Chapter 216: Nanchang Offensive and Defensive Battle (8)

Just when Xue Ru asked the others to withdraw, and Zhang Donglin, who suddenly returned and brought a foreigner, to discuss together, as night fell, the Snow Fox troops began to move. There are basically no new tactics, Snow Fox's tactics are very monotonous, and there is nothing new, and each direction is to send sharp soldiers to take advantage of the night and lurk in the direction of the city gate.

It was followed by the battalion as a unit, they were the commandos, behind the commandos was the entire force, not even the reserves, the consistent style of the snow fox, the ammunition was carried with them, and they did not carry excess ammunition, it was completely the intention of the charge.

As the front-line commander, Liu Yuanshan in the direction of Xicheng and Chen Ruihe in the direction of Nancheng took out their pocket watches from time to time to look at the time, staring at the movements in Nanchang City. As the appointed time was approaching, the advancing soldiers approached the moat, the drawbridge was still hoisted, and the Japanese soldiers patrolling the city wall walked back and forth.

Because it hasn't been long since nightfall, the devil is still very energetic, and there are snow fox corps on all sides that make the Japanese army cold, and Saito Yayuan can't be careless. Akiyama Yoshitaka ordered the wings that the troops must send heavy troops to strictly guard the city wall to prevent the snow fox from attacking and attacking, and ordered the artillery in the city to determine the coordinates and lock the bombardment area.

As for whether he can hold out for three days, Lieutenant General Saito Yayuan is still very confident, lacking heavy weapons and relying on infantry to attack alone, it is impossible to capture Nanchang, and the main purpose of letting the troops return to help is to eliminate the Snow Fox Corps.

"Boom, boom, boom" Gunshots and explosions suddenly sounded in Nanchang City, causing the Nanchang Garrison Gendarmerie Brigade to be nervous and angry. He had already ordered the gendarmerie and the secret services to strictly inspect the city gates on all sides, and to strictly check those who entered Nanchang to ensure that those entering had no weapons and ammunition.

The secret services have also determined that many of the people who have been captured are probably agents who have been infiltrated by the Chinese side, but they have no weapons, and no matter how many people come in, it is useless. On all sides was defended by infantry wings, and there were military police brigades and 106th divisions in the city, so it was useless for a small number of people to come in.

However, Tian Yuan Sanlang Shaozuo soon couldn't stand it anymore, and reported to the division headquarters to ask for troops to suppress the riot in Nanchang City. Because he found that the gunfire was getting more and more intense, proving that the people who entered the city had weapons.

In fact, the devil didn't expect that Xue Ru's plan was like this, first give Nanchang to the devil, and after they occupied Nanchang, it would be impossible to leave three divisions and one chariot division in the city, and a small number of troops would inevitably be left, and other armies would have another combat mission, and that was when the snow fox counterattack came back.

If the Japanese army did not divide its troops, it would encircle and trap the troops of the four divisions in Nanchang, which was empty. The development of things is really like this, Okamura Ningji thought that he was very careful and left a division of troops, in fact, according to the military deployment of the Japanese army, in a place like Nanchang, it is enough to leave a wing, but now leaving a division is considered a heavy army.

Since Xue Ru planned to attack Nanchang again, how could he not make preparations, and buried a large number of weapons and ammunition in Nanchang City, and as the Japanese army went to the city to arrest the people, the soldiers of the directly subordinate regiment also pretended to be civilians and entered Nanchang. They took out the guns, ammunition, and even radio stations left behind in the hiding places, and these days when they entered the battalions of the regiments directly under the city, they did not cut off the contact with the headquarters of the Heping City side.

In addition to the other troops and personnel of the intelligence department, as well as many agents of the military command, there were no less than 2,000 people in Nanchang City, and at this time they came out of their respective hiding places to attack the local government and military sites that the Japanese army had just formed.

Pastoral Sanjoro Shaozo thought that there were people who were also intelligence officers, and the number would not be too many, but how did he know that the number of people operating in the city at this time was already twice as large as his gendarmerie brigade, and these people were lit and killed everywhere, and there was no fixed place, so the gendarmerie had no choice.

This is the troops trained and commanded by Ouyang Sari, all of them are strong in combat, and the devil's gendarme is an opponent, so he reported to the division commander and asked for more troops to encircle and suppress. Saito Yato was so angry that he cursed, but there was nothing he could do, so he sent an engineer brigade, a cavalry brigade and other arms to jointly clear out the people in the city.

Zhang Jiu, who was hiding in a private house, looked at his watch and said: "Notify the direction of the four cities to act, report to the outside of the city, and the action will begin." ”

Almost at the same time, in the direction of the four city gates in the southeast, northwest, and northwest, the traditional things of the Chinese, the salute cannons rose into the sky, and the gorgeous flowers looked particularly beautiful under the night sky, and the sharp commandos lurking not far from the city wall jumped up and rushed towards the city wall, shouting and killing to the earth.

