That day, at four o'clock in the morning, groups of Chinese military officers and soldiers marched out of Linyi City and rushed to the battlefield.
Linyi City, which was still full of troops yesterday, was suddenly empty. Except for Xu Zuyi's guard battalion, all other troops that could be dispatched had been dispatched.
However, the first regiment directly under Zhang Tianhai's third theater began to go out one hour in advance.
After all, in this mountain, one cannot see even with one's hand, and can only barely see the front by relying on the not-so-bright light of the torch.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Speed up the journey, speed up the progress!" The company commanders were shouting. After all, we are now in combat mode. We can't hurry up...
…
It was still dark at this time, and everything was pitch black. The same was true in the direction of Tangtou Town. Except for the sentries standing guard, most people were still sleeping, including Captain Sakamoto Jun, who drank several glasses of sake before falling asleep.
Just when Jun Sakamoto was dreaming about being promoted to division commander and to the rank of lieutenant general, a very fierce gunshot suddenly came from the direction of Zhugecheng, and the fierce gunfire woke him up.
"Nani?! What's going on?!" Sakamoto woke up from his sweet dream.
The camera turns to the Zhugecheng front line, the Japanese left rear wing position.
Back to ten minutes ago, the five main regiments of the 38th Division of the 59th Army had begun to approach the Japanese position. However, when the 38th Division came over, they were in a hurry and did not carry any weapons like If heavy weapons such as cannons are carried, it will be enough for Japan to drink a pot.
Yoshizawa Yinichiro is a native of Hiroshima. He is only 21 this year. Like most Japanese soldiers who grew up under the influence of military (separation) nationalism, he is also very fanatical about war. This night is his On duty with another private, Ozawa Takeji.
"Waiting for the sack (wait a minute), Yoshizawa-kun, let me go to the toilet first!" Ozawa Kiji, who was walking in front, suddenly turned around and said.
"Yoshi, go ahead, I'll wait for you here!" With that said, Yoshizawa Yinichiro held on to his helmet.
Soon, Ozawa Yiji ran towards the nearby grove.
After a while, a scream came from the small woods: "Ah~~"
Feeling that something was not right, Yoshizawa Yinichiro quickly took off the 38 rifle from his back, and then shouted at the top of his voice: "Ozawa-kun! Ozawa-kun!! Are you okay?!"
Without waiting for Ozawa Yiji's reply, the next second, countless Chinese army officers and soldiers poured in from all directions.
Looking at this scene, Yoshizawa Yinichiro's pupils shrank, filled with fear - in his military career, only the Japanese army of their fifth division had been chasing the Chinese army. At this time, unexpectedly, With so many people, it should be noted that they only have one squadron on the right rear wing...
But the Chinese army in front of us has at least five to six thousand people!
In panic, Yoshizawa Yinichiro casually fired a shot at the Chinese army.
"boom!"
In the panic, the shot missed the target. The bullet flashed through the air and then shot into the ground.
"Enemy attack!! Enemy attack!!!" Yoshinichiro Yoshizawa shouted at the top of his voice, but the next second, a 7.92mm caliber bullet hit his helmet, and a bullet appeared there instantly Bullet holes!
Yoshizawa Yinichiro's death in battle was not without value. For example, the gunshot and the voice alerted all the teammates in the squadron.
A shrill whistle suddenly sounded in the Japanese right rear wing station, and countless Japanese soldiers who were awakened rushed to the front.
But the Chinese army is getting closer and closer! Although the Japanese army had two or three heavy machine guns that were desperately suppressing the opponent's firepower, it was already too late - in the face of absolute strength, any resistance force is a paper tiger!
Due to the smooth military operations in the past few days, and the fact that the capture of Linyi City is just around the corner, the Sakamoto detachment is filled with a sense of pride and underestimation of the enemy. They have even made preparations for a "three-day carnival" after capturing Linyi. !
