Chapter 231 The Blood-stained Niushou Mountain of Nanjing Defense War

Asakamiya Hatohiko looked at the combat staff with a happy expression and inserted a small flag with the number of the 16th Division on Niushou Mountain. He nodded with satisfaction and nodded to Colonel Hesse, the senior staff officer beside him and said, "Mr. Hesse, please call the head of our division in Nakajima immediately. Congratulations on saying that I have become The first general of this empire who broke through Zhang Xuewu's absolute defense circle, the honor of the 16th Division and his honor will always be recorded in the history of this empire. I want to directly apply to His Majesty the Emperor for a medal for him, and ask him to continue to work hard to fight for the end for His Majesty the Emperor and strive for greater honor. I wish him a long time! Long live the Empire! Long live His Majesty the Emperor!"

Hatohiko Chaoxiang Palace suddenly hesitated and said, "Please send this telegram to all divisions, including the 6th Division, the 13th Division and the 101st Division of the incoming reserve. In addition, order the reading power transferred from the Kwantung Army to be mixed into the 17th, 38th and 39th brigades must be on June 2nd. Hurry to Nanjing, otherwise let them go straight back to Tianjin by boat! I'm afraid the Battle of Nanjing is over!"

The wild words of Prince Hatohiko of Chaoxiang Palace made the Japanese generals and staff present look at each other in front of each other. The 16th Division paid more than 4,000 people killed in battle and injured more than 1,000 people before tearing open the position of the so-called Niushou Mountain defended by one division. According to this proportion of casualties, the Nanjing Chinese garrison Imperial Army was completely annihirated. Does the military need to pay 100,000 yuan? 200,000 or even 300,000 casualties?

Can the Imperial Army afford such horrible casualties? The answer is obviously no. The total attack began for nearly 20 hours before a gap was torn open in the position of [***]. You know, although the strength of [***] is insufficient and the remnants of the Shanghai War, there is still a fierce tiger in Nanjing City!

How can the tiger of the Rehe Legion be a joke? How about Gu Shoufu? The whole infantry brigade was annihilated by the enemy. More than 300 survivors of more than 8,000 officers and soldiers who advanced lightly. In addition, the backward field artillery brigades, cavalry squadrons, major cavalry brigades, etc., the remnants of the infantry brigade of a first-class field division with a total strength of more than 9,000 people are less than 1,000 people. This is a real annihilation. !

Fortunately, the flags of the two infantry regiments of the 11th Infantry Brigade fell into the hands of the Chinese army, otherwise Gu Shoufu would be blamed. I'm afraid there is only one way to apologize by caesarean section.

It only opened a gap in the outer defense circle of Nanjing. The position of Niushou Mountain is indeed important, but it should also be taken into account that the General Mountain Fortress and Jiangbei's heavy artillery units of the [***] Rehe Army are now fired. According to intelligence, the heavy artillery division of the National Political Axe Central Army also seems to have stayed in Nanjing City. Moreover, there is also a force with 30 or 40 German three-type tanks in Nanjing, and the hateful jackal tanks of the Rehe Army, the emperor [***] team that enters the [***] position will be extremely powerfully counterattacked at any time.

The crazy words spoken by Prince Hatohiko of Chaoxiang Palace are simply a laughing stock in the eyes of professional military staff, proving that he lacks the most basic military common sense. However, the identity of Prince Hatohiko of Chaoxiang Palace, everyone can only agree with hum, and the explanation of picking faults to His Royal Highness can only be tired of living.

Prince Hatohiko of Asamiya turned around and came to the map with a spring breeze. Before receiving Nakajima's report, Prince Hatohiko once doubted whether he had kicked Zhang Xuewu's defensive iron plate again. The general attack was launched for nearly 20 hours, but those who participated in the attack The troops got nothing but heavy casualties.

Now the gap has finally been torn in Niushou Mountain, one of the seven points of Nanjing City, so the troops of the 11th Division can attack the General Mountain Fortress with all their strength, while the part of the 16th Division can support the side to attack the General Mountain Fortress, and the main force will directly advance into the Qinhuai River defense line, as long as it breaks through. The defense line of the Qinhuai River, so breaking through the Nanjing city wall is just around the corner.

The telegram transmitted by Prince Hatohiko of Asahara Palace seriously hurt the feelings of the rest of the division commanders, and stimulated their already nervous and fragile nerves. After the 11th Division attacking the General Mountain Fortress damaged two infantry brigades in a row, the division commander Yamamuro Zongwu immediately ordered the troops to stop the attack and use the earth. The method of wood nuggets is to push forward, push the attack position to the foot of the mountain, dig the Z-shaped trench and cooperate with temporary fire support points to cover the front of the mortar.

However, the 16th Division Zhongdao Jinchao's first broken Niushou Mountain was greatly recognized by His Royal Highness Prince Hatohiko of Chaoxiang Palace. Shanshi Zongwu was naturally angry. The place where Niushou Mountain is so fierce artillery fire and heavy army group cooperated with the chariot assault. The loss was so serious that he attacked the General Mountain Fortress. The outer position is just the loss of two infantry brigades. Can this result be compared with the loss? The most important thing is that although His Royal Highness Prince Hatohiko is a lieutenant general in the army, his military literacy is indeed very limited.

