Chapter Fifty-Six: The Battle to the Death
The war has not reached the point where there is no salvation, and I suggest that you order General Seishiro Itagaki to abandon the Linyi area that Admiral Liu Yuan is focusing on defending, and travel back and forth to the northern area for a key offensive.
At the same time, let General Ryosuke Isoya stop the attack on the front line, abandon the Tengxian County that they had been unable to capture for a long time, and choose to advance eastward, so that the large forces of our empire can converge, and then go south to Zaozhuang, China, so that we have the capital to compete with China again near Xuzhou. Although China's Admiral Liu Yuan is strong, if we can conquer Zaozhuang, we will not necessarily lose.
Reading this, the general Terauchi felt a little melancholy, but he still insisted on watching, "At present, the war has moved in a direction that we did not expect, so we should take other measures to make up for our disadvantages in the war, you had better order the troops in Jinan to gather, preferably more than one division, so that we can stabilize our rear first, and we can also do a good job of the collapse of the front, and there is the possibility of reinforcement of reserves." ”
Terauchi Shouichi couldn't accept Matsui Ishone's telegram at all, in his opinion, the most powerful divisions of the empire led by Seishiro Itagaki had never failed since the northeast, and even if Liu Yuan was strong, it was impossible to defeat them.
Shouichi Terauchi put down his telegram and looked around, finding that a pessimistic mood had quietly permeated the surroundings. In this operation, if it were not for the excellent performance of the Nakajima Division, the front line might have been defeated.
Therefore, the empire is fighting very badly on the front line, but Terauchi Shouichi knows very well that everyone can be pessimistic, but he does not have the right to be pessimistic.
"Ladies and gentlemen, although the front line is very bad, but we can't have any pessimism, our opponent is the youngest and best general in China, he is very strong, he is very good, but he is just one person, even if he is powerful, it is difficult to cover the sky with one hand, as long as we work hard, we can conquer him and conquer this country."
"Wan Sheng!" Terauchi Shouichi succeeded in arousing the officers' desire to fight and confidence in victory.
"Good!" I will announce my order below, "General Seishiro Itagaki of the Fifth Division, commander of the Fifth Division, your unit did not perform well in this battle of Linyi, and now the headquarters asks your department to defeat the defenders of Linyi China as soon as possible, and at the same time order Matsushita Daisa's Japanese troops and scattered troops in Yishui and other places to concentrate, and only need to leave a part of the troops to maintain logistics in the rear, and all of them are ready to be put into the battlefield." ”
After speaking, Terauchi Shouichi turned to look at the map, touched the map with one hand, and said, "Order General Ryosuke Isoya to change the operational deployment and transfer a brigade from his subordinate divisions to attack Fei County to ensure the safety of the flanks, and at the same time be sure to help the war in Linyi." ”
It was clear to all the officers present that although Terauchi Shouichi was unable to save face and was unwilling to accept Matsui Ishone's help, he finally adopted a compromise approach to implement Matsui Ishone's suggestion. From this point on, everyone began to agree that Matsui Ishine was not a pure weakling, but that the enemy was too strong.
Terauchi continued, "The 108th Division was ordered to attack Jining, Shandong, but it was not allowed to cross the canal, and it was required to rely on the Grand Canal to establish a complete defensive position. ”
The Second Army under Liu Zhi held out in the Tengxian area for a week, and held its position to resist the attack of Isoya Ryosuke. Liu Zhi is very obese, and he is not very good at fighting, and his subordinates laugh at him for being a cowardly pig. However, this general is named Liu Jie, the top student of the West Point Military Academy.
Although everyone didn't trust Liu Zhi very much, Liu Yuan gave such an evaluation, the pig will have the benefits of the pig general, the pig has no combat effectiveness, but it has rough skin and thick meat, and it is careful to act, so naturally it will not let the enemy have a chance. In addition, pigs generally live in harsh environments, and their tolerance will be extraordinarily strong.
It can be said that Liu Yuan's eclectic use of talents was really powerful at that time, Liu Zhi was already a general at that time, and he could have not gone to the battlefield in person, but because of Liu Yuan's personal visit, he went to the battlefield again, so that Isoya Ryosuke did not have any chance to get cheap.
