Besides, Chi Chengfeng's 2nd Battalion had just returned to Yangzhou, and the Tashiro Regiment's Motorized Infantry Squadron had also arrived.
The two armies exchanged fire indiscriminately for a while. The Japanese army discovered that the Chinese defenders in Yangzhou City had strong firepower, so they took the initiative to withdraw ten miles away. The squadron leader, Captain Aoki, immediately sent a report to Colonel Tashiro for help, claiming that the Chinese army had been found in Yangzhou City.
The main force, judging from the density and intensity of firepower, is at least two battalions in size.
After receiving the telegram, Colonel Tashiro urgently informed Major General Shigeto and led the 104th Regiment back to Yangzhou.
For the Chongteng detachment and Tashiro detachment, Yangzhou's strategic location is extremely important and cannot be lost.
More importantly, the lost batch of military supplies must be recaptured. If this batch of luggage cannot be recaptured, the consequences will be very serious. After all, no matter how brave and skillful the warriors of the imperial army are, they still need to eat, and they also need artillery shells and bullets.
To destroy the enemy, it is impossible to destroy the Chinese with bayonets alone.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese Tashiro Regiment fought back to Yangzhou with great momentum. Colonel Tashiro Motoshi immediately ordered a fierce attack on the Chinese Army in Yangzhou City. Half an hour after the battle, six bombers from the Japanese Central China Front Air Force also flew over.
Over Yangzhou, they began to bombard the 2nd Baoshan Battalion in Yangzhou City indiscriminately.
However, it gets dark early in winter, and just after five o'clock, the sky starts to get dark slowly.
The Japanese bombers hurriedly dropped their bombs and were forced to return. After that, Tashiro Wing launched two more strong attacks, but they were pushed back by the 2nd Baoshan Battalion.
Although the Tashiro Regiment was a field regiment in the Japanese army's order of battle, and Colonel Tashiro Mototoshi was a top student who graduated from the Imperial Continent, it was hard to make a fool of yourself. Since the artillery squadron lacked artillery shells, the grenades of each infantry squad also lacked grenades.
, so it was impossible to effectively suppress the machine gun firepower of the Chinese Army, which brought difficulties to the attack.
After all, the warriors of the Imperial Japanese Army were also made of flesh and blood, and they would still be shattered if they were hit by bullets.
After six o'clock, it was completely dark. Colonel Tashiro Motoshi had no choice but to order to shrink his troops and set up camp outside the west gate of Yangzhou. At the same time, he sent an urgent telegram to the division headquarters of the 13th Division, requesting that the aviation force urgently airdrop ammunition supplies early tomorrow morning.
Although the Tashiro Regiment was brave and skilled in fighting, without ammunition supplies, the battle would still be impossible.
Until this moment, Colonel Tashiro had not thought that his alliance was actually on the verge of destruction.
Since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the general impression given to the Japanese army by various branches of the national army is that the soldiers are brave in fighting, but the officers are of low quality and have weak firepower. The comprehensive evaluation can be summarized in four words: vulnerable!
Therefore, many times, an infantry squadron of the Japanese army dared to challenge a regiment of the Chinese army, and an infantry brigade could defeat a reorganized division of the Chinese army. Seishiro Sakagawa, an old devil, was even more crazy. He only had half a division in his hand.
He dared to overwhelm more than 30 divisions of the national army and attack fiercely, but in the end he actually won the battle.
Therefore, Colonel Tashiro never thought that his regiment would be surrounded and annihilated. Although the Tashiro regiment is currently short of ammunition, if the Chinese Army wants to encircle and annihilate them, it will have to mobilize the strength of several elite divisions at least, but now Yangzhou is several kilometers away.
Are there so many armies within a hundred miles? Apart from the Baoshan Regiment, there are probably only a few security regiments at most.
Colonel Tashiro already knew about the Baoshan Regiment's annihilation of the two infantry brigades of the Nakagawa Regiment on the Jingjiang River Beach, but he also knew the whole story. He believed that if Colonel Nakagawa had not been eager for success, he would not have been in the artillery brigade.
If the attack was launched in a hurry without being rushed, this defeat could be completely avoided.
Moreover, during the day, the Tashiro Regiment had already fought against the Baoshan Regiment in Yangzhou City. The Baoshan Regiment's combat effectiveness and morale were indeed much higher than those of other Chinese armies. Their equipment was also good, and their firepower was also fierce, but
After all, the troops were insufficient, and presumably their vitality had been damaged in the battle to encircle and annihilate the Zhongchuan Regiment.
With the remaining strength of the Baoshan Regiment, it is not enough to hold on, so how can they dare to go out of the city to counterattack?
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Outside the west gate of Yangzhou, the temporary headquarters of the Baoshan Regiment.
