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Chapter 1589: Kwantung Army¡¯s Counterattack (8)

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    Although it¡¯s a bit chilly in the Northeast at the end of September, the sun is still blazing in the sky at noon!

    The fighting on the front line of Phoenix Mountain has been going on for 10 days. Both sides are getting angry. The soldiers are stepping on the putrid corpses and shuttling between the fierce artillery fire and dense bullets.

    In the most intense part of the battlefield, soldiers from both sides held explosive packs or tied grenades to their bodies and rushed towards their opponents to die together. The air was filled with the smell of burning human flesh.

    This is a test of human nature and will. Both the national army and the Japanese army are gritting their teeth and persisting. Even the Japanese, who claim to be the inheritors of the "Bushido spirit", cannot help but feel timid.

    Before the counterattack, the Chinese defenders fought bloody battles for nine consecutive days and nights, suffering more than 8,000 casualties. Eight officers above the regiment commander were also killed.

    The battalion and company cadres of multiple regiments suffered all casualties, and were promoted to battalion commanders and company commanders in almost every battle. Among them, during the battle on the main position on the southern front, five battalion commanders were promoted in a row within half a day, and all of them died heroically for their country.

    Most of the doctors, nursing staff, and miscellaneous personnel of the divisions went to the front line. Even those who were injured asked to go to the front line.  Those who were seriously injured and unable to walk were left in the sun and rain without medical treatment. All they could wait for were reinforcements and death.

    The defenders have all used up their medicine and ammunition.

    Although Li Guoyao had already estimated the ammunition of Lu Zhanwu's troops in advance, he underestimated the intensity of the battle and the speed of ammunition consumption.

    In the early stages of the battle, the ammunition consumed by the national army was actually not a lot every day, about 300,000 to 500,000 rounds, which could be fully supported by the army's inventory and production speed.

    But starting from the sixth day, that is, when the Japanese army launched their second attack, the consumption of ammunition surged. The amount consumed in one day reached more than one million rounds, and the maximum consumption in one day was more than two million rounds.

    In other words, the average ammunition consumed by the 15,000 troops deployed on the front line is more than 100 rounds, which is absolutely unimaginable.

    Due to the surge in ammunition, many troops could no longer bear it and could only start collecting bullets from the corpses of Japanese soldiers.

    In addition, grenades have become increasingly unavailable, and as a last resort, grenades from reserve troops have been deployed to the front line.

    As the artillery units had run out of shells, they were all organized into infantry to replenish the front line. The machine gunners among the soldiers were directly dispatched from the central government. Due to the heavy casualties, they could not be replenished. In many places, they were organized by people from several units.  Form an army to defend.

    At this time, the defenders were extremely tired and severely outnumbered. They were short of ammunition and the forward positions were in danger.

    As for the Japanese army, as the attacking party, there were a total of more than 18,000 casualties in the three battlefields. Dozens of wounded were transported to Jilin City every day, not to mention the corpses. Some were transported back, but more were still there.  Stay on the battlefield.

    Like the Chinese army, 5 officers at the level of the Japanese army commander were also killed, and the remaining junior officers and lieutenants also suffered heavy losses.

    Kasahara Yukio, who was supervising the battle on the front line, clearly mentioned in a telegram sent to the Kwantung Army headquarters: "Our army launched a general attack again. Just like last time, it only captured a very small part of the position and made no progress. The losses were even more heavy. Most of the positions were lost."  The infantry company has been replaced by a noncommissioned officer as its acting commander, and the battle situation is not optimistic"

    However, the Japanese attack was not without some breakthroughs. Two of the three national army fortifications on the periphery of Phoenix Mountain had been destroyed by the Japanese army. Now the defenders were able to abandon the outer defense line, hold on to the last line of defense, and carry out battles under the city walls.

    However, just when the Japanese command seemed to see the dawn of victory, the national army's counterattack began!

    Compared with any previous attack, the speed of the national army this time was unprecedented.

    During the period when the Japanese army attacked Phoenix Mountain, Wang Lijuan's troops passed through the virgin forests and vast mountains in southern Mudanjiang and appeared on the periphery of the Dunhua and Antu lines. In the early morning of September 22, they launched a comprehensive attack on Dunhua and other places.  attack.

