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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 2490 Wrong Judgment

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    The independent division's Marine defense force in the direction of Wulu Town, the 1st Brigade and 1st Regiment, launched a sudden attack. The opening scene was dozens of light and heavy machine guns, and a dense rain of bullets enveloped a large group of Japanese troops who had crossed the bridge over the river.  In the metal storm, the south bank of the river bridge was an unobstructed open space. At this moment, it became a death place for Japanese soldiers.

    When the stormy gunfire suddenly erupted, Colonel Shimbashi, the leader of the 21st Brigade of the 107th Division of the Japanese Army, heard a buzz in his head, staggered, and almost fell over. He had been very careful.  , conducted two rounds of fire reconnaissance, how could we still fall into an ambush by the Chinese army?

    Colonel Shimbashi couldn't figure it out, but he was also a commander who fought with the Allied forces with real swords and guns on the islands in the southwest Pacific. He once had the glorious record of defeating an entire division of the U.S-Philippine coalition with a single regiment.  He quickly woke up from his panic and issued several orders hastily: "Order, the Second Brigade and the Third Brigade are to forcefully pass through the Nahe Bridge immediately. The artillery of the regiment immediately suppresses the independent division's firepower points and covers the infantry.  attack!"

    Colonel Shinbashi's order was very timely and correct. If we did not continue to invest troops, then the first brigade that had already crossed the bridge would be surrounded by ambushed independent division troops. Moreover, the only bridge on the river in front of us would be  It will become a fatal obstacle to the regiment. The brigade commander's order is to occupy Wulu Town on the other side of the river. If the regiment is blocked on the north bank of the river, how might the grumpy brigade commander punish himself?

    Following the orders of Colonel Shimbashi, the remaining two infantry brigades contained nearly a thousand Japanese soldiers.  Shouting wildly, they rushed forward like crazy and took out the Japanese mortars that had just put away their gun mounts with the bravery of Japanese soldiers.  Immediately, he hurriedly redeployed the artillery position. Chen Mengqiao never took his eyes off the telescope and said without looking back: "Order the mortars to fire, cut off the attack channels of the Japanese follow-up troops, and blow up the bridges!"

    In the sky, there was a piercing scream, coming from the south bank of the river from far to near.  Colonel Shimbashi, who had experienced many battles for a long time, turned pale for a moment, and he could hear it.  This was the sound of at least a hundred mortars firing. The two brigades he was charging were finished!

    The mortar shells were like a flock of black storks, with a shrieking sound.  Headlong towards the Japanese soldiers.  "Boom, boom, boom!" A series of explosions and clouds of black smoke rose up, covering the charging path of the Japanese soldiers. Countless broken bodies flew into the air in the black smoke, while the Japanese mortars who were setting up artillery positions,  Even more unfortunately, several waves of artillery shells came over.  Dozens of Japanese mortars were blown up and their parts scattered.  The explosive ammunition exploded into fireballs one after another.

    The wooden Nahe River Bridge, after being hit by more than a dozen mortar shells, burst into flames with a "bang", and the Japanese soldiers who had already boarded the bridge fell into the waves of the river together.  The regiment's more than a hundred mortars and the intensive firing of artillery shells caused the two following Japanese infantry brigades to pay a heavy price in casualties. They could not advance even half a step. They were pinned by the shells in the unobstructed wilderness.  The Japanese soldiers could only watch helplessly as their compatriots on the south bank of the river were mercilessly killed by light and heavy machine gun bullets fired by soldiers of the Independent Division.

    One regiment concentrated all its mortars, and as soon as they took action, it had a miraculous effect. Not only did they kill the artillery of the New Bridge Regiment, but they also suppressed the Japanese soldiers of the two brigades in place, and the artillery shells continued to fire at close range.  There was an explosion in the open ground where thousands of Japanese soldiers were lying. There was a loud noise, and a cloud of black smoke mixed with flesh and blood rose up. It took away the lives of several Japanese soldiers, leaving behind black craters, bright red blood stains, and several broken corners.  military uniform.

    Colonel Shinbashi looked at his soldiers being massacred by the artillery fire of the independent division, his eyes were red, but he had to lie on the ground, helplessly watching all this, his fingers dug deeply into the ground, angry,  Emotions such as pain and helplessness instantly filled his mind.

    The Japanese brigade, which had no way out, was beaten by the intensive rain of bullets, and only less than a hundred people were left. On the land south of the river bridge, the corpses of Japanese soldiers were piled on top of each other. The remaining Japanese soldiers,  They were still resisting desperately, using the corpses of their companions to build fortifications and raising guns to fight back, but it was all in vain. What they saw was just the muzzles of the guns spitting flames hiding in the hidden fortifications, but not a single person could be seen.  Figures of independent division soldiers.

    "Brigade commander, let the second battalion attack. The remaining 100 little Japs will be eliminated with one charge! Don't waste bullets!" Colonel Sun Zhiyuan, commander of the first regiment, suggested eagerly.

    There was no longer any suspense in the battle. Chen Mengqiao withdrew his gaze and said: "There is no need to fight to the death. We can't afford to pay any casualties. We ordered twenty mortars to destroy the remaining Japs south of the bridge! The rest of the mortars  Artillery, continue to bombard the little Japanese in the north of the bridge to expand the results! "

    Twenty mortars immediately adjusted their coordinates, and a round of shells flew over, on the south bank of the river.The remaining hundreds of Japanese soldiers who were still resisting at the bridgehead were transformed into a rain of blood and minced meat flying in the sky in the rain of bullets. The smoke dissipated, and the originally lush ground was covered with large and small craters.

