Zaozhuang City instantly became lively.

    With the efforts of Ma Desheng and others, more than a thousand elite national troops immediately launched an all-out attack on Zaozhuang City.

    Don¡¯t look at it that a thousand people doesn¡¯t seem to be much, but Li Guoyao specially equipped them with a squadron of artillery, including three Type 92 infantry cannons and six mortars.

    After the battle started, dense artillery shells hit the city gate where the Japs were stationed. The Japs soldiers guarding the city were stunned for an instant.

    In addition, the special forces had already lurked in the urban area of ??Zaozhuang early. When the troops launched an attack, they were divided into several small teams and continuously attacked important units and departments of the Japanese and puppet troops in the city.

    For a time, the entire Zaozhuang city and outside were fighting with great momentum.

    In addition, under Li Guoyao's order, the troops outside the city collected a large number of firecrackers, and after the war started, they put these firecrackers in iron barrels and lit them.

    ?Then these firecrackers will make a "click-click" sound. If you are not close, it is easy to mistake the sound of the firecrackers for the sound of a heavy machine gun.

    The Japanese commanders usually judge the number of invading enemies based on the sound of light and heavy machine guns. For example, if they hear the sound of three machine guns, they can basically conclude that the opponent's strength will not exceed one battalion, or even more.  few.

    Therefore, Li Guoyao decided to mislead the Japanese army in this way!

    Sure enough, when the battle outside the city started, it quickly caused panic among the Japanese commanders in the city.

    Zaozhuang garrison headquarters!

    The person staying behind in Zaozhuang was Lieutenant Colonel Nakatani, the chief of staff of the Independent Mixed Sixth Brigade. At this time, he was disheveled, and his face looked shocked with a hint of anger.

    "Baga, how come there are Japanese troops outside the city? What's going on?" Lieutenant Colonel Zhongtani roared.

    "Reporting to the commander, the Japanese army suddenly appeared outside the city and launched a sudden attack without any warning!" the combat staff reported immediately.

    "Bagaya road, losers, all losers!"

    "Hai!"

    Fighting back the anger in his heart, Lieutenant Colonel Nakatani asked in a deep voice: "Yamamoto, how many people are there in the Japanese army outside the city? What are their numbers? Have you investigated clearly?"

    "Sir, according to the report of the garrison squadron leader at the south gate, the mountains and plains outside the city are full of Japanese people. The number of troops will not be less than 5,000, or even more!"

    "Nani, five thousand people?"

    "Hai!"

    "Impossible. Didn't the brigade commander say that the main force of the Japanese army has been surrounded in Xiong'er Mountain? How could there be so many Japanese troops outside Zaozhuang City?"

    "This this humble position is not clear, but based on the sound of gunfire outside the city, it can be inferred that this is indeed the main force of the ** army. On the one hand, this is because this army is equipped with a large number of artillery, not only  Curved artillery, and also infantry artillery, and even a small number of heavy artillery."

    Then the combat staff continued: "In addition, the opponent is also equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns, the number will not be less than 80!"

    "80? How is this possible?"

    As an officer with a staff background, Lieutenant Colonel Nakatani has a very good understanding of the equipment of the Chinese army. Due to the general weakness of the artillery and artillery of the Chinese army, machine gun firepower is basically the "heavy firepower" in the hands of the Chinese army.

    Therefore, as long as you hear the sound of the ZB26 machine gun on the battlefield, you can basically determine that the opposite side is the main force of the Chinese army.  Moreover, the veteran machine gunners of the Chinese army are indeed a nightmare for the Japanese Imperial Army on the battlefield. Most of the Imperial Army warriors who died on the battlefield were killed by the Chinese army's machine gunners, making the Imperial Army infantry extremely fearful.

    However, due to China's weak military production capacity and the numerous factions in the Chinese military, a large number of local troops fight with its government troops. Therefore, if you want to distinguish whether these troops are government troops or local troops, you only need to listen to the number of machine guns.  can be inferred.

    You should know that the elite troops of the Chinese government army rely heavily on machine gun firepower. Usually, an infantry battalion will form a machine gun company, equipped with 4 to 6 heavy machine guns; for troops with poor equipment, an infantry regiment will directly manage a machine gun company; if the equipment is worse,  , maybe there is no heavy machine gun company, but the heavy machine gun platoon does not even have this.

