Chapter 190: Battle of Anqing (4)

In order to gain time, the Japanese army did not carry out a tentative attack with small units as before, Major General Naoji Sakai ordered the 20th Wing to attack, the artillery group to carry out fire support, and the wing commander Nanbu Kiyosho Daisa ordered a brigade to attack, which was the road from Tao Chong to Huaining to attack, and the Japanese army could not pass without occupying here.

As soon as it came up, it was a brigade, and I could see the eagerness of the Japanese army. It is the 106th Brigade that sticks here, and Xue Ru has studied what troops are doing and what they do. The national army troops are good at defending, and the Snow Fox Corps is good at attacking, so the tasks before and after were given to the two brigades of the 36th Division, and the two brigades of the Snow Fox attacked on both sides. They are still stuck in the mode of thinking that where the imperial army attacks, the Chinese army defends. Since the snow fox attacked Anqing and won the battle again, how could it be possible not to capture Anqing?

This is the problem of rigid thinking, who said that Anqing must be captured? What did Xue Ru do when he captured Anqing? Her aim was to eliminate the Japanese troops. Since the 27th Division is half crippled, only half of the troops have been defeated, and there is nothing to be done to retreat to Anqing, why should it attack Anqing? She gave up the last battle and turned against the 19th Brigade.

Tao Chong, who originally thought that there were not many troops, was strongly blocked by the 20th Wing, and there were indeed a lot of people in a large group of Japanese troops, but it had been connected to Dabie Mountain, the terrain was complicated, and the defensive formation was also very dangerous, and the Japanese army had too many troops to spread, and the position set up by Li Zhipeng, who had a good defensive level, was also very strong, and it was not too difficult to repel the Japanese attack.

This made Major General Naoji Sakai very annoyed, so he could only increase the intensity of the offensive and ordered the artillery to constantly bombard the position. However, the number of troops on the opposite side was not less than that of the Japanese army, and the two regiments were also three or four thousand people, and they were defending by danger, but the Japanese artillery was too powerful, so the casualties were not small. Xue Ru's order to the 36th Division was to stop the Japanese army no matter what the cost, so as to buy time for other troops.

Sakai Naoji had two wings, more than twice as many troops as the 106th Brigade on the opposite side, and they had artillery support, and the 36th Division, which was famous for its strong combat effectiveness, was not an ordinary unit, and the Fujin Mountain position, the Japanese 3rd Division was also stormed, but it was unable to break through the position of the 36th Division, and the Japanese army suffered heavy casualties.

It was an indefinite, hopeless defense, the 36th Division could hold the same, not to mention that this time it was just holding on for 24 hours, not retreating but winning, so that Li Zhipeng and they were even more confident, the two regiment commanders came to the front line to command, the road side under this hill on the periphery of Taochong Town was full of fighting, and the Japanese army launched attacks again and again, but they did not break through the position until noon.

The division commander Fujie Keifu sent a telegram that Snow Fox could not attack Anqing during the day, but it was very dangerous tonight, so he had to capture Taochong and attack Huaining, forcing Snow Fox to stop attacking Anqing. Once the 19th Brigade arrived, in conjunction with the reactionary 27th Division, the Snow Fox troops could be eliminated.

The battle in the afternoon was even more intense, in order to capture Taochong, the Japanese army dispatched planes from Hefei Airport to support the attack of the 19th Brigade, condescending aircraft bombing and machine gun strafing, there was no permanent fortification defense, it was indeed a loss, and the 106th Brigade suffered heavy casualties.

At this time, on a country road leading to Tao Chong, the soldiers of the First Brigade had already left behind their burdens, but only carried guns and ammunition, and ran forward panting. Lan Xun Zhou rode forward on his horse and broke the distance, and then ran back, Wang Kun was also on this side, Liu Yuanshan was behind, and the three of them kept urging the soldiers to speed up.

