Chapter 210: Heavy Defeat to the Japanese Army

readx;? The broadsword of the Northwest Army had the upper hand against the bayonets of the Japanese army, but the Japanese soldiers were not weak, as if they had an absolute advantage in numbers, and soon more than half of the guards battalion soldiers of the Japanese army fell by one person against five or six or even more Japanese soldiers. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 At this moment, the soldiers of the 106th Division rushed forward with a shout, and the form was reversed at once.

There were nearly 4,000 soldiers who rushed up, and 4,000 broadswords against more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers were a complete abuse. Ten minutes later, none of the more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers could still stand. After a few words of deliberation, the three regiment commanders decided that the well-prepared 613th Regiment and the guard battalion that had replenished the ammunition would continue to pursue the enemy, and strive to intercept the enemy's new 90th Division to flank the fleeing Japanese troops in front and rear.

Most of the soldiers who had rushed out of the position charged with only a large knife, not even a gun, and these soldiers were responsible for caring for the wounded and cleaning the battlefield. After the decision was made, the commander of the 613th Regiment led the soldiers of the 613th Regiment to continue to pursue in the direction of Huayang Town.

Speaking of the south gate, after the artillery fire was extended, the 327th Brigade of the 109th Division came to the front position under the leadership of the brigade commander Zhao Zhenfan. The soldiers on the position were happily watching the Japanese soldiers being bombed and crying wolf, when they suddenly found that the 327th Brigade had come up, and the smart soldiers had guessed that this was going to be a counterattack. Brigade Commander Zhao Zhenfan stood at the forefront, raised his binoculars and observed the Japanese army for a while, and then decided to attack.

Zhao Zhenfan gathered the automatic weapons of the whole brigade and put them at the front, while the heavy weapons were put at the end. As soon as the order to attack was issued, the officers and men of the 327th Brigade, who had been holding back for so many days, jumped out of their positions and rushed towards the Japanese army like tigers descending from the mountain. After the artillery fire was extended, the bombed area was a mess, and even those Japanese soldiers who had big lives and survived the shelling did not recover from the shelling at this time.

The counteroffensive of the 327th Brigade did not meet any resistance, and even a few sporadic Japanese troops who resisted were quickly killed by the guns of the soldiers of the 327th Brigade. The artillery fire extended until two kilometers after crossing the Dazhangjing River, and only two or three kilometers from the place where the artillery fire stopped to the Huangpu River. Nearly 10,000 officers and men of the 26th Brigade of the 13th Division of the Japanese Army in the south of Songjiang City were killed or wounded in the attack and shelling in the past few days.

Only one brigade of the 26th Brigade was to cover the division headquarters and the division commander, Lieutenant General Ogizhou Libing, who withdrew first, and at this time it was still able to maintain its organizational integrity, while other units were more or less hit. Just when the Japanese army was in shock, there was another fierce gunfire from the tail. The commander of the division, Lieutenant General Ogisu Tatsu, was about to send someone to inquire when a subordinate came to report that a large number of Shina troops were found at the back of the line, engaged with the troops at the rear.

Hearing the report, Lieutenant General Ogisu Libing shouted angrily: "Counterattack! Let the troops counterattack! We must wipe out the Chinese army!" Yan Yongzaburo, the chief of staff of the division and regiment beside him, saw that the division commander had lost his mind, so he persuaded: "Your Excellency, the current situation of the troops is not suitable for fighting with the Chinese army, it is better to retreat across the Huangpu River as soon as possible, and then rest and recuperate, and then continue to fight with the Chinese army, I believe that the Chinese army will definitely not be the opponent of our Imperial Japanese Army, and we will destroy all the Chinese army." ā€

Yan Yongzaburo's words made Lieutenant General Ogizhou Libing calm down a little, and after stopping for two minutes, Lieutenant General Ogizhou Libing said helplessly: "Okay, Yan Yongjun, please go and convey the order for the whole army to retreat." Yan Yong Saburo immediately bent down and replied, "Hi! Then he turned and left. After inquiring about the situation, it was decided to leave a brigade to block the pursuers, while the rest of the troops moved towards the No. 30 bridge over the Huangpu River.

The Japanese troops who had just gathered, after leaving behind a disgruntled brigade, continued to ask the Huangpu River to flee. It was late at night, the vanguard of the 26th Brigade came to the north of the No. 30 Bridge, where there was still a position left to block the Japanese army, and the Japanese army could not take a break, so they hurriedly rushed onto the No. 30 Bridge, but they never expected that when they could rest after crossing the bridge, they swept a dense rain of bullets head-on, which made the Japanese army, who was not prepared at all, fall a large area on the spot.

