dognovel Chapter 320: 3 Casualties
Chapter 320: 3 Casualties
320 casualties
Then, Ye Qingshan planted several small red flags in his hand directly at Yaohua Gate in the north of Jinling City, as well as near Qixia Mountain farther away.
He said to the National Army staff officers beside him: "I have decided to defeat the Japanese 13th Division.
After the counterattack began, elite troops were sent immediately to capture Yaohua Gate and Qixia Mountain.
Blow up the railway in that area to deny the Japanese 13th Division the opportunity to escape by train.
Then, set up a blocking position on the spot.
Block the retreat route of the Japanese 13th Division to the east, and then slowly eat it up from behind.
You should implement a detailed action plan based on this goal."
"Yes, sir!"
Ye Qingshan made the final decision.
These national army staff officers will not have to hesitate so much when formulating counterattack plans.
They had a clear target to annihilate.
That night, the large amount of American weapons and ammunition purchased by Ye Qingshan finally arrived at the Xiaguan Ferry.
"Deputy Commander Xiao, have your defenders in the west of the city replenish their ammunition first.
Then, drive out the Japs from the west of the city.
Open up a passage back to the city.
Escort this shipment of ammunition back."
After receiving the news, Ye Qingshan immediately called Deputy Commander Xiao.
Since the ammunition has arrived at the Xiaguan Ferry, the several divisions under Deputy Commander Xiao are the closest.
Let them replenish their ammunition first and drive the Japanese out of the west of the city.
"it is good!"
Deputy Commander Xiao was also very satisfied when he heard what Ye Qingshan said.
That night, the three divisions under Deputy Commander Xiao were on site at the Xiaguan Ferry and replenished with sufficient ammunition.
Immediately launch a counterattack against the Japanese 11th and 13th Divisions in the west of the city.
That night, they recaptured most of the western part of the city and almost drove two Japanese divisions out of the city.
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At this time, the atmosphere in the Japanese headquarters was somewhat solemn.
A group of Japanese staff officers were all silent and no one dared to speak at this time.
Because at this time, the new commander of the Japanese army, the former Japanese chief of staff Tsukada Isao, was looking at the casualty statistics sent down from the front line.
He was so angry that he overturned the table.
In fact, more than a week of street fighting in the city not only failed to allow them to capture the city of Jinling.
Instead, several of their frontline divisions once again suffered extremely heavy casualties in the quagmire of street fighting.
In just one week, their several divisions suffered tens of thousands of casualties.
Among them, the Third Division, which launched the most frantic attack, suffered the heaviest casualties, with more than 3,500 casualties.
An entire reorganized regiment is gone.
And these are just this week’s casualties.
Before that, it had been more than a week since they stormed Zijin Mountain.
They also suffered about 7,000 to 8,000 casualties.
If we go back further, the count starts from when they attacked Nanjing.
To date, in just over two months, they have suffered a total of 30,000 casualties.
An entire division is gone.
Seeing such terrible casualties, even the new Japanese commander Tsukada Isao's hands were shaking.
You know, even the Battle of Shanghai lasted for three months.
Their army had more than 200,000 soldiers, but the casualties were only about 70,000 to 80,000.
They have been fighting in the Battle of Nanjing for more than two months, and the enemy they are facing is just a group of remnants of the National Army.
But there were 30,000 casualties.
No matter which high-ranking Japanese general saw it, he would not be able to accept it.
In history, the Japanese casualties in the Battle of Nanjing were no more than 10,000.
In this time and space, the fighting lasted so long that the casualties increased to more than 30,000 people.
The most important thing is that they have suffered so many Japanese casualties, but they have not yet achieved victory.
This is the most terrible thing.
At this time, the new Japanese commander Tsukada Isao did not dare to report the casualty figures to their domestic headquarters.
At the same time, time was running out for him to capture Nanjing, the Japanese's domestic base.
There are only ten days left.
The old devil Tsukada felt that this mission might not be accomplished.
But asking him to retreat at this time is even more impossible.
If he dared to retreat at this time, his fate would be even worse than that of the old Japanese devil Matsui Iwane before.
Besides, he had just taken over the position of commander-in-chief a few days ago.
Even if he was forced to admit defeat in disgrace, he would never accept it.
But, you can accept it or not.
The difficulties have not disappeared.
Now, the biggest problem facing the Japanese is that their logistics cannot keep up.
"Commander, there's a telegram coming from the 18th Brigade.
They said they had entangled the 209th Division of the Chinese Army.
We will not give them the opportunity to attack our logistics supply lines again.
But even so, new supplies of ammunition will not arrive until at least four or five days later."
A Japanese staff officer spoke cautiously to Tsukada Ko.
"Baga, send a telegram to the Shanghai Headquarters.
Tell them, three days, I only give them three days.
New ammunition supplies must be delivered within three days.
Otherwise, if we lose this battle, they will be the culprits.”
"Hi!"
In the past two days, the daily artillery bombardment from the Japanese outside the city has been reduced by half compared to before.
There is no way, the shells delivered before are almost used up.
The shells from behind have not been delivered yet.
Tsukada Attack could only reduce the number of daily shellings by the Japanese artillery.
This made it even more difficult for the Japanese attacking forces in the city to advance.
If they don't wait for the new ammunition supplies to arrive, their next attack will only be even weaker.
And this is the situation that Ye Qingshan wants to see.
Tsukada Ko certainly could not have imagined that Ye Qingshan was already prepared for a counterattack.
At this moment, a Japanese officer rushed in excitedly and shouted: "Commander, good news.
Just got a call from base camp.
A new batch of the Empire's fighter planes has arrived in Shanghai.
Among them, the 5th Flying Regiment will be able to reach our Jinling front tomorrow."
"what?"
After hearing this, the Japanese commander Tsukada rushed out and snatched the telegram from the Japanese officer.
After reading it, I burst into laughter: "Haha, Yo!
The Fifth Flight Regiment is here.
In this way, our aerial bombing can be resumed.
Damn the Chinese, they are finished."
It is understandable that the Japanese commander was so happy.
At present, the Japanese artillery shells cannot be transported up.
However, if their new air force can provide support and restore their air strike capability.
For the Japanese troops attacking on the front line, its effect is no less than that of their artillery.
At present, the Japanese commander Tsukada Isao feels that the national army in Nanjing City is already at the end of its strength.
As long as they make one more effort, they can defeat the last line of defense of the national army in the city.
It will be able to completely crush the resistance will of more than 100,000 national troops in the city.
At that point, they won.
Regarding what the old devil Matsui Iwane said to Tsukada Ko before.
It is said that Ye Qingshan has at least tens of thousands of fresh troops in Jinling City.
Tsukada Gong would never agree with that.
He just didn't believe that Ye Qingshan could really turn beans into soldiers and create soldiers in the city.
Tsukada Ko never believed what the old devil Matsui Iwane said, that Ye Qingshan had armed a large number of young and strong people in the city.
Tsukada attacked the letter, and the national army on the other side of the strait had been sending reinforcements to Nanjing.
Only this can explain why the number of National Army troops in Jinling City is increasing.