Anti-Japanese War: Starting from Yaobai

Chapter 392 The first shot of the Jiangyin defense battle was fired!
"Report, the 103rd Division has arrived at the defense area of ​​the 671st Regiment. Head Wang asked if the 103rd Division has entered our defense area."

Just when the Dragon Boat Festival didn't know who to call, a soldier came to report that the 103rd Division had arrived.

Duan Wu thanked the party and the state for not forgetting himself, and even sent reinforcements at this most critical moment.

Of course, the third war zone chief's department is not all dry food.How could the intelligence agencies not know about the mobilization of the Japanese army?

The chairman has already noticed the wolfish ambitions of the Japanese. They want to pass through the Jiangyin Fortress and go up the river to cut off the retreat of Nanjing City.

Therefore, Jiangyin Fortress must be defended.

Therefore, when the Japanese army dispatched the army to move to Jiangyin overnight, the 103rd Division also began to move to Jiangyin, and finally arrived at the defense area of ​​the 671 regiment before the war started.

This is undoubtedly a surprise for the Dragon Boat Festival.When he was worrying that he could only be beaten passively because of the lack of troops, the 103rd Division unexpectedly arrived.

But this army, the Dragon Boat Festival is not very optimistic.

The 103rd Division belongs to the Qian Army, although the Qian Army can be regarded as an important force among the Southwest Warlords.However, because Guizhou is a barren and weak province with a weak economic foundation, it has two outstanding characteristics of dependence and predatoryness.

The so-called dependence refers to the fact that the warlords of the Guizhou clique often depended on large forces in neighboring provinces such as the warlords of the Yunnan clique in their form and development process.

The so-called predatory nature refers to the fact that the Guizhou army often pointed its spearhead at relatively affluent areas such as Sichuan and Hunan in the course of its external development.

So just as the saying goes, the poorer you are, the more you fight, and the more you fight, the poorer you are.It directly caused the Qian army's weapons and equipment to be very backward, even inferior to the Sichuan army.

Moreover, the internal contradictions of the Qian army are also very sharp, and they are divided into two factions, old and new.

The old faction is headed by Liu Xianshi, and his cousin Liu Xianqian is also an important leader of the Guizhou warlords.

Liu Xianshi's father, Liu Guanli, was appreciated by the Qing court for organizing regiments and training to suppress the uprising of the mouth-mouth people. He was awarded guerrilla and Tongzhi successively. Righteous master.

His subordinates in the past were all great gentry, and the magistrate of Xingyi County did not dare to do anything unless he asked for advice.All matters big and small in the local area are decided by him, and the Liu family has become a small court in the local area.

The new faction is headed by Wang Wenhua, and most of its main backbones are young intellectuals who served in the army or politics before and after the Revolution of [-]. They are relatively young and easy to accept new ideas. They advocate adapting to world trends and refreshing Guizhou politics.

So the two factions are completely different in concept.And especially after the Minba Incident, the contradiction between the old and new factions in the Xingyi faction became more acute.The relationship between Liu Xianshi and Wang Wenhua's two uncles and nephews has also reached the point where fire and water cannot be tolerated.

At that time, Wang Wenhua, as the commander-in-chief of the Guizhou Army, led the Guizhou Army to occupy Chongqing and other places in Sichuan, and Zhao Youxin and Gu Pinzhen of the Yunnan Army occupied Chengdu and other places.

In August 1920, Xiong Kewu joined forces with Liu Cunhou and the Yunnan-Guizhou Army that were expelled into Sichuan by various departments of the Sichuan Army, and the Battle of Jingchuan (also known as the Battle of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou) broke out.

On August 8, the Sichuan army attacked Chengdu. After two months of fierce fighting, the Yunnan army was driven out of Sichuan. In early October, the Sichuan army divided into three groups and directly attacked the Guizhou army stationed in Chongqing, starting the encirclement battle of Chongqing.

