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Chapter 132: Japanese heavy artillery brigade arrives

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    Chapter 132: The arrival of the Japanese heavy artillery brigade (Please read the new book)

    On December 11, the Battle of Nanjing entered its seventh day.

    The sound of gunfire that had been going on all night did not stop just because it was getting brighter. Instead, it became more intense. Last night, although the Guanghua Gate defenders fought desperately to drive out hundreds of Japanese soldiers who broke into the city, they also suffered heavy losses.  , had the Fourth Independent Brigade Guard Regiment not arrived in time for reinforcements at the critical moment, Yi Anhua, commander of the 259th Brigade of the 87th Division, would have been prepared to go into battle himself.

    But even so, the situation is still grim. Since part of the city wall of Guanghua Gate has been blown down, it has become the best entry point for the Japanese army.  After daybreak, the Japanese army mobilized a large number of reinforcements from other directions and continued to attack the 259th Brigade's position.

    The 259th Brigade itself suffered extremely heavy losses. Only less than 1,000 of the more than 3,000 people in the brigade were left at this time. Therefore, by 10 o'clock in the morning, the independent brigade was actually the main force on the position.

    Fortunately, the Fourth Guard Regiment has enough soldiers. Although it is only a regiment-level establishment and a temporarily reorganized unit, its overall strength is not inferior to that of the 259th Brigade at its peak.

    In addition, the weapons and equipment of the Fourth Guard Regiment are also very good. Although there are no artillery pieces, the entire regiment is equipped with more than 2,000 medium-sized formal guns, more than ten Czech-style light machine guns and 6 Type 92 heavy machine guns. The ammunition is also quite sufficient.  , so he blocked the little devil's attack abruptly.

    At the Nanjing Garrison Headquarters, Luo Zhuoying and others stayed up all night again. The Japanese troops broke in from Guanghua Gate last night, which really shocked all the senior generals in the headquarters.

    Although everyone knows that Nanjing City cannot be defended, if the Japanese invaders invade Nanjing City in just seven days, this will not be explained to the Chinese people anyway.

    Yes, Tang Shengzhi and others knew beforehand that the city of Nanjing could not be defended. Not only Tang Shengzhi knew it, but also Luo Zhuoying, Liu Xing, Sun Yuanliang, Song Xilian and others. But even so, they still wanted to try, and they could not conquer a country.  China cannot afford to lose its capital to the Japanese.

    However, the Japanese army's attack was so fierce that it defeated Nanjing's outer positions in less than a week. The Japs even broke into Nanjing city at one point, which frightened Tang Shengzhi and others.  More despair.

    "Brother You Qing, how is the situation at the front? Have all the Fulang positions been lost?" Tang Shengzhi asked in a deep voice.

    Luo Zhuoying knew that Tang Shengzhi was asking about the front-line positions of Wulongshan-Purple Mountain-Shangqiaomen-Yuhuatai, and immediately replied: "The Fulong position is still under the control of our army, and no position has been lost, but Guanghuamen and Zhonghuatai  The situation at the front line of the gate is not very good. Last night, the Japanese 36th Regiment had already destroyed part of the city wall of Guanghua Gate, and hundreds of Japanese soldiers broke into the city. Fortunately, the independent brigade reinforced in time, otherwise the consequences would have been disastrous!"

    "The Independent Brigade has reinforced the Zhonghua Gate?" Tang Shengzhi was stunned at first. At around two o'clock this morning, he finally couldn't stand it anymore, so he went to rest for a while in the middle of the night, so he didn't know the news about the Independent Brigade's reinforcement of the Zhonghua Gate.

    "Well, early this morning, Li Guoyao's command realized that something was wrong on the Zhonghua Gate battlefield, so he took the initiative to send a regiment of troops to the 259th Brigade position. Yi Anhua seized the opportunity to counterattack and drove away all the Japanese soldiers who broke into the city.  go out."

    "What is the current situation of the 259th Brigade and the Independent Brigade? How long can they last?" Tang Shengzhi asked again.

    "According to the phone call Yi Anhua made half an hour ago, they have set up defensive positions in front of the collapsed city wall. With a regiment of reinforcements, there will be no problem for them to hold on until noon tomorrow!" Luo Zhuoying said.

    "That's good! I just had a phone call with the committee last night. Reinforcements are being assembled and are expected to arrive within a week!" Tang Shengzhi said.

    However, Luo Zhuoying did not express his opinion on this. In fact, Luo Zhuoying knew better than anyone else that there would be no reinforcements in this battle, and it was impossible to hold Nanjing City. It depends on how long it can last. The only hope  Just don¡¯t lose too badly.

    Before the war, everyone knew that this battle would be lost, but they had to fight.

    The reason why I say this is that long before the Battle of Nanjing, Jiangsu and Zhejiang had basically fallen, and the Chinese army basically lost its air supremacy. In addition, Jiangyin was lost and the Chinese navy existed in name only. The Chinese army consumed a huge amount of combat power in the Battle of Songhu.  In terms of strength, it is not capable of defending Nanjing.