In front was Du Heng's first regiment, he had given his war horse to the medical soldiers, took the lead in running in front, and shouted as he ran: "Quick, brothers, you can't be slower than the second brigade, you will be angry with Qiao Han, and you will be captured alive by Sakai Naoji." ”

Qiao Han was angry when he heard this, because Snow Fox disrupted the new reorganization and officially divided into two brigades, because their brigade commander was Lan Xun Zhou, and he must have betrayed Miss, so the second brigade always looked down on the first brigade, which made the commander of the first brigade unhappy. Although Du Heng did not betray with Wu Yuzhao, he also began to look at Qiao Han unpleasantly, and at this time he used Qiao Han as a word of encouragement for the soldiers.

Except for one of the first brigades, Du Heng, who was the former head of the Snow Fox, the other three regiment commanders were all people who went with Wu Yuzhao, and of course they were not convinced, thinking that the first regiment commander was transferred elsewhere to replace Du Heng, because Xue Ru wanted to regain control of the troops.

But as soon as the smart Du Heng said this, the other three regiment commanders felt that Du Heng was the same as them, and the soldiers continued to shout. This one had momentum, and the speed was much faster, and they rushed towards Tao Chong in two columns.

On the other road, Dai Zong, Xiao Yong and Lai Changwen are indeed the original Snow Fox, how can they not be clear, don't look at Wu Yuzhao becoming the division commander and returning to Snow Fox, but Liu Yuanshan, as the deputy commander of the corps, served as the chief of staff, of course everyone understands Miss's thoughts. That is, the young lady does not trust Wu Yuzhao, and the whole division is a member of the Snow Fox Corps, not Wu Yuzhao's.

Although the 36th Division was transferred to Snow Fox, it was still the original number, and nothing was moved, which meant that they could be transferred out at any time, and the real Snow Fox was an independent division, and this battle was not only about combat effectiveness, but also about rapid marching.

Long-distance attack operations, how can the second brigade lose to the first brigade, ordered all officers to dismount, handed over the horses to the soldiers who could not run, used to carry weapons and ammunition, reduce the physical strength of the soldiers, and then speed up, the general small river ditch did not take the bridge at all, directly waded over, and rushed to Tao Chong at a gallop.

The speed of the 108th Brigade is faster, the reason is that they are close, but to block the tail of the Japanese army, the distance is farther, and the 106th Brigade is blocking the front, they know very well what the Japanese attack is like, the headquarters ordered, the back of the gate to surround it, to prevent the Japanese from escaping.

Chen Ruihe personally led the 108th Brigade to the big poplar behind Tao Chong, and the Snow Fox Corps was like crazy, and tens of thousands of people from three troops surrounded the 19th Brigade. This is something that the Japanese army could not have imagined, so many troops moved in broad daylight, and it was impossible to hide from the Japanese reconnaissance plane, but the snow fox's sudden transfer intention was unknown, and the 2nd Army Higashikunomiya Twisthiko King also had to analyze and understand, when the reconnaissance plane reported again, the town Jiuliangji was shocked into a cold sweat, and said in a little panic: "Division commander, the target of Snow Fox is the 19th Brigade, how is this good?" ”

King Dongjiugong also understood that Xue Ru was a good plan, if it weren't for the planes of the imperial army, I was afraid that the 19th Brigade would be in danger, so he ordered: "Order, the 19th Brigade will withdraw to Hefei." ”

Machi Kuliangji said: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, I think this is an opportunity to eliminate the snow fox. ”

King Tsugahiko of Tokunomiya said: "What is the opportunity to say quickly." ”

Machi Jiuliangji said: "Look at this distance, Snow Fox can't fight continuously even if it's an iron man, if the 27th Division is ordered to attack Yuexi, Xue Ru has no troops around him, and after occupying Yuexi, reinforcing the 19th Brigade from the side can disrupt Xue Ru's deployment." The Chinese army must wait and see, and ordered the 30th Brigade to stop attacking Shucheng, immediately move south, and surround Snow Fox from the outside, so what is the result? ”

