Headquarters of the Japanese Twelfth Army.
Iinuma Takazo, the chief of staff of the Central China Dispatch Corps and the Twelfth Army, hurriedly walked out of the communications office, came to Tada Shun, suddenly paused and reported: "Your Excellency, Commander, the infantry of the Third Division was sent to reinforce Jiading. The Sixth Regiment and the Third Cavalry Regiment were bombarded by the artillery group of the Songhu Independent Regiment and suffered heavy losses."
Tada Shun nodded and said in a deep voice: "I saw it."
"Nani?" Iinuma Takazo was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then looked out the window in the direction of Tada Shun's eyes. Only then did he realize that the entire night sky outside the window was actually reflected red, and it was even very clear. See the terrifying scene of fireworks passing through the night sky, looking like a shower of meteors and fire.
The next moment, Jun Tada suddenly jumped up like a puppy whose tail was stepped on and roared loudly: "Iinuma-kun, immediately order the Sixth Division to send at least two infantry brigades to destroy the artillery positions of the Songhu Independent Regiment."
"Nani?" Takazo Iinuma was stunned when he heard this, and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, the strength of the Sixth Division is not enough to plug the gap. Let them send at least two infantry brigades to destroy the Songhu Independence Wouldn’t the artillery position of the regiment be aggravating the situation? Why not transfer an infantry regiment from the neighboring 16th Division?"
"It was too late to mobilize troops from the 16th Division. By the time the troops of the 16th Division arrived, the artillery cluster of the Songhu Independent Regiment had already bombarded the reinforcements of the 3rd Division and the troops of the 6th Division. Everything is broken, Iinuma-kun, have you forgotten the lessons of the Guards Division and the Seventh Division?"
"Hai." Takazo Iinuma looked serious and turned around to leave.
"Wait a minute." Tada Shun suddenly stopped Iinuma Takazo and said, "Iinuma-kun, please tell Yamashita-kun that you must try to figure out the secret of the Songhu Independent Regiment's artillery cluster."
Today, the reason for the failure of the Third Songhu Battle is no longer a secret. According to the clues provided by Oluhara Junsi, it can be clearly known that the reason why the Twelfth Army lost the Third Songhu Battle In the battle, the Guards Division and the Seventh Division were completely destroyed entirely because of the powerful artillery group of the Songhu Independent Regiment.
However, the Japanese army knew nothing about the tactics of the artillery group of the Songhu Independent Regiment.
The top brass of the Japanese army still can't figure out where the artillery group of the Songhu Independent Regiment is usually hidden? Why can it repeatedly avoid the detection of Japanese aviation? What puzzled the top brass of the Japanese army even more was the maneuvering of the artillery group of the Songhu Independent Regiment. I remember that the battle at Wusong Fortress was the battle in which the First Guards Infantry Regiment was completely annihilated. Half an hour later, when the aviation reconnaissance plane found the artillery position, the opponent's artillery was no longer on the scene.
Since the Songhu Independent Regiment's confidentiality measures are so well done, to this day, the Japanese military leaders have not yet figured out how the Songhu Independent Regiment's artillery group mastered such fast maneuverability. The deployment and transfer of artillery is not an easy task, and it usually takes a whole day.
However, the artillery cluster of the Songhu Independent Regiment can complete the transfer within half an hour. Such high maneuverability is simply unimaginable! The Japanese base camp judged that the Songhu Independent Regiment had either mastered revolutionary artillery tactics or a brand-new artillery, so it ordered the frontline troops to crack the secret.
At that moment, Iinuma Takazo paused heavily and said, "Hai!"
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The old devil Yamashita Fengwen still has some abilities.
He even realized earlier than Shun Tada that if the artillery positions of the Songhu Independent Regiment could not be destroyed first, the other side could use dense and brutal artillery fire to completely block the road. The division's troop dispatch will also be seriously affected, and it will be in trouble.
Therefore, before receiving the order from the headquarters, Yamashita Fengwen had already dispatched an infantry brigade towards the location of the artillery position of the Songhu Independent Regiment. After receiving the order, the old devil sent a second infantry brigade, The two Japanese brigades passed through the suspension bridge, quickly entered the east of the blockade, and rushed toward the artillery position of the Songhu Independent Regiment.
In order to support the main force of the regiment in breaking out as much as possible, especially after the main force of the regiment passes through the blockade ditch, it will be flanked by Japanese troops from the left and right wings. This forces the rocket artillery battalion's artillery position to move forward in order to attack the enemy to the west of the blockade ditch. The Japs carried out full-scale blocking fire in deep positions.
Because of this, the artillery position of the rocket artillery battalion is less than three kilometers away from the blockade trench.
The two attacking infantry brigades of the Sixth Division quickly broke into the periphery of the rocket launcher position.
In addition to the artillery, the rocket launcher battalion also has an infantry company responsible for protection, with more than 300 troops.
Seeing the Japs coming towards him, Yang Rui said bitterly to Bi Xiancheng: "Battle Commander Bi, you stay and command the rocket launcher battalion and continue to block and fire at the Japs' deep positions."
After saying that, Yang Rui took out his pistol and faced the Japanese who rushed forward.
