Chapter 0392 The first shot of the Jiangyin defense battle!
"Reporting that the 103rd Division has arrived at the 671st Regiment's defense area. Commander Wang asked if the 103rd Division has entered our defense area."
Just when Duanwu didn't know who to call, a soldier came to report that the 103rd Division had arrived.
Dragon Boat Festival thanks the party and the state for not forgetting themselves and sending reinforcements at this most critical moment.
Of course, not all the commanders of the Third War Zone are just doing it for free. How could the intelligence department not know about the large-scale Japanese troop mobilization?
The Chairman of the Generalissimo has noticed the Japanese ambitions. They want to pass through the Jiangyin Fortress and go up the river to cut off the retreat route of Nanjing City.
Therefore, Jiangyin Fortress must be defended.
Therefore, just as the Japanese army mobilized its troops to move toward Jiangyin overnight, the 103rd Division also began to move toward Jiangyin, and finally reached the defense area of the 671st Regiment before the war began.
This was undoubtedly an unexpected surprise for Duanwu. Just when he was worried that he could only be beaten passively because of his small strength, the 103rd Division arrived unexpectedly.
However, Dragon Boat Festival is not very optimistic about this unit.
The 103rd Division belongs to the Guizhou Army. Although the Guizhou Army is also an important force among the southwest warlords. However, because Guizhou is a barren and weak province with a weak economic foundation, it has two outstanding characteristics: dependence and predatory.
The so-called dependence means that in its form and development process, the Guizhou warlords often rely on large forces in neighboring provinces such as the Yunnan warlords.
The so-called predatory nature refers to the fact that the Guizhou Army often targets relatively wealthy areas such as Sichuan and Hunan during its external development.
Therefore, as the saying goes, the poorer you are, the more you fight, and the more you fight, the poorer you are. This directly led to the weapons and equipment of the Guizhou Army being very backward, even inferior to the Sichuan Army.
Moreover, the internal conflicts in the Guizhou Army are also very acute, and they are divided into two factions, the old and the new.
The old faction was headed by Liu Xianshi, and his cousin Liu Xianqian was also an important leader of the Guizhou warlords.
Liu Xianshi's father, Liu Guanli, was appreciated by the Qing court for running a regiment to suppress uprisings. He was successively taught guerrilla and intellectual, and later promoted to prefect for meritorious service. He was rewarded with flower feathers, controlled an armed force, and became a separatist.
A righteous tyrant.
In the past, his subordinates were all great gentry of their respective kin, and the magistrate of Xingyi County would not dare to act without consulting him. All local matters, big and small, were decided by him, and the Liu family seemed to have become a small local court.
The new faction is headed by Wang Wenhua, and its main backbone are mostly young intellectuals who served in the military or politics before and after the Revolution of 1911. They are relatively young and easy to accept new ideas. They advocate adapting to world trends and refreshing Guizhou politics.
Therefore, the two factions are completely different in terms of concepts. Especially after the Civil Eighth Incident, the contradiction between the old and new factions in the Xingyi faction became more acute. The relationship between Liu Xianshi and Wang Wenhua's uncle and nephew also reached the point of incompatibility.
At that time, Wang Wenhua, as the commander-in-chief of the Guizhou Army, led the Guizhou Army to occupy Sichuan, Chongqing and other places, and the Yunnan Army Zhao Youxin, Gu Pinzhen and other units occupied Chengdu and other places.
In August 1920, Xiong Kewu teamed up with Liu Cunhou and various departments of the Sichuan Army to expel the Yunnan and Guizhou troops into Sichuan, and the Battle of Jingchuan (also known as the Battle of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou) broke out.
On August 6, the Sichuan Army attacked Chengdu and, after two months of fierce fighting, drove the Yunnan Army out of Sichuan. In early October, the Sichuan Army divided into three groups to directly attack the Guizhou Army stationed in Chongqing, launching an encirclement battle in Chongqing.
On October 15, Liu Bocheng of the Sichuan Army took the lead in breaking through the city and killed the first brigade commander of the Guizhou Army. Wang Wenhua, the commander-in-chief of the Guizhou Army, took the huge sum of money extorted and fled eastward by ship to Shanghai. The remnant of the Guizhou Army was led by Lu Tao as Acting Commander-in-Chief.
