Chapter 188 Complex battlefield situation

Lieutenant General Kawaakanaji, the commander of the 106th Division of the Japanese Army, was shocked to hear that the Jianlu Su Gujun was broken and Zhang Gushan was besieged by the 74th Army again. He was very depressed and his movements were too fast. Wuning and the 33rd Division on the Xiushui line have not been fully replenished yet. His division has to guard the vast areas on Jiujiang, Ruichang and De'an, and his troops are insufficient. The Lieutenant General blamed the Commander Okamura a little, why did we gather our troops? It was necessary to create pressure on the Chinese team and there was no need to act like an attack on Nanchang.

The connection between the 33rd Division on the Wuning front line and its own division was cut off by the enemy. Because of his own forces, he had no scruples in the roundabout battle. Judging from this situation, the 2000 army was ready to fight in northern Jiangxi. The Japanese commander who advocated attack could not defend like this. Sichuan Zhizhong made up his mind and made mistakes, so he simply fought with his own division and the ** decisive battle on the De'an line. [bsp;     Zhang Gushan, the 74th Army was very familiar with this place name. During the Battle of Nanxun, the 74th Army fought against Zhang Gushan and captured Zhang Gushan in one fell swoop, making great achievements for the victory of Wanjialing. Attacked Zhang Gushan again, the 74th Army handed over the task to Yu Chengwan's 57th Division. The commander of the regiment was Chai Xinyi. Chai was a resourceful general. After accepting the task, he immediately led his officers to check the terrain.

This time, there were only 600 defenders in Zhanggushan, but the fortifications were scientific and solid. In particular, they learned from the lesson that they did not pay attention to the retreat last time and were seized by Zhang Lingfu. This time, the Japanese army also strengthened their vigilance in the back mountain. The entire Zhanggushan defended closely and the fortifications were solid. The arrogant Japanese soldiers did not take the Zhongzhang team seriously at all, and shouted arrogantly that the Zhongzhang people would use blood to water the land under their feet.

The brothers of the 74th Army were all holding back their anger and vowed to wipe out Zhang Gushan in one fell swoop. Commander Chai Xinyi calmly analyzed the situation on the battlefield. The strong attack must have a great price, which was something he didn't want to see. How can he capture the position quickly and well and beat the Japanese?

Jin Dingzhou, the commander of the 74th Army's artillery regiment, looked at the steep Zhang Gushan, and then looked at the contemplative commander Chai Xinyi, "Chai, see if this can be done. Your regiment's mortar and my artillery are gathered together. We will only aim at one fortification, and one fortification and one fortification knocks. I don't believe that I can't lift the Japanese turtle shell."

"This method is good, it's too slow and wastes shells. If we don't have to worry about shells like the Japanese, just hit him." Captain Chai Xinyi shook his head and expressed his objection.

A battalion commander who had contact with the Youth Army offered his suggestion, "Regiment Commander, I heard that the Youth Army Commander Yue made a "conscienceless cannon" and a mortar flat-fire device. Why don't we ask? As long as we use that giant cannon to smash the front-line positions of the Japanese in the early stage of the attack, we can gain a foothold. Then, with the flat-fire mortar, it will be possible to shoot directly the Japanese fortress, and ensure that one hit is accurate."

Chai Xinyi's heart lit up. Yes, Yue Hanping once reported the "conscienceless cannon" and mortar flat-fire transformation as experiences to the entire army, but he has always claimed to be the best elite and did not care about the "local thing". He quickly called the engineer company commander and asked if the methods of preserving the above two weapons were made.

The engineer company commander came over quickly, "Regiment Commander, do you have any missions to ask me to come?"

Chai Xinyi said seriously, "There is really a task. I ask you, the 36th Brigade Yue Hanping of the entire army reported the method of making 'conscienceless cannon' and the method of flat-fire mortar fire transformation of mortars. Do you have any?"

The engineer company commander smiled and said, "Captain, I'm going to hide it from you. Our engineers are of special nature and are very interested in these improvement equipment work. So, I remember the production methods and specific data, but I haven't done it. Because we can't use that thing."

Chai Xinyi said happily, "Okay, do you remember the performance and lethality of those weapons? Now we need to use it."

The engineer company commander thought about it, "The gasoline barrel thunder, the charge is about 5 kilograms, which is a large ** bag. One can blow up a castle. If it hits the enemy's position, the Japanese's position will become a bullet crater. Our mortar is 82 caliber. If it is fired flat, it can not only attack bunkers and solid fortifications, but also attack Japanese tanks. The power of a shell is greater than that of the Japanese infantry cannon."

The artillery regiment commander Jin Dingzhou was an expert. He remembered it as soon as he heard Yue Hanping's "invention" that this thing was very powerful in actual combat. He once heard some veterans on the battlefield in Xuzhou, so he also promised, "Captain Chai, there should be no problem. At that time, the 36th Brigade of ** lacked heavy artillery and was replaced by these things. Although the method was a little bit rustic, he could use whatever worked on the battlefield."

The 74th Army attacked Zhang Gushan, and let it go for the time being. Besides, Lieutenant General Kawaakaji, the commander of the 106th Division, made up his mind to launch an attack, so he set his sights on the front youth army. This unit has always been a heart-wrenching problem of the Imperial Army. If it can severely damage the youth army, it can not only attack the momentum of the **, but also receive commendations from the headquarters of the dispatched army. The lieutenant general responded quickly and immediately ordered the brigade to cut into the between De'an and Wuning with a corps, attack the 74th Army in a roundabout way, and restrain the main force of the 74th Army. The 136th Brigade detoured from east of De'an, attacked the right wing of the Youth Army, and swept the Youth Army from left to right with the De'an defender as the axis.

Jiangbei, the fifth war zone, General Zhang Zizhong, commander of the 33rd Army in Zaoyang, received a request to defend Sui County and Zaoyang's defense line, and he felt that it was inappropriate. He was the least willing to fight a position attributable war with the Japanese. He was willing to attack the Japanese and look for fighter jets in the movement. Therefore, Zhang Zizhong concentrated the forces of the two divisions in his hands and personally led a roundabout attack on the flanks of the enemy division from the Pumpkin Shop.

Zhang Zizhong's sudden attack caused a corps on the left wing of the Japanese division to fall into fierce battle. Zhang Zizhong personally supervised the battle and used a big sword and hand-to-hand combat to repel the attack of the corps, forcing the corps to retreat more than 40 miles. A day away from the main force, the division headquarters was afraid that the corps would be divided and surrounded by the Central ** team, so they had to change the combat plan. A corps watched Sui County **, and the main force was tracked and attacked by Zhang Zizhong's back.
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