Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 585 Defending Nanjing ([-])
Maybe Ouyang Yun himself didn't realize it, but as a bystander, Li Hanhun could see this clearly.Indeed, Ouyang Yun cared too much about the battle damage.Ordinarily, the artillery of the Xuebing Army, especially the self-propelled artillery of up to one brigade, is a big killer that can be relied on. If it is used properly, it can completely play a role in setting the world.It's a pity that Ouyang Yun was so precious that it was ahead of the contemporary artillery units, so during the Battle of Zhenjiang, when the Japanese fighter planes were raging, he didn't dare to take it out immediately.In fact, if the artillery of the Xuebing Army had suppressed the Tiangu detachment from the beginning, the outcome of the battle would definitely be rewritten.

It has to be admitted that Ouyang Yun has fatal flaws in some qualities of a qualified soldier. The so-called kindness does not command soldiers. In this respect, he is much worse than Li Hanhun.

Li Hanhun was better able to seize the opportunity than Ouyang Yun in fighting, especially in the mobilization and coordination of large troops.He let go of the remaining enemies of the Tiangu Detachment. On the one hand, it is true that the Japanese fighter planes completely controlled the air, and on the other hand, he knew that the biggest enemy the Fifth Division would face was not the Tiangu Detachment.The real enemy of the Fifth Division is Guozaki and the 18th Division.

The battle around Li Ling was not too intense before the 60th Division arrived.After the Tiangu detachment successfully broke through, they stopped running and began to rest behind the main force of the Guoqi detachment.

After nearly ten hours of continuous fighting and marching, these ghost soldiers were exhausted one by one, and many of them collapsed to the ground as soon as they were ordered to rest, like a puddle of mud.

The offensive and defensive sides have temporarily changed. Now the Japanese army is attacking, while the defensive has become the Fifth Xue Division.

Around Liling, Liling was the only highland. After the fifth division built a solid fortification here with two regiments, it became the primary target of the Japanese army.Wave after wave of Japanese troops launched an attack with shining bayonets. The two sides launched repeated tug-of-war on the soil slope southeast of Liling. After the 60th Division arrived, the battle lasted for two and a half hours. The corpses of more than a thousand people were left on the battlefield, and in other directions, the Fifth Division and the Guoqi Detachment were also mobilizing their respective troops, and gradually formed a contact with Li Ling as the center and a length of about ten kilometers. noodle.

When Ouyang Yun saw Li Hanhun, the latter was holding a book and reading it, as if he was not on the battlefield but in his own back garden. This made Ouyang Yun feel quite ashamed, and said to himself: Look , this is the demeanor of a general, how can I look like myself...

"Commander!" Seeing him, Li Hanhun immediately dropped the book, stood up and performed the military salute.

"Commander Li, how is the battle going now? I brought the 60th Division to support you."

"On the enemy's side, the Tiangu Detachment and Guoqi Detachment have joined up and are storming the Liling Highland occupied by our army. The 18th Division is about two hours away from us. According to the information sent back by the Spike Reconnaissance Team, the 18th Division The troops of the division are divided into two groups, one goes directly to here, and the other goes along Huangzhen and Zhangjiawei to the southwest. If my prediction is correct, it is because Guo Daigou cut off our back road. Five divisions and three brigades , The 14th Brigade is guarding Liling, and there is still a reserve regiment. The 13th and 15th brigades also have artillery regiments, tank regiments, and engineer battalions directly under them. The troops are all here. Commander, my original idea was to launch a full-scale attack immediately after dark, trying to inflict heavy damage on the Japanese army at one time, and then march towards Guodaigou, trying to set up an ambush for the 18th Division there. Now that the 60 The division has also arrived, and it seems a bit conservative to implement this combat plan with the strength of two divisions. Commander, please give an order now!"

Ouyang Yun glanced at everyone and said: "I think it is still necessary to implement the combat plan you mentioned just now. But the time can be advanced a little bit - the second wave of Japanese fighter planes just flew away, and the current situation is very serious for our army." Favorable. The Japanese army must have known about the arrival of the reinforcements from the 60th Division. Next, the Kunisaki and Amaya detachments will definitely shrink the line of defense appropriately. Of course, they may also focus on a place and storm to hold our army firmly. The 18th Division should be speeding up their march at this time. They may arrive at the battlefield earlier. You have not used tanks and artillery units before. Well, it’s their turn to perform now. The Japanese army doesn’t pay much attention to fortifications. Construction, this is an opportunity for us." While he was speaking, Liu Zheliang had already taken out the battle map in good time and handed him a two-color pen.Ouyang Yun finally pointed to a place called Xiuzhen next to Liling, and said, "Have you noticed that the Xiushui River next to Xiuzhen has been well utilized, and it is no less than a solid line of defense. Xiu The town is about 10 kilometers away from here. If the armored troops are dispatched, the Japanese defense line can be torn through at most 18 minutes and they can arrive successfully. With the help of a regiment of infantry, they can build a defense line against the Xiushui River to prevent our army from attacking. To surround and annihilate the illusion of the Japanese army, at this time, if nothing happens, the Japanese army will definitely retreat to the southeast in order to get the support of the 18th Division in the lower reaches of the Xiushui River. On the way here, I have already sent a regiment to occupy There is the only Xiaxiu Bridge there. At that time, our army can divide the troops of two regiments to pursue the tail. The other troops, in addition to dividing a brigade to Guodaigou to see if there is a chance to ambush a part of the 18th Division, All the rest approached the armored units, then crossed the river from Shangxiu Bridge, and fought against another part of the [-]th Division..."

