Nowadays, in war, the requirements for the personal abilities of soldiers are getting higher and higher. In fact, since the birth of firearms, the situation of relying on numerical superiority to win a battle is gone forever. How much does an all-round soldier mean to a team? Looking at the battle of Zhenjiang, we can get a clear answer. It is precisely because Shan Renxiong led the team to promptly telegraph every move of the Tiangu detachment to the Xuebing Army headquarters, so Ouyang Yun and Li Han Only the soul can make various arrangements in a targeted manner, thus almost annihilating the Tiangu detachment.
The battle was divided into three steps and lasted four days.
The day before was the first stage,
Ouyang Yun received the telegram from Dan Renxiong and found out the strength of the Tiangu detachment. On the one hand, he ordered the troops to carry out civil engineering work in the field of view of the Japanese reconnaissance troops, pretending to be engaged in positional warfare, and on the other hand, he telegraphed Let a single hero figure out the location of the Japanese artillery positions, and at the same time integrate all the artillery units of the two divisions, striving to destroy the enemy's artillery units within one round.
About three hours later, Shan Renxiong sent back a telegram again, informing the Japanese artillery troops in an area about three kilometers north of the east gate of Zhenjiang. About a quarter of an hour after his telegram was sent, the Japanese army detected When a single man signaled their radio signal and sent out a squadron of Japs for encirclement and suppression, Ouyang Yun gave an order, and nearly two brigades of artillery units from two divisions of the Xuebing Army launched their force together. Suddenly, nearly a hundred rounds of artillery shells roared roaring towards the Japanese artillery positions,
But it is said that since the commander of the Amaya detachment, Naojiro Amaya, learned that the Xuebing Army soldiers were approaching the border, the once arrogant Japanese army immediately became cautious. He frequently mobilized his troops and began to adopt a defensive posture based on the combat characteristics of the Xuebing Army. , while telegraphing to the dispatched army headquarters in Shanghai, requesting air force support, he believed that when our own side did not have ground weapons and firepower advantages, it would be tantamount to want to use our own troops to defeat the student army, which was almost two and a half times his own number. Therefore, dispatching aviation forces for bombing and using heavy bombs to destroy the armored units of the Academy Army was an indispensable link in winning the battle. At the same time, he gave the troops of the Fifth Division who were marching towards Jurong The Guoqi detachment generated electricity, claiming that it had encountered a sniper attack from the superior student army, and requested the Guoqi detachment to give up the attack on Jurong and head towards Danyang instead, hoping to inflict heavy damage on the student army after the two sides met.
For the middle-aged and middle-aged officers of the Japanese army, defeating the cadet army and even capturing Ouyang Yun alive are the things they are most passionate about. After the battle of Jiangyin, this sentiment was unprecedentedly high. Many Japanese commanders even asked to abandon Nanjing first. Strategy, first annihilate the Xuebing Army, the empire’s largest hostile force,
If the commander-in-chief of the Shanghai Expeditionary Force, Matsui Iwane, did not take the Xuebing Army seriously at first, after the battle of Jiangyin, the old Japanese hated this warlord-like Chinese army to the bone and even wanted to eat Ouyang Yun. , Therefore, after receiving the telegram from Naojiro Amaya asking for help, the old Japanese did not dare to be careless at all. He immediately ordered the two subordinate air forces to temporarily abandon the original bombing plan and instead fully support the Amaya detachment. At the same time, he ordered the Kunizaki detachment. In addition, Ushijima Sadao's 18th Division in Hangzhou Bay also marched towards Zhenjiang, hoping to solve the serious problem of the Xuebing Army once and for all, and at least to keep all the mixed forces that went north to make them more energetic. hurt,
Matsui Iwane still underestimated the strength of the cadet army. Among them, the most underestimated was the cadet army's determination to fight and the sharpness of its artillery.
Compared with the heavy artillery used by the Japanese army, the Xuebing Army's 150 mm or more howitzers have a larger diameter, so they have a longer range. This is not the most critical thing. What makes the Japanese most defenseless is the terrifying movement of the Xuebing Army's self-propelled artillery. Speed, in fact, as long as Ouyang Yun is willing, it is entirely possible for the artillery unit of the Xuebing Army to fire one shot and change the location.
After getting in touch with the dispatched army headquarters, Amaya Naojiro made whole-hearted arrangements to entangle the cadet army in Zhenjiang. For this reason, he even made a record. Once the cadet army wanted to break away from the battle and cross the river, then He will order the troops to attack at any cost,
Nearly a hundred cannons fired in unison, and the sound was so loud that anyone who had experienced it personally would be deeply impressed. At that time, Tiangu was worried about the small Chinese army in the headquarters.
Although this unit is small, the harm it causes is huge, because they can come and go freely in Zhenjiang City, and even enter the team headquarters of a brigade and steal a radio station. Send it to the Xuebing Army Headquarters, then the Tiangu detachment will fall into an extremely passive situation.
The rumbling sound of artillery proved that Amaya Naojiro's judgment was accurate. But a few minutes later, what shocked him was that the target of the Xuebing Army's attack this time turned out to be his own artillery position.
