The outbreak of the Pacific War is a great thing for any strategically conscious Chinese, because Japan is simply asking for its own death by launching multiple fronts with a small country with limited resources, not to mention provoking the United States, an industrial power. Tuesday Dog thinks so too!

Soon, however, Tuesday Dog didn't see it that way!

Before the outbreak of the Pacific War, when the 4th Division was withdrawn from the Second Battle of Changsha, it was assigned a temporary task by Shunroku Hata when it was transferred to Shanghai to recuperate-starting from Nanjing, attacking and advancing along the Nanjing-Shanghai Railway, and opening up the Nanjing-Suzhou section of the Nanjing-Shanghai Railway.

The Fourth Division of the Devil is a rare waste division in the Japanese army, although it performed in the second Battle of Changsha, and even entered the city of Changsha, but its style of "Imperial Body Cut" still made Anan only dare not compliment, so he applied for the transfer of the Fourth Division to other places, so Hata Shunroku regarded the Fourth Division as a dispensable unit, transferred to Shanghai to rest, and ordered the Fourth Division to open up the Nanjing-Shanghai Railway halfway, in fact, Hata Shunroku did not have much hope.

However, the Fourth Division is also a division of the Japanese army, with artillery, cavalry, engineers, and baggage wings all available, and the division commander Kenzo Kitano is also the commander who led the Fourth Division to create the best results, which can be described as a capable general with a good way of leading the troops!

For the soldiers' refusal to give up their lives, Kitano Kenzo has his own unique understanding, no soldier is unwilling to pursue the glory of victory, but the question of the size of the odds of victory is related to the confidence of all the officers and men of the Fourth Division, that is to say, in the case of the probability of victory, the officers and men of the Fourth Division can still move forward bravely! Therefore, Kenzo Kitano created this environment and atmosphere for the 4th Division.

Kitano Kenzo responded with naval warships on the Yangtze River and shelled the river defense positions of the Wumu Army at the northern foot of Baohua Mountain on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and at the same time, the artillery wing drew out 12 75mm mountain guns and 12 75mm field guns to bombard together, and at the same time, the two artillery squadrons attached to the wing had a total of 8 75mm mountain guns to cover the infantry attack of the two wings.

The Baohua Shanjiang Defense Brigade of the Wumu Army counterattacked with dozens of anti-aircraft guns, but the firepower was too weak, and it was a long-distance over-the-horizon artillery battle, so it was not able to resist the bombardment of the devil's naval artillery and mountain artillery, so Jin Manlou commanded the infantry to supplement the firepower with meteor flying thunder in close combat, causing a lot of losses to the devil infantry.

Xiang Qingyun got a report from Jin Manlou and other parties, and learned that the devil used a division to deal with Baohua Mountain, and urgently mobilized other troops to reinforce it, but Kitano Kenzo put an infantry wing in his hand, a cavalry wing, and a mountain artillery cover with 24 artillery wings, and copied the back road of the Baohua Mountain River Defense Brigade along the southern foot of Baohua Mountain, and swept all the way to the north of Jurong County occupied by the New Fourth Army, while the heavy artillery of the Wumu Army was still far north of Xishan, and the armored brigade was also deployed on the front line of Juhu Lake and Changdang Lake, and it was too late to rescue. Only the light infantry of the two garrison battalions of Jintan and Danyang who can provide rescue is just a drop in the bucket! In order to prevent the devils from cutting off the retreat of the Baohuashan troops, Xiang Qingyun made a quick decision and ordered Jin Manlou to lead the Jiangfang Brigade to retreat in the direction of Danyang, and at the same time, the Zhenjiang Garrison Brigade also quickly withdrew to Danyang.

Kitano Kenzo led the Wo Bag Waste Division Regiment to make another contribution! Although a large number of personnel and equipment were lost, after all, Baohua Mountain and Zhenjiang were controlled, and the resumption of construction of the Nanjing-Shanghai Railway was guaranteed.

Seeing that the 4th Division had become so strong under Kitano Kenzo, Shunroku Hahata asked for credit and encouragement for the 4th Division and Kitano Kenzo, and on the other hand ordered Kitano Kenzo to continue to attack and advance towards Changzhou!

Kenzo Kitano received the order to continue the attack and advance, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: Continue the attack, how easy is it to say! If it weren't for the careful calculation of my Kitano Kenzo and the strong morale of the heavy artillery attack with this occupation of Baohua Mountain, and the calculation that the heavy firepower troops of the Shina people would not have time to rescue, the capture of Baohua Mountain would have been a fluke, and then let these Osaka traders continue to fight with their lives, dream!

