Section 183 Counterattack on Gao'an 79

If you want to say that the most sensitive troops in the encirclement, it is none other than the 106th Division commanded by Junrokuro Matsuura. After breaking through from Wanjialing, Gangcun Ningji, as he said, took all the responsibility for the defeat on himself, except for those officers who died in the battle, those who could come back from the battlefield alive basically stayed. Many people were even raised to the next level because of the death of their commanders, and this kind of move is also the reason why the 106th Division not only replenished its strength in less than half a year after the war, but even improved its combat effectiveness; after all, it will be the soul of the soldiers, and the stability of the officer corps is the most important factor in ensuring the combat effectiveness of the entire division.

In stark contrast to the pair, the 101st Division also replenished the source of troops after the war, but a division could not hold a small big city, and the current situation of the 101st Division can be seen from this aspect alone.

However, it was precisely because most of the officers of the 106th Division had experienced the bloody battle at Wanjialing that they were very afraid of being surrounded by the enemy, and they shuddered at the thought that the enemy's troops were attacking their troops from all directions as if they were crazy. At that time, they were still in the mountainous area, and they had the advantage of geographical advantages, but even if it was a high ridge like Zhang Gushan, they could not resist the enemy at all, and they could not see the slightest hope, and could only watch the terrible feeling of the entire division being eaten up and swallowed up little by little, and they did not have the courage to try a second time.

Therefore, as soon as they heard that Dacheng had fallen into the hands of the enemy at this moment, their entire division was surrounded in the Fengxin area, and the Japanese officers, who had been still high-spirited and high-spirited in battle, were in an uproar, and many even scolded directly in the direction of Xishan. If they had known that the 101st Division was so unbearable, they should have applied to be stationed in the Gao'an area, although they also suffered heavy losses in Gao'an, but at least they were still confident that they could resist the enemy's attack, just like now, the division and regiment were once again besieged by the enemy. The question in front of them was no longer whether they could inflict heavy damage on the enemy forces on the periphery of Fengxin, but whether they could break out of the encirclement and withdraw to Nanchang alive to join the main force.

Junrokuro Matsuura listened quietly to the roars and roars of his officers, and gradually, he calmed down. As the commander of the division, he has experienced too many dangers, and he has rich experience in dealing with bad forms, especially after experiencing the last time he escaped death, his inner adjustment ability has been strengthened a lot.

After the officers vented, they were ashamed to find the calm of the division commander, looking at his calm face, which had already returned to calm, like the face of Gujing Bubo, they also realized that they had just lost their temper, and they couldn't help but bow to the division commander. In this case, the conference room quickly returned to calm, and the officers calmed down one by one, which also made Junrokuro Matsuura nod in satisfaction.

"Gentlemen, sit down, the loss of the city is an unchangeable fact, and the next action is really related to the life and death of the division, and I hope that you will give full play to your wisdom and wisdom to tide over the difficulties together." Junrokuro Matsuura waved his hand at the crowd and motioned for them to take their seats, he didn't want to waste it anymore because time was urgent.

The indifferent and breezy expression of the commander of the "Hi" division undoubtedly made the officers feel as if they had taken a reassuring pill, and they knelt on the ground one after another, less of the previous excitement, but more of a rare calmness.

At this time, the communications officer also began to receive reports from the Xishan Command on the battle situation on the Gao'an front. The enemy army has been killed outside the town of Nishiyama, and it is possible to attack the headquarters of the 101st Division at any time, and after Saito Yaheita reported the news of the loss of Oshiro, in order to allow Junrokuro Matsuura to accurately judge the situation, he also unreservedly transmitted the military information of the various units on the front line.

However, as the battle reports came one after another, the expressions on the faces of the Japanese officers became more and more ugly, and the situation in the Gao'an area was so bad that it was completely beyond their imagination. And what is even more incredible is that the process of the loss of the big city is not at all what they imagined.

Yoshio Sonoda and Kao Kijima fought several battles in Takayasu, although they already had a deep understanding of the strength of the enemy. However, when they heard that the entire 102nd Brigade had been surrounded in the area of Chazi Mountain and Xiangfuguan, they were also stunned by what they heard. The two of them were very familiar with the terrain in that area, and they really couldn't imagine the circumstances that would cause the Xiangfuguan line to still fight, and the big city was lost.

Enemy troops smuggled across the Jin River? But even if the battle on the front line of Gao'an is fierce, there will still be no shortage of scouts on guard in Jinjiang. Taking a step back, even if the enemy army crosses the river, whether it is Xiangfuguan or Dacheng, at least there is more than one army of troops stationed in it, how many troops does the enemy need to take Dacheng? Thinking of this, they couldn't help but look at each other, if the enemy's strength in Ayutthaya at the moment was really as strong as they imagined, the fate of their division and regiment could be imagined.

