Chapter 60: The Battle of Chaohu Lake (1)
When Zhang Chengyi walked into the command post, Luo Jianghui immediately saluted and said, "Master, Luo Jianghui reports to you!" β
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Staff Officer Zhao sent a report to the military headquarters and the commander of the Fifth Theater, saying: "At about 4 o'clock in the afternoon of April 7, the new 1st Division completely annihilated the 6th Division of the Japanese Army on the periphery of Chaohu, and all the Japanese division commanders below Shiro Inaba!" Zhang Cheng, the commander of the new first division! β
After Jiang received the telegram, the excited He Yingqin said: "This is the pillar of our party-state!" At this time, He Yingqin frowned and said: "Bench, the new division has attracted all the Japanese troops around, I am afraid that he will not be able to withstand it by then, and he will ...... it when the time comes" Without waiting for He Yingqin to continue, Chiang Kai-shek said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about this, I still know Zhang Cheng's command ability!" I really don't know what this battle will be like for Delin and Jiansheng, and now the two divisions of the Japanese army attacking Taierzhuang, Zhang Cheng has already helped him solve one, and the other one with so many soldiers can't be solved, right?! β
Hearing Chiang Kai-shek's words, He Yingqin was helpless, and then he heard Chiang Kai-shek say: "Send them a congratulatory telegram!" You don't have to worry about the rest! In the future, all telegrams from the new division will be handed over to me directly! β
"Yes, take a seat!" With that, He Yingqin left. After seeing He Yingqin leave, Song Meiling walked in and said, "Darling, what's wrong with He Yingqin?!" β
Chiang Kai-shek smiled and said, "Madam, I don't know those little ninety-nines in his heart?!" Saying that, he handed Zhang Cheng's telegram to Song Meiling, and Song Meiling read it and said, "Does he want to pull Zhang Cheng down from the position of the new commander of the first division and replace him with his cronies?" β
"Yes! But how is this possible?! Saying that, Chiang Kai-shek took a sip of water and continued: "Zhang Cheng's new 1st Division is the trump card of my trump card, and more than eighty percent of the officers are graduates of our Central Military Academy!" It can be said that the new 1st Division is my Imperial Guard! β
"Darling, then why don't you raise Zhang Cheng's rank a little more and promote his new first division to the new first army?" Song Meiling asked with a smile.
"Madam, you don't know, Zhang Cheng's current division is no different from an army, but the establishment is different!" Saying that, Chiang Kai-shek took the information collected by the military commander to Song Meiling and said: "Madam, after you read this, you will know that Zhang Cheng is really contributing to the party and the state!" β
At the Royal Palace in Tokyo, Japan, Emperor Hirohito said angrily to the new land minister Itagaki: "Look at it, the face of our Great Japanese Empire has been completely lost to your army, and you can see for yourself what a small new division in China has made our army of the Great Japanese Empire look like?" Our elite 6th Division of the Japanese Empire was completely annihilated; How many officers of our empire died at the hands of their sneak attack in Nanjing! β
"Your Majesty! You are angry! The lowly already knows how to do it! The new land minister Itagaki said seriously.
"Good! I don't want to hear next time that the elite of our empire has been completely annihilated by the new division! With that, Emperor Hirohito brushed his sleeves and left.
Back in Lu Xiang's office, Itagaki immediately sent a telegram to Shunroku Hata, in which he ordered Shunroku Hata to get the exact movement of the new division at all costs, and at the same time ordered that as long as the movement of the new division was grasped, more than ten times the force should be mobilized to encircle and annihilate the department immediately!
In the blink of an eye, another few days passed. Early in the morning, Song Hu took Lu Wenjie to the headquarters and introduced Lu Wenjie to Zhang Cheng. "Hello, Major Lu, you have worked hard, you are all heroes of the country, let Song Hu take you to Yinping Town to rest for a while first, and wait for the order of Shangfeng." "Okay, thank you Master Zhang for the arrangement!"
