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

Chapter 327: Encirclement is successful, siege begins (2 chapters in 1)

327 Encirclement Successful, Encirclement and Annihilation Begins

"Commander Sun, we can only send you here."

Outside the Taiping Gate, Commander Wang Yaowu looked at Sun Yuanliang and said with a smile.

After the joint attack of the 88th and 51st Divisions.

It took them only two hours to defeat a Japanese regiment of the 9th Division in the north of the city.

At this time, they had already counterattacked outside the city.

Next, Ye Qingshan gave the 51st Division the task of continuing the counterattack against the Japanese 9th Division.

The 88th Division was to move northward to the Qixia Mountains.

"Take care, Commander Wang.

We'll see you when we win."

Sun Yuanliang responded with a smile and then led his troops north.

Wang Yaowu watched the 88th Division leaving, although Ye Qingshan had not yet told him what mission the 88th Division was going to carry out.

However, Wang Yaowu had some guesses in his mind.

"Well said, we'll see you after we win."

Wang Yaowu laughed.

Then, he continued to command his 51st Division to counterattack the Japanese 9th Division outside the city.

"I heard that a main brigade of the Ninth Division of the Japanese was transferred away.

Go to encircle and suppress the 209th Division behind enemy lines.

Now, there are only a few thousand Japanese soldiers in the Ninth Division outside the city.

It is time for us to take revenge."

Wang Yaowu encouraged the commanders of his main regiments, knowing that this was a good opportunity to counterattack the Japanese 9th Division.

Before that, they had been fighting with the 9th Division in the north of the city for five or six days.

The Japanese 9th Division, which had had a brigade transferred away by the old Japanese soldier Matsui Iwane, had long lost its ability to launch a strong attack.

Therefore, during this period, Wang Yaowu's 51st Division had an easy time fighting at Taiping Gate.

It is also because their division suffered heavy losses some time ago.

Ye Qingshan asked them to take charge of the Japanese 9th Division, whose strength had been greatly reduced.

Fortunately, after more than a week, Ye Qingshan added two thousand reserve troops to them.

Tonight, so many weapons and ammunition were replenished.

Wang Yaowu, who had been holding back for a week, could finally launch a counterattack against the Japanese 9th Division with great enthusiasm.

The Qixia Mountain where the 88th Division was going was a little far away.

Along the way, we did not encounter any large Japanese troops.

At this time, no one on the Japanese side could have imagined that Ye Qingshan had the courage to counterattack.

By the time the sky turned white in the east, the 88th Division had already arrived at Qixia Mountain.

"Master, our journey here has been very smooth.

The Japs are now completely defenseless.

They never thought that we would have the guts to fight back against them."

After the 88th Division arrived at Qixia Mountain, Sun Yuanliang immediately took the chief of staff and others to find a commanding point overlooking the entire Qixia Mountain area.

Study how to build blocking positions.

Chief of Staff Chen Sunong said to Sun Yuanliang with a smile.

"Well, this is the effect we want."

Boom boom boom!

Just as daybreak approached, Sun Yuanliang and others heard loud explosions coming from the south.

“Master’s seat is in the direction of Yaohua Gate.

It should be the 208th Division under Qingshan, who is trying to capture Yaohua Gate."

The two looked towards the south.

They also knew that this time they were also responsible for the task of blocking the retreat route of the Japanese 13th Division.

In addition to their 88th Division, there is also Ye Qingshan’s direct 208th Division.

The distance between the two sides' positions was not very far, only about twenty or thirty miles.

It can be said that the two sides still had to support each other when they were in the rear, blocking the Japanese 13th Division from breaking out.

“Once the battle at Yaohuamen started, the Japanese Thirteenth Division should have received the news quickly.

By then, as long as the Japanese division commander Hagisu Rippei is not stupid.

You'll quickly notice something is wrong.

The pressure from Yaohuamen is much greater than ours."

Sun Yuanliang stared in the direction of Yaohua Gate and said in a deep voice.

In the northwest of Mufu Mountain, where the Japanese 13th Division was stationed, explosions were heard from the direction of Yaohuamen.

It has already been spread here.

"General, this is bad.

Just now, a group of Chinese troops launched a surprise attack on Yaohuamen.

Yaohua Gate has been lost."

The Japanese Chief of Staff Kameda Hisaichi rushed in and spoke anxiously to the division commander Hagisu Rippei.

"Nani?

The Chinese have finally stopped being cowards and dared to leave the city?"

The old Japanese soldier, Hagisu Rippei, didn't think too much at the first moment and couldn't help but sneer.

However, the old devil's smile only lasted for a moment before it froze on his face.

The expression on his face turned into confusion.

"Strange, why did the Chinese attack Yaohuamen?"

The old Japanese didn't think much about it. The 208th Division's surprise attack to seize Yaohuamen was aimed at cutting off their retreat.

This is normal.

It’s not that old devil, Hagisu Rippei, whose military capabilities are inadequate.