The Third Group Army led by Sun Tongxuan also moved from the initial hostility to Liu Yuan, to cooperate, of course, their battle in Jining was not very smooth, and the entire group army suffered very heavy losses during the Yanzhou War.
Now the entire group army can be said to be supported by Sun Tongxuan in one breath, and it is impossible to say in his heart that the 35th Group Army, which does not support them across the river, has no resentment.
Ryosuke Isoya's life is not very good, looking at Fuji County from afar, I feel that there is a feeling of being out of reach, and the resentment towards the Intelligence Department in my heart has risen to the point of obsession, who said that this guy is a pig who can only eat, so the Fuji County in front of him can't take anything down. And at this time, Terauchi Shouichi's telegram had already arrived. It's impossible to insist on attacking Fuji County, and Terauchi Shouichi can only fight the commander of the 97th Brigade under his command," Hase-sanan said, Nagagu-san, Itagaki-kun is in trouble now, so I ask you to rescue him. ”
Hasean Zhengnan looked at Tengxian regretfully and said, "There are two regrets in this march, one is that I can't personally conquer Tengxian County, and I killed Liu Zhi of China, who is not famous, but has blocked us for so long, and the other is Chiang Kai-shek's special general who is likely to be in Xuzhou. ”
Ryosuke Isoya patted Hasei Masami on the shoulder and said, "Nagagu-san, don't be sad, the Shina troops launched an attack in Linyi, and the one who commanded the troops in Linyi was our biggest enemy, General Liu Yuan, and General Seishiro Itagaki couldn't deal with it alone, and you might be able to create a miracle if you went." "Although the inability to take Fuji Prefecture makes Ryosuke Isoya feel a little unhappy, if his troops can cooperate with Seishiro Itagaki, it will definitely be able to create a miracle. And he took the initiative to help Itagaki this time, so who would dare to say that he was not as good as Itagaki.
Hase-masan finally left the war with the 97th Brigade, while Isoya Ryosuke was still commanding the battle, he wanted to see the limit of the Shina defenders, after such a long time, the general named Liu Zhi was still calmly directing the battle, and he even watched his fat figure personally walk on the head of the gun, surrounded by a group of guards, to cheer up the soldiers.
The Empire's tanks, with the cooperation of the soldiers, moved forward quickly, but they were broken by cluster grenades, the Empire's tanks are really bad, the quality is so poor, how can they be used on the battlefield.
However, he is about to cooperate with Seishiro Itagaki soon, which is at least much better than fighting on his own, so Ryosuke Isoya is in a good mood, but Seishiro Itagaki is in a much worse mood.
Because he also received a telegram from Terauchi Shouichi, in his opinion, Terauchi Shouichi's telegram was simply his own talisman, not to mention the heavy losses of the Fifth Division and the Sixteenth Division, and they were scattered in a circle of dozens of kilometers north of Linyi City, and they were fighting with the Chinese troops almost everywhere.
Every unit was very tired, almost to the point of collapse, General Liu Yuan was an authentic master of the game, and he had a feeling of powerlessness in the process of fighting him.
Now that he no longer has the ability to continue to draw troops, it may be a joke to say that he only has two squadrons left in his reserve to use. And there's a very suicidal news. In the Hedong battlefield, Matsushita Daisa has already been defeated, then the Chinese troops will soon reach the northern battlefield.
"Order the troops on the southern front to attack quickly, we have a great advantage on the southern front, and we must expand the advantage in order to extricate our division from the predicament." Itagaki Seishiro thought about it, and at present, he only had to defeat Yu Chengwan on the southern front to free up more troops from fighting.
After Nohara Nobuya on the southern front received a telegram from Seishiro Itagaki, he immediately attacked the southern front at all costs, and almost in a very short time, he repulsed Yu Chengwan.
Yu Chengwan himself had to retreat continuously, but if he retreated, he would have to withdraw from the battlefield on the southern front, so he could only ask Liu Yuan for help. And Liu Yuan's telegram was also extremely strict, that is, it was okay to defeat it, but the Japanese army was not allowed to leave the battlefield, and their value was to attract the Japanese troops to attack them, disperse the strength of Itagaki Seishiro, and buy time for Wang Zhonglian to counterattack Itagaki Seishiro from the northeast region.
