The Rise of the Great Powers in the War of Resistance

Chapter 210

The devil's joint captain, holding a telescope from time to time, stood in front of his forward headquarters to see if there was a squadron in the distance. The terrain around Jingzhou was relatively flat, and the little devil with a telescope could still see far away .

All of a sudden, the leader of the Little Devils Alliance didn't move at all, he just stared at the front, only to see a large number of figures appearing in front of him, because it was too far away, he couldn't see clearly at the moment, he could only see a lot of small black spots, and they were slowly moving towards Come here. soudu． org

No, it's the squadron. The captain of the little devils reacted very quickly, and immediately said to the chief of staff next to him: "Quick, quickly call His Excellency Hata Shigeichi, a large number of people appeared in front of the position of the first squadron in the west of the city." The squadron seems to have nearly ten thousand people."

The little devil's chief of staff next to him, when he heard that there were nearly ten thousand squadrons, his expression froze immediately, and he took a quick look through his binoculars, then turned around and entered the headquarters, picked up the phone on the table , eagerly called the city to report the military situation. [

At this time, not only the squadrons appeared in the west of Jingzhou City, but also [-] to [-] squadrons appeared in the south and north of Jingzhou City. There are thousands of Chinese squadrons.

At this time, the squadron, since they had already completed the encirclement of Jingzhou City, there was no need to hide their whereabouts, but opened up their formation in front of the little devil.

Seeing the figure of the squadron, all the little devils in the camp hurriedly called into the city and reported the situation to their detachment leader, Lieutenant General Hata Shigeichi. non-stop.

Shigeichi Hata, who finally finished answering the phone, felt very agitated. Shigeichi Hata couldn't figure out why there were so many squadrons in such a short period of time. Could it be that these squadrons dared to beat themselves The idea of ​​the detachment.

There are heavy troops stationed in Wuhan. It is only 200 kilometers from Wuhan to Jingzhou. If the reinforcements from Wuhan take trucks, they can reach Jingzhou in five or six hours. Are these squadrons not afraid of being surrounded by reinforcements from Wuhan? ?

With an uncertain expression, Hata Shigeichi thought about it for a long time in his headquarters. Although he couldn't figure out how the tens of thousands of squadrons appeared outside the city, but Hata Shigeichi didn't think so. very worried.

During the Battle of Wuhan, the Bo Tian detachment also fought against tens of thousands of squadrons. Not only did they not suffer any losses, but they achieved a good record. Defensively, Hata Shigeichi firmly believes that his troops will hold on for three to five days, and there will be no problem at all

More importantly, the reinforcements from Wuhan were his strong backing, so Shigeichi Hitata was just a little annoyed, wondering how these squadrons would suddenly appear outside the city, Shigeichi Hata's heart was not very worried.

After pondering for a few minutes, Hata Shigeichi immediately said to the little devil's communication soldier next to him: "Order, all troops stick to their positions and city walls, and at the same time report the situation to Wuhan."

Outside Jingzhou City, at the forward position of the Third Infantry Division, Chen Erwa, the commander of the division, carefully observed the little devil's position outside the city with a telescope. On the huge little devil's position, more than 3000 little devils were shuttling back and forth on the position. It's preparing for the battle.

Looking at the little devil's position, Chen Erwa showed a smile on his face. The little devil's position is flat, and the fortifications are mainly trenches and some sandbags to build fortifications. Obviously, these fortifications are mainly to defend the first place without heavy artillery. of the 59th Army.

Master Chen looked at his watch, and it was almost 01:30, and the artillery regiment's 105mm howitzers were about to start firing.Sure enough, it didn't take long before I heard a large and sharp whistling sound from the sky, and the artillery regiment's howitzers fired.

Cannonballs exploded on the position of the little devils, and the fortifications built by the little devils were immediately blown to pieces. Many of the little devils machine gun positions built with sandbags were overturned by the shells, and some [-]-type machine guns and crooked machine guns also It was blown crookedly.

The soldiers of the [-]rd Infantry Division saw that their artillery regiment started shelling and caused a lot of casualties to the little devil. Many soldiers cheered on their positions.

The rumble of cannons outside the city made Bo Tian's face serious, and he immediately led a few little devil commanders out of the headquarters, climbed up the west wall of the city, stood on the wall, and looked at the nearby city with a telescope. The more you look at the little devil's position, the uglier the face of Shigeichi Hitata becomes. After watching for a few minutes, Shigeichi Hata's face is so gloomy that water can be wrung out.

At this time, a little devil messenger ran over panting, and said anxiously: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, the squadrons in the south, north, and east of the city have already entered the attack position, and may attack us soon."

With a gloomy face, Bo Tianzhong said to the little devil's chief of staff next to him: "Have you noticed that the squadron in the west of the city is well-equipped, and equipped with a large number of heavy artillery with a caliber of more than [-]mm, and the uniforms we wear are also ours?" I have never seen it before, but the squadrons on the other three sides, looking at their clothing and equipment, are likely to be Zhang Zizhong's army."