"Yo West" Dongjiu Palace Twist Yan Wang was overjoyed, and nodded again and again: "Good plan, implement it immediately, order the 13th Division to leave a brigade to protect Hefei, and the 25th Brigade will be dispatched to continue to attack Shucheng and contain the Chinese army, I see what else Snow Fox can do." ”

Haha, King Tsukihiko of Higashikunomiya and Machikushiki laughed. King Tokunomiya Tsugahiko said: "Give Sakai Naoji an order, tell him that the snow fox has been surrounded from three sides, and tell him to stand by and wait for reinforcements, not to retreat, and to prepare for a counterattack." ”

The attacking Japanese army suddenly stopped attacking, Zhang Dongxiong was very strange, he held a telescope to watch, and the brigade commander Li Zhipeng next to him was also very strange: "Deputy division commander, what tricks do devils play?" ”

Zhang Dongxiong shook his head: "I don't know, we just dragged the devils, and it is of course a good thing that they don't attack." ”

The chief of staff said to Xianchen: "Not necessarily a good thing. ”

Zhang Dongxiong asked, "Why?" ”

Xiang Xianchen said: "It may be that the Japanese army has discovered the troops on the left and right, so they have stopped attacking. ”

Zhang Dongxiong pulled over the map and looked at it, and nodded: "It's possible, the devils have planes, and the troop movement of a division really can't hide from them, report to the commander, and at the same time send people to keep an eye on the devils to prevent them from running." ”

Li Zhipeng said: "Division commander, they may not have entered the position yet, what should the devil do if he wants to run?" ”

Several people couldn't come up with a way for a while, and there were 10,000 people in a brigade of devils, but they only had less than 4,000 people, and with the casualties, they couldn't stop the devils from escaping. Zhang Dongxiong said: "I have to wait for the commander's order." ”

"Report" Li Wenxiu came in: "Miss, the 106th Brigade reported that the devils suddenly stopped attacking, and they judged that maybe the devils knew our combat intentions. ”

Xue Ru nodded, she knew that such an action could not be concealed from the Japanese army, so she could only gamble. If the devil finds out late, then the goal can be achieved, if it is found early, I am afraid that the only way to defeat the pursuit battle is to defeat it. But at this time, just after noon, the devil stopped attacking, it seems that having air supremacy is different, and the devil is not slow to react.

Xue Ru closed his eyes, it seemed that the 16th Division could not be severely damaged, once they retreated, Snow Fox had no choice, and the 13th Division in Hefei converged, that was the strength of the two divisions, and Snow Fox had no choice. When the number of troops reaches a certain level, it is not something that can be ended in a short period of time.

Without air supremacy, it is impossible to fight continuously day and night, the possibility of victory is very small, and the casualties are huge. Which time was this not the case in Xuzhou, Shanghai, and Nanjing? Even Xue Yue's Wanjialing allowed Matsuura Junrokuro to escape and ascend to heaven for this reason, and did not completely destroy the 106th Division.

Looking at the map, he planned that if the 19th Brigade retreated, he would immediately order the independent division to return and pack up the 27th Division, without reinforcements, and the 27th Division across the Yangtze River would have nowhere to escape, unless he withdrew across the Jiangnan, but then the 6th Division would be miserable.

No matter how she fights, Snow Fox will win this battle, and she was just about to give an order, when Wei Ming came in: "Miss, the situation has changed." ”

Xue Ru was taken aback, Wei Ming reorganized the army this time, he was no longer the commander of the troops, and a department finally appeared in the Snow Fox Corps, the Intelligence Department. Directly under the command of the corps, in fact, it is directly under the leadership of Xue Ru, the intelligence force has always been the most critical department, but it is also a force that cannot be lacking.

Wei Ming, the old reconnaissance captain, also became the first director of the intelligence department, and the first batch of people under him were also very special, Hao Yunfei and Jiang Zhongnian became the people of the intelligence department.

