Chapter 181: The Battle of Defense of Nanjing (V)

"The first regiment ordered the first regiment to give up Lishui immediately and retreat to Moling Pass. Deputy Division Commander Teng was responsible for unified command on the front line of the Moling Pass. The second regiment and the special agent battalion accompanied me to reinforce Fangshan. The chief of staff was responsible for the defense line of General Mountain and Niushou Mountain." The military situation was urgent, and Chen Xiuwen didn't care about going to the school exam again. After a little discussion with Qiao Zhen, he directly issued a combat order. However, Chen Yiming, Chen Xiuwen had begun to transform from the beginning to the appreciation. Unexpectedly, a graduate from the Northeast Military Academy who was a graduate of the Central Military Academy who had been studying for three years.

"Luan, you're really raining in time. To be honest, my army is now relatively uniform except for the 305th Regiment, and the 306th Regiment has only two battalions left. Apart from a few mortars on hand, there are no heavy weapons. As long as we can defend Chunhua Town, our 135th Brigade, who has not said anything, will obey your command." After receiving a call from Chen Xiuwen, he learned that the artillery battalion deployed on Fangshan by the Honorary First Division could provide artillery fire support, and Chen Xiuwen came to Fangshan's position in person. The Honorary First Division was ready to reinforce Chunhua Town at any time, Li Tianxia said with gratitude.

After hanging up the phone, Li Tianxia immediately became bolder and ordered: "Tell Zhang Lingfu that he must guard the frontier position for me, and if necessary, the Rong-1st Division can provide us with artillery support."

At this time, Zhang Lingfu was summoning three battalion commanders to have a meeting.

"Now we are facing the Sixth Division of the elite division of the Japanese. The task given to us is to defend the outer positions of Chunhua. If nothing else, I won't say much. There is a bloody battle between us and the Japanese. There is only one winner on both sides. As long as one of our 305th Regiment is alive, the Sixth Division cannot break through our positions. I hope everyone will show the spirit of the bloody battle of Luodian. For the honor of our Chinese people and the courage of our Chinese nation to resist the invaders, we must defend Nanjing to the death. The brave ones will win when the two armies meet."

"Defend Nanjing to the death."

"The brave ones win when the two armies meet." The three battalion commanders also shouted in unison.

At this time, the phone rings.

"What? Good, so good." When Zhang Lingfu heard the contents on the phone, he was immediately delighted.

"Tell everyone good news. The Fangshan position next to us is under the artillery battalion of the Honorary First Division, and they will provide us with artillery cover at any time."

The battalion commanders were cheering when they heard the good news. With artillery fire cover, they added more courage to hold the position, and also meant that they had hope of life.

"This good news must be conveyed to every brother's ears and tell everyone that we are not fighting alone, but that brothers are supporting us."

Now the 305th Regiment is no longer the 305th Regiment that Zhang Lingfu just took over. After the Battle of Songhu, especially the bloody battle in Luodian, the original veterans of the 305th Regiment were already few. Several times, they were supplemented with some recruits who had not undergone several days of military training, and their combat effectiveness was very poor. Some recruits went to the battlefield within two days after learning to fire their guns. The grenades were thrown out without pulling fire, or they were thrown on the position, which would injure their own people. Moreover, with the retreat of the 58th Division and the 151st Brigade, the morale of the troops was also very low. Zhang Lingfu happened to use this good news that broke into it to stimulate the morale of the troops.

Among the troops attacking Nanjing in the left, center and right, the 6th Division, which was in the center, made the fastest progress. After Songjiang's defeat, the commander of the 11th Brigade Tokutaro Sakai was killed, and the two regis were completely wiped out. The 13th Regiment of the main regiment was even cancelled due to burning the gang flag. It was replaced by the 11th Regiment of the reserve. All of this was the greatest shame for Tanisuo's army in more than 30 years, and it was also the biggest failure that the Kumamoto Division suffered since its establishment. At this time, when attacking Nanjing, Tanisuo was determined to attack Nanjing City first to wash away the shame of the Kumamoto Division and himself. After capturing Suoshu Town, Tanisuo ordered the 47th Regiment of the 11th Brigade of the vanguard troops to pursue the retreating Chinese army and immediately launched an attack on Chunhua Town, the hub of the outer position of Nanjing.

Since landing, the 47th Regiment has been the 6th Division with the least casualties. Therefore, when the rest and marched to Nanjing, the 47th Regiment, which replaced the original 13th Regiment and was upgraded to the main force of the 6th Division, has always been the vanguard of the entire division. The conquering Jurong, Hushu Town, and Suoshu Town along the way were basically the 47th Regiment.

Shortly after the 15th brigade, which was in a hurry, passed Chunhua Town, the vanguard of the 47th Regiment had approached Chunhua's peripheral positions.

