Chapter 183: The decisive battle under Songjiang
readx;? During the confrontation, the two sides suffered casualties in each other's fires, but the weapons in the hands of the soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion had a great advantage and completely suppressed the Japanese troops. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info is like the snipers in the reconnaissance battalion, and the snipers are even more accurate at the Japanese army. Five minutes passed, and although the soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion had the upper hand, the Japanese army was not easy to deal with, and the Japanese troops in this compound were the elite of the 6th Division.
Tang Xiaoshan tried several assaults into the compound, but the desperate counterattack of the Japanese army made the soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion return in vain, and instead killed and injured some soldiers. Tang Xiaoshan saw that it was not possible to continue like this, and the attack on the Japanese headquarters was to be a quick word, and it was necessary to take it before the Japanese troops in the brigade could react, otherwise once the Japanese army organized a counterattack, the four or five thousand Japanese troops could not be swallowed by his own reconnaissance battalion.
Tang Xiaoshan called out to a fire support group in the battalion, and this fire support group was the only one in the battalion equipped with two 40 rocket launchers. Under Tang Xiaoshan's command, the group's two doors and 40 rocket launchers all used armor-piercing shells to aim at the wall of the compound 50 meters away and fired rockets. In the second explosion of "boom, boom", a section of the fence collapsed, raising a large amount of dust.
As soon as the Japanese squadron leader in the courtyard saw that the courtyard wall was blown open by the Chinese army, he hurriedly brought in two heavy machine guns, blocked the gap to the death, and at the same time ran towards the headquarters himself. When the squadron leader came to the headquarters and saw the division commander Gu Shoufu, Gu Shoufu was holding a telegram in his hand and sat there in a daze. It turned out that at this time, Tani Shoufu had received a telegram for help from Mitsuru Ushijima and Tokutaro Shikai.
In just one day, his Sixth Division changed from an attacker to an attacker, from preparing to take Songjiang County to being surrounded outside Songjiang City, all of this came too suddenly, so that Gu Shoufu could not accept it psychologically. After ordering a telegram for help to the Kunisaki detachment and the 18th Division, Tani sat there in a daze.
After the squadron leader came in in a hurry, a call from "Your Excellency the Division Commander" brought Gu Shoufu back to his senses. Gu Shoufu looked at the squadron leader, and the squadron leader continued to report: "The firepower of the Chinese army is very fierce, a third of the soldiers of my squadron have been shattered, it seems that it is difficult to hold here, the warriors of my squadron will desperately protect His Excellency the division commander to leave here, please give the order to evacuate." ”
After listening to the squadron leader's report, Gu Shoufu stood up suddenly, and shouted with a fierce light in his eyes: "Yaga! I will never evacuate, and I will order the emperor's warriors to fight back and be sure to defeat the Shina people." After saying that, Tani Toshio strode towards the outside of the headquarters, and said as he walked, "I will personally watch the warriors of our emperor defeat the Shina people. ”
The squadron leader was busy trying to stop Gu Shoufu and said, "Your Excellency the division commander, it's too dangerous outside, and there are many sharpshooters among the people. Tani Shoufu gave the squadron leader a few slaps in the face and scolded: "Yaga! The emperor's samurai are fearless, how can they be afraid of danger? I must personally command the emperor's warriors to defeat the Shina people." ”
After the squadron leader was slapped a few times and scolded again, he didn't dare to stop Gu Shoufu anymore, so he could only follow Gu Shoufu closely behind and walk out of the command headquarters. As soon as Gu Shoufu appeared outside the headquarters, Tang Yun and Tang Shu, who had been waiting for a long time at a height of 500 meters away, seized the opportunity. When Gu Shoufu drew his command knife and was about to give the order to attack the Japanese soldiers, the brothers Tang Yun and Tang Shu pulled the trigger of the "SVD" sniper rifle almost at the same time.
The second bullet for the sniper rifle flew over a distance of 500 meters in an instant, one hit Gu Shoufu's head, and the other hit Gu Shoufu's heart. After Gu Shoufu froze for two seconds, he fell straight backwards, and the squadron leader behind him was completely frightened, and when Gu Shoufu fell to the ground, the squadron leader, whose face was covered with blood splashed from Gu Shoufu's body, let out an exclamation: "Your Excellency the division commander!"
The shouts of the squadron leader alarmed the nearby Japanese troops, and after these Japanese soldiers surrounded them, they saw that the division commander, Lieutenant General Tani Toshio, had a large hole in his head, and there was also a large hole in his chest, and those who were already dead could no longer die. The squadron leader shouted, "Your Excellency the division commander is shattered!" Then they all took off their shirts, tore a strip of cloth from their white shirts, and tied it to their foreheads.
Led by the squadron leader, soon all the remaining soldiers of this squadron were the same as the squadron leader. The squadron leader drew his command knife and shouted, "Your Majesty the Emperor!" and then pointed his command knife outside the compound and shouted, "Kill it!" All the Japanese soldiers shouted with their rifles: "Your Majesty the Emperor is loaded!" and launched a charge against the position of the reconnaissance battalion outside the compound.
Tang Xiaoshan didn't care about this suicidal charge of the Japanese army at all, and several machine guns and submachine guns in the hands of the soldiers completely blocked the Japanese army's road to the outside of the courtyard. A battle without suspense took five minutes to all end. When several groups of soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion rushed into the Japanese headquarters under the leadership of Tang Xiaoshan, there was no one alive in the entire headquarters, and the chief of staff of the Sixth Division, Shimono Ichihuo Dazuo, committed suicide with all the confidential personnel after sorting out the documents in the confidential room and destroying the radio and other equipment.
