The battle at Teapot Au has ended, and the team has begun to clean up the battlefield.
However, the casualties of the cavalry battalion were much greater than expected, especially Tiegang's serious injury. Two bullets shot directly through Tiegang's right chest. Fortunately, the one who hit Tiegang was a crooked light machine gun. , the crooked handle light machine gun and the Type 38 rifle share the same bullet, which is a pointed copper-core bullet with a caliber of 6.5mm.
The 6.5mm caliber bullet has strong penetrating power and can cause incidental damage.
If it were replaced by a 7.7mm caliber bullet from the Type 92 heavy machine gun, it would form a huge cavity when it penetrates the chest cavity. I am afraid that even the internal organs would be turned into a ball of meat paste, and there would be no iron and steel life left.
Seeing Tie Gang crying there, Tie Gang said angrily: "Why are you crying in mourning? I'm not dead yet."
However, after saying this, Tiegang's chest injury was immediately affected, and he immediately began to cough violently. As he coughed, blood foam overflowed from the corner of Tiegang's mouth.
He Shuya said worriedly: "Captain Tie, don't be impatient, and don't be angry."
"Yes, Gangzi, just lie down, don't even say anything, and don't cough easily, otherwise you will break your lungs and you will be in trouble." Wan Zhongshan warned Tiegang, then turned around and scolded Tiegang. , "You too, can't you just howl a little less, and you have to make your battalion commander angry?"
Tiegang immediately didn't dare to howl any more.
Tiegang also closed his eyes and stopped talking.
Wan Zhongshan immediately ordered two soldiers to lift the stretcher and walk towards the Hukou.
Before the battle started, Xu Rui had already driven the only truck that could still be driven in the base area to the valley outside Teapot Ao and hid it in order to send the wounded back to the base area for treatment in time, along with Tiegang. There were a dozen other seriously wounded soldiers who left, but most of the remaining ones were lightly wounded and could still survive.
After sending Tiegang away, Wan Zhongshan and He Shuya continued to lead the troops to clean up the battlefield.
While they were cleaning, the night sky in the northwest lit up without warning. The light almost turned red for most of the night sky. The officers and soldiers of the Independent Regiment who were cleaning the battlefield all looked up, as did He Shuya and other battalion company commanders in Wanzhong Mountain. They looked at each other, what happened, such a big fire
After almost five or six seconds, there was a loud explosion.
Because the straight-line distance between Teapot Au and Dawan is only two kilometers, the explosion sound arrived quickly.
When he heard the explosion, Huang Shouxin immediately said: "It's a bomb, it's the noise caused by the bomb explosion."
"The bomb exploded?" Mei Jiuling asked, "How big is the bomb? A heavy aerial bomb?"
"It can't be an aerial bomb." Huang Shouxin shook his head decisively, "It's night now, and it's absolutely impossible for the Japanese bombers to come out and drop bombs at night."
Mei Jiuling added: "If it's not an aerial bomb, what could it be?"
He Shuya said: "It doesn't matter what it is, what matters is who made such a big fuss!"
"Yes." Wan Zhongshan said, "Who among you could make such a big fuss? Lao Xu?"
"There are only two possibilities. One is caused by the Japs, and the other is caused by the regiment leader." He Shuya said, "But no matter which possibility it is, we must go there immediately. If this commotion is caused by the Japs, then the regiment leader will know They are in a bad situation, and we must go over immediately to support them. If the leader is responsible for making this noise, then the Japanese must have suffered a big loss, and we must go over quickly to pursue the victory and expand the results!"
Wan Zhongshan, Huang Shouxin and Mei Jiuling all agreed.
In order to react quickly, He Shuya was the fastest among these people.
At that moment, Wan Zhongshan shouted sternly: "Second Battalion, urgent gathering!"
"Emergency gathering?" A platoon leader asked Wan Zhongshan in a daze, "Aren't you going to clean the battlefield?"
"No more cleaning, no more care!" Wan Zhongshan shouted sternly, "Gather, urgent gathering!"
Almost as soon as Wan Zhongshan shouted for assembly, He Shuya also blew the whistle for emergency assembly.
In a short time, the second and third battalions of the Dameishan Independent Regiment completed their assembly, and then immediately turned around and headed west, rushing toward Dawan where the big explosion had just come from.
As soon as I walked halfway, I met the Sky Monkey.
"Monkey, what happened over there?" Wan Zhongshan asked the Sky Monkey right away.
"Captain Wan, you are here at the right time!" The Flying Sky Monkey didn't bother to answer Wan Zhongshan's question and said urgently, "The commander asked you to hurry up and hurry up. He has an urgent mission!"
"I know." Wan Zhongshan agreed, then turned around and shouted, "I have them all, speed up! Hurry up!"
From the roar of Wan Zhong Mountain, the officers and soldiers of the Second and Third Battalions felt the strong urgency, and they accelerated their pace, from running to running fast, and finally to sprinting.
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Almost at the same time, the main force of the Hamura detachment, which was fifteen kilometers away, also saw the red light. However, because of the distance, the reaction of the main force of the Hamura detachment was not that strong.
When Yong Jinda also received the report, he was discussing the military situation with the two commanders.