There is a popular saying in Lu University that the army doesn't understand, the tactics don't understand, and the strategy doesn't know! If it is not said that His Royal Highness Prince Hatohiko of the Asaoka Palace has any specialty, then it can only be said that His Royal Highness Prince Hatohiko of the Asaoka Palace can "eat"! If you ask what other advantages are, it is "exquitely edible!"

It is such a substitute commander, His Royal Highness, who represents not only the military headquarters, but also the royal family. The one behind His Royal Highness Prince Hatohiko of the Imperial Palace is the supreme emperor of the emperor.

The 11th Division under the command of Somu Yamamuro includes two infantry brigades, of which the 10th Infantry Brigade is under the command of Major General Jiro Tenootani, the commander of the brigade, under the jurisdiction of the 12th Infantry Regiment and the 22nd Infantry Regiment, while the 22nd Infantry Brigade is under the command of Major General Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu, the commander of the brigade, under the command of the 43rd Infantry Regiment. The team and the 44th Infantry Regiment.

After reading the telegram manuscript of Prince Hatohiko of Chaoxiang Palace, Yamamuro Zongwu was extremely unhappy, so he invited the two brigade commanders of his subordinates to the headquarters. In the face of Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu and Tenshinaya Jiro, who also looked very ugly after reading the telegram, Yamamuro Zongwu asked with a cold face, "You two, we What should we do now?

Innocent Yajiro roared angrily, "As the head of the division, does he still remember how to write the word shameless? If he breaks through along the Qinhuai River, I have no complaints about the first credit for breaking through Nanjing. What kind of behavior is he? Where is the honor of the emperor's army [***]? What are we compared with? Who is more shameless in the game? Who is better at it? Sacrificing so much money to capture Niushou Mountain, he also had the nerve to report the victory to His Royal Highness Prince Hatohiko of Chaoxiang Palace?

Heiyan Yoshikatsu said angrily, "His Royal Highness Prince Hatohiko of Asaka Palace is also true. Can Niushou Mountain be regarded as a fortress? Can [***] station the troops of a division in the palm-sized place above? How many divisions are there in Zhang Xuewu's hands? Is there a division's force on the small Niushou Mountain, waiting for our shells? Does Jinchao Nakajima, a village man, think that the enemy is as stupid as him? His Royal Highness Prince Hatohiko of Asaxiang Palace is so indistinguishable from wrong, which will seriously affect the morale of the commanders. The result of the urging will lead to mistakes in the commanders' judgment, and the consequences are very serious. Even the guy who graduated from Lu Shi understands this.

As soon as he heard that the two unobstructed guys, Jiro and Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu, the more he went too much, he hurriedly shouted and said, "You two bastards are really too much. Nakajima Jinshi, at least I am also a Shangguan. It is always a bad thing to insult the ancestors of the Shangguan behind the back. Besides, Hatohiko Asakamiya Your Highness, do you dare to talk nonsense? The decision of His Royal Highness Prince Hatohiko of the Imperial Palace is the decision of the military headquarters. His Royal Highness Prince Hatohiko of the Imperial Palace to Nanjing is represented by His Majesty Hirohito. Do you think His Excellency Chief Matsune Ishii is really sick? He is ill and well-eded. First, he has long analyzed from the judgment of the intelligence department that Zhang Xuewu is likely to arrive in Nanjing and will command this defense war. He does not want to confront Zhang Xuewu, which is detrimental to his reputation. The second point is to give up the honor of capturing Nanjing, the capital of China, to the royal family.

Yamamuro Zongwu's words made Jiro and Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu suddenly realize, and then they were ashamed! As a general, it is obviously not enough to understand the military. If you want to enter the room, you still need to strategize in many aspects. Just like a joke in the staff headquarters, the guy who can be a man will rise quickly!

Yamamuro Zongwu decided to attack the north slope of Jiangjunshan Fortress with the 12th Infantry Regiment of the Innocent Valley Brigade, and cooperated with the 22nd Infantry Brigade to attack the southern slope of Jiangjunshan Fortress. Jiangjunshan Fortress suddenly fell into the crisis of the enemy.

The 30th Infantry Wing belonging to the 16th Division originally carried out the task of interspersing the flanks of the Niushou Mountain Fortress. Now this task has been changed to assist the north slope of the General Mountain Fortress. The army is equivalent to the force of two infantry brigades at a time on the north and south slopes, which is equivalent to the force of a division.

Ye Yunfei stood in the command force of the General Mountain Fortress. Xie Chengrui, the head of the Second Regiment of the First Brigade of the Teaching Corps, and Liu Zishu, the head of the Sixth Regiment of the Second Brigade, were concentrated in the central command room. The General Mountain Fortress has complete fortifications, especially the Yongbei underground garrison and the underground traffic trench, which can cover the department. The team is mobile and reinforces to the positions on both sides of the north and south, and the forts on the main peak position can rotate 360 degrees. The four 12-inch naval guns of the navy and the 105mm gun group are combined with the 75mm field gun group, which can cover the periphery of General Mountain indiscriminately.

Therefore, once the Japanese army launches an attack, it must attack quickly and break away from the minimum firing angle of the 12-inch naval gun and 105mm howitzer at the fastest speed. Although it is impossible to avoid the shelling of the 75mm field artillery group, compared with the 12-inch caliber naval gun and 105mm howitzer, the 75mm wild gun is killed. The injury is within the range of tolerance.

(to be continued)