Zhao Ziqing took Lu Wenjie to rest, and Song Hu reported to Zhang Cheng about the blockade. And reported the infiltration of the devil's special forces. There is also information obtained by Lu Wenjie that the Japanese army was producing chemical weapons in a village about 10 kilometers away from Suzhou. The specifics are not clear, and there is a message mentioning what the cherry blossom plan is.
Zhang Cheng said to Zhao Ziqing: "Pass my order, the reconnaissance battalion has kept an eye on the Yangtze River defense line for me twenty-four hours a day!" β
"Yes!" Saying that, Zhao Ziqing left quickly. After the herald left, Gao Zhisong walked to Zhang Cheng's side and said, "Master sit, I really didn't expect the little devil to come so quickly!" I don't think it's a sneak attack on them by sending troops across the river? Zhang Cheng shook his head and said, "Now is not the time!" I'm going to sneak up on the little devil when he doesn't expect it! "Let's go down and prepare! In the past few days, it is estimated that there is still a vicious battle waiting for us! Hearing Zhang Cheng's words, several regiment commanders and brigade commanders discussed it and left one after another.
Just when Zhang Cheng was planning how to sneak attack the devil, in the Japanese military camp fifty kilometers away, Major General Kunizaki Noboru, the commander of the Guoqi detachment, lowered his head and reported to Yoshizumi Ryosuke, the commander of the 19th Division who accompanied the army: "Division commander! The Chinese army is too cunning! On the way we came, the Imperial warriors who had fallen under the mines had reached the number of squadrons and squadrons, and the morale of the troops was very low! β
Yoshizumi Ryosuke heard Noboru Kunisaki's words, frowned and said, "It seems that we have met a real tactical master!" I'm really looking forward to the showdown with the Chinese army! As soon as Yoshizumi Ryosuke's words were finished, the chief of staff, Gojinjiro, walked up to Yoshizumi Ryosuke with a telegram and said, "Your Excellency, Division Commander! Tegaoke Emergency! β
Yoshizumi Ryosuke took the telegram, looked at it seriously, and said with a smile: "I want the west!" I really didn't expect our opponent to be this officer of Shina, it seems that Aunt Amaterasu really gave us this opportunity to make the world famous! Noboru Kunisaki, who was on the side, looked at Yoshizumi Ryosuke with a puzzled look and asked, "Your Excellency the division commander, which officer is it?!" β
Yoshizumi Ryosuke said seriously: "It's Zhang Cheng, who attacked my imperial warriors in Nanjing, what do you say about this opponent?!" Kunizaki Noboru replied seriously: "This opponent is very suitable for us, and I, like His Excellency the Division Commander, am very much looking forward to fighting him!" β
The next day, just after dawn, a large group of Japanese troops, with the cooperation of forty-eight Type 97 120mm heavy cannons, launched an attack on Chaohu. The Yamada detachment of Yamada Yuer, who was in charge of the outer defense, was suppressed by the Japanese artillery fire, Zhang Sandong picked up the phone and said: "Brigade seat! The artillery fire of the little devils is very fierce! β
Hearing Zhang Sandong's words, Chen Qingshan said calmly: "Zhang Sandong, listen to me, this is just a tentative attack of the little devil, let me tell you, whether you can attract the little devil's Yamada detachment over, it depends on whether you perform well in this scene!" Do you understand?! β
Zhang Sandong immediately replied: "Traveler, please rest assured!" After saying that, Zhang Sandong hung up the phone, and the cat endured the ravages of Japanese artillery fire in the tunnel. After about half an hour, the Japanese artillery fire gradually stopped. At this time, Zhang Sandong, who was hidden in the tunnel, immediately ordered: "Brothers, return to the position!" Stop the little devils! After speaking, Zhang Sandong took the lead and ran out of the tunnel.
Three or four minutes later, all the soldiers of the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Brigade, which was responsible for blocking the Japanese tentative attack under the command of Zhang Sandong, ran out of the tunnel and arrived at the designated position. As soon as they stood firm, the Japanese assault force was less than eighty meters from the position. Looking at the Japanese army in front of him, Chen Qingshan pulled the bolt of the submachine gun in his hand, and slowly counted in his heart: "Seventy meters, sixty metersγ...... Thirty meters! β
Just when the vanguard of the Japanese army crossed the 30-meter area, Chen Qingshan shouted: "Fight!" Calling Chen Qingshan, he pulled the trigger of the Stern submachine gun in his hand at the same time. With Chen Qingshan's order, an impassable death blockade consisting of a dense network of fire appeared in front of the Japanese army.
