By three o'clock in the afternoon that day, the 77th Infantry Regiment had all disembarked near Shizilin and had assembled near Liuhe Town. The only drawback was that the infantry artillery squadron directly under the 77th Infantry Regiment failed to disembark.
The observation team's hot air balloon was also unable to be transported ashore in time, which will inevitably affect subsequent combat operations.
Because there is no hot air balloon, the observation team cannot take off for reconnaissance, and there is no way to guide the navy's naval guns to accurately bombard the Chinese defenders' defensive positions!
However, the 77th Infantry Regiment no longer dared to wait any longer.
Because Commander Kawagishi Bunzaburo of the Twelfth Army has urged him many times.
Fortunately, there are aviation units directly under the Central China Condemnation Army that can provide support to the 77th Infantry Regiment.
Therefore, even though he was worried, the commander of the 77th Infantry Regiment, Colonel Fujimuro Ryosuke, still decisively issued the order to advance.
The 77th Infantry Regiment marched along the road towards Luojing.
Fujimuro Ryosuke originally thought that he would be blocked in Luojing, but he did not expect that there was no one in Luojing. Not only the residents of the town had fled, but the expected defenders did not show up either. However, as
A veteran of many battles, Fujimuro Ryosuke not only did not feel relaxed, but instead felt a bit of pressure.
Speaking of which, after the Sino-Japanese War broke out, the 20th Division had been in North China and did not participate in the Songhu Battle. However, as a senior officer with pursuits and ideals, Fujimuro Ryosuke carefully studied it in his spare time.
In the Battle of Songhu, we have carefully summarized the gains and losses of the Chinese and Japanese armies in the Battle of Songhu.
Furthermore, Fujimuro Ryosuke had fought against the Communist troops in the North China battlefield, so he also had a certain understanding of the style of the Communist troops. Compared with the Kuomintang army, the Communist troops often did not care about the gains and losses of one city and one pool, but only regarded the gains and losses of one city and one pool.
It is even more difficult to deal with the effective forces that kill and injure the Japanese army.
It is precisely because he has carefully studied the First Battle of Songhu and understood the Communist Party that Fujimuro Ryosuke was worried that the defenders did not fortify Luojing, because the Communist troops were different from the Nationalist Army in the First Battle of Songhu.
The style of work is obviously different. The Kuomintang troops often fight for every inch of land, but often cannot hold an inch of land!
Seeing Fujimuro Ryosuke's worried look, the deputy commander of the alliance, Murasato Shichiro, asked: "Captain, you seem a little worried? But what makes me very confused is, what is there to worry about?"
Katamura Rishichiro had just graduated from the Army University not long ago, and had just been transferred to the 77th Infantry Regiment as the deputy of the regiment. This was actually just a transition, and the purpose was to allow Katamura Rishichiro to serve as a trainee regiment captain and observe the regiment up close.
He will then be transferred to another regiment and officially serve as the commander of the regiment.
This is also the practice of the Japanese army. After entering the army, military officers who have just graduated from the Army Sergeant School or Army University will generally not directly serve as chief officers, but will serve as deputy positions for a period of time.
This is the case for Shichiro Katamura. Therefore, both Fujimuro Ryosuke and himself know that he will not stay as the captain of the 77th Infantry Regiment, so it is extremely easy for the two of them to get along because there is no interest.
There is no conflict, so there is no need to be wary of each other.
Fujimuro Ryosuke frowned and said, "Katamura-kun, there is no defender in Luojing. Don't you think it's abnormal?"
"Nani, that's it?" Katamura was surprised at first when he heard this, and then laughed and said, "Captain, are you thinking about the problem too complicated? Why do you have to think that the defenders have ulterior motives for doing this?
Why can't we think that the defenders had no choice but to abandon Luojing because they were afraid of the imperial army's front, or because they lacked enough troops?"
Fujimuro Ryosuke did not argue too much. He shook his head and said, "I hope so."
While the two were talking, the march of the 77th Infantry Regiment did not stop.
Less than twenty miles south after crossing Luojing, there was Luodian Town. When it was still two kilometers away from Luodian Town, it was finally blocked by the defenders! When gunshots came from the front, Fujimuro Ryosuke
But on the contrary, I breathed a sigh of relief. The heart that had been hanging before finally fell to the ground. As long as the enemy appears, it will be fine!
Not long after, Ryutaro Kurosaki, captain of the Third Infantry Battalion, sent a signal corps back to report that they were blocked in Gejia Village in the north of Luodian Town. There were about one platoon of enemy troops stationed in Gejia Village, consisting of forty or fifty people.
The equipment was extremely sophisticated, and it was all automatic firepower. The forward team of the Third Infantry Battalion launched a tentative attack, but was defeated and lost nearly half of its troops. In addition, a large number of enemy troops were also found in Luodian Town.
The army is on the move.
Ryutaro Kurosaki did not dare to act rashly, so he quickly sent a signal soldier back to ask for instructions.
Fujimuro Ryosuke wanted to test Katamura Shichiro, and immediately asked: "Katamura-kun, what do you think we should do?"
