Chapter 4: The Bloody War
Guanghua Gate, after the explosion of the sky and the earth, with Guanghua Gate as the center, the surrounding city wall of about two hundred meters collapsed, Zhu Zaiting pushed away the guards on his body, got up and followed the reputation, and immediately realized what was happening. He turned his eyes around and saw that most of the ** around him looked ignorant, and some of them were even more frightened and pale, looking lost their souls. He knew what else the Japanese army would do after the city wall was blasted. The Japanese army had a numerical advantage, and it was a deliberate move, once they occupied the ruins of the city wall, with a little strength on their side, they would not be able to resist it at all. So now the best thing to do is to occupy the ruins in front of the Japanese army, he was anxious in his heart, and hissed and shouted: "Brothers, follow me!" Then, drawing his pistol, he climbed up the rubble and rushed towards the ruins of the city walls.
Zhu Zaiting was a dignified brigade commander, he took the lead, and the Sichuan soldiers behind him woke up first, and immediately shouted and chased after him. As soon as the Sichuan soldiers moved, the students naturally understood Zhu Zaiting's intentions, and in the shouts of middle and low-level officers at all levels, they picked up their weapons and rushed forward.
Zhu Zaiting didn't know what to do, Ouyang Yun didn't know what to do, and Ji Zhu Ryosuke suddenly made such a scene, all of which were caused by the battle on the water surface of Xiaguan yesterday afternoon.
Of the four gunboats, two went directly into the Dragon King's Mansion, and two were captured. And according to the information that came back from Nanjing, the people of China did not even use ships - this is really incredible in the eyes of old devils such as Matsui Ishone. Matsui's first reaction at that time was: Is the Cadet Army really so powerful?
As soon as the offensive and defensive battle of Nanjing began, the Japanese army had already mastered the details of the defenders of Nanjing. After learning that the Chinese army left behind in Nanjing was actually the main force of the Xuebing Army, Matsui Shigen felt that the battle of Nanjing would be very difficult. However, he had never fought with Ouyang Yun, although he also heard about the "awesomeness" of some student soldiers, but he thought that this was just an excuse made by some officers to shirk their responsibilities. So, he didn't pay much attention either. However, in the evening of the same day, just as he was about to enjoy dinner, a military newspaper came, and the old devil was immediately dumbfounded.
The 15th team of the Third Fleet was unexpectedly exhausted. This was not enough to surprise him, after all, China also had a sizable navy, and had escaped the fate of destruction in the Jiangyin fortress. What he didn't expect was that the military newspaper said that the people of China did not send the navy, and it was a small group of infantry that annihilated the 15th team.
Matsui had just finished reading this battle report, and his first reaction was that someone below had lied about the military situation, and he couldn't help but be furious. When the second war report came, he saw that the troops besieging Nanjing not only made no progress but also suffered huge losses, so he believed that what the first war report played turned out to be true. After reading the two military reports, the old devil didn't have the heart to eat, so he got up and went to the headquarters directly, and then asked the officer on duty to find out all the information about the Cadet Army and let him read it.
The old devil spent two and a half hours reading the glorious deeds of the Cadet Army, and the more he looked at it, the more chilled he became, and then, sitting in his office, he pondered for more than an hour, and at about eight o'clock, he called the chief of staff, Harada Kumayoshi.
When Kumayoshi Harada met Matsui, the latter was reading with a tense face. He bowed respectfully and shouted, "Your Excellency, Commander!?" ”
Matsui stopped writing, looked up at him, and said, "Harada, have you read all the battle reports sent today?" ”
Harada nodded and said, "Yes." Your Excellency, I am very surprised that the 15th Squadron of the Third Fleet is completely exhausted. I questioned the sergeant in detail about the reconnaissance mission, and then combined my knowledge of the Chinese army, I can now conclude that the Chinese army that attacked the 15th team should be the wolf's tooth advance team of the Cadet Army. Your Excellency, do you know what battle the old 108th Division fought in Tianjin? Yes, it was this advance team that attacked the headquarters of the old 108th Division and captured Kenji Dohihara, which led to the rout of the entire division. The Scholar Army was not established for a long time, but because of the hatred of the Japanese of its founder, Ouyang Yun, from its inception to the present, the Scholar Army has become the biggest obstacle to the cause of Greater East Asia under His Majesty the Emperor. With all due respect, under the current situation, it is no longer realistic to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Chinese army, and I think that the focus of our army should now be on Ouyang Yun and the Xuebing Army - Lao Jiang actually made Ouyang Yun the commander of the Nanjing garrison, which just gave our army a chance to annihilate it. ”
Matsui nodded and said, "You're right, Ouyang Yun and the student army under his command have indeed become a big problem for the empire. I asked the 18th Division to attack Pukou, originally intending to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Zhina people in the Nanjing area, but now it seems that this plan is no longer feasible to implement. Ouyang Yun is indeed a handsome person, and he actually laid down a division in Wuhu in advance, which made our army's plan to quickly take Wuhu fall through. However, there is always a gain. Judging by the movements of the main forces of China, the Nationalist Government has abandoned Nanjing. The Cadet Army is now defending Nanjing, but it is just delaying the retreat of the main force. Since they dare to stay, then we will take advantage of the situation and annihilate them all. Here, take a look at this new battle plan...... My idea is that we must let the siege troops break through the outer defense line as soon as possible, and only in this way can we hold back the student army. At the same time, I will ask the 18th Division to temporarily abandon the attack on Chuxian and wait for the opportunity to re-attack Pukou. As long as the 19th Division captures Pukou, then the Cadet Army will be unable to escape. ”
It was precisely because of Matsui Ishine's new battle plan that the pressure on the Japanese siege troops increased greatly, forcing Yoshizu Ryosuke to come up with such a vicious one.