    At the same time, industries in coastal areas have moved westward, which means that all military logistics must be transported from Hunan and Hubei to Nanjing via the Yangtze River, making it extremely easy to be blocked by the Japanese Air Force and Navy.

    And the Japanese army captured in NovemberAfter Shanghai, they advanced towards Nanjing in three directions.  The first road is along the Beijing-Shanghai Avenue on the north bank of Taihu Lake, passing through Wuxi to attack Nanjing; the second road is along the Beijing-Hangzhou Avenue on the south bank of Taihu Lake, and is divided into two branches after passing Huzhou. One turns to the west bank of Taihu Lake, and goes straight to Nanjing via Changxing and Yixing.  One branch passed through Si'an and Guangde, then passed through Wuhu and returned to attack Nanjing.

    Now that the city of Nanjing has been surrounded on three sides, in the eyes of Luo Zhuoying and others, Nanjing at this time is a standard "death place".

    Besieged on all sides, should Nanjing defend the city or not?

    In mid-November, Chairman Chiang held three consecutive meetings to study the issue of fighting and defending Nanjing.  Generals such as He Yingqin and Bai Chongxi believed that Nanjing was not a place for a decisive battle and that there were insufficient troops to defend it.  Only Tang Shengzhi advocated holding on to Nanjing and fighting the enemy to the end.

    Faced with the dilemma of abandoning the defense, Chairman Chiang finally decided to stick to it. Later, he wrote in his diary: "Nanjing cannot be defended as an isolated city, but it must be defended. It is extremely difficult for the country and the people."

    Therefore, no matter what the Wuhan authorities say at this time, they are actually just comforting them. If there were reinforcements, they would have arrived earlier, why would they have to wait until a week later?

    What's more, even if there are reinforcements, they won't be able to hold on for a week!

    Seeing that none of the senior generals in the headquarters spoke to each other, Tang Shengzhi knew that everyone knew in their hearts that the reinforcements were just a cover.  Immediately he sighed and said, "Don't be too pessimistic, everyone. The commission has said that if the situation does not last long, we can retreat at the right moment in order to sort things out and then counterattack."

    Hearing this, the eyes of all the generals in the garrison headquarters lit up. They loved hearing this. Everyone knew that staying in Nanjing would lead to a dead end, but it was difficult to disobey military orders and had to abide by them. But if the superior ordered to retreat,  That's acceptable.

    However, Luo Zhuoying frowned and said: "The committee did not say where to evacuate, whether there are troops to support them, and who will come to the rear?"

    Tang Shengzhi smiled bitterly and shook his head and said: "You Qing, it's not like you don't know the character of the committee. We still need to arrange this matter ourselves! But I still want to hold on for a day or two. If it doesn't work, you can withdraw!"

    Luo Zhuoying and others nodded in agreement.

    Everyone is not stupid. Before the war, the bullshit was loud, talking about fighting to the last soldier, and living and dying with the city of Nanjing. Now that the battle has only started for seven days, you have to run away, and you will be scolded for being a long-legged person.  General.

    What's more, although the situation is dangerous now, at least we can hold on, so it's okay to hold on for a few more days.

    But no one expected that in the afternoon, the Japanese army would mobilize a large number of field heavy artillery, and there would be enough troops for a brigade.

    With the addition of large-caliber field heavy artillery, the situation of the defenders suddenly became dangerous, and the situation also took a turn for the worse.

    The heavy artillery brigade is already a strategic force for the Japanese army. A standard heavy artillery brigade has two heavy artillery regiments, including 30-40 Taisho 7th-type 150mm caliber heavy cannons.  There are 20 Type 240 caliber heavy cannons, 10 Type 96 305 caliber heavy howitzers, and some heavy artillery brigades are also equipped with 3-6 Type 98 320 caliber mortars.

    The power of these heavy artillery is no joke. The power of the explosion is very amazing. For example, the weight of the 90-type 240 heavy cannon has reached 185 kilograms. It needs to be loaded with  Special loading vehicles can be loaded into the gun chamber.

    The range of this large-caliber heavy artillery is also very terrifying, reaching 16 kilometers. When it falls on the ground and explodes, the killing radius exceeds 80 meters. If such a shell hits a field fortification, at least one platoon of troops will have to go from  Cross out the structure, even if the people in the fortification are not killed, they will be killed by the huge shock wave.

    As for the larger caliber 320 mm mortar, the weight of the shell alone reaches 300 kilograms, not to mention the power. Basically, if a shell hits the fortification, a company will evaporate from the world.

    Although the largest caliber artillery equipped by the heavy artillery brigade mobilized by the Little Devils was a 150mm heavy cannon, it still caused huge damage to the already crumbling Nanjing city wall, and the casualties of the defenders suddenly increased.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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