Ten miles west of Yangzhou City, the Japanese Army's Tashiro Regiment is stationed.
Colonel Tashiro is personally inspecting the position with his men. Although the Tashiro Regiment is only the field wing of the third-class division, as a top student who graduated from the Imperial Continent, Colonel Tashiro Mototoshi insists on strict requirements with the high standards of the first-class division.
Your own troops, including the troops, must build complete defenses before camping.
This can be said to be a fine tradition of the more than a dozen permanent divisions of the Japanese army. Whether they are in an offensive situation, a defensive situation, or even a state of defeat, the Japanese army will desperately dig fortifications as soon as they stop. As long as they stay in one place for more than
In three days, a field fortress will be dug out immediately.
This is enough to show that the reason why the Japanese army's more than a dozen permanent divisions are able to fight is not without reason.
The Tashiro Regiment's ammunition reserve has dropped to a very dangerous level, so the construction of fortifications is particularly important. That's why Colonel Tashiro personally led people to inspect the entire camp, which allowed him to inadvertently avoid disaster!
Just when Colonel Tashiro was about to return to the headquarters after inspecting the camp, a red flare suddenly rose under the night sky!
Before the streamer of the signal bomb was extinguished, clusters of red light soared into the sky from a distance, dragging a long tail flame across the dark night sky, and finally fell viciously toward the command center with a piercing scream, violently
The fire suddenly rose into the sky, and with the deafening explosion, Colonel Tashiro's command post had already been torn into pieces all over the sky by the huge air wave.
"Artillery bombardment! This is the artillery bombardment by the Chinese army!" Colonel Tashiro was suddenly shocked. The Chinese people actually left artillery outside the city!
After two rounds of shelling, fierce gunfire suddenly rang out in the surrounding wilderness. Through the flash of light caused by the explosion of the shells, Colonel Tashiro faintly saw that a large number of Chinese soldiers had rushed out from the perimeter of the station. At this moment, Colonel Tashiro realized
Until I made a fatal mistake!
Colonel Tashiro believed that after retaking Yangzhou, the Baoshan Regiment would definitely defend the city like the previous China Army did.
Because even though Yangzhou City was in ruins, compared to the surrounding wilderness, there were still a large number of natural bunkers available for use. It was precisely because of this preconceived mindset that Colonel Tashiro made a misjudgment and took it for granted.
It is believed that the Baoshan Regiment must have deployed all its troops in the city.
However, it now seems that the Baoshan Regiment has only deployed part of its troops inside the city, while their main force is waiting in hiding outside the city!
Judging from the current strength of the Baoshan Regiment, it seems that they did not suffer heavy losses in the Battle of Jingjiang. This made Colonel Tashiro confused and even more surprised. Is the combat effectiveness of the Baoshan Regiment really so strong that it can defeat the enemy without a single blow?
Annihilate the two infantry brigades of the Zhongchuan Regiment?
Immediately, Colonel Tashiro became more alert than ever.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..." Another row of artillery shells flew through the air, and the sound was strange.
"Poison gas bombs are poison gas bombs! Order all infantry brigades to issue gas masks immediately!" The experienced Colonel Tashiro immediately identified the type of bomb from the whistling sound of the artillery shells, and was secretly frightened at the same time.
It seems that the Baoshan Regiment's ability to wipe out the two infantry brigades of the Zhongchuan Regiment was not just a fluke. It can be explained as a fluke that the opponent's first round of shelling destroyed his headquarters, but the second round of shelling was still so accurate.
That's not just a fluke. Obviously, the quality of the opponent's artillery is also quite high, not even inferior to the Imperial Army's artillery!
Tonight, if he hadn't happened to be out on patrol, he would have been shattered on the spot.
Looking at the Chinese infantry swarming around, Colonel Tashiro suddenly broke into a cold sweat.
It seems that the rumors are true. The commander of the Baoshan Regiment is indeed very capable in tactical command. If he had not escaped the shelling of the Chinese artillery by chance, the Tashiro Regiment would have lost command at this time, plus the poison gas bombs.
After the attack, the Chinese Army attacked simultaneously from the north, east, and south. The entire regiment would instinctively retreat to the west.
This is a fool's errand, and the entire regiment has lost its unified and effective command. Once it retreats, it will inevitably evolve into an irreparable defeat, and the consequences will be unimaginable...
