With the participation of thousands of young men from Jiangpu Town, the Baoshan Regiment's rush to repair the bunker fortifications was greatly accelerated.
It was a lucky coincidence. With the strength of the Baoshan Regiment, if it only relied on hastily built civil fortifications as defensive support, it would have been impossible to stop the Guoqi detachment. It would not even be able to survive the three days that Bai Chongqi estimated.
The Kunisaki Detachment is the elite among the elites of the Japanese army. Its mobility and combat effectiveness are really extraordinary!
But now, the situation is very different. Due to God's mercy, a heavy snow suddenly fell, which greatly slowed down the marching speed of the Kunisaki detachment. Due to the melting of the snow, the roads were muddy, and the mechanization of the Kunisaki detachment became a burden.
One can't help but sigh that Yue Weihan's luck is really not that good.
More importantly, there is also Zhao Xinyi, a war reporter who is very good at mobilizing the masses!
In less than two days, Comrade Zhao Xinyi, who was nominally a war correspondent but was actually an underground member of the Chinese Communist Party, mobilized all the people in Jiangpu and Pukou towns and nearby villages. The young men were responsible for emergency repairs, and the women
and children were busy boiling water for cooking and serving tea and water. Under Zhao Xinyi's mobilization, many people demolished their houses and took out bricks to build blockhouses. Even the elderly donated their longevity materials.
to build defense fortifications.
Facing such enthusiastic Jiangpu people, the national officers and soldiers of the Baoshan Regiment were even a little at a loss!
It should be said that the national army's mass base in Jiangnan is not bad. They will not complain when they set up camps in wealthy families. When the troops pass through the villages, there will occasionally be ordinary people carrying tea and hard-boiled eggs.
We have come to work for the army, but no one has ever seen such a fiery scene as now.
Chi Chengfeng happened to be at the headquarters of the 1st Battalion, and immediately said to Cao Xinglong: "Grandma, our Lao Chi has been fighting for more than ten years. This is the first time we have seen such a scene. Why are these people suddenly so enthusiastic?
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"I have seen a lot of scenes like this." Cao Xinglong seemed to be recalling the past, and said with some emotion, "When I followed the old battalion commander in the Northern Expedition, there were scenes like this everywhere we fought. The people were really welcoming at that time.
It's a pity for us that after Wuhan was captured, such a scene has never happened again."
Chi Chengfeng said: "Dalong, I heard that these common people were instigated by that war reporter?"
"What agitation, this is called propaganda!" Cao Xinglong frowned, "Reporter Zhao is indeed very capable in publicity. It would be great if she could stay in our Baoshan group for a long time, so that no matter where she goes, our group can quickly get
With the support and support of local people, the difficulties we face will be much smaller."
"His grandma is right." Chi Chengfeng touched his chin and suddenly said, "This reporter Zhao is quite beautiful. Why don't we just let the leader marry her, so that she can stay here?"
Are we in Baoshan group yet?"
"Okay, don't worry about it anymore." Cao Xinglong said angrily, "What happened to the Japanese girls last time was not enough for you?"
"Hey, it's because Tuan Zuo has a tender face, I don't believe he's not interested." Chi Chengfeng said disapprovingly, "All pretty girls are like this."
"I don't have time to chat with you. Go back to your own position." Cao Xinglong said and drove Chi Chengfeng out.
Repair according to the specifications. When repairing the fortifications, be sure to bury explosives and fuses deeply, and double wires must be laid!"
"I know, I know." Chi Chengfeng said impatiently, "Isn't it just building a shabby fortification and burying shabby explosives? It won't cause any trouble."
Cao Xinglong added: "We must also pay attention to air defense. Don't let the little Japanese planes find flaws, let alone hurt the people."
"Definitely, are you bothered?" Chi Chengfeng grabbed his military cap and walked away, muttering as he walked, "The little devil's aerial bombs were not brought by the strong wind, so they were reluctant to throw them at the heads of our Baoshan regiment.
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Chi Chengfeng's nonsense finally became the truth.
The Japanese reconnaissance plane had actually discovered that the Baoshan Regiment was building fortifications in the Jiangpu Town area long ago. Because the Baoshan Regiment had more than 3,000 officers and soldiers plus 4,000 to 5,000 civilians, the emergency repair work on the ice and snow was too conspicuous to the Japanese reconnaissance.
The plane was discovered while it was still at an altitude of more than a thousand meters.
However, due to the cover-up work of the Baoshan Regiment and the limitations of high-altitude reconnaissance, the reconnaissance planes of the Little Devils were never able to discover that the Baoshan Regiment was building solid masonry and concrete-reinforced fortifications, but only thought it was ordinary civil fortifications, so they did not
It didn't attract enough attention, and later on, they even stopped doing reconnaissance at all.
Until the main force of the Kunisaki detachment arrived, the Japanese bombers did not bomb once.
Let Chi Chengfeng say it. Japan is an island country and relies on overseas imports for almost all its resources. In addition, the navy has taken away most of the resources. The resources left for the Japanese army are quite limited. Heavy aerial bombs
It is a luxury weapon for the Japanese Army. Unless there are important tactical targets, bombers will not be dispatched.
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Besides, Yue Weihan's snow guerrillas brought great difficulties to Yanagita Brigade's march.
Yue Weihan's snow guerrillas not only destroyed roads and blew up bridges, they also often laid landmines on the roads!
Under Yue Weihan's instruction, the mines modified by Tang Dashan were more and more weird than the last. There were endless trigger mines, trip mines, and chain booby traps. In order to clear the mines and explosives, the engineering team of the Yanagida Brigade was almost completely destroyed, and the entire brigade was marching.
The speed is like a snail, and I can't move forward more than ten miles in a day!
