[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 189: Surprise Attack on Hukou (Ask for subscription)

Although Yin Dong Masaki felt that Okamura Ningji's order seemed a bit unreliable, it was extremely unwise to move troops indiscriminately without knowing the actual situation of the Shina army, you must know that there were millions of Shina troops around Wuhan, and the central army of Shina, which was extremely combative, was basically concentrated here, and once there was a mistake in command, it was very likely to be completely annihilated by the enemy.

But Yin Dong Zhengxi did not dare to object, although he is also a dignified lieutenant general, but compared to Okamura Ninji, his qualifications are far worse. Okamura graduated sixth in the Army Noncommissioned Officer School when he was a student, and was awarded by His Majesty the Emperor for his outstanding grades at the Army University.

And in the subsequent military career, Okamura Ninji was listed as a key training officer by the base camp, and his rise all the way was like riding a rocket, and no one could compare. Because of this, Yoon Dongzheng Hee knew that Okamura Ninji was taking risks, but he didn't dare to say a word, so he could only follow the order.

After receiving the order, Yin Dong Zhengxi immediately called the commander of the 101st Wing, Kunigoro Iizuka and ordered him to lead his troops and horses and field artillery wings to Jiujiang to urgently reinforce Sakamoto Shiro. In particular, when passing through Xingang, it is necessary to defeat the Shina army in Xingang and ensure the rear of Shiro Sakamoto and their 101st Wing.

Due to the departure of the 101st Wing, there was only one baggage wing left in the Japanese army at Hukou, and all the soldiers added up to only more than 1,000 people. In addition to garrisoning a Hukou county town in Nuoda, these people also had to guard over more than 10,000 prisoners in a prisoner of war camp, and their troops were already stretched, so Yin Dong Zhengxi also ordered the 157th Wing of Dingshan Town to immediately move to Hukou County.

However, what Yin Dong Zhengxi did not expect was that less than an hour after the departure of the 101st Wing, a huge fleet suddenly appeared on the river outside Hukou City. Before the Japanese army could figure out the situation. The warships opened fire.

"Boom" "Boom" "Boom"

The powerful naval guns continued to explode on the positions garrisoned by the Japanese troops, and the already modest fortifications along the river were destroyed by artillery fire in a very short time. Immediately after that, a large number of Chinese troops began to land, and the Battle of Hukou began.

After receiving a call from the defenders along the river, Yoon Dong-jung was stunned, and only this morning did he receive a report that the Navy's Third Fleet had been attacked and its whereabouts were now unknown. It is likely that the entire army has been wiped out, but I did not expect the Chinese Navy to appear outside Hukou County so soon.

If it is okay in peacetime, the navy will be able to act majesticly on the water, and it is of course impossible for them to give bayonets to warships and fight them. As long as he has a wing of infantry in his hands, Yoon Dong Jung-hee is confident that he will stand against at least three Chinese infantry divisions.

But the problem is that now he has only one wing of baggage troops, and the so-called baggage soldiers are transport troops, which does not mean that transport troops cannot go to the battlefield, but the main task of transport troops is to transport supplies and ammunition. In peacetime, it is rare to really fight the enemy face-to-face, so both the quality of the soldiers and the will to fight are far inferior to those of normal field troops.

Moreover, although the establishment of the baggage troops is at the wing level, the number of soldiers is only about 1,300, which can barely be regarded as a reinforced brigade. Now with such a force to defend the city, Yin Dong Zhengxi is also drunk.

But Yin Dong Zhengxi didn't have any way, fortunately, the 157th Wing had already set off from Dingshan Town, and according to the speed of the march, it should be about to arrive in Liusi Town, which was only more than 20 kilometers away from the city at most. If you run forward, you should be able to reach it in an hour and a half, but the question now is whether the baggage wing can hold out for an hour and a half.

On the light cruiser Tenryu. Ma Zheng and Zhang Xue were analyzing the battle situation, and as the battle situation in the forward positions was reported to the temporary headquarters one after another, the smiles on everyone's faces became more and more.

"Division Commander Ma, it seems that this Hukou City is an empty city, with the combat effectiveness of our two divisions, it should be easy to resolve the battle in two hours." Zhang Xuezhong said with a smile.

