Section 198 Counterattack on Gao'an Ninety-four

Gao'an south of the Taiping Gate outside the Xiao family store. This was originally a small village built on Gao'an, because it is very convenient to be close to Gao'an, many of the houses built along both sides of the road are used as shops, and because the local people are surnamed Xiao, the reputation of Xiao's shop has spread over time. In fact, after so many years, this place has become a small town-like existence, and has become a veritable sub-city of Gao'an. Unlike Gao'an, which was completely destroyed in the war, although it has experienced the looting of artillery fire and the sweep of the Japanese army, because it is on the periphery of the city wall, after the national army troops withdrew from Gao'an, they were stationed on the front line of the naphthalm, so it became the forefront of the Japanese army.

It's just that no one thought that the counteroffensive of the national army troops was so sharp that the Japanese troops stationed in Gao'an basically did not play any role, and they were drowned under the wave of the counteroffensive army. At this time, Xiaojiadian had become the front-line headquarters of the 74th Army, and orders on the entire Gao'an battlefield were issued from here.

Compared with the tragic situation of Gao'an City being destroyed by artillery fire, more than half of the buildings in Xiaojiadian are well preserved, one of which is a private house with a huge courtyard, which is occupied by the 74th Army, and is full of guards and sentinels, and the guards are extremely tight. Looking closely, almost all of the officers who came in and out were of the rank of general, and they were dazzled, but they were all frowning and looking grim, showing that the current battle situation seemed to be quite unsmooth.

It is very close to Chazi Mountain, and the battle situation on the front line can be transmitted back as soon as possible. Moreover, with Gao'an City as a buffer, the security aspect is also enough to guarantee, on the whole, it can be said that it is the most ideal frontier position at present.

In the first day or two of the battle, as the exciting news came, there were bursts of cheers and laughter here, especially when Wang Yaowu, the commander of the 51st Division, excitedly ran to report the news of the capture of Dacheng in person, and the cheers in the command headquarters were even higher than a while. The purpose of this battle was to recover Nanchang, but the battle had such a fantastic start at the beginning, and the bravery of the 302nd Regiment gave them the opportunity to encircle and annihilate the Japanese Gao'an enemy army and even the Fengxin enemy army, and when this opportunity was in front of them, Nanchang had become a secondary choice. If so many Japanese troops can be encircled and annihilated, not only will the positions on the south bank of the Xiushui River be easily recaptured, but the army may even be able to return to the Jiujiang line.

However, the reality is always so cruel, just when they concentrated the main force of the whole army to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army, the not tall slopes of Chazi Mountain became their nightmare, and the attacks for several days were frustrated at the bottom of the mountain, and victory was close at hand, but they couldn't catch the final fruit, which also made everyone become impatient.

Wang Yaowu Tie sat on a chair with a blushing face, half of his body was leaning on the back of the chair, beside him, Yu Jishi was standing with his hands behind his back, he looked up at the sky, looking at the smoke and clouds floating in the air silently, no one knew what he was thinking at the moment.

Yu Jishi was already the deputy commander-in-chief of the 19th Army at this time, although part of his promotion was because he was appreciated by Chairman Chiang, but the biggest reason was because his brothers in the 74th Army were able to fight well and fought one tough battle after another. Although the 74th Army did not win every battle, on the whole, this army had tenacious willpower, dared to fight, and was not afraid to fight to the death with the Japanese army with the same strength. After the victory of Wanjialing, the 74th Army cooperated with friendly troops to almost encircle and annihilate a division of the Japanese army, and its outstanding combat exploits also made Yu Jishi deserve to rise to a higher level.

Deputy Army Commanders Jiang Fusheng, Zhan Zhongyan, Chief of Staff Ma Junyan, and others were not here, and compared with these deputy army commanders and principal officers, Wang Yaowu, who was only promoted to deputy army commander at the end of last year, was undoubtedly more valued by Yu Jishi. In the army, although there are also open and secret battles, but the most important thing is to speak with strength, Wang Yaowu himself is a rare general, and his subordinates are fierce generals, Zhang Lingfu, the commander of the 153 Brigade who occupied the commanding heights of Wanjialing in one fell swoop in the surprise attack on Zhang Gushan in Wanjialing, is naturally the most famous one, but Yu Jishi knows that in the 51st Division, there is also a stone known as "idiot" who is a war wizard, and there must be combat exploits in every battle, and there must be captures in every battle. Among the ten thousand armies, a single regiment can tear through the enemy's formation and capture a large town in one fell swoop, which is very capable. The 51st Division has so many elite soldiers, which naturally makes Yu Jishi very happy, after all, the 51st Division is also his subordinate, although it is not like the 58th Division, which is his starting point, but from the Battle of Songhu to the present, for such a long time, this unit has been deeply branded by him.

"Samin, it's windy here, let's go back to the house!" Yu Jishi glanced back at Wang Yaowu, and saw that his little brother's face was very ugly, and he said with concern.

