Section 9 Lishui Counterattack (4)
The color wave continued to rush forward while it was slightly exhausted. The shells were cut off in half after the enemy's explosion. The Japanese army's attack was weak and they were forced to attack the defenders.
The fierce battle in the Jintan was continuing. Like Zhuang Jihua, the Japanese commander Matsui Ishigen also stared at the Jintan. The 23rd Brigade retreated in a hurry from the city of Lishui and shocked the Tokyo Base Camp and the Emperor. The Emperor rarely summoned Sugiyama Moto and Chief of Staff Jun Tada to inquire about the current situation in Nanjing in detail. All of this made Matsui Ishigen feel great pressure.
"Order, the head of the 6th Division, Sesuko, commanded the Jintan front line, our army." Matsui Ishione was very dissatisfied with the attack on Jintan some time ago, but he was even more dissatisfied with the attack on Jintan. Whether it was the destruction of the armored column or the attack on Guangde, the 10th Army did not complete the front-line mission, conquered Guangde on time, occupied Wuhu, and cut off the retreat of Nanjing Zhongzhao team, but now is not the time to liquidate Yanagawa Heisuke.
"Hayi," Chief of Staff Major General Tsukada Oku agreed and said with some concern: "Commander, I think the fundamental reason for this situation is that we lack troops and underestimate the strength of the Chinese army from Sichuan. This army is well-equipped, not much different from the Imperial Team, and its combat effectiveness is greater than that of other Chinese army, and it is even called the elite German division of the Chinese Central Army."
Matsui Ishigen frowned. What Tsukada Oshi said was basically called the consensus of the Front Army. If Luodian did not understand the Sichuan Army, then the subsequent Taicang and Wuxi all showed that this Sichuan Army was highly morale, brave and good at fighting, with high tactical standards, and extremely difficult to deal with; and the Sichuan Army, which was counterattacking in Lishui and the Sichuan Army, which were defending in Guangde, belonged to the same new number, Forty-Ninth Group Army, which was shown in this army, was more tactical than the Twenty-Fourth Group Army that appeared in Wuxi, Luodian.
"Commander, after the Shanghai war, we rushed forward, and the troops did not go through any rest and replenishment. The troops were very tired and their combat capabilities were severely declining," Tsukada Oku paused at this point, looked at Matsui Ishien and said, "Commander, I suggest asking for reinforcements from the country and stop the attack temporarily."
This not only surprised Matsui Ishione, but also surprised the other staff members on the side. No one expected that Tsukada Oshi would actually offer reinforcements now and would stop the attack.
"Chief of Staff," before Matsui Ishien spoke, the combat section chief Takano couldn't help but retort: "The situation of the war is still under the control of the Imperial Army. Although the 23rd Brigade has setbacks, Lieutenant General Niujima has led his troops to provide assistance and can arrive in Lishui within two days to relieve the danger."
"Yes, only by conquering Nanjing as soon as possible can we achieve the goal of punishing China, and at the same time, we can force the Chiang Kai-shek government to agree to the peace conditions in the empire." Another staff officer also shouted.
"The majesty of the Imperial Army must not be scared by just one counterattack."
The staff members in the interior of the war room immediately quarreled. They were all indignant and expressed dissatisfaction with the proposal of Tsukada to attack the ground. They just wanted to accuse Tsukada to be timid and cowardly in person and were not worthy of being the chief of staff of the Front Army.
"Tsukada-kun. I was too cautious." Matsui Ishigen waved his hand gently. The sounds in the room immediately disappeared: "We are not yet at the point of asking for reinforcements."
Tsukada Tora smiled bitterly. He proposed this simplicity mainly because of the attack on Nanjing. It seems that reinforcements are not needed now. But when it is really time to need reinforcements, it is too late. The Chinese are almost withdrawing Nanjing. This shows that they are planning to fight the Imperial Army in Nanjing.
