While far away in Wuhan, Okamura Neji was worried about the 21st Army, Suri had already commanded three divisions of the 300th Army with more than 60,000 troops and headed straight towards Guangzhou with murderous intent.
Although the 400th Division performed well in the previous stage and inflicted heavy losses on the 18th Division, its own casualties were also considerable. Therefore, in this attack on Guangzhou, Su Rui let Lin Shiqian's 398th Division
Strike forward, followed by the 399th and 400th Divisions.
Due to the new defeat of the Japanese army, the 398th Division did not encounter any decent resistance along the way. It did kill many Japanese troops who had broken down along the way. But when they marched to Foshan, they began to encounter real resistance.
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Although Guzhuang Qianlang ordered all the troops stationed in Foshan to withdraw to Guangzhou, this did not mean that Foshan was ignored. In order to delay the actions of the 300 Army, the Japanese army still left a regiment of troops and more than a thousand broken troops in Foshan.
Five thousand people resisted here.
This morning, Su Rui rushed to the outside of Foshan with the guard regiment to implement forward command. Su Rui summoned Lin Shiqian to listen to Lin Shiqian's combat plan against the enemy ahead.
Lin Shiqian reported: "Our division is planning to use the 658th Regiment from the left and the 659th Regiment from the right to launch a pincer offensive against the Japanese troops in front. The 657th Regiment, which has the strongest combat effectiveness, will carry out the main attack from the front. After all, the 657th Regiment will carry out the main attack from the front.
The Seventh Regiment has the most veterans and the most experience in attacking difficult situations."
Su Rui looked directly at Lin Shiqian and asked in a very stiff tone: "The Japanese regiment opposite is the Aoki Regiment, and its commander Aoki Hirano is known as an expert in positional warfare. Since there are still many civilians in Foshan City,
We cannot support you with aircraft and heavy artillery of too large a caliber, but Foshan must be captured, are you sure?"
Facing Su Rui's sharp eyes, Lin Shiqian said without hesitation: "Sir, in my opinion, the Aoki United is bullshit. I have never heard of them, and I have never taken them seriously! I
Personally lead the 657th Regiment in the main attack!"
Su Rui nodded happily and said: "Well done. Although there is only one regiment and more than a thousand broken troops in front of us, the Japanese's purpose is very clear, which is to hold us back and fight for their victory.
Time, so in this battle you are bound to win this place with thunderous momentum, do you understand?"
Lin Shiqian said resolutely: "Sir, the 398th Division promises to complete the mission!"
At 10:40 a.m., Su Rui ordered the attack on the Japanese positions outside Foshan.
The first to open fire were more than 30 155-caliber howitzers and more than 20 120-caliber heavy mortars belonging to the division's artillery regiment, which violently bombarded the Japanese positions. Under the artillery fire, the Aoki Regiment
Smoke suddenly filled the constructed field fortifications, and fireballs rose from time to time. After twenty minutes of artillery preparations, the officers and soldiers of the 398th Division began to rush out of the position. They lined up in a multi-layered formation, under machine gun fire and
Under the cover of the small-caliber artillery assigned to each unit, they carried out wave attacks in an evacuated formation, launching a full-line offensive against the enemy's defensive positions. It was not until they approached the Japanese positions that they encountered stubborn resistance from the Japanese.
The Japanese army's will to resist is not tenacious, but due to the heavy losses they suffered in the shelling just now, it did not have the expected effect. Moreover, the attack of the 398th Division also reflected the key points repeatedly emphasized in normal training.
. That is to lower the center of gravity when advancing. Take advantage of the automatic and semi-automatic weapons and crossfire in your hands. Use every crater to hide yourself. Once you encounter an enemy about forty meters away, you will first throw a grenade and then advance. That's it.
, after conducting three waves of attacks, the officers and soldiers of the 657th Regiment had broken through most of the Japanese defenses and entered Foshan to engage in fierce street fighting with the defending Japanese troops.
Since Lin Shiqian moved to the headquarters of the 657th Regiment to take personal command, the regiment leader Wu Chengfeng personally led the guard company into Foshan City. At this time, many buildings in Foshan had been converted into machine gun firepower points by the Japanese army. Condescending and fierce firepower
The officers and soldiers of the 657th Regiment were so suppressed that they could not hold their heads up.
Wu Chengfeng summoned the company commander of the regiment's artillery company. He pointed to the Japanese bunker in front of him and said, "I don't care what method you use. In short, I only give you ten minutes. Within ten minutes, you will kill that guy."
Erase it!"
The artillery company commander nodded, turned around and ran back. In less than five minutes, two Type 92 infantry cannons were pushed to the front of the position. The Type 92 infantry cannon is a very good infantry support firepower produced by the Japanese army. Although
It only has a caliber of 70 mm, but it is very powerful. More importantly, it is very light, and two or three soldiers can push it.
Su Rui, who has always followed borrowed ideas, equipped the regiment and battalion units of the army with a considerable number of Type 92 infantry cannons without any sense of guilt, which came in handy today.
Although these private houses had been renovated by the Japanese army, they were not specially built bunkers after all. However, they could not withstand the attack of direct-aimed artillery. After two test firings and a third salvo, the artillery shells finally knocked down the bunker in front.
