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Chapter 41: Wu Cheng's fierce soldiers (4)

.When the lights were held, Major General Sanada and Cheng Jiaji got the casualties statistics table of the troops. Looking at this table, the faces of the mortal enemies on the battlefield were both ambitions and ugly. During the entire daytime battle, more than 4,000 new divisions suffered casualties, about 80% of which were the price paid to block the Sanada detachment. Of course, Major General Sanada's situation was not much better.

The total strength of the detachment was only more than 5,000, and in just over a dozen hours, he lost 35% of the combat power of the entire army. Major General Sanada had calculated that he would fight according to this style of fighting. In less than a long time, he could only be shameless and asked a colonel to draw sailors from the warship to assist in the battle. Both sides were frank in the telegrams to the upper peak, and if there were no reinforcements, the situation of tomorrow would be worrying.

However, to be honest, at this moment, the situation of Lieutenant General Saito in Wucheng City is much more dangerous than that of any of the other four troops that are split into two battlefields and fighting against each other. Although Lieutenant General Saito and his men, who were usually lazy, did their best. In the end, they were unable to stop the Chinese army, which was seven or eight times more than they had already attacked. At 8 o'clock in the evening, the car full of explosives and steel plates exploded the South Gate. The passionate Sichuan soldiers rushed forward and sacrificed their lives. Even the rain of bullets poured down from the Japanese army on both sides of the city tower could not stop them from charging. Just as Saito was busy transferring troops to the South Gate to block the gap, the New 72nd Division also took advantage of the opportunity to attack the city from the West Gate.

"The entire line is shrinking!" Lieutenant General Saito was in a panic and had to retreat into the city walls in the west and south directions, trying to back against the east and north sides of the city walls to fight a protracted street battle with the New Eighteenth Army in the city.

Even Lieutenant General Saito himself felt that some wishful thinking was soon shattered. Under the unified command of Lieutenant General Huang, a torrent of tens of thousands of Chinese troops swallowed most of Wucheng with lightning speed. At 10 o'clock in the evening, Sanada's troops launched the third large-scale attack site today, and only a small area in the northeast corner of Wucheng was left in the control area of ​​Saito's troops, which was the remaining mountains and rivers. Under the tide-like offensive of various units of the New Eighteenth Army, it was also in danger. Although there were still a large number of Japanese straitors and raids in the large urban area just captured by the Chinese army, it was already unhindered.

The rapid defeat of the Japanese army on Wucheng side caused a very change in the situation on the entire battlefield. After hearing the news, the 11th Army of the Japanese army was in great horror. On the one hand, the command of Major General Sanada was made to join forces with Lieutenant General Saito before 3 a.m.; on the other hand, the paratroopers who had only returned to the camp from Nanjing and Beiping were seconded to airborne to the city of Wucheng. At the same time, Lieutenant General Gangmeng also asked the army aviation troops to send planes to Wucheng to throw some poison gas bombs. This vicious move of Gangmeng really worked. The New Eighteenth Army was advancing rapidly.

The troops were completely unprepared for the Japanese side's rush to jump over the wall. Because the city's environment was relatively closed and the air circulation was slow, the Chinese army had already suffered a lot of losses. As a result, under the Japanese counterattack, the Chinese army was almost driven out of the city. When the poison gas gradually dissipated, under the strict order of Lieutenant General Huang, the troops stabilized their positions. However, in this way, Lieutenant General Saito not only regained some of the key points of defense in Wucheng, but also gathered several Japanese troops scattered in the city, and initially formed a defensive system. Seeing that he was anxious, he could no longer defeat the enemy, he had to adopt the erosion tactics and rely on the large number of soldiers and wide generals to move forward little by little.

At midnight, outside the east gate, the new one hundred division headquarters.

Although there were still rumbling artillery inside and shouting and killing sounds shocking the sky, the two main commanders of the New 100th Division were no longer focused on the Japanese army attacking head-on.

"We tried our best to intercept two of the detours sent by Sanada Detachment. I wonder if there is a third one?" Cheng Jiaji asked Qian Shen in confusion.

