The Sixth Division adopted this unconventional strategy in order to seize the relatively scattered distribution of the Japanese troops in Yingtan, cut and surround them at the beginning of the battle, and prepare for the subsequent annihilation.
The Japanese were too confident and did not believe that the Chinese army would take the initiative to launch an attack. As a result, once the center was breached, the original defensive advantage now turned into a military disadvantage. Fortunately, Mizuhara Yoshige reacted quickly and recalled the 22nd Battalion to Yingtan in time. Otherwise, the current situation is that all three brigades are surrounded.
There is still a battle to be fought in the Sixth Learning Division's operation against Yingtan. The Fifth Learning Division led by Li Hanhun personally went from Pucheng to Guangfeng, but not a single Japanese was seen along the way. The Japanese commander in Guangrao was a member of the 8th independent independent brigade. Chief of Staff Ida Morilin, Lieutenant Commander, the Japanese army in Guangrao has two brigades, the independent 34th and 35th brigades. When the 5th Xuexi Division fought out of Pucheng, the Japanese from these two brigades were on a shooting range outside Guangrao City. Target shooting was carried out collectively, and all peripheral defense work was handed over to the puppet troops.
The puppet army was very good at oppressing the common people. When the battle started, they immediately turned into rabbits. The puppet army ran too fast. Although more than half of a security group was captured, only half of them ran into Guangrao City. In this way As soon as Ida Shenglin got the alarm, he immediately pulled his troops back to Guangrao City. In this way, it would be impossible for the Fifth Xue Division to achieve a quick victory.
Li Hanhun was not in a hurry, and contacted the mechanized infantry brigade of the Third Army. He learned that the brigade had entered Yushan Town and cut off the connection between Yushan and Changshan. He led his troops to surround Guangrao, preparing to wait for an opportunity to completely annihilate this Japanese army. ,
The South China Front Army has a newly organized mixed independent brigade in the Guangrao and Yingtan areas. The Xuebing Army invested two and a half divisions at a time, showing an aggressive attitude of wanting to take over the entire 8th mixed independent brigade. Yingtan and The importance of Guangrao to the war situation in South China is self-evident. Matsui Ishimoto was thinking about increasing his troops in the area. Unexpectedly, before he took action, the Xuebing Army launched such a fierce offensive. Once Yingtan and Yingtan fought, If Guangrao is lost, then if you want to attack Fujian, you can only launch an offensive from Zhejiang and the sea. Let the navy participate in the war. This is what the senior officials of the Army Ministry do not want to see.
At around 11 o'clock at noon, the defenses of the 9th Division of Qingyuan County were bombed by the 2nd Air Force Division. According to the original plan, the air attack on Qingyuan should be completed by the 3rd Air Force Division at Fuzhou Airport. However, the division was The skies over Ningbo suffered heavy losses. Tielin Fei did not dare to let the remaining Aerial Fortress and Xuexue-1 fighter planes be damaged, so he had to let the Second Air Division do the work for him.
At the same time, within the boundaries of Jiangshan City, the battle between the Third Army and the 13th Division finally began.
After entering Zhejiang through Fengling Pass under the unified leadership of Deputy Commander Mo Xide, the Mechanical Infantry Brigade of the Third Army and the 7th Infantry Division of the Xue 3rd Army were divided into two groups in Erbadu Town. The Mechanical Infantry Brigade was led by the brigade commander Zhang Laishun. Shidu Village marched towards Yushan, while the 7th Xuexi Division went straight to Xiakou Town. Xiakou Town only had one squadron of Japanese soldiers. Knowing that they could not fight against the large army of Xuebing Army, they occupied the only school in the town and fought hard. After the leading troops of the 7th Xue Division surrounded the school, considering that there were still faculty and staff inside, they did not choose to attack by force. They left some people to keep an eye on the Japanese soldiers, while the others went around and headed directly to Changtai Town for reconnaissance.
When Matsui Iwane called Suzuki Shimono, he was leading the engineering team to rescue the surviving cannons at the artillery position. The 13th Artillery Regiment suffered heavy losses in this round of air strikes. In the end, only one of the heavy artillery of the two brigades was intact. Suzuki Shimono received an order from Matsui Iwane. Worried about the lack of artillery and resulting in passivity, Suzuki gathered the artillery belonging to the four infantry regiments, thus forming another artillery regiment, and then took the 58th Regiment and the 104th Regiment. And this motley artillery regiment quickly supported Jiangshan County,
The Japanese troops stationed in Jiangshan County originally had two brigades, but because they had to be divided into different places to perform defensive tasks, there was actually only one brigades left in Jiangshan County.
Suzuki Shimono and his troops had just felt the situation when they received a telegram from Tamamoto Yamamoto, the commander of the Yushan garrison, saying that a large Chinese force had been discovered in Danan Town and asked for support.
Previously, the Japanese army in Jiangshan County had received a telegram from Xiakou Town, because the telegram also claimed to have encountered a large Chinese force. This put Suzuki in trouble. At this moment, how eager was he to obtain air intelligence support? ,,In his heart, he took it for granted that one of the two Chinese armies was definitely a bluff.
