Japanese veteran river jumps over the 3 individual memoir that treat Lang Zaiji compose -- " bloody battle: First time Changsha fights " in, reductive the truest Japanese army fights tactics, he is expatiatory the encounter of the 2nd Changsha that erupted in September 1941 in the War of Resistance Against Japan (Japanese battle history call " first time Changsha fights " ) setting, "The trench mortar of Chinese army plays straight on the head to build cerebral ground to press come down, person and charger are whole by lacerate; Changsha reduces wall of a fire, often large ammunition depot and oilcan are ignited, blaze is towering, the person touched heat wave to be able to be ironed dead " . The following content is picked jump over the 3 memoir that order man from the river.
Fusillade of grand hill artillery piece
I (the river is jumped over 3 order man, similarly hereinafter) it is first those who joined Tokyo bare slope is close protect foot soldier the 3rd company, go to China to fight thereafter. I am a soldier have 3 years of half time in all, regard Minnie as the observation hand of the biggest team, major while enters a battle in Chinese mid area. It is the experience that I play first time Changsha to fight below.
Will control on September 13, a signal corp of headquarters transmits oral message; Let us hit out. Our army just walked out of the alley of the hillside, the sound of prepare Chinese medicine by roasting it in a panbig gun of blare of abrupt reaching the sky is passed from across hilltop, I want to let my focus attention to the utmost, but this like water off a duck's back. Prepare Chinese medicine by roasting it in a pan ahead the more sound the more deafening, which is making a person essential cannot differentiate at the same time sound of prepare Chinese medicine by roasting it in a panbig gun. This lets us the recruit of these firm enrollment is very panicky.
In the enemy in surrounding, captain lets our calm down to the utmost in, command us one word discharges a trench mortar. Below the direct of observation hand, as " open fire " order, we 6 cannon fusillade. Passed a little while, another observation hand breathes out greatly suddenly my name, "Fast come over here bend over below! " as tremendous detonation, come from the artillery shell with thither river to fall in front of me nearby, the for a long time of smoke of gunpowder that explosion causes cannot abreaction. "The river is jumped over, how don't you come over " , growl rings again. I hasten rise take observation material, but skid below not careful foot, decline from the hillside come down, there was a rock to hold off me on the hillside fortunately.
That day in the evening, when I am about to be asleep mistily, the fusillade that abrupt hill prepares Chinese medicine by roasting it in a pan began. I rise immediately gallop on the small mound to the side, in me ahead counts kilometre to be in about, our artillery shell is shown banding scamper is cracked, evil spirit it is grand. Back-to-back, blue signal flare is given out from each position, general attack began. Our army flushs from inside hill, kill like topple the mountains and overturn the seas to the other side. However, and different yesterday is, the enemy does not have the evidence of any backstroke. My heart thinks: Whether can my army rush after all? Be still conference action calls out artillerist to offer barrage covering? I hold my breath all the time looking attentively at battlefield. Right now, taking " the bolus of day " the friendly forces of banner has developed the foot of a hill, in a few quite heavy machine gun " Da Da Da " covering below, they razziaed eventually commanding elevation.
Japanese army of Japanese army bombard
The station is in the top part of ridge, I can see the south bank position of sanded harbor river and enemy. Although this river is very wide, but current is not very rapid it seems that, also not be very deep. Look dogface to enter the water from which, can cross a river directly. The south bank position of enemy sets veil, position issues loom of square small-sized dikes and dams. Be apart from dikes and dams south on about 559 meters upland, can see the blockhouse that builds with tile. Most propbably this is the enemy's base camp.
After a few days, the forward of our dogface company has arrived at the preparation on riparian edge to cross a river, however, south bank position there only odd shot is passed, without sound of any prepare Chinese medicine by roasting it in a panbig gun, battlefield appears quiet all the more. The another observation hand beside me was taking binoculars to observe, say to me, the enemy should be to pull out the village inside remote mountains went. But squadron grows to give orders to open fire immediately. I also use telescopic observation, the horses that discovers constitution of horse of Japan of a few seem casually was given to hit by artillery shell. "The likelihood is the friendly forces that crosses a river before, do not open fire " , I am loud growl path, regrettablly right now already late, artillery shell of two 3 hair has given chest. This bombard causes friendly forces accidental injury finally, the squadron of team of the 2nd machine gun is long plain wild live grand be killed in battle.