Wang Yaowu shook his head, sighed and said, "Brother Liangzhen, it's been five days, when will you be able to take Chazi Mountain?" ”

Yu Jishi's face remained calm as usual, although he was only in his thirties, he was quite old in the army, and his long-term career as a horse soldier made him feel happy and angry, even in the face of the worst situation, he could deal with it calmly. At present, the situation in Gao'an is indeed not very good, and there is a big gap from the original idea, but Gao'an has already taken it in his hands, and compared to other troops, they have already gained a lot here.

"Samin, how long can Ayutthaya hold out?" Yu Jishi pondered for a while and asked slowly.

"Ahem......" Speaking of the war, Wang Yaowu seemed to be excited, but when he made a slight move, he couldn't help coughing a few times, and his face became more and more pale.

Yu Jishi glanced at him worriedly and said: "Zuomin, you better go to the hospital to recuperate for a while, although Yaozong has a little more problems, he is also a veteran in the army, and there is nothing big about him, but if your body is not well maintained, how can I rest assured that the 74th Army will be handed over to you?" ”

Wang Yaowu smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Liangzhen, I will talk about this matter later, the most important thing at the moment is to fight this battle well." Saying that, he gasped a few times, and after a few breaths of relief, he said helplessly: "Dacheng is in danger and may be lost at any time, if you can't break through the devil's defense line, not only will you lose the good opportunity to encircle and annihilate the enemy, but the 302nd Regiment may also be in danger of being wiped out!" ”

Seeing Yu Jishi silent, Wang Yaowu couldn't help but endure the sharp pain in his abdomen and continued: "The 302nd Regiment is only an infantry regiment with 3,000 soldiers, and it is already an unexpected joy that after smuggling across the Jinjiang River, it is already an unexpected joy to be able to connect Xiangfuguan and Dacheng. After capturing Dacheng, the Japanese army in Xishan Town attacked again and again, and the 106th Division of Fengxin was also constantly increasing its troops, and even the enemy planes bombed several times a day. Look at Gao'an again, more than 20,000 people have not broken through the enemy's position after fighting for so many days, what a shame! If the 302nd Regiment is wiped out in Ayutthaya because of this, how will we face these brothers after we die? ”

Yu Jishi paced with his back to his back, his face was still calm, but his movements showed that his heart was not as calm as it seemed on the outside. Being in a high position, it will be the courage of a soldier, no matter how difficult it is, he can't show it on his face, and while pacing him, he asked: "A few days ago, the 339th Regiment fought from the flank of the battlefield to the front line of Fengxin, and then joined the 302nd Regiment in Dacheng, the two regiments add up to more than 5,000 people, which is enough for a small town, and the situation may not be as bad as you think." ”

Wang Yaowu scolded angrily: "It's not the waste of the 49th Army, let alone taking Fengxin, so many people can't even drag the devils of Fengxin, the 106th Division, a disabled division, can still continue to increase troops to attack Dacheng under their attack, I really don't know what the 49th Army is doing?" Cough...... Ahem......"

Yu Jishi walked to Wang Yaowu's side, patted him lightly on the back and said, "It's all the deputy commanders, why are you still so hot-tempered, these things can't be solved by getting angry." ”

Seeing Wang Yaowu open his mouth to speak, he sighed and said: "Actually, you can't blame the brothers of the 49th Army, even if we don't fight very well ourselves, including the 3rd War Zone, the situation is also very unclear." To blame, or to blame the Shangfeng people for being too confident and taking it for granted, after a few victories, they thought that we could overwhelm the Japanese army. They also don't want to think that since the Japanese army takes the initiative to attack, they can use inferior forces to capture our positions one by one, how can we attack the positions of the devils with our little men? Although after more than a year of fighting, the losses of the devils are also very heavy, and our troops have been able to fight a lot, but compared with the overall combat strength, it is still not a level of confrontation, and the more large-scale the confrontation, the more obvious this disadvantage will be. ”

Seeing that Wang Yaowu gradually fell into contemplation, Yu Jishi said softly: "In the past few days, I have been thinking about a question, why did we take Gao'an so easily in the first wave of attack, and why did we never form a breakthrough in the second line of defense? ”

"Why?" Wang Yaowu also asked involuntarily.

"The disparity in the firepower of the troops." Yu Jishi said slowly: "War is actually a very complicated thing, it involves national strength, troops, population, military morale, morale ......and so on, but war is actually a very simple thing, that is, whoever is strong can win, and unfortunately, we are the side with little strength, we want to fight with such an enemy whose strength is far beyond us, the only way is to consume!" ”

"Consumption?" Wang Yaowu couldn't help but bow his head and think about it, Yu Jishi's angle of thinking about the problem was too high, he had never thought about it like this, and now when he heard such words, he immediately became a little dazed and confused.