Ma Zheng said with a smile: "Two hours is too slow. If my prediction is correct, the 157th Wing from Dingshan Town and the 103rd Wing from Cailing Town are rushing here, and if we can't settle the battle and prepare for defense within an hour, this place will become an extremely fierce battle, and even if we win, it will be a pyrrhic victory! ”

"An hour?" Zhang Xuezhong said in surprise.

"Yes. An hour at the latest! Ma Zheng said in a deep voice.

"According to the news from the forward position, there is at least one wing of Japanese troops in the city, and there is also a division and regimental headquarters, and I am afraid that it is a bit hanging to solve the battle within an hour!" Zhang Xuezhong said with a frown.

Ma Zheng smiled and said: "It's okay, I've already arranged it, if the plan is successful, the Japanese army won't be able to hold out for even half an hour!" ”

"Really?" Zhang Xuezhong asked with interest.

"Of course it's true, but I can't guarantee whether it will succeed!" After speaking, Ma Zheng stopped talking.

Hukou City. Old Taishan.

Although it is called Laotai Mountain, the terrain here is only a little higher, and it is equivalent to a small dirt slope compared to the real mountain. Originally, it was a prison in Hukou County, and it was also a place where prisoners served their sentences. However, after the Japanese captured the county seat of Hukou, they strengthened the small prison, expanded the area of the prison with bricks and cement, and turned it into a prisoner of war camp by pressing barbed wire on the high walls and erecting machine guns.

The prisoners from the Jiangnan and Jiangbei stations were then gathered here, and then prepared to be loaded from here and shipped to the northeast, where these prisoners of war would be used in mines and forestry farms, and the other part would be assigned to Unit 731.

The prisoner of war camp was originally garrisoned by a reinforced squadron, after all, there were more than 10,000 Chinese prisoners of war held here, and in the event of a riot among these prisoners of war, it would not be possible to suppress them without sufficient troops.

However, due to the need to reinforce the Jiujiang battlefield, more than half of the guards in the prisoner of war camp were withdrawn, and now there are less than a hundred people left.

When the Duqi Division and the 89th Division landed, Tie Niu took the remaining special combat personnel to change into Japanese uniforms and enter the city in chaos, and then came to the outside of the prisoner of war camp.

The battle in the north of the city had already begun at this time, and the fierce gunfire also alarmed the prisoners of war in the prisoner of war camp, and everyone was very excited.

Although it was not clear who was attacking the mouth of the lake, as long as someone attacked the mouth of the lake, there was a glimmer of hope for them, and as long as the outside troops entered the city, then they could be rescued. With this realization, all the prisoners of war began to move.

Of course, the Japanese guards guarding the prisoners of war were not vegetarians, and they also expected that the sound of fighting outside might lead to a riot among the prisoners of war in the prisoner of war camp, coupled with the lack of guards, so the commander of the garrison squadron of the prisoner of war camp directly ordered all the guards to go out, set up machine guns on the high walls around the prisoner of war camp, and shoot immediately in case of an accident.

However, at this moment, the guards outside reported that the division headquarters had sent people to reinforce them.

Coincidentally, the captain of the garrison stationed in the prisoner of war camp had just called the regimental headquarters of the 101st Division and asked for reinforcements. After all, they guarded more than 10,000 prisoners of war with 100 people, and the pressure was really not small. Although these Chinese prisoners of war did not have many weapons in their hands, and they were all so hungry that they could not walk, in the event of a riot, the more than 10,000 people could easily annihilate their 100 people.

Hearing that reinforcements were coming, the captain of the garrison was overjoyed and immediately ordered someone to let the reinforcements in.

However, as soon as the order was given, gunshots were heard outside, and then the gunfire became more and more intense, and the captain of the garrison of the prisoner of war camp was shocked, when generations came out to check.

This doesn't matter, it really startles him when he looks at it. I saw that the imperial army was killing each other, and the two teams of people who were fighting were actually wearing imperial uniforms.

However, the captain of the garrison was not stupid, and soon realized that the other party could not be the imperial army, but should be a person in disguise, and immediately ordered the troops to counterattack.

He didn't open his mouth, but as soon as he spoke, he was hit in the head by an oncoming bullet, and then fell to the ground like a piece of rotten wood. (To be continued.) )