On September 23 in the morning, horse and foot prepares to cross a river. Flow is a little rapid, cross-strait bluff is very abrupt also, all dogface do not take off a military uniform, had lifted the gun the head swam directly. Right now, we very overworked, groups big looked for some of covered a house owned by a citizen, debus equips, tumble into bed. Abrupt someone cries in midnight, "Shot will raid, bend over quickly below. . " trench mortar of one hair hair is played fall in us to think of surround. Fortunately, final nobody gets hurt. Gunfire of the other side stops, we begin to pursue and attack the enemy. In the canal between cereal, stack the body with incomputable also number, we do not have even the place of base oneself upon. I am the body that sees so much for the first time, the war is exceedingly brutal really. After reaching area of golden well south, captain commands we are in this rest and reorganization. Of recruit distribute classics regular meeting to pose the issue between the comrade-in-arms, somebody of classics regular meeting makes small report, say such-and-such got a thing more. Distributive order is attach army, group, direct force here, finally is company this department. Because,this is ranking very regard highly we these attach army, they think the help of our Minnie army comparatives reach the designated position, sacrifice is little also, and military successes is very brilliant however. Be in at that time, we receive to correspond overhandly by scout brief, writing above " already captured towards evening yesterday Changsha, the hostile big unit in backtrack is located in ahead 4 kilometre place, pursue and attack rapidly. Pursue and attack rapidly..
Fellow-townsman place remnant very few
Although the vanguard is already irruptive Changsha, but pursue and attack battle still continueing however. Weather is very torrid on September 18, daylong I have premonition badly. We are in from area of the Changsha City cloth of 2 kilometre place issues Minnie blast, left rear wild hill prepares Chinese medicine by roasting it in a pan also one word is discharged, but the enemy still is resisting tenaciously.
Below the circumstance of such tangled warfare, bilateral casualties is very heavy. As a result of us vanguard and the other side leave very nearly, artillerist makes the decision that open fire very hard, but dogface header still lets us open fire. At this moment, as long as observation hand is measuring an interval from time to tome a bit error, with respect to friendly forces of meeting accidentally injure. In hill artillery shell of prepare Chinese medicine by roasting it in a panbig gun risks smoke removing blueness before, we pray silently only. Knowing at that time is whose growl sentence " bend over quickly below " , when saying late fast in those days, I hear explosive blare only. Although leave us very close,this trench mortar is played, but our luck is very good, everybody was not wounded. Everybody places good trench mortar blast, to enemy rear open fire, and the enemy of advanced head gives vanguard, I think this also is a kind of tactics.
Attack the Changsha that enters lights brightly lit to have the following unit at first: Arms of supplies and gear of an army is the 6th company, legionary the trench mortar of directly under army is the biggest the 3rd group mixes team, trench mortar the 8th division is mixed make up army to wait. 18 days afternoon 4 when the left and right sides, the Nai fine gentleman that regards trench mortar as artillerist was hit to wear back by the enemy's bullet. Successive battle of 3 days lets us had comparatived overworked.
Because the other side also has powerful trench mortar fire, our casualties is quite heavy, the wounded dead countless, rescue squad is busy busy come nevertheless. I ever saw somebody serves as blindage to fight with flat steed, go to Acheron with his Ma Gong finally. I still see, be apart from me inside a 20 meters chasm, cram our body, this is the circumstance that I never had seen. Crepuscular time, I came to the Changsha urban district that has been captured, igneous affection is everywhere inside the city, canister of ammunition depot, oil transmits detonation ceaselessly. Arms of taxi be dyinged by mine blast is everywhere on the driveway. After war situation is stable, we the soldier of these Qiu Tian one's previous experience gathers, build calico on the body of gentleman of fine of friendly Nai of countryside of die in the last ditch. When enrollment, my fellow villager shares 956 people, and there is nine person only now, someone else is not die in the last ditch hurts mainland of Japan be remandinged because of weighing namely.