Soon, fierce gunfire rang out from the guard company position outside the artillery position.
Bi Xiancheng withdrew his gaze from the outer security position and shouted loudly: "Don't stop, don't stop at all, keep beating me, beat these bastard little devils to death!"
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At the gap in the sealing line, Xu Rui and Leng Tiefeng turned to look back.
"Old Xu." Leng Tiefeng said in a deep voice, "The little devil has launched an attack on the rocket launcher camp."
Wang Husheng hurried over and said: "The Japs reacted faster than we thought. Before the third and fourth battalions could completely stabilize the two wings of the gap, the Japs reinforcements circled back from further away and built another line of defense on the outside. The third and fourth battalions of the blockade attacked fiercely for a long time, but still could not break through the newly constructed defense line of the Japanese."
Xu Rui nodded expressionlessly, turned around and told Digua: "Digua, go and call Lao Yue over."
"Yes!" Digua agreed and immediately turned around.
After a while, Baoshan Battalion Commander Yue Zhensheng strode to Xu Rui, stood at attention and saluted.
Xu Rui returned the military salute and said, "Lao Yue, it's up to you, Baoshan Camp, now."
Because the Second Battalion defended Baoshan, it gained a great reputation in the battle. Finally, it was approved by the military department and received the honorary title of Baoshan Battalion. However, the Battle of Baoshan also severely damaged the Second Battalion. There were more than a thousand officers and soldiers in the whole battalion. In the end, Only two people survived, Yue Zhensheng and Li Dan. After Yue Zhensheng was injured, they immediately began to reorganize. Not only were the militiamen selected by Yue Zhensheng, but also veterans who had returned from injury were given priority to replenish the Baoshan Battalion.
So now, Baoshan Battalion is the most powerful battalion among all the main battalions of the Songhu Independent Regiment.
Before that, Xu Rui had not used Yue Zhensheng's Baoshan Battalion, whether it was to tear up the Japanese blockade or to block the attack after tearing open the opening. But now, the breakout battle has reached the most critical moment. As the saying goes, good steel is used on the blade. , now it’s time to use Baoshan Camp.
Yue Zhensheng was already impatient with waiting.
At that moment, Yue Zhensheng said loudly: "Commander, just watch."
A moment later, the Songhu Independent Regiment, which seemed to be exhausted, suddenly stepped up its offensive and launched a tidal wave of attacks on the Japanese reinforcements that were detouring from the left and right sides. Although the Japanese Sixth Division was also very fierce, it was stationed at After all, there was only one regiment of troops in this section. After blocking the gaps twice in a row, the troops were fully used up, and after fighting hard for more than an hour, they were already showing signs of fatigue.
Upon seeing this, Yue Zhensheng immediately led the security platoon directly under the Baoshan Battalion to launch a desperate charge.
The charge of the security platoon directly under the Baoshan Battalion eventually became the straw that broke the camel's back. As the guard platoon leader Li Dan was the first to break through the Japanese blockade, the Japanese morale quickly fell to the bottom. On the contrary, the Songhu Independent Regiment Morale was greatly boosted, so the Japanese blockade quickly collapsed to the left and right sides.
In less than fifteen minutes, a huge gap appeared in the Japanese blockade.
Xu Rui immediately ordered the 7th and 8th Battalions to replace the exhausted 3rd and 4th Battalions to secure the two wings of the gap, and then led the main force of the Songhu Independent Regiment to calmly pass through the gap and jump out of the encirclement of the Japs. After breaking through, the Songhu Independent Regiment The battalions affiliated to the regiment immediately broke into pieces and separated into platoons.
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News of the successful breakout of the Songhu Independent Regiment quickly spread back to the Twelfth Army Headquarters.
Tada Shun was so angry that he even overturned the simulation sand table in the war room. The old devil's anger was understandable. In order to win today's battle, he had prepared for more than half a month, even cholera, Plague bacteria were used, but in the end the Songhu Independent Group was still able to successfully break through.
The Songhu Independent Regiment not only broke through, but also suffered little losses!
According to the results reported by the participating troops, during the breakout process, the Songhu Independent Regiment lost at most a thousand people, or even less than that number, while the Songhu Independent Regiment had more than 10,000 troops. In other words, The Songhu Independent Regiment successfully broke through the siege of the Twelfth Army with less than 10% casualties!
Such a result is simply a slap in the face, a slap in the face!
It’s ridiculous that these stupid pig-like combat staff officers came to the same conclusion in two consecutive war games, claiming that the Twelfth Army could completely annihilate the Songhu Independent Regiment. Turning around, Tada Shun saw the staff’s All of these combat staff officers blushed and lowered their originally high heads.
Of course, this is not what makes Tada Jun the most angry. What makes Tada Jun the most angry is that Xu Rui and his Wolf Fang also followed the main force of the Songhu Independent Group to break through! This is the base camp, and His Majesty the Emperor cannot tolerate it no matter what. Before he came to Central China to take office, His Majesty the Emperor specially greeted him and told him to kill Xu Rui and him at all costs. The Langya Brigade, but now Xu Rui and Langya have escaped!
How should he explain to the base camp and His Majesty the Emperor later