latelenovela Chapter 309: The 3rd Division Joins the Battle
Chapter 309: The 3rd Division Joins the Battle
309 The Third Division joins the battle
On January 15th, after three days of brutal and bloody fighting.
Except for the main position, all other positions in Zijin Mountain were lost.
Zhou Xinghai's First Militia Division had abandoned Position No. 7 and moved all its troops to the main position at Zijin Mountain.
Cooperate with Song Xilian's 36th Division to defend the main position of Zijin Mountain.
At this time, the Japanese were already in a semi-occupied state over Zijin Mountain.
The remaining troops of the 36th Division and the 1st Militia Division were surrounded by the Japanese on the mountain.
Cut off from supplies once again, they were unable to launch a counterattack against the Japanese.
Under such circumstances, the Japanese transferred their artillery to Zijin Mountain.
Safety can finally be guaranteed.
Of course, there are some dangers.
The old devil Matsui Iwane couldn't care less.
Although the Japanese artillery could not be placed in the best main position, they could still take advantage of the height advantage of other positions in Zijin Mountain.
Let artillery support reach most of the urban area of Jinling.
In this way, the conditions for the Japanese to launch an attack on the city of Nanjing were ripe.
The old devil Matsui Iwane couldn't wait to launch a general attack on Jinling City.
“Chief of Staff, there is news from Tongji Gate.
The Japanese Third Division has joined the battle."
Ning Yongchen hurried over and reported a piece of important news to Ye Qingshan.
"Just now, the 41st Division defending Tongji Gate called.
The Japanese Third Division, an infantry regiment attacked Tongji Gate.
Under the attack of the Japanese artillery, the Japanese only took an hour to defeat him.
They captured Tongji Gate and were heading towards the defense zone of the 66th Army.
It seems that they are preparing to cooperate with the Japanese Sixth Division of Guanghua Gate to attack the 66th Army from both sides. "
Ning Yongchen pointed at the city map on the sand table and continued to speak to Ye Qingshan.
"Well, it looks like that old devil Matsui Iwane is really going to fight us to the death.
Even if we don't take over Zijin Mountain completely.
They forced their artillery units to be deployed on Purple Mountain.
Cover the attack of the Japanese Third Division."
"In that case, come on.
I've been waiting for so long, and the Japanese finally entered the city again.
Then let us make a final settlement with the devils."
Ye Qingshan looked stern.
“Send a message to Zhou Pingkou, and have his 208th Division move to Tongji Gate immediately.
Since the old devil Matsui Iwane has sent out his own troops to join the battle,
Then it’s time to play my trump card.
Ace versus ace is interesting.”
On the 15th, after ten days of attack, the Japs finally launched a general attack on the city of Nanjing.
The Japanese Third Division, three main infantry regiments, were under the cover of artillery fire.
From the Tongji Gate, Jubao Gate and Zhengyang Gate on the southern front, a large-scale attack was launched against the national army in Nanjing City.
The 41st Division of the National Army and the 66th Division of the 159th Army fought desperately for half a day, but suffered more than half of their casualties.
The Japanese advanced for several miles and occupied half of the city.
Until Zhou Pingkou arrived with the 208th Division and joined forces with the other two Kuomintang troops.
Only then did they temporarily block the fierce attack of the Japanese 30th Division.
Boom!
In a ruined residential building, a street fighting squad of the 208th Division was hiding.
But at this time, the Japanese artillery shells kept falling around them from the sky.
“Bah! Damn it.
The Japs' artillery support came too quickly."
An old squad leader of the National Army hid at the foot of the wall, flicked the dust off his hat, and cursed angrily.
"Squad leader, the Japs are attacking again."
At the window, a national army soldier shouted hurriedly.
"Count the number of people still alive."
The veteran squad leader shouted loudly.
"one two Three……"
"seven!"
When the number reached seven, they stopped.
This means that there are still seven Kuomintang soldiers alive in this ruined house.
They had only just joined the battle, only half a day.
There were only seven people left in one class.
“We can’t defend this place anymore, so leave two booby traps.
Those who are alive, prepare to retreat with me."
The veteran squad leader looked at the two approaching Japanese street fighting squads and immediately gave orders.
"Attract the devils into the minefield.
It will be easier for us to get out there.”
The veteran squad leader knew that there was a minefield of the Kuomintang army nearby.
It would be easier to shake off the Japanese if we retreat there.
They can also take the opportunity to ambush the Japanese and force them to step into the minefield.
Immediately, the veteran squad leader of the National Army led the remaining seven soldiers to evacuate the ruined house.
Retreat towards the minefield behind.
Their mission was to stop the Japanese Third Division at each step and defeat the Japanese Third Division.
Now it has been achieved.
There is no need to fight to the death.
Before they set out, Zhou Pingkou told them clearly that they must preserve their manpower in the street fighting in the city.
The Japanese Third Division was worthy of its title. It was the most powerful of all the Japanese divisions on the Jinling front at that time.
This is the Japanese division with the largest number of troops.
After the 208th Division arrived, it joined forces with the other two remnant divisions of the National Army and was able to barely stop the powerful advance of the Japanese Third Division.
It was impossible for Ye Qingshan to let the Japanese Third Division and the Japanese Sixth Division attack the 66th Army together.
The soldiers of both sides once again engaged in fierce and brutal street fighting.
Moreover, with the experience of the first street fight between the two sides, each side was making up for their previous mistakes.
They were all thinking about how to inflict greater damage on the enemy.
Ye Qingshan's original plan was to consume the enemy's manpower through street fighting in the city.
This time, it was a street fight between the Japanese.
It was also because of the ready artillery support from the Japanese artillery on Zijin Mountain outside the city.
Let them engage in street fighting with the national army again this time.
It has a great advantage,
Even now, the weapons and equipment of the National Army have been greatly improved.
Equipped with a large number of submachine guns, they had no pressure at all to deal with the Japanese attacking forces alone.
But now, the Japanese soldiers in the streets of the city were blocked by the Kuomintang street fighting squads who were unable to break through.
They immediately called for artillery support.
The Japanese artillery was aimed at the direction where the Japanese front-line infantry requested to strike, and carried out precise strikes.
The style of play that Matsui Iwane wanted finally came.
And it achieved quite unexpected results.
As the Third Division finished the first day of siege, they had almost occupied most of the southern part of Nanjing.
At night, Ye Qingshan looked at the small group of red flags on the city sand table and saw that they had been taken away and replaced with small blue flags representing the Japanese.
I feel extremely depressed.
The threat of the Japanese artillery fire was greater than Ye Qingshan had expected.
"The Japanese artillery, we can't let them fire accurately into the city.
Otherwise, our soldiers won’t be able to gain any advantage in street fighting.”
“I don’t know what the current situation of Black Bear’s special operations battalion is like.
There was no chance to destroy the enemy's artillery."
At this time, Ye Qingshan was also looking forward to the special operations battalion that Black Bear brought out of the city to be able to take action at this critical moment.
Play a role.
Give the Japanese artillery a strike to ease the defensive pressure on the defenders of various countries in the city.