By three o'clock in the afternoon that day, the 77th Infantry Regiment had all disembarked from the vicinity of Shizilin and completed its assembly near Liuhe Town. The only drawback was that the infantry artillery squadron directly under the 77th Infantry Regiment failed to disembark. The observation team's hot air balloon was also unable to be transported ashore in time, which will inevitably affect subsequent combat operations. Tianlai novels www. ⒉3txt. com
Because there is no hot air balloon, the observation team cannot take off for reconnaissance, and it cannot guide the navy's naval guns to accurately bombard the Chinese defenders' defensive positions!
However, the 77th Infantry Regiment no longer dared to wait any longer.
Because Commander Kawagishi Bunzaburo of the Twelfth Army has urged him many times.
Fortunately, there are also aviation units directly under the Central China Dispatch Army's flying regiment that can provide support to the 77th Infantry Regiment.
Therefore, even though he was worried, the captain of the 77th Infantry Regiment, Colonel Fujimuro Ryosuke, still decisively issued the order to advance.
The 77th Infantry Regiment marched along the road towards Luojing.
Fujimuro Ryosuke originally thought that he would be blocked in Luojing, but unexpectedly, there was no one in Luojing. Not only had all the residents in the town fled, but even the expected defenders did not appear. However, as A veteran of many battles, Fujimuro Ryosuke not only did not feel relaxed, but felt a little pressure.
Speaking of which, after the Sino-Japanese War broke out, the 20th Division had been in North China and did not participate in the Songhu Battle. However, as a senior officer with pursuits and ideals, Fujimuro Ryosuke carefully studied it in his spare time. The Battle of Songhu has carefully summarized the gains and losses of the Chinese and Japanese armies in the Battle of Songhu.
Furthermore, Fujimuro Ryosuke fought against the Kuomintang troops in the North China battlefield, so he also had a certain understanding of the style of the Kuomintang troops. Compared with the Kuomintang army, the Kuomintang troops often did not care about the gains and losses of one city or one pool. And it would be even more difficult to deal with only the effective forces that kill and injure the Japanese army.
It is precisely because he has carefully studied the First Battle of Songhu and understood Japan that Fujimuro Ryosuke was worried that the defenders did not fortify Luojing, because the troops of Japan were not the same as those in the First Battle of Songhu. The style of the National Army is obviously different. The Kuomintang troops often fight for every inch of land, but often cannot hold an inch of land!
Seeing Fujimuro Ryosuke's worried look, the deputy director of the alliance, Murasaki Shichiro, asked: "Captain, you seem a little worried? But what makes me very confused is, what is there to worry about?"
Katamura Rishichiro had just graduated from the Sixth Army University not long ago, and had just been transferred to the 77th Infantry Regiment as the deputy. This was actually just a transition, and the purpose was to allow Katamura Rishichiro, as a trainee regiment captain, to observe the regiment up close. The team-level commander will then be transferred to other wings and officially serve as wing captain.
This is also the practice of the Japanese army. Officers who have just graduated from the 6th Army Non-commissioned Officer School or the 6th Army University will generally not directly serve as chief officers after being assigned to the army, but will serve as deputy positions for a period of time.
Katamura Shichiro is in such a situation, so both Fujimuro Ryosuke and himself know that he will not stay as the captain of the 77th Infantry Regiment, so it is extremely easy for the two of them to get along because there is no interest. There is no conflict, so there is no need to be wary of each other.
Fujimuro Ryosuke frowned and said, "Katamura-kun, there are no defenders in Luojing. Don't you think it's abnormal?"
"Nani, that's it?" Katamura was surprised at first when he heard this, and then laughed, "Captain, are you thinking about the problem too complicated? Why do you have to think that the defenders have ulterior motives for doing this? Why can't we think that the defenders had no choice but to abandon Luo Jing because they were afraid of the imperial army's front, or because they lacked enough troops?"
Fujimuro Ryosuke did not argue too much, shook his head and said: "I hope so."
While the two were talking, the march of the 77th Infantry Regiment did not stop.
Less than twenty miles south after crossing Luojing, there was Luodian Town. When it was still two kilometers away from Luodian Town, it was finally blocked by the defenders! When the sound of gunfire came from the front, Fujimuro Ryosuke breathed a sigh of relief. The heart that had been hanging before finally fell to the ground. As long as the enemy appears, it will be fine!
Not long after, Kurosaki Ryutaro, captain of the Third Infantry Battalion, sent a signal corps back to report that Gejia Village in the north of Luodian Town was blocked. There were about a platoon of forty or fifty enemy troops stationed in Gejia Village. However, The equipment was extremely sophisticated, and it was all automatic firepower. The forward team of the Third Infantry Battalion launched a tentative attack, but was defeated and lost nearly half of its troops. In addition, there were also a large number of enemy troops in Luodian Town. The army is active.
Ryutaro Kurosaki did not dare to act rashly, so he quickly sent a signal soldier back to ask for instructions.
Fujimuro Ryosuke wanted to test Shichiro Katamura, and immediately asked: "Katamura-kun, what do you think we should do?"
