freenovelworld Chapter 476 This is a humiliation to the 2nd Regiment
Chapter 476 This is a humiliation to the 2nd Regiment
The regiment commander, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, led the officers and soldiers of the 2nd Regiment of the Taiwan Mixed Brigade and walked and stopped until about seven o'clock that evening when they arrived at the south of Luwu along the Yongqin Highway. At this time, the defensive positions of the 175th Division of the Guangxi Clique had basically been completed, and the officers and soldiers scattered throughout the Yongqin Highway also gathered in Luwu, ready to defend Luwu to the death.
The officers and soldiers of the 100th Division all knew that the war zone had dispatched the government's 100th Division for reinforcement. They only had to delay the Japanese army for a day, and after the troops of the new th Division arrived, they could withdraw.
Although the 175th Division of the Guangxi Clique suffered heavy losses in the previous battle, the morale of the officers and soldiers was still very high. Especially after knowing that the government's direct troops would come to reinforce immediately, the officers and soldiers were still quite confident in defending Luwu.
After Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, commander of the 2nd Regiment of the Taiwan Brigade, led his troops to Luwu, he did not immediately launch an attack on the 175th Division. The Japanese officers and soldiers had been harassed for a whole day and had consumed a lot of physical strength and energy. Even if they launched an attack right away, there would be no good results. It would be better to take advantage of the night to have a good rest, let the officers and soldiers recuperate, and try to break through the Chinese army's blocking line as soon as possible tomorrow.
At the same time, the regiment commander, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, also hoped that the artillery that was still slowly advancing on the Yongqin Highway would be able to reach the front line tomorrow, so that his attack would be more secure.
At 7:30 the next morning, not long after the Japanese officers and soldiers of the 2nd Regiment of the Taiwan Mixed Brigade had finished their breakfast, the regiment commander, Colonel Nobuyoshi Watanabe, could not wait to order his troops to launch an attack on the 175th Division's defense line in Luwu. This attack did not even have air support.
As for why there was no air support, the reason was very simple, because the commander of the wing, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, was too anxious. Under normal circumstances, Japanese planes usually arrived at Kunlun Pass between 8 and 8:30 in the morning. After all, pilots are also human beings. They also need to eat and rest, do pre-flight briefings and equip the aircraft with ammunition, which all takes time.
Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, commander of the 2nd Regiment, also wanted to launch a tentative attack before the planes arrived to find out the strength of the Chinese army on the opposite side. Fortunately, before the formal attack after the arrival of the planes, he could find the weaknesses in the Chinese army's defense line on the Luwu side and then concentrate his forces to attack.
However, what disappointed the regiment commander, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, was that after less than thirty minutes of exploratory attacks, he did not find any obvious weaknesses in the Chinese army's defense line.
The only thing that made the regiment commander, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, happy was that through the previous exploratory attack, he discovered that the number of Chinese troops blocking the defense line on the side of Luwu should not be large. After making an estimate, the regiment commander, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, also came to a relatively optimistic result.
The commander of the regiment, Colonel Nobuyoshi Watanabe, felt that with the strength of his Second Regiment, he should be able to break through the Chinese army's blocking line on the Luwu side within one day. His regiment should be able to reach Kunlun Pass within two or three days and join up with the troops at Kunlun Pass.
After making a relatively optimistic estimate in his mind, the regiment commander, Colonel Nobuyoshi Watanabe, quickly organized the troops again and called for planes in the air for support. At the same time, the regiment commander, Colonel Nobuyoshi Watanabe, also sent people to the artillery unit behind him that was slowly advancing on the Yongqin Highway, to rush here as soon as possible. It was impossible to call for aircraft support every time they attacked. The regiment commander, Colonel Nobuyoshi Watanabe, felt that doing so would waste too much time.
However, the officers and soldiers of the 175th Division guarding Luwu gave a big surprise to Colonel Nobuyoshi Watanabe, commander of the 2nd Regiment of the Taiwan Brigade, and his subordinates. Under the bombing of Japanese aircraft, the officers and soldiers of the 175th Division used defensive positions to avoid the attacks of Japanese aircraft, and then calmly blocked the charge of the Japanese offensive forces.
The officers and soldiers of the attacking force of the Second Regiment of the Taiwan Mixed Brigade did not expect that the Chinese army could maintain such a strong fighting will and firepower under such fierce bombing by aircraft. There was no panic on the defensive positions. On the contrary, the shooting firepower was very layered, which suppressed the attacking force of the Second Regiment in front of the defensive positions.
Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, the commander of the regiment, held up a telescope and watched the troops' attack for a while, and he couldn't help but frown. He didn't expect that the Chinese army, which obviously didn't have enough manpower, could still fight so calmly under the attack of his own aircraft and infantry.
This made the commander of the regiment, Colonel Nobuyoshi Watanabe, wonder if he had made a wrong judgment before. Did the Chinese army hide its strength during the tentative attack of his troops before? However, if it was hiding its strength, then now facing the formal attack of his troops, the firepower of the Chinese army on the opposite side was obviously the same as before.
The commander of the regiment, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, felt that it was better to be cautious, so he ordered the attacking troops to withdraw first and reorganize the attacking formation. Otherwise, looking at the current offensive posture, his attacking troops would not be able to make any breakthroughs.
However, when the regiment commander, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, ordered a retreat, the Chinese troops on the opposite defensive position took advantage of the retreat of the Second Regiment's attacking force and rushed out of the position and launched an unexpected counterattack against the Second Regiment's attacking force.
This counterattack by the 175th Division not only stunned the retreating attacking force of the 2nd Regiment, but even the commander of the regiment, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, who was watching the battle from behind, was stunned by this counterattack by the Chinese army. He never thought that the Chinese army on the opposite side would dare to take the initiative to counterattack when they were obviously short of manpower.
The attacking force of the Second Regiment was thrown into a panic by the sudden counterattack of the 175th Division. The retreating formation was in obvious chaos. At the same time, the attacking force suffered some necessary casualties, which made the regiment commander, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, very angry.
The regiment commander, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, felt that this was a serious contempt for him by the Chinese army, and a manifestation of complete disregard for the Second Regiment. How could they run out of their positions to launch a counterattack when it was obvious that they did not have enough troops to defend the positions? This was a sign of contempt for him and the Second Regiment.
The commander of the regiment, Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi, angrily ordered the attacking troops that had just withdrawn to reorganize their formation and launch another attack on the Chinese army's defense line in Luwu as soon as possible. He must break through the Chinese army's defense line in Luwu today, otherwise he would find this humiliation unbearable.