In the early morning of May 18th, the Japanese garrison with only one regiment was unable to withstand the attack of the paratrooper division. The planned plan only encountered strong resistance in the final stage.
After a night of bloody fighting, the paratrooper division finally captured the Zhanjiang Bridge and quickly occupied the area near the bridge, paving the way for the encirclement plan of ground troops advancing from the south.
However, the paratroopers who successfully captured the Zhanjiang Bridge still encountered many difficulties. The supply boxes they dropped together were lost when the glider crashed, and some communication equipment was damaged and unusable.
The bigger trouble is that there is a Japanese horse-drawing division blocked across the bridge. Nearly 10,000 Japanese soldiers are preparing to launch an attack. The situation of the parachute division is not optimistic.
At the same time as the airborne operation, the Hainan Army's ground forces were advancing rapidly. The main offensive force was composed of the Hainan Army's First Field Army. With the tank brigade as the vanguard, it broke through the Japanese defenses from the frontal battlefield and then merged with the airborne troops to seize the Zhenjiang Bridge.
, encircling the Japanese divisions outside Nanjing.
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Xuancheng, at dawn on May 17th, neat slogans echoed over the military camp.
In order to complete this plan, the Hainan Army Tank Brigade had secretly moved to the Xuancheng area two days before the airborne operation. After the plan began, following them were the 1st and 4th Infantry Divisions, and the 7th Infantry Division.
It was closely followed by the slower artillery brigade with more than 200 artillery pieces.
"Defend the motherland and serve the country!" Immediately afterwards, groups of Hainan Army soldiers gathered. The faces of the soldiers were full of belief in victory. After more than a month of boring integration training, the soldiers of the First Army were holding back their hearts.
A burst of enthusiasm and patriotic enthusiasm accelerated the blood to heat up.
"Let's go!" As the swearing-in ceremony ended, Army Commander Jiang Tao gave the order, and the heavily armed troops climbed onto large Dodge trucks in units of each squad.
The roaring diesel engine roared, and the Hainan Army tank brigade came out first. The steel tracks crushed the ground, leaving two deep traces in the mud.
The Mercedes-Benz convoy was moving forward, and the bad road conditions caused the large trucks to jump constantly, and the violent bumps were like riding a roller coaster.
"Wolf smoke rises, the mountains and rivers look north, the dragon curls up, the horse neighs, the sword energy is like frost..."
Riding in a car for a long time can easily make people irritated. In order to distract the soldiers, military songs were sung in the car, and the soldiers' rough voices were heard.
This battle order came very suddenly, and even at the swearing-in meeting, their destination was not explained in detail. However, out of the duty of soldiers to obey orders, no one inquired about the content of the battle.
Forty percent of the Hainan Army's First Field Army are base soldiers, which is a very high proportion. The taciturn base soldiers have inherited the rigorous style of system soldiers, and obeying orders has become a habit for them.
This habit also infected ordinary soldiers with the silence of the genetic soldiers. Although they were a little confused, they still chose to accept this habit. This also gave rise to the name of the Hainan Army's First Field Army - the Silent Legion!
And this title does not mean that the soldiers of the First Army have dull personalities. If they are in battle, no matter whether there is a mountain of swords or a sea of fire ahead, as long as the order to attack is given, the soldiers of the First Army will surely overcome all obstacles in front of them.
The Dodge truck staggered forward, and an hour passed quickly. Ahead was the Maoshan area, which meant that the convoy was about to enter enemy-occupied territory. Because it could enter battle at any time, the platoon leader in the vehicle ordered to eat immediately to replenish the energy consumed on the way.
physical strength.
"Gudong~gudong!" The military version of the compressed biscuits was so dry that it was difficult to swallow, so Li Tiedan had no choice but to unscrew the kettle and take a sip of water.
Li Tiedan is an ordinary private in the First Field Army. His ancestral home is Ningde, Fujian. Three years ago, due to years of war and disasters, he fled to Guangzhou with his mother on his back.
At that time, the Hainan Army had not yet taken control of Guangdong, and the refugees were caught in large numbers, and they could not even find a hard-working porter job.
Later, there were rumors that the Japanese were about to attack, and for a while the entire city of Guangzhou was in chaos. At this time, the Hainan Army entered Guangzhou City and defeated the invading Japanese army under the city.
However, the stability was only temporary. After spending all his savings, he soon fell into a penniless situation. Unable to read and find no one to recruit workers, he had no choice but to sign up to join the army when the Hainan Army expanded for the first time and became a soldier.
A glorious leader.
At this time, the speed of the car had slowed down, and the shaking of the car was no longer so violent. Li Tiedan raised his neck and swallowed the last bite of compressed biscuits with water, feeling much better.
Picking up a piece of biscuit residue on his chest and putting it into his mouth, Li Tiedan heard the company commander say: "Our mission is to fight north! Defend the capital Nanjing!"
