I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

"It doesn't matter if Jiangbei is lost? Jiansheng, are you kidding! Pukou is the end of the Jinpu Line! It is also the gate of Jiangbei to Nanjing! If it is lost, wouldn't the Japanese army be able to set up artillery on the other side of the river towards Nanjing?"

"Our military strength is insufficient!" Bai Chongxi was not only anxious, but even more angry, "We can only concentrate our strength to stabilize the most important place! As for the problem of insufficient military strength, in the final analysis, it is not caused by your insistence on not withdrawing troops from Shanghai? The 2nd Division Whether it is fully reinforcing the 6th Division remains to be discussed and confirmed, maybe Okamura Neiji is playing a trick of crossing the river in white clothes!"

"Jiansheng!" Chiang Kai-shek was also annoyed, "You are the deputy chief of staff, and I am the commander in chief of the armed forces. You must obey my orders!"

Bai Chongxi angrily stopped talking.

At 6 o'clock in the morning, the 2th Division and the [-]nd Division officially launched the "Night Attack Battle" against Pukou District.

After receiving strong reinforcements from the 2nd Division, the 6th Division revived, and the disastrous defeat during the day also greatly stimulated the "proud soldiers" of the 6th Division. One, of course, it is impossible for the 6th Division to be sluggish or frightened because of an "unexpected failure". Starting from the heart, evil grows toward the gallbladder.” All the officers and soldiers were all fierce.

"Into Nanjing! Massacre the city for revenge!" Before the attack, some officers of the 6th Division had shouted such murderous slogans.

The Japanese army's night attack counterattack method was not beyond the expectation of the foreign army. First, it assembled heavy troops and launched a massive feint attack on Jiangpu Town to attract the attention and strength of the national army. The area around Zhutou Mountain and Mantou Mountain in the north is interspersed to the side and rear of Jiangpu Town.

"Good time!" Seeing a large number of Japanese soldiers approaching in the night, An Enpu and other officers and soldiers of the Yunnan Army were all excited.

After the 2nd Division of the Japanese Army also participated in the Battle of Pukou District, the 918th Regiment and the 182nd Division were indeed insufficient in strength, but after the three regiments of the Sichuan Army crossed the river, they greatly strengthened the strength of the national army.

The three division commanders of the Sichuan Army have not really led their troops to confront the Japanese invaders, so they, like An Enpu, are extremely attentive to this first battle, and they all send the best regiment in their division to the Japanese army after being strengthened. Jiangbei participated in the battle, and the three regiments had a total of more than 7000 troops, all of which were equipped with German weapons and veterans of the Sichuan Army. They concentrated the essence of the three divisions, plus the 918 regiment (deducting casualties during the day) and the 182 division, and the national army on the Jiangbei battlefield totaled two More than [-] people are all elites.

The Japanese army's feint attacking troops that rushed to Jiangpu Town suffered a big loss from the very beginning. The darkness greatly reduced the ability of the Japanese army's infantry to cooperate with each other, which made the Japanese army attacking all over the mountains and plains most rely on tanks.

When the Japanese army approached and extended to Jiangpu Town, Jiangpu Town suddenly turned into a raging fire behemoth. Amidst the roaring roar and killing sounds, arc-shaped firepower nets rushed out from the national army's position, instantly At that time, all the Japanese troops at the front were shrouded in blood, mist and flesh rain. In the explosion and thunderbolt, the [-] or [-] tanks led by the Japanese army all ignited red flames soaring to the sky under the bombardment of the national army's anti-aircraft artillery. The Japanese armored soldiers with burnt skin and rotten flesh climbed out of the tank screaming and wailing, and then were shot and killed in the rain of bullets. The defense line of the national army is completely paved with corpses, facing the firepower net of the national army abruptly, and impacting the national army defense line. Some Japanese "meat bombs" covered with grenades or explosives are scrambling to be the first under the cover of their accomplices. Enter, roll into, and climb into the trenches of the national army, blowing up groups of broken corpses and limbs flying across the sky.

