Section 115 Counterattack on Gao'an XI

The news of Gao'an City reached the brigade headquarters and reached the ears of Kudo Yoshio, which made him feel anxious, he really couldn't imagine that the whole wing defending Gao'an City was about to be overwhelmed in less than an hour, how could this battle be like this? How can their strength be so unbearable?

Since the Battle of Songhu, aren't all the troops who have fled all the way to defeat and flee? With the same number of troops, isn't there no chance of victory for the enemy army at all? How could this situation be completely subverted by their 101st Division?

Now the 103 Wing is no longer able to withstand it, and the high-security defense line that has been built with great effort is about to be broken through, and this serious consequence makes him a big headache. You must know that the purpose of building the Gao'an defense line is to build a peripheral barrier in the southwest direction of Nanchang and establish a forward position for attacking Changsha; once Gao'an is lost, Nanchang will also be under the threat of enemy firepower, and the entire offensive and defensive order will be reversed.

"Ordered Kotaro Fukui to immediately send reinforcements to Gao'an City, and at the same time telegraphed to the division headquarters that the Chinese army was gathering heavy troops on the front line of Gao'an, and the strength was several times that of our department, and asked for support." Kudo Yoshio gritted his teeth and said, although it is really not a glorious thing to ask for help at the beginning of the battle, if he loses Gao'an City for the sake of face, the consequences will be serious, and he can still distinguish which is more important.

At this time, the communications staff officer shouted, which made Kudo Yoshio very dissatisfied, and he couldn't help frowning and hurried over.

"Neihuang has been attacked by the enemy, and the squadron stationed in Neihuang has been forced to retreat, and the enemy is killing in the direction of Chazi Mountain." The communications staff officer shouted in shock.

Kudo Yoshio was stunned on the spot when he heard this, Neihuang was not five or six miles away from Chazi Mountain, such a short distance, the enemy army was coming in an instant, although Chazi Mountain was garrisoned by the main force of the 157th Wing, but Gao'an City was crumbling in such a short period of time, and it was really difficult to say whether Chazi Mountain could block the enemy's attack. And if Chazi Mountain is lost, then Gao'an will definitely not be able to hold it, what's worse, Xiangfuguan was previously in the rear of the battlefield, so only a part of the 149th Wing was deployed, I heard that there are harassing enemy troops in the rear of Xiangfuguan, in this case, once Xiangfuguan is attacked from both sides, where is it possible to hold?

Could it be that their 101st Division would suffer another crushing defeat after the Battle of Dean? Yoshio Kudo couldn't help but shudder when he thought of this, the inexplicable fear of defeat made him dare not think about it at all.

"Order the 103rd Wing to withdraw from Gao'an City, let Fukui Daisa transfer the reinforcements to Gao'an in the direction of Neihuang, be sure to take Neihuang back, tell Sato-kun (101st Brigade Brigade Commander Sato Shozaburo), immediately solve the enemy harassment troops in the rear of the Xiangfuguan side, and prepare to resist the enemy's attack on the front line of the Xiangfuguan, this time the enemy's attack is huge, it is likely to be a general battle, we must not lose the Gao'an defense line." Kudo Yoshio finally came to his senses at this time, he was able to rise to today's position, and his combat experience was far beyond that of ordinary officers, and he analyzed and understood the situation on the battlefield in just a few breaths, and made adjustments in the shortest possible time.

The troops attacking the Neihuang line were the 57th Division of the 74th Army, and with the 58th Division covering the flanks to monitor the enemy forces of the 106th Division in the Bongshin direction, they boldly attacked and advanced in great strides. Its deputy division commander Yu Chengwan personally led the assault regiment to kill in the direction of Chazi Mountain, and several defensive lines of the Japanese army along the way were like paper paste, and they could not stop the 57th Division at all.

Speaking of Yu Chengwan, he is a legendary figure, although he is not like Shi Shi who has the rank of teenager in his early 20s, but his outstanding qualifications make him even if he is only a deputy brigade commander, but even the army commander Yu Jishi is greatly respected. He graduated from the Department of Political Science of Sun Yat-sen University, and was a student of the first phase of Huangpu with Yu Jishi. At the age of 25, he hung the rank of major general, and in 1931, he was appointed as an instructor of major generals of the Nanjing Guard Army, and later entered the research department of the Army University for further study.

But because he chose to do party work at the beginning, even if he had extraordinary academic qualifications and amazing qualifications, it was very difficult to be promoted after he was transferred to the combat unit, so he was several levels different from his old classmate Yu Jishi and others. Although both Yu Jishi, Wang Yaowu and Feng Shengfa were respectful to him, the difference in identity still made him hold his breath all the time, wanting to prove that he was not worse than these juniors, so Yu Chengwan, as the deputy division commander, would take the lead in every battle and fight bravely to kill the enemy. The 57th Division was originally an elite soldier brought out by Shi Zhongcheng, and Yu Chengwan was talented and able to fight well, and its combat strength was not lagging behind the 51st Division.

