Chapter 211: Nanchang Offensive and Defensive Battle (3)

The Japanese army knew that the Chinese army had withdrawn from the people of Nanchang, but there was nothing they could do at night, the planes could not be dispatched, and it was not possible to send troops to intercept them, and there were still the 78th and 79th armies of the 19th Group Army around Nanchang, and many troops of the 32nd and 70th armies that had withdrawn from the city, and the Japanese army was also afraid of being ambushed. Besides, how far they could escape in one night, the Japanese army only wanted to occupy Nanchang.

The war has been going on for more than a year, and the Japanese army has captured countless Chinese cities, and they know the situation of the Chinese people very well. The Chinese talk about the inseparability of their homeland, and some people still believe in the Imperial Japanese Army. Nanjing, Shanghai, and Wuhan are all like that, even though a large number of people have fled, they are only loyal to the Chinese government. Most of the ones left behind were friendly to the Great Japanese Empire, so they didn't care anymore and waited for tomorrow to enter Nanchang City, intending to take over the city.

For the people to leave, the snow fox of more than 20,000 people just arranged their own combat preparations. Xue Ru didn't have any time, didn't ask a word about what happened, and no longer mentioned the question of whether he was a commander or not, but mobilized all forces to prepare.

There are also many situations in urban street fighting, Xue Ru is not the same as being attacked and forced to fight in the street, she is digging a pit and waiting for the devil.

At dawn, the city of Nanchang was a mess overnight, the streets were full of garbage, and the streets were like ghost towns, quiet. Snow Fox's soldiers are preparing dry food and drinking water, and hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing without order, and their chaos can be imagined. The streets were littered with torn clothes and shoes that had been stepped on, and no one knew how many people ran barefoot.

In the city center headquarters, Xue Ru looked solemnly at the officers above the regiment commander in front of him and said: "With the headquarters as the central point, it is divided into four combat areas, the first brigade is the north city, the second brigade is the east city, the 212th brigade is the south city, and the 213th brigade is the west city, each brigade is divided into the combat area of each regiment, waiting for orders." When the Japanese army enters the city, it will start fighting from whichever area it comes in, no matter what method I use, it is to eliminate the devils, and to kill and injure the Japanese army as much as possible, the Snow Fox combat principle is not desperate, it is a guerrilla, if you can't beat it, you can run, there are artillery and chariots coming in, and they will be blown up at any cost, once they receive the order, they will immediately withdraw from the city, and enter the hidden places respectively, and each regiment will keep the radio station open, understand? ”

"Understood," everyone immediately replied.

Xue Ru said: "Li Wenxiu and I are in command of the regiment directly under the center of the city, Liu Yuanshan is in charge of the north, Chen Ruihe is east, Lai Changwen is west, and Dai Zong is south. ”

Everyone turned away. Ouyang Sari said: "Miss, they are around, I am in the middle, so I still have a fart?" Isn't there nothing in the direct regiment? ”

"The beauty of thought." Xue Ru said: "The four directions are urban guerrilla warfare, not blocking operations, how can they block devils from coming in?" The command center is in the middle, you think the devils are stupid, they also thought of attacking the center and destroying the command headquarters at the first time, so my life is in your hands. ”

Ouyang Sari said: "I'm relieved, Miss, don't worry, with my Sari, no one will want to touch a hair of you." ”

Li Wenxiu said: "Bragging, let's think about how to fight, we use you to protect?" It's a pity that the iron pillar is not there. ”

In fact, at this time, Xue Ru also wanted to tie the pillar of them, and he didn't know what Xu Zhan and Wang Dongbiao were doing, so he shook his head and said: "Wenxiu, gather the guard battalion, and all the confidential personnel except for the radio personnel will pick up weapons and prepare for battle." ”

"Yes, Miss." Li Wenxiu and the others usually don't have a chance to participate in the war, but it seems that this time it is all mobilized, and even the people in the cooking squad put down their big spoons and take up arms. Except for Liu Quan, who commanded a few telegraph operators to control the radio station, all the people from the other corps headquarters gathered to prepare for battle.

According to Xue Ru's instructions, Liu Quan and them prepared at least five locations, which could be transferred at any time, and the radio station was guaranteed to contact the regiments, brigades, and division headquarters, and when the sun rose, Nanchang City was like a monster opening its big mouth, waiting to devour the devils who came in.

As soon as dawn was dawn, Major General Shan Di Heng of the 111th Brigade of the 106th Division of the Japanese Army commanded the 133rd Wing to send a brigade to attack Nanchang. Overnight, according to reports from various sources, there were not a few people who escaped from Nanchang City, and there were also a large number of troops. It seems that the Chinese army, like Xuzhou, is ready to abandon Nanchang. But the brigade commander was still so careful that he just sent a brigade to test it.

The situation in the city can't help but worry Shan Diheng, it's a little weird, because even the city gate is not closed, and there is not a single figure on the city wall. Captain Hanaya Akiyu Shaozo carefully commanded the army to go inside, they were worried that there would suddenly be machine guns fired from the city wall.

