It was getting dark soon. After fighting for such a long time, the Japanese army already knew that the squadron attacking Nanchang had no artillery, and searchlights were lit at all strongholds, and they also fought a night battle with the 26th Division.

Liu Yuqing, the commander of the 26th Division, turned out to be the Sichuan Army, and it was he and Guo Rudong who joined forces to create the 43rd Army System of the Sichuan Army. During the Songhu Anti-Japanese War, Liu Yuqing led the 26th Division to hold the Dachang position for seven days and seven nights, and the Japanese army had to charge the 26th Division's position four to six times a day, and used tanks to charge wildly. Liu Yuqing led the 26th Division to skillfully use the terrain to deal with Japanese tanks with cluster grenades, and fight the enemy with broadsword melee and night combat. Although the positions were captured by the Japanese several times, they were all recaptured by the 26th Division. At that time, the 26th Division, although each company only had three tǐng light machine guns, and the soldiers were all made in Hanyang, but they were all veterans killed in the warlord hún battle, and most of the officers and soldiers knew martial arts and had extremely strong melee combat ability. At this point, when the Jiao position was moved, only 2 regiment commanders of the 4 regiments of the 26th Division survived, 12 battalion commanders and more than 3oo company platoon commanders were killed, and only more than 6oo officers and soldiers remained, which was equivalent to the annihilation of the entire army. The blood condensed into the image of the Sichuan Army, reshaped the dignity of the squadron, and was one of the five best fighting divisions on the Songhu battlefield.

After the Battle of Songhu, in view of the exploits of the 26th Division, Chiang Kai-shek did not cancel the Laochuan Army that was in Central China, and personally ordered the rebuilding of the 26th Division in Wuning.

Because of the battle of Songhu and the defense of Hukou, Liu Yuqing was very confident in the combat effectiveness of his troops. Now the problem was that the troops were stuck by the Japanese and were divided. The 78th Brigade could not be contacted again, so it could only rely on the 76th Brigade and the 237th Regiment to kill Nanchang.

On this night, the area of Gaofang fought all night, and the sound of guns and cannons shook the sky.

At dawn the next day, May 6, the Japanese began a large-scale attack on the 76th Brigade and the 237th Regiment.

Chen Anbao, whose enemy situation was unknown, was still bent on attacking Nanchang City, and strictly ordered all troops to calmly respond to the battle, preparing to break through the enemy's encirclement after dark and continue to advance towards Nanchang.

The first to be crushed by the Japanese army was the 237th Regiment of the 79th Division. Due to the lack of anti-aircraft fire, Japanese planes could dive at low altitudes and drop bomb-sweeping shè. Under the double blow of Japanese aircraft and artillery fire, the 237th Regiment was completely divided and surrounded and scattered by the Japanese army.

By this time, Chen Anbao and Liu Yuqing, who had been in battle for a long time, had already realized that something was wrong, but it was impossible to break through in broad daylight, and they could only hope to support it until dark and then organize troops to break through.

At one o'clock at noon, under the cover of aircraft and artillery, the Japanese army launched a fierce attack on the high ground northwest of Tongshumiao, the commanding height of the battlefield.

Defending the heights northwest of Tongshumiao were the troops of the 153rd Regiment of the 76th Brigade. Xie Beiting, commander of the 153rd Regiment, knew the importance of the commanding heights to the entire battlefield, and took his staff officers and guards to the position.

The Japanese army rushed up and was beaten down, rushed up and was beaten down, and it has been repeated three times. The front of the position was covered with the corpses of devils and their brothers, some of whom were entangled with each other and could no longer be separated.

Since crossing the river last night, he hasn't even closed his eyes, and Xie Beiting has been so tired that his bones are about to fall apart. Taking advantage of the fact that the Xiao devil was pressed down, Xie Beiting left a surveillance post, took the brothers to the other side of the high ground, sat on the ground, and shouted to the adjutant to take out all the cigarettes and distribute them to the brothers.

