The grassroots officers and soldiers of the Independent Brigade all followed their respective commanders from the Shura battlefield of the Battle of Songhu and crawled out of the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood.

They have all seen a big scene, and the defeat of the 16th Division last night has built up their strong confidence, so they do not panic in the face of the Japanese army at this time.

Under the order of the captain and company commander, more than a hundred soldiers in the forward trenches calmed down one after another and did not fire rashly.

It wasn't until the more than 50 devils advanced to a distance of less than 30 meters from them that the captain and company commander took the lead in raising his gun and shooting, and at the same time shouted and ordered: "Hit me hard!" ”

Bang! Burst! A ghost soldier with a small plaster flag hanging under the barrel of a rifle was shot by him on the spot and fell down.

Hundreds of front-line soldiers followed one after another, and in an instant, dozens of rifles, pistols, and several light machine guns fired a dense row of bullets, head-on at the devil.

Puff puff! Ahhh The ghost soldiers who didn't have time to dodge suddenly fell down in response.

After firing the first wave of shots, some riflemen of the Independent Brigade even directly pulled out their grenades and threw them at the devils.

In this way, more than 50 devils were first subjected to a wave of dense firepower, and then they were blown up by more than a dozen grenades emitting green smoke.

In just one shot, more than half of these more than 50 little devils were killed or injured, and the team leader saw that the situation was not good, so he turned around and ran.

The remaining 20 or so devil soldiers were also frightened and turned around and fled back, and in the process of escaping, more than 10 people were shot and killed by the defenders of the Independent Brigade.

In the end, a full infantry squad escaped alive, with less than fifteen men left, and they were extremely embarrassed.

Seeing this scene, Kiichi Kuroshima, who was waiting for the fighter plane in the offensive position, was shocked and angry, and never expected this situation.

Just as Kuroshima Kiichi was about to reprimand the squad leader who had led the team to escape, a Japanese herald ran up from behind the trench with a gun on his back and gave him an order: "The division commander orders that all your troops should be dispatched to launch an attack on the position of the Shina Army and lure the enemy to expose their firepower.

Divisional artillery units will provide you with fire cover! ”

"Hay!" For Gu Shoufu's order, Kuroshima Kiichi did not dare to disobey it, and immediately bowed his head to accept the order.

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Independent Brigade Brigade Department in Wuxi City.

After Xu Wen heard the gunshots in the south of the city, he immediately said to Zhou Weiguo and Chen Zhenglun: "Weiguo, Brother Chen, you two stay at the brigade headquarters, and I will go to the front to command a regiment to fight." ”

"Big brother, why don't you let me go." Zhou Weiguo was a little relieved and said: "You are the brigade commander, and it is more appropriate to stay at the brigade headquarters to command the overall situation." ”

Xu Wen waved his hand and said: "No, the enemy is outnumbered, and the devil's firepower is very strong, and Gu Shoufu is a very cunning guy, I'm afraid that the head of the regiment will not be able to withstand it."

With me in command in the south of the city, we can ensure that the forward position is not lost! ”

Zhou Weiguo said: "Then I will also go to the east of the city to sit in the headquarters of the Second Regiment and command the Second Regiment to fight, so it is safer." ”

"Well, yes, with you and me personally commanding, we can ensure that nothing goes wrong! During the day, the devils have the advantage of heavy firepower such as planes and artillery, and we can only defend!

In the evening, we'll wait for an opportunity to fight back! Xu Wen nodded and instructed.

"Okay, let's go our separate ways, and I'll leave it to Brother Chen here." Zhou Weiguo nodded happily.

Chen Zhenglun saw that the two of them had made up their minds, so he had to instruct: "You two be more careful." ”

"Chief of Staff rest assured." Xu Wen nodded with a smile, took the lead and strode out of the brigade headquarters, and directly summoned his Tiger tank out of the brigade headquarters, and drove it quickly towards the regimental headquarters in the south of the city.

The Tiger tank is a strong and mobile fortress with heavy and sturdy defensive armor, and it also has an 88mm caliber tank gun, which can also provide strong artillery support in critical moments.

The most important thing is that this tank has the most advanced radio system at that time, and it can communicate with the entire tank battalion, air defense battalion and brigade headquarters at any time.

When fire support was needed in the east or south of the city, they were ordered to rush to reinforcements as soon as possible.

When Xu Wen rushed to the regimental headquarters of the 1st Regiment in the south of the city with the Tiger tank, Kuroshima Kiichi Nakazo happened to lead more than 1,000 infantry and launched an attack on the forward position of the 1st Regiment.

