Chapter 41: Wu Cheng's Soldiers (1)
Although Cheng Jiaji had long realized that this battle would be extremely difficult, he was still very confident in defending his position. When he thought that it would be impossible to withstand the Japanese army's two attacks for one or two days with more than 10,000 troops under his command, it would always be a big problem, and at most the loss of the troops would be greater. But soon, the one-sided situation on the battlefield made him fully understand that he was still too optimistic.
First of all, Ma Siyuan, who was the basis for Cheng Jiaji to judge the combat effectiveness of Japanese ships, reported the enemy situation in a hurry. The Japanese army participated in the battle not only had three or four destroyers, namely the Baiyun and Uraba of the Chuxue class, the Shiyu and Chunyu of the Bailu class. The displacements of these four destroyers were between 2,000 tons and 2,500 tons. The observers of the 199th Regiment also missed the flagship light cruiser of the 25th Japanese Army Team at the back of the regiment.
The seven five-inch main guns on the behemoth with a displacement of 5,600 tons were the "murder weapon" that posed the greatest threat to the Chinese army on the dock. No one would blame Ma Siyuan and his soldiers. After all, this was the first time that the New 100th Division had faced a serious Japanese naval force, but the war had its own rules, that is, every mistake had to be countered with flesh and blood. Moreover, the power of the Japanese naval coordination between the sea and the air was far beyond Cheng Jiaji's expectations.
On the deck of Yui No.
"His Excellency Sanada, don't worry, as long as the main gun of my flagship is fired, your army can land in a marching position." Colonel Arimakoto, commander of the 25th Japanese Navy, boasted the power of his flagship gun in a slightly slight tone to Major General Sanada, who was one level higher than his army.
Major General Sanada had a lot of objections to Colonel Arima's attitude, but because the army is asking for help, he did not refute it. He just said coldly: "I hope this is the case!"
"Order the main guns to fire." Colonel Akima knew that the land was enough to stop. He did not provoke Major General Sanada again, but issued an order to let his flagship launch a shelling on the dock.
"Boom, boom." The shells shot from the main gun of Liang's caliber nearly 140 mm fell from the sky and landed on the position of the 199th Regiment. The fortifications built by the Japanese army on both sides of the docks resisted the bombardment of 127 mm on the Japanese destroyers. It was originally barely possible. There could withstand the bombardment of the main gun of Liang's caliber, and several divine castles on the frontier were immediately destroyed. For a moment, the ground was gray soil, sand and stones flew up, covering the large area where the divine castles were originally located.
"Mom, my company." Ma Siyuan, who was observing the battle situation ahead in the command post, saw this and angrily smashed his fist hard on the cement wall. Because he used too much force, there were a few blood marks on the cement wall immediately. Piaotian No. 英语网, but Ma Siyuan himself was unaware of it. No matter how calm his personality was, he could not help but feel sad and angry when he saw his troops being massacred by the Japanese.
"If the artillery in the army does not come again, this battle cannot be fought. If the Japanese don't meet, they will only use heavy artillery to take advantage of it! We are just being beaten in vain. We are just waiting for others to kill." After witnessing this scene, Ma Siyuan immediately reported to Cheng Jiaji what happened to the position.
"Brother Wei Li, what can the artillery in the army come up?" Cheng Jiaji put the phone call in his hand and turned around and asked Qian Shen.
"There is at least an hour and a half. If they come up, they may not be able to deal with the armor of Japanese warships." Qian Shen said the truth. The artillery units of the New Eighteenth Army were not equipped with special armor-piercing bombs specifically for warships. Even if they hit the Japanese warships with heavy artillery, they would not cause too much damage to their opponents.
"Ma Siyuan, I order you to remove the main force. Yes! Only a few observation posts are left!" Cheng Jiaji knew what the order he issued meant. The Japanese army on the regiment would step onto the land of Wucheng soon. But since it could not be stopped, he could only put the Japanese army up and attack.
"After the division seat, after putting the Japanese infantry on the shore, if our army can form a three-sided attack, it is still possible to successfully block the enemy at the dock and the east gate." Qian Shen and Cheng Jiaji made a coincidence again.
