freenovelworld Chapter 220 Defeating the Japanese Reinforcements
Chapter 220 Defeating the Japanese Reinforcements
220 Defeated the Japanese reinforcements
With the first Japanese destroyer sunk by a mine in front, the Japanese battleship Kirishima and another destroyer were all frightened.
When the Kirishima reached the downstream, it was still far away from the minefield and did not dare to move forward.
Another Japanese destroyer in front, the "Autumn Wind", was so frightened that it quickly retreated.
Just now, their battleship was only a few hundred meters away from the sunken 'Yufeng'.
Seeing the tragic scene of the ammunition depot of the Yufeng exploding, breaking it into two sections and sinking directly into the river, it would be strange if the captain of the Japanese ship Qiufeng was not afraid.
"Baga, the Yufeng was careless.
Too close to the Chinese minefields."
On the Japanese ship Qiufeng, the Japanese captain said with fear.
It turned out that after dark, because of the minefield, the Japanese soldiers from the 116th Regiment came over by boat.
The battle with Lu Dahai's troops was too fierce.
The Japanese were unable to win and were unable to clear the mines.
This made the commanders of the two Japanese destroyers very anxious.
They then joined the battle.
Across the minefield, they bombarded the Kuomintang soldiers under Lu Dahai.
However, as night fell, the battle remained stalemate.
The Japanese destroyer commander was also anxious and kept trying to close the distance so that he could better fire at the Kuomintang ships.
Gradually, the Japanese destroyer Yufeng was getting closer and closer to the minefield.
However, since it was pitch black all around, there were no markings on the river surface at night.
Therefore, the commander of the Japanese ship Yufeng did not realize that their destroyer had actually slowly entered the minefield.
So, there will naturally be landmines later.
And the first one they touched was two new types of mines.
There was no other way. The density of the mines laid by Lu Dahai and his men was very high, otherwise they would be easily cleared out by the Japanese reinforcements.
Even more unfortunate was that one of the mines hit the left side of the Japanese ship.
This place is close to the ammunition depot of the Japanese destroyer Haneki. As a result, the explosion of the mine directly caused the ammunition depot to explode.
The power of the ammunition depot explosion directly broke the Japanese destroyer into two pieces.
There is also an element of luck involved.
But in the eyes of the national army soldiers, this was the manifestation of the spirit of Master Zhang in heaven.
If the Japanese destroyer Haneki had not caused the explosion of its ammunition depot.
These two new types of mines alone can at most severely damage the Japanese destroyer and cause it to take in a large amount of water, but it will be difficult to sink.
Now the remaining two Japanese warships were all scared and retreated.
They only dared to attack the Japanese from a distance using the 116th ship-borne artillery regiment.
This reduced a lot of pressure on Lu Dahai and others.
At the same time, many Japanese soldiers fell into the water on the destroyer Yufeng, but were finally rescued by the Japanese.
But there are very few.
The cold river water swallowed hundreds of Japanese soldiers.
This battle is still going on.
However, the situation has been gradually taken control by the national army soldiers on Lu Dahai's side.
Three hours later, as the sky brightened.
After fighting hard all night without success, the soldiers from the Japanese 116th Regiment finally won back their lives after sacrificing more than ships and hundreds of Japanese soldiers' lives.
The Japanese commander could no longer hold on.
The order to retreat was given.
“Ouch!
We won! "
On the boat, the surviving National Army soldiers saw the remaining Japanese soldiers fleeing downstream in a panic.
All of them started celebrating.
"Baga, those idiots in the army actually escaped.
A disgrace to the Empire."
On the battleship Kirishima, Colonel Miyazaki saw through the telescope early in the morning the remnants of the 116th Regiment escaping by boat.
He was so angry that he started scolding again.
Because he knows it very well.
Even a large battalion of Japanese soldiers from the 116th Regiment rushed over to support, but were unable to open up the waterway.
Then, it will be even more difficult to launch another wave of such attack.
That meant that the chances of their warships escaping and leaving these waters were even slimmer.
This made the Japanese colonel even more panicked.
“Damn Navy stag.
In order to rescue them, our battalion lost more than 500 soldiers in one night.
As a result, they also had a destroyer sunk.
What a fool.
I don't understand why the command sent them to support us.
It's just a joke."
Just when the devil Colonel Miyazaki was cursing the army for being idiots.
The Japanese major from the 116th Regiment, who had just led his troops to retreat, was also on the boat cursing at them as a bunch of naval idiots.
"Sir, we win."
Lu Dahai had already landed and came to Ye Qingshan, saluted.
Said excitedly.
"You have worked hard."
Ye Qingshan sighed.
It was really not easy for Lu Dahai and his men to fight that night.
The casualties were even more severe, more than the ships and soldiers lost by the Japanese.
There's nothing we can do about it, because the Japanese have two destroyers providing support.
Naturally, the casualties on Lu Dahai's side were not small.
Fortunately, Ye Qingshan kept sending reinforcements and continued to provide blood transfusions to Lu Dahai and the others.
Otherwise, the Japanese might have won the battle on the river last night.
Of course, the premise of this comparison of the battle losses of both sides is not to take into account the Japanese destroyer Yufeng that was sunk by a mine.
If the Japanese destroyer Yufeng that was sunk is also counted.
Last night, the results of the battle won by Lu Dahai and his men were truly brilliant.
This Japanese destroyer became the first Japanese warship to be sunk since the war began.
Significant.
On the morning of the 22nd, Wu Zhaoxia fell asleep on the table.
Now, at night, she no longer went to sleep in the shelter, but went straight to sleep at the battlefield radio station.
Now, she has to broadcast for seven or eight hours every day and her work is very busy.
Even their battlefield radio station added several more people.
"Sister Xia, wake up!
Good news from the front line! "
Wu Zhaoxia was pushed twice and woke up.
"What good news?"
When Wu Zhaoxia heard the word "good news", she instantly came to her senses.
Then, he snatched the paper from the woman next to him and started reading it.
"General Ye and his men blew up and sank a Japanese warship on the Yangtze River."
After reading the content, Wu Zhaoxia stood up suddenly and shouted in shock.
Other people around also looked over.
"Really?"
People gathered around and asked.
"Of course it's true, this is the news that Commander Ye personally sent.
And we were able to inform the nation on the radio this morning."
Wu Zhaoxia could hardly hide the excitement on her face.
The other people around also became happy.
“Quick, edit this morning’s broadcast.
First, let's broadcast the news that General Ye and his men sank a Japanese destroyer in the battle last night."
Wu Zhaoxia shouted to everyone, full of energy.
The staff of the battlefield radio station took action one after another, and everyone was very happy.