Chapter 119: Chasing Xiangjiang (2)
The air defense battalion and anti-tank battalion sent by Jing Yukun to Wang Yaowu really came in handy.
Wang Yaowu ordered Jing Yukun's anti-tank battalion and air defense battalion to go to Huayang to block the devil's westward advance, because the supplementary regiment equipment was the old equipment replaced by the 74th Army, and the firepower was insufficient, so the air defense battalion and the anti-tank battalion made up for the lack of firepower of the supplementary regiment.
The air defense battalion and the anti-tank battalion set off at night with the supplementary regiment, and soon they were first thrown by flares, then strafed and bombed by devil planes. The air defense battalion immediately returned the color, and one air defense company killed the three devil planes with a salvo of Buddha light and thunder, but the devil planes changed their formation method, attacked and harassed in batches and from multiple angles, and continued to strafe and bomb after the supplementary regiment without dispersing.
Wang Huankai, the commander of the supplementary regiment, realized that the devils must have ground spies to guide them so accurately to find the ** troops, so he ordered the large troops to continue to rush to the aid of Huayang, while arranging for the air defense battalion to save ammunition and attack the devil's plane with a single Buddha light flying thunder, and the anti-tank battalion sent a search team to clear the surrounding devils and ground guide personnel.
Sure enough, the Buddha light flew thunder to interfere with the attack of the devil plane, and the search team soon discovered that the devil spies on the ground used flashlights to provide guidance to the devil planes, so they also took out flashlights to disrupt the attack of the devil planes, and at the same time stepped up to clear and expel the devil spies.
The supplementary regiment rushed to Huayang in the early morning and immediately set up positions, the air defense battalions were scattered among the units, and the units were taught to cast smoke screens and use mirrors to guide the air defense, and the anti-tank battalions were arranged to maneuver in the rear.
At about 9 o'clock in the morning, the Devil Ikeda Brigade pressed the border and attacked with more than 10 planes, 4 tanks, 8 armored vehicles, and a heavy artillery brigade as a cover.
**In the backlit position, it is very uncomfortable to counterattack, and the various firepower of the devil is very handy. The air defense battalion instructed the troops to pick up the copper pieces that fell after the explosion of the Buddha's light and thunder as mirrors, and placed them on the position and in the surrounding areas, which also disturbed the devil's vision.
The devil was also dizzy under the glittering light, and it was basically on par with **, and the devil pilot on the plane basically couldn't find an important target, just threw the bomb indiscriminately.
The devil's plane was mostly blind, but the devil's tanks and armored vehicles were still very powerful, covering the infantry to rush and kill.
At this time, the anti-tank battalion saw that Wang Huankai was not very familiar with the combat methods of the anti-tank battalion, so he took the initiative to ask for free play.
At this time, it was very disadvantageous for the anti-tank battalion to shoot against the backlight with anti-aircraft guns, so it could only hide first, but the meteor and javelin mines could still show their skills, and they quickly destroyed 2 tanks and 2 armored vehicles.
Due to the late arrival of the anti-tank battalion at the front-line position, the devil's 2 tanks and 6 armored vehicles still rushed into the ** position, and the soldiers of the anti-tank battalion immediately surrounded the devil's tank and armored vehicle with anti-tank grenades and heavy shotguns, sacrificing more than 50 people, blowing up the devil's 2 tanks and 2 armored vehicles, capturing 4 armored vehicles, and the ** soldiers also repelled the devil infantry who were following behind the combat vehicle.
The replenishment regiment did not have time to breathe a sigh of relief, and the devils attacked again. The devil plane quickly adapted to the interference of the light and began to storm the ** position again. The infantry attack was not very strong. Wang Huankai immediately realized that the devil was going to flank and sent a cavalry search team to reconnoiter the devil's movements. The search team came to report, and the main force of the devils moved to the left.
Wang Huankai immediately transferred the first battalion out to block the flank attack of the devils, and the gap in the front was filled by the anti-tank battalion.
The devil relied on poison gas bombs to finally break through the flank of the supplementary regiment and take down the bear fang on the flank, so that the supplementary regiment suffered from the enemy on its belly and back. Wang Huankai could only set up the two anti-aircraft guns of the anti-tank battalion at the commanding heights and support them on all sides with their long range and high rate of fire.
Li Tianxia's division was in a favorable situation after adjustment, the two regiments recaptured Xiongfang, and the other troops also regained Shijie and Jigongling, and the situation took a sharp turn for the worse.
