Chapter 223 The frenzy of Nanjing Defense War

Zhang Xuewu pulled Shelogsif with a smile and said, "My dear comrade of the Soviet Union, please sit down quickly. Tonight I have arranged a very mellow liquor for your good friend from afar, and a small gift symbolizing our friendship!"

Shelogsif was stunned when he opened the gift box handed over by Adjutant Zhang Xuewu. In the box was actually a sickle and an axe made of pure gold 20 centimeters long?

Surprised, he picked up the sickle axe made of pure gold weighing up to ten catties, which symbolized the *** logo, and said in surprise, "Is this too expensive? General Zhang! The friendship of the Soviet people to the Chinese people is not mixed with any other elements. Please take back your gift. Is this an insult to my personality and a sincere trampling on the Soviet people?

Shelogsif said righteous words, and Zhang Xuewu was immediately surprised, because Shelogsif's Chinese still had a certain attainments. During the melee of warlords and even the Central Plains War, he was active in the so-called tourism in the hinterland of China. It was not until after the Middle East Road incident that he was expelled. Unexpectedly, a few years later Has it become a good friend of the Chinese people again?

I'm afraid this is the subtlety of international politics! Is yesterday's enemy also today's friend? This is as unreliable as the faction in the melee of domestic warlords. The comrades-in-arms in the same trench may become enemies, and the enemies become comrades-in-arms. I'm afraid no one can explain the relationship clearly. The only thing that can be made clear is interests.

How many different meanings did Zhang Xuewu feel from Shelogsif's words? Insulting the feelings of the Soviet people? What are the feelings of polar bears about China? I'm afraid it's true that he has sincere feelings for China's territory.

Zhang Xuewu saw that Shelogsyph didn't talk about business, the command of the volunteer aviation team and the ownership of the ground staff, etc., so he waved to the adjutant in anger and whispered a few words. After a while, the adjutant brought a small box. After opening the box, it suddenly flashed. It was full of boxes of ocean-sized gold coins.

Seroggsif's expression has changed from disdain to shock and doubt at this moment! Zhang Xuewu looked at Shelogsif with a smile and said to his heart, didn't you say that I insulted you? I'm going to insult you once today to let you know what insult is.

Shelogsif swallowed a mouthful and said, "General Zhang is too polite. I can only reluctantly accept your deep friendship."

Zhang Xuewu smiled slightly. This bastard was really too little. He calmly accepted it after increasing the intensity of insults. In fact, there are still a lot of inside stories about the so-called assistance. For example, I provided your anti-aircraft gun, but listed the aiming system and the ruler heading system separately as the so-called precision equipment. You didn't give me benefits. Question mark I'll delay you and make you useless. Even if you have an anti-aircraft gun, you can't exert your combat effectiveness.

There are too many things like this. Zhang Xuewu now has no spirit and time to pester over these problems repeatedly. His main focus is on how to defend Nanjing City.

After Sherorgsif put away the gift contentedly, Sherorgsif took out a form from his pocket, which showed the model and number of Soviet fighters coming to China. What surprised Zhang Xuewu most was that there were more than 40 Soviet 20-millimeter four-pipe machine guns, which were obviously provided for the airport. Under the cover of ground fire, Zhang Xuewu hesitated for a moment and said, "Dear Comrade Shelogsyph, I think it is very unlikely that the field airport in Jiangbei will be attacked by the Japanese army. These machine guns should stay in Nanjing! Nanjing's urban defense, such as Zijin Mountain and Qixia Mountain Fortress, are very needed.

Shelogsif was slightly stunned and hesitated and said, "We are here to fight against myself, but these equipment belong to Major Jiayaofu's air defense brigade. If you hand over the weapons, you can't form combat effectiveness in a short time. I will suggest Major Jiayaofu's How about joining the Air Defense Brigade directly under the Nanjing Garrison Command?

Zhang Xuewu nodded with satisfaction, and his money was finally not wasted. Shelogsif then introduced the establishment of the Soviet Union's volunteer air force for China and the complete rate of combat readiness, and claimed that the volunteer air force for China was completely under the command of the Nanjing Garrison Command and fought side by side with the Chinese Air Force and the Rehe Flying Tigers. .

Zhang Xuewu nodded with great satisfaction and thanked him repeatedly. After Shelogsif left, Zhang Xuewu stood in front of the map and frowned for a long time, because of Zhang Xuewu's recent intensive mobilization of the Japanese army and the tactical intention of the Japanese army's expulsion fleet to try to cut off the contact between Jiangnan and Jiangbei against the river, the Japanese army in the near future There must be a big move.

Zhang Xuewu believes that the Japanese army is probably brewing a large-scale comprehensive attack, even a comprehensive attack on Nanjing! Zhang Xuewu ordered all departments to fully enter the alert. The air force was assigned to the Second, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Brigades of the Nanjing Garrison Command, the Flying Tigers Combat Brigade, and the Soviet Union Volunteer Aid China Air Force, a total of 429 fighters that could take off into four air combat clusters. The pilots were on standby and ready to take off at any time.

