Volume 1: The Battle of Songhu Chapter 35 Victory is in sight

"Wing Commander Beware"

Sukegawa Shizuzo observed the enemy situation for a moment, and was bending down to drill into the command tent, when Ito, the orderly who followed him, suddenly pounced forward, knocking Sukegawa Shizuzo to the ground, and then there was a bang, and then the thick gunsmoke completely swallowed him up, and a large amount of hot sand flew in his face, scalding his teeth.

When the smoke cleared, when Sukegawa Shizuzo looked up, he saw that his command tent had already been torn to pieces by the explosion, if it wasn't for his orderly Ito pushing him just now, he was afraid that he would have been torn to pieces like this tent at the moment, thinking of Ito, Sukegawa quickly sat up to inspect Ito's injuries, but unfortunately, Ito pushed him away just now, but he did not escape death, his head was directly hit by several pieces of shrapnel, and he had already choked.

"Captain, Captain" Captain Nakagawa Shaozo stumbled in front of Shizuzo Sukegawa, and said miserably, "We can't stand it, Captain Wing, we can't stand it......"

Sukegawa Shizuzo stood up with his saber on his saber, only to see a large number of Chinese soldiers suddenly emerging from the wheat fields and corn fields around him, and they were firing fiercely at the Japanese positions from all directions

On the other hand, the Japanese army can only use the 38 big cover to carry out a weak counterattack, and the occasional sporadic shelling of the artillery squadron cannot reverse the huge gap in firepower between the two sides at all, not to mention that the national army also has artillery, and the Chinese artillery just now also shot his command tent, if it weren't for Ito, Sukegawa would have been afraid that it would have been shattered

The national army is attacking fiercely, and the Japanese position is being encroached upon by the national army little by little, and when the Japanese position is compressed to both sides of the road, the national army should put in reserves to launch a general attack on Zuihou, Sukegawa Shizuzo knows very well that his life has entered the countdown, but even so, he is still powerless to change the situation.

Stuck on the sidelines? Let's not talk about whether we can defend it or not, the key is that there are no reinforcements at all

Break out to the east? The Nakagawa brigade has run out of bullets, what to break through, with bayonets?

"Wing Commander, Wing Commander...... " The signal soldier hurriedly ran over with his back and shouted at Chuan Jingsan, "The division commander ordered us to move closer to Feng County immediately, and to move closer to Feng County at all costs. ”

"Moving closer to Feng County?" Sukegawa Jingzo smiled bitterly, stood up and straightened his face, wiped the gunpowder smoke on his face, and then took the walkie-talkie from the communication soldier and yelled into the microphone, "Division commander, our department fought bloodily, how can I do all the ammunition, and now the jade is about to be broken...... Long live the Great Japanese Empire, long live the Emperor"

"Sukegawa-san?"

"Sukegawa Shizuzo?"

Nakajima Imago yelled into the microphone again and again, but there was no response from the other side, which made Nakajima Imago suddenly realize that the call just now was clearly a farewell call left by Sukegawa Shizuzo to the division headquarters, to the base camp, and to the empire, which made Nakajima Imago angry, and obviously emotionally unacceptable.

Because of his poor performance in Nanjing, Sukegawa Shizuzo has been confirmed to be transferred to the reserve, and he will leave for China in a few days, and even the candidate for the wing commander who will connect with Sukegawa Shizuzo has arrived, he is the deputy wing captain of the 38th Infantry Wing, Kondo Moto, Sukegawa Shizuzo saw that he was about to retire and return home, but this happened.

The more Nakajima thought about it, the more unpleasant it became, and immediately ordered the remaining cavalry squadron of the cavalry wing to immediately go out of the city to rescue Kawa Shizuzo, anyway, the cavalry could not play a role in the street battles in Feng County, but it was more able to give full play to the speed advantage of the cavalry in the field.

As a result, as soon as the cavalry squadron left the city, Kondo Yuan came to the division headquarters again to ask for help.

Dare to love the national army changed its tactics, Zhu Qi saw that time passed little by little, and Japanese reinforcements could arrive at any time, so he decided to make a desperate bet and put all his forces into launching a fierce attack from the east and west directions at the same time, and the defense line of small Japan was immediately in an emergency, and by noon, more than half of the non-combatants temporarily organized by the division headquarters had been killed and wounded, and the infantry brigade of the 38th Infantry Wing left in Fengxian also lost two infantry squadrons.

Although these non-combatants in Little Japan have received strict military training, they cannot be compared with the combat units after all, not to mention that Little Japan is now short of ammunition, and each of these non-combatants basically only receives 20 rounds of ammunition, and as soon as the bullets are finished, they can only charge with bayonets, so the casualties are very large.

Of course, the casualties of the national army were also very large, the 3rd Battalion of the 348th Regiment, which was the first to go into the attack, had already suffered all casualties, and the battalion commander Li Shouqing had also been killed and martyred, and the battle was fought until noon, the 347th Regiment had lost a battalion, and the 348th Regiment had already suffered more than half of the casualties, and even Li Song's guard company had been in the line of fire.

The reason why the street fighting is cruel is that it is cruel here, several streets in the east and west districts of Feng County have almost become meat grinders, the national army and small Japan are filling in with human lives, the corpses of the two officers and soldiers are layered on top of each other, and the blood shed is stained red on the streets.

Of course, there is still a variable in the middle, that is, reinforcements from both sides.

Nakajima had already ordered the 33rd Infantry Wing of Peixian to come back to help, and at the same time sent a telegram to the front headquarters of the North China Front Army in Jinan, requesting the aviation regiment to urgently send bombers to help in the battle, and the main force of the Li Tianxia Brigade (153 Brigade) of the 5th Pei Brigade of the Nationalist Army and the 17th Brigade of the 58th Division were also rushing towards Fengxian.

