Chapter 35 Victory in sight
"Beware of the United Captain"
Susukawa Shizumi observed the enemy situation for a moment. When he was bent down to drill into the command tent, the orderly soldier Ito, who was following him, suddenly rushed forward and threw Susukawa Shizumi to the ground. Then a loud bang came, followed by a strong smoke completely swallowed him, and a large amount of hot sand and soil flew over his face, making him bare his teeth.
When the smoke of gunpowder disappeared, Shizumi Sukigawa looked up and saw that his command tent had been torn into pieces by the explosion. If it weren't for his orderly officer Ito who pushed him just now, he would have been torn into pieces like the tent. Thinking of Ito, Sukigawa quickly sat up and observed Ito's injuries. Unfortunately, Ito pushed him away just now, but he did not escape the death disaster. His head was hit by several shrapnel, and he would have died long ago.
"Captain of the United Nations, Captain of the United Nations" Captain of the Nakagawa Shaoshao fell and rushed to Susukawa Shizumi and said tragically, "We can't stand it anymore. Captain of the United Nations, we can't stand it anymore..."
Susukawa Shizuki stood up with a saber, and saw a large number of Chinese soldiers suddenly popping out of the cornfields, shooting violently from all directions at the Japanese positions. Among the firepower of the national army, there were Czech, Maxi, and even Type 92 heavy machine guns. The firepower was so cruel that it was outrageous.
On the other hand, the Japanese army could only use the 38th hood to fight back powerlessly. The occasional sporadic artillery squadron's artillery squadron could not reverse the huge gap in firepower between the two sides. Moreover, the Kuomintang also owns artillery. The Chinese artillery just now shot down his command tent. If it weren't for Ito, Susukawa would have been broken long ago.
The National Army had a fierce offensive, and the Japanese positions were being eaten up by the National Army little by little. When the Japanese positions were compressed to both sides of the road, the National Army should be put into the reserve team to launch the final general attack. Susaka Shizumi knew very well that his life had entered the countdown, but even so, he was still unable to change the situation.
Stick to wait for assistance? Not to mention whether you can defend or not, the key is that there are no reinforcements at all
Break through the east? The Zhongchuan Brigade has already been completely blasted. What breakthrough should I use? Do I use a bayonet?
"Captain of the regiment, captain of the regiment..." The communications soldier hurried over with his words in his back and shouted at Susukawa Jingsun, "The division commander ordered us to move closer to Fengxian immediately and move closer to Fengxian at all costs."
"Go closer to Fengxian?" Susukekawa Shizumi smiled bitterly, stood up to straighten the army's face, wiped the smoke from his face, then took the walkie-phone from the communications soldier, and shouted at the microphone, "Teacher Commander, our troops fought bloody battles, but the bullets were gone, and now the jade is about to break... Long live the Japanese Empire, Long live the Emperor."
"Susuke Kawasan?"
"Suzumi Sussakawa?"
Nakajima Atsugo yelled at the microphone, but the other side did not respond again, which made Nakajima Atsugo suddenly realize that the call just now was clearly a farewell call for Suspicion Shizumi Kawa to the division headquarters, the base camp, and the empire. This made Nakajima Atsugo angry, and obviously couldn't accept it emotionally.
Because of his poor performance in Nanjing, Susukawa Shizumi has been confirmed to be transferred to the reserve service and will set off to return to China soon. Even the candidates for the captain of Susukawa Shizumi have arrived. He is the deputy captain of the 38th Infantry Regiment. Susukawa Shizumi is about to retire and return to China, but this happened.
The more I think about it, the less uncomfortable it feels. I immediately ordered the remaining cavalry squadron of the Cavalry Regiment to go out of the city to rescue Kawa Shizumi. Anyway, the cavalry could not play any role in the street fighting in Fengxian, but instead, they could better exert the cavalry's speed advantage in the wild.
As a result, the cavalry squadron had just left the city, and Kondo came to the division headquarters to ask for help.
It turned out that the national army had changed its tactics. Seeing that time passed little by little, Japanese reinforcements might arrive at any time, they decided to take a gamble and launch a fierce attack from both east and west at the same time. The Japanese defense line was immediately in a hurry. By noon, more than half of the non-combatants temporarily organized by the division headquarters had been killed or injured. The infantry battalion left in Fengxian County, which was left in Fengxian County, also lost two infantry squadrons.
Although these non-combatants in the Japanese have received strict military training, they cannot compare with the combat troops. Moreover, the Japanese are now short of ammunition, and each of these non-combatants basically only received twenty bullets. Once the bullets were fired, they could only charge with bayonets, so the casualties were very large.
Of course, the national army suffered heavy casualties. The 3rd Battalion of the 348th Regiment, which was the first to attack, had all been killed. The battalion commander Li Shouqing had also died in battle. By noon, the 347th Regiment had lost one battalion, and the 348th Regiment had more than half of the casualties. Even Li Song's guard company had already been on the line of fire.
The reason why street fighting is cruel is that it is cruel here. Several streets in the east and west areas of Fengxian County have almost become meat grinders. The Kuomintang and Japanese are filling in their lives. The bodies of the officers and soldiers of the two armies are stacked and layered, and the blood sheds dyed the streets red. Now it depends on who is deflated first and can't hold on first.
Of course, there are still variables in the middle, that is, reinforcements from both sides.