Tang Xiaoshan led the soldiers to clean up the battlefield in a hurry, and after taking away the epaulettes and command knives of Gu Shoufu and others, he withdrew from Huayang Town with useful supplies. As for their destruction, there will be troops to do it.
After hearing the dense artillery sound in Matsue Castle, the detachment leader, Major General Kunizaki Noboru, hurriedly stopped the attack, because Kunisaki Noboru did not know what was happening in Matsue Castle and why so many artillery pieces suddenly appeared in the Zhina army, and also launched an artillery bombardment at the same time. Before the soldiers who had sent out reconnaissance had returned, their men sent a telegram from Lieutenant General Tani Shoufu asking for help.
Major General Noboru Kunisaki was taken aback when he looked at the telegram, he didn't understand at all that such a powerful Sixth Division was still attacking Songjiang County in the morning, and how it would be surrounded outside Songjiang County in such a moment. If you don't understand, you don't understand, Lieutenant General Gu Shoufu's request still has to be complied with. Noboru Kunisaki immediately ordered to abandon the attack on Matsue County and turn in the direction of the east gate of Matsue County.
However, at this time, it was not possible for Kunisaki to go, and when the cannon in the city sounded, the 322nd Brigade of the 108th Division launched a counterattack against the Kunisaki detachment under the command of brigade commander Liu Qiwen. Zhang Wenqing, the division commander in the city, also used various caliber artillery in his hands to support the 322nd Brigade in a timely manner. The soldiers of the 322nd Brigade have been attacked by the Japanese army for several days, and today they can finally counterattack, and they are as excited as if they were beaten with chicken blood.
Under the desperate attack of the 322nd Brigade, the Kunisaki detachment was able to support the undefeated retreat, even if it was well-trained, and it was simply unable to turn to the east gate to rescue the 6th Division. When Major General Noboru Kunisaki sent a telegram to the headquarters of the 6th Division to explain the situation, the message sent was like a mud cow into the sea, and there was no follow-up.
In this situation, Wang Haitao's brain has always been running at full strength, constantly analyzing and processing the news from all sides. The two infantry brigades of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army were surrounded outside the east gate of Songjiang County, and the Kunisaki Detachment was struggling to support itself under the all-out attack of the 322nd Brigade of the 108th Division. The arrival of these two pieces of news made Wang Haitao know that there was no danger in Songjiang County.
At this time, the only thing that made Wang Haitao feel at ease was the battle of the reconnaissance battalion in Huayang Town, there must still be four or five thousand Japanese troops in Huayang Town, and it was the location of the headquarters of the Sixth Division, and it was the strength of the reconnaissance battalion to face each other head-on, although the reconnaissance battalion was all elite, but the Japanese army was not a soft persimmon that could be manipulated by others, in case the four or five thousand Japanese troops organized a counterattack, I am afraid that the reconnaissance battalion would suffer, and it seemed that it would have to send reinforcements to Huayang Town.
Thinking of this, Wang Haitao immediately sent someone to invite Zhang Wenqing, the commander of the 108th Division. As soon as he saw Wang Haitao, he was not polite, and said directly: "Division Commander Zhang, now that the infantry brigade of the Japanese Sixth Division is surrounded outside the east gate, and the Kunisaki detachment is struggling to support under the attack of the 322nd Brigade of your department, Songjiang County is no longer in danger. I intend to send your 324th Brigade to Huayang Town to attack the rest of the auxiliary wing of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army in Huayang Town. In addition, my reconnaissance battalion is already attacking the headquarters of the Sixth Division, and you and I will work together to take Huayang Town, and strive to completely annihilate the Japanese troops in Huayang Town, so as to achieve complete success, what do you think, Division Commander Zhang?"
Zhang Wenqing got up and replied: "Zhang Wenqing is willing to listen to the dispatch of Senior Commander Wang, and I will go to give orders to the 324th Brigade." After speaking, Zhang Wenqing turned around and left. After a while, the 324th Brigade of the 108th Division, under the leadership of the brigade commander Xia Shuxun, ran towards Huayang Town with all its personnel full.
The Japanese army, which was besieged outside the east gate of Songjiang County, desperately resisted the attack of the three regiments of the New 90th Division. The positions originally built with infantry guns and light and heavy machine guns were still very threatening to the soldiers of the New 90th Division, but after the arrival of the New 90th Division's armored battalion, all this completely changed. The troops of the new 90th Division counterattacked with the armored battalion as the lead, followed closely by the soldiers of the guard battalion and the 542nd Regiment, and after leaving Songjiang County, they pursued the remnants of the 6th Division to the east.
After chasing for several miles, it was found that the Japanese army had set up a circular position on a small plateau covering an area of less than two square kilometers. The 544th, 545th, and 547th Regiments had already besieged this part of the Japanese army from three directions, and now they had completely encircled this part of the Japanese army as soon as they arrived from the west. Tang Renxin, commander of the 271st Brigade, who commanded as the troops went out of the city, first let the artillery of the heavy artillery regiment bombard the Japanese position, and then ordered the armored battalion to attack, and the 2nd Battalion of the 542nd Regiment followed the armored battalion to cover the attack.
The commander of the armored battalion, Wu Jianzhou, received an order to send a tank detachment and an armored vehicle detachment to attack. The tank car is in front, the armored vehicle is in the back, and the infantry is the last, and the attack formation formed in this way is a formation that has been taught in the training manual written by Wang Haitao and has been practiced many times. After the offensive began, the Japanese army saw the appearance of the chariot on the position, and could not help but panic.