Katamura Shichiro smiled and said loudly: "The Chinese defenders are not many. Although the equipment is well-equipped, automatic fire has advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is rapid firepower, but the disadvantage is high ammunition consumption. Therefore, you don't need to mind at all. You can do it in small groups." The troops' repeated attacks consume the Chinese Army's ammunition, and when the Chinese Army's ammunition is exhausted, they can easily capture Luodian Town."
Fujimuro Ryosuke said to the signal soldier: "Just reply to Kurosaki-kun like this."
"Hai!" The signal soldier paused, got on his horse and hurried away.
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At the same time, in Luodian.
Lu Deming put down the telescope and said to Wang Jiageng next to him: "Batalion Commander, did you hit him too hard just now? The little devil has been retreating for a long time, but there has been no movement. I guess he scared you."
After the Songhu Military Division was officially established, Wang Jiageng changed from the battalion commander of the patrol battalion to the company commander of the military division. However, Lu Deming still called Wang Jiageng the battalion commander according to his previous habit when he was in the 88th Division. This is also the custom. , for example, Xu Rui, some people still call him captain, and some still call him captain.
"What are you thinking about?" Wang Jiageng shook his head and said angrily, "Can such a good thing happen?"
"Why can't it be there?" Lu Deming said in amusement, "Looking at how fierce your continuous firepower was just now, who can withstand such an intensity of firepower? At the Battle of Songhu, if our 88th Division also had this equipment Level, the few thousand navy soldiers in Japan have already let us rush into the Huangpu River to feed the fish."
When Wang Jiageng mentioned the first Battle of Songhu, his expression immediately darkened.
Because the first Songhu Battle left Wang Jiageng with all bad memories. Not only did he lose the battle, but the old army was almost wiped out by the Japanese. He himself was seriously injured and was abandoned by his superiors. If If selective forgetting is possible, Wang Jiageng really hopes to erase this memory.
Wang Jiageng then changed the subject and said, "Why don't you go back to Yuepu?"
"I'm fine there." Lu Deming said carelessly, "If the kid wants to go to Jiangwan to rescue people, he must pass through Luodian, because Luodian is a transportation hub connecting Jiangwan, Baoshan, Jiading and Liuhe. If you want to go to Jiangwan, you must pass through Luodian. Unless there is no way to go through Luodian, you will consider taking a detour through Yuepu."
After a slight pause, Lu Deming continued: "Besides, even if the Japanese take a detour from Yuepu, they still have to pass through Luodian. Me watching here is equivalent to a warning post at Yuepu, right?"
While the two were talking, a veteran in front suddenly shouted: "Batalion Commander, there are Japanese!"
Upon hearing this, Wang Jiageng quickly raised his telescope and looked forward, and sure enough he saw about a squadron of Japanese soldiers coming along the road in a mighty manner.
Lu Deming said with a sinister smile: "Well, I beat away a small team, but a squadron came. Now it's finally a bit interesting."
Wang Jiageng ignored Lu Deming and turned back to his correspondent: "Inform the first team not to fight with the little devil. If it is really difficult, you can retreat to the town."
Wang Jiageng set up a class in Gejia Village, north of Luodian, but this class was an intensive class, with more than fifty people, even more than the average platoon of the army. You must know that a platoon of the Central Army is only forty. There are several people, so Wang Jiageng is only a small company commander in name, but actually he is the battalion commander.
The correspondent agreed, got on his bicycle and left the town, heading straight for Gejia Village.
After a while, the Japanese infantry squadron coming along the road approached the entrance of Gejiacun. However, the next scene made Wang Jiageng and Lu Deming a little surprised. After the Japanese infantry squadron arrived at the entrance of Gejiacun, they did not continue along the road. Instead of pushing forward, they bypassed Gejia Village and headed towards Luodian from the field path.
"Hey." Lu Deming let out a light sigh and said in surprise, "That's not right. When did the little devil change his gender?"
Wang Jiageng also frowned. According to the habits of the little devils, they usually advance along roads and railways. If there are defenders blocking the way, they stop and pull them out. If they can't pull them out at once, they send troops from both sides. It was a roundabout way, but now it was bypassing Gejiacun as soon as it came up and making a roundabout way from the side. This didn't seem to be in line with the Japanese style.
Wang Jiageng couldn't figure out what kind of medicine the little devil was selling in his gourd, so he immediately called another correspondent and said in a deep voice: "Order each platoon, no matter which direction these devils come from, and no matter what their intentions are, as long as they get close to the position, Just beat them hard, I won’t believe it, and you won’t be able to defeat their intentions!”
After about a quarter of an hour, the attacking Japanese squadron bypassed the vicinity of Gejia Village and arrived east of Luodian. After taking a short rest east of Luodian, the Japanese separated an infantry squad to attack Luodian from the east. Before the Japs could get closer, the row responsible for the defense on the east side of Luodian opened fire, and the intensive firepower immediately poured out towards the Japs.
However, the Japanese were obviously well prepared. As soon as the gunfire rang out, they all fell to the ground.
The first round of firepower from the platoon failed to cause much damage to the Japanese. Announcement: Biquge app is online, supporting Android and Apple. Please follow the WeChat official account to download and install: appxsyd (press and hold for three seconds to copy)