Chapter 212: Nanchang Offensive and Defensive Battle (4)

Troop discipline is the first element, and it is necessary no matter what kind of army it is. The Japanese army originally had good military discipline and quality, but when the attack on China began, the defeat of the national army, the Japanese army was like entering a no-man's land, and the weakness of the Chinese people could be bullied, so that the Japanese army gradually relaxed its vigilance.

On the other hand, in order to destroy the will of the Chinese military and civilians to resist and to make up for their lack of war materials, the Japanese army also decided to become a predatory army in order to destroy the will of the Chinese military and civilians and make up for their lack of war materials. When you see material money, it is impossible not to be greedy.

Besides, the Japanese army has been carrying out a policy of plundering from Shanghai to Nanjing, then to Wuhan, from North China to Central China. Snatching property, soldiers and officers are counting on getting rich, and an army that has a good banner is engaged in bandit and bandit behavior, which will inevitably lead to a decline in the overall combat effectiveness of the Japanese army. When these troops first entered Nanchang, they were indeed very cautious.

However, with the attack of the snow fox, the Japanese forces gradually dispersed, and the senior officers were not around, and the junior officers were not much better than the soldiers. Snow Fox This is a plan to lure the enemy to disperse, and there were many troops attacking, but only platoons were used to attack. Small groups of troops hit and run, and the Japanese could not use a wing to pursue, but could only disperse the pursuit by squadrons and squads. As soon as the Chinese army cannot be found, a search will begin, looting property.

How can such an army fight with some soldiers carrying burdens on their backs? When the snow fox attacked in turn, the Japanese army was unable to fight back. The snow fox did not directly attack and encircle, but relied on the streets and houses, and constantly fired cold shots. In fact, the Japanese did not notice at all, and most of their losses were grenadiers and machine gunners. This is the latest tactic studied by Snow Fox, and heavy weapons are the biggest threat to the Chinese army.

Xue Ru already knew from Luo Zhuoying's mouth that the coastal areas were blocked, Britain and France were forced by the Japanese army, China's foreign aid channels were decreasing, supplies were becoming more and more difficult, and the amount of ammunition imports was decreasing. It could not be produced domestically, and the war materials were already very small, and it was gradually difficult to replenish the troops.

North China fell, the arsenal was moving to the northwest, and even the replenishment of the Central Army began to be insufficient. This led Xue Ru to order the troops to do their best to conserve bullets.

Looking at the gradually decreasing forces around him, Major General Shan Di Heng finally felt that something was wrong, how could the troops who pursued it rarely return? The gunfire in Nanchang City is getting denser and denser, and there are gunshots all around, proving that the army in the city is not a small number.

He immediately ordered the chariots to attack the center of the city, hoping to join the 102nd Brigade on the other side. Yamachi Heng's heart began to feel uneasy, and there was a feeling that he had been fooled, and the four chariots moved forward along the main street, followed by the infantry.

The special battalion of the regiment directly under him hid in the room, looking at the four chariots moving forward along the street, Zhao Dahai said to the people around him: "Get me on time and strive for reimbursement for all at once." ”

The deputy battalion commander beside him said: "Battalion commander, you see, the brothers are not practicing for a day. ”

Zhao Dahai raised his hand and shouted, "One, two, three, vote." ”

There was a whooshing sound, and more than a dozen people threw out the clay pot in their hands together, which was tied with a rope. Otherwise, the arm strength of the person would not be able to reach far, and he tied a rope and flew out, a distance of seventy or eighty meters, which was exactly the way forward for the devils, and many fell into the ranks of the devils.

The sound of ping-pong, the clay pot shattered, the gasoline inside spewed out, and the Japanese soldiers, cars, and chariots were all on it. Seeing this effect, Zhao Dahai shouted: "Shoot with bows and arrows, and the other soldiers continue to throw." ”

There were more than forty swishs, and the devil also reacted, since it was gasoline, what else didn't he understand. Major General Shandi Heng, who was following behind, was shocked and immediately shouted: "Retreat, retreat, he wants to withdraw from this gasoline belt."

But it was late, and rockets flew out from behind the houses on both sides, not advanced modern rockets, but ancient bows and arrows with fire heads. There is no doubt that as soon as the gasoline touches a little fire, it immediately burns with a bang. In an instant, the whole street was filled with flames. The four chariots were surrounded by fire, and the Japanese soldiers were also on fire, so they didn't care to shoot around them, and fell to the ground to roll to extinguish the fire.

As soon as the fire came, Ouyang Sari launched an attack, with machine guns, rifles and grenadiers on both sides and in front of and behind*. The brigade headquarters and a brigade of Japanese troops and a squadron of tank soldiers were beaten to the ground, and they didn't know how many people were around.

