After completing the siege, Seishiro Itagaki gave the order to attack. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although at this time, one day and two nights have passed since the 799th Regiment of the Sichuan Army occupied Jiujiang for the second time, and such a long time is enough for the Sichuan Army to build a large number of fortifications in the streets and alleys of Jiujiang City, but even so, it is better to fight early than late, because the longer the time drags on, the more complete the fortifications in Jiujiang City.

If it drags on like the Battle of Feicheng, it will be a big trouble.

Itagaki Seishiro divided the Japanese army in Jiujiang into four attack groups, the 55th Infantry Wing under the 23rd Infantry Brigade was responsible for the east gate, the 56th Infantry Wing was responsible for the south gate, and the two infantry brigades from Xingzi and De'an plus the original Jiujiang garrison were responsible for the west gate and the north gate, which were handed over to the marines.

Before the infantry attacked, the aviation first carried out bombing.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, three squadrons of bombers taking off from Nanjing, Juhu, and Anqing flew over Jiujiang City on time.

Immediately, three squadrons of bombers dropped hundreds of sulfur bombs into Jiujiang City, and after continuous explosions, a monstrous fire broke out in Jiujiang City, especially in Dongcheng District, where the buildings were most densely built, and the flames rose dozens of meters high, and the billowing smoke soared upward, and could be clearly seen dozens of miles away.

Zhao Baishi and Gou Ligui organized the Sichuan army, the puppet army and the militia to make every effort to rescue and fight the fire.

It's a pity that the little devil spent a lot of money this time, throwing hundreds of heavy sulfur bombs at one time, and the rain has stopped since last night, so the all-out efforts of the Sichuan army, the puppet army and the militia are a drop in the bucket, and half an hour later, the fire is completely out of control and spreads to all the streets and alleys.

And to add insult to injury, they don't have time to put out the fire.

Because before the fire in the city was extinguished, the devil infantry began to attack the city.

The devils outside the East Gate, the South Gate, the West Gate, and the North Gate began to launch at the same time, attacking with all their might from four directions.

Itagaki Seishiro, an old dog, said that he really has a set of ways to fight, and he is well versed in the essence of the art of war when he plays, and if he doesn't move, he will die!

Although the 799th Regiment of the Sichuan Army had been prepared, it was still beaten in a hurry****** and in less than half an hour, the first line of defense in the southern area of the city was broken through by the little devils.

Zhao Baishi followed Xu Rui's suggestion and directly abandoned the fortifications of the city wall, but placed the three main battalions of the 799th Regiment in the eastern, western, and southern urban districts respectively, and the northern urban districts were handed over to the Guangdong military camp.

As for Gou Ligui's puppet army garrison brigade, it acts as a reserve.

In the event of a dangerous situation in a certain direction, the garrison brigade will be able to rush to the aid in time.

In addition, the three main battalions of the 799th Regiment and the Cantonese battalion have built three lines of defense in their respective defense areas, and the three infantry companies are deployed in echelons on the three lines of defense.

The Sichuan army's arrangement was impeccable, but the command of the immediate battle was very much more important than the commander's skill.

Xu Rui and Leng Tiefeng's command attainments are indeed superb, but they can only be responsible for two directions, of which Xu Rui is responsible for the command of the east gate, Leng Tiefeng is responsible for the west gate, the pressure in the direction of the north gate is relatively small, and it is directly commanded by the commander of the Guangdong military camp, but the south gate is directly commanded by Zhao Baishi, and the result is that the south gate is the first to be in danger.

Zhao Baishi was only a company commander before, and he had never fought a street battle properly, and it was inevitable that he would be in a hurry when he suddenly commanded the street battle, and as a result, he was in a hurry, and immediately made a mistake, when the troops on the first line of defense withdrew, the troops on the second line of defense failed to go up in time, and the position was lost.

After receiving Zhao Baishi's order, Gou Ligui immediately sent a regiment to the top.

But at this time, the devils in the south of the city were like wolves that smelled blood, and decisively invested more troops and launched a general attack, and the first battalion of the 799th Regiment commanded by Zhao Baishi was instantly beaten to danger, so he had to ask for help from the puppet army again, and Gou Ligui took the remaining two regiments of the garrison brigade into the battlefield in the west of the city.

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Outside the east gate, Seishiro Itagaki's headquarters had already set up a shelf.

Although the chief of staff of the 11th Army, Sadachi Yoshimoto, was dead, most of the staff officers of the 11th Army Headquarters were still alive, so when the radio, generator sets and other equipment were in place, the headquarters of the 11th Army was quickly set up and put into operation.

As the commander of the 11th Army, Seishiro Itagaki could not only stay in the Jiujiang region, he had to look at the entire Wuhan battlefield, he had to command the six and a half divisions of the 11th Army, and launch a strategic general offensive against the main force of the more than one million Nationalist troops in the Wuhan battlefield, so as to capture Wuhan as quickly as possible!

The brigade commander of the 23rd Infantry Brigade, Kamifu Ueno, has been temporarily appointed as chief of staff by Seishiro Itagaki.

