Not long after, the Japanese vanguard troops appeared on the outskirts of Gutang Town.
However, according to Zhang Tianhai's instructions, unless there are special circumstances, the troops are not allowed to take the initiative to attack the Japanese army, especially the troops in Jimao Mountain and Zuoshankou.
In Zhang Tianhai's battle plan, the troops at Jimaoshan and Zuoshankou were key points in this battle. If their positions were exposed, they would face the dilemma of failure.
So, just like that, Kishui Ichiro led his troops and fought all the way to the outside of Gutang Town.
"Mr. Changdao, I always feel that something is wrong. These Chinese troops have been monitoring us all the way since we landed. If there is no reason, they will let us go all the way and kill directly outside Gutang Town. "Kishui Ichiro is crazy, but he is still measured in many cases, such as at this critical moment.
Nagashima Minato stood next to Kishiki Mizuichiro, his expression was also very serious: "Kishiki-kun, I think this is reasonable."
"Why? Nagashima-kun, please clarify." Kishiki Mizuichiro asked in a deep voice.
"It is also possible that the Chinese army is facing the dilemma of insufficient troops, but it is also eager to recapture Jiujiang County to demonstrate their strong combat effectiveness and boost the morale of their citizens. In this case, it is reasonable." Nagashima Minato still had that very serious expression on his face, well, it was a bit like someone who owed him hundreds of thousands but didn't pay back.
"What Nagashima-kun said makes sense. If this is the case, it is very reasonable for them to send troops to harass our army." Kishiki Mizuichiro put down the telescope in his hand and hung it on his chest, looking very serious. expression.
The hot breeze blew gently across their faces. Their faces were not moved at all, nor did they complain about why the damn weather was so hot. The only target in their eyes was Gutang Town in front of them.
At this time, they were exactly one kilometer away from Gutang Town. Due to safety reasons, the Japanese army did not order the troops to charge immediately.
"Ximu-kun, what do you want to do next?" Nagashima Minato asked.
"What else can we do? Let's attack for a while first!" Kishiki Mizuichiro's face was full of solemnity, "Your department will be responsible for the west part, and my department will be responsible for the east part. In short, no matter what, within today, we must After taking Gutang Town, control of Jiujiang County must be restored early tomorrow morning!"
"Okay, then it's settled!" Nagashima Minato nodded, his fierce face looming under the military cap, and the mustache under his nose made him very consistent with the image of Japanese military officers in later movies and TV series.
Art comes from life, but is higher than life!
As the two captains of the 101st Regiment reached an agreement, more than 2,200 Japanese troops began to take action, heading east and west respectively.
Don't underestimate the Japanese troops in these two brigades. The Japanese army has a full brigade of more than 1,100 people.
If Tanaka Yijun hadn't been arrogant and sent nearly half of his troops out to serve as security points outside the city, I'm afraid Jiujiang County wouldn't have been so easy to recapture.
You know, the military quality of the Eleventh Army's headquarters security brigade is not low at all. There are more than 1,100 people guarding four city gates, which is more than enough.
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Outside the town, there was a solemn atmosphere, but inside the town, it was not easy either.
Gutang Town, a town that had been beaten to pieces in the first Jiujiang battle, was now recaptured. It was also a pile of ruins, and it was not easy to hold on.
Don't forget, there are only more than 600 troops of Yang Jiquan's third battalion in this town, while outside the city, there are more than 2,000 Japanese troops with sophisticated weapons and extremely high military quality.
Perhaps in order to be able to take care of the situation on all sides, Yang Jiquan deliberately set up the battalion headquarters in the center of Gutang Town so that it would not be so difficult to convey information from all sides.
Oh, the key is that it still has certain advantages in terms of troop reinforcements.
"Report to the battalion commander, it's not good. Little Japan has started to take action. Their troops are divided into two groups, one group is going south and the other group is going east." A soldier ran in and reported to the commander of the third battalion. Yang Jiquan reported.
"One group goes east? One group goes south?" Yang Jiquan murmured, and then he immediately came to his senses and continued: "Give me the order, and all the troops will immediately enter a state of preparation for war! At the same time, I will keep an eye on these two groups. The little devil’s movements!”
"Yes! Battalion Commander!!"
Not only the soldier just now responded, but also the battalion's order squad.
That’s right, it’s the messenger class. No matter how rich the police group is, in terms of their current wealth, they are still not able to provide each class with a telephone.
In this case, the existence of the messenger class is reasonable.
With the dispatch of the messenger squad, the entire third battalion immediately entered a state of preparation for war.
Since Gutang Town is not a big place and the town is already dilapidated, the officers and soldiers of the Third Battalion of the 1st Police Regiment arranged their distribution positions in a planned and focused manner, but there was no shortage of troops. , even the machine gun company directly under the battalion headquarters is in a mobile state.
"Battal Commander, our battle is not going to be easy..." a battalion staff officer next to him said.
"If it's not easy to fight, then we have to fight. All of our troops are heroes!" Yang Jiquan said in a deep voice. How could he not know that this battle was not easy to fight? But so what if it's not easy to fight? The regiment already has orders here.
From the very beginning, Yang Jiquan vaguely guessed the importance of his position - judging from the position of the artillery battalion, they were most likely to be bait to lure the main force of the Japanese army to garrison Gutang Town, and then Gather them together and annihilate them.
If the location of the artillery battalion is not enough to judge, then the locations of Li Chunfei's 1st Battalion and Han Xingle's 4th Battalion can be guessed, right? These two battalions are Tuan Zuo's pet peeves, and the battalion commanders of these two battalions are the people who have been with Tuan Zuo for the longest time.
Ji Feo Mountain, where the Second Battalion is located, is indeed important, but it is far less important than Zuoshan Pass, where the Fourth Battalion is located, and the first battalion with the strongest combat effectiveness in the entire regiment is in a mobile state and can go into battle at any time.
Yang Jiquan knew very well that whether the main force of the Japanese army would enter Gutang Town would depend on the performance of their third battalion - if the third battalion performed too badly, the Japanese army would not be able to move in to check the battle situation and troop numbers, or even Directly set the target of pursuit on their third battalion!
The most critical part of this battle lies in the third battalion. Yang Jiquan has decided that even if it costs his life, he must cooperate with the group to perform this great drama well.
Just because of his faith, he wanted to tell these Japanese that the Chinese soldiers would not stop resisting. As long as they did not leave China's territory for a day, someone would continue to attack them!
"Yes! Battalion Commander!" The battalion staff officer was shocked. This was the first time he saw the battalion commander with such a serious side. Usually the battalion commander was laughing and joking, as if he didn't care about anything.
The battalion staff seemed to understand something. No matter what the battalion commander said, he was also a strong-willed Chinese soldier. More importantly, he graduated from Whampoa Military Academy!
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