After a cigarette was finished, Xie Beiting felt energetic, so he opened the dragon formation. It was Yang Sen who opened his mouth to say: "Gua Wa, you know that there are so many wives of Commander Yang that he can't even manage himself, so he has to let the guard team take care of it." Every morning when I get up and run netg, which one runs slower, the belt chous up. After running cao, the beaten aunt and wife had to ask the adjutant to help Shangyao. Guawa, let me tell you, it's all fairy-like girls, white huua's ass, shaking people's eyes!"

The 26th Division belonged to the 43rd Army of the Sichuan Army, and the commander Guo Rudong and Yang Sen fell out before they threw themselves to the central government. Xie Beiting is the old man of the 26th division, and the pendulum dragon mén array is the vernacular Yang Sen.

Before he finished speaking, the sound of the cannonball flying, Xie Beiting opened his mouth and scolded: "***xiao devil, in a hurry to reincarnate thia?" Lao Tzu can't put a dragon mén array! Brethren, cao guys, beat it up ***!"

This shelling was fiercer than the previous three times, and it lasted for a long time, and by the time Xie Beiting entered the position with his brothers, Xiao Devil had already come up.

Xie Beiting yelled "hit", and the pistol fired, knocking a Xiao devil into a gurgling roll down the mountain.

The machine guns and infantry guns on the position were fired.

Xie Beiting saw that the Japanese army was strong, and he was about to use the position, so he jumped out of the foxhole with a big knife and went straight to a devil to kill. At this moment, a devil sniper in the distance aimed at him, a bullet flew in, Xie Beiting scolded "***", and fell backwards.

Chen Anbao saw through the telescope that the Japanese army rushed to the commanding heights, directly threatening the safety of the entire army, and immediately ordered the reserve to attack.

Chief of Staff Xu Zhiqiao reported that there were no reserves.

Chen Anbao roared: "The military department's special service platoon, all the people with guns, follow me, and beat the devil down!"

After roaring, Chen Anbao took out his pistol and threw himself at the commanding heights. As soon as the chief of staff Xu Zhiqiao and the commander of the 26th Division Liu Yuqing saw the army commander rushing up, they rushed forward with the military department's special agent platoon.

The Japanese army had just attacked the commanding heights, and it was too late to widen the gap, Chen Anbao and they rushed up at the right time, and the spy platoon threw grenades together, and blew up the Xiao devils who rushed to the position, and retreated, and the position was temporarily consolidated. Unfortunately, following the martyrdom of Xie Beiting, Liu Yuqing, the commander of the 26th Division, was also wounded and was shot in the Tuǐ department.

It was already four o'clock in the afternoon.

By five o'clock in the afternoon, the left-wing dragon was in a first-line battle between the enemy and us, and the troops were in danger of being completely annihilated by the Japanese at any time.

The reserve team has already been on the battlefield, and there are no more adjustable troops, Chen Anbao was in a hurry, regardless of the dissuasion of the chief of staff Xu Zhixuan, and rushed to Longli Zhang to supervise the battle with his entourage, hoping to suppress the Japanese army and rescue the troops.

The group ran between the ridges, and the Xiao devils immediately appeared, especially the generals' uniforms of Chen Anguo and Chief of Staff Xu Zhixuan, which became an obvious symbol. It seems that the shells of the Xiao devils fell when they ran to Yaozhuang.

Chen Anbao shouted as he ran: "Run!" Rush over and you'll be safe!"

A cannonball fell, throwing Chen Anbao high and falling to the ground.

Chief of Staff Chief of Staff Xu Zhiqiao shouted "Protect the army commander", rushed up with an arrow step, hugged Chen Anguo who fell to the ground, and after a little inspection, he saw a piece of shrapnel into Chen Anbao's heart, and blood gushed outward. Try snorting again, and there is no breath left.

