Shan Renxiong and his party grabbed their tongues and caught them all the way to Zhenjiang City. Objectively speaking, they cannot be blamed for such a situation. The top commander of the Japanese Amaya Detachment was Major General Amaya Shinjiro, the commander of the 10th Infantry Brigade. He led the After the troops captured Zhenjiang, he originally allowed his subordinates to burn, kill, and loot to boost morale. However, after receiving information from the Japs in the squadron that went to Dagang to seize the dock, he immediately shrunk the army and at the same time used an infantry brigade to cooperate with the armored regiment. Garrisoned at the east gate facing Changzhou, in order to deal with possible attacks from the direction of Changzhou, the Japanese army was frightened by the tank troops of the Xuebing Army in North China. On the one hand, the Japanese began to strengthen the development of tanks, and at the same time, they also began to face Jiguang. The power of the tank, in the relevant tactics guidance regulations, there are specific tactics on how to deal with the cadet army tanks, using the method of formation defense with the cooperation of heavy artillery troops to attack them, this is also The main reason why Japanese units above the brigade and regiment level were equipped with heavy artillery during the Battle of Nanjing was:
The Japanese armored troops set up an iron barrel array outside the east city gate. The single hero and the others could not find a chance to penetrate, so they had no choice but to advance all the way in. In this way, they accidentally broke into Jinshan Temple.
Shan Renxiong selected several Wolf Fang warriors to carry out this mission. Huang Furong's overall sensing ability was the strongest, and just as he guessed, outside the east gate, the Xuebing Army's attack had indeed begun.
The first shot was fired by the vanguard unit led by Liu Kui, a regiment composed of Ouyang Yun's guard regiment and the reconnaissance unit of the Third Xuexi Division.
What Shan Renxiong didn't know was that just after they infiltrated into Zhenjiang City, the Tiangu detachment headquarters sent a reconnaissance force headed by a cavalry squadron to the east.
The two sides met unexpectedly about fifteen kilometers away from Zhenjiang. As for the Xuebing Army, all the officers and soldiers of Liu Kui's mixed regiment marched in a mechanized manner. Among them, he himself was riding in an armored vehicle.
Both sides were marching very fast. Only then did the reconnaissance post running at the front notice the shadow of the other side's reconnaissance post. The troops behind them had already followed.
The reconnaissance sentry of the Xuebing Army rode a three-wheeled motorcycle, and the Japanese army was naturally on horseback. As soon as the two sides met, the three motorcycles of the Xuebing Army immediately rushed towards them, while the Japanese army turned around and ran away.
"That stupid little devil wants to run away, so kill him." The person who said this was Zhang Farong, the squad leader of the reconnaissance post of the Xuexing Army. Their motorcycle was running at the front, and Zhang Farong personally controlled a general-purpose machine gun. He yelled like this, and he had already pulled the trigger. There were five Japanese reconnaissance posts, and the Japanese soldier who was running at the front turned his horse around. He and his horse were already hit, and the horse neighed. In the middle, the men and horses pushed the golden mountain together and fell into the dust like jade pillars. The Japanese soldiers behind heard the reminder from the Japanese leader. The two smarter people immediately tightened the reins, pulled the mounts so that they leaped high on their front hooves, and then adjusted their horses. He turned around and ran away. The other two people were a little slower in their reactions. They undoubtedly became the target of Zhang Farong's gun.
"Chase." After killing three Japs as soon as the fight started, Zhang Farong felt a little high-spirited and shouted for the driver to speed up and catch up.
Amidst the sound of "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu", three motorcycles advanced in pursuit.
The sound of gunfire was a signal. When Liu Kui heard the sound of gunfire, he immediately ordered the troops to speed up. At the same time, he quickly sent people back to the original route to report to the commander: the Japanese have been discovered.