However, there is a price to pay for underestimating the enemy. For example, countless northwest officers and soldiers of the 38th Division are currently attacking the Japanese army's right rear flank defense line, and the sound of gunfire is heard.
After hearing the gunfire, Yuichiro Nagano, captain of the 11th Regiment, hurriedly mobilized frontal troops from the front line to attack Zhuge City after dawn to block the gap in the right rear wing.
The gunfire became more and more intense, which made Yuichiro Nagano feel confused. He had a hunch that this long-deliberate onslaught by the Chinese army could never be the only wave of attacks!
Just then a Japanese superior soldier ran in and reported: "Reporting to your Excellency, the commander of the company, the Chinese army's offensive was very fierce. Our army's right rear position was breached by the enemy. Tingzitou, Da Taiping, Shenjia Taiping, Xujia Taiping, Shalingzi and other places were all broken through by the enemy, and our army suffered heavy losses!"
The position on the right back was broken through, and it was broken through so quickly. This was unexpected by Nagano Yuichiro. At the same time, he also knew what it meant that these positions fell so quickly.
The Chinese army's offensive is like a sharp but heavy broadsword, coming with a ferocious momentum that no army can stop, and their target is their own heart!
"Quick! Order the captain of the rice field team to withstand the fierce attack of the Chinese army! Reinforcements will be here soon!" Nagano Yuichiro said fiercely.
"Hai!" The superior soldier responded and hurriedly ran out.
Nagano Yuichiro was not deceiving Captain Inadamori of the Third Battalion, but he was going to deploy troops from the rear defense line and the Bronze Buddha Kanso to support Inadamori's troops.
"Moxi Moxi, pick up the Bronze Buddha Guanzhuang for me!" Nagano Yuichiro picked up the phone and said.
The call was quickly connected, and Nagano Yuichiro continued: "I am Colonel Nagano Yuichiro. Now our right-wing position has been fiercely attacked by the Chinese Army. I am now ordering you as the front-line commander to immediately gather all the troops to support the right-wing position. Major Inadamori’s Third Battalion!”
In this way, the Japanese troops in the main battlefields of Bronze Buddha Guanzhuang and Zhuge City were almost completely depleted!
About half an hour later, when the right rear wing position was almost stable, another piece of news came that made Nagano Yuichiro very anxious.
I saw another soldier quickly running into Nagano Yuichiro's headquarters, and then stood at attention and saluted the latter: "Reporting to your Excellency, the captain, the China Army on the front battlefield of our army has launched a fierce attack on our army. The front battlefield is very difficult. The first Lieutenant Colonel Takeo Matsushita, captain of the third brigade, requests military support!"
"Baga Yalu, these Chinese troops have brought so many troops! The intelligence department is full of horse dung!" Nagano Yuichiro cursed.
But being annoyed, he still had to face reality after all, so Nagano Yuichiro could only mobilize troops from the left wing to support the frontal battlefield. Otherwise, if the frontal battlefield was breached, it would be very troublesome!
After issuing the combat order, Nagano Yuichiro immediately picked up the phone and called Sakamoto Jun's headquarters: "Moxi Moxi, this is the front line of Zhugecheng Village. I am Captain Nagano Yuichiro. Please answer the phone, Captain Sakamoto!"
I only heard a heavy voice coming from the other side of the phone: "Moxi Moxi, I am the detachment leader Jun Sakamoto. What happened on the front line?"
Seeing that the situation on the front line was not good, Nagano Yuichiro could not care so much and said directly: "Your Excellency, the detachment leader, the right defense line and frontal position of our front line troops have been fiercely attacked by the Chinese Army. The number of people is still unknown. In order to ensure the safety of the front line positions, It’s safe, I’m calling this time to ask for reinforcements!”
"Nagano-kun, Zhuge City is the bridgehead for our army to attack Linyi. There is absolutely no room for failure. You must lead your troops to hold on. Now I have transferred the second and third two of the 42nd Regiment from the reserve team in Tangtou Town. The brigade is supporting you! These two brigade are now under your command, you must defend your position!" Jun Sakamoto said very seriously.
