noffsinger Chapter 491 There is a surprise
Chapter 491 There is a surprise
The 21st Brigade was in chaos because of the death of its brigade commander, Major General Masao Nakamura, and a large number of officers. It did not launch an attack on the newly formed 22nd Division at Jiutang for a whole day. However, the 21st Regiment of the Japanese Army at Kunlun Pass was attacked by the 200th Division for a whole day.
The Jieshou position held by the 21st Regiment of the Japanese Army was also occupied by about half under the attack of the 200th Division. The regiment commander, Colonel Yoshinosuke Miki, led the remaining troops to retreat to the highest position on the hill for the final defense.
The current situation has made the regiment commander, Colonel Yoshinosuke Miki, feel despair. Before dark, the telegram of the brigade commander, Major General Masao Nakamura, committing suicide was also sent here. After seeing the devastating content of the telegram, the regiment commander, Colonel Yoshinosuke Miki, who had been waiting for the brigade commander, Major General Masao Nakamura, to lead reinforcements, felt dizzy and almost fainted.
Now there are only more than 300 people in the 21st Regiment, and there is only one position left. It can be said that the Chinese army can completely occupy Kunlun Pass tomorrow and completely wipe out the 21st Regiment. The reinforcement troops led by the brigade commander, Major General Masao Nakamura, are the only hope to rescue the dilemma at Kunlun Pass.
However, now even the brigade commander, Major General Masao Nakamura, was killed in a surprise attack by the Chinese army in Jiutang, and the senior officers of the 21st Brigade also suffered heavy casualties, resulting in the 21st Brigade not launching any attack that day. However, the fact that the 21st Brigade did not attack does not mean that the Chinese army will not attack either. As a result of this decline and rise, the battle situation became so bad.
The commander of the regiment, Colonel Miki Yoshinosuke, was in complete despair. Even if the 21st Brigade launched an attack on Jiutang now, he would not be able to hold out until tomorrow night. Besides, with the current morale of the 21st Brigade, it was still unclear whether it could break through the Chinese army's defense at Jiutang within a day.
The regiment commander, Colonel Yoshinosuke Miki, distributed all the food so that the officers and soldiers could at least have enough to eat during this final period of time. At the same time, through the act of distributing food, the officers and soldiers knew that the final moment was approaching.
In order to deal a final blow to the Japanese army, the new 210th Division of the New nd Army was assigned to the th Division, responsible for launching an attack on the last position of the st Regiment of the Japanese Army in Jieshou at night, striving to completely eliminate the st Regiment of the Japanese Army and occupy Kunlun Pass tonight, completing the combat mission set by the war zone.
The new 211th Division of the New nd Army was assigned to Jiutang, and was responsible for counterattacking the st Brigade of the Japanese Army that attacked Jiutang together with the troops of the New nd Division at the same time as the battle of the Jieshou position at Kunlun Pass broke out at night.
At exactly midnight that evening, Kunlun Pass and Jiutang were simultaneously filled with the sounds of intense artillery explosions and gunfire; the Chinese army's offensive finally began.
At the Jieshou position of Kunlun Pass, the officers and soldiers of the new 210th Division had been lurking quietly around the position before the attacking artillery fire began. After the artillery fire covering the attack began, the officers and soldiers of the new 210th Division rushed towards the Japanese position.
When the covering artillery fire stopped, the officers and soldiers of the new 210th Division were very close to the position. They rushed into the Japanese position in one charge and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army.
The 210st Regiment of the Japanese Army on the Jieshou position was completely wiped out by the attack force of the new 210th Division after holding out for two hours. The commander of the st Regiment of the Japanese Army, Colonel Yoshinosuke Miki, was also killed by the officers and soldiers of the new th Division in hand-to-hand combat.
On the Jiutang battlefield, the attacking forces of the new 211th Division and the troops of the newly formed nd Division launched a comprehensive night attack on the unprepared attacking forces of the st Brigade of the Japanese Army. The st Brigade of the Japanese Army had been on the offensive and had never expected that the Chinese army would have so many troops to counterattack.
In addition, the brigade commander, Major General Masao Nakamura, and a large number of middle and senior officers died in battle. As a result, the officers and soldiers of the 21st Brigade, whose morale was already very low, were basically unable to organize an effective defense when they encountered a large-scale counterattack by the Chinese troops, and were completely defeated by the tank armored forces of the newly formed 22nd Division.
The new 211th Division, along with the tank armored units of the newly formed nd Division, also merged with the troops of the st Brigade of the Japanese Army. Among them, one Japanese unit was the most special, which was the brigade guard squadron responsible for protecting the body of the brigade commander, Major General Masao Nakamura.
According to the original plan, the body and belongings of the brigade commander, Major General Masao Nakamura, would be transported back to Nanning tomorrow morning, but unexpectedly, the Chinese army on the opposite side would suddenly launch a counterattack tonight. Moreover, the counterattack of the Chinese army progressed so quickly that it immediately separated the guard squadron that was originally in the middle from other troops.
With the cooperation of two tanks of the newly formed 211nd Division, the attack force of the new th Division quickly rushed into the defense line of this Japanese squadron. The remaining officers and soldiers in the escort squadron of the st Brigade of the Japanese Army also knew that they had a heavy responsibility. Facing the attack of the Chinese army that was several times larger than their own, they fought to the death.
The tenacity of the Japanese army also made the commander of the attacking new 211th Division feel that the places defended by the Japanese army were somewhat important. Otherwise, it would be impossible for these Japanese troops not to retreat when facing the Chinese attacking forces that obviously had such a huge advantage.
At this moment, the commander of the attacking troops of the New 211th Division became excited. It was obvious that there were good things in the place currently defended by these Japanese soldiers. Anyone would be tempted by such obvious military exploits in front of them. Therefore, the troops of the New 211th Division worked harder in the attack.
After more than two hours of fierce fighting, the New 211th Division finally wiped out this Japanese force at the cost of more than 211 casualties. However, when the excited officers and soldiers of the New th Division rushed into the tent where the Japanese were defending, they found that after fighting for so long, they had only seized the body of a Japanese officer.
The leading officer led his men to search the body of the brigade commander, Major General Masao Nakamura, thoroughly and even carefully identified the relics nearby. The final result made the leading officer of the new 211th Division very excited. It turned out that this was the body of Major General Masao Nakamura, commander of the st Brigade of the Japanese Army. Now the desperate resistance of the Japanese troops before could be explained.
The news that Major General Masao Nakamura, commander of the 21st Brigade of the Japanese Army, had been killed was quickly passed on by the attacking troops to Commander Du of the Fifth Army. Commander Du immediately ordered the front-line troops to send people to transport back the body and belongings of Major General Masao Nakamura. This was the highest-ranking Japanese general killed in this battle, and these were real military achievements.