Chapter 141 Don't Fight!
The darkness of dawn permeates over Chiayi. At the top of Zhuluo Mountain, Na Hawu, the commander of the Second Division of Zhangjun, stared closely in the direction of Pu Zixi. In the dark night, he could not see anything, but he seemed to see everything.
He saw the banks of Puzixi River, and groups of Japanese troops, like black ants, rushed to the river bank and rolled towards Chiayi City.
Nahawu came to a conclusion that after more than a year of battle from North Korea to Taiwan, he opened his eyes and was able to penetrate the darkness on the battlefield and see things that others could not see.
In fact, this is not a heavenly eye, but the intuition of a veteran who has experienced a war and climbed out of the pile of dead has this special function!
All signs indicate that at least 8,000 Japanese troops have crossed Pu Zixi, and there should be a squadron of artillery that has crossed the river at the same time. At the same time, in Changhua, at least 20,000 Japanese troops are ready to go to Chiayi.
In Nahawu's hand, there is only one regiment of 3,000 people. Zhou Charter gave him the task of sticking to Chiayi for three days, and then retreat in the direction of Taibao.
Nahawu came to Taiwan with the Zhou Charter and crossed the sea with an independent brigade. They landed in Lugang. After the First World War in Changhua, the independent brigade retreated to Jiayi. Nahawu came to Tainan and took over the position of division commander of the Second Division according to Zhou Charter. Subsequently, the second division was stationed in Taibao to build a second line of defense.
Taibao is located 50 kilometers south of Chiayi. Once Chiayi is lost, the Japanese army can reach Taibao within a day.
After the second division completed the defense line, Nahawu suddenly received an order from Zhou Charter and ordered him to send a regiment to Chiayi to replace the independent brigade.
Nahawu knew that the Battle of Chiayi was related to the overall situation. Zhou Charter used a regiment as bait to induce the Japanese army to launch a full-scale attack on Tainan. This is an extremely difficult task. He will face the strong attack of a Japanese guard division. Naha Wu did not dare to neglect it. He simply handed over the Taibao defense line to the deputy division commander and personally brought the most elite 201 regiment to Chiayi.
When Nahawu arrived in Chiayi, the Japanese army launched an attack on the Pu Zixi defense line.
A battalion of the independent brigade resisted tenaciously in Pu Zixi for a whole day, and then took the initiative to give up its position and retreat to Bazhangxi in the south of Chiayi. At this time, Yan Qionglin had led the main force of the independent brigade to gather here. After meeting with this camp, he set off overnight and turned towards Alishan. Jiayi handed it over to Nahawu.
It is not easy to hold on to tens of thousands of Japanese troops for three days. Chiayi is not a defensive city. The only thing that can be relied on here is a small Zhuluo Mountain.
However, the order of Zhou Charter is beyond doubt! Zhou Charter ordered him to show his mortal belief and fight with the Japanese army street by street to beat and drive the Japanese crazy!
201 regiment will face a fierce battle. However, the officers and soldiers of the 201 Regiment did not care about this. After experiencing the battle between North Korea and Liaodong, there was nothing worse!
They have already occupied an absolute psychological advantage over the Japanese, and the ferocity of the Japanese soldiers is simply not worth mentioning in front of them!
Because Zhang Jun is more fierce than Japanese soldiers! Zhang Jun's flag told them that they were wolves!
Are there any animals more fierce than wolves?
Nahawu took out his pocket watch, and the time pointed to 6 a.m.
The east showed a faint morning light, and the morning fog permeated the hillside of Zhuluo Mountain.
In the southwest, Chiayi City, shrouded in the morning fog, seems to be a mirage, looming in the morning fog.
The dead silence enveloped Zhuluo Mountain.
In the thick fog on the hillside, there was a "crip" sound.
"It's coming!" Tong Wei, the head of the 201 regiment, said.
Tong Wei was also a flag man. His ancestor was a giant of Tong Jia's Liaodong clan. He had read books and was originally a scholar. Later, his family was defeated and he had to join the army and went to North Korea with Ye Zhichao's training army. However, when Tong Wei was a soldier, he was not as cowardly as Hawu. He was a man who dared to fight and fight. He was very brave. When Ye Zhichao was seriously injured in North Korea and retreated, he was dispersing the army, leaving the wounded soldiers alone and throwing Tong Wei on the roadside of Chenghuan. Seeing that he was either starved to death or killed by the Japanese.
Fortunately, Zhou Charter led his troops to pass by and saw Tong Wei, who was dying. He ordered people to carry Tong Wei away, and Tong Wei picked up a life. From then on, Tong Wei followed Zhou Charter with all his heart. Even if Zhou Charter told him to die, he did not frown.
In Lushun, Tong Wei followed Zhou Charter and was one of the survivors. This time, Zhang Jun reassemcond and Tong Wei was promoted to the commander of the 201st Regiment. Shou Jiayi was a fierce battle. Originally, Nahawu was reluctant to send the elite 201 regiment. Tong Wei took the initiative to ask for help and stayed by Nahawu. Nahawu had no choice but to agree.
Nahawu looked along the sound. The fog was thick and he couldn't see anything.
However, his "eye of heaven" saw everything.
In the thick fog, there is a black Japanese army. They are crawling on the hillside, which should be only 200 meters away from the front of Zhang Jun's position.
"If you pass the order, don't fight three times! If you can't see it, don't hit it. If you can't aim, don't hit it. If you don't die, don't hit it!" Then Ha Wu said coldly.
