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Volume 1: On the Songhua River Chapter 1027: Hitting the wall by the Chishui River

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    Chapter 1027: Hitting the wall by the Chishui River

    Tang Qiuli commanded the troops to regain the Leizhou Peninsula and the Guinan area. After tightly surrounding the main force of more than 100,000 Japanese troops in Nanning in Nanning City, he commanded the main force of the Japanese Southern China Expedition Army of more than 300,000 troops to advance northward.  General Touichi Terauchi, the commander-in-chief who attacked Chongqing but was blocked at the Loushanguan defense line, knew very well that his situation was precarious.  -< Piaotian literature registered members recommend this work >-%.net

    But he still could not return to Nanning immediately to aid Nanning and continued to attack the Central Army's Loushanguan defense line. Although such an attack seemed to be weak, in addition to leaving thousands of soldier corpses every day, the Central Army's Southwest Defense Line General  Commanding General Xue Yue gained nothing except increasing confidence.

    It's not that Shouichi Terauchi didn't want to withdraw his troops immediately, but the base camp hadn't issued an order yet, so he could only press on and attack. Another point was that he still had high hopes that he would send four divisions of troops to attack Chongqing through northwest Guizhou.  If he could really escape the damn Loushanguan and reach Chongqing, Temple Shoichi would even disregard the safety of hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Nanning and resolutely occupy Chongqing.

    The safety of Nanning can be said to be insignificant compared with the strategic goals of His Majesty the Emperor and the base camp. If Chongqing is occupied, he will not even be afraid of Tang Qiuli's troops and come north to attack him. Similarly, the Loushanguan defense line is in the imperial army's position.  In the hands of soldiers, it will become a lingering nightmare for the Chinese devil Tang Qiuli and his soldiers.

    Just such a glimmer of hope supported the fierceness in Shouichi Temple's heart, but Amaterasu and His Majesty the Emperor did not bless and favor him. On August 26, the Japanese army of four divisions arrived on the south bank of the Chishui River.  Along the way, the Japanese soldiers who fought hard to clear a path were as tired as dogs.

    The commanders of the four divisions of the Japanese army looked at the Chishui River with rolling waves and steep cliffs on both sides. They were in a daze. There was no bridge. There was not even a bridge within dozens of kilometers upstream and downstream. The Japanese army was within dozens of kilometers on the south bank.  After a lot of effort, we finally collected more than a hundred small wooden boats as the only means of crossing the Chishui River. Moreover, there were only two ferries that could cross the river, Yuanhou and Tucheng.

    For these more than a hundred small wooden boats, the Japanese army killed nearly ten thousand people. On the south bank of the Chishui River, almost all the villages and cottages discovered by the Japanese army were burned down, and all the villagers were killed. The south bank of the Chishui River was shrouded in an ominous atmosphere.  The black smoke and unpleasant burnt smell drifted to the north bank with the wind in the valley. Wherever the Japanese troops went, there was a scorched earth and corpses everywhere.

    Liu Xiang, Chairman of the Sichuan Provincial Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Sichuan Army, was answering the phone. The Japanese army arrived on the south bank of the Chishui River and began to kill and massacre the village. Liu Xiang had already discovered the whereabouts of the Japanese army when they started snatching the ferry. He admired Tang Qiuli's judgment very much. The Japanese  It really came as people said, and at the same time, he was convinced by Xue Yue.

    The Sichuan Army troops used the two ferry crossings of Yuanhou and Tucheng as the key defense areas, with tens of thousands of people deployed in each. The rest of the troops were lined up along the north bank of the Chishui River. As long as there was a possible crossing point, there were Sichuan Army troops in charge.  Liu Xiang used more than 200,000 Sichuan Army soldiers to set up a long line of defense on the north bank of the Chishui River.