In the early morning of May 25, 1937, the 16th Division of the Middle Island of the Japanese Army and the 11th Division of the Shanshi Songwu Department, with the artillery support of the 11th Brigade of the Japanese Army, first arranged at 2:00 a.m. to Niushoushan, which was guarded by the 5th Brigade of the Temporary First Mechanized Division, and the 1st and 2nd Regiments of the Teaching Corps. The front line of the army launched a fierce attack.

At the same time, the Third Division under the command of Fujita Jin and the 9th Division under the command of Jijia Liangfu also began to carry out a general attack on the Chinese garrison position on the Zijin Shandong Line, which was firmly guarded by the 36th Division in the east of the city.

Under the cover of artillery fire and chariots, the subordinates of the 18th Division Nakajima and the subordinates of Song Maozhi of the Japanese Army began to attack the positions of Yu Jishi of the 74th Army in the front of the south of the city under the cover of artillery fire and chariots. The 51st and 57th divisions of the 74th Army took the front line of Gu Jiaying, Yangjiazhuang, Dashishan and Liuzhuang as the key. Point support, relying on the geographical advantages of the Qinhuai River branch to build fortifications. At the same time, Yu Jishi sent the 58th Division to build a second-line position in Guanghuamen according to Zhang Xuewu's deployment, relying on the city wall for in-depth defense.

In the position of the Chinese garrison along the Qinhuai River, the Taiwan Chongteng Deteng Detachment and the 13th Division won the headquarters of the Continental Army and fiercely attacked the 103rd Division of Gui Yongqing's division of the teaching corps to guard the Qixia Mountain Fortress.

The prelude to the Nanjing Defense War has finally begun. The fierce artillery fire of the enemy and us has redtened the whole sky near Nanjing City. All kinds of ammunition of 75mm, 90mm, 105mm, 150mm and 240mm were sprinkled unscrupulously, and the air was full of choking smoke. The taste, the rumbling sound of cannons made the earth tremble slightly, as if the end of the world was coming.

It can be said that Nanjing has become the core of the fierce competition between the two armies at this moment. Prince Jiuyan of Chaoxiang Palace is bound to win, and Zhang Xuewu, the commander of China's city defense and garrison, vowed to defend the city to the death!

All kinds of signal bombs and illumination bombs cut through the night sky, and the pale white light shines the night sky like day. The explosions of 105mm and 150mm high-explosive grenades produce orange fires flashes from time to time. Such dense gunfire has been in the war. It can be said that it has never been seen before. In order to capture Nanjing, three of the only six established and standing heavy artillery brigades of the Japanese army came to Nanjing. In order to deal with the thick walls of Nanjing, the Japanese army even did not hesitate to transfer heavy howitzers equipped with the Taisho four-year-style 240 mm caliber from the mainland, and the 38-type 150. The 11th Brigade of the heavy artillery of the 10mm cannon came to Nanjing to participate in the war.

Niushou Mountain and Jiangjun Mountain in the west of the city were completely submerged by artillery fire. Almost all the artillery of more than 75 mm were pouring fire on Niushou Mountain and Jiangjun Mountain. The Chinese artillery positions had been hidden in the anti-slope. The artillery shelling that lasted for half an hour began to become more and more fierce, and the Japanese infantry began to begin. Move your body on the starting position of the attack, because the foreshadowing of the increasingly fierce shelling is a signal that the infantry is about to start attacking.

Sure enough, five minutes later, the Japanese army's artillery began to extend. Under the guidance of 22 Type 95 light tanks, the Japanese soldiers burst into on-board shouts, forming a scattered line of Japanese soldiers following the chariots and began to attack at a trot speed.

Twenty-two chariots have formed an attack formation like twenty-two swords. The Japanese soldiers are very familiar with the cooperation tactics of Butan, and they know the essentials of using the chariots to make a rapid breakthrough. Sasaki, the head of the 30th Infantry Brigade, who is responsible for the main attack of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army, is personally coming to the front line to supervise the battle. The 33rd Infantry Regiment under the command of Colonel Nobufuda, who has some circled legs and a hunchback, has invested in two full-staffed infantry brigades at one time, which is imperative to win the outer position of Niushou Mountain.

In Fukuda's view, the fierce gunfire just now is enough to smash the earth into a hole. What kind of creatures can survive under such a fierce gun? It is not so much an attack as a direct occupation. Fukuda Shinji is full of confidence in capturing the main peak of Niushou Mountain after dawn. After all, the 33rd Infantry Regiment under his command has the title of Blade in the 16th Division.

In the defense command headquarters of Niushoushan Fortress, Sun Guiming tilted his mouth with an unlit cigarette in his mouth. He lay on the mirror of the artillery and observed in vain. Sun Guiming was very annoyed by the lack of sight of the battlefield brought by the night. A battalion of the Ninth Regiment deployed at the foot of the mountain was rapidly entering the position and advancing from the Japanese army. The sound of the engine from the direction of the attack can prove that I must have used a chariot as a pilot in this attack.

The army's chariot may be a nightmare for other [***] troops, but in front of Zhang Xuewu's Rehe troops, the army's thin-skinned can is a dish.

(to be continued)