The Oniko Ikeda Brigade fell into a situation of being in a position of being in a position of backwater, and hurriedly crossed the river and retreated north of the Geumgang River. At this time, the ammunition of the replenishment regiment was almost exhausted, and it watched the devils cross the Jinjiang River north, and in a hurry, the red-eyed Wumu Army Air Defense Battalion put down the remaining dozens of Buddha Light Flying Thunder and fired them flat. The Foguang Flying Thunder had a flat range of nearly 3,000 meters, with 2,000 pieces of copper in each explosion and an explosion radius of 30 meters, killing and injuring more than 1,000 devils at one time.
Liu Maoer received an order from Jing Yukun to launch a surprise attack on the airfield in Nanchang. The most important problem was how to lead a force of more than 6,000 people across the lake area and the lake surface of more than 10 miles, where mountain artillery and antiaircraft artillery became a huge burden, and the cavalry battalion and baggage battalion were no better.
Wan Zixiong finally decided to personally lead a flying thunder company of an infantry battalion, an engineer battalion, a special service battalion, and an artillery battalion to cross the lake lightly; The cavalry battalion, artillery battalion, anti-tank battalion, and air defense battalion accelerated around the southern end of Poyang Lake to meet their own surprise troops; Two infantry battalions, a baggage battalion, a health brigade and a police battalion followed suit.
In order not to alarm the devils on the other side of the lake, Wan Zixiong did not dare to collect boats on a large scale, and only found about 10 dilapidated small wooden boats, carrying heavy machine guns, flying mines and other heavy equipment, other soldiers wrapped hay and dry reeds in tarpaulins and raincoats to make ferry tools, and the engineer battalion used long bamboos to form fences on both sides of the crossing troops to prevent the troops from scattering; He led all the light machine guns and heavy shotguns of the infantry battalion to sit in a rubber boat made of a truck spare tire as a commando.
Wan Zixiong's assault team landed on the shore of the lake, and the devil garrison found out. Wan Zixiong's commando team used heavy shotguns to defend and return fire on the spot, covering the light machine gunners to get dressed, eat a large number of anti-Japanese strength pills, and then launch an assault.
Wu Mujun's hunting suit was integrated with the lakeside environment, and the anti-Japanese enhancement pill greatly supplemented the physical strength, and the powerful firepower configuration launched a thunderous blow to the devil who had just woken up from his sleep, and quickly occupied the beachhead.
Sonobe and Ichiro didn't expect a fire in the backyard, so they hurriedly mobilized troops to encircle and suppress it.
Wan Zixiong ordered the infantry battalion and the engineer battalion to hold on to the spot with heavy machine guns, heavy shotguns, and some javelin flying mines, and he took all the light machine guns, sniper rifles, and meteor flying mines to infiltrate the Devil's Nanchang Airport under the cover of the special service battalion.
Wan Zixiong dispersed the special service battalion into squads, with each squad covering 2 light machine guns and 10 Meteor Flying Mines to act alone, and 12 sniper rifle teams to act independently and rush to the Nanchang airfield.
After a day and a night of infiltration, 7 combat squads and 10 sniper teams were in place at dawn. After a day and a night of continuous firefighting with the Wu Mu army, the devil also judged that the target of the Wu Mu army was the airport, so the airport was also strengthened, and the patrols with wolf dogs were dialed one after another.
The devil's plane began to prepare for sailing, and refueling trucks and tractors shuttled all over the airport. Wan Zixiong ordered to open fire, so light machine gun tracer bullets, sniper rifle tracer bullets, and meteor flying thunder poured wildly on the airfield, and the Nanchang airfield suddenly burst into flames.
While rescuing the airfield, the devil sent troops to counterattack Wan Zixiong. The bright light of the day made the Wu Mu army, which was fighting separately, quickly gather and formed a circular position to hold the defense.
Other units of Wan Zixiong's mobile brigade also rushed all the way to the airport, and the ** guerrillas around Nanchang also took advantage of the fire to rob and kill at the airport.
Wan Zixiong's follow-up troops advanced with trucks with heavy machine guns and carts pulling mortars while firing, and the cavalry battalion and infantry battalion were even more brave to rush and kill, and along the way, people blocked and killed Buddha and killed Buddha, and went straight to the airfield, quickly taking three strongholds near Wan Zixiong, and Wan Zixiong also retreated into the stronghold and commanded the troops to continue to attack the airfield.
With the heavy fire cover of antiaircraft guns, mountain artillery, and mortars, all units used all kinds of flying mines and light and heavy machine guns as the vanguard, and jumped through minefields, barbed wire, and deer barricades to attack the airfield.
** The guerrillas also had several units storming the airfield.
Wan Zixiong ordered the troops to seize important sectors of the airfield while plundering equipment and ammunition. As more and more guerrillas stormed the airfield, Wan Zixiong gathered his troops and conducted training.
