Due to Su Rui's tenacious resistance, the Japanese army's attempt to quickly rush into Yijiang Gate and annihilate the tens of thousands of remaining Chinese soldiers by the river was disrupted.
Not only the Japanese army understood this, but Xiao Shanling and Song Xilian who were on the riverside understood it even more. Thinking that the people who were leading a remnant of the soldiers to resist the Japanese army at the front were actually under his own command, Song Xilian felt that the world was really crazy.
When did such talents appear? Or am I too old to even discover such an outstanding horse?
He immediately turned to his adjutant chief Zhao Ruhan and said: "You should check the information about Su Rui immediately. The more detailed the better!"
"yes!"
Zhao Ruhan stood at attention and was about to turn around when Xiao Shan ordered him to call him back.
Xiaoshan Ling, who originally wanted to die for his country, had no idea at this time. He thought for a while and said to Zhao Ruhan: "Also, you should immediately use the radio to send a report to the chairman of the committee and tell him everything that happened here. And ask for credit for Su Rui.
Although Suri and those brothers may not be able to see it if we do this, we cannot let the brothers who fight for us suffer."
Song Xilian nodded and said, "Well, just do what Commander Xiao said and do it immediately!"
"yes!"
After Zhao Ruhan left, Song Xilian and Xiao Shanling looked at each other and sighed together. According to their experience, the remnant soldiers of more than a thousand people in Yisuri would definitely not survive being surrounded by heavy Japanese troops. All they could do was report to the central government.
The Ministry of Military Affairs and the Ministry of Military Affairs will just give him an honor.
While Song Xilian, Xiao Shanling and others were busy finding out Su Rui's identity and hurriedly sending reports to the superiors, the battle on Su Rui's side also entered a critical juncture.
Colonel Ozawa Izumino of the tank brigade led more than a dozen Type 95 light tanks to bypass Suri's frontal defense line. When he wanted to break in from both sides, he encountered the Sixth Company, Seventh Company, and Eighth Army, which were already prepared.
The M2 large-caliber machine gun, which had already been loaded with armor-piercing bullets, fired at the Japanese tanks that suddenly appeared from various hiding spots.
The Japanese tanks that were caught off guard were blinded by the sudden rain of bullets. In less than five minutes, the fifteen Japanese light tanks that surrounded both sides were completely lost. The command tank on which Colonel Ozawa Izumino was riding was also hit.
It was blown up on the spot, and in the end only one tank was left, seeing that the situation was bad and escaping with bruises.
A colonel was killed in action. This was the highest-ranking officer killed in battle since the Battle of Nanjing. In addition, the chariot brigade was almost wiped out. This news not only shocked the Sixth Division, but also alarmed the Shanghai Expeditionary Force.
headquarters.
The commander of the Shanghai Expeditionary Force, Lieutenant General Asaka Miyakohiko, became furious after questioning. He called Hisao Tani and cursed him. Finally, he warned that if Hisao Tani could not capture the position according to the scheduled timetable, then he would not mind sending another one.
A detachment of troops took over his job.
According to the tradition of the Japanese army, this is a doubt about the combat effectiveness of the Sixth Division, which is already a very serious warning.
Hisao Tani became anxious after he put down the phone. He immediately called the messenger and ordered: "Tell Mitsuru Ushijima that I will give him another three hours. If he still cannot conquer the China Army's position, I will consider applying to the base camp."
It’s time to get a new brigade commander for the Thirty-sixth Brigade!”
Ushijima Mitsuru's eyes turned red when he saw it. He immediately dialed the number of the Sixth Field Artillery Regiment and was about to order the Field Artillery Regiment to speed up the attack on the Chinese army's positions. Unexpectedly, he heard from the other end of the phone that
Another piece of news that made him despair.
The field artillery regiment was actually attacked by the Chinese army with heavy artillery shells. Most of the thirty-six Type 90 75 mm caliber field guns were blown up. Although the remaining ten field guns also quickly counterattacked,
But it was no longer helpful. It had become a fact that the field artillery regiment had been severely damaged.
Ushijima Mitsuru, a short man with a chubby figure, kept circling in the headquarters. After a while, he finally picked up the phone and connected to the 45th Regiment: "Kentaro Murata, your commander
How is the team's attack going?"
"Your Excellency, the brigade commander, our regiment's attack was not going well. The firepower of the Chinese defenders in front was too fierce, and our infantry could not get close to them." Kentaro Murata's tired voice came from the phone.
Ushijima Mitsuru was silent for a while and then whispered: "Did you know? The entire tank brigade was wiped out, and the captain, Colonel Ozawa Izumino, was also killed."
"Nani?"
An exclamation came from the phone, "This is impossible. Koizumi and the others have more than ten tanks. How could they be wiped out so easily? This is absolutely impossible!"
"It's true!" Ushijima Mitsuru felt bitter, knowing that now he couldn't understand why the tank brigade and field artillery regiment, which he relied on as his most important assets, also suffered setbacks one after another. Let alone the tank brigade, a
Out of a group of nearly twenty tanks, only one tank escaped.
