Nanjing, garrison headquarters.

Today is the New Year's Day of the 27th year of the Republic of China, but General Tang has long lost the concept of New Year's Day in his mind, and if it wasn't for the chief of staff to mention it, he would have forgotten that there is such a thing.

The street battle in Nanjing has entered its twelfth day!

In the past 12 days, there have been fighting everywhere in Nanjing, fierce battles everywhere, thousands of officers and soldiers have died in battle every day, and the soldiers are almost fighting with the little devils with their lives, but the little devils have definitely not bargained for the slightest, and the casualties on both sides are basically one to one!

The elite of several permanent divisions and regiments of the army are powerful, and the stabbing skills are absolutely first-class, but so what?

The red-eyed [***] officers and soldiers don't fight with you at all, these outlaws rush forward with explosive bags at every turn, and jump into the crowd of devils with cluster grenades at every turn, fighting street battles with such outlaws, no matter how much the little devils can fight with bayonets, the more they are not afraid of death, the faster they will die.

Since the outbreak of street fighting on the 20th, more than 2,000 officers and men of the Chinese and Chinese armies have been killed every day, and the number of wounded cannot be counted!

More than a dozen division commanders have killed two people and seriously injured one, and most of the brigade commanders and regiment commanders have been killed or wounded.

The situation of the army is not much better, due to the serious attrition of the troops, many captains, wing commanders and even brigade commanders are wrapped in samurai scarves, holding Oriental swords to join the queue of decisive charges, for these devil officers wearing tweed coats and holding Oriental swords, of course, the soldiers will not be polite, and they have killed a lot in the past ten days.

………… In the garrison headquarters, Admiral Tang was closing his eyes and recuperating.

On this battle, he doesn't have so many ideas, and now he thinks the same in his head, when the dozen or so divisions under him are all exhausted, it is time for him to play with the devil with a bayonet, although he Tang is not in good health, but to fight a few little devils to follow the road as a companion, it is still not a problem.

Admiral Tang was a little worried that the Baoshan regiment in Jiangbei would not be able to hold back.

Yue Weihan, this kid is really bold, Chairman Jiang's order dares to fabricate it, and if someone else does this, it is enough to shoot him ten times, but this kid is different, and he is unwilling to deal with him, so he only said that he will wait until the battle is over, but then again, whether Yue Weihan's kid can survive this battle is really hard to say.

The Kunisaki detachment is said to be the elite of the army, and there is an entire mountain artillery wing as fire support.

And the Baoshan Regiment is just a temporary patchwork of defeated troops, even if they are lucky enough to win a few battles, and grab some heavy supplies? Can you still turn the sky?

The progress of the war also confirmed Admiral Tang's fears.

Since the main force of the Kunisaki detachment arrived at Jiangpu on the 28th and launched an attack, the positions of the Baoshan regiment have been repeatedly broken through, and in less than five days, the remnants of the Baoshan regiment have been compressed into a narrow area with a width of only 400 meters and a depth of less than 500 meters.

The problem is that only half of the refugees in the city of Nanjing have been transferred!

Once Jiangpu is lost and Pukou falls, the remaining more than 300,000 refugees are afraid that they will never have a chance to escape!

When General Tang was worried, the chief of staff suddenly walked in and said, "Commander, the Baoshan Regiment launched a counterattack in the early morning of this morning, knocked out the mountain artillery wing of the Kunisaki detachment in one fell swoop, and killed and wounded more than 2,000 people in the army!" ”

"Oh?" Admiral Tang's expression suddenly moved, and he said, "Killed the mountain artillery wing of the Kunisaki detachment?" ”

"Hmm." The chief of staff nodded heavily and said, "Yue Weihan also said in the telegram that Jiangpu is worry-free, Pukou is worry-free, listening to this kid's tone, I think it will be impossible for the Kunisaki detachment to cross Jiangpu for at least half a month!" ”

"Good!" Admiral Tang slapped the case heavily and said, "Immediately report the victory to Wuhan, and then report this good news to all divisions, so that the officers and men of each division can show some spirit and study hard from the Baoshan Regiment!" Let's look at how people fight devils, a mere rout regiment can withstand an elite brigade of Yuekou, we have nearly 100,000 troops, why can't we hold Nanjing? ”

"Yes." The chief of staff suddenly stood up and said, "Let's go and arrange it." ”

………… Wuhan, Xingying.

As early as 12 days ago, that is, just after the start of the street battle in Nanjing, the leader of the state government, Chairman Chiang, had already ordered the deployment of the Battle of Xuzhou, the purpose of which was to annihilate the Isogu Division of the Yue Army, which was heading south along the Jinpu Railway, and the Banyuan Division of the Yue Army, which was advancing west along the Jiaoji Railway, before the fall of Nanjing.

According to Xiao Zhuge Bai Chongqi's strategic concept, if the Isogu Division and the Sakagaki Division, which were alone in deep penetration, could be eaten in one fell swoop, then the North China army would basically lose the ability to take the initiative to attack, and the frontal pressure on the national political axe would be reduced, and heavy troops could be mobilized in the Yangtze River valley to meet the Central China army with all its might.

However, the mobilization capacity of the national political axe is really not optimistic.

It has been 12 days since the battle order for the Battle of Xuzhou was issued, but the troops subordinate to the Fifth Theater have not been in place for a long time, and Li Zongren, the commander-in-chief of the Fifth Theater, even sang the empty city plan, but the 22nd Group Army of the Sichuan Army led by Deng Xihou was the first to rush to the front line in Xuzhou, and was sent by Li Zongren to garrison in the area of Tengxian.

