Chapter 1027 Touching a nail by the Chishui River

After Tang Qiuli commanded the troops, recovered the Leizhou Peninsula and the southern Guinan region, and tightly surrounded the main force of the Japanese army in southern Guizhou with more than 100,000 people in Nanning, he commanded more than 300,000 troops of the main force of the Japanese southern dispatch army to attack Chongqing in the north, but was blocked by the commander-in-chief of the Loushan Pass defense line, General Terauchi Shouichi, who knew very well that his situation was precarious.

However, he still could not immediately return to Nanning, and continued to maintain an offensive posture against the Central Army's Loushan Pass defense line, although such an attack had already appeared weak, except for dropping thousands of soldiers' corpses every day to increase the confidence of General Xue Yue, the commander-in-chief of the Central Army's southwest defense line, he did not get anything.

It's not that Terauchi Shouichi doesn't want to withdraw his troops immediately, but the base camp has not yet issued an order, he can only attack hard, and there is another point, he has great expectations for himself to send four divisions and regiments to attack Chongqing in the northwest of Guizhou, if he can really spare the damned Loushan Pass and arrive in Chongqing, Terauchi Shouichi will even ignore the safety of hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Nanning and resolutely occupy Chongqing.

The safety of Nanning can be said to be insignificant compared to the strategic objectives of His Majesty the Emperor and the base camp, if he occupies Chongqing, he is not even afraid of Tang Qiuli's troops, and he will come north to attack him, and similarly, the defense line of Loushanguan in the hands of the imperial soldiers will become a lingering nightmare for the devil Tang Qiuli and his soldiers.

There was such a glimmer of hope, supporting the ruthlessness in Terauchi Shouichi's heart, but Amaterasu and His Majesty the Emperor did not bless and favor him, and on August 26, the Japanese army of four divisions arrived at the south bank of the Chishui River.

The commanders of the four divisions of the Japanese army looked at the Chishui River, where the waves were rolling and the cliffs on both sides of the river, and were in a daze, how could there be a bridge, within dozens of kilometers upstream and downstream, there was not even a bridge at all, and the Japanese army had to work hard to collect more than 100 small wooden boats within dozens of kilometers on the south bank, as the only tool for crossing the Chishui River, and moreover, only the two ferries of Yuanhou and Tucheng could cross the river.

For the sake of more than 100 small wooden boats, the Japanese army killed nearly 10,000 people, on the south bank of the Chishui River, all the villages and cottages discovered by the Japanese army were almost all burned down, and the villagers were killed.

Liu Xiang, chairman of the Sichuan Provincial Government and commander-in-chief of the Sichuan Army, was answering the phone, the Japanese army arrived at the south bank of the Chishui River, began to kill people and slaughter villages, and began to rob the ferry, Liu Xiang had already discovered the whereabouts of the Japanese army, he admired Tang Qiuli's judgment very much, the Japanese really came, and at the same time, he was also convinced by Xue Yue.

The Sichuan army troops, with the two ferries of Yuanhou and Tucheng, are the key defense areas, each with tens of thousands of people, and the rest of the troops are lined up along the north bank of the Chishui River, as long as it is possible to cross the river, there are Sichuan army troops, Liu Xiang used more than 200,000 Sichuan army soldiers, on the north bank of the Chishui River, arranged a long defense line.

Liu Xiang's headquarters was set up at Tucheng Ferry, and the person who called him was Sun Zhuguo, the commander who defended the Yuanhou Ferry, where, a large number of Japanese troops were also found, "Zhuguo, it seems that the Japanese are divided into two ways, pay attention to observation, the Japanese army on the south bank, there is no artillery, I don't see it here, the Japanese are running long distances, it is impossible to carry heavy weapons, however, we can't be careless, our equipment has improved, teach me a hard lesson to the little devils, let them know the strength of the Sichuan army." ”

The Sichuan army troops, now the shotguns for artillery, each regiment has a machine gun company, eighteen mortars, nine heavy machine guns, firepower up several grades, Liu Xiang convinced Tang Qiuli's judgment, the Japanese army will not carry heavy weapons, at most mortars, therefore, Liu Xiang put all mortars and light and heavy machine guns, concentrated on the beachhead of the ferry.

A few hours later, more than 50 small wooden boats full of Japanese soldiers left the south bank and sailed towards the north bank, the Japanese soldiers' preparations were quite regular, each small wooden boat, in addition to more than 30 soldiers, there were light and heavy machine guns on the bow, and there were many small people in the boat.

However, the Japanese soldiers and commanders did not mean to be nervous, the opposite bank was too quiet, and there were no fortifications or pillboxes. There is no shadow of the soldiers of Zhina, and the people of Zhina have not yet discovered that tens of thousands of soldiers of the Imperial Army are crossing the river from this direction, Liu Xiang has a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and secretly thinks: "Another gust of wind, send these bastards into the river to feed fish and shrimp." ”

When the ferry was more than a mile away from the north shore, Liu Xiang spoke into the phone and said fiercely, "Fire!" A metallic wind blew on the flat ground, mortar shells and light and heavy machine gun bullets fell on the heads of the Japanese soldiers crossing the river, and more than 50 small wooden boats, on the Chishui River, where the water was high and the waves were high, were already barely able to use it.

