Section 70 Gao An changes hands

The night quietly dispersed, and the fish white slowly revealed on the horizon showed that the bloody night had become history and the past. For the Japanese troops outside Gao'an City, this night was too long and terrible, struggling back and forth between life and death, brushing shoulders with death again and again, such a nightmarish night ended, as if someone had pulled them back from the eighteenth layer of hell, and they were all relieved.

At the same time, the officers of the 147th Wing, such as Yoshio Sonoda, had also rushed to the forward line of defense before, but even officers with rich combat experience like them had little to do in the face of the previous situation, and the only thing they could do was to gather other troops to re-establish a defensive line in the rear to prevent the enemy from continuing to strike at them in depth. Fortunately, the enemy's cavalry units did not seem to have such thoughts and intentions, and after striking at the front positions of the Kagoshima Wing like a whirlwind of clouds, the terrifying cavalry unit completely disappeared from sight.

Kijima's robe sat on the ground dejectedly, his military hat was crooked, his military uniform was messy, and a pair of desperate eyes were staring at the distance like this, the whole person seemed to have lost his soul, his quiet expression was completely different from the swagger when he mocked Yoshio Sonoda and others last night, it was completely like two people.

However, Yoshio Sonoda was clearly in no mood to mock Kijima Curry, and he fully understood the feeling of being dead in the face of the same painful defeat. Since the imperial army landed in Songhu, the army swept from east to west, although along the way also encountered stubborn resistance, but the result of every bloody battle was that they won and the enemy retreated, however, this situation is different in their 106th Division, since they landed on this land, there has not been any decent victory, needless to say, in Wanjialing, the entire division was almost wiped out, this completely different contrast, let them be ridiculed, this situation also made them very helpless.

"Kijima-kun, what should I do next?" Yoshio Sonoda stood quietly beside him for a long time, and then asked softly and slowly.

"Who? Who else died? Kijima's robe jumped up from the ground with a nervous reflex, his eyes widened and he shouted in horror. His demeanor was already chaotic, his head was empty, and the previous series of casualty figures had obviously dealt him a great blow, especially the difference between victory and defeat, which was even more difficult for him to accept.

In the eyes of all imperial soldiers, the 106th Division is synonymous with "waste", and such an army that has been almost completely annihilated still exists in the world, which itself is a blasphemy against the majestic military might of the empire, and it is a complete joke.

However, Kijima Curry, who has always been extremely confident, fell from the high clouds at this moment, even worse than anyone else, and laughing at the fiasco of others also happened to him, I have to say that it is a kind of irony, before, he even had an urge to cut his abdomen. If it weren't for the adjutant's guards moving fast enough, Kijima Curry Male at this moment would already be a cold corpse.

After daybreak, they had roughly counted the casualties, and last night, when they had barely fought back, they had lost nearly a small squad of troops, which was not much, but the rhythm of their attack was completely disrupted, and the attack plan they had drawn up before was completely lost.

The night attack of the previous night had dealt them a heavy blow, and they had been in disarray for a long time under attack. As the sky brightened, they gradually stabilized, and the scouts began to report the surrounding situation to the headquarters one after another, at this moment, they had roughly heard the situation of the troops in Gao'an City, the enemy's main force had already built fortifications twenty miles away, it was obvious that they had begun to retreat yesterday afternoon, and the troops left in Gao'an City were only one infantry regiment left. The fall of night and their hesitation gave the enemy room to play, and with the absolute superiority of forces like yesterday, it was completely possible to storm Gao'an, eat this infantry regiment in one go, and then pursue the other enemy troops. However, everything changed in just one night's effort, not only did they not achieve any results, but they were also successfully attacked by the night attack of one of the opposing regiments, this kind of tactical defeat was unimaginable to Kijima Curry Tak before.

The Chinese army, which had always been looked down upon by them, was able to play such superb night attack tactics, and what made him even more unbelievable was that the opponent's troops were so bold and the opponent's soldiers had such tactical execution capabilities, which he had never imagined before.