    Because the incident occurred suddenly and the number of Japanese and puppet garrison troops in Dunhua and other places was not large, Dunhua City and Antu City, and then Wangqing County, Tumen, Longjing and other places also received key care from Wang Lijuan's department.

    In less than 24 hours, the Japanese army lost six counties and dozens of strongholds in the border areas, losing more than 5,000 soldiers.

    At the same time, on the front line of Fenghuang Mountain, when the two sides were fighting in full swing, a national army of more than 15,000 people suddenly appeared from the direction of Wuchang, and suddenly appeared behind the Japanese army.

    And there are also a large number of national army troops outside Mudanjiang, attacking the Mudanjiang area along the highway!

    The situation on the southern front took a turn for the worse, causing the attacking troops to??The puppet troops feel unprecedented pressure!

    No wonder, during the more than ten days of fighting, although the attack was occasionally stopped due to casualties and ammunition problems, the fighting actually did not stop. The Japanese artillery and air force still attacked very fiercely.

    Especially the aviation force, which was dispatched many times a day during this period, continued to carry out crazy bombings on the national troops on Phoenix Mountain.

    In addition, the infantry also returned to fighting after resting, so this was almost reaching the physiological limit of the Japanese army.

    Although the Japanese army attacked fiercely, there was no progress in the battle, and both the offensive and defensive sides suffered casualties.

    Most of the squadron leaders and squad leaders of the Japanese army have been casualties and are served by sergeants, corps commanders, and commanders. Most of these backbone soldiers at the grassroots level have no command experience, which caused greater casualties to the troops during the war. Among them, the 433rd Regiment has been supplemented  By September 32, there were only more than 200 people left, only 5 officers, and no assistant officers.

    In addition, the Japanese artillery also suffered heavy losses. The artillery wing of the 71st Division suffered 90% casualties, the 111th Division and the reinforcements transferred from the Kwantung Army Headquarters suffered 70% casualties, and the artillery casualties of the remaining units reached 60%.  %.

    While focusing on the offensive, the Japanese army replenished personnel and ammunition to the 71st, 111th and 75th Divisions, and sent many additional technical units to reinforce Phoenix Mountain.

    In order to understand the situation on the front line as soon as possible, Lieutenant General Yukio Kasahara, Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army, personally arrived in Jilin City and took direct command.

    The Japanese army is preparing, and Lu Zhanwu is also preparing. On the one hand, he mobilizes the reserve team on the mountain to supplement the front line. On the other hand, he strengthens the renovation of fortifications, builds horse resistance, barbed wire and other positions in front of the position. At the same time, he intensifies the construction of fortifications on the top of the mountain to prepare for the decisive battle.

    However, due to the lack of ammunition and the addition of a large number of new Japanese troops, the balance of power between the two armies was seriously tilted.

    Before Li Guoyao¡¯s counterattack, the Japanese army had deployed three complete infantry divisions on the Phoenix Mountain front line, plus four brigade-level combat troops. Together with a large number of puppet troops, the total strength had reached 110,000.

    In this battle, the Japanese army used 184 75mm caliber mountain artillery and field artillery. They even transferred a brigade of 12 155mm heavy cannons to Fenghuang Mountain to deal with the national army fortifications on the mountain. As for the Type 92 infantry  There are countless cannons and various cannons.

    Fortunately, the Phoenix Mountain Area has enough depth and a large number of air-raid shelters. Otherwise, these artillery pieces alone would be enough to knock down the national army!

    "The national army suddenly counterattacked at this time, completely disrupting the strategic concept of the Kwantung Army Headquarters. Now not only the rear was smashed, but even the troops on the front line of Phoenix Mountain were in danger.

    For example, the northwest battlefield of Fenghuang Mountain is already in a state of flanking attack by the national army, while Mudanjiang in the northeast is the logistics base of the frontline troops. It is currently under attack by the national army. Once it falls, the consequences will be disastrous.

    Therefore, after receiving the situation from the front line, the Kwantung Army headquarters was in an uproar. Yamada Otsuzo immediately summoned a group of senior officers from the headquarters to hold a meeting immediately to discuss countermeasures!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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