Chapter 34 Soldiers come to block

On the evening of March 26, the 306th Regiment of the 153rd Brigade of the 51st Division took the lead in arriving at Gao'an, about 60 kilometers away from Nanchang, by car.They had just finished deploying defenses at Xiangfu Temple in the north of Gao'an City when the 111 Brigade, which belonged to the 101 Division of the Japanese Army, rushed in front of them. Japan has a household registration history of nearly a hundred years, and the conscription system is quite complete.The 101st Division and the 106th Division suffered rare heavy losses in the Battle of Nanxun and the Battle of Wanjialing, but after replenishing a large number of young soldiers, their combat strength was quickly restored, and they served as the commander of the Nanchang Army. The main force of the battle.

Seeing that the 306th Regiment was weak, the 151st Brigade arrived in time by train.The brigade commander Zhou Zhidao personally led the main force of the 151st Brigade to launch a counterattack, and finally repelled the Japanese attack, temporarily stabilizing the Gao'an front line.The 57th Division that arrived later also seized positions on the right bank of the Jinjiang River, and together with the 51st Division, assisted in defending Gao'an. There is a tributary of the Ganjiang River in Jiangxi that flows through Gao'an, named Jinjiang.Gao'an is located on the north bank of the Jinjiang River, which is actually a small alluvial plain between the hills of northern Jiangxi.Although the area is not large, it is the throat into northern Hunan, and both the enemy and us are bound to compete. At dawn on March 27, the 111th Brigade of the Japanese Army dispatched a mixed infantry brigade to clear the way with tanks and chariots, and once again launched a fierce attack on the Xiangfu position where the 306th Regiment was located.

In infantry-vehicle coordinated tactics, the main role of tanks is to destroy the defenders' positions and divert the opponent's attention.Once the position is breached, it will be very difficult to defend.Lu Xing, the head of the 306th Regiment, hurriedly asked for help from the 153rd Brigade Headquarters in the city. Zhang Lingfu, the brigade commander, personally led a battalion to attack from the city and launched a counter-charge against the Japanese army. Wu Qi, a strategist in the Warring States Period, once said that a general must take the lead in battle and share safety and security with his subordinates. Only in this way, soldiers will be willing to obey when orders are issued, soldiers will be willing to fight when they mobilize troops, and soldiers will be willing to sacrifice their lives when they fight hand-to-hand ( "Wu Zi · Li Shi").In the fierce battle, Zhang Lingfu maintained his usual brave style. He took the lead and charged forward.Suddenly, the Japanese machine gun swept over, and the bullet pierced his leg, Zhang Lingfu staggered and fell to the ground.Since then, this fierce general had to leave the battlefield temporarily to seek medical treatment in the rear.

The main general was seriously injured, temporarily suspending the offensive of the 153rd Brigade.The Japanese army took advantage of the situation to counterattack, and the 306th Regiment and the troops who came to reinforce suffered heavy casualties.Li Tianxia, ​​deputy commander of the 51st Division, believes that under such circumstances, continuing to add reinforcements has become a useless refueling tactic. Not to mention wasting troops in vain, it may not be able to keep Gao'an. It is better to preserve strength and wait for the whole army to gather Make plans later.So he ordered the 51st Division to withdraw from Gao'an City.

On March 27, Nanchang fell, but by this time the Seventy-Fourth Army had already assembled.Commander Yu Jishi issued an order, and the 51st and 57th Divisions attacked at the same time. The Japanese army lost its footing. After exiting the city, the Japanese 111 Brigade was not reconciled, and launched a tentative attack on the Gaoan front line after a little rectification. In the early morning of March 29, the Japanese army repeated the old trick, using two squadrons with eight tanks, in an attempt to pry open the gap from the 306th regiment's position again. With the help of tanks, it seems very imposing, but the coordination between scooter is also very high. To put it simply, a car cannot be separated from people, and people cannot be separated from cars.The field of vision of tanks is limited. In order to maintain the marching order, the Japanese tank group often inserted small wooden sticks on both sides of the road during the march. A white paper was hung on each stick, and one was inserted every 50 meters.However, on the front line where bullets are flying, no tank soldier will calmly run out to insert sticks. The cooperation between tanks and tanks, and the cooperation between tanks and infantry all depend on the usual training.

In the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Lanfeng, the Chinese army also had tanks participating in the battle, but because of the lack of training in coordinated combat with infantry and vehicles, often the infantry would not cover the tanks when they entered the battlefield. If you say you have armor protection, what are you afraid of? Go ahead. .So the tank had to brave the enemy's artillery fire until it was completely destroyed. After pre-war training, the Japanese army was much better in terms of coordination, but it was also a temporary match, so there was still a way to fight it into chaos.When the defenders see the infantry charging, don't panic, let alone shoot indiscriminately, let the tank pass if it wants to pass, and the key point is to stop the people behind.When the enemy infantry enters the effective range, they will fire with light and heavy weapons at the same time. Once the man and vehicle leave, the charge effect will be greatly reduced.

Through the last fierce battle, the 306th Regiment had similar experience.The head of the regiment, Lu Xing, commanded calmly, the soldiers came to block, the water came and the soil was flooded, and the enemy's attack was repelled. Seeing that the tank was not working well, the trick came out. On March 30, the Japanese 111th Brigade sent troops to attack the 2nd Battalion of the 305th Regiment and released poison gas bombs during the battle. The Chinese regular army also has a certain amount of gas masks equipped, but the models are single, and to wear a gas mask, you must choose the right type, that is, whichever gas bomb the enemy uses, you have to wear that kind of gas mask.For example, if the opponent uses mustard gas bombs, wearing an anti-tear gas mask will not have much effect.

It is such a mask. Due to insufficient quantity, many soldiers still cannot get it.In most cases, the troops can only get on their horses in their own way and let everyone drink their own urine to reduce the symptoms of poisoning. The gas bombs used by the Japanese army, tear gas and sneezing gas bombs accounted for a large proportion, sometimes mixed with smoke bombs, the purpose of which was to disrupt the opponent's position.For example, if the poison gas bomb falls on the position of Company A, the soldiers of Company A may run towards the position of Company B in panic. On the contrary, if it falls on the position of Company B, some soldiers of Company B will also run in the direction of Company A. It will cause confusion to the command system of the defenders, and the Japanese army can take advantage of the situation to attack.

In the battle of the day, more than 150 people were poisoned in the second battalion, but the strict battlefield discipline did not cause confusion for the troops, and they desperately defended their positions.