Anti-Japanese War: Starting from Yaobai

Chapter 210 Old Devil - Yamada Shiji!

On the morning of the 16th, the enemy's 3th, [-]th, and [-]th divisions and the Taiwan Brigade, the Chongteng Detachment, launched a fierce attack on our army under the cover of their planes, tanks, and artillery.

Our Sixth Division and the 34th Independent Brigade suffered heavy casualties, so they retreated to Fushan Town and Xiaojiaqiao area.

The [-]th Brigade belonging to the [-]rd Division, which was guarding the Sujiayu and Shajiabang areas in the east of Kuncheng Lake, was attacked by nearly a thousand people from a part of the [-]th Division of the enemy. After a fierce battle until noon, the brigade retreated, and the enemy was in hot pursuit. She crossed Kuncheng Lake by force and landed at Shi'antou and Mocheng Town respectively.

Commander Yang Hanyu of the [-]st, [-]rd and [-]rd divisions gathered more than [-] people from the broadsword team to ambush in the reeds on the bank. Taking advantage of the landing enemy's unpreparedness, he suddenly swung his swords at each other from behind.

The enemy's 2nd echelon came to the rescue, but our Broadsword team had gone far away.

At the same time, our army's light and heavy machine guns and mortars based in Mocheng Town, Zhaojiabang, and Shi'antou concentrated and fired fiercely, and the enemy was severely injured, and they fled back to the east of the lake.

Our 16th Division, which is based in Miaoquan Town, Sujia Town, Tianzhutang and Guli Town, has been attacked by the advance teams of the 13th and [-]th Divisions of the enemy since the morning of the [-]th.

The enemy not only dispatched planes to bomb and straf in turn, but also used more than [-] cannons of various calibers to continuously bombard, and more than a dozen tanks covered the enemy infantry to attack separately.

In the fierce battle until noon, more than half of the officers and soldiers of our [-]th Division were killed or injured, and several positions were breached by the enemy. The situation was very critical.

General Luo Zhuoying was at the headquarters of the 79th Army at this time. After receiving the report, he immediately ordered Xia Chuzhong to lead the 98th Division and the [-]th Division to help, and the [-]th Artillery Regiment gave full support.

Lieutenant General Xia Chu concentrated all the anti-aircraft artillery in Guli Town under the command of Liang Zhongjiang, commander of the 98th Brigade, to deal with enemy tanks; the [-]th Artillery Regiment concentrated artillery fire to suppress the enemy's artillery; the artillery of each division was concentrated to directly support the counterattack troops of the [-]th and [-]th Divisions.

After the deployment was completed, at 14:[-] on the same day, relying on the position of the [-]th Brigade in Guli Town, they launched a counterattack against the enemies of Sujia Town and Catholic Church, and recovered the lost positions in one fell swoop.

As a result, the notorious Zhongteng detachment was blocked outside the Zhapingjia line of defense.

So the Dragon Boat Festival is not worried that Changshu will fall.And even if it falls, it will be seven or eight days later.

As for the Battle of Fukuyama, Dragon Boat Festival can also predict the final result.

Even if the devils can capture the Fushan position, they will pay a very painful price.

From ancient times to the present, Fushan has been an important military base, known as the important town in northern Wu, and a fortress of rivers and seas.

The old city of Fushan is called Zongbing City.There are three city gates in the east, south and north, the water gate is in the west, the city wall is of masonry structure, and there is a tower in the east gate.

Although some buildings were damaged after several wars, the dilapidated city walls still have a defensive function.

So in these two places, the Dragon Boat Festival is not worried.What he wanted was the life of the enemy's 103rd Brigade.

At the same time, Matsui Iwane finally realized that the fortifications of Changshu and Fukuyama were solid and not a bone to chew on.

He stared at the map for a long time, and finally found that the weak point of Wufu Line was Xiejiaqiao.

He then ordered the No.13 Division of the Japanese Army and the 103rd Brigade to form the Yamada Detachment based on the 65th Regiment and go straight to Xiejiaqiao.

