War of Resistance

Chapter 236 Nanjing Breakout Battle ([-])

Tangshan Town, the headquarters of the Sixth Regiment of the Japanese Army.

"Your Excellency, Captain, report to Your Excellency, Captain! The Third Battalion is being attacked by the absolute main force of the Chinese Army, please support! Request support!" After receiving the distress telegram from the Third Battalion, Shiichiro Ono, the staff officer on duty, ran to the regiment's ferry Bian's side reported that his younger brother Shisaburo Ono worked in the third brigade, and no one knew his urgency at this time.

As a member of the young and strong faction of the Japanese army, Watanabe is also very young, he is only 39 years old!
Unlike the officials of the ruling faction, most of the members of the Huangdao faction and the young and strong faction are young officers from the middle and lower ranks of the field forces, and only some are high-ranking officials from the base camp. Even after 1936, the ruling faction has been fully crushed at the top However, in the field troops, the strength of the Young and Strong faction and the Emperor's faction still accounted for the majority.

Watanabe Jingya slept very soundly tonight, but this telegram for help from the third brigade woke him up immediately, because he heard the words "absolute main force". Absolute main force?It proves that there must be at least one division of the Chinese army's elite troops to break through here!
If this division breaks out from here and escapes, it is very likely that it will pose a huge threat to the rear of the main force of the No. 18 Division stationed in Wuhu, so he feels that the bud must be killed in the cradle.

So the emaciated Watanabe Jing also climbed out of the hammock immediately, and said: "Order the troops of the first brigade to immediately support the third brigade! In addition, report this battle report to the division commander immediately!"

"Hay!" The staff officer on duty, Shiichiro Ono, immediately ran to the phone and picked up the phone after receiving the instructions from the regiment captain, "Mexi, this is the headquarters of the regiment, please connect me to the headquarters of the first brigade right away." phone!"

The staff officer on duty chose to execute the reinforcement order first. The reason was that Shiichiro Ono wanted to save his younger brother. After fighting for a while, he also knew that these elite Chinese Central Army units were not those with poor equipment from the Northeast Army and Northwest Army. No-name army units can be compared.

Since Nagano Makoto, the captain of the third brigade, was able to send this telegram, it means that the situation of the third brigade must be at stake at this time. If the other chasing troops can't catch up, it is a matter of the general situation. How to keep the third brigade is the most important thing Task!
The troops that have already invaded Nanjing City already include the main force of the Sixth Division, the Ninth Division, and the No.13 Division. The main force of the No.16 Division is also on the front line of Wulong Mountain. For the main force of the Japanese army of nearly [-] troops, a mere Chinese elite division is nothing, but for the third brigade, it is a disaster.

After the call was connected, Ono Zhiichiro immediately said to the other end of the phone: "Mexi, I am the combat staff officer of the regiment headquarters, Ono Zhiichiro, following the order of the commander of the regiment, the headquarters of the first brigade will immediately support Chunhua The third brigade of the town!"

"Hay!" The receiver on the other side responded, and then hung up the phone.

After finishing this important task, Ono Shiichiro ran to the communication station and asked the communication soldiers to immediately report the battle report from the third brigade to the division headquarters...

But Zhang Tianhai, who was far away in Chunhua Town, didn't know that his series of breakout operations had already triggered a chain reaction. He was like that little butterfly in Babylon trying to flap its wings, but he didn't expect that he was about to flap his wings. Create a storm!
Wuhu.

This city was taken by the main force of the No.18 Division for three full days. After taking it, the No.18 Division can rely on the city of Wuhu as an opportunity to block the reinforcements of the Chinese army.

It is precisely because Wuhu’s position in the Battle of Nanjing is so important that Ushishima Sadao set up the division headquarters in the city. Although Wuhu has been smashed to pieces by the Japanese artillery fire, it is better than those bunkers in the wild There is no place, right?

