Chapter 308: Syracuse Bloodshed (1)

Chen Dong was taken aback, the Southern Han army now does not dare to say that it is invincible in the world, and there is basically nothing to worry about, from the founding of the country, all the people have shown a kind of self-confidence and indifference, this is a symbol of stability in the heart, it is not the herald who ran over is the combat staff officer of the military department, and there must be something wrong with him like that.

The devils attacked from all sides, the only one that had not yet launched an attack was the Guards Division from Chiang Mai in northern Thailand, and it was known that the Guards Division was on the sidelines, and if the north-south offensive went well, they might not attack the southern Han, but directly attack Myitkyina, cut off the Burmese road, and crush the British army there.

But if the attack does not go well, maybe the Guards Division will also attack the Southern Han, so the General Staff decided to make the devil believe that he can win and attack with all his might, and the Snow Fox did not concentrate the troops, which may make the Japanese attack slow, and contain the forces of the Southern Han, and it will not achieve the goal of completely annihilating the Japanese army.

Ding Fenglun's Third Army has not moved in Qingrong, Huisai and Luang Nanta, and the strength of one army is there, although the Japanese army on the north and south lines is attacked by the strength of two divisions, and there is only one army in the Southern Han, but the Third Army and the Fourth Army just did not move.

In Terauchi Shouichi's opinion, Xue Ru was worried about the Guards Division and the two marines at sea, so the two armies did not dare to move, which made him very confident that he ordered Imamura Jun to command the 2nd Division and the 33rd Division to attack in two ways, so that the 56th Division and the 21st Division of Tanaka Kuichi in the north also accelerated the attack, not believing that the strength of one army in the Southern Han could block the attack of the two divisions.

But how did he know that the Southern Han Dynasty was not fighting an offensive and defensive war with the devils, it was not a battle in which you came and went with guns and cannons, and it was really difficult to say the result of that kind of operation, the troops invested by the two sides were about the same, and there were more than 30,000 people in one army and two divisions in the Southern Han Dynasty, and more than 20,000 people in one division of the Japanese army.

Shouichi in the temple doesn't know Xue Ru, and he doesn't understand the combat characteristics of the Southern Han Army, this kind of battle where you punch me and I kick you, and I shoot and I shoot back, it is impossible to fight with you, Xue Ru's tactic is to dig a trap and wait for the devil to come, if you don't make a move, it will be enough, and a move will inevitably be a full blow. Unless you are not deceived, this tactic is to end the battle in a very short time, and the losing side is completely annihilated.

In fact, in the battle of Huishan, Zhao Jinsheng of the Fourth Division, this array of earth artillery used thousands of tons, which is not a small amount for any country, in fact, scattered operations, days, ten days, months of ammunition, * and artillery shells are also calculated in hundreds of tons, thousands of tons, but people can't feel it when they are scattered.

The tactics of the Southern Han Dynasty were to concentrate the Japanese army and use all the guns in a centralized manner, and the unconscionable artillery was a bag that flew out, each of which had more than ten kilograms, the largest was about 30 catties, and each muzzle firing was hundreds, and the four regiments of a division prepared more than 400 earthen cannons on all sides, that is, in one night, the Fourth Division dumped thousands of tons into an area of four or five kilometers from the Japanese garrison camp.

Not to mention the power of their explosions, even the sound and vibration can also make people lose the ability to resist, coupled with the thick smoke of gunpowder, it will not dissipate for several hours, how can the Japanese army in it still have the ability to resist, when the soldiers of the fourth division come in, the Japanese army has completely lost its combat capability.

In terms of material consumption alone, the amount consumed by the Snow Fox army is no less than the big war that lasts for ten days, half a month or a month, and the fire in Rongcheng is hundreds of tons of gasoline plus a city that is not too big. Since Chen Dong and the others planned to do this, the city of Rongshi was full of flammable materials, but the amount of dry firewood and grass was a large amount, which was scattered to every household, and the gasoline sprayed could not reach the cover, but the fire ignited the firewood and grass in the city, making the whole city a big fire.