This cannonball and bullet went down, on the surface of the river, just like boiling a pot, the waves set off by the cannonballs directly overturned more than a dozen small wooden boats, a boat of Japanese soldiers, like dumplings in the pot, buckled in the Chishui River, the waves rolled, the heads of the Japanese soldiers just flashed on the surface of the water, and were swallowed into the river by the whirlpool.

The mortar shell directly hit the small wooden boat, the flesh and broken wooden planks of the Japanese soldiers, rushed into the air with the water column, and the remaining Japanese soldiers were ruthless, light and heavy machine gun bullets, spraying to the opposite bank like rain, but the water building was turbulent, the small wooden boat was bumpy up and down, and the bullets did not know where to hit, anyway, it did not pose much threat to the Sichuan soldiers.

In less than an hour, more than 50 small wooden boats and more than 1,600 Japanese soldiers became live targets for the Sichuan soldiers, and all of them turned into floating objects in the surging waters of the Chishui River, and they did not even see a shadow.

Liu Xiang laughed and picked up the phone, "Zhuguo?" How are you doing there? I'm really enjoying this, 16,700 little devils, all of them are finished, even the ferry boat is broken to pieces, see what the Japanese are doing to cross the Chishui River," Sun Zhuguo shouted at the top of his voice: "Commander-in-chief, the little devils have sent the brothers into the river to feed Wang Ba, there are 15,600 little devils, I am really relieved, the little devils on the other side of the bank are cannons, but it is useless, just their mortars, they can't even touch the edge of the north bank." ”

Liu Xiang was relieved, this battle was fought cheaply, more than 100 people were wounded in the two ferry positions, and there were not even any killed, so he killed more than 3,000 little devils, remembering that he promised Chairman Jiang that when he came to the Chishui River to set up defenses, he was still worried, for fear that the troops would run out.

"Adjutant, send a report to Chairman Chiang of Chongqing," Liu Xiang called an adjutant and dictated the telegram, "Chongqing, the Military Commission and the Chairman Chiang, at noon on August 26, the Japanese army forcibly crossed the river from the two ferries of Tucheng and Yuanhou on the Chishui River, and after more than two hours of fierce fighting, the first batch of more than 3,400 Japanese troops who crossed the river were all annihilated, and in this battle, more than 980 soldiers of our Sichuan army were killed and more than 4,300 wounded. Blocking the Japanese army on the south bank of the Chishui River, Liu Xiang, the commander-in-chief of the Sichuan Army. ”

After recording the message, the adjutant asked puzzledly: "Commander-in-chief, we only suffered more than 100 wounded soldiers, why do we report so many casualties, wouldn't it destroy the name of our Sichuan army?" Liu Xiang seems to be an adjutant who is usually very clever and confused at a critical time.

said: "What do you know, this is called fiction and reality, it is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, if I don't report so many casualties, where does it seem that the battle is fierce, and the government has replenished so much equipment for this, and it is not a tough battle, and it does not seem to be deserved?" Besides, isn't there a good reason to expand the troops in the future? ”

The adjutant looked at Liu Xiang with infinite admiration, what is this head? got the equipment, beat the devil, and laid the groundwork for the expansion of strength in the future, killing three birds with one stone, with a good plan, following such a chief, and being of infinite use for a lifetime.

Liu Xiang didn't pay attention to the adjutant's adjutant's admiring eyes, and shouted loudly: "Say hello to the kitchen, tonight, I want to celebrate with wine, this battle is passed, our Sichuan army can't be famous if you don't want to be famous!" ”

Liu Xiang wanted to hold a feast to celebrate the victory, and the commanders of the four divisions of the Japanese army on the south bank of the Chishui River also gathered together to study countermeasures, the ferry was lost, and the soldiers of a wing were also put in, and they did not even touch the edge of the north bank.

How can there be any good countermeasures, the Chishui River is wide and the waves are fast, and there are no means to cross the river, so the soldiers can't let the soldiers, each with a plank tied to their waists, swim across the river to attack the position of the Chinese army, right? In addition, all mortars were brought, and the range could not reach the opposite bank, so they could not provide artillery cover for the troops.

For the Japanese troops who are accustomed to the cover of fierce artillery fire, first of all, they have extinguished three points of sharp spirit, and the commanders of the four divisions regret this, even if they bring a few Type 92 infantry guns, they will not suffer such a big loss today, judging by the firepower of the army on the other side of the bank, even if all the imperial troops are involved, it is impossible to complete the task of crossing the river, and a Chishui River has become an insurmountable natural danger for the Japanese army.

In the end, the commanders of the four Japanese divisions made a unanimous decision to truthfully report the difficulties and situations encountered here to His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, asking him to cancel this military operation and instruct the troops on the next direction of action.

They knew that the commander-in-chief, General Terauchi Shouichi, was even more anxious than them, Nanning sent several urgent telegrams a day, the base camp had not yet been ordered, and more than 300,000 troops were nested in front of Loushan Pass, and Terauchi Shouichi was about to have a heart attack.

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