6.20 The 114th Division is coming

After inspecting the positions of the 71st Army, the supreme authorities suddenly summoned officers at and above the regimental commander level of the nearby units to speak on a whim. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Luo Zhuoying and Tang Shengzhi were busy and gathered all the officers near the 71st Army, because the number of officers above the regimental level was small, for fear that the supreme authorities would be disappointed, Zhou Wei instructed Wang Jingjiu to pull a group of grassroots officers and soldiers to make up the numbers, and finally surrounded the supreme authorities with three layers inside and three layers outside.

As soon as they stood on the stage, the impassioned vigor of the highest authorities immediately returned, and the eyebrows of the highest authorities, who were in a good mood, fluttered on the stage, and the officers and men in the audience listened to it with fascination.

Huang Haoran also stood straight in the audience, with a posture of listening attentively, in fact, his mind had already flown to Jurong and Lishui County, today, the vanguard of Matsui Shigen should be here.

Huang Haoran really wanted to be able to return to his headquarters as soon as possible to command the operation, it was really a torment for him to stand here and listen to the speech of the highest authority, but he couldn't show it, you look at the generals around him, none of them are all intoxicated!

It's no wonder that people in high positions like to hold meetings, especially conferences, and it's so nice to know that one person is preaching in front of hundreds of people!

The supreme authorities first denounced Japan for its flagrant large-scale military aggression against our country in disregard of public international law, burning, killing, plundering, and committing inhumane crimes against our people.

Then the supreme authority went on to say: "The Japanese imperialists, for a long time, have been deliberately planning to annex China and dominate the world as an established national policy. The sudden attack of the '918' incident forcibly occupied the northeast of our country, installed a puppet government, separated from the motherland, and made it his vassal. At that time, the country had not been reunified, there were still internal troubles, and it was impossible to go all out to the outside world, so it was only to endure humiliation and bear the burden, and after the national strength was sufficient, it would not hesitate to sacrifice any sacrifice to recover the lost territory in order to eliminate the shame of a hundred years. Under the pretext of creating the Lugou Bridge Incident, the Japanese invaders made even greater ambitions, in a vain attempt to force the authorities in North China to submit to the threat of force by military pressure, accept the conditions for their specialization in North China, and create a second Manchurian-style puppet government. Because our generals and soldiers and civilians in North China were based on righteous indignation, they could not bear it anymore and rose up to resist; After the enemy's conspiracy failed, he was still unwilling to launch a large-scale military invasion in Shanghai, the capital of China's economic center. Now that peace has despaired and sacrifice has reached the last moment, in order to defend the survival of the country and the nation, we must unswervingly carry out the War of Resistance against Japan to the end. After the fall of Shanghai, Nanjing will become a battlefield. Nanjing is the capital of the country, the political center of the country, and the mausoleum of the former premier Sun Yat-sen. Every grass and tree in Nanjing was built under the leadership of the chairman of the NPC National Committee. Now, in order to lead the military and people of the whole country to continue the war of resistance, they have to leave Nanjing, and they cannot share life and death with everyone. The task of defending Nanjing was entrusted to Commander Huang, and he hoped that everyone would unite sincerely, obey orders, bravely kill the enemy, defend the capital, become benevolent if they do not succeed, be loyal to the country and filial piety to the nation, and not fail to live up to the great trust of the chairman of the committee and the high expectations of the people of the whole country. ”

The highest authority spoke with a heavy heart and solemnity, expressing his hatred for the Japanese invaders and his nostalgia for Nanjing. If Huang Haoran didn't know too much about the highest authorities, I am afraid that he would have been deceived by the acting skills of the highest authorities.

Of course, it is still necessary to cooperate with the emotions of the highest authorities, Huang Haoran took the lead in applauding, and soon, the applause from the audience rang out, and the highest authorities stood on the stage and nodded frequently to the officers who listened to the training, expressing his earnest hope.

It's really a joy and harmony between the monarchs and the ministers......

When leaving Purple Mountain to go to Lion Rock, news came from the Nanjing City Defense Command that the Japanese 10th Army and the Reserve 10th Division of Lishui County exchanged fire, and a wing of the devil launched a fierce attack on the side of Hongjia, and the 10th Division relied on fortifications to block the attack, and both sides had some casualties.

Huang Haoran told the news to the highest authorities through Jiang Baili, and the highest authorities were suddenly pulled out of the harmonious atmosphere just now by the bad reality, and it was really not the right time for the Japanese to come!

Fortunately, Lishui County is still far from Lion Rock, and the appearance of the Japanese army has not affected the itinerary of the highest authorities today.