Ouyang Yun launched this artillery attack without leaving any room, whether it was for the Japanese army or for the Xuebing Army itself. If this saturation attack continued, there would be only one outcome: either the Japanese artillery troops would be completely wiped out, or the Xuebing Army would be wiped out. The army's artillery units will suffer huge losses in the Japanese counterattack. Of course, no matter from which angle you look at it, the Xuebing Army's chances of winning are much greater. First, they have mastered the exact location of the Japanese artillery positions. Secondly, the Japanese army has The quantity and quality of artillery are far inferior to those of the Xuebing Army.
The fifteen-minute saturation bombardment completely destroyed the Japanese artillery position. Of course, the destruction of the Japanese artillery was not useless at all. It gave Tiangu the opportunity to withdraw the armored troops to Jinshan.
Amaya Naojiro is worthy of being a general who can stand alone. As soon as he heard the intensity of artillery fire from the Cadet Army, he immediately realized that his own artillery unit was definitely hopeless. And if nothing unexpected happened next, he would definitely suffer such a devastating blow. It is an armored force. The Xuebing Army uses all its artillery to carry out this kind of saturation strike. Then the next steps can be predicted. It will definitely launch a full-scale attack.
"Ouyang Yun is an expert. Has he realized that I will request aviation support, so he wants to make a quick decision? The current situation does not require our army to take the initiative." Tian Gu thought, with a look on his face. A wry smile appeared. Although he thought this way, he actually knew that without the heavy artillery fire support, if he wanted to take the initiative to launch an attack, he would risk his death. You must know that the Xuebing Army is not like other national army units. They have More powerful armored forces,
On the Xuebingjun position at the east gate of Zhenjiang, Ouyang Yun observed the Japanese armored force position with a telescope. When he saw the Japanese army beginning to retreat, he felt slightly unhappy.
He Zheng lowered his telescope and said to him: "Commander, it seems that our opponent is not mediocre."
Ouyang Yun put down the telescope and said: "This is a difficult opponent. Zheliang, ask the staff officer on duty to send electricity to Commander Li Hanhun and ask them to speed up the march. Tell him that he must beware of the Japanese troops who may come down from Zhejiang. In addition, let him They have built the fortifications more firmly, and whether we can capture the Tiangu detachment depends on whether they can withstand attacks from both sides."
The activity of Shan Xiong's team in Zhenjiang City was the highlight of this battle. Because of this extra pair of eyes, the Xuebing Army has now fully taken the initiative. After successfully destroying the artillery unit of the Tiangu detachment, If we just drive him out of Zhenjiang, no matter what other people think, at least Ouyang Yun will feel aggrieved, just like a game of chess, the layout is so perfect, but there is a big colander at the end of the middle game, which is naturally unacceptable. This is a mistake a master should make,
The sound of artillery stopped, and without Ouyang Yun's order, He Zhengjiang roared loudly. Under the cover of the armored troops, all the officers and soldiers of the Third Xuexi Division rushed out of the trenches and rushed towards Zhenjiang City.
Suddenly, the chassis of the relay-type tank that was rushing forward suddenly flashed a ball of fire, and with a "boom", the tank was immediately paralyzed.
"Anti-tank mines." Ouyang Yun blurted out, then picked up the walkie-talkie and issued an order to He Zheng, asking the armored troops to stop for a while and use them as forts, and to let the infantry attack instead.
A flood of officers and soldiers of the Third Xuexi Division rushed toward the east gate. Soon, the duel between the infantry of both sides began centered on the east gate gate tower.
"The Japanese army was well prepared, even anti-tank mines were brought." Ouyang Yun thought, with a worried look on his face. In that time and space, this scene was simply impossible to happen, even during the entire Anti-Japanese War. During this period, the Japanese army did not seem to have laid such landmines on the Chinese battlefield. What is going on now? Are the butterfly wings really flapping? This hurricane is so violent.
The Xuebing Army was supported by artillery and tank guns, and it had an overwhelming advantage from beginning to end. Of course, the Tiangu Detachment was not a weak force. Regardless of its equipment, the military quality of its soldiers was still quite high. The obvious point is that although most of the weapons of the Japanese army are the type of 38 guns that can be fired and pulled once, the damage caused to the student army is extremely large, which is about two hundred meters outside the east gate gate tower. Within a few seconds, a regiment of officers and soldiers of the Third Xuedi Division fell, half of whom suffered from penetrating wounds. Although there were very few casualties on the spot, the trouble caused to the Third Xuedi Division was considerable. It was precisely in order to save the first A group of injured comrades and subsequent soldiers fell on the line one after another. Even later, a company commander who saw something fishy stopped the actions of his comrades. He stood up with one leg and used the Wei Qing style. Sweeping at the Japanese army's position, he was beaten into pieces by 38 bullets, and he fell down heroically.
On the first day of the battle, more than 800 people of the Xuebing Army were killed, but very few were injured, only more than 50 people. The reason was that it was precisely because the company commander had a bad leader that those who were injured were injured. The officers and soldiers, even those with only minor flesh injuries, followed his example and stood up to launch a desperate charge towards the enemy's position. As a result, most of them fell in the death zone. On the first day of the battle, It was particularly tragic,