Xu Zhiqiao and a few members of his entourage picked up Chen Anguo's body and ran, and finally rushed through the Japanese artillery interception belt, which prevented Chen Anguo on the ground and took off his hat to mourn.

Chen Anguo's sacrifice announced the failure of the 29th Army's operation to capture Nanchang. By the time Zhou Zhiqun, commander of the 76th Brigade, led his troops to cover the bodies of Xu Zhiqing, chief of staff of the 29th Army, Liu Yuqing, commander of the 26th Division, and Chen Anguo, there were only about 1,000 people left in the 76th Brigade and the 237th Regiment.

Luo Zhuoying received the report of Chen Anbao's martyrdom on the morning of May 7.

Looking out the window, the tears in the corners of Luo Zhuoying's eyes kept dripping down. From the 2o day when the 74th Army crossed the Jinjiang River to attack the enemy in Gao'an, it was a bloody battle for half a month, crippled the 29th Army, sacrificed Chen Anbao, and shot Duan Langru, but Nanchang City was still in the hands of the Japanese army. How did a good battle plan become what it is now?

Luo Zhuoying choked up and gave an order, and He Ping, the commander of the 16th Division, violated the military order and failed to cut off the Nanxun Line and the Xiangtang Highway according to the battle plan, affecting the progress of the battle. The commander of the division was instructed to lead his subordinates to complete the task of attacking Shagang Port.

After receiving Luo Zhuoying's telegram order, Shangguan Yunxiang, commander of the 32nd Group Army, knew that the combat operation of the counterattack on Nanchang was over, and his main force, the 29th Army, suffered heavy losses. Disheartened, Shangguan Yunxiang went one step further and ordered the whole group army to stop the offensive, the 29th Army, the 1st O2nd Division and the 10th Pre-10th Division blocked the crossings of the Fuhe River and launched them on the front line of the Fuhe River, and the 16th Division also stopped the offensive on the Shabutan side and stood by.

At this time, the two mountain artillery companies assigned to the 29th Army to support the siege fire were able to overcome many dangers and obstacles and rush to the front line of Fuhe with indomitable courage to report to the 29th Army.

Xu Zhimiao, chief of staff of the 29th Army, looked at the artillery battalion commander and the two company commanders who led the team, his eyes were full of fire, and after slapping and kicking a few times, he told them that the commanders of the 29th Army were all killed in battle, the troops were almost exhausted, and it was useless to ask for artillery. Let them pull up the cannon and run to report to Commander-in-Chief Shangguan Yunxiang.

As early as 5 May, when the 78th Brigade and the 5th Pre-5th Division failed to attack the city, Xue Yue understood that it was purely a joke to storm the existing positions of the Japanese army without the support of heavy artillery. However, he did not dare to offend Chiang Kai-shek, so he had to call Chen Cheng and ask Chen Cheng to report to Chiang Kai-shek that the task of capturing Nanchang was difficult to complete.

After learning about the situation of the counterattack on Nanchang, Bai Chongxi, director of the Guilin camp, sent a telegram to Chairman Chiang to express his opinions, and tactfully asked Chen to retreat: "The attack of our army on the enemy must be taken by surprise to be effective. Now that the enemy in Nanchang is prepared, and our army is attacking at the same time, it has also done its best, and for the sake of morale and high strategic principles, it is proposed to ask the Nanchang side to continue the siege with one of the troops, and two-thirds of them will be sorted out separately, and the external propaganda will continue to attack actively, while in reality the target of the attack will be changed. ”

After receiving Xue Yue's telegram, Chen Cheng was deeply saddened by the heavy losses of his troops, and directly sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek to stop the Nanchang offensive: "The future operational guidance seems to be based on the principle of protracted war of attrition, adopting the principle of attacking as defense and advancing as retreat, and striving for mobility. Whether you win or lose, gain or lose, you should not commit the mistake of stubbornly defending and attacking in the past. ”

On the morning of May 7, after receiving Luo Zhuoying's telegram reporting the martyrdom of Chen Anbao, Xue Yue fell into deep self-blame, regretting that he was cowardly, and did not think about Chiang Kai-shek's resolute request to stop the Nanchang counteroffensive earlier.

