"Their total number should be no less than fifty, and the firepower is very fierce!" Kuroshima Kiichi replied truthfully with his head down.

"Fifty tank fighting vehicles?" Gu Shoufu smiled indifferently when he heard this: "How fierce can the firepower be?" How is it compared to the tank tank tank tank wing of our 6th division? ”

Kuroshima Kiichi glanced up at Tani Shouo and Takushi Toshio, and quickly lowered his head and said, "Please forgive me for being blunt, the tanks of the Shina Army are far superior to our tanks in terms of size and firepower.

Moreover, the machine guns equipped on their armored vehicles are also very powerful, and the rate of fire is even faster, at least they have never seen such a sophisticated and powerful vehicle-mounted machine gun! ”

When Kuroshima said this, the terrifying image of the tanks and armored vehicles of the Independent Brigade frantically raining down bullets on his cavalry flashed in his mind.

Thinking of the tragic death of his subordinates and the fact that he had no power to fight back, Kuroshima Kiichi couldn't help but shudder, how could he still be arrogant and arrogant before.

Gu Shoufu frowned when he heard this, and said in a cold voice: "More powerful than the imperial army's tank and combat vehicles?" The units of the Chinese army, which could be equipped with tanks and armored vehicles, had been completely wiped out by the imperial army on the Songhu battlefield.

Where did they get so many tanks and fighting vehicles? ”

Of course, Kuroshima Kiichi couldn't answer this, because he couldn't answer it at all.

Chief of Staff Tahisa Toshio muttered: "General, since the Chinese army is equipped with advanced equipment such as tanks, armored fighting vehicles, etc., I think we must be cautious in our next offensive operations and not underestimate the enemy!"

The defeat of the 1st Cavalry Brigade is a warning to us, and from this point of view, the defeat of the 1st Brigade is valuable. ”

Gu Shoufu glanced at him coldly, turned to look at Kuroshima Kiichi who was trembling in front, and commanded sharply: "Kuroshima Nakasa, I will give you another chance to atone for your sins, and you will lead an infantry brigade to launch the first wave of attacks on the positions of the Shina Army, I hope you will not disappoint me!" ”

Kuroshima Kiichi raised his head sharply in surprise, looked at Gu Shoufu and Takushi Toshio, and immediately stood up and gladly received the order: "Hai, thank you for the general's grace of not killing, Kuroshima will definitely try his best to fight to the death and fight this first battle for the whole division!" ”

"Well, shame and courage, I'm looking forward to your performance!" Gu Shoufu bowed his head slightly, waved his hand, and said.

After saluting again, Kiichi Kuroshima turned and mounted his horse, and turned around and left in high spirits.

……

On the side of the Wuxi forward position, Xu Wen asked a regiment of defenders to send some soldiers to clean up the battlefield, while he himself, Zhou Weiguo and others, quickly withdrew to the city with tank battalions and air defense battalions.

The tank battalion and the air defense battalion are the only mechanized units of the independent brigade, and they are also the most powerful ace troops in Xu Wen's hands at present.

After returning to the city, Xu Wen asked Fang Shengli and Li Wu to take the tank battalion and the air defense battalion respectively to disperse and hide to prevent the enemy's fire from retaliating.

He and Zhou Weiguo returned to the brigade headquarters and took command to prepare for the official attack of the devils.

Both Xu Wen and Gu Shoufu knew that the battle just now could be regarded as an appetizer, and the real battle between the two sides was still to come.

About half an hour later, Gu Shoufu, Tian Jiu Toshio and others led the main force of the 6th Division and arrived in the south of Wuxi one after another.

As mentioned earlier, because there is a canal in the northwest of Wuxi, it is not conducive to the deployment and attack of Japanese troops.

Therefore, the south and east of the city became the best options for the 6th Division to attack frontally.

The south of the city, with its open terrain, was the best direction for the Japanese army to attack.

Based on this, after Gu Shoufu led the main force of the division to arrive, he immediately ordered his 11th Infantry Brigade Commander, Major General Sakai Tokutaro, to personally lead the 13th and 47th Wings of the 11th Brigade to feint on the eastern defense line of the Wuxi defenders.

And when necessary, divide the troops to make a detour to the north of Wuxi City, and cut off the retreat of the defenders in the city to flee north!

He himself, together with Major General Ushijima Mitsuru, commander of the 36th Infantry Brigade, commanded the 23rd and 45th main infantry wings, as well as the main forces of cavalry, artillery, baggage, tank armor, and engineer wings directly under the division, and were responsible for launching a frontal attack from the south of the city.

After the artillery wing had set up its artillery position, and several other main wings had also opened up their positions and were ready for the attack.

Gu Shoufu transferred a full infantry brigade from the 23rd Infantry Wing and handed it over to Kuroshima Kiichi Nakasa, so that he could lead another attack on the forward position of a regiment south of Wuxi City.

With the lesson of the last time, Kuroshima Kiichi did not dare to hold it up this time, and after coming up with his troops, he first dug the offensive position very cautiously, and equipped this brigade with 12 Type 92 heavy machine guns in the trench fortifications.

and 27 crooked light machine guns, two Type 92 infantry guns, and more than 20 grenadiers and other heavy firepower, all of which were erected and arranged.

Only then was an infantry squad of more than 50 men sent again, led by an infantry second lieutenant, to launch a tentative attack on the forward positions of the 1st Regiment of the Independent Brigade.

This is a routine operation in the Japanese offensive tactics, generally in the first attack, the Japanese army will send a small team, a squadron, or a large group of troops as a tentative offensive force, depending on the size of the battle.

It is used to attract the defenders to expose their firepower, creating opportunities for their artillery and other heavy firepower units to lock onto targets.

Once your heavy firepower unit has completed the lock-on, then you can use the artillery advantage to carry out targeted bombardment of the defender's important firepower points.

Generally speaking, ** will be fooled, the seemingly simple tactics of devils are invincible on the Chinese battlefield and have been successful repeatedly.

Because as long as the defenders' light and heavy machine guns, and even artillery fire points, are eliminated, then it will be impossible to stop the Japanese attack covered by heavy firepower such as tanks, artillery, and heavy machine guns.

What's more, the tactical cooperation of the Japanese army and the number of light weapons such as light machine guns and grenadiers are far more than the first, so the battles between the Chinese and Japanese armies are often defeated.

However, the independent brigade that the devil has encountered now is no longer an ordinary ** defensive force.

Whether it is Zhou Weiguo, who came back from studying in Germany, or Xu Wen, a traverser, they all know the tactics of the devil such as infantry rushing, artillery bombardment, and artillery bombardment of infantry and then rushing, and they all have experience in dealing with it.

Therefore, the tentative attack of the devils is doomed to failure.

Before the devil's attack was launched, Xu Wen had already directly dialed the phone number of the infantry company in charge of the forward defense, and directly commanded the captain and company commander from Sichuan: "If the devil only sends a small force of a few dozen people to attack you, remember not to expose all the firepower, especially the heavy machine gun, and don't open fire."

Don't panic, let the soldiers calm down, let the little devil get within 30 meters of the trench, and beat him with grenades, light machine guns, and rifles! ”

"Yes, Brigade, I understand! You know! The captain and company commander suddenly received the order, and after hanging up the phone, he immediately pulled out his gun and shouted in a deep voice: "Listen to the labor and management, Xiao Dongyang is not allowed to fire if he does not enter within 30 meters!" Heavy machine guns are not allowed to be fired without my orders!

Ge Lao Tzudi, if the fuck dares to shoot without authorization, labor and management will blow up your dog's head with one shot! In short, everything is waiting for my orders! ”