After receiving the guard's report, Yong Jinda also immediately walked out of the tent with the two captains. Just as the three old Japanese soldiers walked out of the field tent, they immediately saw that the night sky in the southeast was illuminated by red light, and then, after It took almost half a minute before a faint explosion sounded.
"This explosion?" Tatsuya Yongjin frowned, "It doesn't look like a bombardment."
The motorized infantry brigade along Shu Hamura's route to Teapot Au was only equipped with four Type 92 infantry cannons. The caliber of the Type 92 infantry cannons was only 70mm. Even a cluster bombardment could not have such a big momentum. The only possibility was, It means gathering a large number of shells or explosives together and detonating them at the same time.
"Chief of Staff, something must have happened." Yoshino Akio, the captain of the 101st Infantry Regiment, said, "Otherwise, I should hurry up and take the 101st Infantry Regiment over there?"
"Impossible, what could happen?" Usami Shinji, captain of the 149th Infantry Regiment, said disapprovingly, "Dameishan Independent Regiment is only a mere regiment, and the Imperial Army includes the motorized infantry brigade led by the detachment leader and the The strength of the cavalry regiment is almost three times that of the China Army, not to mention the chariot detachment, what can happen?"
Yoshino Akio frowned and said, "So, what happened to you about the huge explosion just now?"
"How do I know this?" Usami Shinji said calmly, "Maybe the Chinese army detonated a super mine? It blew up a tank of the imperial army? This is not completely impossible."
Yoshino Akio insisted: "Chief of Staff, I still think we should rush to Teapot Pass urgently."
Usami Shinji said: "Yoshino-san, have you forgotten the detachment leader's instructions before leaving?"
Yoshino Akio immediately became speechless. Shuichi Hamura had specifically warned him before he left that before he came back, the main force of the detachment must not act rashly, especially not attack easily!
Yong Jinda was a little hesitant and didn't know what to do.
Yong Jintatsu could also understand the intention of Hamura Shuichi. Hamura Shuichi was worried about being defeated by the Chinese army using the terrain, so he specifically told him that he must not attack easily before he came back. But if the situation is like Yoshino Akio's, it is Something happened to Hamura Shuichi, so he had to go and respond immediately!
After a moment of silence, Yoshino insisted tomorrow: "Chief of Staff, I still think we should send troops to respond. Even if nothing happens to the Chief of Staff, it is just a reprimand. If the Chief of Staff is unwilling to go, I am willing to do so." Take the troops there, and I will only take one large group."
Yoshino Akio has reached this point, and Nagashin Tatsuya has nothing to hesitate about.
At that moment, Yong Jin Tatsuya said: "Yoshino-san, then you will lead an infantry group to Teapot Au. Remember, your task is to take care of the detachment leader. If the Chinese people are fine, that is the best. In case, I am Wan First, if the team leader really gets into trouble, your first priority is to rescue the team leader."
"Hai." Yoshino Akio paused slightly and turned around.
Watching Yoshino Akio go away, Usami Shinji shook his head and said with a smile: "Yoshino, this idiot, seems uncomfortable if he doesn't let the detachment leader scold him, but that's fine. If he wants to be punished, then let him go. It's getting late, Chief of Staff, I have to go back to my tent and go to bed. If you need anything, call me."
When it was over, Usami Shinji turned around and left.
Watching Usami Shinji go away, Nagashin Tatsuya was completely sleepless.
I don’t know why, but Yongjin Tatsuya’s right eyelid keeps twitching. Youdao means that his left eye is twitching for wealth, and his right eye is twitching for disaster. Is something bad really going to happen
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Turn your view back to Dawan.
The sudden huge explosion stunned the Japanese.
Hamura Shuichi, Suzuki Juzo, and Fujiki Masato, who were at the center of the explosion, were directly blown to pieces, and even a complete finger bone was not intact.
In each combat unit, the tank detachment was almost completely destroyed. Two Type 95 light tanks were turned upside down by the huge waves generated by the explosion, and three of the five Vickers tanks were blown away by the air waves. Squeezed flat, the other two vehicles closest to the explosion were directly blown to pieces and disintegrated into several large parts.
As for the two armored vehicles that served as bombs, they were blown into countless fragments. It was these fragments that were splashed all over the sky, causing great damage to the Japanese within a radius of fifty meters.
The situation of the cavalry regiment was not much better than that of the tank detachment.
When the big explosion occurred, most of the cavalry in the cavalry regiment were within a radius of 100 meters. After the explosion, at least more than 100 of the more than 500 Japanese in the cavalry regiment were killed directly, and more than 200 were killed by sonic booms or explosions. The air wave caused serious injuries, and only the more than a hundred Japanese cavalry on the outermost side escaped by chance.
The greatest losses were suffered by the motorized infantry brigade.
But there is also bad news for the motorized infantry brigade.
The bad news is that the senior officers of the Motorized Infantry Brigade, including Captain Fujiki Naoto and Brigade Deputy Kondo, were all killed on the spot because they were not far from Hamura Shuichi at the time! This means that the motorized infantry brigade has lost effective command. If it is not attacked by the enemy at this time, it will not matter.
However, if we are attacked by enemies...