Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 646 Breakthrough (23)

Three o'clock in the morning is the most tired time of the day, and if you are sleeping, it is also the time when you sleep the most deeply.The ghosts of the 18th Division, under the leadership of division commander Ushishima Sadao, have been marching continuously for more than six hours. In addition, they have not been able to get a rest during the day, and they have been running around for another day the day before yesterday.Not to mention the devils on the truck, all of them slept very sweetly with their guns in their arms, and the devils on foot were also swaying to sleep. Although they walked instinctively, they actually had no idea what they were doing in their heads. .

"Cheer up, we'll be there soon!" Many mid-level and low-ranking officers yelled from time to time, worried that their subordinates would fall asleep, and it was their occasional yelling that made the walking devils still able to keep up with the team. , Of course, in this state, it is impossible to keep them vigilant.

As the devils who opened the way in front got closer and closer to the ambush circle, the heartstrings of Wu Keren, a general who had experienced big scenes like Wu Keren, couldn't help but tighten.Holding the pistol in his left hand and the walkie-talkie in his right hand, he turned around and looked at several correspondents next to him, and said, "Go and inform Lan Xiangshan individually that as soon as the devil convoy enters the minefield, it will explode immediately. Others go to each regiment , Let them not expose the target after the mine explodes, let the artillery show their power first, and then wait for the tank troops in Wujiang City to come over before taking the initiative to attack!"

"Yes!" Several correspondents climbed out of the bushes where they were hiding, and ran along the ditch in all directions.

Lan Xiangshan led nine soldiers from the Northeast Army and was in charge of the detonation work.Among them, several people including him and Liu Zhenyun used radio detonators, and the other two used cable detonators.

The Xuebing Army brought enough landmines when they left Fujian and Guangdong this time, and Ouyang Yun distributed these mines to the divisions. Among them, the second sequence was divided into more than a thousand mines.More than a thousand landmines, except for more than [-] landmines that Wu Keren arranged as a minefield on the north side of Da'annan Village, the rest were all arranged on the road that the Japanese army must pass through, and the detonation team of Lan Xiangshan was responsible for detonating the landmines. It reached an astonishing more than three hundred pieces.

Landmine warfare was a novelty for the officers and soldiers of the Northeast Army, which made Lan Xiangshan and the others very excited.Originally, according to the original plan, their detonation time was after the battle started, when all the Japanese troops had waded through the minefield. Now, after receiving Wu Keren's latest order, they cheered up one by one, began to climb out of the bunker, and stared at the enemy firmly. The faint light of the flashlights ahead.

Wu Keren had to change this order as a last resort because the Japanese army arrived later than scheduled.In summer, the dawn was earlier, and he was worried that once dawn, the Japanese army would find hands and feet on the road, and even soldiers ambushing in the rice fields, which would turn an ambush into an encounter.

The exact time was [-]:[-]. When the Japanese convoy had just entered the minefield, just as dawn was breaking in the east, Lan Xiangshan and others pulled the rope or pressed the detonation button together. The next moment, a series of explosions The explosion sounded, and the flames exploded in the ranks of the Japanese army. A motorcycle squadron and a search team led by the Japanese army almost killed nearly [-] devils in this round of explosions. It was half paralyzed by the bombing, and the devils inside were injured or thrown directly from the truck because of the bombing of the car, and fell into a mess.

The explosion of the landmines was the signal for the artillery to fire, and just yesterday afternoon, the shooting elements had been measured long ago. Therefore, the entire rear of the 18th Division's entire formation was immediately hit by unprecedentedly violent shelling; At the same time, the tanks of the two regiments in Wujiang County rushed towards them roaring.

The Bailinpu ambush officially started.

I saw the sky in the direction of Da'an, a series of flames overwhelming the devils of the 18th Division. After that, there was a deafening explosion.

When the mines exploded, Ushijima Sadao was leaning on the seat and taking a nap in an armored vehicle in the front of the Japanese army. He was awakened by the violent explosion. His eyes widened and he shouted in a deep voice. : "Bage! What's going on?"

"General, we, we have encountered an ambush!" The adjutant next to him, Shao Zuo Xiao Zelin, also just woke up, looking at the fireworks springing up like mushrooms in front of him, he said with a little fear.

"What? How is it possible? Didn't the Chinese people from Wujiang go to He County? They also crossed the river to attack Dangtu. Could it be the Chinese army from Pukou?" Said in a tone, opened the car door, got out of the car, then picked up the binoculars and looked ahead.

"Woooo" - the sound of shells piercing the air suddenly sounded, Ozawa couldn't judge where the shells fell, so he immediately pulled him back and shouted: "Commander, it's dangerous!"

When he got out of the car, Ushishima Sadao was lucky and hoped that what he encountered was a small group of enemy troops. However, when the cannons poured down, he knew that this must be the main force of the Chinese people, and it might even be Ouyang Yun. The student army led by himself.So the next moment, his face became extremely ugly.

"Commander, what should we do now?"

Hearing the deafening explosion behind him, Ushishima Sadao frowned deeply. The artillery fire of the Chinese people was so fierce, and the troops were defenseless. The loss must be huge——he thought this way and made a decision instantly: " Retreat first, return to Bailinpu and talk about it later!"

When the 18th Division passed through Bailinpu, they left behind a brigade.Ushishima Sadao's original intention was to help the troops collect food and grass, and control this important trade route by the way, but now it seems that they have just reserved a way out.

