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Chapter 675: The Iron Wall Encirclement of the Battle of Zaozhuang!

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    Regarding the time of attacking Nanchang, the 11th Army was originally scheduled to start on Japan¡¯s Army Day, which is March 10.

    However, due to the delay in the arrival of the troops and the weather, it had to be postponed for ten days.

    On March 20, dark clouds came over the city near Nanchang, and it started to rain lightly.

    Originally, Okamura Neiji planned to send aviation troops to attack first to give the Chinese defenders a showdown. This was also Okamura Neiji's usual trick.

    But because the weather was too bad, the 3rd Flying Regiment and the Army and Navy aviation units were unable to take off.

    In desperation, Okamura Neiji had to order the artillery troops to show off their power and cover the infantry crossing the river.

    At around 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the artillery group commanded by Sumita Raishiro and the artillery of each unit opened fire simultaneously at various river crossing points on the north bank of Xiushui, and the artillery of the defenders on the south bank subsequently fired back.

    Suddenly, the sound of cannons on both sides of Xiushui was rumbling, the smoke was filled, and the sky was full of beacon fire.

    The Japanese army¡¯s artillery fire preparation time was two hours of continuous firing.

    At around 7 o'clock in the evening, Chengtian's artillery group fired smoke bombs as planned to cover the infantry crossing the river.

    It was getting late at this time, and the position of the defenders on the other side was full of smoke and blinding.

    Because the troops cannot see each other clearly and have difficulty communicating, the observation and shooting of artillery and the development of firepower of the first-line defenders have been directly affected.

    Matsuura Junrokuro's 106th Division made a forcible crossing from Aicheng and Qiujin west of Yongxiu at 7:30 pm under the cover of fire. Although they were fiercely shot by the defenders, by 7:40 the next day, they had  After crossing the Xiushui River, which was about 300 meters wide and flowing at a speed of about 2 meters per second after the rain, we fired green signal flares continuously to report that the river crossing was successful.

    The first wave of troops of the 106th Division arriving on the other side engaged in fierce battles with the Kuomintang Army's 76th Division and 105th Division defending the first line on the south bank of Xiushui, and successively occupied the defenders' first-line positions and  Continuing to advance forward, the Japanese engineers were already setting up the ship's bridge.

    Saito Yahei's headquarters also began to cross the river from Tujiabu at 20:00. Since artillery firepower preparations had been made in advance, the artillery still fired suppressively at the defending 142nd Division when crossing the river. The enemy reached the other side in 5 minutes.  .

    The two divisions were the first to go ashore and the troops that arrived on the other side started a fierce night battle in front of the garrison position. By dawn on the 21st, they had advanced about two kilometers. As the garrison retreated to the mountainous area to the west,  The enemy began to advance.

    Although the Japanese tank group had conducted vehicle crossing training in the rain and at night on the Boyang River near De'an City for about a week in advance with the 3rd Independent Engineer Regiment, when crossing Xiushui this time, due to the fire of light and heavy firearms from the Kuomintang army  , its operation movements were greatly affected, and the chariot driver's panicked maneuvers caused several tanks to fall into the water.

    It was not until after 8:00 on the 21st that the tank group crossed Xiushui, and then joined the 106th Division in the attack on the Wuguling defenders.  As a large number of chariot troops participated in the battle, the defenders were transferred accordingly.

    On that day, based on the fact that all the defenders had evacuated their positions on the south bank of Xiushui, the 11th Army ordered two divisions to quickly advance towards Nanchang.

    At 12:30, the tank group was ordered to quickly capture Fengxin via Lingxiaqiao, Anyi, and Qianzhou, and protect the bridge in the south of Fengxin City from damage by the retreating troops.

    Because the road was muddy, which affected the speed of vehicles, the tank troops camped at Lingxia Bridge on the evening of the 21st to check vehicles and wait for laggard bicycles.

    We will continue to set off from Lingxia Bridge at noon on the 22nd, preparing to capture Fengxin in the evening.