The old devil Yamada Kaiji looked very excited.Because he finally had a chance to avenge the Chinese soldiers.

As I said before, during the Battle of Songhu, this old devil was beaten and cried by the No.13 division.The 65th Wing was almost wiped out.

So Yamada Kaiji was eager for revenge, and he brought his army straight to Xiejiaqiao.

But although the old fox was eager for revenge, he still sent a small group of troops to Changshan Town to investigate.

Although he has received information that the Chinese army in Changshan Town has gone to Fushan.But the old devil was still worried about his butt, afraid of being stabbed by others.

So he sent a small team of more than [-] devils to Changshan Town to investigate.

The Dragon Boat Festival has been prepared long ago, and all soldiers are hidden in cellars or in the attics of high-rise buildings.

More than fifty devils fired a round of guns indiscriminately, overturned several buildings, and then retreated.And reported to Yamada Kaiji: Just as the intelligence said, there are no more Chinese soldiers in Changshan Town.

Yamada Kaiji was very happy, and ordered an attack across the board, launching a fierce shelling of Xiejiaqiao.

The 103rd Brigade has a mountain artillery brigade with four 150mm howitzers, eight 100mm cannons, twelve 75mm mountain artillery, and several mortars.

When the Japanese artillery shelled Xiejiaqiao, the direction of Xiejiaqiao instantly turned into a sea of ​​flames.

Although the 48th Army Special Service Battalion had built fortifications in advance, it still suffered heavy casualties.Many soldiers couldn't escape, were hit by shells, and died heroically.

The Dragon Boat Festival saw this scene five kilometers away from Xiejiaqiao, and felt very helpless.

The terrain near Xiejiaqiao is open, and there is no ambush site at all.Moreover, an ambush with a one-to-one battle ratio will most likely lead to the annihilation of the 79th Brigade in the end.

In a head-to-head confrontation, with the military quality of the 79th Brigade, even the independent regiment of the Dragon Boat Festival is not enough.

Therefore, the first is that there is no suitable ambush location, and the second force is not much different.The Dragon Boat Festival can only abandon the ambush and turn to a surprise attack.

The raid on the artillery positions of the Japanese army forced the Japanese army to follow the combat thinking of the Dragon Boat Festival.And you can use the little devil's mountain cannon to bombard the devils of the 103rd brigade.

And once the plan of the Dragon Boat Festival is successful, there should be very few people in the entire 103rd brigade who can escape, not even one.

Of course, if that old devil, Yamada Kaiji, has the guts.

"Zhou Dabang, Sun Shiyu, take two of you to remove the little devil's sentry."

Duan Wu ordered that because his army could not move at this time, the second old devil Yamada was very cautious, fearing that someone would poke his ass. In addition to arranging two squadrons of devils to defend the artillery positions, they also sent out guard posts Be alert about two kilometers behind.

Therefore, without touching the enemy's guard post, the army can only nest five kilometers away from the little devil's artillery position.

"Tuanzao, shall I go too?"

At this moment, Zhu Shengzhong volunteered.

"Go away, don't call you, don't come up."

Duan Wu immediately scolded Zhu Shengzhong.Because Zhu Shengzhong is very impulsive, once the target is exposed and the devils are alerted, then their previous efforts in this battle will be wasted.And will encounter the ruthless bombing of devil artillery fire.

That was a 150mm cannon. If it hit a crowd, dozens of people would disappear in an instant.

Therefore, in order to implement this plan smoothly, the Dragon Boat Festival does not allow anyone to make mistakes.

Because if they make a mistake, not only will they encounter a fatal blow from the devil's artillery.The sacrifice of the 48th Army's special agent battalion will also become worthless.

Of course, it cannot be said that it is worthless.Because of them, the 103rd Brigade of the Japanese Army stopped at Xiejiaqiao, and it was difficult to take a step forward!
(End of this chapter)