Sure enough, without waiting for the Fourth Division to gain a firm foothold, Jin Manlou commanded the Baohua Shanjiang Defense Brigade, the Danyang Garrison Battalion, the Jintan Garrison Battalion, two cavalry battalions of the mobile detachment, and 21 tanks and 17 armored vehicles of the armored brigade to launch a counteroffensive.

The tanks and armored vehicles of the armored brigade covered the infantry to attack the temporary fortifications built by the devils at the southern foot of Baohua Mountain, and there were more than 50 25mm anti-aircraft guns of the Jiangfang Brigade behind them to destroy the heavy machine guns, infantry guns, and mortar positions of the devil infantry, and the infantry garrison battalion was equipped with American-made Browning light machine guns, with super firepower, and quickly recaptured the front-line positions on the edge of the mountain.

The infantry of the Wumu Army has only 3 garrison battalions and more than 1,600 people, although the firepower is strong, after all, it is not as good as the devil's nearly 10,000 infantry, not including artillery, cavalry, engineers and other troops, and their own tanks and armored vehicles can only support to the edge of the mountain, and the cavalry only has more than 10 mortars, but Jin Manlou has his own calculations, and the troops do not compete with the devils for a city and a place, and concentrate firepower to go straight to the devil's artillery position to kill.

Kitano Kenzo was also dumbfounded, the people of China actually charged with thousands of light machine guns, and the horror of the firepower can be imagined! Hurriedly ordered the cavalry wing to attack the infantry from the flank, causing a scuffle and restricting the powerful firepower of the Chinese people!

The Devil Cavalry Wing came up in a roundabout way and fought opposite the cavalry of the Wumu Army who was closely following the infantry, and quickly killed each other. The short shotguns equipped with the cavalry of the Wumu army are very annoying, although the lethality is not large, but the hit rate is extremely high, although the devil cavalry has suffered a lot of losses, but it still disrupts the formation of the Wumu army's infantry, covering a large number of devil infantry rushing up and causing a melee.

Jin Manlou knew that as long as the Wu Mu army continued to fight, there would be no danger for the time being, and once he retreated, he would be killed and injured by the devil's artillery; However, Wu Mujun's Browning light machine gun ammunition was consumed too quickly and could not be supported for too long; Therefore, Jin Manlou only hopes that Xiang Qingyun will come to the front line in person, bring reinforcements, and take over his command!

Xiang Qingyun is weighing the pros and cons at this time, the devil attacked the Baohua Shanjiang Defense Brigade and 3 garrison battalions with less than 4,000 people in an integrated division of more than 20,000 people, and naturally the victory is in hand, and more than 3,000 people have been sent to the armored brigade and cavalry brigade of the mobile detachment, which are evenly matched with the Japanese army on a large scale, in fact, the mobile detachment of the Wumu Army lacks Ke Hua, Wu Zhen, Niu Daojia and other fierce generals and some equipment, and the strength does not dare to overestimate, if the war further escalates, the mobile troops of the Wumu Army will be overstretched. Xiang Qingyun finally decided to withdraw from Baohua Mountain!

Xiang Qingyun urgently reported his conclusion to the Xishan headquarters, while sending Duanmu Changyan to send a special operations force to reinforce Baohua Mountain.

Tuesday, Gou, Zhao Dahu, and Zeng Qi received a report from Xiang Qingyun at this time, believing that Baohua Mountain is a strategic place to control the Devil's Yangtze River Waterway and the Nanjing-Shanghai Railway, and must be defended!

At the same time, the Military Commission received a war report and also called to emphasize the importance of the Baohua Mountain stronghold and strictly ordered it to defend it.

Xiang Qingyun got a clear order to counterattack Baohua Mountain, so he had to carry out the order! Therefore, the Xu Jiguang Infantry Brigade of the Mobile Detachment stationed in Liyang was dispatched to the front line of Baohua Mountain to reinforce by trucks of a joint logistics brigade, in an effort to recapture the Baohua Mountain base.

Although the Wu Mu army is small in number, it is well-equipped and has strong combat effectiveness, and it is not inferior to the fourth division that is unwilling to fight hard, not to mention that the artillery and naval guns of the devils in the melee cannot be used, and they can only rely on infantry and cavalry to fight for their lives.

