At about 12:45, if you listen carefully, you can hear the roar of the plane. Although the Japanese pilots deliberately tried to hide their whereabouts, in this silent night, the sound of the plane's motor was so loud. Moreover, , it is difficult for them to figure out the exact location, so this deliberate behavior can only serve to deceive others.
In fact, the sound of the plane's engine was the signal for the Japanese army to launch a night attack. While the soldiers of the Xuebing Army were making various arrangements, the Japs of the Tiangu detachment were not idle either. The Japs of the two other brigades had already committed suicide. I thought I was lurking quietly about a kilometer away from the Xuebingjun position.
"Gentlemen, this operation is signaled by the sound of the aircraft engine. As soon as you hear the sound of the engine, start immediately." These were the original words of Naojiro Amaya when he issued the order.
So, Ouyang Yun didn't wait long before he heard the explosion. Of course, it was not an explosion caused by a plane dropping a bomb, but an explosion caused by a kid stepping on a landmine.
As soon as the explosion sounded, a sudden burst of gunfire rang out from the Xuebing Army's position. Although there were many shots fired by Langya soldiers, most of them were firecrackers.
As soon as the gunshots were fired, the Japanese troops no longer concealed their whereabouts, and flares were launched one after another, illuminating the surrounding areas.
About ten minutes after the flare took off, the Japanese planes began to roar towards the Xuebingjun position.
After Ouyang Yun heard the first explosion, he began to count the time. At this time, he said: "I hope these bastards from Langya are quick on their feet. Otherwise, it will be too difficult to escape from this density of bombing." It’s difficult.”
The deciphered Japanese military telegram did not contain a specific number of Japanese aircraft carrying out bombing missions. It turned out that Ouyang Yun thought there would not be too many. After all, with the current technical level, the safety of long-distance night operations could not be guaranteed. , basically out of the ten fighters, no more than five were able to return safely in the end. Whether the others were directly crashed or forced to land by chance depends on the pilot's character. However, he obviously underestimated the Japanese army's ability to extinguish his own. He was determined to detach the force, because after he counted them carefully, he was finally surprised to find that the number of Japanese attack aircraft participating in this bombing mission reached an astonishing thirty-six, half of which were new fighter aircraft.
The Japanese fighter planes entered the battlefield in three waves, with twelve in each round. After the first round of bombing, the gunfire on the Xuebing Army position suddenly became sparse. Some firecrackers were limited in length and had been set off long ago. The gunshots at this time were actually the Japanese soldiers from the two brigades amusing themselves. After the first round of bombing, the Japanese army launched a charge regardless of the threat of landmines, and finally sacrificed three soldiers. Four hundred people broke through the Xuebing Army's defense line and entered the trenches. At this time, it was obvious that the Japanese army had finally discovered the scarecrows. Through the lens of the telescope, Ouyang Yun happily discovered that the two Japanese officers leading the army had hesitant expressions on their faces. Without any resistance, they obviously realized that they had fallen into a trap. Their mission was to direct the fighter planes to bomb, destroy the infantry positions of the Xuebing Army at one time, and then find their artillery positions. But in this situation, they didn't know what to do for a moment. Of course, Ouyang Yun would not make them feel embarrassed. Just after the gunfire here gradually stopped, loud gunfire sounded from the original artillery position. At this time, the second wave of Japanese fighter planes arrived. When it arrived, this time, no Japanese infantry was used to guide them. The wave of Japanese planes went straight to the pseudo-artillery position and violently bombed it.
"Ba Ge, we have been fooled." At this time, the Japanese who occupied the Xue Bing Army position finally woke up and knew what to do. The two captains thought about it and decided to retreat immediately. However, since they had worked so hard You've entered through a minefield, and if you try to leave again, you'll have to pay the price.
At the right time, Ouyang Yun asked Ge Yunfei to send electricity to the troops and let them take action immediately. Therefore, the two brigades of the Third Xuexi Division plus the 60th Division launched an attack on the Japanese army at the same time. The two brigades of the Third Xuexi Division were divided into two groups, one The brigade directly launched an attack on the Japanese stronghold in the city, and another brigade quickly inserted into the east gate. Their operational intention was to cut off the connection between the Japanese troops of the two outgoing brigades and their detachment headquarters.
As soon as the gunfire sounded from both sides of the southwest, Amaya Naojiro was startled. He immediately realized that he had been plotted against him. At this time, he really hoped to get support from the air. However, the student army was very cunning. As soon as they came up, the speed advantage of armored vehicles and tanks broke into their own close quarters, and quickly entered a state of dogfight with their own side. This directly caused the third wave of Japanese planes to hover over the battlefield for a full half an hour after their arrival. He didn't dare to drop bombs casually, so he finally dropped all the bombs on the outside of the battlefield and left in a hurry.
The departure of the Japanese plane made the brothers of the Xuebing Army cheer. "Haha, the little devil is at his wits end." "Brothers, work together to wipe out the idiots of the Tiangu detachment and avenge the folks in Zhenjiang."... ...Amid the shouts one after another, under the guidance of flares, the soldiers of the Xuebing Army quickly occupied the Japanese army's outer positions, and then began to launch a fierce attack on the central defense line.
