Properly instructed, Xu Wen sat on the Tiger tank and passed the steel bridge first, the Tiger tank is currently the heaviest tank in the independent brigade, as long as it can pass safely, other Leopard, T-34 and other tank combat vehicles will definitely be able to pass.

Moreover, Xu Wen took the lead as a brigade commander and was the first to command the passage of tanks, which can also boost morale.

Just imagine, the brigade commanders have taken the lead, what else are they afraid of as subordinates? On the other side, even if it is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, you have to go to it.

Soon, the Tiger tank successfully passed the bridge in the dark and reached the west bank of the Yangliu River.

The bridge erected by this multi-purpose engineering vehicle has withstood the test.

Subsequently, the Leopard, T-34, and IV tanks passed the bridge one after another, completing the assembly on the west bank.

Xu Wen immediately led them to move westward, more than five kilometers away from the west bank, before starting to advance southward in a roundabout way.

Because some guard posts will definitely be set up along the section of the river where the devil's artillery position is located, it is not wise to cross the river directly from that section of the river.

Therefore, Xu Wen needed to lead the team to the south to go deep and detour for a distance, avoid the devil's guard post, and cross the river where there were no devils.

In the end, Xu Wen and the others chose a place about six kilometers south of the devil's artillery position and began to cross the river.

This is already in the rear of the 6th Division, and the devil never dreamed that the armored troops of the defenders of Wuxi would be able to detour so far, and regard the Yangliu River as a smooth road, and cross the river back and forth to attack them, so the tactics have a high degree of suddenness!

After all the tanks and anti-aircraft combat vehicles of the tank battalion and the air defense battalion successfully crossed the river, Xu Wen immediately ordered the other party victoriously: "Battalion Commander Fang, leave three air defense combat vehicles to protect the bridge, and before we retreat, anyone who dares to approach here will kill him!" ”

"Yes!" Fang Shengli suddenly agreed, and immediately dispatched three of the thirty air defense combat vehicles, and ordered them to lie in ambush on both sides and in the middle of the bridgehead on the east bank, and guard this place to the death.

Then, Xu Wencai stood in the Tiger tank, revealing his upper self, holding a vehicle-mounted MG34 general-purpose machine gun in one hand, and waving forward with the other: "Forward!" ”

The Tiger tank immediately roared forward, leading the main force of the tank battalion and the air defense battalion to the north along the east bank of the Yangliu River.

The first thing they discovered and encountered by Xu Wen was the camp of the 6th Division's baggage wing, because it was a large rear, the devils were completely defenseless, and they didn't even set up a guard post.

Therefore, the Tiger tank took the lead in leading dozens of tanks and armored vehicles, and they were all about to rush into the devil's camp, and only then did the devil's baggage soldiers discover the abnormality.

The first thing he discovered was naturally the Tiger Tank that rushed all the way to the front, and when he saw this huge steel beast roaring towards him, the devil's baggage soldiers were completely shocked.

At this moment, Xu Wen ordered the driver to turn on the tank lights, and the snowy white light instantly shrouded the devil's baggage.

Under the dazzling light, the devil's baggage soldiers were not only completely exposed to the fire range of the Tiger tank, but also stabbed and couldn't open their eyes.

Xu Wen didn't give him a chance to escape, and directly manipulated the MG34 general-purpose machine gun in front of him to shoot at him.

Da-da-da-da! The muzzle of the gun burst into flames, and a wave of hot steel bullets hit the devil's baggage soldier, and the other party fell down with a scream.

The Tiger tank did not stop its advance, and continued to advance, directly crushing over the corpse of the killed devil soldier, leaving a pool of bloody flesh and water.

The Leopard tank and T34, which had been following the Tiger, took the lead in spreading to the two wings of the Tiger tank, and the other Shermans, Tank No. 4, and half-track armored vehicles followed suit.

Soon, the 18 tanks and 15 half-track armored vehicles of the tank battalion were all deployed on both flanks of the Tiger tank in turn, forming a torrent of steel with a width of more than 200 meters, which directly rumbled and crushed the Japanese baggage camp.