The corners of Yu Chengwan's eyes were moist, his division was a type B division, and the losses were already very heavy, but the commander wanted to continue to resist by himself, he could only teach all the officers above the company commander to the instructor department, and give them the most difficult guidance.
He asked Liu Yuan to read the telegram to his officers, and then said very seriously, "Brothers, the Japanese army has gone crazy, but this also proves that the Japanese army can no longer afford to drag it out, they are going to fight with us, and the more fierce they are here." It proves that the worse the situation of the devils in other regions, I know that the situation of our division is very poor, but we are fighting for the country and the nation, and we have no reason to retreat, so I hope that everyone can be ready to die from the fall, if I die, there will be a party representative to command the battle, the party representative will die in battle, there will be a brigade commander to command the battle, and the brigade commander will die in battle, and the regiment commander will be replaced, until the last soldier in the battle is the last soldier. ”
So Yu Chengwan made up his mind that it was okay to die today, but he must be famous all over the world and would rather die than give in. For the whole war, for the sake of the nation, it is a bit lofty to die, but a big man, living this life, should always leave something for this world. So he decided that even if he sank in Shandong today, he would take the troops to fight.
"Boom! Boom! The Japanese artillery bombardment was extremely fierce, the houses in the town where the troops stayed kept shaking, the tiles were scattered everywhere, and the soldiers were lying in their positions, hunched over, not daring to move. Many soldiers held their guns tightly and pressed them in their arms, it was okay for them to be a little wronged, but this gun could not be damaged in any way, it was the only attack they fought back.
The trenches were blown to pieces, the bunkers were all destroyed, the soldiers relied on the broken walls and the ruins to confront the Japanese army, the artillery just stopped, the soldiers rushed out of the hideout, the division commander said, people can die, but the position can not be lost.
"it." The machine guns sprayed tongues of fire, and the Japanese soldiers who rushed to the front fell to the ground, but the remaining Japanese troops quickly found the best place to fire and began to fire at the Chinese defenders.
Yu Chengwan's division was under the greatest pressure on the entire battlefield, with more than 6,000 Japanese troops attacking their battles day and night, and his troops had been reduced by sixty percent.
Yu Chengwan doesn't know how long he can hold on, but he has made up his mind to fight to the end, many of Huangpu's classmates have become famous all over the world, wearing medals on their chests, Hu Lian in the Northeast Battlefield, Huang Wei in the Songhu Battlefield, but Yu Chengwan has nothing.
"Sassi gives." Amid Nakasa's shouting, Japanese soldiers came up with bayonets.
The Chinese defenders were not in the slightest fear, and the squad leaders shouted, "Get on the bayonet, do it." Rows of Chinese soldiers also rushed forward.
The gunfire stopped, and the entire position was littered with the striking of bayonets, and occasionally there was the sound of unruly shots by Chinese soldiers. However, this white-knuckle battle was a quiet attack.
No one made a superfluous sound, and everyone had only one thought, that is, to crush the troops on the opposite side, and blood flew and stained the entire field red. The young Japanese boy was supposed to fall in love with a little girl in a navy uniform, but because of the strength of the right wing, he had to cross the ocean, and died in the vast place of China. And the Chinese soldiers, most of whom originally lived an idyllic life, had to pick up the steel they didn't like to fight the invaders because of the brutality of the Japanese, abandoning their wives, children, and parents, and preparing to become a pile of unclaimed dry bones.
Someone collapsed due to exhaustion, and the red-eyed soldier was about to end his life with a knife, but he was saved by his thighs and dragged to the ground, and the two of them rolled up in the ditch.
The hands kept clapping, and the Japanese soldier bit the neck of the Chinese soldier at the end, and the blood flowed down his throat, and a fishy smell stimulated the senses of the Japanese soldier, and the Chinese soldier's eyes began to chill, and gradually lost their life.
