6.26 The First Battle of Lishui

"Commander, this is the latest deciphered Japanese telegram, several wings of the 114th Division have begun to move, and as we hoped, Shigeharu Suematsu intends to attack our 'reinforcements'......"

Fan Jie walked to Huang Haoran, who was sitting in front of the sand table, and softly told Huang Haoran the good news, Du Hao in Lishui County received the latest instructions from the brigade commander Xie Wendong, and enabled the backup password, and then the Nanjing City Defense Command and Du Hao made direct contact, the remaining troops of the 2nd Battalion and the Pre-10th Division were temporarily organized into the Lishui Garrison Brigade, Du Hao was naturally the captain, and the Zhu battalion commander became his deputy, this Lishui garrison brigade has a total of 7 infantry companies, 1 engineer company, 1 machine gun platoon and 1 mortar squad, The total strength is around 1,200 people.

Fan Jie directly overstepped the level to take over the Lishui Garrison Brigade, he remotely commanded the defense deployment of the Lishui Garrison Brigade in the headquarters, since he had already told the little Japanese Lishui County that there were big officials, then if the resistance force was too weak, it would make the 114th Division suspicious!

Du Hao asked Battalion Commander Zhu to take the engineer company to pick up the mines buried in the streets of the city and move them to the vicinity of the four gates of the county town according to Fan Jie's order, and he himself took several infantry company commanders to carefully select positions, the equipment of the independent 47th Brigade in the 99th Army is not good, but it is much better than the equipment of the 10th Division, so Du Hao tried his best to mix the officers and soldiers of the 47th Independent Brigade and the officers and soldiers of the 10th Division when he was equipped with troops, so that the firepower of each position was quite lively. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, Du Hao, the two companies placed in Huatanggang and Yongshou Temple, did not move, these two places are important fulcrums of the defensive battle of Lishui County, so they must be equipped with strong troops.

"Suematsu Shigeji is not so easy to take the bait, and it takes a little more effort, if you want to eat the meat of the 114th Division, you have to boil a pot of boiling water first, and you have to sharpen our knives, how is Wang Shankui and Song Xilian now, the troops have to hurry up and rest, and the teaching corps has to move in place as soon as possible, the 114th Division is no better than the 150th Wing, not only can't swallow it if it has a small appetite, but it may also be strangled to death."

"Then let's add more fire and give Shigeji Suematsu more confidence, so that the 114th Division can jump into the pot earlier......"

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The moat river water of Lishui county is drawn by the dry river 2 kilometers away, and the dry river is the Tiansheng Bridge some downstream again, the Tiansheng Bridge is the product of the Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang when he ordered to dig the Rouge River, the bridge deck is left with a boulder, the stone hole is chiseled more than ten zhang, and the bridge is formed by the potential, so it is called "born". The stone bridge spans both banks, 34 meters long, 9 meters wide and thick, 36 meters away from the water surface, such as Changhong lying wave, the weather is majestic, and the world is wonderful. It is one of the forty-eight views of Jinling. It is known as the "Little Three Gorges in the South of the Yangtze River".

Major General Ma Weilong, commander of the 3rd Brigade of the Teaching Corps, and his subordinates were marching rapidly near the picturesque Tiansheng Bridge at the moment, because it was still night, and the starlight was relatively dim, fortunately, the military quality of the elite tour of the Teaching Corps that had been trained by German advisers was relatively good, and Huang Haoran allocated a large number of compasses to the Teaching Corps, and these details partially determined the success of the Teaching Corps tonight, and the Japanese scouts on guard on the banks of the Wadi River did not find the existence of such an army not far from them at all.

Ma Weilong raised his wrist and glanced at his German watch, there were still more than fifty minutes before the scheduled communication time of the headquarters, and he couldn't turn on the radio yet, he wiped the sweat from his face, and then ordered to rest in place.

There was no road on the Tiansheng Bridge, and it was extremely difficult for thousands of troops to travel through such a place, and it was even more difficult to transport heavy equipment, and the 3rd Brigade of the Teaching Corps had completed the journey of several kilometers next to the cliff, and the Rouge River under its feet was surging, and the sound of the impact of the river and the reef on the shore was like a galloping horse, and these sounds from nature just covered up the sound of the 3rd Brigade of the Teaching Corps.

