Huang Wei, the lieutenant general commander of the 11th National Army Reorganized Division who was ordered to guard Wuxi, has been going down to the regiment and camp level to inspect the fortifications during the day. He is very tired. In the past few days, although Huang Wei was worried about the war in Shanghai, he was far away
Water couldn't quench my thirst, so I had to go to bed early every day, and I slept very soundly.
However, since the Japanese army captured Suzhou, Lieutenant General Huang could no longer sleep. You know, although the German Armament Reorganizer was not stationed in Suzhou, there was also a miscellaneous division with tens of thousands of troops there. As a result, he failed to hold on for a day.
It was captured by the Japanese army. So, how long can a reorganized division of nearly 20,000 people hold on?
The Zhoujingxiang area was an outpost of the reorganized 11th Division. The 11th Division parked a company there, mainly to serve as a warning. If the Japanese army really attacked, they had no choice but to leave their positions and flee towards Wuxi.
However, a few days ago, a small unit of the National Defense Forces took over the defense of Zhoujing Lane and said that they would prepare a big gift for the Japanese army! Huang Wei did not come forward to receive this small unit of the National Defense Forces, but his chief of staff was very interested in this small unit.
The troops praised him highly and believed that the Japanese army would most likely suffer heavy losses at his hands.
Let the Japanese army suffer a big loss? Maybe. I heard that the National Defense Forces have a special force. This small force may belong to that special force. In Huang Wei's opinion, how much loss can a small force of one or two hundred people make the Japanese army suffer?
, it is estimated that one or two squadrons of the Japanese army can be eliminated?
After the National Army company withdrew from Zhoujing Lane, because the Japanese army was coming, the trains on the railway had stopped operating. Huang Wei also lost the news about Zhoujing Lane. But just before Huang Wei was about to go to bed tonight, Staff Officer
The commander sent up a letter, which was written by that small unit: The Japanese 32nd Division has entered Zhoujing Lane, and our department has decided to carry out a devastating attack on the Japanese army at about 1:10 in the morning! If your department
If you are interested in this battle, you can move the troops of no less than two regiments to 4 kilometers outside Zhoujing Lane before 12 o'clock in the evening. When the Japanese army panics, your troops can take advantage of the situation to attack, which will definitely achieve miraculous results.
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The letter also mentioned the attack method that the Lightning Force would use, but asked Huang Wei to keep it secret at least until the early morning before the Lightning Force launched its attack.
"Landmines? Is this possible? Can a division be wiped out by a burst of landmines?" To be honest, Huang Wei didn't believe it. Perhaps the explosion of landmines would cause some confusion or losses to the Japanese army, but it was absolutely impossible.
Let a division of Japanese troops lose the ability to resist.
"Chief of Staff, do you think?" Huang Wei doesn't really want to send out troops.
"I can't say for sure about this. However, I think we can send out the reconnaissance battalion of the division headquarters. If the effect is as mentioned in the letter, as soon as the reconnaissance battalion's telegram comes, we will use the train to pull the two regiments up; if something happens
You can't do it, it will have no impact on our defense and tomorrow's operations." The chief of staff proposed a compromise.
"Well, let's send out the divisional guard battalion as well." Huang Wei thought for a while and added another thing.
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The chief of staff of the Japanese 32nd Division is named Satoshi Sawaka, with the military rank of Colonel. The commander of the fourth-floor Tomamichi Division is called Lieutenant Commander Watanabe Ichiro and Captain Suzuki. Originally, it would be enough to send a staff officer to call him, but at this time the staff officers have already gone to sleep.
Therefore, Satoshi Sawaka had no choice but to call two guards to join him and call them to come.
From the division headquarters to the 125th Regiment Headquarters, you have to cross a long street, but Ze Shimo didn't want to ask the division headquarters' motorcycle to take him away, but wanted to walk in the dark night.
Although Satoshi Sawaka arrived in China less than half a month ago, and the place he visited was only a corner of the Yangtze River Basin in the east, he had already felt the vastness of China's territory, as well as its countless manpower and resources. At the same time, he also lamented the emperor's protection.
Under the far-sightedness of the command, as long as China is conquered, the Japanese Empire will no longer be restricted by its small territory and will become the most powerful country in the world in a short period of time. Thinking of this, Sawashita Toshi felt special
Vigorous.
As for whether small Japan can swallow a land as large as China, Toshita Sawaka is not worried at all. Because China, which is sluggish and sluggish, is no match for Japan, which is full of vitality and vitality!
It didn't take long to walk down a street, and it didn't take much time to find Ichiro Watanabe and Captain Suzuki. It only took about ten minutes in total. Then, under the protection of several guards, he turned back and walked towards the division headquarters.
However, as soon as he walked onto the street, Zexia Min felt the ground under his feet suddenly shake. What? It couldn't be an earthquake! The word "earthquake" just came to mind, and suddenly, the whole Zhoujing was shaken.
There was an explosion like a sky-shattering explosion in the alley! Amidst the huge flames, the earth roared fiercely, and the houses were thrown into the air one by one, and then fell to the ground again, and Sawagata Toshi himself
I only felt a huge black shadow rushing toward me, and then entered permanent darkness!