Of course, Ueno Kamefu was extremely happy with this appointment, because it was undoubtedly a big leap from brigade commander to chief of staff of the group army, because the position of chief of staff of the group army was very easy to achieve, and once the results were made, he could soon be promoted to lieutenant general, and then he could become the commander of the division.

In a good mood, Ueno Kamefu walks with wind under his feet.

"Your Excellency, Commander!" Ueno Kamifu came out of the communication office with a telegram and reported excitedly, "The 3rd Division has advanced another 10 kilometers, and it is less than 20 kilometers away from Huarong County, and the 101st Infantry Wing of the 101st Division has also advanced to Puji Town, which can not only flank Huarong in the south, but also directly threaten Jingzhou in the north, from the current point of view, the situation is very favorable to the imperial army!" ”

Itagaki Seishiro only bowed his head lightly when he heard this, but there was not much joy on his face.

Ueno Kamefu's gaze followed Itagaki Seishiro's gaze and landed on the big map.

Itagaki Seishiro focused on the Gao'an battlefield, after Xue Yue's corps captured Shanggao, it quickly thwarted the counteroffensive of the 27th Division, and then launched a fierce attack on Gao'an City non-stop, Xue Yue's intention was already obvious, he just wanted to fight with Itagaki Seishiro to see who couldn't hold it first!

Itagaki Seishiro must admit that Xue Yue's choice was correct.

If Xue Yue chooses to go back to Hunan, he can only follow the Japanese army's ass and deal with it passively, and the final result is a big defeat and loss nine times out of ten, but now he chooses to attack, then the victory or defeat of both sides is in the number of five or five, if the Japanese army preemptively captures Jingzhou and cuts off the Yangtze River waterway, the Japanese army will win a big victory, and if the Nationalist Army preemptively annihilates the 27th Division and recovers the entire Jiangxi, the Nationalist Army will achieve the final victory in the Battle of Wuhan.

"Gao An, Gao An is the key!" Seishiro Itagaki pointed his finger at the map and said, "Ueno-san, the telegram from Honma-san just now said that the mountain artillery wing of the 27th Division has run out of shells, right?" ”

"Hello." Ueno Kamefu paused and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, not only the mountain artillery wing has run out of shells, but also the ammunition reserves of the various heavy machine gun squadrons belonging to the infantry wings have run out of ammunition. ”

"Three days, telegraph to Honma-san, hold on for another three days no matter what!" Itagaki Seishiro said in a deep voice, "In three days, the military supplies will be able to reach the Gao'an front line in time." ”

"Hello." Ueno Kamifu paused heavily and turned away.

Ueno Kamefu had just left, and Toshimi Okahara walked in again.

"Your Excellency, Commander!" Xiaoluyuan Junsi suddenly saluted for the first time, and said, "Although there are only a dozen people left in our special operations team now, neither the lowly nor the people on the mountain are willing to be spectators of this big battle. After a pause, Kokahara Junsi stiffened his feet and said, "Please allow us to participate in the war, Your Excellency the Commander!" ”

"Yo Xi, since Oshihara-san has this determination, I am the beauty of adulthood." Seishiro Itagaki said happily, "The 56th Infantry Wing has made a breakthrough in the Seongnam Battlefield, and in order to end the battle as quickly as possible, I have decided to put your special combat team into the Seongnam Battlefield to assist Takagi-san in defeating the enemy on the opposite side as soon as possible!" ”

"Hello!" Xiaoluhara Junsi paused heavily, turned around and walked away.

Oshihara Toshisi strode out of Itagaki Seishiro's command tent, only to see that more than a dozen special forces such as Takeo Yamagami and Igarashi Tsui had already finished lining up and were quietly waiting for orders.

Seeing Xiaoluyuan Junsi come out, more than a dozen special forces gathered their feet and stood upright.

Xiaoluyuan Junsi returned the military salute, Leng Jun's gaze swept over the faces of more than a dozen subordinates like a knife, and said: "Since the fight with the wolf's tooth, our special operations team has rarely won, and the last battle in Damei Mountain was even more defeated, and there were more than 200 people in the three teams, and less than 20 people came back alive!" ”

Igarashi Tsui and the others immediately looked ashamed.

Xiaoluyuan Junsi changed his words and continued: "However, I once heard a senior in the army say that winning the previous battle cannot be regarded as a victory, only winning the ********** is the real victory, I hope that this battle is a ********** between our special combat team and Xu Rui!" ”

"Hello!" More than a dozen special forces slammed their heads.

Xiaoluhara Junsi raised his right hand and waved forward: "Open the way!" ”

Yamagami Takeo, Igarashi Tsui and more than a dozen other special forces turned around and ran towards the west gate, Kokahara Toshisi glanced up, followed with a submachine gun, and soon, Kokahara Toshisi and more than a dozen special forces of the special combat team disappeared into the wilderness outside the city.

In Jiujiang City, the fire continued to burn, and the smoke and dust almost covered the entire sky, and the burned ashes drifted out of the city with the wind, and fell flutteringly, as if it was snowing heavily.