In the blink of an eye, the devil's remaining three Type 95 light tanks were all destroyed, which was undoubtedly a huge encouragement to the officers and men of Sun Liren's department.

However, before the officers and soldiers had time to rejoice, the devil's retaliatory fire came over.

Retaliatory fire, consisting of at least four or five mortars and grenadiers, passed through the crowds of people on both sides and viciously smashed down on the positions of the four rapid-fire guns.

The soldiers operating the four rapid-fire guns had no time to dodge before they were enveloped by the shock wave of the violent explosion, and all the people and guns were blown upside down.

The explosion also caused the detonation of other shells on the artillery position, which directly led to heavy casualties and a great reduction in firepower of the entire machine gun company.

Following behind the four Type 95 light tanks, the Japanese attackers, whose morale had been hit by the destruction of their own tanks and whose attack had been frustrated, saw this, and they all shouted with guns over the wreckage of their own tanks and launched a full-line charge towards the position of the Second Regiment of the Tax Police.

Seeing this, Sun Liren directly threw away the matching gun in his hand that had run out of bullets, picked up the MP18 submachine gun left by a sacrificial guard, and scolded him fiercely: "Beat me hard!" ”

With a submachine gun in hand, there was a fierce strafing fire on the outside of the position.

The three devil infantry who swarmed towards his position were caught off guard, and were hit by a dense burst of bullets one after another, and immediately fell down with a muffled grunt.

The officers and soldiers of the tax police on the other positions also roared and opened fire one after another, and for a time the gunfire on the position became even louder, and a large number of hot and dense bullets roared towards the Japanese troops, knocking the swarming Japanese troops to the ground in pieces.

Zhang Xinghan, the liaison officer of the second lieutenant, braved the artillery fire of the devils, ran to the position and walked along the barricade fortifications, and found Sun Liren at the forefront.

Squatting behind the fortifications, ignoring the bullets flying densely above his head, he hurriedly raised his hand to Sun Liren and saluted and reported: "Tuanza, Deputy Battalion Commander Lin has led the Eighth Company to Liujiatang and is building a defensive line, he asked me to inform you that you can retreat!" ”

Hearing this, Sun Liren turned his head, glanced at Zhang Xinghan and said, "Okay, I know, now the devils are attacking urgently, and they must be repelled this attack before they can retreat smoothly."

Otherwise, as soon as our side withdraws, the devils will immediately press up, and it is estimated that Liu Jiatang will not be able to hold it at that time.

You go back and tell Lin Rui that he can strengthen the existing position and be ready to meet us! ”

"Yes!" Zhang Xinghan responded, and immediately turned around and ran in the direction of the rain of bullets.

Liujiatang, when Lin Rui arrived here with the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Company, he found that there was a ready-made defensive position here, relying on Liujiatang Village, spreading from north to south.

It seems that it should have been built here by the Japanese army before, and after the national army crossed here, it was simply built here.

Lin Rui, who was overjoyed, immediately ordered the troops to enter the position and prepare for battle.

However, when he and his officers and soldiers jumped into the trench, they found that there was already stagnant water in the trench less than one meter deep, and the depth of the water exceeded 20 centimeters, which completely covered the ankles of him and the soldiers of the Eighth Company.

Although it was summer at the time, if the soldiers were to be immersed in water and fight the devils, it would definitely not work for a long time.

However, at this moment, they can't take care of so much, because the gunfire in front of them is getting more and more intensive, indicating that Sun Liren and they may not be able to last too long.

Therefore, Lin Rui directly ordered the officers and soldiers: "Everyone don't care about the water in the trenches, hurry up to strengthen the position, and prepare for battle!" ”

Zhou Weihan waded in the water, and complained to Lin Rui with a sad face: "Company commander, this trench is full of water, there is no way to dig down, and the power of the little devil's naval guns is so great, how can this battle be fought!" ”

Lin Rui said very calmly: "This place is close to the sea, and the groundwater resources are abundant, so we are destined to not dig deep, so we must quickly strengthen the fortifications and build the bunker outside the trench a little higher."

As for the devil's naval guns, I don't have to worry too much about it, I looked at the map on the way here, and the location of Liujiatang is just outside the range of the guns of the Japanese Navy warships.

So, we don't have to be bombarded by the devil's naval artillery to exchange fire with them! ”

"Really!" Zhou Weihan was a little surprised and said: "If this is the case, then this battle will be much easier to fight!" ”

"Yes, the group seat should have also taken this into account, so I let people build fortifications here before, and I never thought it would come in handy so soon!" Lin Rui said: "However, we can't be too optimistic, even if this place is not within the range of the Japanese ship's guns, the devil's counterattack force should not be underestimated."

It was a real elite unit of the Japanese army, much stronger than the Marines we had fought before. ”

Zhou Weihan nodded, turned around and went to command the soldiers to strengthen the position.

Lin Rui was not idle, he brought a sapper shovel, and began to shovel soil from the trench and shoot it on the bunker outside the trench.

About half an hour later, Sun Liren led his troops to finally repel the attack of the Japanese 6th Infantry Wing after a bloody battle.

As soon as the Japanese army retreated, without waiting for their naval guns and ground retaliatory artillery fire, Sun Liren decisively issued the order to retreat, and he himself personally led the guard company to reconnoiter the retreat after the company.

Three kilometers southeast of the town of Dachang, in an inconspicuous forest, the provisional headquarters of the 6th Infantry Wing was located.

When the news of the failure of the offensive came back, Tatsuharu Kuronaga, then commander of the 6th Infantry Wing, first instructed an adjutant standing behind him: "Contact the 3rd Fleet and ask them to provide artillery support again and bombard the positions of the Shina Army!" ”

Because the 3rd Division came in a hurry, the artillery, engineer and other wings directly under the division, like other reinforcements, were still on the way from the mainland.

Therefore, the 6th Infantry Wing's greatest firepower depended on the naval artillery group docked near the mouth of the Huangpu River and the mouth of the Yangtze River.

The adjutant hurriedly stood up and saluted, and hurriedly took the order to leave.

Kuronaga Tatsuji Dasa turned around at this time, looked at the chief and deputy captains of the 1st Infantry Brigade standing in front of him, and reprimanded angrily with a heavy face: "Waste! You're a bunch of shit! With such a powerful naval artillery fire cover, and four tanks and fighting vehicles to attack in concert, it still failed! ”

One of the Zhongsa officers at the head bowed his head in fear and said: "Wing Commander, the equipment of the Chinese Army is also very advanced, and the four Type 95 tanks that coordinated with the infantry attack were destroyed by their shells before they could play a role.

Although we attacked with all our might, the resistance of the Chinese army was too stubborn, and the casualties of the attacking troops were too great, so I am sorry......"

Kuraga Chenzhi snorted coldly with a pale face: "Don't make excuses for your incompetence, I'll give you one last chance, wait for this shelling of the naval artillery group to end, and then launch an attack on the defense line of the China Army again, if you fail again this time, don't come back to see me!" ”