On the northern front, in Da Nang, Major General Hattori Hisashi's four brigades were properly deployed. The patrol boats and gunboats of the Da Nang Coast Guard also strengthened the port defense and actively cooperated with the Japanese defenders of Da Nang to defend the city.
Many Vietnamese refugees fleeing Da Nang passed through the defense lines of the Chinese Expeditionary Force. Commander Fang Jing arranged for Le Bin Vietnamese Anti-Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers who cooperated with the Chinese Expeditionary Force to be responsible for their evacuation and accommodation. The refugees were so grateful that they reported the Japanese army's defense and strength in Da Nang to the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and the expeditionary force initially ascertained the Japanese army's defense situation. .
In order to prevent the Japanese army from escaping from Da Nang on military ships, Commander Fang Jing slightly modified the battle plan. He ordered Commander Chen Mianwu of the temporary 55th Division to deploy an elite regiment, with the cooperation of the tank battalion, to attack along the coastline in cars and seize Da Nang first. Hong Kong port, trying to seize more Japanese warships. Three infantry divisions acted as planned to encircle and annihilate the Japanese troops in Da Nang City.
Division Commander Chen Mianwu assigned the division¡¯s most elite 163rd Regiment to take on the task of seizing the port. Colonel Qin Zibing, the regiment leader, accepted the task and immediately assembled the troops, carried their equipment, and got into cars to prepare for departure. Commander Qin coordinated the steps and contact information for the joint operation with the tank battalion commander on the phone.
The tank battalion took the lead, and the Qin Zibing regiment followed suit. This Chinese army advanced rapidly along the coastline of Da Nang. Within an hour, they approached the Japanese defense line. More than 60 Xiafei light tanks equipped by the Japanese tank battalion opened fire on the Japanese. Commander Qin Zibing was well prepared. When he first entered Vietnam, he added a layer of steel plates to the car and transformed it into a simple armored vehicle.
Commander Qin specially selected 16 simple armored vehicles in good condition. Install a modified 82mm flat-firing mortar. Two 12.7mm high-level dual-purpose machine guns. The firepower of the simple armored vehicles was extremely fierce. The armored vehicles opened fire at the enemy's fire points. The power of the 82 mortar shells was no less powerful than the 76mm tank gun on the light tank.
The infantry on the Japanese defense line were hit by the fierce firepower of the squadron. The fierce artillery fire blew the Japanese soldiers into pieces piece by piece. The Chinese infantry took the opportunity to get out of the car and attack the Japanese soldiers. It took almost no effort to occupy the first line of trenches. The Chinese infantry quickly filled a channel in the trench area with sacks. When Chinese tanks and armored vehicles crossed the Japanese positions, almost all the Japanese soldiers on the positions were naked. It was scorched, which was the result of the shock wave of the artillery shell tearing the military uniform to pieces and being burned by the high temperature.
Across the trenches, Chinese infantrymen boarded armored vehicles. Don't tangle with the Japanese, just keep moving forward. This armored force advanced so fast that the Japanese soldiers had no time to readjust their defenses.
In just two hours, the Chinese rapid column sighted the port of Da Nang. There were still 6 Japanese gunboats parked in the port. Commander Qin Zibin commanded tanks and armored vehicles to rush into the port. The artillery and machine guns on the tanks and armored vehicles beat the Japanese soldiers to death. Under the order of Commander Qin Zibing, an infantry company jumped out of the car and advanced towards the gunboat parked in the port.
At the port, soldiers from the Japanese garrison and coast guard exchanged fire with Chinese soldiers and marines. The Japanese soldiers relied on the port fortifications and bunkers to fire rows of bullets at the Chinese soldiers.
The Chinese company that attacked the ship. Under the leadership of the company commander, we detoured from the beach outside the port. The Japanese gunboat parked in the port was ordered to support the defenders of Da Nang City and pick up part of the defenders of Da Nang in an emergency. Therefore, although the fierce fighting in the port worried these gunboats, they did not dare to leave the port without orders.
The Japanese soldiers on the 6 gunboats used the naval guns and machine guns on the gunboats to frequently fire at the attacking Chinese infantry. The Chinese infantry company quickly attacked the gunboat. About 120 meters away from the gunboat, the company commander left four grenade shooters behind and ordered them to find bunkers and use grenades to suppress the gunboat's firepower.
The rest of the infantry continued to charge despite Japanese artillery fire. A grenade shooter. Hiding behind the bunker, he quickly inserted a grenade into the grenade launcher. Aim at the front gunboat and pull the trigger.
"Whoosh" the rifle grenade flew out of the muzzle with a roar, drew a beautiful arc in the air, and landed accurately next to the main gun on the front deck of the Japanese gunboat, making a loud "boom". Three or four Japanese gunners were killed immediately, and several sailors were injured.
The remaining rifle grenade shooters opened fire on the Japanese gunboat that was attacked first in a tacit understanding. Several grenades landed on the Japanese gunboat one after another. The Japanese sailors suffered heavy casualties. The grenades that exploded one after another ignited the gunboat, and the gunboat burst into flames. Sailors rushed to put out the fire.
The firepower of the injured Japanese gunboat was immediately weakened. Chinese soldiers from two infantry squads quickly rushed onto the gunboat and started a fierce battle with the Japanese sailors on the gunboat. The Chinese soldiers used their submachine guns to kill the Japanese sailors one after another. After 20 minutes of fierce fighting, the Chinese soldiers captured the gunboat.
Under the continuous attacks by Chinese soldiers, one of the six Japanese gunboats was sunk, three were seriously damaged, and two were slightly damaged. The Chinese soldiers captured the Japanese gunboat and immediately began to put out the fire and retain the gunboat. Some ** soldiers,Adjust the muzzle of the gun and fire at the Japanese fortifications in the port.
