Chapter 325: Adjusting the Defense of Anqing
readx;? Hiroshi Miyamoto's knife was indeed fast, accurate and ruthless. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info Wang Haitao used his technique, a dodge flashed the sword light from Hiroshi Miyamoto, and then took a step and snatched it straight into Hiroshi Miyamoto's arms. Hiroshi Miyamoto was taken aback, the follow-up knife technique had been disrupted, and he took a few steps back. Wang Haitao didn't give him a chance to relax at all, he got close to Hiroshi Miyamoto, and the military thorn in his hand stabbed out.
Hiroshi Miyamoto hurriedly used the katana in his hand to check the file. Although he barely blocked the military stab, it was already in chaos, and Wang Haitao continued to change his moves. After three moves, Hiroshi Miyamoto was in a hurry and couldn't keep up with Wang Haitao's rhythm. Wang Haitao stabbed him in the back again, this time Hiroshi Miyamoto couldn't dodge it anymore, and the military stab pierced his heart along his flank.
Hiroshi Miyamoto "Ah!", froze there, and blood sprayed Wang Haitao along the blood trough of the military thorn. Wang Haitao slowly straightened up and pulled out the military thorn with his hand. Hiroshi Miyamoto stared at his eyes and fell straight down. The master of the army, Hiroshi Miyamoto, only took three moves in the hands of Wang Haitao, and he was killed, which was enough to shock the remaining 20 or so Japanese soldiers and lose their fighting spirit at the same time.
Just after Wang Haitao shouted in Japanese, "Who else will come up again?" These Japanese soldiers slowly put down their weapons and surrendered. The soldiers took the Japanese soldiers aside and rushed into the inner room. Yoshio Kuroiwa, the commander of the Japanese army's major general division, had committed suicide by cutting his abdomen. At this point, another division of the Japanese army, the 24th Division, was completely annihilated at the hands of Wang Haitao.
During the cleaning of the battlefield, not only a large quantity of weapons and ammunition was seized, but also 36 75-caliber field guns and 12 105-caliber howitzers of an artillery wing, as well as artillery shells and trucks. These guns can again form an artillery battalion. After cleaning up the battlefield, Wang Haitao let the reconnaissance group get in touch with the Jiujiang defenders.
At this time, Bai Zhengxi succeeded Li Zongren as the commander of the Third War Zone, and the first thing he did after his ascension was to prepare to replace He Zhizhong's 86th Army, which had suffered too much losses, with Xu Yuanquan's 10th Army to defend Jiujiang. The 41st Division of the 10th Army has arrived in Jiujiang City, and the division commander Ding Zhipan is handling the handover with He Zhizhong, the commander of the 86th Army.
The reconnaissance regiment sent to contact the Jiujiang defenders was Wei Changxing, the commander of the first battalion. He Zhizhong and his two division commanders, He Shaozhou and Wu Jianping, met with Wei Changxing at the headquarters, and Ding Zhipan, the commander of the 41st Division of the Tenth Army, also met Wei Changxing at the headquarters. When everyone heard Wei Changxing say that the 24th Division of the Japanese Army, Major General Kuroiwa Yoshio, the commander of the division, had completely annihilated more than 15,000 people in Hukou County, they couldn't believe it.
After Wang Haitao finished cleaning up the battlefield in Hukou County, he immediately sent a telegram to the Chongqing side, and at the same time obeyed the dispatch of the Chongqing side. Soon after, Chongqing again issued a commendation order to Wang Haitao, and dismissed Wang Haitao from the post of commander of the Jiangnan Theater, and instead formed the 90th Group Army, Wang Haitao was promoted to the post of commander of the 90th Group Army, and rewarded Wang Haitao with 2 million yuan in legal currency. The 90 th Group Army was stationed in the Dabie Mountain area and the Anqing area in Jiangbei, Yang Senzhi's 20 th Army, which is now stationed in Anqing, was transferred to another location, and the 90 th Group Army was assigned to the Fifth Theater.
