Chapter 258: Urban Attack and Defense (I)
Early the next morning, on a hillside less than three kilometers from Nanchang. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Lieutenant General Ogisu, commander of the 13th Division of the Japanese Army, led a group of Japanese generals and staff officers to observe the terrain through telescopes, and followed closely by Chief of Staff Sato Daisa.
Yesterday evening, they had arrived here and successfully encircled Nanchang, and the Japanese troops at the foot of the mountain dug a defensive trench overnight, which stretched for several miles, and could not see the edge at a glance. As a high-ranking general of the Japanese army, Lieutenant General Ogisu Libing of course knew Zhang Cheng's terror, the imperial troops had already suffered too many losses on him, so he had to be cautious, as soon as the troops were stationed, he ordered the troops to turn to the defense. Of course, this perfect fortification is also a fine tradition of their imperial divisions, whether it is offensive or defensive, or even a rout, the soldiers will build perfect fortifications as soon as they have time, which is also their magic weapon for victory, and they will not rush into battle under any circumstances. At the same time, this is also the best way to prevent a sneak attack by Zhang Cheng's special combat team.
Putting down the binoculars, Lieutenant General Ogizhou Libing looked at the direction of Nanchang filled with smoke, with a suspicious face, as if he said to himself: "Could it be that Zhang Cheng has really withdrawn from Nanchang and broken through from the north gate?" ”
Last night, Fengxin came the news that Zhang Cheng's troops were attacking the defense line with all their might, and according to the firepower, it should not be less than one brigade. Zhang Cheng's two divisions fought fiercely with the Ninth Division of the Imperial Army for several days, although they ended in defeat with the Ninth Division, but their casualties were certainly not small. But the soldiers of Ogizhou always felt that there was something wrong with this, with Zhang Cheng's cunning and changeability, how could he give up the only Nanchang City that could hold on to the reinforcements, and run dozens of kilometers overnight to break through from the front line of Fengxin? It is impossible for him not to know that Fengxin is heavily guarded, and once the breakthrough is blocked, all that awaits him is to be destroyed, will he do this? Apparently unlikely. Ogizhou Libing is more willing to believe that Zhang Cheng is voice is attacking the west, and the direction of the breakthrough is not Gao'an in the west, it is them here, but after waiting all night, he didn't see a single ghost, and he was so tired that the soldiers choked one by one, so now it also makes him a little less confident.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, my subordinates feel that we should attack, it seems that Nanchang has really become an empty city, Zhang Cheng laid down this smoke, just to make a fool of himself, so as to stop the progress of the imperial army into the city, and also to buy time for them to successfully escape. If we are successfully deceived by him, we will really become a big laughing stock for the imperial army. Sato, the chief of staff behind Ogisu Tatsu, said.
Ogisu Libing looked at the sky, this smoke and clouds were thick, and it was estimated that the aircraft aerial reconnaissance could not see anything famous, and after thinking about it for a long time, he also felt that what Sato said made sense, but he still ordered a squad of imperial troops to bring the air flag soldiers, and go to the city to take a look, and a wing of infantry followed. After all, I don't know if there are people in this city, and it's not good to bombard with shells, the imperial army can't afford to waste it, not to mention, if it's really just an empty city, it will also make people feel that the imperial army is really frightened by Zhang Cheng, and he doesn't even dare to enter the place where he has stayed, and he has to use cannons to open the way.
In Nanchang City, Zhang Cheng also got up early, wandering around the various fortifications, the night of "fierce fighting" did not make him look tired, the city wall, the hillside, the river rushed up and down everywhere, scolding this and knocking that, the spirit is very good.
When it was almost ten o'clock, Sun Feixing and Zhang Sandong finally came back, Zhang Cheng finally sighed, the artillery battalion and the men and horses of that regiment returned to Nanchang early in the morning, always making him worry that they would not be able to get out. Seeing that they couldn't help but be overjoyed, and the plane had not appeared in the sky over Nanchang until now, Zhang Cheng knew that they had really done it.
Sure enough, Sun Feixing told Zhang Cheng that the devils had dispatched at least forty or thirty fighters and bombers, and in the suspicious array they had laid out, they dropped at least several tons of bombs, and the machine guns swept the entire mountain, and it was estimated that the devils should be dumbfounded at this time.
Seeing their eyebrows fluttering and saying, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but be happy, just about to let them go back to rest and replenish their physical strength, who knew that there was a call in the walkie-talkie, Li Mingyue, the commander of the garrison brigade at the south gate, told Zhang Cheng that a devil squad was found in front of them, and it was touching them, it was estimated that it was the devil's spearhead, and there was no devil's brigade in the back for the time being, and asked Zhang Cheng if he wanted to eliminate them first.
Zhang Cheng ordered them to immediately and silently withdraw from the defensive position, let this group of devils enter the city, and try to eliminate them silently, these devils must be followed by a large army, if the number is not large, you can consider tricking them all into the city, and eliminate them a little first.
After arranging Li Mingyue, Zhang Cheng ordered the assault battalion to go back to rest quickly, and said to Sun Feixing and them: "No way, it's not that I won't let you sleep, it's the devils who fucking harm you, you have to go to fight this kind of raid battle, after fighting this group of devils, you hurry back to the air-raid shelter to rest!" ”
"Hehe, that's! Just wait for our good news! Brothers, go! Sun Feixing replied coaxingly, and then waved his hand, and more than 100 people left quickly.
Zhang Cheng watched them leave, and only then did he inform the troops to pay attention to concealment and not make a sound, the devils had already begun to attack. Immediately, through the walkie-talkie, he ordered the telecommunications room of the headquarters to quickly contact Zhao Wu and them to see how they were prepared, when they could launch an attack on the Japanese army in Gao'an, and if Chen Qingshan arrived, all troops must obey Chen Qingshan's command and could not act without authorization.
Others will undoubtedly obey Chen Qingshan's command, after all, Chen Qingshan is already a major general division commander, which is a lot higher than several regiment commanders, the problem is that there is a regiment with two current chief and deputy commanders, both of whom used to be Xue Yue's people, Chen Qingshan's news came quickly, they have arrived at the periphery of Gao'an, and are stepping up the construction of artillery positions, and it is expected that they will launch an attack on Gao'an at noon, because the troops coming out of the Yinpingshan base are all mechanized corps and special combat regiments, Even a special mission regiment that has not participated in a large-scale offensive at all, to be the vanguard, it is not suitable for any unit. Fortunately, the 75th Division left by Xue Yue took the initiative to take the lead attack.
Zhao Wu also came with the latest news, Xue Yue has launched an attack on Wuning, and there is a situation of the vanguard army marching in the direction of Tongcheng, it seems that there is really a counteroffensive, and the whole country is now also setting off a counteroffensive upsurge.