Chapter 38: The Fall of the 116th Wing (4)
I found some typos, corrected them, and was embarrassed.......
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7.38 Fall of the 116th Wing (4)
After checking the battle reports in the last few days, Xu Zuyi has basically determined that the force that stimulated the Central China Front Army is Huang Haoran's 25th Group Army, so Xu Zuyi and Chief Li, who were eager to know the details, sent a telegram to the headquarters of the 25th Group Army, Huang Haoran's reply was very simple, he directly admitted that he authorized Shen Yuanlong to command the 99th Army to fight a medium-scale annihilation battle on the southern front of Jinpu Road, as for why Shunroku Hata behaved like he had been stepped on by someone's tail, Huang Haoran said in the telegram that he didn't understand it either. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
A medium-sized war of annihilation? What kind of medium-scale annihilation war can suddenly transfer tens of thousands of troops from the Central China Front? Under Xu Zuyi's questioning, Huang Haoran and Pan explained the 25th Army's plan to encircle and annihilate the 116th Wing of the 13th Division in the Cao Laoji area!
Such an important military operation as a main wing to encircle and annihilate the little devils was actually said so lightly by Huang Haoran in the telegram! For a few seconds, Xu Zuyi felt that his brain couldn't turn around!
Xu Zuyi's feelings about Huang Haoran at the moment are very complicated, and I am afraid that they can only be summed up in the words "love and hate"!
No way! Huang Haoran does have his proud capital! Among all the army generals of the Wuhan government, Huang Haoran's record is simply excellent and somewhat dazzling! The first to kill the Japanese general was Huang Haoran, the first to completely annihilate the entire wing to form the Japanese army was also Huang Haoran, and it was Huang Haoran who severely damaged the Japanese 114th Division in Lishui!!
Huang Haoran is definitely the best lieutenant general officer in the Chinese army now! Not one of them!
Xu Zuyi was most worried that the actions of the 25th Group Army on the southern front of Jinpu Road would have a negative impact on the next stage of the Battle of Xuzhou. Originally, Chief Li's troops were insufficient, but now he has recruited two hungry wolves at the same time, the North China Front Army and the Central China Front Army, and the 5th Theater will definitely suffer!
Since Huang Haoran was the helper invited by Chief Li to the 5th War Zone, Xu Zuyi decided to take a look at Chief Li's attitude first:
"Degong, what do you think we should do now?"
Chief Li's thoughts are different from Xu Zuyi's, although he is also a little dissatisfied with Huang Haoran's rash use of troops, but Huang Haoran did it even if he didn't do it! There is no point in discussing the question of what to do or not to do now! Let's find a way to solve the dilemma in front of you!
"Yan Mou, you tell Huang Haoran about the latest movements of the Central China Front, and he should prepare early! In addition, the 21st Army on the north bank of the Huai River was ordered to flank Shunroku Hata with all its strength! We can't just watch Huang Haoran's troops being surrounded by the six counter-attacks of Hata, right? If you don't want to fight anymore, you have to do it! ”
Chief Li's answer did not surprise Xu Zuyi, indeed, now there is only one mistake and a fight with the six major players of the hata army, if Huang Haoran can quickly annihilate the 116th Wing, then the Central China Front will naturally lose the power to cross the river! The dilemma on the southern line of Jinpu Road will be solved, if the 25th Army can't solve the 116th Wing, then Xu Zuyi will have to go to the Judge Advocate General's Office to prepare for a lawsuit with Huang Haoran!
Xu Zuyi nodded, and then turned around to make detailed arrangements, although Chief Li's words were only a few words, but they were all implemented, but they were enough for Xu Zuyi, the chief of staff, to be busy for half a day! Before leaving, Xu Zuyi didn't forget to accuse Huang Haoran a few more words:
"I think if Huang Youchen is made the commander of the 5th Theater, this kid may dare to directly counterattack Nanjing! Now it's good! I, the chief of staff, have become the ...... to help him."
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The 5th Theater Commander's Department and the Headquarters of the 25th Group Army were talking happily on the airwaves, and in the direction of Cao Laoji, Shen Yuanlong's plan had also reached the moment to close the net!
The Onimi Brigade and Hatoyama Brigade, who were misled by Niu Erjin and Lieutenant Maehara, rushed almost all the way from the Eight Great Sets, and behind them, Captain Tima Fu also rushed up with the Mitsui Brigade and the 116th Wing Wing Headquarters!
As of 14:30 in the afternoon, the main forces of the 116th Wing all entered the ambush circle of the 99th Division!
According to the plan discussed by Shen Yuanlong and Wang Shankui before the war, Li Yuhe's 139th Division sent two regiments to carry out the task of "closing the door" to the Fangjiagou movement. In order to ensure that the 116th Division besieging the 99th Wing had sufficient combat time, Fangjiagou, the only open opening in the defense line of the 25th Group Army, must be blocked immediately!