The highest authorities can continue to inspect everywhere, but Huang Haoran, the military commander, must rush back to the city defense headquarters as soon as possible, Huang Haoran got the approval of the highest authorities, and said hello to Tang Shengzhi and Luo Zhuoying, and then drove straight to the city defense headquarters with the guards.

As soon as he walked into the gate of the headquarters, Huang Haoran heard Fan Jie's loud voice, no need to ask, Fan Jie must be talking to Major General Lan Yundong, chief of staff of the 10th Division.

Huang Haoran strode into the war room, threw his coat to the guards, grabbed a tactical pole, walked to the side of the map and asked the staff officers of the headquarters:

"Have you found out the number of this little devil? What is the situation of the Pre-10th Division now? ”

The staff officers at work saw Huang Haoran standing up and saluting, and Huang Haoran waved his hand a little unhappily and said:

"MI100,000 urgent! Still playing this set?! Hurry up and answer my question! ”

A junior lieutenant colonel reacted relatively quickly, he picked up the document on the table, opened it, and read it aloud:

"At 9:37 a.m., the 10th Division was attacked by the 114th Infantry Wing of the 150th Division, the first wave of Japanese attacks was not strong, but then the Japanese cavalry and artillery joined, and five minutes ago, the 10th Division had just repelled the third wave of Japanese attacks, our casualties exceeded 400, and the Japanese casualties were about 200 or so......"

"The 114th Division? The division commander is Shigeharu Suematsu? Tell Lan Yundong to deal with it carefully, don't look at the 114th Division is not a standing division of the Japanese army, and its combat effectiveness should not be underestimated! ”

Huang Haoran saw that the 10th Division had figured out the number of the Japanese army, and felt comforted in his heart, the combat effectiveness of the 114th Division of the Japanese Army was a grade lower than that of the 3rd Division and the 16th Division, and judging from the casualty ratio of several hours of fighting, the 10th Division was not too at a disadvantage.

The first place to be attacked was Lishui, which was beyond Huang Haoran's expectations!

Huang Haoran had already received information that the Central China Front had dispatched the Shanghai Relict Army and the 10th Army to cooperate with the Japanese Navy to attack Nanjing in accordance with the "Mainland Order No. 8".

Matsui Ishine left the 101st Division in Shanghai, while the rest of the divisions concentrated all their forces and divided them into three routes to Nanjing:

On the right side, the 13th and 16th Divisions attacked westward along the Beijing-Shanghai-Shanghai Railway, pointed directly at the Wulongshan Fortress, and crossed the river to the north with a section in an attempt to cut off the Jinpu Line and the Jiangbei Canal, and block the northward retreat of the Nanjing defenders;

In the middle of the road, the 3rd and 9th divisions attacked Nanjing along the Beijing (Nanjing) and Hangzhou highways;

On the left side, with the 6th, 18th, and 114th Divisions and the Guoqi Detachment, they advanced westward along the line of Guangde and Yicheng, and took Wuhu directly, intending to cut off the retreat of the Nanjing defenders along the Jiangxi River.

As one of the important forces of Matsui Ishine's "left hook", the position of the 114th Division was obviously much northerly, and Suematsu Shigeharu's troops should now be on the road to advance from Guangde to Xuancheng.

Was it an accident or did Matsui change his plans on the fly?

Huang Haoran stared at the map, as if he wanted to find the answer on it!

Fan Jie's call was over, he noticed Huang Haoran's arrival, Fan Jie walked to Huang Haoran's side, and clicked on the map with the command rod in his hand:

"Commander, the 6th and 18th divisions did not march according to Matsui Ishine's arrangement, they went towards Gaochun, and it seems that the Japanese army has staged a drama of 'fighting for merit' again! In this way, the retreat of Wuhu is much safer! ”

"But in this way, the space for us to move around is much smaller, and the intelligence officers in the enemy-occupied area have sent news that the 13th Division has crossed the river in Jiangyin, and it seems that it is coming towards Pukou, and Matsui Shigen is going to stew us in a pot! Ambition is not small! ”

Huang Haoran listened to Fan Jie's words and then carefully analyzed it in his heart, the Japanese Left Route Army had completely changed Matsui Shigen's combat arrangements, and the 10th Army still couldn't stand letting the East China Dispatch Army become the most advanced Nanjing unit than them, and Little Japan's desire for war merit was really perverted!

The 114th Division has already started, and the 6th and 18th Divisions are not far from Nanjing, and the burden on the 10th Division is not light!

