The Travelers of the Heavens

At three o'clock in the afternoon on March 20, 1945, the outer positions in the north of Chengdu.

The forward positions of the 199th Regiment of the 68th Division under the 86th Army of the National Army were violently bombed.

The position of this position is relatively forward, thus forming a small"bulge" on the national army's front.

In just one hour, thousands of 105mm artillery shells fell on the position. There were two platoons of national soldiers stationed on the small position. All of them were killed in the shelling.

At 4:20, a platoon of the 135th Regiment of the 45th Division of the Kyushu Army successfully occupied the position, and follow-up troops also passed here to prepare to attack the main defensive position of the 199th Regiment of the National Army.

After receiving the news, the commander of the 199th Regiment of the National Army ordered the First Battalion to launch a counterattack in an attempt to recapture this small position.

The two sides began to compete around this"small protrusion".

The 199th Regiment only has a few 60mm mortars and a few"Bazooka" rocket launchers, and they use these to support their companions in the 1st Battalion.

When the Kyushu soldiers on the position saw the incoming national army, they began to conduct defensive operations. At the same time, the platoon leader also requested artillery suppression through walking calls.

During the attack by the First Battalion of the 199th Regiment of the National Army, a 105mm mountain artillery shell from the Kyushu Army hit their heads. The counterattack of the national army was immediately disrupted. The first battalion continued to attack the position under artillery fire, but they had already suffered serious casualties.

"Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta.. Da da da"The Kyushu soldiers' machine guns fired at the rushing national troops.

Automatic and semi-automatic rifles are also raining bullets on national troops.

The front of the formation was shrouded in barrages from various firearms.

""Bang" a 60mm mortar shell exploded on the Kyushu soldiers' line. The shell came from an artillery group of the national army. The explosion killed several Kyushu soldiers.

At this time, the Kyushu soldiers received orders and began to withdraw from the position. The national army took advantage of the situation and recaptured it.

Immediately, dense 105mm artillery shells fell on the position. This is the specialty of the Kyushu Army. Taking advantage of the long range and powerful power of its own artillery, it induced the national army to capture some positions and strongholds in some battles. , and then cover the area with artillery fire to achieve the maximum lethal effect. In the past seven years, this tactic of the Kyushu Army has been tried repeatedly and annihilated a large number of national troops.

If there are 150 mm cannons now, then the 45th Division of the Kyushu Army can directly cover Chengdu The northern urban area, thereby disrupting the rear of the defenders.

The first battalion of the 199th Regiment of the 68th Division of the National Army was destroyed by the rapid artillery fire of the Kyushu Army. The commander of the regiment did not dare to send troops to counterattack and could only hold on to his position.

But because of the The destruction of the first battalion made the defense situation of the regiment's main position tense.

After the destruction of the first battalion, the Kyushu Army did not launch another attack.

After dark, the sky was illuminated by flares, and all 135 regiments of the 45th Division of the Kyushu Army came forward. , preparing to seize the position guarded by the 199th Regiment of the National Army in one fell swoop.

"beat!"The Chinese army officers on the position called on their subordinates to open fire.

Against the backdrop of the flares, the Kyushu Army appeared densely in front of the position.

"Da da da.. Da da da"The National Army's M1919 machine gun is under heavy fire

"puff"

"ah!"

Some Kyushu soldiers walking in front were hit and fell to the ground.

"Da da da.. Da da da da da da"The Kyushu Army sometimes crawled and fired, sometimes stood up and moved forward.

They were getting closer to the national army's position inch by inch.

At this time, the sound of motors and tracks came. It was nine half-track armored artillery vehicles that joined the attack on the national army.

Four of the nine half-track gun carriers were equipped with 75mm anti-tank guns, and the other five were equipped with 120mm heavy mortars. At this time, the 75mm anti-tank gun carriage is used as a self-propelled cannon.

"Whoosh.. Bang! A 75mm artillery shell burst out of the barrel and hit the national army position.

"Bazooka!"The national army officer shouted.

The soldier carrying the rocket launcher and a companion ran to the officer's side.

"did you see it! Blow up that iron bastard," the officer said, pointing to the half-track.

"yes!"The soldier carrying the rocket launcher responded. Then he and his companions operated the rocket launcher

"Whooshclang!"A bazooka rocket burst out of the barrel, accurately hit the nose armor plate of the half-track armored vehicle, and then bounced away.

"What happened!"The officer shouted and asked the soldier

""Sir, the enemy's turtle shell is too thick for the rocket launcher to explode," the soldier replied.

"Sir, I'll go!"Another national soldier carried two bundles of grenades that had been prepared and quickly rolled out of the position and braved the rain of bullets, rolling or crawling to approach the armored vehicle.

When the armored vehicle approached, this brave national soldier removed all the fuses of the two bundles of grenades. He pulled the trigger and threw it under the car.

