The first to bear the brunt was the cavalry wing of the 114th Division, Xu Wen formed a powerful armored assault group with thirty tanks, more than a hundred armored vehicles, and air defense combat vehicles, and rushed towards the devil cavalry wing.

The soldiers of the reserve regiment jumped down one after another before the battle began, followed behind their own armored clusters with their guns, and charged in concert.

More than 30 tanks, including the Tiger tank and the Leopard tank, opened fire first, followed by their vehicle-mounted machine guns, as well as the vehicle-mounted general-purpose machine guns of hundreds of armored vehicles and antiaircraft machine guns of air defense combat vehicles.

For a time, the devil cavalry was attacked head-on by more than 30 tank guns, more than 200 MG34 general-purpose machine guns, and dozens of 127mm anti-aircraft machine guns.

Boom Boom! Da-da-da-da! Da-da-da-da!

Under the deafening explosion and the roar of machine guns, the devil cavalry who were caught off guard were shot one after another, and suddenly people turned on their backs, and flesh and blood flew everywhere.

The commander of the 114th Division, Shigeharu Suematsu, and the chief of staff, Saburo Shikata, were leading the main force of the division to march at full speed when suddenly a violent explosion and dense gunfire were heard in front.

Shigeharu Suematsu immediately ordered the armored car he was riding in to stop, and Chief of Staff Saburo Takada quickly pushed the door open and jumped down first.

Shigeharu Suematsu jumped out of the armored car after him, looked ahead at the voice, and asked, "What's going on?" ”

Saburo Gata replied with a solemn expression: "It should be that the vanguard is in trouble." ”

"Order the troops, immediately accelerate and rush to support!" Shigeharu Suematsu roared with extreme anger.

At this moment, a signal soldier carrying a portable radio station on his back hurriedly ran over from behind, came behind Shigeji Suematsu and Saburo Gatada, and saluted them violently: "Division commander, Your Excellency Chief of Staff, no, the cavalry wing reports that they have been raided by a large number of armored units of the Chinese Army, and have suffered heavy losses, please ask for urgent tactical guidance!" ”

The faces of the two of them changed greatly, and the chief of staff, Saburo Sueda, immediately said to Shigeji Suematsu: "General, it seems that the vanguard has been tricked, and it must be the independent brigade of the Shina Army that ambushed them!" ”

"But isn't the Independent Brigade in Shanghai? How did it end up here? Shigeharu Suematsu was confused.

"General, it is likely that the appearance in the direction of Shanghai is only a small force of the Independent Brigade, in order to attract reinforcements from the Imperial Army through a feint attack!

Its real purpose was to ambush us with the 6th Separate Heavy Artillery Brigade, and the facts that are now happening have proved this very well! Saburo Gata explained analytically.

"So the Chinese Army, which ambushed the 6th Independent Heavy Artillery Brigade, is the same unit as the enemy who is now attacking our 114th Division?

However, according to the information of the previous dispatch command, wasn't the Independent Brigade defeated by the Imperial Army in Suzhou? How could they still be able to attack Shanghai at the same time in three ways and ambush our 114th Division, as well as the 6th Independent Heavy Artillery Brigade? ”

Saburo Gata shook his head bitterly and said, "General, I'm afraid that the 6th Independent Heavy Artillery Brigade no longer exists." ”

"You mean that the attack on the cavalry wing was the same unit that attacked the 6th separate heavy artillery brigade?" Shigeji Suematsu's face sank.

"I'm afraid so!" Saburo said with a miserable face: "Only Zhu Ziming's independent brigade has the ability to defeat a heavy artillery brigade of the imperial army in such a short period of time.

After all, the troops under his command are an armored force with a large number of tanks and fighting vehicles, and once the heavy artillery brigade is bumped into by them, there is absolutely no chance of survival. ”

At this time, the sound of artillery explosions in front of him became more dense, and there were more fires, and Shigeji Suematsu looked up a little anxiously again, and asked Saburo Tada, "Tada-kun, then what should we do?" ”

Speaking of which, Shigeharu Suematsu was already muttering in his heart about whether to rescue his cavalry wing again.

