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Chapter 573: Japanese counterattack on Lu'an City

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    When the Battle of Lu'an started, the battle in Fujin Mountain also entered a stage of intensification.

    On October 28, the Japanese 13th Division gathered the remaining soldiers of the two regiments, and under the cover of aircraft, tanks and artillery, launched an attack on the main position of Mount Fujin.

    At this time, the defenders of the 36th Division on the Fujinshan position had suffered all casualties. The total number of the entire division was less than 800. Fortunately, Song Xilian, commander of the 71st Army, knew the heavy responsibility of the Fujinshan battlefield and deliberately attacked from the 88th Division on the right.  A regiment of troops was mobilized to reinforce the Fujinshan position.

    Song Xilian is a commander with a very high level of command. Although he is the commander of the 36th Division, he does not want to see the old troops he led single-handedly be annihilated, but he knows better that the Fujinshan front line is the entire northern battlefield.  The key point is that once it is lost, the Japanese army will march straight in.

    Even because the national troops behind Fujin Mountain have not yet been fully assembled, once the Japanese army breaks through the front line of Fujin Mountain, the little Japanese are likely to drive straight into the city of Wuhan!

    Therefore, it can be said that every day or even hour that the 36th Division holds on at Fujin Mountain is precious!

    The battle started in the morning and lasted until late at night. The Japanese army continued to invest more troops. Aircraft, artillery and tanks took turns taking turns. The forward positions changed hands repeatedly. However, the defenders took advantage of the favorable terrain of Fujin Mountain to hold on and fought repeatedly with the Japanese army, defeating the enemy.  Heavy damage, no ground lost!

    However, after the Japanese 10th Division captured Gushi, it sent a regiment south to attack Wumiaoji west of Mount Fujin, seriously threatening the flanks and rear of the Mount Fujin position and greatly affecting the frontline battle at Mount Fujin.

    In order to avoid being dumped by the little devils, Song Xilian immediately transferred the 523rd Regiment of the 88th Division of the reserve force to Aokou Tang, the only route for the Japanese army to pass south, to set up an ambush, inflicting heavy losses on the invading enemy and forcing them to retreat to Gushi.

    In front of Fujin Mountain, the 16th Division, the Japanese follow-up force, has advanced to the west of Lu'an. The 13th Division has relieved its worries and is attacking with all its strength!

    So starting from the 28th, the Japanese army continued to attack day and night. The 36th Division fought bloody and hard, crushing all the Japanese attacks.

    In the early morning of the 29th, the Japanese 13th Division broke into the battle line between Fujinshan and Shimenkou. The 36th Division, under the command of the division commander Chen Ruihe, carried out a counterattack with a death wish. The officers and soldiers fought bravely and fought hand-to-hand with the Japanese army.  , the battle situation was extremely tragic.

    After many days of bloody battles, the 36th Division received reinforcements from a regiment of the 88th Division, but it was only a drop in the bucket at a time when casualties were heavy. It was difficult to repel the incoming Japanese troops who had superior numbers and firepower. By 16:00 on the 29th,  Except for the commanding heights of the main peak of Fujin Mountain, all positions of the 36th Division were lost.

    At this critical moment, Commander Chen Ruihe organized the remnants of the entire division to launch a last strong counterattack. Although it caused great damage to the Japanese army, the remaining soldiers of the 36th Division were less than a thousand and it was difficult to fight again. Therefore, Song Xilian led the 61st Division to join Fu  Jinshan's right wing launched a counterattack, seizing the line from 800 heights to Miaogaosi, preparing to cover the retreat of the 36th Division.

    But at this moment, the Fifth Theater Command sent an emergency order. The main force of the 61st Army captured the important town of Lu'an an hour ago and took away the Japanese 13th Division, 10th Division, and 16th Division.  logistics base, and also wiped out more than 5,000 defenders.

    Therefore, the theater commander ordered the 71st Army to hold on to Mount Fujin for one day, and predicted that the Japanese troops on the front line of Mount Fujin would inevitably retreat.

    After receiving the order from the commander of the Fifth War Zone, everyone including Song Xilian and Chen Ruihe were stunned. How could Li Guoyao's troops, as reinforcements on the Fujin Mountain battlefield, reach the rear of the Japs in the blink of an eye and defeat Lu'an City?  .

