The Japanese troops that landed downstream from Anqing were none other than the Botian Brigade from Taiwan.
Oh no, to be more precise, it's called the Bo Tian Detachment.
The Botian detachment is a brigade from Taiwan. This force is a brigade-level force drawn from the Taiwanese garrison. It wants to support the Japanese troops fighting on the front line.
Speaking of this brigade-level unit, it really has a bit of history.
Speaking of the Botian Detachment, we have to talk about the history of the Taiwan Garrison.
The Taiwan Defense Force, referred to as the Taiwan Army, as the name suggests, is the army left by the Japanese to guard Taiwan.
However, this garrison from Taiwan is not composed of all Japanese troops as the outside world imagines.
The main officers of this unit are still composed of Japanese officers, but the grassroots soldiers are still composed of Taiwanese.
This is not to say that the Taiwanese people have not resisted.
The Taiwan Army was a garrison force stationed in Taiwan during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan. In June 1895, Japan established the Governor-General's Palace in Taipei, with Navy Admiral Shiki Kayama as the first governor.
Four months later, Japan suppressed the uprising of the Taiwanese people at the cost of 3 divisions and 10,000 casualties.
After that, the Japanese regular army gradually withdrew from Taiwan. In order to suppress sporadic anti-Japanese movements on the island, the Japanese colonial authorities established the Taiwan Garrison, which was mainly composed of retired Japanese soldiers in Taiwan and some active military personnel. As the mass anti-Japanese movement in Taiwan gradually subsided, the composition of the Taiwan Army also changed. Some Taiwanese entered the garrison and gradually became the majority of lower-level soldiers, but the officers were all Japanese.
Therefore, the Botian detachment is essentially a Japanese army in the colonies, mainly composed of young adults from the colonies.
Namada Juichi will be fifty-three in a few months. According to this age, if it were placed in the 21st century, it would be the age to prepare for retirement.
But Juichi Namada doesn't look like he wants to retire. He wants to lead this Taiwanese mixed brigade to fight a bloody road! Knock on the door of Wuhan!
The wind on the river is very cool, even at noon, it can bring a bit of coolness to everyone.
Namada Shigeichi stood with his sword stationary, and there was a hint of ruthlessness on his old face: his troops were about to land ashore and were about to launch a very ferocious attack on Ozeki Town.
In Hefei, perhaps the Botian detachment is not yet capable of such a ferocious attack, but if they want to fight Anqing, they still have the capability to do so!
Major General Bo Tian is determined to win Anqing!
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In fact, after part of the Botian brigade landed in the lower reaches of Anqing, it marched towards Daguan Town with very ferocious force.
The outpost troops of the Sichuan Army Corps responsible for guarding this area immediately engaged in fierce exchanges of fire with the Japanese troops. The Sichuan Army's weapons were inferior and were no match for the Japanese troops.
Xu Zhen is an ordinary Sichuan Army battalion commander. For him, this battle was extremely fierce.
Since leaving Sichuan, the Sichuan Army troops have fought countless battles so far, but they all have a common characteristic - they are surrounded by reinforcements with strong combat effectiveness.
Of course, when Deng Xihou's troops of the 22nd Army of the Sichuan Army fought in the defense battle of Teng County, they also had relatively powerful troops nearby, such as Tang Enbo's Corps.
But whether Tang Enbo's army supported them is another matter.
But this time, it's different.
There is only one regiment of troops stationed in Daguan Town, and the main defense area of this regiment is still in the town!
Therefore, the defense area where Xu Zhen was located was the forefront of Daguan Town.
"When do you think we can go back to Sichuan?" A veteran, Youzi, about forty or fifty years old, was squatting on the battlefield and smoking a big cigarette.
The smoke from the pipe filled the air in waves, as if this was a very enjoyable time for this veteran oil man.
"That's impossible to say! Fu Shuai said before his death that if Japan doesn't drive us out of China, our Sichuan army will not return home." Another veteran, Youzi, was also smoking a big cigarette. Talk to his comrades again.
I saw that these two veterans had many characteristics in common. In addition to smoking heavy cigarettes, they also wore a pair of straw sandals woven by themselves.
The rifles of the firearms around them had long been worn away and were even a little rusty.
This is still the treatment of their veterans. Many of the new recruits still use shotguns.
Let alone one light machine gun for each squad, it did not even meet the standard of one for each company. For example, Xu Zhen's battalion only had two light machine guns in the entire battalion.
There is no need to describe the equipment as "very inferior". The Sichuan Army's "double-gun soldiers" did not come for nothing - a native gun and a smoking gun.
The only thing worthy of praise for these poorly equipped Sichuan troops is their bravery and fearlessness.
Although many times they were unable to withstand the attacks of the Japanese soldiers, at any rate they fought and sacrificed with their lives, right?
It is conceivable what the consequences will be when such a unit with such poor equipment and relying solely on bravery encounters the Botian detachment, which is well-equipped and has a strong will to fight. of.
Sure enough, under the very fierce artillery attack of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army's individual combat ability was already strong, the Sichuan army's old Hanyang-made and self-used shotguns could not hit the Japanese troops at all. Instead, the Japanese troops fired one shot at a time. They were "named" one by one.
Seeing this scene, Xu Zhen was also very helpless - it was definitely not a good idea to continue fighting like this. He had to withdraw, otherwise the troops would be wiped out by the enemy here!
"Retreat! Retreat to Daguan Town!" Xu Zhen gritted his teeth and made a decision that he thought was very correct.
"Retreat! Retreat!" After receiving the order from their commander, these Sichuan troops immediately withdrew without a trace.
There was no way he could change the situation. If he wanted to ask for instructions, they didn't have a telegraph machine.
Therefore, in contrast, the Sichuan army withdrew to Daguan Town.
It didn't take long for the Japanese army following them to launch a more violent attack on Daguan Town!
They both have an army of more than 2,000 people, but it is obvious that the combat quality and weapons and equipment of the Japanese army are more than just a few points higher than that of the Sichuan army.
The Japanese army launched a charge and assault on Daguan Town with very fierce firepower, and the sound of gunfire rang out all around.
Relying on the will to fight without fear of death, the Sichuan army finally decided to withdraw from Daguan Town after persisting for a whole day.
Why withdraw? The reason is that their losses were very heavy, and the number of Japanese troops annihilated was not very large at all!
By the time they retreated, they had already suffered nearly six to seven hundred casualties, but they had annihilated less than a hundred Japanese troops!
With such a record, the morale of the army has been weakened. If we don't retreat early, it will be even more troublesome if the army collapses!
Ever since, Daguan Town outside Anqing finally fell!
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PS: Thank you all book friends for your support. I'm going to sleep. I'm too sleepy and can't stand it anymore. Good night.
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