"But in order to eliminate the concerns of Tsukada Kindi, I ordered the Sato Brigade from the 101st Division to form the Chongteng Detachment with the Chongteng Detachment. The front-end transfer to Wujin as a reserve team."
"Commander. The 101st Division maintains the safety of the rear. It is stationed in Taicang to a large area of Jiaxing. The troops are insufficient. Then draw..." Tsukata Oku reminded.
"Nothing. The Chinese team has been..."
Before Matsui Ishigen finished speaking, an officer rushed into the war room quickly, and Matsui was furious: "Eight-Grades!"
The officer stood up and bowed his head and bowed: "Hayi," and then looked up: "Commander, Changshu Logistics Base was attacked by sneak attacks, and the stored ammunition was destroyed. In addition, the army heading to Wuxi was also bombed."
"Nani," Matsui was surprised: "The Chinese Air Force is doing the land?"
"No, it should be a sneak attack by a small group of Chinese troops.
"The officer replied: "The bodies of several Chinese soldiers were left at the scene."
Matsui was angry: "Bastard! The holy war is at a critical moment, and he is dereliction of duty. The base captain should apologize to His Majesty the Emperor. He ordered the garrison to build the Beijing-Shanghai Railway within two days, otherwise he would also apologize to His Majesty the separatist."
Matsui's order was conveyed immediately, but then he received a report that Wuxing Nanxun Jiaxing front-line transportation line was attacked continuously, and the garrison was exhausted and suffered heavy losses. The garrison captain was killed in the battle.
Now no one spoke casually in the combat room. Obviously, this is a conscious and organized action from China. When Tsukada Oku saw Matsui looking at him, he said calmly: "The line from Jiaxing to Wuxing is several hundred kilometers long, with only one garrison brigade, less than a thousand people, and insufficient troops. The Chinese army invested its troops here, and obviously wanted to cut off the supply of our southern line army in a planned manner."
Matsui snorted coldly: "It's so easy to cut off our army's supplies. How many people can they invest? If there are too many people, they can't hide it. At most, it will be harassment, which will create a tense situation that forces us to transfer troops from the front line to defend. They did this when fighting in the Atokawa period. I am not Muto Nobuyoshi."
After the failure of the Battle of Rekawa, Muto became a laughing stock in the military and eventually died of depression. Matsui once repeatedly studied the Battle of Rekawa, believing that if he did not mobilize troops from the front line, but instead tried his best to attack the Great Wall, he could completely break the defense line of the Great Wall defenders. Such a Armistice Agreement in Rekawa would be of great benefit to the empire.
China has used this move again, so of course he will not be fooled.
"Order the garrison to defend strictly, and send heavy troops to the front line every time they send military supplies, and be vigilant along the way." Matsui Ishien ordered decisively.
Zhao Hanjie was lying in a ditch with a lot of water in the south of the Yangtze River. There were also many such ditches everywhere. He was carrying a disguise made of several nests of water plants on his head. He looked up at the road opposite. On the other side of the road were two other teams led by Peng Yaoshi. This ambush will start from him first.
More than forty cars appeared on the road in the distance, and the long convoy was walking beautifully. This section of the road was not complicated, endless and unobstructed; the soldiers on the convoy were very relaxed, and only a few machines on the ground were still holding machine guns.
The convoy entered the ambush circle one after another, and the cars in front and the last were loaded with soldiers. Zhao Hanjie made a rough estimate, about 130 to escort soldiers. He sneered in his heart. After several attacks, the Japanese were also alert. However, more than a hundred people wanted to send this batch of materials to the front line, and they underestimated our special forces too much.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" The four cars in front and behind suddenly exploded, and the machine guns and crisp shooting sounds came. The gunshots were not fierce, but they were very rhythmic. The Japanese yelled and jumped out of the car, while the machine gun on the roof of the car started to scream wildly, but almost at the same time, the machine gun sounded off.
There was a slight sound of water around him. Zhao Hanjie knew that it was the brother lying in the water that was ambushing him. He patted the water surface gently and let them hide. It was not the time for them to attack.