Junrokuro Matsuura obviously thought of this at this moment, his eyes swept over everyone, seeing that the officers under his command did not have any good ideas, he couldn't help but show a look of disappointment in his eyes, but he quickly returned to normal and said in a deep voice: "Gentlemen, the battle of Wanjialing must not be repeated, since the enemy forces outside the city are vulnerable, then leave them alone for the time being, immediately dispatch a wing to transport it to the direction of Dacheng by car, and cooperate with the 101st Division to recover Dacheng in the shortest possible time." After taking Gao'an, this division will be stationed on the spot, and the fate of our division must be in our own hands. ”

"Hi" After hearing the order, the Japanese officers did not have any arguments or discussions, even if they still had a lot of room for movement and freedom of operation at the moment, but when they thought that they had been surrounded by enemy troops, they no longer had any interest in other things, and all they thought about was to ensure the safety of the rear road first.

Big town!

At this moment, the big city has calmed down again, after the devil retreated inexplicably, the two battalion commanders quickly rushed to the headquarters, as soon as they saw the stone, Liu Wenfeng asked eagerly: "Stone, what's the matter?" Why did the devil retreat? ”

Shi frowned and did not say anything, it seemed to be thinking about this problem, although the previous Japanese attack was repeatedly frustrated, but from the loss point of view, it is obvious that it has not yet reached the stage of breaking the muscles and bones, although the first wave of attack lost more than a dozen tanks, but in fact, the loss of the Japanese infantry is not very large, but the first battalion and three companies originally lost part of their manpower when they were in Jinggangling, and then turned to Xiangfuguan to kill here, and after a series of battles, the loss of troops was very serious, if it was not for the company to go up in time, I'm afraid that the previous wave of attacks will retreat to the town to defend.

Wu Zihuai, who was on the side, looked at the stone and didn't say a word, and couldn't help but say to Liu Wenfeng: "We discussed it just now, and I think the biggest possibility is that the third battalion launched an attack. ”

"Three battalions?" Liu Wenfeng shook his head directly as he said and said: "According to the previous agreement, if they attack from the rear of the enemy, they should be able to send a signal, otherwise it will be difficult to kill the devil with the strength of one of their battalions alone." Although Hu Zi has just become the commander of the third battalion, he is not a person without combat experience, besides, Zhao Yidao and they are all veterans of the third battalion, and they will definitely not make this kind of mistake. ”

Wu Zihuai also sighed and said: "We also didn't draw a definite conclusion because of this, but it is impossible for a devil to retreat for no reason." The importance of Ayutthaya is self-evident, and with the loss of Aeshiro, the Devil's forces on the front line of Go'an were completely surrounded, and the Japanese troops on the Bongshin side were also cut off from retreating, and it was impossible for the Devil to be indifferent to this. This can be seen from the forces that the devils have put into the attack before, and the reason why they can retreat is definitely what happened that made them difficult to resist. ”

Liu Wenfeng couldn't help frowning and pondering when he heard this, indeed, apart from the third battalion, he really couldn't think of any reason for the devil to retreat. At this time, the tall sledgehammer who had not opened his mouth looked at the frowning and contemplative stone and couldn't help asking: "Stone, beard, could they change their plans and change the target of the attack?" ”

Stone glanced up at the tall sledgehammer, nodded slowly, and said, "I'm also thinking about this, maybe the bearded ones have found a better target to attack, thus forcing the devil to give up the attack on the big city." As he spoke, he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Whether the devil is forced to retreat by the attack of the third battalion, or lure the enemy to show weakness, it makes no difference to us, our task at the moment is to hold the big city at all costs, in order to buy more time for the main force to encircle and annihilate the enemy. ”

Liu Wenfeng couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this: "A whole day? The commanders of the division also look up to us too much, we are now in the heart of the devils, and we have also cut off the retreat of at least tens of thousands of devils, once the devils from all directions are killed, let alone a day, it is enough to choke for an hour, we smuggled into the Jinjiang River is just a sneak attack and containment, such a hard-fought battle with the devils, and we have to hold on for a day, it is inevitably difficult for some strongmen. ”

Shi shook his head helplessly and said: "I'm afraid the battle of Gao'an is not too smooth, although yesterday morning the devil was caught off guard and recovered Gao'an in a very short time, but on the front line of Chazi Mountain, the main force of the army was stubbornly blocked, and there has been no breakthrough until now, and the division let us hold on for a day, which is also a helpless move!" ”

Wu Zihuai frowned and said, "I'm afraid that we have survived a day here, and there is still no progress in the direction of Chazi Mountain, so it will be troublesome." ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but change color in unison.