Chapter 140: Rushing Out of the China Gate
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6.140 Rush out of the Zhonghua Gate
Zhan Yuan, 99th Brigade Headquarters of the 301st Division. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Qian Guoliang's 301st Brigade has been in a stalemate with the 6th Division of the Japanese Army in the area of Bailuzhou in the past few days, and Gu Shoufu, an old devil, is much more damaged than other Japanese division commanders, and he constantly sent small units to look for Qian Guoliang's brigade headquarters everywhere, hoping to kill the 301st Brigade at once.
Speaking of which, Gu Shoufu's hand was still learned from Huang Haoran! Since Huang Haoran attacked the Japanese army's high command organs in succession on the Songhu and Nanjing battlefields, the Japanese began to notice the power of this new tactic, and now, Gu Shoufu began to learn to use the same tactics to pay tribute to Huang Haoran's troops, but after all, he was just getting started, and the heat was still a little worse.
After retreating from the Songhu battlefield to Changshu, Huang Haoran specially explained to his officers this kind of "decapitation tactics" that were used by the Yankees in later generations, and with Huang Haoran's explanation, the originator of the mountain, the officers of the 99th Division had a better understanding of the "decapitation tactics" than the Japanese.
Gu Shoufu probably never dreamed that Qian Guoliang would actually put his brigade headquarters in Zhanyuan, which was only a few hundred meters away from the line of fire. Qian Guoliang did this, which was tantamount to sending his brigade headquarters to Gu Shoufu's mouth!
Qian Guoliang's hand is to capture Gu Shoufu's psychology, which is the saying "black under the lamp"! The more dangerous the place, the safer! However, there are many people who have heard the phrase "dark under the lamp", but there are not many people like Qian Guoliang who really dare to do this!
Qian Guoliang was very proud that he had played Gu Shoufu! In the past few days, Qian Guoliang has been constantly asking his orderly Xiao Wuzi if he has some Huang Haoran demeanor in his hand, and in the face of Qian Guoliang's obviously inappropriate question, Xiao Wuzi really doesn't know how to answer. But he couldn't tell him clearly, so he could only play haha, pretending not to understand.
Huang Haoran's status in the minds of the officers and soldiers of the 99th Division is transcendent, Qian Guoliang is a little disrespectful to Huang Haoran with himself and Huang Haoran, no one hears this, it doesn't matter, if it reaches the ears of Fan Jie, the chief of staff, it will be enough for Qian Guoliang to drink a pot!
The brigade headquarters avoided Gu Shoufu's "beheading", Qian Guoliang began to think of returning to Gu Shoufu on the battlefield, Huang Haoran placed the 99th Division in the south of the city for two purposes, one was to guard the headquarters in Chaotian Palace, and the other was to rescue Feng Shengfa and the 58th Division on the Zhonghua Gate Castle.
Qian Guoliang tried to send Zhang Hao's 531st Regiment to open up the connection with the 58th Division, Feng Shengfa's troops were besieged by Gu Shoufu's 6th Division on Zhonghuamen Castle until now, ammunition and supplies should have problems, and now the top priority is to send some supplements to the 58th Division, so that Feng Shengfa can have the confidence to persist in Zhonghuamen Castle!
Zhonghumen Castle, is the tallest building in the south of the old city of Nanjing, two wide broadswords can allow the Japanese to easily transport artillery of various calibers to the city tower, once the Zhonghuamen Castle falls, the Japanese army can condescendingly carry out artillery bombardment of the 99th Division in the south of the city, as for what kind of situation will be caused in the end, the rapid loss of the east of Nanjing after the fall of Zhongshan is a good example.
After receiving Qian Guoliang's order, Zhang Hao's 531st Regiment began to operate, and the gunfire on Zhonghua Road rang out for a noon, and finally stopped five minutes ago!
After reading the battle report sent by Zhang Hao, Qian Guoliang couldn't help frowning! Zhang Hao actually took less than an hour to get through the connection between the 99th Division and the 58th Division! For the almost magical speed of the 531st regiment, he felt a little unacceptable.
There was actually another reason for Zhang Hao to take the initiative to attack Gu Shoufu, Qian Guoliang didn't tell anyone, this is because even if he said it, it would be difficult for his subordinates to accept it!