As the saying goes, whatever comes to mind, "buzz..." The roar of aircraft engines rang out in the southwest sky. He looked up and saw a small black dot flying closer and closer. He knew it was a Chinese reconnaissance plane, and he felt in his heart I feel even more useless,
Colonel Yu Kimura, commander of the 58th Regiment, saw his hesitation and came closer and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, I think the best choice for our army at the moment is to leave two brigades and artillery units to defend the country, and then use the main force The troops walked along the altar stone to see if there was any chance of going around to the southwest of Yushan from the direction of Qunli and encircling and annihilating the enemy troops attacking Yushan. Regardless of whether the Chinese were pretending to attack Yushan or not, as long as we held Yushan, we could threaten the Chinese army to attack Guangrao. By then, if the 65th Regiment and the 116th Regiment are dispatched, they will be able to encircle the China Army attacking Jiangshan..."
Suzuki Shimono looked at the map, and after a while said: "Go and call Matsushita Castle Erta."
"Hai."
Matsushita Castle was the commander of the Jiangshan County garrison. After he was brought over, Suzuki Shimono asked: "Matsushita-kun, have the civilian workers who built the fortifications been disbanded?"
"Not yet. In order to prevent them from causing trouble, I have locked them up in the No. 2 Barracks."
"If I remember correctly, a batch of winter clothes just arrived at Jiangshan Military Supplies Warehouse."
"Yes, these winter clothes were originally going to be sent to the 8th Independent Mixed Brigade, but the Chinese attacked before they could go. It seems that they have to wait until the Chinese attack is repelled before they can be sent over."
Suzuki Shimono looked at Matsushita Castle and suddenly said sternly: "Matsushita-kun, I am going to give you a glorious mission. Are you sure you can complete it?"
"Hai." Matsushita stood up straight instinctively and lowered his head to answer,
"Let all the civilians put on our military uniforms, and equip them with the captured guns. Remember, you are not allowed to give them bayonets or bullets. Then, you can suppress them and move back and forth in Jiangshan County."
Matsushita heard this in confusion. He originally thought that the order of glory was to order him to go to glory, but now it sounds like there is no need to leave the city, so there is no danger at all.
However, Kimura Xiong and others heard the mystery. Several Japanese junior officers bowed respectfully and praised: "Your Excellency, Commander, this is really wonderful."
Suzuki Shimono was a little proud. He looked at Kimura Yu and said: "Kimura Colonel, this is thanks to your suggestion. Whether this plan works, the defense of Jiangshan County is very important. I need a reliable person to command here. Kimura Colonel, this The task is left to you."
Kimura Yue was very excited. The more difficult the task, the greater the military exploits he could get. This was exactly what he hoped to get. He replied without hesitation: "Your Excellency, I promise to complete the task."
"The Chinese have control of the air, so the flexibility of the artillery must be guaranteed. Kimura, be prepared to hold on for three days. After three days, I will lead a large force to punch the Chinese from behind. By then, you will have made great contributions. It's time."
"Hai, the imperial army will win."
In the Xuebing Army's battle plan, whether to capture Jiangshan and Yushan is secondary. The attack on these two places is actually to create a favorable atmosphere for the Xuebing Army to annihilate the enemy.
The frequent dispatches of reconnaissance planes basically grasped the whereabouts of the Japanese in time. This information was sent to the front-line commanders through radio waves, and they could choose whether to really fight or maintain coercion based on the actual situation.
"The Japanese have seen our army's intentions." After learning that the Japanese army gathered on a large scale in Jiangshan, and then divided half of them to go to Yushan, Mohide came to the above conclusion.
Gui Mingxun, commander of the Seventh Learning Division, pointed to the map and said: "The Japanese want to divide their troops in Yushan, so we will fight them back."
Mohide nodded: "Hit."
The reconnaissance plane once again flew over Jiangshan City, this time it was tasked with providing coordinate guidance for the Artillery Regiment of the 7th Xuexue Division.
As soon as the reconnaissance plane appeared, Kimura Xiong immediately ordered the artillery to hide, and then he personally led a large group of Japanese soldiers and drove out of Jiangshan City in a mighty manner.
Suzuki Shimo's order to Kimura Xiong was to hold on to the country for three days. Kimura Xiong doubted the determination of the Xuebing Army to capture the country from the beginning to the end, so he strongly suspected that the enemy troops appearing outside Shimen Town were just suspected troops. "If the Chinese are just bluffing, then We will fight back fiercely. If the Chinese are a large force, then we will bring back the Shimen defenders." He explained to his subordinates his move out of the city to fight,
Shimen is only about 20 kilometers away from Jiangshan. With such a short distance, Suzuki Shimono has the confidence to go back and forth calmly.
The pilot on the reconnaissance plane saw the formation of more than a thousand Japs, and he immediately reported it to Moshed via radio. Moshed asked about the number of enemy troops in Jiangshan County, and then concluded that these Japs were here to test , He then said to Gui Mingxun: "The Japanese don't seem to know the size of our army. It's okay. You can lead the 19th brigade to pretend to attack Shimen, and I will lead the 20th brigade to go around Changtai to try to defeat the little Japanese. I ate this devil right before my eyes."
"Okay, military commander, then be careful."
"Let's do it."
The 21st Xue Brigade, led by brigade commander Chen Erbing, first hid in the nearby mountains and forests. The 19th Brigade dispatched a regiment to launch an attack on Shimen. In order to make the Japanese unclear about their own strength and strength, Gui Mingxun Regarding the weapons equipment, not a single tank was dispatched, but the vanguard group was only allowed to use mortars to prepare firepower.
The sound of "bang bang" mortar fire sounded, and a small group of Japs in the south of Shimen Town immediately retreated into the town. Then, the two sides began to fire mortars. Each side fired dozens of mortars. With artillery shells, the Pioneer Regiment tore two holes in the defense fortifications in the south of the town, and then launched a ground attack.