Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 627 Breakthrough ([-])

At about three o'clock in the morning, at Xiaguan Wharf, under the light of the lights of several off-road vehicles, batch after batch of soldiers with live ammunition were boarding the ship nervously and orderly.On the other side of the river, among the exciting explosions and gunshots, flares rose into the air from time to time, illuminating the surrounding fields as bright as day.

The breakout operation of the Nanjing defenders has finally begun. As the commander-in-chief of the first echelon, Li Hanhun is personally sitting at the Xiaguan Wharf. Under his dispatch, the three divisions of the first echelon, headed by the Fifth Xue Division, are speeding up the crossing. Jiang, in order to provide timely support to the friendly forces stationed in Jiangpu.

According to the plan, the retreat time of the first echelon was originally at 18:[-] in the morning. However, because three divisions of the Central Army appeared in Gaoyou prematurely, directly threatening the flanks of the [-]th Division of the Japanese Army, Ushishima Sadao decisively ordered The troops marched towards Jiangpu, and launched a fierce offensive against the Pukou train battle at around one o'clock this morning.

Pukou Railway Station was only stationed with a regiment of the Third Xueshi Division, so it was naturally no match for the Japanese army.Once Pukou is occupied, it means that Jiangbei, the only retreat route for the Nanjing defenders, will be sealed off.Of course, Ouyang Yun could not allow this to happen, so he urgently ordered the first echelon to retreat.

Because of the need to cross the river, what Ouyang Yun was most worried about was that the Japanese army would take advantage of the sea and air to attack halfway across the river.When the Fifth Xue Division began to cross the river, he asked Li Hanhun to completely pull the artillery brigade belonging to the first echelon to the riverside, and then supplemented it with two captured Japanese gunboats, forming a team that could threaten the enemy. The cordon on the river twenty kilometers away.

The retreat of the first echelon will start within an hour, and the Japanese army will be aware of it, so it is taken for granted that the Japanese siege troops launched a full-scale attack, and Guanghuamen's offensive was the most fierce.After Guanghuamen was blasted, Ouyang Yun knew that this place would definitely be the key attack direction of the Japanese army, so he put half of the troops of the Third Xue Division here, and even allocated a battalion of tanks.

In summer, it dawns early, and after three o'clock, dawn has appeared in the east.Li Hanhun personally watched soldiers from a regiment of the Fifth Division board dozens of wooden boats and drive across the river, and asked Ye Zhao to continue to supervise the other brigades of the Fifth Division. The phone contacted Ouyang Yun: "Commander, it has been checked and cleared. The only one attacking Pukou is the 18th Division. We already have one and a half brigades in Pukou. It is absolutely no problem to defend it. What I am worried about now is whether the Japanese army will There will be more troops. If the Japanese army blocks our retreat route with heavy troops, everything we are doing now will be in vain. See if the Tenth Division is allowed to come down, Wujiang River and He County, we must occupy it, as well as Yuxikou. "

From Wujiang to Hexian County to Wuhu, this is the forefront of the retreat route that Ouyang Yun and the others have drawn up.Because Yuxikou is the starting station of the Huainan Railway, it is of extraordinary importance to the Northeast Army and the Sichuan Army.

Ouyang Yun said firmly: "The Tenth Division must not move in Wuhu. We must beware of the Japanese army going south. The south bank of the Yangtze River is basically in the hands of the Japanese army. If Matsui Iwane sends heavy troops to attack Wuhu from the south of the Yangtze River, what will we do? Yuxikou It is not far from Wuhu, and there is no problem of dividing troops into garrisons. I have already sent the [-]th Division into a regiment there. Lao Li, you must speed up the speed of crossing the river. Jiangpu must not be lost, and Pukou Railway Station must be fully controlled. There are also heavy troops in Jiangbei, we must beware of them using the Jinpu Railway to quickly mobilize troops to encircle them."

"Yes."

As soon as Ouyang Yun had finished talking with Li Hanhun, He Zhengjiang ran in in disgrace. Amidst the rumble of cannons, he said loudly: "Commander, the Japanese army has mobilized heavy artillery outside Guanghua Gate again. Our army has no artillery fire to suppress it. Soldiers They suffered a lot of casualties!"

After Guanghuamen was blasted, the best choice for the defenders was actually to use the rich buildings in Nanjing to fight the Japanese army in street fighting. However, considering the possibility of being cut and surrounded by the Japanese army, Ouyang Yun chose to stick to it.

As early as a quarter of an hour ago, Ouyang Yun had been mentally prepared from the intensity of the Japanese artillery fire - the Third Xue Division who was sticking to Guanghua Gate would definitely suffer heavy casualties this time.Now that he heard He Zhengsheng's report, his face still became quite ugly.He looked outside and found that the sky was still dark, which should not be conducive to the attack of Japanese reconnaissance planes and fighter planes, so he nodded and said, "Well, let the artillery regiment shoot a round of rapid fire, and then quickly hide."

The entire third echelon, the Third School Division is equipped with a regiment of self-propelled artillery.This is done in order to start from the worst point of view, in case of being surrounded, the loss can be minimized, and the technical secrets must be preserved even if all the artillery regiments are self-destructed.

