Relying on unexpected attacks and brand-new tactics, the squadron gained the initiative at the beginning, and even once divided and surrounded the various units of the Japanese army, just as Wang Jingjiu had the dream of annihilating the Japanese army one by one, in the afternoon of the same day, the Japanese army began to act in unison, and under the strategy of other troops, the encircled troops began to break through, and relied on the Octagonal Mountain and Longwang Ridge to establish a defensive position. ｀｀し

"Charge, kill", hundreds of soldiers of the 52nd Division launched a charge against a small hill, and the heavy machine guns covering it also jubilantly slammed the trench that the Japanese had just dug up.

The Japanese position was quiet, and it seemed that all the people were dead, but the battalion commander who commanded the attack knew that this was impossible, and he had already made several such charges today, and when he saw that the Chinese soldiers were less than 100 meters away from the Japanese position, he made a gesture to let the mortars and heavy machine guns fire at full speed regardless of accidental damage, and the special shooters (snipers) also lay on their stomachs in the firing positions, pulled the bolts of their guns, and were ready to shoot at the enemy who was outcropping.

As in the previous attack, when the distance between the two sides was less than 50 meters, the Japanese troops came out of the trenches one after another, shooting at the enemy who was close at hand, and a heavy machine gun deployed in a hidden place also sounded, and the charging squadron was immediately swept down.

This is a broken Japanese army, only a small team, in the face of frontal and flank attacks, not only did not retreat, but repelled two charges of the squadron in a row, and only after receiving the signal flare from the rear did they use the smoke to withdraw from the position.

Wang Jingjiu saw through the telescope that the Japanese army's retreat was orderly and did not show any panic, and the broken troops covered each other, and even dared to seize the opportunity to counterattack.

Wang Jingjiu sighed: "If we are defeated but not chaotic, and if we withdraw but not rout, our troops will not be able to do it." ”

Xie Jinyuan, the commander of the 107th Division, also rushed over, his arrival showed that the two armies had completed the encirclement of the Japanese army, but there was no joy on his face, and he frowned and said: "I'm afraid it's not defeated but not chaotic, it's not defeated at all, so far we haven't succeeded in encircling and annihilating more than one squadron of Japanese troops into formed troops, maybe the devils are trying to attract our main force here, and then let other devils rush over and attack inside and outside." ”

It is a pity to say that the attack of the squadron once achieved the effect of surprise to the enemy, surrounded the Japanese squadron and brigade many times, and even once caught the Japanese army's mountain artillery wing, Wang Jingjiu personally commanded the siege, but the Japanese army desperately resisted, and after the mountain artillery bore was blown up, most of them escaped under the attack of another Japanese squadron.

Wang Jingjiu put down the binoculars, asked people to put a map of Jiujiang in 5,000, calculated the situation of the two sides in his mind, and sighed, "Brother Zhongmin, it doesn't matter if we are here, I'm afraid of what happened to Hu Boyu?" ”

Xie Jinyuan nodded with a heavy face, it was the 2 divisions of the 26th Army, which went to the rear of Japan and went back, since the Anti-Japanese War, no unit has done this.

Wang Jingjiu did not know the situation of the 108th Division and the newly formed 18th Division, and Xu Ming did not know either.

The main reason was that the contact method at that time was cheating on the father, at that time there was already a convenient 25 kilowatt small radio, a single soldier could run on his back, but the transmission effect in the mountains was extremely poor, and the larger radio station was complicated to operate, and it was necessary to turn on the phone in a stable state and slowly set up the contact. Once on the march in the mountains, neither of these stations is easy to use.

There is nothing more worrying than not being able to contact the roundabout troops, Xu Ming stayed in the telegraph room, did not say anything, smoked one cigarette after another, Zhang Shaofang, the chief of staff next to him, saw Xu Ming so anxious, and comforted, "General seat, no news is good news, if they are in danger, they will definitely stop to send electricity to contact." ”

Xu Ming smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I'm not too worried about Hu Lian, our troops know that even if they encounter several times the siege of the Japanese army, they can support it, and they will never be wiped out, I'm worried about Jinguanqiao, I still contacted in the morning, why can't I get in touch now?" ”

Zhang Shaofang also said suspiciously: "Yes, there are 2 divisions there, so it is impossible to lose the position in one day." ”

The fact is that the squadron did lose the Kim Guan Bridge in one day.

War is by no means something that can be studied clearly in the room, Xu Ming and Zhang Shaofang broke their heads and did not think of it, it is what Okamura Ningji has been pursuing, at this moment, in the command headquarters of Hukou, holding a telegram from Junrokuro Matsuura, the commander of the 106th Division, and said with a smile,

"Yo Xi, take the Jinguan Bridge in 12 hours, and fully realize the predetermined combat intention."

Then he said to the head of the operations division, Miyazaki: "Miyazaki-kun, thank you for your battle plan, the people of China would never have imagined that we would use 2 divisions at once in such a narrow place." ”

Miyazaki quickly stood up and bowed: "This is all your excellent operational thinking, Commander, concentrating the main force and attacking the flanks, completely disrupting the defensive deployment of the Chinese people. ”

"Miyazaki-kun, don't be modest, just have my ideas, and don't turn my ideas into plans, it is impossible to achieve such excellent results."