However, most of the field artillery regiment was destroyed by the artillery of the Chinese defenders. Although they also destroyed the opponent's artillery position in the end, the more than twenty artillery pieces lost had been turned into parts and could no longer be pieced together.
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"The Chinese defenders have heavy artillery?"
I remember that when I received the news from the 47th Regiment of the 11th Brigade the day before yesterday, I regarded it as a joke. At the same time, I also secretly laughed at Major General Tokutaro Sakai for being so incompetent that he made up such a story.
Excuse, but he didn't expect that it would be his turn to swallow this bitter pill today.
At this time, Kentaro Murata on the other end of the phone was complaining to him.
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, my regiment has launched brigade-level offensives three times in a row, but was beaten back by the strong firepower of the Chinese defenders. I request that the field artillery regiment should continue to increase its attack on the Chinese defenders' positions.
attack to ensure the safety of our infantry regiment during the attack."
"Asshole!" Major General Ushijima Mitsuru was angry and yelled: "Didn't you hear me just now that the thirty-six field guns of the field artillery regiment suffered heavy losses? There are only a dozen or so intact field guns left.
, how do you ask him to support you? What if you encounter another counterattack from Chinese artillery? Have you thought about it? "
At this time, Ushijima Mitsuru was a little scared. The fate of the tank brigade had already earned him a scolding from the division commander. If the field artillery regiment that had been severely damaged was wiped out again, he believed that the furious Tani Hisao would really
They would come from the division headquarters and remove him on the spot.
"More than ten gates will do, sir, brigade commander. Without artillery support, we really can't capture the China defenders' positions as scheduled!" Kentaro Murata on the phone begged bitterly.
"Otherwise, you can order the field artillery regiment to give us one last support and fire a batch of special bombs!"
After hearing Kentaro Murata's request, Ushijima Mitsuru couldn't help but get angry, "Yaga, don't your infantry have the means to throw special bombs? Do you still need to ask me for permission on this matter?"
The special bombs the two men were talking about at this time were actually poison gas bombs.
During the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese army used several methods of throwing poison gas bombs.
1.
Throwing gas canisters (small red canisters, green canisters, yellow canisters, thrown by human power);
2.
Launch poison gas canisters (large and medium-sized red canisters, green canisters, yellow canisters, launched by grenades)
3．
Artillery gas bombs (red, green, yellow shells, fired by field guns).
The Japanese army also has clear regulations on the use of poison gas bombs. Any officer above the commander of the regiment has the right to order the use of poison gas bombs depending on the battlefield situation. Therefore, Ushijima Mitsuru cursed after listening to Kentaro Murata's request.
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, our grenade range is simply not enough. The grenade team cannot get closer than 300 meters to the Chinese defenders! For the sake of safety, you should ask the field artillery regiment to help us again!"
Faced with Kentaro Murata's pleading, Ushijima sighed and reluctantly nodded in agreement. The attacking Japanese troops who quickly received the order retreated immediately.
Seeing the Japanese troops retreating, bursts of cheers suddenly erupted from Suri's position.
Su Rui, who was standing behind a wall, also smiled and said to Li Yifeng beside him: "It seems that the little devil is also a bully, and he ran away after being beaten by us."
Li Yifeng also said with a smile: "Yeah, it was so difficult for us to repel the Japanese attack in the past. I don't know how many brothers' lives we had to fill in to do it, but now it's better, just fire a round of guns and the little devil will run away by himself."
Already."
The two of them were talking to themselves, but Bai Jingran on the side shook his head and smiled bitterly. Did he just fire a round of guns? Just now, Bai Jingran finally saw clearly that Li Yifeng's third company, each soldier holding a rifle
At least six rows of bullets were fired. Based on a row of eight bullets, each soldier fired at least forty or fifty rounds.
After such a fight, the three companies alone fired seven to eight thousand rounds of ammunition. This was before the machine guns were used. If the nine machine guns in the company were also activated, the amount of bullets consumed would be really huge.
This is not a war, this is simply a waste of money!
However, Bai Jingran didn't intend to persuade Su Rui. He also saw that Su Rui was a prodigal and wanted to throw his shoes away during the war. He hoped that he would save ammunition so he might as well avoid it.
However, although he was a little bit embarrassed in his heart, Bai Jingran also saw the fanaticism in Su Rui's character. As for the shelling just now, Su Rui did not order the remaining large-caliber mortars to hide, but ordered them regardless.
Fire back fire and resolutely destroy the Japanese army's arrogance.
Although Suri's ten large-caliber mortars were finally destroyed by the Japanese's retaliatory artillery, the Japanese no longer had the power to support their infantry. This shows that this person's character is impulsive.
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However, there was a saying that Cao Cao and Cao Cao had arrived. As soon as Bai Jingran thought of this, there was another sharp sound of shelling in the sky, and his expression immediately changed.
"No, the Japanese are firing again, take cover quickly!"
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