Cross the Songhu battlefield and rise to become the most powerful warlord

Chapter 336: The Turn of Times (2 Chapters in 1)

336 Feng Shui turns around

"As for the Japanese 18th Division, pass the order to Zhou Pingkou and let them take charge."

At this time, Ye Qingshan had no other troops at his disposal.

It just so happened that the original mission of Zhou Pingkou's four regiments was to guard the Yaohuamen line.

Now, the mission remains the same.

However, the original purpose changed from blocking the 13th Division's breakout to blocking the approach of the Japanese 18th Division.

“Also, contact Song Xilian and Zhou Xinghai on Purple Mountain.

It's time for them to move.

Now, the Japanese 9th and 18th Divisions have all left the vicinity of Purple Mountain.

In the entire vicinity of Purple Mountain, there was only the half-crippled 16th Division of the Japanese.

This is also a good time for them to counterattack.

Fight back, it's time for revenge."

An hour and a half later, Ye Qingshan led the Second Militia Division and the Military Police Regiment and arrived south of Huangtu Mountain.

Ye Qingshan stood on a mound holding a telescope, watching the Japanese soldiers who were building fortifications on the loess hill.

"Sir, Commander Deng is here."

A major officer of the National Army came running over to report.

"Oh?"

Ye Qingshan turned around and saw the commander of the 83rd Army, Deng Longguang, walking towards him with several subordinates.

Ye Qingshan led his men down the hill to meet them.

"Commander Deng, you are finally here."

Ye Qingshan greeted with a smile.

“Haha, Chief of Staff Ye.

I heard that you want to wipe out the Japanese 83th Division. Such a large-scale operation requires our rd Army.

How could I not come?

Back then, you annihilated the Japanese 117th Regiment.

We, the 83rd Army, didn’t get to eat meat with you, so we can’t fall behind again this time.”

Commander Deng said with a smile.

"Haha, Commander Deng.

This time, it’s not about eating meat.

Instead, you have to gnaw on bones, and hard bones at that.

Come and see!"

Ye Qingshan pointed to the Japanese soldiers who were frantically building fortifications near the loess mountain in front and said.

After a moment, after seeing the Japanese's defensive deployment near Huangtu Mountain, he turned to look at Ye Qingshan with a serious expression:

"Hey, Chief of Staff Ye, there must be five to six thousand Japanese soldiers here.

The other side also occupies advantageous terrain.

It's really difficult for us to chew it.

It is difficult to capture it by just charging in men.

We need artillery support."

“There will be fire support, but not much.

However, the Japanese 13th Division did not receive any artillery support from the Japanese. "

"The Japs don't have artillery support?

That's good news.

Chief of Staff Ye, you told me how to fight this battle.

We, the 83rd Army, listen to you."

Hearing what Deng Longguang said, Ye Qingshan immediately asked the orderly Han Xiaofei to spread out the map around Huangtu Mountain.

An hour later, we launched an attack on the Japanese positions from the west, south and north.

Before dark, I led my men to capture the dam and two stone bridges on the south side.

You, the 83rd Army, will occupy the western and northern positions set up by the Japanese on the outskirts of Huangtu Mountain.

Let’s first eliminate the Japanese’s outer defense lines around Huangtu Mountain.”

Ye Qingshan pointed to the key attack locations marked on the map and spoke to Commander Deng and others.

"no problem."

After meeting with Ye Qingshan and determining the next attack targets of both sides.

Commander Deng immediately led his men back to his 83rd Army.

This time, Ye Qingshan's Second Militia Division and Military Police Regiment were the main forces attacking the Thirteenth Division of the Japanese.

Therefore, Ye Qingshan led his troops to attack the most difficult dams and stone bridges.

The 83rd Army, on the other hand, was attacking from the flank, which was much easier.

Before the attack, Ye Qingshan gathered all his 82mm mortars and captured Japanese infantry artillery for use.

However, rocket launchers and 60mm mortars were distributed to each commando team.

Enhance their offensive firepower.

"Brothers, we are surrounding the last troops of the 13th Division of the Japanese.

As long as we eat them, we will win the battle.

This battle concerns the life and death of the remaining hundreds of thousands of people in Jinling City.

We have to win.”

Ye Qingshan summoned the soldiers of the Second Militia Division and carried out a mobilization before the attack.

"Victory, victory!"

The soldiers of the Second Militia Division shouted in unison.

They also want to win.

Soon, the various units of the Second Militia Division entered the designated attack positions.

Waiting for Ye Qingshan's attack order.

“What is Chief of Staff Ye doing?

Why haven't you given the signal to attack yet?"

Deng Longguang of the 83rd Army also arranged the offensive matters of various units after returning.