After a day and night, the Wu Mu army finally could not support it, the ammunition of the garrison battalion was unsustainable, and Xu Jiguang's infantry brigade took over the defense of several garrison battalions, and it was difficult to break through the stalemate.

Therefore, Xiang Qingyun ignored the strong orders of the General Headquarters and the Military Commission, decisively withdrew his troops from the front line of Baohua Mountain and blocked the enemy on the front line of Danyang. When the Fourth Division saw that Wu Mu's army had withdrawn from Baohua Mountain, it couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and it would not pursue and ask for trouble.

lost Baohua Mountain, and asked Qingyun to personally return to the headquarters to ask for guilt. After everyone's calm discussion and argumentation, they believed that Xiang Qingyun's decision was reasonable and wise.

Next, the 21st Division transferred from the front line of Zhongtiao Mountain was stationed in Wuhu, the 33rd Division was stationed in Zhenjiang, and the 38th Division was stationed in Wuxi, and everyone affirmed Xiang Qingyun's wisdom. However, the Military Commission did not forgive and severely reprimanded Wu Mujun for losing the city and land, and Gou and others ignored it on Tuesday.

It was at this time that the Pacific War broke out! So on Tuesday, Gou hurriedly sent garrison troops and guerrilla troops from Danyang and Dangtu to attack Wuhu, Nanjing, Zhenjiang, and Baohua Mountain to cover the rescue operation in Shanghai and rescue thousands of international friends, state organs, and troops of the New Fourth Army.

For Wu Mujun's base in southern Jiangsu, Shunroku Hata had a plan. The Fourth Division, the 21st Division, the 33rd Division, and the 38th Division were all units transferred to the Southern Army according to the plan of the base camp.

Seeing that the four passing divisions were already in place, Hata Junroku ordered the fourth division to attack Jurong and Maoshan; The 33rd Division attacked Danyang and Changzhou; The 21st Division attacked Dangtu and Gaochun, the 38th Division attacked Jiangyin from Wuxi, the 11th Brigade attacked Yangcheng Lake and Changshu from Suzhou, the 20th Brigade attacked Wuxing from Jiaxing, and the 15th Division of Hangzhou dispatched a detachment to advance along Deqing and Anji, heading straight to the southern foot of Xishan between Guangde and Changxing.

This time, the devil mobilized more than 100,000 ground troops of 4 divisions and 3 independent mixed brigades (including a detachment of the same level) against the base area in southern Jiangsu.

In the face of the pressure of the dark clouds, Tuesday Dog and others formulated a helpless plan to shrink their forces and stick to Xishan! The Baohua Mountain River Defense Brigade, the Zhenjiang Garrison Brigade, and the Danyang Garrison Battalion were used to hold the line at the northern end of Danyang and Maoshan to block the offensive route from Danyang to the south bank of the Yangtze River, and at the same time prevent the devils from attacking the Xishan base area to the south; The cavalry brigade and the armored brigade moved into the area between Taihu Lake and Zhuhu Lake, and responded to the Changzhou garrison brigade to block the enemy in the direction of Wuxi; The Jintan garrison battalion withdrew to the original defense, and sent an additional anti-tank brigade to guard the two passages connecting the northern foot of Xishan from Zhuhu Lake to Changdang Lake and Changdang Lake to Maoshan south of Jintan, and to provide necessary reinforcements to the Danyang line; Xu Jiguang's infantry brigade was stationed in Liyang; Duan Jinshi's infantry brigade was stationed in Yixing; The artillery brigade was stationed between Yixing and Liyang, in all directions north of Xishan; Han Jinkui's motorized infantry brigade was stationed between Changxing and Guangde at the southern foot of Xishan; There are Xishan garrison camps, Wumu Military Academy, and teaching brigades as reserves.

After a hard battle, the 4th Division regained its old self and refused to rush forward, but the 33rd Division, a garrison division, rushed forward to fight. This division and regimental artillery of more than 10,000 people has only 24 mountain and field guns, three infantry wings with four infantry guns in each wing, and only four heavy machine guns at the brigade level.

The devil who is not self-sufficient uses a division to attack the Wu Mu army with a division that cuts corners, but how do you know that the guns of the Wu Mu army are also bloodthirsty!

When the three wings of the devil launched an attack on Danyang in a semi-encircled formation, the Zhenjiang Garrison Brigade of the Wumu Army and the Danyang Garrison Battalion spit out tongues of fire with more than 300 Browning light machine guns on the front, and the devils lost 6 or 700 people before they knew that this unit was actually equipped with all light machine guns, and the light and heavy machine guns of the entire 33rd Division of the devils were several times more! So he planned to use the cover of planes and artillery to win with the advantage of heavy firepower!