In such a situation, the Japanese artillery did not open fire, is it still necessary to open fire? That's a waste of shells. They approached the city gate, and there was no movement inside, and Hanaya Mingyu commanded one of his brigades to quietly enter the city and advance along the street towards the center.

No, there is still no movement, this is the direction of Beicheng, it is the Xiao Yong defense area of the First Brigade, at this time his four regiments are also guarding the four streets, all hidden in the private houses, on the ridge, I don't know how many rifle and machine guns are staring at the Japanese brigade.

In one of the houses, the communications corpsman ran in: "Report to the brigade commander, the devil has come in a brigade that has reached Dawei Street, which is the defense area of the 5th and 7th regiments." ”

A brigade? The devil is really cautious, it's better to be more cautious. Originally, she had been separated from Xue Ru for so long, and she came back and wanted to talk to her, but these bastards didn't have time to talk to their wives.

Xiao Yong is very complacent about Xue Ru as his wife in his heart, and these days he is proud, and his face is about to burst into laughter, which makes the whole First Brigade feel funny.

said in a low voice: "Order, Qiao Han and Zhang Hu surround and eliminate the devil's team, and don't let any of them go, so that they can't figure out the situation." ”

"Yes," the communication soldier ran out to inform Qiao Han and Zhang Hu. Seeing that after advancing for thousands of meters, there was still no movement, and Hanaya Mingyu Shaozo became bold, and it seemed that the Chinese had indeed run away.

With a wave of his hand, the soldiers behind him divided into squadrons and squads and began to enter the shops and houses on both sides. Because the people were driven away, and they were not allowed to bring anything with them, almost all the things in the house were there. The Japanese soldiers were overjoyed and began to rummage through boxes and cabinets to find good things, and some began to pack bags on their bodies.

A large group of devils immediately began to be a little disorganized, constantly spreading forward, and no longer guarded. Because there are good things that are afraid of being slowed down, Qiao Han, who was hiding in a house, raised his gun and pointed it at a devil on the street. Qiao Han's gunshot was the signal, and countless bullets were fired in many places in directions that the devil couldn't figure out.

The devils who stormed the shops and houses were shot dead before they could understand what was going on. A large group of devils is thousands of people, and it is a large area to disperse, but they think that there is no one in the city, and they are robbing things, how do they know that there are two or three times more troops than them waiting for them.

Without receiving the order to shoot, the soldiers retreated, not confronting the devils, not too far away, just staring at them. As soon as Qiao Han's gun rang out, the surrounding soldiers did not retreat, but shot one after another.

The five regiments and the seventh regiment, even if there are few people in Snow Fox, each regiment has more than 1,000 people, and the two regiments are 3,000 people, and a brigade of 1,000 people against the Japanese army. But they are completely defenseless, they are all busy looking for things, isn't that looking for death? Completely dispersed and unable to concentrate, and at the same time it is not known how many guns are pointed at them.

Snow Fox's shooting level has always been good, and it is related to Xue Ru's requirements for strengthened and accurate shooting. Besides, Snow Fox basically has a pistol in his hand, a rifle at a distance, and a pistol at close, not to mention the misery of the Devil Flower Valley Brigade, he is not slow to react and ordered to concentrate together. But two regiments besieged from both sides of the street and blocked the direction of the city gate, and they could not run back if they wanted to.

The devil radio station is equipped to the brigade level, will Xiao Yong's order give the devil a chance to send a report? As the number of people dwindled, the gunfire in the city turned into scattered sounds. There are no machine guns, no *, and even less the sound of shells.

The commander of the 133rd Wing outside the city, Kendai Iino, was stunned when he heard the gunshots, it turned out that there were troops in the city, but the situation was unknown, and the gunshots were not intense, he judged that it should be a small force to contain and prevent the imperial army from pursuing. On the one hand, he sent people to report to the brigade commander, and on the other hand, he sent the brigades to approach the city. Not knowing the situation in the city, he didn't dare to put all a wing into it, believing that a brigade that went in would be able to escape and report the situation even if it was defeated.

But as time passed, the gunfire in the city became less and less, but none of the soldiers escaped, which made Kendai Iino's ten worries. How many people can destroy a large group of imperial troops? He again reported to the brigade commander and for a while did not know what to do.

Major General Shandi Heng was also stunned when he received the report, and he also thought that Nanchang was an empty city. Running away overnight, of course, it is impossible to take things away, and I am afraid that there are still many people in the city. However, it was not as in the past, the pro-Japanese faction in the city who were afraid of death came out to greet the imperial army under a small flag, so he also agreed to send a brigade in to investigate.

The devil is not on this side, from the west gate on the other side, at the same time there is a brigade of the 101st Brigade of the 101st Division and the 151st Wing into the city. This is 2,000 people entering the city at the same time, which cannot be regarded as a small force.

