In Tainan City, the headquarters of the Japanese 30th Brigade and the 33rd Wing were stationed, with a total strength of 3,000 troops. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

On the 11th, the troops following the division headquarters reached the number of people, and there were still 3 battalions left behind to guard the 3 county towns occupied, and they could only return to the team after handing over to the police force.

Wang Dajun felt that the troops in his hands were enough to crush the Japanese army, and the troops also took a short rest and regained their strength, so he issued an order to the 18th Division to destroy the Japanese 30th Brigade and occupy Tainan City.

The Japanese army had already received an order, and the troops had entered a wartime state of alert, ready to fight the invading Lanfang Kingdom army at any time, and held Tainan City.

The Japanese army deployed along Yanshui Creek, preparing to rely on the river to block the attack of the Lanfang army. The lower reaches of Yanshui Creek are wetlands, the troops can not cross, the middle reaches of the river are 100 meters wide, in the case of the troops blocking, it is difficult for the Lanfang army to cross the river, if you choose to force the crossing, the loss will definitely be very heavy, if the Lanfang army crosses the river from the upper reaches and surrounds the Japanese army, the Japanese army can retreat to Ping'an Island, defend according to the river, wait for rescue, or escape by boat.

This is exactly what Wang Dajun wants, and at first he was worried that the Japanese army would escape into the central mountainous area, and it would be a big trouble if the Japanese army was cleared in the mountainous area. If they want to escape from the sea, it is even more impossible, and now there are 5 destroyers waiting for them on the side of the Penghu Islands.

Wang Dajun ordered the 1st Regiment to establish positions along the river and shoot at the Japanese to attract the attention of the Japanese and not let them run away; ordered the 2nd and 3rd regiments to make a detour from the east, encircle the Japanese army, cut off their retreat to the Central Mountains and Kaohsiung, and encircle and annihilate all the Japanese troops in Tainan City; The 4th Regiment was temporarily used as a reserve, and could not expose too much strength to scare the Japanese away; The artillery battalion directly under the division and the artillery battalion of the 1st regiment set up an artillery position at the rear 3 kilometers, which could strike at the Japanese artillery at any time and support the operation of the 1st regiment.

Judging by the intensity of gunfire, the Japanese army of the Lanfang Kingdom was about 3,000 people, which was not much more than itself, which strengthened the Japanese army's determination to hold on to Tainan. The combat effectiveness of the Imperial Japanese Army is not comparable to that of the Lanfang Kingdom, and with the same strength, he is still on the defensive side, and there is not much pressure to repel the attack of the Lanfang Kingdom's army.

The commander of the Japanese brigade found that the Lanfang Kingdom was only firing at his own troops, didn't he bring artillery or the artillery hadn't caught up?

Therefore, he ordered the mountain artillery squadron under the direct jurisdiction of the brigade to carry out a tentative artillery bombardment of the position of the Lanfang Kingdom, and immediately moved the location after firing 3 shells.

The rapid-fire mountain artillery of the Japanese army can fire 7 shells per minute, and if each gun fires 3 shells, it takes less than half a minute, and it will be transferred after firing, and it will take 3 minutes to transfer, which is the most dangerous moment for the artillery team.

The Japanese artillery team was also cautious, leaving only 3 shells for each gun, and the rest of the shells were moved to a safe place first. The squadron leader of the artillery team arranged the 6 guns at a large distance, just for fear of being served by the artillery of the Lanfang Kingdom. The commander of the Japanese artillery squadron ordered to fire three times in a hurry, and then immediately transfer the artillery to the intended location.

After all 6 guns were ready, the squadron leader gave the order to open fire.

18 shells, fired at the positions of the Lan Fang army in the shortest possible time.

A huge explosion broke out on the position of the Lanfang Army, "boom", "boom", "boom", and the smoke of continuous air rose to block the sight of the surrounding officers and soldiers; Soldiers lying on the ground in the range of shrapnel fired in all directions, with a killing distance of more than 35 meters, will also be injured by the huge shock wave emitted by the explosion of the shell.

Although the Lan Fang Army was prepared in advance, the time was in a hurry, and the positions established were not permanent fortifications, so they could not withstand the shelling of the 75mm mountain artillery, and the forward positions were suddenly blown up in a mess, and the front-line officers and soldiers suffered heavy casualties.

When the Japanese fired the first shell, the Lanfang artillery locked the position of the Japanese artillery, and when the Japanese artillery fired 3 shells, the Lanfang artillery was ready to fire.