As soon as 24 75mm mountain guns and 12 Type 92 infantry guns were put in formation, more than 50 anti-aircraft guns of the Baohua Shanjiang Defense Brigade of the Wumu Army destroyed most of the heavy firepower of the devils in a round of firepower. Now all the devil planes know that the anti-aircraft fire in southern Jiangsu is very powerful!

Since you bombed me with planes, I will bully your infantry! Jin Manlou has never suffered losses. He ordered an infantry company in the frontal position to launch a counter-charge with more than 50 light machine guns, breaking into the devil's attack formation, and there were not only more machine guns behind, but also anti-aircraft guns to cover, and the devil's frontal attacking troops were scattered! Just as the Wu Mu army was preparing for a full-scale counterattack, the devil saw the opportunity and quickly retreated.

Under the strong orders of Shunroku Hatata, the 4th Division of the Devils had to strike again. Kitano Kenzo was indeed capable, and supported the infantry of the 33rd Division with 60 75mm mountain guns and 30 infantry guns of all the artillery of the division to launch another attack.

Because the artillery of the Fourth Division strictly abided by the artillery discipline and built strong artillery fortifications, the small-caliber anti-aircraft guns of the Wu Mu Army had no meaning in killing the devil's artillery, and they could only constantly shift their positions, evading the devil's artillery fire while sniping at the devil's light fire point.

Seeing that the Wumu army retreated into the city, the devil was like a hedgehog in the regiment, and he had no way to speak, so he had to cover a small number of infantry with artillery fire for a symbolic attack, and the main force of the 33rd Division bypassed Danyang and attacked Changzhou directly.

Seeing that the devil was playing this little trick, Jin Manlou ordered the troops to counterattack in an all-out way, and quickly routed the infantry of the 33rd Division, while the slippery artillery of the 4th Division quickly retreated to safety.

I have to admit that the devil's will to fight is indeed very strong, and the 33rd Division has almost become a light infantry division, and it is still attacking Changzhou strongly. Shunroku Hata also hurriedly ordered the 38th Division attacking Jiangyin to turn around and cooperate with the 33rd Division to attack Changzhou.

The Changzhou garrison has only one garrison brigade of more than 1,500 people, more than 600 Browning light machine guns, 9 90mm mortars, and strong city fortifications.

Just when the two sides were at a stalemate, the devils dispatched hundreds of planes at one time to bomb Changzhou and Danyang. The effect of a large number of high-altitude bombardments was also very impressive, and the Wumu army had to withdraw from the city and disperse to the Taihu Lake-Zhuhu Lake-Changdang Lake-Maoshan Line for defense. The devil finally opened up the Nanjing-Zhenjiang-Changzhou-Wuxi first-line transportation, so he hurried to restore the Nanjing-Shanghai railway.

The opening of the Nanjing-Shanghai railway line injected a burst of stimulants into the devils, so the 33rd Division and the 38th Division turned south along the west bank of Taihu Lake to continue the attack; The 21st Division attacked Dangtu and Gaochun; The 11th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade attacked the front line of Yangcheng Lake and Changshu from Suzhou; The 20th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade attacked Wuxing from Jiaxing; The 15th Division of Hangzhou dispatched a detachment to advance along Deqing and Anji, and went straight to the southern foot of Xishan between Guangde and Changxing.

In the face of the menacing multi-way attack of the devils, Tuesday Dog, Zhao Dahu, Xiang Qingyun, Zeng Qi and others fought back vigorously. Xiang Qingyun was responsible for commanding the troops on the northern front of Xishan, Zeng Qi was in command of the troops on the southern front of Xishan and the defense of Xishan, and Zhao Dahu was responsible for coordinating the overall situation and mobilizing the guerrilla corps on the outer line.

The devils on the southern front independently mixed into the 20th Brigade to attack Wuxing first. Wu Zishun, the captain of the Wuxing Garrison Brigade, was born as a spy of the plainclothes team, and he studied at the Wumu Military Academy for one year, and most of the backbone of the unit also trained in rotation in the teaching brigade, but he did not go through a major battle, and the army was still the old foundation of the plainclothes team and the security regiment. So Zeng Qi sent Wang Yilang to Wuxing to sit in town.

