1938, at 3:00 pm on May 23.

After two hours of preparation, the Japanese army advanced towards the east bank of the Xiaoba River.

At the beginning of the battle to force the crossing of the Xiaoban River, the Japanese took great action. They first launched four planes to bomb the beachhead of the Chinese army on the east bank of the Xiaoban River.

As soon as the Japanese plane left, the Japanese army used a reinforced brigade of about 1,500 people to cross the Xiaoban River in front of the front Luoli, under the cover of artillery fire.

Most of the 200th Regiment were deployed here. It was said that it was an arrangement. In fact, the 200th Regiment had only entered the designated location in the early morning this day. After half a day, I had only had time to build some simple fortifications and dig a few half-man-deep trenches.

These simple fortifications were naturally vulnerable to the fierce firepower preparations of the Japanese army, and the front-line river beach positions were mostly destroyed by Japanese artillery fire and bombs still under the plane.

A squad of the 3rd Battalion of the 200th Regiment, which was deployed on the outpost positions on the river beach, was almost completely injured and killed. Fortunately, after Cheng Jiaji arrived, Wen Songyuan was eager to withdraw most of the troops at the forefront. Otherwise, the Japanese alone could have called "luxury" firepower preparations, which were originally placed here, would have been disabled.

When the Japanese artillery fire stopped, hundreds of Japanese troops had already snatched up to the east coast.

This Japanese army did not encounter any effective resistance when they got on the shore. They were about to expand their formation and advance towards Rory. A mortar shell fell from the sky and landed on the heads of these Japanese, causing a large number of Japanese casualties to be killed and injured.

The Japanese artillery fire on the other side rushed to retaliate, but the Chinese artillery had already moved its positions and escaped, and the Japanese artillery shells were all hit on the open space in vain.

Cheng Jiaji, who was in the command post of the 200th Regiment, was in a good mood when he saw this scene. He had already asked someone to mark the coordinates on the river beach on the map. Only by observing the posts to report the Japanese army's location, the mortar group could immediately bombard the area, and then the mortar group would immediately move to Adi, allowing the Japanese army's heavy artillery to Pu Gekong.

After the Japanese army suffered a loss, they became cautious in their actions. Pihuazi dared to shore one by one. As soon as they got ashore, the Japanese quickly dispersed, without talking about the spirit of Bushido, and they looked for their own land to dig it out first.

The Japanese artillery fired desperately at the rear of the river beach. The Japanese artillery fire was too fierce, almost covering the large open space behind the river beach.

During the artillery process, the Japanese infantry that had already arrived on the shore gradually gathered. When the Japanese artillery fire stopped again, the Japanese army on the east coast formed a large loose triangular formation in small groups and continued to advance step by step. The Japanese army at the bottom of the triangular formation went ashore. The mortars were divided into small groups and were ready to fight back against the artillery of the Chinese army at any time.

‘Does this Japanese army have great experience in being beaten? They would hang on the beach without any regard for face, waiting for artillery fire to clear the way forward. When moving forward again, they would first divide into loose formations of small teams, and then form a large triangle formation, and advance step by step. The smartest thing about these Japanese devils was to use three or three mortars to form temporary artillery positions at the bottom of the triangle formation. This move was clearly a must-have under the cover of the flesh shield.

Will the artillery of the Chinese army fight head-on? The mortar raid plan he set himself seems to be bankrupt. The plan mainly targets the weakness of the Japanese heavy artillery for a long time. He will use the mortar to leave. But if this plan is implemented again, it will become a battle with the Japanese under the dual firepower of the Japanese heavy artillery and mortars. We will not do this loss-making business. "I saw this scene on the river beach from the telescope and Cheng Jiaji thought to himself.

After the sudden attack, the excellent tactical literacy shown by the Japanese army attracted Cheng Jiaji's attention and surprised him that there were troops in the Japanese army with such flexible and flexible tactics.

"Have you found out the number of this Japanese army?" Before Cheng Jiaji could speak, Wen Songyuan, who was beside him, could not wait to ask Chen Guozhong, the commander of the special operations team of the 200th Regiment responsible for reconnaissing the enemy situation.

Of course, Chen Guozhong is a Chinese name, but for well-known reasons, no one in the Special Operations Team is truly Chinese descent.

Chen Guozhong, Yamamoto 46, don’t get me wrong. He has nothing to do with Yamamoto Izuru. It’s just that his father gave birth to him when he was 46 years old, so he named this Yamamoto 46.

He was originally a soldier from the Japanese Yamaki Brigade, now a captain of the National Army. This is mainly because he knows a little Chinese and is one of the Japanese soldiers who have been fighting with Tian Jiafu. Of course, this guy is quite clever. (In order to strengthen the reconnaissance capabilities of each regiment, Cheng Jiaji sent seven or eight former Japanese prisoners of war to each regiment, and formed a special operation team in each regiment.)