However, Chairman Chiang was obviously more concerned about the Nanjing battlefield.

In the spacious and bright military analysis room, Chairman Chiang's eyes were slightly narrowed and he was recuperating, while the senior generals of the General Staff Headquarters were quietly discussing the situation in Nanjing and the upcoming Battle of Xuzhou.

Xiao Zhuge Bai Chongqi was talking eloquently: "If nothing else, Pukou will be lost this morning, and the Guoqi detachment will never stop too much in Pukou after solving the Baoshan Regiment, and will definitely go north quickly along the Tianjin-Pudong Railway, so the most important thing now is to strengthen the defense of Bengbu and along the Huai River." ”

Regarding the Jiangpu battle situation, Xiao Zhuge has always been very concerned.

As early as twelve days ago, Xiao Zhuge had asserted that as long as the Guozaki detachment reached the attack position, the Baoshan regiment would definitely hold out for only three days, but this was not the case, as of today, the Guozaki detachment had attacked four or five days, but the Baoshan regiment still showed no signs of collapse, which made Xiao Zhuge feel very faceless.

"Report." A major staff officer hurriedly stepped inside and said, "Nanjing emergency electricity!" ”

Seeing that Chairman Jiang didn't say anything, Bai Chongqi waved his hand and said, "Read." ”

The staff officer of the major picked up the telegram and read it aloud: "The Baoshan Regiment launched a counterattack at 5:50 a.m. today, recaptured all the lost positions in one fell swoop, and destroyed the 3rd Mountain Artillery Wing of the Kunisaki Detachment, killing and wounding more than 2,000 people!" ”

"Huh?"

"What?"

"Recaptured the lost position, and destroyed the mountain artillery wing of the Kunisaki detachment?"

"The Baoshan Regiment has two or three thousand defeated troops, and it is not enough to hold on, so how can we have the strength to fight back!?"

Whispers suddenly sounded in the entire military intelligence analysis room, and Xiao Zhuge Bai Chongqi was even more incredulous, and Chairman Jiang's slightly closed eyes also opened at once.

"It can't be!" Bai Chongqi said loudly, "This is absolutely impossible. ”

"Nothing impossible." General Zhang Zhizhong, commander-in-chief of the 9th Group Army, said with an indifferent expression, "As far as I know, after the Baoshan Regiment defeated the Shigeto detachment, it captured a full sixteen 75 mountain artillery, but in the previous five days of fierce fighting, the Baoshan Regiment never used the 75 Mountain Artillery Group. ”

"If I'm not mistaken, Yue Weihan must have used the Qiwu Mountain Artillery Group to kill the Kunisaki Detachment by surprise, and took advantage of the short gap in the confusion caused by the shelling of the Kunisaki Detachment to attack the artillery position of Yukou, I think as long as the timing is right, it is still possible to defeat the Kunisaki Detachment's mountain artillery wing."

General Zhang is worthy of being the chief of education of the Central Military Academy, and he guessed the truth of the matter at once.

"Alright, that's all for today." Chairman Jiang suddenly stood up and said, "Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army, the 7th Army under the 21st Group Army, and the 31st Army were immediately transferred to the Xuzhou battlefield. ”

With that, Chairman Chiang turned around and left, and many high-ranking generals also left.

Until almost all the senior generals were gone, Xiao Zhuge Bai Chongqi was still muttering to himself on the map: "How is this possible?" How is this possible? How could a routed corps, two or three thousand people, be able to block the onslaught of nearly 10,000 troops? And also the most elite 5th Division! Incredible, incredible......"

………… Jiangpu, Baoshan Regiment Headquarters.

Yue Weihan crossed his arms and was looking at the map in contemplation.

Liu Yi, the deputy of the regiment, suddenly looked away from behind the artillery mirror, and said to Yue Weihan: "Tuanzao, it's half past four, it seems that the little devil is not going to attack this afternoon." ”

"That's not a good thing." Yue Weihan shook his head and said, "The quieter the little devil will be, the more aggressive he will be when the time comes!" ”

"yes." Liu Yi nodded, and said awe-inspiringly, "Although the little devil's mountain artillery wing was killed by us, they still have tanks on the ground, planes in the sky, and the strength still occupies an absolute advantage, and the situation is still not optimistic." ”

"But don't worry too much." Yue Weihan waved his hand and said coldly, "The soldiers are coming to block, the water is flooding, the little devil doesn't knock down the officers and soldiers of our Baoshan Regiment, if you want to cross the Jiangpu, there is no door!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Zhongyi, the commander of the 3rd Battalion, strode in from outside and reported loudly: "Report to the regimental seat, Zhang Zhongyi, the commander of the 3rd Battalion, and lead the officers and soldiers of the whole battalion to report to you, please give instructions." ”

Yue Weihan raised his hand and saluted in return, saying, "You didn't encounter a devil plane on the road, right?" ”

"Nope." Zhang Zhongyi said with a big grin, "The brothers all came by the road, and they didn't see the devil's plane at all. ”

Yue Weihan nodded, and asked again, "How is it over there in Pukou?" It wasn't shelled by devils and bombed by planes, was it? ”

Zhang Zhongyi's expression suddenly darkened when he heard this, and he said in a heavy tone: "The devils didn't shell or bomb, but the people who crossed the river lacked food and clothing, and many old people and children starved to death and froze to death on the streets. ”

Yue Weihan was silent, but he couldn't care about the food and clothing of the refugees crossing the river, the only thing he and all the officers and soldiers of the Baoshan Regiment could do was to defend Jiangpu and ensure the safety of Pukou, the passage of life!

(To be continued)