"I understand!" He Zhengjiang ran out immediately after saying this, it seemed that he was going to command the artillery regiment himself.

Ten minutes later, in the city of Nanjing, a few miles away from Ouyang Yun's temporary command post, the sound of "rumbling" artillery rang out. In just 10 minutes, the artillery regiment of the third division fired hundreds of shells.

The attack was frustrated the day before yesterday, and Ryosuke Yoshizuki's personal prestige suffered another heavy blow.Gu Hisao had a lot of prejudice against him before this. The reason why he held back and still mobilized a brigade to support Guanghuamen was originally hoping to break the deadlock in one fell swoop and break the tortoise shell of the Nanjing defenders. However, the seemingly ingenious attack plan was abandoned halfway because of the emergence of tanks and artillery units of the Academy Army.Even those Japanese troops who came from other directions without hesitation did not even have the opportunity to attack.

Of course, there are two sides to the matter. The power of the Jiguang tank and self-propelled artillery also allowed Yoshitake Ryosuke to find a reason for failure.In order to break through the two sharp weapons of the defenders, after a short consultation, several division heads agreed that another major attack could be launched to lure the artillery of the cadet army, and then attack aircraft were dispatched to deal a devastating blow.

This plan is not bad, but the early breakout of the defenders forced them to launch an attack in advance, thus giving the artillery of the Xuebing Army another chance to show off.

The Japanese artillery outside Guanghua Gate was seconded by Ryosuke Yoshizuki from the 6th Division and other Japanese troops with Matsui Iwane's "chicken feathers". Among them, there were a considerable number of heavy artillery.However, due to the inferiority of the cannon and its original technology, compared with the self-propelled howitzer of the Xuebing Army, it is more than 5% worse in both range and striking ability.Regardless of the fact that the Xuebing Army only dispatched one artillery regiment, and it only fired rapidly for [-] minutes, it still dealt a great blow to the Japanese artillery units.The artillery unit of the Japanese army nearly a regiment lost two brigades in this round of attack.This made Ryosuke Yoshizuki had to consider the consequences, so he had to withdraw the remaining artillery from the position and temporarily put it on hold.Once the artillery fire support was lost, the Japanese army had no advantage in firepower, and the offensive fell into a stalemate again.

In the past, the Japanese were the least afraid of fighting a war of attrition. Why?Because based on the ratio of battle losses between China and Japan, once the Japanese army suffers heavy casualties, the Chinese army will inevitably suffer more heavy casualties. In this way, the first one to fail and be defeated in the end is often the one with the upper hand Chinese Army.

Of course, this situation changed when the Xuebing Army suddenly emerged in North China.Not to mention the 9 to [-] that is recognized by both parties, sometimes it is even reversed, such as [-] to [-], or even [-] to [-].Take the current situation on the battlefield inside and outside Gwanghwamun as an example. The Japanese army, dominated by the [-]th Division, has been bombarding the ruins of Gwanghwamun for more than an hour. A large brigade was formed.

The attack sequence of the Japanese army is that several divisions come in turn. Basically, the divisions that besieged Nanjing City all have a share. In this way, everyone has casualties. Hold on.

Someone suggested: "Should we stop for a while and wait until the sky is bright?" The subtext is that when the sky is bright, the air force will be able to go into battle. drive away.And as long as they enter the city together, the number of Japanese troops gathered outside Guanghua Gate will definitely be able to cut Nanjing into several areas, and then the great cause of division, encirclement, encirclement and annihilation will be able to be carried out.

Ryosuke Yoshizuki vetoed the proposal: "Absolutely not, we must firmly hold back the Chinese people, especially the Xuebing Army. Once separated, they will definitely run faster than rabbits. I fought with Ouyang Yun After acquaintances, this person is very capable of judging the situation, once the situation is broken today, it will be difficult to find such an opportunity."

"But if this continues, the casualties will be too great."

"No matter how heavy the casualties are, it's worth it. Once we reduce the scale of the attack, Ouyang Yun will definitely leave a garrison alone and lead the large army to escape. Don't forget, everyone, this person is now the number one enemy of the empire. If you don't seize this Opportunity to destroy him, the empire's three-month plan to capture China will be severely disrupted! Please trust me again!" After Yoshizuka Ryosuke said this, he turned to the people who were much lower than himself. The devil officer bowed deeply.

The officers of other divisions of the Japanese army gathered outside Guanghuamen, the highest ranks are only brigade commanders, division chiefs of staff and so on. They are false in color.However, because of consecutive defeats and miscalculations, he, who has lost his prestige, can only do this in exchange for everyone's support for him.Of course, as a lieutenant general, he made such a low profile towards himself, the major generals and even the chief officer, no matter how dissatisfied they were, they could only endure it.

"Then do as the General tells you."

"All for the great cause of His Majesty the Emperor!"

As a result, another brigade was filled on the battlefield, and this time, the Japanese army did not use artillery.And it seems that in response to their point, the artillery of the Xuebing Army did not appear-and this means that the officers and soldiers on both sides will face another seemingly fair life-and-death fight.

(End of this chapter)