Like the Division Headquarters of the No.13 Division, the Division Headquarters of the No.18 Division was temporarily set up in a tent, but the division leader, Lieutenant General Ushishima Sadao, was still awake at this time. Sleeping, he was refreshed by a telegram sent by Lieutenant General Dizhou Libing, the head of the No.13 division.

A regiment of his [-]th Division is stationed in the direction of Tangshan Town, Chunhua Town, although this regiment is fairly complete in terms of organizational system.But after all, there is only one wing, and it is stationed scatteredly. Once encircled, the possibility of being eaten by the enemy is extremely high.

No, Ushishima Sadao was standing in front of the huge Nanjing military map, studying the war trend.

"Your Excellency, division commander, the situation of our army in the direction of Nanjing is very good. During the day yesterday, our army has broken through Zijin Mountain, Yuhuatai and other places. Now the Sixth Division and No. The 13th Division and the Ninth Division are still on the line from Zijin Mountain to Chengdun. The No.16 Division is also launching a fierce attack on the Wulong Mountain Fortress controlled by the Chinese Army. I believe that tomorrow morning, our army will be able to control Nanjing across the board It's over." Chief of Staff Yamamoto of the No.18 Division held a baton and once again summarized the battle situation to Division Chief Sadao Ushishima.

After all, for the past two days, the head of the Ushido division has been focusing on the direction of Wuhu, and he probably knows about the movement in the direction of Nanjing, but he hasn't studied it carefully.

"Yamamoto-kun, according to your analysis, how large is the breakout Chinese army?" Ushishima Sadao looked at Yamamoto and asked.

Yamamoto thought for a while, and said: "Your Excellency, division commander, according to the information we have learned, most of Chiang Kai-shek's troops fighting in Nanjing use divisions as combat units. level as the command unit. Therefore, it is very likely that the breakout force broke out at the division level as a combat unit. However, considering that the Chinese Army suffered a lot of casualties in the Battle of Nanjing, in short, it is impossible for this force to exceed one division .At most in one brigade."

"Souga, wow, we should strengthen the defense of Chunhua Town, and we can ask the Sixth Regiment to send an additional brigade to Chunhua Town. In this way, we can ensure that when the Chinese army breaks through the siege, Chunhua Town will be absolutely guaranteed. It's safe." Ushishima Sadao said with a serious face, obviously, this was his decision.

As soon as Ushishima Sadao finished speaking, a staff officer on duty ran over, stood at attention and saluted, "Reporting to your Excellency, Commander, Commander Watanabe Iya of the Sixth Regiment has an emergency battle report, and the troops stationed in Chunhua Town are on the way." Attacked by the absolute main force of the Chinese Army, the defenders suffered heavy casualties! The commander of the third battalion of the regiment, Makoto Nagano, has sent a report to the regiment that all the jade will be broken. In addition, the sixth regiment has sent an additional brigade to support Chun The town is melted!"

After hearing the news, Ushijima Sadao and Yamamoto immediately looked at each other, and they could see the shock in each other's eyes.

"Absolutely the main force, then the strength of this army must be more than one division, no, we must not let this Chinese army escape from the encirclement!" Ushishima Sadao murmured, but made a decision: "Order, All of the Sixth Regiment immediately reinforced the defenders of Chunhua Town. At the same time, they reported the situation to Lieutenant General Dizhou Libing, the head of the No. 13 Division, and asked him to immediately send troops to pursue the Chinese Army. .Also, report this situation to the Front Army Command immediately!"

"Hay!" All the officers in the headquarters of the No.18 Division responded in unison.

With Ushishima Sadao's order, the No.18 Division and the No.13 Division have begun to coordinate operations. Although the Eighteenth Division has only one unit in the direction of Chunhua Town, which is not fully established, But there are more than 1000 people, right?Even if Chunhua Town falls and the third brigade is destroyed, there are still more than [-] people, right?

One more word, don't use bean buns as dry food...

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