Guarding the west was Yang Guangjue, commander of the 101st Brigade, who was mainly studying the principles and methods of Snow Fox operations in Ji'an during this time. In addition, the 36th Division also exchanged many officers with the Independent Division, and accepted this operational concept. The results of the battle were no worse than Qiao Han and them, and Yang Guangjue, who was worried that he would not be able to fight well, ordered the two regiments around him to retreat and let the devils in deeper.

Because it was retreating inward, the Japanese army found that things and property were even more greedy, so that they became completely unorganized. Regarding the loss of the people, Yang Guangjue and they were less distressed than Xiao Yong, they were simply waiting, so they were not in a hurry to attack. The more he is not in a hurry to attack, the more scattered the devils are, because he only cares about grabbing things and making a fortune, so he doesn't care about defense. The captain of the brigade, Kobayashi Peisan, also thought that the city was empty.

It wasn't until they moved forward and entered the core area, which was directly under the regiment, that Yang Guangjue ordered the 215th Regiment and the 216th Regiment to attack, which was the strength of a brigade, and the 36th Division was originally more than the Snow Fox in terms of strength, and one of their regiments had more than 2,000 people.

The battle can be imagined, although the devils reacted quickly and had good combat effectiveness, they were also unable to prevent it, and it was impossible to distinguish where the bullets came from, and the principle of giving priority to killing grenadiers and machine guns in the windows of the walls and above the houses made the Japanese firepower unable to play a role at all.

After the order of Kobayashi Peizo was issued, the Japanese troops had no chance to withdraw at all, and they were killed one after another, some of them under the bayonets.

This kind of battle was fought too happily, which made Yang Guangjue, who received the report, very excited: "Report to Commander Miss that the 108th Brigade has completely annihilated a brigade of devils, and its own casualties do not exceed 100 people." ”

Then the troops received an order: "Continue to lurk, dodge the shelling of devils and aircraft, and do not expose the target." ”

Xue Ru's instructions were indeed correct, the commanders of the two Japanese brigades responsible for directing the attack were gone, and the two brigades did not know what the results were, and they disappeared like stones sinking into the sea. This made Major General Shandi Heng and Major General Zuo Jiyizhong of the 102nd Brigade not dare to decide lightly whether the number of troops to eliminate one brigade would not be reduced, or whether two brigades would disappear at the same time.

The devil did not attack again, but reported it level by level. Ningci, who was in Wuhan, also received a report more than an hour later, which made him a little annoyed and had to travel from Wuhan to Jiujiang to take command again. The commanders of the two divisions were given orders to send a large number of troops into the city, on the premise that Nanchang was bombed with aircraft and artillery, and that the more troops in the city, the more difficult it would be to dodge, and at the same time send reconnaissance planes to reconnoiter at low altitude to find out the situation in Nanchang City.

Feeling uneasy, he ordered the chariot division to send chariots and enter through the city gate to cover the infantry entering the city. The commanders of the two divisions, Saito Yayuan and Ono Kazujun, who received the order, finally became ruthless and ordered the two brigades to enter the city at the same time from both sides and search forward.

For a time, Nanchang City ushered in artillery fire, which was a 150-caliber heavy artillery, and every shell collapsed a lot of houses.

It's a pity that the city of Nanchang is too big for the Japanese army to achieve carpet bombing, and they are not as wealthy as the Americans. But after all, the artillery fire was intensive, and the number of snow foxes was indeed quite large, and some of the more than 20,000 people were finally killed and wounded. However, Snow Fox also soon found that the root of the city wall was a safe place, because the Japanese army concentrated the artillery target in the center of the city, after all, the cannon was not a mortar, and the angle of ballistic curvature was limited, so Xue Ru, who was in the center, was the first to be bombed, and had to change the command headquarters, and the four brigades tried their best to move their troops closer to the city gate and city wall to avoid the Japanese artillery bombardment.

Japanese planes appeared in the sky, and they unscrupulously flew low-altitude bombs and machine-gun fire, mainly targeting civilian buildings. It was only at this time that everyone understood why Xue Ru ordered the people in the city to be forcibly expelled, otherwise it was not the army that suffered the most losses, but the residents of Nanchang.

The devil is really inhumane, for the sake of war, he doesn't care about the life or death of the people, and carries out this kind of attack on civilian areas. This situation made the Snow Fox soldier officer bite his lip and swear that the devils will not let them go when they come in and kill them all.

The aircraft and artillery lasted for an hour, and a total of four wings of the 102nd Brigade and the 111th Brigade entered the city from the two city gates in the northeast.

The two wings could not march towards the city in a line, and Major General Heng of the mountains to the north let four chariots in front and his infantry in the rear, and searched along the streets towards the center of the city, intending to join the 102nd Brigade.

This situation could not wait any longer, and Xue Ru finally gave the order to all the troops to attack. The Snow Fox's attack was also scattered and withdrew after a few shots, and there were not many people, and the Japanese had to send corresponding troops to pursue. But the devils who entered the city did not know and did not pay attention, and they were lured and gradually began to disperse.

More than 10,000 people in four wings of the Japanese army were lured by the snow fox to scatter and chase after the streets and urban areas of the city, but when a certain distance was opened, the snow fox counterattack began.