As he was evacuating, a series of bullets from an automatic rifle hit him. The seventeen-year-old national soldier was killed on the spot.

"boom.. Bang! Continuous explosions exploded under the armored vehicle.

"Crash.."Click, bang!" The armored vehicle was blown sideways, with only the tracks on the suspended side still idling.

In fact, the vehicle had just pressed on a big rock, causing the vehicle body to become unstable. It was just the force generated by the detonation of two bundles of grenades. He gave it another boost before knocking it over to the ground.

"oh"On the position, the national troops cheered when they saw that the leading armored vehicle was blown over.

"Look, sir!"Under the light of the flare, a national soldier pointed forward and shouted

"This is.. how"The national army officer was shocked. More half-tracks came into view.

The machine gun bullets bounced off the nose armor plates of these armored vehicles.

Under the cover of these armored vehicles, the Kyushu soldiers moved closer and closer to the garrison position.

This main position is guarded by the Third Battalion of the 199th Regiment of the National Army, and the regiment headquarters is behind them. The National Army officer just now is the commander of the third battalion.

Armored artillery vehicles continued to fire artillery shells at the national army positions, and the surrounding Kyushu soldiers also fired at the national army positions. All kinds of light and heavy weapons attacked the national army together.

The national army position opposite was filled with flames, and many soldiers were taken away in this wave of attacks.

At ten o'clock in the evening on March 20, the 135th Regiment of the 45th Division of the Kyushu Army broke into the main position of the Chinese army. The two sides immediately entered hand-to-hand combat.

The hundreds of surviving national soldiers either used bayonets or gun butts, and some even took off the machetes they were carrying and fought with the rushing Kyushu army.

However, there were too many Kyushu troops, and the national army was gradually exhausted. At 11 o'clock in the evening, the main position of the 199th Regiment of the National Army fell and all the defenders, including the regiment commander, were killed.

In the middle of the night, the main force of the 68th Division of the National Army launched a counterattack. The two sides fought until dawn, and the national army was repulsed.

At about 9:20 in the morning on March 21, the 134th and 136th regiments of the 45th Division of the Kyushu Army came up with reinforcements. Nearly 15,000 Kyushu Army troops pressed on the remnants of the 68th Division of the National Army.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, most of the 68th Division of the National Army was annihilated in the northern suburbs of Chengdu. The survivors evacuated into the city, and the gate into Chengdu from the north was opened.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the three main divisions of the 12th Army of the Kyushu Army's Sichuan-Shu Corps arrived one after another and joined the 45th Division to prepare to launch an attack on the northern part of Chengdu.

At 7:30 in the morning on March 22, the Kyushu Army launched a general attack on Chengdu. The 12th Army took the 46th Division as the leading force, and the 47th and 48th Divisions followed the 46th Division. The troops adopted the so-called rolling group charge. Press on the national army in front of them.

The first to be hit was the temporary 32nd Division under the 86th Army of the National Army. Compared with the 68th Division that had been destroyed, the temporary 32nd Division was weaker, with only more than 6,800 people in the division. It was a typical Kuomintang division-level unit. scale.

Division Commander Jin Lisan personally led the troops to stand on the front line of defense, but the number of the temporary 32nd Division was too small to withstand the attack of the entire battalion and regiment of Kyushu soldiers.

The battle lasted until ten o'clock in the morning, when the temporary 32nd Division suffered heavy losses and lost its position. Division commander Jin Lisan was wounded, and he led more than 1,000 remaining troops back to the city to organize defense.

After the temporary 32nd Division withdrew, the 46th, 47th, and 48th Divisions of the Kyushu Army followed the gap and invaded urban Chengdu, and fierce street fighting was about to begin.

"Move the giant horse away, quickly!"After entering the city, a Kyushu Army platoon leader saw the giant horses in front of him. He also looked at the armored artillery vehicles that were getting closer and closer, and then shouted to the soldiers to move the giant horses.

"Hey.. Hey.. Hey"The soldiers shouted slogans and slowly pushed the iron horse.

But suddenly

"Da da da.. Da da da"The sound of M1919 machine guns came from the houses on both sides

"ah!"

"In the houses on either side, call me!"

The Kyushu soldiers who were moving their horses were killed without noticing. More than a dozen people were killed. Other soldiers sought cover one after another, and some shouted and shot at the house.

"Da da da da da da"

"Snapped.. Snapped"

Kyushu soldiers' automatic rifles began firing at the house. But the effect is not good.

M's domestically produced 7.62mm M1919 air-cooled machine gun was heavily equipped with the Kuomintang army as a U.S. aid. The Sichuan Army also intercepted a lot of them at the beginning. The machine gun is light in weight and is particularly convenient to erect and transport.

The national army machine gun teams in the houses on both sides took advantage of the characteristics of the M1919 machine gun to quickly change shooting positions to attack the Kyushu Army pouring into the city.