With the growth of the Hainan Army in the past two years, infantry aircraft have been arranged to the squad and platoon level. Excellent communication capabilities allow commanders to command flexibly at arm's length, greatly improving the Hainan Army's ability to coordinate operations.
Before that, Li Tiedan didn't know about their combat mission. His understanding of the city of Nanjing was beyond the capital city mentioned by the storyteller. As for Nanjing's location in Guangdong, he didn't know much about it either.
"Do you understand? Fight all the way north, all the way to the Yangtze River!" The company commander raised his voice, and his voice was louder than the noise of the truck.
"Company commander, don't worry! Our company must be the first to arrive! Isn't that right, brothers?" The speaker was Li Tiedan's comrade. Because he likes to talk nonsense, he was nicknamed Liu Dazui.
nickname.
At the same time, in the military and administrative building on Hainan Island, Li Weidong was also paying attention to the war situation in the north at the headquarters.
"Almost two years! After waiting for such a long time, I finally waited for this day!" Li Weidong sighed in a low voice as he watched the troop progress in various regions continue to change.
Since coming to this world, Nanjing has always been a worry for Li Weidong. Previously, because he was unable to do anything, he could only try his best to keep the National Army in Nanjing. Arms were sold cheaply, and aircraft were also provided, but to promote history
The inertia still brought everything back to the starting point.
The National Army's hasty abandonment of Nanjing caused the Hainan Army to hastily join the war. It is still unclear who will win the battle. The total number of participants in the war exceeded 200,000. Looking at the various flags that were constantly moving on the large sand table in the center of the war room, Li Weidong
My heart is surging.
"What's the situation like in the paratrooper division? How long can they hold on?" Li Weidong asked when he saw Ge Changming, chief of staff.
"The situation is not very optimistic! There are Japanese troops on both sides of them, and they lack heavy weapons and ammunition!" Shaking his head, Ge Changming said with a bitter look on his face.
This risky airborne plan was taken for granted. The Hainan Army's paratrooper force is a young force, and it is also the Hainan Army's first large-scale airborne operation. The consequence of lack of experience is that some places are not well prepared, and front-line airborne operations The soldiers were engaged in a bitter battle.
Li Weidong took full responsibility for the mistakes made in this operation and made a profound self-examination. He knew that the parachute division was currently under great pressure, but water far away could not meet the thirst nearby. It would take at least three more days for ground troops to reach Zhenjiang Bridge. hours, not counting other factors that may occur.
"Order the Air Force to take off immediately to support the Zhenjiang Bridge battlefield! At the same time, airdrop a batch of supplies to the Airborne Division!" Li Weidong ordered, then paused and continued: "Also, send a telegram to Jiang Tao to make the First Field Army advance faster! "
At this time, just as Li Weidong expected, the airborne division stationed on the Zhenjiang Bridge encountered great difficulties.
Boom! Boom! There were several blasts in succession. Shen Dongjing covered his ears with his hands and curled up as much as possible while hiding in a crater more than half a meter deep. The ground was shaking. It was the Japanese 105mm caliber artillery on the other side of the river. .
The simple bunker fortifications were continuously destroyed by artillery fire, and some of the unlucky ones were blown into pieces. An unknown person's burnt arm fell next to Shen Dongjing.
The hidden bunkers are constantly changing. If you don't want to be buried alive by the crumbling fortifications, you have to take any risks and find a new place to avoid the shells.
Shen Dongjing saw with his own eyes an unfortunate guy who was hit by a series of artillery fire and torn to pieces in an instant. Huge craters were left on the ground, and the body had long been turned into ashes.
However, because this place was close to the side of the bridge, it could be seen that the Japanese did not want to destroy the Zhenjiang Bridge, so the shelling only lasted for three minutes and then gradually stopped.
"Remember, don't be in a hurry to shoot. Keep the little devil close before you hit him!" Shen Dongjing's voice was a little hoarse, which was the sequelae of shouting loudly for a long time.
"Charge the entire regiment!" The first attack on the airborne position was made by a Japanese brigade, and the guy who rushed the fastest was the brigade captain. He thought he could be as "majestic" as a knight hero.
One hundred meters, eighty meters, seventy meters... When the Japanese army was about to reach fifty meters, Shen Dongjing shouted: "Fire!"
The crisp millet rifles, the brisk P-30 submachine guns, and the rapid bursts of M05 light machine guns. The messy gunfire of all types blended into one, and more than a thousand Japanese soldiers who were charging forward were cut down like wheat. .
The first wave of Japanese attacks by thousands of troops failed to capture the bridge entrance, which was only ten meters long. However, the good times did not last long. A Japanese Type 92 infantry armored vehicle emitted a wisp of smoke from its engine and was roaring towards them. Opened it out.
"Damn, that's a Japanese tank! Block it, don't let it get closer." Shen Dongjing shouted, and the "Iron Fist" rocket launcher behind him also fell into Shen Dongjing's hands.
As the Japanese infantry fighting vehicles approached, Shen Dongjing became more and more nervous. He leaned against the trench wall and kept breathing, trying to calm himself down.