Li Yuhe's 139th Division's actions were not resolute, but due to the intervention of Shunroku Hatata, the 17th Cavalry Brigade of the Japanese Army still passed through this area before the 139th Division attacked Fangjiagou! Although the strength of the 17th Cavalry Brigade is less than 1,000 people, if these devil cavalry are allowed to suddenly kill from behind the attack force of the 99th Division, what kind of impact it will have on the battle besieging the 116th Wing at that time, no one can predict!
The best option against the Japanese cavalry is, of course, the chariot! Not to mention Huang Haoran, even Chief Li can't take out such a precious heavy equipment!! Therefore, Shen Yuanlong's final decision could only be to immediately send the cavalry battalion of the 99th Army!
Cavalry against cavalry! Since both sides are the same branch of the army, what they fight for is the quality and quantity of officers and soldiers! The total strength of the cavalry battalion of the 99th Army is about 700 people, and the days of formation are relatively short, and they have hardly been on the battlefield, relying on them to block the devil's cavalry brigade, Shen Yuanlong is not much sure in his heart!
At this critical juncture, Huang Haoran overstepped the level and gave an order to Chen Shanhe's 536th regiment! Two battalions of infantry were urgently loaded, and the engineer units of the 25th Army also temporarily converted twenty military trucks, the rear compartment of the truck was equipped with a Type 92 infantry gun, the front of the cab was equipped with steel plates, and on the roof of the cab, light and heavy machine guns were erected!
These military trucks have been transformed into improvised armored vehicles, fighting Japanese cavalry in the plains, and these "armored cars" should be able to come in handy, right?
In this way, the "primitive armored troops" of the 25th Army and the cavalry battalion of the 99th Army swooped down on the 17th Cavalry Brigade of the Japanese Army in two directions!
A scuffle is inevitable!
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The attack of the 99th Division on the 116th Wing was very sudden! Almost instantly, a rain of mortar shells flew into the Japanese marching brigade! Then there were shouts of killing from all directions, and the earth shook and the mountains shook!
Before the war, Shen Yuanlong had learned from Huang Haoran about the actions of the Central China Front on the south bank of the Huai River, and Huang Haoran told Shen Lao Er that the top priority of the 99th Division now is to fight quickly!
Therefore, the attack force of the 99th Division launched a charge as soon as it came up, and the reason why Shen Yuanlong adopted this tactic was to let his soldiers and the Japanese army get together, so that the 116th Wing could not hold a united formation and resist stubbornly!
The Anzai squadron at the front of the 116th Wing was the first to be divided by the 99th Division, and the Mitsui Brigade dragged on the tail was also in a very troubled situation, only the Onimi Brigade and the Hatoyama Brigade in the middle responded relatively quickly, because Hatoyama Nakasa had been able to control the distance between several squadrons under him before, so after the 99th Division fired the first shot, Hatoyama Nakasa was able to quickly shrink his brigade and a squadron under Onimi Nakasa, forming a relatively stable defensive circle, Qian Guoliang saw that he would not be able to solve the more than 1,000 Japanese troops under Hatoyama Nakasa, so he focused his main energy on the lone onimi Nakasa!
Compared with Hatoyama Nakasa, Onimi Nakasa's situation is much worse, his brigade originally had three infantry squadrons, but because he had sent Anzai Shaosa's squadron to serve as the vanguard of the 116th Wing, after the war, Hatoyama Nakasa took advantage of the chaos to pull away a squadron, so now there is only the last infantry squadron left by Onimi Nakasa's side!
There are Chinese soldiers everywhere! Although the distance between Onimi Nakasa and Hatoyama Nakasa is only more than 100 meters, they are close to the end of the world!
Onimi Nakasa had already jumped off his horse and hid in the crowd, he didn't want to be the target of the Chinese army's top marksman!
"Fight back! Counterattack! We must meet with Hatoyama Nakasa! Advance! Advance!! ”
In the midst of the explosion and gunsmoke, the figure of Nakaza brandishing the sword in the ghost looked so desperate! , Ghost saw that Nakazo and his subordinates launched a decisive attack again and again, and they were ruthlessly blocked back by the 99th Division!
In the face of danger, Hatoyama Nakasa chooses to temporarily put aside the personal grudge between him and Nakasa Nakasa, Onimi! If the two brigades can be combined, the chances of survival will increase a lot!! So after withstanding the first round of attacks of the 99th Division, Hatoyama Nakasa and his troops desperately moved closer to Onimi Nakasa!
But after a few attempts, Hatoyama Nakasa found that he couldn't do it with his current strength! The Chinese troops who rushed up to besiege them were well-armed and had strong firepower!! If we continue to rush in the face of the rain of bullets and bullets of the Chinese army a few more times, I am afraid that Hatoyama Nakasa's brigade will also be finished! If you want to break through the fire net compiled by automatic weapons in front of you and rescue the squadron that is Onimi Nakasa, there is no possibility at all!
