Section 112 Counterattack on Gao'an VII

As the night faded away, the sky brightened, but the thick clouds blocked out the sun's light, making it feel very depressing. Especially for the defenders stationed in Gao'an City, this feeling is even stronger, they face the dilapidated and dilapidated city, smell the faint smell of burnt rot, and they can't help but feel uncomfortable all over.

Now the defenders stationed in Gao'an City are the 101st Wing of the 102nd Brigade of the 101st Division of the Japanese Army, the previous Wing Captain died in the Battle of De'an, and the current Wing Captain was originally the captain of the first brigade, although he was promoted by one level because of the death of Shangguan, but the new Wing Captain was not the slightest happy, because the strength of the 103 Wing was greatly weakened after the Battle of De'an, although the number has been replenished, but there are no recruits who have been trained in bloody battles, and they will never be able to form a strong combat effectiveness, In this case, how could he be happy to be in charge of guarding the crippled Gao'an City?

Ironically, Gao'an City was actually destroyed under the fire of their own people, and now the embarrassment of having no danger to defend was really a big headache for him.

A few days ago, the scouts who had been monitoring the direction of the enemy reported that the enemy showed signs of movement, which made him very vigilant, because he was not confident in the strength of the troops in his hands, which led him to be a little nervous in the face of the upcoming war.

With the strength of one wing stationed in Gao'an City, and there is also the 157th Wing in the direction of Chazishan and Neihuang that can be reinforced at any time, the defensive force of the Gao'an line is still very strong, and in Fengxin, not far from Gao'an, the 106th Division is guarding their flanks and can support them at any time, it should be said that the entire defense line is foolproof.

However, I don't know why, the new wing captain has never been able to let go, and that kind of uneasiness from the bottom of his heart has made him almost unable to sleep since he entered Gao'an. As if it was just dawn today, he had been standing on the remnants of the city tower at the south gate for almost an hour, some time ago, he was actually so stunned to look at the darkness in the distance, it was really weird, until the sky was bright, he was slightly relieved, at least after dawn, he didn't have to worry about the enemy's night attack.

Just as the wing commander was about to go back and rest a little, a staff officer rushed over, and shouted loudly after a distance of about ten paces: "Report to the wing commander, the Chinese army is rushing towards Gao'an, and the enemy is about to attack." ”

When the wing captain heard this, his body was shocked, and the whole person seemed to be electrocuted, but after all, he was also a person with extremely rich experience on the battlefield, and his previous abnormal reaction was just some anxiety about the unknown, but now after a stirring reaction, he quickly calmed down and asked in a deep voice: "How far is the enemy army from us?" ”

"I'm about to kill the city." The staff officer replied nervously.

"Yaga! What does the Scout Squadron eat? Didn't they keep an eye on the naphtha enemy army? Why did the enemy army kill the city, and only now did the news come? The Wing Captain said angrily.

The staff officer hurriedly replied: "Your Excellency, the Chinese army is coming from the south bank of the Jinjiang River, hundreds of warships are moving together, and by the time our sentries find out that something is wrong, the enemy army has already landed in thousands, and now I am afraid that it is almost under the city." ”

As soon as the wing commander heard this, he immediately fell silent, the Jinjiang River is difficult to cross, especially in the absence of ships, it is particularly difficult for them to reconnoiter the south bank, which he already knew before, but it is not easy for the enemy to cross the river, they have stationed a small team at each of the ferries outside the east gate to guard, but the enemy's cunning is obviously still beyond his expectations, and he actually succeeded in landing unknowingly.

Thinking of this, he asked with some puzzlement: "Where did the enemy cross the river?" ”

"Zhang Gongdu, five miles southeast of the South Gate." The staff officer said helplessly, obviously a little helpless about this, although they have a defense by the river, but their attention is focused on the river close to Gao'an, too remote place, their manpower is insufficient, where can they take care of it? But the problem is here, and it's really frustrating.

The Wing Captain thought about it and seemed to want to ask something more. However, at this moment, a whistling came from a distance, and as soon as the two of them heard this voice, their faces immediately changed greatly, and they immediately hugged their heads and shrank to the root of the wall battlement.

"Boom" a violent explosion sounded, the pillar of fire that rose to the sky was like a roaring fire dragon, bringing people a kind of violent impact that destroyed the world, especially a few people on the city wall, but also felt that the whole earth was constantly trembling, and the dust and fallen bricks and stones on the side were even more terrifying, and these remnants of the wall also collapsed.

The entire city of Gao'an was stunned by this sudden blow, and many people were awakened in their sleep, and before they could figure out what was happening, they were hit even harder.

