Anti-Japanese heroic righteousness

At about eight o'clock that night, Xinyang City.

When the Battle of Huangshan was in full swing, Xinyang City was also shrouded in flames of war.Half an hour ago, the national army air force launched a round of bombing on Xinyang. Hundreds of fighters and bombers tossed back and forth for nearly half an hour, and the bombing intensity was stronger than Huangshan.

It's not that the chairman is biased, it's because Xinyang is more important than Huangshan, and the fifth theater's weapons and equipment are far from being on the same level as the No.40 Army. This point of support is understandable.

Outside Xinyang City, on the unnamed mountain about two kilometers away, Bai Chongxi pointed at Xinyang City from a distance, and roared, "No matter how many casualties I have, I must destroy the city tonight!"

After fighting for three days, the troops suffered a lot of casualties, but the attack did not make any substantial progress. As the commander-in-chief of the fifth theater, Bai Chongxi was in a hurry. Command this attack.

Standing below Bai Chongxi are Liao Lei, commander of the 21st Army, Zhou Zuhuang, commander of the 48th Army, and Zhang Guan, commander of the 7th Army. Not daring to speak, each one promised with their chests outstretched, and left quickly.

At this moment, a senior staff officer hastily sent a telegram, saying that it was an urgent telegram from Commander Lin of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army. .

Bai Chongxi immediately frowned. Even though Xinyang has not been captured yet, the destruction of the city is just a matter of time. Now that the Eighth Route Army has come out, it is clear that they want to put gold in their face and make political capital. This kind of good deed Bai Chongxi will not fulfill them.

He immediately ordered the staff to call back and ordered the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army to stand by on the spot as a reserve force of the Seventh Army, waiting for orders at any time.

Immediately, he ordered the soldiers to quickly chase Zhang Guan, the commander of the Seventh Army, back.

After a while, Zhang Guan ran up the mountain again out of breath. As soon as Bai Chongxi told about the Eighth Route Army, Zhang Guan immediately became anxious and said, "Vice Chief, this is impossible. Our 21st Army fought for three days and suffered nearly [-] casualties." , and also inflicted heavy damage on the enemy, and the city is about to be destroyed, so why give these Tuba roads any credit for it?"

Bai Chongxi smiled, waved his hand and said, "Zhang Luopan, I called you back to tell you that if you can't take down Xinyang tonight, the Eighth Route Army should get a share of it. This is not what I want to see, but for this The victory of the second battle, I can only let the Eighth Route Army go if I have to."

Zhang Guanyi patted his chest and said: "Vice President, don't worry, I've already done the calculations, we will definitely take Xinyang tonight, you just let those Tubalus stay behind and see how we fight."

Zhang Guan is well-known in the national army, not because of any great military exploits he has made, but because he is superstitious in the art of feng shui and divination.Zhang Gan, dressed in military uniform, often plays with the compass as a magic weapon in public.It is said that no matter whether he is marching or deploying defenses, he must place a compass in the defense area to check Fengshui, and even take a look at the compass every time he sits in a meeting to determine the direction of the seat.As a result, his subordinates called him "Zhang Luopan" or "General Luopan" in private.

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At about ten o'clock that night, three red signal bombs suddenly rose in the sky, and then the guns rumbled, and streams of fire with long tail flames smashed towards Xinyang City from the north and south directions outside the city. Suddenly, Xinyang City was filled with the sound of explosions, rumbling flames, and flames shooting into the sky.

At the same time as the gunfire sounded, the No.20 First Army of the National Army launched a full-scale attack. The two divisions of the 48th Army were assisting in the south, and the three divisions of the Seventh Army were mainly attacking in the north. There were more than 7 people in five divisions. Under the cover of artillery fire, he rushed towards Xinyang City.

More than 3 people charged in groups. This kind of battle has never been seen since the Anti-Japanese War. Bai Chongxi was really impatient. He didn't even keep the reserve team, and all of them rushed up. The determination to break the city is nothing short of resolute.At this time, the No.20 Second Army should have been in Xinyang, because the Japanese Jingzhou troops were moving closer to Suizhou. They had been transferred to Suizhou to prevent the Japanese reinforcements.

The biggest achievement of the three-day offensive was that all the enemy's troops outside the city were driven into the city, and the continuous bombing throughout the day almost completely collapsed the walls of Xinyang City. The offensive and defensive battles between the two armies surrounded the city walls. The ruins unfolded.

The mass charge of tens of thousands of people can be imagined as a spectacular scene. The tide-like soldiers rolled forward wrapped in loud shouts of killing, and started fighting a few hundred meters away from the city wall. For a while, the sound of gunfire burst into explosions. everywhere.

Although the No.13 Division of the Japanese Army does not belong to the 1925 permanent divisions of the Japanese Army, it is also a Type A division. The designation was abolished in 1937 and rebuilt after the war broke out in 2.He successively participated in the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Jiangyin, and the Battle of Wuhan, and was also one of the participating troops in the Nanjing Massacre.The soldiers have been tempered by the flames of war for three years, and their combat effectiveness must not be underestimated. What's more, there are more than [-] puppet troops in Xinyang City.

However, the No.13 Division of the Japanese Army also allocated some troops to Jingzhou and Suizhou. Not to mention half, at least it exceeded the regiment level. The total strength should not exceed 2, plus more than 6 puppet troops. With more than [-] horses, it can be said that the national army has an absolute advantage.

The Japanese army was protected by city walls, but the national army had the spirit of not fearing death.Since the power-on and release of the War of Resistance by the whole army and the whole people, the soldiers have long put life and death aside. They may not understand the truth of "there is no hair without the skin", but they know that if they lose the battle in front of them, the country should be over. Well, when the country is over, their parents, wives and children will not escape the fate of being ravaged by devils. Just for this, their sacrifice is worth it.

The attack was launched at ten o'clock, and the national army advanced to the city wall at eleven o'clock, and the most tragic battle began.

The northern city wall is the main direction of attack, and it is also the most intense front of the war. The soldiers of the Seventh Army spread out their firepower to suppress it as soon as they came up. The infantry charged.

But the firepower of the Japanese army is by no means inferior to that of the Seventh Army, on the contrary, it is only worse.

There was a rumbling sound of explosions, and the torrent of bullets was like rain. Thousands of soldiers of the national army charged forward at a big gap in the city wall.

The scorching bullets were like a sickle of death, cutting them down piece by piece, but as long as there was still a breath, their charge would not stop. Those in front fell down, and those behind made up for it. The first thousand-man team all After falling down, the second team of thousands of people came up again and continued to charge forward.

In less than half an hour, no stones or bricks could be seen on the ruins of the city wall, and there were all the corpses of soldiers of the national army. Keep going.