Standing firm, the officers and soldiers of the national army were as fearless as the Japanese army. They not only fought to the death, but even frequently launched counterattacks. Entering the crowd of Japanese soldiers, the two floods collided like molten iron and magma, splashing out a bloody storm like a sea of ​​blood, and countless white bayonets shone with breathtaking red light in the sky-high flames. Soldiers on both sides launched unshielded shooting and hand-to-hand combat with red bayonets, and the crowd fell down in clusters.

At the same time, a large number of Japanese troops crossed Zhutou Mountain and Mantou Mountain, and raided the rear of Jiangpu Town. The 182nd Division, which was ordered to defend the rear of the town, was also waiting for work. Pieces were shot by machine guns and people were thrown off their feet.

Chapter 228 Defending Nanjing (8)

Bai Chongxi, the "little Zhuge", is by no means in vain. Many of his opinions are correct, such as the evaluation of yesterday's Jiangbei battle that "mainly were those heavy artillery".

The 918th Regiment is very strong in terms of combat quality, spiritual will, weapons and equipment, etc. Generally speaking, it is a tie with the 6th Division. More than half of the battle results were achieved by the Zijinshan artillery group and the Yangtze River Fleet naval artillery. If it is really head-to-head, it will be like a night battle at this time. It is a one-to-one exchange of human lives, because the artillery group and naval artillery are ineffective in nighttime melee. Play a role.

On the front line of Jiangpu Town, the officers and soldiers of the 918th Regiment launched a ground-shattering offensive and defensive battle against the oncoming Japanese troops. At the same time, the three main regiments of the Sichuan Army detoured to the north side of the old mountain overnight, preparing to encircle the Japanese night attack troops. The 182nd Division of the Dian Army was standing behind Jiangpu Town.

When the Japanese night attack troops crossed Zhutou Mountain and Mantou Mountain and appeared in front of the 182nd Division's position, the officers and soldiers of the Yunnan Army who had been ready to go and couldn't hold back erupted together with the sound of killing, mixed with Chinese and Yi languages. Amidst the roar in Chinese, thousands of 98k rifles, medium rifles, Czech light machine guns, Maxim heavy machine guns, and mg-34 general-purpose machine guns also burst into angry roars, and the torches were thrown like a storm. The Japanese soldiers who came quietly like thieves shot and killed in a pool of blood and screams. The Japanese soldiers who were shot danced like electric shocks in the flash of firepower.

"Hit hard! Beat these Japanese devils to death!" All the senior officers, including An Enpu, who came to the front line of fire, yelled loudly. It was the first time to beat these Japanese devils who invaded China on the battlefield. I was extremely excited and excited. In An Enpu's own words, "It has been 21 years since I joined the army, but in the past 21 years, I have fought against the Gui army, the Qian army, or the Red army. How happy I am to fight against my own Chinese, and now to fight against foreign invaders who have invaded my China! This is the moment when I will truly fulfill my duty as a Chinese soldier!"

Seeing the division commander personally supervise the battle on the front line, the morale of the officers and soldiers was even higher and they were unstoppable.

The commander of this Japanese army seems to be very rational. The fact that the troops have been hit head-on makes him quickly understand that the other party has long been waiting for him, and this commander seems to have nothing to do with "fighting to the end", "devotion to the emperor", and "collective jade". After hitting a snag, the Japanese army that raided Jiangpu Town at night began to retreat after persisting for 15 minutes.

"Master seat! The devil has escaped!" The officers hurriedly reported to An Enpu.

"What? Devils are so inexperienced?" An Enpu was very surprised, because the Dian army had never fought against the Japanese army, and they were not clear about the Japanese army's tactics and combat power, so Jiang Weiguo, Du Yuming and others had repeatedly given An Enpu and others "vaccinated" and warned the soldiers of the Yunnan Army who had just entered the battlefield that "the Japanese army is extremely tenacious and is not afraid of death." They all played very accurately." "The Japanese army will use large-scale suicide attacks when they are in a hurry to jump the wall." The officers and soldiers of the Yunnan Army, such as De'an Enpu, felt deeply inspired, beneficial and amazed. After all, they only had the experience of fighting a civil war with their own Chinese, and they really didn't know much about foreign invaders like the Japanese. Jiang Weiguo, These experiences taught by Du Yuming and others made them feel refreshed, and then they did not dare to take the Japanese army lightly.

