Chapter 226: The Death of the Sixth Division (Part 2)
Ushijima Mitsuru looked at the Japanese soldiers rolling down the mountain, circling around anxiously. At this time, the battle line had reached halfway up the mountain from the original Shanmen Canyon. Ushijima Mitsuru gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go, let's go to the front line to command."
An officer immediately stopped him and said, "Your Excellency, brigade commander, front-line battles are a matter for the regiment commander and the group captain. You should still take command at the foot of the mountain."
Ushijima Mitsuru waved his command sword and shouted, "Don't you think I have never been a captain? Do our emperor's warriors just hide behind? If you have the guts, follow me."
"Huh? What is that?" A scout saw several officers-looking men holding samurai swords going up the mountain under the cover of a small group of Japanese troops.
"Okay, he must be a high-ranking official of the Japanese. Quick, go tell the master." The deputy next to him immediately shouted.
When Chen Ruihe, who was directing the battle on the front line, heard this, his eyes lit up and he said, "I'll give you a mortar company and kill that Japanese official. As soon as their commander dies, the Japanese offensive will stop."
If there is any branch of the National Army that has the highest quality, then it is the mortar soldiers. Because there is no heavy artillery, mountain artillery and field artillery are also extremely lacking, forcing the National Army to rely on mortar soldiers, and there are not many artillery shells.
This forces the mortar to have high accuracy. This is like a martial arts master who lacks internal strength and has no choice but to practice his moves.
Ushijima Mitsuru thought there would be no danger and did not even lie down. He stood upright. The commander of the artillery company looked at him and rubbed his hands. He closed one eye and gestured with his thumbs.
"Little devil, if you die, don't look for grandpa. Come here, load grandpa's shells, adjust the gun position, fire three rounds rapidly, and fire!!"
Five, five mortar shells rushed out of the muzzle and flew towards Mitsuru Ushijima, who was watching the battle with a telescope.
After a burst of gunpowder smoke, several Japanese soldiers ran towards the shelling site crying. The artillery company commander saw that he was unwilling to give up this opportunity and quickly continued to fire artillery. A dozen Japanese soldiers who rushed forward were blown up and staggered.
"Your Majesty, the Brigade Commander, is in pieces! Your Majesty, the Brigade Commander, is in pieces!!" Several Japanese soldiers looked at the bombed Ushijima Mitsuru and shouted in panic. The Sixth Division, which was originally fighting a life-and-death battle with the National Army,
When the soldiers heard this, they immediately became panicked. Even the rhythm of shooting and stabbing was disrupted.
When Chen Ruihe saw the Japanese army like this, he didn't know that it was really a high-ranking Japanese officer who was killed. He immediately called out, "Quick, quick, kill!! Drive all the Japanese out."
Immediately, the National Army cheered and started to counterattack the Japanese army. Soldiers of the National Army rushed into the crowd of Japanese soldiers with explosive packs. The piercing charge horns were like shouts from hell, constantly pulling the Japanese army into the infinity.
of darkness.
-- Yamashita
Shiro Inaba stared dumbfoundedly at the groups of Japanese soldiers supporting each other. An officer with a bandage on his head walked towards him, holding a broken saber in his hand and said, "Your Excellency, the division commander, I am the commander of the 36th brigade, Niu."
Your Excellency Shimamitsu has been loyal to the Emperor. In addition, one of our brigade captains, Yusei, and one of our brigade captains are seriously injured. Three captains, Yusei, and two captains of our brigade are seriously injured. Our brigade really has no strength to fight anymore."
Inaba Shiro looked at the man in front of him. He knew that this was the last captain of the 36 Brigade, which meant that except for the man in front of him, no officer above the captain was still healthy in the entire 36 Brigade.
Inaba Shiro tremblingly took the broken saber and was about to speak when he heard the sound of "Long live His Majesty the Emperor" and the sound of a gunshot. The captain fell to the ground with blood and brains flowing all over the floor.
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"Your Excellency, Division Commander, do you think we need to ask for tactical guidance? How about asking the 10th Division to send troops to help us?" a staff officer next to him said in a low voice.
Inaba Shiro looked at him troubledly and said, "What are you talking about? We have only suffered seven or eight thousand casualties. We still have more than 20,000 troops, and we still have the strength to fight. What is tactical guidance? Order No. 11
The brigade immediately went into battle. In addition, the engineer regiment was ordered to enter the front-line battle. We must not bury the prestige of the Sixth Division under this small Fujin Mountain. If that doesn't work... let the cavalry regiment dismount and fight.
, tell them that the enemy is in Fujin Mountain - charge!!"