Wan Zixiong Mobile Brigade lost more than 800 casualties, more than 1,300 seriously wounded, more than 2,000 minor wounds, thunder and artillery shells were exhausted, 217 trucks, 29 motorcycles, 519 large vehicles, 37 20mm anti-aircraft guns, 103 anti-aircraft machine guns, 17 heavy machine guns, 13 mortars, 21 20mm automatic guns, 29 captured devil officers and soldiers, 27 light machine guns, more than 700 rifles, 99 grenadiers, and more than 2,700 soldiers with combat capability. Wan Zixiong ordered the artillery battalion, anti-tank battalion, and engineer battalion to be merged into an artillery battalion, equipped with 37 anti-aircraft guns and 19 mortars, and the infantry battalion was all converted into a machine gun battalion, equipped with 103 anti-aircraft machine guns and 44 heavy machine guns; The special battalion was broken up to act as truck drivers and commanders; The baggage battalion and the cavalry battalion formed a support battalion equipped with 300 grenadier canisters and 120 light machine guns; The air defense battalion, the police battalion, the health team and the wounded formed the wounded battalion, and all the personnel advanced and retreated together, lived and died together, did not disperse the action, and the 75mm mountain guns and 25mm anti-aircraft guns that ran out of ammunition were sent to the ** guerrillas.
At this time, Xue Yue and Luo Zhuoying received a battle report and learned that Wan Zixiong's troops had attacked Nanchang Airport and captured a lot, so they ordered the ** guerrillas attacking the airport to advance to Shanggao west of Nanchang under the unified command of Wan Zixiong.
Wan Zixiong counted that there were 23 guerrilla units of all walks of life, with more than 9,000 people, and ordered them to merge the wounded into the wounded barracks, and sent some medical workers and soldiers to assist the medical team in caring for the wounded.
Wan Zixiong ordered the troops to launch an attack on Nanchang City: anti-aircraft guns fired directly at the devil's fortifications, and anti-aircraft machine guns fired flat fire to cover the ** guerrilla charge.
Sonobe and Ichiro had never seen this kind of deadly fighting, and hurriedly mobilized various troops to return to Nanchang, but the devil's 34th Division and Ikeda Brigade had been surrounded, and it was difficult to protect themselves, so Sonobe and Ichiro asked for help.
Sonobe and Ichiro had no choice but to order the 33rd Division of the Devils on the front line of Anyi and Fengxin to rescue Nanchang.
Wan Zixiong saw that the devils near Nanchang had gathered over, and he knew that it was meaningless to attack Nanchang City and occupy it, so he ordered the troops to suddenly stop the attack, and while the devils were still frightened, they withdrew from the battle and went south to bypass Nanchang City and advance in the direction of Shanggao.
Sonobe and Ichiro were relieved to see that Manko's Yubu had stopped attacking and withdrawn from the battle, and instead ordered the 33rd Division to rescue the 34th Division.
The 33rd Division of the Devil was finally dispatched, and Jing Yukun was busy: the engineer battalion flooded the roads and laid mines in many places according to the predetermined plan; The cavalry battalion waited for the opportunity to let go of the main force of the devils, attacked and plundered the devil's transport team and artillery, and the anti-tank battalion attacked the devil's infantry and artillery from a distance, and started artillery guerrilla warfare; The special battalion changed, added or removed the devil's road signs along the way, and used flags to lure the devils to get lost, making the devil's 33rd Division exhausted and embarrassed.
Jing Yukun personally led 3 infantry battalions to attack Fengxincheng. The mortar cleared the fire point of the devil, and then the light and heavy machine guns covered the infantry attack, and the infantry squad cleared the remaining fire point with the javelin flying mine, and soon broke into the city and started street fighting.
The 1st Infantry Battalion was responsible for carrying bamboo ladders from the house and going straight to the devil's warehouse and command post, mainly to plunder materials and equipment. As the area controlled by the Wumu Army expanded, the baggage battalion entered the city to take over all kinds of warehouses and seized materials.
Jing Yukun entered Fengxincheng with the team, picked up the phone of the devil's command post and shouted indiscriminately: one moment to fire support, one moment to apply for retreat, and one moment to inform that a certain stronghold has been recaptured...... Fluent Japanese and constantly changing telephones made the command headquarters in the devil city inconsistent, knowing that it was Wu Mujun who made trouble, but it was still difficult to distinguish the truth from the false, because Jing Yukun caught a staff officer of the devil's brigade, and he was frightened by Jing Yukun's subordinates in half a minute, and told him what he knew.
In order to prevent the devils from sending reinforcements, Jing Yukun ordered the troops to advance three and retreat one, so that the devils in Fengxincheng felt that it was possible to recapture Fengxincheng at any time. In the retreated devil stronghold, leave some tricks and thunders to kill and injure the devil's living force.