There was no even need to fire from tank guns, and the powerful assault fire formed by the vehicle-mounted machine guns on the tank vehicles, as well as the half-track armored vehicles, and the vehicle-mounted anti-aircraft machine guns of the anti-aircraft battalions, was enough to make the Japanese baggage soldiers who were almost defenseless to fight back bleed and their corpses were strewn all over the field.

The so-called baggage soldiers of the devil are a group of logistics troops, which are usually used to transport various materials for the main force, and there are only some officers who can match guns, and all of them are equipped with garbage to the southern fourteen-type pistols that cannot be in the garbage, commonly known as the Wang Ba box.

This weapon is sometimes a problem for self-defense, let alone against the tank armored units of the separate brigade.

Therefore, with the machine guns of the tank battalion and the air defense battalion firing at full speed, the Devil's Baggage Wing was beaten with flesh and blood, and the dead and wounded were pillowed.

Under the crushing assault of the tank battalion and the armored battalion of the Independent Brigade, the entire camp fell into chaos and panic, and countless devils fell under the tank fighting vehicles of the Independent Brigade that constantly sprayed tongues of fire.

At that time, it was already more than ten o'clock in the evening, and Gu Shoufu and other senior Japanese generals all fell asleep.

The old devil was awakened by the sudden sound of gunfire, and hurriedly jumped out of bed, put on his shoes, and ran out of his tent, not even bothering to put on his military coat.

At that time, it was already November, and the weather in Jiangnan had turned cold, but Gu Shoufu, who was in a hurry, couldn't feel cold at all.

As panicked as him, he rushed to the headquarters with the chief of staff Takuri Yuo Osa, and the commander of the 36th Brigade, Major General Ushijima Mitsuru, and others.

After several people met, Gu Shoufu immediately asked, "What's the matter?" What happened? ”

Tian Jiu Toshio pointed to the south direction and said with a panicked expression: "General, the gunfire is coming from over there, it should be the direction of the camp of the baggage wing." ”

Gu Shoufu turned his head to look south, only to see that the entire direction of the camp of the baggage wing was already full of fires, and the gunfire was loud, and with a few miles away, the dazzling tongues of fire could still be seen raging and flying in the darkness.

Although he was not at the scene, Gu Shoufu could also imagine from the terrifying firepower what kind of ravages his baggage team was suffering.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but grit his teeth and shouted: "Where did the enemy come from?" Why wasn't there an early warning? ”

Tian Jiu Lixiong said with a bitter face: "General, the baggage wing is located in the rear of the main force of the imperial army, which is our big rear, no one would have thought that there would be a sneak attack from that side of the army!" ”

The commander of the 36th Brigade, Ushijima Man, frowned and said: "The baggage wing is not an important target, since the Zhina army is sneak attacking, I don't think it should be running for the baggage wing." ”

The failure of the attack in the evening not only caused heavy losses to the 45th Wing, but even Ushijima's confidant, the 45th Wing Captain, Kanda Masatane, was killed, so Ushijima's mood was very heavy, and he didn't have a good face when facing Gu Shoufu.

Now that he took the initiative to speak, Gu Shoufu turned his head to look at him in surprise, and suddenly exclaimed: "You mean, the Zhina Army is coming to the artillery position of the imperial army?" ”

"That's how it should be!" Ushijima nodded heavily: "No matter what kind of army is attacking China, its purpose must be to attack the important targets of the imperial army and weaken the combat power of the imperial army!" ”

Gu Shoufu nodded again and again: "It must be so, immediately order the 23rd Wing, quickly rush to the aid of the artillery wing, and block the Zhina Army no matter what!" Keep our artillery positions!

And the tank wing, the cavalry wing, all for me to rush over immediately! If the troops are not enough, then a wing will be drawn from the 11th Brigade outside the east gate! Just go! ”

"Hay!" The chief of staff, Tahisa Toshio, and Ushijima Mitsuru bowed their heads at the same time to receive the order, and the stakes were very high, although Ushijima Mitsuru was not very satisfied with the previous command of the division commander Tani Toshio, but he did not dare to hesitate at this time.