The soldiers in the chariot opened the doors and fled, retreating with the soldiers. Zhang Jiu, who ran out of the street, shouted: "Zhao Dahai, you won't be less, Lao Tzu's chariot, quickly, extinguish the fire, extinguish the fire." Zhao Dahai, who rushed out to chase the devil, shouted: "Zhang Jiu, Lao Tzu can't drive, and the brothers chased through the streets." ”

Another quilt, another mud, finally extinguished the fire of the four tanks, but unfortunately only two of them were still able to start, two were damaged, and the angry soldiers of the mobile battalion scolded the soldiers of the special battalion for being a loser. They drove and it was their dream to have a chariot. When the devils were attacking, they used chariots to disperse and cooperate, but this time it turned out to be a chariot cluster, and it was not easy to capture it at all, so it was not easy to get four of them, and two of them were destroyed.

The smoke of the mountain Hengqi who escaped from this street was really unprecedentedly such a shameless battle, and the Chinese army actually retreated and did not pursue it anymore.

Of course, Ouyang Sari will not pursue, because the surrounding area is not the place he is responsible for, and the direct regiment is only protecting the middle, as long as the devils retreat, there will be others to clean them up.

The troops on the other side were lucky, and none of the four tanks were broken. Zhang Jiu and the others had six chariots at once, and they were very arrogant. Although it was a light tank, there were two more that did not even have a cannon on it, only machine guns.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Xue Ru said to Li Wenxiu: "Give Dai Zong and Li Zhipeng an order to concentrate their forces and drive the Japanese army out of Nanchang City." ”

"Yes" The sound of the trumpet sounding at the same time in the city, east, west, north and south, this is not a charge, it is an order for a counteroffensive. The troops, hidden in the surroundings, all came out and began to attack the scattered Japanese troops.

At this time, the commanders of the two brigades of the Japanese army were terrified, it turned out that there were so many troops hidden in Nanchang City, which was twice as many troops as the four wings of the Japanese army entering the city. They lost the support of aircraft and artillery in the city, and the chariots could not exert their strength in the narrow streets, which were generally narrow in Chinese cities. Yamachi Heng and Major General Zuo Zhi Yoshishige ordered to withdraw from Nanchang City almost at the same time.

When they retreated outside, the Japanese army found that the losses of two brigades and four wings were as high as more than one wing. Together with the first two brigades, the Japanese army was wiped out by more than 5,000 people.

As the commander of this campaign, Lieutenant General Ningci of Gangcun in Jiujiang personally went to Yongxiu County. The Chinese army suddenly retreated, and there were no troops left in the entire north of Nanchang.

Although the loss in Nanchang was reported, the Japanese army had already controlled Yueyang, to Chongyang, Wuning to Yongxiu, as long as Nanchang was finally taken, it would be able to become one with Wuhan, and it would be difficult for the Chinese army to attack again, as long as it controlled Nanchang, it could easily attack Changsha. As long as Hunan, Guizhou, and Liangguang are occupied, it is useless for China not to surrender. Let Chiang Kai-shek's government hide in the southwest, and the imperial army will not be interested in those poor places.

Looking at the commanders of the two divisions in front of him, Okamura Ningji was angry, two stupid pigs, giving them a chance to wash away their shame, and finally they were defeated in the hands of others. Xue Yue is indeed difficult to deal with, and he actually adopted this tactic, but he has lost the outer defense line, a lonely city of Nanchang, can he hold it?

"Report" Major General Yoshimoto Sadaji, chief of staff, came in: "Your Excellency, the secret service reports that it is not Xue Yue or Luo Zhuoying who commands the Nanchang Campaign, it is Xue Ru of the Snow Fox Corps, and the troops in Nanchang City only have the Snow Fox Corps, and there are no other troops. ”

Okamura Ninji had a contemplative look on his face, I see, no wonder the tactics are so treacherous. It's this damn woman again, the cunning vixen. Since it was the snow fox who was there, Okamura Ningji did not blame the commanders of the two divisions, they were defeated in the hands of the snow fox Xue Ru, they were not the first, so there was no need to blame them.

I didn't expect to ignore the Snow Fox Corps that has been in Ji'an. I thought that Xue Ru was no longer the commander, so it was nothing, but I didn't expect them to secretly enter Nanchang, such a big troop movement, why didn't the reconnaissance plane report it?

In fact, the Snow Fox moved too fast, and the Japanese reconnaissance plane did not know that it was the Snow Fox Corps when they saw it. Because there were too many Chinese troops around Nanchang, one unit entered Nanchang and did not attract much attention from the Japanese army. In fact, it was caused by Okamura Ningji's arrogance, and the strength of China's one group army and five armies in Nanchang did not look at him at all, thinking that with three infantry divisions, one tank regiment, and one heavy artillery brigade, Nanchang could be easily taken. I'm very confident in my new tactics.

It must be said that the rigid tactics of the national army have fulfilled Xue Ru. Because the Japanese army has become accustomed to the combat methods of the Chinese army, the sudden appearance of Xue Ru is an alternative, which makes the Japanese army fooled nine times out of ten, and the national army has become a foolish devil.

Okamura Ningji looked at the map, a smile appeared on his face, since there is only one snow fox here, it is only 20,000 people, if you want to fight street battles with the imperial army, then accompany you to fight, see if there is no air supremacy, no heavy weapons, what to use to fight street battles with the heavy troops of the imperial army, the advantage of troops is an absolute advantage.