But right now, the actual combat performance of the Japanese army is very different from the "legendary".

"Master, do you want to chase?" The officers were all gearing up.

An Enpu stepped forward and scanned the battlefield in the flames. Japanese corpses and wounded soldiers lay in disorder in front of the 182nd Division's position, and some wounded soldiers were still wriggling and struggling.

An Enpu counted, the troops had a stormy attack just now, killing and wounding about 300 Japanese soldiers, not too many.

On the one hand, An Enpu was still unsatisfied, and on the other hand, he was unwilling to withdraw his troops just like this. After all, the results of the battle were not great. In addition, the Japanese army "doesn't seem to be as fierce and tenacious as in the legend", so he gritted his teeth: "Leave a regiment here Guard here, attack with the whole force! Pursue the Japanese army!"

With an order, the whole division burst into cheers, and then jumped out of the position with high morale, chasing and killing the Japanese army aggressively.

Objectively speaking, the reason why An Enpu ordered the pursuit was not entirely because he was eager to kill the enemy and make meritorious service. He considered that the Japanese army would not suffer much damage from the attack. Since the Japanese army suffered little damage, the pressure on the Sichuan army would definitely increase sharply. Therefore, An Enpu felt that his troops had the obligation and responsibility to pursue the Japanese army, continue to attack the Japanese army, relieve the pressure on the friendly army, and cooperate with the friendly army to eat up the Japanese army.

In the dark mountains and forests, the sound of killing in Chinese and Yi language resounded through the forest, sea and night sky like a torrent of pines and mountains, startling thousands of birds in the forest to take off.

The officers and soldiers of the 182nd Division who came out of the mountains in Yunnan were generally not well-educated, but with the simplest idea of ​​"killing the enemy and serving the country", the whole division scrambled to launch a full-scale pursuit of the retreating Japanese army.

Since it was at night and in the forest with lush vegetation, the officers and soldiers of the 182nd Division did not see that there were actually two parts of the Japanese army in the forest. The three infantry brigades of the regiment were the backbone. After the night attack started, more than 2 Japanese troops from the first and second brigades launched an attack on the side and rear of Jiangpu Town. Stand by in the forest hundreds of meters behind.

Except for a small number of sentries patrolling around the brigade, all the more than 1000 Japanese soldiers in the entire brigade were half-squatting in the mountains and forests. Low and low, like a group of neat and silent black wooden statues, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers had flying birds on their heads and bodies, and the flying birds fluttered away in fright when they realized that the objects they were perched on were actually living things. The Japanese soldiers are strong This can be seen in the military quality of the military.

Noisy footsteps, intensive gunshots, and shouts of killing in Chinese and Yi that the Japanese army could not understand quickly moved from far to near in the mountains and forests, like waves. Shazhong ran towards here, the Japanese soldiers in the forest remained motionless and silent, as if they were really just a group of wooden statues.

The two captains took the lead and ran to the front of the third battalion that was still in the forest: "Your Excellency, Captain!"

His head was full of bird droppings, but he was peaceful and quiet like an old monk, closing his eyes and meditating. The captain of the 4th Regiment, Yumiyu Nasu, slowly opened his eyes, his eyes shot out the characteristic of uncontrollable joy and ready to smell the smell of blood. Fanatic: "The Chinese army is coming?"

"Here we come!" The two captains said ecstatically, "They are chasing us! They are attracted by us!"

"Thank you for your hard work! Well done!" Nasu turned around and looked at the captain of the third brigade with piercing eyes, "Nishijima-kun, let's get started!"

"Hayi!" The captain of the third brigade who received the order immediately roared loudly, "Ready to fight!"

