Chapter 392: Arrival (Page 1/1)

On the railway line from Hunan to Guangxi, the train transporting the troops of the Fifth Army is galloping, and so far, all of the 200th Division and part of the 1st Honor Division have been transported, and the rest of the heavy equipment is still on the train and the new 22nd Division has not yet arrived.

The commander of the Fifth Army, Commander Du, received a telegram from the 200th Division on the train, saying that the 600th Regiment of the 200th Division had fought a large-scale battle with the Japanese army, and that there was still a fierce battle near Ertang.

The loss of Nanning is already a sure thing, and the Fifth Army and other reinforcements have not yet been fully put in place.

In fact, the only troops at the forefront were the 600th Regiment of the 200th Division, and the rest of the 200th Division and the troops of the 1st Rong Division had just gotten off the bus and had not yet been organized, so it was impossible to do anything with the strength of just one regiment.

As far as the national army is concerned, the overall situation is still in the stage of dispatching troops.

A few days later, the headquarters of the 21st Brigade launched another onslaught on the 600th Regiment guarding the Ertang position, and this time, the 600th Regiment failed to hold its position.

The 21st Brigade increased its attack strength and an infantry brigade to participate in the assault on the 600th Regiment. The 5th Wing of Field Artillery, reinforced by the 5th Division, provided fire suppression.

The Fifth Wing of the Field Artillery used the 38th Field Artillery to carry out a covering shot at Ertang, and the arson shells and blasting shells blew the Ertang into a sea of fire, and the Fifth Cavalry Wing used the horses to detour back to the side of Ertang and carried out an infantry attack under the cover of the cavalry artillery.

The Japanese attacked, outflanked, and the Ertang position was declared lost, the regiment commander, Colonel Shao Yi, was killed in the battle under his command, and the lieutenant colonel and deputy regiment commander Wen Mo was wounded after taking over the command, and nearly two-thirds of the officers and men of the 600 regiment were killed or wounded.

The defeated 600 regiments could only retreat painfully, break through the encirclement, lose the Ertang position, and retreat back to the original starting point of Qianjiang.

The 21st Brigade, which had successfully attacked, continued its offensive and successively occupied various key points on the periphery of Nanning. Once again, the Japanese army gained an advantage on the battlefield, expanding its gains near Nanning, occupying various key points and digesting them, while reinforcements from all over the country from the Nationalist army gradually arrived.

Qianjiang, a few days after the loss of the Ertang position, the main force of the Fifth Army arrived at this assembly place after a long journey, and the whole army of more than 50,000 people arrived at Qianjiang after more than half a month's transportation.

After the main force of the Fifth Army got off the car, it did not stop, and the whole army received the order to advance, concentrated all the troops and marched in the direction of Nanning, and in order to speed up the march, more than 100 cars were collected from all over the country, plus the cars of the military headquarters, to form a transport unit, all of which were used to transport troops.

Zhang Wei's teaching brigade happened to be the first echelon transport unit of the new 22 nd Division, with a total of more than 800 people, carrying all the weapons, equipment, and ammunition in more than 30 vehicles, and drove to the front line.

"According to the latest intelligence from the military department, the Japanese army defeated the 600th Regiment of our army in Ertang, and now occupies Kunlun Pass, Ertang, Jiutang and other places on the periphery of Nanning, especially Kunlun Pass, not only on the periphery of Nanning, but also controls the Nanbin Highway, if we don't take it down, the Japanese will be able to jam our neck, and the task of our army is to take back these places!"

Zhang Wei sat in the back compartment, which was full of squadron leaders and platoon commander-level officers of the brigade, all of whom looked disgraced, with stains on their steel helmets and military uniforms.

With stubble on his face, the train was in a state of movement most of the time, except for the supply of fuel and supplies.

The officers and men on the car had lived in a space without light for more than 10 days, and their appearance was very sloppy, and the weapons in their hands were cleaner than others.

The Fifth Army received the latest intelligence briefing, and the teaching brigade naturally took advantage of the convenience to obtain a copy of the battle situation of the 600 regiments and the attack and advance of the Japanese army, and Zhang Wei had intelligence support from the military headquarters and the division headquarters.

The current situation is very clear, the 21st Brigade of the Japanese army occupies Nanning and the peripheral positions, and the task given by the Military Commission to the Fifth Army is also very simple, to knock out the main force of the Japanese army on the periphery of Nanning and drive it away!

"I haven't arrived in the war zone, and the specific combat orders have not yet come down, but everyone has to make desperate preparations, this time it is a bloody battle, and it is a mountain battle." Zhang Wei said.

"Understood!" The officers didn't say much, digested the order relayed by Zhang Wei, under the current situation, the tactical purpose is very clear, and any squad leader can understand that what is really difficult lies in the combat that is put into practice.

"Captain, let's not be afraid this time, now that there are tanks and artillery, I don't believe that I can't gnaw down the position of the little devil." Mu Chao grinned.

Zhang Wei nodded: "This attitude is very good, you must have confidence in yourself, of course, you can't take it lightly tactically, I will first inform you of the general tactical goals of the whole army, and further specific plans will not be issued until the whole army is transported, according to the preparations I said before departure and now." ”

"Yes!" The officers shouted.

Now that there is going to be a war, it is necessary to maintain a strict style in the talks of the ad hoc meeting.

The convoy transporting the main force of the Fifth Army gradually moved away, rolling up puffs of smoke and dust, and headed in the direction of Nanning, with more foot soldiers following behind.

Qianjiang was the disembarkation point of the Fifth Army, as well as the departure and assembly point.

On either side of the passing cars, the soldiers of the 600th Regiment, who had retreated a few days earlier, watched the friendly troops on the main road.

The officers and men of these 600 regiments have fulfilled their duties and are worthy of the title of soldiers, and they have made the landed Japanese troops suffer for the first time and dealt the first blow to the Japanese army.

They were the first officers and men of the Fifth Army to fight against the Japanese army, and the regimental commander was killed, with nearly two-thirds of the casualties, and most of the soldiers on the side of the road were slightly wounded.

These soldiers had just finished a bloody battle with the Japanese army, and of course they knew what these friendly brothers were doing.

The current task of the 600th Regiment is to rest and recuperate, and these soldiers can only bless these comrades who are about to go to the battlefield by sight.

The main force of the Fifth Army, reaching Guinan, was about to approach the periphery of Nanning.

The Second Army, the Ninety-ninth Army, the Sixty-sixth Army, the Thirty-sixth Army, and the Forty-sixth Army, the main forces drawn from various parts of the Military Commission rushed over one after another, and the target was the same as that of the Fifth Army, which was the direction of the Japanese army's main attack, Kunlun Pass, and Nanning.

The Military Commission made up its mind to deal a severe blow to the main attacking force of the Japanese army and recapture the strongholds and commanding heights on the periphery of Nanning.

The real bloody war has just begun.

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