Not to mention how Ouyang Yun persuaded Shang Lang to be the first to purchase the four northern Japanese islands at the private banquet, but he turned his attention to the front line of Xiaojiang Town.
Last night, the 10th Xuexue Division and the 2nd Fujian Guard Division stopped attacking and withdrew to Cangnan City. The besieged Japanese got a chance to breathe. Then, something unexpected happened to Jiang Guangnai, Liu Yuqing, Matsui Iwane and others. In order to fight for the crossing In order to fight for a chance of survival, the Japanese army actually broke out into internal strife. Except for those who fled the position without permission, the remaining nine thousand Japanese soldiers split into three parts according to their respective camps.
Among the Japanese soldiers stranded on the west bank of Aojiang River, the highest-ranking ones were the three major general brigade commanders, namely Major General Seiichi Aoki, commander of the 18th Infantry Brigade under the 9th Division, and Major General Aoki Shigeichi, the commander of the 18th Infantry Brigade under the 6th Division. Major General Inoue Masakichi, the commander of the 36th Brigade, and Major General Otani Yuhei, the commander of the 5th Independent Tank Brigade directly under the front army, are three major general brigade commanders. Among them, Aoki Seiichi's 18th Infantry Brigade suffered the least casualties, plus He also collected most of the 9th Division's defeated troops, so he had the strongest force. He naturally demanded the highest command of the West Bank troops. Originally, there was nothing wrong with Aoki Seiichi's doing so. The 6th Division headed by Inoue Masakichi There were only more than a thousand officers and soldiers left. Although he later gathered more than a thousand defeated troops, they were still too thin compared with Aoki's troops. Moreover, the Japanese agreed that they had suffered the consequences of being reduced to this situation. The 6th Division was a drag, so everyone rejected Inoue. Therefore, even though Inoue was a major general, he had almost no say. As for Otani Yuhei, his direct troops only had one tank and two An armored vehicle, and the reason why he was able to form his own system was because the other troops of the front army stranded on the West Bank were leaderless and could only rely on him. The combined strength of Inoue and Otani was far inferior to Aoki, and Aoki served as the leader of the Japanese army on the West Bank. The commander-in-chief seemed to be logical, but because a fight broke out while fighting for the beams, door panels and other river-crossing tools, and after receiving the report from his subordinates, Aoki indiscriminately favored the 9th Division and did not give Inoue and Otani any face, so Conflicts inevitably arose. More than a hundred Japanese were killed and injured in the three-party fight. It was unrealistic to stay in the same den anymore. The 6th Division, the 9th Division and the direct troops of the front army parted ways, not counting those Japanese who broke out in other directions without authorization. , three camps were formed. Each of the three Japanese armies occupied a section of the river embankment. They were building defensive positions and making rafts and other simple tools for crossing the river. The west bank of Aojiang River was bustling all night long.
Various actions of the Japanese army were all under the supervision of the scouts of the Xuebing Army. The Japanese army was so noisy that Liu Yuqing and Pang Deyashao used their brains a lot. At about four o'clock in the morning, under their command, the 10th Xuexi Division and the Fujian Guard 2 The combined troops of the division moved out of Cangnan and charged towards Xiaojiang Town again. Half an hour later, Wang Hai's Kongyi Division also dispatched again and was the first to arrive on the battlefield in the dawn light.
After the encirclement and annihilation battle last night, Liu Yuqing and Pang Deya communicated with Wang Hai. They were not worried about the Japanese army escaping at night, because the Aojiang River at night was a natural chasm. If the Japanese army wanted to launch flares to illuminate the river and use crude tools to forcefully cross the river, As long as the artillery is dispatched to attack, the Japanese will not be able to survive. What they are worried about is that the Japanese army will have reinforcements coming from the Ningbo area. Because of the existence of Aojiang, the Japanese on the west bank are like cooked ducks and will not let them go. The truth is, but how can we eat it completely as soon as possible to avoid having too many dreams at night? After the three people discussed on the phone, they assigned combat tasks and handed over the interception task to the guerrilla troops of the Kongyi Division and Tian Wenfeng.
In order to better complete the interception mission and completely crush the Japanese army's escape attempt, Wang Hai organized all the flying fighters and pilots, and then compiled a three-wave attack sequence. Each wave had six to eight Baijis, plus three Four other fighter planes, they will cooperate with Tian Wenfeng's guerrillas to intercept the Japanese reinforcements and attack the Japanese who forcefully cross the river.
The guerrillas led by Tian Wenfeng were ambushed during a sneak attack on the west gate of Ruian. The loss of a guerrilla column was a heavy blow to the morale of the Southern Fujian Army. It also made Liu Yuqing and others become more cautious and lowered their expectations for the guerrillas. , the role of the Kongyi Division has become relatively important.
It was expected that the Japs would start crossing the river after dawn. Sure enough, just as dawn broke in the east, the Japs began to forcibly cross the river. The Kongyi Division appeared over the Aojiang River in time. Then, something that surprised Wang Hai happened. The Japanese army There was nothing strange about crossing the river in three sections, but one of the sections chosen to cross the river was actually close to the sea, which was beyond his expectation.