"Huh, military seat, I think we should increase the number of troops. The 36th Division needs to leave some seeds." Zhong Bin said, looking at the already shapeless position.
Song Xilian nodded and said to him, "Now that the 36th Division has become red-blooded, it will be difficult to withdraw. Let the 88th Division and the 87th Division come up. Now the other two armies are fighting well on our north and south sides.
The Tenth Division has been completely contained, and now we only need to hold on for one more day, and we will achieve the ten-day strategic goal."
Half a day later, Sun Yuanliang and Liao Yaoxiang came to Fujin Mountain with the 88th Division and the 87th Division. Song Xilian greeted Sun Yuanliang and said with a smile, "Brother Yuanliang, congratulations. I heard that Chairman Chiang has prepared to promote you to the New 29th Army."
He has become a military commander."
Sun Yuanliang waved his hand and said, "Where does this news come from? But the military commander wants to congratulate Jianchu. I heard that the latest tanks from the Soviet Union are preparing to form a new division, called the 200th Division. This division commander's position is
But it’s already scheduled to be Jianchu, this is a mechanized division and is more valuable than the position of army commander.”
Liao Yaoxiang touched his head and said sheepishly, "It's not decided yet. Thanks to all the seniors and committee members for taking care of us. Speaking of which, it's the Sixth Division again this time. We met them many times in Nanjing back then."
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Song Xilian nodded and said, "The 36th Division has been fighting with them for nine days and can no longer hold on any longer. However, the Japanese army must have thought that we have reached the end of our war effort. Now you two are doing this. The 88th Division will go to the front line and continue with the 36th Division."
Shou Shan, I don’t think the Japs will give up like this. The 87th Division is serving as a reserve force on the back of the mountain. My idea is that ten days is not enough. I heard that the Huoshan side has been defeated. By then, the Japs will definitely attack the mall from two directions, so we
We must hold on here for a few more days and completely cripple all the Japs along the way, so that the mall can be easily attacked."
Sun Yuanliang nodded and said, "I think it's okay. Let's start taking action immediately. The Japanese are not slow. When it gets dark, it will be difficult for us to hand over."
"Wow, wow, wow", groups of Japanese troops entered the Sanmen position. This was the new Japanese army unit that replaced the crippled 36th Brigade. The commander was Tokutaro Sakai.
Tokutaro Sakai looked up at the majestic Mount Fujin, and suddenly asked, "Do we still have any special bombs?"
The staff officer next to him understood immediately, nodded and said, "Yes, I brought about more than a thousand pills."
Tokutaro Sakai pointed at the mountain and said, "Kill them all out. I don't know what the 36th Brigade is thinking. If they can't be beaten down, isn't using special bombs the best tactic?"
Liao Yaoxiang had just entered the command post and had a few words with Chen Ruihe. He learned that the 36th Division currently only had 2,000 men, and was discussing with him how to deal with the Japanese's next attack.
Suddenly, dozens of artillery shells fell on the position, but there was no explosion sound. Both Liao Yaoxiang and Chen Ruihe had fought with the Japanese army for a long time. As soon as their minds turned, they knew something was wrong.
"Damn it, it's indeed a poison gas bomb." Liao Yaoxiang cursed as he looked at the floating green gas.
"Quick, let everyone who has gas masks put them on. Fortunately, our troops still have some gas masks. Since we are fighting a defensive war, we have captured a lot of Japanese gas masks. They should be barely enough for the front line." Chen Ruihe took out the gas masks.
The mask was handed to Liao Yaoxiang. Liao Yaoxiang shook his head and said, "Damn, these devils know how to do these tricks, but it's okay, let's pretend to be dead and give him a hard time."
In the green poisonous gas, countless yellow figures are moving quickly. These yellow figures are wearing gas masks like pig noses. The green woods and yellow-green poisonous gas make Mount Fujin seem to have turned into a green ocean.
"Yo Xi, isn't it time to go up? Haha, we still have to rely on our 11th Brigade to fight the war." Tokutaro Sakai shouted happily.
A Japanese soldier rushed into the trench, only to find that there was no one in the trench. Several Japanese soldiers who rushed in looked at each other, wondering why the Chinese people who should have fallen in the position waiting for them to harvest were gone.
"Explode!" With a roar, the Japanese soldier felt as if there was a giant dragon under his feet, and he flew into the sky in an instant.
"It turns out that this is what flying feels like. Those pilots are so good." This was the soldier's last thought.
"Kill!" The blue sky and white sun covered the ground with red flags as if they were growing out of the ground. Countless soldiers wearing gas masks like those of the Japanese army suddenly appeared and started shooting crazily at the Japanese army on the opposite side. Machine guns and mortars seemed to
It was sprayed at the Japanese troops rushing to the position as if they wanted no money.