And if it weren't for Zhu Zaiting's quick decision to lead the troops to the ruins of the city wall, then his desperate gamble would have been very likely to succeed. Once the city wall was successfully blasted, the devils of the two Japanese brigades that had been lying in ambush three hundred meters away immediately launched a fierce attack on the Zhonghua Gate under the orders of Yoshizu Ryosuke.
I don't know how much explosives the Japanese army used this time, but one thing is certain, Yoshizu Ryosuke's method really had the effect of "surprise soldiers". In the smoke and dust flying in the sky, more than 2,000 devils lined up in five phalanxes and rushed towards the ruins of the city wall. And behind them, more devils are waiting for them, just waiting for these two brigades of devils to gain a foothold in the city, they will follow and rush in, so as to break through the defense line of Guanghuamen in one fell swoop, and then march towards the inner city.
When Zhu Zaiting was the first to climb to the top of the ruins, and then saw the devils swarming up densely, among them, the closest to him was less than 100 meters, Rao was that he had already put life and death aside, and he still couldn't help but gasp - he NND, it's really dangerous! If he hadn't reacted quickly and brought people up first, once the Japanese army occupied this ruin first, it was conceivable what would have awaited them next.
The enemy is already close at hand, and as long as there is a slight slackness on the side, then a breakthrough by the Japanese army will be inevitable. Zhu Zaiting immediately lay down, then turned his head to look, and was pleasantly surprised to see that all the officers and soldiers guarding the ruins of the residential area followed, and the reserve troops behind him were also surging like a tide, he didn't talk nonsense, and shouted directly: "Fight!" "Then the first shot was fired.
According to Yoshiju Ryosuke's previous arrangement, the devils of the two brigades who acted as the vanguard originally wanted to occupy the ruins of the city wall by surprise, and then one condescended to maintain fire suppression, and the other directly attacked the inner city. Now that the gunshots were heard, the battle intentions of Zhilu Dao were revealed, and the two captains shouted loudly almost at the same time: "Charge!" Charge! Drive the pig down! Then all the devils ran at the same time, shouting and rushing towards the ruins.
At this time, the defensive troops of the two companies had all rushed up, among them, Qiu Jimin, the commander of the cadet company, was holding a machine gun, he jumped directly onto a city wall brick, the muzzle of the gun was facing down, he pulled the trigger with his hand hard, and shouted: "Brothers! Hit! Knock the little devil down! ”
His shout aroused the fighting spirit of everyone in the Cadet Company, and everyone shouted angrily, and at the same time violently pulled the trigger, nearly a hundred Weiqing-style assault infantry opened fire one after another, knocking down dozens of devils who rushed to the front.
Wang Hai, the commander of the Sichuan Soldier Company, followed closely behind Qiu Jimin, and while beckoning his brothers to occupy the favorable terrain to snipe, he hugged Qiu Jimin's legs and hugged him down.
Qiu Jimin's body suddenly took off into the air, and he couldn't help but be startled, he stopped shooting, and scolded in his mouth: "What kind of dog ......" When he looked back at Wang Hai, he just wanted to continue scolding: What are you doing with a turtle son? The sound of bullets hitting "poof, poof" sounded, and several bullets hit the bricks of the city wall where he was standing just now, sparks flew everywhere, and one of them hit his helmet directly, and the huge impact almost knocked him unconscious, and at the same time knocked him backwards - Wang Hai was caught off guard, one was unsteady on his feet, and the two of them rolled down the ruins together.
It was four meters to roll down, and the two men were held up by a city wall brick. Wang Hai grinned in pain, and scolded in a low voice: "Qiu Jimin, your turtle son is looking for death!" Stand tall and tall, you baby thinks the bullet is related to you?! ”
Qiu Jimin was also anxious just now, seeing so many devils rushing up suddenly, he was afraid that he couldn't prevent it, at this time, his body was poked by a few sharp fragments of city wall bricks, and the person was also sober, and he was a little afraid when he heard the sparks in front of him just now, and he knew that Wang Hai was a good intention, Hao Yan said: "Hehe, I was too anxious just now, Lao Wang, I really thanked you just now." ”
Wang Hai snorted and said, "It's good that your baby knows!" And he said, "Buy and buy skin, the little devil has become smarter, and he actually came up with this move." Ge Laozi, if it weren't for the quick response of the brigade, we would be passive! He struggled to his feet, then pulled out his shell gun and rushed forward.
At this time, on the ruins, the defenders had already suffered casualties. The fierce fire just now dealt a great blow to the Japanese army. Two hundred devils were knocked out. This also caused the momentum of the Japanese charge to be immediately contained.
As soon as the momentum of the Japanese charge was stopped, the two captains ordered everyone to lie down and shoot at the defenders. At the same time, have the grenadier set up the grenadier and start bombarding the top of the ruins.
The pitch of battle began.