At this time, there was a bleak Bangzi drama from the position, "Who and I die in life since ancient times, leave Dan to take care of the sweat and sweat, let's go!" Cease! Cease! How can the man's backbone be broken, how can I, Wen Tianxiang, surrender today, just take this head. "The singer is an old cook who is over 60 years old, he is past the age of holding a gun, but his play has infected the entire battlefield.
The soldier who lost his life, at the last moment, sounded the glorious bullet and died with the Japanese army, and there was no god left.
The disadvantage on the position became more and more obvious, more and more soldiers played the glorious bullet and died with the Japanese army, the old cook finished singing a tune, took out his treasured kitchen knife, and rushed forward.
The little apprentice was only thirteen or fourteen years old, and he wanted to hold the master hard, but he didn't have the extra strength.
"Grandpa, we are old and young, and we are the opponents of that ruthless devil." The little apprentice pulled the old man's trouser leg, not wanting the old cook to take a step forward.
"Child, this battle can't be lost, today I specially sent a bowl of noodles to the division commander, the division commander didn't eat it himself in the past, but today the division commander finished eating noodles with tears in his eyes. Do you know what Master Lu said? This was the last time he ate this good thing, and after eating, he went to fight the devil. Who is the teacher, and what is the precious body? The lives of our two masters were saved by the division commander, so let's return them to the division commander today. The old man touched the little apprentice's head, and his eyes were full of reluctance.
"Grandpa, I understand, we are old and young, it's useless, but we can still do it with the little devil, I just hope that the teacher and his old man will avenge the two of us." The little guy had a broken rifle in his hand, the rifling was long gone, but he could get on the bayonet, on the bayonet, and was noticeably half a head taller than the schoolboy.
A loud horn sounded.
Yu Chengwan took a steel helmet and walked to the front line under the protection of the guards. After observing the situation at the front line, the trumpeter blew the trumpet.
"Mortars and heavy machine gun cover. The others followed me and charged. "Yu Chengwan's marksmanship is very ordinary, but the guards around him are very capable of fighting, and each person has a submachine gun, so the battle is naturally not to be underestimated. They quickly killed the Japanese who broke through into their positions.
Yu Chengwan walked to the side of the primary apprentice, and the little guy was holding the old man's body and howling, and kept shouting his grandfather's name. Yu Chengwan gave the old man a military salute, and he saw the indomitable blood in the Chinese body from the old man, and at this moment he completely understood the meaning of the vast sea of Liu Yuan's people.
But is this too cruel, for what is it to let this gray-haired old man go to the battlefield, and this child, can he live to the end of the war?
Yu Chengwan handed the Browning pistol on his waist to the little guy, Liu Yuan liked the Browning pistol, and took the whole Whampoa to Browning with a stubborn habit.
"Remember, protect yourself with this gun." Yu Chengwan didn't have time to say more, so he went to inspect the battlefield.
The Japanese troops on the southern front were once again driven out of the defensive line, and the commander Saburo Kameda was completely irritated. Immediately personally commanded the troops and launched a new ** attack. The Southern Front was again shrouded in artillery fire.
When the battle on the southern front was fierce, Wang Zhonglian led the 85th Army to finally cross the Tang River and rush to Sanguanmiao. The battle opposite Sanguanmiao was very fierce, and Tang Enbo knew very well that because the performance of the Nakajima Division exceeded the expectations of the command, and the war had reached the most critical time.
Therefore, he ordered that the reinforced brigade Wang Yunpeng must overcome the Japanese position Sanhe Bridge, and Sun Liren commanded the mechanized brigade to launch a strong attack on the Japanese army, and also rejected the strength of a regiment and launched a roundabout attack from the flank.
The war was full of uncertainties, and it was Liao Yaoxiang who Liu Yuan didn't pay much attention to when he finally broke through the Japanese defense, a man who showed his prominence in the Yunnan-Burma War in official history.
Because he felt a great humiliation because he did not succeed in blocking the attack of the Nakajima Division, when Hu Lian led his troops to attack behind the Nakajima Division, the Japanese army left Liao Yaoxiang with only more than 3,000 defenders.
And Liao Yaoxiang still had more than 13,000 in his hands, so Liao Yaoxiang concentrated all his forces and launched a fierce attack on the Japanese army. In just one day, the Japanese defense line was broken and the stalemate of the war was broken.