Chapter 4 Breakout
Yoshizu Ryosuke wants to gain the power of the former enemy's commander-in-chief, and he has no selfish intentions in his heart. However, he had already done this outside Guanghua Gate, and it cost a lot of money but it was in vain. The 6th Division participated at that time, and lost about a large number of troops, and Gu Shoufu already had a considerable prejudice against him. At this moment, I understand the behind-the-scenes content of Tsukada's call, and I don't have a good idea of Yoshizu Ryosuke. Pinching this telegram, he gritted his teeth and said: "This hillbilly in Sanchong County, you want revenge, you want to wash away your shame and keep your future, you go and work hard yourself, why do you want to tie us up and send us to death together?!" Even the chariot that the mountain cannon can't handle, how many warriors under the emperor's majesty have to be sacrificed to settle it. The people of China are not stupid, they will stand still and wait for you to blow up! Eight squares! No wonder battles are always lost! Gu Shoufu was scolding endlessly, and Yoshizu Ryosuke had already come with an "order" to suspend the attack of the 6th Division and move into defense instead. Let Gu Shoufu prepare at least a large group of death squads, saying that he would use the blood of the warriors of the Great Japanese Empire to completely bury the tank division of the Cadet Army, so that the people of China would know what the real war was.
Yoshizu Ryosuke made a good calculation, and he wanted to organize three death squads of the size of the brigade to flood the chariot troops of the Cadet Army with the tactics of a sea of people.
The Japanese changed their norm and gave up attacking in favor of a defensive posture. Wu Keren and Fu Kaixing saw all this, and then looked at the fireworks rising from time to time in the distance and the continuous explosions, they immediately deduced that the Japanese were in big trouble, and the scale of the troops coming to help was not small, and they must have taken the initiative.
"Junzuo (Division), the little devil suddenly stopped fighting, what should I do now? Do you want to counterattack? From time to time, subordinates asked this question, and the sudden appearance of reinforcements lifted everyone's spirits. Even the officers and men of the 103rd Division swept away their previous decadent posture and became fierce and aggressive. In the face of the positive attitude of their subordinates, Wu Keren and Fu Kaixing showed an amazingly consistent attitude this time: of course, they want to counterattack, but the time is not yet ripe, wait and see.
The counteroffensive is certain, and this is an opportunity that the commander has managed to win for them, and only a counteroffensive can form a breakthrough. Only by breaking through the encirclement can they be regarded as taking their fate into their hands again. Now the Japanese formation is not chaotic, so it is not the best time for a counterattack. Looking at the scale of the battle ahead, the quality and quantity of reinforcements are not bad, then this opportunity will definitely appear.
"Brothers, cheer up, as soon as the time permits, we will fight back, let the little devil know that our Northeast Army (Central Army) is not easy to bully."
The Xuebing Army's unique Jiguang tank played a total of three times in the Battle of Nanjing, all three times under the command of Qian Guangming, and the results were more brilliant each time, which laid a solid foundation for Qian Guangming to grow into the backbone of the "Cloud Party" later. If Qian Guangming is allowed to evaluate himself, which of these three battles is the coolest, he will definitely choose the "Battle of Wujiang" without any suspense.
The "Battle of Wujiang" was not a tank battle in the true sense of the word, because there were only about ten symbolic tanks in the opposing camp, and seven of them were the kind of bean tanks that were rubbish. And what professionals remember after the war is that these dozen Japanese tanks were completely destroyed by artillery fire before they even saw the figure of Jiguang tanks.
When Ouyang Yun was a guest instructor at the Qiu Military Academy, he gave several classes on tank tactics. Among the many things Ouyang Yun said, what impressed him the most was the following sentence: When tanks fight infantry, especially the Japanese army, there is one very important point, that is, speed and strength - condense into a fist, attack quickly, break through in one fell swoop, tear through the Japanese defense line with the fastest speed and the most fierce artillery fire, and destroy the Japanese army's will to resist, and you can win the game in one fell swoop!
At the end of the battle between the Pukou and Yamada detachments, Qian Guangming made full use of the speed of the tank to break down the Japanese infantry defense line in one fell swoop, thus laying the foundation for the victory of the battle. If it weren't for the fact that the Japanese army had naval artillery behind them and later summoned bombers, not only would the Yamada detachment be wiped out, but the 11th Division would have been doomed to suffer heavy losses.
It was that battle that made Qian Guangming have an idea of the tactics of the tank unit against the infantry, and it was that battle that made him experience the thrill of being the commander-in-chief of the tank force. And today's battle will be a test of his ability to comprehend the front-end time.
After three minutes of rapid fire, Qian Guangming gave the order to assault at full speed without hesitation.