On October 10, Liu Bocheng of the Sichuan Army took the lead in breaking through the city and killed the first brigade commander of the Qian Army. Wang Wenhua, the commander-in-chief of the Qian Army, fled to Shanghai by ship with the huge sum of money he had obtained from extortion.The remnant of the Qian army was led by Lu Tao as the acting commander-in-chief and fled to Guizhou. (So ​​it can be seen that this Wang Wenhua is not a good bird)
Because of the defeat of the Guizhou Army in the Sichuan War, Wang Wenhua knew that there was no way out, so he decided to return all the Guizhou Army to Guizhou, and overthrew Liu Xianshi's regime in the name of "the side of the Qing Dynasty".It is also the very famous Ninth Civil Incident in history.

So when Duanwu heard that the 103rd division came to help, I was happy and worried.

I am happy because I have reinforcements, but I am worried because it is the 103rd Division of the Qian Army.

However, the 103rd Division is still remarkable in the Battle of Songhu to the Defense of Nanjing.Not to mention very brave, but at least he fled without seeing the Japanese.

And if the Dragon Boat Festival remembers correctly, the 103rd Division should still have 7000 people after the Battle of Songhu.

This is due to the fact that when the 103rd Division was fighting in Songhu, it was the 26th Division of the Sichuan Army that was ordered to cover the Japanese army in Dayang Town.

It's just that no one thought that when the 103rd Division arrived, the 26th Division of the Sichuan Army had already been defeated, and the 103rd Division lost its combat significance, so it was transferred to the Xicheng Line.

Therefore, the combat effectiveness of this division, at least in terms of personnel, has a great advantage over other divisions.

"Well, you go and order the 103rd division right away, and let them stand by and wait for my orders. In addition, you have their division commander come to see me, and the speed must be fast."

"Yes!"

When the Dragon Boat Festival ordered, the messengers rushed away.

At this time, Master Huo said: "Special commissioner, since the 103rd Division has arrived, why don't you let them enter the defense area? If the 103rd Division guards the Jiangyin Fortress with us, then as long as we have enough ammunition, we can hold half of the defense area." No problem for a month."

Duan Wu didn't look up at all, but continued to look at his map and said, "You've made things simple. Do you still have enough ammunition? Do you know that most of our shells are imported? Even if you want supplies, Nanjing doesn't have them. So our There is only one purpose of the battle, to put a piece of cake in the Jiangyin Fortress, let these little devils rush up like hell, and then we will take the opportunity to kill them. Don't care about the gains and losses of a city or a place, we must put people first."

"Report, the Japanese aircraft has arrived at the Jiangyin Fortress, which is less than two kilometers away from the Jiangyin Fortress."

At this moment, another soldier came to report.

"Let the anti-aircraft artillery prepare, first give the devils a disarm, and make their flight formations chaotic. The more chaotic they are, the more powerful they are for us."

"Yes!"

The Dragon Boat Festival ordered, and the soldier ran down to deliver the order.

But I didn't want this person to just leave, another communication soldier ran in and reported: "Report, the Japanese artillery positions on the other side of the river are ready."

"Don't bother me with this kind of thing. Don't let me give the same order a second time. The Japanese artillery will fire when it's ready. Why don't you understand?"

Duan Wu scolded, the communications soldier quickly answered yes, and then ran down to deliver the order.

At this time, Duan Wu ordered again: "Old Huo, go find me a hundred sets of Japanese military uniforms."

Mr. Huo said puzzledly: "Commander, what do you want the Japanese army's uniform for? Do you still want to sneak into the enemy's camp on the battlefield?"

Duan Wu smiled and said: "You are right, I just want to sneak into the enemy camp."

boom!Boom, boom! .
At this moment, the sound of cannon came.It turned out that the forts of Xiaoshan and Xishan had already started shelling the artillery positions of the Japanese army.

The Japanese army thought that their artillery positions were built very secretly, but they didn't know that when the Japanese army appeared on the river bank and probed their brains, soldiers from the 112th Division had already noticed it.

And after the report, Duan Wu attached great importance to it and ordered Master Huo to find out the location of the Japanese artillery positions.

So at this time, the artillery of the Japanese army had just been ready, and before the artillery was fired, they were turned over by the heavy artillery bombardment of Xiaoshan and Xishan, causing heavy casualties.

The entire Japanese army was stunned at once, and all artillery positions were destroyed almost instantly. There is no reason to explain it except that the Chinese got accurate information first.

So the rumor that there was a Chinese spy network inside the Japanese army once again shrouded the hearts of every Japanese devil like a haze! .
(End of this chapter)