Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 582 Defending Nanjing ([-])
On the first day of the battle, although the Third Xue Division suffered heavy losses, it was obviously worth it.What they gave the Japanese army was nearly twice as much as their own.Although most of it was due to the artillery unit, it is undeniable that it was precisely because the infantry brothers firmly suppressed the Japanese army in the area centered on the east gate tower that the artillery bombardment was able to achieve twice the result with half the effort.And if it weren't for the ancient city wall of Zhenjiang that provided the Japanese army with a strong enough fortification foundation to resist most of the artillery attacks, the casualties of the Japanese army would have been even more severe.

At the frontline command post of the Xuebing Army, when the statistics of casualties came up, everyone including Ouyang Yun immediately became extremely sad.This is different from the air defense forces being burned by napalm bombs. This is a real offensive and defensive battle!Moreover, the weaponry, combat quality, and willpower of our own side are not inferior to those of the little devils, so how could they cause such a large number of casualties?This was the first day. If the Japanese army on the opposite side was not a detachment but a division, Ouyang Yun almost wondered whether half of the [-] people he brought out would end up sleeping here forever.

"No, we have to find a way! We are not the Central Army, and we don't have that many troops. This way, we will be sorry to the folks in Fujian, Guangdong and Hebei, and to all the frontline officers and soldiers. The Japanese army is not good at fighting at night. Maybe we can try a big one." Large-scale night raids..." Ouyang Yun pondered for a long time, and finally said this to He Zhengjiang and others.

After the Japanese army's defense line was tightened, Shan Renxiong's team lost its usefulness, and they came back just as night fell.Although they had no part to participate in the battle during the day, they witnessed it with their own eyes.Shan Renxiong said: "Commander, the little devil's individual quality is not bad, and his static marksmanship is very accurate. The ancient city of Zhenjiang has relatively thick walls, which provided a good cover for the Japanese army. It is not worthwhile to attack hard like this. I I think we should send an elite sniper team to carry out special operations against the Japanese army - if time permits, the Japanese will definitely not be able to bear it for three to five days. After all, our military strength is far superior to theirs, and we have artillery support. Dare to attack at will."

Shan Renxiong's suggestion was undoubtedly very targeted, and Ouyang Yun adopted it, saying: "Tomorrow's daytime battle, let's use the old Shan's tactics as the criterion. Each unit selects accurate marksmanship on a battalion basis, and forms a sniper team. Let’s rotate in two shifts. We want to turn the whole of Zhenjiang into a battlefield. Old Dan, your tactics are good for everything, but if you really want to deal with the Tiangu detachment, it will definitely take a long time. So, I think, Night raids must also be carried out in the same way. Don’t forget, once dawn, the Japanese army will definitely call in fighter planes to join the battle. At that time, our army will not just attack blindly, but prevent the Japanese army from counterattacking.”

The night attack time is set at three o'clock in the morning. This time is when the human body is most tired. If it is in a sleeping state, it is deep sleep.In order not to attract the attention of the Japanese army, several staff officers added that they hoped to launch a feint attack around ten o'clock to paralyze the Japanese army.

After the decision was made, the troops began to return to their positions and began to eat in order.In the front-line headquarters, Ouyang Yun had just picked up the lunch box and hadn't started it yet. Suddenly, Ge Yunfei, the staff officer on duty and the leader of the telegram team, ran over in a hurry, shouted a report, and then handed over a newly deciphered Japanese army telegram. into his hands.

The work of the telegraph department of the Xuebing Army was originally responsible for external and internal telecommunications. After arriving in Guangdong, because conditions allowed—mainly because the Xuebing R&D Institute developed the detection equipment for telecommunications signals, it began to try to decipher other telegrams.And the deciphering work this time is undoubtedly the biggest gain since the telegram team started this work.

The telegram was sent to the Tiangu Detachment by the Headquarters of the Japanese Shanghai Expeditionary Army. The content was that the headquarters agreed with Amaya Naojiro's suggestion and decided to use the carrier-based attack aircraft of the Third Fleet to cooperate with the Amaya Detachment's actions to attack the students at one o'clock in the morning tonight. The army launched a night attack.

After reading the telegram, Ouyang Yun was sweating profusely, and then he stopped eating, and immediately called a meeting of several main cadres of the headquarters.At that time, other people had just started to eat, and rushed over without saying a word after being summoned.

When everyone arrived, Ouyang Yun asked Liu Zheliang to close the door, and asked Liu Kui to personally lead someone to be in charge of guarding, and then passed the telegram to everyone for circulation.

Just like Ouyang Yun's performance when he saw the telegram, after Shan Renxiong and the others read the telegram, all of them became extremely serious.Among them, He Zhengsheng was even sweating profusely. Wiping his sweat, he said, "It's so dangerous! Fortunately, this telegram was captured, otherwise..." Speaking of this, he remembered that once the Japanese army succeeded I can't help but feel a little scared about the consequences, and I can't continue talking.

