Yoshihashi Ryosuke wanted to gain the power of the former enemy's commander-in-chief. In all honesty, he had no selfish motives. However, he had already pulled this trick outside the Guanghua Gate, and he had spent a huge price but failed. The 6th Division was involved at the time and lost about a brigade of troops. Hisao Tani already had a considerable prejudice against him. Now that he understood the behind-the-scenes content of Tsukada's call, he could treat Yoshihashi Ryosuke He had no good ideas anymore. Holding the telegram, he gritted his teeth and said: "This country bumpkin from Mie County, if you want to take revenge, wash away your shame, and save your future, you can just go and fight for it yourself. Why do you have to tie us up together?" How many warriors of His Majesty the Emperor have to be sacrificed to defeat a chariot that can't even be attacked by mountain cannons. The Chinese are not fools. They will stand still and wait for you to blow them up. No wonder they always lose the battle. " Hisao Tani was scolding incessantly, and Yoshihashi Ryosuke had already given an "order" for the 6th Division to suspend the attack and turn to defense. Hisao Tani was asked to prepare at least one large group of death squads, saying that he would use the Japanese army The blood of the imperial warriors completely buried the tank divisions of the Xuebing Army, so that the Chinese people would know what real war is.
Yoshihashi Ryosuke had a good plan and planned to organize three large squadrons of death squads to use human sea tactics to swamp the Xuebing Army's chariot troops.
The Japanese changed their normal behavior and gave up the attack and adopted a defensive posture. Wu Keren and Fu Kaixing saw all this, and then looked at the fireworks rising from time to time in the distance and the continuous explosions. They immediately deduced that the Japanese were encountering When there is big trouble, the troops coming to help are not small in size, and they must have taken the initiative.
"Military Seat (Division Seat), the Japs suddenly stopped fighting. What should we do now? Should we counterattack?" From time to time, subordinates asked this question. The sudden appearance of reinforcements boosted everyone's spirits, even the officers and soldiers of the 103rd Division. They also swept away their previous decadent posture and became aggressive and aggressive. Faced with the positive attitude of their subordinates, Wu Keren and Fu Kaihang showed surprisingly consistent attitudes this time: of course they must counterattack, but the timing is still limited. I'm immature, wait and see,
A counterattack is certain. This is the opportunity that the commander has finally won for them. Only a counterattack can form a breakthrough. Only when they break through the encirclement can they take their destiny into their hands again. The Japanese army's formation is not in chaos now, so it is not a counterattack yet. The best time, depending on the scale of the battle ahead, and the quality and quantity of the reinforcements are good, then this opportunity will definitely appear,
"Brothers, cheer up. Once the opportunity permits, we will strike back and let the little devils know that our Northeastern Army (Central Army) is not easy to bully."
The Jiguang type tank unique to the Xuebing Army was used three times in the Battle of Nanjing. All three times were commanded by Qian Guangming. The results were more brilliant each time. This laid the foundation for Qian Guangming's later growth into a backbone of the "Yun Party". With a solid foundation, if Qian Guangming himself were to evaluate which of the three battles was the most enjoyable, he would definitely choose the "Battle of Wujiang" without any doubt.
The "Battle of Wujiang" is not a tank battle in the true sense, because there are only about ten symbolic tanks in the enemy's camp, and seven of them are rubbish bean tanks, and What professionals will never forget after the war is that these dozen Japanese tanks were completely destroyed by artillery fire before they could even see the Jiguang tanks.
When Ouyang Yun was a guest teacher at Renqiu Military Academy, he gave several classes specifically on tank tactics, and those lessons were never missed. Among the many contents Ouyang Yun taught, the one that impressed him most was the following sentence: When tanks are fighting infantry, especially the Japanese army, one thing is very important, and that is speed and strength. They form a fist, attack quickly, break through in one fell swoop, and tear open the Japanese defense line with the fastest speed and the most violent artillery fire. Destroying the will of the Japanese army to resist can establish victory in one fell swoop.
At the end of the battle between Pukou and Yamada detachments, Qian Guangming made full use of the speed of the tanks to overwhelm the Japanese infantry defense line in one fell swoop, thus laying the foundation for victory in the battle. If it were not for the support of naval guns behind the Japanese army, they would later summon When the bombers come, not only the Yamada detachment will be wiped out, but also the 11th Division is destined to suffer heavy losses.
It was that battle that gave Qian Guangming an understanding of the tactics of tank troops against infantry. It was also that battle that allowed him to experience the thrill of being the commander-in-chief of a tank unit. Today's battle will be a test of his front-end time. A test of comprehension ability,
After three minutes of rapid fire, Qian Guangming issued the order for a full-speed assault without hesitation.