After learning that Bridge No. 30 had been occupied by the Chinese army, Lieutenant General Ogizhou Libing's eyes once again showed a fierce light, and he said to the chief of staff beside him, Yan Yongzaburo: "Yaga! The hateful Shina people are preparing to destroy our 13th Division, I want to see if these hateful Shina people have the ability." Pass the order and let the 26th Brigade storm Bridge 30 at any cost. ā€

At this moment, Yan Yuzaburo also knew that there was no better way to open a way of life than to storm Jijing, so he did not stop Lieutenant General Ogisu Tatsuken's order, but went to Numata Tokushige, the commander of the 26th Brigade, to discuss the attack on Bridge No. 30. Yusaburo Yanyan and Tokushige Numata came together and discussed.

In fact, there is nothing to discuss, and at this time there is no better way than to open a retreat with an attack? Numata Tokushige called his two wing commanders over, and after roughly explaining the situation, he asked them to organize a storming of Bridge No. 30. At this time, the artillery of the 26th Brigade was either destroyed or abandoned, and there were only a few dozen mortars available in the ranks, and there were not enough shells.

The commander of the 116th Wing, who was in a relatively better situation in the two wings, returned to the wing, and immediately organized a large group of soldiers to attack the defenders south of Bridge 30 with the support of a small number of heavy weapons. Guarding the north of the bridge are the soldiers of the first battalion of the 542nd Regiment, most of these soldiers are veterans who have followed Wang Haitao to this day, and some of them are still old people on the Evil Tiger Mountain.

After following Wang Haitao for so long, training and exercises under various circumstances have been carried out countless times, and this kind of night offensive and defensive warfare has long been familiar. It is impossible to do accurate shooting at night, so on the favorable terrain of the bridge deck, as long as the bridge deck is blocked with light and heavy aircraft, the Japanese army has no way out, not to mention that there is still a little moonlight tonight, and the Japanese army can still be vaguely seen dozens of meters away.

After the officers and men who were waiting for the position found that the Japanese had begun to attack, two heavy machine guns and four light machine guns all opened fire, and the bridge deck was completely sealed with crossfire. The Japanese army also understood that it was possible to escape only by desperately opening the blockade of the defenders of China, so they also charged to the south of the bridge desperately. It's just that the Japanese army has desperate determination and courage, but the flesh and blood still can't compete with the bullets, and the road to the charge is paved with the corpses of the Japanese soldiers who died in battle, and the Japanese soldiers behind still rush forward regardless of the corpses of others.

The six light and heavy machine guns kept roaring, and the soldiers who operated the machine guns had already looked down on life and death, and they had no sympathy for these invaders, so they just pulled the plate machine indifferently, and the corpses of the Japanese soldiers were piled up higher and higher dozens of meters in front of the position, and they had become a half-meter-high corpse wall. The battle lasted for nearly an hour, the barrels of the heavy machine guns were red, and all the officers and men of the Japanese attacking brigade fell on the way to the charge.

The failure of the assault made the brigade commander Numata Tokushige lose his mind, and the chief of staff, Yusaburo Yan, had no choice but to order to rest in place and remain vigilant. After returning to the headquarters of a division that had been improvised with a larger bunker, Yusaburo reported the situation to the commander of the Ogisu Division. At the behest of Ogisu Tateshi, telegrams for help were sent to General Yanagawa Heisuke, commander of the 5th Division and 10th Army. And then I'll have to wait here for help.

Here in Huayang Town, Major General Ueno Kamifu led the remaining 2,000 soldiers of the 23rd Brigade to Huayang Town, and before he had time to build a position and observe the situation in Huayang Town, the shelling of Songjiang County began. It seems that capturing Huayang Town will be the only option.

After sending scouts in the direction of Matsue Prefecture, Major General Kamefu Ueno ordered the formation of a position in preparation for an attack on the town of Hwayo. Huayang Town is not like Songjiang County, a large number of fortifications have been built outside the county, and the 545th Regiment guarding here can only rely on the impenetrable wall of Huayang Town to defend. However, the light and heavy machine-gun positions erected on the fence are condescending, and in front of them is the cleared outer open field, and the firing range is still very good.

After the Japanese army's 12 75 infantry guns were erected, they first shelled the wall of Huayang Town. However, the Japanese artillery shells were not sufficient, and the shelling only lasted ten minutes before stopping, and then the infantry rushed towards Huayang Town under the cover of light and heavy machine guns. Under the ten-minute shelling, only part of the wall of Huayang Town showed a gap, and most of them still held on, and the Japanese army came towards a large gap.

The commander of the first company of the second battalion on the wall saw that the Japanese army was rushing towards the gap, and while letting the heavy machine guns fire, he ordered a platoon with three light machine guns to go to the gap to block the Japanese troops. Although it was a gap, it was still more than two meters away from the ground, and a platoon leader led the team to the gap, set up a light machine gun and fired at the Japanese soldiers who rushed up.

When capturing Huayang Town, the 545th Regiment captured a lot of light and heavy machine guns and ammunition, all of which were used in defensive positions at this time, so that the proportion of machine guns in the troops reached an alarming level, which also made most of the soldiers who used Japanese-style weapons not reduce the fighting power of the troops due to the lack of submachine guns.