Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 590 Defending Nanjing (23)

The battle that followed this day can be described as calm.

A counterattack directed by Wang Changyun completely wiped out the last bit of morale of the joint remnants of the Tiangu Detachment and Guoqi Detachment.Although this remnant of the Japanese army still retains about 3000 people, in fact, whether it is Ouyang Yun, Li Hanhun and other generals of the Xuebing army, or Japanese generals such as Amaya Naojiro and Matsui Iwane, they all know that waiting for the final result of this army Destiny must be wiped out.

As for why the Xuebing Army suddenly stopped fighting when the situation was so good, the Xuebing Army had its own plans, and the Japanese army knew exactly what the opponent wanted to do.But the pity is that even though he knew that the Xuebing army was digging traps and wanted to kill more imperial troops, Matsui Iwane, including Amaya Naojiro, did not dare to give up lightly.The war of aggression against China has been fought since 1931. The Japanese army formed an annihilated unit, and it seems that there is only the 108th division.If the Tiangu detachment and the Kunizaki detachment are wiped out, what kind of bad impact will it have on the entire battle situation?Let alone the so-called three-month plan to destroy China, it will definitely become a joke at that time—after all, with the elimination of the Japanese army along the way, the encirclement of Nanjing will definitely not be formed. The plan to march on the outskirts of Nanjing will definitely fail, let alone completely destroy the morale of the Chinese people.Leaving aside these strategic issues, even from the perspective of their personal future, they dare not do so.

At this time, Matsui Iwane already vaguely felt that it was inappropriate to fill in the 18th Division in the direction of Zhenjiang, because according to the information provided by the reconnaissance plane, the main force of the Xuebing Army had crossed the Xiushui River, and it is very likely that the Xiushui Bridge will be used as a sniper line again. , Launched an encirclement and annihilation campaign against the 18th Division.As for Naojiro Amaya, he really wanted to have a good fight and fight to the death with the Xuebing Army. However, considering the strong combat power shown by the 604 regiment and the bad impact once his army was wiped out, he thought twice. In the end, I didn't dare to make this decision.

The battle situation is moving towards the direction that Ouyang Yun and Li Hanhun originally envisioned, which made Ouyang Yun somewhat out of the shadow of the Zhenjiang World War I, and his self-confidence swelled again.

Time slipped away little by little. After the main force of the Xuebing Army circled along the Xiushui River for a while, at around four o'clock in the afternoon, it finally broke away from the monitoring of the Japanese reconnaissance plane and disappeared.

At this time, the 18th Division, led by the 23rd Infantry Brigade, rushed all the way to Xiaxiushui Bridge aggressively.Among them, the first battalion under the 56th Infantry Regiment led by Major Teramachi Shunichi took the lead.

Matsui Iwane, an old devil, was really determined to rescue Amaya and the Kunizaki detachment. For this reason, he specially recruited six fighters to help Ushishima Sadao attack Shimohide Bridge.

At that time, Wang Changyun had already grasped the enemy's situation early. He squatted at the entrance of an air-raid shelter next to the bridge dug in his heart, followed the roar of the aircraft engine and looked up into the sky with binoculars, and soon caught a Japanese plane flying in the front. machine.Looking at the cold face of the Japanese pilot, he put down the binoculars and issued an air defense order.Then, retracting into the air-raid shelter, he cursed loudly: "Ball! This wave of little devils has something to do, and they actually got planes to support them. Grandma, I wish I had an anti-aircraft artillery battalion. There are only six Japanese planes, sure. Can beat them all."

Tu Dai squatted in an air-raid shelter opposite him, and heard the words: "There are air defense soldiers in the regiments of the First Army, the Second Army, and the Third Army. Lao Wang, I said, is the commander discriminating against our Fujian army? ? Speaking of which, we also went out from Guangdong..."

Before he could finish his sentence, a voice of "Woooo—" suddenly sounded from the sky. Wang Changyun immediately put on his helmet, and then cursed: "The bomb has fallen, quickly draw back your crow!"

"Qiu, you are the crow!"

"Boom——" The sound of explosions came and went, Wang Changyun opened his mouth wide, and his ears fluttered, but he wanted to hear if there was any sound of cannonballs.

The bombing of the Japanese planes made the trenches dug by the officers and soldiers of the 604th Regiment so hard to be riddled with holes, and many places were filled up due to the accumulation of soil.After the six Japanese planes dropped all the bombs, they used machine guns to plow the ground deeply, and at this moment, the Japanese attack launched.

Teramachi Shunichi rode on a tall horse and waved his saber: "Forward!" A brigade of more than a thousand devils from the Japanese army pressed forward in a dense formation.

"Tuan Zuo, the little devils are attacking!" The lookout sentry immediately reported this information to Wang Changyun.

Wang Changyun: "No hurry! Wait until the devil's iron bird flies away. Xiao Min!"

"Here!" Xiao Min poked his head out from an air-raid shelter not far away.

"How many brothers are there in your company?"

Xiao Min frowned, looking sad, and said, "There are 76 more!"

"Hurry up and get the grenade. Later, you can use the grenade to blow the little devil back to me!"

"Yes!"

"The reconnaissance company has assembled! Brothers, go to the quartermaster!"

"Yes!"