The Japanese troops who attacked the city did not expect that it would become a purgatory of fire, and they would not pay attention to the firewood and grass placed in the houses, who knew that it was deliberately placed, and when the fire burned, the Japanese army found that there was nowhere to hide, and the whole city was completely on fire.

When Zhang Hu of the Third Division came in, the Japanese army could hardly open their eyes and completely lost their combat effectiveness, and the ammunition, shells, and chariots they brought in were also ignited by the fire. And the 3rd Division of the Southern Han Dynasty, armed with gas masks and windproof glasses, used all the means and weapons at its disposal to carry out a merciless massacre of the Japanese army.

In this case, the general army wanted to capture the Japanese alive and turn the Japanese army into prisoners. If they fought like that, the battle would not have ended so quickly, after all, the Japanese army would not be captured, and officers and generals would inevitably want to resist. Gasoline fires can't last long, and fire is not water, water is pervasive, but the fire must have combustibles, the Japanese army only temporarily lost its combat effectiveness, and after a long time, it will inevitably resist, and there are more than 20,000 people, how can it be so easy to get.

When the Japanese army decreased, the Southern Han army decreased, but the elimination and killing were different, the casualties of the Southern Han army were very low, and the strength of the troops would not be reduced much, and when the Japanese army did not react, it was already killed.

The 3rd Division of the Southern Han Dynasty, which rushed into the city, was also more than 10,000 people, and the devils were caught off guard, and besides, the 38 rifle could not fight with the pistol and * in this kind of battle, so the battle did not stop for a long time after dawn. At this time, Rongcheng was already in ruins, and a complete building could not be found, and even the four city walls had collapsed in many places, and Rongshi City did not exist for the Southern Han Dynasty. Exchanging a city for a division of Japanese troops, no matter how you look at it, it's worth it.

Both the Vietnamese and the French have limited investment in the construction of Vietnam, and in a remote town like Vinh, there are no decent buildings, and the streets are narrow and mostly thatched houses and civil buildings, so it is not a pity that such a place is destroyed, and it will not be too difficult to build another such place. Xue Ru is a modern thought, at this time it is the era of aircraft and cannons, the city wall has lost its effect, and the city wall is not needed to build a city in the future, which will limit the development of the city.

The Southern Han Dynasty is not too nervous, and of course it will not build a city with four walls, so it is useless. When the battle plan was reported, it was approved, and this kind of tactic of a strong man breaking his wrist was something that Japan could think of, so Maruyama Masao's 2nd Division became a dead soul.

Some of them have been burned beyond recognition, and it is impossible to identify which division commander is the commander, and it can only be judged from the military flag and sword that Maruyama Masao also died in the castle of Rongshi. Originally, his own army consumed materials and eliminated devils, and the casualties of the Second Army of the Southern Han Dynasty could not be calculated, and they were extremely slight.

When Chen Donggang, who was in a good mood, was about to arrange how to move forward and restore the defense line from Rongshi to Beishan, the staff officer's report surprised him, what happened? It can't be that Wen Shaodong's navy in the coastal direction can't stop the Japanese army, and they attack Syracuse, right?

grabbed the telegram, read it and shouted angrily: "Ouyang Sari, bastard, Lao Tzu wants your life, Zhang Hu gathered a group and ran to Syracuse." ”

Jin Dongyu didn't know what was going on, so he hurriedly said: "What's wrong with the military commander, calm down, you have to run to Syracuse for three or five days, what are you doing?" ”

Zhang Hu is also stupid, there is a car that does not sit and let him run, the military commander has a problem with his head. Chen Dong remembered what Kim Dongyu said, what kind of order was this. handed the telegram to Jin Dongyu, and said hatefully: "There are also Du Heng, these bastards, rice buckets." ”

Zhang Hu didn't see the telegram, and he didn't know why the army commander scolded Ouyang Sari first and then Du Heng, although he didn't know what happened, it must be related to the battle. Jin Dongyu put down the telegram and said: "Commander, don't worry, the incident has already happened, it's useless to be angry, I think it's better to spy on the devil, Terauchi Shouichi will definitely take advantage of our chaos to make a move." ”