"Captain, there are many hills on the periphery of Chunhua, which are easy to attack. And there is the Fangshan position next to it. It will inevitably pose a threat to our army's attack on Chunhua. Should we wait for the subsequent troops to arrive before launching an attack on Fangshan and Chunhua Town at the same time?" Major Takagi Kan, deputy captain of the Forty-seventh Regiment, suggested to Colonel Hasegawa Masaki, who was holding a telescope to observe the periphery of Chunhua.

The Ninghang Highway passes through Chunhua Town, and as long as you take down Chunhua Town, you can directly force the city of Nanjing. The whole journey is as powerful as a rock and eager to make contributions, Masahen Hasegawa, who is eager to make contributions, is not willing to stop now. Put down the telescope in his hand and waves his hand, "Takagi, you are too filtering. Now our army is in full swing, but the Chinese army is now in a defeat. Hua doesn't have an old saying that "One-game" is called "One-game" and we are going to take down Chunhua. So, there is no need for us to stop. The first brigade launched an attack on Fangshan, and the second and third brigades are directly attacking Chunhua."

In fact, the smooth journey of the troops was on the one hand, and on the other hand, Masaki Hasegawa was eager to make contributions. Since the commander of the brigade Tokutaro Sakai, the commander of the 11th Brigade has not been officially appointed. Nominally, the commander of the division commander Sesuko Sei was also appointed, but in fact, it was commanded by Colonel Koto Shiraki, the chief of staff of the division. However, Masaki Hasegawa was very dissatisfied with this. In his opinion, he was the best candidate for the commander of the brigade of the 11th Brigade. Therefore, he had to prove himself with his military achievements.

Although Takagi Huan felt that the decision of the corps captain was a bit risky, he still chose to obey. After all, every soldier was eager to make achievements.

"Captain of the regiment, then leave the task of attacking Fangshan to me." Takagi Huan volunteered.

"Yoxi. Takagi-kun, then please, I hope that when I stand in Chunhua Town, we can also see our national flag rising from Fangshan." Masahen Hasegawa nodded with a smile.

With the order of Akira Ito, the artillery brigade leader of the 47th Regiment, the twelve 92 infantry artillery guns of the artillery brigade were shelled at several small hills outside Fangshan and Chunhua Town.

Due to the limited range of the 1992 Infantry Cannon, it could not hit the top of Fangshan at all, and most of the shells landed on the hillside. Takagi Ring was very dissatisfied with the effect of this artillery.

"Takagi, I think we can start the attack." Ten minutes after the artillery fire was prepared, and before the artillery fire stopped, the captain of the First Brigade, Okatsu Keishi, said impatiently.

"Mr. Okabata, the subordinates of the Chinese army on the mountain are unknown now, and the effect of the shelling is not very good. I suggest not rushing to attack the large army and sending a small team to conduct a tentative search first." Takagi Huan frowned slightly and stared at Fang Shan, who was not moving at all in the shelling.

Chunhua Town is the hub of the outer positions of Nanjing, and Fangshan is the commanding height outside Chunhua Town. If you occupy Fangshan, you can cover Chunhua Town and its several hills on the periphery. It is no problem to take down Chunhua. Therefore, Takagi Huan judged that the Chinese defenders would definitely be under heavy troops on the upper part of Fangshan to cover Chunhua's flanks. If you can move a few cannons, it would be a great threat to the offensive troops. In fact, the best plan to attack Chunhua Town is to take down Fangshan first, and then attack Chunhua Town. But at this time, let the Forty-Seventh Regiment attack Fangshan first and then cover the subsequent troops to attack Chunhua. This stupid thing about doing wedding dress for others is not to mention Masaki Hasegawa, even Takagi Huan is unwilling to do it.

Although Okatsu Keishi was superior to the seniority of this famous family of Oita clan, he was the deputy captain of the regiment, and he was ordered by the command of the regiment captain of the regiment, Colonel Hasegawa Masaki. Although he felt that Takagi was too cautious, he still accepted the suggestion and sent a small team to search and advance on the mountain after the artillery fire preparations.

"Teacher, this Japanese devil is really cunning. He actually sent only one team." Wang Shaoping, the commander of the Second Regiment, said to Shen Xiuwen with an uncontrollable excitement. Since he participated in the bandit suppression in Jiangxi seven years ago, this is the first time he has led his troops to fight against Japan, which makes Wang Shaoping both nervous and excited.

"Order the Special Services Battalion to let go of this team of Japanese devils, and the Second Regiment of Supplementary Regiment will take over the enemy." Shen Xiuwen ordered.

In addition to leaving a mountain artillery company, a combat defense artillery company and a firepower company on General Mountain, Shen Xiuwen transferred two mountain artillery companies, including anti-aircraft artillery company, and the other two companies of the firepower battalion to the top of Fangshan. The secret battalion, who had just followed him to reinforce Fangshan, was ambushed halfway up the mountain, and the supplementary regiment deployed defenses between the mountainside and the top of the mountain.
Chapter completed!