Chapter 38: Blood and Fire Cage City (13)
.On March 20, around 10 p.m., near the Huangcheng Temple in Ganjiang River.
At this time, a large barracks of soldiers less than one square kilometer near Huangcheng Temple have become an absolute barracks. The Independent 100 Brigade and the New 144 Brigade, the more than 7,000 officers and soldiers from the two most complete brigades, were quietly lurking under the beams, deep in the alleys, behind the stone archways, and even the corners of the streets were densely packed with officers and soldiers carrying guns and live ammunitions, and were nervous. Not far behind the soldiers, the more than 20 gun ports that were transferred from various divisions and brigades pointed to the Ganjiang River were already in a state of war where they were loaded at any time and fired at any time.
The Yuebin Tower located on the wall of Huangcheng Temple. The joint command centers of the two brigades participating in the Japanese assault operations on the riverside tonight are ridiculed here.
"Hornets, it's been so fast, why haven't they fired!" After the military senior officer meeting once every half month for several months, Wen Songyuan and Huang Qi have long been very familiar with each other. One is generous and rough, and the other is calm and skillful. They can match each other together.
"Wenfu, don't be anxious, there are three minutes left." Huang Qi said no, but his rush to look at the watch fully demonstrated that Lieutenant General Huang's cousin was a little uncomfortable.
After saying these two sentences, the two of them somehow kept silent again. The entire restaurant suddenly became so quiet that even the cry of frogs in the pond outside could be heard clearly. Anyone who had been on the battlefield knew that waiting before the war was the most heartbreaking thing. Moreover, Wen and Huang were both commanders of the brigade with thousands of brothers under their charge. The responsibility was different, and the pressure in their hearts was much greater. Compared with ordinary soldiers, their land was even more difficult to bear in the past few minutes.
On the roof of Jiangxi Hotel.
"Brother Wei Li, are you ready?" Cheng Jiaji was really a little nervous but was not careful. He also surrounded the Chinese army in the city. When these explosion sites were set up, the area in the north bank of the Ganjiang River in Nanchang was filled with the area in the north bank of the Ganjiang River in Nanchang.
"The master's seat has been repeatedly confirmed three times. There are 123 fried spots with oil and dry firewood, and only 87 of them are detonated. It's impossible to make a mistake." Qian Shen didn't know how powerful this was.
"It's really time to come tonight. Brother Wei Li, the southeast wind, is Sun Bofu, the Seven Sages on the Recruitment Platform, and the Sages of the Sages on the Recruitment Platform?" Seeing that most of the famous Jiangzuo City in his hand, which had a thousand-year history, would be burned. Cheng Jiaji was in a very complicated mood at this time. After all, since his thoughts were inexplicably flying over this time and space, this was the first time that he had directly and significantly changed the course of history and the fate of a provincial capital.
Qian Shen, who seemed a little gloomy, replied passionately. "Life has been a hundred years. There are many merits and demerits that will be said by future generations, and only the soul of China will never die for thousands of years." "I burned my city and had to do it. I can't think of so much about the merits and crimes now.
Brother Weili, I have a lifelong wish. I don’t know if I can do it. I also ask Weili to help me." Cheng Jiaji certainly knew that Qian Shen was helping him.
"I guess this lifelong wish of the master is to raise troops and immediately Mount Fuji, and the chiefs are willing to be appointed as subordinates."
"Brother Wei Li, you have come to your heart. Why can't we go? One day, I will put Tokyo at the feet of my Chinese soldiers, and we will give it a division and control it. How about it?" What Cheng Jiaji wanted to do the most was to invent the Japanese with ulterior motives and aim to split China. The so-called seven-piece theory of China should be tried first in Japan.
Cheng Jiaji and Qian Shen looked at each other and smiled. They knew each other well and only knew this person in their lives. Both of them also understood that it would take a long, long way to go to achieve their wish. Although they knew that the future was long, they might not be able to accomplish their lives. But they believed in one truth, that is, for the long-term peace and stability of China, some things must be done by someone.
Aspiring for the future can sometimes make people temporarily forget the troubles in front of them, but what should come is still coming.
"The teacher's seat, the time is up." A staff officer behind Qian Shen brought Cheng Jiaji and Qian Shen back to reality.