"Division Commander." Kondo Moto, apparently running over, gasped, "When will the 33rd Infantry Wing arrive?" ”

"Kondo-san, that's not something you should consider." Nakajima Imago frowned, "Your mission is to hold the position. ”

"Hello." Kondo Moto was bored, and when he was about to leave, Yoshio Mizawa, chief of staff of the 16th Division, suddenly hurried out of the communication room and reported to Nakajima Imago with a solemn expression, "Division commander, Yamada Kumakyuden, the 33rd Infantry Wing was blocked by the Shina Army west of Pei County, and it is very likely that it will not be able to return in time. ”

"Nani?" Nakajima was stunned when he heard this, and his face changed a little.

Kondo Yuan, who was standing next to him, had an even more ugly face, the 33rd Infantry Wing could not return in time, which meant that he could only defend the city with half an infantry brigade plus more than a thousand non-combatants temporarily organized, in addition to the four Type 95 light tanks of the tank squadron, which would be the barrier of the division headquarters.

At this time, Nakajima Imago finally became a little scared, this old devil has no humanity, he never takes other people's lives seriously, but he cherishes his old life very much, he doesn't want the jade to be broken here, and he yelled at Misawa Yoshio angrily: "Order, the grassland detachment will immediately return from Dangshan to help, immediately."

"Hello." Yoshio Misawa bowed heavily and turned to go.

In Liukou Township, the radio station of the 58th Division Headquarters was ticking non-stop.

Feng Shengfa was pacing back and forth in the war room next door with his hands behind his back.

At this moment, Feng Shengfa's heart is crawling with 10,000 ants, scratching his heart with a hundred claws, through the radio, he always keeps in touch with the 517 Brigade and the 3L Group Army, ten minutes ago, he just received a telegram from Tang Enbo, Guan Lin's Zhengdi Army's Zheng Dong National Division has intercepted the Japanese reinforcements who are returning to Feng County near Maqiao, west of Pei County.

It is also a coincidence that when Lao Jiang's order was issued to Tang Enbo, Zheng Dongguo's Di Pei had just smuggled across Weishan Lake from the vicinity of Zhanglou Township in the early morning of the same day, and as a result, a rapid march arrived at Maqiao, and before Di Pei could build fortifications, the Japanese 33rd Infantry Wing was killed.

This time, Tang Enbo did not drop the chain at the critical moment, and he gave Zheng Dongguo a death order.

In the direction of Dangshan, the 8th Army, the Army, and Gui Yongqing's army have also launched a counteroffensive against the Japanese army.

There are also the 17th Brigade and the 5th Brigade of the 153rd Brigade, which are advancing towards Fengxian along the route taken by the 174th Brigade.

The battle situation in Fengxian is gradually becoming clear, the siege of the Japanese army in Fengxian by the 174th Brigade has entered a critical stage, as long as Zhengdong Guoshi can hold the Japanese army in Maqiao for a day, the battle in Fengxian should be over, and Nakajima Jinchaogo, the executioner whose hands are stained with the blood of the Chinese, should also be awarded.

The national army seemed to be victorious, but he didn't know weishenme, Feng Shengfa always felt a faint unease, he walked to the map, combed the battlefield over and over again against the map, and repeatedly deliberated on various possibilities, but he never thought of what could go wrong, no matter how he looked at it, the national army had won this battle.

When Major General Kusaba Tatsumi, the commander of the Japanese Kusaba detachment, received a telegram from Nakajima Imago, the Kusaba detachment had just repelled an attack by the 27th Army of the National Army.

After receiving Chairman Chiang's telegram order, the commander of the First Army, Gui Yongqing, had no choice but to order the division to launch an attack on the Japanese army opposite, and at the same time ordered the 46th Division to send a regiment to cooperate with the division to fight, but the division's attack was quickly collapsed by the Japanese army, although there were many veterans of the division, and most of the officers were graduates of the Baoding Military Academy, but the equipment was too poor, and the combat effectiveness was not at the same level as the Japanese army.

In fact, at this time, the national army had lost the ability to attack on a large scale, and it was still the same thing to fight a defensive war.

"Back to Shifeng County?" Kusaba Tatsumi frowned and didn't speak for a long time, at this time when he returned to Shifeng County, he would lose the opportunity to expand the results of the battle, once the opposite division regained its footing, and then wanted to break through the defense line of the national army and successfully meet with the 13th Division of Central China, it would take a lot more effort.

So, emotionally speaking, Kusaba Tatsumi is reluctant to return to Feng County.

Most of the squadron commanders were silent and did not speak, only the squadron commander of the infantry wing, Ye Xuanming Dazuo, said: "Detachment commander, the division commander sent a telegram asking for help at this time, it can be seen that the situation in Fengxian County is already very critical, although it is important to break through the defense line of the Dangshan National Army, but the division commander we can't help it, it is better to divide the troops."

Caochang Tatsumi is still a little hesitant, if the division of troops, only send a lost brigade to return to reinforcement is obviously not enough, if you send an infantry wing, the strength of Dangshan is a little thin, once you can't capture Dangshan first, then cut off the Longhai railway, block the Xuzhou National Army, the great merit will fall on the head of the 13th Division.

Kusaba Tatsumi does not want to let this great achievement go aside, because it will be directly related to his future, and whether he can be promoted from the commander of the major general brigade to the commander of the lieutenant general division in the future, military merit is very important.

Just when Kusaba Tatsumi hesitated, Nakajima Imago's second telegram arrived immediately, and the words were much more urgent than the first telegram, so Kusaba Tatsumi couldn't hesitate any longer, and immediately ordered the Kusaba detachment to immediately disengage from the national army, turn around and go north to Shifeng County.