War of Resistance

Chapter 773
The Japanese troops that landed from the lower reaches of Anqing were none other than the Botian Brigade from Taiwan.

Oh no, to be more precise, it's called the Bo Tian Detachment.

The Bo Tian detachment is a brigade from Taiwan. This unit is such a brigade-level unit drawn from the Taiwan garrison. What it wants is to support the Japanese troops fighting on the front line.

Speaking of this brigade-level force, it really has a little history.

Speaking of the Botian detachment, we have to talk about the history of the Taiwan Defense Army.

The Taiwan Garrison, referred to as the Taiwan Army, as the name suggests, is the army that the Japanese left in Taiwan to take charge of the defense mission.

However, this garrison from Taiwan was not composed of all Japanese troops as the outside world imagined.

The main officers of this unit are still composed of officers of the Japanese army, but the soldiers at the grassroots level are still composed of Taiwanese.

This is not to say that the people of Taiwan have not resisted.

The Taiwan Army was a garrison stationed in Taiwan during the Japanese rule of Taiwan. In June 1895, Japan established the Governor-General's Office in Taipei, with Admiral Kawayama Sukiki as the first governor-general.

Four months later, Japan suppressed the Taiwan people's uprising at the cost of using three divisions and tens of thousands of casualties.

Since then, the Japanese regular army has gradually withdrawn from Taiwan. In order to suppress the sporadic anti-Japanese movement on the island, the Japanese colonial authorities established the Taiwan Garrison, which is mainly composed of retired Japanese and some active soldiers in Taiwan.As the mass anti-Japanese movement on the island of Taiwan gradually subsided, the composition of the Taiwan Army also changed. Some Taiwanese entered the garrison and gradually became the main body of lower-level soldiers, but the officers were all Japanese.

Therefore, the Botian detachment is still essentially a Japanese army in the colony composed of young and middle-aged people in the colony.

Hata Shigeichi will be 53 years old in a few months. According to this age, if placed in the 21st century, he should be ready to retire.

But Shigeichi Hata doesn't seem to want to retire, he wants to lead this Taiwanese mixed brigade to fight a bloody road!Knock on the door of Wuhan!
The wind on the river brings a lot of coolness, even at noon, it can bring a little coolness to everyone.

Bo Tianzhong stood with his saber in his hand, his old face showed a ruthless look: his troops were about to go ashore soon, and they were about to launch a very ferocious attack on Daguan Town.

Hefei, maybe the Bo Tian detachment does not have such a strong ability to carry out such a fierce attack, but if they want to fight Anqing, they still have the ability to fight!
Anqing, Major General Bo Tian is determined to win!

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In fact, after a part of the Bo Tian brigade landed in the lower reaches of Anqing, it marched all the way in the direction of Daguan Town with a very ferocious force.

The outpost troops of the Sichuan Army, which was in charge of guarding here, immediately had a fierce exchange of fire with the Japanese troops. The Sichuan Army's weapons were inferior, and they were no match for the Japanese troops at all.

Xu Jing was an ordinary battalion commander of the Sichuan Army. For him, this battle was extremely fierce.

After the troops of the Sichuan Army came out of Sichuan, they have fought countless battles so far, but they all have a common characteristic-they are surrounded by reinforcements with strong combat effectiveness.

Of course, when Deng Xihou's No.20 Second Army of the Sichuan Army fought the defense of Teng County, there were also relatively powerful troops nearby, such as the Tang Enbo Army.

It's just another matter whether Tang Enbo's army supported them or not.

But this time, it's different.

There is only one regiment of troops stationed in Daguan Town, and the main defense area of ​​this regiment is still in the town!

Therefore, the defense zone where Xu Jing was located was at the forefront of Daguan Town.

"When do you think we can go back to Sichuan?" A veteran soldier about 50 or [-] years old was squatting on the ground and smoking a big cigarette.

The smoke on the pipe filled the air, as if this was a very enjoyable time for this old soldier.

"It's impossible to tell! Fu Shuai said before he was alive that if the little Japanese don't drive us out of China, our Sichuan army will not return to our hometown." Another veteran who was also smoking opium Talk to his comrades again.

I saw that these two veterans had many common characteristics. Apart from smoking opium, they also wore a pair of straw sandals woven by themselves.

The rifling of the guns around them has long been smoothed out, and even a little rusty.

This is still the treatment of their veterans. Many recruits still use shotguns.

Not to mention one light machine gun per squad, not even one even per unit. Like Xu Jing's battalion, there are only two light machine guns in a battalion.

It is necessary to use the word "very inferior" to describe the equipment, and the title of "Double Spearman" of the Sichuan Army is not for nothing-a soil gun and a smoking gun.

The only thing worthy of praise for these Sichuan troops with such poor equipment is their bravery and fearlessness.

Although many times they were unable to resist the attack of the Japanese soldiers, but at least they also fought and paid with their lives, didn't they?
It is conceivable what the consequences will be for such an army with such poor equipment and only relying on blood and bravery to meet the well-equipped Botian detachment with a strong will to fight. of.

Sure enough, under the fierce artillery fire of the Japanese army, coupled with the strong individual combat ability of the Japanese army, the old Hanyang-made and self-use shotguns of the Sichuan army could not hit the Japanese army at all, but the Japanese army fired one shot at a time. They were "rolled" one by one.

Seeing this scene, Xu Jing was also very helpless - it is definitely not a good way to fight like this, he must withdraw, otherwise the troops here will be wiped out by the enemy!

"Retreat! Retreat to Daguan Town!" Xu Jing gritted his teeth and made a very correct decision in his opinion.

"Retreat! Retreat!" After receiving the order from the chief, these Sichuan soldiers immediately withdrew without a trace.

No way, the situation is worse than others, he has no way to change it, and if he wants to ask for instructions, they don't have a telegraph.

Therefore, in contrast to the two, the Sichuan Army still withdrew to Daguan Town.

It didn't take long before the following Japanese army launched a more violent attack on Daguan Town!

It is also a force of more than 2000 people, but it is obvious that the Japanese army's combat literacy and weapons and equipment are more than one or two points higher than the Sichuan Army's troops.

The Japanese army launched a charge and assault on Daguan Town with very fierce firepower, and the sound of guns and guns rang out all around.

Relying on the will to fight without fear of death, the Sichuan Army finally decided to withdraw from Daguan Town after persisting for a whole day.

Why do you want to withdraw?The reason is that their losses were very heavy, and the number of Japanese troops annihilated was not much at all!

By the time they retreated, they had suffered nearly 700 casualties, and they had wiped out less than a hundred Japanese troops!
With such a record, the morale of the army is already slackened. If they don't retreat early, if the army collapses, it will be even more troublesome!

So, finally, Daguan Town on the outskirts of Anqing fell!
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PS: Thank you for your support, I am going to sleep, I am too sleepy, I can’t bear it anymore.Good night.

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