Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 1027: Hitting the wall by the Chishui River

Tang Qiuli commanded the troops to regain the Leizhou Peninsula and the Guinan area. After tightly surrounding the main force of more than 100,000 Japanese troops in Nanning in Nanning City, he commanded the main force of the Japanese Southern China Expedition Army of more than 300,000 troops to advance northward.

General Touichi Terauchi, the commander-in-chief who attacked Chongqing but was blocked at the Loushanguan defense line, knew very well that his situation was precarious.--%.net

However, he still could not immediately return to Nanning to aid Nanning and continued to attack the Loushanguan defense line of the Central Army. Although such an attack seemed to be weak, in addition to leaving thousands of soldiers' corpses every day, the Central Army's Southwest Defense Line General

Commanding General Xue Yue gained nothing except increasing confidence.

It's not that Shouichi Terauchi didn't want to withdraw his troops immediately, but the base camp hadn't issued an order yet, so he could only press on and attack. Another point was that he still had high hopes of sending four divisions of troops to attack Chongqing through northwest Guizhou.

If he could really escape the damn Loushanguan and reach Chongqing, Temple Shoichi would even disregard the safety of hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Nanning and resolutely occupy Chongqing.

The safety of Nanning can be said to be insignificant compared with the strategic goals of His Majesty the Emperor and the base camp. If Chongqing is occupied, he will not even be afraid of Tang Qiuli's troops coming north to attack him. Similarly, the Loushanguan defense line is in the imperial army's position.

In the hands of soldiers, it will become a lingering nightmare for the Chinese devil Tang Qiuli and his soldiers.

Just such a glimmer of hope supported the fierce spirit of Shouichi Templeuchi, but Amaterasu and His Majesty the Emperor did not bless and favor him. On August 26, four Japanese divisions arrived on the south bank of the Chishui River.

Along the way, the Japanese soldiers who had to fight through thorns and thorns to clear a path were as tired as dogs.

The commanders of the four divisions of the Japanese army were in a daze looking at the Chishui River with rolling waves and steep cliffs on both sides. There was no bridge. There was not even a bridge within dozens of kilometers upstream and downstream. The Japanese army was within dozens of kilometers on the south bank.

After a lot of effort, we finally collected more than a hundred small wooden boats as the only means of crossing the Chishui River. Moreover, there were only two ferries that could cross the river, Yuanhou and Tucheng.

For these more than a hundred small wooden boats, the Japanese army killed nearly ten thousand people. Almost all the villages and cottages discovered by the Japanese army on the south bank of the Chishui River were burned down, and all the villagers were killed. The south bank of the Chishui River was shrouded in an ominous atmosphere.

The black smoke and unpleasant burnt smell drifted to the north bank with the wind in the valley. Wherever the Japanese troops went, there was a scorched earth and corpses everywhere.

Liu Xiang, Chairman of the Sichuan Provincial Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Sichuan Army, was answering the phone. The Japanese army arrived at the south bank of the Chishui River and began to massacre the villages and snatch the ferry. Liu Xiang had already discovered the whereabouts of the Japanese army. He admired Tang Qiuli's judgment very much. The Japanese

He really came as he said, and at the same time, he was convinced by Xue Yue.

The Sichuan Army troops used the two ferry crossings of Yuanhou and Tucheng as the key defensive areas, with tens of thousands of people deployed in each. The rest of the troops were lined up along the north bank of the Chishui River. As long as there was a possible crossing point, there were Sichuan Army troops in charge.

Liu Xiang used more than 200,000 Sichuan soldiers to set up a long line of defense on the north bank of the Chishui River.

Liu Xiang's headquarters was located at Tucheng Ferry. The person who called him was Sun Zhuguo, the commander guarding Yuanhou Ferry. A large number of Japanese troops were also found there. "Zhu Guo? It seems that the Japanese are divided into troops."

Two roads, pay attention to the south

The Japanese troops on the shore don't have artillery. I didn't see any here. The Japanese are marching long distances and it's impossible to carry heavy weapons. However, we can't be careless. Our equipment has improved. Let me teach the little devils a lesson and let them know the Sichuan Army's

sharp."

The Sichuan Army is now replacing cannons with cannons. Each regiment has a machine gun company, eighteen mortars, and nine heavy machine guns. The firepower has been upgraded to several levels. Liu Xiang is convinced of Tang Qiuli's judgment that the Japanese army will not carry heavy weapons.

The most weapons available were mortars. Therefore, Liu Xiang concentrated all mortars and light and heavy machine guns on the beachhead at the ferry.

He was going to attack halfway across the country. A few hours later, more than fifty small wooden boats filled with Japanese soldiers left the south bank and headed towards the north bank. The preparations of the Japanese soldiers were quite formal. Each small wooden boat

In addition to more than thirty soldiers, there were light and heavy machine guns on the bow of the boat. There were many people in the boat. Looking across the river, a wave came and the boat almost capsized into the river.

However, neither the Japanese soldiers nor the commanders were nervous. It was too quiet on the other side. There were no fortifications or bunkers. There were no shadows of Chinese soldiers. The Chinese had not yet discovered that tens of thousands of imperial soldiers were crossing the river from this direction. Liu

Xiang had a sneer on his lips and thought to himself: "One more strong wind will send all these bastards into the river to feed the fish and shrimps."

When the ferry was still more than a mile away from the north shore, Liu Xiang turned to the phone and said fiercely, "Fire!" A gust of metal wind blew from the flat ground, and mortar shells and light and heavy machine gun bullets fell on the people crossing the river.

On top of the Japanese soldiers, there were more than fifty small wooden boats, which they had to make do with on the fast-moving Chishui River.