After receiving the news of the loss of Neihuang, the 157th Brigade of the Japanese Army was ordered to transfer a brigade originally sent to Gao'an for reinforcements to Yaojiaxiang to block the enemy in a battle, but as soon as it made contact with the 57th, it was defeated by the assault regiment commanded by Yu Chengwan. It turned out that Yu Chengwan had long expected that the enemy troops on the front line of Chazishan would come to reinforce such a short distance, so he had already divided a battalion to outflank Yaojiaxiang.

After capturing Yaojia Lane, Yu Chengwan gave up continuing to advance, and turned to a solid defense, a machine gun was erected side by side at the forefront of the position, and one by one the veterans with accurate marksmanship were transferred to the forefront. As a result, as if they had discussed with him, the Japanese ran headlong into their firepower, and these Japanese vanguard units, who were eager to regain their losses, were shot and killed before they could scream under the frantic fire of a dozen light and heavy machine guns.

This kind of fierce and bloody killing woke up the Japanese army, they realized in vain that this time they encountered * trouble, now not only Gao'an is about to lose, but it is really difficult to say whether Chazishan can be held, the strength of the enemy army is really beyond their expectations, the enemy's strong combat power seems to be above them, this incredible thing makes them really unbelievable.

But reality is reality, and it is impossible not to believe it, especially the successive loss of several lines of defense, which makes them have to admit this status quo.

Fukui Kotaro in the Yaojia Lane after receiving the battle report, immediately angry to pull out a gun to the unauthorized withdrawal of the captain to kill, now the enemy is two or three miles away from them, such a close distance, the enemy may be killed up the mountain at any time, the reason why he wanted to hold the Neihuang area, in order to establish a perimeter defense line outside the Chazi Mountain, in order to maintain the depth of the battle here, now the Neihuang is lost, Gao'an is about to fall, just rely on a Chazi Mountain, where can you block the enemy's attack? As soon as Chazi Mountain was lost, the enemy army rushed straight to Xiangfuguan, and with half of the strength of the 149th Wing, could it block such a sharp attack of the enemy army?

The defense line system was originally one ring after another, one ring after another, after one ring was broken, there was another link that could block the enemy's offensive, but if two rings were directly broken, the whole system would collapse, and they could only fight separately. Thinking of this, Tsuda Tatsusen did not hesitate to put the reserves of the wing into the attack, taking advantage of the fact that Gao'an had not yet lost, if the Neihuang defense line and Chazi Mountain could be rebuilt to form a horn trend, then they could hold on to Chazi Mountain for enough time, with the support of this time, I believe that the reinforcements of the division should be able to rush to Xiangfuguan, and when they withdraw to the back line of defense, it will be enough to resist the enemy's advance.

Although his idea is very beautiful, but the reality is very cruel, if he can't get Neihuang back, this battle will not be able to be fought at all.

Kotaro Fukui reported his thoughts to the brigade commander Yoshio Kudo, and at the same time ordered to continue to increase troops in the area of Yaojia Lane, only before Gao An was completely lost, they still had a chance to adjust, once Gao An was lost, there was no other way but to retreat at that time.

Yaojia Lane is too close to Chazi Mountain, the distance of two or three miles is almost in the blink of an eye, and with their increase in troops, the battle is becoming more and more fierce and cruel. Yaojiaxiang is different from Neihuang, as a key flank of Chazishan, since the Japanese army established a foothold in the area of Chazishan, they have established fortifications in the Neihuang area, although the previous Kagoshima Wing (136th Brigade and 123rd Wing) suffered a major defeat here, but it was a surprise battle, and the position was basically intact. Since the withdrawal of the national army, it was occupied by the Japanese army again, considering the connection point leading to the Fengxin area, even if it is no longer the main position at the moment, it still has a great impact on the entire battlefield, so the Japanese army has been strengthened after occupying it, and the entire Neihuang is unbreakable.

Yaojia Lane is different, it is too close to Chazi Mountain, there is no need to set up a position at all, so there is basically no danger to defend, Yu Chengwan quickly commanded the troops to build fortifications after killing here, however, although they were like a dagger into the heart of the enemy, but because the threat was too great, they were violently counterattacked. Yu Chengwan's foresight allowed the brothers of the 57th Division to gain the upper hand at the beginning of the war, but as the battle progressed, as the number of Japanese troops increased, this advantage gradually disappeared.

"......Boom" a cannon sound opened the horn of the Japanese counterattack, and then, a series of shells whistled, completely submerged the Yaojia Lane, a small amount of artillery not far behind the Chazi Mountain, the Japanese army accumulated a large number of artillery adjusted the direction of the attack, frantically dumped shells towards Yaojia Lane, just a moment to raze this area to the ground.

The soldiers of the assault regiment were certainly brave, however, the artillery fire of the devils was too fierce, in the face of this dense artillery covering, in the absence of fortifications, the flesh and blood were swallowed up without the slightest resistance, and the entire assault regiment was almost killed and wounded in a moment, and more than half of the soldiers were martyred.