As a result, almost an hour had passed.

They still hadn't received Ye Qingshan's order to attack.

"Could it be Commander Ye, waiting for our artillery attack?

I remember that Commander Ye has a rocket artillery unit at his disposal."

The adjutant next to Deng Longguang reminded him.

"Makes sense."

At this time, Ye Qingshan was indeed waiting for artillery support.

But it wasn’t his rocket artillery battalion.

Ye Qingshan was very clear about the ammunition reserves of the rocket artillery battalion in his hands.

The previous few waves of attacks had consumed half of the rocket artillery battalion’s ammunition.

If Ye Qingshan's prediction was correct.

At this time, the rockets from the rocket artillery battalion could still support them and carry out three rounds of fire coverage.

By then, the rockets will have been used up.

Therefore, Ye Qingshan must use the last three rocket launchers in his hand for coverage strike with caution.

Ye Qingshan was going to keep this for use in the final attack on the 13th Division's main defensive position, Huangtu Mountain.

Before Ye Qingshan was eliminated, the Japanese troops were stationed in various small positions around Huangtu Mountain.

Ye Qingshan will not waste these three chances.

However, not using rocket launchers does not mean that Ye Qingshan has no other fire support at this time.

"coming!"

Finally, after waiting for more than an hour.

Ye Qingshan saw two small black spots appear in the western sky.

Suddenly, Ye Qingshan laughed.

Buzz!

At this time, two groups of aircraft were flying rapidly from the west of the sky.

One of them was a Hurricane fighter formation commanded by Johnson, and a formation of more than a dozen Hawk fighters of the National Army.

Another one was a formation of Kuomintang bombers that had never appeared before.

There were a total of fifteen bombers of various types of the National Army.

Including the American-made Martin B10 bomber, the German-made He111 bomber, and the Soviet-made SB2 bomber.

They were all bombers that Chen Cheng sent to Ye Qingshan in an emergency.

It was also one of the few bombers left by the Nationalist Air Force after the Battle of Shanghai and the early air battles in Nanjing.

Fortunately, Ye Qingshan recruited Johnson and his group of international pilots.

Driving a group of Hurricane fighters, he temporarily suppressed the Japanese new air force over Nanjing.

This allowed them to temporarily gain partial air superiority over Nanjing.

The Japanese fighter planes could not easily attack the Kuomintang bombers that came to carry out bombing missions.

So that their safety is guaranteed to a certain extent.

Otherwise, Chen Cheng would not dare to dispatch these bombers to fight.

After all, if we don’t gain air superiority and stop the Japanese fighter planes, we will fail.

If these bombers of the National Army were to carry out bombing missions alone, they would be seeking their own deaths!

The two groups of aircraft quickly separated after flying over the northern part of Jinling.

Among them, the fighter group led by the Hurricane fighter began to move to the southeast.

They were going to intercept the Japanese aircraft group that might come at any time.

The fifteen bombers flew in groups of two towards the Loess Mountain.

"Quick, make bombing marks for our fighter planes."

Ye Qingshan shouted.

Not long after, the navigator flew over Loess Mountain and confirmed the bombing target.

They began to lead the National Army bombers to dive bomb the Japanese defensive positions near Huangtu Mountain.

Whizzing!

Bombs weighing hundreds of kilograms were dropped on the enemy's Huangtu Mountain position.

Rumble!

Soon, deafening explosions were heard on the Japs' Huangtu Mountain position and in its surroundings.

The enormous power of the bombs, after falling, directly destroyed all the defensive fortifications set up by the Japanese.

After a few bombs, the Japanese spent most of the day trying.

The positions that were dug with great effort were almost overturned.

Moreover, the Japanese suffered extremely heavy casualties.

"what!"

The screams of wounded Japanese soldiers were everywhere.

The attack by the Nationalist troops had not yet begun, but the bombing had already caused huge damage to the 13th Division of the Japanese.

"Ouch!"

The soldiers of the National Army were looking at their own bombers.

Everyone was also extremely excited about the bombing of the Japanese.

In the past, they were the ones who suffered from the bombing by the Japanese fighter planes.

Feng Shui turns around!

Now it is finally the turn for the Japanese to experience the pain of being bombed.

"Baga! Those idiots from Lu Hang.

Why, why haven’t the Chinese air force been destroyed yet? "

The old Japanese soldier, Hagisu Rippei, didn't quite understand the changes in the National Army's air force strength during this period.

I also don’t know that Ye Qingshan hired a flying regiment of the National Army.

Anyway, that's all he saw now.

They had already gained air supremacy over Nanjing.

Now, it was actually bombed by the Kuomintang bombers.

This really pissed him off.

"Send a telegram to the headquarters. I want to sue those idiots in the Army Aviation Department."