    As front-line commanders, they all know the importance of Lu'an City. It is the logistics base for the Japanese army of 100,000 troops. Once it falls, it will have disastrous consequences for the Japanese army.

    Although the little devils usually carry ammunition for one week to ten days when dispatched, that refers to the consumption of troops under normal circumstances. Once the battle is very fierce, the ammunition carried by the little devils simply cannot last that many days, or even three or four days.  It was used up in just one day.

    Most of the Japanese troops on the front lines of Fujin Mountain and Gushi have been fighting for seven or eight days. As for the 13th Division, they have been fighting with the 36th Division at the main position of Fujin Mountain for twelve days. Even if they think about it with their buttocks,  These little devils are almost running out of ammunition.

    Thinking of tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers who had run out of ammunition and food, they were surrounded by more than 100,000 National Army soldiers. In front were the 100,000 miscellaneous soldiers of the Third Corps, on the left were more than 80,000 elite soldiers of the Fourth Corps, and in the rear were  Liu'an City is the main force of the 61st Army. If it is successfully fought, it may not only relieve the danger on the northern front, but also probably lead to a beautiful annihilation battle.

    Although the 71st Army is very tired, with only three of the four main divisions left, and the remaining three divisions have suffered more than half of their casualties,?Song Xilian decided to accept the order from the war zone commander and continue to hold on for one day.

    As a commander, Song Xilian is very aware of the importance of the last five minutes. Perhaps just because he persisted for five more minutes, the outcome of the entire battle will be completely different.

    What's more, the 61st Army is now in Lu'an City not far away. As long as they really take away the Japs' logistics base, the Japs with little food and ammunition really have nothing to fear.

    Subsequently, the defenders on the front line of Fujin Mountain launched a desperate counterattack under the command of Song Xilian, Chen Ruihe and others, and managed to defend the main position of Fujin Mountain under the crazy Japanese attack.

    At the foot of Fujin Mountain, at the headquarters of the Japanese 13th Division, all Japanese commanders were frightened by the defenders' aura of preferring death to surrender rather than retreat.

    Tanaka Jingyi no longer had the previous anger at this time. The battle has reached this point, and Tanaka Jingyi believes that the 13th Division has done its best.

    The failure to conquer the Fujinshan position was not due to the Japanese Imperial Army not trying its best, but because the defenders were too tenacious.

    But Tanaka Shizuichi knew that he had no way out. The unscrupulous domestic media had already reported the fighting on the front line of Fujin Mountain as a joke. If he could not defeat the defenders in front of him as soon as possible, what awaited him would be the base camp and the legion.  Endless rebuke.

    In view of this, Tanaka Shizuichi continued to order the troops to organize an attack. He wanted to see how long the remaining soldiers on the mountain could hold on.

    "Besides, the three lines of defense at the foot of Fujin Mountain have been conquered by them, and only the last few highlands are left. Even if it takes human lives to fill them, he still has to knock down the opposite position.

    However, as soon as Tanaka Shizuichi's order was issued, an emergency telegram was sent from the Second Army Headquarters, saying that Lu'an City had been attacked by the Chinese army and the defenders were wiped out. Prince Higashi Jiuri, commander of the Second Army, ordered the 13th Division  The attack on Fujin Mountain was immediately stopped, and the entire army retreated to counterattack Lu'an City.

    After receiving the telegram from the Second Army Headquarters, he was so unwilling to be struck by lightning.

    Seeing that the main position of Mount Fujin is in sight, as long as they insist on organizing a few more attacks, they will definitely be able to wipe out all the troops on the main peak.

    But God did not give him this opportunity, and with their retreat, the support/that person would inevitably re-occupy the defense line halfway up Fujin Mountain. It would not be easy for the Imperial Japanese Army to capture this line of defense again.

    However, the military orders are like mountains. Now that the combat orders from the Corps Headquarters have been issued, no matter how many reasons their 13th Division has, they can only execute them, otherwise they will be disobedient.

    "Disobeying orders on the battlefield is not something that everyone can afford. It is a real crime of losing one's head. Even Tanaka Shizuichi would not dare to do it.

    Looking at the main peak of Fujin Mountain not far away, Tanaka Jingyi sighed, and then ordered the troops to collect the bodies of the dead, then evacuate to Yeji, and evacuate to Lu'an overnight!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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