The reason for this is actually a feeling! It's a strange feeling!
I don't know when it began, Qian Guoliang found that the 6th Division of the devil on the opposite side began to undergo strange changes. Although the Japanese are still attacking, Qian Guoliang always feels that the crazy energy of the little devil is gone!
In the past few hours, several regiments under the 301st Brigade have been reported frequently! It seemed that thwarting the Japanese attack suddenly became easier, at first Qian Guoliang thought that he was too nervous, but then he felt more and more that something was wrong!
Now, Zhang Hao's 531st Regiment actually took advantage of the opportunity of a counter-charge to regain several streets, and forced the Japanese troops in front of them to retreat several hundred meters, if the 6th Division is really the weakest, then the huge casualty figures of the 58th Division are a little difficult to explain!
The 6th Division was now forced to retreat, and the positions of the 99th and 58th Divisions were once again connected, and it stands to reason that Qian Guoliang should be happy, but now he is not happy at all!
It's like pressing something on your heart!
The orderly Xiao Wuzi didn't know why his brigade seat was unhappy with the victory of the 531st Regiment Commander Zhang, in the eyes of Xiao Wuzi, as long as the devil was beaten away, it was a good thing! Looking at Qian Guoliang, whose brows were tightened, Xiao Wuzi could only be in a hurry!
"It's still warm here! Good for you, Qian Guoliang! What a blessing! ”
The curtain of the door was slammed open, and the cold air outside the house poured in all of a sudden, fortunately it was noon, and there was still some sun in the sky, if it was night, just now, Xiao Wuzi couldn't help but scold the street!
Hearing someone shouting to himself, Qian Guoliang quickly turned around, but he saw Huang Haoran and Xu Zilong standing at the door smiling! Xiao Wuzi stared at the beads of his eyes, his mouth opened wide, he almost scolded his own military seat just now! It's scary to think about him now!
Because most of the officers and soldiers of the guard company guarding outside the 301 Brigade Headquarters knew Huang Haoran, the teacher, the guards, when Huang Haoran took Xu Zilong to break into Qian Guoliang's Brigade Headquarters, the guards outside did not warn.
Qian Guoliang was really taken aback! He hurriedly ran to Huang Haoran and saluted, and what made him wonder was how the commander could run to the front line at this time? Also, how did the commander know that his brigade headquarters was located in Zhan Yuan?
Huang Haoran looked at Qian Guoliang, who had risen from the position of commander of the 531st Regiment and served as the commander of the 301st Brigade for a long time, and said with a smile:
"What? I'm not welcome to come? ”
Qian Guoliang hurriedly shook his head, just kidding! The entire 99th Division is Huang Haoran's, who dares to be temperamental in front of Huang Haoran? Qian Guoliang's short-term gaffe before was really because he was caught too much attention by the affairs of the 531 regiment, and he thought about it.
Now that Qian Guoliang has reacted, what is so strange about the commander being able to find his brigade headquarters? This set of his own was originally handed over by the commander! Can a teacher be inferior to his own apprentice? That's a joke!
Huang Haoran found that Qian Guoliang's expression was a little unnatural, and he immediately thought that there was a new change in the battle situation in the south of the city, and the reason why Huang Haoran rushed from Chaotian Palace to Confucius Temple was to know what was going on here!
"Brigadier Qian, is there an abnormal situation in the 6th Division on the other side?"
Hearing Huang Haoran's question, Qian Guoliang breathed a sigh of relief, he had been worried that his judgment was wrong just now, and he didn't know how to say to Huang Haoran, and now when he heard Huang Haoran directly call the name of the 6th Division, Qian Guoliang was like taking a reassuring pill.
It turned out that the commander also felt that there was something wrong with the 6th Division...... That's right! It doesn't seem that I'm too sensitive! It's that the Japanese are really playing tricks again!
has been indirectly affirmed by Huang Haoran, and Qian Guoliang's confidence is obviously enough! He reported loudly to Huang Haoran: "Commander, the battle between our brigade and the Japanese army has been going too smoothly in the past few hours! It all feels a little unreal! Commander, please take a look, this is the battle report of the 531st regiment that I just received! Gu Shoufu almost easily let Zhang Hao's troops and the 58th Division come together, you must know that the Japanese had to spend a lot of money to separate us from the 58th Division, and the changes between before and after are really too big, right? ”
Huang Haoran smiled! Before he came, he was worried that Qian Guoliang would not be able to keep a cool head and discover the abnormality of the Japanese, but now it seems that this worry is superfluous.....
