At this time, everyone in Jiangyin Fortress admired the special commissioner Dragon Boat Festival very much.
The veterans bared their teeth and smiled. They had never seen such a battle since they were born.
Originally, the soldiers of the 112th Division thought that when the Japanese army attacked, Jiangyin Fortress would be a fierce battle. But what I didn't expect was that they would be so vulnerable to the Japanese attacks one after another.
Damn it, I don’t know how many Japs have been killed from the beginning of the war to now, but it must be much heavier than the 672nd Regiment and the Jiangyin garrison, right?
The 672nd Regiment and the garrison have suffered less than a hundred casualties since the war began. This is unimaginable to anyone.
For this reason, Commander Huo of the 112th Division also specifically told field hospitals to be prepared to receive a large number of casualties.
But the battle had been going on for 12 hours, and only a dozen seriously injured people had been brought in. The rest were bandaged on the battlefield and they were fine.
The doctors and nurses in the field hospital were a little stunned, but also a little happy.
I was shocked because there were so few wounded, but I was happy because there were no wounded, which meant that the 112th Division had won the battle.
After careful questioning, I found out that everything was for the safety of that special correspondent.
The young nurses at the field hospital suddenly started talking:
"Who is that special commissioner?"
"Yeah, I heard you're still very young!"
"Am I young, I'm 21?"
"Haha, you are already an old girl at the age of 21, and you still want to compete with someone else's special commissioner?"
"Hate!"
The 21-year-old girl blushed with embarrassment, but at this moment, no one wanted to say: "Ask Yang Yang. I remember that Yang Yang really wanted to serve that special commissioner."
"Serve?"
A dozen little nurses showed evil thoughts at the same time.
Yang Yang said angrily: "What is serving? It sounds so ugly? That's called taking care of. Do you understand taking care of me?"
"To explain is to cover up, and to cover up is to be dishonest. Tell me, did you, did you do anything to that special commissioner?"
More than a dozen young nurses teamed up to tickle Yang Yang and started a fight in the field hospital.
But it was precisely because of their idle playfulness that this victory seemed even more easy.
But at the same time, Dragon Boat Festival is not as easy as these little nurses. The Japanese bombing of the Jiangyin Fortress is not over, and the next time it may not be so easy to deal with.
The Japanese are not fools. They will definitely change their tactics after suffering two losses in a row.
Therefore, Dragon Boat Festival also had to make new responses. He ordered each of the four regiments of the 112th Division to send a battalion to guard the position, change defenses every two hours, and send out open and hidden sentries as warnings. The rest of the people were still resting in the air-raid shelters in their respective positions.
During the Dragon Boat Festival, he inspected the position with Zhou Weiguo and his 38-type rifle.
The damage to the 672nd Regiment's position was relatively serious. Duanwu ordered the soldiers of the 672nd Regiment to repair the damaged positions and told them that a good defense is a guarantee of life. If you want less bloodshed during war, you must put more effort into building a position.
If this were said before, these veterans would probably sneer at it. Because under enemy shells, no matter how deep the trench is, it can be filled.
But at this time, Dragon Boat Festival's words were like an imperial edict, and everyone was willing to obey.
Zhou Weiguo looked at the tired and sweaty soldiers who continued to dig trenches, and sighed in his heart: "I often say this to the soldiers, but what I hear is always complaints. Grandma, I don't know what's going on. .”
Duanwu said: "This is the art of language. Lao Zhou, I am not telling you that you are stupid."
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Zhou Weiguo was speechless and thought to himself: Are you a very honest guy?
However, Zhou Weiguo had to admit that he was indeed a bit reticent and did not want to say some words, so he only expressed them through actions.
But this is natural, what can he do?
But speaking of it, besides wanting to kick him, he was mostly curious about Dragon Boat Festival. Because he had never heard of Dragon Boat Festival before in the army. Not to mention it at Huangpu Military Academy. If there was such an outstanding young officer as Duan Wu, word would have spread in the school.
He asked: "Where did my brother go to school?"
"Self taught."
Duanwu replied proudly. This is an old question. Zhou Weiguo was not the only one to ask this question, so the Dragon Boat Festival answers were fluent.
"Self taught?"
Zhou Weiguo didn't believe it.