Nancheng is the main direction of attack of Snow Fox, Qiao Han's fifth regiment is the main attack force, in front is two companies of sharp knife troops, followed by a battalion, followed by the whole regiment, the fourth regiment did not grab the main attack, Tan Donghong was very dissatisfied, ordered the fourth regiment to follow, once the attack into the city there is no priority and priority, their combat target is the Japanese 145th Wing, the troops commanded by Ichikawa Yozo Daisa.

There were shouts of killing outside the city, and there was chaos in the city, and everyone could have thought that this was a battle between the inside and the outside. Snow Fox began to attack, although the division headquarters ordered all wings to clear the city, but the task of the 145th Wing was to hold the city wall, he ordered all three infantry brigades to climb the city wall, machine guns, rifles, grenadiers to defend it tightly, outside the city is an open field, Ichikawa Yozo Daisa is not worried.

But he didn't expect that for Xue Ru, it was impossible to just leave some small troops in the city to harass him, so it was impossible to eliminate the devils, and if he wanted to counterattack Nanchang, he was so sure, of course it would not be a way to stay. When the Japanese army climbed the city wall and the city's artillery adjusted its firing angle and prepared to support the operation, the forces of the special brigade of the regiment directly under the city also began to concentrate and attack the Japanese artillery position.

For the troops in the city, there were mortars and grenadiers, and it was not surprising that the Japanese generals could leave guns and ammunition, as well as heavy weapons. Almost ten minutes, the city turned on the pot.

The Japanese army did not find many people in the dark to avoid the imperial army, and the individual soldiers took advantage of the darkness to touch the edge of the city wall, and found * in some hidden places, and set fire to these*.

Time passed second by second, and there was an explosion, followed by a series of explosions, which was Xue Ru's killer feature. In the past few days in Nanchang, the Snow Fox Special Regiment laid a large number of bricks on the four city walls and city gates, that is, the bricks on the city walls were lifted down, buried underneath and built behind, and * was indeed buried under the city, so the battle consumed a lot of *.

The effect was surprisingly good, and if the Japanese wanted to block the attacking troops outside the city, they must have climbed the city wall, but they never imagined that there would be an explosion under their feet. With the explosion, the devils in the city were killed and injured countless times, the corpses with broken arms flew all over the sky, what were the dead and injured devils still guarding, and Qiao Han outside They rushed to the city smoothly.

With a bang, the two stone pillars that lifted the suspension bridge suddenly exploded, the iron cable that pulled the suspension bridge was blown off, and the huge suspension bridge fell with a bang, and at the same time the city gate was blown open by a huge explosion, Ichikawa Yozo Dasa was dumbfounded, this series of designs was too accurate. At the same time, the Fifth Regiment of Elite Commandos, which had already reached the city walls, rushed into the city along the drawbridge.

The special brigade of the special regiment directly under the special forces is a special force, and what they study every day is a variety of special tactics, and the arrangement of Nanchang City is to prepare for a counteroffensive, and every design is very accurate. Besides, the Japanese army didn't know, even if they knew that there was an arrangement, unless the city wall was demolished, there was no way to know.

Saito Yayuan thought that he could hold the city of Nanchang, not to mention three days, he didn't even hold it for three hours before the snow fox attacked it, with the troops that continued to enter Nanchang from all sides, the city siege turned into a city street battle, and it also became a melee.

According to the past practice, this situation does not distinguish the winner or loser, and the Japanese army cannot retreat easily, but the combat effectiveness of the Snow Fox and the record that have been achieved have made the Japanese army not sure that they will win in this situation.

With reports from all over the place, Yoshitaka Akiyama said: "Your Excellency, the commander of the division, retreat!" Snow Fox This is a planned counterattack, we were fooled. Hold on......" Yoshitaka Akiyama did not continue, but Saito Yayuan understood that in individual combat, especially in this kind of urban street fighting, the chariots and artillery of the imperial army could not play a role, and the losses of the imperial army in one night would be very huge. Even if it lasts until daytime, the two sides are scuffling, and the plane will not be able to play a role, I am afraid that the cunning Xue Ru will also take advantage of this. If the troops withdraw from Nanchang, the two sides engage in a field battle, and the aircraft can play a role. He sighed and said, "Order the troops to concentrate on Beicheng, withdraw from Nanchang, and retreat to Shuixiu." ”

"Hi" Yoshitaka Akiyama nodded and gave orders to the wings, and the division headquarters also began to retreat. However, Nanchang said that it was not big or small, and the troops were scattered in all directions, and orders could not be issued quickly. Besides, what if you receive an order, the two sides are fighting together, and they can't withdraw if they want to, so they can only withdraw while fighting.