Immediately, there was a dense and calm sound of bullets being loaded in the forest, and a large proportion of them were machine gun bullets being loaded. The machine guns of the three brigades were gathered and handed over to the third brigade (this is also the attack power of the first and second brigades when they attacked Pujiang Town. One of the reasons why it is not strong), so that the temporary defense line of the third brigade in the mountains and forests is a continuous network of machine gun fire.

In the original history, Xue Yue, a famous anti-Japanese general, once invented a "Tianlu Warfare", the core of which was "retreat decisive battle". ), but during the "rout" process, a "v"-shaped or "u"-shaped ambush circle was quietly formed, so that the Japanese army was attacked from three sides or even surrounded by four sides after being drawn into it.

To put it bluntly, this tactic seems unremarkable, but in fact it is a test of the general's ability to control and organize the troops, because the national army generally has low combat quality, and the psychological quality is not too strong. Pretending to be defeated is very easy to cause a real defeat like a mountain. .

However, this problem hardly existed in the Japanese army. In the old mountains and forests, the first and second battalions of the Japanese army pretended to be defeated, but almost all the Japanese troops who pretended to be defeated (except those who lost their way) quickly found their own new battles. Post, put into the defense of the third brigade, there was no panic and confusion.

The commander of the Japanese army ordered the officers and soldiers of the Japanese army to "pretend to be defeated, and then assemble at the predetermined location." The elite of the army lineage, the proportion can reach five achievements, thank God, if it is replaced by the local miscellaneous army in the middle and late period of the Anti-Japanese War, it is very possible that less than ten percent can be achieved.

Looking at the figures of the 182nd Division getting closer and closer in the dark forest not far away, Colonel Nasu showed a contemptuous expression: "There is no heavy artillery group, and you have voluntarily given up your trench positions. What advantages do you have now? Are you qualified to start a melee at night with the imperial army? Melee at night, this is the strength of the imperial army!" (Note: Many anti-Japanese novels in later generations claimed that the Japanese army was not good at night combat. This is a very big mistake. Night combat is actually one of the traditional advantages of the Japanese army First, many Chinese troops during the Anti-Japanese War were defeated by Japanese night raids; second, the Japanese army as a whole was very rigid, but the Japanese officers and soldiers were not rigid. They will really use bayonets regardless of everything, but try their best to kill the Chinese army with firepower and basically run out of bullets before starting to fight bayonets.

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The 182nd Division, which was full of blood to kill the enemy and serve the country but fell into a disadvantageous situation due to objective factors, quickly tasted the "true power" of the Japanese army.

Hundreds of Japanese machine guns waiting on their shoulders together exploded with a loud roar that resounded through the old mountains, and the bullets that shone brightly in the mountains and forests suddenly enveloped thousands of officers and soldiers at the forefront of the 182nd Division who were chasing them. In the tragic and bloody storm, the officers and soldiers who were caught off guard fell to the ground like crops under the rollers of the harvester in the firepower net of the Japanese machine guns. The officers and soldiers of the 182nd Division in Yunnan, who were eager to kill the enemy and serve the country, fell in other places without fulfilling their ambitions. Most of them failed to kill a Japanese soldier or even saw a living Japanese.

The only good thing is that since the battle area is in the mountain forest, the tree trunks blocked part of the Japanese bullet rain, and the canopy made the Japanese mortars and grenades less usable (the shells will explode early in the air when they pass through the canopy), so The 182nd Division did not massacre one-sidedly like the Qing army rushing towards the machine gun group of the British and French allied forces, but it still suffered heavy casualties under the ambush of the Japanese army waiting for work. Nearly a thousand officers and soldiers were killed and injured by the firepower of the Japanese army. The blow plunged the 182nd Division into great chaos.

"Brothers! Calm down! Back up! Don't rush!" An Enpu and other officers, who realized that they had been fooled, shouted angrily.

