Chapter 115 Jiujiang Offensive and Defensive Battle (IV)

Yue Hanping's second reserve division concentrated the forces of three brigades to encircle and annihilate more than 3,000 baggage troops of the Hatan Brigade. The main force of the Hatan Brigade was forced to advance quickly to Fuchikou, attempting to detour to attack Banbishan Fortress. On August 30, the main force of the Hatan Brigade suddenly appeared behind the Banbishan Fortress, and the fierce Japanese army immediately launched a rapid attack.

Li Fangchen, the commander of the 18th Division, defended Fuchikou, which was closest to Banbishan. Banbishan Fortress was in a hurry. Li Fangchen actually used the excuse of not being able to move the ground to defend Fuchikou and refused to send troops to reinforce. At Banbishan Fortress, the Bao Changyi detachment retreated from Madang's Changshan Fortress. Bao Changyi was not afraid of danger and commanded his soldiers to defend the fortress and resisted the Japanese attack.

Bao Changyi's detachment withdrew and repaired for more than a month, and the combat effectiveness of the troops was greatly restored. The Hatan Detachment made three consecutive attacks by the defenders easily repelled by the strong fortress. Yue Hanping had long expected that Hatan would detour Banbishan Fortress for a while, and Huang Xuzhou's Brigade did not participate in the encirclement and annihilation battle. According to Yue Hanping's order, he advanced to the periphery of the Banbishan Fortress at a high speed.

Hatan Shigei was defeated on his third attack, and the major general, who was angry, took a bet on the fortress. At this time, the reconnaissance personnel came back to report that a central ** team was setting up positions outside Banbishan, depending on the situation, with a division's strength. The brigade of the second division was full of 8,000 people, which was indeed equivalent to one division.

Major General Hatan was shocked and hurriedly climbed a hill to observe the enemy situation in the direction indicated by the reconnaissance personnel. The ** in the telescope was getting closer and closer and clearer. Major General Hatan observed solemnly. The army was building a blocking position, looking at the way to build the position, the tunnel defense position that made him suffer many times. The major general was shocked suddenly. Yes, it is said that this defense method was the first used by the Chinese general Yue Hanping, who made the Imperial Army generals scolded each other. The commander of the Preparatory Second Division was Yue Hanping, and he had just eaten up the baggage force. This pain in his heart made Shigeichi Hatan remember Yue Hanping's name firmly and vowed that he would have to compensate him if he had the chance.

"No, I'm trapped!" Hatan Shigeichi exclaimed in his heart that his baggage troops were annihilated, and the supply was only three days' worth of carrying them. Yue Hanping was prepared for a long time and deliberately let himself attack Banbishan Fortress, and then took the opportunity to mobilize the main force to encircle and annihilate his troops. Once his troops were dragged by the fortress defenders, they could not attack and could not retreat, and the supply was consumed. At that time, Yue Hanping's second reserve division had enough strength to eat himself in one bite. The strength of the second reserve division was far greater than that of the other units of the Chinese ** team. Depending on the situation, it was called a division, but in fact it was an army. "The cunning and cunning Chinese almost fooled me." The major general smiled proudly.

After thinking calmly for a while, Hatan Shigeichi ordered regretfully and helplessly to quickly turn into Ruichang and get out of the entanglement with the Central ** team. Hatan Shigeichi's chief of staff immediately issued an order, and the troops gradually contracted, concentrated their forces to move towards Ruichang together, preparing to move closer to the 9th Division.

The cunning Shigeichi Hatan deliberately acted as if he would never give up until he took the fortress. He secretly found a traitor in the local area to lead the way. The detachment was in a state of marching in a hurry that night, avoiding the blocking defense line of Huang Xuzhou Brigade and passing through the south side of Huang Xuzhou Brigade. When Shigeichi Hatan crossed the defense line, he suppressed the impulse to attack Huang Xuzhou Brigade several times. Thinking about the blow Yue Hanping gave him, he was afraid of Yue Hanping's troops. Forget it, this time it will be a bargain. I don't have time to bother you. Next time, I will definitely let you experience Hatan Shigeichi's power.

When Yue Hanping personally led the main force to Banbishan, he found that the Japanese camp was already an empty camp. Huang Xuzhou Brigade insisted that he did not find a Japanese man passing by his position. Liu Wenye said affirmatively, "Hata Shigeichi is not simple. He must have discovered our intention, bribed the traitor to lead the way, bypassed the defense zone of Brigade Commander Huang, and turned to Ruichang."