"I can't say it!" In Qian Shen's view, Sanada no longer concentrated all the main forces to force breakthrough from the front, but instead used a frontal strong attack to cover the tactic of drilling and penetration in the unit of the brigade and detour towards Wucheng. This move is much more difficult than the previous simple hard attack. Now it's late at night when I can't see my fingers, and the troops of the New 100th Division are basically concentrated on the front, and the two wings are blocked by cavalry. Can it be stopped? All the detour troops sent by Sanada are really not sure.

Nowadays, the two armies are fighting fiercely. If a Japanese army has a unit that penetrates deep into the hinterland, no matter where the troops are pointed, it will be a big trouble.

"Order Hong Sheng to attack the East City with all his strength. The 200th Regiment, the army's teaching team immediately turned into the second echelon." Cheng Jiaji knew that he had no time to hesitate. Regardless of whether he had Sanada's third roundabout force, and whether this force had entered Wucheng or not, as long as he gritted his teeth and took the East Gate, all the problems would be solved.

The battle to attack the East Gate was extremely fierce at the beginning. For the New One Hundred Division, if the East Gate was captured, there was a solid backing. No matter how Sanada Detachment played, it would be no longer afraid of any tricks. At the same time, it could completely lock the Wucheng defenders in the city. For the Japanese army, who were still surviving in Wucheng, if the East Gate was lost, the Wucheng four gates would lose three of them. If the defender lost the protection of the city wall, it would be completely a turtle in the jar, and the next thing would be to let the mermaid meat be.

The 365th Regiment, which was the first to enter the battle, was soon destroyed by the fierce firepower of the Japanese army on the city. Seeing this, Hong Sheng was anxious and rushed to the top of the city with assaults twice, and then suppressed the Japanese army again.

When Hong Sheng, who was injured, was about to lead the team to attack for the third time, Wen Songyuan, who arrived at the city, pressed his shoulder.

"Your group goes down first, it's time for me to go." If someone else said this, Hong Sheng would have punched him. But it's a different story to say this. Since the moment when he was rampant in Nan'an, what Hong Sheng feared most was the second master Wen with a very hard fist. Since joining the army, he has always been Wen Songyuan's old subordinate. If he is not afraid of him, who will he be afraid of!

"You are the leader of a regiment. If you die, it won't matter. The morale of the army will collapse. Death of you alone will be at least equivalent to losing one or two companies. You have to use your brain when fighting! Don't know how to rush up after twenty times!" Hong Sheng is a bear, but Wen Songyuan didn't plan to let this old little brother go so easily. He scolded Hong Sheng for a long time.

This grand truth was heard with Wen Songyuan, Kong Jiru laughed in silence. Others don’t know, but he doesn’t know yet! These words were actually before Cheng Jiaji sent Wen Songyuan to warn the division infantry commander who had the same problems as Hong Sheng. Wen Songyuan was now selling and moved to Hong Sheng. Wen Songyuan didn’t want to think about it. Compared with Hong Sheng, his performance in this area was only worse than that of Hong Sheng. Why teach others a lesson?

After sending away Hong Sheng, who was dissatisfied, Wen Songyuan immediately used his face-changing skills. He took off his shirt and shouted loudly at the officers and soldiers of the 200th regiment surrounding him: "Boys, kill the ghost with me. There is a reward for moving forward. Take a step back and kill!"

Wen Songyuan's army started with the former outlaws in the world, and had its own style when attacking and fighting. Soon the Japanese army on the city wall felt that this newly arrived Chinese army, in addition to having strong attack power and good psychological qualities, was also particularly "crawling". The officers and soldiers of the 200th regiment disdained to charge and rush to the city when siege. Most of them thought that squads and platoons would get along the city walls of thousands of meters. If they encountered a tough guy, they would leave as soon as they touched and would never make unnecessary sacrifices.

Faced with the "rogue" tactics of the 200th Regiment, the Japanese commander relied on the strong city to rely on, and did not care much at first. It was not until several small troops of the 200th Regiment took advantage of the Japanese's opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to climb the city wall from a weak Japanese defense area, and then made some Japanese soldiers who were howling and rushing to counterattack. The deputy corps captain woke up and quickly sent troops to fight back. But at this time, more and more Chinese soldiers climbed the city like mercury. The officers and soldiers of the 200th Regiment were agile and acted rapidly. Once a place was washed open, it was difficult for the Japanese to block it. It was often blocked.

