Section 137 The Struggle of the Japanese Army

The loss of Wuqiao Town not only did not relieve the pressure on the Japanese army, but seemed to ignite the entire battlefield, so that the troops on both sides were completely ignited, and all the troops showed their skills at the junction of Shanggao, Yifeng, Gao'an, and Fengxin, and used their strengths.

The 33rd Division received a request for help from the 34th Division, and after learning the news that the front line of Guanqiao had been attacked by the enemy, Sakurai couldn't help but hesitate. In his thoughts, he had already commanded the troops to take Wuqiao and break the encirclement of the enemy, at this time, Oga Shigeru should have commanded the troops to break through decisively and continue to stay in Guanqiao, so I don't know if I am looking for a fight? However, what made him helpless was that from last night until now, the 34th Division had not made any action to break through the encirclement, and until now, the enemy troops from all sides had launched a fierce attack on them, and they were actually asked to continue to go south to rescue, and this battle was really painful.

Sakurai Province's situation at the moment is obviously very bad, when he was in Wuqiao before, the 215th Wing lost more than half of its troops, and the wing captain of the 214th Wing, Hamada Daisa, was killed, which greatly affected the strength of the entire 33rd Division, and what is even worse is that the above order has come down, or it won't be long before they will be transferred to North China. At this time, Sakurai was already very distressed by his previous decision, and if he knew this, he should not have relented and agreed to Ogashige's request in the first place.

It's obviously too late at this moment, and it's impossible to get out after being pulled into this whirlpool, but the battle has already been fought like this, and Oga Shigeru doesn't know how to judge the situation and retreat quickly, what is he still rubbing against Guanqiao?

Under such circumstances, Sakurai couldn't help but hesitate, if the 34th Division did not retreat and continued to go south, what would be the result? Will it be like the 34th Division in a quagmire at that time? If the 33rd Division is also in such a predicament after going south, who will come to the rescue at that time?

Just when Sakurai was hesitating, the chief of staff of the military department, Isamu Kinoshita, sent an order, ordering them to immediately go south for reinforcements, and if there was any prevarication and hesitation, it would be dealt with in accordance with military law!

Sakurai couldn't help but be very angry after receiving the order, the left one was dealt with by military law, and the right one was severely punished, didn't Kinoshita Yong know the difficulties of the 33rd Division? When the time comes, a crippled unit will be transferred to North China, how should I explain to the North China Dispatch Army Command? However, he had to bow his head under the roof, and at this moment he was still a member of the 11th Army, and he could only obey unconditionally in the face of military orders. Even though he had many questions and concerns in his heart, there was nothing he could do. The 213th Wing could only be ordered to move south immediately.

Almost at the same time as they were moving here, the national army troops who had been driven out of Wuqiao had launched a counterattack on the front line of Wuqiao, although the enemy's attack power was not too strong, but when he continued to draw troops south, he did not dare to have the slightest carelessness, once Wuqiao was lost and lost, not only the 34th Division was very likely to be finished, but their 33rd Division was also in danger.

In addition to the 33rd Division, the 20th Independent Mixed Brigade stationed on the Gao'an front line also launched an attack on the Longmenwei area to the south, hoping to attack the back of the Chinese army and relieve the pressure on the 34th Division. As a result, this Japanese army encountered their old adversary, the 74th Division under the 51st Army. From the south bank of the Jinjiang River to here, from the beginning of this battle to the present, the two troops have fought dozens of times, and it can be said that they know the roots. However, this time, Li Tianxia, the commander of the 51st Division, did not dare to slack off in the face of the Japanese army. Not only because Chen Yu, chief of staff of the military department, has rushed here to supervise the battle, but also because Li Tianxia has heard the rumors, after this battle, the position of the commander of his 51st Division is likely to be replaced by Shi Shi, the commander of the independent regiment. In this battle, Shi ran around two battlefields in a row, annihilated the Japanese army twice, and won successive battles, with great achievements. On the contrary, the 51st Division started from Ducheng, and it was repeatedly defeated and retreated all the way, and this sluggish performance is really unreasonable.

But when Li Tianxia thought of the fierce expression of the stone pointing a gun at him, she couldn't help but feel extremely unhappy, if his position as a division commander was really snatched away by him, how could he still have the face to stay in the 74th Army in the future? I'm afraid that no matter where I go in the future, I will be pointed at my nose and laughed at, right?

The battle in front of him is obviously the last chance, after Li Tianxia thought about it, he also issued an order to the whole division, who dares to take a step back without authorization, shot on the spot, there is no room for negotiation, this battle 70th Army and 72nd Army have successively gone south to kill the Japanese army, at this moment they have become the only force to block the enemy, this retreat will not only be a waste of the previous achievements in this battle, but also will lose the face of the 51st Division, as a "winning iron army", I would rather let the devil step on his corpse, and never take the initiative to retreat!

