Chapter 5: Blood and Fire (6)

Although no gunshots were heard, the fierce fighting mood was more like a blazing furnace, as if the air was about to ignite.

The setback of the 13th Division of the Japanese Army on the north bank of the Huai River poured cold water on the plan of Shunroku Hatara to advance north and open up the Xinpu Road at the same time, and also sounded the alarm to all the Japanese troops invading China, the road ahead was not as easy as previously thought, and the Chinese army was no longer powerless to fight back, and it was impossible to complete the road to the north with the strength of one division. If we want to open up the Jinpu Road, the first is to increase the troops, and the second is to take step by step and first clear the Gui troops south of the Huai River, so as to lay the foundation for opening up the Jinpu Line. The third is to deploy the troops in Shanghai, Nanjing, and Hangzhou from the stationing mode to the offensive mode.

The headquarters of the Central China Front is located in Nanjing, the headquarters of the Shanghai Dispatch Army is in Nanjing, and the headquarters of the 10th Army is in Hangzhou.

Nakajima's 16th Division and Suematsu Shigeharu's 114th Division were transferred to North China, and the main forces of the Japanese forces in the Ninghu-Hangzhou area were Fujita Sususu's 3rd Division, Tani Toshio's 6th Division, Yoshizumi Yoshisu's 9th Division, Yamamuro Sotake's 11th Division, Ogisu Tate's 13th Division, Ushijima's 18th Division, and Ito Masaki's 101st Division.

After the 114th Division was transferred to the north, the 18th Division was solely responsible for the south of Taihu Lake and the northeast of Zhejiang, and its strength was weak, and due to the heavy losses in the battle with the 48th Army at Tianmu Mountain, it had not been replenished, so it completely adopted a defensive position in Hangzhou Bay. With Xu Le and Liu Keji looking around, Sadao Niu had a bad time, the large army could not be sent, and the small army did not dare to send it, and for a while he became the target of Huang Bamei's teasing.

After the 16th Division was transferred to the north, the 11th Division became a defensive force, the 10th Brigade (Tiangu Detachment, Brigade Commander Major General Naojiro Amatani) was transferred to Nanjing to take over, and the 22nd Brigade was in the Yangzhou area, taking over the defense area left behind by the 13th Division after going north to Jinpu Road. The 101st Division held Shanghai, and the 3rd Division was divided into parts, and a long snake formation was drawn in Zhenjiang, Changzhou, Wuxi, Suzhou, Kunshan, and Taicang. The only ones that could really fight flexibly were Tani Shofu's 6th Division, Yoshizumi Ryosuke's 9th Division, and Ogisu Ribei's 13th Division.

The 13th Division of the Dizhou Libing Corps was unfavorable, first dragged by Liu Shiyi in the hilly areas of Bantaji, Zilaiqiao, Zhangbaling and Lotang, and then fought with Yu Xuezhong in Xiaobengbu, and finally fell in the north-south encirclement of Zhang Zizhong and Zhou Zuhuang.

Under the order of Shunroku Hata, the 9th Division stationed in Suzhou, Kunshan, and Taicang was transferred overnight, and arrived in Tuzhou that night.

"You can't leave the railroad, you can't divide your troops and rush forward, you can't despise the enemy army." After saying three can'ts to Yoshizumi Ryosuke, Ogisu Libing couldn't speak anymore. It was a big mistake for him to divide his troops into three routes, so that Liu Shiyi took advantage of the situation, took advantage of the terrain, and took advantage of the geographical advantages to successfully drag himself for half a month, so that the Chinese army north of the Huai River was prepared. Crossing the river is the second big mistake, crossing the river using Chinese civilian boats, these civilian boats, after transporting their own soldiers, ran away overnight, leaving a large amount of baggage on the south bank, only a few small boats, if they can support the consumption of the beachhead, so they were beaten back to the south bank by Yu Xuezhong's 51st Army several times, if it was not for the arrival of the Liangjiao Yezuo Dazuo West Road Army who went to chase and kill the 31st Army before, it would not have been able to occupy the position of Xiaobengbu at all. Blindly underestimating the enemy is the third big mistake, after occupying Xiaobengbu, the Dizhou soldiers thought that this trip had no worries, and they wanted to stride towards Huaibei, who would have thought that they were copied by Zhou Zuhuang's 7th Army, the 7th Army was the most powerful opponent after entering China, and in order to regain the way back, the 13th Division suffered heavy losses.

Yoshizumi Ryosuke comforted Ogishu Libing twice, a trace of contempt clearly appeared in his nostrils, and he said: "Thank you Ogisu-kun for reminding me, I will be able to fight in one battle when I go to Mingguang." ”

Looking at the back of Yoshizumi Ryosuke's departure, he was vigorous and full of confidence, and he was full of pity for this old fellow, who was also fifty-four years old, and he set off from Yangzhou more than a month ago, and his confidence was much more than that of you, a farmer from Mie County. Good luck.

On the same day that Yoshizumi Ryosuke arrived in Mingguang, Huang Tianhua led his troops to Luqiao and entered the 48th Army.

On the same day, Mo Di accompanied Zhang Yichun to the Yangtze River.

Seeing this big river again, Mo Di unconsciously let out a sneer, and said to Qin Jishi beside him: After crossing the river, life will be better, there are Japanese for us to kill and rob, and your supplies will be replenished soon. These days, I always think that if we get back so many things, I really don't know who else we can sell them to, and it is estimated that there will only be the 18th Group Army in North China. Qin Jishi laughed and said, "Boss, if you dare to say such a thing, China, I'm afraid you're the only one." ”

Xu Ping touched the M712 on his waist and said, "The brothers of our spy company have said that they are used to it for twenty rings, and they really don't want to use the Japanese Oriental Southern Fourteen again." "This time, in Huizhou, the spy company replaced all the pistols with German-made M712 assault pistols, not made in Hanyang, but the original imported goods with wooden shells that can be used as *. But getting closer and closer to the Japanese army, the more and more worried about entering the Japanese-occupied area, the M712 bullets can not be replenished in time, so each person took out the sealed southern fourteen and matched it on the body, to be honest, the feeling of the double guns is not very good, and it is agreed that the Huang Bamei of Lin'an, equipped with two guns, is used to scare people.

