Chapter 232: Tough Snow Fox (4)

According to Xue Ru's plan, the second detachment left Liuzhou that night, lurked at night to avoid the city and went to the countryside, and rushed to Fuzhou, which was close to Nanchang.

This area is still a national control area, and as long as it is not leaked to the outside world, it is still very difficult to prove what troops and what numbers. Besides, the second detachment did not stop, but just moved forward in a hurry, and the speed was very fast without being dragged down by baggage.

A few days later, he entered Fuzhou but did not enter the city, but lived in a small village called Akita. Just when the two armies of the Snow Fox were separated, one went south and the other went north, Okamura Ningji's long-prepared Changsha offensive battle finally began. The 6th Division, the 13th Mixed Brigade and the 30,000 troops of the 17th Mixed Brigade, supported by aircraft and combat vehicles, launched an attack on Nanchang on three sides.

failed to capture Nanchang and lost a division's troops, so Okamura Ninji was almost dismissed, and he was very resentful of the Snow Fox Corps, and swore that he would take revenge if he had the opportunity. However, Xue Ru's troops did not defend Nanchang, but handed over Nanchang to the 92nd Army, and her troops retreated south, attracting the attention of the 21st Army, but Xue Ru did not enter the Guangdong region, but entered Guangxi, so that the Japanese side did not understand why, but Snow Fox retreated this is an opportunity.

Just as the European War broke out, in order to expand its influence, and at the same time the defeat of the Battle of Nomenhan, the Japanese army base camp staff headquarters in order to boost morale, in urgent need of a victory to boost morale, agreed to Okamura Ninji's battle plan to attack Changsha.

If Changsha is occupied, it will open the door to the northwest, and the place where the Chinese army can operate will be even narrower, and it will lose its dominance of the Chinese battlefield, which will be of great benefit to the establishment of the puppet government in Nanjing. Therefore, Okamura Ninji concentrated three divisions, two brigades, and one chariot division, totaling 100,000 troops, and attacked Changsha in three directions.

If you want to attack Changsha, you must capture Nanchang, otherwise there will be a fortress behind the Japanese army, which is absolutely impossible. Therefore, he and the chief of staff studied and decided to maintain an offensive posture with the three divisions and regiments and use the two mixed brigades as the main force to attack Nanchang. At this time, the periphery of Nanchang was basically lost, and if the 6th Division captured Xinfeng and cut off the connection between the 92nd Army and the direction of Changsha, Nanchang would be easily obtained.

If Xue Yue transferred troops to defend Nanchang, then concentrate three divisions and the imperial army in the direction of Wuhan and Nanjing, and use heavy troops to fight a decisive battle with the Chinese army in Nanchang and completely annihilate the troops of the Ninth Theater.

But Xue Yue didn't give it in vain, as soon as the Japanese army moved, he understood Okamura Ningji's purpose, the Ninth War Zone would not be decisive in Nanchang, so Xue Yue would not be sure of victory. He decided to abandon Nanchang and retreat backwards, gradually resist and disperse the Japanese troops, use the water network and mountainous areas of the Hunan-Jiangxi border region to attack the Japanese army, and launch a flank attack to have the possibility of victory.

When the 6th Division Inaba Shiro attacked Xinbong, it was fiercely blocked by the 19th Army, covering the 92nd Army's withdrawal from Nanchang. The Japanese army entered Nanchang two days later, and at the same time ordered to stop the attack, and only when the whole line of Nanchang was stabilized did it order all divisions to attack. Being so careful is Okamura Ninji has to learn a lesson, last time he let Snow Fox calculate, this time who knows if there is a fraud.

The Japanese troops who entered the city found that there were also many people in the city, and during this time they recovered some, and at the same time carried out a thorough inspection of the city walls and gates, and did not relax until they were sure that they were okay. A part of the troops was sent to guard the direction of Yugan and Wannian, and the 18th Mixed Brigade was ordered to attack the direction of Fuzhou to the south to contain the forces of the Ninth Theater, and at the same time ordered the 17th Mixed Brigade to defend Nanchang, and the 6th Division to launch an attack on Xinfeng, enter the Gao'an area, and attack Changsha.

At the same time, the 106th Division was ordered to attack Chongyang and Yueyang, with the goal of Miluo, and the 33rd Division directly attacked the south bank of the Xinqiang River, seizing the Xinqiang River and attacking the urban area of Changsha. Almost instantly, the flames of war broke out in the Hubei-Hunan and Jiangxi regions, and the 37 divisions of the Ninth Theater were put into operation almost simultaneously.

The Japanese army was in the sky with airplanes, and the tanks, cavalry, and artillery on the ground were attacking forward, and the divisions and brigades of the national army were constantly using the terrain to block the Japanese army.

The combat effectiveness of the Japanese divisions and regiments is also weakening, and their later divisions, such as the 33rd Division, are obviously inferior to the original permanent divisions, and the 6th Division and the two mixed brigades are also most of the newly replenished troops, and many of those independent mixed brigades are expanded from local garrison units.