Under the dim starlight, several figures came to Yue Weihan one after another, but they were Cao Xinglong, Niu Dagen, and the three former battalion commanders of the 668th Regiment, Zhang Zhongyi, Zhao Gandang, and Li Desheng.
"Are all battalions and companies in place?" Yue Weihan said solemnly.
Several battalion commanders nodded one after another and said in unison: "We have reached the attack position."
Yue Weihan then said to Niu Dagen: "Dagen, is your artillery battalion okay?"
"No problem." Niu Dagen said with a chuckle, "The mortar company and the 92nd Infantry Artillery Company have already set up artillery positions, and the shooting elements have been calibrated. As long as the regiment commander gives the order, I promise to let the little Japs find them."
Not to the north."
"Can't find the north?" Yue Weihan said coldly, "You underestimate the Japanese army too much. I observed during the day and found that they were not the two Japs from the Chongteng detachment outside the city, but the elites of the Japanese 104th Infantry Regiment. These Japs were not only well-trained but
He has good temperament, and his will to fight is extremely tenacious. Even if he dies in battle in the end, he will never collapse!"
"Then blast him to the ground!" Niu Dagen said ferociously, "I don't believe we can't kill these little devils."
"No, the battle cannot be fought like you said. Although a lot of artillery shells have been intercepted this time, it cannot be wasted." Yue Weihan shook his head and said, "In this way, we must first concentrate all the artillery and try to knock out the Japs' headquarters in one fell swoop.
Then use poison gas bombs to stun the little devil until he is blind, and then the battle will be easier to fight."
"Okay." Niu Dagen nodded, "I understand."
Just as Niu Dagen and several battalion commanders were about to leave, Liu Yi, the commander of the 672nd Regiment, arrived in a hurry and said hurriedly: "Commander Yue, wait a moment!"
Yue Weihan turned around when he heard the sound, frowned and said: "Captain Liu, what advice do you have?"
Liu Yi took a breath and asked in a deep voice: "Commander Yue, are you planning to attack the Japanese army at night?"
Yue Weihan nodded and said: "Yes."
Liu Yi asked anxiously: "Do you know which Japanese army is on the opposite side?"
Yue Weihan said: "I know, the 104th Infantry Regiment of the 13th Division of the Japanese Central China Front."
Liu Yi said anxiously: "Captain Yue, the 13th Division is a field division of the Japanese army. The combat effectiveness of its various regiments far exceeds that of local garrison brigades such as Chongteng Detachment. Commander Yue must not be easily annihilated during the day."
The Yangzhou garrison thought that the 104th Infantry Regiment was just as vulnerable as them."
Yue Weihan asked: "Commander Liu, how does the 13th Division compare with the 9th Division?"
"The 9th Division is a permanent division of the Japanese army, and the 13th Division is just a special division. I think the 9th Division is more powerful." Liu Yi didn't know that the Baoshan Regiment wiped out the 9th Division.
The main force of the 36th Regiment.
Cao Xinglong next to him couldn't help but said: "Captain Liu, you may not know that just yesterday afternoon, our regiment just wiped out the main force of the 36th Infantry Regiment of the 9th Division on the Jingjiang River Beach. Do you think our Baoshan Regiment can still
Do you care about the remnant regiment of the B division opposite? What's more, their ammunition is almost out."
"What?" Liu Yi suddenly changed his expression, "The Baoshan Regiment wiped out an elite regiment of the Japanese 9th Division?"
Yue Weihan said: "As I said before, the little devils are indeed far superior to the national army in terms of equipment and individual soldier quality, but they are not heavenly soldiers and generals, and our national army is not made of clay and paper. As long as the tactics are proper,
As long as the timing is right, our national army can still defeat the Japanese army and even annihilate them!"
After saying this, Yue Weihan said to Liu Yi, "Captain Liu, you and the brothers of the 672nd Regiment are both good. When faced with the Tiandai Regiment with absolutely superior troops and absolutely superior artillery in Yangzhou, you never flinched and fought to the death.
After all, you are better than Marshal Zhang, so what do you think, are you interested in staying in the Baoshan Regiment?"
Liu Yi took a deep breath and said solemnly: "Whether you can stay in the Baoshan regiment depends on Shangfeng, but in this battle tonight, Liu must participate!"
After that, Yue Weihan said to Cao Xinglong and others: "You all remember, as soon as my signal gun fired, Dagen's artillery battalion started shelling. As soon as the shelling stopped, the 4th, 5th and 6th battalions started attacking at the same time. Remember
, this time there is no distinction between main attack and auxiliary attack, all three battalions are the main attack. In addition, the commandos of each battalion must not forget to wear gas masks."
"Yes!" Several battalion commanders and battalion lieutenants agreed loudly, and Yue Weihan waved his hand and shouted, "Go back and prepare."