Colonel Oda dared to ask for tactical guidance from the Ninth Division Headquarters at Jiangyin Fortress. The reason was that there was a unified arrangement from above. Jingjiang and Jiangyin were horns with each other. No matter who was attacked by the Chinese, the other side must provide reinforcements and watch each other.
The two defense areas are only a dozen kilometers apart, making it very convenient to reinforce them. In addition, the Japanese have a tradition of asking for reinforcements. Colonel Oda is not worried at all that the 19th Infantry Regiment stationed in Jiangyin will not reinforce them.
Jiangyin Fortress, the 19th Regiment Headquarters, Colonel Hidesan was shaken awake in his sleep, and he was so angry that he cursed:
"Bagaya road!"
The communications staff officer on duty of the 19th Wing carefully reported to him:
"Your Excellency, Commander of the Regiment, the Jingjiang 50th Regiment called. They were besieged by at least one division of Chinese. The Chinese were equipped with a large number of artillery. The offensive was very fierce. The first position has been breached, with heavy casualties. Requesting for reinforcements—— "
When people saw that Xiuzan had just been promoted to captain of the 19th Regiment, he was angry, but he did not dare to be perfunctory in the face of the war, so he could only curse:
“This bunch of trash from the 14th Division, the Imperial Army has been completely disgraced by them!
Quickly notify several captains to come over for a meeting. "
The Japanese's ability to react quickly on the battlefield was so fast that after consulting the division commander, Lieutenant General Isa Kazuo, Renjian Shuzo left a brigade and the regiment headquarters to guard Jiangyin City, and he personally led two infantry brigade to support the Jingjiang defense line at night.
The Ninth Division has always been known as the elite in the army. Among the seventeen permanent divisions, its combat power is second only to the Second and Sixth Divisions. In terms of morale, it is not weaker than the above two divisions. They really have not taken advantage of Huaxia. A division of men is placed in their eyes;
Not to mention two brigades, even one brigades dared to attack a Chinese division. Their previous consecutive battles and victories made them confident. The appearance of this Chinese division was an attractive military exploit in their eyes.
Jingjiang's offensive became more and more fierce, and the sound of gunfire could be heard from a long distance, and it also reached the ears of Renjian Xiusan, who was rushing to reinforce;
The 19th Regiment adopted a semi-motorized march, with a dozen trucks in front and infantry running behind them. The artillery and baggage were all loaded in the trucks, so their marching speed was much faster.
There were three bean chariots at the beginning, followed by Hidden Hidezo's lead car. He was not used to sitting in the small bean chariots, so the sound of machine guns like frying beans in the direction of Jingjiang made him excited and anxious. Asked Operations Staff Officer Saburo Ota:
"Ota-kun, look where you are. How far is it from Jingjiang?"
The combat staff had conducted on-the-spot measurements on the route from Jingjiang to Jiangyin before. The sky had begun to lighten up. Ohta looked at the terrain and reference objects outside the car, took out the map and looked at it, and then answered with certainty:
"The front is Linjialing, which is less than 5 kilometers away from Jingjiang. However, the terrain of Linjialing is relatively dangerous and is very suitable for an ambush. Do you want to send a search team to search carefully before the main force passes?"
Ren Jian Xiu San waved his hand and said:
"I also know the terrain of Linjialing. It's just a small dirt bag, and it has nothing to do with danger.
It's okay to hide dozens of thieves there, but it would take at least thousands of Chinese to ambush our two large groups, and there is no room for thousands of people there.
Even if there are thousands of people, the imperial army is not afraid. They went up the hill in Linjialing with a single charge. If the Chinese really set up an ambush on it, they will give us meritorious service!
Reinforce soldiers like putting out fire, quickly. "
After Hitomi Hidezo finished speaking, he continued to urge the driver to speed up. They were the lead car and controlled the marching speed of the troops. If he were not worried that the infantry behind him could not keep up, Hitomi Hidezo would still ask him to speed up. He was not worried at all. ambushed;
In his opinion, the Chinese people of the two brigades of the imperial army had to hide as far away as they could, and he wanted nothing more than to seek death.
At the Linjialing ambush position, the Japs' whereabouts had been reported to Li Shuo. They were very close to them. Next to him was Hu Hao, the commander of the first battalion who succeeded Chen Wu;
They are all old brothers from the 1st Company of the 254th Regiment, and they can only tolerate the fact that the regiment leader Li Shuo took his command position. Who asked him to kill others with his senior rank?
Seeing that the Japanese had finally arrived, Li Shuo was in a good mood and said jokingly to Hu Hao:
"Lao Hu, look at your face as long as a donkey. I'm coming over to see if I'm not taking your command position. You can fight as you want, and I'll just listen to the noise."