For example, the 106th Division was twice devastated, and the soldiers of the unit were all new recruits, and the combat effectiveness dropped by several levels. However, the soldiers of the national army who participated in the war were not very good, and most of them were peasants who had been trained briefly, and many of them were brought in by temporary strong men, and they would not even put their guns before entering the army.

After two weeks of hurried training, they were pulled into battle, and such an army could not do anything except send them to death, and it was those veterans who really worked. Such a battle was even more bloody and brutal, because both sides had no tactical evasion, and it was completely a desperate fight, and the casualties were even greater.

Japanese planes played a decisive role, flying low-altitude strafing and bombing, which was too much of a threat to the defending side, and most of the casualties were caused by aircraft and artillery.

It took less than a day to occupy an empty city in Nanchang, and Xue Yue was not fooled into sticking to Nanchang, which made Okamura Ningji very dissatisfied, and ordered the troops to attack at any cost, and be sure to capture Changsha to end the battle.

On the battlefield every day, there was shell bombardment, machine gun strafing, and the flesh and blood were flying, and the 143rd Brigade of the 83rd Army had resisted for a day in a row, and more than half of the regiment suffered casualties. ”

The adjutant next to him ran over: "The regiment commander's anti-aircraft artillery is out of shells, we can't stop the chariot, retreat, right?" ”

Zhang Xingchen kicked the adjutant to him: "If you say withdraw, Lao Tzu will shoot you, and the coward will send someone to rush up and blow up the chariot with * to fill it with people." ”

The adjutant got up and turned around and ran out, today in one day, the 286th Regiment destroyed four Japanese tanks, they still have two left, if they can't stop the position, they will be lost, the division headquarters ordered to hold on for two days, but this day has not passed, he raised his binoculars and watched the Japanese troops hiding behind the tanks in the distance to attack the main position.

Zhang Xingchen could see that the soldier holding * had just rushed out and had not gone far before he was hit by a bullet, and he could not get close to the chariot protected by infantry and machine guns. He grabbed the phone: "Pick up a battalion commander, adjust the machine gun cover, and use people to block the advance of the Japanese army." ”

The battalion commander shouted: "Please regiment commander for reinforcements, my men still have a company, and they can't hold it." Zhang Xingchen has no reserves, the devil is scattered and multi-point attack, so that the national army is not enough to defend everywhere, so he had to shout: "I don't care, no one is on your own, if you die, I will defend the position." ”

But it was useless to fire, the 286th Regiment broke through the position at dusk, more than 1,300 people of the whole regiment were killed, and the Japanese suffered more than 500 casualties, occupying this position.

The attack here was the Nara detachment of the 13th Mixed Brigade, the detachment commander, Major General Nara Kawa Yu, commanded his brigade to the south along this road to detour to the south, intending to occupy Hayago and approach Zhuzhou, and attack Changsha from the flank.

This time Okamura Ninji was the same again, he carried out the attack of the entire division on the front, and sent the Nara detachment of the 13th Mixed Brigade on the flank. Xue Yue also couldn't take care of it, although the number of the national army was several times larger than the Japanese army, but the front of the defense was too wide, the Japanese army used a three-sided attack, seriously separated the defensive troops, and the troops attacking on the flanks were not in a good position, and the attack was too weak to contain the Japanese attack.

Wu Yizhi said: "Xue Ru has really changed, this time I can put down Changsha public office and go to Guangxi." ”

Xue Yue shook his head: "If she doesn't go, she won't necessarily contribute, can't you see the decision of the national government?" ”

Of course, Wu Yizhi knew that the incident in Nanning was just an excuse to put Xue Ru in the position of the director of the camp, was that her position as an iron-blooded general on the battlefield? That's where people with old qualifications, close relationships, and don't want to reuse sit in a position. It's ridiculous that she, a teenage girl, is the camp director. The two detachments of Snow Fox were expanded into two divisions, replacing the original numbers of the 73rd Division and the 77th Division. It was the Guangxi troops, which not only eliminated the Guangxi troops, but also divided the Snow Fox Corps at the same time.

Xue Ru is now only a lieutenant general director, and there are no more troops around him. Liu Yuanshan and Lai Changwen were promoted to major generals and division commanders at the same time, and Guo Jingchu, chief of staff under Song Xilian, was transferred to the commander of the New Ninth Army. Just because Guo Jingchu was Song Xilian's subordinate and once served as the chief of staff of the Snow Fox Corps, the Snow Fox's people would not resist too much. Stripping Xue Ru's hand, a strong army of Snow Fox, is a very clever move, and it is also Lao Jiang's consistent method.

