Nani? Nagashima Daisa's troops were surrounded? ”

Yingtian, when he learned of the telegram sent by Nagashima Daisa, Major General Kamimura was very surprised.

At the first time, they defeated the Chinese army stationed in Yingtian after a fierce battle, forcing the Chinese army to retreat one after another.

Because it was necessary to cooperate with the 6th Division in front to capture the Miluo River defense line, Uemura Mikio sent the Nagagawa Wing to attack Miluo.

In his opinion, the number of Chinese troops near Xiangyin was not large, and the two brigades of Nagashima should be able to defeat them.

"Xiangyin is a very important stronghold, and if you occupy it, the imperial army will be able to attack the city of Changsha. But I'm curious about which army was the Shina army that surrounded Nagashima Osa?

According to the practice that I know, it is not a brigade that can completely defeat an infantry division of China by virtue of its superiority in artillery fire.

Could it be that Nashima Osa is facing more than one division of the Chinese army? Masanobu Tsuji was a little curious.

"It is also possible that the Chinese gathered quite a few troops near Changsha. If this is the case, we must defeat this Chinese army, or our flanks will not be safe. Kamimura said in a deep voice.

"It just so happens that the troops of the 13th Division have arrived partially, and the transfer of two brigades should be able to relieve the Long Island Division." Masanobu Tsuji's eyes were not on Xiangyin.

On the south bank of the Miluo River, the Chinese army had more than 100,000 people, and if it could not be defeated, the main force on the north bank would not be able to move south, and at that time, the Shangcun detachment and the 13th Division alone would not be able to conquer Changsha.

Kamimura nodded and said in a deep voice, "Order, let the Shinchon Infantry Brigade and an artillery brigade support Nagashima Daisa." ”

Based on his previous combat experience, Mikio Uemura believed that an infantry brigade and an artillery brigade would be enough to complete the task.

At that time, Nagashima Daisa had three infantry brigades and an artillery brigade in his hands, and such a firepower configuration was enough to defeat one army of the Chinese army.

Even Masanobu Tsuji thought so, because he had no experience in fighting Chinese troops and did not know the operational characteristics of these Chinese troops in the south.

Especially the 40th Division, he didn't know even more.

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North of Xiangyin, Songjia Village.

Leng Jie took the 119th Regiment, the 120th Regiment, and the Special Service Battalion, a total of 6,000 people to ambush in this vicinity, waiting for the Japanese army to send them to the door.

The terrain north of Xiangyin is also mountainous, but it is mountainous and hilly, not the kind of big mountain at the junction of Hunan and Jiangxi, but it can still avoid the detection of the Japanese army when it is hidden in the jungle, and they are still marching at night, so the Japanese army does not know that such a Chinese army has appeared on the road between Yingtian and Changdao.

"Sir, the Japanese army is coming."

Liu Xin came to Leng Jie and reported.

"Where is it?" Leng Jie asked Zhang Tao to spread out the map.

Although he was injured before, Zhang Tao was not in danger of life, and after recovering from his injury, he still came back to be Leng Jie's adjutant.

"Right in the town of Santang, according to the report of the reconnaissance company, there are about two brigades, an infantry brigade and an artillery brigade." Liu Xin was a little excited.

"Artillery brigade?" Leng Jie's eyes lit up, what did he want, "Are you sure it's an artillery brigade?" ”

"It should be right, they saw at least seven mountain guns, and some of them couldn't tell the difference, according to the establishment of the Japanese army, it should be the establishment of an artillery brigade.

Sir, do you want to go on a sneak attack tonight? If we wait until tomorrow, the Japanese will have aircraft support, and we will suffer great losses. Liu Xin suggested.

"Not tonight, since the Japanese army is stationed in Santang Town, they must have built fortifications, and they can't distinguish the target at night, and it is possible to destroy those artillery.

Or wait for tomorrow they themselves to enter our ambush circle.

But tonight can't make the Japanese army feel better.

Wang Guangming! ”

Leng Jie shouted loudly.

"Sir, here!"

"Send a squad of soldiers and the reconnaissance company of the 119th Regiment to find trouble with the devils tonight.

Remember, my request is to harass the devils so that they can't rest properly, and don't destroy those artillery. ”

In Leng Jie's eyes, those cannons were already his.

Although the 40th Division already has a battalion of 12 76.2mm field guns, the more artillery such a thing, the better.

"Yes, sir, mission guaranteed!"

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At this time, Kenichi Shinmura took off his military boots and scolded the country there.

Kenichi Niimura is not tall, he is a very sturdy one, but he is very short, and he is in his early 150s, and it is obvious that his legs must be very short, and he has a bit of a unique Japanese loop!

The legs are short, and there are looped legs, so it is extremely difficult to run.

Originally, Xincun Jianyi was the captain of the brigade, and he rode a horse.

However, in this landing, the priority was to transport people and materials, and the transportation capacity was insufficient, so all the horses in the army were requisitioned and transferred to the baggage troops, as was the case with the artillery brigade next to it, so Niimura Kenichi could only march on two legs.

Because of the fear of being ambushed, it was relatively fast to start from Yingtian, and the speed was a little fast, and the roads along the way were destroyed by the Chinese army, so it was only a dozen kilometers away, and it was very tiring to walk.

After arriving in Santang Town, he had to instruct the troops to build fortifications, and when he was done, he could eat a bite of hot rice.

But as soon as he brought the lunch box, at this time, he suddenly heard a gunshot in his ears, and someone immediately came to report that the sentry outside had been attacked.

And then there were gunshots in several directions.

"Yaga, enemy attack!"

Kenichi Shinmura was so frightened that he quickly put down his lunch box and picked up his pistol.

The devils who were still digging trenches immediately threw away their shovels and opened fire indiscriminately, because it was too dark outside the town, and the Japanese soldiers did not know where to shoot, so they could only fire in all directions.

When Kenichi Shinmura came to the outside of the town, he saw that the troops had been shooting for a long time, but he didn't see a single bullet coming from outside, so he immediately ordered, "Stop shooting!" ”

The fierce gunfire abruptly stopped, and Shinmura Kenkai looked around and asked people to go and see what was going on with the sentry.

But he found that there was silence outside the position, and there was not even a ghost shadow to be seen except for the sound of insects.

It's as if the gunshot hadn't happened just now.

But it did turn out that the sentry was killed!

There was no way, so Shinmura Kenichi could only arrange more sentry patrols, and then ordered the remaining soldiers to continue digging trenches.

This is the tradition of the Japanese army, and the camp must dig a trench.

This is also the reason why Leng Jie does not approve of attacking at night, the Japanese army has built fortifications, and it is in the town, this attack is very disadvantageous.

It's better to wait for the devil to send it to the door the next day, at that time, the defenseless Japanese army will naturally be easier to fight than now.

Seeing those corpses, Niimura Kenichi always felt a little strange, but at this big night, outside the artillery brigade, he didn't dare to send troops to find the Chinese troops hidden in the dark.

Back at the brigade headquarters, Kenichi Niimura continued to pick up the lunch box, but before he could take a few bites, gunshots rang out from another direction, killing several sentries and soldiers who were digging trenches.

Hearing that someone was attacking again, Xincun Jian was furious, "Baga, you must give those people a good look!" Tell the Inamura squadron to find those sneak attackers! ”