Once the troops retreated, the morale of the army was completely lost, and it soon turned into a flight, and in the face of the wolf-like attack of the snow fox, the devil who was not an opponent was even more vulnerable, and the retreat turned into a rout, and the rout turned into an escape. Originally, the strength of the two sides was equal, and the number of snow foxes was even smaller, but the Japanese army, which had lost the heart of battle, became defeated soldiers who fled for their lives in panic and flocked to the north city gate.

As soon as they came out of Beicheng, they were attacked head-on by the 215th Regiment of the 106th Brigade of the 36th Division of the Snow Fox outside the city. Because there are no troops in other directions, they will also be surrounded by Chinese troops, and the only way to retreat to Shuixiu is to retreat back to Jiujiang and retreat to Wuhan, which can be met by the 22nd Division. Sure enough, Yato Saito ordered a retreat to the northern castle.

Blocked by the 215th Regiment driven to Beicheng, Saito Yayuan was really anxious, if he couldn't withdraw, the whole army might be wiped out in Nanchang, and ordered the chariots to open the way and rush forward, and the infantry charged in groups, and they must be killed. The 215th Regiment had only more than 2,000 men, and it was too late to arrange the fortifications, so it entered a temporary position to block it.

Xue Ru can't help it, she can't arrange it in advance, because she doesn't know which direction the Japanese army is retreating from, the only reserve can only be maneuvered and temporarily dispatched, Liu Ying, the commander of the 215th Regiment, is the commander of the original 36th Division and Snow Fox, and she is not convinced, if you can't stop the Japanese army at this time, how can you have face to stay in Snow Fox in the future. After all, there was no possibility for the 36th Division to go back, and he gave a death order to stop the Japanese army from escaping at all costs.

The soldiers of the 215th Regiment persevered, and in the face of the Japanese tanks, gasoline*, and anti-tank build-up*, some soldiers did not hesitate to pounce on them and die with the Japanese tanks.

The devils are also crazy, the Snow Fox Brigade pressed up, and if they couldn't break through the blockade in front of them, they would be dead, and it was also a lifeless attack. The battle of Nanchang is the most tragic in the north city blockade, when the 216th regiment arrived, the 215th regiment has suffered more than half of the casualties, the Japanese 106th division has rushed out of a part, the 216th regiment took over the position to attack the devil, the 108th brigade commander Yang Guangjue personally came to the battlefield to command his troops to pursue, in the back of the 106th brigade Pan Yongsheng they attacked, plus the snow fox directly under the regiment and the fourth regiment of Qiao Han on the south side, the Japanese army was quickly defeated, the battle did not stop all night, it was dark and began to fight, and it lasted until dawn.

Except for the commander of a part of the Japanese protection division who fled to Yongxiu, the 106th Division was once again devastated, and after Wanjialing, it did not even take half a year, and the 106th Division was once again completely annihilated.

When the Japanese planes arrived at the battlefield, they saw only the corpses of the imperial soldiers in one place, and they could only block the pursuit of the snow fox, allowing the remnants of Saito Yato to flee to Yongxiu and join the 22nd Division.

The battle lasted all night, and in the headquarters of the Pingcheng Corps, Xue Ru, Zhang Donglin and John also talked all night, and they would not have talked about it for such a long time, but Taylor John was full of interest.

He considered himself a noble man and somewhat looked down on the Chinese. But Zhang Donglin was tall, and the name of Zhang Zhidong, the minister of Liangjiang in the Qing Dynasty, was still known to the British.

Because of the same background, he and Zhang Zhidong became friends, Zhang Donglin spent such a long time that after he arrived in Shanghai, he successively found several friends in the United States, but the United States pursued an isolationist policy of not participating in the war, especially military supplies will not be exported to China, and at the same time, there is no port that can be operated through, so it cannot be done. Zhang Donglin said that if he couldn't do it, how could he meet Xue Ru, so he didn't return, and went directly to Hong Kong from Shanghai.

Since the relationship between Britain, France and Germany began to be tense, and Vietnam was a French colony, and Hong Kong was a British place, Zhang Donglin went to Hong Kong to find his friend Taylor John, this guy is still very capable, and has been doing business in Asia, and the Taylor family has also done everything.

Sure enough, Zhang Donglin said that John was very interested, because he could also see the name of Snow Fox from the newspapers in Hong Kong, it didn't matter if he was in business or not, it was not bad to know this female vixen. John, who was not very old, was also very curious about this legendary girl, so he came with Zhang Donglin, and found out that the snow fox was in Pingcheng, Jiangxi.

After a long night with Xue Ru, Xue Ru's age, knowledge and understanding of the West surprised and admired John.