Sichuan Shakou was filled with gunpowder smoke and shouts of killing resounded through the sky.
Groups of yellow-green figures braved the hail of bullets and rushed towards the Japanese positions, and then they fell down in groups. The ground was covered with yellow-green figures, and the blood dyed the ground red, which was shocking to see;
"Brothers, rush with me and drive the Japanese into the sea!"
The company commander of a certain regiment of the 59th Division of the Fourth Army roared, and led the remaining soldiers of the company to launch a desperate charge against the Japanese. The 92-heavy machine gun bullets fired from the Japanese machine gun positions mopped down the soldiers of the first company one by one;
The officers and soldiers of the first company pretended not to see it. They shot at the Japanese while charging, and occasionally knocked down a few Japanese.
When the main force of the Japanese retreated to the coastline, they relied on the civil fortifications dug in advance to fight. The 59th Division began to be unable to attack;
It was not because of how difficult the Japanese civil fortifications were to hit, but because of the overwhelming naval shells that caused heavy losses to the 59th Division's offensive troops.
The Japanese defending this place were a brigade of the Ninth Division. They had just landed in Shencheng, and they had strong troops, complete structures, and sufficient ammunition;
The Ninth Division is the old permanent division of the Japanese and the vanguard of the Japanese invasion of China. They have appeared in the entire modern Japanese invasion of China. They were the main force in the first Songhu Battle and their combat effectiveness was very powerful.
With the assistance of naval gunfire, their brigade withstood the attack of a division of the 59th Division, causing huge damage to the attacking troops of the 59th Division;
One company was full an hour ago, but after two attacks, only 67 people were left. The other companies were not much better. Under the interception of the Japanese's dense naval guns, it all depended on who was lucky.
More than 1,000 men from a certain regiment of the 59th Division launched an attack from three directions: left, center and right. The first company was located in the middle. This was the focus of the Japanese defense and the firepower was the most intense. Machine gun bullets were thrown at them as if they were free of charge. Pay a lot of price.
The Kuomintang army's defense was barely passable, and they really didn't have many offensive methods. They used tactics from the Northern Expedition, which was to rush forward in a swarm, all relying on bravery.
This tactic can still be used against domestic troops with weak firepower and weak will to fight. However, in the face of the Ninth Division, which is equipped with a large number of machine guns and artillery and has a fighting will that is not inferior to that of the Kuomintang army, it is still possible to rely on a He rushed forward bravely, but the result was that he was killed by the Japanese machine gun.
The company had suffered more than a dozen casualties before they even got close to the Japs' forward position. Just as they were preparing to launch the final assault, a large-caliber naval gun shell roared over from the sea;
The violent explosion almost engulfed the remaining soldiers of the company, and the company commander was also thrown one meter away by the shock wave.
The first company commander struggled to get up from the ground and looked around in a daze. There were not many people left standing in the company. His ears were also deafened and he could not hear any sound at all...
He spat out the blood that was blocking his throat, cursed you, "I'm sorry for you, mother." Then he gathered all his strength and yelled:
"First company, attack!"
After shouting, he rushed forward with difficulty, his vision went dark, and he fell to the ground;
The remaining twenty or so officers and soldiers of the company got up from the ground and continued to attack the Japanese positions;
At this moment, a huge machine roar came from the direction of the sea, and a burst of cheers broke out from the Japs' position. Thick Japs planes rushed out of the clouds and pounced on the attacking Chinese army with murderous intent.
At the 59th Division Headquarters, Division Commander Han Pingyi was also frightened by the sudden appearance of the enemy aircraft in the sky. He had never seen so many enemy aircraft before;
The Fourth Army is the Iron Army of the Northern Expedition. They are not afraid of fighting tough battles. The Guangdong Army has never been timid in fighting the Japanese. The 19th Route Army five years ago and the current Fourth Army are all equal to the Japanese. Howling.
But the war is not won by sheer bravery. When he saw the Japanese planes coming to cover the sky and the sun, Han Pingyi, a Qiongya man, felt frightened in his heart. His first reaction was that he had been tricked by the Japanese!
The second reaction was to yell:
"Quick! Sound the rally call and tell the brothers to withdraw!"
"The other regiments turned to defense on the spot and must block the Japanese counterattack!
