Section 2 Counterattack of Counterattack XI
Unbeknownst to Seizo Arisue, Matsuyama was helpless at the moment, and the "special envoy" of the dispatch army sent to his headquarters, Masanobu Qian, and the young officers of the division headquarters were surrounding him and resolutely demanding to continue the attack. \\、0m//
Only "since the Battle of Northern Hubei, the imperial army has retreated again and again, why is this happening", Qian Zhengxin generously stated to the young advisers of the division and regiment in the division headquarters: "In fact, there is only one reason, cowardice!" In the old days, the warriors of the empire braved the fire of the Russians and rushed to the 203 heights! In the past, the Imperial Samurai defeated the Beiyang Fleet! If the enemy has the advantage, we will retreat! There would be no empire in the glory it has today! ”
Qian Zhengxin looked around at the surrounding officers and solemnly announced: "From now on, we will no longer retreat!" We're going to attack! The main force of the Fifth Army of China is in the town ahead! We can cut off their heads just by rushing in! Samurai! We have no faith! We're still not the warriors of the Empire! ”
"Hooray! Banzai! The officers raised their arms and shouted, and their spirits were great.
Matsuyama was very helpless, there was a telegram from Sue Seizo that the army of the entire front was being adjusted, and the situation around them had changed completely, and if they insisted on attacking, the Fifth Army would come to them with the whole army. The entire division, plus the Eighth Division, is only more than 30,000 people, and the gap in military strength is too great.
The telegram from Seizo gave him a chance, and he took the telegram he had just received to the letter to Qianzheng: "Qianjun, there is an order from Suejun, if we do not obey the order to retreat, we will be sent to a military court." ”
Qian Zhengxin took a step forward, took the telegram from his hand and sneered: "Your Excellency, is there an expectation that the order of the last monarch is being echoed?" If not, then confess your determination! ”
"Relocation Advisor!" Matsuyama couldn't help but get angry "He felt very aggrieved" On the military rank, he is a lieutenant general, and Qian Zhengxin is not a big one: in terms of position, he is a lieutenant general, this is his division and regiment headquarters, and Qian Zhengxin is just the deputy section chief of the dispatch army, but now this guy is obstructing his orders in his headquarters: "As a soldier, you must obey orders!" Don't you know this! ”
"As a soldier, you must have the courage not to be afraid of sacrifice!" Qian Zhengxin did not show weakness" stepped forward and forced Matsuyama: "Your Excellency Division Commander, I am sent by Commander Okamura to command the 56th Division and the 8th Division, and you have no right to give orders to me!" I ask to keep attacking! Do you obey orders? ”
Matsuyama was furious: "Commander Okamura's order is to assist me in commanding, and we belong to General Arisue Seizo in command!" ”
Okamura Ninji's order was very clear, and he was originally disgusted by the fact that he had come to assist him in commanding the army. Assisting him in command, which itself is a hint of distrust. And why did you send this guy "He knew this nasty, troublesome guy in the Southern Theater.
"I represent the Dispatch Army Command," he did not think at all, believing that he was a representative of the Dispatch Army and not a subordinate of Matsuyama" Matsuyama should obey his command: "I think that we should now continue to attack in conjunction with the Fifth Army of China and inform General Sueseizo of this decision." Also, I don't think we should obey the command of General Ariseisan San, he has no jurisdiction over us! ”
Didn't wait for Matsuyama to open. Qian Zhengxin further said: "The Battle of Pingjin is a decisive battle that we must win, Your Majesty, the people are looking forward to the news of our victory" but we always retreat, retreat "Can we win the war!" ”
"Your Excellency!" A young advisor rushed out and shouted emotionally: "As long as we attack, and the Fifth Division attacks from the east, we can completely destroy the Zhana Army!" ”
This 56th Division was rebuilt after being completely annihilated in the Battle of Northern Burma, and was the only army in the Japanese army to win in the Battle of Myitkyina, and there was no major battle in Burma afterwards, and then the Chinese battlefield showed great changes, and the 56th Division reinforced the Chinese battlefield. Give the order! The young officers shouted in unison.
Matsuyama was angry, anxious and helpless in his heart, these young officers under his command were full of fighting spirit, but the order was to let them retreat, and in a hurry, he came up with an idea: "Are we under the command of General Sue Seisan, I think we can call the headquarters of the dispatch army and ask Commander Okamura to make a judgment!" ”
Qian Zhengxin had long expected that Matsuyama would have such a thing, and he shouted with a sneer: "Your Excellency, the fighter plane is fleeting, if you don't have confidence, I can lead the army to attack, and I don't need to take responsibility after the war!" ”
"It's too much!" Matsuyama glared at Qian Zhengxin and roared: "Now I am still the commander of the division, and all the personnel of the division must obey my orders!" ”
"Then, Your Excellency, give the order!" The officer from before stepped forward and shouted excitedly.
Matsuyama was very embarrassed now, and Qian Zhengxin was watching from the side, he didn't know what crazy moves Qian Zhengxin would make if he didn't give the order.
After hesitating for a moment, Matsuyama decided to compromise: "Okay, let's continue to attack, but if tomorrow dawn is not enough, we must retreat." ”
"Yes!" The adviser turned around and was about to go out, but Qian Zhengxin hurriedly stopped him: "Please wait", and the officers who were about to go out stopped, turned to look at Qian Zhengxin and didn't know what he was going to do.
