Following Xu Wen's order, three air defense battalions with 300 antiaircraft guns and 300 antiaircraft machine guns were immediately and quickly deployed on the spot to launch a strike against the air.

There was a fierce exchange of fire with the devil's air raid troops, and Zhou Weiguo and Chen Zhenglun took advantage of the situation to recapture all the positions occupied by the Japanese army at the foot of the Purple Mountain.

Xu Wen led the main force of the independent brigade, and with the speed advantage of the armored forces, he still caught up with the 13th Brigade of the 26th Division.

At that time, the 26th Brigade was about to withdraw to the vicinity of Taizhuo Town, and in order to protect the safety of the division headquarters, Jun Takeshita immediately suggested that the Ogishu troops abandon the car to protect the commander.

Eventually, the Ogishu Soldiers decided to abandon one infantry wing and ordered the 26th Brigade to leave the 116th Infantry Wing under its command behind the palace to block the pursuit of the Independent Brigade.

The rest of the troops withdrew into the town of Taizhuo and held on.

At the same time, Ryosuke Yoshika also led the 9th Division, the 11th Division, the 18th Division, and the 5th Independent Heavy Artillery Brigade to rush to reinforcements.

It was almost the time when Xu Wen commanded the armored torrent of the Independent Brigade to wipe out the 116th Infantry Wing.

The devil's reinforcements drove to Taizhuo Town one after another, and quickly converged with the various units of the 13th Division, and the troops were deployed to prepare for defense.

At the same time, a number of Japanese fighters in the sky rushed to help the battle when they heard the news, and they continued to strafe and bomb the armored units of the Independent Brigade.

Although the vehicle-mounted machine guns of the armored battalion and tank battalion can also carry out low-altitude defense, without the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns of the anti-aircraft battalion, they cannot pose a threat to the Japanese aircraft flying at medium and high altitudes.

And seeing that the devil's reinforcements have arrived, it is not appropriate to attack! Xu Wen ordered the troops to withdraw to the area around the Purple Mountain, intending to regroup and fight again.

This active assault, although it failed to defeat the 13th Division, it also annihilated more than 3,000 of them.

The main thing is to help the national army recapture all the defensive positions lost in the previous days.

At this time, the battle between the three remaining air defense battalions and the Japanese air attack units also divided the winners and losers.

The independent brigade had lost fifteen anti-aircraft guns and eighteen anti-aircraft machine guns, and achieved the record of shooting down eight Japanese fighters and six bombers.

In addition, the devil air raid troops fled in the desert, which well protected the safety of the independent brigade reserve regiment and other ground forces of the national army.

In order to avoid unnecessary losses from the Japanese bombardment, Xu Wen ordered all the tank and armored vehicle units to withdraw to the mountains and forests behind the Purple Mountain.

At the same time, a batch of anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns was re-exchanged from within the system, which was replenished to the air defense forces.

At dinner, Zhao Shoutian sent a message that they had entered the Zhenjiang area along the Yangtze River, and that they had discovered the activity of Japanese warships and asked for instructions on whether to launch an attack.

At that time, although the Jiangyin fortress was lost, the blockade and blockade of the Yangtze River by the national army did not stop.

While the battle for the defense of Nanjing was raging, the resistance battle on the river was also going on tenaciously.

After the Jiangyin fortress was lost, the Wulongshan fortress fort has become the last line of defense for the national army to hold and block the Yangtze River.

Originally, the Japanese could continue their attack along the Yangtze River, and under the cover of the navy and air force, they could break through the defense line of the Nationalist Wulongshan fortress in one fell swoop, so as to open up the river for their naval fleet so that they could take the Xiaguan wharf directly, and the defenders of Nanjing would inevitably be attacked by the enemy.

However, because Xu Wen led the independent brigade to contain all the Devil Army divisions except the 13th Division back to the Hangzhou area, the 13th Division was insufficient at that time, so that the Japanese army has not been able to break through the Wulong Mountain defense line so far.

In addition, the Nationalist army sank many merchant warships to block the Yangtze River waterway at that time, so the naval ships of the devils have not been able to break through the river defense and invade the Nanjing waters of the Yangtze River.