Xue Yue's eyes were blurred with tears, and he seemed to see the sea of corpses and blood under Nanchang City, saw Chen Anbao leading the spy platoon to counterattack the Japanese army, and saw Chen Anguo's figure running on the ridge before he died.

Xue Yue, who was grief-stricken, was determined to take the initiative to take responsibility for the loss of Nanchang and sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek: "An Bao Nanxun fought hard and frustrated the fierce front. Today, Anbao was martyred, and the mourning has been deep, so please show mercy. Yue commanded no way, Nanchang did not relent, and lost my loyalty, please punish him heavily, in order to comfort the martyrs. ”

After receiving Xue Yue's telegram, Chiang Kai-shek sat down on the chair with a butt on his head, his face was pale, and Song Meiling was so panicked that he hurriedly called someone to call a doctor.

Chiang Kai-shek should be clear about the battle situation under the city of Nanchang. There is another reason why he strictly ordered the 32nd Group Army to attack Nanchang under unfavorable circumstances, that is, 12 years ago, Chiang Kai-shek led the Northern Expeditionary Army to defeat Sun Chuanfang's allied army of five provinces in Nanchang with the fearless heroism of the Revolutionary Army. Now that the miracle has not appeared, after a long time of hard work, the loss of soldiers and generals, can he not be dizzy?

Before the doctor arrived, Chiang Kai-shek himself had regained his composure, took out Liu Yimin's two telegrams, and carefully read them word by word for a long time, and then called the confidential staff officer and sent a telegram to Bai Chongxi, the director of the Guilin camp: "**The attack on Nanchang has been in force for ten years, the division has been fruitless for a long time, and under the fortified city, the enemy has been prepared and it is difficult to be effective. The 3rd and 9th Theaters were ordered to stop the attack on Nanchang. ”

On the same day that Chiang Kai-shek ordered the end of the counteroffensive in the Nanchang campaign, the 19th Group Army, which was fighting behind enemy lines, finally reached the Ganjiang River and captured Niuhang Station.

At this time, the Japanese troops in Nanchang City panicked, thinking that the squadron had attacked again, so they hurriedly opened artillery bombardment from the city to Niuxing, and crossed the river with a brigade to counterattack.

Although Zhang Yanchuan, the commander of the Ninth Division, had rushed to the front of Nanchang City, he saw that there was no follow-up support, and the 32nd Group Army had also given up the offensive at this time, and the 1st and 1st Divisions could freely transfer their troops, and they could only retreat painfully. The Tǐng advance troops sent by the 9th Pre-9th Division to guerrilla attacks along the Gan River were also pursued by a brigade of the 1st O 3rd Wing of the Japanese Army, and had to move closer to the main force of the division.

The history of the Nanchang counteroffensive operation lasted for more than half a month, and finally ended with the defeat of our army.

In the entire Battle of Nanchang, our army suffered 53,178 casualties and sacrificed 23,242 officers and soldiers below the army commander, paying a heavy price.

Xue Yue summed up the gains and losses after the war, and believed that Liu Yimin's analysis was correct, and the Nanchang counteroffensive should not have been fought at this time, and even if it did, it should be based on surprise attacks. On April 27, the 79th Division failed to attack the city, and the campaign should be decisively stopped. Xue Yue thought of the Nanchang Defense Battle, bitterly criticized the front-line defensive tactics, repeatedly pondered the retreat decisive battle proposed by Liu Yimin, and reported to Liu Yimin to further discuss the retreat decisive battle. In order to resist the Japanese army, the two rivals on the Long March actually discussed and opened a military issue. Not to mention, in the course of the Anti-Japanese War in the future, Xue Yue used the retreat decisive battle perfectly, which was much more mature than the retreat decisive battle tactics in the original history!

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