By the next day, the main force of the Japanese 6th Division stormed the defenders' positions on the south bank of the Miluo River.

The two sides fought fiercely from the morning to the evening for a whole day, and the Japanese troops crossing the river did not cross the Miluo River defense line.

The Japanese commander Shiro Inaba did not care at all when he saw that his troops were being pushed back, because a task force he sent had successfully smuggled into the south bank of the Miluo River.

The Japanese contingent was not very large, only two or three hundred people.

Although the number of the Japanese contingent is only a few hundred, these little devils are all selected elites.

The devil's task force, that is, the death squad, as long as the devil commander gives an order, they will not hesitate to rush into the defenders' positions.

That night, the Japanese contingent soldiers quietly infiltrated the positions of the defenders.

The Devil Task Force took advantage of the night to kill the defending sentries on the positions and take control of part of the positions on the south bank.

The defenders set up a number of guard towers on the south bank to observe the Japanese troops on the opposite bank.

However, all these sentries were killed by the devils who slipped in, and the Japanese troops had an opportunity to take advantage of it.

After the Japanese contingent occupied the observation post on the shore, the chief of staff of the devil, Shimono Aoyama, immediately sent a telegram to Shiro Inaba.

At this time, the Japanese troops on the north bank had already been assembled, and the Japanese army had prepared a large number of ferry tools.

The Japanese attacking troops quietly landed on the other side of the Miluo River in various boats.

The Japanese army's plan worked, and the devil's river-crossing force successfully reached the south bank of the Miluo River.

After more than an hour, the Japanese troops crossing the river were still exposed, but it was too late for the defenders of the national army to react.

In this more than an hour, at least more than 1,000 devil soldiers have successfully crossed the Miluo River.

There were tens of thousands of troops of the Nationalist Army on the other side, and the Japanese army came over like a sheep in the mouth of a tiger.

However, don't forget, as long as these Japanese troops stabilize their positions and occupy a small area of position to establish a position, they can cover the arrival of a large Japanese army behind.

The officers and soldiers of the devils who successfully landed quickly established defensive positions on the bank to cover the follow-up troops to continue crossing the river.

"Tom, tom, tom!!"

"Da Da Da, Tu Tu !!"

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The guns on the positions on the south bank continued, and the Japanese concentrated their fire on the positions of the Nationalist army.

The Nationalist troops lacked weapons and equipment for night battles, and they also lacked experience in night battles, and the defenders were no match for the Japanese army at all.

The devil soldiers in front of them fought and rushed, occupying the defenders' positions little by little, and the Japanese army's river-crossing troops landed on the shore in a steady stream.

The Japanese broke through the defensive line on the south bank and threw the 15th Army into disarray.

As the number of devils grew, the defenders could only retreat and abandon their positions while fighting.

When a defensive line is broken by the Japanese army, the entire line of positions will also collapse, which is a common weakness of most national army units.

At night, the superiority of the Nationalist forces did not work at all, and they could not find the exact location of the Japanese troops.

The Japanese assault troops rushed in all directions, and the defenders everywhere were dizzy by the Japanese soldiers.

The artillery of the Nationalist army in the distance shelled the Japanese soldiers crossing the river, but the hit rate of the shells was too low to prevent the Japanese troops from forcibly crossing the river.

The Japanese army had a lot of heavy firepower, weapons and equipment, and it was impossible to transport all of them by ships alone, so some Japanese sappers were stepping up to build pontoon bridges.

"Infantry advance ꓹ occupy the positions of the Chinese army!!"

"Onboard ꓹ Onboard !!"

The Japanese soldiers shouted slogans and bravely charged up to the defenders' positions.

The little devil's experience in night combat has long been very mature, and the devil's infantry and artillery cooperate quite tacitly.

The commanders of the 15th Army were shocked by the sudden arrival of Japanese troops on the south bank, and soon the commanders of the various divisions gathered their forces to counterattack the Japanese.

Soldiers on both sides were locked together in close combat, and bullets and grenades smashed into each other's defensive positions......

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The news of the landing of Japanese troops on the south bank of the Miluo River reached Okamura Ninji's side, and this news naturally made Okamura, an old devil, very happy.

Okamura Ninji attempted to encircle and annihilate the 15th Army in the Pingjiang area, and he immediately notified the Ministry of Communications to send a telegram to the Japanese 33rd Division to besiege the 15th Army.

After the Japanese army reached the south bank of the Miluo River, the commanders of the 9th Theater held a military meeting overnight to study the battle plan for resisting the Japanese army.

Several divisions of the Japanese army rushed over and wanted to annihilate the 15th Army, and Xue Boling naturally would not let the Japanese army's tricks succeed.

After deliberation, the commanders of the theater decided to send the 20th Army to block the Japanese 33rd Division, and at the same time, they were ready to send a security regiment to support the 15th Army.

The security regiment is a unit directly under the central government of the theater and the closest combat unit to the defense line of the Miluo River.

Xue Boling had Li Hong's troops stationed near the Miluo River because he was afraid that the front-line troops would not be able to stop the Japanese attack, so he left a hand in advance.

The security regiment is the trump card of the 9th war zone, and it is also the last hole card, which is of course used on the blade.

After receiving the order from the theater, Li Hong hurriedly notified the various combat battalions below to assemble in the direction of the south bank of the Miluo River.

Li Hong is not alone now, his wife is pregnant and it is inconvenient to join the army, so he decided to send his wife to Changsha City.

"Li Hong, I worked well as a military doctor in the security regiment, you transferred me to Changsha City, what do you make the officers and soldiers think?" Chen Shujun disagreed with Li Hong's decision, she stubbornly said: "I don't want to be special and let others talk about ......."

"It's too dangerous to fight on the front line, so I'm going to be special to my wife, who in the security regiment dares to make irresponsible remarks?!" Li Hong looked at Chen Shujun, who was reluctant to leave, and said in a soothing tone: "Xiaojun, you and the child move to a safe rear, so that I can relax and fight with the little devil, don't you say?" ”

Chen Shujun is an enlightened person with a higher education, and she feels that Li Hong's words are very reasonable, and the mother and son staying here will only increase the psychological pressure and burden on her husband.

"Well, I'll listen to your ......"

Chen Shujun readily agreed, and then she left the station under the escort of the guard troops.

After sending his wife away, Li Hong was busy in the regiment headquarters, and he asked his subordinates to pack all the things they needed.

Without further ado, before dawn, he set off with the troops directly under the regimental headquarters.

Li Hong sent troops this time, only bringing three infantry battalions, two artillery companies, and one armored company, and the number of combatants was only about 4,000.

The 1st Battalion and the Independent Battalion had already set out, and the two infantry battalions were divided into separate groups and quickly moved towards the Miluo River defense line.

Li Hong followed closely with the five battalions and other troops, and reinforced.

The closest unit of the security regiment to the defense line of the Miluo River is the independent battalion, which is less than 40 kilometers away, and the troops can reach the battlefield in about two or three hours......