Chen Dong sneered: "There is a move, his two divisions are gone, what action did he use, ordered the two divisions to immediately replenish the ammunition and hold the defensive line, the Japanese attack will fight me, not a single step back, I will go to Syracuse." ”

Jin Dongyu also wanted to go, but looking at Chen Dong's appearance, he said, "Yes, you go quickly, see how it is?" ”

Chen Dong handed over the defense and command of the southern front to Jin Dongyu and Zhang Hu, and immediately took a car to Syracuse, which made Chen Dong so excited was the battle that took place in Syracuse, the palace of the Southern Han Dynasty was attacked, Xue Ru was seriously injured and died unknown, and all the palace guards died.

The details were not said, and Chen Dong didn't know what was going on, but the defense of Syracuse was the garrison commander Zhao Dele, and later replaced by Qu Yanqi, although the strength of Syracuse was not much, but how did the devil enter Syracuse, what are the people in the General Staff, Du Heng's Fourth Army is around Syracuse, is Zhao Dele dead?

In fact, no one can complain about what happened this time, it was completely caused by the carelessness of the Southern Han Dynasty. When the 56th Division of the Japanese army attacking in the north was led to Gaoping by Song Xilian's 71st Army, the division commander, Lieutenant General Takahashi Toshizo, received a report from the commander Tanaka Kuichi that the 74th Army of the Chinese army had entered the estuary area in the direction of Lao Cai, and asked him not to attack in the direction of Lao Cai, so as not to be surrounded by the 74th Army and the 71st Army, and immediately attack the southern Han city of Gaoping, and from there attack in the direction of the capital city of the Southern Han Dynasty, cut off the railway from Yiguang and Anpei, and attack along the railway to the Syracuse City, so as to contain the reserve force of the Southern Han Fourth Army.

At the same time, an order was issued that since the 21st Division occupied Zhennan Pass, it did not need to pause to attack Taiyuan and take Syracuse directly, so that the Southern Han could not take care of it. Sky planes, ground combat vehicles, rolling forward. The most strange thing for the Japanese army was that the Southern Han did not carry out any road destruction, and this road, which was the main road to Syracuse and the road for transporting supplies to China, was particularly well built. A tank brigade of the Japanese army, 21 light tanks and 12 medium tanks, advanced in front, followed by three wings and divisional strength of the 21st Division, which was more than 20,000 people, along the Syracuse Highway at the fastest speed, straight to Taiyuan.

Qiao Han, who set up the headquarters in Taiyuan, was unmoved, and when he received the report, not only was he not worried, but he smiled. The devil's division is a lone army in depth, the battle of the Southern Han Dynasty has begun, and the battle has also started in the direction of the sea, then it depends on me, as long as the 21st division is eliminated, I will see where the 56th division goes, according to what he knows, Chen Dong will not get used to the devil, and the two divisions on that side will not be better. This side has the help of the two armies of the national army, if it can't win all, then what face is called the first army.

The Da Lei Mountain area is a key area to enter Taiyuan, there are no dangerous fortifications here, according to the situation of the Southern Han Dynasty, this is already the mainland, except for the necessary preparations, there is no major action. What should the people in Taiyuan City do, they were not affected by the imminent war, thanks to the propaganda of the local government, the Southern Han troops were sure of victory, what were they worried about?

Once the Great Thunder Pass is passed, the Japanese army will drive straight into Syracuse, and there is no danger to stop it. The brigade commander Yoshimoto Shuzo, who commanded the attack, was also in a hurry, he was the brigade commander commanding a division, and if he won this victory, he would definitely be promoted to division commander. With those more than 30 chariots and the accompanying independent 21st Heavy Artillery Wing, the Southern Han Army did not even dare to defend such a dangerous point as Zhennanguan, and what way could they stop the steel torrent of the Imperial Japanese Army.