Yue Hanping felt angry, and his arrangement was seen through by the other party. Liu Wenye saw the teacher's bad face and understood Yue Hanping's thoughts, so he advised Yue Hanping, "Teacher, this kind of opponent is interesting. Fight wits and courage, and meet the opponent. Next time we must catch him."

Liu Wenye's comfort made him calmer. Yes, opponents like Hatan Shigeichi are interesting. The competition between them has just begun and there are more opportunities. Since Hatan Shigeichi wisely chose to avoid Yue Hanping and meet with the Ninth Division, the pressure in Ruichang's direction has increased sharply, so he must quickly reinforce.

On August 27, while Hatan landed at Weiyuankou, the 9th Division suddenly landed in Ruichang. Lieutenant General Yoshisuke concentrated his main force to land from the port and under the big tree. The defending Ruichang was the 3rd Army of Sun Tongxuan who was fighting from Shandong. Sun's headquarters marched for a long distance, and the local conditions were not adapted to the environment and the soldiers' injuries increased greatly.

The port defender was a battalion of the 64th Brigade of the 22nd Division. During the garrison of the port, the battalion commander Zang Bosheng established a river defense position. Faced with the Japanese locust attack, the Tibetan battalion commander was not afraid and commanded the soldiers to stubbornly block the fortifications. The Japanese navy's warships used huge naval guns to bomb the ** position. Heavy artillery shells exploded one by one on the ** position, and fierce artillery fire wrapped the ** soldiers on the position. The Japanese army soldiers quickly approached the river beach under the transportation of the landing craft, jumped off the landing craft, and attacked the ** position. A Japanese army rushed to the river beach, launched an attack formation and rushed forward.

** On the position, the Battalion Commander of Zang is a typical Shandong man, a big man over 1.80 meters tall, full of tendons. He lay in the trenches and kept spitting out the sand in his mouth. "Grandma, I don't believe it. You Japanese devils are three heads and six arms! Brothers, don't be afraid, let them get closer and then fight!" On the position, the soldiers braved the Japanese naval artillery fire and were calmly lying in the trenches, staring at the Japanese army that were rushing closer and closer. The Battalion Commander of Zang shouted: "Let's fire!"

In the trenches, the light and heavy machine guns and rifles fired together, and the fierce firepower knocked down the Japanese troops rushing in front. The attacking Japanese troops were resisted and immediately lay on the ground to fight back. However, this was the shore of the river beach. The position was flat and it was not long before they could be avoided. The Japanese army's yellow uniforms were particularly eye-catching on the river sand by the white beach. Soon, the Japanese army named the Japanese army one by one. The Japanese army had to roll back and avoid the machine gun shooting. The machine gun bullets "churried" chasing the Japanese butt, and white sand and dust rose on the beach. The Japanese soldiers who rolled a little slower, unfortunately their butts were opened and the flowers were dyed red with bright red blood.

The blood shed from the Japanese soldiers was soaked in the sand and shocking red flowers bloomed on the white beach.

The Japanese army was landing. If they could not occupy the ** position, they could not establish a consolidated landing ground. The Japanese army would not be able to successfully land. Lieutenant General Yoshisuke Ryosuke had to shamelessly ask the navy's warships to fire more shells. In order to complete the task as soon as possible, the transported Japanese warships aimed all the naval guns at the ** position, and a volley was fired, "rumbling", and sand and dust raised up to block half of the sky.

**The position was wrapped in raindrops, and the soldiers were killed and injured one by one. The battalion commander lies in the trenches, and his body was almost completely buried in dust. He cursed and shook his head and spit out sand and dust. Looking at his brothers, the experienced veterans seized the opportunity and jumped into a crater and lay inside. The inexperienced recruits ran around the position like headless flies. Fortunately, they were still moving constantly to avoid the shells, but unfortunately, they were already lying on the ground and unable to move.

The head of the Tibetan battalion shouted, "Brothers, everyone find a crater to hide in. Don't run around, don't be exposed to artillery fire!" But the sound of the shell explosion was too loud and the recruits could not hear it at all. However, soon, some recruits discovered that the veterans were evading artillery shells and also jumped into the crater as if they were to hide in the crater. Before they could hide in the crater, they were gradually robbed by the artillery fire.

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