    Liu Xiang's headquarters was located at Tucheng Ferry. The person who called him was Sun Zhuguo, the commander guarding Yuanhou Ferry. A large number of Japanese troops were also found there. "Zhu Guo? It seems that the Japanese are divided into troops."  On both sides, pay attention. The Japanese troops on the south bank don¡¯t have artillery. I didn¡¯t see it here. The Japanese are attacking long distances and it¡¯s impossible to carry heavy weapons. However, you can¡¯t be careless. Our equipment has improved. Teach me a lesson, little one.  Japs, let them know how powerful the Sichuan Army is.¡±

    The Sichuan Army is now replacing shotguns with cannons. Each regiment has a machine gun company, eighteen mortars, and nine heavy machine guns. The firepower has been upgraded to several levels. Liu Xiang convinced Tang Qiuli that the Japanese army would not carry heavy heavy weapons.  The weapons were at most mortars. Therefore, Liu Xiang concentrated all mortars and light and heavy machine guns on the beachhead of the ferry.

    He was going to attack halfway across the river. A few hours later, more than fifty small wooden boats filled with Japanese soldiers left the south bank and headed towards the north bank. The preparations of the Japanese soldiers were quite formal, and every small wooden boat  In addition to more than thirty soldiers, there were light and heavy machine guns on the bow of the boat. There were many people in the boat. Looking across the river, a wave came and the boat almost capsized into the river.

    However, neither the Japanese soldiers nor the commanders were nervous. It was too quiet on the other side, with no fortifications or bunkers.  There was no sign of the Chinese soldiers. The Chinese had not yet discovered that tens of thousands of imperial soldiers were crossing the river from this direction. Liu Xiang had a sneer on his lips and secretly thought: "Another strong wind will send all these bastards into the river."  Fish and shrimp.¡±

    When the ferry was still more than a mile away from the north shore, Liu Xiang turned to the phone and said fiercely, "Fire!" A gust of metal wind blew from the flat ground, and mortar shells and light and heavy machine gun bullets fell on the ferry.On top of the Japanese soldiers, there were more than fifty small wooden boats, which were used reluctantly on the Chishui River with fast and high waves.

    When the shells and bullets hit the river, it was like a pot was boiling. The waves caused by the shells directly overturned more than a dozen small wooden boats. A boatload of Japanese soldiers were dumped in the Chishui River like dumplings from the pot.  The waves rolled, and the Japanese soldiers' heads just flashed above the water before being swallowed into the river by the whirlpool.

    The mortar shell directly hit the small wooden boat. The blood, flesh and broken boards of the Japanese soldiers rushed up into the air together with the water column. The remaining Japanese soldiers fired hard, spraying light and heavy machine gun bullets like rain to the other side, but the water tower was fast and the small  The wooden boat was bumping up and down, and the bullets hit nowhere, but they did not pose much of a threat to the Sichuan soldiers.

    In less than an hour, more than 50 small wooden boats and more than 1,600 Japanese soldiers became living targets of the Sichuan soldiers. They all turned into floating objects in the surging water of the Chishui River. Not even a shadow was seen.  The Japanese commander was anxious and ordered the artillery to fire. However, the water surface of the Chishui River crossing was seven or eight miles wide. The mortar shells fell on the river and did no harm to the Sichuan army positions on the north bank.

    Liu Xiang laughed loudly and picked up the phone, "Zhuguo? How is your place? It's really fun for me. Sixteen or seven hundred little devils are all finished. Even the ferry was broken into pieces. Look at the Japanese  Why should we cross the Chishui River?" Sun Zhuguo shouted at the top of his voice: "Commander-in-Chief, all the little devils have been sent into the river to feed the bastards. There are 1,500 or 600 little devils. It's really a relief.  The little devils are firing cannons, but it¡¯s useless. Their mortars can¡¯t even touch the edge of the north bank.¡±

    Liu Xiang was relieved. This battle was fought cheaply. More than 100 people were injured in the two ferry positions, and there were not even any killed. More than 3,000 Japs were killed. He remembered his promise to Chairman Chiang to come to Chishui River to set up defenses.  , still worried, fearing that all the troops would be exhausted. If I had known this, I should have been more generous and straightforward.