When the explosion first started, the fourth floor of Tommidchi stood up and stretched, "Hey, tomorrow we will fight the China Army! This is a good opportunity for the 32nd Division to make contributions to the protection of the emperor!" The fourth floor of Tommidchi thought so.
road.
At this moment, the fourth floor of Hemi Di was the first to feel that the floor in the room seemed to be arching upwards, and then heard a "boom", and the strongest building in Zhoujing Alley was buried in the flames.
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When Zhu Xian and others were laying landmines, they carefully inspected the buildings in Zhoujing Lane, carried out special treatment on three of the buildings, and buried several "high-power mines" under them.
The building here is completely representative of the Jiangnan gardens in China, and the house is in very good condition and relatively large in scale. It is especially suitable for the residence of Japanese officers above the regiment level.
On the fourth floor of Tamimidi, he was just an ordinary officer of the Japanese army. Naturally, he would not have thought that the Lightning Troops had prepared a grave for him.
The first wave of explosions was the detonation of various types of landmines, and the mines detonated the ammunition of the 32nd Division. This was the second wave of explosions.
In fact, the first wave of explosions turned Zhoujing Alley into a hell on earth, with all the houses razed to the ground; and the second wave of explosions even destroyed those who were only seriously injured and could still be rescued.
The Japanese army was blown into a pulp!
Major General Yamada Tsunetaro, the commander of the 63rd Brigade, because his brigade was the first to attack Wuxi the next day, so Major General Yamada filmed earlier. Seeing the bedroom organized by the orderly, Major General Yamada was a little dissatisfied because he was sleeping
He has a habit that one side of the bed must be against the wall so that he can sleep, because he thinks it will be very stable. However, the bed prepared by the orderly was placed in the middle of the house, which made him very unhappy. Fortunately, he did not
Just like the orderly, I just asked the orderly to rearrange the bed, and then told the orderly that from now on, his bed would be against a wall.
"What should we do if we are marching in the wild and don't have a house?" the orderly cursed in his heart, but he did not dare to express it in his mouth or face.
What to do in the wild? Naturally, Yamada Tsunetaro has a solution, which is to lower all four corners of the camp bed and lay the bed flat on the ground, so that he can sleep peacefully.
This change of Yamada did not allow him to escape the power of the landmine explosion. However, compared with other senior officers, Major General Yamada retained a complete body. Because at the moment of the big explosion, he only suffered a little
Slightly injured, just as he was about to struggle to get up, the four walls suddenly collapsed, burying him alive.
The 32nd Division Headquarters, the 63rd Brigade, the Baggage Regiment, and the Engineer Regiment all lived in Zhoujing Alley, that is, in the center of the explosion. In the big explosion that instantly flattened all the houses and streets, the Japanese army could not do anything.
Only a handful of very lucky Japs can escape alive.
Although the artillery regiment lived in an open space and farmland next to Zhoujing Lane, how could Zhu Xian's men let go of a place that was obviously likely to be occupied by baggage trains or artillery troops.
Because it is in the wild, there are two types of landmines buried here. One is a conventional mine, which of course is also loaded with high explosives/explosives; the other is a "jumping mine", which detonates later than conventional mines.
About ten seconds. Considering the characteristics of baggage or artillery units, Zhu Xian's guys also buried some small gasoline cans, gasoline barrels and the like.
Therefore, when the big explosion occurred, the artillery wing of the 32nd Division was in the brightest position, and of course the ending was the most miserable. Because the artillery wing was actually attacked in four rounds: conventional mines - jumping mines -
- Flame - the shell exploded!
Of course, because the baggage train was carrying a lot of oil, the oil also caught fire after the big explosion. It was also one of the rare fireworks in the night sky.
The one with better luck was the Cavalry Regiment of the 32nd Division. The location they chose was on the other side of the dense forest in front of Zhoujing Lane, that is, across the railway from the dense forest. This area has river branches.
The distribution of the land is relatively scattered. Even if the Japanese want to settle in, they will probably be at the brigade or squadron level. Therefore, the mines will be much sparse. As for those who are willing to die, the Japanese cavalry captain took a fancy to this place.
He distributed the cavalry regiments in groups and squadrons over an area of nearly two square kilometers, and in about half of the area, Zhu Xian's men did not even lay mines.
In this way, after the big explosion, at least half of the cavalry regiment of the Japanese 32nd Division, about 700 people, was not injured, becoming a powerful rescue team.
The 64th Brigade stationed in Dongnao Village, the houses in the village were instantly razed to the ground in the big explosion, but the explosion was only one round. The commander of the 64th Brigade, Major General Teiji Kuroshima, was seriously injured, and one of his thighs was injured.
The explosion broke off his body, and his brain was also hit by the blast wave, so he fell into a coma immediately after the big explosion. Of course, an hour later, the extremely tenacious Kuroshima Teiji became the leader of the reorganized 11th Division of the National Army.
captive.
However, half of the nearly 8,000-person 64th Brigade was stationed in the open space outside Dongnao Village, and there were very few mines planted in these open spaces. Therefore, although the 64th Brigade had mostly casualties, after the big explosion,
There are also nearly 3,000 people who are able to move and have joined the rescue team.