The artilleryman, connected to Li Hong's command for shelling, began to prepare for the next salvo of shells.

The despair and nightmare of the little devils did not end, and when two or three hundred little devils swam halfway to the surface of the river, the terrible sound of shells hit again.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Dense shells exploded on the surface of the river to create water columns and waves, and the little devils were ruthlessly killed and injured by the shells.

The third brigade of devils on the south bank witnessed the rout of the first brigade of devils and died in the river.

The captain of the 3rd Brigade of the Devils immediately ordered the artillery to suppress it.

"Tom, tom, tom!"

Devil artillery mortars fired continuously to suppress.

The devil artillery could not determine the location of the artillery of the security regiment, and the artillery suppression did not play much role at all.

Because of the illumination of flares, the banks of the Huai River are like daylight.

The artillery of the security regiment aimed at the devil artillery position of the third brigade and the devil troops on the south bank of the Huai River.

In an instant, dozens of shells fired in a salvo and quickly flew to the south bank.

So many shells bombarded it, destroying half of the artillery on the artillery position of the 3rd Devil's Brigade, and the Devil's artillery scattered and fled.

"Ahh......h

The little devils on the south bank were also shelled, and in the blink of an eye, the third brigade suffered more than a hundred casualties.

In the face of the fierce shelling of the security regiment, the third brigade of the devils was powerless, and the captain of the devil brigade had no choice but to order the troops to withdraw and abandon the first brigade.

The remaining soldiers of the devil's first brigade are still struggling desperately in the river.

The artillery of the security regiment would not spare them, and the artillery fired two waves of shells in a row, and all the little devils who crossed the river were killed, or they were stunned and drowned in the river.

Li Hong moved the telescope in his hand and saw a large number of devil corpses floating on the surface of the river, blood flowing like a river, and the blood stained the river red.

The first captain of the devil was wiped out, and soon, the system reward prompt sounded.

Li Hong himself did not participate in the battle, so he did not get the explosive costume reward, and could only get the reward of merit points and experience points.

The battle on the north bank of the Huai River had just ended, and Zhou Yinghua, commander of the 113th Division, personally visited the defense line on the north bank of the Huai River, and he inquired about the casualties of the security regiment and the casualties of the Japanese night attack troops.

After surveying the battlefield situation, Zhou Yinghua and Li Hong chatted for a while, and then he went to the group army headquarters.

……

The news that the first brigade of the Devil Sagawa Wing was completely annihilated reached the ears of two people, one was Nakajima Nagao, the commander of the 113th Devil Division, and the other was Yu Changsheng, the commander of the 51st Army.

Yu Changsheng is currently the commander-in-chief of the Fifth Theater and the Third Army, which is mainly under the jurisdiction of the 51st Army and the 47th Army, as well as some other units.

Fifth theater of operations, headquarters of the Third Army.

Zhou Yinghua walked up to a general in an overcoat and saluted.

"Hello Commander-in-Chief!"

Yu Changsheng saw Zhou Yinghua enter the command headquarters and said: "Yinghua, you came just in time, the battle in Bengbu Town was fierce just now, how about the casualties of your troops?" ”

Yu Changsheng didn't know that the defense line of the 337 Brigade was handed over to the security regiment.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, the troops who have just engaged the Sagawa Wing on the defense line on the north bank of the Huai River are not the 337 Brigade, but the security regiment troops that have just been transferred from the Second War Zone."

"How can it be a security corps?"

Yu Changsheng was a little surprised when he heard that it was the security regiment fighting against the Japanese army.

Zhou Yinghua continued: "After more than an hour of fighting, the security regiment completely annihilated the first brigade of the Sagawa Wing and the third brigade of the Japanese army, which also caused a lot of casualties. ”

"What? Annihilated an elite brigade of the Japanese First Class Wing in more than an hour? Yu Changsheng shook his head in disbelief.

He had heard of the prestige of the security regiment, but he didn't expect that the combat effectiveness of the security regiment was stronger than the legend.

"Commander-in-chief, I have personally visited the battlefield to investigate, the Japanese corpses on the north bank of the river beach are all over the place, there are hundreds of floating corpses of devils floating on the river, and the water of the Huai River is dyed red......"

Zhou Yinghua reported truthfully, without the slightest exaggeration.

Yu Changsheng was convinced of Zhou Yinghua's words, and praised repeatedly: "Fierce general, what a fierce general, this is a fierce general!" ”

It stands to reason that the security regiment is the elite of the elite and should not be transferred to the Huai River defense line to fight a war of attrition. Yu Changsheng thought about it far-reachingly, and quickly understood why the security regiment was transferred to the Huai River to defend.

"Yinghua, how is Li Hong?" Yu Changsheng opened his mouth to ask, he seemed to be a little interested in Li Hong.

Zhou Yinghua said slowly: "His subordinates have not been in contact with him for a long time, but this person is young and very humble, and Li Hong does not have the arrogance of an elite commander at all. ”

Ordinary elite troops, regardless of their official rank and rank, most of them look down on local miscellaneous troops.

"Commander-in-chief, Li Hong is a very straightforward and generous person, and he also sent a lot of medicines, weapons and ammunition to my 113th Division."

After listening to Zhou Yinghua's words, Yu Changsheng nodded, and said with emotion: "Li Hong, this young man is a little interesting, he is not arrogant or impatient when he wins a battle, as an excellent military general, he knows how to be so humble, and this person will become a great weapon in the future!" ”

"Commander-in-chief, don't look at Li Hong's only one combat regiment, but their combat effectiveness is comparable to that of an army of the Central Army. I propose to apply to the commander of the theater for an order to assign the security regiment to our Third Army. ”

Zhou Yinghua thought in his heart that even if the security regiment was under the command of the Third Army in the future, then their Third Army would also have a bright face in the future.

Yu Changsheng thought carefully for a moment, and suddenly, he laughed.

"Yinghua, fortunately you reminded me just now, it seems that I have to go to the Theater Commander's Department to meet Chief Li in person, a fierce general like Li Hong should indeed fight for it......"

Instead, Yu Changsheng left his headquarters, and he took a special car and rushed to the war zone overnight......

Through some investigation, the 113th Division of the Devil learned that it was the security regiment guarding the Bengbu defense line on the north bank of the Huai River, and the division commander Nagao Nakajima and other officers were greatly shocked.

The Japanese Army's Itagaki Fifth Division was a strong fighting force, which was a well-known fact in both China and Japan.

The 113th Division of the Devil is a second-class division, and in terms of combat effectiveness, it cannot be compared with the elite Fifth Division at all.

Although the 113th Division is only a second-class combat unit in the Japanese army, its combat effectiveness is definitely much stronger than that of the Chinese army.

Even the elite Fifth Division had to be beaten by the Security Regiment, and the 113th Division had to weigh its own strength if it wanted to break through the defense line on the north bank of the Huai River.

The little devils have always been arrogant, but they are not stupid, and in the face of absolutely powerful force, the little devils have to be willing to admit it.

In the face of the powerful security regiment, Nakajima Nagao thought about it again and again, and finally decided to personally lead all the troops of the 113th Division to attack the north bank of the Huai River.

After receiving the order of the division commander Nakajima Nagao, the various units of the 113th Division quickly marched to the south bank of the Huai River......

(End of chapter)