Seeing the boss asking questions, Chen Guozhong hurriedly replied respectfully: "The report team has found out that most of the Japanese spoken by the Japanese opposite have a Kyoto accent. It is judged that the Japanese army's Kyoto Division should be the Japanese army's Kyoto Division." (From Tian Jiaji, those people in the special operations team have long regarded themselves as Chinese. In the past ten days, Chen Guozhong, who had a good foundation in Chinese, has been very smooth when speaking Chinese. Although his accent sounds a bit weird, he can reach Qing Dynasty.

Chu's purpose of expressing his meaning. (This is the result of the two special operation teams wearing Japanese uniforms and sneaking into the other side in great danger. They dare not ask each other's number directly, which is equivalent to self-exposing. They just passed by a few Japanese soldiers who were talking and listened to the other party's chat, and then hurried back to receive the merits. This matter shows that no matter what ethnic group people will cherish their lives once they become "traitors"!)

"What is the external number of the Kyoto Division?" Cheng Jiaji knew that most of the Japanese divisions were conscription from a fixed place, so each division mostly called this division based on its conscription area within the Japanese army. Many people in the Japanese army called this genre internal number, and called the number number external number.

But at this time he really couldn't remember that the division was based on Kyoto.

"Report to the General, the external number is the 16th Division of the Japanese Army." Chen Guozhong seemed a little embarrassed in front of the General (these fake Chinese people's respectful titles to Cheng Jiaji, are they a little bit shogunish?).

When Cheng Jiaji heard that the Japanese army opposite was the 16th Division, he felt that the blood on his body was heating up, and his eyes became fierce because of the burning anger in his heart.

Now Cheng Jiaji also understood why this Japanese army had such a smooth combat style. Although the 16th Division of the Japanese army was not a main ace in the Japanese army, it has been among the top in the number of battles since the invasion of China. He invaded Shanghai, occupied Nanjing, and fought against the Soviet Union. Now he invaded Xuzhou, he was really "combat-making achievements". However, he was repeatedly severely damaged by the Chinese army. In Luodian, Shanghai and the Nanjing Battle, he suffered great losses in the hands of the Chinese army. This loss naturally led to learning lessons, and he could immediately set up a self-protection formation when he encountered a blow.

However, what made Cheng Jiaji feel so upset that he couldn't himself was the 16th Division, which was also one of the most invasive actors in the Nanjing Massacre.

The 16th Division, the heinous crimes committed by this army in Nanjing, made every patriotic Chinese in the 21st century "received a long time ago" when he heard the name of this Japanese division.

Among the Japanese troops involved in the Nanjing Massacre, the 16th Division and the 6th Division are two main murderers. The 6th Division's crime of massacring more than 100,000 Nanjing civilians is well known worldwide and is "reputed" internationally as the Beast Corps. The 16th Division committed countless crimes during its tenure as the Nanjing City Defense Force. The commander of the 16th Division, Nakajima, who once studied in France, was a demon who was indistinguishable from Tani Shouo, the 6th Division of the Japanese Army.

Under the influence of the greedy sadistic madman Nakajima Imao, although the officers and soldiers of the 16th Division were less than the 6th Division in terms of killing Chinese military and civilians, their methods of use were more perverted and cruel. It can be said that the 16th Division of the Japanese army was the most "deserved" perverted murderer.

The sudden high fire of Cheng Jiaji made everyone in the command center feel at a loss. For a moment, the entire 200th registrar was so quiet that everyone could clearly hear the breathing sounds, and the atmosphere was extremely depressing.

Although the Nanjing Massacre had occurred for half a year and had been well-known both at home and abroad, due to the limitations of various objective conditions, the Chinese people still had a comprehensive understanding of the truth. When the government publicized the outside world, it was mainly aimed at the various atrocities of the Japanese 6th Division in Nanjing.

The 16th Division was only an accomplice and then mentioned that most of the people in the country knew that the 6th Division of the Japanese army was a beast corps, and few people knew that the crimes committed by the 16th Division in Nanjing were never below the 6th Division. Just the 16th Division slaughtered 30,000 Chinese troops who laid down their weapons at each city gate, the 16th Division killed no less than 100,000 civilians in Nanjing for a month when it was guarding Nanjing. The 6th Division would be "famous" than the 16th Division, mainly because the 6th Division was too ostentatious. If it weren't for the infamous murder competition, the title of the 16th Division might be the 16th Division.

Cheng Jiaji has been from the 21st century and can't understand all this. In many cases, the more you know about unfortunate things, the heavier the burden on your heart will be. At this time, Cheng Jiaji was so stressed that he couldn't breathe.

"Wen Lao Er, as long as the Japanese army exits the river beach and enters the depression in front of Qian Luoli Village, I will order the artillery battalion to shell the Japanese army. Your two battalions and the first battalion of the supplementary regiment can attack. Remember to fight me to death, and I don't want any of the captives of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army." Cheng Jiaji issued an order to Wen Songyuan with murderous intent.
Chapter completed!