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Unfortunately, it was already too late. The Japanese had been holding back their evil spirits for several days, so how could they possibly allow the Nationalist Army to escape unscathed?
The Japanese planes soon arrived, grinning ferociously and pounced on the panicking Kuomintang troops. A string of aerial bombs fell from the sky and fell into the 59th Division's military formation. The smoke in the sky caused by the explosion engulfed groups of yellow-green figures... …
The main force of the 59th Division suffered heavy losses under the Japanese's indiscriminate bombing. Almost all the regiments participating in the attack were wiped out. Less than 500 officers and soldiers were recovered from the starting position. You must know that this regiment was a full regiment of more than 2,200 men a day ago.
After the 59th Division returned to the starting position, it did not continue to retreat, but chose to hold on, because behind them was the main force of the Fourth Army, and on the flanks was the 66th Army of the Zhen Army. Division Commander Chao was worried that once they were defeated, it would trigger a chain of events. The reaction caused the 19th Army to be completely defeated.
The 59th Division could only endure the indiscriminate bombardment from planes in the sky and refused to retreat. The casualties of the troops were increasing in a straight line, and there was a danger of the entire army being annihilated at any time.
At the headquarters of the 19th Group Army in Dachang, Commander Xue Boling was staring at the map to study the battle situation. He always felt that something was wrong. The Japanese's abnormal fighting style in the past few days aroused his vigilance. He said to Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Shi Boheng :
"Chief of Staff, how is the progress at Sichuan Shakou? Commander Wu is also a veteran in the army, and the Fourth Army is the Northern Expedition Iron Army. Has the defense line of the Izzo Regiment not been torn apart yet?"
"Commander, the power of the Japanese naval guns is too great. The 59th Division rushed several times but was blown back by the Japanese naval guns. The troops suffered heavy casualties."
Xue Boling shook his head and said:
“No, the Ninth Division was also within the range of the Japanese naval guns before, and one regiment could chase them;
After retreating to Chuanshakou, the Japanese seemed to have changed into a new army and fought extremely tough. This is the true strength of the Ninth Division.
There is a conspiracy! The Japanese are luring the enemy deep, the Ninth Division is playing a last-ditch battle, no matter how powerful the warship is, it can't get ashore, Matsui Iwane is holding back the bad water, they must have reinforcements!
Quickly order the 66th Army and the 4th Army at the front to stop attacking and switch to defense on the spot;
Zhou Fengzhang’s 75th Army and Ruan Shaowen’s 69th Army retreated to the original defense line of Dachang and told Ruan Shaowen that they must defend Dachang——”
At this moment, a colonel staff officer rushed in in a hurry. Xue Boling did not frown, resisted the urge to curse, and shouted coldly:
"It's unbecoming to be in such a panic! Just report anything and the sky won't fall."
He seemed to have had a premonition of something. As a veteran general in the army, he still had the magnanimity he should have.
The colonel's staff then adjusted himself and reported loudly:
"Main Block, there is a call from the front line. The Japanese suddenly dispatched hundreds of planes and bombed the attacking troops of our Fourth Army and the Sixty-sixth Army indiscriminately. The Japanese infantry also took the opportunity to launch a counterattack. The Japanese offensive troops suffered heavy losses;
The 59th Division of the Fourth Army is desperately holding off the Japanese counterattack. Commander Han suggested that all units retreat to Dachang to Nanxiang——"
Xue Boling's expression changed drastically, and the thing he was most worried about happened. Although he didn't know what evil the Japanese were holding back, one thing was certain. They had a conspiracy. The top priority was to stabilize the position, especially the key point of Dachang, otherwise I dare not imagine the consequences.
Xue Boling, who had figured it out, waved away the colonel staff officer who had come to report the enemy's situation, and said directly to the chief of staff:
"Time is running out, quickly call the 69th Army and the 75th Army..."
Chief of Staff Shi also knew that the military situation was urgent and ran towards the secret room. Xue Boling, slightly panicked, leaned into the map and thought about how to crack it.
On the Chuansha line, the previously huddled 9th Division, 13th Division, 101st Division and the 5th Heavy Artillery Brigade began a full-scale counterattack with the assistance of hundreds of aircraft. The 66th Army and the Fourth Army hastily responded to the battle, suffered heavy losses, and the defense line was in danger...