Katamura Shichiro smiled and said loudly: "The China defenders are not many in force. Although they are well-equipped, automatic fire has advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is rapid firepower, but the disadvantage is high ammunition consumption. Therefore, you don't have to mind it at all. You can do it in small groups."
The troops repeatedly attacked and consumed the ammunition of the Chinese Army. When the ammunition of the Chinese Army was exhausted, they could easily capture Luodian Town."
Fujimuro Ryosuke then said to the signal soldier: "Just reply to Kurosaki-kun like this."
"Hai!" The signal soldier gave a loud shout, got on his horse and hurried away.
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At the same time, in Luodian.
Lu Deming put down the telescope and said to Wang Jiageng beside him: "Battal Commander, did you hit him too hard just now? The little devil retreated for a long time, but there was still no movement. I guess he scared you."
After the Songhu Military Division was officially established, Wang Jiageng changed from the battalion commander of the patrol battalion to the company commander of the military division. However, Lu Deming still called Wang Jiageng the battalion commander according to his previous habit when he was in the 88th Division. This is also the custom.
, for example, Xu Rui, some people still call him captain, and some still call him captain.
"What are you thinking about?" Wang Jiageng shook his head and said angrily, "How can such a good thing happen?"
"Why not?" Lu Deming said in amusement, "Looking at how fierce your continuous firepower was just now, who can withstand such an intensity of firepower? At the Battle of Songhu, if our 88th Division also had this equipment
The standard, Japan's thousands of marines have already driven us into the Huangpu River to feed the fish."
When Wang Jiageng mentioned the first Battle of Songhu, his expression immediately darkened.
Because the first Songhu Battle left Wang Jiageng with all bad memories. Not only did he lose the battle, but the old army was almost destroyed by the Japanese. He himself was seriously injured and was abandoned by his superiors. If
If selective forgetting is possible, Wang Jiageng really hopes to erase this memory.
Wang Jiageng then changed the subject and said, "Why don't you go back to Yuepu?"
"I'm fine there." Lu Deming said carelessly, "If the kid wants to go to Jiangwan to rescue people, he must pass through Luodian, because Luodian is a transportation hub connecting Jiangwan, Baoshan, Jiading and Liuhe.
To go to Jiangwan, you must pass through Luodian. Unless the Luodian side is blocked, you will consider taking a detour through Yuepu."
After a slight pause, Lu Deming continued: "Besides, even if the Japanese take a detour from Yuepu, they still have to pass through Luodian. My watching here is equivalent to the guard post of Yuepu, right?"
While the two were talking, a veteran in front suddenly shouted: "Batalion Commander, there are Japanese!"
Hearing this, Wang Jiageng quickly raised his telescope and looked forward, and sure enough he saw about a squadron of Japanese soldiers coming along the road in a mighty manner.
Lu Deming said with a sinister smile: "Well, I beat away a small team, but a squadron came. Now it's finally a bit interesting."
Wang Jiageng ignored Lu Deming and turned back to his correspondent: "Inform the first team not to fight with the little devil. If you are really struggling, you can retreat to the town."
Wang Jiageng set up a class in Gejia Village, north of Luodian, but this class was an intensive class with more than fifty people, even more than the platoons of the general army. You must know that a platoon of the Central Army only has forty people.
There are several people, so Wang Jiageng is only a small company commander in name, but actually he is the battalion commander.
The correspondent agreed, got on his bicycle and left the town, heading straight for Gejia Village.
After a while, the Japanese infantry squadron that came along the road approached the entrance of Gejia Village. However, the scene that happened next made Wang Jiageng and Lu Deming a little surprised. After the Japanese squadron arrived at the entrance of Gejia Village, they did not continue along the road.
Instead of pushing forward, they bypassed Gejia Village and headed straight towards Luodian from the field path.
"Hey." Lu Deming let out a light sigh and said in surprise, "That's not right. When did the little devil change his gender?"
Wang Jiageng also frowned. According to the habits of the little devils, they usually advance along the highway or railway. If they find any defenders blocking the way, they will stop and pull them out. If they cannot pull them out at once, they will send troops from both sides.
It was a roundabout way, but now it was bypassing Gejiacun as soon as it came up and taking a roundabout way from the side. This didn't seem to be in line with the Japanese style.
Wang Jiageng couldn't figure out what kind of medicine the little devil was selling in his gourd, so he immediately called for another correspondent and said in a deep voice: "Order each platoon, no matter which direction these devils come from, and no matter what their intentions are, as long as they get close to the position,
Just beat them hard, I won’t believe them, they won’t be able to defeat their intentions!”
After about a quarter of an hour, the attacking Japanese squadron bypassed the vicinity of Gejia Village and arrived east of Luodian. After taking a short rest east of Luodian, the Japanese separated an infantry squad to attack Luodian from the east.
Before the Japs could get closer, the platoon responsible for the defense on the east side of Luodian opened fire, and the intensive firepower immediately poured out towards the Japs.
However, the Japanese were obviously well prepared. As soon as the gunfire rang out, they all fell to the ground.
The first round of rapid fire attack by a platoon failed to cause much damage to the Japanese.