"Boom...... Boom ......" The sound of explosions suddenly appeared, and then the whole city of Gao'an trembled*, and the tragic experience of more than half a month ago was now repeated in this small city that had been almost wiped out, countless shells fell like raindrops, and every inch of land was almost overturned......

The billowing smoke wrapped Gao'an inside, and in a loud roar, in a violent tremor, Gao'an City was like a flat boat on the sea, rising and falling with the waves, and between the rolling waves, it seemed that it could be swallowed up at any time.

In this fierce artillery attack, the Japanese soldiers could only shrink in the trenches and wait for the judgment of fate, the sound of explosions continued to sound around, layers of flying mud almost buried everyone alive, and some Japanese soldiers who were inverted were hiding well, but the next moment a shell fell mercilessly on his side, with an explosion sounded, several people disappeared directly into the rolling flames, and the bones were gone!

The fierce artillery of the national army launched a ferocious attack on Gao'an across the wide Jinjiang River, and the artillery units of the 74th Army were far stronger than other troops, and there were all kinds of mountain artillery, field artillery, and infantry artillery captured from the beginning of the Battle of Songhu, so that the long-range firepower of the 74th Army became extremely powerful, but limited to the number of shells, generally speaking, these cannons rarely wielded, however, after accumulating for so long, the 103rd Wing of this inverted frieze tasted the cruelty of being bombarded by artillery fire, and experienced the insignificance and helplessness of human life on the battlefield.

As the shells advanced layer by layer, combing back and forth over and over again, one after another trenches were overturned, pillboxes were destroyed everywhere, sections of city walls collapsed, and soldiers were killed one by one, the entire Gao'an City became a human purgatory, and the entire 103rd Wing became a fish on the board, to be slaughtered.

The Japanese artillery then began to counterattack, and they estimated that the artillery positions at Chazi Mountain were pouring shells in the direction of the Jinjiang River in the distance, however, the two places were seven or eight miles apart, and in a hurry, not to mention that there were no accurate coordinates, even the approximate distance could not be estimated, and the effect of their counterattack could be seen from this, however, they had no choice, they could not watch the friendly troops being hit so violently and ignore it, right?

Half an hour later, an airplane suddenly appeared in the sky, and apparently after receiving the news, the Japanese flying wing in the direction of Wuhan also came to reinforce in the shortest possible time.

At this time, the artillery that had been bombarded for a whole hour finally stopped the attack, and after receiving the news of the appearance of the enemy plane, they quickly began to organize the evacuation, however, the defenders of Gao'an had not yet recovered from the raging shells, and the assault troops of the 74th Army, which were advancing under artillery fire, had already rushed through the Taiping Gate and rushed into the city of Gao'an.

In this counteroffensive of Gao'an, the strategy of the attack was basically similar to the last one, but some changes were made in some places, and the 51st Division was generally the main frontal attack, the 57th Division outflanked and the 58th Division flanked and covered. It was Zhang Lingfu's 153 Brigade that entered Gao'an City before, but at this time Zhang Lingfu was still recuperating from his injuries, and the 153 Brigade was commanded by Li Tianxia. Speaking of which, Li Tianxia used to be the brigade commander of the 153 Brigade, although the current main officers are Zhang Lingfu's subordinates, but in the minds of the soldiers below, there is still some prestige, and this attack has a lot to do with it, Lu Xing and others did not provoke anything wrong, basically Li Tianxia is only responsible for conveying the orders of the division headquarters As for what to do, it is up to the two regiment commanders to discuss it on their own, and Li Tianxia also knows that there must be no chaos at this time, so naturally she can only be happy.

Compared with the helplessness and fear of the Japanese army in the face of artillery, the 153 Brigade soldiers who had long been accustomed to this kind of battle did not have the slightest fear, as early as when the artillery fire was still continuing, they broke into the outside of the city, and the commander of the 306th Regiment, Lu Xing, was even more bold, he took the lead and personally led more than 200 soldiers of the "Dare Brave Team" selected by the 153 Brigade to brave the artillery attack and break into the city of Gao'an.

Almost as soon as the artillery fire stopped bombarding, more than 200 of them burst out with an earth-shattering shout of killing, and immediately rushed towards the city like a tide, sweeping the ruins like a mountain and a sea.

At this time, most of the Japanese soldiers were still "buried alive" in the rubble, and they didn't know what was going on, especially those supplementary recruits who fought a big battle for the first time, where were they subjected to such ferocious shelling? Although they were lucky enough to escape, their legs and stomachs were shaking from fright, and they couldn't even stand up, and by the time they felt abnormal, the soldiers of the 153rd Brigade who followed up had already poured into the city one after another, walking through the rubble.