sbdcsierra Chapter 257 Encirclement of the 6th Mixed Brigade
Chapter 257 Encirclement of the 6th Mixed Brigade
257 Encirclement of the th Mixed Brigade
"What? Most of the devils in the city are retreating?"
By daybreak, Ye Qingshan at the air-raid shelter headquarters had received a lot of good news.
They were all good news sent by the National Army's various divisions on the front line about capturing the city areas occupied by the Japanese.
But the actual number of devils killed was not that large.
It seemed more like the Japs were voluntarily giving up the occupied areas in the city and retreating.
There was no strong resistance.
This is different from what Ye Qingshan expected before his counterattack.
"Damn it, the commander of the devil has been replaced by that old devil Matsui Iwane.
Sure enough, this old devil is much more cunning than the previous devil Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko."
Ye Qingshan's face darkened.
The Japs retreated so easily and voluntarily gave up the occupied areas in the city.
This disrupted Ye Qingshan's counterattack plan.
In Ye Qingshan’s plan, this counterattack was not only to drive the Japanese out of the city.
More importantly, we must allow the various units of the Nationalist Army to take advantage of the time when they have just replenished their ammunition.
At this time, the ammunition from the Japanese had not yet been delivered, and the Japanese could not get heavy artillery support, so their strength was greatly reduced.
Kill the Japanese more effectively and cause more casualties to them.
Weaken the strength of the Japanese in Nanjing.
This is a rare opportunity.
Otherwise, once the ammunition supplies from the Japanese country are delivered.
The Japanese bombers and heavy artillery received ammunition replenishment.
At that time, if the National Army wants to kill more Japanese devils in the battle against them again, the price they will have to pay will be even greater.
But in the end, the battle only lasted for midnight.
The various divisions of the National Army kept bringing in good news about defeating the Japanese in the city.
This doesn't make sense.
Even if the Japs were defeated, they had not received any ammunition supplies from home and lacked support from heavy artillery and bomber firepower.
Their fighting ability is not that weak.
Can't even hold out for one night.
It can only be said that the Japs retreated voluntarily under orders.
This was the first time Ye Qingshan fought against the old Japanese soldier Matsui Iwane after he took over as the commander of the Japanese Jinling front.
As a result, Ye Qingshan realized that this old Japanese was not easy to deal with.
"Order all the troops to chase and attack me relentlessly without hesitation.
Even if the Japs wanted to retreat, we couldn't let them do so easily.
We must leave behind a batch of devil corpses."
Ye Qingshan had no choice but to issue such pursuit orders to various units of the National Army.
"But we can't pursue outside the city, lest we get ambushed by the devils."
After another two hours, the gunfire from all directions became much weaker.
Only the sound of gunfire in two directions did not weaken, but became more intense.
One is the Guanghua Gate in the east, and the other is the Shence Gate in the northwest.
"Send a telegram to the 88th Division Headquarters and ask them what's going on there."
On the Guanghua Gate side, the intense sound of gunfire clearly indicated that something was wrong.
Then, Ye Qingshan picked up the phone again and called Zhou Pingkou.
At this time, Zhou Pingkou's telephone line to Ye Qingshan's headquarters was connected.
"Hey, Lao Zhou.
What's going on over there?"
Ye Qingshan asked loudly.
"Old Ye, good news.
We blocked the Japs' Sixth Mixed Brigade and prevented those sons of bitches from escaping the city.
Now, we are preparing to eat him.”
Zhou Pingkou's excited voice came from the other end of the phone.
After hearing this, Ye Qingshan couldn't help but laugh.
Zhou Pingkou is a guy who holds grudges.
At the beginning, when Ye Qingshan surrounded and annihilated the Japanese 117th Regiment in Caojiaying, Zhou Pingkou was ordered to block the Japanese th Mixed Brigade at Fenghuangling.
In that battle, Zhou Pingkou's men suffered heavy casualties.
This made Zhou Pingkou, Zheng Quezi and others very angry, and they had been wanting to seek revenge on the remnants of the 6th Mixed Brigade.
As luck would have it, the Japanese Sixth Mixed Brigade was right on the front line with the Shen Ce group at that moment.
It was Zhou Pingkou and his men who were responsible for dealing with them.
Before, when Zhou Pingkou had eight battalions in his hands, he had already wanted to wipe out the Japanese Sixth Mixed Brigade.
However, Ye Qingshan later transferred several battalions to fight the Japanese fleet.
That battle was more important, so Zhou Pingkou had to shelve his plan to annihilate the Japanese Sixth Mixed Brigade.
This time, Ye Qingshan finally decided to fight back against the Japanese.
Although, the task Ye Qingshan gave to Zhou Pingkou and others was still to recapture the urban area around the Shen Ce.
However, when Zhou Pingkou, Lu Dahai, Zheng Quezi and others made the plan, their intention was not just to drive the Japanese out of the city.
Instead, they formulated a battle plan to encircle the remnants of the Japanese Sixth Mixed Brigade.
They didn't even let Ye Qingshan know.
It was not until this time that Ye Qingshan called to inquire.
This group of people acted first and reported later.
After hearing Zhou Pingkou's report, Ye Qingshan was so angry that he laughed and scolded, "You guys have learned to execute first and report later, haven't you?
Okay, after the war, I will settle the score with you.
Now that you have already defeated the Japanese Sixth Mixed Brigade, it's time to make dumplings.
Do I need to teach you how to do it?
Eat it for me.
Damn it, this time I’m allocating the most weapons and ammunition to you.
I didn't dare tell anyone else about this.
This time, if you can’t defeat the Japs’ Sixth Mixed Brigade, I will withdraw you.”
Zhou Pingkou on the opposite side heard that Ye Qingshan did not blame them too much, so he changed the battle plan without authorization.
Also relieved.
He immediately responded loudly: “Yes, please rest assured, Chief of Staff.
This time, if we fail to defeat the Japanese Sixth Mixed Brigade.
You don't need to remove me. I will go to the military court myself."
Snapped!
Ye Qingshan hung up the phone and couldn't help laughing: "These guys have been wanting revenge for a long time.
This time, the Japanese Sixth Mixed Brigade probably won’t be able to escape.
Old devil Matsui Iwane, let me see what you can do.
Whether to save this surrounded mixed brigade.
If you save me, you won't be able to escape this battle.
If you don’t save me, I’ll eat up this half-crippled mixed brigade of yours, which will be a good thing.”
"Notify Sun Mingxu to transfer his rocket artillery battalion to the northwest urban area.
Go to support Zhou Ping's troops.
Use the remaining two rounds of rocket salvos on the enemy's Sixth Mixed Brigade."
Ye Qingshan thought for a while and gave the order.
At the same time, the 88th Division also replied.
"Sir, the 88th Division called back.
The Japanese 16th Division seemed reluctant to give up its positions in the Guanghua Gate area.
They encountered fierce resistance from the Japanese in the Guanghua Gate area, and the battle between the two sides was fierce.
A national army staff officer reported to Ye Qingshan.
“This old devil Nakajima Asako is not stupid.
He definitely doesn't want to lose Guanghuamen.
The importance of the area near Guanghuamen is much more important than other urban areas.
Once the Japanese lose their positions in the Guanghua Gate area, we will have opened up the passage to Zijin Mountain.
By then, we can provide support to the teaching corps on Zijin Mountain at any time.
It will be even more impossible for the Japanese 16th Division to capture Purple Mountain."
Ye Qingshan sneered and understood why the Japanese 16th Division was unwilling to give up Guanghua Gate.