Chapter 43: The Death of a Man (Part I)
Ten miles west of Yangzhou City, it is said that the army Tiandai Wing is stationed.
Although the Tashiro Wing is only a field wing of the third-class division, as a high-achieving student who graduated from the Imperial Land University, Tashiro Mototoshi Osa insists on strictly demanding his troops with the high standards of the first-class division, including the fact that the troops must build perfect fortifications before camping.
This can be said to be a fine tradition of more than a dozen permanent divisions and regiments of the Yue Army, whether they are in an offensive posture, a defensive posture, or even a state of rout, as soon as the Yue Army stops, they will desperately dig fortifications, and as long as they stay in one place for more than three days, they will immediately dig out a field fortress.
This is also enough to show that the reason why more than a dozen permanent divisions and regiments of the Chinese army were able to fight was not without reason.
Because the ammunition reserves of the Tashiro Wing have been reduced to a very dangerous level, the construction of fortifications is particularly important, so Tashiro Osa will personally lead people to inspect the entire camp, but this allowed him to inadvertently escape!
Just as Tashiro was about to return to the headquarters after inspecting the camp, a red flare suddenly rose under the night sky!
The streamer of the signal flare has not yet been extinguished, and a cloud of red light rushed up from afar, dragging a long tail flame across the dark night sky, and finally fell viciously towards the headquarters with a piercing scream, and the fierce fire suddenly rose into the air, and in the deafening explosion, Tashiro Daisa's headquarters had already been torn into pieces by the huge air wave.
"Shelling! This is the Chinese army shelling! Tashiro Daisa's heart suddenly sank, the people of China actually left artillery outside the city!
After two rounds of shelling, fierce gunfire suddenly sounded in the surrounding wilderness, and by the flash of the shell explosion, Tashiro Osa faintly saw that a large number of soldiers had rushed out of the periphery of the station, and at this moment, Tashiro Osa realized that he had made a preconceived fatal mistake!
Tashiro Daisa believed that after the Baoshan regiment recaptured Yangzhou, it would definitely defend the city like the previous Chinese army.
Because Yangzhou City is in ruins, compared to the surrounding wilderness, there are still a lot of natural bunkers to use, and it is precisely because of this preconceived mindset that Tashiro Daisa made a misjudgment and took it for granted that the Baoshan regiment must have deployed all its forces in the city.
However, now it seems that the Baoshan Regiment has only deployed a part of the army inside the city, and their main force is hidden outside the city!
Judging from the scale of the strength of the Baoshan Regiment at present, it seems that they did not suffer heavy losses in the Battle of Jingjiang, which made Tashiro Daisa even more surprised, could it be that the combat effectiveness of the Baoshan Regiment is really so strong that it can completely annihilate the two infantry brigades of the Zhongchuan Wing without blood?
Suddenly, Tashiro Daisa became more alert than ever.
"Boom, Boom, Boom, ......Boom" Another volley of shells swept through the air, and the sound was different.
"Gas bombs, gas bombs! Order all infantry brigades to issue gas masks immediately! The experienced Tashiro Daisa immediately recognized the type of bullet from the whistling of the shells, and at the same time he was secretly frightened.
It seems that the Baoshan Regiment was able to completely annihilate the two infantry brigades of the Zhongchuan Wing, it was not just a fluke, the opponent's first round of artillery bombardment was able to knock out his command headquarters, which can also be explained as a fluke, but the second round of artillery is still so accurate, it is not just a fluke, obviously, the quality of the opponent's artillery is also quite high, and it is not even under the imperial artillery!
Tonight, if he hadn't happened to be out on patrol, I'm afraid he would have been shattered on the spot.
Looking at the infantrymen who were swarming around, Tashiro Daizo was suddenly shocked into a cold sweat.
It seems that the rumors are true, the tactical command ability of this commander of the Baoshan regiment is indeed quite superb, if it is not for his luck to avoid the shelling of the Shina artillery, then the Tashiro Wing would have lost its command at this time, coupled with the blow of poison gas bombs, the Shina Army will attack from the north, east, and south at the same time, and the entire wing will definitely instinctively retreat to the west.