"Hai!" Nagano Yuichiro responded and then hung up the phone.
In Sakamoto Jun's view, this attack by the Chinese army is nothing more than a desperate counterattack. With the strength of their fifth division, it is absolutely no problem to hold on to the frontline position. After all, they were chasing the Chinese army as a regiment before. It was fought by one division, but now there are three regiments here, and an artillery regiment has been strengthened. There is no reason why it can't survive!
However, things did not go as smoothly as Jun Sakamoto expected. His reinforcements ran into the 180th Division of the 59th Army that was about to retreat.
Liu Zhensan's 180th Division arrived in Linyi on the afternoon of the 13th. Since his unit was responsible for transporting the entire army's artillery baggage and other reserve military supplies and heavy weapons, it was natural that Huang Weigang's 38th Division was not as mobile in terms of troop mobility. And Yao Jingchuan's independent cavalry brigade ran so fast.
Although Liu Zhensan's 180th Division is not as good as the 38th Division's 3rd Brigade and 6th Regiment in terms of organization, it is still a relatively complete unit with two brigades and four regiments! Don’t use bean bags as dry food!
Regarding the collision with the Japanese reinforcements, Liu Zhensan, the commander of the 180th Division, did not hesitate and directly commanded the troops to fight.
"Brigadier Zhang, you lead your 26th Brigade to outflank this enemy force from the left! This enemy force must be going to reinforce Zhuge City. We have to hold them back and never let them escape!" Liu Zhensan said. Zhang Zongheng, commander of the 26th Brigade under his command, ordered.
"Yes! Master!" Zhang Zongheng took the order and left.
"Commander Qi, your 39th Brigade is directly holding back the Japanese troops! Don't let the Japanese troops advance even one step!" Liu Zhensan directly ordered Qi Guangyuan, commander of the 39th Brigade.
"Yes! Sir! Promise to complete the mission!" Qi Guangyuan stood at attention and saluted as he promised.
Liu Zhensan also knew that the enemy troops in Tangtou Town must not be allowed to support the enemy troops on the front line of Zhuge City. After the enemies in Zhuge City were eliminated, the national army would come to attack Tangtou Town with the power of victory.
As long as the Japanese army in Tangtou cannot defeat them, the enemy forces in the direction of Zhuge City will become turtles in the urn and will be wiped out sooner or later!
The battle started near Bronze Buddha Guanzhuang between Tangtou Town and Zhuge City. The fighting was very fierce for a time.
At this time, Zhang Tianhai also led the two main battalions of the first regiment directly under his third theater and the artillery battalion out of the mountain.
It's just that Zhang Tianhai didn't attack rashly at this time. He was waiting for the opportunity. His target was Tangtou Town!
"Tuanzu, both sides of the Yi River are in a state of chaos. Why don't we go directly to Tangtou Town?" Xu Sangou couldn't help but ask.
Zhang Tianhai shook his head slightly and said: "Why are you so anxious? The main force of the Japanese army is still fighting against the main forces of the 40th Army and the 59th Army. Our two battalions, plus the artillery battalion, only have a thousand There are more than 600 people. We will wait for the Japanese army to mobilize more troops before we join the battle. Otherwise, with the strength of our two battalions, even if we capture Tangtou Town, we will not be able to hold it."
Then, Zhang Tianhai let out a long sigh and said: "If Commander Xu hadn't ordered our regiment to hold on to Tangshan Col, I would have dared to attack Sakamoto Shun's base camp. The timing was really unfavorable for me..."
"Regiment leader, how about we wait until the cavalry battalion reaches Tangshan Col and then send a main battalion over here?" Guo Qiliang put forward a very tempting suggestion.