The car transporting Huang Tianhua arrived at Luqiao and then turned back to Lujiang, and the baggage of Mo Di's department finally unloaded their shoulders and marched all the way, and on February 26, 1938, Mo Di arrived at Luqiao with his troops.

Seeing the arrival of Mo Di, Ling Zhuxi was obviously relieved and told Mo Di that the Japanese 13th Division had suffered a lot of losses in the previous Huai River offensive and defensive battle, with more than 7,000 casualties, and retreated to Tuzhou to rest, and the 9th Division of the Japanese army Yoshizumi Ryosuke was replaced by the 9th Division of the Japanese army Yoshizumi Ryosuke in Mingguang against the 31st Army and the 48th Army on the south bank of the Huai River. In the past ten days, the 9th Division has had several clashes with our army, and in the 7th Army, the Japanese did not curry favor, but in the 31st Army, they made a lot of money. Because the casualties of the 31st Army were too great, the ammunition and food were exhausted, although Liu Shiyi was talented, but it was difficult for the Qiao woman to cook without rice, so she could only withdraw to the furnace bridge and be topped by the 48th Army.

The 48th Army is the weakest of the three Gui armies, the other armies are all three divisions, only the 48th Army is two divisions, and the 138th Division is still a new division, except for the 412 Brigade Li Ben has some combat power, the rest are the militia regiments, the peasants who put down their trouser legs. In this division, there were some fighters who did not even let go of their guns, and they used these people to fight against the Japanese, who were only afraid that they would not be able to please them. Now all hopes are pinned on the 176th Division, although the losses of the 1051st, 1052nd, and 1055th regiments before the 176th Division are not small, but the shelf is still there, although the militia is also added this time, but the squad platoon leader and backbone are all veterans who have done real guns and live ammunition on the Songhu battlefield, have seen blood, experienced life and death. But these three regiments are more than a star and a half worse than the invincible 1056 regiment, and everyone in the 48th Army knows that the 1056 regiment plus four brigade companies, with more than 2,000 people, can be compared with a Japanese brigade at will.

Hearing the name of the Ninth Division, Mo Di smiled, this was his first opponent in Shanghai, and he did some homework last time to deal with this division, so he was relatively familiar. He said to Ling Zhuxi: "Traveler, I have walked all the way, and I have thought about it all the way, there is a question that I have not been able to figure out, and I hope that Traveler can solve my doubts." The purpose of our coming to the Jinpu Road was not to fight to the death with the Japanese, but to prevent the Japanese from moving north to open up the Jinpu Line, and we only needed to formulate a battle plan around this goal. The Japanese are not familiar with life in our country, and they only dare to follow the railway. Therefore, as long as we have an attitude to get rid of this railway and kill the Japanese who have crossed this railway, the effect will be that they will be allowed to pass and they will not be dared. ”

Ling pressed the west and was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked Ji Ji to come out, Mo Di said: "Didn't Chairman Jiang propose a scorched earth war of resistance, and we will follow it." The 1056th Regiment will not participate in the large-scale operation, and from tomorrow onwards, it will be divided into nine brigades, consisting of a squad of a special service company, a squad of a spear company, an infantry company, and a baggage squad. The artillery company blew up all the Jinpu Road, and the engineer company demolished all the railways. ”

In the end, Ling Zhuxi's face was already pale, and the scorched earth war he understood was like this.

Ling pressed the west to report to Ou Shounian, Ou Shounian reported to Wang Zanbin, Wang Zanbin reported to Liao Lei, Liao Lei reported to Li Zongren, no one dared to approve Mo's plan, in the past, he only knew that he was going to fight on the scorched earth made by the Japanese, but he didn't think about making his own land into scorched earth first. In the end, Bai Chongxi said that for the time being, the 1056 Regiment would not be arranged to participate in the operation, and they would be allowed to move freely. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, everyone knew that this was a good plan, the problem was that no one dared to approve it, and whoever approved it would be a disaster to the country and the people. The Qiantang River Bridge and the Bengbu Bridge were all blown up with the consent of the Military Commission, and Han Fuyu blew up the Jinan Bridge without approval.

Mo Di got Ling Zhuxi's last opinion, and shook his head unconsciously, in She County, Zhang Yunyi once said that since the war has begun, it is necessary to use unscrupulous means only to achieve the goal.

In this case, Mo Di asked Huang Tianhua to take the first and second battalions to bear the name of the 1056 regiment on the furnace bridge, and he left the furnace bridge quietly with the others, and first went to the Zhang Baling area between Mingguang and Tuzhou, found a secluded valley to stay, and played slowly.

Qin Jishi knew that if he went, there would be supplies coming in immediately, and he was so excited that everyone smoked. Jiang Chunyang has a different opinion, thinking that Mo Enemy is gone, no matter which aspect can not please him, no matter how he does it, he can't please it, only Xu Le is relatively simple, and found Chen Zhengxin and said, I heard that there is a hospital directly under the 13th Division in Tuzhou, and there should be a lot of female nurses there, Chen Zhengxin was in the 1055 regiment before, this time let him open foreign meat, Oriental women, fine skin and tender meat, * sound can make you cool to the bone. Chen Zhengxin laughed and saluted in unison.