The defense line of the independent brigade in Wuxi is in an east-west direction, mainly outside the south gate of Wuxi, and the fortifications here are all permanent defensive positions that have been built before.

That is, a part of the Wufu line and the Xicheng line, so Xu Wen and Zhou Weiguo took the defensive position outside the south gate as the main position to defend Wuxi.

Chen Tianxiang and others were sent to lead the first regiment of the independent brigade to garrison and be responsible for defense, Zhang Yulin of Guangxi led the second regiment to be responsible for garrisoning the position in the southeast of the city, and the third regiment and other troops directly under the brigade were responsible for the defense of the city and the defense of the area from the west of the city to the canal.

On the forward position of the first regiment, seeing dozens of devil cavalry approaching on foot, a company commander of the first regiment couldn't help but pick up the phone and ask the regiment headquarters for instructions: "Regiment seat, the little devil has about a squad of troops, and he is approaching my front line, can he open fire?" ”

At that time, Chen Tianxiang and others had already been notified by Chief of Staff Chen Zhenglun and knew that the two commanders, Xu Wen and Zhou Weiguo, had already led the armored troops to attack.

In order to cooperate with Xu Wen and them to do more tricks, Chen Tianxiang, the head of the first regiment, immediately ordered after receiving the request from the front: "As long as the devil is within 100 meters of my forward position, immediately open fire and beat him up as a bitch!" ”

"Yes!" The first company commander hung up the phone, immediately pulled out his pistol and ordered in a deep voice to the soldiers around him: "The regiment commander said, as long as the devil is within a hundred meters, he will beat this group of bitches fiercely!" ”

Having received the order, hundreds of defending soldiers in the forward trenches pulled the bolts of their guns, opened the safety of their weapons, and prepared to open fire.

In last night's battle, the Independent Brigade not only seized tens of thousands of weapons of various kinds, but also seized a large amount of communications equipment from the hands of devils, so now the entire brigade and regiment level are equipped with radio stations, and telephone lines have been laid down to the battalion and company level, and the communication command capability has been greatly enhanced, and the combat effectiveness has also been enhanced.

To get back to the point, a cavalry squad of the 1st Brigade of the 6th Cavalry Wing of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army on this side quickly touched the area less than 100 meters away from the forward position of the Independent Brigade.

The captain company commander in charge of the command in the forward trench immediately took the lead in firing with a Mauser pistol, and at the same time gave a sharp order: "Hit me!" ”

With one of his gunshots, the originally peaceful position suddenly burst into gunfire, and a dense row of bullets whistled towards the devil squad.

Dozens of devil soldiers were so frightened that they hurriedly lay down and dodged, but the more than a dozen devil soldiers who were walking in the front were still a beat slower, and were hit by bullets fired by the independent brigade defenders, and they all screamed and fell to the ground.

The remaining forty or fifty devil cavalry quickly lay down and scattered, looking for momentum, pits and other bunkers on the spot, and fired back, shooting at the defenders.

Kuroshima Mu, the captain of the devil cavalry brigade in the back, was also taken aback when he heard the gunshots, and hurriedly raised the binoculars again, when he saw that the 2nd squad was intercepted and was shooting at the defenders.

The old devil suddenly seemed to have seen a wild wolf of his prey, and he pulled out his command knife very frantically, and waved it forward and ordered: "Everyone immediately dismount and attack forward!" Attack! ”

At this moment, Kuroshima Kiichi only wanted to take his 1st Cavalry Brigade to break through the Chinese defenders' positions in front, and he had already forgotten the orders of Taniso and the wing commander.

Seeing this, the adjutant tried to persuade him, but the nearly 1,000 cavalrymen behind him dismounted one after another, and rushed forward with guns and screams.

Four heavy machine guns were also set up by the machine gunners one after another, and fire suppression began one after another.

At this point, the adjutant had no choice but to dissuade himself and fully assist Kiichi Kuroshima in commanding the battle.

There is actually a reason why Kiichi Kuroshima is so radical and arrogant.

First of all, the main strength of the 6th Division came from Kumamoto, Japan, so it was called the Kumamoto Division, and it is well known that Kumamoto is the bitter cold land of Japan, and the soldiers here are often very savage and warlike.

The same is true of the entire 6th Division, which has been in the vanguard of the Russo-Japanese War since the Meiji Restoration formed a new army.

The same is true of this invasion of China, which is well-equipped, has a brutal fighting style, and never regards equipment and training as far inferior to their squadrons.

This time, the 6th Division moved from North China to Central China, and first easily landed in Hangzhou Bay, and then easily defeated the 67th Army of the Northeast Army that came to block it at Songjiang, and the 67th Army was completely annihilated, and even the army commander Wu Keren was killed on the spot.

Then he burned and looted all the way, and the momentum was like a bamboo, and he did not meet an opponent!

Under the background of the rout of the whole front, the combat strength of the 6th Division has not been damaged at all, and Nanjing seems to be at its fingertips, the 6th Division has already become a proud soldier from bottom to top, and it is arrogant and arrogant.

Even if the 16th Division had just planted a big heel in Wuxi last night, the division commander Gu Shoufu didn't think so.

It's just a cavalry captain Kiichi Kuroshima, because of the news blockade within the Japanese army, he still doesn't know anything about the fiasco of the 16th Division.

I thought that the defenders in the Wuxi area were just defeated by their subordinates who fled from Shanghai, and they were not vulnerable at all.

In this case, it is not surprising that he has such an aggressive and arrogant performance.

However, Kiichi Kuroshima, who fought aggressively, was destined to pay a terrible price for his hubris.

Just when he ordered all his cavalry to dismount and participate in the attack on foot, launching a surprise attack on the forward positions of the independent brigade.

Xu Wen, Zhou Weiguo, Fang Shengli, Li Wu and others finally led dozens of tanks and armored vehicles of the tank battalion and air defense battalion to complete the detour.

At this time, if the cavalry of Kuroshima did not dismount and directly turned around and ran, they might be able to retreat with their whole body, at least not the whole army.

However, now the entire brigade of more than 1,000 devils, except for Kuroshima Kiichi and his adjutant, as well as a few heralds and guards, and all of them dismounted and turned into infantry, the result can be imagined.

It was almost the main force of the devil cavalry, and it had just exchanged fire with the defenders of the forward position of the independent regiment for less than three minutes, and the fierce battle was in full swing.

Xu Wen and Zhou Weiguo led a Tiger, 14 No. 4 tanks, 15 half-track armored vehicles, and 30 anti-aircraft Humvee military vehicles to suddenly kill.

The Tiger tank took the lead, and first bombarded the crowd of devil cavalry attacking troops, and a loud bang knocked more than a dozen devil cavalry off guard to the ground.

The 14 No. 4 tanks that followed it also opened fire one after another, fifteen tanks and fifteen tank guns, and their firepower almost exceeded the size of the artillery wing directly under a division of the Japanese army.

More than a dozen powerful cannonballs fell on the heads of the unsuspecting devil cavalry one after another, and the devil cavalry who were charging and shooting fiercely at the defenders were suddenly blown up and flesh flying, and people turned over on their backs.

Kuroshima Mui, who was supervising the battle behind, was completely shocked when he saw this scene: "This, what's going on?" ”