Taking a deep breath, Colonel Tashiro tried his best to calm down, but at the same time, a strong desire to win surged in his heart!
Colonel Tashiro believed almost superstitiously that the Japanese Imperial Army was absolutely invincible, and he himself was definitely the leader among the younger generation of the Imperial Army. Therefore, he would never lose to the powerful Chinese commander on the opposite side.
It is even more impossible for Tashiro United to lose to a mere China-defeated regiment!
Immediately, Colonel Tashiro calmed down completely, and immediately turned back to the messenger: "Order, the 1st and 2nd Infantry Brigades and the directly affiliated troops stay at their positions, and the 3rd Infantry Brigade immediately attacks eastward. After breaking through, the troops divide into two groups.
Make a roundabout attack in two directions: north and south to attack the Chinese army's rear!"
"Hai!" The orderly suddenly put his feet back and stood at attention, then quickly walked away.
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Yangzhou west gate, city head observation post.
Yue Weihan was nervously observing the entire battlefield through the telescope. Soon, Yue Weihan smelled something unusual and said to Liu Yi behind him without looking back: "No, the situation is not right!"
"Yeah." Liu Yi also felt something was wrong and said solemnly, "The little devil is not messy."
"Didn't Battalion Commander Niu destroy the Japanese headquarters?" Tang Dashan asked nervously.
As soon as he finished speaking, gunfire suddenly erupted across the east side of the battlefield. With the red light produced by the explosion of artillery shells and grenades, hundreds of Japanese soldiers suddenly rushed out of the trenches and launched a counterattack against the 6th Battalion responsible for the eastward assault.
After the assault and several rows of guns, the commandos from both sides were already fighting hand to hand and fighting in a melee.
"No, that little devil Tashiro Motojun is definitely not dead!" Yue Weihan suddenly put down the telescope and said sternly, "Awesome, this guy is so powerful, he hit our weak spot with one strike!"
"Yes." Liu Yi nodded heavily, "The little devil chose this time to counterattack in this direction, it is indeed powerful!"
Regarding Yue Weihan's deployment, Liu Yi already knew in advance that among the six infantry battalions of the Baoshan Regiment, Chi Chengfeng's 2nd Battalion was too consumed by the daytime battle, so it acted as a reserve. Among the remaining five battalions, the 4th Battalion was deployed in
To the north of the Japanese military station, the 5th Battalion was deployed to the south, the 6th Battalion was deployed to the east, but the 1st and 3rd Battalions were ambushing on both sides of the road to the west.
Yue Weihan's tactics were very simple. First, he used the artillery battalion's precise strikes to kill the command structure of the Tashiro regiment. Then he used poison gas bombs to completely disrupt the Japanese army. Then the 4th, 5th, and 6th battalions launched simultaneous assaults to defeat the Japanese army.
Rush to the west, toward the pocket formations set up by the 1st and 3rd Battalions!
As long as the Japanese army breaks into the pocket formations of the 1st and 3rd Battalions, the Tashiro Regiment will be finished.
But now, Yue Weihan's deployment and intentions were suddenly disrupted by the Japanese army. If they could not stop the Japanese soldiers who were attacking eastward, and let them break through and attack in a roundabout way from the north and south wings, the main force of the Japanese army in the front would not be able to stop them.
Taking advantage of the situation to counterattack, the three infantry battalions deployed by Yue Weihan on the periphery of the Japanese garrison would definitely be herding sheep.
"Deputy Liu!" Yue Weihan suddenly turned around and said to Liu Yi, "Li Desheng's 6th Battalion will definitely not be able to stop the Japanese counterattack. Now it depends on you and the guard company!"
Liu Yi stood upright, saluted Yue Weihan with a military salute, and solemnly said: "Senate, don't worry!"
After saying that, Liu Yi suddenly turned around and walked down the tower as quickly as possible, shouting angrily to the officers and soldiers of the guard company below who had been waiting for a long time: "Guard company, follow me!"
In an instant, more than 300 officers and soldiers of the guard company rushed to the battlefield under the leadership of Liu Yi.
Yue Weihan turned around again and once again observed the battlefield attentively. The guard company was the sharp knife in Yue Weihan's hand. At the beginning, Hua Hanlin selected strong elites from each battalion, and the staffing also increased the size of the company. Every time he captured
They all stick to the guard company first. In terms of combat effectiveness, the guard company is never inferior to any infantry battalion!