The situation could not be controlled at all, the forest was filled with the explosion of gunfire, the shouts of officers and soldiers on both sides, and the screams of birds and beasts, which completely drowned out the shouts of An Enpu and other officers. In the dark and flashing mountain forest, it was almost out of control. Due to various reasons such as the sudden counterattack, the shock, anger and panic, the low visibility combat environment, and the lack of communication tools, most of the officers and soldiers of the 182nd Division All fell into chaos, the officers and soldiers could not communicate with each other, and the troops could hardly cooperate with each other. At the same time, the Japanese army was well-trained. In the dark, they gnawed at the 182nd Division like two giant pythons, which not only caused heavy losses to the 182nd Division, but also increased the chaos of the 182nd Division. The Japanese army even tried to cut the 182nd Division into several pieces and wipe them out one by one.

Melee and night battles are undoubtedly a kind of chaotic warfare, which is not good for the national army or the Japanese army. However, the Japanese army has long been prepared and is good at this kind of chaotic night battle, so the 182nd Division quickly fell into a sharply unfavorable situation.

Facing the ghostly Japanese army, although most of the officers and soldiers of the 182nd Division lost order, they still bravely shouted Yunnan slang and vulgar words such as "people are dead and birds are up to the sky, and if they don't die, it's New Year's Eve" and "Rinong Little Japan" and rushed towards the Japanese army. Then they started close range shooting and even bayonet fighting with the Japanese army.

In the dark mountains and forests, the officers and soldiers of the Dian army fought bravely with the Japanese army. As these two are the traditional specialties of the Japanese army, the casualties of the officers and soldiers of the 182nd Division continued to increase. Five to one and even higher over time.

"Brothers! The time has come to serve the country with allegiance!" Seeing this scene, An Enpu was heartbroken. He regretted the order he gave to pursue the Japanese army, and he understood that the troops could neither organize nor break away from the entangled forces. Therefore, he simply made up his mind to fight the Japanese army to the end. He personally held a submachine gun, his eyes were spitting fire, and he also went into battle under the protection of the guards.

During the bloody battle, earth-shattering Chinese shouts of killing sounded from behind the Japanese army.

"Brothers of the Yunnan Army, we are here to reinforce you!" "Kill the Japanese son of a bitch!" A large number of officers and soldiers of the Sichuan Army entered the battle area between the Yunnan Army and the Japanese Army and entered the melee.

The three main regiments of the Sichuan Army were originally mobile and cruising on the northwest side of Laoshan, waiting to ambush the Japanese army’s fleeing night attack troops. The three regiments were unified under the command of the 144th Division Commander Guo Xunqi to prevent the three regiments from fighting independently at that time. situation.

Guo Xunqi is a wise and courageous general in the Sichuan Army. He originally led his troops to the north of the old mountain to prepare for the battle, but he did not expect to see a raging battle in the hinterland of the mountains and forests. The night raid at the rear didn't last too long. After thinking over and over again, he slapped his thigh: "No! The devils are pretending to flee to lure the Yunnan army to pursue them. There must be follow-up troops of the devils waiting for An Enpu in the mountains and forests." Woolen cloth!"

After hearing Guo Xunqi's analysis, the three commanders of the Sichuan Army deeply agreed, and then discussed countermeasures.

Some of the three regiment leaders proposed to enter the mountains and forests to fight immediately to assist the Yunnan Army, but doing so would definitely lead to heavy losses. Another suggested to continue to stand still and wait for work at leisure. This suggestion has a high-sounding reason of "strictly following the combat plan". Not a good negative impact, you can also use this righteous reason to block people's mouths. At the same time, this suggestion has two advantages. One is to reduce the casualties of the Sichuan Army, and the other is to let the Yunnan Army take chestnuts from the Sichuan Army. , but it will definitely greatly weaken the vitality of the Japanese army. If the Sichuan army prays for cicadas and catches cicadas, the oriole will naturally achieve the greatest results and pay the least casualties.