The artillery fire hit, and the entire sequence of the 18th Division fell into chaos.Many troops fought independently, but they didn't know the direction of the enemy in the dark night.Amidst the screams, the little devils with rich combat experience fell down one after another, and at the same time fired one flare after another into the sky, trying to find the direction of the enemy's attack.

This round of artillery attack lasted for more than 20 minutes. Under the intensive shelling, a brigade of the Japanese army in the middle and rear of the entire formation suffered serious losses. At least three brigades of devils were directly buried in the artillery fire.Without waiting for the Japanese army to recover, the tank units of the two regiments attacking from Wujiang rushed to the battlefield when the artillery was about to stop firing. Then, the [-]th Division, the [-]rd Division and the two tank regiments joined Attack the Japanese army from three directions.

At this moment, the sky had already brightened, and the Japanese soldiers, who were still a little ignorant, suddenly found the enemies rushing all over the mountains and plains, and only then did they know that they were indeed ambushed by the superior enemy. Shop and retreat!" At the same time, let the adjutant call the general headquarters of the front army: Our army is ambushed by a superior enemy, and the enemy has a large artillery and tank force, which is suspected to be the main force of the student army!
And it was precisely because of this sudden telegram from Ushido that the Japanese army headquarters in Nanjing was completely thrown into chaos.

Because at this moment, in the direction of Wuhu, the 16th and 114th divisions of the Japanese army are encountering tenacious sniper attacks from the superior enemy. According to the telegram sent by Nakajima Kansago and Suematsu Moji: There are at least [-] enemy defenders in Wuhu City, so , It will take some time to completely conquer it. I hope that after dawn, the headquarters can give support to the aviation force.

The front-line general headquarters in Nanjing, the supreme commander is the chief of staff of the Central China Front Army, Major General Tsukada Gong, and because the several Japanese army divisions gathered in Nanjing, the division heads are all at the rank of lieutenant general, so Tsukada Gong's prestige is limited , which directly led to his judgment not being able to be directly translated into effective orders, which also led to chaos in the entire headquarters.

The Central China Front Army and the Nanjing Garrison Army fought for a few days, and both sides basically knew the opponent's deployment of troops, especially the Japanese army, because they had air superiority, and with the help of reconnaissance planes, they thought they had completely mastered the deployment of the defenders' troops. and combat intent.Therefore, when the superior enemy army appeared in the direction of Dangtu, Tsukada Gong and others were a little confused, not knowing where such a large enemy army came from.Immediately afterwards, superior enemy troops appeared in the direction of Wujiang River and Pukou. Now, let alone Tsukada's attack, even Hisao Tani and Ryosuke Yoshizuki, who were successfully crossing the river, could not find North at all. .Ji Zhuliangfu, who had dealt with Ouyang Yun, speculated immediately: "It may be Ouyang Yun's reinforcements from Fujian and Guangdong. Ouyang Yun's troops are cunning, and his formations are often unexpected, and he is willing to work hard. You have to be mentally prepared for the match.”

Gushoufu listened disapprovingly, and retorted: "It is that Ouyang Yun really sent reinforcements from Fujian and Guangdong. How could we not have any clues in advance. I think this is actually the Chinese people's suspicion - Wuhu, Wujiang, and Hebei. The enemy army in the county is very likely to be the peasants recruited by the Chinese people or the strong men of La. Your Excellency Ji Zhu, you should know that after the Nanjing offensive and defensive battle in the past few days, a large number of Chinese people fled, many of whom are young and strong. If Ouyang Yun recruited people from them to form an army to fool our army, which is very confusing. Judging from the information we have so far, the enemy forces in Dangtu, Wuhu, and Jiangpu are extremely powerful. I think this is exactly what the Chinese The place where the main force gathers. The enemy army that the 18th Division is now encountering should be a suspected army of the Chinese.”

Tsukada Gong listened to the two people's conversation, thought for a while and said, "The analysis of Commander Tani Hisao is very reasonable, but it is not convincing enough. Because Wuhu, Wujiang, and Hexian did not happen except Hexian. The battle, the other two places, are all fighting fiercely with our army, and so far, the Chinese people have not shown any flaws. Counting the enemies of Jiangpu and Dangtu, the sum of these Chinese people has far exceeded The number of enemy troops controlled by our army. I am thinking, this may be a trap laid by the Chinese people as early as the time of the large evacuation. Everyone, the Chinese Central Army had hundreds of thousands of troops before the withdrawal, plus warlords and For the local troops, if they hid tens of thousands of people in a certain place during the evacuation process, I don’t think it is too difficult given their familiarity with the terrain. Of course, I personally think that even if this is really a foreshadowing by the Chinese people, It will not have too much impact on our army's current strategy. The Nanjing defenders want to break out of the siege, there are two directions, one is to go up along the river, and the other is to retreat northward by land. Along the river, there are 16 divisions The regiment and the 114th Division went to snipe, and as long as they took Wuhu, they could cut it off in one fell swoop. As for the land passage, there are two main roads to choose from, one is the Huainan Railway and the other is the Jinpu Railway. And these two passages, our army We only need to capture Yuxikou and Jiangpu, Wujiang, and Chuxian to crush the plot of the Chinese. The direction of Yuxikou can be handed over to the Third Fleet. In that case, we only need to capture Wujiang and Chuxian. At that time, even if the Chinese people guard Pukou, they will still be the turtle in the urn.”

(End of this chapter)