The ground, the Japanese soldiers inside were also buried inside.
The morale of the suppressed officers and soldiers was greatly boosted. They climbed up from their bunkers one after another and rushed towards the gaps in the Japanese defenses despite the sparse bullets. Did the infantrymen who rushed into the city use grenades and explosives to blow open the walls of the houses along the street?
Advancing through the wall, avoiding the top-down machine gun fire of the Japanese army, and engaging in close combat with the Japanese army in a small unit formation.
When the two sides closed the distance, the Garand rifles and MP38 submachine guns equipped by the 300 Army came forward, and the advantage of fierce firepower was reflected. The fierce firepower immediately enveloped the Japanese troops hiding in the house. On the other hand, the Japanese troops
The commonly equipped Type 38 rifle has long range and high accuracy. Not only is its advantage not reflected in this kind of terrain, but its shortcomings of being too long and having a slower shooting speed are fully exposed.
Although the Aoki Regiment fought back desperately, in the end they resisted for several hours under the tidal wave of offensives and blows from the 398th Division and then quickly retreated. Regiment Captain Aoki Hirono was in dire straits with less than a brigade of troops.
Fight and retreat to Guangzhou.
It was around five o'clock in the afternoon, and the gunfire in Foshan City finally fell silent. Su Rui entered the city accompanied by soldiers from the guard regiment. Lin Shiqian ran to Su Rui and reported loudly: "Report to the military seat, I
The troops were ordered to attack Foshan City, and now they have wiped out more than 4,600 Japanese Aoki Regiment and its defeated troops, captured 67 Japanese soldiers, and seized thousands of Type 38 rifles, more than 60 machine guns, mortars, and grenades.
How many tubes are there? Please give instructions, sir!"
"Ah, very good!"
Su Rui nodded with great satisfaction. Being able to defeat multiple regiments of Japanese troops in Foshan within half a day was enough to prove the combat effectiveness of the 398th Division.
Turning his attention to Wu Chengfeng behind Lin Shiqian, Su Rui smiled and said: "Captain Wu, I have seen the battle of your regiment just now. You fought bravely and flexibly. This is very good. We must continue in the future."
Carry forward, when we capture Guangzhou, I will personally award you with medals!"
After listening to Su Rui's words, Wu Chengfeng smiled and said: "Sir, it doesn't matter whether you are decorated or not. It's just that the staff heard that our army intends to select another unit to form an armored regiment. Do you think our 657th regiment has this possibility?
..." Having said this, Wu Chengfeng looked at Su Rui and laughed.
"Hey……"
Su Rui was happy when he heard this. He pointed at Wu Chengfeng and pretended to be angry: "Good boy, where did you hear this news? Don't talk nonsense about the shadow!"
When Wu Chengfeng heard this, he became anxious and said loudly: "Military seat, why is this so invisible? This is the master seat... uh..."
Before he finished speaking, he was kicked in the butt by Lin Shiqian who was standing next to him. Lin Shiqian was so angry that this idiot was just being blackmailed by the military commander. How could he be such a fool?
What about stupid subordinates?
Wu Chengfeng on the side regretted it after blurting out. He secretly glanced at Lin Shiqian with a dark face and lowered his head dejectedly.
Su Rui couldn't help laughing anymore, pointed at the two people next to him and laughed: "You two, you are really good at cooperating. You can't even make confessions. This is not good!"
Seeing that Su Rui was in a good mood, Wu Chengfeng said boldly: "Commander, actually, the commander is also worried. Now we have three hundred troops with sixty or seventy thousand troops, but only one armored regiment. This is a typical situation where there are too many monks and too little food. This time
When the war breaks out, the armored regiment becomes a sweet nest. Every unit wants it, but there is only one armored regiment, and it is not enough! Do you think you can form another one? Let's form one within our division.
Just one unit is enough, and then our 398th Division will take care of all the tough battles from now on."
"Full shit!"
Su Rui glared at Wu Chengfeng angrily and cursed: "Don't you think about it, don't I want to form another armored regiment? But do you know how much an armored regiment will spend on daily training and combat?
Oil and parts? Parts and parts are easy to say, but oil is hard to find. China is an oil-poor country and all oil depends on imports. Now the ports are all occupied by the Japanese. It is very difficult for us to get some oil, so
We can only temporarily form an armored regiment. But this situation will not last long. As long as Guangzhou can be captured and the Guangdong coast is recovered, foreign freighters can come in and we can buy oil from them. I promise you here.
One thing, as long as your division can take the lead in entering Guangzhou City in the battle to regain Guangzhou, the next armored regiment will be settled in your division!"
After hearing Su Rui's words, even Lin Shiqian lost his composure and asked excitedly: "Sir, are you serious about what you said?"
Suri smiled and said: "Of course, I have lied to you before!"
"Thank you, sir!"
Lin Shiqian and Wu Chengfeng extended their hands to salute Su Rui at the same time. Both of them laughed so hard that they couldn't see their eyes. In their opinion, as long as they work hard, the next armored regiment will settle down in the 398th Division.