"Your Excellency, division commander, how do you want to fight this battle?" Aichi Shinichi asked. As a qualified chief of staff, he must know the thoughts of the military commander before planning the battle. plan.
Ogisu Ripei pondered for a moment, then walked to the map and said: "Aichi-kun, look, the Chinese army fled from the direction of Tongji Gate through Qiqiao Urn and Zhonghe Bridge. According to my guess, this enemy group fled all the way. The army is most likely to break through in the direction of Chunhua Town, but it is unlikely to break out in the direction of Zhenjiang. Just yesterday, our army captured Zhenjiang with an absolute advantage. As long as the Chinese commander is not a fool, it will definitely be impossible. It’s heading towards Zhenjiang.”
As he said that, Dizhou Libing picked up the baton in his hand and drew a circle around Chunhua Town, Tangshan Town, and Lishui County. He said: "Then the next step is the direction of Chunhua Town. In the past two days, our army has The absolute main force attacked Chunhua Town and the Niushou Mountain line, but the resistance of the Chinese Army was very tenacious. Our army paid a very high price to capture this place. Now our main force on the southern front has also entered Nanjing City. The current military strength outside is relatively empty, and there is only one regiment of the 18th Division on the southern front. I don’t know whether the commander of the Ushijima Division will cooperate with our division in the battle."
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, there is no need to worry. As long as our division shares this information with Ushijima Division Commander, Ushijima Division Commander, I believe Ushijima Division Commander will definitely agree. In any case, if we can intercept this unit, it will definitely be possible." A great achievement, right?" Aichi Shinichi said confidently.
"Yo Xi. Without further ado, I will immediately send a telegram to the commander of the Ushijima Sadao Division that there will be a Chinese army unit that will most likely break out from the direction of Chunhua Town, which he is responsible for defending. I hope that Ushijima-kun can cooperate. I wish you the best, May your military fortune be prosperous!" Ogisu Rihei immediately decided to follow Aichi Shinichi's method.
"Hai! The division commander is wise!" Aichi Nobu said with a slap in the face.
"Waiting for the sacks (waiting), order the Sendai regiment in the direction of Zhonghe Bridge to immediately send advance troops to explore in the direction of Chunhua Town, but there must not be another exchange of fire with the Chinese army! This is a strict order! If it is Chunhua If there is any movement in the direction of the town, please call the division headquarters immediately. Don't act without authorization! That's it!" Ogisu Rihei thought for a while and added this order. There was no way, the Takata Regiment's lessons learned from the past were there. , it can be said to be vivid in his mind, and the news that a brigade of the Sendai Regiment was completely wiped out tonight also made him not only think back to that night on the Suzhou River - it was simply a shame. No Japanese regiment had ever been completely wiped out by the Chinese army. Yes, he has already set a precedent...
Therefore, it is impossible for Ogisu Rihei to let the same shameful thing happen a second time, not to mention that this guy Takahashi Masatake is much crazier than Shinoda Mizusaburo. Even he is subdued. This Chinese army , definitely stronger than he imagined.
You must know that a mature and prudent person like Shinoda Mizusaburo can be wiped out on a battlefield like the north bank of the Suzhou River, let alone an arrogant person like Takahashi Masatake.
That's right, to put it bluntly, it's the sequelae of being beaten.
Just when Ogisu Rihei decided to send the report to Ushijima Sadao, the commander of the Japanese 18th Division, Zhang Tianhai had already led the infantry company and machine gun company seconded to him by the 215th Regiment to touch Chun. Huazhen is out of town.
Since the chariot company was moving too slowly on the mountain road, Zhang Tianhai directly led the officers and soldiers of these two companies to take the first step, followed closely by the officers and soldiers of the third battalion.
The night was quiet, and it was already the coldest season of winter. Naturally, there were no pastoral scenes such as cicadas chirping and frogs chirping. Except for the sound of gunfire in the distance, there was only silence.
For the soldiers of the Japanese army, the roar of diesel engines in the middle of the night is normal. Since the landing in Shanghai, which night has no troops been mobilized? Just get used to it.
It's just that these Japanese soldiers didn't seem to realize that the roar of diesel engines coming from the other side of the mountain was actually an enemy tank, not their own.
Perhaps they were too exhausted from the consecutive days of fighting, so the Japanese soldiers slept particularly soundly. Even the Japanese soldiers on duty on the battlefield were yawning constantly. In the cold night, it is easier for people to miss the warmth of the bed.
Stationed here is the 3rd Infantry Battalion of the 56th Regiment of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army. Since the main forces of the Kunozaki Detachment and the 13th Division have already invaded Nanjing City, the defense of Chunhua Town is It fell on the 18th Division defending the front line of Wuhu.
Since there are more troops on the southern front of Nanjing and the front-line combat preparation tasks in Wuhu are more arduous, Ushijima Sadao only deployed one regiment of troops on the southern front of Nanjing. The number of people in a regiment seems to be quite large. Due to the losses in previous battles, this regiment only has more than 2,400 men left. In addition, the troops need to be divided into different lines. In fact, the Japanese army is not having a hard time, and its troops are stretched thin.
It's just that the Japanese army is having a hard time, but for the national army, it is absolutely great news - the enemy's blessing is not my blessing.
With these hundreds of people squatting in the outer position of the Japanese army, Zhang Tianhai picked up the telescope on his chest and carefully observed the scenes on the enemy's position. He was still muttering something: "Eight o'clock in the southwest Direction, 12345; due south at 7 o'clock, 1234; southeast, 12345. Tonight's west wind, wind speed level 3, distance 400 meters..."
The soldiers next to them didn't know what the relatively unfamiliar Commander Zhang was talking about, but Xiao Peixuan, who was born in a military academy, understood clearly: the ones in the front were the Japanese machine gun positions, and the ones in the back were sniper targets!
Although the concept of sniping is not too broad and independent at this time, Xiao Peixuan also heard people mention this concept of sniping when he was in the military academy. He probably knew that this thing is also related to distance and wind speed.
The distance of four hundred meters is neither long nor far, but it is undoubtedly extremely difficult to hit a person accurately at this distance and at night.
They say that laymen only watch the excitement, while insiders watch the door. This is what they say.
"Company Commander Xiao, listen, see those five machine gun positions in the southwest. Although their layout is reasonable, they also have a fatal weakness." Zhang Tianhai lowered his voice and said in a deep voice.
After hearing what Commander Zhang said, Xiao Peihuan quickly picked up his telescope and looked in the direction Zhang Tianhai pointed, and he saw several regularly arranged Japanese machine gun installation points.
Then, Zhang Tianhai said slowly: "These Japanese troops are already exhausted. We are tired, and so are the little devils. If we want to get out alive, we must kill them before we can get out alive. Listen, you just Take your company and get me to the machine gun point in the southwest. These little devils may have just taken over the position. You see, many things on their position have not been decorated yet. For us, It’s a perfect opportunity!”
"Yes, sir!" Xiao Peixuan responded, and then the company leading him stepped forward, and his movements were not unusually fast.
Compared with the rapidity of the Chinese army, the Japanese army seemed a little lethargic. After all, it was already this time. The Battle of Nanjing had come to an end. The troops of the Sixth Division had already entered Nanjing City, so their spirit The situation has also become a little more relaxed - with the people of the Sixth Division and the Thirteenth Division holding on from the front, how could anything else happen here?
As a result, the officers and soldiers of the Japanese 56th Regiment inevitably relaxed their vigilance...
There is a saying that when you are expecting something, it often does not appear. When you don't expect it to appear, it happens again. I don't know if this is called the luck value bias?
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PS: Update is coming.
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