He said to Yoshimoto Sadaji: "Give the 6th Division an order, let him avoid the entanglement of the Chinese army, attack to Nanchang, surround Nanchang from the west, concentrate the forces of the entire division in the east and north, use the assault force of chariots, attack Nanchang on three sides, and enter the city at the same time, I see what Xue Ru uses to confront the imperial army." ”

Okamura Ninji This is the easiest way and the most effective way. Three divisions attacked at the same time, if Xue Ru held on to the city walls, he would be killed or wounded under the heavy artillery planes, and if he retreated to the city as today, then he would be besieged by three divisions. The three divisions, although they lost part of their part, also had 50,000 or 60,000 men. This time not only can you occupy Nanchang, but also wipe out the entire Snow Fox Corps, which is a good thing.

But the snow fox is indeed very strong in combat, so Okamura Ninji can't be careless. He said: "Order the 6th Artillery Brigade to concentrate heavy artillery on covering Nanchang, and order aircraft to carry out saturation bombing on Nanchang." I'm afraid that when the imperial army entered the city, there were not many snow fox troops left. ”

Saito Yayuan knew that he would not be able to fight well this time, not only would he be the commander of the division no more, but he would also not want to be a soldier again. He also left and returned to the city of Nanchang, waiting for the 6th Division to arrive and prepare to attack Nanchang together.

Lieutenant General Inaba Shiro was very unconvinced, because of the Battle of Wuhan, Snow Fox destroyed the 16th Division and eliminated the 27th Division behind him, but he did not block his attack, making the 6th Division a hero in the attack on Wuhan.

In fact, how did he know that Xue Ru was going to Nakajima Imago, because Gu Shoufu died in Nanjing, and this Nakajima Imago was one of the murderers in Nanjing. It's a pity that he let him escape. It was also that Wuhan fell too quickly, otherwise the 6th Division would not be much better. The 6th Division received the order and immediately set off at Wuning to rush to Nanchang, but the strange thing was that there was no harassment of troops along the way, and the 6th Division successfully entered the city of Nanchang.

The Japanese army had withdrawn from Nanchang, and Xue Ru immediately began his own preparations, ordering the troops to make final arrangements while eating. Early the next morning, the observer reported that the Japanese had no intention of attacking, and the intelligence department reported that the Japanese army occupied the 6th Division in Wuning and rushed to Nanchang.

Xue Ru smiled proudly: "Okamura Ningji really gave face, thinking that he could earn two divisions, but he actually sent another one." ”

The entire command burst into laughter. Xue Ru became serious: "Since there is still some time, let's solve the internal matter." ”

This said, the commanders in the entire command headquarters all became serious, what happened in Ji'an, can Xue Ru not know? Dai Zong was also very nervous, although Xue Ru didn't say anything when he came back, and he couldn't see what was going on, but Liu Yuanshan was appointed by Miss, and if he resisted, he didn't listen to Miss.

Xue Ru asked, "Yuanshan, you really don't plan to be this commander?" ”

Liu Yuanshan said with a bitter face: "Miss, you know, let me do anything, or you will be the commander." I think it's enough for anyone. ”

Xue Ru didn't say anything when he came back, he also wanted to know the whole situation. In response to what happened, I also understood it, and it seems that it is not time for me to let go. It is said that once the emperor sits in the world, he will kill heroes, but there is no way to do it. He also said: "Actually, you haven't entered the mentality and environment yet, and I can't command the troops independently, so I don't want to be a commander." In this case, Yuanshan, you remember, it is not a matter of trust and ability, it is a matter of character. In the future, we must learn to be decisive, this is the army, not a corporate enterprise. It is not allowed to discuss, even if it is wrong, it must be insisted on, it must be implemented, and if you dare to sit in this position, you must take responsibility. ”

Liu Yuanshan nodded again and again, he was too casual, if he insisted on it at that time, Dai Zong and they would not be so opposed, after all, they would bear the responsibility themselves.

Xue Ru said: "Snow Fox is a unit of the Central Army, not we have the final say, especially the official position, which involves a lot of troop coordination issues, and I can't change the commander on my own initiative, after all, it is an order of the Military Commission." In order to facilitate the command of the operation, I will adjust it. Li Wenxiu temporarily served as deputy chief of staff and concurrently served as director of the confidential office of the Snow Fox Corps. Liu Yuanshan served as the chief of staff of the corps, and Chen Ruihe was the temporary acting commander. The officers of the other units will remain unchanged for the time being, and will wait until this battle is over. I'm here to say that if I'm not there, everything is up to Commander Chen, and whether I'm convinced or not will be executed, unless he doesn't admit that he is a Snow Fox. ”

In fact, Chen Ruihe understands what is waiting for the appointment of the government, when has Snow Fox heard of the Ministry of Military Affairs. It's just to make an appearance, whoever is the commander is also a puppet, or Xue Ru has the final say. He also stood up and stood upright: "Ruihe obeys." ”

For a day, the whole snow fox was waiting and doing nothing, but looking at the layout on the city wall, everyone wanted to laugh, and I don't know what the devil's expression would be when he knew it.