    At this time, the 3rd Flying Regiment used its main force to cover and support the 106th Division and the tank group advancing away from the troops. Among them, the 77th Fighter Group always patrolled south of Xiushui to the Zhejiang-Ganxi Railway and Poyang.  The 17th Reconnaissance Squadron conducts continuous reconnaissance on the KMT army's mobilization situation in Gao'an and Shangli south of Nanchang and southwest of Nanchang, and the 45th Assault Squadron  The battle teams took turns using low-altitude direct support to coordinate the tank group's advance toward Fengxin.

    Because it has been raining for several days and the roads are muddy, the tank sometimes drives at high rpm, high temperature, and low speed, which greatly affects the engine and consumes a lot of fuel.

    The vanguard of the tank group did not arrive at Fengxin until 21:30 on the night of the 22nd, and then occupied the bridge on the water outside the south gate. As the Japanese tanks suddenly captured Fengxin, the defenders deployed 10-cm-caliber cannons near the city.  4, 3 12-cm-caliber howitzers, 31 mountain and field guns, a total of 38 guns, 10 vehicles, and 60 barrels of heavy oil were all lost.

    The troops of the Japanese vanguard tank group were running out of fuel at this time, but they received orders to advance to the Chitian Zhang and Gutougang areas to occupy the area.Lead the bridges along the way and conduct warnings.

    The tank convoy was finally determined, and the fuel remaining in other vehicles was added to the 9th Independent Tank Squadron and set off.  After that, planes dropped fuel, and the tank troops were able to continue their advance.

    "After the news of the Japanese army's attack on the south bank of the Yangtze River reached Shandong, the Sulu Theater Command immediately issued a combat order to capture Yinan!

    As soon as the order was issued, the troops who had already arrived at various attack positions quickly took action.

    First, three regiments of the 51st Army suddenly appeared near Yinan County and launched a full-scale attack on Yinan County.

    In order to be able to conquer Yinan City in one battle, and also to give the troops a good start, Yu Xuezhong prepared more than 6,000 infantry outside the small Yinan County, and also concentrated 30 artillery pieces.  The little devil was caught off guard.

    The Japanese troops in Yinan County counterattacked hastily, but were quickly suppressed.

    400: Seven thousand, you know the result even if you think about it with your butt!

    However, the little Japanese was not willing to sit still and wait for death. While asking for help from the Japanese troops in Linyi and Qingdao, he reported the situation to the 12th Army Headquarters.

    After receiving a telegram from the Yinan garrison asking for help, Odaka Kamezo was shocked and felt a little angry at the same time.

    He has only been in office for a short time, but the troops have been constantly provoked by Chinese stragglers, first from Xuecheng, Peixian, Fengxian and other places, and then from Zaozhuang and Yinan. This is too much to let him, a lieutenant general commander, go.  In the eyes.

    Especially when Ogao Guizang learned that those attacking Yinan were not only the main regular army of the Chinese army, but also the number was quite astonishing. There were more than 10,000 troops besieging Yinan County alone.

    Although Odaka Kamezo did not believe that the data reported by the defenders was accurate, after all, it was pitch dark now, so how could the troops in the city deduce the specific number of enemy troops.

    But it is obvious that the main force of the Chinese army must be outside Yinan City. This should not be wrong. More importantly, there are various signs that indicate that the Japanese Imperial Army has frequently harassed the Japanese Imperial Army in the Zaozhuang area before, and even caused the mysterious army to smash the jade of the Imperial Army's elite.  The force may well be this force.

    All the previous grievances seemed to have found a way to vent. Odaka Kamezo did not even discuss with the chief of staff, let alone seek other people's opinions, and directly reported to the 21st Brigade of the Fifth Division stationed in Qingdao.  Order them to immediately go south from Qingdao and quickly reinforce Yinan.

    At the same time, Odaka Kamezo also ordered the two infantry brigades of the 21st Division stationed in Linyi to go north from Linyi, pass through Ju County and go straight to the south of Yi!

    Even so, Odaka Kamezo was still uneasy and once again ordered the commander of the Japanese independent mixed sixth brigade stationed in Zaozhuang to personally command three infantry brigades and some technical units to go north, pass Shanting and Pingyi, and approach Yinan from the west.  county seat.

    Otaka Kamezo's idea is very simple. He wants to encircle Yinan County from three directions: south, northwest, because the east leads to the coast, which is not suitable for military operations. As long as the encirclement is completed, the national army troops near Yinan will intervene.  The wings cannot escape.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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