Compared with the momentum of the Kunisaki detachment on the western front, the reaction was rapid, and the Shigeto detachment marching from the eastern road was not so smooth.

First, when crossing the Yangtze River from Zhenjiang to the north and capturing Yangzhou, it was stubbornly resisted by the 1st Army of the Jiangbei National Army.

Although in the end, relying on the absolute superiority of the navy and air force to cover, the Shigeto detachment still defeated the defenders of Yangzhou and captured Yangzhou, a famous city in the north of the Yangtze River.

But then, in Yizheng, he was resolutely blocked by the defending forces of the national army, and it took a lot of effort to break through the national army's resistance and occupy Yizheng.

But three days had already been wasted, so although Yangzhou was only seventy or eighty kilometers away from Pukou, the Shigeto detachment was slow to arrive.

On the contrary, it was preempted by the Kunisaki detachment, and if it were not for Xu Wen leading the independent brigade to arrive in time, the battle exploits of capturing Pukou would definitely fall into the hands of Kunisaki Deng.

Therefore, after receiving a telegram warning from Noboru Kunisaki, the forward of the Shigeto detachment was still fifteen kilometers away from Pukou.

As for the main force led by Commander Chiaki Shigeto, it has just passed Liuhe Town.

Unfortunately, not long after the main force passed Liuhe, the armored car in which Chiaki Shigedo was riding, because of the night driving, the driver's vision was blocked, and it ran over a rock that was as sharp as a knife protruding from the ground.

The sharp rock cut the two front and rear tires on the left side of the armored car on the spot, and the armored car suddenly broke down and stopped.

After Chiaki Shigeto scolded and jumped out of the car, as soon as he sent someone to mobilize other vehicles, a signal soldier rode over, and when he came to him, he turned over and dismounted and saluted him:

"General, the Kunisaki detachment called and said that Zhu Ziming's department of the Chinese Army has been stationed in Pukou! and routed one of their cavalry vanguards.

General Noboru Kunisaki reminded that the Shina Army has hundreds of tanks and combat vehicles and has great firepower! Just in case, he advised us to immediately stop our march to Pukou and retreat to dangerous places, so as not to be attacked by the tank and chariot units of the Chinese army! ”

"Nani? Independent Brigade, Zhu Ziming? Chong Teng Qianqiu, who was already depressed, was shocked when he heard this, and the prestige of the Independent Brigade was like thunder!

Therefore, this old devil turned his head and instructed the staff officer behind him: "Chief of staff, immediately order the troops, the rear team will change to the front team, and we will withdraw to Liuhe!" Relying on the town to go on the defensive! ”

"Hay!" The staff officer was also frightened, after all, Xu Wen's independent brigade was a powerful role that killed several lieutenant generals and division commanders of his own side one after another, and finally even the headquarters of the 10th Army, the headquarters of the Central China Dispatch Army, and the headquarters of the Shanghai Dispatch Army!

This kind of powerful opponent is afraid of anyone!

Whether it is Chiaki Shigeto or Noboru Kunisaki, in the face of a notorious unit like the Independent Brigade, there is no longer the arrogance and arrogance of the past.

Because they understand that they are definitely no match for the Separate Brigade.

Therefore, the most correct choice is to immediately retreat, avoid its edge, and find a dangerous place to wait for help.

However, as the saying goes, people are unlucky, and they stuff their teeth when they drink cold water.

After receiving the order, the staff officers immediately re-summoned a military truck to Chiaki Shigedo and used it as a vehicle.

But Chiaki Shigedo had just sat in the truck, and the devil driver in charge of driving found that the car couldn't catch fire.

I pressed the clutch continuously and twisted the key several times, but I couldn't start successfully.

Chiaki Shigeto asked with a calm face in an unkind tone, "What's the matter?" ”

The devil driver was sweating profusely, bowed his head and replied, "General, the truck may be broken!" Unable to start! ”

"Yaga!" Shigeto Chiaki, who was in a hurry to retreat, was furious when he heard this, raised his hand and slapped him in the face of the devil soldier, beating him to the ground, and his eyes were full of stars.

The devil soldier hurriedly bowed his head and admitted his mistake: "The general is angry!" ”

"Go down and fix the car right away!" Chiaki Shigeto was furious, kicked the car door open, and jumped down in anger.

The broken down truck will be difficult to repair for a while and a half, and there is no way to do it, so Shigedo Chiaki had to order someone to bring one for him, and the war horse planned to retreat on horseback.

Breaking the car twice in a row has made Chiaki Shigedo have no desire and hope to take the car.

It's just that when Chiaki Shigedo got on his horse and was about to run forward, he groaned...... A sharp and sharp sound of cannonballs bursting through the air suddenly sounded.

Shigedo Chiaki looked back and couldn't help but be surprised, because a cannonball was dragging a dazzling red tail flame, shooting towards him like a meteor.

Instinctively, he let out an exclamation: "Yaga ......!" Before he could finish speaking, the cannonball that came out of the fire smashed down and exploded suddenly.

Bang! The unlucky Chiaki Shigedo was blown to pieces by this cannonball, and even the people and horses were blown to pieces, and even a complete corpse could not be found.

Subsequently, more tank shells of the independent brigade, like hailstones, bombarded the devil marching army column of the Shigeto detachment.

It turned out that Xu Wen and Chen Zhenglun led their troops from Pukou to march all the way and first discovered a vanguard of the Shigeto detachment.

Xu Wen judged that the main force of the Shigeto detachment must be not far behind them, and in line with the principle of capturing the thief and capturing the king first, Xu Wen ordered the troops to bypass this Japanese vanguard force.

Went straight to the main force led by Chiaki Shigeto to kill, but what I didn't expect was that it really ran into the main force of the Shigeto detachment that had just completed the U-turn and was about to retreat.

What's more coincidental is that the first shell just now was also fired by Xu Wen's Tiger tank, and with one shot, it blew up Shigeto Chiaki and his men and horses into pulp.

This kind of thing with a very low probability was encountered by Chiaki Shigedo, which shows that this old devil is really unlucky.

As waves of tank shells fell, the Japanese troops of the Shigeto detachment were bombed in chaos, with countless casualties.

And the worse is still to come, as the distance approaches, the tanks and armored vehicles of the independent brigade are also firing one after another.

Three armored infantry regiments and nine battalions of the Independent Brigade, Xu Wen left five for Zhou Weiguo, and he brought two tank battalions and two armored battalions.

The caliber of the vehicle-mounted machine guns exceeded seven millimeters, and coupled with the terrifying rate of fire, a strafing shot, the war horses weighing thousands of pounds could not resist it, and one by one they fell down one after another, either dead or wounded.

Xu Wen stood on the Tiger tank, looked at the devils who were already in a mess, and ordered with high spirits: "Keep attacking!" Kill the Shigedo detachment! ”