The sun was setting. Since the beginning of the war, Shozo Kawabe finally received good news. Tachibana Town had a bad conscience. He reported good news first and then bad news. Uchiyama Eitaro scolded him on the phone, but he could only do so. Following the example, he reported to the riverside, so the riverside person was in a good mood and full of energy and wanted to praise Neishan and ask them to keep up their efforts and seize the victory to win Xiaoshan. He whispered on the other side: "However, The Chinese people were rescued by the Xuebing Army."
Since Okamura Neiji implemented the Greater East Asia co-prosperity policy, the Japanese invaders have all changed their appearance and held high the banner of goodwill. Regardless of whether they pretend to be friendly or not, they have achieved remarkable results, such as in Hangzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai, etc. In big cities, resistance activities are much weaker than before. This gives the Greater East Asia co-prosperity policy a reason to continue to exist. This incident by the river at this time is a crime committed against the wind. In fact, it is risking extreme risks. There is a huge political risk. If he cannot win southern Zhejiang as scheduled, Tojo Hideki will definitely not help him with his activities, and his life will be over. Hebian has been dealing with the Xuebing Army for not only a year or two, but also He is particularly aware of the power of this hostage offensive. The reason why he has so much confidence in this New Year's Offensive actually comes from this destructive tactic. Now, Uchiyama tells him that the hostages have been captured by the Xuebing Army. Rescued, these words were like a smelly sock stuffed into his mouth, causing him to immediately prick his mouth, unable to say anything impassioned, "Ba Ge, this stupid pig of Tachibana Town" , there are thousands of people, how can the Xuebing Army do it? What about the Peace Army and the Co-Prosperity Army? Are they all dead?" Riverside finally completed the emotional transformation, and then cursed,
"The Hangzhou Security Brigade has rebelled. Sir, I'm sorry. I was negligent. What should I do next?"
"The Hangzhou Security Brigade has rebelled."
"Yes, otherwise the Xuebing Army would not be able to defeat our move."
Hebian grabbed the phone and looked at Ishihara Wan'er aside, and asked: "Ishihara-kun, you heard it, what should we do now? It will get dark soon."
The Japanese army was not good at night fighting, and they had to face a cadet army, which undoubtedly amplified their disadvantage.
Ishihara narrowed his eyes and pondered for a while and said: "Let Uchiyama launch the general offensive. Don't forget, Miyamoto Kokyo and the others did not damage the Chinese artillery force. Once they are allowed to join the counterattack against the Tachibana Regiment, what will happen to us today?" Everything you have done will be in vain." Ishihara said this cryptically, but his deeper meaning was that if he did not take the opportunity to launch a general attack, the Tachibana Regiment would be in danger of being destroyed.
Hebian was convinced. He pressed the phone to his cheek and said in a deep voice: "Uchiyama-kun, launch a general attack. Tell Tachibana Town that I need them to spare no effort to launch an attack. The more enemy troops can be contained, the better."
"Hai." Uchiyama agreed, and then immediately called Tachibana Town and the captain of the 104th Regiment Muranozo, and issued the general attack order.
On the front line of Wenyan Town, the Japanese and North Korean troops were frightened by the sudden attack by the 204th Regiment Motorcycle Squadron. More than 2,000 Japs and less than 1,500 Communist Army soldiers crowded in the two trenches abandoned by the Xuebing Army. I don’t know what will happen next. What kind of fate awaits me? Everyone looks so bad. The officers are the bravest of the soldiers. The morale of the soldiers is low, because their officers are all wilted. On the gunboat that Tachibana Town uses to issue orders, the Tachibana Regiment's The captain and the brigade commander of the Koei Army surrounded Tachibana and listened to him read out Uchiyama's telegram with serious expressions. Tachibana Town is very realistic and has seen the power of the cadet army's tanks, so it asked Uchiyama for help, hoping that he would Uchiyama's own opinion is that he would like to send more reinforcements to Wenyan Town and firmly hold the landing site before considering other things. Of course, his arms cannot twist his thighs, so he ordered a general attack by the river. The order was carried out. Perhaps in order to comfort Tachibana, he attached a message to Tachibana saying that he would support him with three combat defense guns and asked him to send a gunboat to Hangzhou to receive them.
"Your Excellency, do you want to wait until you receive the combat defense artillery before launching an attack?" Huang Tai, the brigade commander of the Co-Prosperity Army said,
"It's too late, the Murano Alliance has already started attacking."
The Murano Regiment was hiding in the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. They were equipped with two small landing ships, a destroyer and several gunboats on the river. The Japanese army always preferred artillery to go first in battle. At this time, their heavy artillery unit had been almost destroyed. Therefore, naval guns became the only weapon that the Japanese soldiers relied on to strengthen their courage.
At this time, at the junction of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the Qiantang River, the destroyer was in front, followed by several gunboats. More than ten naval guns fired in unison, and the sound of gunfire rumbled, announcing to the Chinese soldiers and civilians on the south bank that "the little devils are here again."
The northeastern section of Xiaoshan is a large area of sandfield, which is neither dangerous nor conducive to digging trenches. Therefore, after Ye Zhao turned the entire section along the river into a minefield, he only left one platoon here as a security force.
"The Japanese army won't really land from here." In the Xiaoshan Second Army Headquarters, Zhang Gongming held a red and green pencil in his hand and marked the Japanese shelling area on the first incident map. He said to Ye Zhao unconfidently,
Ye Zhao also felt very strange. Although the Second Army had strengthened its anti-reconnaissance operations after turning Xiaoshan into a defense center, they made a lot of noise when laying minefields. Didn't the Japanese army notice it at all? "Just to be on the safe side. , let Gui Mingxun select a regiment from the 12th Brigade to Wanghe, and ask him to tell Du Linzi to allocate a tank company to the attack force." He thought for a while and said to Zhang Gongming,
Du Linzi's 12th Xuexue Brigade, as a reserve force, was preparing for the attack in the military camp southeast of Xiaoshan. After receiving orders from Gui Mingxun, he named Liu Jingguo's 208th Regiment to attack.
On the front line of Wenyan Town, Tachibana Town gritted his teeth and issued the attack order. Then, a scene that he did not expect occurred, because the trench dug by the Xuebing Army was too deep, about two meters long, and the height of his soldiers Generally, they are about 1.6 meters tall, so I only see those Japanese soldiers standing on tiptoes so high, but they still can't stick their heads out. If they can't show their heads, then naturally they can't observe the enemy, so the Japanese soldiers who rush out of the trenches become "A person is fighting alone". Often he climbs up in front and falls down in the trench wailing behind him. Except for some Korean stickmen who can stand on tiptoe to support once or twice, others can only worry, which makes their morale fall again and again. The attack was in danger of bankruptcy before it even started.
Through the telescope, Xiang Ke saw the heads of Japanese soldiers wearing helmets rising and falling on the horizon of the trenches from time to time. He couldn't help grinning: "You idiot, now you know how powerful you are." Putting down the telescope, he asked Chief of Staff Shi Huahua: "Where are Brigadier Li and the others? Don't wait for the little devil to react and run away."
"It's almost here. Don't worry. The kid is not that smart and won't react so quickly."