Under the heavy fire of the armored units of the separate battalion, the entire 16th artillery wing was plunged into panic and chaos.

In the midst of the explosion and chaos, a Japanese-style military truck, which had not been destroyed by two sets of tank fire, suddenly turned around and tried to escape.

When Xu Wen found out, he immediately ordered the soldiers in the Tiger Tank: "If you see that devil truck, kill it for me!" Don't let it escape. ”

"Yes!" Several tankmen immediately adjusted the angle of fire of the barrel, and quickly locked onto the target through the Tiger tank's unique TFZ 9B sight.

With a loud bang, a high-explosive armor-piercing projectile flew out with a roar, accurately hitting the target.

An even more violent explosion rang out, and a dazzling red light rose to the ground, accompanied by thick smoke.

The Japanese-style military truck was instantly destroyed in the red light and turned into a pile of scrap metal, and one of the Japanese soldiers in the truck, that is, the commander of the 16th Artillery Wing, Mikuni Naofuku Osa, was also torn apart in the explosion and killed on the spot.

At this time, Zhou Weiguo and nearly 2,000 other infantry also rushed up, and they took advantage of the situation to launch a charge against the Japanese army, which had fallen into complete chaos.

With the assistance of these small 2,000 infantry, the attack of the independent battalion became smoother, and the artillery was already incapable of close combat.

Under the powerful offensive coordinated by Xu Wen and his infantry, the artillery of the 16th Division was quickly killed and wounded, and all artillery and transport vehicles were destroyed one after another.

Subsequently, Xu Wen led his troops forward to continue the assault, defeating the 16th Baggage Wing, which also had no time to escape, and then chased after it and killed them all.

The devil's baggage troops are logistics transport teams, and their combat effectiveness is not as good as that of artillery wings, and under the fierce and dense fire of so many tanks and armored vehicles, the results can be imagined.

When it was almost dawn, Xu Wen and his tank troops had already pursued and killed the Japanese army, and they were almost on the edge of the Yangtze River.

The entire 16th Division, except for the Engineer Wing, did not advance with the main force because it stayed at the Baimaokou landing site and survived.

The remaining two brigades, the four main field wings, and the four divisions directly under the wings were all wiped out or defeated by Xu Wen and his men.

Seeing that the sky was about to brighten, Zhou Weiguo found Xu Wen, who had stopped pursuing, and suggested to him: "Brother Zhu, it's almost dawn, we can't pursue it anymore, otherwise the devil's plane will come to take revenge on us." ”

Xu Wen nodded approvingly, looked at Zhou Weiguo approvingly, and said, "Brother Weiguo is right, let's stop the pursuit and retreat to Wuxi." ”

"Good!" Zhou Weiguo nodded happily.

So the two took the lead in leading the troops to retreat, and as soon as they withdrew, the other ** people also retreated.

In the end, before the sky was completely bright, they withdrew to the boundary of Wuxi, and when the devil carrier-based aircraft heard the news, they had already withdrawn into the defensive positions outside Wuxi City and the city.

In particular, Xu Wen's tank and armored vehicle units had long been hidden without a trace, and the devil plane had no choice but to bomb indiscriminately inside and outside Wuxi, and then returned and left unwillingly.

……

In Wuxi City, Zhou Weiguo looked at Xu Wendao with admiration: "Brother Zhu, this battle last night was really happy, you have made earth-shattering achievements for us!" ”

Xu Wen smiled and waved his hand and said: "Wei Guo is polite, last night's battle was won thanks to all the soldiers fighting with their lives and fighting bravely, brother, I don't dare to be greedy for this merit!" ”

"This Commander Zhu doesn't have to be modest, without you and your armored troops, it would be absolutely impossible for us to defeat and defeat a division of the Japanese army!" A lieutenant colonel officer made no secret of his admiration and admiration for Xu Wen.

"Yes, without Brother Zhu, I'm afraid our Wuxi defense line would have been lost a long time ago, maybe even Wuxi would have been lost." Another Hunan army commander echoed.

In the face of everyone's compliments, Xu Wen smiled a little embarrassedly: "Thank you brothers for raising up, but this time, I must share it equally with your brothers!" ”

After speaking, Xu Wen immediately turned around and ordered: "Sun Fugui, immediately send a telegram to the garrison headquarters to report our victory last night!" Let's just say that our defenders of Wuxi successfully defeated all the Japanese 16th Division after a night of bloody fighting.

Destroyed more than 10,000 enemies and captured countless people! The Wuxi defense line has us, and we are sure to be safe! ”

"Yes!" Sun Fugui, who was also excited, happily accepted the order, and after saluting Xu Wen and the others, he quickly took the order and left.

Xu Wen did this, and immediately won the countless favors of all the ** officers present, and everyone who was already admiring Xu Wen respected and worshiped Xu Wen even more at this time, and Xu Wen's prestige was invisibly established.

……

Nanjing, garrison headquarters.

General Tang Shengzhi, the commander-in-chief, got up early in the morning and was about to finish washing up and rush to the war room of the headquarters to continue to deploy the defense of Nanjing and the evacuation of the people, and to learn about the progress of the battle of Wuxi.

A rush of footsteps suddenly came from the corridor outside his residence, and before Tang Shengzhi could react, a senior combat staff officer directly broke in.

Looking at Tang Shengzhi, who was washing his face, he immediately walked over and saluted him: "Boss, good news!" ”

"What's the good news?" Tang Shengzhi was shocked, and turned his head with a towel in both hands and asked, "Could it be that the battle of Wuxi has come to an end?" ”

"Yes!" The senior combat staff officer nodded excitedly and said: "Last night, thanks to the successful surprise attack led by Zhu Ziming and the defeat of the Japanese headquarters, the independent battalion, together with the various departments of the Wuxi defenders, attacked in time and attacked Zhu Ziming's troops back and forth.

First, it defeated and eliminated the two main wings of the 30th Brigade of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army, and then then defeated all of the 19th Brigade and the Japanese artillery and baggage troops that followed up.

By dawn, the entire 16th Division had been completely defeated by Zhu Ziming and them, and our army had killed more than 10,000 enemies and captured countless people!

According to Zhu Ziming and Zhou Weiguo's estimates, the remaining strength of the 16th Division did not exceed 3,000 people, and almost the entire army was wiped out! ”

Tang Shengzhi was overjoyed after hearing this, and threw the towel into the basin with an excited expression, splashing a ball of water, and praised excitedly: "Good!" Well done! Go to the headquarters at once, gather all the officers above the division level, and I will personally announce the good news to them! ”

"Yes!" The senior staff officer suddenly agreed, saluted again, and then turned to take the order to leave.

……

In Shanghai, Matsui Ishine had already led his dispatch army headquarters into the largest metropolis in the Far East, announcing that the invading Japanese army was occupying this place.

However, as soon as the convoy of Matsui Ishine and others arrived at the headquarters of the Japanese army in Hongkou, a communications staff officer hurriedly chased after him from behind, and saluted Matsui Ishine, who was just about to get out of the car: "Report to Your Excellency Commander, the main force of the 16th Division was completely annihilated by the Chinese Army south of Wuxi last night.

The commander of the 19th Brigade, Major General Tatsumi Kusaba, and a large number of backbone officers including the commander of the six wings, tens of thousands of imperial warriors collectively sacrificed their lives for His Majesty the Emperor and the Empire! ”