Chapter 181: The Fall of the Two Master Regiments of the Battle of Wuhan (7)

The excellent armament and combat effectiveness of the squadron far exceeded Matsuura Junrokuro's expectations, and if this situation continues, not to mention a 106th Division that has been hit hard, even the Fifth Division, which is now famous in the army, will not be able to survive such a fierce attack. The attack of the Chinese army was extremely sharp, in just half an hour, the 106th Division lost a large number of troops, although there was no time to count, but the number of soldiers on the front line who fell to the ground one after another was quite a lot, and there would be no scum left in the city that could only be swallowed. However, now the Shina army has surrounded all the four gates in the southeast, northwest and northwest, how difficult it is to break through, even if the firepower in the direction of the west gate is relatively weak now, but who can guarantee that this is not a conspiracy of the Shina army, during this time to fight with this cunning Shina army, Matsuura Junrokuro has not learned anything else, but he has a certain understanding of the opposite Shina commander, that cunning guy will not leave such a big loophole. Although he didn't know which famous general of Shina was the commander on the other side, Junrokuro Matsuura knew that it was a lord who was either killed or injured as soon as he struck, but there were many similarities with which unit led by the legendary Shina [***].

Facing the eyes of Akiyama Yoshiro Da Saxiyi, Junrokuro Matsuura said ruthlessly: "We can't break through, now the 9th Division has moved closer to our side with all its might, as long as we can support it for three days, then what we don't want to happen won't happen." But as long as we break through to the west, we will be farther and farther away from the 9th Division, which will not be conducive to the rescue of the 9th Division. I ordered the troops to resist me, and I did not believe that the opposing troops were capable of eating up all of my 106th Division in three days. Junrokuro Matsuura's cold eyes flashed with a fierce light, and his long, narrow, dry cheeks looked extremely hideous.

Not far away, a cadre of high- and middle-ranking officers of the Inner Mongolia Military Region held binoculars in unison to pay attention to the changes on the battlefield. "Commander, it seems that this old devil Matsuura has learned well, and he is not fooled, it seems that this trap you set up is useless." Li Dayong's tone was very melancholy, although the current Yue army had suffered heavy casualties, but after all, it was still under the cover of city fortifications, and it was not very easy for the troops of the Inner Mongolia Military Region to completely annihilate this Yue army, and the intelligence officers on the eastern front also sent a telegram saying that the Ninth Division of the Yue Army had shaken off the entanglement of the Kuomintang Axe troops and was going all out to kill this side, and there were quite a few of them.

"Don't worry, does the king who has entered the urn still want to escape? If Junrokuro Matsuura is so clumsy that he can't even see through such an obvious plan as Wai Sanqueyi, then his decades of experience will live on a dog. But no matter if he sees through it, or if he is clumsy, he has to drill this sleeve. He drills himself, and if he doesn't want to drill, then we will drill him. Although the combat effectiveness of the Ninth Division of the Army is acceptable, there is no need for us to worry about this, isn't it just a division? Without the support of the Navy, even if he came to ten divisions, it would be in vain, and I really thought that the naval gunboats we intercepted were for decoration. If it weren't for the annihilation of the 106th Division, then the people under the old devil of Songpu would not even think about Poyang Lake, and he would still dream of defeating De'an and then attacking Jiujiang, and do his big dream of spring and autumn. Han Yunhua's young face showed unparalleled self-confidence, now he has the capital to despise the 106th Division of the Yue Army, in the eyes of hunters, prey is always stupid, even if it is as cunning as a fox.

The troops of the Inner Mongolia Military Region have never been so wealthy, and even if Han Yunhua has won successive battles before, he has never fought so many shells and bullets. With these steel guys, the soldiers of the Inner Mongolia Military Region burst out with strong combat effectiveness, just like Gu Shoufu's Sixth Division attacked Jining, and the whole army took turns to attack without stopping for a moment. The sound of the artillery did not stop from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. the next day, and finally it was only because of the sudden increase in the temperature of the chamber caused by the continuous shelling that the shelling stopped three times in a row.

After seven hours of continuous attack, Han Yunhua's troops were certainly uncomfortable, the troops were exhausted, and the weapons and ammunition were seriously depleted, but the situation of the 106th Division, which was on the beaten side, was not a tragic word that could be described. The 106th Division, which was already extremely seriously damaged, is now even worse, and the casualties of the troops are one aspect, and the remaining 6,000 or so soldiers are still a very large number, and although the casualties of more than 3,000 have already broken the bones of the 106th Division, they are far from the point of exhaustion. However, the loss of weapons and ammunition caused a huge panic to the 106th Division, and in the face of the frantic attack of the various units of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, the only thing the soldiers of the 106th Division could do was to constantly pull the trigger and fight back bravely. However, since the logistics base of the 106th Division was still in Duchang County on the eastern shore of Poyang Lake, the 106th Division had almost no ammunition reserves when crossing the lake, except for the 120 rounds each person carrying himself.

After 7 hours of fighting, the casualties were not enough to collapse the 106th Division, but the loss of weapons and ammunition and the strong firepower of Han Yunhua's troops caused the momentum of the soldiers of the 106th Division to deteriorate sharply. Although there have been no deserters, the motivation to resist the attack has disappeared without a trace.