Wang Dajun shouted: "Artillery counterattack, quickly counterattack!" ”

24 artillery pieces were fired immediately, and they were fired continuously, only 2 rounds of shells, which covered the position of the Japanese artillery, and not a single Japanese artillery came and moved, all of them were blown into parts, the barrels of the guns became twisted, and there was not one out of ten artillery.

Information from the observation balloon revealed that all 6 Japanese guns had been destroyed.

Now that the Japanese artillery has been eliminated, the artillery can let go of their hands and feet and unscrupulously shell the Japanese positions, so Wang Dajun ordered to start shelling the Japanese positions to kill their living forces to the greatest extent.

At this time, the 2nd and 3rd regiments sent a telegram that they had formed an encirclement of the Japanese army.

Wang Dajun ordered that the 1st Regiment attract enemy fire, and the 2nd and 3rd Regiments gradually narrowed the encirclement to prevent the Japanese from escaping.

Lan Fangjun returned the shelling he had just suffered with ten times the artillery fire, giving the Japanese a taste of being covered by artillery fire. The lethality of the shells of the Lanfang Kingdom was greater and faster than the rapid-fire guns of the Japanese army, and the casualties caused to the Japanese army were even more serious.

"Boom", "Boom", "Boom"

The shelling was endless, but it was not like the Japanese army, which stopped firing 3 shells, but continued to bombard for nearly 20 minutes, each gun fired 20 shells, and nearly 5,000 shells were poured on the Japanese position, and the flesh and blood of the explosion flew sideways, and the huge smoke and dust covered the sky, making the living Japanese soldiers feel desperate and full of fear for the Lanfang army.

The wing commander looked at the forward positions that were being bombarded by artillery fire and said, "Your Excellency the brigade commander, let's withdraw, or the imperial soldiers will be completely lost." ”

"Where does the Wing Captain want to retreat?"

"Your Excellency the brigade commander, anyway, our artillery was blown up, let's enter the central mountain range, then the artillery of the Lanfang Kingdom will lose its effect, relying on the accurate shooting technology of the Imperial Army, it will definitely be able to deal a heavy blow to the Lanfang Kingdom, let's wait for domestic rescue while blocking the attack in the mountains, and then we will organize a counterattack and completely wipe out the army of the Lanfang Kingdom on the island of Taiwan."

"Shout, yes, pass my order, retreat to the central mountain range, bring more bullets and food."

"Yes, Your Excellency, Brigade Commander."

The Japanese army had just begun to arrange for evacuation, and the 2nd and 3rd regiments of the 18th Division of the Lanfang Army had already surrounded them, and the Lanfang Army, which suddenly appeared, hit the Japanese army by surprise and had no defense, and was hit by dense bullets, like cutting wheat, and fell in rows.

Although the accurate shooting of the Japanese army also caused some casualties to the Lanfang army, the Lanfang army was equipped with so many automatic weapons, and they would not have a chance to fire a second shot at all. In the open field, the Japanese army was like lambs to be slaughtered, falling down in batches, and being hit by the automatic weapons of the Lan Fang Army was powerless, and it was completely annihilated overnight.

Surrounded by several times the Lanfang army, the Japanese army lost the possibility of breaking through, the brigade commander felt that the defeat was decided, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to burn the military flag, and absolutely could not let the Lanfang army capture the military flag, then he would be a shame for the empire; At the same time, a farewell telegram was sent to the division and regimental headquarters.

Looking at the decreasing soldiers around them, the brigade commander and the wing commander reluctantly chose to commit suicide, even if they died, they could not die in the hands of Lan Fang's army, but they couldn't do it by disemboweling, they could only drink bullets and die, which was considered to be loyal to the empire.

After destroying the Japanese army, the 2nd Regiment stayed to clean up the battlefield, and the 3rd Regiment entered the urban area and began to occupy the police station, the city government, the tax bureau and other departments, and then arrested Japanese businessmen, traitors and their families, seized relevant assets, and waited for the arrival of the division headquarters.

Zhang Wei was very happy to receive the news that the 18th Division had recovered Tainan City, and had already occupied Taichung and Tainan, while Kaohsiung and Nanping were not at all difficult for the 18th Division.

Now let's watch the performance of the 19th Division, not only to drive the Japanese army out of Taibei and let the Japanese retreat to Keelung, as a bait to attract the arrival of the Japanese Navy and reinforcements, but also not to make the Japanese army feel that the Lanfang Army let them, this degree is difficult to grasp. (To be continued.) )