Section 140 Encirclement and annihilation of the remaining Japanese troops

The 72nd Army came all the way from the direction of Gao'an, and just intercepted the Japanese troops breaking through on the front line of the village, but they also had no energy to attack at the moment, and they came all the way in the rain, and the physical consumption of the soldiers was huge, and the combat power of the 72nd Army itself was not strong, in this case, let alone attacking, the team itself was in chaos. Of course, the Japanese army did not know all this, and when Oga Shigeru looked at the huge team hazy in the rain and fog from afar, he only felt that the future was dark, and he did not have any confidence in whether he could lead his troops to fight out of the encirclement this time.

This kind of rainy weather is very advantageous for the defending side, the number of people itself is small, and the difference in strength is huge, can you still rush out this time? Oga Shigeru had no confidence and no hope, so he could only lead his troops to struggle in the heavy rain, looking for all possible hope.

It was supposed to be a day of continuous bloody battles, but it stopped because of heavy rain, and the only place where it was still fighting was the 33rd Division of Wuqiao and the independent mixed 20th Brigade in the Gao'an area, under the command and urging of the chief of staff of the Japanese 11th Army, Isamu Kinoshita, these two troops were still constantly impacting each other's defensive lines, showing a completely different mental outlook and temperament from the previous battle. Under such circumstances, the two units of the 78th Army and the 51st Division also suffered enough and had to grit their teeth to hold on.

After a period of rest, the troops of the 70th Army were also divided into two, one part still monitored the Japanese troops at Guanqiao, and the other part chased straight to the front line of the village street, wanting to encircle and annihilate this part of the enemy army that broke through with the 72nd Army. The heavy rain from the sky must have a great impact on the pursuit of the troops, but it also makes it very difficult for the devils to break through.

Around noon, Shi also received an order from the military headquarters. Wang Yaowu had already received news from other troops at this moment, knowing that the main force of the Japanese army had broken through to the front line of the village front street, and the troops remaining on the front line of Guanqiao were the broken rear troops of the Japanese army, and the military headquarters ordered them to immediately cooperate with the 70th Army Pre-9th Division to encircle and annihilate the remaining troops of the Japanese army, and then rush to the front line of the village front street to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army's breakthrough troops, and completely annihilate the Japanese army's 34th division. Of course, in view of the fact that the Independent Regiment had fought so many battles before and after, Wang Yaowu was also quite concerned about letting Shi do what he could, the main force of this battle was the Pre-9th Division, as long as they could contain part of the Japanese army in the northwest direction, they would achieve their goal.

After receiving the order, Shi couldn't help but let out a long breath, and then he also sent a large number of scouts to investigate the surrounding situation, looking for flaws in the Japanese defense line, if he could launch a fatal blow from the weakest point of the devil, wouldn't it be much easier than fighting to the death here? Although there are not many such opportunities, it is not absolutely impossible, after all, the Japanese army has withdrawn so many troops at once in vain, and even if the remaining troops have had a lot of time to adjust, they are certainly not as perfect as before. What's more, the troops that broke through the Japanese army must be elite, and there are only a bunch of old, weak, sick and disabled left, how can there be no shortcomings?

Just when Shi and Zhang Lingfu and others were discussing how to arrange the next attack, a violent gunfire suddenly sounded at the Guanqiao in the distance, and when they heard this sound, Shi and the others couldn't help but be taken aback, not caring that there was still heavy rain falling in the sky, they rushed out of the temporary headquarters and looked at the hazy mountains in the distance against the rain. It was the barrier to the east of Guanqiao Town, and it was also the only place where the Japanese army could rely on it, and at this time, there was a lot of gunfire in vain, and it was obvious that the 9th Division had launched an attack.

"Danza, when are we going to start attacking?" Li Shijian, the commander of the third battalion, rubbed his hands, not knowing whether he was a little cold or too excited.

Seeing this, Shi shook his head and said: "Don't worry, we can't fight, the devil's defensive strength on our side won't move, let the pre-9th division first explore the devil's strength and arrangement, and when the devil can't support it, we will launch a fatal blow, fight in this weather, the longer it drags on, the greater the loss of physical strength, it is best to kill it with one blow, and not give the devil any chance to resist." ”

"Stone, how can you be so calm in a battle at such a young age? Look at you like this, you're almost like those who have become essences. Zhang Lingfu on the side also quipped.

Shi couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Brother Zhang, I was also forced, after so many battles, the brothers around me don't know how many people have been killed, every time I see those familiar brothers fall in a pool of blood, my heart hurts and I can't stand it." With every order passed down, I don't know how many brothers would die, and I was about to be overwhelmed. ”

Zhang Lingfu also sighed when he heard this, and then he comforted: "Stone, how can you not die in a war?" No matter who commands it, casualties are inevitable, and it can be regarded as their creation and luck that these brothers of the Independent Regiment can follow a regiment leader like you. Look at the brothers behind you, there are so many people who are veterans who have fought with you for several years, and after so many battles, they can still survive, you have done it to the extreme. ”

Although Shi knew that what Zhang Lingfu said was right, he couldn't help but feel uncomfortable when he thought of the brothers who had died in battle over the years, and he was silent for a while. Immediately, "Boom...... Several explosions came from a distance, and their eyes widened one by one....... The stone also got rid of these thoughts and emotions that made him feel heavy in the shortest possible time, and focused all his attention on the battlefield in front of him.