"Master, did you learn this order from the military commander?" Tong Wei asked.
"I invented it myself!" Then Hawu shouted.
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On October 1, the Guards Division launched a full-scale attack on Chiayi City. The Japanese soldiers divided into three routes and attacked Zhuluo Mountain all the way, and the two routes attacked Chiayi City from the east and north. Try to cut off the contact between Jiayi City and Zhuluo Mountain to break it.
At 6 a.m., a Japanese brigade took advantage of the morning fog to attack the mountains of Zhuluo Mountain. The Japanese striker touched a distance of 50 meters from the front of Zhangjun and was hit by the 1st Battalion of the 201st Regiment. Gatlin's machine gun and Maxim's heavy machine gun formed a powerful net of fire, and the Japanese army's flesh and blood flew across the net. The Zhang's soldiers strictly followed the Hawu's "three no-fights" and calmly responded to the battle, and gave the Japanese army. Indeed and fiercely shooting, the Japanese army was full of corpses in front of Zhang's position. The brigade was quickly beaten and lost its armor and lost its combat effectiveness.
Under the strict order of Prince Fujian Gongzhen, the commander of the Guards Division, the Japanese army mobilized a regiment to attack crazily regardless of casualties. They launched a wave-style continuous attack on Zhuluo Mountain with four to 500 people as an echelon. At the same time, the Japanese army, with the advantage of artillery, launched a fierce shelling of the defenders and covered the artillery. Under the protection, the Japanese army went forward and stepped on the bodies of their companions and attacked them upward.
From morning to evening, Tong Wei, the commander of the 201 regiment, personally led the officers and soldiers of the 1st battalion to repel the Japanese army more than ten times, and launched counterattacks against the Japanese army from time to time. After a day of fighting, Zhang's casualties were 150, while the number of Japanese casualties reached 5 times that of Zhang's. The Japanese army left more than 700 bodies on the slopes of Zhuluo Mountain, but failed to capture any of the defenders' positions.
The Japanese army that attacked Chiayi City also made no achievements. Nahawu returned to Chiayi City from Zhuluo Mountain and personally commanded the 2nd Battalion and 3rd Battalion of the 201rd Regiment. As early as three days ago, Zhou Charter had ordered an independent brigade to evacuate the people in Chiayi City, demolished all the buildings outside the city, and cleared the shooting field. The Japanese attack was completely exposed to the open ground, and the charging force was accurately shot by the Zhang officers and soldiers guarding the city wall and bunker. With the division commander sitting in person, Zhang's officers and soldiers responded calmly and did not panic. After a day's battle, the Japanese army failed to approach the city wall.
Zhang Jun at this time is no longer the kind of awkwardness in North Korea. The 201 Regiment is well equipped. Most of the officers and soldiers have experienced the Korean War and are veterans. Moreover, these veterans are completely different from the veterans of the Qing army. Their tactical literacy is high, but they have no bad habits. Moreover, through the German Hannagan's **, they have learned many German advantages and obeyed their lives. Ling, with strong will, and what is particularly terrible is that with a high sense of teamwork, the combat units are sincerely united, respond to each other, and form a joint force. Therefore, Zhangjun's combat effectiveness has far exceeded that of the Japanese army. On the battlefield, a platoon of 40 people can repel the attack of a 100-person Japanese army.
When Zhou Charter left Chiayi City, in order to improve Chiayi's defense strength, an artillery battalion was specially transferred from the artillery brigade and assigned to the 201st Regiment. This artillery battalion was equipped with mobile mountain cannons, which was commanded by Luo Mingfang's beloved disciple Qi Pengfei. This Qi Pengfei was a fresh graduate of the Artillery Department of Tianjin Military Academy. Student, ranked first. When he was in Tianjin Wubei School, Qi Pengfei's relationship with Luo Mingfang was the same as that between Zhou Charter in Najin at the beginning, he was close to his father and son!
Qi Pengfei really lived up to expectations. In view of the absolute advantage of Japanese artillery, Qi Pengfei did not set up fixed artillery positions, but set up some fake targets on the walls of Zhuluo Mountain and Chiayi to lure Japanese artillery. At the same time, in Zhuluo Mountain and Chiayi City, more than a dozen preset positions have been set up in advance. Each preset position has a good field of fire and a clear direction of shelling. The mountain artillery battalion is zeroed, with three mountain cannons as a combat unit. Qi Peng flew on the highlands of Zhuluo Mountain and commanded in the center. According to the actions of the Japanese army, at any time Mobilize all combat units and constantly change between these preset positions, sometimes scattered and sometimes gathered.
As a result, although Zhang's artillery is weaker than the Japanese army, the results that can be achieved are far higher than those of the Japanese army. The Japanese tried their best to suppress Zhang Jun's artillery fire, but once the Japanese army launched a charge, Zhang Jun's shells always fell on the head of the charging team. At the end of the day, Zhang Jun's artillery fire showed no sign of weakening. In anger, the Japanese coalition leader in charge of the attack shot a captain of the artillery, but he still had no choice but to take Zhang Jun's cannon.
Prince Fujian Gong Zhenai realized that he hit the iron wall with his head!
A day of attack in Chiayi made the Guards Division suffer. This is just a small Jiayi City, and behind Jiayi City, there are several defense lines of Taibao, Yizhu and Xinying. If it goes on like this, I'm afraid that the Guards will be reimbursed before they go to Tainan.