readx;? Wang Haitao also showed that the large army was marching, and the intelligence of the reconnaissance regiment was sent by telegram. The 24th Division www.biquge.info of the Japanese Army, with two infantry wings and one field artillery wing, was carrying out a fierce attack on Jiujiang City, where all the outlying positions had been lost, and the defenders were relying on the walls of Jiujiang to block the Japanese attack. However, the form of the defenders was very bad, and the Japanese army could break through the Jiujiang city wall at any time.

Wang Haitao knew very well that he could not let the Japanese army capture Jiujiang City, otherwise he would have to pay a greater price if he wanted to recapture Jiujiang City. So Wang Haitao immediately ordered Wu Jianzhou to launch an attack on the Japanese army in Hukou County, to show momentum under the premise of no major casualties, so that the Japanese army would not dare to attack Jiujiang City with all its might. After Wang Haitao's telegram was sent to Wu Jianzhou, Wu Jianzhou frowned.

Wu Jianzhou immediately found Li Chunshan and Wei Yongshou, the two commanders of the 277th Brigade, to discuss how to attack the Japanese army in the county town. Li Yuanhong was supposed to act with the 277th Brigade, but he was also the deputy commander of the 93rd Division, and he had to take care of a large part of the logistics, so he stayed by Wang Haitao's side.

Wu Jianzhou showed Wang Haitao's telegram order to the two regiment commanders, and after Li Chunshan read it, he said: "Chief of Staff, I think the military seat means that we want to feint, but we must pretend to be some. Wu Jianzhou nodded in agreement: "I think so too, then how about we use the heavy tank battalion to cooperate with your regiment to attack the Japanese army in Hukou County?"

Li Chunshan nodded in agreement with Wu Jianzhou's opinion. Then the armored regiment and the 277th Brigade all set out and set off for an offensive two kilometers from the city wall of Hukou County. Before the troops reached Hukou County, the Japanese troops in the county town got the news. After receiving information that a large number of Shina troops had appeared in his rear, the commander of the division, Lieutenant General Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu, hurriedly called Hiroshi Miyamoto, the commander of the infantry wing who remained in the city.

Hiroshi Miyamoto was born in a samurai family in Kumamoto, and he looked down on the Shina army, and after hearing the division commander say that there was a Shina army killed from his rear, he said disdainfully: "Your Excellency the division commander, don't worry, the Shina army is vulnerable, with my 89th Wing in the county seat, it is impossible for the Shina army to capture the county seat." ”

With Hiroshi Miyamoto's assurance, Yoshio Kuroiwa relieved his heart and said, "Then please leave the matter of defense to Miyamoto-kun." Hiroshi Miyamoto bent down and replied: "Hey, Your Excellency the division commander, please rest assured, your subordinates will go to command the defense." After leaving the headquarters, Hiroshi Miyamoto immediately went to the city wall with a few of his men.

Outside the city, the Panzer Regiment and the 568th Regiment of the 277th Brigade had completed preparations for the attack. All the mortars of the brigade set up four artillery positions after attacking the positions, and the most powerful of them were 40 120 heavy mortars. A total of 180 mortars of large and small calibers were lined up on the artillery positions, which was also very spectacular.

But the most striking thing was the eighteen heavy tanks at the front of the position. Although Miyamoto Hiroshi was arrogant, he was also a knowledgeable person, and after observing the tanks through the binoculars for a while, he was also surprised. Hiroshi Miyamoto couldn't believe that these were the tanks of the Chinese army, which were much larger than the most advanced tanks in the country.

The thick barrel and the heavy machine gun on the roof of the car all showed the powerful attack power of this tank. While Hiroshi Miyamoto was still thinking about how to deal with these steel behemoths, the 277th Brigade's bombardment of the city walls had already begun. Most of the artillery of the 24th Division was on the front line to attack Jiujiang City, where there were only a few 92nd infantry guns and dozens of mortars.

As soon as the cannon of the 277th Brigade rang out, Hiroshi Miyamoto's face showed an expression of surprise. He didn't expect that the Chinese army could have so many artillery, and just listening to the sound of artillery should be no less than dozens of guns. At the same time as the cannon sound of the 277th Brigade sounded, Miyamoto Hiroshi's men immediately protected Miyamoto Hiroshi in the bunker, and the overwhelming shells fell on the city wall.

This first round of more than 100 shells enveloped the entire city, and the artillery and various firepower points placed by the Japanese army on the city were destroyed in the first place. And the Japanese troops guarding the city also suffered ten ** casualties, which was not over, and then there were two rounds of artillery fire, which made the Japanese army on the city even worse.

After three rounds of artillery fire, Hiroshi Miyamoto slowly leaned out of his cover, and the scene of the city in disarray sent chills to his heart. At this time, there were gradually Japanese soldiers on the head of the city, and they slowly stood up. There was originally a squadron of soldiers here, but now there are less than thirty people who can still stand up. Hiroshi Miyamoto saw through the smoke of gunpowder that had not yet dispersed, and found that the tanks of the people outside the city had begun to move under the city.

At this time, a squadron of Japanese troops came up from the city to reinforce them, and these Japanese soldiers had just set up their weapons on the city, and the vehicle-mounted guns and anti-aircraft machine guns on the tanks began to fire at the city again. Amid the sound of artillery and heavy machine guns, Hiroshi Miyamoto handed over the task of guarding the head of the city to the squadron leader who had just come up, and he stumbled down the city wall and went directly to the headquarters to find the division commander Yoshio Kuroiwa.