"The division seat, the commander of the East Gate Foreign Language called and said that the Japanese army in Wucheng had been dispatched." It was a foregone conclusion that the Japanese army was ashore, and Saito stuck out his head over there. He had to admit that the Japanese were still pinching them in time this time.
Cheng Jiaji, who was feeling frustrated, couldn't help but suppress his anger and shouted at the staff officer who came to report the message: "Let Liu Yicheng's fast column go all over, and fight the Japanese invaders back, and let the supplementary regiment go too. I can't beat the Japanese infantry even if I can't fight against each other? I'll tell you to counterattack each unit, and move quickly, and you'll hurt the Japanese."
"Let the 199th Regiment fight step by step, fire more cold guns and cannons, and try to gain more time." Cheng Jiaji's abacus was clearly revealed.
Nagano Yukisuke Nakasa was the fourth wing captain since the 101st Regiment joined the war. His three predecessors died of untimely death. The first one was killed by a Chinese national team's mortar in the Battle of Shanghai; the second one was shaken by a Japanese reporter and posed on the battlefield to take pictures, and the bullets of the Chinese army blocker passed through the heart. The most funny thing about the bullet that killed him and the rifle that fired this bullet were both authentic Japanese goods. It was later found that it was bought by a Japanese "prodigal merchant" before the war; the guy who died recently had a more innovative way of death, and was actually burned to death by a fire bomb dropped by the Chinese Air Force in a river near Nanchang.
In just one and a half years, three wing captains died, one of which was more cowardly than the other, which gave the 101 wing a loud nickname "Lu" wing. Nagano Nakasa knew what "Lu" was, and it was a good horse that hindered the master during the Three Kingdoms in ancient China.
Nagano still cares about his life very much. Since he fought the dangerous profession of the 101st Regiment, he has been even more careful. Shaodong, a paper mill in Tokyo, always sits in the wing headquarters every day, willingly serving as a high-level messenger uploaded and issued. Even when he was the most nervous when defending the city a few days ago, he only stayed on the line of fire for an hour or two every day. But today it is not possible. Meng Division Commander is kind to him, and he is equivalent to his two broken brigades, and he wants to open up a road to life for the entire army. The attack of the 101st Regiment was very smooth. In less than an hour, they pushed eastward for more than one kilometer, and Nagano Nagano could vaguely see the Japanese fleet by the lake from the telescope. The 200 regiments of soldiers in front of them seemed to be unwilling to fight and did not carry out any strong resistance along the way.
"Assault with all your might!" Nagano Nakasa showed his "Koyant" in time when he saw victory.
Coincidentally, at this moment, Wen Songyuan, who had been fishing for a long time, also issued an order to attack, and in one go, he was almost there.
The two brigades of the Japanese 101 Regiment combined have a combat power of 1,200 people. No matter how strong the Chinese army is, they should be able to withstand a while. Not to mention that Lieutenant General Saito gave the remaining six squadrons of the two chariots in Wucheng, and also gave the 101 Regiment to be the first to be the first. This force should be the combat power of the two squadrons! But it was bad that the Chinese army was too "crawling". As soon as it started, the six Japanese bean chariots were arranged by Wen Songyuan. Three were destroyed in one breath. The other three were quickly destroyed under the siege of the fast column. In this first armored battle against armored areas of the New 100 Division, the young men in the tank company fought bravely, especially the Type 89 tank. They rushed around in the Japanese chariots and destroyed two Japanese chariots alone.
As soon as the Japanese local chariot troops collapsed, the steel monsters in the fast column immediately rushed towards the Japanese infantry. Under the attack of the Chinese army's armored troops, the Japanese infantry, which did not block too much in the field, fell in rows like harvested wheat. The Japanese army was about to fight back, but found that they did not carry any anti-tank weapons at all. In addition to using infantry cannons to strike the Chinese army's "armored" vehicles, there was no way to use tanks produced by Japan that were massacring Japanese soldiers.
"Eighth, the ninth squadron is cut off, and other troops will retreat!" Nagano Nakasa, who was trapped underground, issued a loud "leave" order.
The Japanese army's combat quality was reflected in "good" at this moment. The entire army divided into two squadrons in a very short time, each carrying out their own tasks. The two squadrons who were left behind were shooting wildly, trying their best to slow down the Chinese army. The main force of the Japanese army went away without saying a word. If Cheng Jiaji was there, he would definitely recall that he had watched a thousand-person marathon. What is worth the burden is that Nagano Nakasa won the lead position completely with his personal ability.