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Lishui County, the headquarters of the 10th Division

Major General Lan Yundong, chief of staff of the pre-10th Division, was originally quite optimistic about the battle situation, after all, the 114th Division was not the first division of the Japanese army, and the attacking force had only one wing, although the pre-10th division was not the main force in the Central Army, but there were more than 8,000 horses, just to fight a defensive battle, it should be able to gain some upper hand, but Lan Yundong did not expect the follow-up troops of the 114th Division to come so quickly, the cavalry and artillery of the Japanese army had appeared in the direction of Jingqiao Town and Xiabao, and the 150 Wing on the side of the red family also came to the spirit at once, Although the 10th Division repelled the attack of the 150th Wing, the fortifications they relied on were sparsely beaten in the Japanese artillery attack, and the officers and soldiers can only use the corpses on the position to fill the fortifications.

Lan Yundong urged all regiments to persist in fighting, and on the other hand, he was anxious to the Nanjing City Defense Command, he hoped that the City Defense Command could send him some reinforcements, but he did not expect to be disciplined by Fan Jie, and the reply of the City Defense Command was very simple:

"Hold on until dark! Don't take a step back until then! ”

Lan Yundong scolded a few words after ending the call, but he still faithfully carried out the orders of the headquarters and filled his reserves into the position one by one.

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Yamamoto Shigeshu Nakasa did not attack again immediately after the end of the third attack, he felt that there was a problem with the coordination with the artillery, Yamamoto Shigeshu Nakasa picked up the phone and connected to the field artillery unit, he wanted to teach these imbecile artillerymen a lesson!

The artillery unit that cooperated with the 150th Wing to attack Lishui County was the Komuro Brigade of the 120th Wing of the Field Artillery, and the Komuro Field Artillery Brigade was equipped with 75 field artillery and 8 guns, and the captain Tetsuzo Komuro was the favorite general of the 120th Wing of the Field Artillery Wing Captain Otsuka Shengnakasa, and he was very arrogant in the 114th Division.

"Yamamoto-kun, it's not that my artillery didn't do their best, it's really that your infantry is too sacrificial! As soon as the heavy machine guns of the Chinese people went off, they ran back, and if you don't teach these cowards some lessons, it will be useless for me to push the artillery in front of the positions of the Chinese people! ”

Yamamoto Shigenomi Nakasa pressed his anger and asked Komuro Tetsuzo for artillery support, and the infantry attacked the strong fortifications, and if there was no artillery cooperation, the losses would definitely be amazing.

"Komuro-kun! I sincerely invite the artillery observers to launch an attack with our infantry, so that the artillery can also be provided with detailed firing coordinates, all so that the 114th Division can be the first to attack Nanjing! I will take credit for the artillery in front of His Excellency the division commander! ”

Tetsuzo Komuro heard that Yamamoto Shigetsu Nakasa had brought out the division commander and didn't dare to entangle any more, he snorted, and then said, "That's it!" He hung up the phone.

Komuro Tetsuzo Shaosa's arrogance made Yamamoto Shigefu Nakasa unbearable, Yamamoto Shigefu Nakasa smashed a lot of things in front of his subordinates, looking at Yamamoto Shigesan Nakasa, whose face was the color of pig liver, several captains of the 150 Wing stood aside and did not dare to speak.

"Thousand Island Shaoza! Your brigade will attack later with artillery observers, remember, control the rhythm, don't rush too hard, stop the action when the Chinese's fire points are exposed, and if the artillery bastards still miss the target this time, I will go to the division commander to accuse them! ”

"Yes! Your Excellency, Wing Commander! ”

The bearded Qiandao Shaozuo has always been very insidious, and it shouldn't be a loss for him to deal with these damn artillerymen!

Yamamoto Shigetsu Nakasa waited for more than 40 minutes, and the observer of the artillery brigade was late, facing Yamamoto Shigetsu Nakasa, a senior officer, artillery second lieutenant Mitsui did not dare to say anything, he saluted Yamamoto Shigetsu Nakasa and then asked:

"Your Excellency Nakasa, what part of the infantry team is with me?"

Yamamoto Shigenomi Nakasa pointed to the Thousand Islands and said to Artillery Second Lieutenant Mitsui:

"I have arranged for you the best captain of our 150 Wing, and Qiandao Shaozo will send you to the right position!"

Second Lieutenant Mitsui nodded, then asked several of his men to carry their equipment on their backs and prepare to go.

Kuril Shaoza said goodbye to Captain Yamamoto and went to the front line with an artillery observation group.

"Second Lieutenant Mitsui, what position do you want me to send you to?" Kurhima asked Artillery Ensign Mitsui while wiping his combat knife, and Lieutenant Mitsui did not answer Chishima Shosa's question directly, but raised the binoculars and looked at it, and then spoke while thinking:

"The fortifications of the Chinese army have been basically destroyed by our artillery, and now they must be constantly changing machine gun positions, this kind of mobile target is the most troublesome, I need to get closer, so as to ensure the hit rate!"