After Ouyang Yun received the report, he immediately discussed the division of troops with Li Hanhun. They had just received the war situation report from the committee. Japanese troops had appeared in Yixing, and Wuxi City was in danger. In this case, they had to consider the possibility One situation that arises is that once the Japanese Shanghai Expeditionary Army Headquarters learns that the Tiangu detachment has encountered strong resistance, will it increase its troops in Zhenjiang? If other Japanese troops capture Changzhou along the way in the next few days, then the Xuebing Army may Falling into siege, after considering various factors, he, Li Hanhun and others deduced that it was a necessary choice to divide the troops in Danyang. In this case, even if Changzhou and Jurong were occupied, the Xuebing Army would still be able to do so because it had sufficient strategic depth. There is another reason for calmly retreating to Dayang Zhongdao. Once Danyang can be captured, it will be possible to encircle and annihilate the Tiangu detachment without Japanese reinforcements. After careful consideration, Ouyang Yun decided to personally lead the 3rd Xue Division and the 60th Division to attack In Zhenjiang, Li Hanhun led the Fifth Xue Division to attack Danyang.
When Ouyang Yun led a large force to meet Liu Kui and his leading regiment, they were only about three kilometers away from the east gate of Zhenjiang. Because this position was already within the range of the artillery of the Tiangu detachment, Liu Kui and the others stopped and did the first thing they did. One thing is to do civil work,
In the hastily dug trench, Ouyang Yun raised his telescope and looked at the Japanese position. He found a Japanese tank that was much larger than Chilo. He couldn't help but frowned secretly. What he was most worried about had happened. , Of course, this was what he had hoped for, to make the Japanese army stronger than that time and space, so that the Americans would suffer a certain amount of hardship in the subsequent Pacific War. However, after all this really happened as expected, he began to Doubt, is your decision really correct? With China's current strength, can it still be able to withstand the stronger Japanese army? In that time and space, the Battle of Songhu alone lasted more than three months, thereby shattering the so-called "Three-Year Plan" of the Japanese army. The arrogant idea of "annihilating China within a month", now, the Battle of Songhu has become the Battle of Nanjing, and the war only lasted about ten days, many places in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have been lost, and more places are in emergency frequently.
"Commander, how do we fight?" He Zhengsheng, commander of the Third Academy Division, stood next to Ouyang Yun. After he put down his telescope, he asked,
"Aren't Single Heroes back yet?" Ouyang Yun didn't answer him, but asked Liu Zheliang,
Liu Zheliang shook his head,
Ouyang Yun: "Wait and see, let the troops seize the time to carry out civil engineering work. The Japanese army has already taken precautions to prevent them from counterattacking."
Ouyang Yun's original plan was to start fighting immediately, but after seeing that the Japanese army had new tanks and assumed a defensive posture, he realized that he could not be too hasty. The Japanese army had always preferred offensive means of combat. Now They actually went against the so-called bushido spirit they advocated and adopted passive defense. It was obviously because of the existence of armored units in the academy army. Did they think of a way to deal with the Jiguang-type tanks by setting up this iron barrel formation? If they changed Being me, what method would I use? Ouyang Yun thought, recalling that the intelligence sent back by Hu Tong mentioned the dangers of the Japanese heavy artillery unit many times, and he immediately understood the beauty of this iron barrel formation.
"Commander, this posture of the Japanese is a bit strange. All their tanks should be here. If we attack in another direction, wouldn't their arrangement be in vain?" He Zhengjiang said,
Ouyang Yun said: "It's hard to say this. If I were the commander of the Japanese army, I would concentrate all the troops at the east gate. The Japanese army occupied Zhenjiang just to attack Nanjing. In other words, Zhenjiang is dispensable to them. ,Do you get me."
He Zhengjiang suddenly realized and said: "It seems that our opponents are very smart. In this way, if our army just wants to regain Zhenjiang, then they can choose to fight or withdraw. But if we want to eat them, we have to start from Let’s start the fight here.”