    Colonel Shimbashi saw with his own eyes that hundreds of brave and capable imperial soldiers in one of his brigade disappeared before his eyes, while the two infantry brigade on the north bank of the river suffered constant casualties under the bombardment of the independent division's mortars on the south bank.  If we continue to be bombarded by artillery shells from the Chinese army here, I am afraid that in a few hours, there will not be many troops left in the regiment. "Baga! Damn the Chinese people! Convey my order, and the regiment will retreat five kilometers immediately!" He said  Gritting his teeth, he finally painfully gave the order to retreat.

    The Japanese army began to retreat. A regiment of more than a hundred mortars chased the retreating Japanese army and fired several rounds of shells, which made the Japanese soldiers miserable until the Japanese army withdrew outside the range of the mortars and forced them to retreat.  After attacking the artillery soldiers, they stopped before they had finished.

    Meng Jianzhu witnessed the entire battle. He admired the commanding skills of the 1st Brigade Commander Chen Mengqiao. "Commander Chen, we won the first battle. We completely wiped out a Japanese infantry brigade. We had no casualties. I, Meng Jianzhu, have witnessed the commanding skills of Brigadier Chen.  I admire it!" he said very sincerely.

    Chen Mengqiao smiled and said: "If it were you who occupied a favorable terrain and concentrated firepower for a sudden attack, the result would be the same, but you would just take advantage of the little devil's unpreparedness! What follows is a head-on attack.  Fight!"

    Chen Mengqiao turned to Sun Zhiyuan and said: "The order goes down. All the firepower points that were fired just now are to be abandoned immediately, and the troops are withdrawn to the backup fortifications!"

    Sun Zhiyuan was stunned and then understood. Meng Jianzhu also understood Chen Mengqiao's intention and killed an infantry brigade of the Japs. When the main force of the Japs came up, the firepower points that had been exposed must be the key targets of the Japanese artillery, and they continued to be retained.  It only increases casualties, and abandoning the firepower point at the bridgehead of the Nahe Bridge will not affect the overall defense. The Nahe Bridge has been blown up, and the firepower point at the bridgehead has lost its greater role.

    "Baga!" received a report from Major General Kono, commander of the 21st Brigade, that his leading regiment was ambushed by the independent division on the south bank of the river. One brigade was completely wiped out, and the other two brigade suffered heavy casualties.  , the leader of the Shinyuemon Division couldn't help but cursed fiercely.

    Without an infantry brigade, the vanguard regiment suffered heavy losses. Lieutenant General Shin Yuuemon didn't care much. In a battle involving nearly 200,000 imperial soldiers, an infantry brigade was just an inconspicuous small wave.  What made him angry was that his plan to have lunch in Zhuanghe County came to nothing, and besides being attacked by air attacks, this was the first time that, starting from Fenghuang Mountain in Andong, the wounded soldiers of the independent division who were pursuing the retreat were attacked by ground troops of the independent division.  of blocking.

    The 107th Division leads the central and western attacking forces by more than 70 kilometers. This is a huge advantage. If the 107th Division takes the lead in reaching Lushunkou on the eastern front in this attack, it will definitely be  It was the first achievement. For this, the 107th Division paid a greater price than other troops. Even Lieutenant General Shin Yuuemon could not forgive himself for failing to achieve brilliant results despite paying the price!

    What he was worried about was why the independent division troops, which were only focused on retreating along the way, showed such a fierce blocking posture along the river. Moreover, they severely damaged one of his field regiments. They were those dragging tens of thousands of soldiers.  The wounded troops, or reinforcements coming?

    "Kuroda-kun, immediately send a message to the commanders of the first and second detachments of the Kwantung Army attacking on the center line, and the 109th Division on the northern line, asking if your unit has been blocked by the independent division troops!" Shinyuemon Division  The regiment commander told his chief of staff that if the three-pronged offensive force was strongly blocked by the independent division, then the enemy situation on the battlefield on the Liaodong Peninsula would have fundamentally changed. It is very likely that the enemy is coming.  Reinforcements?

    After giving orders to Chief of Staff Kuroda, Lieutenant General Shinyuemon read the telegram of the 21st Brigade again. One detail attracted his attention, "Our Shimbashi Regiment was forced by the independent division.  Massive damage from artillery fire!¡±

    "Mortar! Isn't it a large and medium-caliber artillery?" Lieutenant General Shinyuemon thought sharply. According to the firepower configuration of the independent division provided by the intelligence department, mortars were equipped at the battalion level of the independent division, that is,  Said that the independent division troops blocking the Xinqiao Regiment on the south bank of the river were battalion-sized.

    Lieutenant General Shin Yuuemon vaguely caught something. At this time, the chief of staff, Major General Kuroda, came back, "Reporting to the division commander, I received a call back from the commander of the central and western front troops. The imperial army is continuing to advance to the south.  So far, there has not been any form of resistance from the independent division troops!¡±

    "Haga! Cunning Chinaman!" Lieutenant General Shinyuemon suddenly understood that the one who ambushed the Shinbashi Regiment at Nahe Bridge was just the part of the independent division he was chasing. Otherwise, he would not have been able to do it with just one battalion.  ofThe forces came to block the blockade. As for the reason for the blockade, it was obvious that the wounded soldiers of the retreating independent division were resting and recuperating in Zhuanghe County!

    (To be continued) (To be continued)
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