readx;? Wang Haitao finished his thoughts, and everyone was talking about it again, and after the discussion, several people expressed their obedience to Wang Haitao's command. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Wang Haitao saw that everyone expressed their attitudes, and said: "Okay! Since you all agree with my idea, then I will assign a task." Zhang Zhenhan, commander of the 41st Division, ordered your unit to withdraw from the position after a little resistance and let the 9th Division of the 9th Division of the Japanese Army attack the Xishan Bridge position guarded by your division. After the 9th Division passed, it immediately recaptured the Xishan Bridge position and firmly held the position, that is, the independent heavy artillery brigade of the Japanese army could not be allowed to pass, and the 9th Division could not be allowed to escape. ”

Zhang Zhenhan, commander of the 41st Division, replied: "Commander Wang, there is only one brigade of our unit stationed at Xishan Bridge, and if we want to block the Japanese army from both sides, I am afraid that there will be insufficient troops. Wang Haitao thought for a while and said, "In this way, I will order the 154th Division of the 83rd Army to reinforce Xishan Bridge." Zhang Zhenhan replied: "Then there is no problem, the 41st Division guarantees to complete the task." ”

Wang Haitao motioned for Zhang Zhenhan to sit down, and then said: "Captain Gui Yongqing of the Teaching Corps, your heavy artillery brigade will send one battalion to be stationed in the Qingliangshan Fort position to stand by, and the other battalion will set up a position in Jiqingmen to stand by, and in addition, the officers and soldiers of the second regiment will guard the Jiqingmen city wall and the Shuiximen city wall respectively, so as to block the attack of the Japanese Ninth Division. Two more regiments were sent to stand by behind the walls of Jiqingmen and Shuiximen. ”

Gui Yongqing replied, "Respect, sir. Wang Haitao said again: "Commander Song Xilian of the 36th Division, order your troops to strictly guard the position south of Xiaguan, and never allow the Japanese Ninth Division to break through your position and affect the Xiaguan wharf. When I order a counteroffensive on all fronts, your unit will also send elite troops to attack to flank the Japanese Ninth Division. ”

Song Xilian replied: "Humble and respectful." Wang Haitao finally said: "Okay! I hope you can work together to annihilate the Japanese Ninth Division under the city of Nanjing." Several people stood up at the same time and replied: "I will fight bravely to kill the enemy and completely annihilate the Japanese Ninth Division under the city of Nanjing." Wang Haitao nodded and said, "Let's go separately." ”

Lieutenant General Nobutoki Ideide, commander of the 9th Division of the Japanese Army, rested for two days after capturing the Great Victory Pass, at which time the 9th Division suffered heavy losses after many attacks and battles. In addition to the logistical baggage units and engineer units, the infantry with combat effectiveness could only be organized into a brigade and a brigade.

After the reconnaissance unit reported that the position of the defenders of Shina had been discovered at the front of the Seishon Bridge, Iide Xuanshi led the infantry and the 9th Wing of the Mountain Artillery formed later to attack and advance in the direction of the Seishon Bridge again. Jing Xuan knew very well that as long as he took the Xishan Bridge position again, he would be able to go directly under the city wall of Nanjing, and if he could break through the city wall of Nanjing, he would become the first army commander to attack the capital of China, and there would be no problem in going up to the next level.

Ide Xuanshi, who dreamed of being promoted, led the troops to the front of the Xishan Bridge position, and after setting up an artillery position, he set up artillery and bombed the defenders' position. The shelling was over, and Inoue immediately ordered his troops to attack the positions of the Shina people. A brigade of Japanese troops, under the cover of light and heavy weapons, began the offensive.

The attack was unusually smooth, the defenders only resisted for less than half an hour and began to be confused, Inoue Xuanshi immediately sent an infantry brigade to participate in the attack, at this time the defenders began to retreat in the confusion, and the Japanese only occupied the position of the defenders of Xishan Bridge with more than 100 dead and wounded soldiers.

The success of the outstanding situation made Iide Xuanshi overjoyed, and Iide Xuanshi ordered to leave a squadron to occupy the Xishan Bridge, and then the brigade went straight to the city of Nanjing. As soon as the order of the Ide Xuanshi was out, the chief of staff of the Ninth Division, Nakagawa Daisa, stopped and said, "Your Excellency, Division Commander, slow down. Iide looked at Nakagawa Kosa suspiciously.

Nakagawa Kosa said: "Your Excellency the division commander, our army has attacked all the way to this point, the Chinese army is always desperately resisting, this is the last line of defense outside the city wall of Nanjing, why is the Chinese defenders so vulnerable? Will there be any fraud in it?" Now is the time for our army to seize the opportunity to strike a fatal blow against the defenders of Nanking, how can we cower?"

After saying these words, Nobutoki Ide ordered the Ninth Division to continue its advance under the city of Nanjing. When he arrived near the city wall of Nanjing, it was already evening, and Nobuyoki Ide sat on his horse, raised his binoculars and observed the city wall of Nanjing for a long time before saying to the chief of staff, Nakagawa Hiroshi: "This is the capital of China, Nanjing City, and it will soon become a city occupied by our Imperial Japan." What an exciting thing it is!"

After saying that, when Jing Dexuan saw that it was getting late, it was not suitable for another attack, so he ordered the camp to be stationed. On the night of that day, the officers and men of the 41st Division quietly touched the Xishan Bridge position, quickly eliminated the Japanese troops of a squadron left on the Xishan Bridge position, and cut off the way for the 9th Division to retreat. Later, the 154th Division of the 63rd Army also entered the Xishanqiao position under the leadership of the division commander Wu Jianxiong to support the 41st Division.