When the shells and bullets hit the river, it was like a pot was boiling. The waves caused by the shells directly overturned more than a dozen small wooden boats. A boatload of Japanese soldiers were thrown into the Chishui River like dumplings from the pot.

The waves rolled, and the Japanese soldiers' heads just flashed above the water before being swallowed into the river by the whirlpool.

The mortar shell directly hit the small wooden boat. The blood, flesh and broken boards of the Japanese soldiers rushed up into the air together with the water column. The remaining Japanese soldiers fired hard. Light and heavy machine gun bullets sprayed towards the other side like rain, but the water was so fast that the small

The wooden boat was bumping up and down, and the bullets hit nowhere, but they did not pose much of a threat to the Sichuan soldiers.

In less than an hour, more than 50 small wooden boats and more than 1,600 Japanese soldiers became living targets of the Sichuan soldiers. They were all turned into floating objects in the surging water of the Chishui River. Not even a shadow was seen.

The Japanese commander became anxious and ordered the artillery to fire. However, the water surface of the Chishui River crossing was seven or eight miles wide, and the mortar shells fell on the river, causing no harm to the Sichuan army positions on the north bank.

Liu Xiang laughed loudly and picked up the phone, "Zhuguo? How are you doing there? It's really fun for me. One thousand six to seven hundred little devils are all finished. Even the ferry was broken into pieces. Look at the Japanese

Why should we cross the Chishui River?" Sun Zhuguo asked.

He shouted: "Commander, the little devils have all been sent into the river to feed the bastards. There are 1,500 or 600 little devils. It's really a relief. The little devils on the other side are firing cannons, but it's useless. They are the only ones."

That mortar can't even touch the edge of the north bank."

Liu Xiang was relieved. This battle was fought cheaply. More than 100 people were injured in the two ferry positions. There were not even any killed. He killed more than 3,000 Japs. He remembered that he had promised Chairman Chiang to come to Chishui River to set up defenses.

, but also worried, fearing that all the troops would be exhausted. If I had known this, I should have been more generous and straightforward.

"Adjutant, send a message to Chairman Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing." Liu Xiang called an adjutant over and dictated the message, "Chongqing, the Military Commission forwarded it to Chairman Chiang Kai-shek. At noon on August 26, the Japanese troops marched from Tucheng on the Chishui River to Yuan Dynasty.

Thick two ferries, forced to cross the river, after more than two hours of fierce fighting, the first batch

The more than 3,400 Japanese soldiers who crossed the river were all annihilated. In this battle, more than 980 soldiers of our Sichuan Army were killed and more than 4,300 were injured. Despite this, all our Sichuan Army soldiers have absolute confidence to ensure the safety of the Chishui River.

The defense line was intact and the Japanese army was blocked on the south bank of the Chishui River. Liu Xiang, the commander-in-chief of the Sichuan Army."

After the adjutant recorded the message, he asked in confusion: "Commander-in-Chief, we only injured more than a hundred soldiers. Why do we need to report so many casualties? Isn't it destroying the reputation of our Sichuan Army?" Liu Xiang seemed to be very ordinary.

A clever, yet confused adjutant at the critical moment.

Said: "What do you know? It's hard to tell the truth from the truth. If I don't report so many casualties, it won't look like the battle is fierce. The government has replenished so much equipment. It's not a tough battle, and it doesn't look like it's accepted."

Are you ashamed? Besides, isn’t there a good reason to expand the army in the future?”

The adjutant looked at Liu Xiang with infinite admiration. How does this head grow? He got the equipment, defeated the Japanese, and also laid the groundwork for expanding his strength in the future. Killing three birds with one stone is a good strategy. Following such an officer will be of endless use in your life.

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Liu Xiang didn't pay attention to the adjutant's admiring eyes and shouted loudly: "Say hello to the kitchen, I will serve a drink tonight to celebrate. After this battle, our Sichuan Army will not be famous even if we don't want to!"

Liu Xiang was going to hold a grand banquet to celebrate his victory. The commanders of the four Japanese divisions on the south bank of the Chishui River also gathered together to study countermeasures. The ferry was destroyed, and a regiment of soldiers joined them, even to the north bank.

It seems that the Chinese army was on guard for a long time. As soon as it took action, it gave the imperial army a powerful blow. The commander-in-chief's surprise attack strategy failed.

There is no good countermeasure. The Chishui River is wide and the waves are strong, and there are no tools to cross the river. We can't let the soldiers tie a wooden board to each waist and swim across the river to attack the Chinese army's positions. What's more, all they bring is force.

When firing artillery, the range cannot reach the other side and cannot provide artillery cover for the troops.

For the Japanese troops who were accustomed to being covered by fierce artillery fire, they first lost three points of their spirit. The four division commanders regretted it. Even if they brought a few Type 92 infantry cannons, they would not suffer such a big loss today.

Judging from the firepower of the Chinese army on the other side, even if all the imperial troops were to go in, it would be impossible to complete the task of crossing the river. The Chishui River became a natural danger that the Japanese army could not overcome.

The four Japanese division commanders sat in silence for a while, but no one had a good idea. They were really worried, and they were angry with each other. If this continued, there was no solution. Finally, the four Japanese division commanders made a unanimous decision.

Please truthfully report the difficulties and situations encountered here to the Commander-in-Chief, request him to cancel this military operation and instruct the troops on the next course of action.

How do they know that the commander-in-chief, General Touichi Terauchi, is even more distressed than they are? Nanning sends several emergency telegrams a day, and there is still no order from the base camp. More than 300,000 troops are nestled in front of Loushan Pass.

Almost guilty.

(To be continued)