Chapter 1220: Attack on Hua County
Huaxian is the place where Sun Weiguo will attack the main one, but if Sun Weiguo gathers the New Seventh Army and the Temporary Ninth Army, which have the strongest combat effectiveness, in Huaxian, the Japanese army will definitely concentrate aviation units to support the Japanese army in Huaxian, so Sun Weiguo is to let the 54th Army, which is slightly weaker than the New Seventh Army, partner with the Temporary Ninth Army to attack Huaxian, and use the New Seventh Army to attack Foshan and distract the attention of the Japanese army.
In order to better command the troops to fight, Chen Lie, commander of the 54th Army, commanded the 14th Division and 18th Division of the 54th Army, the 201st Division of the Provisional Ninth Army, the Honorary Fourth Division, and the Provisional Sixth Division directly under the 47th Group Army, and the artillery brigade launched an attack on Huaxian, Dai Jitao, commander of the New Seventh Army, commanded the Honorary Third Division, the Honorary Fourth Division, and the Provisional Fifth Division to attack Foshan, and Huang Tao, commander of the 62nd Army, commanded the 152nd Division, the 157th Division, the 158th Division of the 65th Army, and the 187th Division to attack Dongguan, and the 186th Division of the 63rd Army. The 153rd Division was on standby in Sihui and served as the general reserve.
At the same time, Sun Weiguo sent Wang Kunyao to Shantou secretly to persuade Wang Pingyuan, the commander of the First Army of the Appeasement Army, to fight anyway.
The night passed quickly, and the 1st Air Force, which belonged to the 2nd Dispatch Fleet of the Japanese Navy, had already begun to arrive in the sea near Guangdong.
The 1st Air Force is under the jurisdiction of the aircraft carrier Kaga and the 29th Destroyer Group.
The predecessor of the Japanese Navy's Second Dispatch Fleet was the Fifth Fleet of the Chinese Fleet, and not long ago they had just undergone reorganization and became the Second Dispatch Fleet.
At present, the main force of the Second Dispatch Fleet is to assist the Fifth Division and the Tun Mixed Brigade in Guangxi, but as the war in Guangdong became urgent, the commander of the Second Dispatch Fleet, Lieutenant General Nomura Naokuni, ordered the First Air Force to immediately rush back to Guangdong to participate in the battle under the leadership of Major General Shigeziro Hososu.
Shigekoro Hososumi has already begun to establish contact with the commander of the 21st Army, Toshiyoshi Ando, and the aircraft carrier Kaga can join the battle at any time.
It was not only the Japanese troops that made changes that night, but also the various units of the Chinese troops began to act according to Sun Weiguo's orders.
The 54th Army, the Provisional Ninth Army began to assemble in Huaxian, the 62nd Army and the 65th Army began to assemble in Dongguan, the New Seventh Army began to assemble in Foshan, and the forces of the five armies began to be deployed on the front line.
As the sky gradually became orderly, the troops of the 54th Army and the Provisional Ninth Army in Huaxian County began to operate.
After the discussion between the 54th Army and the Commander of the Provisional Ninth Army, Chen Lie and Commander Yin Jinshan, they made a clear division of labor, the troops of the 54th Army mainly attacked the north side of Huaxian, and the troops of the Provisional Ninth Army assisted the east side of Huaxian.
The troops of the 54th Army have now sent out the troops of the 14th Division, and hundreds of officers and soldiers have begun to pull out of the straggler line and approach the position of the devil soldiers.
On the east side of Huaxian, more than a dozen No. 4 tanks of the 5th Armored Regiment of the 201st Division of the Ninth Army led hundreds of infantry to launch a tentative attack on the Japanese position.
Garrisoned on the periphery was the 23rd Brigade of the Japanese Army, all the officers and men of this brigade were stained with the blood of soldiers and civilians, and they were one of the main culprits of the Nanjing Massacre.