The 6th Division is really in trouble, this is the same as the shelling encountered on the road to the 301st Brigade just now, it is abnormal!
In order to further confirm his idea, Huang Haoran ordered Qian Guoliang to send several battalions to launch several tentative attacks on the Japanese positions in the direction of Zhonghua Gate, but in these exchanges of fire, the devils of the 6th Division all chose to hold on without exception. Huang Haoran absolutely does not believe it! The performance of the 6th Division can only show one thing, that is, Gu Shoufu is no longer in China!
Where would Matsui Ishine transfer Tani Toshio when the Japanese army was about to completely capture the city of Nanjing? Huang Haoran looked at the open space in the west of Nanjing on the map and showed a knowing smile!
Yours Matsui Ishone! It's really enjoyable to meet such an opponent in Nanjing! Enjoyable!
Huang Haoran now has the bottom in his heart!
Matsui Ishine had obviously sensed that the Nanjing garrison would use the opportunity of the 18th Division to pursue Fan Jie to break out from the west of the city, but he still found out a little late after all!
If you want to prepare a big net to ambush Huang Haoran in a very short time, the troops in Matsui Shigen's hands are insufficient! In the Hexi area, Matsui only had the 18th Division and the 6th Division, two army divisions, in order to prevent the Nanjing garrison in Wuhu from escaping from the checkpoint guarded by the 101st Division, the 18th Division also had to divide troops to pursue Fan Jie, so Matsui Shigen can actually use to deal with Huang Haoran's strength is only one 6th Division, in order to arrange a new encirclement, Matsui Shigen can only draw troops from the direction of Zhonghua Gate, the abnormal performance of the 6th Division in front of the 99th Division, It is precisely because Gu Shoufu has already led the main force of the 6th Division to Hexi, that the Japanese army's original most powerful attack point has now become their biggest flaw!
Huang Haoran decided to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
He wants to take the troops in Nanjing City to kill from Zhonghua Gate!
This is also the best time to rescue Feng Shengfa's 58th Division from the Zhonghuamen Castle that was besieged by the Japanese army!
Since Zhang Hao's 531st Regiment had opened the passage between the 99th and 58th Divisions, the telephone line between the 301st Brigade and the 58th Division had been restored.
Huang Haoran promised to take the 99th Division to save Feng Shengfa's 58th Division, and now it's time to fulfill his promise!
Because the 6th Division went around the gap in the city wall to the back of the Zhonghuamen Castle to complete the encirclement, Feng Shengfa and his 58th Division's main force were besieged in the urn city, fortunately the structure of the Zhonghuamen Castle was very strong, and the 58th Division stored a large number of houses in the Zhonghuamen Castle, so until now the Japanese have not been able to take this huge castle.
After several days of fierce fighting, Feng Shengfa's 58th Division has been sharply reduced to less than 3,000 people, the Japanese attacked several times after completing the siege and took the 58th Division, there was no way to change their strategy, and began to use cold guns and cold artillery to kill and wound the officers and soldiers of the 58th Division, because there was no continuous high-intensity operation, so there was no problem with the ammunition supply of the 58th Division, and now Feng Shengfa felt that the most urgently needed material was actually water!
The 531st Regiment opened a passage with Zhonghuamen Castle half an hour ago, Feng Shengfa's first request to Zhang Hao was to get a large amount of water, due to the lack of water, many soldiers of the 58th Division have lost their combat effectiveness, Feng Shengfa on Zhonghuamen Castle has not closed his eyes for several days, the continuous shelling of the Japanese army has shrouded Zhonghuamen Castle in a thick smoke all day long, Feng Shengfa's throat was also smoked by the gunsmoke, Huang Haoran didn't even hear that the person who answered the phone was Feng Shengfa at first.
"Master Feng! Thank you! ”
Huang Haoran was full of admiration for Feng Shengfa, a tough guy in his heart, the 74th Army is also the Central Army, but their performance is better than the 87th Division and the 1st Army, I don't know how many times!
