Chapter 223: Attacking Ryan
Just when Ouyang Yun, Jiang Shuren, and Niu John were discussing the solution to the current economic crisis of the Xuebing Junta, Xiaojiang Town, on the west bank of the Ao River, the 10th Xueshi Division and the 2nd Fujian Guard Division tightened the encirclement and launched an attack on the southern front of the Japanese South China Front. At the suggestion of Ichiro Oku, Matsui Ishine sent a telegram to Isoroku Yamamoto asking for help, but he did not even receive a reply. The old devil knew that this time the general trend had gone, so he personally presided over the defensive battle, and after leaving enough troops of a brigade to build a defensive position on the spot for defense, he began to force the crossing of the Ao River with other troops.
It was a battle of uneven strength. The old opponent, but the offense and defense have been adjusted. At the beginning, the Japanese army had fighter planes, a large number of artillery, and naval guns, and its strength was more than three times that of the cadet army; In just one day and one night, only a few or so fighters of the 11th Air Regiment remained, only mortars remained in artillery, and ships left the Ryukyu Islands, and the number of troops was reduced by more than half.
Even after the pursuit of encirclement and annihilation, the strength of the Cadet Corps was still at a disadvantage, but because of the overwhelming superiority of the air force and artillery to provide support, the Cadet Corps pressed the Japanese army from the very beginning of the battle. Not only that, but half an hour later, the artillery of the Xuebing Corps, under the long-range command of Wang Hai's 1st Air Division, began to bombard the Japanese troops who had forcibly crossed the Ao River, and after about an hour of fighting, the Japanese suffered more than 3,000 casualties, and the 11th Air Regiment finally had only three fighters able to escape back.
After three hours of fighting, the Cadet Corps successively delivered two rounds of artillery shells from Fuding to the front line, and the Japanese sniper position was almost bombed into a ditch. At this time, the Japanese army used the horses of the cavalry units to forcibly cross the river, and the troops who managed to reach the opposite bank were less than 4,000 people, but there were still more than 6,000 people stranded at the ferry on the west bank of Huangdu. Half of these 6,000 people are officers and men of the logistics baggage troops. As night fell, the Ao River really became a moat, and the devils no longer dared to go into the water at will.
The night gave the devils an opportunity to create chaos, the devils scattered in squads and squadrons to break through, and the strength of the student army was not continuous, Liu Yuqing and Pang Deya judged the situation and chose to retreat to Cangnan County to build a defensive line, and temporarily stopped the pursuit.
The fact that the main force of the Southeast Fujian Scholar Army stopped the pursuit did not mean that the nightmare of the devils was over. Because the student army guerrillas in the southwest of Zhejiang were dispatched. During Matsui's attack, in order to avoid too much entanglement with the guerrillas, the fighter plane chose to avoid Wencheng and Jingning, and now, he began to pay the price for this decision. The night is suitable for a sneak attack by small forces, and it is also suitable for the guerrillas to lay mines and traps. The ferry port on the east bank of Huangdu is only about ten kilometers away from Ruian, and it will take less than two hours to reach it if you march quickly. But this ten-kilometer journey cost the Japanese army nearly a thousand people. The southern front troops of the South China Front led by Matsui Ishine came out of Rui'an with great vigor and high spirits, but when they returned defeated, they lost their souls like lost dogs. When they came out, two divisions and a puppet army brigade and three brigades directly under their jurisdiction (independent tanks and heavy artillery were the first to be destroyed), totaling more than 65,000 people, but when they came back, there were only 3,000 people left. Although there are still nearly 10,000 troops on the west bank of the Ao River, the old devil doesn't dare to think about how much he can come back in the end.
Escaping back to the Ryan stronghold doesn't mean you're safe. At one o'clock in the morning, the old devil had just fallen asleep, and suddenly there was a sky-shattering shouting and gunfire from the north, and he sat up with a spirit, and then he heard Okuichiro shouting outside the house: "...... Support the north gate, be sure to defend it! ”
The old devil got out of bed in his clothes, opened the door and asked, "What's the matter!" ”
Okuichiro was also wearing only one coat, and he turned around and said sadly: "Your Excellency, how can the guerrillas of China dare to surround Ryan!" ”
The old devil opened his mouth to say something, but he just swallowed his saliva. Thinking of the Chinese proverb "The tiger fell in Pingyang and was bullied by the dog", he exhaled a heavy breath.
The sound of guns and cannons at the north gate came and went quickly, Tian Wenfeng knew the skills of guerrilla warfare very well, and he also knew that it was unrealistic for Lu Dao to rely on his three guerrilla columns to storm Ruian, which was guarded by 4,000 devils, without heavy firepower. Therefore, the purpose of his attack is actually very simple, that is, he doesn't want the little devil to sleep well. If Matsui Ishine could see the situation in the suburbs of Rui'an's Eastern, Northern, and Western Gates at this time, he would probably be so angry that he would vomit blood.
Since the three guerrilla columns of Ruian, Ruiping, and Wencheng came out of Wencheng, they first rushed all the way to the coastal areas, and then set up ambushes along the way, and the guerrillas were also too tired to work.
Since Tian Wenfeng had made up his mind not to let the devil sleep well, after the north gate, the east gate launched a feint, and then the west gate. The west gate attacked twice in a row, and then returned to the east gate...... After repeating this more than a dozen times in two hours, Gu Shoufu couldn't hold his breath at first. He found Okuichiro and proposed that he personally lead a brigade to attack and give the Shina people a little look.
Okuichiro did not take his advice. The southern front is like this, and anyone with a discerning eye knows what the problem is. It was precisely because of Gu Shoufu's impatience and unscrupulous means that the student army seized the opportunity to launch a secret weapon to counterattack. Since the start of the southern front, almost all of them have been performing with Gu Shoufu and his 6th Division. Okuichiro originally had no opinion, he knew that the Daoist Scholar Army was difficult, so he had the intention to let the 6th Division and the Scholar Army fight for consumption first, and then join himself to win the battle when the two sides were almost consumed.
This idea was in line with his usual style of planning and then preemptively, but what he didn't expect was that the tide of the battle would be reversed, and not only that, but they didn't even have a chance to fight back after that. Okuichiro is also a veteran of the battlefield, but this is the first time he has encountered this situation. was defeated without even having a chance to play, and then he could only flee all the way like a lost dog, which made the old devil who has always prided himself a famous general embarrassed, he hated it a lot!
Gu Shoufu is not only ruthless, but also super thick-skinned, Okuichiro made it clear that he didn't want to deal with him, but he still wanted to fight for it, and said: "The people of China are clearly feints, and the purpose is not to let us rest well!" When the day dawns, the fighters of the Shina people will come again, and at that time, the situation will be different! Dajiu-kun, lend me a squadron, and I'll go out and teach them a hard lesson! ”
At this time, Gu Shoufu only had more than 200 people on his hands, and more than 50 of them were civilian personnel. Therefore, although he knew that Okuichiro would not wait to see him, he had to be cheeky to borrow someone from Okuichiro.
Gu Shoufu had already given birth to his face, and Okuichiro was disdainful in his heart, but he had to give an explanation, saying: "If the people of China are pure feints, they must have follow-up actions." Your Excellency Gu Shou, go back and rest! I've got my own way! After speaking, he stopped looking at Gu Shoufu and walked back to the house.
Gu Shoufu was left there, he stood stunned for a while, looked up to the sky and sighed: "It's not time with me!" ”
(Old poison: Strive for the sixth watch tonight, the last one may be later)