Hu Hao automatically filtered Li Shuo's polite words and said very consciously:
"Captain, you are joking, you should give the command, I will just carry out the order;
I heard from the brothers in the reconnaissance platoon that the Japanese have at least 2,000 people, even at the regiment level, and I am not on par with them—"
"Lao Hu, stop talking nonsense, I don't know you?
You are as petty as a needle. This time your battalion and the artillery play the leading role, and you must use the fastest speed to cut off the Japanese snake formation in the middle;
Then expand to the two wings and cooperate with the second and third battalions to encircle and annihilate the Japanese. "
Hu Hao nodded repeatedly, looking like a studious child, and took the time to flatter him. Suddenly Li Shuo realized what he was saying and closed his mouth in embarrassment.
He agreed to just be a spectator, and he explained it again from beginning to end. It was no different from his command. This habit was indeed bad. He learned it from the brigade commander, so he could serve as a teacher.
While the two were chatting in low voices, the Japs' vanguard came into their sight. The sight of it was so majestic that it made people excited. The two of them closed their mouths very consciously, for fear of disturbing the Japs...
When the Japanese troops entered the ambush area, the artillery battalion fired at the Japanese troops according to the pre-calculated firing parameters. The shells flew into the Japanese convoy as if they had eyes. Naturally, the target of the first round of attacks was the leader. The convoy blew up two transport vehicles and a bean tank at once, completely blocking the way forward for the Japanese.
The artillery fired three rounds in a row, all focusing on bombing the Japanese convoys. Transport trucks were blown up one by one, and the Japanese were in chaos;
Commander Hitomi Hidesan was lucky. The leading truck he was riding in escaped the first round of attacks, but it also scared him badly. Because a bean tank in front of them was destroyed, blocking the way forward. To die, the driver had to step on the brakes with one foot, and the inertia almost knocked Renmi Xiuzan's head off. He was so angry that he cursed and asked:
"Bagya Road, enemy attack! Get out of the car quickly!"
He still has a lot of battlefield experience. He knew that the transport vehicle must be the target of the sneak attack. He pushed open the side door and jumped out. Not far away, a 75mm mountain artillery shell hit him. It landed impartially on the roof of the transport vehicle he was riding in. The combat staff officer, who was a little slow to react, was wiped out along with the transport vehicle.
The Japanese escorting the transport vehicle also jumped off the back compartment one after another, and the other Japanese infantry who were not attacked became a mess, like wasps whose nest was blown up, scurrying around. Their first reaction was to seize two of them. high ground on side;
Naturally, the artillery battalion would not give them this opportunity. The six mortars quickly adjusted their direction and began to bombard the middle part. A large number of Japanese were knocked down.
At the same time, the first battalion commander Hu Hao also issued the order to open fire. Dozens of light and heavy machine guns that had been gathered in advance opened fire wildly at the group of Japanese, mowing down the Japanese in groups and accelerating the chaos of the Japanese... ..
Renjian Xiuzan has discovered the position of the ambusher, and uses his ancestral command knife to guide the Japanese to launch a counterattack against Linjialing. He is experienced in the battlefield and knows that only by fighting for the commanding heights of Linjialing can they turn defeat into victory;
That's right, what he is thinking about now is not a breakout, but a counterattack. I have to say the arrogance of the devils in the Ninth Division.
It's a pity that he underestimated the firepower of the 881st Regiment. The 881st Regiment's light machine gun equipment arrived at the squadron. A company has 9 guns, a battalion has 27 guns, and a regiment has more than 50 guns. This is only a light machine gun, and there are a large number of 92 heavy guns. Machine guns, with such intensive firepower firing simultaneously, it is useless no matter how powerful the enemy is;
They are carrying a head on two shoulders, and a bullet will not kill them, but it will also hurt them, not to mention that each battalion is equipped with two mortars, and the company and platoon are equipped with a large number of grenade launchers. Their firepower is better than that of a Japanese soldier. The alliance is still arrogant.
Under the fire of dozens of light and heavy machine guns, the Japs killed hundreds of people in a short period of time, and the rest were suppressed by intensive firepower on both sides of the road, leaving them with almost no power to fight back.
The 881st regiment did not have much time to accompany the Japs. Hu Hao saw that the Japs were in chaos in the middle and shouted:
"Commander, blow the charge bugle, and go down with me to kill the Japanese!"
Just when people saw that Xiu San was still trying to counterattack, a loud charge trumpet sounded from the Lin family's neighbor, which made people feel scared for no reason;
"Brothers, charge, kill all the Japanese!"
Hu Hao took the lead and jumped away, and a wave of waves rushed down from the middle road...
