Battle of the Third Reich

The Japanese infantry tactics learned France early. At that time, the Japanese army, which envied the powerful French army almost became an Asian replica of the French army, but after the defeat of France in the Franco-Prussian War, Japanese talents found that the French tactics seemed to be a bit outdated Quickly turned to study the German Empire on the winner's side. ▲∴▲∴, during the First World War, Germany faced a bunch of powers and two lines of battle but still beat you to and fro. The Japanese Army agreed that Germany’s final failure was due to internal reasons of the country, not Army tactics. Mistakes, so the infantry tactics of the German Army are still highly regarded, and after years of experimentation, they have finally developed unique tactics suitable for the conditions of the Japanese Army on this basis.

The imaginary enemy of the Japanese army has always been Russia and China, and has never learned how to fight against European countries, so when the battle started, Kato Squadron suffered a lot.

The Fifth Division in the Chinese battlefield was unprecedented in the battle of Lien Lianjie. The soldiers of the division and the Guanguan Zuo soldiers had always been confident in their fighting power. Perhaps the soldiers had some vague fear of the French army at the beginning, but the appearance of Sergeant Ruan dispelled them. Such concerns. Because Ruan Fuyou was also carrying a Vietnamese soldier, which led to Captain Kato’s misjudgment. He thought that the blockhouse on the opposite side was also full of Vietnamese soldiers wearing French uniforms like Ruan Fuyou, like the shameless national slaves. It can't be the opponent of the Japanese army. In front of the imperial power of the imperial army, the wastes of these arrogance and prestige will surely collapse.

So Kato Squadron launched an infantry assault on the French bunker according to the tactics commonly used on the Chinese battlefield. As mentioned earlier, the Japanese tactics have many shadows of the Germans in World War I. They pay attention to the configuration and use of machine gun firepower and the penetration and roundabout attacks of small-scale troops. The Fanwei team and the Takeda team pulled back on the rocks and drains on both sides of the road, and launched a containment attack on the front towards the bunker. The remaining Tajima team sent a rifle unit to try to approach the enemy fortress from the side.

The Japanese army is now facing a very difficult battle. The culprit responsible for all this is the stupid plan of Morimoto Nakasa. Because the soldiers were told that this was an ordinary march training, the soldiers did not carry any offensive equipment at all, and often encountered obstacles to the enemy’s fortifications. The common practice of the Japanese army was to carry out blasting by engineers or infantry under the cover of heavy firepower. Attack, but now the Japanese soldiers only have lunch of the day besides their weapons and ammunition.

Moreover, such a large machine gun fort. You must use a large dose of medicine packs or blasting canisters to destroy them. The Morimoto Brigade did not carry a squadron at all this time. The infantry now has no explosives packs on hand, let alone the Japanese special edition "Bangalore torpedo (large blasting cartridge)". .

So facing the French cement bunker. The Japanese infantry can only use hand grenades. The slingshot player in the squad used the eight or nine slingshot to launch several tentative attacks against the bunker. This small-caliber cast iron grenade was not even scratchy for a half-meter thick reinforced concrete wall. Here The only effect is that explosions and smoke can temporarily block the line of sight of the shooter inside the bunker.

But the problem is that this bunker doesn't have only one shooting window. What's more troublesome is that it is still on the upper and lower floors. Observers on the upper floors have a very good view. Every move of the Japanese army could not escape the sight of the observer. Unsurprisingly, the Tajima team's actions were noticed by the French watchman at the beginning. Ruan Fuyou quickly mobilized a fortress machine gun to take care of this roundabout unit.

The so-called fortress machine gun equipped by the French army is the famous Hatch Case m30, the frustrated 13.2 mm heavy automatic weapon. This thing is actually designed for the Maginot line of defense. It is called the fortress machine gun, which means that this thing is not It is too easy to move, and is only suitable for use as a fixed weapon in fortresses and bunkers. This expensive large-caliber weapon was originally used to fight cavalry and armored vehicles. The Tokyo regiment had only a dozen or so. Two of them were installed in the No. 1 machine gun fort next to Highway 4. Because this weapon can destroy light vehicles, it is very useful when the road needs to be blocked.

As a result, in front of this terrible weapon with a rate of fire of 450 rounds per minute, Tajima's first detachment was torn into pieces under the watchful eyes of Kato Squadron officers and men. In particular, squad leader Tsukamoto Juncao was hit in the lower abdomen with two large-caliber machine gun bullets, and the whole person was almost cut into two pieces by the waist. The vigorously powerful samurai scratched the ground and wailed for half a minute. The captain of Tajima Squad, who can't see it anymore, ended it with his own hand.

The first attack was severely defeated, and a soldier of a detachment died in front of everyone in this way. The Japanese soldiers were not afraid of death. But the death was so miserable, which made them feel a little chill. The location of No. 1 Machine Gun Fort is very tricky. It was originally an uphill section of Highway No. 4, and the sides of the top of the **** were hills more than ninety meters high. The No. 1 bunker was set on the side of the road on the top of the slope. The Japanese army wanted to bypass this place. They had to climb the two hills under the firepower of the bunker machine gun. This is simply a natural killing trap. It can be seen that the French are setting up When this bunker was indeed painstaking.