    Light machine guns were generally equipped to infantry companies. The machine guns used in the Chinese army at that time were extremely complex. Typical ones were the imported ZB26 (Czech style), the captured Japanese crooked handle, the British Bren light machine gun, and the French Hatch gun.  Sri Lankan light machine gun, Soviet-made DP light machine gun (rotary machine gun), etc.

    Among these machine guns, let¡¯s not mention the ones that were captured, most of the other machine guns are imported or Chinese??Copied products from various arsenals.

    At that time, imported machine guns were expensive. If they were imitated independently, most of the high-quality ones came from arsenals directly controlled by the central government.  For these reasons, the Central Army is relatively able to obtain a sufficient supply of machine guns, while other local armies are not.

    In addition, according to Lieutenant Colonel Nakatani¡¯s understanding, in the 10th year of Showa, the Nationalist Government reorganized the national army in accordance with the recommendations of German military advisors, including the adjustment of 20 infantry divisions in the first two phases.

    These infantry divisions are equipped with German-style M35 steel helmets and medium-sized formal rifles. They are relatively fashionable in appearance, so some people now call them "German Weapons Divisions."

    But in fact, even the strength and firepower configuration of these elite troops are far less than that of the German weapons troops, and there are not even many pure German weapons in their equipment. Therefore, some people call them "German Helmets".

    Despite this, these troops were already the best-equipped troops in China at that time. As far as the infantry company level was concerned, they were equipped with 9 light machine guns, an average of one for each infantry squad.

    There are a total of 12 people in such an infantry squad. Except for the 2 people in the light machine gun team, the other 10 people are riflemen, and most of them are equipped with medium and formal rifles.

    "However, there are only a few such troops. Coupled with the long-term bloody battle from the 12th to the 13th year of Showa, the German troops suffered heavy losses, and their machine guns were lost and severely damaged.  Coupled with the expansion of the Central Army, some new and temporary units simply cannot reach the configuration of nine light machine guns in a company.

    And this is the Central Army directly affiliated to the Chiang government. The weapon configuration of other local troops is much worse. The Northeast Army is okay. Although it has lost the supplies from the Northeast Arsenal, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and it can basically reach every level.  The squad is equipped with a light machine gun.  However, most units of the Northeast Army were not fully replenished, so the weapon configuration continued to decline.

    The Shanxi-Sui Army has the Taiyuan Arsenal, the Yunnan Army and the Guangxi Army are close to the French Indian Army.  Either self-produced or outsourced, the configuration of the main force is quite good. Basically, a company is equipped with 6 light machine guns, and some may have more.

    However, as the war continued to expand, the above-mentioned local armies quickly lost their sources of arms. On the one hand, the troops continued to expand, and on the other hand, the arms supply from the government was second to that of the central army. Therefore, the subsequent weapon configuration also continued to decline.  of.

    As for the Sichuan Army and the Northwest Army, they are basically the worst in weapons and equipment among the local armies. Because these two armies are located in inland areas, it is extremely difficult to obtain supplements of imported weapons, and the number of troops is extremely large, so the weapon configuration is low.

    Taking the Sichuan Army as an example, a division has only a few dozen light and heavy machine guns in total, which is inferior to even a regiment of the Central Army of the Chiang Kai-shek government.  This is only in terms of quantity. In terms of quality, many Sichuan Army machine guns are inferior imitations. Some of them cannot even be fired continuously and can only be used for appearance. And ammunition is often extremely scarce.

    So when Lieutenant Colonel Nakatani heard that the troops outside the city actually had eighty light and heavy machine guns, he was stunned!

    What is the concept of eighty light and heavy machine guns? Looking at China, only at least two divisions of local troops can be equipped with so many machine guns.

    Even the Central Army must have two regiments, or even three regiments. Obviously, the *** army outside the city is definitely the main force.

    In view of this, Lieutenant Colonel Nakatani did not dare to neglect, and immediately ordered the troops in the city to immediately reinforce the South Gate where the fighting was fiercest. At the same time, he mobilized military police and other troops to encircle and suppress the small national army troops in the city.

    The most important thing is that Lieutenant Colonel Nakatani personally sent a report to the brigade headquarters on the Wawashan front line. While reporting the situation, he asked Tsuchiya soldiers and horses to send troops back to Zaozhuang.

    Because he misjudged the strength of Li Guoyao's troops, Lieutenant Colonel Zhongtani's words in the telegram were very urgent, which meant that Zaozhuang was about to be captured by the Chinese army if the main force did not return reinforcements. And because of his telegram, the independence directly  The main force of the sixth brigade was on the road of no return.

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