The 90th Group Army is under the jurisdiction of the 90th Army, with army commander Wang Haitao under the jurisdiction of the 90th Division, division commander Tang Renxin 91st Division, division commander Guo Rudong 92nd Division, division commander Cheng Guangyao 93rd Division, division commander Li Yuanhong 86th Army, army commander He Zhizhong under the jurisdiction of the 103rd Division, division commander He Shao, and division commander Wu Jianping of the 21st Division. Due to the heavy losses of the 86th Army in the Jiujiang Defensive Battle, it was temporarily withdrawn to the Macheng area of Hubei Province to rest and replenish.
This order is exactly what Wang Haitao wants. After the loss of Nanjing, he and the 90th Army had been separated for almost a year, and now they could finally be together again to jointly attack little Japan, Wang Haitao's heart was very happy. The officers and men of the 93rd Division were also very excited when they learned that they were going to join the 90th Army.
Wang Haitao immediately ordered all the troops to gather in Hukou County, and two days later they were transferred to Anqing City via Jiujiang City, Huangmei County, Susong County, and Taihu County. Although this road is much farther than that from Pengze County and Wangjiang County to Anqing City, this road is all major roads, and there are ferries in Jiujiang City that can cross the river.
Two days later, all the officers and men of the 93 rd Division gathered their whole troops in Hukou County, and a brigade of the 41 st Division that had come to take over the defense also arrived. More than 20 kilometers from Hukou County to Jiujiang City, the 93rd Division rushed to Jiujiang City at noon, and He Zhizhong, commander of the 86th Army, led his subordinates, He Shaozhou and Wu Jianping, were already waiting for Wang Haitao's arrival outside the city gate of Jiujiang City.
The first to arrive was the armored regiment and the heavy artillery regiment, followed by the 277th Brigade, then Wang Haitao's division headquarters and the 278th Brigade, the logistics baggage troops were behind the 278th Brigade, and the guard regiment was the rear of the whole division. They were already amazed when they saw dozens of tanks and armored vehicles of all sizes of the armored regiment and dozens of large-caliber heavy guns pulled by dozens of trucks of the heavy artillery regiment, and they also understood why Wang Haitao was able to completely annihilate the 24th Division of the Japanese army in a short period of time.
When He Zhizhong and the others waited for Wang Haitao, they hurriedly stepped forward to salute, Wang Haitao returned to the military salute and He Zhizhong and they were noisy for a while, and then entered Jiujiang City together. In the evening, he knew that the banquet was re-set up to celebrate Wang Haitao and them, and Wang Haitao took Feng Gu and his brigade and regiment commanders to the banquet. Halfway through the wine, when Wang Haitao asked He Zhizhong about the casualties this time, He Zhizhong sighed.
Then He Zhizhong said to Wang Haitao: "Commander Wang, I won't tell you, our 86th Army is disabled this time, and the two divisions and four brigades of the whole army were originally 14,000 people, and after this battle, there are less than 5,000 people left. This time, Shangfeng transferred our army back to Hubei to rest and replenish, but people are not worried, but they have no money and no guns, so what is the use of just having people?"
Wang Haitao said: "Commander He, if your 86th Army is not assigned to my 90th Group Army, I will not have much trouble, but now that you have been assigned to my 90th Group Army, everyone will have to fight side by side in the same trench in the future, then I can't sit idly by." This time, I completely annihilated a division of the Japanese army, and a lot of weapons were captured, so I will give some of them to support you. ”
Wang Haitao's words made He Zhizhong grateful, and a wine was a joy for the guests and hosts. The next day, Wang Haitao found He Zizhong, and after the two discussed, Wang Haitao decided to take out equipment that could equip 5,000 people to support the 86th Army, and transferred 40 mortars and 12 75 field guns to He Zhizhong to form an artillery battalion.
