books44 Chapter 685: Seeking Help from the 6th Division
Chapter 685: Seeking Help from the 6th Division
Song Wenwan: "Please ask the commander of the war zone to inform the troops defending the city that they only need to hold out for two days.
When the Japanese troops attacking Changsha are exhausted, that will be the day we wipe out all the Japs.
The one coming now is the Japanese Third Division, followed by the Sixth Division.
Everyone should know the Japanese Sixth Division. They were the executioners who murdered our Chinese compatriots in Nanjing.
Once the Sixth Division reaches Changsha, it will be the beginning of our army's encirclement."
The National Army's defending troops were well aware of the situation and knew that the general attack was about to begin.
They also participated in the battle to defend the city at all costs.
Division Commander Mishima outside Changsha City began to pay attention to the attack progress of the Third Division as soon as the siege began.
They can’t beat them, they really can’t beat them!
At the beginning, the Kuomintang troops in the Ninth War Zone adopted the strategy of fighting and retreating.
Although the Third Division was struggling, it was not without progress.
Now that the city walls of Changsha can be seen, our troops are beginning to feel powerless.
Originally, the strategic significance of their attack on Changsha was to support the Japanese 12th Army and capture Hong Kong Island.
The food and ammunition prepared by the Japanese army were also prepared according to this length.
However, the 12th Army made rapid progress and occupied Hong Kong Island in just a few days.
The Japanese troops attacking Changsha City thought that the war was over and were ready to withdraw to Hankou.
Unexpectedly, Anan, as the commander, not only did not withdraw his troops and return to his original residence.
Instead, he issued orders to all troops to continue the attack on Changsha.
The battle lasted for seven days, and the ammunition and food were running low.
And Changsha City was right before his eyes, and he was in a very difficult situation because he couldn't take it.
Mishima: "Send a telegram to Anan and some generals in Hankou, asking the logistics department to transport the military supplies as soon as possible.
I sent a telegram to the commander of the 6th Division, Inada, asking him to join us as soon as possible and join forces to capture Changsha."
The second telegram brought endless humiliation to Division Commander Mishima.
Asking the Sixth Division to move closer to him was undoubtedly asking for help from Inada.
Although the two of them had a good personal relationship, asking for help in the name of the division would be a disgrace to their entire Third Division.
After a while, two pieces of news, one good and one bad, came back.
The good news is that the troops of the Sixth Division are about to arrive in Changsha.
They had just broken through the layers of blockades by the Nationalist troops.
When they were still half a day away from Changsha, the Kuomintang's blocking troops did not know what happened.
They ran away all of a sudden, leaving the road to Changsha clear.
In fact, this was a request from Song Wenwan. He calculated that the Japanese's ammunition was almost used up.
If we keep an eye on the Japanese Sixth Division and don't let them come over, I'm afraid they will run away early.
Just when Division Commander Mishima was feeling happy for a short while, a telegram from Hankou plunged his sense of luck into the abyss again.
Anan Weiji: "Captain Mishima, because the logistics route has been cut off by a group of national troops, the logistics supplies cannot be transported up for the time being.
I have ordered the air force to airdrop supplies for you.
I hope your army and the Sixth Division will work together to capture Changsha as soon as possible to continue the great military achievements of the Imperial Army."
Mishima cursed in his heart as "dog official", but he still had to keep smiling and ordered his troops to continue attacking the outer positions of Changsha City.
In the headquarters of the Ninth War Zone in Yuelu Mountain, the commander of the war zone was answering a call from the 73rd Army.
"Commander-in-Chief, I have something to report to you.
The Japanese just now started their sixth attack on our position.
But this time, the Japanese were very strange. They did not even make any artillery preparations and directly launched an attack on our army.
The brothers below were caught off guard and almost let the Japanese succeed."
Song Wenwan couldn't help but smile as she listened to the voice of the commander of the Ninth War Zone on the microphone.
The commander of the Ninth War Zone saw that Commander Song had good things in mind!
He said into the microphone: "Wait a moment, Commander Song has something to tell you."
No matter whether Song Wenwan agreed or not, he directly handed the phone to Song Wenwan.
Song Wenwan said helplessly: "Hello, Commander Qian, I am Song Wenwan from Gannan.
I want to tell you a good news, the reason why the Japanese didn't prepare artillery fire is because they have no shells."
Commander Qian: "Commander Song, is your information accurate?"
Song Wenwan: "Just put your mind at ease, the Japanese are not far from running out of ammunition and food.
It won't be long before the Japs will launch a board charge against you.
You must prepare your light and heavy machine guns, because the Japanese will be lining up to kill them.
You have to be careful, it's already dark now, beware of the Japanese sneak attacks at night."
Commander Qian put down the phone and immediately issued new orders to his subordinates.
"Tell everyone below to be alert and be careful of the Japanese night attacks.
Also, let them prepare all the light and heavy machine guns.
The Japanese may launch a half-year charge, so don’t let our brothers suffer any more losses.”
This onboard charge is also known as the onboard long live charge.
The Japanese soldiers in all the trenches would go crazy, shouting and rushing out together.
They ignored the enemy's automatic weapons and artillery bombardment and rushed towards the enemy camp fearlessly.
This is a tactic the Japanese often use when they fail to capture a city after a long siege.
Sometimes they would use this trick when they ran out of ammunition and food.
If you encounter a Kuomintang army with few bullets, this trick will still work.
If you encounter a force with a lot of automatic weapons, it would be no different from suicide.
Half an hour later, the 73rd Army called the headquarters of the 9th War Zone again.
"Commander of the War Zone, this Commander Song is truly an amazing person.
Just now, the Japanese devils launched a board charge against our troops.
We placed three layers of light and heavy machine guns in front and back, and swept an entire battalion of Japanese soldiers in front of the trench.
Even so, the Japanese artillery units did not make any movement.
It seems that the Japanese have used up all their artillery shells.
The brothers below couldn't sit still any longer, and kept shouting that they wanted to launch a counterattack against the devils. "
War Zone Commander: "Please ask Commander Sun to tell the brothers that the devil's Sixth Division has not been surrounded yet.
Don't let the small loss make you more vulnerable, we have a big appetite this time.
The Ninth War Zone must completely annihilate the Japanese Third and Sixth Divisions.
We want to avenge the civilians who died, we want to avenge our brothers who died, and we want to avenge the 300,000 Nanjing compatriots."
"Yes, revenge! Revenge! Revenge!"
For a moment, whether it was the commander of the Ninth War Zone or the command room of the 73rd Army, there was a chorus of calls for "revenge".
Song Wenwan: You are so good, commander of the theater. I didn’t expect that you have this skill.
What's the point of hanging around in the attendant room? If you have time, come over and be my political commissar. Isn't that good enough?
The gunfire outside Changsha City finally stopped after a boarded charge by an infantry battalion.
It was a dark and windy night, and a strong smell of blood and gun smoke could be smelled from between the two sides' positions.
Suddenly, human figures emerged from the corpses on the ground and slowly crawled up.
They took out explosive packs or grenades from under their bodies and slowly advanced towards the Kuomintang positions.