Xue Ru also didn't have much experience in intelligence, so he had to hand over some spy war movies, TV and the little intelligence knowledge he knew to them, but in general, now it is mainly battlefield intelligence, which is much simpler, and it is just to develop reliable people, send lurking people to some places, and study the system contact methods, communication passwords and management mechanisms.

Limited to funds, for the time being, she can only focus on military intelligence, which makes Xue Ru really want to go home immediately, and she has inherited the inheritance as Mu Qiuping, and she will have money at once. But Xue Ru also knew that don't look at what Mu Ping said so well, it's not so simple, how can such a large amount of money be so easy to take. If it is easy to take, the previous head of the family, who is Mu Qiuping's father, has already taken it out to transfer places, will he stay in the UK?

Those are not pointed out for the time being, 30 million pounds is indeed a lot, but Xue Ru has advanced the knowledge for nearly a hundred years, and it is not difficult to earn that money, but she has no time. If it doesn't die, it will be four or five years later, and there will be time to solve it when the War of Resistance is over.

It was under such difficult circumstances that the Snow Fox Intelligence Service was created. Xiao Minghua told the eldest brother Hao Yunfei and the second brother to take out the money they had saved over the years. This made Xue Ru very grateful, their money was not good money, the three of them were actually robbers, killing people and doing anything. It's just that after the devil comes, he also kills the devil. For Hao Yunfei and them, it is not anti-Japanese, who is blocking the way of wealth and killing whom.

But their sworn little sister envied Xue Ru, and also wanted to be a general and study staff homework with Li Wenxiu, so she handed it over to Snow Fox wholeheartedly, and the eldest brother and second brother had to follow. In fact, Xue Ru understood that Hao Yunfei and Jiang Zhongnian both liked Xiao Minghua, otherwise they would not spoil her like this, but the three of them could do this, which made her very grateful.

Seeing Wei Ming say this, he asked, "What's the situation?" What's wrong? ”

Wei Ming said: "I received a report from the brothers who infiltrated Anqing, they found that the 27th Division was preparing for battle, and the troops incorporated the logistics troops into the combat wing, and at the same time, the Japanese 30th Brigade suddenly stopped attacking in the direction of Shucheng, and has not yet received a report from Hefei. ”

The 27th Division plans to attack, but it is not known whether they can protect themselves. In order not to give Snow Fox a chance to reinforce, the Japanese army is attacking with all its might, why did the 30th Brigade stop attacking? Walk a few steps to the map and draw two small blue arrows, right on the triangular spot.

This made Xue Ru's heart shocked, and he somewhat understood what King Tsugahiko of Dongjiu Palace was going to do? Indeed, if the 19th Brigade does not attack and waits for reinforcements, Snow Fox attacks from all sides, the forces are seriously scattered, and the Japanese army concentrates the remnants of the 16th Division and the 27th Division, then it will be able to encircle Snow Fox from the outside. The most important thing is that there is also a 13th division in Hefei, and the Japanese army can use the strength of three divisions to surround the snow fox, which will inevitably end up being wiped out.

This made Xue Ru unable but to be surprised and admired, the devils were not so weak, and their commander did have brains. But in this way, the 19th Brigade of the devil will not withdraw, he will contain the snow fox and wait for the surrounding troops to rush up.

For a long time, a smile appeared on the corner of Xue Ru's mouth, although the devils calculated well, but they didn't know much about the snow fox. Higashikunomiya Tsukihiko King If you want to play big, then play big once. Sometimes you really can't care too much about casualties in battle, otherwise there is no chance of victory. said to Li Wenxiu: "Order the 106th Brigade to cooperate with the first and second brigades on the left and right to launch a night attack on the Japanese army, which is a desperate charge to defeat the Japanese troops. ”

"Commander Chen of the 108th Brigade was ordered to launch an attack at night after they entered the position. The herald ordered Wu Yuzhao to end the battle overnight, and the whole army counterattacked Anqing. ”

"Yes" Li Wenxiu replied immediately, the key to the battlefield is time, and whether the snow fox can defeat the 19th Brigade of the Japanese army in the shortest time is the key.