Qian Zhengxin turned to Songshan: "Your Excellency, it is not possible to attack like this, we must strengthen the army, I suggest that the 5th and 17th Wings from the 8th Division be transferred to the north to join the attacking army, leaving the 31st Wing to defend the north bank of the Yongding River." Matsuyama thought about it and felt that this move was feasible, the 5th and 17th Wings were the main force of the 8th Division, and with them joining the attack, there was a greater chance of success, and in addition, even if they wanted to retreat, they had to cover the army, and the 31st Wing could just cover.
However, out of caution, Matsuyama went to Seizo to telegraph that he had decided to make a final effort tonight, and asked Seizo to order Yasuken Nakajima to cooperate.
Shocked and furious when he received the telegram, he sent a series of telegrams demanding that he abandon the attack and retreat immediately, while warning again that if the army was damaged because of his actions, he would be held responsible.
Matsuyama was now out of shape, and the army began to move according to the arrangement, and the commander of the 8th Division, Yokoyama Shizuo, led the main force of the division to move towards Yufa overnight. This attack was not even formulated by Matsuyama, but by the direct intervention of Shoshin Qian.
Qian Zhengxin divided the three wings into three divisions and planned an attack on Yufa from north to south, and Qian Zhengxin stipulated that all commanders must take the lead in crushing the Chinese army with the momentum of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, and all of them should be equipped with bayonets, and the logistics personnel of the division and regiment must be ready for battle, including the medical personnel of the division and regiment field hospitals.
At two o'clock in the morning, a group of figures quietly touched the outer positions of Yufa, the town of Yufa was quiet, after two days of fighting, the military strength of the Fifth Army had been checked by the Japanese army, the Sixth Army was around Pangezhuang, the 49th Division and the provisional 55th Division were in front, and the 93rd Division was responsible for the contact between Pangezhuang and Yufa; The 96th Division was responsible for defending the town of Yufa, the newly formed 43rd Division was to defend the attack of the 5th Division to the east of Yufa, and the 200th Division was to the south of Yufa, responsible for guarding the section from Yufa to Yongding River. However, due to the fierce offensive of the Fifth Division, the main two brigades of the 200th Division have been transferred forward to support the newly formed 43rd Division, leaving one brigade, and the tanks of the Fifth Army are still in Yongding Henan to join the attack on Gu'an.
The figure quietly hid in the premises three hundred meters in front of the squadron's position, and ten minutes later, the sound of artillery sounded, and the shells fell on the squadron's position, and a few minutes later, the Chinese artillery began to return fire, and the 105 howitzers of the Fifth Army opened fire on the premises that showed the muzzle fire.
In the past, artillery battles between the two sides would quickly form, but on the second day, the artillery did not care about the Chinese artillery positions, but continued to pour shells on the forward positions.
The headquarters of the Fifth Army was located in Yufa Town, and Fan Hanjie had already received an order from Zhuang Jihua, knowing that Qiu Qingquan would cross the river at dawn to fight back, and the Japanese attack was exactly what he wanted, so he ordered the front line to hold.
"Qiu Qingquan crossed the river at dawn, it is a good thing that the devils are attacking now, tell the brothers that this is the last attack of the devils, and repel them!"
Fan Hanjie also told Zhuang Jihua about the Japanese offensive, which made Zhuang Jihua's heart fall all the time, and the madness of moving the political letter made Zhuang Jihua miscalculate. In the evening, he received a telegram from Wei Lihuang that the army had reached its destination a day ahead of schedule, the army had begun to spread out at the front, and the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army had begun to clear the periphery of the Japanese army.
Zhuang Jihua didn't expect that Fan Hanjie didn't expect the Japanese attack to be so crazy tonight, and when the artillery in the town began to fire back, Fan Hanjie still had a trace of doubt, but this doubt was quickly drowned out by the joy of the Japanese army. But after the Japanese attack really began, he realized that there was a problem.
The Japanese attack was very crazy, the Japanese artillery bombardment did not stop, the ping soldiers began to attack, the commander all rushed to the front, all the soldiers were bayonets, as soon as the artillery stopped, they rushed to the position, and the fierce battle immediately began in all corners of the position.
The sudden attack of the Japanese army gave the forward troops no time to retreat according to the tactical manual, so they could only hide on the spot, and as soon as the artillery fire stopped, they rushed out of the anti-artillery holes, and in the firelight, the Chinese soldiers who had just rushed out of the ruins looked up and saw the Japanese soldiers rushing up, and before the rifles in their hands could shoot, the bright bayonets were inserted into their chests.
"Click! Click! Click! The soldiers who were lucky enough to dodge the bayonets began to return fire, and in an instant half of the Japanese troops who attacked in the first wave fell, but the situation did not ease, just fell, the following wave of Japanese soldiers jumped over the corpses and rushed to the position, and the miners from Kurume rushed to the position with their unique fortitude and the slightest loss of arms.
The barrel of the gun was red, the bullets were gone, and there was no time to replace the magazine, and the white-knuckle combat immediately unfolded in all corners of the position, and the cries of beastliness and the screams of dying sounded from all over the position.
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