I have to say that although Li Tianxia's character is average, after all, she is an old oilman who has been in the army for so many years, and she still has some skills, especially the impassioned encouragement at this time, which makes every soldier of the 51st Division have the will to die and are willing to fight to the last soldier, thinking of the pride of making countless achievements in the past, thinking of the commendation and glory again and again, everyone secretly swore in Li Tianxia's encouragement that they must win this battle.

After the attack began, the 20th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade was stunned to find that the old opponent in front of them had changed, their attack was as sharp as ever, and their soldiers were as brave as ever with the cooperation of artillery. However, in their impression, the enemy army, which was not good at fighting tough battles, stood in front of them like a steel plate this time, no matter how fierce the artillery was, no matter how strong the attacking troops were, every hill, every trench, they needed to fight to the death until the enemy army was completely annihilated, and then they could finally take this position.

As a result, the Japanese army was also a little unbearable, and the mixed 20 brigade itself was not very strong, with only four infantry brigades. In the previous battle on the south bank of the Jinjiang River, they had lost nearly one brigade before and after, and the garrison strength of Gao'an and Xiangfuguan and other places could not be less, at least one brigade had to be left behind, so that the troops engaged in the attack were only about two brigades.

Although the Japanese claimed that a single infantry brigade could defeat an infantry division of the Nationalist Army, this comparison could only be the least combat-effective unit of the Nationalist army, and even the troops with barely a single gun were mentioned. For example, the elite of the Central Army in front of him was far from being able to be shaken by one brigade of the Japanese army, and even after the Japanese army invested the strength of the two brigades into the attack, it was still unable to make substantial progress. Even the officers and men of the 51st Division, under the command of Deputy Division Commander Zhou Zhidao, launched several waves of sharp counterattacks, directly forcing the Japanese army back several miles away.

The unfavorable progress of the independent mixed 20th Brigade also made Kinoshita, who was in charge of directing the siege relief operation, very uneasy. However, the next news made him even more headache, the 213 Wing from the Wuqiao line to the south to reinforce, halfway was intercepted by the Chinese troops, the two armies met in the field, after fighting each other, the 213 Wing suffered a big loss, although the Chinese army also suffered a lot of losses, but this suddenly killed the troops, the style is very tenacious and ruthless, in the tug-of-war showed a strong strength, but also let the 213 Wing have to temporarily avoid the edge, in order to seek other good ways to break the enemy.

The successive obstruction of the two receiving troops made Kinoshita Yong very anxious, and the news of the Guanqiao front line for help kept coming, but they had no way here. It was not easy to take Wuqiao, but so far not only has it not played its due role and effect, but has forced the enemy to launch a more fierce attack, which is also a situation that the Japanese army does not want to see. In desperation, Kinoshita could only ask the air force to reinforce it, and at this time, it was obviously too late for the 11th Army to send troops from its team to rush to reinforcements, and the only thing to do was to let the air force give reinforcements, as much as possible to reduce the pressure on the 34th Division and help the troops on the two sides to open up the current predicament.

On the evening of the 26th, Shi accompanied Zhang Lingfu to stand at the front of the position, and in a front-line command headquarters equipped with camouflage nets, he watched the situation ahead.

Not long ago, it was a Japanese position, but under the strong attack of the guard company of the independent regiment and a company of the 3rd battalion, the Japanese were driven out of their positions and retreated to the rear line of defense. Perhaps because of the fact that the battle had just ended, the battlefield was filled with all kinds of smells, very pungent, and the strong smell of blood alone stimulated people to not open their eyes. Fortunately, Shi Shi and Zhang Lingfu are both veterans who crawled out of the pile of dead people, and they have no effect on these.

The stone looked up at the sky, and couldn't help frowning, the sky was getting more and more gloomy, and there seemed to be raindrops falling, such weather, I don't know when it will rain, which is really not good news for the battle in front of me. After the rain, visibility was reduced, the speed of the troops' advance was greatly affected, and the ground was slippery, so the attack was not easy to launch. Although rainy days are also a lot of trouble for the defending troops, the devils still have some advantages at the moment, which is far better than their situation.

"Stone, you can't push it forward for the time being!" Zhang Lingfu on the side put down the binoculars, shook his head and said to the stone.

"What does Brother Zhang think?" Stone asked, somewhat surprised.

Zhang Lingfu shook his head and said: "Although the devil in front of him does not have many troops, his combat effectiveness is very strong, and after retreating to the next line of defense, it is also in order, obviously there are powerful officers in the devil's army in command, and when fighting with such an enemy, you must not show any flaws, let alone be impatient, otherwise it is very likely that your achievements will be wasted!" ”

[Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, my cousin will get married and set up a banquet, I will go to Changzhou to drink happy wine, and strive to catch a chapter out before leaving tomorrow, I don't know if there are any comrades-in-arms in Changzhou to get together together? 】