Sitting in the jeep holding a telescope and looking at the road passing through the middle of a split mountain, Takahashi Toshizo was a little hesitant, he thought that he had not received a report from an airplane for a long time, this terrain was very dangerous, the Snow Fox First Army had not moved, and it was the Chinese army that was dispatched to block the 56th Division, that is, the First Army was waiting for him in front. He is not sure if there is an ambush here, the strength of an army in the Southern Han Dynasty exceeds his own division, and its combat effectiveness is not worse than that of the Japanese army. The 56th Division did not advance from the direction of Gaoping and could not give him flank cover.

Just when he hesitated, the Japanese army was concentrated in front of the Dalei Mountain Pass, and the division of more than 20,000 people marched in formation, stretching for more than ten kilometers at this time, Yoshimoto Shuzo wanted to disperse the troops and attack the surroundings, and see if the Southern Han army took care of it, if it didn't care, then destroy the surroundings, and if it did, it would know if there was an ambush.

When he brought it up, the chief of staff, Chiba Hachiro, shook his head: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the army headquarters has an order, the Southern Han Army has always been cunning, and it is strictly forbidden for each unit to divide into forces to fight, if the division of troops may be broken by each one, Snow Fox has more troops than us at this time." ”

Yoshimoto Shuzo pointed with his hand dissatisfied: "Then how to pass through this area, what if there is an ambush?" ”

Chiba Hachiro said: "We can use a small number of chariots and a part of the troops to pass first, if they don't care, then part of the passage part, if there is an ambush we have chariots, there are artillery can also rescue and defeat them." "Yoshimoto Shuizo thought about it, this is also a way, after all, you can't stop here, there is indeed a problem with the division of troops. If they did not listen to the command and take responsibility for themselves, they agreed to this plan and sent a tank squad of four tanks and a large group of infantry through the Dalei Mountain Pass.

Chen Dong and they have prepared special tactics, how can they hide from Qiao Han and them, the First Army is not unprepared, according to the instructions of the General Staff, Snow Fox does not use the Fourth Army, but mobilizes the support of the two armies on the Chinese side, just to have follow-up forces.

To solve the infantry of the four divisions of the Japanese army, the two armies of Snow Fox should be enough, the strength of the two sides is about the same, Qiao Han's tactic is to use the 71st and 74th armies to trap the 56th Division in Gaoping, and he concentrates the forces of the two divisions to eliminate the 21st Division.

No matter what tactics, Chen Dong's side is the Southern Han Plain area, and he can use two tactics to destroy Rong City. But Qiao Han's side can't do it, the economy of the Southern Han Dynasty is all in the north, and this distance is also relatively advanced, and he can't use Chen Dong's method. Chen Dong's victory was easy, but Qiao Han's side was much more difficult.

When the Japanese army stopped at the pass of Daxue Mountain, it had retreated here in advance, and two divisions and four brigades of the First Army appeared on all sides. The ground observation post cooperated with the air force to strike at the Japanese reconnaissance plane, so that Yoshimoto Shuzo could not get the information from the air, and he finally hesitated without knowing the situation, and the troops were blocked here, and some did not dare to go over, and it was at this time that Qiao Han's four brigades surrounded him from all sides.

There are a lot of Japanese troops and they occupy a large area, so there is no way to defeat them except to carry out a normal attack, compress the devils in the middle, and defeat them.

Shuzo Yoshimoto also had a talent for military affairs, and he made his troops form a ring defense and maintain an overall advance, which was to prevent being surrounded. If you want to encircle more than 20,000 Japanese troops, a small number of troops is impossible, and the number of an army in the Southern Han Dynasty is more than yourself, but if you want to encircle on all sides, the imperial army will not fight back, and the outcome of the battle is not known.

But Yoshimoto Shuzo didn't know how the Southern Han Snow Fox Army, which had always won with tactics, could be a real conventional battle, and he had already thought of it when he purchased weapons from abroad. Every weapon Xue Ru purchased was targeted, so the failure of Shuzo Yoshimoto was doomed.