"Baga, long live His Majesty the Emperor! Charge!" Seeing that the front line was blocked, the Japanese army not only did not retreat, but their eyes turned red and they refused to retreat.
"Damn, the bones of this Sixth Division are really hard to break." Liao Yaoxiang couldn't help being startled when he saw the explosions of grenades that kept sounding on the position. This was the sound of the Japanese or the National Army pulling grenades and detonating themselves.
"Hey, it would be great if we had tanks. This little devil can't carry any heavy weapons up the mountain. If we have tanks as bunkers, we won't be afraid of the little devil." Liao Yaoxiang couldn't help but think about the 200 Division waiting for him, what would it be?
What kind of army?
"Reporting to the division commander, the military commander ordered us to stay on guard for another three days and three nights before we can evacuate Mount Fujin." A signal soldier called over and shouted loudly.
Liao Yaoxiang waved his hands indifferently and said, "Please rest assured, military commander, we will definitely complete the mission."
After finishing speaking, Liao Yaoxiang said to the messenger next to him, "Immediately order all the mortars to fire and move after three rounds. The Japs' artillery is very smart. We can't fight them head-on."
——Four days later
Only the top of Mount Fujin's position was left, and all other positions were captured by the Japanese.
At the foot of Fujin Mountain, corpses were covered with dense white sheets. V looked at the body in front of him, sighed and asked, "Approximately how many people are there on the mountain now?"
A staff officer immediately replied, "Report to the brigade commander, there are about five to six thousand people on the mountain."
Tokutaro Sakai shook his head and said, "Tell your Excellency, the division commander, to ask for the support of the aviation force. Let the aviation force blow up the top of the mountain several times first, otherwise many soldiers will be smashed to pieces."
Dozens of planes formed a group of three or five and continuously dived, shot and bombed the position on the top of the mountain. The pilot in the lead couldn't help but feel something was wrong when he looked at the top of the mountain where there was no counterattack at all.
"Call the 11th Brigade. We are the 27th Flying Squadron. There is no counterattack at the top of the mountain. Please go up the mountain immediately. We suspect that the National Army has retreated."
Upon hearing this, Tokutaro Sakai's eyes widened, and he immediately ordered the attack to begin. When the Japanese army walked up the hill, they only saw empty positions and mines that God knew when they would be cleared.
As Tokutaro Sakai looked at the empty sky and the white flag still flying high in the sky, and at the endless corpses at the foot of the mountain, a burst of singing suddenly came from nowhere.
"Ah, brother, I weep for you,
Don't die!
You are the youngest brother in our family,
Your parents love you twice as much.
Did your parents ever teach you to hold a sharp knife tightly?
Go to the front line to kill people?
Your parents raised you to the age of twenty-four,
Where is it for you to kill others first and then bury yourself?
Since it is a business family in Osaka,
A proud owner
You must continue the family lineage,
Don’t die!”
Tokutaro Sakai's mind was agitated and he shouted loudly, "Who is it? Who is singing? Don't sing. Don't sing this song!!"
What responded to him were countless tired eyes and the quiet forest. Only the crows seemed to mock him endlessly.
The frontline commander of the Japanese Jiangbei Army, King Higashino Nomonuhiko, looked at the battle report in front of him and asked in disbelief, "In other words, the Sixth Division has completely lost the ability to continue fighting? This small Fujin Mountain actually gave
The imperial army caused more than 15,000 casualties?”
The staff officer on the other side nodded and replied, "The initial members of the Sixth Division have been basically replaced. This battle was so brutal. It is said that the corpses were not even burned for a day. Among them, the 36th Brigade
The regiment even has no available officers above one captain. They are either broken into pieces or killed in action. On average, there are only less than 20 people left in a squadron. It is really..."
King Higashikata Minuhiko shook his head and said, "First it was the 106th Division from the south, and now it is our Sixth Division. The battle in Wuhan was much more difficult than I believed." After saying this, King Higashikata Minahiko breathed out an order.
"Ordered the Sixth Division to repair on the spot, the Tenth Division to pursue the enemy, and the Fourth Division behind to take the Sixth Division's place and attack the mall. In addition, ordered Huoshan's Fourteenth and Sixteenth Divisions to
The regiment also joined the other two divisions toward Shangcheng, and then attacked the Huangchuan-Xinyang line together. Finally, the 116th Division and the 26th and 27th Divisions attacked the Macheng line."
The staff officer immediately recorded it and went out to deliver the order.
"...National Army, I want to see how many German weapon masters you have who can fight me." King Higashikata Minuhiko dropped his pencil viciously and said with a gloomy smile.
