Guanghua Gate, after the earth-shattering explosion, with Guanghua Gate as the center, the surrounding city walls about two hundred meters collapsed. Zhu Zaiting pushed away the guards on his body, got up and looked around. He immediately realized what had happened. He turned around and looked around. Seeing that most of the people around him looked confused, and some were so frightened that they turned pale and looked lost. He knew clearly what the Japanese army would do after the city wall was blasted. The Japanese army had a numerical advantage. It was a deliberate move. Once they occupied the ruins of the city wall, he would not be able to resist it with the little force on his side. So the best thing to do now was to seize the ruins before the Japanese army. He was anxious and shouted: "Brother. Come with me." Then he pulled out his pistol, climbed up the rubble and rushed towards the ruins of the city wall.
Zhu Zaiting was a brigade commander. He took the lead. The Sichuan soldiers behind him woke up first and immediately chased after them with shouts. As soon as the Sichuan soldiers moved, the soldiers naturally understood Zhu Zaiting's intention. Amidst the shouts of middle and low-level officers at all levels, He picked up his weapon and rushed forward.
Zhu Zaiting didn't know, and neither did Ouyang Yun. Yoshizhu Liangsuke's sudden outburst was all caused by the battle on the water in Xiaguan yesterday afternoon.
Of the four gunboats, two entered the Dragon King's Mansion directly, and two were actually captured. According to the intelligence previously sent back from Nanjing, the Chinese did not even use the ships. In the eyes of Matsui Iwane and other old Japanese, It was really unbelievable. Matsui’s first reaction at the time was: Is the Xuebing Army really that powerful?
The Nanjing offensive and defensive battle had just begun, and the Japanese army had already grasped the details of the Nanjing defenders. After learning that the Chinese army staying in Nanjing was actually composed of cadet troops as the main force, Matsui Iwane felt that the Nanjing battle would be very difficult. However, He had never fought against Ouyang Yun. Although he had heard about the "power" of the Xuebing Army, he thought it was just an excuse made by some officers to shirk responsibility, so he did not pay too much attention to it. However, in the evening of that day, , just when he was about to enjoy dinner, a military newspaper came, and the old Japanese was immediately dumbfounded.
The 15th team of the Third Fleet was actually completely wiped out. This was not enough to surprise him. After all, China also had a large navy and had escaped destruction at the Jiangyin Fortress. What he never expected was that, According to the military report, the Chinese did not dispatch the navy, but a small group of infantry was responsible for annihilating Team 15.
As soon as Matsui read this battle report, his first reaction was that someone below had lied about the military situation, and he couldn't help but became furious. When the second battle report came, he saw that the troops besieging Nanjing not only made no progress but also suffered huge losses, so he believed it. , what was reported in the first military report turned out to be true. After reading the two military reports, the old devil no longer had the heart to eat. He got up directly and went to the headquarters, and then asked the officer on duty to give all the information about the cadet army. Find it out and let him read it,
The old Japanese spent two and a half hours reading about the glorious deeds of the Xuebing Army. The more he read, the more chilled he became. Then he sat in his office and thought hard for more than an hour. At about eight o'clock, he shouted Here comes Chief of Staff Harada Kumakichi,
When Harada Kumayoshi saw Matsui, the latter was writing fast at his desk with a tense face. He bowed respectfully and shouted: "Your Excellency, Commander."
Matsui stopped writing, looked up at him, and said, "Harada, have you read all the battle reports sent today?"
Harada nodded and said: "Yes, Your Excellency Commander, I was very surprised that the entire 15th fleet of the Third Fleet was completely wiped out. I asked the sergeant responsible for the reconnaissance mission in detail, and then based on my understanding of the Chinese army, I can now conclude that , the Chinese army that attacked Team 15 should be the Wolf Fang Fighting Team of the Xuebing Army. Sir, do you know the battle that the old 108th Division fought in Tianjin? It was this fighting team that attacked the old 108th Division. The regiment's headquarters and captured Kenji Doihara, which led to the defeat of the entire division. The Xuebing Army was not established for a long time, but due to the hatred of Japan by its founder Ouyang Yun, from its establishment to Now, the Xuebing Army has become the biggest obstacle to His Majesty the Emperor's cause of Greater East Asia. Please forgive me, under the current situation, it is no longer realistic to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Chinese army. I feel that the focus of our army should now be on Ouyang Yunhe Regarding the Xuebing Army, Chiang Kai-shek actually appointed Ouyang Yun as the commander of the Nanjing garrison, which gave our army a chance to annihilate it."
Matsui nodded and said: "You are right. Ouyang Yun and the student army under his command have indeed become a serious problem for the empire. I asked the 18th Division to attack Pukou. My original intention was to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Chinese. Nanjing area, but now it seems that this plan has no feasibility of implementation. Ouyang Yun is indeed a very talented person. He actually deployed a division in Wuhu in advance, which made our army plan to capture Wuhu quickly. Failed. However, every loss must bring a gain. Judging from the movements of the main force in China, the Nationalist Government has given up on Nanjing. The Xuebing Army is now guarding Nanjing. It is just to delay the withdrawal of the main force. Since they dare to stay, then we I took advantage of the situation and annihilated them all. Come, take a look at this new battle plan... My idea is that we must let the siege troops break through the outer defense line as soon as possible. Only in this way can we hold back the student army. At the same time, I will let The 18th Division has temporarily given up attacking Chu County and is waiting for an opportunity to attack Pukou again. As long as the 19th Division captures Pukou, the Xuebing Army will be unable to escape."