Deputy Brigade Commander Lei Zhen and the Fourth Regiment Commander Sui Youlin and the Fifth Regiment Commander Deng Wenxu came to Ma Weilong's side together, Ma Weilong's brigade headquarters is called "Phoenix Well", it is a closed basin and Qingtan on the east side of the Rouge River, it is rumored to be a mass grave when digging the Rouge River, with an area of about 3,000 square meters, it is also a quiet paradise, the water in the basin is clear, the waves are flickering, the surrounding gang strata are stacked and green, and there is a rich pastoral scenery.

"Travel! What is this Commander Huang trying to do when he pulls us to this uninhabited place? The herald at the headquarters didn't know anything, and he told us to activate the new password, and after testing it, he asked us to keep the radio silent! Since Captain Gui Yongqing was innocently transferred, our teaching team has fallen in price, first the errand of guarding the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum was given to Wang Jingjiu, and now it has been pulled to Tiansheng Bridge! It's like being raised by a stepmother! ”

Ma Weilong looked at Deng Wenxi, the commander of the Fifth Regiment, who was foul-mouthed, he knew that Deng Wenxu had been unhappy in his heart these days, but in fact, how could there be a few comfortable people in the entire teaching team?

What a noble task it is to defend the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum and protect the mausoleum of the former prime minister, as a result, Huang Haoran ordered the teaching team to obediently go out of Nanjing City, and when they walked out of the Zhonghua Gate, they heard a lot of people in Nanjing City poking their backbones!

Ma Weilong's heart couldn't calm down for a long time, and Huang Haoran let Qiu Qingquan serve as the new captain also made Ma Weilong very unhappy, although the old captain Gui Yongqing was indeed a little disagreeable, but Gui Yongqing left and the deputy captain Major General Zhou Zhenqiang, even if the headquarters felt that Major General Zhou Zhenqiang was not suitable, there were still brigade commanders of the following three brigades, it really shouldn't be Qiu Qingquan's turn to command the teaching team, there is gossip that Qiu Qingquan and Huang Haoran have some personal relationships before climbing to this position, Huang Haoran's cronyistic behavior made the officers and men of the teaching corps feel very disdainful!

So it is not an accident that Deng Wenxi said such a thing now.

However, it is the duty of soldiers to obey orders, even if Ma Weilong is dissatisfied with Huang Haoran, he still has to maintain the authority of Shangfeng, so Ma Weilong whispered:

"Head Deng! Watch your words! Whisper it to us and forget it! Don't mention it again in front of outsiders, if it reaches Shangfeng's ears, I won't be able to protect you! ”

"What am I afraid of! It's a big deal, I'm going to go to the boss captain! Go to the principal! I don't believe the principal will leave us alone! ”

Ma Weilong's words not only did not calm down Deng Wenxi, but made his voice louder and louder, and the deputy brigade commander Lei Zhen and the commander of the fourth regiment, Sui Youlin, glanced at each other, they all thought to themselves that Deng Wenxu and Gui Yongqing had a great friendship, and it seemed that this statement was really true!

"What a noise! Now it's a military operation! Although the headquarters didn't tell us where to start, from where we are, it should be that there is a problem in Lishui County......"

"Humph! I knew there was a problem when I looked at Huang Haoran's troop deployment! Putting a division in a place like Lishui, far away from Nanjing City, isn't this a gift for the devil? The Pre-10th Division is another new army that has not been formed for a long time, and I think that Huang Haoran is simply pretending to be a ghost! What bullshit mobile defense! He put his own 99th Army and our teaching corps and the 36th Division near Ma'anshan, didn't he want to slip away? The headmaster was deceived by this kid! ”

Deng Wenxi was planning to go all the way to the end, and Ma Weilong only said a few words, and he made a lot of complaints!

"Deng Wenxi! If you disturb the morale of the army here again! Don't blame me for being rude! If Huang Haoran is really greedy for life and afraid of death, the principal will definitely not let him go after this battle! He's our boss now, after all! Speaking ill of your boss behind your back, this is not something we teach the people of the corps to do! Did you hear that!? ”

Ma Weilong finally couldn't help but get angry, if he was still slandering Huang Haoran by Deng Wenxi, then Deputy Brigade Commander Lei Zhen and Fourth Regiment Commander Sui Youlin would think that Ma Weilong was also a nursery rhyme with Deng Wenxi, once the feelings of resistance to Huang Haoran spread, then the officers and soldiers would naturally not be willing to fight with all their might, this is a very dangerous thing!

Deng Wenxi still didn't dare to provoke Ma Weilong in the end, but this did not mean that he accepted Huang Haoran as his boss, he lowered his head and did not speak, engaging in silent confrontation.