    "Adjutant, send a message to Chairman Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing," Liu Xiang called an adjutant over and dictated the message, "Chongqing, the Military Commission forwarded it to Chairman Chiang Kai-shek. At noon on August 26, the Japanese troops marched from Tucheng on the Chishui River and Yuan Dynasty.  They forced two ferries to cross the river. After more than two hours of fierce fighting, the first batch of more than 3,400 Japanese troops who crossed the river were all annihilated. In this battle, our Sichuan army lost more than 980 soldiers and injured 4,300.  "Remaining people, despite this, all the officers and soldiers of the Sichuan Army have absolute confidence to ensure that the Chishui River defense line is intact and block the Japanese army on the south bank of the Chishui River," said Liu Xiang, the commander-in-chief of the Sichuan Army.

    After the adjutant recorded the message, he asked puzzledly: "Commander-in-Chief, we only injured more than a hundred soldiers. Why do we need to report so many casualties? Isn't it destroying the reputation of our Sichuan Army?" Liu Xiang seemed to be very ordinary.  A clever, yet confused adjutant at the critical moment.

    Said: "What do you know? It's hard to tell the truth from the truth. If I don't report so many casualties, it won't look like the battle is fierce. The government has replenished so much equipment. It's not a tough battle, and it doesn't look like it's accepted."  Are you ashamed? Besides, isn¡¯t there a good reason to expand the army in the future?¡±

    The adjutant looked at Liu Xiang with infinite admiration. How did his head grow?  Obtaining equipment, defeating Japanese soldiers, and laying the groundwork for future expansion of strength. Killing three birds with one stone and using a good strategy. Following such an officer will be of endless benefit throughout your life.

    Liu Xiang didn¡¯t pay attention to the adjutant¡¯s admiring look, and shouted loudly: ¡°Say hello to the kitchen, tonight, I¡¯m going to have a drink to celebrate. After this battle, our Sichuan Army won¡¯t be famous even if we don¡¯t want to!¡±

    Liu Xiang was going to hold a grand banquet to celebrate his victory. The commanders of the four Japanese divisions on the south bank of the Chishui River also gathered together to study countermeasures. The ferry was destroyed, and a regiment of soldiers joined them, even to the north bank.  It seemed that the Chinese army had been prepared for a long time. As soon as it took action, it gave the imperial army a disastrous attack. The commander-in-chief's surprise attack strategy failed.

    There is no good countermeasure. The Chishui River is wide and the waves are strong, and there are no tools to cross the river. We can't let the soldiers tie a wooden board to each waist and swim across the river to attack the Chinese army's position, right?  Also, the mortars they brought were unable to reach the other side and could not provide artillery cover for the troops.

    For the Japanese troops who are accustomed to being covered by fierce artillery fire, they first lost three points of their spirit. The four division commanders regretted it. Even if they brought a few Type 92 infantry cannons, they would not suffer such a big loss today.  Judging from the firepower of the Chinese army on the other side, even if all the imperial troops were to go in, it would be impossible to complete the task of crossing the river. The Chishui River became a natural danger that the Japanese army could not overcome.

    The four Japanese division commanders sat in silence for a while, but no one had a good idea. They were really worried, and they were angry with each other. If this continued, there was no solution. Finally, the four Japanese division commanders made a unanimous decision.  Report the difficulties and situations encountered here to the Commander-in-Chief truthfully, and request him to cancel this military operation and instruct the troops on the next course of action.

    &nbsp; How do they know that the commander-in-chief, General Touichi Teuchi, is even more distressed than they are. Nanning sends several emergency telegrams a day, and there is still no order from the base camp. More than 300,000 troops are nestled in front of Loushan Pass. Teuchi¡¯s heart is anxious.  I'm almost sick.

    (To be continued)
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