Not only that, Wang Haitao also took out one million yuan of 2 million yuan of legal currency that Chongqing rewarded him with as a fund for He Zhizhong, and He Zhizhong went to collect it when he passed through Wuhan. However, Wang Haitao also made requirements for He Zhizhong in recruitment, at least the age must be between 18 and 35 years old, and he also put forward some requirements in training. He Zhizhong agreed to it.
After staying in Jiujiang City for another day, Wang Haitao was in a hurry to leave, so he led the 93rd Division to Anqing the next day. The reconnaissance regiment still plays the role of exploring the way and playing the vanguard for the whole division. This time, the road was relatively long, and the armored regiment advanced under the escort of the 568th Regiment of the 277th Brigade, while the antiaircraft artillery battalion was separated from the ranks and assumed the air defense task of the whole division.
Along the way, Wang Haitao also met other troops, and these teams, whether they were going north or south, all looked sideways at Wang Haitao's troops and talked about it. When had these troops ever seen such advanced vehicles and such powerful heavy artillery in their ranks? They were all asking each other which unit it was.
When Wang Haitao walked to Huangmei County, there was a small episode, a major general division commander who was about to go to the front line in Henan, with red eyes on the equipment of the armored regiment, actually took his own guard regiment to stop the armored regiment, and wanted to forcibly receive the armored regiment, but he did not expect that his guard regiment was not enough in the eyes of the 568th regiment, and as a result, the 568th regiment had a light and heavy machine gun, and the heavy machine gun on the armored car surrounded them, and the division commander was stupid at that time.
When Wang Haitao caught up, the 568th Regiment had already disarmed the division commander's guard regiment, and even the division commander was detained. As soon as the division commander saw Wang Haitao, who was a general, and heard Wang Haitao report to his home, he realized that he had kicked the steel plate. Busy pleading guilty to Wang Haitao, Wang Haitao thought that they were all brothers, and they all had to go to the battlefield, and he didn't do anything to this division commander, but saw that his guard regiment was too poorly equipped, and supported them with ten Japanese heavy machine guns and twenty Japanese light machine guns, as well as ten 60 mortars.
The division commander asked Wang Haitao for some dry food and baggage, and although Wang Haitao was strange, he readily agreed. Wang Haitao's behavior made the division commander even cry, Wang Haitao asked, it turned out that this division was a division of the Guizhou army, and it was also for the War of Resistance against Japan, but since the departure of Guizhou, because the equipment was too poor, no commander was willing to accept them, and now they even have a problem with food, not to mention the replenishment of military expenses and weapons and ammunition. This time, there was finally an order for them to go to Xinyang in Henan to garrison, but when they got here, their whole division ran out of food, and in order to go to Xinyang, the division commander had the idea of moving the armored regiment.
Wang Haitao listened to the words of the division commander, and couldn't help but think of the Sichuan army in history. Wang Haitao immediately sent a telegram to Commander Bai Chongxi of the Fifth Theater inquiring about the situation of this Guizhou Army Division, and also asked whether this Guizhou Army Division could also be included in his 90th Group Army.
Bai Zhenxi didn't know much about the situation of this Qianjun division, but he accepted it because it was better than nothing, and sent them to Henan, a place where they could go or not. Now that Wang Haitao has spoken, Bai Zhengxi's face still has to be given to Wang Haitao, and this Guizhou Army Division was assigned to the 90th Group Army.
After Wang Haitao handed over the telegram to the division commander for a look, he asked about the situation of the division, and after reading the telegram, the division commander saluted Wang Haitao and said: "All the officers and men of the 168th Division of the National Revolutionary Army Provisional Division report to Commander Wang, and I am Yang Jie, the commander of the major general. Wang Haitao saw that Yang Jie and his subordinates were hungry, so he ordered the 93rd Division to be stationed on the spot, bury the pot and cook, and let the Qianjun brothers eat first.