Juichi Terauchi really wronged Matsui Iwane. He was suffering from a high fever and was taking a boat to Tokyo when the gold freighter suddenly sank. Matsui Iwane knew what his ending would be like without even thinking about it.
I had a headache, and finally developed a high fever at sea.
Others in Shanghai did not dare to devote all their efforts to support the North China Front Army before receiving orders from the military headquarters. After all, if something happened, no one dared to take responsibility. Especially at this time in Anhui,
With hundreds of thousands of Nationalist troops, any division that attacks alone is prone to trouble. Especially after the Thirteenth Division was decimated by the New Fourth Army, no one was willing to attack alone.
--Tokyo
The Japanese military headquarters, which had received the news, looked at the troop deployment map and found that there were no troops that could be mobilized to the direction of Taierzhuang in a short period of time. The south had to break through several lines of defense to rescue, while the north had no troops to mobilize. The National Army in North China
They haven't been completely wiped out yet. If troops are mobilized, those scattered Nationalist troops might start an attack.
After seeing this analysis, Konoe felt a toothache. With no choice but to urgently appoint Kuniaki Oiso to fly to Shanghai to take charge of the overall situation, Konoe asked the 10th Division to endure.
——Taierzhuang
The Japanese aircraft finally arrived at Taierzhuang. Sun Lianzhong and others looked at the dense formation of Japanese aircraft and gasped in fright. Such many aircraft would probably cause thousands of casualties. It would be dangerous for the Japanese to take the opportunity to attack.
Tairov is only 19 years old this year. He has been growing up in the Far East and has always been curious about China. After all, this land was still a country in the south a hundred years ago. When he asked at the aviation school who wanted to come to China, he
He immediately signed up to come to China to join the war.
Here, he encountered a lot of interesting things, and he became more and more fond of China. But what made him regretful was that for some reason, the Chinese official refused to let them participate in the war. Finally, the opportunity came.
Tairov looked at his car. It was an I-15 plane. Although it was a biplane, he believed that he could easily shoot down Japanese planes with this plane and add a red star to his plane.
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Tairov began to inspect the plane again, and they were making preparations in Xuzhou at this time.
"Come, come, everyone board the plane, the Japanese plane has arrived on the battlefield, boys, let us kill these damn imperialist lackeys." A bearded Soviet Air Force officer shouted, taking the lead on the plane, and the others
The pilots also entered the plane, only to see the planes taking off one by one, spinning in circles, and then flying to the north, where their prey was.
Feng Anbang looked at the bombs that kept falling, and he was trembling with distress. As a soldier, you have to be prepared to die on the battlefield at any time, but it is too useless to be blown up without any resistance. A fighter jet flew over where Feng Anbang was, and Feng Anbang
He was so angry that he took a pistol and "bumped" several shots at the plane.
What everyone didn't expect was that the plane suddenly caught fire and fell down.
Feng Anbang looked at his pistol and blinked. He couldn't understand when his pistol became so powerful.
"Planes, our planes, so many planes!" the guards around shouted.
Feng Anbang raised his head, his eyes getting bigger and bigger, and he saw a scene that he would never forget.
Countless planes with blue sky and white sun painted on them rushed towards the Japanese planes that were killing and bombing everywhere. The fire whips swept over, and the Japanese planes caught fire and exploded one by one. Tairov looked at the scene of chaos around him,
He was a little nervous. Suddenly, he saw his host shaking its wings. He quickly followed it, only to see a Japanese fighter jet in front of him, turning over and preparing to fight with him.
Tairov held the handle tightly, and when he saw that the opponent's nose was facing him, he used his flexibility to turn over suddenly and came to the other side. The Japanese machine was furious and turned around with all his strength.
He wanted to turn around and attack, but saw a black shadow flying from above.
That was the I-16, a high-speed fighter plane. On that day, the plane first emitted some black smoke, then sparks, and finally ignited a fire. Tairov was stunned when he saw it, and he became more and more impressed by the skill of his host machine.
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"It seems that I am very lucky. This Chinese pilot is also very good." Tairov was determined and cooperated with his host more attentively.
The aircraft assisted by the Soviet Union each have their own characteristics. The I-15 has good maneuverability and the I-16 is fast. The two cooperate with each other and can use their respective strengths. A soldier next to Feng Anbang kept counting and laughing while counting:
We have already fought down fourteen of them, and we have only lost six of them. We are going to win."
Feng Anbang nodded and said, "Don't look at it. There is no shit in the sky anymore. It is our turn to educate our rebellious students and let them know that there is a reason why we have come to China for so many years."