Yu Jishi is really a general! These officers and soldiers he brought out are the real elite!
Huang Haoran's greeting made Feng Shengfa feel a lot of emotion!
Since the wall of Zhonghua Gate was breached by the Japanese army, several subordinates persuaded Feng Shengfa to abandon the Zhonghua Gate, but Feng Shengfa did not agree!
He promised Huang Haoran that he would stay at the Zhonghua Gate, and the husband will do what he says! This is the backbone of the 74th Division! In the end, Feng Shengfa personally killed two old subordinates who had followed him for many years, and stopped the wavering thoughts in the 58th Division!
After that, it was a bloody battle for several days and nights!
"Commander Huang! Finally hear you again! Those British goods you gave to the 58th Division eliminated at least more than 500 devils! It's not a loss! My old Feng knows that now we are fighting a national war with the little devils, and we can't bargain, but I still want to ask Commander Huang for one thing, can you leave some seeds for our 58th Division! In the future, someone will help my thousands of brothers sweep the graves! ......”
Feng Shengfa was already a little choked up at the end, and when he heard this tough guy begging him to leave some seeds for his 58th Division as soon as he came up, Huang Haoran's heart couldn't help but feel sour.
The 58th Division is good! Facing the 6th Division alone, a division in the Japanese army, Feng Shengfa was able to stand on the top of Zhonghuamen Castle and is a hero until now! Huang Haoran would not have watched such a sincere anti-Japanese army being wiped out by the Japanese!
The 58th Division must be saved! Feng Shengfa must survive!
Huang Haoran knew that he needed to give Feng Shengfa some confidence now! He can't take a desperate force to attack the Japanese defensive positions, only by letting the 58th Division rekindle the fighting spirit, Feng Shengfa's troops can play to their true level!
In the next battle, Huang Haoran needs these tough guys of the 58th Division!
"Master Feng! I'm telling you! Your 58th division can't be finished! In an hour and a half, I will start to break through with the troops in Nanjing! The breakthrough point is this Zhonghua Gate under you! I, Huang Haoran, said that I would take the 99th Division to fish out your 58th Division! When did what we say, change! ”
Huang Haoran's words were a little unreasonable, but in Feng Shengfa's ears, he felt hot! Knowing that Huang Haoran would lead the troops in the city to break through from the Zhonghua Gate, Feng Shengfa's tears finally flowed! Just now he told Huang Haoran the truth on the phone, Feng Shengfa and his 58th Division did not plan to come down from Zhonghuamen Castle again, what is the situation of the Nanjing garrison now Feng Shengfa is very clear, he does not complain about Huang Haoran, the person who leads the troops must have a ruthless spirit, and he has to give up when he should give up! It's not worth it to put the other 58 divisions in the city for a 58th division that only has 3,000 people left!
"Commander! Your heart is received by Lao Feng! But I can't let you do that! There are 58 divisions in Zhonghua Gate and can still support it for a day or two, so you can go from Shuixi Gate! Didn't the devils in Hexi already go to Wuhu? There is a weak point in the encirclement of the Japanese! I can't afford to come to Zhonghuamen for my Feng Shengfa adventure! ”
Huang Haoran knew that Feng Shengfa on the other end of the phone was thinking crookedly, but he really didn't have time to explain in detail to Feng Shengfa now, fighter planes are often fleeting, and this loophole in the Japanese encirclement will not exist for a long time, Huang Haoran believes that Matsui Shigen is now mobilizing troops, if he waits for a few more hours, the Japanese defense line at Zhonghua Gate will be armed like an iron bucket by Matsui Shigen, and when Huang Haoran wants to leave, it will be more difficult than climbing to the sky!
"Feng Shengfa, you two hundred and five! Do you think I, Huang Haoran, am the kind of person who is self-willed? Tell you it's an order! If you have time to worry about others, you might as well take care of your 58th Division first! If your 58th Division does not want to make progress in the next breakout battle, Lao Tzu will knock on your sandcan! Do you understand! Understand, go and carry out the order! ”
"Yes! Execute the command! ”
Feng Shengfa shouted out these words with the strength of his whole body, and Huang Haoran could feel that this Zhejiang man contained huge energy!