After hearing this, Guo Xunqi pointed at the head of the regiment who proposed to stand still and cursed: "Go away! You are not afraid that the people in Sichuan will scold your ancestors for eight generations! You are embarrassing to the people of Sichuan! If our Sichuan army wants to avoid the war passively, why would we go out of Sichuan? People from Yunnan are so ruthless, how can we people from Sichuan be shy? ” The regiment leader was immediately ashamed, and the three regiment leaders finally agreed to lead their troops into the battle situation immediately.

There were 800 Japanese soldiers in the mountains and [-] soldiers from the Yunnan Army. At this time, the three main regiments of the Sichuan Army and more than [-] soldiers were thrown into the battle.

Guo Xunqi carefully deployed the three regiments. Two regiments entered the battle with great fanfare in four directions, deliberately exposing a gap, and another regiment ambushed outside the gap and served as a reserve team.

The Dian army was fighting the Japanese army, and the situation was "the Japanese army darkened the Dian army and the Ming army", but at this time the Sichuan army entered the battle, the situation was "the Sichuan army darkened the Japanese army, and the light was bright". Because the enemy's situation was unknown, Chinese soldiers shouted and shot in all directions. Nasu and other Japanese commanders had to panic, so they gave up the siege of the 182nd Division, and retreated while fighting to break through.

The melee in the mountains lasted for nearly two hours. The three armies belonging to the two warring parties fought in a very chaotic situation and suffered heavy losses.

In the end, less than 1000 people from the three Japanese brigades escaped from Laoshan, and the rest were either killed or lost in the mountains and forests. Including the Japanese soldiers who died in front of the defense line of the Yunnan Army in Jiangpu Town, then in this nighttime melee in the mountains and forests, the casualty ratio of the Chinese and Japanese troops was as high as one to four.

An Enpu said with great remorse afterwards: "...We or I really underestimated the Japanese army. The Japanese army fired a group of machine guns, which immediately plunged the troops into great chaos. The next melee was mainly close combat. Shooting and fighting bayonets from a distance, and fighting in the forest at night, it was too chaotic! Japanese soldiers are very good at fighting bayonets. If we really want to fight bayonets, neither of us can handle it. At least three soldiers can hold it. In the case of black eyes, even if we have three soldiers together, it is difficult to cooperate closely. We cannot see clearly! On the contrary, the Japanese soldiers who are very capable of fighting alone are more convenient In the dark, we stabbed our soldiers one by one to the ground. It was like a fish in water. Not only that, the Japanese army's tactical coordination ability is also very good. One Japanese soldier can deal with three of our soldiers in a bayonet fight, and two Japanese soldiers together Even if the two Japanese soldiers were not in the same unit or even did not know each other, they could quickly form a two-man battle formation, which greatly increased their combat effectiveness. We need at least eight soldiers to deal with the coordinated battle formation. Two Japanese soldiers, if three Japanese soldiers cooperate with each other, then we need at least one squad to barely deal with it.

As for shooting at close range at night, we are still inferior to the Japanese army. With the help of flickering bullets, those Japanese soldiers quietly lurked in the shade of trees or behind stones, and shot one after another even 50 meters away. The soldiers of our army 100 meters away have excellent combat qualities and excellent psychological qualities.

The brothers charged bravely shouting slogans, and the sound of slogans and firing could be heard in their ears, but they could not hear the gunfire of the Japanese soldiers who were shooting them one after another not far away.

One of my regiment commanders was killed by an extremely precise bullet from the Japanese army. The Japanese soldier actually climbed up a tree. He didn't think about his own way out. He wanted to cause us the greatest loss before he died, and under the tree were all our officers and soldiers. He picked an officer with the highest rank, that is, my regiment commander, and shot him dead.

There are many such Japanese soldiers, and their voluntary dedication without supervision is really admirable.

...During this battle, some of our brothers died very "unjustly". They did not die in the exchange of fire with the Japanese army, but in the exchange of fire with the friendly army. It's even more chaotic. The Sichuan army speaks Sichuan dialect, while we speak Yunnan dialect, and [-]% of the officers and soldiers in our army are from the Yi nationality (Yi nationality), who speak Yi language. This difference in dialect accent makes the two armies A very serious misunderstanding occurred. Many of our brothers and Sichuan Army brothers collided in the chaos and darkness and thought that the other party was speaking Japanese. The opponent was the Japanese army, and the tragedy of firing on each other eventually occurred.