The old Japanese soldier Hagisu Rippei looked around at their defensive positions that had been destroyed.

As for the many soldiers who were killed or injured in the explosion, their expressions were uglier than if their mother had died.

The important thing is that he must force the headquarters to help him deal with the Kuomintang’s bomber fleet.

We can’t let the Kuomintang’s bomber fleet behind us.

Continue to carry out indiscriminate bombing of their defensive positions.

Otherwise, they might not be able to hold out until reinforcements arrive.

But in fact, the old devil Hagisu Rippei didn't know it.

Their air force did not do nothing.

Just as the Kuomintang's bomber group was bombing the 13th Division's defending position.

The remaining thirty-odd fighter planes of the Japanese Fifth Flying Regiment all took off and joined the battle.

But unfortunately, before the Japanese aircraft group could get close to the war zone in the north of the city.

Halfway through the journey, they were intercepted by an international flying group led by Johnson.

The two sides once again engaged in a fierce air battle.

The Japanese air force had no chance to stop the National Army's bomber fleet.

After the bombing, fifteen Kuomintang bombers circled twice and received cheers from the Kuomintang soldiers on the ground.

Also turned around and returned.

“So this is the artillery support that Chief of Staff Ye is waiting for.

It’s fucking awesome!”

On the 83rd Army side, Commander Deng looked at the Japanese positions that had been blown to pieces and shouted happily.

"Captain, look.

It was Chief of Staff Ye's signal to attack."

The adjutant reminded.

"Okay, pass the order.

Start the attack and take down all the small enemy positions around Huangtu Mountain."

Boom boom boom!

The sound of cannon fire rang out!

"Come on!"

Teams of National Army commandos, under the cover of mortars and rocket launchers, launched a general attack on the Japanese positions set up around Loess Mountain.

Ye Qingshan used a telescope to stare at the charging soldiers from behind.

After a moment, Ye Qingshan sighed: "Our ability to attack still needs to be strengthened."

The National Army, which has no armored tanks, is still much weaker than the Japanese in terms of offensive capabilities.

Fortunately, in this battle, Ye Qingshan can not only get assistance from bombers.

Ye Qingshan manufactured rocket launchers and purchased a large number of American-made 60mm mortars, heavy machine guns, etc.

It made up for the lack of firepower of the grassroots troops of the National Army and enhanced some of its offensive capabilities.

Otherwise, this battle would have wiped out the remaining five or six thousand people of the Japanese 13th Division.

It is simply impossible to accomplish this by relying solely on these tens of thousands of national troops and filling the gap with human lives.

Even though Ye Qingshan strengthened the firepower of his subordinates, he still had to pay the price with human lives.

After just two hours of attack, the main attacking battalion was completely destroyed.

Ye Qingshan could only order them to withdraw and rest.

Let other troops at the back go up and continue the attack.

"Quick, notify the headquarters immediately.

We need support, we need support.

The Chinese bombarded our positions with heavy artillery fire.

The besieging troops alone numbered more than 30,000.

We won’t be able to hold out for much longer at this rate.”

The old Japanese soldier, Hagisu Rippei, asked the officer beside him to continue sending a telegram for help to the Japanese headquarters.

They also deliberately exaggerated the number of troops Ye Qingshan used to attack them.

At this time, Ye Qingshan had no more than 20,000 troops participating in the general attack on the 13th Division.

The other units are all blocking the Japanese reinforcements from the outside.

However, at this time, the old Japanese soldier Hagisu Rippei was looking at the group of Kuomintang bombers that had just arrived.

At this time, the various nationalist troops were frantically attacking at the foot of the mountain.

Originally, I thought that I could hold on until reinforcements arrived, but my willpower was shaken.

This is why the old Japanese soldier Hagisu Rippei was willing to lose face and continue calling for help from the Japanese headquarters.

"Baga, tell the 13th Division Headquarters.

The reinforcements have arrived.

But they were all blocked by the Chinese army.

It will take time for the 18th Division to defeat the Chinese army and open up a path forward.

There are still so many people left in their division, can't they hold on for a few days?

Are the remaining thousands of them all pigs?"

After receiving such a strong telegram for help from the 13th Division, the Japanese commander Tsukada Osamu.

I was also very angry.

The national army's attack has only just begun.

You can't hold on?

The old devil Tsukada was also very angry.

At this time, the Japanese headquarters in the country did not yet know that their 13th Division was surrounded.

But I guess it won’t be hidden for long.

As for Tsukada attacking the Japanese, he will probably receive a reprimand from the domestic headquarters soon.

This is all thanks to the Japanese 13th Division, which has made the old Japanese soldier Tsukada Osamu very dissatisfied with them.