"Yes, let's wait a little longer. We must find out the strength of the Japanese artillery in the city." Ouyang Yun said, "I hope I can handle it." If the number of Japanese heavy artillery is limited, then the armored troops of the Third Division, one or two regiments, can It is completely possible to attack by force; but if the Japanese army has enough heavy artillery, they can only think of other methods, because if they attack by force, the gains will definitely outweigh the losses.
Just when Ouyang Yun missed Shan Renxiong terribly, they had already put on Japanese military uniforms and blended into a group of "returning fully loaded" Japanese soldiers.
Originally, they could have obtained these military uniforms earlier, but their group was all relatively tall, and the Japanese soldiers were generally shorter, so in order not to have any flaws in their clothing, they moved to three places to fight, and then they The clothes are gathered together,
"Assemble, assemble, the Chinese are coming." As the assembly whistle sounded, the Japanese soldiers in Zhenjiang City began to run towards the assembly point of their respective units, which also gave the single heroes an opportunity to fish in troubled waters.
They followed a dozen Japanese soldiers to a courtyard about 800 meters away from the east gate. There was the headquarters of a brigade. The single hero and the others did not go in, but found an opportunity to sneak to the back of the courtyard. Then, the others Watching for the wind, Ding Yi, the single hero with the best light body and climbing skills, climbed over the courtyard wall and entered the back garden of the courtyard. The two of them quickly walked through the garden and came to the one in front of the garden. After entering the house, two people one person Peering left and right into each room, Ding Yi saw several Japanese officers dismantling and sorting out a telegraph machine in a room on the right a few minutes later. He immediately waved to Shan Renxiong,
The single male cat ran over and reached the back door of the main room where he entered the house. Suddenly the door opened. He was startled and hurriedly stopped against the wall.
A Japanese officer with the title of Major came out, stood on the stone steps at the door, then started to pee,
Shan Renxiong sighed in his heart, rolled his eyes, made a gesture to Ding Yi, then lowered his head and squatted down, making some noises at the same time.
"Who." The Japs immediately looked over. Seeing the appearance of Solo Xiong, he thought he was trying to do something big. He couldn't help but burst out laughing and said, "Yo Xi." As soon as "Yo Xi" was spoken, Ding Yiyi With a wave of his hand, an invisible white light flashed, and the Japanese Major immediately fell to the left.
Danrenxiong and Ding Yi have been working together for many years and have a tacit understanding. Almost at the same time that the Japanese Major made a sound, he stood up and leaned forward, just in time to catch the opponent's limp body, and directly stabbed the opponent's neck with a knife. After a while, he put him down and quickly glanced into the hall. No one was seen. He quickly closed the door and ran toward Ding Yi again.
Ding Yi calculated the time very accurately. Almost when the single hero ran to him, he suddenly raised his left hand and slammed it on the window, and then waved his right hand. The three Japanese officers in the room were just hit. Startled, they turned around to look, and the next moment they all fell limply to the ground.
Ding grabbed the window with both hands and jumped in. When Shan Renxiong straightened up and stretched out his hands, he had already picked up the telegraph machine and its accessories and threw them over.
The telegraph machine was a bit heavy. The reason why Ding Yi did this was because there were shouts of Japanese soldiers outside the house, asking people inside the house what was wrong. After running the telegraph machine to Shan Renxiong, he took out a smoke bomb in his right hand. Open it and throw it to the ground, then leap towards the window.
"Let's go." The single hero shouted, picked up the telegraph machine and ran away.
This time the two people ran directly towards the back door. When they got there, Shan Renxiong kicked the door open, and then the two people ran out. At this time, the little devil finally realized that something was wrong.
"Ping ping ping pong" gunshots rang out, but the bullets could only hit the wall or the open space outside the courtyard at the back door.
This operation to steal the telegraph machine turned out to be surprisingly smooth. If it were not for the purpose of obtaining the telegraph machine, with the ability of a single hero and their team, they would have killed all the Japanese officers in the brigade headquarters.