Zhang Tianhai thought for a while and said: "Forget it, Tangshan Au is the enemy's last retreat. We must intercept them at Tangshan Au and strive to annihilate all the Japanese troops in Linyi. With our existing troops, It’s true that we should think about how to conquer Tangtou Town. As long as we conquer Tangtou, no one can take away our credit!”
"Understood." Guo Qiliang nodded.
…
Zhang Tianhai was waiting for the fighter plane, but the combat plans of the 40th Army and the 59th Army had already been implemented to the final stage.
Just as the Japanese army mobilized the troops of the left-wing defense line to the frontal battlefield, Li Zhenqing led the long-recruited 40th Army Field Supplementary Regiment to launch a fierce attack from the right wing of the National Army towards the empty left-wing defense line of the Japanese army.
The 40th Army Field Supplementary Regiment pierced the Japanese left-wing defense line like a sharp knife and headed towards the headquarters in the center of the Japanese army!
News of battle defeats came one after another. For Colonel Nagano Yuichiro, it was quite unsatisfactory. It seemed that overnight, their fifth division's Sakamoto detachment had lost all its advantages over the Chinese army.
Because it was a night battle and a close combat, the artillery, tanks, and aircraft that the Chinese army relied on to suppress the attack were all useless. They had to engage in close combat with the Chinese army armed with Hanyang weapons. More importantly, they faced The army is still the Northwest Army, which is famous all over the world for its Broadsword Team!
Whether it is Pang Bingxun's Army or Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army, they are both extremely pure Northwest Army!
After learning by phone that the entire left flank had been breached, Yuichiro Nagano pulled out the katana from his waist and said in a cold voice: "Everyone, today is the day to be loyal to the empire. Get ready to fight, gentlemen!"
After hearing Yuichiro Nagano's order, all the personnel of the Japanese 11th Regiment headquarters began to prepare for the battle. They were burning documents, burning documents, and preparing bayonets. They were very busy.
At this moment, Nagano Yuichiro picked up the phone, took a deep breath, and said in a very calm tone: "Moxi Moxi, this is the headquarters of the 11th Regiment. I am Colonel Nagano Yuichiro, commander of the regiment! Call me right away. I’ll take over the detachment command!”
At this time, Jun Sakamoto was completely awake. He knew that this was an organized and planned attack by the Chinese army, and most of his troops had been assembled.
In addition to the more than 800 people north of Tangtou, he also has a brigade of troops stationed in Tangtou Town, more than 2,000 people, more or less, but they can't all be transferred there. The front line...
Just when Jun Sakamoto was still hesitating whether to ask division commander Seishiro Itagaki for reinforcements, the phone rang.
Without thinking, Sakamoto Jun picked up the phone and said, "Moxi Moxi, this is Sakamoto Jun!"
The other end of the phone said in a very serious tone: "Captain Sakamoto, I am Colonel Nagano Yuichiro, captain of the 11th Regiment. Now the enemy has broken through the left flank of our frontline troops and is now commanding our regiment." The troops are coming. I am afraid that today will be the day when Nagano Yuichiro and the 11th Regiment will be shattered. Captain Sakamoto, please be sure to send reinforcements quickly, otherwise the entire 11th Regiment will be shattered!"
"Nagano-kun, you must hold on. Now the detachment headquarters will immediately send reinforcements to the front line again! You must lead your troops and hold on!" Jun Sakamoto said in a deep voice. He has decided to dispatch all troops to support the front line, otherwise the eleventh The alliance is in danger.
After finishing speaking, Sakamoto Shun hung up the phone and directly picked up the phone again: "Moxi Moxi, this is Sakamoto Shun, pick me up from Tangtou Bei's headquarters immediately!"
…
PS: Today’s update is here!
After so long preparations, the war finally started.
Thanks to Qidian Book Friends for your 100-point reward for liking z!
Thanks to Qidian Book Friends, the farmer who dug the land, and the monthly pass of Boishui 598!
vertex