, another opening was made next to him, which eventually led to the complete collapse of the entire area. Wen Songyuan was one of the first soldiers to climb the city. He had no military rank sign that would only attract Japanese bullets, and he was like a fish in water among the Japanese. Not long after, with the support of Wen Songwu and the guards around him, there were no less than a hundred officers and soldiers rushing up to the city from the gap in the city defense that he opened. The situation in other areas was becoming more and more beneficial to the Chinese army. Even the commander of the Japanese army had to admit that the opponent was tearing the defense line he laid on the head of Dongcheng City little by little, but the Japanese army was powerless.

"Kill and give it to you." Just then, the reinforcements sent by Lieutenant General Saito arrived. The reinforcements of more than 300 people arrived in time, greatly strengthening the Japanese troops on the city and revitalizing the Japanese army's morale.

"Occupy the East Gate!" Wen Song shouted loudly to the officers and soldiers near him, and led the team to rush towards the East Gate. He knew that only by capturing the East Gate and putting in the large group of people outside the city could be considered as a sure victory. Otherwise, the Chinese officers and soldiers who had already landed on the city with dispersed forces would be very likely to be defeated by the Japanese troops who had already reacted.

The competition for the East Gate Tower was fierce, and the blood flowing from the soldiers of two different countries dyed each tiled here red. Finally, more than 100 officers and soldiers led by Wen Songyuan personally seized this important place with fierce firepower and strong will. The Japanese army, who were unwilling to fail, launched a crazy counterattack. Under the dense firepower net of the Chinese army, the Japanese army carrying bayonets fell down in rows and rushed up row after row. If it weren't for the fact that the teaching team organized a suicide squad to blow up a small number of Chenghuan to death and kill from there, I wouldn't know who would have won the battle.

Finally, he joined forces with the teaching team to clear out Wen Songyuan of the Japanese army on the city, and Fang Zhi was about to enter the city and kill him. The dense gunshots from somewhere behind him made Wen Songyuan and Kong Jiru, who had been with him, instantly turned ashamed.

"Third Battalion, come with me!" Wen Songyuan took the third battalion, which had the only complete system in the 200th Regiment, and left without even giving a comment.

"Adminton Kong, what happened?" asked Yan Fang, the captain of the military teaching team who knew Kong Jiru.

"The location where the gun was fired is our division headquarters!" Kong Jiru, who was still immersed in the extreme shock caused by the gunshots coming from behind, replied a little absent-mindedly.

"Swoosh, swosh." Cheng Jiaji and others who were lying on the ground were being snatched by two cross-firing light aircraft from the Japanese army on their left, and they were so pressed that they couldn't raise their heads.

As Cheng Jiaji and Qian Shen were worried, Major General Sanada did send a third roundabout force. The task of this well-equipped and small-scale small army was to destroy the command organization of the New One Hundred Division, which was not something they could have expected in advance.

Major General Sanada was very accurate. In terms of war, the command centers of both sides could not have left the guard troops in the battalions. The detachment of Sanada Detachment was solid because of the firepower of warships as a barrier. Besides, if it was not possible, Sanada would have to do anything as long as she boarded the ship, the New One Hundred Division would do nothing. And Cheng Jiaji's command center did not have such unique conditions.

This well-trained Japanese army team, wearing Chinese military uniforms, mixed silently. They first lurked quietly behind the defense line of the New One Hundred Division. Then they followed the footsteps of the line-checking soldiers who were shuttled to the front line and found the place with the most telephone lines and attacked directly. This method seems ordinary, but it is a very accurate method.

The front command of the New One Hundred Division, which had already been very empty, had no power to fight back when it was attacked. In a hurry, Cheng Jiaji, Qian Shen and others evacuated separately under the protection of their personal guards. I don’t know if the Japanese army had an inside line or if it was just a blind cat hitting the dead mouse. The Japanese team abandoned the other retreating troops and stared at Cheng Jiaji and the seven or eight people who were protecting him. Both sides chased and fought all the way. Finally, Cheng Jiaji and others were surrounded in this small ditch. Seeing the critical situation, a cavalry company patrolling nearby rushed to the scene and temporarily repelled the Japanese army. Cheng Jiaji stepped on the war horses pulled by Tu Jingguo and rushed to the bottom of Wucheng. He was picked up by Wen Songyuan, who was anxious and led his troops to calm down.
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