EBE Chapter 487 You Fight, I Let You Go
Chapter 487 You Fight, I Let You Go
The commander of the 5th Division, Lieutenant General Imamura Hitoshi, was also very anxious. There couldn't be any mistakes on the side of the 21st Regiment. He had to ensure that there was an occupied position at Kunlun Pass. Otherwise, if his troops wanted to recapture all the positions at Kunlun Pass, it would take a lot of manpower and time.
You know, now the Chinese army on the Kunlun Pass side has been replaced by the elite troops of the Chinese government. Our 21st Regiment has not been able to capture the main position of Kunlun Pass after so many days of fighting based on the existing positions. If the 21st Regiment's last Jieshou position is also lost, then our troops will completely lose the bridgehead to attack Kunlun Pass.
Therefore, the commander of the 5th Division, Lieutenant General Imamura Hitoshi, quickly ordered Major Ito Chitsuyoshi, the commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 41st Regiment of the 9th Brigade, which had just been transferred back from Longzhou and Zhennanguan, to lead the 3rd Battalion that had just entered Nanning City to drive along the Yongqin Highway to reinforce the 2nd Regiment of the Taiwan Mixed Brigade, which was blocked in Luwu by the troops of the New 22nd Army of the Chinese government.
At the same time, Lieutenant General Imamura Hitoshi, commander of the 5th Division, ordered Major General Nakamura Masao, commander of the 21st Brigade, to break through the defense line of the Chinese government's newly formed 22nd Division in Liutang today and rush to Jieshou to reinforce the besieged 21st Regiment.
After receiving two telegrams in succession, the commander of the 21st Brigade, Major General Masao Nakamura, gathered all the officers in the army overnight to discuss the work and combat issues after dawn. The brigade commander, Major General Masao Nakamura, was also anxious. The final combat plan was that after dawn, all the troops would launch a comprehensive pig-like surprise attack on the Chinese army's defensive positions in Luwu. In addition, the brigade commander, Major General Masao Nakamura, stated that he would personally command the operations in the daytime attack and launch a charge with all officers and soldiers.
On the Chinese side, as a stern telegram urging the war was sent out from the highest level of the government, all the commanders of the combat troops felt a chill on their necks, especially the commanders of the Guangxi troops, who were even more frightened. After all, the previous combat performance of the Guangxi troops was really too bad.
Moreover, this time even the leader of the Guangxi clique, Commander Bai, sent a telegram expressing his firm determination to carry out the order after the telegram was sent from the highest level of the government. This made all the chief officers in the Guangxi clique's troops understand that they must fight with all their strength this time. Otherwise, the government's post-war accountability would surely make them pay.
As a result, when Major Ito Chitsuyoshi, commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 41st Regiment of the 9th Brigade, led his troops in more than 100 vehicles along the Yongqin Highway to reinforce the battle in the direction of Luwu at night, they were ambushed and stopped halfway at Xichangwei by the 131st Division of the 31st Army of the Guangxi Clique of the Fourth War Zone's West Route Army.
In the dark, the commander of the 3rd Battalion, Major Ito Chitsuyoshi, could only order his troops to get off the vehicles and temporarily form a defense line on both sides of the road. From the gunfire and explosions coming from all around the road, the commander of the 3rd Battalion, Major Ito Chitsuyoshi, judged that his troops were half-surrounded by at least one division of Chinese troops.
With the Chinese army occupying the advantageous terrain, it would be difficult for a battalion of our own to defeat this division of Chinese troops, let alone reinforce the battle in the direction of Luwu.
The commander of the 3rd Battalion, Major Ito Chitsuyoshi, ordered the troops to prepare for defense first, and try to attack forward after daybreak to see the actual situation of the Chinese army, and then consider whether to request reinforcements from the division commander, Lieutenant General Imamura Hitoshi. As for the current situation of being ambushed by the Chinese army, it must be reported in a timely manner.
Colonel Yoshinosuke Miki, commander of the 21st Regiment, has already retreated to the Jieshou position on Kunlun Pass with a part of his troops. The Jieshou position is the last gate of the Japanese army at Kunlun Pass. Once the Jieshou position is occupied, the Japanese army will not be able to gain a foothold at Kunlun Pass.
However, Colonel Yoshinosuke Miki, commander of the 21st Regiment, still had some confidence in holding the Jieshou position. The Japanese troops that had previously occupied Kunlun Pass had built two-story bunkers on the Jieshou high ground, forming cross firepower, which was a very solid stronghold.
The only thing that worried the regiment commander, Colonel Yoshinosuke Miki, was that the casualties among the officers and soldiers in the army were quite serious, and those who could still fight were extremely tired and could not exert their due combat capabilities at all.
This also made the regiment commander Colonel Miki Yoshinosuke feel that this was a very unstable factor, and he could only lead the officers and soldiers to hold on as much as possible until the brigade commander Major General Masao Nakamura arrived with reinforcements.
After a night of fierce fighting, the Fifth Army's night attack troops successfully wiped out a part of the Japanese troops on Kunlun Pass, and the remaining Japanese troops all retreated to the last high ground in Jieshou. For the Fifth Army responsible for recapture Kunlun Pass, there was only one final battle left.
When the sky just brightened, the commander of the 21st Brigade of the Japanese Army in Liutang, Major General Masao Nakamura, ordered the artillery unit to fire supporting artillery fire for the attack. Then, the brigade commander, Major General Masao Nakamura, personally saw off the 500 officers and soldiers of the volunteer team.
At this time, the New 22nd Division in Liutang suffered the most violent attack from the 21st Brigade of the Japanese Army. When the tank and armored units of the New 22nd Division wanted to repel the Japanese attacking forces, the Japanese Army's volunteer soldiers rushed towards the tanks and armored vehicles of the New 22nd Division with explosive packs, which caused great losses to the tank and armored units of the New 22nd Division.
Major General Masao Nakamura, commander of the 21st Brigade of the Japanese Army, put all his resources into a desperate fight this time. Even the cavalry regiment participated in the offensive charge, which made the defense line of the newly formed 22nd Division somewhat shaky.
When the commander of the newly formed 22nd Division, Fengzi Qiu, saw how desperately the Japanese army was fighting, his crazy side was immediately aroused. While sending a telegram to Commander Du of the Fifth Army, requesting him to send troops to outflank the 21st Brigade of the Japanese Army, Fengzi Qiu ordered his troops to withdraw to the defensive position of Qitang.
The commander of the newly formed 22nd Division, Fengzi Qiu, was prepared to block the Japanese attack layer by layer to wear down the Japanese army's morale. At the same time, after the flanking troops attacked the 21st Brigade of the Japanese Army from the side and rear, he would launch a desperate counterattack against the Japanese Army. Fengzi Qiu's goal was very clear, which was to stretch the Japanese army's offensive line and create enough room for the flanking troops to move.
After receiving the telegram from Commander Qiu, Commander Du also thought that this plan was feasible, so he immediately dispatched the 3rd Regiment of the 1st Honor Division, which was responsible for the right-wing flanking interception mission, and the 1st Battalion of the 600th Regiment of the 200th Division, led by the commander of the 3rd Regiment, Zheng Tingji, to carry out flanking operations.
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