The Japanese aircraft had already been bombing and attacking for a long time. At this time, they encountered the new Soviet volunteers. They were small in number and had no formation. They were beaten in a mess. The entire Japanese aircraft group had completely lost command and was fighting independently. Let them be fully prepared.
Soviet volunteer pilots and National Army pilots were hooked.
The major counterattack began.
The Japanese fighter planes were expelled from Taierzhuang and began to fight while retreating. The bombers following the fighter group came to the sky above Taierzhuang. The revenge bombs were thrown at the Japanese artillery positions one after another. The cannons were blown up and staggered.
The tube twisted like a twist.
Chi Fengcheng was so excited that he shouted, "Counterattack, counterattack, drive the little devils out of Taierzhuang!!"
In the small Taierzhuang, more than 30,000 Chinese and Japanese troops gathered at this time. After more than ten days of high-intensity bombing, few of the stone and brick houses in Taierzhuang were intact, and most of them were turned into ruins.
The armies were fighting each other here, with battle lines crisscrossing each other, and the commanders of both sides slowly lost control of the front lines.
Sun Lianzhong looked at the messy red and blue flags on the map. He scratched his head and said, "How come the fight is like this? We are among the enemies, and there are enemies among us. It is just like a pot of porridge."
Chief of Staff Wang Fanting said optimistically, "Our army is far more numerous than the enemy. This kind of close combat is more beneficial to our army. I think the little devil will be anxious."
The Japanese artillery was suppressed by the National Army's air force, and the National Army's artillery began to show off its power. The artillery fire continued to tilt towards the area where the Japanese troops gathered. The soldiers took machetes and grenades and began to clean up the houses one by one. When the Air Force left,
, most of Taierzhuang fell into the hands of the National Army, but some Japanese troops were still resisting tenaciously in some sturdy buildings, and the shouts of killing have not stopped.
Feng Anbang leaned on his sword and kept panting. He didn't expect that the 10th Division was so difficult to fight. One of his guards almost failed to win a bayonet fight with a small team. If he hadn't had some foundation in martial arts, he would have almost surrendered.
Here it is.
"Damn, where are the other brothers? Where have they gone?" Feng Anbang shouted.
"Master, we see our people next to that building, but there are dozens of Japanese in the middle, what should we do?"
A tall and thin soldier jumped down from the tree and said.
"Damn it, let's go and kill them. Gather all the brothers. It's too dangerous to fight indiscriminately like this. Why hasn't that Tang Enbo come yet? Isn't he shrinking from the battle again?" Feng Anbang cursed and led.
As the troops fought towards the Japanese, a new round of fighting began in Taierzhuang.
"How is it? Has the Fifth Division moved?" Tang Enbo, who was only more than 40 miles away from Taierzhuang, suddenly stopped at this time. Only the vanguard troops at the front were still fighting the Japanese army. It turned out that Tang Enbo's troops were advancing.
At that time, I suddenly received an urgent telegram, but it was a telegram from the cavalry regiment guarding the fifth division on the back road.
The telegram said that the Fifth Division suddenly sent 5,000 men to bypass Linyi and rush towards Taierzhuang. Zhang Zizhong never expected this and was unable to stop him. By this time, the Japanese army had already reached Lanling Town, which was only more than ten kilometers away from Guan Zhenglin's headquarters.
Such a sudden change frightened Tang Enbo to stop immediately, fearing that he would be attacked from both sides and suffer a major defeat.
Itagaki Seishiro in Linyi closed his eyes while listening to the battle report and said, "Has Sakamoto-kun already come into contact with the Chinese troops?"
Chief of Staff Sakurada Takeshi shook his head and said, "There has not been a formal battle yet. I wonder what the division commander means?"
Itagaki Seishiro said, "Don't be obsessed with fighting. Our goal is to rescue the 10th Division and let General Sakamoto concentrate his forces to prepare for a round with the 10th Division at any time. In addition, General Akachai must not let Linyi's troops leave the city. Once there is such a sign,
Just call him back firmly."
Tang Enbo was either advancing or retreating. At this time, a telegram from Chiang Kai-shek came, asking why he had not attacked yet. Tang Enbo gritted his teeth and said, "Order Guan Zhenglin to block the Fifth Division and the other two armies."
Immediately attack Taierzhuang, and wait until you turn around to deal with the fifth division."
Guarding the rear of the 10th Division was the 39th Regiment. The commander of the regiment, Numata Kazo, had about 5,000 people in the entire regiment and affiliated troops. They were fortified in the mountains north of Taierzhuang. Numata Kazo was walking as he went.
Inspecting his position, he kept nodding his head, and all he saw was that the position was winding and circular trenches surrounded by serpentine lines. In order to break through Taierzhuang as quickly as possible, the 39th Regiment did not bring mountain artillery but only mortars. There were many crops in the marsh.