This section of the river called Shishikou seems to be extremely wide and has many whirlpools that are difficult to cross, but in fact it is the most convenient place to cross the river in the entire Aojiang section. Why does this happen? It turns out that as early as early summer last year At that time, Xu Yong, the former magistrate of Cangnan County, used pine trees and boulders to set up plum blossom pile obstacles in order to prevent Japanese warships from entering the port. Although these plum blossom piles that were almost flush with the river surface blocked the Japanese warships from entering the Aojiang River, they have now become a barrier. It was a natural bridge pier that could be used by the Japanese army to cross the river.
Those who were forced to cross the river from here were the troops directly under the front army led by Otani Yuubi. Otani Xiongbing did not realize the benefits of crossing the river from now on. In yesterday's battle, many Japanese soldiers and horses were shot or drowned in the river. The water flowed down, and some were stuck by plum blossom piles, thus becoming floating corpses. These Japanese soldiers and war horses were soaked overnight, and the corpses were swollen and looked particularly ferocious. However, in the eyes of Otani Xiongbing, they were so amiable that he did not realize at first that they were Plum blossom piles were causing trouble, and he thought that "the body was stranded, and the water here must be very shallow." When he received a report from his subordinates, he was told that what was blocking the floating corpses were hidden piles formed by some pine trees and boulders. He was overjoyed and immediately put in more manpower. , let them try whether they can use these hidden piles to build a pontoon bridge,
From a high position, Wang Hai saw many Japanese men lying on the roof beams or on simple rafts made of wooden planks, going down to the river to clean up the floating corpses. They were all frightened. He said to himself: "Even a dog-like person knows how to be afraid." Then, he saw The Japanese at the back began to try to fix the planks on the plum blossom piles. He smiled coldly and said that he would wait for you to build the pontoon bridge before bombing. He ordered to attack the two river crossing points in the upper reaches first, and then use the calculated shooting points. Meta-parameters are sent to ground troops to guide them in precise artillery strikes.
The Second Special Artillery Brigade still only had one battalion participating in this battle, but the number of rockets it carried was several times more than yesterday. The sound of artillery rumbled, and fireballs screamed one after another as they hit the structure that the Japanese army spent several hours building. On the defensive positions, explosions sounded one after another, and mushroom clouds instantly enveloped the Japanese positions. Five minutes later, the three defensive positions that more than ten thousand Japanese soldiers had worked hard to establish were razed to the ground. Then, regardless of Aoki Seiichi and Inoue Masakichi, And how Otani's soldiers shouted and encouraged, the Japanese army was defeated like a mountain, and a chaotic and disorderly rout occurred.
"Ba Ge, hold on, hold on, there is still a way for everyone to survive. If this continues, I don't know how I will die." Inoue Masakichi shouted to the Japanese who were running away, but there was no response. The 6th Division The Japanese soldiers in the regiment had long lost their courage by the artillery bombardment of the Xuebing Army, and now they were captured by the momentum of the "Thunderbolt Fire" and completely lost their temper.
"Your Excellency, withdraw." Inoue's adjutant shouted to him. He and several staff members held down a wooden beam about five meters long to prevent it from being snatched by others.
"You guys run away." Inoue didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly his face burst into tears. After saying this, he suddenly pulled out his command knife, and before the adjutant could react, he stabbed it into his abdomen and slashed it, twitching. After falling to the ground, he said to the adjutant who shouted "Your Excellency" with a horrified look on his face: "Cut off my head and take it home." Before he could finish his words, his head tilted and froze.
"Your Excellency." The adjutant knelt on the ground and shouted, then he shed tears fiercely, pulled out his saber, closed his eyes, and was about to chop it down, when there was a loud "boom" and a mushroom cloud surrounded him and Inoue. Surrounded by people, in the end, he still failed to complete Inoue's entrustment.
The Japanese army was really frightened by the artillery bombardment of the cadet army. The Japanese who were accustomed to using artillery fire to bully the Chinese army were also ineffective under the attack of artillery fire. The so-called dignity of the imperial army was destroyed by the artillery fire of the cadet army and the plaster flag was torn to pieces by the artillery fire. No different, Seiichi Aoki and Yuhei Otani were still waving their command swords and shouting at first. Soon, they lost the courage to continue fighting, and they were put on a simple raft by their subordinates and began their desperate journey.
For the students from the 10th School Division and the 2nd Fujian Guard Division, the battle in the second grade was much simpler than the first grade. Liu Yuqing, Pang Deya and Wang Hai imagined the Japanese army's death struggle and crazy counterattack did not happen. Under the cover of artillery fire, , the students formed a skirmish line and rushed towards the three river-crossing sections. What they saw the most was actually the backs of the Japanese.
Wang Hai originally thought that they would not achieve much in this battle, but the fact is that at the last moment of the battle, the river on the west bank of the Aojiang River was covered with Japanese heads, and seven out of ten of them were dying in the water. Struggling, these idiots were so frightened by the Xuebing Army's artillery that they jumped into the gasping river regardless of whether they could swim or not. This can be regarded as the creation of a new tactic since the Japanese army launched the war of aggression against China.
The fierce fighting lasted for six hours, from early morning to afternoon. At about ten o'clock in the morning, Matsui Iwane received a report from Otani Yubi. Hearing that the troops stranded on the west bank were vulnerable and defeated, the old Japanese sighed heavily and did not dare to wait for Qianjiang anymore. Good news came, and they were ordered to retreat. As soon as they withdrew, Tian Wenfeng's guerrilla troops no longer had any worries, and they all devoted themselves to sniper warfare against the Japanese who crossed the river, completely blocking the way for these Japanese to escape eastward.