Chapter 602: Bloody battle

"Report, the Chinese army suddenly launched a large-scale attack!"

Yamamoto Hiroji's expressionless face was not moved at all, but said decisively.

"This is absolutely impossible. The Chinese army does not have this force to attack now. His troops are gathering near the 13th Division. In a short period of time, he will not be able to summon forces for large-scale attacks!"

"Your Excellency, the front line has been confirmed many times that the Forty-four Infantry Mixed Brigade and the Forty-six Infantry Mixed Brigade were attacked by at least more than eight divisions of the Chinese army, and a large number of Chinese army are still in motion!"

The muscles on Hiroji Yamamoto's face twitched and slowly walked to the front of the map.

"Zheng Yong really mobilized so many troops to attack? No, it's impossible, he doesn't have so many offensive forces..."

A loud noise sounded in Anqing City, and his troops started attacking again, but for some reason, Hiroji Yamamoto actually shuddered.

It's finally about to begin, and the ultimate showdown between himself and Zheng Yong is finally about to begin...

"Order the 106th Division to reinforce the front line and block the Chinese army; order all the 11th Army, the 15th, 18th, and 22nd Divisions and other units to be devoted to the attack on Anqing!"

Hiroji Yamamoto began to take a desperate gamble and mobilized all the power he could mobilize.

This is a decisive battle. The battle between China and the island countries, including himself and Zheng Yong, may all be broken here...

"The blood is boiling in Poyang, sparks are flying on the Yangtze River, and the whole country makes violent roars to defend the Great Wuhan! Wuhan is the center of the national war of resistance, and Wuhan is the largest city today. We must firmly defend it, like the Spanish people defend Madrid. Crush the enemy's attack, consolidate the front line against the enemy, and use our infinite power to defend the Great Wuhan!"

The passionate songs spiraled over the position. This was "Defend the Great Wuhan" composed by Zheng Lucheng and lyrics by Sha Lu Erdong.

The decisive battle in Wuhan began in Anqing, and a series of military operations revolved around Wuhan, a political, military, diplomatic, economic and cultural center.

"The vast land and the numerous people are the biggest weapons we will win in the War of Resistance." "This war of resistance is to use vast land to determine the victory and loss of the enemy; to use numerous populations to determine life and death with the enemy... When we fight against the enemy now, we must fight for time. We must use long-term time to defend the vast space, and use vast space to extend the time of the War of Resistance, consume the enemy's strength, and strive for the final victory..."

"Wuhan is the birthplace of the Republic of China, the highest peak of the Northern Expedition era of the Great Revolution, and now it is the center of the war of resistance of the entire Chinese nation..."

"The three towns in Wuhan have been suffocated for a full ten years since the Northern Expedition... Wuhan, which has been sleeping for ten years, seems to be gradually returning to its atmosphere in the Northern Expedition era. The three towns in Wuhan have indeed been resurrected..."

This series of speeches illustrates the importance of defending Wuhan and proves the determination and courage of the Chinese army to protect Wuhan to the end of the war.

But what no one expected was that Zheng Yong, as the highest military and political commander of the decisive battle in Wuhan, was even unwilling to let the war break out in Wuhan, the thousand-year-old ancient city. In the frontier position of Wuhan, Anqing, the gateway, was in an endemic battle with the Japanese pirates!

This does not mean how far-sighted Zheng Yong is, nor does it mean how skilled his command skills are, but how tenacious the resistance of the military and civilians in Anqing and how strong the Chinese soldiers are in their lives are far beyond everyone's expectations.

Originally, Zheng Yong set up two lines of defense from Anqing to Wuhan.

After the organized resistance in Anqing, once it was unable to continue to hold on, all the troops retreated to the front line of Wuhan in an orderly manner and launched a final decisive battle with the Japanese pirates in Wuhan.

But what was unexpected was that An Qing, who was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Anqing's garrison, actually turned it into a wall of iron and iron, and made it into an indestructible steel castle.

It is precisely because of this that the war changes, an unpredictable but traceable change that has been destined for a long time.

But at this time, the situation of the Chinese army in Anqing had reached a very urgent moment, and the Japanese pirates began to gain an absolute advantage in Anqing...

Even the security division's condition has reached a very bad point.

Under the strong offensive of the island army, all the positions outside Anqing Spinning Mill were lost. This time, Fang Yuxi could no longer punish anyone. Even if he walked onto the battlefield himself, he could not save the bad situation.

Anqing Brass Mill is not a particularly favorable position for defense. Under such circumstances, Lin Weidong ordered the abandonment of Anqing Brass Mill and instead entered Anqing Middle School and other places to conduct defensive operations.

This is the last line of defense to defend the Anqing Garrison Command.

Lin Weidong had prepared a submachine gun for himself. When necessary, he would go on the battle in person, just like when the Northeast broke through.

In fact, there is nothing. I have never regarded myself as a general. I have always been a warrior and will not change no matter what situation I encounter...

The Japanese pirates, including the 27th Division, the 11th Army's most elite A-type division, the 22nd Division, the 5th Brigade of Heavy Artillery, and the 1st Flying Brigade, all launched crazy attacks on Anqing Middle School.

The artillery fire enveloped Anqing Middle School, and the earth shook under the artillery fire in the sky and the ground.