Led by the commander, they fled to Guizhou. (So this shows that Wang Wenhua is not a good bird either)
Because the Guizhou army was defeated in the Sichuan War, Wang Wenhua knew that there was no way out, so he decided to return all the Guizhou army to Guizhou and overthrow the Liu Xianshi regime in the name of "Qingjun side". This was the very famous Civil Nine Incident in history.
So when Duanwu heard that the 103rd Division was coming to help, he was happy and a little worried at the same time.
I was happy because I had reinforcements, but worried because it was the 103rd Division of the Guizhou Army.
However, the 103rd Division was still remarkable from the Battle of Songhu to the Battle of Nanjing. It is not said to be very brave, but at least it did not run away after seeing the Japanese.
And if Duanwu remembers correctly, the 103rd Division should still have six to seven thousand men after the Battle of Songhu.
This is due to the fact that when the 103rd Division was fighting in Songhu, it was the 26th Division of the Sichuan Army that was ordered to cover the Japanese army in Dayang Town.
But no one expected that when the 103rd Division arrived, the 26th Division of the Sichuan Army had already been defeated. The 103rd Division lost its combat significance and was transferred to the Xicheng Line.
Therefore, the combat effectiveness of this division, at least in terms of personnel, has a great advantage over other divisions.
"Well, you immediately go and order the 103rd Division to stand by and listen to my orders. In addition, you have to ask their division commander to see me as quickly as possible."
"yes!"
The Dragon Boat Festival gave the order and the soldiers rushed away.
At this time, Commander Huo said: "Commissioner, since the 103rd Division has arrived, why don't you let them enter the defense area? If the 103rd Division defends Jiangyin Fortress with us, then as long as we have enough ammunition, we can defend half of the
Months are no problem.”
Duanwu didn't raise his head at all, but continued to look at his map and said: "You are making things simple. Do you still have enough ammunition? Do you know that most of our artillery shells are imported? Even if you want supplies, Nanjing doesn't have them. So ours
There is only one purpose of the operation. Put a piece of cake in Jiangyin Fortress and let these little devils rush up as hard as possible, and then we will take the opportunity to kill them. Don't care about the gains and losses of a city or a place, we must put people first."
"Report, Japanese aircraft have arrived at Jiangyin Fortress, less than two kilometers away from Jiangyin Fortress."
At this moment, another soldier came to report.
"Let the anti-aircraft artillery be prepared. First, give the Japanese a show of strength and cause their flight formations to become chaotic. The more chaotic they are, the more powerful they will be against us."
"yes!"
After the Dragon Boat Festival gave the order, the soldier ran down to deliver the order.
But as soon as this person left, another communications soldier ran in and reported: "Report, the Japanese artillery positions on the other side of the river are ready..."
"Don't bother me with this kind of thing. Don't let me issue the same order a second time. The Japanese artillery fires when it's ready. Why can't you understand it?"
Duanwu scolded him, and the signal soldier quickly said yes, and then ran down to deliver the order.
At this time, Duanwu ordered again: "Lao Huo, go and find me a hundred sets of Japanese military uniforms."
Commander Huo said in confusion: "Commissioner, what do you want the Japanese uniforms for? Do you still want to sneak into the enemy camp on the battlefield?"
Duanwu smiled and said: "You are right, I just want to sneak into the enemy camp."
Boom! Boom, boom!...
At this moment, the sound of artillery came. It turned out that the forts in Xiaoshan and Xishan had begun to attack the Japanese artillery positions.
The Japanese army thought that their artillery positions were very secretive, but as everyone knew, soldiers of the 112th Division had already noticed it when the Japanese army appeared on the river bank and poked their heads around.
And after the report, Duanwu paid great attention to it and ordered Commander Huo to find out the location of the Japanese artillery positions.
So at this time, the Japanese artillery had just been ready, and before it could fire, it was blown up by the heavy artillery from Xiaoshan and Xishan, causing heavy casualties and heavy casualties.
The entire Japanese army was stunned. All artillery positions were destroyed almost instantly. There was no explanation except that the Chinese got accurate information first.
As a result, the rumor that there is a Chinese spy network within the Japanese army is once again like a haze, shrouding the hearts of every Japanese devil! . . .