Because the independent brigade is famous, there are too many imperial ** teams defeated under them, and there are as many as five or six imperial generals who died in the hands of Zhu Ziming, among which there is also a royal prince.

If the Independent Heavy Artillery Brigade has been routed and annihilated by the Independent Brigade, and his own troops have fallen into the calculated ambush of the Independent Brigade, Shigeharu Suematsu will never dare to compete with the Independent Brigade in the field again.

Because, with the experience of the 6th and 16th divisions, he has deeply understood the power of the tank armored cluster of the independent brigade.

Saburo Gata naturally thought of this, so in the face of Shigeji Suematsu's inquiry, he first pondered for a while, and then said with a serious expression: "General, for the sake of safety, I suggest that the whole army immediately retreat and retreat into Jiaxing County to hold on, waiting for the battle situation to change!"

Because the field capability of the independent brigade of the China Army is too strong, in the absence of preparation, we are likely to follow in the footsteps of the 6th and 16th divisions.

Therefore, just in case, it is recommended to retreat to Jiaxing immediately, and then decide how to act later after dawn! ”

"But did the cavalry wing just give up?" Shigeharu Suematsu was quite reluctant to say.

"General, when you are decided, you will continue to suffer from it! At this point, we can only abandon the cavalry wing, and with the cavalry wing to hold back, we can calmly withdraw into Jiaxing and reorganize the defensive line! Saburo Tada persuaded ruthlessly.

Shigeji Suematsu nodded with a serious face, and immediately ordered sharply: "Immediately send me an order, the cavalry wing will do its best to block the attack of the Shina army, but the tank wing must be withdrawn immediately, this is the only armored force we have, and we must not lose it in vain." ”

"Hay!" Saburo Gata bowed his head sharply and immediately instructed the signal corpsman to send a telegram to convey the order.

When Shigeharu Suematsu's order reached the cavalry wing and tank wing in front, the cavalry wing was almost overwhelmed by the fierce assault of the independent brigade.

The tank wing was about to come forward to support, but when it received a telegram ordering Shigeharu Suematsu to retreat, they had to turn around and retreat back.

Without the support of the tank wing, the devil cavalry wing completely collapsed, and was soon scattered and fled by Xu Wen and the armored troops under the command of the tanks and armored troops.

And after defeating the devil cavalry wing, Xu Wen stood on the Tiger tank, took the wireless telephone and yelled and ordered: "Don't care about the fleeing devil cavalry, follow me along the Shanghai-Hangzhou highway and continue to assault and fight their follow-up main force!"

In one go, the 114th Division was annihilated! ”

Under Xu Wen's order, hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles of the Independent Brigade gave up the pursuit of those fleeing devil cavalry, lined up in an offensive battle formation, and continued to advance at full speed along the road, rushing straight to the main wings of the 114th Division.

At this time, the main forces of the 114th Division were rapidly turning around and retreating, but it took more than ten minutes just to turn around, with tens of thousands of troops and countless vehicles and horses.

At this time, dozens of tanks and armored vehicles of their tank wing just withdrew in a hurry.

Seeing that his tank wing had withdrawn so quickly, Shigeharu Suematsu immediately sent someone to intercept it, and asked the tank wing commander to come and report the situation to him, he wanted to know the real situation on the side of the cavalry wing.

Unexpectedly, before the staff officer sent out returned, a Type 95 tank roared and galloped to catch up with the armored car he was in, and out of the Type 95 tank came a Japanese army Osa who was the tank wing commander Watanabe Tsunekawa.

Seeing Watanabe Tonekawa Suematsu Shigeji immediately ordered the armored car to stop, got out of the car and asked, "Watanabe-kun, how is the situation in the back?" ”

Watanabe Tsunekawa said very anxiously: "General, it's not good that the cavalry wing has been defeated by the Shina Army and has collapsed, and now the Chinese tank and armored units are chasing and killing us."

Their speed is very fast, general, you quickly retreat first, and then take the tank wing back to stop them! ”