On the way to Xiaguan Wharf, Xu Wen exchanged a batch of engineering vehicles that could build bridges from the exchange shop, and when he arrived near Xiaguan Wharf, he found a relatively remote location and took them out.

Then the soldiers of the reserve regiment were ordered, maneuvering these engineering vehicles, to quickly begin to build bridges.

Because it was night, it was not afraid of being discovered by the Japanese air raid troops, and about an hour later, the reserve regiment relied on engineering trucks to erect two temporary steel pontoon bridges on the riverside about two kilometers north of the Shimonoseki wharf.

Xu Wen exchanged 100 88mm anti-aircraft guns and 200 12.7mm anti-aircraft guns from the system, and reorganized the reserve regiment into an air defense regiment on the spot.

They were ordered to be stationed near the two steel pontoon bridges and to protect the safety of the pontoons.

Because, with these two pontoon bridges, not only will it be convenient for the independent brigade and the units of the national army to cross the river, but the efficiency of the evacuation of the people in Nanjing will also be greatly improved.

And in the daytime, once the devil air force discovers these two bridges, it will definitely do whatever it takes to carry out an air attack, so it is necessary to leave a strong enough air defense force to protect this bridge and cover the retreat of the people of Nanjing from here to the rear of Jiangbei.

This wave of exchange just used up the more than one million points obtained in the Purple Mountain assault battle, so Xu Wen's exchange points still have 34 million.

After deploying the air defense forces, Xu Wen took four tank and armored battalions to cross the Yangtze River from these two bridges and arrived at Pukou Town, Jiangbei.

At this time, about a cavalry squadron in the vanguard of the Japanese Kunisaki detachment had already attacked and hit the Zhujiadian area west of Pukou Town.

At that time, the garrison of the national army in Pukou had less than one regiment of local troops, with a total number of less than 800 people, and it was a miscellaneous force that rushed thousands of miles from southern Sichuan to aid the Songhu battlefield, but it failed to arrive in time, and finally caught up with the defense of Nanjing, and was transferred to Pukou as a miscellaneous garrison.

If there is no reinforcement from the independent brigade, these seven or eight hundred Sichuan troops will definitely be eaten by the Kunisaki detachment.

Because the news was received in advance, when the Kunizaki detachment arrived, this Sichuan army also sent a company to Zhujiadian in the west to guard it.

It's just that after discovering that the Japanese cavalry was rushing over, the company commander of this company knew that he was invincible, and took advantage of the cover of night to escape with his subordinates overnight.

When they fled to Pukou, they happened to meet Xu Wen and Chen Zhenglun, and led the main force of the Independent Brigade into Pukou.

When I saw so many tanks and armored torrents, they were marching towards Pukou Town.

The Sichuan officers and soldiers of this company were all shocked, and thought that Pukou had been captured by the Japanese army.

It wasn't until they saw with the help of the tank lights that their regiment commander Zhang Tianfu and several battalion and company commanders were respectfully greeting him in front of the position, that he suddenly realized that he immediately ran over under the leadership of the company commander.

At this time, Xu Wen's Tiger tank had already driven to Zhang Tianfu, the commander of the Sichuan Army, and others, Xu Wen jumped down from the tank, and Zhang Tianfu, who had been notified in advance, immediately led his subordinates and saluted forward: "Zhang Tianfu, the commander of the 58th Regiment of the Sichuan Army, led the officers above the company level of the whole regiment to greet General Xu and your reinforcements!" ”

Xu Wen raised his hand and saluted back: "Head Zhang doesn't have to be polite, from now on, Pukou Town will be taken over by my department, if you want to leave, you can withdraw now!" ”

Zhang Tianfu said awe-inspiringly: "Thank you Commander Xu for your kindness, the order I received from my humble post is to cooperate with the independent brigade to defend Pukou, and without the order of the garrison theater headquarters, even if you fight to the last soldier, you must not retreat!"

So, from now on, we are all under the command of you, Chief Xu, please assign us combat missions! ”

Xu Wen nodded and said: "Very good, since Commander Zhang is willing to stay, then I have nothing to send, give you a regiment of German-style equipment, garrison in Pukou Town, and assist us to defeat the Kunisaki detachment of that dog day first, and then go to beat the Shigeto detachment in the south!" ”

"What? German-style equipment for a regiment? Zhang Tianfu was taken aback, he couldn't believe his ears, and looked at Xu Wen with a look of disbelief: "Is what the chief said true?" ”

Xu Wen said awe-inspiringly: "Of course, Lao Tzu never releases empty cannons, a regiment of German-style equipment, submachine guns, Czech-style, Maxim, general-purpose machine guns, everything!"

It is better than the 88th, 87th, 36th of the Central Army, as well as the equipment level of the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps! I'll come to my brigade headquarters to get it later. ”

"Thank you, sir!" Zhang Tianfu was overjoyed, and immediately said in awe: "With these equipment, my 58th Regiment will definitely fight to the death with the little devil to the end!" As long as there is one person in our group, we will never let the little devil step into Pukou Town! ”

Xu Wen said very easily: "I won't let your 58th Regiment fight with the devils alone, you only need to follow my armored troops, and you can easily defeat the enemy!"

So, hurry back and gather your men, wait to receive your German equipment, and get ready to fight with my armored forces. ”

"Yes!" Zhang Tianfu couldn't help but smile and stepped forward again.

At this time, the commander of the alert company he sent ran over with his subordinates, looked at Xu Wen and the Tiger tank behind him timidly, walked up to Zhang Tianfu, and saluted him: "Regiment commander, the devil cavalry has been killed in Zhujiadian, and the brothers can't resist it, so they retreat." ”

Zhang Tianfu put away his smile and asked, "Has the devil arrived at Zhu's store?" Then why didn't you hear the gunshots, you kid didn't shoot a single shot and fled back with someone, right? ”

The alert company commander hurriedly shook his head and said, "Regiment commander, the devils are all cavalry, and there are too few brothers, I really can't resist it!" ”

"You kid obviously didn't fire a shot, and the face of our Sichuan army has been lost by you! Lao Tzu killed you! Zhang Tianfu said that he was about to pull out his gun.

was stopped by Xu Wen raising his hand: "Commander Zhang doesn't need to be excited, your people are too poorly equipped, and the troops are small, if you really do it with the devil, you can only be cannon fodder for nothing!" ”

After speaking, Xu Wen turned to ask the alert company commander: "How many cavalry are there in the vanguard of the devil?" ”

Xu Wen turned his head to Chen Zhenglun and said, "Chief of Staff Chen, I will take a tank regiment to kill the devil vanguard of Zhujiadian, and you will take other troops to take over the defense of Pukou Town!" ”

"Yes!" Chen Zhenglun, who was on the tank behind, gladly accepted the order, and Xu Wen immediately took a tank battalion and turned around and killed Zhujiadian in the west.