Deputy Brigade Commander Lei Zhen saw that the atmosphere was a little stiff, so he came out to play a round, and he pulled Deng Wenxi and said to Ma Weilong:

"It's all my own brothers! What's there to fight for!? What the brigade said is not wrong! Soldiers are to obey orders as their duty, what Commander Deng said also has some truth, the command to teach us the order of the corps is indeed outrageous, in the middle of the night, we will be given a destination and a time to arrive, and the rest will not say anything, such an order has never been seen! ”

Sui Youlin, the head of the fourth regiment, nodded vigorously beside him, and kept repeating:

"Yes! Oh, yes! ......”

Ma Weilong didn't want his relationship with his subordinates to be stiff, and now that the deputy brigade commander Lei Zhen had prepared steps for himself, he had to hurry down, Ma Weilong glared at Deng Wenxi, and then began to change the topic:

"Shouldn't we send some scouts, it's better than waiting here to do nothing!"

"But, Brigade!" Deputy Brigade Commander Lei Zhen took over Ma Weilong's words, and he reminded in a low voice: "The order given to us by the headquarters is to let us move to Tiansheng Bridge in concealment, and we are not allowed to take any action without permission, especially contact with the Japanese army!" ”

"Isn't this just for us to freeze in this mountain pass! He, Huang Haoran, really doesn't have a backache when he stands and talks! ”

Deng Wenxu began to vent his anger again, and Sui Youlin, the head of the Fourth Regiment, had no choice but to stand up and grab Deng Wenxu, and he said to Deng Wenxi:

"Old Deng! Head Deng! Let's wait! Anyway, professional time is coming! ”

Ma Weilong raised his wrist again, the time for these people to talk passed quickly, and now it was only twenty minutes away from the scheduled contact time, Ma Weilong reached out and found a guard, he commanded in a low voice:

"Let the communication room prepare, start talking in twenty minutes, I don't want them to drop the chain at a critical time!"

"Yes! ......”

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Shigeharu Suematsu transferred the wings of the 114th Division according to his plan, and even prepared gaps for the Nanjing garrison to break through, of course, behind these gaps, Shigeharu Suematsu prepared a "pocket" formed by heavy troops.

When the pockets were ready, Shigeharu Suematsu felt that he should give the Nanjing garrison a starting gun, Yamada Tsuneta Nakasa's 66th Infantry Wing was entrusted with a heavy task, Suematsu Shigeji told Yamada Tsuneta Nakasa not to rush into the army, taking Lishui County is not the ultimate goal of the 114th Division, what the 66th Wing wants to go is to put enough pressure on the defenders in Lishui County, so that the senior executive of the Nanjing Garrison will keep asking for help from the Nanjing City Defense Command!

In this way, the "pockets" of the 114th Division have the power to use force......

Therefore, the first wave of attack of the 66th Wing sent a squadron of troops, and they chose the south gate of Lishui County, and after five minutes of artillery preparation, hundreds of devils and monsters screamed and pounced.

The machine gunners and grenadiers mixed in the riflemen began to suppress the fire after choosing the firing position, but unfortunately, only the Japanese soldiers sang the "one-man show" very vigorously, and the garrison on the city wall never fired a single bullet.

Du Hao personally led 2 infantry companies to guard the south gate, but he didn't dare to push all his troops on the unobstructed city wall, the city wall of Lishui, a small county town, is not as strong as the city wall of Nanjing, and the height is not enough, so he can't put all his eggs in one basket.

The garrison only placed a few observation posts on the city wall, and there was an arrow tower at every other section of the city wall, although these arrow towers could no longer play their original role, but the section under the arrow tower was still very strong, and the soldiers who served as observation posts hid in these arrow towers, and they observed every move along the moat through the shooting holes on the side of the city wall.

Du Hao and his men blocked the city gate hole with bricks and stone debris overnight, and the huge wooden gate was also sealed with iron chains, he didn't want the Japanese army to break in easily.

The mines laid by the sappers along the moat lost a considerable part of the Japanese shelling, but some remained, and the Japanese tanks had to rely on these mines......

Although the garrison brigade still has some explosives packs, Du Hao is really reluctant to take the initiative to reduce the number of troops, he hopes that the mines can solve the Japanese tanks at the front, so that the bridge on the moat can be completely blocked, and the threat of Japanese tanks can be eliminated.