"Stone, the strength of the broken troops left by the devil is not weak, and there are still artillery inside." Zhang Lingfu listened to the sound of artillery in the distance, and couldn't help but change his face slightly, obviously the enemy's arrangement and arrangement were somewhat beyond his expectations. Artillery is a kind of unit, whether it is the national army or the Japanese army, it is regarded as a treasure. The power of artillery on the battlefield is not only to kill and injure the enemy, but also to deter them in the psychological aspect. Not to mention anything else, when attacking enemy positions, whether there is artillery to suppress long-range artillery fire, and the quality of the attack is completely two concepts. This point was most obvious in the battle of the counterattack on Nanchang, which was most obvious in Gao'an City.

For such an important artillery unit, the devil did not arrange to leave with the elite who broke through, which also showed the determination of the devil commander to stick to the area around Guanqiao, and it would be very difficult to storm the devil's position covered by artillery fire.

Shi couldn't help but think of his artillery company at this time, but unfortunately, the shells of the artillery company have been exhausted, the four mountain guns are now empty shelves, and the small cannonballs used in the grenadiers are still gone, although * can be used reluctantly, but it needs to be equipped with primers and other things, which is very troublesome, in this case, it is really not possible to play its due strength. Otherwise, in this case, a contest between artillery soldiers will definitely be fatal to the morale of the devils. However, it is also a good thing to find the devil's artillery in this case, which makes the stone have some more ideas.

The battle on the east side of Guanqiao was very fierce, and if it were an ordinary army, it would definitely be helpless in the face of the devil's desperate suppression and artillery reinforcements. But this time when it encountered the pre-9th Division commanded by Zhang Yanchuan, the Japanese army was also unlucky. The 9th Reserve Division is different from the general reserves, mainly because of Zhang Yanchuan's personal relationship. Zhang Yanchuan was born in the 11th Division, and is the descendant of Chen Cheng, the No. 2 member of the Central Military Commission, and has this relationship, he received great help from the old commander when he formed the Pre-9th Division, and the weapon configuration and the quality of the soldiers are excellent, and the combat effectiveness is much higher than that of the ordinary infantry division. Zhang Yanchuan's promotion to deputy commander of the 70th Army is inseparable from the outstanding performance of the 9th Division in the Battle of Wuhan. Suffice it to say that in the 70th Army, the importance of the Pre-9 Division was no worse than that of the 19th Division. Zhang Yanchuan himself is not only a student of the second phase of Huangpu, but also a graduate of the eighth artillery department of the Baoding Army Military Academy, and has a very in-depth study of the combat mode of infantry artillery; this time, as soon as he saw the existence of artillery in the enemy army, he immediately adjusted the way of attacking, changed the strong attack on the whole line to the key breakthrough, and constantly attacked the weak point of the Japanese defense line by dispatching elite to form a death squad.

After several attacks, the assault troops of the 9th Division successfully broke through the Japanese defense line and broke through the mountains on which the Japanese army relied on to hold on.

Iwanaga, the infantry commander of the 34th Division of the Japanese Army, was also on the front line to command, and he was also very anxious to see the enemy troops constantly attacking through the gaps and beginning to gradually gain a foothold to buy time for the team behind him. In desperation, he could only dispatch the "death squad" from the northwest direction of Guanqiao and use the "suicide attack" that was originally intended to deal with the enemy in the northwest to deal with the enemy army in the east.

As a series of bloody explosions sounded on the ridge, the assault troops of the 9th Pre-Division were also counterpressed down in the following period. It was not that the brothers of the 9th Division were afraid of death, but that the enemy's attack method was really terrible and terrifying, and the Japanese wounded were immediately rushed towards the position, and this attack not only made the attacking troops of the 9th Division unable to move forward, but also greatly increased the casualties. As the Japanese army stabilized its position, the weakness of the assault force of the 9th Division gradually emerged, and in this tug-of-war, it was immediately at a disadvantage until it was finally defeated.

Zhang Yanchuan saw this situation, and also ordered the troops to stop the attack, although the devil's defensive strategy itself is also a great loss, but if you want to defeat the enemy in a short time, it is really impossible, but the order he received is to defeat the enemy in the shortest possible time and rush to reinforce the battlefield of the 19th Division, which made Zhang Yanchuan have a big headache, and after a long time, he remembered that it seemed that the other side of the Guanqiao had always maintained calm, which made him frown, Immediately, an elite reconnaissance squad was sent to find a way to break through the Japanese defense line and get in touch with friendly forces on the other side.

[This is to make up for yesterday]