It was precisely because of Matsui Iwane's new battle plan that the pressure on the Japanese siege troops increased greatly, which forced Yoshihashi Ryosuke to come up with such a vicious plan.
And if Zhu Zaiting hadn't made a prompt decision and led his troops to rush towards the ruins of the city wall, then his desperate move would have been very likely to succeed. Once the city wall was successfully blasted, the Japanese soldiers from two brigades who had been ambushing 300 meters away immediately attacked Yoshizhu Ryosuke. Under the command, a fierce attack was launched on Zhonghua Gate.
I don’t know how much explosives the Japanese army used this time, but one thing is certain. Yoshihashi Ryosuke’s method really had the effect of a “surprise attack”. In the smoke and dust flying all over the sky, more than two thousand Japanese soldiers lined up in five formations. The phalanx rushed towards the ruins of the city wall like a tide, and behind them, more Japanese soldiers were waiting. As soon as the two groups of Japanese soldiers gained a foothold in the city, they would rush in with them, so that they could break through the Guanghua Gate defense line in one fell swoop, and then move toward March into the inner city,
When Zhu Zaiting was the first to climb to the top of the ruins, he saw the Japanese swarming up in dense numbers. Among them, the one closest to him was less than a hundred meters away. Even though he had already put life and death aside, he still couldn't help but take a breath, he NND , It’s really dangerous. If he hadn’t reacted quickly and brought his people up first, once the Japanese army occupied this ruins first, you can imagine what would be waiting for them next.
The enemy is already close at hand. As long as we relax a little, the Japanese army's breakthrough will be inevitable. Zhu Zaiting immediately lay down, then turned around and was surprised to see that all the officers and soldiers guarding the ruins of the residential area were following him. The reserve troops behind him were also coming in like a tide. He didn't say anything nonsense and shouted directly: "Hit." Then he took the lead and fired the first shot.
According to Yoshihashi Ryosuke's previous arrangement, the two Japanese brigades acting as vanguard originally planned to occupy the ruins of the city wall unexpectedly, and then one of them maintained fire suppression from a high position, and the other directly attacked the inner city. Now that they heard the gunshots, they knew The combat intention was revealed, and the two captains shouted loudly almost at the same time: "Charge, charge, drive the Chinese pigs down." Then, all the Japanese soldiers started running at the same time, shouting and rushing towards the ruins.
At this time, all the defensive troops from the two companies had rushed up. Among them, Qiu Jimin, commander of the student company, was holding a machine gun. He jumped directly onto a city wall brick with the muzzle of the gun facing down. He pulled the trigger hard with his hand and said in his mouth He shouted: "Brothers, fight, knock down the little devil."
His shouts aroused the fighting spirit of everyone in the student company. Everyone screamed angrily and violently pulled the triggers at the same time. Nearly a hundred Wei Qing-style assault rifles opened fire one after another, immediately knocking down dozens of Japanese soldiers who were rushing at the front.
Wang Hai, the commander of the Sichuan Army Company, followed closely behind Qiu Jimin. While he called on his brothers to occupy favorable terrain for sniping, he hugged Qiu Jimin's legs and took him down.
Qiu Jimin suddenly jumped into the air and couldn't help being startled. He stopped shooting and cursed: "What a bastard..." When he turned around and saw Wang Hai, he was about to continue to curse: What are you doing, you idiot? "Pfft, pfft" The sound of bullets colliding was heard, and several bullets hit the bricks of the city wall where he was standing just now. Sparks flew everywhere, and one of them directly hit his helmet. The huge impact almost knocked him unconscious and at the same time knocked his whole body out. The man fell backwards, and Wang Hai was caught off guard. One of them lost his footing, and the two of them rolled down the ruins together.
They rolled down four meters, and the two of them were held up by a city wall brick. Wang Hai grinned in pain and cursed in a low voice: "Qiu Jimin, you son of a bitch is looking for death. Standing so tall, you think bullets and You are a relative, Sui."
Qiu Jimin was also anxious just now. Seeing so many Japanese soldiers rushing up suddenly, he was afraid that he would not be able to defend himself. At this time, his body was stabbed by several sharp pieces of city wall bricks and he was in severe pain. He also woke up. When he heard the words, sparks were flying in front of him. The scene was a little frightening, but knowing that Wang Hai meant well, Hao Yan said: "Hey, I was so anxious just now, Lao Wang, thank you so much just now."
Wang Hai snorted and said: "It's good that your son knows." He added: "Buy buy skin, the little devil has become smarter, and he actually came up with this trick, my God, if the passenger seat hadn't reacted quickly, we would have I'm passive." He struggled to get up, then took out his shell gun and rushed forward.
On the ruins at this time, the defenders had already suffered casualties. The fierce shooting just now dealt a huge blow to the Japanese army. A full two hundred Japanese were knocked down, which also immediately curbed the momentum of the Japanese army's charge. Lived,
Once the momentum of the Japanese charge was checked, the two captains wisely ordered everyone to lie down and start shooting with the defenders. At the same time, they asked the grenade launchers to set up grenade launchers and start bombarding the top of the ruins.