At this time, Duanwu said disdainfully: "Forget it if you don't believe it, I am that genius child. I practiced shooting when I was three years old, and that year I became one with the gun as soon as I got the gun. When I was four years old, I was familiar with the art of war, arranging troops and deploying troops. I am proficient in all formations. I practiced physical training at the age of five and built an indestructible body. I studied abroad at the age of six and traveled to Japan, the United Kingdom, Germany, France and the United States.
When I returned to China at the age of seven, I was already proficient in French, German, English, and Japanese.
When I was eight years old, I read a lot of books, looking for the meaning of life,...
When I was nine years old, I felt world-weary because I was already at the top of the world. I hide in the mountains to practice and live like a wild crane. When I have nothing to do, I open up a piece of wasteland and plant some potatoes and corn..."
"puff!"
Hearing this, Zhou Weiguo almost spit out a mouthful of blood. What I said before is all nonsense, but the last sentence is true. I was born a farmer.
Moreover, Dragon Boat Festival didn't tell the truth, and Zhou Weiguo didn't ask any questions. He was originally a man of few words, and he was not good at communicating with others.
But he still said a little strangely: "How do you know about me?"
Zhou Weiguo is referring to the story of Yang Guo told in the Dragon Boat Festival. The hero in that story is obviously him. For a female classmate who killed a foreigner and was shot, I came to save her with gold bars, so I just had to explain the number of gold bars.
So Zhou Weiguo was very curious about this, because not many people knew the ins and outs of the whole thing.
But during the Dragon Boat Festival, he cleared his throat and said, "Because my cousin's surname is Chen!"
"puff!"
Zhou Weiguo vomited blood again and was even more sure that what Duan Wu said was true.
Zhou Weiguo pondered for a moment, frowning all the time, not knowing where to put his hand. He wanted to know the whereabouts of Chen Yi, but he refused in his heart. After all, in his heart, it was Chen Yi who betrayed him.
He killed someone for Chen Yi and almost lost his head, but Chen Yi married Zhang Chu in the blink of an eye. This was something he couldn't forgive.
But in his heart, this is another knot that cannot be solved.
Duanwu felt funny when he looked at Zhou Weiguo with a troubled expression. But he didn't want to tell him. Because if Duanwu told him the truth, I'm afraid Zhou Weiguo would be even more entangled. A fiancée and a first love, how can he choose? Maybe it will be so entangled that my brain will get knotted, but I don’t know for sure.
So Duanwu patted Zhou Weiguo on the shoulder and said, "Don't think about it. The battle isn't over yet, so why talk about the future?"
The meaning of Dragon Boat Festival is to wait until the battle is over before thinking about these things. But Zhou Weiguo misunderstood. He thought Dragon Boat Festival meant: "His cousin has already married Zhang Chu, so let him not think about it."
Zhou Weiguo thought about it. Chen Yi had already chosen Zhang Chu, so even if he knew where she was now, what could he do?
"You're right, if anything happens, let's wait until we defeat the Japanese!"
Zhou Weiguo echoed, and then said: "Do you think this Jiangyin Fortress can be defended?"
"snort!"
Duanwu sneered and then said: "If the Xicheng Line can stop the Japs and Jiangyin Fortress has sufficient ammunition, there will be no problem in defending Jiangyin Fortress.
But Jiangyin Fortress didn't have many artillery shells, so I asked Commander Huo. Commander Huo told me that the large-caliber 310mm and 300mm domestic Krupp howitzers only have less than 150 rounds of shells, and the total number of other heavy artillery shells is less than 1,000, and most of these guns are imported. Even though If the rear wants to replenish it, it will have to wait three months before it can be shipped.
And our Chairman of the Generalissimo also wants to dismantle the German-made 150mm Krupp cannon he purchased and transport it back to Nanjing. That's a joke. What's the use of transporting a bunch of junk back to Nanjing? If the cannonballs are all used up, can we still replenish them?
Therefore, Jiangyin Fortress cannot be defended. If it is to be defended, the first thing to see is whether there are reinforcements in Jiangyin Fortress, and the second thing is to see how long these artillery shells in Jiangyin Fortress can last. Otherwise, let alone one 112th Division, even two more divisions would not be enough for the little devils to blow up.