Before Ouyang Yun finished his battle intention, Li Hanhun looked up at him from the map, a little surprised, and said, "Commander, what if the Guoqi detachment doesn't retreat?"

"Then there will be a real encirclement and annihilation battle! The key to this battle is the artillery preparation before the start. We must fight accurately and ruthlessly to destroy the Japanese army's will to resist as much as possible."

Ye Zhao looked at Ouyang Yun, then at Li Hanhun, and said, "Sounds very tempting, but the risk to be taken is also great. Our army only has two divisions in strength. In other words, it is not enough to encircle and annihilate any Japanese army—what I am worried about is, if the Japanese army desperately approaches Xiaxiu Bridge, will the troops in charge of the Broken Bridge be able to resist it?"

Ouyang Yun said: "That depends on whether our artillery can take the lead in defeating the Japanese artillery - at Xiaxiu Bridge, I not only sent a regiment, but also all the engineers. They will be responsible for building a minefield." , In addition, I equipped them with enough machine guns. If the Japanese army lacks enough artillery, it will be difficult for them to tear through this line of defense. On the contrary, if the Japanese army has enough artillery, we will have to abandon this plan and all go to Dayang Nakajima Withdraw."

Li Hanhun asked the question he was most concerned about: "Commander, which regiment of the 60th Division is at Xiaxiu Bridge?"

"Wang Changyun's 604 regiment."

Li Hanhun's eyes lit up when he heard this, and said: "I know Wang Changyun, if he leads people to defend, our army's chances of winning will be greatly increased. I agree with this battle plan!" After finishing speaking, he looked at Ye Zhao and the others .

Seeing that he agreed, Ye Zhao and the others naturally couldn't object, so they all voiced their approval.

Ouyang Yun looked at the time, glanced at everyone again, and said, "Everyone, it's 45:[-], and we start the operation on time at [-]:[-]. Mr. Lin and Mr. Ye, hurry up and assemble the team. Remember, you Our political director came to mobilize before the battle, our opponents are very brutal, and the soldiers must be mentally prepared.”

"Yes!"

As Ouyang Yun expected, after hearing the news of the 60th Division's reinforcement of Li Ling from the call from the headquarters, Amaya Naojiro and Kunisaki Todo immediately changed their previous arrogance and subconsciously drew the troops towards Li Ling. Ushishima Sadao sent electricity and asked him to speed up his march, "to prevent the Chinese people from leaving the battle and retreating to Zhenjiang." Naojiro Amaya and the Xuebing Army had fought several battles and had a certain understanding of their combat methods. Drive up all the remnants who are still resting, and let them quickly dig fortifications to cope with possible countercharges.

Amaya Naojiro's approach undoubtedly bought a certain amount of time for delaying the destruction of the Amaya detachment.However, at around 45:[-], when he was having lunch ahead of time, he suddenly heard the sound of intensive artillery fire, and the little devil immediately realized that something was wrong—from the intensity of the artillery sound, he could judge that the number of artillery fire on the opposite side Definitely above a hundred gates.More than a hundred cannons fired at the same time, and it is conceivable that there will be a large-scale attack next.

"Give me a call from Major General Kunizaki," he threw down his lunch box and called to the adjutant, thinking to himself, "God Amaterasu: God, please protect the artillery unit of the Kunisaki detachment from being wiped out in the first strike." !

Amidst the deafening explosion, the call was connected.However, Kunizaki Deng's luck was obviously not as good as Tiangu's. The first round of artillery attack by the Xuebing Army actually hit the headquarters of the Kunizaki Detachment. Torn to shreds.Therefore, apart from the violent explosion sound heard at the beginning, Tiangu didn't get any useful information in his ears.

At the same time, on a towering tree about three kilometers away from the headquarters of the Guoqi Detachment, Xiao Yi was holding a walkie-talkie and grinning at Ding Yi beside him: "Brother Artillery did a good job, the one shot, hehe I hope that the devil general Deng Kunizaki happens to be inside, then we will have made great achievements."

The infiltration of the Spike squad is ubiquitous. They are not only responsible for reconnaissance of the enemy, but also one of their responsibilities to guide the artillery unit.Among the ten squadrons of the No. [-] Squadron of the Big Sword Regiment of the Wolf Fang Special Forces Brigade, the most exaggerated one was the one led by Xiao Yi.They unexpectedly appeared near the headquarters of the Kunizaki detachment without anyone noticing. In this way, the luck of the little devil Kunizaki was naturally extremely bad-the old nest was discovered by others, and he could still get a good deal.

Because of the forecast of the enemy's position by the Spike Team, Naojiro Amaya's prayers did not work. The artillery unit of the Kunisaki Detachment was completely wiped out in the first round of artillery strikes. Next to the ammunition box, so it was blown up to the point that there was not even ash left, and it passively became a missing person after the war.

(End of this chapter)