The first regiment commander, Chen Tianxiang and others, immediately walked out of the regiment headquarters when they learned of Xu Wen's arrival, and happened to see Xu Wen just jumping out of the Tiger tank, and everyone immediately saluted forward: "Brigade seat!" ”

Xu Wen waved his hand and said, "Okay, you don't need to be polite in a hurry, go back to your regiment headquarters!" ”

"Yes!" Everyone agreed with a bang and immediately followed Xu Wen back to the regiment headquarters. ，

The regimental headquarters of a regiment is located under the root of the city wall outside the south gate of Wuxi, relying on the semi-permanent fortifications built by the city wall, and the fortress is made of reinforced concrete, surrounded by trees to cover it very hidden.

These were all built by the Nationalist Government in preparation for war, and if they were not directly hit by heavy artillery of 150 mm caliber or heavy aerial bombs of aircraft, it would be very safe here.

Chen Tianxiang and the others chose this place as their headquarters, which is obviously very suitable.

After entering the command headquarters, Xu Wen immediately stood in the observation position, holding a telescope to observe the enemy's situation, and asked, "How is the battle situation now?" ”

Chen Tianxiang, who was behind him, immediately replied: "Just now, the company easily repelled a wave of small attacks from the enemy, killing thirty or forty enemies!"

Now, after a round of small-scale artillery bombardment, the devils have started a new round of attacks, but this time there are more troops than just now, nearly a thousand people! ”

During Chen Tianxiang's report, Xu Wen had already seen the devil through the telescope, and he was charging towards his forward position with guns in groups.

Putting down the binoculars, Xu Wen immediately ordered Chen Tianxiang: "Commander Chen, I'll leave it to you here, I'll go to the front line and directly command the battle!" ”

"Huh? The brigade commander is inappropriate, the front is dangerous! You're a brigade commander, so you can't put yourself in danger! Chen Tianxiang actually felt that Xu Wen was too risky to come to his own regimental headquarters, and when he saw that he still wanted to go to the front line, of course he refused to live or die, and directly blocked in front of Xu Wen.

"Get out of the way! Lao Tzu knows it in his heart! Xu Wen scolded: "You listen to me, without my order, except for the battalion in front of you, all the other battalions of your regiment are not allowed to open fire without authorization to expose their positions!" ”

After speaking, Xu Wen pushed Chen Tianxiang away and rushed towards the forward position with two guards.

Chen Tianxiang couldn't stop it, so he had to send a squad of guards to follow Xu Wen to protect him.

It is said that Xu Wen followed the communication trench on the position and came to the forward position, Kuroshima Kiichi had already led more than 1,000 Japanese elites to exchange fire with the regiment and battalion responsible for defending the front.

The fighting was fierce, with explosions and bullets flying back and forth everywhere.

Xu Wen did not go to the forward command post of the first battalion, but rushed straight to the forward trench with the guards, in the trench fortification where a light machine gun position was located.

It was bombarded by the devil's grenadier just now, and a crooked light machine gun and several machine gunners all fell in a pool of blood.

Seeing that the devils in front of the position were swarming in groups, and the situation was critical, Xu Wen didn't care about anything else, and directly took out the Bazooka bazooka from the system warehouse, skillfully loaded the rockets, and aimed at a group of swarming devil infantry on his shoulder!

I only heard a loud bang, and the rocket turned into a streamer and shot out, hitting the target crowd fiercely, boom! There was a violent explosion.

At least a dozen devil soldiers who were rushing forward with guns were all blown away, killed and wounded.

The prompts of the system began to sound in Xu Wen's mind one after another: "Ding Dong, the host killed a Japanese private and exploded a box of grenades!"

Ding Dong, the host killed a Japanese second lieutenant, and exploded an MG42 general-purpose machine gun with three base ammunition......

Ding Dong, the host killed a Japanese soldier Cao, and exploded a Thomson submachine gun......"

Xu Wen was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly put away the bazooka, took out the MG42 general-purpose machine gun that had just exploded from the warehouse, and held it in his hand to attack the devils outside the position, and the crowd was a crazy strafing. ，

As the devils were hit by the bullets he shot out and fell to the ground, the sound of the system's explosion continued to sound in his head.

This is one of the main reasons why Xu Wen came to the forward position to participate in the battle at risk, killing the enemy can explode, and his arrival will greatly boost the morale and fighting spirit of the frontline soldiers, and will be of great help to the entire defensive battle.

In this battle, the enemy was outnumbered, and if the morale was not strong enough, it would be difficult to hold out until dark.