"200 meters! How about 200 meters? I think you can see the teeth of the Chinese clearly at this distance! "Qiandao Shaozo is very confident in the attack power of his brigade, and 200 meters is also the distance at which the Chinese army will basically not fire, which Qiandao Shaozo has long noticed.

I guess this was done because the people of China were short on ammunition, right?

"Yes! 200 meters is suitable! But Your Excellency, I won't be able to direct the artillery fire if the people don't fire, so your infantry will have to get a little closer!"

Qiandao Shaozo waved his combat knife twice with some annoyance, 200 meters is already the limit of Chinese patience, and if his infantry leans forward again, it means that there will be casualties!

Damn artillery! Without the help of the infantry, can you do nothing?

Qiandao Shaozo scolded the artilleryman a few words, but he still agreed to the request of Second Lieutenant Mitsui.

A squadron of Japanese soldiers jumped out of the trench with an artillery observation group, at first the distance was far from the position of the Chinese army, so the Japanese soldiers ran quickly, and when they entered a distance of 400 meters, they began to spread out the formation, more than 300 Japanese troops scattered into several groups, and the triangular formation that had not changed for a hundred years reappeared......

Second Lieutenant Mitsui was by the side of the Japanese squadron leader Maruyama, and he and his men were treated kindly by the infantry, and the density of infantry around Second Lieutenant Mitsui was noticeably higher than elsewhere.

Mitsui was not very satisfied with such an environment, judging from his investigation of the previous waves of attacking soldiers before the attack, the opposing Shina army had mortars, and such a dense crowd would become the priority choice of the opposing gunners.

Second Lieutenant Mitsui shouted in a low voice:

"Spread out! Spread out! Don't get together! This will attract cannonballs! ”

Squadron Leader Maruyama looked down on these artillerymen who were afraid of death, but before the attack, Qiandao Shaosa had explained that he wanted to protect the artillery observers, so although he was a little unhappy, he still let the surrounding infantry leave.

250 meters!

At this distance, there is a possibility of being hit by the rifle bullets of the Chinese army, Second Lieutenant Mitsui bowed his waist, and he used the body of the infantry rushing in front to block the rapid movement of his footsteps, and the leader of the Maruyama squadron saw that Second Lieutenant Mitsui actually used his subordinates as human shields, and he felt even more unhappy in his heart.

Second Lieutenant Mitsui was keenly aware of the change in Squadron Leader Maruyama's mood, and he looked at Squadron Leader Maruyama apologetically and said:

"Maruyama-kun! I'm really sorry! I'm the eye of the cannon and I have to protect myself! This will reduce the losses of your infantry wing! ”

Squadron Leader Maruyama did not answer, but rushed forward with his head down.

200 meters, the dense gunfire on the position of the 10th Division suddenly rang out, and Second Lieutenant Mitsui immediately lay on the ground, and then rolled around looking for a suitable hiding place, in order to protect Second Lieutenant Mitsui, several of Maruyama's subordinates were beaten into a sieve.

Eventually, Second Lieutenant Mitsui stopped moving behind several bodies stacked on top of each other, beckoned the nearby infantry to press forward a little more, and then signaled his assistant to move.

Squadron Commander Maruyama stopped the attack according to the order of the Kuril Shaosa, and lay down on the spot to shoot at the Chinese army, and he himself rolled over with a few soldiers to the side of Second Lieutenant Mitsui, and he wanted to supervise the artillerymen to complete the task well.

Second Lieutenant Mitsui glanced at Squadron Leader Maruyama, whose face was covered with mud, and then held up the binoculars and whispered:

"What! Are you infantry still worried about us? Hehe, the gunners of the Imperial Japanese Army are all strictly trained! All top notch! ”

Squadron Leader Maruyama looked at the side face of Second Lieutenant Mitsui and said in his heart:

"If you really had all been rigorously trained, you should have sent the machine guns and mortars of the Shina people into the sky a long time ago, and still used them to climb to such a dangerous place? I think your artillerymen's braggadocio is the first-class! ”

As if to verify his words, Second Lieutenant Mitsui reported a few coordinates to the artillery brigade in front of Squadron Leader Maruyama, and soon the field shells falling from the sky blew up several firing points of the 10th Division.

Seeing that the artillery attack had an effect, Squadron Leader Maruyama's face softened a little.

Second Lieutenant Mitsui turned his head to Squadron Leader Maruyama and said:

"Maruyama-kun! I didn't lie to you, did I? 100 shots! ”

What else can Squadron Leader Maruyama do besides laughing? Who made the 150 Wing beg for artillery now!