What Xue Yue didn't understand, Wei Lihuang too, his behavior in Shanxi made the chairman dissatisfied with the transfer to Xi'an as the director of the battalion, if it wasn't for the Japanese army's attack on Zhongtiao Mountain and Zhengzhou, he would still not be used. Just to avoid suspicion, Xue Yue never took the initiative to find Xue Ru, and the two of them had no connection, on the contrary, they were not as good as Xue Ru and Song Xilian!

Xue Yue believed that Xue Ru also understood that the two of them had a tacit understanding that neither of them would contact anyone, and they would do their own things. But the two people are secretly connected in their hearts. Others can feel these subtleties. Wu Yizhi sighed and said: "It's really chilling for the government to do this, in fact, Xue Ru is not the chairman of the maintenance committee this time. ”

Xue Yue said: "The chairman also understands, just look at the commanders of the two divisions who have not been replaced." The chairman can't be too obvious, after all, the influence of those people is not small, but I don't know if the little girl has the patience to calm down. ”

Wu Yizhi said: "I've seen enough, she is famous for her violent temper, why don't we remind her?" ”

Xue Yue said: "Send someone!" This kind of thing can't be done with telegrams and letters, I hope she can be patient, I don't know how her subordinates are, they are too young! ”

"Okay, I'll send someone to Nanning, do you want to talk to Commander Guo Jingchu?"

Xue Yue shook his head: "It's inconvenient, I don't know Guo Jingchu too well, that's Song Xilian's person, it's up to Xue Ru, after all, the New Ninth Army belongs to Zhang Fakui in the Fourth War Zone, and no longer belongs to the Ninth War Zone." ”

At the station of the first detachment in a small village outside Fuzhou, the telegraph operator handed over a telegram: "Captain Dai, commander telegram." "Dai Zong, when they arrived here, they sent scouts to understand the movements of the Japanese army, and originally thought that Miss wanted to counterattack Nanchang again, after all, there was only one brigade left inside. More than 10,000 people sneaked into the city and it was no problem, but the headquarters had no order. When I received the telegram, I was stunned, what was going on? Hurriedly found Lai Changwen and the two of them studied for a long time, but they didn't understand.

Dai Zong said: "It must have been made by the government, this is the division of the snow fox, but congratulations to you, Master Lai." ”

Lai Changwen narrowed his eyes: "Dai Zong, what do you mean, did I betray Miss?" I wonder what's going on? I don't deserve to be this broken teacher, I'll go back to Nanning to see Miss. ”

Dai Zong looked at him and said, "What are you anxious about?" It's okay to have a young lady in your heart, and you don't have any position, is it good to hand over the second detachment to someone else? It's not the same when you listen to Miss as a teacher. ”

Lai Changwen patted his head: "What's wrong with me, Miss Liu Yuanshan didn't have any position when she was the captain!" It's not the same as listening to commands. ”

Dai Zong said: "That's right, a detachment is only 6,000 people, and it is earlier than a division, and I will bring some more, and there will be fewer people, seize the opportunity to swallow some other troops in this battle, and become your 77th division." ”

Lai Changwen nodded again and again: "Listen to you, it's still you, or let's change." ”

Dai Zong said proudly: "Think beautifully, Miss knows that I can't be a teacher, so you should be!" Don't listen to Guo Jingchu's kid, I don't think he and Song Xilian are authentic. ”

Lai Changwen nodded: "Then don't worry, don't look at the seventy-seventh division, it's still a snow fox." ”

The two of them were studying the energy, the telegraph operator handed over the telegram, the intelligence of the intelligence department, the Japanese 106th Division frontal attack, the 13th independent mixed brigade flanked to attack Hayao, wanted to attack Zhuzhou in a roundabout, Xue Ru ordered the second detachment to intercept the Japanese 13th mixed brigade, after annihilating them, together with the Zhuzhou Security Brigade, retreat to Zhuzhou to rest and standby, from this battle, the new Ninth Army military headquarters will enter Zhuzhou, and the 77th Army will be under the command of the military department after completing the reorganization.

It's strange to look at the two people who ordered in their hands, this order should have been issued from the war zone, or from the military headquarters, how did it come from Nanning? No one could figure out what was going on, but since the young lady ordered the 13th separate mixed brigade to be dealt with, they could not be spared.

Lai Changwen asked, "How do we fight?" ”

Dai Zong said: "That's your business, you are now the division commander." ”

"That's after I arrived in Zhuzhou, and now you say that I obey orders."

Dai Zong said: "Actually, what's the hesitation, of course the Snow Fox battle is not to run to the front to block the attack, send a reconnaissance team to find out where the devils are, we will pursue to the west to find a good place in advance, ambush the devils, a brigade is just a brigade, defeat and eliminate them." ”

Lai Changwen nodded, in fact, Snow Fox's tactics are very simple, not to confront the Japanese army head-on, but to have its own set of tactics. It's just that he didn't get ammunition replenishment, and he looked a little weak, but he was not afraid, and he directly rushed to the 13th mixed brigade of the Japanese army.