The battle at Nanjin Kiln lasted only about a quarter of an hour, but the 11th Army lost nearly three brigades of infantry. In addition, a regiment of chariot troops was also lost, leaving Okamura Neiji and Yoshimoto Sadaji. What made the others sad was that most of them did not die under the bombardment of Xuebingjun's artillery fire, but fell into the cold Xiushui.
The coming of the cold wave was once regarded by Okamura as an opportunity for the 11th Army, but now, he knows that the cold wave is just a double-edged sword.
The final victory of our army in the battle of Nanjinyao should be attributed to Lieutenant General Yokoyama Isamu. After he gathered about fifty imperial troops on the south bank, he defeated the defenders in front of him with only one armored vehicle, and in one fell swoop Unable to stop the attack, they directly expelled a division-sized student army from the battlefield in Yongxiu County and captured several advanced enemy artillery pieces.
At around eight o'clock in the morning that day, when this battle report was drafted by Yoshimoto's brilliant pen and presented to Okamura, the old Japanese smacked his lips sadly and said: "Report the battle damage truthfully, and those who fell into the river will be killed." Adjust it with the one that was destroyed by Chinese artillery fire, change the doors, and change it into one."
"Hai."
In the battle of Nanjinyao, the Japanese army lost basically all the troops of the 17th Division, and Isamu Yokoyama himself was slightly injured. Therefore, when Yoshimoto Sadji drafted the battle report, he attributed the first credit to this place and Okamura. The antagonist,
The reason why Yokoyama Isamu was injured was completely caused by being so angry that he lost his cool.
This 11th Army battle report was later seized by the Chinese army and displayed together with the Nanjin Kiln battle report of the Xuebing Army drafted by Jiang Huangyong. At least one part of it was true. It was a statement about Yokoyama Isamu, and Hengshan Isamu's landing. Later, they did gather the remaining soldiers, and with an armored vehicle, they launched a jade-breaking attack on the Xuebing Army position on the south bank.
Of course, because the "Eagle" has retreated, the jade pieces have become Qisheng,
The Eighth Division's artillery bombardment was too violent, which dealt a huge blow to the morale of the 17th Division and the 106th Division. Even though the heavy artillery unit directly under the 11th Army responded immediately, the Japanese did not dare to fight back gullibly. It had an effect, so when Yokoyama Isamu sent people to stand on the south bank of the river embankment to call the Japanese troops on the north bank to cross the river, including Okamura Neiji and Yoshimoto Sadji, they did not believe that Yokoyama Isamu had actually captured the south bank. ,
"Ba Ge, the courage of these guys has been blown away by the Chinese artillery." Hengshan Yong cursed, but he had no choice but to go up and shout in person,
At this time, the sky had just opened. From a distance of several hundred meters, it was impossible to see the figure on the opposite side. Yokoyama Isamu shouted until his throat was broken. Only then did Okamura and others become convinced that the one who shouted was Yokoyama Isamu, not China. Man’s machinations,
And because of the delay of about forty minutes, many Japanese lying on the ice on the river were frozen to death or died of excessive bleeding. There were nearly 2,000 infantrymen in the three brigades. Such a way to die,
The large troops began to cross the river from the east and west sides of the Nanjin Yao River. At this time, it was already dark. Surrounded by more than fifty Japanese soldiers, Hengshan Yong began to clean the battlefield. They came to the defenders' artillery that had been focused on the first round of artillery fire. Position, seeing those wooden structures that were still burning and the so-called artillery wrapped in iron sheets, Hengshan was so brave that he almost vomited blood.
"Ba Ge, it really looks like it." A second lieutenant walked to a "cannon" that was still intact, looked at it and exclaimed,
Yokoyama Isamu looked over, his face becoming more and more livid. He was scanning this well-preserved "cannon" with cold eyes, and a surprised shout came from behind: "Your Excellency, there is a real cannon truck here."
"Really?" Yokoyama Yong looked over and saw an artillery carriage with its tracks broken. After being shocked, he was overjoyed and said, "It's really a new artillery carriage from China."
The Xuebing Army's self-propelled artillery had appeared on a small scale as early as the Battle of Nanjing. However, after the Japanese army saw the destroyed wreckage, they regarded it as a follow-up tank. In the Battle of Madang, the Xuebing Army's The artillery unit shone brightly at the critical moment, which was the decisive factor that caused the huge casualties of the Japanese army. It was only after this battle that the Japanese army began to pay attention to this kind of self-propelled artillery, and began to notify the entire army, asking the frontline troops to pay attention to the seizure of the cadet army. type artillery,
This is the only "JGL-918" lost by the Nanjin Kiln Combat Cadet Corps. Yokoyama Isamu walked over with interest, stretched out his hand to touch the cold camouflage-colored shell, and said: "It's a genuine one, Ono, go in." Look, are all the parts inside still there?"
Ono was the second lieutenant. He said "Hai!", climbed up, opened the turret and was about to get inside. Suddenly, he exclaimed: "Not good." Then he turned around and rushed towards Yokoyama Isamu.
At the same time, several Japanese soldiers saw the white smoke coming out of the turret mouth. They reacted instantly. The one who was close to Yokoyama rushed up and threw him to the ground. The others also fell to the ground one after another.
"There is a bomb." Someone shouted, and the next moment, a "rumbling" explosion sounded. Yokoyama Isamu felt a wave of hot air almost pass by his body, and then a sharp pain came from his head. Immediately afterwards, he was heavily pressed down by two men.
In order to camouflage the artillery position to appear real, Zhang Tianquan specially arranged five artillery carts to be displayed behind the artillery array. A total of three of these five artillery carts were hit. Among them, this one was unable to evacuate the battlefield in time because its tracks were blown off, and had to be fired. Abandoned, the Xuebing Army has requirements for abandoned tanks and large weapons to be destroyed on site, and because one of the crew members of this artillery truck was once eliminated from the Wolf Fang and was proficient in making booby traps, so, The abandoned "JGL-918" was set up as a trap and almost achieved a miracle.
After confirming that the defenders had been "expelled", while crossing the river, under Okamura's order, the field hospitals directly under the 11th Army Headquarters, the 17th Division and the 106th Division began to get busy.
On the destroyed ice, there was actually a tank, and the three armored vehicles did not fall into the river. However, they were hanging alone on a piece of unbroken ice, while the river was surging all around. Let alone ordinary Japanese soldiers. Even Okamura, Yoshimoto, and Nakajima were horrified to see it.
On some ice floes, hundreds of ghosts were lying on it with pale faces, and at least half of them had lost their breath. Their lower bodies were immersed in water, and ice had even formed around many of them. ,,
"Ah." Suddenly, a medical soldier who was close to the broken ice exclaimed and sat down on the ground. The others looked in the direction of his finger, only to see a pale face with wide eyes right in front of him. His face was pressed against the ice, and his hands dug deeply into the ice. His fingers were broken, and the overflowing blood was frozen, making people tremble with fear.
This kind of scene is not unique. At least a thousand Japanese were drowned and frozen to death. This does not include the Japanese who were dragged down by tanks and suffocated to death in tanks and armored vehicles.
In the battle at Nanjin Kiln, he followed the example of the Eighth Division and just kept silent. Once the cannon was fired, Neji Okamura was given a big surprise. I just don’t know if the old Japanese still had the courage to take the initiative to attack after this battle.