Xu Wen hated the Devils' navy and air force, especially the Devils' naval warships, once they advanced to the river near Nanjing, their large-caliber naval artillery firepower could directly launch a fierce attack on the urban area of Nanjing and the peripheral positions of the Nationalist Army, such as Qixia Mountain.

At that time, the soldiers and civilians of Nanjing will suffer heavy casualties.

Therefore, without hesitation, he instructed Sun Fugui: "Call Zhao Shoutian back immediately and tell him to launch an attack for me immediately!" Kill all the devil warships they see! ”

"Yes!" Sun Fugui suddenly agreed, and after saluting, he immediately took the order to leave.

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At that time, there were a total of six Japanese ships in the Zhenjiang area, including two cruisers and four gunboats, with a total tonnage of more than 10,000.

After receiving Xu Wen's order, Zhao Shoutian immediately commanded two U-shaped submarines to take the lead in firing torpedoes at the two Japanese cruisers and sinking them.

Then they began to attack the four gunboats, under the cover of night, and under the advantage of the submarine's own concealment, in less than ten minutes, all six Japanese warships were hit by Zhao Shoutian and them, caught fire and exploded, all of them were destroyed, and they sank into the rolling Yangtze River not long after.

At about nine o'clock in the evening, news came from Jiangbei that the Kunisaki detachment and the Chongteng detachment were attacking from the east and west directions towards Pukou in Jiangbei.

Among them, the Shigeto detachment has already broken through Liuhe, Yizheng, and the advance of the Kunisaki detachment is less than 20 kilometers away from Pukou Town.

Jiangbei's 1st Army was unable to resist and asked Tang Shengzhi to quickly send reinforcements across the river for reinforcements.

At the critical juncture, Tang Shengzhi and the others remembered Xu Wen's independent brigade again, there was no way that this unit had become the most capable unit in the whole theater, so they could only be used as a firefighting team.

So, a telegram was sent to the brigade headquarters of the independent brigade.

At that time, Xu Wen was inspecting the loot in the warehouse, and the booty that had been exploded by the system during the afternoon battle, this assault battle independent brigade killed more than 3,000 Japanese troops.

In addition to contributing more than one million exchange points to Xu Wen, thousands of weapons, ammunition and daily necessities were also exposed.

Among them, what surprised Xu Wen the most was that a large number of Moutai liquor broke out.

When Xu Wenzheng was about to take out this batch of Moutai liquor to reward his subordinates, Sun Fugui hurriedly ran over, saluted him, Zhou Weiguo and others: "The headquarters is urgent, and the two Japanese detachments of the Kunisaki Detachment and the Shigeto Detachment have entered Pukou, intending to encircle Nanjing, cut off the connection between our army and Jiangbei and the final retreat.

Commander Tang ordered us to immediately dispatch effective troops and rush to Pukou to establish a defensive line and block the Japanese army! ”

Xu Wen was shocked when he heard this, and said secretly: Damn, Lao Tzu forgot that these two devils are biased!

Zhou Weiguo also said to Xu Wen with a serious expression: "Big brother, once Pukou is captured by the Japanese army, the morale of the entire Nanjing defense area will be shaken and the morale of the army will be unstable, so we must deploy troops to defend Pukou as soon as possible!" ”

"Hmm!" Zhou Weiguo nodded happily, and immediately said to Sun Fugui: "Fugui, you call back to the headquarters immediately, just say that I will immediately lead my troops to Jiangbei, and I will definitely block the Guoqi detachment and the Chongteng detachment, with our independent brigade here, Jiangbei is absolutely safe!"

Please Commander Tang immediately organize the evacuation of the people, because I am worried that once Nanjing is lost, the angry Japanese army will be unfavorable to the people!

Tell Chief Tang that our Independent Brigade will build two steel pontoon bridges on the Yangtze River as quickly as possible, and he only needs to organize personnel to evacuate the people across the river as soon as possible! ”

"Yes!" Sun Fugui happily accepted the order, and after saluting again, he turned around and left quickly.