"Assault! Take out the spirit of a Japanese man and rush forward with me!" The second squad of the Fano squad was under the cover of a rifle and a barrel. Jumping out of the concealed place and starting to move forward quickly, the team leader Guize wore a headscarf headscarf and took the team members to launch a decisive assault. One of the Japanese infantry tactics is that when it encounters a strong enemy and cannot find the enemy’s weaknesses, it should continuously initiate a continuous trial attack, disrupt the defense rhythm of the defending army, and find out the enemy’s front. Weaknesses.

Just as the Onitsawa team made a courageous assault under the French machine gun, Lieutenant Nobiya Morimoto's lieutenant took the captain's order and came to the front of Kato Zongyou. Morimoto was very dissatisfied with the battle process of Kato Squadron. He thought that this was the first battle, which was detrimental to the majesty of the Japanese Imperial Army. However, he considered that the conditions available in Kato’s hands were really limited, so he was not prepared to blame the other side too much. Performance. However, the entire brigade cannot be blocked on the road by a small bunker, so the action of the Morimoto brigade will become a big joke.

Don't look at Morimoto as a person with a lot of problems and defects, but when it comes to fighting, he can be regarded as a warrior. He has accumulated rich combat experience on the Chinese battlefield, so when the offensive is blocked, he immediately made a corresponding disposal plan. He ordered Kato Squadron to hold back the attention of the bunker and cover the two squadrons Hasegawa and Okubo from the two wings. The two squadrons would bypass the hills on both sides and rush directly into the enemy's rear, beating the enemy by surprise. Morimoto judged that this should be the main defense line of the French army on the periphery. As long as this point is breached, Tong Deng, who has no defensive capabilities, is exposed in front of the Japanese army.

This really cannot blame Morimoto's idea that it is too simple. This is actually a manifestation of the Japanese army's lack of intelligence information on French Indochina. Morimoto's map only marked the external traffic and urban road distribution in the Tongdeng area, except that the French army built a fort on Pingdingshan in the southwest of the city. Other military arrangements are completely blank.

At that time, the total number of Japanese diasporas in French Indochina combined was less than 500. Most of them lived in Haiphong, Hanoi, and Saigon. Before three or nine years, no Japanese intelligence personnel had come to Tongdeng. The map in the hands of the Japanese was bought by a Japanese spy from a French bookstore, and it only showed various civilian roads and facilities. As for the distribution of military units on the map, the French are not that stupid.

In French Indochina, the intelligence collection methods used by the Japanese in the past were not very effective. The nature of the French colonists meant that they would not easily trust the locals, such as the construction of the same fort, and the workers that France looked for were all from In the employment area of ​​Jiaozhizhi, no local people were recruited to participate, just to ensure that the fort structure would not be exposed. At the same time, because of the French background, the Japanese cannot use aircraft as unscrupulously to detect terrain as in China. This is a serious violation of airspace. It will surely cause international disputes. Under such a poor diplomatic environment in Japan, it is better not to engage in such things that will drive the Ministry of Foreign Affairs crazy.

Therefore, Morimoto's house is actually not very familiar with the situation on the other side of the border, but out of confidence in the Japanese army's previous brilliant record, he still issued the order to push the entire brigade into the abyss.

"Brigade advances! Destroy all enemies encountered. Tonight we will spend the night in Tongdeng!"

The roundabout troops did not advance as smoothly as Morimoto thought. Hasegawa Squadron climbed the hillside covered with artemisia annua and shrubs from the left side of the road. After climbing for a long time, it was found that there was a nearly seventy degree cliff in front. After a few laps, I couldn't find any other way to pass. Eventually, he could only return from the same path, wasting more than twenty minutes in vain.

The Okubo squadron successfully bypassed the mountain from the right and moved to the side of the No. 1 machine gun fort. When the squadron officers happily drilled out of the artemisia bush and rushed to the No. 4 highway. But it was found that just below the **** of the road diagonally, there stood a French stronghold, and the bright yellow Indochina federal flag fluttered high on the flagpole of the stronghold.

At that time, the squadron of Okubo was anxious to hurry up, and did not pay attention to the reconnaissance and concealment of the troops at all. A whole squadron of officers and soldiers appeared in front of Lieutenant Domiel.

Hundreds of Japanese troops suddenly emerged from the grass beside the highway. It really scared Lieutenant Domiel. The company commander was laying defenses around the stronghold at that time, and he was also preparing to organize some soldiers to support Ruan Fuyou who was struggling to resist, delivering ammunition supplies and removing the wounded.

It was discovered that the Japanese army had crossed the wild **** with no road at all. This surprised Domiel. At the end of the dry season, the Artemisia annua generally grew to more than one and a half meters. These Japanese soldiers threw it in and looked at it. Without reaching the top of the head, God knows how they can recognize the direction and find the way down the mountain. But at this time, everything was superfluous. The French lieutenant responded extremely quickly. He immediately ordered the machine guns and infantry on the fence to shoot at the Japanese officers and soldiers beside the road. All of a sudden, the soldiers of Okubo Squadron were shrouded in a rain of bullets.

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