He also knew the importance of Yaohuamen to their 13th Division.

However, these senior Japanese generals have become accustomed to arrogance.

They always felt that they were invincible and that they were fighting against the Nationalist Army, which they had always looked down upon.

They never thought of retreating.

They would not even think that the national army had the courage to fight back against them or even surround them.

That's a joke.

In the past, one of their divisions was able to fight against 100,000 Kuomintang troops.

Although, this time when the 13th Division attacked Nanjing, it was not a complete and fully-strength division.

Neither the cavalry regiment nor the engineering regiment came.

Their artillery regiment was also transferred to Zijin Mountain a few days ago.

In addition, they had lost thousands of soldiers in the previous months of fighting.

But even so, at this time the Japanese 13th Division, four main regiments, plus logistics troops, and the division headquarters.

There are also tens of thousands of people.

Surrounding them with tens of thousands of people, would the National Army dare to do this?

The old devil, Hagisu Rippei, didn't believe that the commander of the National Army had the courage to do so.

Therefore, this possibility only flashed through his mind before he rejected it.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, I don't understand either.

At this time, the Chinese risked their lives to break out of the city.

What is the purpose of the sneak attack on Yaohuamen?

However, Yaohuamen is an important logistical hub for us after all.

It must not fall into the hands of the Chinese.

We have to take it back.”

The Japanese chief of staff was the same and did not think that the 208th Division was cutting off their retreat.

However, the two old Japanese couldn’t figure it out for a while.

Why did the National Army capture Yaohua Gate?

However, the importance of the Yaohuamen area is self-evident.

Hearing what the Japanese chief of staff said, the old Japanese soldier Hagisu Rippei also nodded slightly.

"Send a message to the 58th Regiment. Give them one day to recapture Yaohua Gate."

At this time, the old Japanese soldier Hagisu Rippei did not realize the seriousness of the matter.

Send a wing wing to recapture Yaohua Gate.

At nine o'clock in the morning on the 23rd, an army of 10,000 led by Zhou Pingkou was surrounding the Yaohua Gate area.

Build fortifications.

“Let them take down the rails.

Just like last time, when we fought at Phoenix Ridge west of Shogun Mountain.

Build fortifications with railroad tracks.

Also, remember to dig the tunnel deeper..."

Zhou Pingkou gave instructions to his key officers including Lu Dahai and Zheng Quezi.

At this time, Ye Qingshan was in Jinling City.

We also learned that the 88th Division arrived at Qixia Mountain and Zhou Pingkou's 208th Division captured Yaohua Gate.

This made Ye Qingshan laugh.

This means that the first step of Ye Qingshan’s counterattack plan is to block the retreat route of the 13th Division.

Perfect success!

Not only that, the counterattack by the national army divisions last night also achieved good results.

Taiping Gate and Shence Gate in the north of the city have been recaptured by the National Army.

The Japanese in the north of the city were driven out of Jinling.

The same was true in the west of the city, where the Japanese 11th Division had already lost a brigade.

In last night's counterattack, the Japanese 11th Division could not hold out and voluntarily withdrew from the city.

The only ones were the Japanese Sixth Division in the east of the city and the Japanese Third Division in the south of the city.

These two Japanese divisions have the strongest fighting will and the strongest combat effectiveness.

The main thing is that the losses in the previous battles between the two Japanese divisions were minimal.

Therefore, the Third Division in the city was still not driven out of the city.

The Japanese Sixth Division in the east of the city abandoned the urban area and retreated to the Guanghua Gate area.

After dawn, the counterattacks of the Kuomintang divisions also stopped.

They had the firepower advantage last night, which enabled them to launch such a counterattack.

But in fact, the troops of both sides had been fighting in the streets of the city for more than a week, and they were really exhausted and could hardly fight.

Therefore, even if the various divisions of the National Army obtained Ye Qingshan’s sufficient ammunition replenishment.

The counterattack will not last long.

Ye Qingshan also knew this.

Therefore, Ye Qingshan did not send these tired Kuomintang divisions to participate in the operation to encircle and annihilate the Japanese 13th Division.

In Ye Qingshan's plan, the task of other divisions was to contain other Japanese divisions.

Do not give other Japanese divisions the opportunity to rescue the Japanese 13th Division.

At the moment, everything is developing in the direction that Ye Qingshan expected.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Ye Qingshan arrived at the training ground in person.

The Second Militia Division, which had been organized in its original order, completed its assembly at the training ground.

This is also the last reinforcement in Ye Qingshan's hands.

Ye Qingshan has really used up all the other reserve troops.

Originally, Ye Qingshan gave the Second Militia Division to Zhang Fa for command.

As a result, when Sun Mingxu led the 208th Division to carry out operations behind enemy lines, he took the chapter with him.

There was no other way. This time Ye Qingshan could only go to the Second Militia Division in person and command them in battle.

“Chief of Staff, the entire division consists of 12,700 men.