Miyamoto Fu rushed into the headquarters, and his embarrassed appearance startled Kuroiwa Yoshio, who glared at Miyamoto Hiroshi who was covered with black ash and asked, "Miyamoto-kun, what's wrong with you? What happened outside?" Miyamoto Hiroshi took a breath and said: "Your Excellency the division commander, the people from China are not ordinary troops, not only have a large number of artillery, but also dozens of huge tanks. These tanks are far more advanced than the imperial tanks, and His Excellency the division commander should transfer the artillery wing of the division and regiment back as soon as possible, otherwise I am afraid that I will not be able to stop the attack of the Chinese people. ”

Miyamoto's words made Kuroiwa Yoshio's eyes widen and asked, "Nani? The people of China not only have a large number of artillery, but also dozens of advanced chariots? Since the Japanese Empire launched a war against China, only one unit of China has had this equipment, but isn't he besieged in Jing County? Why did he suddenly appear behind us?"

Miyamoto Hiroshi also asked with a shocked face at this time: "Your Excellency the Division Commander is talking about the 90th Division of China, which is known as the 1st Division of China, and even the 6th Division is broken in its hands?" ”

Hiroshi Miyamoto was also obviously a little flustered, and asked, "Your Excellency the division commander, what should we do then? Do you want to retreat?" Kuroiwa Yoshio replied: "This branch of the army has intercepted our retreat, if I am not mistaken, now Jingdezhen should have fallen into the hands of this branch of the army, how can we retreat?"

Hiroshi Miyamoto said again: "Then we will go all out to capture Jiujiang, and then move closer to other divisions." Kuroiwa Yoshio shook his head and said: "No, even if Jiujiang is captured, the Chinese army will continue to block our army, and I don't know if we can defend it until we capture Jiujiang." Kuroiwa Yoshio thought for a moment and said, "Now we have to transfer all the troops attacking Jiujiang back, and then ask Commander Yan Junliu for support." ”

After saying these words, Kuroiwa Yoshio said to Miyamoto Hiroshi: "Miyamoto-kun, now I can only ask you to do your best to hold this city, and I immediately ordered the troops attacking Jiujiang to return to help." Hiroshi Miyamoto replied to Yoshio Kuroiwa: "Your Excellency, the commander of the division, my subordinates will do their best to defend this city before the troops in front return to help." ”

After Hiroshi Miyamoto left the headquarters, he immediately mobilized a brigade under his command to prepare to go up the city wall to defend. The explosion of cannonballs on the top of the city continued one after another, and Hiroshi Miyamoto hurriedly led the brigade to rush towards the city. At this time, the commanders of the two wings attacking Jiujiang City received an order from the commander of the Kuroiwa Yoshio Division at the same time, telling them to immediately stop the attack on Jiujiang and return to the county seat of Hukou.

The 86th Army, which was guarding Jiujiang City, had reached the last moment, and the army commander He Zhizhong had sent his own guard company, and the more than 10,000 officers and men of the two divisions now had less than 3,000 people in combat effectiveness, and more importantly, under the blow of Japanese artillery fire, there were few heavy weapons left in the whole army, and the soldiers were fighting the Japanese army with rifles and grenades.

He Zhizhong knew the importance of Jiujiang City and was ready to live and die with Jiujiang. At this moment, the gunfire on the other side of the city wall gradually stopped. Just when He Zhizhong didn't know what was going on and was in doubt in his heart, Wu Jianping, the commander of the 21st Division, ran over quickly and shouted excitedly: "Military seat, military seat! Good news, little Japan has retreated!"

He Zhizhong asked suspiciously: "Why did Little Japan retreat?" Wu Jianping replied: "I don't know why, but Little Japan really retreated." He Zhizhong reorganized his military uniform and said, "Let's go, go and see!" When Wu Jianping accompanied He Zhizhong to the city, the soldiers on the city were busy rescuing the wounded and repairing the fortifications.

Standing by the wall, He Zhizhong used his binoculars to look in the direction of the Japanese army, and saw that the Japanese army in the distance was packing up their belongings, and the troops had already turned around and opened in the direction they came. After observing for a while, He Zhizhong said to Wu Jianping: "Send a few reconnaissance teams out of the city, we must find out why little Japan retreated suddenly, and let the soldiers take this opportunity to rest the fortifications, prepare ammunition, and be vigilant to prevent the Japanese army from coming again." ”

After Wu Jianping agreed to come down, He Zhizhong returned to the headquarters. In the evening, the reconnaissance team came back to report to He Zhizhong that reinforcements were attacking Hukou County, where the headquarters of the 24th Division of the Japanese Army was located, and all the Japanese troops who had withdrawn from Jiujiang City had returned to Hukou County to fight against the ** who came to support.

He Zhizhong said with a puzzled face: "How can there be reinforcements from behind the little Japanese instead of coming from the direction of Wuhan? Could it be that Commander Gu has already repelled the Japanese army attacking Nanchang and came to reinforce us? No, even if Commander Gu can repel the attacking Japanese army, he will not come to support so quickly?"

After muttering a few words to himself, He Zhizhong asked the reconnaissance team: "See how many reinforcements there are? Which unit is it?" The reconnaissance team replied: "Back to the military seat, we just saw the reinforcements attacking the city from a distance, and we didn't dare to lean up, nor did we see the number and how many people there were, but the artillery fire of the reinforcements was really too powerful, there should be dozens of cannons, and the artillery fire blew up the city in a cloud of gunsmoke." In addition, we also saw that the reinforcements had more than a dozen chariots, which were besieging the city, and the artillery on the chariots was so powerful that as soon as the cannon passed, a hole was blown up on the city. ”