Chapter 218 The Blood-stained Flag of Nanjing Defense War 1

What? Ningci Okamura exclaimed with some gaffes, and then Gangcun Ningci, who realized that he had gaffes, hurriedly covered up and said, "The commander of the Nanjing garrison of the China Army turned out to be Zhang Xuewu? Why is such important information ignored? So why didn't our army get any relevant information before?

Terauchi Shouyi shook his head helplessly and said, "Zhang Xuewu may have used a two-seat fighter jet to secretly go to Nanjing. This time, the Nanjing political axe in China strictly blocked all the news. The spies we placed in the Executive Yuan failed to know this important information, and the China side also released a fake. It is reported that the commander of the Nanjing garrison was Tang Shengzhi. As a result, our spies found that Tang Shengzhi was recuperating in Wuhan. After understanding, he learned that the commander of the Nanjing garrison was Zhang Xuewu, which was very difficult to carry out the work of the intelligence organs of the Rehe Empire.

Tufeiyuan Kenji, who was beside him, also seemed to be deeply touched and said, "It is true that as the commander-in-chief said, Zhang Xuewu's household registration system and report reward system in Rehe, Chahar and Suiyuan cooperate with public security patrols, safety area level registration system, and foreign population registration and investigation system make it difficult for our military spies. Carrying out the work, the search of the repeated functions of the Commerce Bureau and the Transportation Bureau, the Security Bureau, the Garrison Command, the police station, the garrison and other institutions makes it difficult for even the Manchurian agents dressed as businessmen to infiltrate. As soon as I entered the territory of Rehe, they were like throwing stones into the lake, and there was nothing after Weilan.

Terauchi Shou nodded and said, "So whether it is Matsui Ishigen or Hatohiko Chaoxiang Palace, I'm afraid that neither of them can capture Nanjing, which is under the command of Zhang Xuewu, in a short time. Although it is only a temporary stopgap measure for the Chinese people to stick to Nanjing in terms of strategy and tactics, but now there is one more Zhang Xuewu. That is to say, there are many changes in it.

Ningci Kamomura took a deep breath. Obviously, Chengde's fiasco left a deep impression on him. Zhang Xuewu defended the small city of Chengde with the soldiers of one division. In the face of the 200,000 troops of the Imperial Army, he finally attacked the Chaoyang Logistics Supply Base and the airport in the western suburbs of Jinzhou, forcing the empire to defeat the army. The retreat not only disgraced the Kwantung Army, but also greatly humiliated the Imperial Army.

Now Zhang Xuewu has appeared in Nanjing again? Gangcun Ningci has a lot of desire and impulse to fight head-on with Zhang Xuewu, but he is a little afraid of Zhang Xuewu, a demon who seems to be a prophet. In the Battle of Chengde, Zhang Xuewu was almost pre-arranged everywhere. In response to the military deployment of the imperial Kwantung Army, Kangcun Ningci almost thought that the high-level officials of the Kwantung Army appeared. A Chinese spy? So much so that in the year after the war, the troops participating in the Kwantung Army had been investigated to the level of the captain of the coalition, but there was no gain.

Now Zhang Xuewu has secretly gone to Nanjing. I'm afraid that the 11th Infantry Brigade of the 6th Division is his masterpiece. Ningji Okamura seems to be a little confused? Why did Mr. Zhang Xuewu chase the 6th Division and the 16th Division chasing and fighting there? It seems that these two divisions won the most shells in the Battle of Chengde!

Gu Shoufu, a fool, did not learn any lessons and bravely advanced. Since he knew that Nanjing was the capital of China, how could he carelessly underestimate the enemy? However, if the Central Dispatch Army with 240,000 troops to strengthen air power, chariots and heavy artillery units cannot conquer Nanjing alone! Then the Central Branch Dispatch Army will eventually be merged into the battle sequence of the North China Dispatch Army. After all, Matsui Ikone was sick and left the command position in wartime. Since he was separated from the commander's position, it may be more difficult to come back, and Hatohiko Asaka Palace was going to return to the base camp.

Ning Okamura looked at the sunset that had begun to fall and sighed. In this way, an ancient city turned into a dead place full of corpses, and a piece of smoky wood burst into small flames from time to time. This war can really be as expected by the base camp and the staff headquarters. Do you want to make a quick decision? Will it really surrender and compromise if the political axe of Nanjing is conquered? What if one day the empire is defeated? Will today's scene also be staged on the land of Japan?

Thinking of this, Ningji Okamura couldn't help fighting a cold war. The empire has a huge joint fleet and an imperial army invincible in Asia. How can the empire fail? For a while, Ningji Okamura began to become confident again.

At the same time, on May 20, 1937, under the city of Nanjing, the 3rd Division, the 9th Division, the 11th Division, the 16th Division, the 18th Division, the 1st 14th Division, the Chongteng Detachment, the 5th Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery, the 7th Brigade, and the chariot. The second, fourth and seventh regiments, the direct communication team, the direct military station troops and other troops marched together to Nanjing. The 6th Division, the 13th Division and the 101st Division of the Japanese Army were remediated in Zhenjiang as strategic reserves.

The supply materials that the Japanese army has been looking forward to for a long time also arrived from Shanghai, and part of the destroyer fleet went up against the river to Zhenjiang. A large number of supplementary troops also landed in Jinshanwei in Hangzhou. With the supply, the morale of the Japanese army was unprecedented, and all the previous worries also drifted away.

