Chapter 250 The Battle of Nanjing's Battle of the City Wall 3

The Japanese army used the Type 38 75mm field gun to cooperate with the Type 95 light fighting vehicle, and the tactics of using the two wings of the infantry as cover made the Chinese officers and soldiers of the temporary reading first brigade and the temporary reading force second brigade very uncomfortable, because the Japanese infantry and artillery and chariots followed each other to cover and advance, so that the attack of the death squad was often ineffective. On the other hand, a death squad of hundreds of people can't even kill one of his own chariots.

The tragic street battle is more appropriate than a big melee that was very unexpected on both sides. Zhang Xuewu stood in front of the sand table. A bomb of at least 500 pounds fell 100 meters away and hit a large street castle. The air waves generated by the huge explosion shattered all the glass in the headquarters on the first floor, and the flying glass broke. The film cut Zhang Xuewu's face, and Zhang Xuewu gently wiped the blood with his hand wearing white gloves.

As if nothing had happened, he turned his attention back to the sand table, and the guards and nervous staff who stood aside also returned to their posts one after another.

Zhang Xuewu saw that everything was back to normal, so he smiled calmly and said, "What are you afraid of? This central bank building has five floors, and each floor can carry 500 pounds of shells and hit directly. There are not so many small bombs. Don't be afraid, calm your mind, and don't be afraid in the face of danger!"

After appeasing many staff officers, Zhang Xuewu frowned at the position of the small flag that was inserted with the number of the Sixth Division of the Japanese Army on the sand table. Zhang Lingfu's reinforcements failed to reach the reinforcements before the -154th Division and the 656th Division were defeated. This is an objective situation. Zhang Xuewu estimated that even if Zhang Lingfu arrived at the position, he would be afraid that It is difficult to escape the result of being defeated. Now the two temporary reading brigades have launched a fierce street battle with the Japanese army outside the city wall, which is definitely unexpected for Zhang Xuewu.

You should know that Zhang Xuewu has made full preparations for the street battle, but this street battle was not carried out against the wall after the city wall was completely broken through. What is the main reason why Zhang Lingfu's death battle does not retreat? Zhang Xuewu's command stayed in the direction of Yuhuatai along the sand table, where the 88th Division is engaged in a fierce battle with the Japanese army. If the back road is cut off and the Zhonghua Gate is occupied by the interspersed troops of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, the 88th Division is bound to collapse without fighting, and even the whole army may be destroyed.

Since the troops of the Sixth Division of the Japanese Army are determined to go straight to Zhonghuamen from along the Qinhuai River, why are you polite? Since the beginning of the war, Zhang Xuewu still has a trump card that has not been used. This force is a reading rocket artillery regiment that has been covered by canvas since entering the city. The prototype of the hail-type 24-barre and forty-eight 105-millimeter rocket launcher equipped by the regiment is the prototype of the Type 66-37mm rocket launcher that simulates the later generations. The march is clean. The weight also reached 552 kilograms, and the weight of the battle column was close to one ton.

This secret rocket artillery regiment to Nanjing has 24 24 tubes and 12 48 tubes 105 mm rockets. The effective range of these rockets launched by rockets installed on the Calvins half-track vehicle introduced in Germany is 4.5% kilometers, and the dispersion rate is 40, which can be said to be a hail rocket. The optimal scattering distance of the cannon should be between three and four and five kilometers.

However, there is also a quite prominent problem, that is, it is not equipped with a loaded truck, because when the first mechanized engineer went to Nanjing, the matching loaded truck was still under study, so the speed of manual loading can be said to be very slow, but its excellent maneuverability Ability makes up for this fatal shortcoming.

The whole artillery regiment can launch 1,152 high-explosive grenade rockets weighing 17 kilograms to any range of about four kilometers in one minute and thirty seconds. As the so-called cannon is called "hail"!

Zhang Xuewu transferred two of the four armored assault groups of the mechanized brigade to Zhonghuamen. Under the unified command of Qiu Qingquan, the first brigade and the second brigade of the provisional first mechanized division were transferred to the front line of Zhonghuamen. The two brigades of the first and second divisions of the teaching brigade were transferred to Guanghuamen, and the first and third regiments of the gendarmerie reinforced Yuhuatai. The headquarters of the 88th Division on the front line planned to launch a counterattack against the Japanese army in **tai, and the third brigade of temporary reading power was used to reinforce the headquarters of Zijinshan and the 36th division of Mingxiaoling. Wulongshan Fortress and Yanziji used artillery to fully support the direction of Zijin Mountain.

Zhang Xuewu was plating troops, and Gu Shoufu was also plating. Gu Shoufu received a report from the 47th Regiment of the 11th Infantry Brigade. In the process of interspersing the Zhonghua Gate, Yu Chengyuan was desperately blocked by about a division. The enemy was not afraid of death. Every time he occupied a house and a On the street, the imperial army suffered very heavy casualties. The 47th Infantry Regiment had lost its ability to attack and asked the division for tactical guidance.

Gu Shoufu is quite dissatisfied with the 13th Infantry Regiment and the 47th Infantry Regiment under the newly formed 11th Infantry Brigade. Compared with the 23rd Infantry Wing and the 45th Infantry Regiment of the 36th Infantry Brigade commanded by Major General Manujima, the newly formed 11th Infantry Brigade is A pile of shit.