Nakajima Atsugo ordered the 33rd Infantry Regiment of Pei County to return to the aid, and also sent a telegram to the North China Front Command in Jinan, requesting the Aviation Corps to send bombers to assist in the war. The Li Tianxia Brigade (153rd Brigade) of the National Army 5 Pei and the 17th Brigade of the 58th Division were also advancing quickly towards Fengxian.
"Second Commander." Kondo Moto was obviously running over and gasped, "When will the 33rd Infantry Regiment arrive?"
"Kondo, this is not something you should consider." Nakajima Imasago frowned, "Your mission is to hold the position."
"Hayi." Kondo Moto was bored. When he was about to leave, Yoshio Mizawa suddenly hurried out from the communication room and reported to Ashigo Nakajima with a serious expression, "The division commander, Yamada Sangyu, the 33rd Infantry Regiment was blocked by the Chinese army west of Pei Prefecture, and it is very likely that he could not return in time."
"Nani?" Nakajima Ashigo was stunned when he heard this, and his face changed a little.
The face of Kondo Moto, who was standing next to him, was even more ugly. The 33rd Infantry Regiment was unable to return to the rescue in time, which meant that he could only defend the city with half an infantry brigade and more than a thousand temporary non-combatants. In addition, there were four Type 95 light tanks of the chariot squadron, which would be the last barrier of the division headquarters.
At this time, Nakajima Isago was finally a little scared. This old devil was inhumane and never took other people's lives seriously, but he cherished his own life very much. He didn't want to break up here. He shouted at Mizawa Yoshio in anger: "Order, the Caochang Detachment will return to the rescue from Dangshan immediately, immediately
"Hayi." Yoshio Mizawa bowed heavily and turned around.
Liukou Township, the radio station of the 58th Division was beating constantly.
Feng Shengfa was pacing back and forth in the next battle room with his hands on his back.
At this moment, Feng Shengfa was crawling with ten thousand ants in his heart, and he was worried. Through the radio, he was always in contact with the 517th Brigade and the 31st Army. More than ten minutes ago, he had just received a telegram from Tang Enbo that the Zhengdong National Army of Guan Lin had intercepted the Japanese reinforcements returning to Fengxian near Maqiao west of Pei County.
It was just a coincidence that when Lao Chiang-chan issued the order to Tang Enbo, Di Pei from Zhengdong Kingdom had just smuggled across Weishan Lake from Zhanglou Township in the early morning of the same day. As a result, he marched to Maqiao. Before Di Pei could build a defensive fortification, the large group of Japanese infantry 33rd Regiment came over.
This time, Tang Enbo did not lose his links at a critical moment, and he issued a death order to Zheng Dongguo.
In the direction of Dangshan, the 8th Army, and Gui Yongqing's army have also launched a counterattack against the Japanese army.
There are also the 17th Brigade and the 153rd Brigade of 5 Pei, who are advancing rapidly towards Fengxian along the route that the 174th Brigade has walked.
The battle situation in Fengxian is gradually becoming clear. The 174th Brigade's siege of the Japanese army in Fengxian has entered a critical stage. As long as the Zhengdong National Army can hold the Japanese army in Maqiao for a day, the battle in Fengxian should end, and Nakajima's hand, Aozi, whose hands were stained with Chinese blood, should be given the title.
The Kuomintang army seemed to be in sight of victory, but for some reason, Feng Shengfa always felt a slight uneasiness. He walked to the map, sorted out the rules on the battlefield over and over again, and repeatedly pondered various possibilities, but he could not think of any problem. No matter how he looked at it, the Kuomintang army was sure to win this battle.
Major General Tatsumi, the captain of the Japanese Grassland Detachment, received a telegram from Nakajima Imao, when the Grassland Detachment had just repelled an attack from the 27th Army of the National Army.
After receiving the order from Chairman Jiang, the commander of the Army Gui Yongqing had no choice but to order the division to launch an attack on the opposite Japanese army, and at the same time ordered the 46th Division to send a regiment to cooperate with the division's operations. As a result, the division's attack was quickly collapsed by the Japanese army. Although there were many veterans and most of the officers were graduates of Baoding Military Academy, the equipment was too poor and the combat effectiveness was completely different from the Japanese army. In addition, the Japanese army had absolute firepower advantages, the result could be imagined.
In fact, at this time, the national army had lost the ability to attack on a large scale, and it was still like a defensive war.
"Return to Shifeng County?" Caochang Tatsumi frowned for a long time and didn't say anything. When he returned to Shifeng County, he would lose the opportunity to expand his battle results. Once the opponent's troops were able to stabilize their positions again and try to break through the national defense line and successfully meet with the 13th Division of the Central China delegation, it would take a lot of extra effort.
Therefore, emotionally speaking, Caochang Tatsumi was unwilling to return to Fengxian.
Most of the commanders of the regiment were silent and did not speak. Only the commander of the infantry regiment, Colonel Ye Xuanming, said: "The commander of the detachment, the division commander sent a telegram for help at this time. It can be seen that the situation in Fengxian County is already very critical. It is important to break through the defense line of the Dangshan National Army, but we must not help but rescue the division commander. It is better to divide the troops.
Caochang Tatsumi was still a little hesitant. If he divided his troops, it was obviously not enough to send only one brigade to help. If he sent an infantry corps, the troops in Dangshan would be a little weak. Once he could not take the lead in capturing Dangshan, the Longhai Railway would be cut off and blocking the Xuzhou National Army would fall to the 13th Division.
Caochang Tatsumi did not want this great merit to be lost, because it would directly affect his future. Whether he can be promoted from Major General Brigade Commander to Lieutenant General Division Commander in the future is crucial.
Chapter completed!