Letting Zhang Tianquan's Eighth Learning Division switch to defend Xu Zhi's First Guerrilla Division was a terrible decision in Connor's opinion. According to common sense, a pure artillery unit like the Eighth Learning Division with one step and two guns should be placed in the main force. It should be used later as a vitality output unit. "Did he forget to learn the lesson of the Second Division's tank unit being bombed by Japanese planes? Or was it because of the 'missiles'?" Connor thought like this and did not question Ouyang Yun's decision again.
"I'm just an outsider." He mocked himself,
At around 5:15, the battle started first on the Xiushui River directly opposite Yongxiu County.
The 17th Division sent a brigade for a sneak attack, but it was almost unable to detect the size of the defenders on the opposite side, and the entire army was almost destroyed. Here, Zhang Tianquan only ambushed one company, but one company of trainees plus one more Hundreds of landmines, coupled with the ice that was not as solid as a rock, were enough to send this group of Japs to Xiushui Hebo.
When Major Nishimura Toyoye stepped onto the ice with a group of soldiers, Yokoyama Isamu's eyes were firmly fixed on the opposite bank. It was not only him, but also Okamura Neji, Yoshimoto Sadji, and Nakajima Kei. Although not everyone in the village and others looked there, their ears were paying attention to it all the time.
Yesterday afternoon, the reconnaissance of the First Air Corps was very effective. They had a clear view of the defense situation of the Xuebing Army in Yongxiu, Nanchang, Xiangshan, Gao'an, Anyi, and Tanxi. They even found out clearly the nature and size of the troops. In this way, Okamura and others are confident that they can bloom on both sides and achieve breakthroughs on both sides at the same time. Okamura feels that even the most conservative estimate can annihilate the enemy forces in Yongxiu County.
The camouflage skills of the Xuebing Army engineers once again worked wonders. The Eighth Xuedong Division that the Japanese reconnaissance plane pilots saw was just an ordinary unit with an artillery regiment. Yu Gan, who was flying at low altitude, could only discover Just a student soldier of a regiment,
Speaking of which, the Japanese army's reconnaissance was quite successful. They just ignored the cadet army of about three divisions in total. Of course, considering that they failed to discover the detailed scale of the cadet army's tanks and artillery units, Tokugawa The large-scale reconnaissance organized by Hao Min seemed a bit childish.
The cold wave is indeed an opportunity for the Japanese army, but it is also a natural trap.
More than a hundred landmines exploded in succession. Not to mention the power of the explosion itself, the hole in the ice created was enough for the little devils to drink from.
It is said that after the Japanese army expelled the 8th Gakushu Division from the territory of Yongxiu, Okamura Neji shed tears of sorrow when inspecting the battlefield, while Yoshimoto Sadji directly knelt down on the ice. Although this is somewhat imaginary, But this is only a slight exaggeration. More than a thousand Japanese soldiers led by Nishimura Yugye, who had high hopes, were killed by landmines. Only more than 200 people were killed by Wei Qing assault rifles, but nearly 700 people fell into the water. Among them, more than two hundred were frozen to death on the ice. Such a level of non-combat attrition was indeed enough to make Okamura and Yoshimoto, who made this decision, shed tears and kowtow to apologize. Of course Well, considering that the Di-17th Tank Brigade of the 17th Division has a regiment with a total of nearly fifty latest Type 99 tanks and more than thirty armored vehicles, which were directly confiscated by Xiushui Hebo for the same reason. To be used as toys, Okamura and Yoshimoto are so coquettish, maybe they just regret not discovering this "conspiracy" of Xuebingjun earlier.
A flare suddenly rose into the sky, and the next moment, more than a hundred landmines exploded one after another, and then the sound of gunfire rang out. In just five minutes, when only dots of flames remained on the river surface, the Japanese army's surprise attack There was no movement. While Okamura, Yokoyama Isamu and others were surprised, they saw the light of a flashlight suddenly flickering on the south bank of the river, and still issued the order for the main force to attack.
The light of the flashlight was produced by a Japanese named Xiao Cun Meng.
Xiao Cunmeng led two Japanese soldiers around to Hebao Village, two kilometers upstream of Nanjin Kiln, crossed the river and climbed to the river bank (the topography of the Xiushui River section in Yongxiu County is special. Except for Nanjin Kiln, there are gaps between the river surface and the river bank, let alone fighting. (This is the main reason why the Japanese army had to cross the river from Nanjin Kiln), and then sneaked to Nanjin Kiln to confirm whether the defenders’ artillery positions had been moved.
Xiao Cunmeng didn't know that ten of the camouflaged gun carriages they saw were made of iron sheets. He thought he had made a great achievement, but he unknowingly became a Japanese-registered Chiang Kai-shek.
As soon as Okamura gave the order for the artillery to fire, gunshots rang out from the other side, and then the light of the flashlight disappeared. This made Okamura even more convinced that what Omura Meng and the others had obtained was valuable intelligence.
A regiment of Japanese artillery opened fire, and the artillery shells hit the artillery position of the Cadet Army detected by the reconnaissance plane during the day. The effect of the artillery bombardment made Okamura and others very happy. After the artillery bombardment, a rumble was heard from the enemy artillery position. There was a loud explosion, and then raging fires broke out in many places.
In order to prevent enemy artillery fire from returning, the Japanese artillery bombarded for five minutes before resolutely stopping the bombardment and began to move their positions. To Okamura's relief, the bombardment had a good effect. The defending artillery unit seemed to have suffered heavy losses. Although there was a return fire after that, it can be calculated from the density of the artillery fire that the defenders on the other side only had three or four artillery pieces left.
"Let's attack." Okamura first looked at the east, then at his watch, and gave the order decisively,
"Hai." Yokoyama responded, jumped on an armored vehicle, and issued the attack order.
"Boom, boom, boom..." All the tanks and armored vehicles of the 17th Tank Brigade began to ignite and start their engines. After warming up, with the cooperation of the infantry of the two brigades, they stepped onto the ice.
At Wantou, about four kilometers away from Nanjin Kiln, Zhang Tianquan, who was standing in the cold wind, heard the cry of "vulture, vulture" coming from the microphone. He was so excited that he immediately raised the microphone to his mouth and replied: "Vulture, take it." Arrived, vulture received, eagle, what's going on."
"Chickens are starting to cross the river, chickens are starting to cross the river, there are hens, there are hens, the scale is medium."
"Received, received, report the speed at any time."
"The eagle understands."
Five minutes later, just when Zhang Tianquan started to feel a little uneasy, a voice came out of the chat room again: "Vulture, the chick has landed on the shore, we ask for a light."
"The vulture agrees."
Just after Zhang Tianquan finished speaking, on the river directly opposite the Nanjin Kiln, Hengshan Yong straightened up and shouted: "Speed up and charge forward. If you charge forward, you will win."
The sound of "chu tu tu tu" became louder, and at the same time, the sky-high Japanese-style shouts also rang out. The bandit-legged Japanese soldiers suddenly seemed to have gained endless power, and they rushed to the shore screaming. Many people were charging while taking out grenades and throwing them to the shore. In an instant, clouds of fireworks exploded on the Nanjinyao River Beach. Amidst the explosion, a "pop" sound suddenly sounded on the river beach, and then , a flare flew into the sky dragging a bright tail flame, and exploded with a "bang" when it reached its peak, instantly illuminating the Nanjin Kiln River.