Ouyang Yun glanced at everyone and said: "It seems that our night attack tonight is going to be an anti-night attack. When I asked Zhe Liang to inform everyone just now, I thought about it carefully. The Japanese army dispatched fighters at night." For bombing, it is impossible to act alone without the ground forces. There must be some communication signal between the Tiangu Detachment and the Japanese aircraft formation-this is our opportunity."

Seeing his bright eyes, He Zhengjiang seemed to be in high spirits, and asked jokingly, "Commander, what good idea do you have?"

Ouyang Yun smiled: "It's not a good idea, but it's quite tempting——I think so..." He lowered his voice and told everyone his thoughts in detail.As everyone listened, their eyes gradually brightened.After he finished speaking, Shan Renxiong clapped his hands and said: "High! Although it is a bit difficult, the possibility of realizing it is still very high. I think this is not enough, we should also do this..." His voice Also depressed.

Soon it was ten o'clock in the evening.At this time, the temporary headquarters of the Tiangu detachment inside the east gate of Zhenjiang City was brightly lit. Naojiro Amaya sat in front of the battle map, his eyes were focused on the black circle in Zhenjiang, and he muttered to himself: "Hope, this is our army. The last battle in Zhenjiang..." Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard the rumbling sound of artillery shells, and couldn't help but stop listening intently. A few minutes later, as the shells exploded, a smile appeared on his face.At this moment, the phone on the table behind him rang, and he picked it up, only to hear an excited voice on the phone say: "Your Excellency, brigade commander, as you expected, the Chinese really launched a night attack."

The call was made by a regiment leader below. The mission of the regiment was to serve as the security task of the entire detachment to prevent night attacks by the student army.

In Tiangu's mind, the Xuebing army will definitely launch a night attack tonight. After all, the Chinese people have always believed that the imperial army is not good at fighting at night.Of course, tonight will definitely be an exception.He could even foresee that the ground crews on several aircraft carriers of the Third Fleet were busy at this time, and they would load the attack planes with bombs and fill up their fuel.When these fighter planes come over Zhenjiang, haha, then it will be the end of the Xuebing Army.As he thought so beautifully, he wasn't worried at all about the ongoing night raid.He smiled and said: "Understood, Mr. Fukuda, hold on to your position, as long as you repel this attack by the Chinese, victory will definitely belong to us!"

"Hai!" Futian shouted loudly on the other end of the phone, and also put down the phone with a smile on his face.

As Amaya Naojiro expected, the night attack of the Xuebing Army did not last too long.In night raids, the focus is on the word "attack", and if the opponent is prepared, then blindly attacking is not what a wise man would do.Ouyang Yun is naturally not a fool, so he can foresee that once the situation that the party is ready to fight is revealed under the illumination of the flares, the Xuebing Army will definitely accept it as soon as it is good.

And almost at the same time, Ouyang Yun watched the officers and soldiers of a regiment that launched a feint attack slowly retreating while laying mines, and thought: Now, the little devil Tiangu should feel more at ease? "Zheliang, let's go, let's see how the brothers in the engineering corps are doing. Shichang, you should be quick with your hands and feet, and the less important documents will be burned directly, and the important ones will be picked up." He said, He took Liu Zheliang, Liu Kui and several guards out of the headquarters and walked towards the front trenches.

Near the east gate of Zhenjiang, the fire pile ignited by artillery fire was still burning, but the sound of gunfire and shouts of killing stopped.And in the trenches of the Xuebing Army, strand after strand of troops were retreating in an orderly manner.They were replaced by thousands of scarecrows and a few spike fighters. Next to these scarecrows were kerosene barrels with firecrackers.On the artillery position, apart from the scarecrows and the soldiers of the guard regiment, there were as many as dozens of wooden cannons that had just been built by the engineering regiment. Near the "flame arresters" of these cannons, there were also hanging Kerosene barrel with firecrackers.At that time, when the Japanese army launched an attack, the task of the left-behind Spike soldiers and the soldiers of the guard regiment was to light these firecrackers at the right time.

When they first set off, Jiang Shuren and the others expressed serious puzzlement over Ouyang Yun's request to carry such a large number of firecrackers and kerosene barrels.Of course, when these two items were officially put into use today, everyone couldn't help giving Ouyang Yun a thumbs up secretly - the commander-in-chief's gesture is really too high!

At eleven o'clock, the general transfer of troops began.Among them, the Third Xue Division transferred to the South Gate of Zhenjiang with two brigades, and another brigade covered all the artillery units and transferred to the Dagang area. The 60th Division did not catch any battles during the day, and the officers and soldiers were very emotional. At the request of the division, Ouyang Yun gave them the task of outflanking.

Around 12:30, all the troops took their positions one after another. After Ouyang Yun received the telegrams from all the troops confirming their positions, he stood alone on a field bag about five kilometers away from the original position, and began to wait quietly— —

(End of this chapter)