Where are the gunshots? ”

Hearing the fierce gunfire in the distance, Mao Li Yichun and others, who had just come out of Chenjia Village, were on guard with guns, and they didn't care much about the looted property.

"It seems to be a branch of the army!"

At this time, these devils saw Takeshi Matsui, the other party was lying on a hillside, obviously he didn't keep up with the troops in time when he pulled the tuba before, so he was not ambushed.

"Captain!" Maori Yoshiharu and others paused.

"What are you doing? Give me offense! ”

Seeing Maori Yoshiharu and the others, Matsui Takeshi hurriedly commanded.

"Hey!"

Not only Matsui's team, but also other Japanese troops outside the ambush circle did not panic, but launched an attack on the mountains and forests on both sides as soon as possible.

After all, it is the unit of the Japanese army's A division, and it is not the kind of army that collapses as soon as it is ambushed.

"Kill, give!"

Although they were ambushed, the Japanese troops in the ambush circle also quickly launched a counterattack, relying on obstacles on both sides of the road or heavy vehicles, building a defensive line, and under the command of Nimura Kenichi, they began to attack the mountains and forests on both sides.

Seeing that the Japanese army could still launch a counterattack, Leng Jie ordered the artillery unit in the distance to open fire on the Japanese troops on the road.

For a time, the shells of mountain artillery and mortars fell into the camp of the Japanese army, and seeing the power of these artillery, Niimura Kenichi realized that something was wrong.

"Your Excellency Captain, listen to this artillery fire, the Chinese army has at least one division, and it is also an elite unit, otherwise it is impossible to have so many artillery pieces." A Japanese captain looked a little flustered.

"Yaga, these abominable Shina people!"

Due to the fact that the artillery brigade was also ambushed, in this narrow terrain, those Type 94 mountain guns could not function at all, and they were basically disassembled into parts, and they had not yet been assembled.

If it was not disassembled into parts, the Japanese army, which had no vehicles, would not be able to carry a complete Type 94 mountain gun at all, so it could only be disassembled into several parts, and then carried by mules and horses, and assembled at the place.

"Your Excellency, Captain, we must find a way, otherwise the artillery brigade will be lost." The captain of this artillery brigade was in a bit of a hurry.

In the shelling just now, several artillery pieces were damaged, and some shells were detonated, and the surrounding soldiers suffered heavy casualties.

"Captain, let your artillery turn into infantry and launch an attack on the positions of the Chinese army on both sides, only by defeating these Chinese troops can we have a chance of survival." Xincun Jianyi said in a deep voice.

"Hey!"

After listening to Kenichi Shinmura's orders, in addition to leaving some soldiers to guard the artillery and other baggage, the two artillery squads of less than 300 people also joined the battle to attack the mountains and forests on both sides.

There were not many soldiers in an artillery squadron of the Japanese army, only more than 120 people, after all, a fully staffed artillery brigade was only more than 600 people.

At the same time as the counterattack, Niimura Kenichi did not forget to send a report to the detachment headquarters asking for help, at least he had to ask for tactical support from the aviation unit, otherwise he would suffer a lot.

When he learned the news of the attack on the Shinchon Brigade and the Miura Brigade, Kamimura was also shocked, which was somewhat unexpected by him.

Masanobu Tsuji next to him was also surprised, "Surround the point to send reinforcements? Which army of China was ambushed by the Shinchon brigade? ”

"According to our intelligence, it is very likely that it is the 54th Army or the 99th Army of China, and according to the deployment of the China Army, these two forces can take out two or three divisions to ambush the imperial army.

According to the report of the Xincun Brigade, the Chinese army that ambushed him had a certain number of artillery, which should be the 54th Army, which was a descendant of the Central Army of China, with strong combat effectiveness and good equipment, and was equipped with a certain number of artillery. ”

A staff officer next to him said.

"Who is the commander of the 54th Army?" Masanobu Tsuji was curious about the commander who ambushed their troops.

In his opinion, to be able to ambush and surround their three infantry brigades and an artillery brigade at the same time, there must be two or three divisions, so that the commander must be the commander of the 54th Army.

But if he knew that this was only done by the 40th Division alone, he didn't know what his expression would be.

"It's called Chen Lie, graduated from the first phase of Huangpu!"

"Chen Lie? I remember him! Kamimura said in a deep voice, "Send a report to the headquarters and say that we need tactical support from the aviation unit." ”

"Hey!" The staff officer turned and left.

"Uemura-kun, should we send reinforcements? If the army ambushing the Shinchon detachment has a division, with the situation of the Shinchon brigade, I am afraid that the situation will be very difficult! Masanobu Tsuji said.

"But our main forces are all here, and there is only one brigade on the Yingtian side that is responsible for staying at the landing site, if this is sent out, will it be a bit risky?

With the strength of the Xincun Brigade and the tactical support of the aviation unit, it should be able to hold out for a day or two and wait for the arrival of follow-up reinforcements.

Our top priority now is to capture Guiyi and Xinshi and cut off the retreat of the Chinese army on the north bank of the Miluo River. Kamimura said.

Masanobu Tsuji thought about it, so he didn't continue to insist, but he always felt that there was something wrong with the battle on Xiangyin's side.

The reason why they did not pay attention to it was because their purpose was to encircle and eliminate the nearly 100,000 elite Chinese troops on the north bank of the Miluo River.

If Nagashima Osa and Niimura Shozo can contain the Chinese army, it is obviously very cost-effective.

The battle on the side of the 40th Division also attracted the attention of the command of the commander of the 9th theater of operations.

When the 40th Division reported that it had surrounded and ambushed the four Japanese brigades north of Xiangyin, the Ninth Theater Commander's Headquarters in Lukou was surprised.

It is a bit unbelievable that an infantry division can surround and ambush four Japanese brigades.

However, this is good news, if they can annihilate this Japanese army, they can take the opportunity to retake the camp.

"Chief Xue, maybe you can ask the 54th Army to send reinforcements to assist the 40th Division in eliminating the Japanese troops of these four brigades, and then recapture the camp field and cut off the retreat of the Japanese army." Wu Yizhi suggested.

"It is definitely necessary to support the 40th Division, but the 54th Army cannot move, and they have to defend Sanjieqiao and Fulinpu and other places, so as not to prevent the Japanese army from breaking through the Miluo River defense line and moving south.

Let the 99th Army go, the 99th Division will reinforce the 40th Division, and the 92nd and 142nd Divisions will be responsible for fortifying the west bank of the Xiangjiang River to prevent the Japanese army from crossing the Xiangjiang River to the west. Xue Laohu thought for a while and commanded.

The 54th Army is an elite, so if it has to deal with the 6th Division of the Japanese Army together with the 52nd Army and other troops.

The 99th Army is a miscellaneous army: the 99th Division was originally formed by the 18th Army, which can be regarded as a branch of the civil engineering department; The 92nd Division was a unit transferred from the 37th Army and belonged to the Hunan Army; The 142nd Division was originally the 32nd Army, that is, Shang Zhen's old unit.

For the 40th Division, Xue Laohu's requirements are not high, just to contain the Japanese army Uemura detachment, his strategic focus is not here.

"Okay, I'll send someone to the report right away!" Wu Yizhi nodded.

"When will the two divisions of the 52nd Army and the 37th Army withdraw to the south bank of the Miluo River? The Japanese army has already conquered Guiyi, and if Xinshi also falls, then the five divisions under Guan Linzheng's hands will be in danger! ”