Not to mention how Ouyang Yun persuaded Shang Lang to be the first to buy 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
Jiang Dongxiang tried to fight for a chance of survival, but the Japanese army actually broke out into internal strife. Except for those who fled the position without permission, the remaining 9,000 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. They were 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 Masakichi Inoue, commander of the 36th Brigade, and Major General Yuhei Otani, commander of the 5th Independent Tank Brigade directly under the front army. Of the three major general brigade commanders, Seiichi Aoki's 18th Infantry Brigade suffered the least casualties, plus
He also collected most of the defeated troops of the 9th Division, so he had the strongest force, so he naturally demanded the highest command of the West Bank troops. Originally, there was nothing wrong with Seiichi Aoki's actions. 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 to 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 commander of the Japanese army on the West Bank.
The commander-in-chief seemed logical. However, a fight broke out while fighting for beams, door panels and other tools to cross the river. 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, and 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, excluding those Japanese who broke out in other directions without authorization.
, formed three camps. Each of the three Japanese armies occupied a section of the river embankment, building defensive positions, and building rafts and other simple tools for crossing the river. The west bank of the Aojiang River was bustling all night long.
Various actions of the Japanese army were 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 at dawn.
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 illumination flares and use simple tools to forcefully cross the river,
As long as the artillery is dispatched to attack, the Japanese will be unable to eat anything. What they are worried about is that the Japanese army will have reinforcements coming from the Ningbo area. Because of the existence of Aojiang River, the Japanese on the west bank are like cooked ducks, and they will not let them go.
It makes sense, but how can we eat it completely as soon as possible to avoid having too many dreams at night? After a discussion on the phone, the three of them assigned combat tasks and handed over the task of interception to the guerrilla troops of the Kong First Division and Tian Feng.
In order to better complete the interception mission and completely crush the Japanese army's escape attempt, Wang Hai organized all the fighter planes and pilots that could fly, 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 Feng's guerrillas to intercept the Japanese reinforcements and attack the Japanese who forcefully cross the river.
The guerrillas led by Tian Feng 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. They lowered their response to the guerrillas.
It is expected that the role of the Kongyi Division will become relatively important.
It was expected that the Japanese would start crossing the river after dawn. Sure enough, when dawn broke in the east, the Japanese began to forcibly cross the river. The Kongyi Division appeared in the sky 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. However, 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 Shizikou seems to be extremely wide and has many whirlpools that are difficult to cross, but it is actually 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 Otani. At first, Otani Otani did not realize the benefits of crossing the river. In yesterday's battle, many Japanese soldiers and war horses were shot or drowned in the river.
Straight down, some were stuck by plum blossom piles and became floating corpses. These Japanese soldiers and war horses were soaked overnight, and the corpses were swollen and looked particularly ferocious. However, when they fell into the eyes of Otani Xiongbing, they were so amiable. He did not realize at first that they were plum blossoms.
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 corpse was some hidden piles formed by pine trees and boulders. He was overjoyed and immediately put in more people.
Let them try to see if they can use these hidden piles to build a pontoon bridge.
From a high position, Wang Hai saw many Japanese soldiers 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: "You know how to be afraid!" Then, when he saw the people behind him, he saw them.
The Japanese began to try to fix the wooden planks to the plum blossom piles. He smiled coldly and said that he would wait until you built the pontoon bridge before bombing. He ordered the first attack on the two river crossing points located upstream, and then calculated the shooting parameters.
Issued to ground troops to guide them in precision artillery strikes.
There was still only one battalion of the Second Special Artillery Brigade participating in this battle, but the number of rockets it carried was several times more than yesterday. The sound of artillery rumbled, and one fireball after another screamed and 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 10,000 Japanese soldiers had worked hard to establish were razed to the ground. Then, both 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 from him, 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 overwhelmed 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 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. He was 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 screamed, then shed tears, pulled out his saber, closed his eyes, and was about to chop it down - 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 troops 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 had nothing to do with the plaster flag that was torn to pieces by the artillery fire.
It was different. Seiichi Aoki and Yuhei Ohtani 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 that in the first grade. Liu Yuqing, Pang Deya and Wang Hai imagined the Japanese army's death struggle, but the 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 the Japanese's back.
Wang Hai originally thought that they would not achieve much in this battle. However, 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 most of them were dying in the water.
Struggling, these gangsters were so frightened by the artillery fire of the Xuebing Army 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 ordered a retreat. As soon as they withdrew, Tian Feng'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.