The devil's staff officer also agreed: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, it is obvious that these are two different squadrons. Looking at the equipment and clothing of this army to the west, it is very likely that it is Zhang Yunfei's No. 30 Sixth Army."

"Impossible!" Hata Shigeichi immediately denied, "Zhang Yunfei's troops are far away in Datong Shanxi, how could they suddenly appear outside Jingzhou City."[

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, although I don't understand why Zhang Yunfei's troops suddenly appeared in Jingzhou, I am 30% sure that this army belongs to Zhang Yunfei, because with such a unique military uniform and so many heavy artillery, it is Zhang Yunfei. The logo of the No.[-] Six Group."

Bo Tianzhong thought for a while, and a little helplessly accepted the fact that Zhang Yunfei's troops appeared outside Jingzhou City. Originally, he wanted to rely on the strong city wall to resist for a few days, waiting for the arrival of reinforcements. Started to waver a little.

Bo Tianzhong thought in his heart that if Zhang Yunfei's troops were really outside the city, then his detachment of more than [-] people would definitely not be able to resist for long.

Now Zhang Yunfei is well-known, and there are not a few little devils who have been wiped out in the past two years, and they are often wiped out one by one division by division. Hata Shigeichi does not think that one of his detachments is stronger than a permanent division. , after all, the Botian detachment is essentially just a Taiwan garrison.

Hata Shigeichi, who was planning to retreat, immediately said to the chief of staff next to him: "Order our mountain artillery unit to bombard the position of the ** team in the east of the city. After opening the gap, we will break through to the east, and at the same time, the No. 30 six groups will appear Report the news from Jingzhou to Wuhan."

"Are we going to retreat?" The little devil's chief of staff asked in disbelief.

"Yes, I think it is difficult for us to resist the attack of the No.30 Sixth Army. In order to reduce the loss of the empire, it is better for us to retreat." Shigeichi Hada said helplessly.

At this time, dozens of 59-type infantry artillery of the Little Devil's Mountain Artillery Squadron, which was located in the east of the city, were ready to bombard the defensive position of the 612th Regiment of the 612th Army in the east of the city. , Dozens of [-]-type infantry guns of the little devil immediately opened fire on the position of the [-]th regiment.

Seeing the desperate shelling of the little devil's artillery, the head of the 612 regiment felt that something was wrong, and quickly reported the situation to Zhang Zizhong in Yichang City.

Looking at the telegram just sent by the 612 Regiment, Zhang Zizhong felt that something was a little strange. The little devil is now concentrating on attacking the position of the 612 Regiment. What is the song? The current little devil sees the army pressing down, so he should stick to it and wait for help. Ah, but now they are attacking the weakest defense in the eastern part of the city, that is, the position of the 612th regiment.

Feeling strange in his heart, Zhang Zizhong took the telegram and said to Zhang Yunfei: "Brother, the telegram has just been sent from the front. The little devil's mountain artillery unit is attacking the defensive positions of our 612 regiment. It is really confusing."

Zhang Yunfei knew that the east of the city was the weakest defensive place, but now the little devil is attacking the east of the city. Zhang Yunfei pondered for a while, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration. Could it be that the little devil wants to escape? In order to confirm his thoughts, Zhang Yunfei suggested: "Brother, I think the little devil may want to escape. If so, simply order the 612 regiment to retreat 10 kilometers east and let the little devil out of the city."

Hearing what Zhang Yunfei said, Zhang Zizhong also slapped his head, and suddenly realized: "Brother, the little devil really might want to escape back to Wuhan, so let's open the east gate, let the little devil go out of the city, and then have a field battle with the little devil. "

Zhang Yunfei smiled slightly, expressing his approval of Zhang Zizhong's plan to have a field battle with the little devil. After all, field battles are better than fortified battles. Another important reason is that Zhang Yunfei does not want the ancient city of Jingzhou to be destroyed by the flames of war. They are all precious heritages of the Chinese nation, and Jingzhou cannot be destroyed for the sake of a Potian detachment.

Since the little devil is in a hurry to retreat, let the old devil Shigeichi Hata make it up, but the little devil's mountain artillery unit must stay, so Zhang Yunfei said to the correspondent next to him: "Send a report to the flight team immediately, pass my order, order Yichang All the Mustang fighter planes at the airport took off with aerial bombs to blow up the little devil's mountain artillery unit for me.

In addition, the troops were ordered to step up their offensive efforts, but the 612 regiment in the east of the city immediately retreated 10 kilometers to the east of the city, and then built a blocking position 10 kilometers east of Jingzhou city to block the road for the little devil to retreat to the east. "

After Zhang Yunfei conveyed the order, he and Zhang Zizhong looked at each other and smiled. When Zhang Yunfei conveyed the order just now, he also conveyed the order to Zhang Zizhong's troops. This look contained the meaning of communicating with Zhang Zizhong, but Zhang Zizhong didn't mind, and smiled with Zhang Yunfei.