Ryosuke Yoshizumi and Yamada Tsuji, who were directing the troops to attack in the back, suddenly frowned. Looking at the waves of fallen Imperial warriors, Yoshizumi Ryosuke couldn't help but say anymore: "Order the air force to bomb the positions of the Shina Army!" Another brigade will be sent up, and it must break through the positions of the Chinese army before noon! β
"Hey!" When Yamada heard Ryosuke Yoshizumi's order, he immediately ran to arrange for troops to increase the intensity of the attack. Zhang Cheng, who had been silently watching the Japanese attack on the city tower, said to Gao Zhisong beside him: "Chief of Staff! It seems that Zhang Sandong hurt the little devil as soon as he came up! The little devil is about to take revenge! β
Hearing Zhang Cheng's words, Gao Zhisong thought for a while and said: "I'm immediately dispatching a group up, I must know what I should do to Zhang Sandong!" Saying that, Gao Zhisong walked down the city tower quickly. It didn't take long for the roar of airplanes to be heard in the sky. Looking at the Japanese bombers and fighters that were getting closer and closer, Zhang Cheng immediately said to Niu Dazhuang: "According to our demonstration in advance, use anti-aircraft machine guns and sniper rifles to deal with the little devil's plane!" β
"Yes!" Saying that, Niu Dazhuang quickly commanded the various phalanxes and organized anti-aircraft fire! With the cooperation of anti-aircraft machine guns and sniper rifles on the ground, after shooting down two Japanese planes, the Japanese fighters and bombers, who did not dare to fly at low altitude and dive bombing, casually found a place to vent and quickly returned home!
Just as the Japanese planes were returning, another Japanese brigade entered the battle, and Zhang Cheng frowned as he looked at the dense Japanese troops who were attacking continuously like ants. Luo Shujia, who was on the side, saw Zhang Cheng's appearance and said seriously: "Brother, are you going to introduce the little devil into the city now?!" β
Zhang Cheng shook his head and said, "It's not the time yet!" The tanks of the little devils have not yet been dispatched! If we don't force the little devil's tank out in advance and solve it in the outer positions, then it will be very disadvantageous for our street battles later! Hearing Zhang Cheng's words, Wang Qingming walked to Zhang Cheng's side seriously and asked, "Senior Commander Zhang, how long are you going to defend outside the city?!" β
Zhang Cheng thought for a while and said, "It depends on whether the little devil is worthy of cooperation!" If I cooperate, I can let them into town tomorrow afternoon! If you don't cooperate, you don't know! β
At the same time, in the fortifications on the outskirts of Chaohu Lake, Zhang Sandong gritted his teeth and kept shooting at the Japanese troops who rushed up. Seeing that the Japanese army was about to break through the left defense line, Gao Zhisong ran out of the tunnel in time with a regiment, and after restabilizing the position on the left, Zhang Sandong hurriedly ran to Gao Zhisong's side and said, "Chief of Staff, why are you here?" Why can't I come? β
Then an explosion was heard at the front of the position. After hearing the explosion, Gao Zhisong slowly sat Zhang Sandong who was lying on top of him in the fortification, shaking and asking, "Commander Zhang, how are you?!" Zhang Sandong, who slowly woke up, bared his teeth and said: "It's okay, if I don't defeat the little devil, I won't die!" β
Without waiting for Zhang Sandong to finish speaking, Gao Zhisong shouted loudly: "Medic! Medic! Hearing Gao Zhisong's scream, a soldier with a medicine box on his back ran to Gao Zhisong's side and asked, "Are you too dangerous here?" Gao Zhisong said anxiously: "Your regiment commander is injured!" You find two people to get him down! As he spoke, Gao Zhisong picked up the Czech light machine gun on the side and fired at the Japanese soldiers.