Chapter 206: The Battle of Nanjing (The Battle of Yuhuatai)
However, the world was so unexpected, before Tang Shengzhi's anger could be vented, the Japanese attack started in advance on the 10th.
Under the tense situation of the war, Tang Shengzhi had no energy to take care of other things at all, so he could only rush to the battle and face the menacing Japanese army.
However, fortunately, the Japanese army was in a hurry, and Tang Shengzhi had no time to care about who propagated the public opinion that "the city of Nanjing was broken and the people were slaughtered".
As a result, the Japanese army launched a general attack, and the soldiers and civilians of Nanjing believed that once the Japanese army broke through the city, they would slaughter innocent people.
And this also laid the foundation for the defense of Nanjing to be extremely tragic, and those who fought hard for life often could exert more strength.
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In the early morning of the 10th, the weather was cloudy, and the air was mixed with pressing cold air. The 262 Brigade and 264 Brigade guarding the Yuhuatai position, as well as Han Xin's 388 Regiment, are all in full array.
The location was shifted, and then focused on the left flank position of Yuhuatai, which the 388th Regiment was responsible for guarding.
In the sericulture experimental field, Lu Guangwei took the initiative to ask Ying to stay here. Directly in front of the sericulture experimental site is an open position dozens of meters long, where Lu Guangwei laid mines according to Han Xin's arrangement, and further ahead is a steel wire mesh, behind which is a two-meter-wide canal dug by Han Xin.
The first small line of defense of this silk experimental field is a circular sandbag fortification tens of meters long, as well as several cement fire bunkers.
Behind the sandbag fortifications was Wu Kai, the commander of LΓΌ Guangwei's company, who led hundreds of men with machine guns, rifles, and the few mortars he had.
"Go and reply to the battalion commander, the first company is ready to attack at any time."
Wu Kai said to a soldier beside him, and the soldier immediately received the order and rushed towards the third small line of defense.
These are soldiers who are specially responsible for heralding, and each small line of defense has as many as ten people, who are specially responsible for delivering the message, and once the message is delivered, they will stay in the position where they have stayed and continue to fight.
Because when the war starts, the wired telephone will be destroyed by the little devil at the first time, and the radio is very troublesome to use, so the signal corps is still the main way of contact on the actual battlefield.
β¦β¦ As time passed, the clouds in the sky became more and more deposited, and the sky and the earth were enveloped more oppressively.
Han Xin's warning suddenly spread throughout the three major lines of defense of Yuhuatai's left flank position:
Prepare for the devil's air raid and beware of Japanese aircraft bombing!
When the news was delivered, the soldiers of the 388th Regiment were naturally a little confused, and they couldn't help but raise their heads and look at the somewhat depressed sky, thousands of miles of clouds, and no regiment commander saw the said devil plane at all.
Because they don't know Han Xin's three speculations!
But as the backbone of the 388 Regiment, even the first-level cadres know that the reason why they and others were able to avoid the devils to bomb the plane in Nanjing City before was due to the credit of their own regiment commander, and the regiment commander's speculation on unknown things seems to have an unpredictable ability.
"Kuroko, this can't be, right? Didn't the little devil bomb it a few days ago! It can't be again today! β
"I'm also strange, but where is the head of the regiment whose words are false? Let's pay attention. β
"That's what I said, but it's also incredible, is it possible that the head of the regiment still knows how the devil acts?"
"This ......"
"What nonsense?"
The first time he received Han Xin's warning, Wu Kai became alert, he attached great importance to Han Xin's order, but he knew his regiment leader's terrifying ability in this regard, so he couldn't question it.
"Don't talk nonsense, we have to strictly implement the regiment commander's orders, Kuroko, notify me, let the brothers aim all the guns in the air, and at the same time do a good job of defending against the devil's air attack."
"Yes!"
Tianlong Temple, when Han Xin's order was issued, Yang Wang, the deputy head of the regiment, did not raise any questions.
He had already seen too many of Han Xin's magic.
It's just that Yang Wang still asked a little puzzled: "Regiment commander, since you expect that the devil's plane will come to the air attack, why don't you notify the 262nd Brigade and the 264th Brigade?"
Han Xin didn't answer directly, but asked rhetorically: "Brother Yang, if a person's speculation can come true once, twice, or even three times, it's fine, but if he can constantly predict what will happen, what would you think?"
Yang Wang was taken aback, "I definitely can't believe it, and then I want to know how he knows about those news, and further, I will even doubt him." β
"Yes, there are some things that you know are speculation, but your mouth is not clear, which is called over......"
"Well, I see!"
Yang Wang nodded, he understood Han Xin's worries, if Han Xin continued to tell everyone about his speculation, and then this speculation became true again, not to mention that it would attract the suspicion of others, and even suspect that he was a spy of the Japanese.
From another point of view, Han Xin also told everyone before that once the news of "Nanjing City is broken and the people are slaughtered" will inevitably attract the anger of some people, the paper can't contain the fire, if Han Xin still makes a flamboyant jump, it is estimated that it will not be far from the time of death.
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The devil's general attack on the city of Nanjing began.
At the same time, the plane of the little devil began to attack Yuhuatai at 6 o'clock in the morning of the 10th in accordance with the historical trajectory.
Sixty or seventy planes circled in mid-air, whistling towards the Yuhuatai position.
The planes bombed the three major positions of Yuhuatai at the same time in a parallel trend.
"Air raids! Air raid! β
On the central position and the right flank position, as soon as the fighters of the 262nd and 264th brigades made a sound, they were instantly overwhelmed by endless artillery fire.
There was only a roar left between heaven and earth, and the warriors couldn't even open their eyes under the dust.
Casualties, inevitably, began to appear.
But a very different scene appeared on the left flank positions.
On the left flank position, the soldiers of the 388th Regiment had already pointed their guns in the air because of Han Xin's reminder, and the moment the little devil's plane appeared and arrived at everyone's range, the soldiers' bullets greeted the plane in mid-air.
The unexpected devil pilot didn't have time to adjust, and several unlucky moments were hit by everyone's bullets, and the plane crashed on a hill not far away, leaving only a loud explosion.
The remaining lucky devil pilots hurriedly adjusted the course of the plane, inadvertently avoided the left flank position, and began to bombard the central and right flank positions of Yuhuatai.
The frantic artillery bombardment lasted for more than ten minutes, and just after the devil's plane retreated, the thick gunpowder smoke that permeated the Yuhuatai position took more than an hour to slowly dissipate.
It can be vaguely seen that the fortifications of the central position and the right flank position of Yuhuatai have been blown into ruins.
(To be continued)