The Amaya detachment originally had more than 5,000 people. In the daytime battle, nearly a thousand people were lost and more than 700 people were injured. In order to guide the aviation force to carry out precision bombing, Amaya Naojiro sent two more brigades, and now they stay in Zhenjiang City. There were only more than 1,500 people. However, these more than 1,500 people were taking a break because they were responsible for the defense task in the first half of the night. As a result, they were caught off guard and were not there for half an hour. Ability to organize effective defense,
The most intense battle was outside the east gate.
The Eighth Learning Brigade of the Third Learning Division, which was responsible for sniping the two Japanese brigades, was under great pressure from the beginning. Due to the competition for speed, they did not have time to build fortifications. In order to cope with possible attacks from the front and rear, the Eighth Learning Brigade Chang Fu Qiulin had to leave a regiment to keep an eye on the other side of the city. As a result, under the fierce attack of about two thousand Japanese from two brigades, his defense line was once in danger. However, precisely because of the fierce Japanese attack, the front lines of both sides were intertwined. They were very close, so the Japanese aviation troops did not dare to drop bombs on their positions. This was a blessing in disguise.
When the battle was at its fiercest, the 23rd regiment responsible for building the first line of defense was finished in less than ten minutes. This made the regiment leader and Changshan so anxious that they picked up the phone and shouted at Qiulin: "Brigade!" "Sit, it won't work, the Japanese are attacking too hard, my third battalion is almost finished..."
At that time, the Japanese troops in the city had completed their assembly, abandoned their original defense zones, and began to break out outside the east gate. Obviously, Naojiro Amaya had sensed something was wrong, and made the most correct choice, wanting to unite the troops first. Let's talk after getting up, and in this way, the pressure on the 22nd Regiment, which was responsible for the delay, can be imagined. At this time, Fu Qiulin had already led his guard platoon and personnel directly under the brigade to press forward. Hearing and Changshan Shouting, he said viciously: "Changshan, are you still a man? It's not just your regiment that is in trouble now. I tell you, Wang Baolin has sacrificed his life. Well, as long as you are still alive, Don't scream at me."
Fu Qiulin was obviously anxious, otherwise he would not have been able to say something with obvious logical errors, because if He Changshan died, he would never be able to speak.
Wang Baolin was the commander of the 22nd Regiment. Because the Japanese army charged too hard and there were tanks to clear the way, the defense line that the 22nd Regiment had worked so hard to build could not even stand for five minutes before it was torn to pieces. At the most critical moment, In this situation, Wang Baolin, along with his guards and personnel directly under the regiment, rushed forward with cluster grenades, and sealed his life by destroying a tank.
Ouyang Yun had considered the possibility that the Eighth School Brigade would be attacked when he made this plan, but what he didn't expect was that Amaya Naojiro would execute it so resolutely and not even take away the loot he captured; while Zhenjiang's Gu The City Wall Association once again became the "enemy" of the Xuebing Army. When the earth-shattering explosion sounded and the entire east gate tower was blasted and collapsed, he knew that it was no longer realistic to completely annihilate the Tiangu detachment tonight.
"Hurry up and send electricity to Fu Qiulin and order the Eighth Brigade to withdraw from the battle. At the same time, ask him to guide the coordinates of the artillery unit and beat him up with artillery."
When the 8th Xuexue Brigade received the order, all three regiments were disabled. Among them, the 22nd regiment suffered the most heavy casualties. Including the regiment leader Wang Baolin, more than 500 soldiers of the regiment fell forever in order to block the advance of the Japanese tanks. On the land in front of the east gate of Zhenjiang, on the contrary, the combined casualties of the 60th Division, which was responsible for the attack on the western front, and the 7th Xuexue Brigade, which attacked on the southern front, were less than a hundred. Of course, the casualties they inflicted on the Tiangu detachment were also much less. More than a squadron of Japs were wiped out, and the artillery unit was still responsible for the greatest contribution in this battle. Although the intensive artillery attack came a little late, it still inflicted heavy damage on the Tiangu detachment. More than a thousand Japs were blown up by artillery shells. die,
The battle came to an end at around four o'clock in the morning. Although the Tiangu detachment lost almost half of its troops, it finally succeeded in breaking out from the encirclement of the Xue Bing Army, and for the young Ouyang Yun, there were still students. For all the soldiers in the army, this battle will be remembered forever as a painful lesson in their hearts. Also remembered by them should be the brutality of the Japanese army.
It turns out that the Japanese are not as vulnerable as in the red movies I watched when I was a child. It turns out that among the little devils there are also generals who are familiar with the art of war. Take Naojiro Amaya for example. It is precisely because of his excellent command that he learned the art of war. The soldiers suffered such heavy casualties when they had the upper hand in numbers and equipment. This can be regarded as Ouyang Yun's biggest gain from this battle.