According to Huang Haoran's new breakthrough plan, the Nanjing garrison in the city will break through from the direction of Zhonghua Gate, and the troops at the front are Huang Haoran's 99 and Feng Shengfa's 58th Division, followed by the 10th Army, the remnants of the 57th Army and the 87th Division, as well as the military police regiment, are mixed together by Huang Haoran and lined up at the rear, because the forced breakthrough is about to begin, Huang Haoran must put the most effective troops in the front, so that there is hope to break out of the encirclement in the shortest possible time. Huang Haoran believed that Matsui Shigen did not have enough time and troops at this moment to encircle and suppress the Nanjing garrison under Jiangning. Under Fan Jie's onslaught, the 101st Division of Wuhu's devils was already a little overwhelmed, as long as Huang Haoran could lead the troops in the city to break through the defense line of the 6th Division, then the Nanjing garrison would definitely be able to escape!
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Zhao Xuanyang, who took the initiative to ask Huang Haoran to fight and wanted to go to Shuiximen, still ran away......
Because Huang Haoran dismissed Zhao Xuanyang from his position, Zhao Xuanyang had no way to use his status as a senior staff officer of the City Defense Command to wrest military power from the officers of the 57th Army guarding the Shuixi Gate. This cut off his thoughts of mutiny.
In order to escape, Zhao Xuanyang used all the gold bars in his hand to buy off a battalion commander of the 57th Army and the officers guarding the city gate, and then under the escort of this battalion, Zhao Xuanyang sneaked out of Shuixi Gate.
If Xu Enzheng, the director of the "Central Unification", knew that Zhao Xuanyang had used the gold bars used to win over Huang Haoran to such a useful role, Xu Enzheng would definitely kill Zhao Xuanyang!
Zhao Xuanyang's self-conscious escape was discovered by Wan Shijiong, the commander of the 618th Regiment of the 103rd Division of the 57th Army, who was standing on the wall of Shuiximen. Wan Shijiong immediately realized that there was a deserter, so he immediately reported the situation to the army commander Miao Hanliu, and Miao Hanliu immediately sent troops to pursue Zhao Xuanyang after learning about it.
There were people chasing after him, Zhao Xuanyang and they naturally ran fast, and it didn't take long for Zhao Xuanyang to break into the ambush circle set up by the Japanese army in Hexi.
The commander selected by Matsui Shigen for his "big pocket" to round up Huang Haoer was Gu Shoufu, the commander of the 6th Division, and in Gu Shoufu's eyes, Zhao Xuanyang and his party, who fled for their lives, became the vanguard sent by Huang Haoran to test the reality.
In order not to expose the intentions of the Japanese army, Gu Shoufu did not order an attack on Zhao Xuanyang and his party, and the devils hiding in the trenches and woods just watched these hundreds of Chinese soldiers run from under their guns, and after Zhao Xuanyang passed, the pursuers sent by the 57th Army also arrived, and because the number of pursuers was not large, Gu Shoufu still let them go as usual.
The big fish that Toshio Tani needs! These small units of troops will be handed over to the friendly forces behind, and all the 6th Division needs to do now is wait!
As a result, Gu Shoufu waited in Hexi for more than an hour and did not wait for Huang Haoran's main force, but instead heard a dense sound of gunfire in the direction of Zhonghua Gate, where the 6th Division had originally attacked!
The 15th Wing that remained in Zhonghua Gate soon fell into a total passivity!
At four o'clock in the afternoon, the Nanjing garrison in the direction of Zhonghua Gate launched a fierce attack on the defense line of the 15th Wing, Huang Haoran put in all the main forces of the 99th Division and the 41st Division of the 10th Army as soon as he came up, and with the cooperation of the 58th Division on the Zhonghua Gate Castle, the dense rain of bullets pressed the 15th Wing of Kanda Masa Dazuo to completely unable to raise its head!
Huang Haoran knows very well that time is of the essence for his Nanjing garrison now! He pushed all the automatic weapons and mortars in his hands to the front line, and Shen Yuanlong even moved all the family resources of the 99th Division out, and in order to concentrate firepower to cripple a part of the 15th Wing, even the special battalion was put into the front line by Huang Haoran!