The attack route chosen by Ouyang Yun was a highland next to a small river. Soybeans or yams were grown on the highlands, while reeds and cattail grass grew on the riverside. There was a path below, and down the path were continuous rice fields. The width of the highland is about 30 meters, and four tanks can pass side by side at one time. Zhang Cheng's third battalion takes the lead, Qian Guangming personally leads the first battalion in the center, and then comes the mixed troops of the second and fourth battalions, nearly a hundred The tanks are arranged in a row, with a length of about one mile from front to back. This is also what Qian Guangming did intentionally. The advantage of arranging this relatively loose formation is that it can not only provide sufficient combat space for infantry when the attack is stopped. , and with each salvo, the artillery fire can cover a radius of about one square kilometer, thereby maximizing the lethality of the shell fragments.
After encircling the 103rd Division and the 117th Division, the Japanese army was not prepared for a long-term war, and the positions they set up were relatively crude. After the war, these crude positions basically lost their original functions. , and as the front line progresses, these positions lose their function, and the Japanese army will naturally not repair them. In this way, after a round of heavy artillery bombardment, the so-called positions are completely wiped out, and the rapid movement of the tank troops can no longer be stopped. advance,
The tank troops advanced rapidly, and in about ten minutes they arrived in front of the 36th Brigade of the 6th Division. The rapid fire in the previous three minutes caused great damage to the 45th Regiment of the 36th Brigade, which was relatively behind. Zhang Cheng peeked through Kong looked over and saw that the battlefield was in a mess. There were no less than three corpses of Japanese soldiers lying near almost every explosion point, and some of them were missing arms and legs. He picked up the walkie-talkie and called Qian Guangming: "Master The covering bombardment just now has achieved the intended effect, and we can carry out the cleaning operation without stopping."
"Then let's do another round of rapid fire. The target is two thousand meters ahead."
"Yes." Zhang Cheng released the button on the transmitter and first gave the driver a stop order. Then he was about to give the gunner a combat order when suddenly Qian Guangming's voice came from behind: "Commanders, listen up, cancel the shooting." Order, stay in place for five minutes, the artillery will help us clear the passage in front. Please note that we have entered the Japanese position and be alert to Japanese suicide attacks."
Zhang Cheng shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Interesting, these brats from the artillery are here to steal the credit from us."
The driver stopped the car neatly, unbuttoned his clothes, pulled up his clothes and fanned the air, and said: "It's too hot, what the hell, battalion commander, the commander said he would install a fan in the tank for us in the future, is this possible? .”
Zhang Cheng ignored him, raised his head and said to the shooter above: "This time we launched an attack unexpectedly. The little devil probably hasn't prepared the 'human explosive pack' yet, but just in case, Xiao Liu, please keep a close eye." .”
Zhang Cheng's tank was the "Jiguang LIII", equipped with an anti-aircraft machine gun. As a shooter, Xiao Liu was looking around with the gun at the moment. "Click, click, click." He suddenly pulled the trigger and fired a bunch of Bullet, said: "Batalion Commander, using an anti-aircraft machine gun to kill the Japanese is like killing a chicken with a bull's-eye."
Gunshots rang out from time to time all around, including those from 38-guns, vehicle-mounted machine guns, and anti-aircraft machine guns. Suddenly, a hollow sound of gunfire sounded from behind the tank cluster. A few seconds later, the hiss of artillery shells tearing the air came. Xiao Liu said : "The gang of gunners fired artillery so blatantly, and they were not afraid of retaliation from the Japs' bombers."
The speaker was unintentional but the listener was interested. Zhang Cheng felt relieved and quickly reminded him: "Don't just talk about other things. Keep your eyes on the sky. If there is a plane dropping a baby, don't say anything in advance."
"Tap-tat-tat." Xiao Liu pulled the trigger again, and after killing the two Japs rushing over, he said with a smile: "Don't worry, I paid attention to it before. It seems that these Japs' planes have finished dropping their bombs. It's flying southeast, it should be flying back."
Just as he finished speaking, a series of explosions suddenly sounded in front of him. This was the shells fired by the gunner starting to explode.
You Hongjun controlled the time accurately. As expected, this round of bombardment lasted only five minutes. Once the five minutes passed, Qian Guangming immediately ordered the troops to advance at full speed and informed each vehicle commander to control the rhythm of the battle. This time, they would tear through the Japanese defense line in one fell swoop. , to achieve reunion with the besieged fraternal troops,
The tank troops advanced wildly, and the 10th and 114th Divisions followed closely. Wherever they passed, they were invincible.
Ouyang Yun stood on the off-road vehicle, observing the battlefield situation with a telescope. Suddenly, his face became serious. The next second, he picked up the phone and called Qian Guangming after Kai died.
Qian Guangming was already a little far away from him, which somewhat affected the effect of the call. In the end, Li Hanhun informed him, and then he started talking to Ouyang Yun.
Ouyang Yun's order to Qian Guangming was to stop advancing immediately, stand by and carry out cleaning work.
This order was completely contrary to the original combat intention, which caused Qian Guangming to have a lot of doubts and asked: "Commander, what happened."
At this moment, Li Hanhun had also discovered the anomaly and was worried that there would be difficulty in their communication. He said: "The Japanese troops in other directions have made strange movements. What do the little devils want to do? They surround you and kill you. You suspend the attack and wait for the commander to rearrange. Strange." Yes, the little devil did this because he wanted to have a battle with us to decide the outcome."