Remove! It is necessary to occupy a relatively solid position immediately in order to be able to support it until the moment of reinforcements! Hatoyama Nakasa still has nearly a thousand soldiers and a radio station in his hands now! He doesn't have to worry about being submerged in this northern Anhui plain!
"Yaga! I command! The whole army turned! Attack the hill in the right rear! We have to make a choice! ”
Aota Shaosa is a squadron leader under Onami Nakasa! His squadron also performed the hardest in the battle to rescue Onimi Nakasa! When Aota heard Hatoyama Nakasa's order for his troops to turn to attack the hill, he immediately realized that Hatoyama Nakasa was going to give up the operation to rescue Onimi Nakasa!
This is tantamount to letting Onimi Nakasa die!
Qingtian Shaozo can't accept such an order no matter what!
"Hatoyama Nakasa! You can't give such an order! It's just a step between us and Onimi Nakasa! Just try harder! Try harder! You'll be able to rescue Onimi Nakasa! I want you to take back your orders! ”
Aota Shosa has completely forgotten that Hatoyama Nakasa's military rank is higher than his, and at this moment, Aota Shosa only knows that he must fight for his captain Onimi Nakasa!
Hatoyama Nakasa's face is very gloomy! Standing beside Hatoyama Nakasa, Asamiya Shaosa couldn't wait to immediately pounce and kill Qingtian Shaosa in front of him, if it weren't for the stupid ghost Nakasa repeatedly ignoring Hatoyama Nakasa and his advice, how could the Hatoyama Brigade fall to the current point?
Shameless Aota! He actually dragged the officers and soldiers of the Hatoyama Brigade to accompany the ghost to the funeral! Asamiya Shaozo felt that the ghost saw Nakasa to blame at all, and he didn't know sympathy at all! If Asamiya Shaozo and Hatoyama Nakasa were asked to change positions, he would definitely refuse Qingtian Shaozuo's request without hesitation!
What surprised Asamiya Shaozo was that although Hatoyama Nakasa's voice was cold and scary, he actually agreed to Aotian Shaozuo's unreasonable request!
"I already know your attitude! Aota Shaosa! Do what you think! I'll get my brigade to cooperate with you to the fullest!"
Qingtian Shaozuo bowed 90 degrees to Hatoyama Nakasa, and Hatoyama Nakasa's generosity moved Qingtian Shaozo very much! But Qingtian Shaozuo didn't notice that Hatoyama Nakasa's eyes were full of murder when he looked at him!
"Your Excellency, Captain! How can we go crazy with Aota Shaoza? I've tried it many times before! There is no possibility of rescuing Nakasa Onimi at all! And ......"
Aota Shaosa jumped out as soon as he left Asamiya Shaosa on his front foot, and he began to try to overturn the decision Hatoyama Nakasa had just made! Hatoyama Nakasa interrupted Asamiya Shaoza's words with a wave of his hand, and he walked up to Asamiya Shaoza and whispered:
"The heroic Imperial Army officer Aoda Shaosa was hit by the cold guns of the Shina army during the battle to rescue Onami Nakasa! Are you still satisfied with such a script? Asamiya Shaosa......"
Hatoyama Nakasa's words made Asamiya Shaosa's heart tremble! It turns out that Hatoyama Nakasa has long planned to kill Aota Shaosa! Now the Hatoyama brigade is besieged by the Shina army, and the reinforcements do not know when they will appear. At such a moment, the infantry squadron under Qingtian Shaozuo is very precious! How could Hatoyama Nakasa allow Aota Shosa to waste his precious forces in the battle to rescue the waste of Onimi Nakasa?
Hit by a stray bullet! What a good ending!
"Captain, don't worry! I'll do it right away! Aota's ashes will be sent to the Yasukuni Shrine to be respected! ”
"Mixi!"
Asamiya took out his southern pistol and loaded it with bullets, and then went to Aota with a few henchmen, and behind Asamiya Shosa, Hatoyama Nakasa ordered his brigade to begin to shrink the line of defense in order to hit the forces and break through.
As soon as Aota Shaosa returned to his infantry squadron, he ordered several squad leaders to prepare to charge again, and when Asamiya Shaosa found Aota Shaosa, several squad leaders of the Qingtian squadron had just left!
There is only one herald left by Qingtian Shaozuo's side! What a great get-away!
"Qingtian Shaoza! Hatoyama Nakasa asked me to bring you the order! ”
Asamiya Shaozo casually found an excuse to call Qingtian Shaozo over, and several soldiers behind Asamiya Shaozo deliberately stood beside Qingtian Shaozuo's herald, surrounded by several big men, Qingtian Shaozuo's herald was obviously a little uncomfortable.