Xiao Min took all the surviving brothers of the reconnaissance company and galloped in the trenches under the strafing of Japanese fighter planes. When they ran over 100 meters of death line and arrived at the air-raid shelter group where the quartermaster was located, there were only 76 of the 63 people left.

At this time, Shunichi Teramachi's brigade had come to the opposite side of the bridge.

Xiaxiu Bridge is a stone bridge with a length of more than [-] meters and a bridge width of less than [-] meters. If people walk side by side, at most eight people can pass at the same time.Toshiichi Teramachi ordered the Fifth Squadron to take the lead in the first attack, while the devils of the other three squadrons lay down along the river, presuming mortars and firearms, preparing to suppress the enemy's firepower on the other side of the bridge.

The Japanese aircraft and the ground troops cooperated tacitly, focusing on the third trench that the third battalion was responsible for defending.The rain of bullets made the officers and soldiers of the third battalion dare not leave the air-raid shelter at all.However, Xiao Min's reconnaissance company was fearless. The soldiers ran over with the grenade in their arms, and 21 people fell down in the process.

After about 5 minutes, the Japanese plane finally ran out of bullets, and then flew away after hovering over the battlefield for a week.At this time, the Japanese army rushing forward had already crossed the bridge, and was only about 20 meters away from the third trench.The soldier in charge of the lookout saw Xiao Min and immediately reported the enemy's position to him. Xiao Min picked up a grenade, put his thumb in the pull ring, and suddenly shouted: "Brothers, beat up the devil, for the brothers! Our revenge! Griphook—one two three! Vote!"

"Throw it!" "Blow it to death!"...Accompanied by the shouts of the soldiers, dozens of grenades were thrown at the devil's head, and then exploded in the air at a distance of about five meters from the ground, like a goddess scattering flowers Typically thousands of shrapnel are fired in all directions.

The squadron leader of the [-]th Squadron of the Japanese Army was named Masanobu Yamada. He was walking in the middle of the team, rejoicing that his troops had passed the bridge, which was considered to have passed the most dangerous area. Immediately shouted wildly: "Lie down! Lie down!"

Either it's too late, or it doesn't work.Of the dozens of grenades, more than two-thirds exploded in the air. In this case, unless there is a cover, there is nowhere to hide within the killing range.

At Xiaxiu Bridge, there were still crops growing, but when the 604 regiment established their position, they had already pulled out all the crops and even leveled the ground.Therefore, except for some pits created by the bombing of the Japanese plane, the little devil had no place to hide. Suddenly, amidst the howling sound, more than [-] devils from the fifth squadron fell down.

As soon as the Japanese machine guns stopped firing, Wang Changyun lay down on the trench. Seeing the tragedy Xiao Min and the others had created, he grinned and said, "Well done!" Then he shouted in his unique loud voice: "Three You bastards of the battalion, start work! Give me a hard hit! Damn, don’t you just have more planes than us, you guys keep bombing with planes!” He said, he had already grabbed a machine gun, and took the lead in shooting at the devils. Fierce strafing.

Immediately afterwards, intensive gunfire rang out, and a small group of devils that the Japanese army rushed across the bridge was all reimbursed, while all the devils staying on the bridge fell to the ground, so suppressed that they dared not look up.

Almost at the same time, the Japanese army on the opposite side also began to fire violently. With the gunfire, the third battalion soon suffered casualties.The two sides fired across the Xiushui River, which was about 60 meters wide. Sanba Dagai's range and accuracy advantages were evident. This battle seemed to be more tangled than the one at noon.Seeing soldiers falling down beside him from time to time, Wang Changyun's eyes widened in anxiety, and the curses in his mouth never stopped from beginning to end.

Twenty or ten minutes later, the first Japanese attack was repulsed, but the third battalion also suffered more than 10 casualties.

After the sound of gunfire faded away, Tu Dai approached Wang Changyun and suggested: "The battle line is too long, and the devils have an advantage in numbers. Old Wang, I suggest shrinking the line of defense, focusing on the defense of Qiaokou, and arranging less in other places, as sentries. Prevent Japanese troops from smuggling from other places."

Wang Changyun nodded: "Listen to you! You can arrange it, I have to send a call to the headquarters."

"What? Ask for help so soon?"

"I can't help it. I have to guard against that little bastard Naojiro Amaya in the future. The strength of our regiment is too small."

"Old Wang, it's rare for you to do this."

"I'm worried about devils smuggling from other places! Do you know why I don't use mortars? I'm just worried about this and keep it as a trump card."

"The commander said that he would hold out for two hours. Judging by the situation of the devils on the other side, it should be the vanguard. Once the main force of the Japanese army comes up, with the help of artillery, we will definitely not be able to fight. It is correct to ask for help early. If the position is lost, we will be held accountable. But it's big."

……

Actually, there was no need for Wang Changyun to ask for help, Ouyang Yun had already considered this point.When he learned that the Japanese army had dispatched aviation, he knew that the life of the 604 regiment was difficult.Therefore, he ordered Zhang Changsheng and Niu Yide to launch a fierce attack on the Tiangu Detachment and Guoqi Detachment immediately, and at the same time let the armored troops gallop along the Xiushui River to Xiaxiu Bridge to support the 604th Regiment as soon as possible. At the same time, he led the 60th Division There is also the main force of the fifth division, which started from Xiuzhen and went directly to the back of the 18th division.

(End of this chapter)