As a result of this black light, the entire wing has lost its unified and effective command, and once it retreats, it will inevitably turn into an irreparable rout, and the consequences will be unimaginable......
Taking a deep breath, Tashiro Osa tried his best to calm down, and at the same time, a strong competition for victory also surged in his heart**!
Tashiro Osa almost superstitiously believed that the Imperial Army was absolutely invincible, and he himself was definitely the best among the younger generation of the Imperial Army, so he would never lose to the commander of the opposite branch, and the powerful Tashiro Wing would never lose to a mere branch of the branch!
Suddenly, Tashiro Osa completely calmed down, and immediately turned back to the herald and said: "Order, the 1st and 2nd Infantry Brigades and the directly subordinate troops will stick to their positions, and the 3rd Infantry Brigade will immediately attack to the east. ”
"Hello!" The orderly suddenly retracted his feet and stood upright, and then walked away quickly.
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The west gate of Yangzhou, the observation post at the head of the city.
Yue Weihan was nervously observing the entire battlefield through the telescope, and soon, Yue Weihan sniffed out a trace of an abnormal smell from it, and said to Liu Yi behind him without looking back: "No, the situation is not right!" ”
"Hmm." Liu Yi also felt that something was wrong, and said awe-inspiringly, "The little devil is not messy. ”
"Didn't Battalion Commander Niu knock out the devil's command?" Tang Dashan said nervously.
With the red light produced by the explosion of shells and grenades, I saw hundreds of devil soldiers suddenly rush out of the trenches and launch a counter-assault on the 6th battalion responsible for the eastward assault.
"It's not good, Tashiro Mototoshi, this little devil is definitely not dead!" Yue Weihan suddenly put down the binoculars and said awe-inspiringly, "Amazing, this guy is really powerful, he hit us in the soft underbelly as soon as he made a move!" ”
"Hmm." Liu Yi nodded heavily and said, "The little devil chose this time, this direction is indeed powerful!" ”
Regarding Yue Weihan's deployment, Liu Yi already knew in advance that among the six infantry battalions of the Baoshan Regiment, Chi Chengfeng's 2nd Battalion acted as a reserve because of the excessive consumption of the daytime battle, and among the remaining five battalions, 4 Battalions were deployed in the north of the Yue Army garrison, 5 Battalions were deployed in the south, 6 Battalions were deployed in the east, and the 1st and 3rd Battalions were ambushed on both sides of the road in the west.
Yue Weihan's tactics were very simple, first use the precision strikes of the artillery battalion to kill the command system of the Tashiro Wing, and then use poison gas bombs to completely disrupt the Yue army, and then launch a surprise attack by the 4th, 5th, and 6th battalions at the same time, driving the Yue army to the west and to the pocket formation set up by the 1st and 3rd battalions!
As long as the army broke into the pocket formation of the 1st and 3rd battalions, then the Tashiro Wing would be finished.
However, now, Yue Weihan's deployment and intentions have been disrupted by the Yue army all of a sudden, if they can't stop the devil soldiers who are attacking to the east, let them break through the siege and make a roundabout flank attack from the two north and south flanks, and the main force of the Yue army in front of them will take advantage of the situation to counterattack, then the three infantry battalions deployed by Yue Weihan on the periphery of the Yue army's garrison will definitely be herding.
"Deputy Liu!" Yue Weihan turned around abruptly and said to Liu Yi, "Li Desheng's 6th battalion will definitely not be able to stop the counterattack of the Yue army, now it's up to you and the guard company!" ”
Liu Yi stood upright, saluted Yue Weihan, and said solemnly: "Tuanza, you can rest assured!" ”
After saying that, Liu Yi suddenly turned around and went down the city tower as fast as he could, and shouted angrily to the officers and soldiers of the guard company below, who had been waiting for a long time: "Guard company, follow me!" ”
Suddenly, more than 300 officers and soldiers of the guard company rushed to the battlefield under the leadership of Liu Yi.
Yue Weihan turned around again, and once again observed the battlefield, the guard company was a sharp knife in Yue Weihan's hand, and the elite who Hua Hanlin picked from each battalion were all strong and strong, and the staffing was also the size of the reinforced company, and every capture was also close to the guard company, in terms of combat effectiveness, the guard company was by no means under any infantry battalion!