The offensive route Ouyang Yun chose was a highland next to a small river, where soybeans or yams were planted, and reeds and cattails grew on the riverside. There is a path below the high and low, and down the path is a continuous rice field. The width of the heights is about thirty meters, and it is possible to pass four tanks side by side at once with a very rich one. Zhang Cheng's third battalion took the lead, Qian Guangming personally led the first battalion in the center, and then there was a mixed army composed of the second battalion and the fourth battalion. Nearly 100 tanks were lined up, about a mile long in front and behind. This is also Qian Guangming's intention, the advantage of arranging this relatively loose formation is that it can not only provide sufficient combat space for the infantry when it is stagnant and attacking, but also every salvo, the artillery fire can cover a radius of about one square kilometer, so as to maximize the lethality of artillery fragments.
After the Japanese army surrounded the 103rd Division and the 117th Division, it was not prepared for a long battle, and the positions set up were relatively simple. After the invasion of war, these rudimentary positions basically lost their original functions. And as the front progressed, these positions lost their effectiveness, and the Japanese army naturally did not repair them. In this way, after a round of heavy artillery fire, the so-called positions were completely wiped out, and the rapid advance of the tank units could no longer be stopped.
The tank troops advanced rapidly, and in about ten minutes they advanced in front of the 36th Brigade of the 36th Division. The rapid fire in the previous three minutes caused great damage to the 36th Wing of the 45th Brigade, which was relatively backward, Zhang Cheng looked through the peephole and saw that the position was in a mess, and there were almost no less than three corpses of little devils lying near the explosion point, and some of them were already missing arms and legs. He picked up the walkie-talkie and called Qian Guangming: "Division, the covering shelling just now has achieved the predetermined effect, and you can not stop to carry out the sweeping operation." ”
"Then another round of rapid fire, target, two kilometers ahead."
"Yes!" Zhang Cheng released the transmitter button, first gave the driver a stop order, and then was about to give the gunner a combat order, when suddenly Qian Guangming's shout came from the words: "Listen to the commanders, cancel the shooting order, stay in place for five minutes, and the artillery division will help us clear the passage in front." Note that the Japanese positions have been entered and the Japanese are wary of suicide attacks. ”
Zhang Cheng shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Interesting, these stinky boys from the artillery are here to steal the credit from us." ”
The driver stopped the car neatly, unbuttoned his shirt and pulled up the placket to fan the wind, and said, "It's too hot, this thing." Battalion commander, the commander said that in the future, he will install a fan in the tank for us, is it possible? ”
Zhang Cheng ignored him, raised his head and said to the shooter above: "This time we launched an attack by surprise, the little devil should not have prepared the 'human flesh explosive package', but just in case, Xiao Liu, you keep an eye on it." ”
Zhang Cheng's tank was the "Jiguang LIII", which was equipped with an anti-aircraft machine gun. Xiao Liu, as a shooter, was looking around at the moment according to the gun, "click" - he suddenly pulled the trigger, fired a string of bullets, and said: "Battalion commander, using an anti-aircraft machine gun to fight devils, I feel like killing chickens with a knife!" ”
Gunfire rang out from time to time, some of them were covered by three or eight large covers, and there were also vehicle-mounted machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns. Suddenly, the sound of empty artillery was heard from behind the tank cluster, and a few seconds later, the neighing sound of shells tearing through the air came, and Xiao Liu said: "This group of turtle sons of the artillery division is so blatantly firing cannons, and they are not afraid of the little devil's bombers to retaliate. ”
The speaker had no intention of listening, Zhang Cheng was relieved, and hurriedly reminded him: "Don't patronize and say something else, you also stare at the sky, if there is a plane cub, squeak in advance." ”
"Click!" Xiao Liu pulled the trigger again, and after killing the two devils who rushed over, he said with a smile: "Don't worry, I paid attention to it before, the little devil's planes seem to have finished dropping bombs and are flying in the southeast direction, so they should have flown back." ”
As soon as he finished saying this, a series of explosions suddenly sounded in front of him, which was the shell fired by the artillery division and began to explode.
You Hongjun accurately controlled the time, and this round of shelling lasted only five minutes. As soon as the five minutes passed, Qian Guangming immediately ordered the troops to advance at full speed, and took care of them, and each commander controlled the rhythm of the battle on his own, this time to tear through the Japanese defense line in one fell swoop, and realize the rendezvous with the besieged brother troops.
The tank units rushed forward wildly, and the 10th and 114th Divisions followed closely, and they were invincible wherever they passed.
Ouyang Yun stood on the off-road vehicle, holding a telescope to observe the battlefield situation, suddenly, his face became serious, and in the next second, he copied the walkie-talkie and shouted after Kai died.
Qian Guangming was already a little far away from him, which affected the effect of the call to some extent, and in the end, it was Li Hansoul who informed him, and he started talking to Ouyang Yun.
The order Ouyang Yun gave to Qian Guangming was to stop advancing immediately, stand by and carry out the cleaning work.
This order was completely contrary to the original combat intent, which made Qian Guangming have a lot of doubts and asked, "Commander, what happened?" ”
At this moment, Li Hansoul had also discovered the abnormality, worried that there would be difficulties in their call, and he said: "There is an abnormality in the Japanese army in other directions, what does the little devil want to do?" Rounding you up? You pause the attack and wait for the commander to rearrange - strange, the little devil is doing this, is he trying to fight us in a battle? ”