The most terrible thing is that the snow guerrillas often form groups of three or five and take turns attacking Japanese military positions at night.
Under the command of Yue Weihan, these guerrilla groups were like wild wolves. They would bite them hard whenever they got the chance. The little devils were hard to guard against and impossible to suppress. Sometimes, dozens of them would be attacked in one night.
This attack caused the entire Yanagita brigade to sleep wrapped in thick cotton coats at night, and they had to carry a big lid in their hands when going to the toilet.
In addition, the snow melted and the roads were muddy, so the mechanized equipment of Yanagita Brigade became a burden. From He County to Qiaolin Township, Yanagita Brigade only traveled less than half a day, but from Qiaolin Township to Jiangpu, it took a full day.
After walking for four and a half days, it was not until the evening of the fifth day that the exhausted Liutian Brigade advanced to the southern suburbs of Jiangpu Town.
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Yanagida's brigade was not marching smoothly, and the main force of Kunisaki detachment was not much better.
Although the main force of the Kunisaki detachment was not attacked by the snow guerrillas, people from all walks of life appeared in endlessly to cause trouble for them along the way. Most of them were small groups of bandits, and there were also local security teams who were defeated by the imperial army, and even some
A "strange" armed force attacked the headquarters of the 11th Regiment, but fortunately no damage was caused.
Captain Yamada of the 11th Regiment reported that the weapons used by this group of armed men were very miscellaneous, including broadswords and spears, and they were dressed like bandits, but their organizational discipline was obviously better than that of bandits by several levels.
The combat effectiveness is also much stronger than that of the bandits. Yamada Colonel speculates that these are probably guerrillas led by the Communist Party of China.
In addition, the melted snow caused the roads to become muddy. The Kunisaki Detachment is a highly mechanized regiment, and the impact of road conditions on them is far greater than that of other infantry brigades. As a result, it took the main force of the Kunisaki Detachment five days to
Arriving from Chaohu to He County, the forward Liutian Brigade had just entered the southern suburbs of Jiangpu.
The repeated warnings from the Front Army Headquarters still had an effect. Although Major General Noboru Kunisaki had never taken the Baoshan Regiment seriously, he did not rashly order Yanagita Battalion to launch an attack. Instead, he ordered Yanagita Battalion to closely monitor the enemy in front of him and wait for the main force of the detachment.
Once you arrive, attack again.
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At noon on December 28, the twenty-sixth year of the Republic of China (1937), the main force of the Guoqi detachment finally arrived at Jiangpu.
At this time, it had been seven and a half days since the Baoshan Regiment arrived at Jiangpu and repaired the fortifications. Due to sufficient raw materials such as cement and bricks, more than 3,000 officers and soldiers and more than 4,000 civilians worked day and night to repair the fortifications along the highway.
The line built at least hundreds of large and small masonry and cement bunkers!
The field fortifications of each battalion have all been reinforced with cement. Although they may not be able to block the direct fire of combat anti-aircraft guns or the shelling of 105 mountain artillery, there is no problem at all in resisting the fire coverage of light mortars and grenade launchers.
As for the 105 mountain cannon, there are special anti-gun holes dug in the trenches, so there is no need to worry too much.
All in all, the Baoshan Regiment has built a solid concrete defense line outside Jiangpu Town. Now it depends on whether the Guoqi detachment has the steel teeth to crush this concrete defense line!
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Different from the relative peace in Jiangbei, the city of Nanjing on the other side of the river has become a hell on earth!
The conclusion made by Bai Chongqi, deputy chief of the General Staff, during the Wuhan camp has been completely turned into a laughing stock. In his opinion, the Baoshan regiment, which can only last for three days, is still unscathed. In his opinion, it can only last for ten at most.
Although the Nanjing defenders had held on for seven days, they were far from exhausted.
Seven days ago, two Japanese heavy artillery brigades destroyed Zhonghua Gate and Guanghua Gate respectively.
Immediately, the leading troops of the 6th Division and the 9th Division swarmed in from the gap in the city wall.
Lieutenant General Gui Yongqing, who was responsible for guarding the Zhonghua Gate, adopted a strategy of luring the enemy deep into the city. He lured an infantry squadron, the vanguard of the 6th Division, into the city, and then set out in ambush to annihilate them all in one fell swoop! Sun Yuanliang, who was responsible for guarding the Guanghua Gate, chose
He defended the gap in the city wall and fought hard with the enemy. As a result, he was bombarded by Japanese heavy artillery and aircraft, causing heavy casualties!
The fierce fighting continued until evening, when the Japanese 6th Division and 9th Division broke into the city one after another, and fierce street fighting officially broke out!
From then on, until the complete fall of Nanjing, no matter day or night, no matter when and where, as long as there were people, there would be gunshots, and wherever there were gunshots, there would be fighting. The heroic soldiers and civilians of Nanjing and the Japanese devils would fight house to house.
Every ruin of the broken wall has become a battlefield for the two armies to fight over and over again. Every time the Japanese army takes a step forward, they have to pay a huge price!
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At the same time, several Western adventure reporters who did not hesitate to risk their lives to sneak into the city of Nanjing also used a combination of photos and text to transmit the tragic scenes of Nanjing street fighting back to the entire Western world in an almost live broadcast. The bravery of Nanjing's soldiers and civilians
The Anti-Japanese War won the sympathy of the vast majority of the people in the West, and the vast number of overseas Chinese living abroad were completely touched. They once again showed up to donate money and materials, and the climax of the young children directly returning to the country to join the war...
Although the ancient Chinese nation looks like a terminally ill old man, it can always shine with strong cohesion and vitality at critical moments of life and death, and deal a fatal blow to any enemy who dares to offend!