Under the powerful attack of the Chinese Navy, after more than two hours of fierce fighting, all soldiers from the Da Nang Port Guard and Coast Guard Marines were killed by Chinese soldiers. Commander Qin Zibin immediately reported to the army commander that he successfully occupied the Da Nang port and cut off the Japanese's escape route from the sea.
Commander Fang Jing quickly called back, asking the Qin regiment to hold on to the port to prevent Japanese counterattacks, and at the same time do their best to protect the port facilities and captured gunboats. Commander Fang Jing also dispatched an engineering unit and quickly rushed to the port to help repair some port facilities and gunboats.
Major General Hattori Hisashi, the Japanese commander in Da Nang, only then truly understood the combat effectiveness of the Chinese Expeditionary Force. He was confident that he could hold on for at least a month. Under the heavy bombardment of the Chinese artillery, the fortifications collapsed like paper. The powerful artillery fire and automatic firepower of small weapons of the Chinese army are far beyond what the current Japanese army can resist.
In my memory, the scene of the fierce Japanese artillery bombardment of the Chinese Army's position flashed through my mind from time to time, but the positions of the two troops had changed, and the number of artillery equipment of the displaced Chinese Army far exceeded the Japanese army. Major General Hattori Hisashi suddenly remembered Major Ueda's request for help in Luliuta Village. He sighed deeply, "It seems that I mistakenly blamed Ueda-kun!"
With the assistance of the Vietnamese Self-Defense Force soldiers dispatched by Li Bin, the Chinese Expeditionary Force made rapid progress in Da Nang City. Many Vietnamese citizens pointed out the location of the Japanese troops to the Chinese Expeditionary Force. The Chinese Expeditionary Force soldiers dug out mortars and grenades with great accuracy. The enemy's firepower.
A class of Japanese soldiers was blocked by a Japanese firepower point in front. At this time, a Vietnamese citizen secretly brought the Chinese soldiers into his home and used hand gestures to dig through the wall of his home to reach the Japanese firepower point. The Chinese soldiers immediately took out their engineering pickaxes, cut through the wall, and walked out of the Vietnamese's home. They opened up the wall in front of them, which happened to be where the Japanese firepower was.
The squad leader immediately ordered people to use engineer picks to cut through the wall, enter another Vietnamese house, and install a small bomb bag on the wall near the enemy's firepower point. The loud noise of exploding the wall stunned the Japanese soldiers for a moment, and in an instant, several smoking grenades flew out of the hole. There was a "boom" sound, and the Japanese were killed. Before the smoke cleared, five or six Chinese soldiers came out, and a burst of intensive submachine gun fire turned all the Japanese soldiers into bloody gourds.
The flexible street fighting tactics of the Chinese Expeditionary Force made the Japanese defenders unable to defend themselves. The troops were all disrupted and the officers were unable to control their soldiers. The Chinese soldiers, however, boldly advanced in small groups and made detours to separate the Japanese. The telephone lines at Major General Hattori Hisashi's headquarters were also cut off, and the situation outside could only be understood through the radio.
After 31 hours of fierce fighting, the 66th Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force successfully captured Da Nang. The Japanese commander, Major General Hisashi Hattori, attempted suicide and was captured alive by Japanese soldiers. More than 1,800 Japanese soldiers were captured, and all the wounded were transported back to their hometowns in Japan by Japanese soldiers with bayonets and tanks. Major General Hattori was handed over to the Vietnamese anti-Japanese armed forces of Li Bin and was beaten into a pulp by the angry Vietnamese with stones.
After capturing Da Nang, Yue Hanping immediately sent a telegram to commend Commander Fang Jing and his 66th Army. At the same time, Yue Hanping instructed the 66th Army to strengthen the construction of pro-China regimes in Hue, Da Nang and other places in Vietnam, and best support Li Bin in forming a government. On the premise of consolidating the existing areas, the 66th Army is ready to block the Japanese troops on the northern front from moving south, and strive to take the initiative to completely annihilate the Japanese troops on the southern front.
Hue and other places were occupied by the Chinese Expeditionary Force. The 8th Army in Laos immediately entered Vietnam and joined forces with the 66th Army to strangle the waist of the Japanese army and prevent the Japanese armies on the southern and northern fronts from joining forces. The 8th Army also deployed a division to launch a limited attack on the Japanese troops on the northern front to contain the Japanese troop mobilization.
On the southern line, Yue Hanping followed the 201st Division of the Youth Army. The main force of the Second Group Army marched from Phnom Penh, Cambodia along the road to southern Vietnam, and launched a probing attack on the Japanese army on the Cambodia-Vietnam border. General Chen Mingren's order was to confront the Japanese army in Xining and launch a low-intensity feint attack. After the main force of the armored army and the Youth Army break through from the direction of the Mekong River, they will bypass the main force of the Japanese army, and then launch an attack across the board, flanking the main force of the Japanese army from both front and rear.
Under the command of Huang Wei, the Armored Corps advanced toward Vietnam along the Mekong River. The troops advanced very quickly and quickly entered Vietnam along the Mekong River. The main force of the Armored Corps quickly approached Gaoling.
The Japanese army at Kaoling was the first brigade of the 312th Regiment of the 104th Division. The division commander, Lieutenant General Hamamoto Kisaburo, was the commander of the 16th Regiment, the main force of the second division during the September 18th Incident. It can be said that he was a war criminal who committed the most heinous crimes. At the beginning of the battle, Yue Hanping verbally reminded the commanders of the participating units to resolutely annihilate the Japanese troops.
Kaoling Japanese Army, a brigade was stationed in the urban area. The Chinese Expeditionary Force tanks drove over in a mighty manner. The Japanese defenders resisted for a while and then immediately retreated according to the plan.