The gathering is complete.

Ready to go anytime.”

A colonel from the teaching corps came over and reported to Ye Qingshan.

That’s right, Ye Qingshan stuffed all the hundreds of veterans from the Teaching Corps who were withdrawn from Zijin Mountain into the Second Militia Division.

It made up for the shortage of middle and senior level commanders in this militia division.

As for the captain-general Gui Yongqing, he was arranged by Ye Qingshan to the west of the city to take over the command of Deputy Commander Xiao.

Ye Qingshan transferred Deputy Commander Xiao back to the headquarters.

When Ye Qingshan was away, Deputy Commander Xiao took over and commanded the operations of other National Army divisions.

"lets go!"

Ye Qingshan nodded.

Immediately, the colonel chief of staff of the Second Militia Division led the Second Militia Division out of the city through the Shen Ce Gate.

They will be responsible for attacking the Japanese 13th Division within the encirclement.

"Qingshan,"

At this time, Deputy Commander Xiao also arrived at the training ground by car.

At this time, Xiao Shanling already knew Ye Qingshan's battle plan to destroy the Japanese 13th Division.

Originally, Xiao Shanling was completely furious after hearing the news.

We firmly oppose such a risky counterattack.

But when he learned that the 88th Division and the 208th Division had set out last night and had successfully occupied Qixia Mountain and Yaohuamen.

Deputy Commander Xiao knew that this battle was imminent and had to be launched.

"Be careful in this battle. The Japanese 13th Division is not so easy to defeat."

Xiao Shanling warned Ye Qingshan worriedly.

"Commander Xiao, don't worry.

I know.

After I leave, the headquarters will be handed over to you.

We keep in touch at all times.”

Ye Qingshan warned.

"it is good!"

Deputy Commander Xiao smiled bitterly and agreed.

In fact, at this time, Deputy Commander Xiao already knew about Ye Qingshan's attempt to seize power.

But now, for the overall situation and for the victory of this battle, Deputy Commander Xiao has no time to seek justice for Tang Shengzhi.

If Ye Qingshan could win this battle and destroy the 13th Division of the Japanese,

Xiao Shanling felt that his decision would be extremely correct.

“In the west of the city, the situation has stabilized.

Next, the Japanese 13th Division will be unable to take care of itself.

The Japanese 11th Division was also severely damaged and could not launch any major offensive.

Captain Gui said that he didn't need so many troops.

I brought back two regiments of military police.

Last night I reorganized these two gendarmerie regiments into a reinforced regiment.

You can take it with you too.

Otherwise, with just you guys, even with Commander Deng’s 83rd Army.

I still feel that it is not easy to defeat the Japanese 13th Division."

As Deputy Commander Xiao spoke, he introduced Ye Qingshan to the colonel regiment commander behind him.

"Han Yunfei, meet Commander Ye."

Ye Qingshan returned the gift and accepted the generous gift from Deputy Commander Xiao.

A reinforced regiment of more than 3,000 people is also a fresh force.

On the battlefield, it might play a decisive role.

After Ye Qingshan and Deputy Commander Xiao finished their instructions, they got on the military vehicle and prepared to set off.

"Sir."

As a result, at this time, someone rushed into the training ground on horseback and blocked Ye Qingshan's military vehicle.

“Fuck.

Wang Dadan, you are really going to die."

Ye Qingshan shrugged when the driver braked suddenly and almost cursed.

When Ye Qingshan looked clearly, he saw that the person blocking the front of the military vehicle was Wang Dachuan on horseback.

Unable to bear it any longer, he rolled down the window, stuck his head out and yelled at Wang Dachuan.

"Sir, I finally caught up."

Wang Dachuan didn't realize he was being scolded at all. He grinned and said thankfully.

"You guy, why don't you stay in the hospital and recuperate.

Why are you riding here on horseback to cause trouble?

Go back to the hospital immediately."

Ye Qingshan got off the military vehicle and said unhappily.

“Sir, that won’t do.

I heard that you are going to fight the Japanese 13th Division, so why can't you leave me behind?

Besides, look.

My injury has healed a long time ago."

Wang Dachuan patted his chest to prove that his injury had healed.

But after the shoot, he was obviously in pain and grimaced.

"Let you squeak."

Ye Qingshan rolled his eyes.

If I believed your lies, I would be a fool.

It will take a hundred days to heal the broken bones.

Damn it, you went to the gates of hell and had such a major surgery.

It’s been less than a month since it happened, how could it be possible to get better?

Ye Qingshan was amazed by the fact that he could get out of bed and ride a horse.

"How did you know that I was going to wipe out the 13th Division of the Japanese?"

Ye Qingshan asked with a cold face.

Not many people know about this matter yet.

“Hey, sir.

You underestimate people too much.

I was injured and in the hospital, and I have been studying your tactical arrangements during this period.

Of course I came up with it myself.”

Wang Dachuan smiled proudly.