Tibet placed all its mortars in the core position and built anti-slope fortifications. The soldiers on the front line were divided into three parts with each heavy machine gun point as the core and grenades and light machine guns as the support. They fought in turns.
The 92 Infantry Artillery operates on the move, and its 3,000-meter range is enough to blow up the machine gun points of the attacking troops from a distance.
Numata Takazo gently touched his ancestral katana, thinking in his mind whether he could be promoted to a general after this war was over.
"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, the Chinese troops have appeared." The signal soldier put down the phone and ran over and said.
Numata Takazo raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said, "Order all troops to prepare for battle. Let us teach the Chinese people how to fight a defensive war."
The attackers were the Thirteenth Army led by Tang Enbo himself and the 75th Army led by Zhou Yan. The 333rd Brigade of the 57th Army served as the connection point with Guan Zhenglin who was blocking the Fifth Division.
Tang Enbo looked at the empty sky and said with a smile, "The Japanese planes are all gone, do you think they can still hold on? Order the troops to enter the position, wait for the artillery attack to finish, and immediately conduct a probing attack."
"Bang" "Bang" "Bang" From the National Army artillery position, more than eighty mortars roared. Soon, bursts of white smoke appeared from the Japanese position.
"Hey, the Chinese troops are shelling. Order the artillery to wait for the Chinese infantry to rush up and counterattack their artillery immediately. The infantry is preparing to countercharge. We have to knock Tang Enbo to the ground in one fell swoop. Only in this way can we buy more time. ." Numata Takaya hid in the bunker and gave the order.
Tang Enbo looked at the quiet Japanese position strangely. The high plaster flag indicated that this was indeed a Japanese position. Why was there no movement at all, only the explosion of mortars.
"Order, the Sixth Division attacks." Tang Enbo said.
Only five to six hundred Nationalist troops were seen rushing out of the position. When they were still one thousand meters away from the Japanese position, each heavy machine gun group occupied a favorable terrain. By three to five hundred meters, each light machine gun group also began to build bunkers. However, the Japanese position was still quiet and silent.
Finally, the infantry strode along the barrage fired by the artillery, and were no more than a hundred meters away from the Japanese position. Everyone became excited, feeling that this battle was too easy.
Zhang Qi, the commander of the Sixth Division on the front line, was horrified. He did not believe that the Tenth Division could be such a waste.
"Counterattack!!" Numata Takazo shouted with eyes wide open.
The core position of the Japanese army was not affected by the artillery fire of the National Army at all. The Japanese artillery calculated it for a long time and immediately fired according to the preset coordinates. Dozens of artillery shells crossed the arc and arrived at the artillery position of the National Army that was unaware of it.
"Boom!" Small balls of fire appeared among the National Army artillery. Although there were temporary bunkers, many people fell into a pool of blood.
"Damn it, calculate the ballistics immediately and prepare for counterattack." The commander of the artillery regiment saw the soldier he had finally trained fall down and said quickly to the soldiers next to him. The artillery fire of the National Army came to an abrupt end.
The National Army who rushed to the position realized that something was wrong. There were no enemies at all in the first trench, only countless mines. Many soldiers were blown to pieces by the mines as soon as they got down, as if it was a signal, "ta da da" The Japanese Army's Type 92 heavy machine gun and crooked handle suddenly rang out. The charging National Army fell to the ground as if it had been cut in a circle by a sickle. The Type 92 Infantry Artillery began to fire at the National Army's machine gun, and the grenades kept stopping. They fired at the light machine guns following the infantry. For a time, the National Army was in chaos.
"Turn off the safety! Fix the bayonet!" came a Japanese voice like a duck. When the soldiers looked up, they saw the Japanese soldiers wearing steel helmets and holding up their bayonets, and then they rushed over in groups of three.
"Damn it. Brothers, we can't retreat anymore. Let's fight these little devils." A National Army officer picked up a rifle next to him, installed a bayonet and rushed forward. Some other soldiers were infected. As we followed them up, some ran away secretly when they saw someone attracting attention, and some were even suppressed by Japanese machine guns and did not dare to move at all.
Although the Japanese army is short, their general physical fitness is better than that of the National Army, and they have more sufficient training, especially bayonets. The three-person small formation is highly practiced. It often takes seven or eight Nationalist troops to block a three-person team, and wait for the troops to retreat.
When they got off, there were only over 200 people left in a battalion of more than 600 people. One company commander died and another was seriously injured. Zhang Qi's heart almost broke when he saw it, but Tang Enbo who was behind had a new idea.