Early the next morning, Jing Izuku Xuan set out all the artillery and bombarded the city wall of Jiqingmen in Nanjing, and then asked the soldiers to carry ladders made overnight to attack the head of Nanjing. Although the city wall of Nanjing has been built for hundreds of years, it is still difficult to damage it much with these 75-caliber mountain guns of the Japanese army.

The mortar company at the head of the city used the mortars of the whole regiment to suppress the support fire of the Japanese army, and every few battlements were placed with a Makqin heavy machine gun, plus dozens of light machine guns, and the Japanese infantry who charged were killed and wounded everywhere.

After the first company repelled the second attack of the Japanese army, Nobuyo Ide saw that the defenders of this branch were fierce and should be the ace army, so he ordered the brigade commander of the 6th Brigade, Major General Izuo Kazuo, to lead a wing of Japanese troops to launch an attack in the direction of Suiximen and Shimonoseki. From morning to evening, the walls of Shuiximen and Jiqingmen in Nanjing City were attacked by Japanese troops, and even the positions of the 36th Division were attacked by a Japanese brigade.

In the evening, Wang Haitao saw that the time had come, and issued an order, and the 12 German-style 150 heavy guns in the Qingliangshan Fort and the 12 150-German heavy guns in the Jiqingmen City launched an artillery bombardment of the Japanese Ninth Division at the same time. The first target was the 9th Mountain Artillery Wing of the 9th Division. More than 20 150 heavy guns annihilated the 9th Mountain Artillery Wing without much effort, and then the target turned to the infantry of the 9th Division.

At this time, Jing Dexuan knew that he had been fooled, and the people of China had so many heavy artillery and troops that they could completely block themselves south of Xishan Bridge, and now it was clear that they were going to inflict heavy damage on their own Ninth Division. Knowing this, Iide Xuanshi hurriedly ordered everyone to gather and retreat in the direction they came.

When the Ninth Division was reunited, there was only one and a half wings of men and horses, and Jing Xuanshi hurriedly led these Japanese troops to retreat in the direction of Xishan Bridge, but at this time, the two city gates of Shuiximen and Jiqingmen were wide open, and what came out of Shuiximen was the Second Brigade and Fourth Regiment of the Teaching Corps, and what rushed out of Jiqingmen was the Second Brigade and Second Regiment of the Teaching Corps, and a battalion of the Armored Regiment and Guard Regiment of the 90th Army. The 36th Division also sent one of the most elite regiments to attack the Japanese in the direction of Shimonoseki.

The Japanese army fought and retreated, and the squadron worked together to fight and rush. At eleven o'clock in the evening, several squadrons finally surrounded the remaining 2,000 people of the Japanese Ninth Division to the north of Youfang Bridge, and the rest of the Japanese Ninth Division formed a circular position, blocking the attack of the first squadron on the one hand, and asking for help from the 101st Division on the other.

In the face of the circular position under the frantic resistance of the Japanese army, the teaching corps launched a second attack, which was repulsed by the Japanese army and caused many casualties. In such a situation, the armored regiment of the 90th Army drove up, followed by a battalion of the guard regiment. The armored regiment opened the way with fifteen heavy tanks, followed by more than twenty light tanks, followed by more than twenty light and heavy armored vehicles as cover, and the officers and men of the guard battalion followed these tanks and armored vehicles forward at the same time as the combat vehicles.

Dozens of pillars of light on tanks and armored vehicles illuminated the Japanese positions as bright as day, and the Japanese light and heavy machine guns and a limited number of artillery pieces were useless in front of the heavy tanks, but were destroyed one by one by the tank guns on the tanks. As for the human bombs that dared to rush up, all the officers and soldiers of the guard battalion and the on-board machine gunners of the armored vehicles who were covering were killed.

General Gui Yongqing, who was watching the armored battalion's attack outside the position, only then did he understand what was going on with the step-by-step coordination. I also saw the power of these tanks and armored vehicles, and compared to them, the dozen or so combat vehicles that I regarded as treasures were simply not worth mentioning. The armored battalion had already smashed into the Japanese positions like a hot knife cutting butter, and it was like entering a no-man's land.

After the armored battalion broke into the Japanese position, the troops of the Teaching Corps and the 36th Division also launched a charge, and the Japanese could no longer resist the surprise attack of the Chinese ace army, and retreated to the core position. At dawn, the armored battalion rushed to the core of the Japanese position, where the Japanese jumped out of the trenches and rushed to the tanks with explosives packs and grenades.

Under the command of Wu Jianzhou, all the tanks stopped, and the light and heavy machine guns on the armored vehicles and the guns in the hands of the officers and men of the guard battalion ruthlessly fired bullets at the Japanese soldiers who rushed up. The tank guns on the tank fired a salvo at the core position of the Japanese army, and after more than a dozen rounds of shelling, the Japanese soldiers who rushed up could no longer be seen in the smoke of gunpowder, and the tank guns stopped firing, but the infantry behind them poured up like a tide.

Gui Yongqing and others went to a bomb crater in the core position under the leadership of several soldiers, which was supposed to be a bunker fortification, but was completely destroyed by tank guns, and there were more than a dozen corpses lying around the crater, judging from the military uniform, there was a lieutenant general, two major generals, and two big generals, who should be several supreme commanders of the ninth division of the Japanese army.