At this moment, fierce gunfire sounded near Wucheng, which "inspired" the officers and soldiers of the 101 Regiment running team, making them more excited. The Japanese officers and soldiers understood that the gunfire was a fire between their follow-up troops and the Chinese army's blocking troops. As long as they could meet with reinforcements and retreat to the city to get their lives temporarily.
Wen Songyuan did not let go of the main force of the 101 Regiment. Under his command, rows of artillery shells were lined up. The broken rear troops that crossed the Japanese army hit the head of Nagano's troops who were running wildly. The Japanese army, who were bombed by the shells, did not dare to turn their heads and continued to flee to Wucheng.
Compared with the main force's hastily fleeing, the two squadrons behind the Japanese Responsibility Hall were much more tough. Faced with the Chinese army's tanks crushing the Japanese army until the last person, Wen Songyuan's troops did not catch a "captive". Afterwards, the young men in the fast column were too excited, one of them was fierce, and they would never stop until they were crushed into meat paste, so they did not give the Japanese army a chance to be captured. Otherwise, they would have captured a few serious Japanese wounded soldiers.
"The brigade, the escaped Japanese were intercepted by Hong Sheng and others just now, and have been taken back by the second batch of Japanese troops from Wucheng."
Wen Songyuan was very unwilling to spit out a mouthful of saliva when he heard the news, and then ordered, "I understand, let the 365th Regiment monitor the direction of Wucheng, and the other troops immediately disperse to both sides."
"If I hadn't had time to work hard to continue, none of these thousand Japanese soldiers would have escaped!" Wen Songyuan said the truth. If there was no Japanese army's elbow in the direction of the dock, Wen Songyuan would not dare to fight for a long time, the two brigades of the 101 Regiment would have been wiped out long ago.
However, even so, the Japanese army in Wucheng was not easy to get the baton. Less than half of Nagano's troops could return to the city alive, and the Japanese army that responded to Nagano's troops also suffered some losses. They gathered together in two strokes, and the Japanese army lost six or seven hundred people in this "joint attack". From this moment on, the Wucheng defender commanded by Lieutenant General Saito never stepped out of the city gate. Lieutenant General Saito was determined to wait for Major General Sanada to enter the city and get along with him.
The reason why the two Japanese troops in the city failed so thoroughly was that the New 100th Division's counterattack troops were effective in combat, and on the other hand, the advancement of Sanada's troops was slightly slower.
In fact, the problem lies in the cooperation of the Japanese army and navy. In fact, the military situation is urgent, and no matter how big the conflict between the Japanese navy and the army, it should be together for a while. In fact, although Major General Sanada and Colonel Arima were a little disagreeable, fortunately, both of them were still quite conscious and were strict with the following. Therefore, although there was undercurrent between the Japanese navy and the army, the general was still acceptable. However, some things often had nothing to do with people's subjective will. To put it bluntly, this was purely because the Japanese navy and the army lacked the tacit understanding of each other. In order to ensure the effectiveness of the shelling dock, the Japanese navy's ships rushed to the ships except the Yurai.
In front. Most of the ships composed of ships carried by the Japanese army are ordinary ships. In order to avoid being attacked by Chinese military artillery fire, it is understandable to hide behind dozens of naval ships. If both sides cooperate well, they can completely achieve the goal of shooting and going ashore to save time. However, Sanada's troops are not a Marine Corps. They do not have the ability to do so, and they do not want to risk being killed by their own naval artillery fire when they have an absolute advantage. Just in this way, it will take a precious hour in vain. It was not until the navy basically destroyed all the threatening fortifications on both sides of the dock that Sanada's troops began to land. At this time, the Fun Songyuan had already started.
"Progress!" After learning that the attacking troops of Wucheng were defeated and retreated to the city, Major General Sanada, who had already landed, chose to assault in Wucheng as originally planned. The Japanese Navy's artillery fire continued to extend forward at Sanada's request. In order to avoid the situation just now, Major General Sanada also asked Colonel Akami for many artillery observers and advanced with the army. This move can be regarded as a repair to the failure.
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