And with the supply, there is also the newly formed 11th Heavy Artillery Brigade in the mainland. There is no doubt that the important surname of the Heavy Artillery Brigade, which relies on plunder and import of materials, is naturally unquestionable, especially the 11th Heavy Artillery Brigade, headed by Major General Wenren Koizumi, is the Emperor Wenren. The senior instructors of the National Artillery School added countless confidence to Hatohiko Asamiya, because the 11th Heavy Artillery Brigade brought six Taisho four-year 240mm heavy artillery and six Type 38 150mm cannons.

However, the main force of the 11th Heavy Artillery Brigade is the 32 Type 38 150mm field howitzers. The Type 38 is a heavy howitzer authorized by the Kruber factory in Germany produced by the Osaka Arsenal in 1905. The total length of the gun is 1, 800 centimeters, towing more than 760 kilograms, and the effective range is not Six thousand meters, it requires six horses to pull. The Type 38 150mm howitzer on the muddy road is the nightmare of the artillery.

During the Direct Anhui War in 1920, Zhang Zuolin captured the Type 38 75mm field gun of the Northwest Army and the Type 38 150mm heavy howitzer of the Northwest Army, so as to establish the first and second regiments of the artillery of the Northeast Army. After that, the Shenyang Arsenal in 1926 and 1930 respectively The eight-year-old and the four-year-year-old model improved according to the 38-eight-year-old imitation of the 15-cm heavy howitzer of the 14-year-old and the 19-year-year-old 15-cm heavy howitzer of the Liaoning-year-old. Compared with the heavy artillery made by the Japanese-style, the surname is almost the same.

It can be said that the Type 38 heavy artillery and the old guy belonging to the grandfather's generation, but it is said that all the retired heavy guns in my stock have also been re-sealed and equipped with new troops. With a stronger attitude, Hatohiko Chaoxiang Gong personally welcomed Koizumi Wenren, a famous artillery tactical theorist.

Koizumi Wenren first rushed to Nanjing with his 11th Heavy Artillery Brigade Command and Staff Office, and his troops would take at least a week to arrive. Hatohiko Chaoxiang Gong first introduced the situation of Nanjing to Koizumi Wenren. The various parts of the Japanese army have been from the east. The three sides of the southwest began to form an encirclement, and Hatohiko Chaoxiang Palace was ready to choose the main direction of the attack on the first line of Zijin Mountain in the east and the line of Niushou Mountain in the west.

Asakamiya Hatohiko intends to deploy the headquarters of the 5th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade on the Eastern Front, and the headquarters of the 7th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade on the South Line, while Koizumi Wenren's 11th Heavy Artillery Brigade is deployed on the West Line. The second, fourth and seventh regiments of the chariots belonging to the Central Expeditionary Army are also assigned to three respectively. Direction.

With the 3rd Division Fujita Jin's headquarters and the 9th Division's Ji Jialiangfu's headquarters, they attacked the Zijin Shandong Line in the east of the city. With the headquarters of the 11th Division and the 16th Division, we attacked the front line of Niushou Mountain and General Mountain in the west of the city, and with the headquarters of the 18th Division and the headquarters of the 18th Division and the headquarters of Matsu Maozhi. In the south of the city, there are Chinese defenders along the Qinhuai River. The corresponding three field heavy artillery brigades and chariot regiments are also assigned to three attack aspects. The detachment of Taiwan's Chongteng Deteng Detachment and the 13th Division were attacked by the Qixia Mountain Fortress.

The so-called arrangement of Hatohiko Chaoxiang Palace is actually divided six divisions into three sides to besiege Nanjing. The field heavy artillery brigade and the chariot wing are also divided into three parts. In addition, the troops of one division and one detachment to attack the Qixia Mountain Fortress. In fact, this is against the tactics of concentrating firepower and troops to make a breakthrough. The fundamental principle, maybe what Hatohiko Asakamiya wants is the tactical effect of a three-sided siege? But how can this be effective with concentrated artillery, chariots and troops to carry out continuous assault?

Koizumi Wenren is a classmate of Hatohiko of Chaoxiang Palace. The two were good friends when they were in Lu Shi. In the face of the strategic deployment of Hatohiko of Chaoxiang Palace, Wenren Koizumi did not say anything, because the fall of Nanjing's fall in the headquarters of the military headquarters and the staff headquarters seems inevitable, so since there is no big problem in the strategic aspect, some tactical aspects How can a small problem be regarded as a problem?

Moreover, Prince Hatohiko of Chaoxiang Palace is a very conceited guy who does not allow others to easily point out the problems exposed. Lu Shi and Lu are famous for their stubbornness. Because of his special identity, even if Prince Hatohiko of Chaoxiang Palace has no strategic vision and tactical literacy, it does not hinder him. He graduated from Lu University with excellent grades, which is also to maintain the sence and honor of the royal family.

Seeing that the commanders of the division below and the chiefs of staff did not have any objection, he waved his hand happily and said, "Please try your best to attack Nanjing!" Let the flag of the empire fly high above the capital of China. For the troops who were the first to break the city, I will suggest to His Majesty the Emperor to award him the Grand Medal **. The rich Nanjing will be placed in front of you. Within a week, we will break through Nanjing City and lift the military discipline as a reward for all the generals.

(to be continued)