"Mortar! Light and heavy machine guns to suppress the devils! ”
"Grenadier! Throw it at me in the devil's trench! ”
"Charge! All on the bayonet! 99 Division! Advance! ”
"Tick tock. Tick drip! "The trumpeters took advantage of the cover of the street forts in the streets to blow a loud trumpet! In the smoke of gunpowder, rows of Chinese soldiers with bayonets began to storm the mountains and seas!
The two sides opened heavy fire on mortars and grenadiers, and from time to time Chinese and Japanese soldiers scuffled together in the smoke of gunpowder, and the white-knuckle battle soon began, and many officers and soldiers on both sides died under the bayonets, Huang Haoran saw that a soldier of the 99th Division was shooting at the Japanese machine gunner with a rifle when he was attacked by a Japanese officer wielding a saber, and the soldier who was cut off by the devil officer with a rifle could only grab the blade of the devil officer with both hands, and after snatching the knife, he cut off the head of the devil officer, directly splitting the opponent in half, Huang Haoran even saw the beating internal organs in the split body of the devil officer, and he knew that the soldier of the 99th Division must have seriously injured his hands, and maybe after this battle, he would leave the combat unit of the 99th Division and become a member of the baggage unit of the 99th Army.
I have to admire the excellent military quality of the Japanese army, when encountering several times their Nanjing garrison attack, the Japanese army still launched several organized counterattacks, but each time they were quickly repelled by the 99th Division, Huang Haoran watched those Japanese wearing overcoats one by one from the trenches screaming that they jumped out and then were shot and died, he suddenly felt that maybe the Japanese did not expect their counteroffensive to play any role, maybe these ghost soldiers just wanted to stand up and fight with the attacking Nanjing garrison, They did not want to be killed by a dense number of grenades in the trenches they had dug themselves.
Quirky Japanese! Eccentric people!
Looking at the watch on his wrist, Huang Haoran felt that the movement of the troops was still too slow! He didn't know how long Matsui Shigen would let Gu Shoufu hold out in Hexi, and in the current situation, as long as Gu Shoufu returned with the main force of the 6th Division, Huang Haoran's troops would be dealt a fatal blow!
Little Japan has chariots, and it is not wise to fight the Japanese in the wilderness! Now that Huang Haoran had put all the main forces of Nanjing's defense into the attack, if the Japanese blocked his way and then began a counterattack, then everything would be over......
"Quick! Speed up the action! Order the 41st Division on the right flank to pay attention to the movements of the Japanese army in Hexi! Tell Feng Shengfa that his actions on the left wing are not resolute enough! I don't care about the casualty figures! I just want him to open the devil's defensive position! Let the 48th Division prepare! If the 58th Division can't be attacked, they will go up! Tell the mortar unit! Shoot out all the shells! Lao Tzu can't do it! ”
Huang Haoran's series of new orders pushed the battle of Zhonghua Gate directly to the white heat, and in the face of the Chinese soldiers who did not want to die, Kanda Zhengzhong Dazuo couldn't resist!
Tani Toshio and Matsui Ishine received a telegram for help from Kanda Masa Daisa almost at the same time!
Gu Shoufu felt sorry for his subordinates, and he asked Matsui Ishine to send a wing to reinforce Kanda Shoso Osa, but Gu Shoufu's proposal was rejected by Matsui Ishine, who believed that Huang Haoran had made a feint during the attack launched by Zhonghua Gate! According to the analysis of the Japanese intelligence agency, there are at least three or more Chinese troops in Nanjing, and the troops attacking Zhonghua Gate are at most the size of one army, so where are the remaining two armies?
Matsui Shigen thought that Huang Haoran's main force would definitely break through from Hexi, and the total strength would reach two armies, and he hoped that Gu Shoufu would not give up the main battlefield for the sake of the secondary battlefield!
Now that Matsui Shigen has issued an order, Gu Shoufu can only accept it!
Due to Matsui Ishone's overconfidence, the Japanese army missed the best opportunity to contain Huang Haoran at the Zhonghua Gate!
At five o'clock in the afternoon of New Year's Day in 1938, under the leadership of the 99th Division, the Chinese troops in Nanjing rushed out of the Zhonghua Gate! (To be continued.) )