"I order, Nirvana, start!" With Cheng Jiaji's order, five red signal flares rose into the air. The first thing to launch was not the shrill sound of cannons that resounded through the sky, but dozens of fires emerged in the Japanese occupied area in an instant. When the cannons rumbling on the Ganjiang River, most of the Nanchang City had been covered with blood and smoke. Since there was no precedent to follow, the Japanese army in the city never thought that the Chinese army would attack with fire in China's own city, and even more so that this sudden fire would be delayed so quickly. Unable to guard against it, the Japanese army could not help but panic and howl.
Cheng Jiaji was in a high place and looked into the sky with his eyes, and saw the wind helping the fire, and the fire leveraged the wind to the power of the wind. The raging fire burned half of the sky. In the fire, countless figures were flashing and dodging. From time to time, there were also small fire points rolling around. Cheng Jiaji knew that it was the Japanese who were full of flames struggling...www.piaotian.com.
cn. This scene made Cheng Jiaji very unhappy, but unfortunately he was too far away and he could not hear the Japanese wailing.
"Pull up Wen Lao Er and Huang Qi, let them move faster." After seeing the amazing momentum of the fire with their own eyes, Cheng Jiaji felt that he should turn his attention to the battle to attack the Japanese positions on the riverside. As for the Japanese in the north, it seems that at least they will not cause trouble for themselves until the fire is extinguished.
Cheng Jiaji was about to turn around and go downstairs, but a stream of ash smoke with a strong burnt smell, which was also covered with a bit of charcoal-flavored grilled meat. It rushed towards him, choking Cheng Jiaji to retching.
Headquarters of the 9th Division of the Japanese Army.
Since the fire broke out in Nanchang half a small ago, there has been a mess here. To be precise, these people in the 9th Division’s division headquarters have become ants crawling in the hot porridge.
Lieutenant General Yoshizu, who was still afraid of Cheng Jiaji's heart-wrenching tactics, placed the "brain" of the Ninth Division in Lehua County twenty kilometers away from its "body".
In this way, the division and the division headquarters are certainly safe. However, the local men in the division and the division headquarters have a small problem with the real situation of the battlefield ahead. A few days ago, Cheng Jiaji lured the enemy to annihilate it, and the reason why he had such great results was not without this.
The painful lesson of being lured and annihilated nearly three brigades of troops at one time made Lieutenant General Yoshizuru also thought of moving the division forward. However, Liu Tianlong's cavalry brigade and Lieutenant General Gangcun, who had nowhere to go, strictly ordered him to dispel this idea. Lieutenant General Gangcun issued this order point in that the bodies of Matsuurada were still in the hands of the Chinese, and the 11th Army could no longer lose the second division commander.
Today, when the fire was together, the "brain" and "body" of the 9th Division were too far away. All the disadvantages were immediately exposed. At this moment, there were fire everywhere in Nanchang City. The Japanese army had worked hard to kill the city in the past few days and all the troops were in the fire. In addition, the specific environments of the various troops were different. In this kind of scene, even if the division headquarters were close to the combat troops, they might not be able to come up with countermeasures in time, let alone the distance was very far away. After the Japanese Ninth Division started to command and guide the front-line troops, it was a blind man riding a blind horse.
"Enough! Immediately order the troops that can still be contacted and let them gather in areas with relatively small fires. Twenty minutes later, all the chariots and artillery fired into the fire, with the purpose of using shells to blow up some fires in the fire, and set up a passage so that the troops in the city can withdraw. Order the Thirty-Fifth Regiment on the banks of the Ganjiang River to block with all their might. Just execute it." Yoshizuru Ryosuke was not an ordinary person after all. After calming down from a brief panic, he immediately made a decision.
"Your Excellency the division commander, the telephone lines of the front-line troops have almost been burned out. The troops at all levels can only be contacted by wireless. It is difficult for small troops without radio to receive orders within twenty minutes, and they will inevitably be unable to withdraw from the shelling area in time." Driven by responsibility, Colonel Sama objected to Lieutenant General Yoshisu's orders being inconsistent.
"All the disputes and responsibilities will be discussed in the future. Please ask you to execute my order immediately!" Lieutenant General Yoshizuki knew that after this order, countless Japanese officers and soldiers would die under the Japanese artillery shells, but now he had no choice. If it weren't for these things, the tens of thousands of officers and soldiers in the city would probably not be ten. As for the 35th Regiment, which was being attacked by the Chinese army's superior forces? Now that the main force of the division was about to be buried in the fire, Lieutenant General Yoshizuki could take care of them, so he could only ask for more blessings.