Almost 60% of the soldiers are damned Korean imperial citizens. How can these despicable second-class people wear the same military uniform as the imperial army of the Empire? It is simply the greatest shame of the imperial army of this empire.

After frowning and looking at the map, Gu Shoufu clicked his hand between the West Water Gate and Zhonghua Gate, and then measured the position of Guanghua Gate. Gu Shoufu felt more and more that his original decision was correct and attacked Zhonghua Gate, which could not only cut off the 88th Chinese garrison guard guarding Yuhuatai. The retreat of the division's headquarters can also directly break through the wall of Nanjing, with a chariot to quickly divide the city [***], or directly hit the command system of [***].

Since Zhong [***] is desperately resisting, which means that the attack position of the 6th Division is the key point of Zhong [***], because the 11th Infantry Brigade was annihilated by Zhang Xuewu before. Gu Shoufu has been holding his breath and vowed to avenge this arrow. In fact, the base camp has been replaced. Gu Shoufu's order, but this order was suppressed by Prince Hatohiko Asamiya.

The inside story is that Gu Shoufu found Prince Hatohiko of Asakamiya and cried, saying that if he could not wash his shame on the battlefield, he would commit suicide by caesarean section. Hatohiko Asamiya was also hesitant again and again. The war was at a critical moment. If a general like Gu Shoufu committed suicide by caesarean section, it would also be a great thing for the morale of the whole army. Strike, so after repeated considerations, Hatohiko Chaoxiang Palace decided to report to the headquarters of the headquarters, let Gu Shoufu make contributions, and continue to command the 6th Division to fight. After conquering Nanjing, he made adjustments to the selection of the commander of the 6th Division.

Relying on Gu Shoufu, who is shamelessly in the position of the head of the 6th Division, from the beginning of this general attack, he has invested in all the troops of the division, and cooperated with the 18th Division and other troops of the frontal main attack to repeatedly attack the combination of the 15th and the 15th and 15th 6th Division of the Chinese defenders. After breaking the defense line of the Qinhuai River, he immediately went deep into the Zhonghua Gate. As a result, he was intercepted under the city wall by Zhang Lingfu on the way.

Gu Shoufu decided to take the 36th Infantry Brigade under the command of Niu Daoman as the main force to replace the 47th Infantry Regiment and continue to attack in the direction of Zhonghuamen. The capture of Zhonghuamen was equivalent to breaking through the walls of Nanjing and cutting off the retreat of the Chinese defenders in the direction of Yuhuatai.

Niu Daoman received an order from Gu Shoufu, the commander of the division. At this moment, Niu Daoman's 36th Infantry Brigade lost two infantry brigades because of the attack on the Qinhuai River defense line. Niu Daoman was very dissatisfied with the crazy way of fighting that ignored the division commander and did not sympathize with the sacrifice of his subordinates.

Niu Daoman's command and operation pay great attention to the cooperation of arms and the coordination of firepower. He likes to use delicate tactical command, grasp the rhythm of attack, never abuse and waste the lives of his subordinates, and launch some unnecessary and ineffective attacks. Gu Shoufu's command makes Niu Daoman have some integrity and throw in such a narrow residential area. Do the troops of a brigade carry out assault? Niu Dao Manzhen didn't know how he caught up with such a division commander who did not pay attention to tactical cooperation, but only knew how to rush and hit and was extremely rude?

However, Gu Shoufu is the head of the division, and Niu Daoman is only a brigade commander under his command. The above-mentioned above-mentioned acts are the most unforgivable act in the Japanese army. Therefore, Niu Daoman's dissatisfaction is dissatisfied, and the order must be thoroughly implemented.

So the 36th Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army rushed to attack in the direction of Zhonghuamen. Niu Daoman was worthy of being the tactical genius of Lu Dashi. The 23rd Infantry Regiment and the 45th Infantry Regiment of the infantry under him from the outside line to Zhang Lingfu's left and right wings respectively. Zhang Lingfu suddenly felt great pressure, because Zhang Lingfu's strength was not enough to defeat the 47th Infantry Regiment from the front. When the two wings were threatened, Zhang Lingfu's only choice was to retreat quickly.

After realizing that he was in danger, Zhang Lingfu immediately issued a retreat order in the face of danger and used the troops of three battalions as alternate cover. Everyone understood that Zhang Lingfu's move was a way for a strong man to break his wrist, but in the face of the fierce reinforcements of the Japanese army, Zhang Lingfu had no choice.

Under the personal command of Niu Daoman, the 36th Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army bit Zhang Lingfu's retreating troops, constantly forced Zhang Lingfu to retreat, and did not give Zhang Lingfu time to rectify and collect the troops. The previously quite heroic Sichuan army and the Guangxi troops were very uncomfortable with the Japanese army, which is similar to sticky bean buns. Tactics, there is no time to deal with it for a while, and the losses are heavy.

When Zhang Lingfu fought and retreated near Zhonghuamen, the troops of the two brigades of more than 10,000 people had collected less than 3,000 people. Although the casualties in the previous battle with the Japanese army were relatively large, the real loss still came in the process of retreating and being followed by the Japanese army.

(to be continued)