The two were playing a trick of fake modesty, and a communications soldier ran over and reported loudly: "Report to the commander, the commander of the Ito Division has called, the Imperial Army has completely occupied the East and West Guling at 16 o'clock on the 21st, the Sato Detachment (composed of the commander of the 101st Brigade and the 1 Mountain Artillery Brigade, etc.) is advancing in the direction of Jinlun Peak, and the main force of the division is attacking and advancing along the road in the direction of Pass Town. ”

Hearing this news, the personnel of the 11th Army Headquarters were completely boiling, several staff officers shook hands with each other, and shouted happily one by one, and the other personnel also became full of energy, since the establishment of the 11th Army in June, there has been no joy here, almost always losing battles, many people are embarrassed to say that it is the headquarters of the 11th Army when they go out.

The Japanese army's two-way offensive in the direction of Dean completely achieved the predetermined operational objectives, and it should be said that it was more ideal than originally planned. Okamura Ninji was extremely satisfied, and said loudly: "Tell the commander of the Matsuura Division that the 106th Division and the 27th Division will speed up the pace of attack and be sure to seize the positions near the Mahuiling front; Order the commander of the Ito Division to take the town of Pass at all costs and open the gate to De'an! ”

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The headquarters of the 2nd Corps of De'an is now in chaos.

The noise of various sounds, the haste of personnel coming and out, and the roar of Xue Yue.

"I can't get in touch by phone, I can't be reached by telegram, you guys ride me over and tell Li Bohao that you will call the last person and take back the Jinguan Bridge for me."

Since noon yesterday, the contact between De'an and Jinguanqiao has been cut off, and news has been sent from Wuhan that the Japanese army's communication code has been deciphered and that Jinguanqiao has been lost.

Then Ma Huiling's 4th Army sent a telegram and found a large number of Japanese troops, apparently, Jinguanqiao had fallen into the hands of the enemy, the problem was that the 2 divisions of Jinguanqiao had lost contact for a whole day.

Chief of Staff Zhao Zili persuaded: "Commander-in-chief, Commander-in-Chief Li is probably attacked by the superior Japanese army, and he can't be contacted for a while, so it's better to wait." ”

"What are you waiting for! How this battle was fought, the position was lost in less than a day, and even the strength and number of the Japanese army were not clarified. ”

Although there was a fire, and even the teacup on the table was shattered, Xue Yue's heart was extremely worried, he did not expect that the Japanese army would attack De'an, but he did not expect that the Japanese army's attack would be so large.

The Japanese army with 5 numbers has been discovered, which is still found in a place where the battle situation is relatively good, such as the Jinguan Bridge, where it is certain that the Japanese army has a strong force, but it is impossible to find out the specific number of the enemy.

According to the worst speculation, the 2nd Japanese Army in the direction of Mahuiling and Xingzi Pass at Jinguanqiao may have 4-5 divisions!

Xue Yue's speculation was correct, according to Okamura Ningji's plan, the Japanese army would invest more than 70,000 people in 4 divisions at one time.

At the same time that Xu Ming launched an attack on the 9th Division, the Japanese soldiers divided into two routes and attacked in the direction of De'an. Like the 26th Army, the Japanese army had already lurked in front of the forward position of the squadron before the attack, and then quickly occupied the squadron's position with the help of attacking artillery fire.

Only a "few" attacked head-on, and each hill "only" put in one infantry brigade, while the main force of the Japanese army made a detour from the side mountain road according to the advance offensive route to complete the encirclement of the outer line of the squadron.

Immediately after, the troops in front of the Japanese army joined the main force of the Japanese army in a roundabout way after occupying the forward position of the squadron, and at the same time completed the encirclement of the inner line of the squadron.

That is why, within 24 hours, the 2 corps and 4 divisions of the squadron collapsed on the entire front.

The Chinese and Japanese campaigns at Jiujiang and De'an adopted this mode of operation at the same time, and this mode was the first for both sides. However, the Japanese army achieved complete success, and with its strong attack and execution, the Japanese army completed the combat attempts one by one like a precise gear. And Jiujiang's squadron, although it also worked very hard, and even launched an attack at the first time, but the attacked Japanese army, whether it was flanked or surrounded, or even lost contact and commander, was able to effectively resist the attack of the squadron.

This is something that the squadron cannot do, and the quality of the troops on both sides determines the outcome of the operation.

On September 22, the situation in De'an continued to deteriorate, and after the Japanese 101st and 116th Divisions occupied the East and West Guling, they followed the retreating 66th Army, and then concentrated 11 infantry brigades and rushed into the pass in one fell swoop. The fall of the pass made the Japanese left wing corps take the complete initiative, and a large number of vehicles and armored units drove on the road from the pass to De'an, heading for De'an, where the headquarters of the 9th Corps of the 2nd Theater of the Squadron was located