Wu Zishun knew that his combat ability was far inferior to that of other troops, and in the face of the menacing devils, Wu Zishun sent the veterans who were supplemented by Wu Mujun to guard the key points, and the others gathered in the city to speak: "Brothers, although Wu Mujun treats us as brothers, we must know what is going on with ourselves, we are the children raised by our stepmothers!" Because Wu Mujun's old brothers have rolled back and forth in the blood water a few times, and we have not had one! Today, I want to shed my blood with the blood of Wu Mujun, whether I can stand up again or not, I will be Wu Mujun in the future! All the officers either took off their uniforms and got out, or stood in the first row and charged at the devils! When we come back, we are the dignified Wu Mujun! ”

"Fight!" "It's done!" "Cool!" …… Ma Decai, Yu San'er, Ge Heizi, Zhao Qing and others expressed their positions one after another, and the other officers were also aroused to blood, all of them were red in the face, red ears, and green tendons!

At Wang Yilang's strong request, the officers of the Wuxing Garrison Brigade took off their ranks to avoid the sniping of devil snipers, and all entered the front-line position, preparing to launch the first round of counterattack. Wang Yilang commanded 9 mortars and 18 heavy machine guns for fire cover!

After the routine artillery bombardment of the devils, a brigade of infantry set up a wave formation of more than ten layers, intending to attack Wuxing City in one go!

The devils attacked 5 or 60 meters from the front-line position, and Wu Zishun led dozens of battalion and company platoon commanders to rush out of the trenches with light machine guns, and the soldiers also rushed up in a mess.

Wu Zishun didn't expect to fight like this, and the troops counterattacked and hunted! Thousands of people scurried around with machine guns, and they fought when they saw devils, not only defeating the attacking devil brigade, but also chasing them to the end, defeating 3 infantry brigades in a row!

Wang Yilang completely lost control of the situation on the position at the head of the city, and saw Wu Zishun lead the garrison brigade to kill the devil like a tiger entering a flock, but Wu Xing only left 1 artillery company and 1 heavy machine gun company brought by himself to defend the city. The Wuxing garrison brigade miraculously became extremely brave, and the casualties of officers at all levels were not too great. The Wuxing Garrison Brigade became famous in the first battle and became the most ferocious unit of the Wumu Army.

When the devils bombed again to cover the infantry attack on Wuxing, Wu Zishun withdrew from Wuxing City under the strict order of Wang Yilang and turned along the mountain to the south in the direction of Deqing.

Wu Zishun learned from the radio that the Boyan detachment dispatched by the devil Hangzhou had arrived in Anji through Deqing, and ordered Wu Zishun to go around Daoqing and tail attack the devil Boyan detachment.

When Wu Zishun chased to Anji, the Boyan detachment had been blocked by Han Jinkui's motorized infantry brigade in the mountain pass area of Anseong. Because there are many factories in Xishan now, it is impossible to let the devils get close!

Wu Zishun beat him very hard, and when he gave an order, the troops were another charge that killed the old master with a random fist, and the devil Boyan detachment was crushed into the Tianmu Mountain in the form of stragglers, and most of the infantry guns, anti-aircraft guns, and heavy machine guns were discarded.

Han Jinkui was so angry that he scolded Wu Zishun: "What kind of battle did the ** fight!" A good war of annihilation has been fought into a crushing battle! I have to send someone to clear out the devil's rout, and I'm in trouble! ”

Wu Zishun was speechless in the face of Han Jinkui, who had experienced a hundred battles, but Wang Yilang, who rushed over, spoke for Wu Zishun: "What do you know?" Can your troops play with this momentum? ”

"Wu Zishun, order the troops to be in a group of every 2 machine guns, prepare enough grenades, and go into the mountains to clear out the devils and rout!" Wang Yilang's experience in leading troops has been perfected, and he knows very well that the Wuxing garrison brigade has played boldly, and he has to arrange some detailed work to improve the tactical level of the troops.

The rout of the Boyan detachment was cleared by Wu Zishun, dropped its heavy equipment, fled into Wuxing City, and joined the 20th Brigade Regiment of the Devil's Independent Mix, and then attacked Changxing again after replenishing equipment by aircraft.

The 38th Division went straight to Yixing along the Taihu Lake and the Zhuhu Lake, the 33rd Division went straight to Liyang along the Zhuhu Lake and Changdang Lake, and the 21st Division swept through Gaochun and arrived at Langxi, and the 4 divisions formed an encirclement of Xishan, and helped the battle with more than 100 aircraft!

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