Yoshio Sonoda saw that Kijima looked like he was in a trance, and couldn't help but comfort: "Kijima-kun, the defeat is only temporary, this battle, the target is Nanchang City, our task is to intercept the enemy's reinforcements, from this aspect, we have not made any mistakes at present." ”

Kijima's eyes finally showed a hint of brilliance, he stared at Yoshio Sonoda tightly, and after a long time, he said as if he had suddenly woken up: "Sonoda-kun, we haven't been defeated yet?" ”

Yoshio Sonoda sighed secretly, I really couldn't imagine that Kijima Robo was actually hit like this by a night attack, how brave Iijima Kentensa was before his death, Kagoshima United won the three armies under his command, if it was still Iijima-kun in command last night, where would such a situation occur? You must know that the Kagoshima Wing has nearly 4,000 people, and the strength of the three brigades can be completely dispersed and arranged in a single position, and they can be reinforced in time once they are attacked, but Kijima Rosao does not think so, he thinks that a wing can play the greatest effect in a group, and the result is that the troops are crowded together and are successfully attacked by a small number of enemies at night.

However, thinking that he also lost the battle, now the two difficult brothers are fighting in one direction, and the loss of troops by Kijima is not much, and he still needs to rely on his strength later, he really can't say anything, after thinking about it, he put all these words back into his stomach, and continued to sigh: "Kijima-kun, the Chinese have a saying called' Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers', and we haven't lost yet, although there are a little twists and turns, but the overall situation is under control, even if we can't take Gao'an City, even if we retreat to Xiangfuguan and other places, it is enough to complete the set goal. ”

Kijima robed the male nodded, but he gritted his teeth and said: "Sonoda-kun, you are right, but I can't retreat, I want to enter Gao'an City to slaughter the city, and I want to use the blood of the people of China to wash away the shame of last night." ”

Yoshio Sonoda was stunned when he heard this, and was surprised by Kijima's idea, but the fact that he still had the courage to attack the castle in such a situation showed that he was not a cowardly coward, and he was just stunned before. What's more, the current strength of the capital wing is obviously insufficient, and the initiative on the battlefield has been completely controlled by Kijima Kao, since he said that he wants to enter Gao'an, then he can only go with him.

Soon after dawn, a series of shells exploded around the Gao'an city wall, and the artillery squadron under the Japanese wing lined up six 70mm 92 infantry guns on the high ground north of Gao'an, frantically pouring ammunition into the city. Shells were fired one after another, explosions after rounds, and in a short period of time, the northern wall of Gao'an City was swallowed up by artillery fire and collapsed.

The fierce attack of the artillery and the collapse of the city walls cheered the demoralized Japanese troops, and in the roar of the shells, they regained their self-confidence, leaving behind the fear of the enemy cavalry last night, and in the "boom" of artillery fire, the Japanese infantry squad began to approach the city of Gaoan.

However, at this moment, Gao'an City is already an empty city, in fact, after the end of last night's night attack, Shi has ordered the 302nd Regiment and all those who remained in Gao'an City to retreat, their night attack has achieved good results, but such a victory is not enough to change the situation of the entire battlefield, Shi is very clear, when Brigade Commander Zhang was injured, when they failed to grasp the opportunity to open the passage to Nanchang, they had lost this battle. Although they dealt heavy blows to the Japanese army several times, he only had one regiment, and he only had 1,500 guns at full duty, and his strength was too weak to save the situation on the battlefield at all.

The Japanese reinforcements have already been killed from the Xiushui River, and if they don't retreat, they will only be wiped out. In fact, calm down and think about it, Li Tianxia's order is not wrong, it is a wise move for the whole division to retreat, with their current situation to go to a bloody battle with a half wing of the devil, they have no chance of winning at all, and even if they win, it will be difficult for them to kill near Nanchang at the moment.

Therefore, after successfully completing the task of intercepting the back, Shi did not hesitate to withdraw from Gao'an, and there was no point in staying any longer, he didn't want the brothers to die in vain.

The 302nd Regiment withdrew as soon as it was fighting, and it was withdrawn for ten miles, and it had already withdrawn to Zhongjiashan before dawn.

But the Japanese troops outside the city didn't know, looking at the national army battle flag fluttering at the head of Gao'an City, looking at the * solemn city in front of them, they launched a fierce attack mercilessly, Kijima Robo didn't know whether it was to boost morale or revenge last night's arrow, and directly asked the artillery squadron to pour all the ammunition on the north side of Gao'an City, and tore a huge hole in the thick city wall, and more than 4,000 Japanese troops immediately poured into the city like a tide, completely swallowing Gao'an City.

However, to the great surprise of Kijima Kamao and Yoshio Sonoda, the expected hard street fighting did not happen, and the county town of Gao'an, which they hated so much, was so easily in their hands, and the process was so smooth that they fell into a dream.