Qingtian Shaozo saw that Asamiya Shaozo found him so quickly, and some bad premonitions suddenly welled up in his heart, Qingtian Shaozo was very worried that Hatoyama Nakasa had changed his attitude again, if he didn't get the support of the Hatoyama team, the ghost saw that Nakasa was really hopeless!
"Asamiya Shaosa! How did you get to me? It won't be Hatoyama Nakasa......"
Asamiya Shaozo interrupted Qingtian Shaozuo's question, and he smiled and said to Qingtian Shaozuo: "Qingtian-kun! Don't be cranky! Hatoyama Nakasa: I'm here to see how you're preparing! Since it's a joint operation, it's better for everyone to be in lockstep, isn't it......? ”
Asamiya Shaozuo's words made Qingtian Shaozuo breathe a sigh of relief, as long as it wasn't Hatoyama Nakasa's hexagram! No matter what Hatoyama Nakasa asks now, just say yes! When the Onimi Nakasa is rescued, the Onimi Nakasa will naturally seek justice for the Qingtian squadron!
"Since that's the case! Without further ado! Asamiya Shaosa! Let me introduce the battle plan! “
"Excellent! Well! What's going on? The people of China have been killed! ”
"Nani!?"
Aotian Shaoza's body reacted most naturally, and he immediately turned back after hearing Asamiya Shaosa's words, and then held the hilt of the battle knife!
Almost at the same time, Asamiya raised his southern pistol!
"Smack!"
Aoda Shaoza was hit in the back of the head! His herald was also covered by Asamiya Shaosa's subordinates, and two cold bayonets stabbed into the herald's waist! Then screw!
The herald's eyes were as big as brass bells, and he couldn't understand how he could have been poisoned by his own people!
"Rest in peace! Aota Shaosa! Your captain will be with you soon! ”
Ma Gong Shaozuo stepped on Qingtian Shaozuo's corpse and said coldly, solving Qingtian Shaozuo is equivalent to sending the ghost Zhongzuo to the point of no return! Asamiya Shaozo said that he would make Onimi Nakasa pay, but even he didn't expect that the opportunity would come so quickly!
"That's right! Yasukuni Shrine ......"
Asamiya Shaozo suddenly remembered that he promised Hatoyama Nakasa that he would bring Aota's ashes back to Japan and send them to the Yasukuni Shrine, and there was no time and conditions for cremation on the battlefield, so Asamiya Shaozo squatted down and cut off Aota Shaozuo's ring finger, and then took off Aota Shaosa's military rank, wrapped it in a handkerchief and put it in his arms. Asamiya Shaosa's "benevolent act" won the admiration of his subordinates!
Ay... Still too soft-hearted......
The attack order received by the Qingtian squadron was subsequently revoked, and although several squad leaders were not convinced that their squadron leader had died from a stray bullet, no one wanted to question it in the face of an extremely unfavorable situation.
The officers of the Qingtian squadron unanimously chose to follow the Hatoyama Brigade to break through and go to the funeral for the captain who had lost his life, and most of the Japanese officers still wouldn't do it!
It didn't take long for Onimi Nakasa, who was desperately trying to get closer to the Hatoyama Brigade, to find that the distance between him and the Hatoyama Brigade was starting to get farther and farther away!
Hatoyama Nakasa ran away without righteousness!
"Yaga! Hatoyama, you bastard! Yaga! ”
Now the ghost sees that scolding doesn't work......
With the active retreat of the Hatoyama Brigade, more and more officers and soldiers of the 99th Division poured into the area between the Onimi Brigade and the Hatoyama Brigade! Qian Guoliang was very successful in splitting the two brigades of Onimi Nakasa and Hatoyama Nakasa into two pieces!
The only thing that made Qian Guoliang feel pity was that the Hatoyama Brigade actually highlighted the core encirclement of the 99th Division and seized a small hill!
But fortunately, Qian Guoliang adjusted his tactics in time, mobilized the 531 regiment to surround it, and trapped the Hatoyama Brigade on this hill!
Next, it's time to clean up these devils one by one!
"Someone! Send a message to the military seat and the commander! The 116th Wing of the Japanese Army has been cut into three sections by me! Except for the one in the middle lane, about 1,000 Japanese troops were relatively tenacious, cowering on a small hill and resisting stubbornly, and the rest of the enemy could be solved soon! Please rest assured! ”
Half an hour after the attack launched by the 99th Division, the situation on the battlefield had become clear, the Japanese advance guard unit was about to collapse, and the Mitsui Brigade and the 116th Wing Wing Headquarters in the rear were also in a melee! The only thing that is more troublesome is the Hatoyama brigade that retreats to the small hill! The commander of this small group of Japanese troops was obviously much more cunning than the Japanese commanders on the other two battlefields, and he might have to waste some effort and ammunition! (To be continued.) )