Before this, the task of the 35th Japanese Regiment stationed on the banks of the Ganjiang River was very relaxed. After occupying this place for more than two days, there has been no decent battle with the Chinese army in front of him.
As the war in the north of the main combat direction of the Japanese army became increasingly cruel, Lieutenant General Yoshizuka drew a lot of troops from this relatively calm combat direction. When the Chinese army used two main brigades to attack the Japanese position under the cover of artillery fire, the 35th Regiment and the actual troops temporarily transferred to the corps were less than 2,500.
One of the important reasons why Lieutenant General Yoshizu dared to draw troops from the south repeatedly was that the Japanese army on the southern front had Japanese troops on the east and west sides to support them, and the main force in the north could also take advantage of the dispersed Chinese army's troops to go straight to the Ganjiang River. Of course, the Japanese artillery advantage could also help the 35th Regiment if necessary. Yoshizu predicted that the troops were gradually exhausted and he would not dare to attack the Japanese army's southern front positions.
Under normal circumstances, Cheng Jiaji could not do anything to the formation of troops like Lieutenant General Jizhu, which was a bit bullying. But when the fire burned, everything changed. Jizhu now only wanted to drag the main force of the division trapped in the city out of the quagmire of death as much as possible. He even used the trick of using cannons to fight fire at his own position, and he could also control the life and death of the 35th Regiment.
A child without a mother is miserable! The 35th Regiment was first hit by a fierce and precise shelling. Not only did the Japanese destroy the simple fortifications in the field of the Japanese army, but it even exploded the 35th Regiment. Before the Japanese could take a breath, the Chinese army came up.
Overall, the comparison of 3.5 to 1 troops (some parts have reached more than 5 to 1.) Overwhelming the opponent's infantry firepower, there has never been such a clear artillery advantage. In addition, the Independent 100th Division and the New 72nd Division, the secret competition between the officers and soldiers of the two main brigades of the two temporary 18th Army made China firmly grasp the initiative on the battlefield at the beginning of this battle. Although the Japanese army was on the river surface.
The several gunboats supported him, but they still couldn't stop Wen. Huang's two teams were sharp and retreated step by step to the riverside. The Japanese infantry was not good, and the gunboats on the river posed a great threat to the Chinese army. These four or five gunboats were very cunning, and they kept moving upstream of the Ganjiang River and firing artillery at the Chinese army infantry. The effective range of Chinese artillery on the north shore was not very long, and it was not easy to aim in the dark, so they were unable to use these Japanese gunboats for a moment.
"Let the troops towards the Central Plains go on." Cheng Jiaji wanted to quickly open up the ties between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, and naturally he would not be satisfied, and the scene was beautiful.
After the command soldier left, Cheng Jiaji carefully observed every small change on the battlefield, while whispering, "What's going on in the South Bank? There's no movement yet!"
Lieutenant General Huang, who was a few kilometers away, seemed to be listening to Cheng Jiaji's muttering. As soon as Cheng Jiaji's words fell, he had already passed the fire from the ground artillery bolts, tracking and aiming at the Japanese gunboats on the river for a long time, and only found an opportunity, the long-range artillery fired in the south bank, basically covering the waters where the Japanese gunboats were located. The darkness could not be found in detail, but there was no sound of Japanese gunfire fire from the water surface again, so you could know that the Japanese sailors were beaten and ran away.
Without the hard support of the gunboat, the Japanese army on the Ganjiang River could no longer hold on. Knowing that the Chinese troops were five times more powerful than the existing positions had been broken, the battle would only lead to suicide collectively. The captain of the regiment Colonel Nobuhara issued a retreat order.
Cheng Jiaji considered that although the Japanese army was defeated, its main force was still there, and to wipe it out completely, the side would have to pay a high price. After the troops followed and chased for a while, they ordered the troops to retreat to the riverside, strengthening the newly captured positions while resting. The infantry had achieved the combat goal and could take a breath. However, the Chinese artillerymen on the north bank did not have such a blessing. After the war on the riverside ended, they immediately turned their guns to the main Japanese army that was rushing left and right in the sea of fire.
At 11:30 in the evening, several floating bridges on the Ganjiang River that were preserved due to their inactivity were successfully lifted up, which made the Chinese army on both sides of the Ganjiang River a whole.
Chapter completed!