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When Jiang Weiguo and Chiang Kai-shek, who was across the Yangtze River from him, were very anxious and distressed about this very unsuccessful night counterattack, a bigger bad news came: the 2nd Division crossed the Yangtze River!

Chapter 229 Defending Nanjing (9)

According to the plan formulated by Major General Ishihara Wanji, the chief of staff of the Shanghai Dispatch Army, the real mission of the 2nd, 6th, and 16th divisions is to intimidate the Chinese capital Nanjing, force the Nationalist government to withdraw its troops from Shanghai, and allow the Japanese army to occupy Shanghai and possibly annihilate the Japanese army. The opportunity for the main force of the Chinese army to withdraw from Shanghai to Nanjing, this plan is very clever and precise, but because of the self-assertion of Lieutenant General Yanagawa, Lieutenant General Tani Hisao, and Lieutenant General Nakajima, the Japanese army made a "feint attack" threat to Nanjing. "It turned into a fake show and a real storm.

Lieutenant General Okamura, who was unable to stop his colleagues from doing stupid things, had to do his best to make up for it. Since the 6th Division stormed Pukou District was a foregone conclusion, Lieutenant General Okamura simply resorted to tactics and "utilized waste", and used the 6th Division to storm Pukou District. The act of repairing the plank road attracted the attention, strength, and firepower of the Chinese army in Nanjing, thereby covering the next secret crossing of the 2nd Division.

On the other hand, in order to further confuse the Chinese army, Lieutenant General Okamura also played a rather original trick of "escape the shell of the golden cicada".

The reason why the high-level national army believed that the 2nd Division was going to Pukou District in a big way and that it would join forces with the 6th Division to launch a night storm, because the national army scouts and patrol boats on the Yangtze River found that the 2nd Division's troop convoy was winding like a dragon. Driving from Qingshan Town to Pukou District, every vehicle is fully loaded with soldiers and ordnance supplies of the 2nd Division. In fact, Lieutenant General Okamura transports troops like this: a regiment of the 2nd Division is transported swaggeringly by the convoy To Shijiaao Village where the 6th Division is located (the soldiers in the car are all sitting, and the helmets are all over the car, which looks very eye-catching), but on the return journey, they quietly brought back a brigade (the soldiers in the car were all lying down and covered with canvas) On the road, the national army scouts lurking in the distance by the roadside and the national army patrol boats on the Yangtze River must not be seen).

Therefore, on the surface, the 2nd Division dispatched a large-scale reinforcement of the 6th Division, but in fact, it "goed ten to three", and still maintained a strong new force in Qingshan Town.

In the end, only the 2rd Brigade and some affiliated units of the 3nd Division fought side by side with the 6th Division. Another brigade under the division, the 15th Brigade, remained in Qingshan Town.

When the Battle of Jiangpu Town and the Battle of Laoshan broke out together, Lieutenant General Okamura quickly received a report from Lieutenant General Tani Hisao: The number of Chinese troops participating in the battle doubled at once, including a large number of Yunnan troops who spoke Yunnan dialect and a large number of Sichuan troops who spoke Sichuan dialect.

Lieutenant General Okamura was overjoyed. He knew that a large number of Chinese troops from the south of the Yangtze River had been transferred to Jiangbei, and he had already been tricked by him in "diverting the tiger away from the mountain". , Nanjing is the capital of China. Even though the Chinese intelligence agencies have repeatedly suppressed the Japanese spies and traitors in Nanjing, there are still a lot of Japanese spies and traitors, and they are all-pervasive. The intelligence network in Nanjing, as the saying goes, "know yourself and know the enemy, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles." Lieutenant General Okamura has no doubts about this). Since the center of gravity of the Chinese army is in Jiangbei, Jiangnan will be empty. .