From the beginning of the Japanese landing, Fang Xianwu constantly sent small units to attack the Japanese landing force, but under the counterattack of the Japanese warships, Japanese artillery, and Japanese veterans, the harassment troops were seriously damaged, especially the Japanese veterans' marksmanship was simply superb, if the Jiangbei Army could select one sharpshooter out of a hundred, the Japanese army on the opposite side could pick out one sharpshooter out of five, and the Chinese army could not take advantage of it at all in the process of firing at each other. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Fang Xianwu also used infantry artillery to sneak attack the Japanese army, but the Japanese counterattack was very fast, and the Japanese warship's artillery bombardment was very fierce, except for increasing the losses of both sides, this sneak attack did not cause much difficulty to the Japanese army.

If the difficulty of Langshan Port is three stars, then the difficulty of the battle with the 16th Division and the 17th Division can reach nine stars, Fang Xian's hair is gray, and he can't think of a better way, so he can only sit back and watch the Japanese army land continuously. Now, there is only one way to drive the Japanese army into the sea, and that is to ask the navy for help, but Fang Xianwu knows that it is impossible for the navy to participate in the war, and once the navy participates in the war, Japan will no longer be a contradiction with the local government of China, but a contradiction between the two countries.

Therefore, Fang Xian's hair is gray, and he is full of wisdom, but he is still powerless, but now there is a shortage of ammunition, and the sanctions of the West and the north and the south are watching the fire from the other side, which makes it much more difficult for the Jiangbei independent anti-Japanese army.

"Did the military department agree to the urn plan?" Pham Van Tai, commander of the Fifth Division, asked in surprise.

Fang Xianwu nodded and said with a smile: "I am powerless, I can carry the Japanese army alone, and I must concentrate the strength of the Jiangbei Army." ”

Chen Jian said: "A small Japan......

"Hey, that's nice, why don't you rush over with your cavalry? It's still a small Japan, people have cannons and ships, what do we have? Huang Zan said.

Chen Jian said: "If it weren't for the fact that the little Japanese garrison was all mud, my cavalry would have been killed a long time ago." ”

"Blow, blow, blow you." Huang Chan said with a smile.

"Yellowbeard, will you raise the bar with me?" Jian Chen said.

Fang Xianwu waved his hand and said, "Don't quarrel, since the military department has agreed to the urn plan, our department will cooperate with the implementation of the urn plan next." I'll lay out the next step here, Chen Jian, most of your fourth division is cavalry, so I plan that your troops stay in Dongtai County, Rugao County, Nantong County, Haimen County, and Qidong County to attack the Japanese army's logistics and surround the Japanese army's rear personnel. ”

Chen Jian said: "Working with me is the job of picking the tail of the ox, right?" ”

"Yes, you want to make the Japanese advance unpleasant, the Japanese army has two divisions, the 16th Division is a type A division, with a total number of 22,000 people, and the 17th Division is a type B division with a total strength of 16,000 people, but they will not be fully dispatched, and they will definitely leave some personnel in their respective stations, so we judge that the total strength of the Japanese army this time is between 35,000 and 37,000 people." Fang Xianwu said eloquently, "So the task of your department is to restrain at least 5,000 Japanese troops in the rear, so that the Japanese army can only send 30,000 people to Yangzhou." I will hand over all the local garrisons to you, and you will draw elite soldiers from them, and take advantage of the familiar geographical characteristics of their locals to find an opportunity to take out the Japanese. I don't need you to fight a large-scale war of annihilation, your troops only need sporadic beatings, gnawing away the Japanese army bite by bite, accumulating a lot, making the Japanese want to live and die. ”

Chen Jian said: "Okay, I'll take care of this job." Alas...... In fact, our fourth division was originally intended to fight against the cavalry units of the Northern Beiyang Army, but I didn't expect to fight against the Japanese army instead of fighting a few battles with the Beiyang Army. ”

Fang Xianwu ignored his self-talk, turned his head to Huang Zan and said: "At the beginning in Anhui, your troops resisted Feng Guozhang's army one by one, and you did a very good job, so this time the task of resisting the Japanese army one by one and delaying their march into Yangzhou will be handed over to your Ninth Division. ”

Huang Zhan saluted and said, "Promise to complete the task." ”

"Pay attention to the casualties, we don't really want to stop the Japanese army on the road, but use the resistance to slow down the Japanese army, and finally lead them to Yangzhou, your department doesn't have to fight for an inch of land." Fang Xianwu told him that he was afraid that the Ninth Division would go crazy when it was fighting, and the five regiment commanders under the Fifth Division would easily do things like crazy when they were fighting, and they were almost like this when they sniped Feng Guozhang's army in Anhui.

Huang Zan laughed and said, "No problem, I'll tell them." ”

"Liu Hui, your division assists the Ninth Division to prevent the Ninth Division from being surrounded and annihilated by the enemy."

"Yes."

Fang Xianwu turned his head to Jiang Yanxing and Fan Wentai and said, "You two divisions, prepare to assist the people to evacuate to Yangzhou." ”

Jiang Yanxing said: "Just leave, unwilling." ”

"We're not leaving, we're taking the initiative to control the battlefield and let the Japanese follow us." Pham Van Tai Dao.

Fang Xianwu said: "Okay, act immediately, there is no room for mistakes." The Ninth Division, after the main force retreats, your unit will bear the heavy responsibility, so the battlefield decisions will be handed over to you, and you can kill all those who escape without following the plan. ”

"I'm holding Shang Fang's sword, right? Hahaha......" Huang Zan smiled, "Jian Chen, come on, come on, you run one for me." ”

"!" Jian Chen scolded.

Everyone laughed loudly, and then implemented according to the plan, but the sky did not fulfill people's wishes, at this time suddenly a typhoon hit, and the entire Yangtze River basin entered the rainy season, causing great suffering to the relocation and resettlement of the people. As the first typhoon of the year, although the wind was not strong, the rainfall was not small, and the drinking water began to skyrocket, flooding the small bridge, causing the Japanese army to make progress difficult.

The Japanese army landed on the east coast of Nantong with 36,000 people this time, but it took seven days from the beginning to all disembarkation, not because the Japanese did not want to land faster, but because the coast of the eastern coastal area of Jiangsu was not suitable for large-scale landing, coupled with the typhoon weather, the Japanese army capsized because of the heavy artillery during the landing, drowned more than 30 people, lost five 105 heavy guns, and forced Yusaku Uehara to finally have to make a decision not to land the 105 heavy artillery for the time being, and wait for the typhoon to pass before landing.

When the Japanese landed 10,000 people, they began to attack Dongyu Town, where the 3rd Regiment of the 9th Division was ordered to resist. After resisting for three hours, Bai Chun, the commander of the 3rd Regiment, ordered the withdrawal of troops and notified the 5th Regiment in Xining Town, and then the 5th Regiment took the initiative to attack, forcing the Japanese army to set off in advance, and after two hours of exchange of fire between the two sides, the 5th Regiment withdrew to Yixing Town, and the Japanese army occupied Dongyu Town and Xining Town, two empty cities. And these two empty cities, not to mention the absence of people and animals, even the houses were demolished by the Ninth Division, and the Japanese army still faced a terrible environment of no camps and tents in rainy days after entering the two places.

The scorched-earth anti-Japanese policy was implemented in Jiangbei in 1912.