sbdcsierra Chapter 256 The counterattack begins
Chapter 256 The counterattack begins
256 Counterattack Begins
Tonight, it is not only Sun Yuanliang from the 88th Division who is happy.
All other divisions of the National Army in the city also received a batch of arms, although the quantities varied.
But they are definitely satisfied.
Even so, Ye Qingshan still left a batch of arms for himself and did not send them out.
None of the national army generals in the city could have imagined how much arms Ye Qingshan had purchased from the Pitt family this time.
“Haha, send a telegram to the headquarters.
Our 51st Division has received the weapons and ammunition and is ready to launch a counterattack.
Please ask the commander to give the order.
This time, I want to avenge the last time the Japanese attacked Minsheng Road."
When Wang Yaowu, commander of the 51st Division, saw the several trucks of weapons and ammunition being transported, he also felt more confident.
Soon, the headquarters issued respective combat missions to each national army unit in the city.
“Tell them, attack at the same time.
Scheduled for 11pm on the 30th.
This counterattack lasted only three days.
Within three days, you must drive all the Japanese devils out of this city for me.
Who fails to complete the task.
I will halve the number of new soldiers and ammunition for the next wave of reinforcements."
Ye Qingshan finally gave the order in the headquarters.
On the large map next to it, the attack routes of the counterattacking Kuomintang troops were drawn, as well as the urban areas they were going to capture.
37 years are about to pass, and Ye Qingshan specially chose the evening of the th to launch a counterattack.
The Battle of Nanjing has officially been going on for more than a month.
Even though Ye Qingshan and his men retreated into the city, more than twenty days had already passed.
Finally, it was their turn to launch their first counterattack against the Japanese.
After the order was issued, all the national army units in the city were ready to go.
Time soon came to the evening of the 30th. Ye Qingshan stood outside the air-raid shelter, looking at his watch.
It's almost eleven o'clock.
"Send a message to Sun Mingxu, tell their rocket artillery battalion to start."
Ye Qingshan said to his adjutant Xiao Wusheng beside him.
"Yes!"
The young warrior ran into the air-raid shelter and conveyed the order.
"Hahaha!
Commander Ye’s order has come down.
It’s our turn to work.”
Sun Mingxu stood up excitedly after receiving the order.
In this counterattack against the Japanese, the first to open fire was their rocket artillery battalion.
Several key targets marked by the headquarters were required to be taken before other Kuomintang troops launched counterattacks.
Their rocket artillery battalion launched a covering strike.
After this period of accumulation, Ye Qingshan has accumulated more than two thousand rocket shells.
For this wave of counterattack, Ye Qingshan gave orders to Sun Mingxu’s rocket artillery battalion.
It means launching three rounds of salvos, consuming 600 rockets.
Ye Qingshan had to keep the rest for the decisive battle with the Japanese.
On Sun Mingxu's side, in order to avoid wasting rockets, he grouped his rocket launchers into groups of two.
Don't light it all at once, that would be a waste.
Whoosh whoosh!
Soon the sky was lit up by the rockets being fired.
Rockets, with long tails of flame, smashed into the Japanese positions everywhere.
Rumble!
Immediately, violent explosions were heard from all directions.
“Begin the attack!
Target Guanghua Gate!"
On the 88th Division's side, when they saw the rockets being launched, Division Commander Sun Yuanliang immediately gave the order to attack.
"Brothers, it's time to avenge the devils!"
The 51st Division also launched an attack.
Da da da!
For a moment, fierce gunfire was heard from all directions throughout Jinling City.
"what happened?"
Outside the city, at the Japanese headquarters, the old Japanese soldier Matsui Iwane had just fallen asleep.
He was awakened by the sudden burst of fierce gunfire in the city.
He immediately got up, called the Japanese chief of staff and asked him.
The telephone in the Japanese headquarters kept ringing.
"Commander, the Chinese army in Nanjing City has suddenly started to counterattack.
All our military units in the city have sent in messages.
They all suffered heavy artillery fire from the Chinese army at the same time."
The Japanese chief of staff reported in detail.
"idiot.
Such fierce artillery fire indicated that the Chinese in the city had received support.
Otherwise, how could they have the confidence to fight back against us? "
After hearing this, the old Japanese soldier Matsui Iwane looked very unhappy and said to the Japanese chief of staff.
"Hi!"
The Japanese chief of staff bowed and nodded.
“The Special High Police sent us intelligence earlier.
The large batch of arms that Ye Qingshan purchased from the Americans has been transported from Hong Kong to Nanjing City.
Therefore, the Chinese army had the courage to launch a counterattack against our army.
The Special Higher Police had also planned to disrupt the arms deal between the Chinese and the Americans.
Unfortunately, it failed. ”
The Japanese chief of staff said with some disappointment.
The Japanese naturally knew about Ye Qingshan's purchase of American weapons.
The Japanese intelligence department is not bragging.
The Japanese Special High Police even sent people to Hong Kong to cause sabotage.
But unfortunately, Hong Kong is now the territory of the English, and the English are now in cahoots with the Americans.
So, with the Pitt family’s greeting, the Japanese sent agents over.
They are all on the Hong Kong side and were dealt with by the British.
"Damn Yankees."
Matsui Iwane cursed, then took the Japanese chief of staff to the headquarters.
He began to issue combat orders and command the various Japanese troops in the city to fight.
“Commander, there is news coming from various departments in the city.
The Chinese army's counterattack tonight was extremely fierce.
They are all asking for support, especially artillery support."
Not long after, a Japanese staff officer ran over and shouted loudly.
“Tell them there is no backup.
The ammunition and supplies from the country have not been delivered yet, so where will the artillery support come from?
Tell the front-line troops to retreat in batches."
Matsui Iwane stared at the map for a long time, and finally gave this order with a dark face.
The Japanese chief of staff next to him became anxious after hearing this.
"Commander, are you going to retreat so easily?
We finally gained a foothold in the city and captured nearly half of it.
If we withdraw now, we will lose all the occupied urban areas."
The old devil Matsui Iwane glanced at the chief of staff and said coldly: "What else?
Now, our ammunition supplies have not arrived yet.
Are we going to have a decisive battle with the Chinese now?
Let’s withdraw first.”
"Hi!"
I have to say that compared with the previous command of Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko, the old Japanese soldier Matsui Iwane is much more calm.
Willing to give up the occupied areas in the city at this time.
If this had happened before, with Prince Guizi's personality, he would never have accepted it.
It’s just that the war on the front line happened too suddenly.
Even so, there was the order to retreat issued by the old Japanese soldier Matsui Iwane behind him.
It is not the case that all Japanese troops were able to retreat in time.
That night, several Japanese troops were surrounded in the city before they had time to retreat.