The commander of the 23rd Brigade Major General Brigade was to set up his brigade headquarters directly on the front line, and he directly commanded the 55th Wing, the 56th Wing, the Heavy Soldiers Wing, and the Engineer Wing of more than 10,000 people to defend the periphery, and on the north side of Huaxian County, where the 54th Army was attacked, the main force of the 55th Wing of the Japanese Army was stationed, and at the same time a Engineer Wing was strengthened, where more than 3,000 Japanese troops were here, and on the east side of Huaxian County, where the Ninth Army was the main attack, all the 56th Wing of the Japanese Army was stationed here.
As the Chinese forces began to carry out tentative attacks, the Japanese units began to prepare.
The light and heavy machine guns at all firing points were ready for firing, and the Japanese artillery began to be ready for firing.
At the headquarters of the 23rd Brigade of the Japanese Army, Hara Shousande observed through the artillery mirror and saw that the Chinese troops were only sending a small number of troops to attack, and he knew that this was just a test of the Chinese troops.
"Let them come closer, wipe them all out, and then immediately move through the communication trenches, and tell the front-line troops that they will never be able to start shooting without certainty."
A serious expression appeared on his face, and he immediately began to give orders.
"Hi, Your Excellency, Brigade Commander." The communication soldier on the side immediately nodded in agreement.
The communications corpsmen immediately began to pick up the microphone and immediately made contact with the front-line troops.
At this time, on the position on the east side of Huaxian, the little devils were waiting for the tank troops to approach, and several anti-tank guns were also scattered everywhere, preparing for firing.
The Devil Soldier Light and Heavy Machine Gun Shooter aimed his gun at the infantry near the tank, and as long as there was a command to shoot, these Devil Soldiers would not hesitate to pull the trigger.
Eleven No. 4 tanks of the 3rd Company of the 1st Armored Battalion of the 5th Armored Regiment of the 201st Division, led by company commander Zhang Zhiyong, began to march in front of the Japanese position.
Because of the threat of Japanese aviation, the tank unit of the third company opened a long distance, and behind each tank, more than 20 infantrymen followed.
Zhang Zhiyong looked ahead through the observation hole, and there was no movement in the Japanese position, but Zhang Zhiyong knew very well that all the firepower of the Japanese army was probably ready to shoot.
"The distance is less than three hundred meters, and each platoon is on alert." Zhang Zhiyong silently calculated the distance, and when it was less than 300 meters away from the Japanese position, Zhang Zhiyong immediately gave a loud order.
Orders began to be conveyed by radio, and after the platoon commanders received Zhang Zhiyong's order, they immediately began to convey them to the vehicles.
"Anti-tank guns!" As soon as Zhang Zhiyong's order was issued, the little devil's anti-tank guns began to be exposed, and the muzzles of the black holes were aimed at the tanks.
"Boom, boom." Armor-piercing shells were quickly fired, and these armor-piercing shells were quickly fired at the tank.
Three No. 4 tanks were penetrated on the spot, and one of them was also caused internal ammunition, which produced a loud explosion.
The infantry in the rear began to be affected, but Zhang Zhiyong immediately ordered the vehicles to counterattack.
After eight No. 4 tanks evaded the Japanese anti-tank guns, they began to counterattack, but the Japanese anti-tank guns had already begun to move.
Taking advantage of the confusion in the tanks, the Japanese light and heavy machine gun fire points began to fire, and bullets quickly hit the soldiers.
The unprepared soldiers were killed more than a dozen on the spot, and the rest quickly began to hide, fighting back with their own weapons.
"Bang bang." A volley of gunfire rang out, but it did not pose any threat to the Japanese.
The tank guns were also firing continuously, but although the Japanese fire stopped firing after the shelling, the Japanese fire points continued to fire after a while.
"Reload armor-piercing shells, immediately load armor-piercing shells." Zhang Zhiyong saw that the grenade did not work on the Japanese fire point, and he immediately began to give an order.
An armor-piercing bullet was loaded, and as the armor-piercing bullet was fired, the armor-piercing bullet accurately hit the Japanese bunker.
The Japanese bunker began to collapse, but the light machine guns inside continued to fire.