After the Japanese shelling ended, Du Hao was the first to run up to the city gate building, and the nearest observation post to him ran from the arrow tower, and he told Du Hao that the devil did not send a chariot, and the first round seemed to be a temptation, and the 114th Division only sent a brigade.

Du Hao scolded his mother in his heart, he didn't want his baby mines to be used on these short-legged little devils!

Call me! Shoot from afar! Strive to waste fewer mines!

Du Hao raised a rifle and rushed to the side of the city wall and pulled the trigger, and the devil army Cao Cao, who was running in small steps, fell backwards, at this time the sky had begun to turn white, and it was about to dawn!

Du Hao asked his subordinates to throw the lit torches from the city tower to the moat bridge, these burning torches illuminated the figure of the Japanese army one by one, and the rifles on the city wall rang like fried beans, after a few rounds of shooting, the combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers of the 10th Division and the combat effectiveness of the 47th Independent Brigade were immediately superior!

Although there were many recruits in the 2nd Battalion, the backbone of the Songhu operation was still there, and Huang Haoran was willing to spend bullets when he trained some recruits, so the hit rate of the officers and men of the 2nd Battalion was significantly higher than that of the officers and men of the 10th Division.

When the Japanese army rushed to the vicinity of the moat bridge, it began to become dense, and the light and heavy machine guns on the castle tower also began to sound, and the devils who rushed to the front suffered heavy casualties!

Standing in the distance, Yamada Tsuneta Nakasa observed the battle that was taking place through a telescope, and he found that the Chinese army he was facing was a little different, first of all, the distance of fire, because the quality of the Chinese army was far inferior to the Japanese army, so the Chinese army would often put the Japanese army very close before firing when fighting a defensive war, this practice can make up for the low shooting level of the Chinese soldiers, and the Chinese defenders in Lishui County today began to shoot at a long distance uncharacteristically, Moreover, Yamada Tsuneta Nakasa saw a Japanese soldier Cao being shot in the head in his binoculars, so he felt that the one guarding the castle tower should be a very elite army!

Maybe it's the guard of the senior commander of the Nanjing garrison?

Now the Japanese army rushing to the front has just stepped on the head of the moat bridge, and the firepower of the Chinese defenders on the city wall has reached a very high intensity, according to the experience of Yamada Tsuneta Nakasa and the Chinese army, it is completely impossible to shake the city defense of Lishui County with a squadron he has now invested!

Yamada Tsuneta's experience misled him this time, Yamada Tsuneta Nakasa thought that the Chinese army would only open fire when the Japanese army approached the city wall, but he didn't expect Du Hao to use all his strength at the beginning in order to save his precious mines!

Yamada Tsuneta Nakasa's all-out performance of Du Hao is regarded as the lowest level of the Lishui defenders, and the misunderstanding here is too big!

Yamada Tsuneta Nakasa didn't want his subordinates to continue such a senseless attack, so he gave an order, and the Japanese troops gathered at the moat bridgehead quickly retreated......

Du Hao also didn't understand on the city tower, it was clear that the Japanese army could rush through the moat with more effort, why did they retreat at this juncture?

But that's fine, it seems that the first wave of Japanese attacks was really a temptation!

In order to consolidate the defense of the south gate, Du Hao let the excited machine gun platoon and mortar squad in the city move towards the south gate, and he felt that a large-scale attack by the Japanese army was coming!

Yamada Tsunetai Nakasa reported the results of the first round of attacks to his division commander on the phone, and he specially praised the tactical literacy and shooting accuracy of the Lishui defenders, and Suematsu Shigeji smiled and instructed Yamada Tsuneta Nakasa, twenty minutes later, to start the second round of attacks, this time two chariots, to make the momentum bigger, to put some pressure on the walls of Lishui County!

Ten minutes later, the artillery wing of the 114th Division began to rain shells on Lishui County, and Du Hao and his men ran down the tower again to avoid the Japanese shelling.

After the end of the shelling, two "bean chariots" that rushed out of the smoke screen at high speed were paralyzed at the moat bridgehead by the mines of the Lishui defenders, and Du Hao finally got his wish!

Seeing that his chariots were completely blocking the path of the attack, Yamada Tsuneta Nakasa again ordered the withdrawal of his troops, and then reported the news that the defenders of the castle had anti-tank mines to Shigeharu Suematsu.

Shigeharu Suematsu excitedly broke the pencil in his hand!

It seems that there are really "big people" in Lishui County! Shigeharu Suematsu is more confident in his new plan!

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