The solid fortifications of Anqing Middle School have become the best cover for Chinese soldiers. After the fortifications, the Chinese soldiers hiding after the fortifications quickly shook off the dust on their bodies and entered the position as soon as possible.

The position is there, and the position is still there when the person is dead!

Fang Yuxi saw the Japanese pirates rushing up from the telescope and glanced at the corner of his mouth disdainfully.

I really look down on myself and use such a huge amount of power.

The guard division was responsible for defending Anqing Middle School, Anqing Oil Factory and other places. Fang Yuxi arranged the guard division ranks and ordered the use of solid fortifications to carry out large-scale killing of the enemy.

Ranked in front of Anqing Middle School is Renxiao Road, which was defended by the Ninth Regiment of the Guard Division.

Legend has it that there was a filial son who had a very poor family. He relied on his mother and wife to study hard for others. Later, before going to Beijing to take the exam, the Anqing disaster was in disaster. The mother and wife sold everything they could sell at home for their son and husband to go to Beijing to take the exam.

Later, the filial son won the top scorer. When he returned to his hometown with red belts and wanted to pick up his mother and wife, he found that they had long been starved to death at their home.

The filial son was very compassionate and did not eat or drink at his doorstep for seven days and seven nights, and did not listen to anyone's advice. In the end, he starved to death at his doorstep.

People from my hometown were grateful for the filial son, the whole family, the whole family was kind and the wife was virtuous, and the son was filial, so they buried the family together and named it "Royal and Filial Piety". Later, as time went by, it became the "Royal and Filial Piety".

At the intersection is a large plaque with the words "benevolence and filial piety" written on it.

Two sacks were hung on both sides of the plaque, and no one knew what was placed inside.

The main attack mission is the 27th Japanese pirate division, which was formerly expanded by the Mixed Brigade of the North China Territory. This is a beast army covered with the blood of the Chinese.

In the early morning of May 3, 1928, shops in Jinan City opened one after another, business was booming, the market was bustling, and there was a peaceful scene. However, at around 9 a.m., a bare-handed soldier of the Northern Expedition Army was shot and killed for no reason when he passed through the island military guard area.

When a unit of the Northern Expedition Army moved to the Christ Hospital, the Island Army suddenly fired another shot, and at the same time launched an attack on the two battalions of the 7th Regiment of the Third Division of the 40th Army of the National Northern Expedition Army. The Northern Expedition Army suffered heavy losses.

The Japanese pirates were getting better and better. While using force to disarm all the Northern Expedition Army in the Shangbu District, they sent troops to occupy the Office of the Foreign Minister in Jinan Road Bureau.

Huang Fu, the minister of foreign affairs, known as the "invisible immortal", and his guards were also disarmed and obediently withdrew from his office and moved to the headquarters of the Northern Expedition Army. Just as China sent people to negotiate with the island people, two island soldiers were killed by stray bullets.

The island invading army now found an excuse to provoke and attacked the Chinese army's garrison. The island invading army was even more fierce. No matter whether the officers and soldiers were killed when they saw people, their bodies were everywhere on the streets, blood flowed into a river, and the sound of mourning was heard.

When Cai Gong, director of the Foreign Affairs Department of the Battlefield Government Affairs Committee, went to negotiate at any time, he was detained by the Japanese pirates.

The Japanese pirates actually tied the Chinese to the pillar and beat them up. In order to implement the tactic of attacking the heart of the king of Cai, they ordered the soldiers of the island to wave the bayonet to cut their ears and noses. The blood suddenly spewed, and the flesh was blurred, and it was terrible. The bandits of the island laughed loudly, like beasts!

The officers of the island country thought that they would scare Mr. Cai so much that they urinated, and begged for mercy in a low voice, but saw Mr. Cai’s eyes wide open and cursed loudly.

"The island country is not as good as the robbers and beasts. When will this kind of national shame be so severe?"

The common man Zhang Linshu, Senator Zhang Hongjian, Secretary Wang Bingtan and others were inspired by the King of Cai, and angrily scolded the robbers. But these crazy fascist robbers first cut off Zhang Linshu's ears and noses, and then cut off his legs and arms. The flesh and blood were in chaos and could not be seen!

The Japanese pirates still refused to let go, and cut off the ropes of Cai Gongshi and others. They took three people out of the house in groups. Cai Gongshi was dragged into the courtyard of the Negotiation Office by the first group. When the gunshots sounded, Cai Gongshi was in his prime and had not seen the country unified, so he died under the scattered guns of the Japanese pirates.

The orderly soldier Zhang Hanru fell to the ground as soon as the gunshot sounded, and then found an opportunity to escape from death. As a witness on the scene, he wrote "The Legend of the Continent of the Martyrdom of the King of Cai", revealing the heinous crimes committed by the Japanese pirates.

On the 9th, the island army began to attack the inner city in large numbers, robbed property, burned buildings, shot and killed prisoners of war, and slaughtered the people. The crimes were outrageous. According to incomplete statistics, more than 6,000 Chinese military and civilians were killed in the Jinan tragedy.

It is for the "Jinan Massacre"!

The 6th and 27th Divisions of the Japanese Pirates were participants in the "Jinan Massacre".

The 6th Division has been completely annihilated by the Chinese army, and it is now the 27th Division's turn.
Chapter completed!