In order to rescue the 34th Division, Sonobe and Ichiro made a bloody investment, and transferred planes from Jiujiang to help in the battle, and finally used aerial bombs to blow up a way out for the 34th Division.
Liu Qinghe fought the most hated blocking battle for several days, and finally could fight back, following Liao Lingqi and Yu Chengwan to attack.
On Guanqiao Street, Liao Lingqi and Yu Chengwan surrounded more than 600 devils and beat them, Liu Qinghe came late and failed to grab the offensive position, so he could only watch the excitement from the sidelines.
At night, the devil planes actually fought overnight, and more than a dozen planes flew from afar. Liu Qinghe hurriedly ordered the troops to turn on the flashlights to attract the firepower of the devil's plane and relieve the pressure on Liao and Yu. Unexpectedly, the devil actually threw down a large number of weapons and ammunition!
Liu Qinghe immediately understood that the devils on Guanqiao Street had run out of ammunition and food, so he hurriedly informed Liao Lingqi and Yu Chengwan, and Liao and Yu received the report, and they boldly launched an attack with confidence and wiped out all the devils.
The same story was repeated at Jing Yukun: the 33rd Division of the Devil was surrounded by ** in the front street of the village, Jing Yukun saw the devil's plane coming, deployed the troops to shine in the mirror, attracted by thick smoke, and dispersed the devil's attack power, and the devil also sent ammunition to feed, and then found that it was wrong, so he was embarrassed to fly to the predetermined area and airdrop the remaining ammunition to his own people.
Wan Zixiong did not catch up with the feast of chasing and beating the devils, and took more than 10,000 people to get up early in the morning and catch up with a late market.
After the end of the battle, the Ninth Theater was rewarded for meritorious deeds, and the 74th Army, as the main force of the Shanggao Campaign, was naturally the first merit, and the other armies and divisions also had their own rewards. In fact, it is not the best generals who are greedy for merit, Luo Zhuoying, Wang Yaohu, Liao Lingqi, Yu Chengwan, and Li Jue all reported the merits of Wu Mujun's various departments: Wan Zixiong's attack on Nanchang Airport, Liu Qinghe's department started a series of frontal blockades from Surabaya, Jingyukun's Fengxin blocking, attacking Fengxin, and Huayang blocking; In particular, the support of the ministries for the first air defense and anti-combat vehicles...... But the Military Commission did not say a word.
Jing Yukun understands that Wu Mujun is an undesirable force to the Military Commission! So after reporting to the headquarters of the Wumu Army, he said goodbye to the Ninth Theater Commander's Department and various departments and returned to Xishan!
In this battle, the Wumu Army dispatched more than 20,000 troops, killed 1,925 people, seriously wounded 3,498 people, and lightly injured 7,023 people, it can be said that more than half of the casualties were killed, and the anti-aircraft firepower of the three mobile brigades was exhausted, losing 47 trucks, 217 large vehicles, and countless supplies of food, materials and ammunition, but it also killed and injured more than 5,000 devils, captured 29 prisoners, captured 4 heavily armed armored vehicles, 3 mountain guns, 37 anti-aircraft guns, 7 infantry guns, 27 mortars, and 27 20mm automatic guns; 103 light weapons anti-aircraft machine guns, 40 heavy machine guns, 194 light machine guns, 190 grenadiers, 1,567 rifles, 256 pistols, 379 grenades; equipped with 228 trucks, 32 motorcycles, 671 carts, 2,031 horses, 29 radio stations, 12 telephone exchanges, 41 telephones, 405 batteries, and some ammunition; other materials, food, individual equipment, food, and medicine; 71 devil planes, 6 tanks, 4 armored vehicles, and more than 60 tons of aircraft wreckage were captured.
Jing Yukun gathered his troops and planned to leave quietly, but Xue Yue, the commander of the Ninth Theater of Operations, insisted on refusing, and must see off the Wu Mu Army, up to the commander Xue Yue, the commander of the 19th Group Army Luo Zhuoying, and down to the captains of the guerrillas and the big and small of the guerrillas.
The Military Commission still came forward to express its feelings: it proposed to arrange a military train to transport the Wumu army back to Xishan.
Jing Yukun understood that the Military Commission was afraid that Wu Mujun would cause any more trouble along the way, but such a large team of Wu Mujun and supplies would require at least 5 or 6 military trains, and Jing Yukun was also afraid that the Military Commission would give Wu Mujun something to do, so he only arranged for the seriously wounded and a medical team and large supplies to return to Xishan by special train, and the combat troops returned to Xishan on foot on the grounds that they understood that the country's transportation pressure was too great.
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