"Boom! Boom!" Two more cars exploded, these were two cars filled with ammunition. The explosion caused a chain reaction. The violent explosion sounded up the car, and the soldiers around them were killed and injured.
Several Japanese soldiers set up mortars and bombarded the opposite side. The shells flew towards the ambush point with thunderous thunder. The commander waved his command knife to command the soldiers to rush towards the ambush line. However, after a few steps, the commander fell head-on, followed by the machine gunner and mortar gunner.
"Boom, boom", Zhao Hanjie couldn't help laughing. The bastard Guo Yaoshi must be secretly laughing there. Two rocket launchers named the car one by one. The Japanese army either guarded the car and watched the car be bombed, or came out of the hidden place and was named by the sniper.
The Japanese commander must have also realized this problem. A large number of soldiers left the hidden place and rushed towards the ambush point. Zhao Hanjie arranged a very loose ambush line. There was a group every twenty meters. Each group of ten people included four snipers and one light machine gunner, five semi-automatic gunners, and four rocket launchers formed two swimming groups to fight upstream of the entire ambush line.
"It's our turn." Zhao Hanjie shouted in a low voice. After the Japanese army was led out of the convoy, Zhao Hanjie would lead another team to quickly assault the convoy and blow up the car as much as possible. The entire ambush time was only half an hour. After half an hour, no matter whether the car was destroyed or not, they would retreat. There was another team monitoring the enemy's dynamics in Wuxing County halfway outside the highway.
More than thirty men emerged from the water, and thanks to the original training, they were able to hide in the water in such cold weather.
Zhao Hanjie waved his hand and thirty soldiers drove down and rushed towards the convoy. Their team drew about twenty people to monitor the team, including the rocket launcher, and the rest was soaked in the water.
The gunfire across the road became even more intense, but it failed to cover up the rhythmic shooting. The Second Lieutenant Sakata, who was commanding the charge, felt irritated. He didn't know what unit it was, and he was not nervous when facing their charges, and still had a scheming shooting.
A string of fire flashed out from an ambush point opposite, and a big explosion occurred in the car behind him. "Eight squares." Sakata cursed in a low voice, but he didn't dare to look up. Just now, the lieutenant had just waved his command knife and was overturned by the bullets on the other side. He checked the body and was shot on his forehead. He knew at that time that there was a sniper on the opposite side.
"Boom" Another car exploded behind him, and then fierce gunfire came from behind. Sakata looked back and saw several figures wearing strange costumes appearing in the middle of the convoy.
"There are also ambushing behind." Tian slapped the earth twice in frustration. There was only a small river not far behind. They actually lie in the small river. It was so cold that...
"Long live!" Sakata got up and waved his command knife and shouted. He knew he could not survive. Even if he avoided Chinese bullets, he would have septidized his stomach. Forty cars were destroyed. This was a serious dereliction of duty, and it was better than septidized his stomach.
"Bang" a bullet spiraled into Sakata's forehead. Then it flew out from the back of his head, carrying a bunch of brain and blood.
Zhao Hanjie's commando team was divided into six groups and rushed into the convoy. Two or three grenades were thrown into each car, and then quickly ran to the next one. The Galand semi-automatic rifle took a big advantage in this melee battle. Every time the 38 gun pulled the trigger and pulled the bolt, it was too late to deal with Galand's continuous shooting.
Zhao Hanjie's surprise attack from behind completely disrupted the Japanese army's established defenses. The entire convoy was in chaos, and cars exploded one after another. The living soldiers retreated in panic, but the Chinese soldiers carrying camouflage nets chased them tightly, one after another, and cars exploded.
Two long whistles passed through the fierce gunfire and cannon sound, and the gunfire in the convoy became sparse. The special forces team members quickly crossed the front line from the gaps of the enemy group, met with the team members at the ambush point, and then retreated to the distance. The Japanese only made symbolic pursuits, and then returned to the highway, staring at the more than 30 cars that were blown up in a daze.
Chapter completed!