And if I guess correctly, tomorrow will be a tough battle. The Japanese army will launch a crazy three-dimensional offensive against the Jiangyin Fortress using sea, land and air.
But the most important thing is whether the Xicheng Line can hold up. This is the key to the problem.
I just received some battle reports. "
At this point, Duanwu moved behind him, and Lao Baanpan nodded and bowed and quickly handed over a military map and took out a flashlight to shine on Duanwu.
Duanwu spread the map on the ground and said to Zhou Weiguo: "The battle report I received is that on the 21st, the Japanese divisions have officially begun to attack the Xicheng line.
The pursuing troops of the Japanese 9th Division are still trying to break through Wangting and point directly at Wuxi.
The 1st Battalion of the 19th Regiment launched an attack on Wangting in the morning. The 51st Division guarding the north bank strengthened its position at night and increased its strength, so the resistance became more fierce.
The Japanese army captain sent a squadron to use civilian boats to cross the river, but found that all nearby boats had been controlled by our army, so the squadron had to continue searching northeast along the river bank.
The only way left for the main force of the Japanese army to cross the river was to forcefully break through the iron bridge.
At 10 o'clock in the morning, the Japanese army lined up eight heavy machine guns and fired fiercely at our position on the iron bridge. Half an hour later, eight more infantry guns were dragged in and opened fire together until 12 o'clock.
Our troops on the bridge gradually became exhausted, and the Japanese army took the opportunity to launch an assault, seize the bridgehead position, and launch an attack on the north bank.
At 13:00, part of the 51st Division retreated to the villages on the east side of the North Bank Highway and fired fiercely at the Japanese troops, blocking their advance again. After a whole day of fierce fighting, there was no breakthrough.
In the evening of the same day, reinforcements from a brigade of the 36th Regiment arrived. The two brigades were jointly commanded by the captain of the 36th Regiment, Wakiitajiro, and attacked our army from the east and west of the village. However, despite the strong resistance of the 51st Division, they were still unable to move forward.
The weather suddenly changed at night and it started to rain heavily. The Japanese army had to stop the attack and wait for dawn. The 1st Battalion of the 19th Regiment suffered dozens of casualties in the battle that day alone.
As the backbone of the Japanese offensive, the main force of the 16th Division entered the area east of Houshan, the advanced position of the Xicheng Defense Line on the morning of the 21st.
Defending Houshan and its north and south areas were Wan Yaohuang's 13th Division and Peng Shan's 11th Division. The defenders had destroyed all the bridges and guarded the permanent fortifications on the river bank. When the Japanese leading soldiers approached, they suddenly opened fire violently, causing heavy casualties.
After Nakajima's command post stabilized its position, the 38th Regiment and a brigade of the 20th Regiment launched a frontal attack on Houshan Mountain and its southern road, and a brigade of the 33rd Regiment detoured southward.
The Japanese artillery tried their best to suppress our bunkers. The fighting between the two sides was extremely fierce, and hand-to-hand fighting broke out many times.
The position of the 31st Brigade of the 11th Division was in emergency. The 65th and 66th Regiments of the 33rd Brigade on the second line immediately launched a massive counterattack against the Japanese army. The commander of the 31st Brigade took the lead in the charge and repelled the Japanese army.
The battle continued into the afternoon, but the 16th Division still could not break through the Houshan defense line. At 16:50, when the 1st Battalion of the 20th Regiment captured the front line of Dakutou, it was immediately shot down and violently by the 13th Division troops at the commanding heights of Houshan, making it difficult for the Japanese army to attack again. One step forward,...
So in general, there are no problems with the Xicheng line for the time being. But not necessarily after two days. So we need to prepare early. If possible, you can rest for one night in Jiangyin. Tomorrow you will take the remnants of the 40th Division back to Nanjing and rest while rebuilding the defenses. "
Zhou Weiguo said in surprise: "Rebuilding fortifications? Does Nanjing have city fortifications?"
Duanwu curled his lips and said: "Young man, why do you think the little devils are so unstoppable? That's because the little devils know China better than we Chinese. I'm afraid the city defense map of Nanjing has long been placed on Matsui Iwane's desk. It’s on the desk.”
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Zhou Weiguo was speechless and thought to himself: Damn it, the Central Command and the Military Command are just a bunch of trash. Anything important can be lost in their hands...