The panic of the soldiers seriously affected the decision-making of Lieutenant General Junrokuro Matsuura, and Junrokuro Matsuura, who had planned to rely on the county seat of Tokuan to resist stubbornly, was in a dilemma. Breaking out is full of unknown risks, and stubborn resistance is sure to be crushed. At the beginning, Junrokuro Matsuura was ready to let the troops fight with the enemy army on the opposite side with bayonets, but in Junrokuro Matsuura's cognition, the bayonet was the strength of the Imperial Army, and no unit in the world was the opponent of the Imperial Army.

But the idea is good, but the reality is very cruel. As soon as a brigade of soldiers rushed out of the city gate, they were forcibly repelled by the fierce Shina troops with a huge number of automatic firepower, and in order to fight Han Yunhua's troops, this elite infantry brigade with very skilled bayonet skills was beaten to the ground.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, don't hesitate any longer, you give the order. Now the hateful Shina people have advanced under the city gate, and if they don't break through, they really won't be able to leave. Seeing the entanglement of Lieutenant General Matsuura Junrokuro's face, Akiyama Yoshiro Daisa was also annoyed in his heart, if it weren't for this stupid guy in front of him, the 106th Division would not have come to this day, you must know that so far no army has been annihilated by the entire division, and if you don't get this honor, it will fall on the 106th Division. In that case, it is not only the unlucky man of Junrokuro Matsuura who is unlucky, but all the officers of the entire 106th Division will be implicated, and he, the chief of staff, has no possibility of immunity.

"Hey, this order can't be given, otherwise the 106th Division will collapse in an instant, and it will only create an opportunity for the hateful Shina people to gradually encroach on my 106th Division. But as long as we hold the city of De'an, then everything will become history, and the 106th Division will withdraw to Nanjing, Shanghai, and even its hometown Kumamoto unharmed. Matsuura Junrokuro's voice was obviously old, and his narrow and withered cheeks were extremely pale, and after understanding the plan of the [***] team, Matsuura Junrokuro didn't dare to give orders in private.

In order to boost morale, Junrokuro Matsuura personally went to the front line to inspect the military situation, so that the original low morale of the 106th Division was restored.

Han Yunhua was determined to bully the 106th Division with weapons and ammunition this time, and he issued an order to the commanders of all regiments on the front line, "There is no telegraphic order from the headquarters, and all units are not allowed to attack privately, let alone launch a charge against the army, and violators will be severely punished", so although the battle on the front line was fierce, it was all caused by guns and bullets.

At a quarter past five o'clock in the morning on October 26, Lieutenant General Junrokuro Matsuura finally could not stand the huge casualties of the troops and decided to break through from the West Gate. The breakthrough went smoothly, although it was also met with stubborn resistance from the [***] team, but it was a pity that the large number of light and serious wounded people, Matsuura Junrokuro gave each of these devils who lost their combat effectiveness a melon-style grenade, the meaning of which is self-evident. When the soldiers of Han Yunhua's department who were chasing gradually approached these wounded, the desperate devil wounded soldiers detonated the grenades in their hands one after another, causing certain losses to Han Yunhua's department.

However, Han Yunhua, who had completely broken out, ordered the troops to lay down their arms when they were 100 meters away from the wounded soldiers, and the brigade that did not respond was killed, and there was no mercy. Under such an order, very few of the wounded soldiers of the Yue army survived, and afterwards, the base camp of the Yue army protested to the national political axe many times in succession, saying that Han Yunhua instructed and connived at the troops to massacre the wounded soldiers of the Yue army, which caused certain trouble to Han Yunhua himself and the troops of the entire Inner Mongolia Military Region.

After breaking through, the 106th Division fled all the way west, and its destination was the mountainous area southwest of De'an. After receiving the telegram from the front, Han Yunhua secretly sighed in his heart that the 106th Division still couldn't escape the fateful arrangement, and fled back and forth or entered the Wanjialing area, it seems that Wanjialing is destined to become famous again.

The main force of the 106th Division went deep into the Wanjialing area, and due to the fierce attacks of the other armies of the Yue Army, almost all of the main forces of the Xue Yue First Corps were pinned down in the vast area east of Poyang Lake, so the defense line of the [***] team appeared a half-moon-shaped narrow defensive hole between the Rui (Ruichang) Wu (Wuning) Road and the South (Nanchang) Xun (Jiujiang) Road. After the 106th Division entered and occupied De'an, even Chen Cheng, the commander of the Wuhan Garrison Headquarters, could not sit still, and ordered Zhang Fakui's Second Corps and Han Yunhua's headquarters, which was resting near De'an, to set up a blocking line in the vast area between Jiujiang and De'an to prevent the 106th Division from moving north.

However, neither Xue Yue nor Chen Cheng knew that the 106th Division was left with an empty shell under the fierce attack of Han Yunhua's headquarters, and after receiving the telegram order from the Wuhan Garrison Headquarters, Han Yunhua could call back and say that the 106th Division would be completely annihilated within two days and the commander of the Lieutenant General Division, Junrokuro Matsuura, would be captured alive.

(To be continued)