"Boom~Boom~Boom~""......"

On the 15th, the Japanese army in Hongkou District launched an attack on Jiangwan, Sanyili, and Tiantong Road. The shells rained down from the east, falling into the position and setting off countless flowers, and suddenly the flames rolled and the smoke covered the sun. The Japanese launched a fierce attack on Zhabei from three directions, and the two brigades of the 88th Division were responsible for the two flanks and the defense in depth.

Left flank, 264 Brigade, acting brigade commander Zhu Chi; Right flank, 262 Brigade, Brigade Commander Peng Gongying.

At the same time, the Japanese 3rd Division in the north launched a further attack on the 15th Army of the Left Wing Army. The Battle of Songhu gradually reached its climax after the two sides had fought each other.

"Really?"

At the headquarters of the third battalion, the commander of the third battalion expressed doubts about Ye Lei's decision. Before the shelling, Ye Lei ordered the withdrawal of all the troops in the forward positions, and not even a single person was left in the anti-artillery holes.

Zhabei was within the firing range of the Japanese gunboats, and in such a dense bombardment, I am afraid that even a mouse would not survive.

Ye Lei said: "With this density of artillery bombardment, most of the three companies that we didn't hit the position were killed or wounded, so it is better to withdraw." ”

"What if the devils take the opportunity to attack?"

"Then fight in the streets, we have depth. Everyone's dead, and they're still spanking. ”

The commander of the third battalion had nothing to say about Ye Lei's decision, and the regiment commander called him over because he was not worried about the third battalion, so he asked Ye Lei to command. Not to mention the regiment commander, even the division commander sometimes listens to Ye Lei's deployment.

The third battalion commander's concern is actually not unreasonable, not only the first line of defense, Ye Lei even withdrew half of the second line of defense. All the enemy's artillery range, there are not many troops left. If the enemy launches a quick assault and occupies positions in one fell swoop, the three battalions will have to retreat to the rear area.

Heavy shelling continued, shells rained down on the positions, and most of the fortifications of the third battalion were destroyed. But the devils only did not shell those wooden stakes and barbed wire, and those so-called wooden stake defenses were actually tofu scum projects, how could the enemy waste shells to bomb them.

Five hundred meters behind the position of the third battalion, it was already the inner city area of Zhabei. Li Hu was on standby here with a quasi-special operation, waiting for the end of the shelling. Each member of the team has a sniper rifle in his hand, equipped with a 6x scope.

After the shelling was over, they immediately entered their own positions in the front and carried out a long-distance defense against the three battalions.

This quasi-special operations force has 26 people, and they are far from being special forces, Ye Lei just made a simple establishment of them. The best training results were incorporated into Li Hu's squad to form a temporary 12-man combat detachment. The remaining 14 people were divided into two groups, Ling Shaokun and Li Hong each led a team, but Li Hu temporarily served as the captain.

On the roof of a building at the junction of Hongkou District and Zhabei District, Mitsuhiko Sato and an Osaku are watching the battle ahead. There was a lot of smoke in front of him, and he couldn't see anything, but the crooked wooden stakes, as well as the torn clothes and quilts on the ground, aroused Sato's suspicions.

Mitsuhiko Sato put down the binoculars and said, "Kuramori-kun, don't you think there's something wrong?" ”

As the commander of the 58th Infantry Wing of the 13th Division, Kuramori was the first batch of reinforcements to land from the sea, and was responsible for attacking Zhabei with the Marines in Hongkou.

Kuramori didn't think there was anything wrong with it. In his impression, the Chinese army had backward tactics and a weak will to fight, and the quality of its soldiers could not be compared with its own soldiers. In either case, their own side is completely victorious against the national army.

So Cang Mori Gongren smiled: "There is nothing wrong. In the face of such shelling, any army would be vulnerable. ”

"I'm talking about the stumbling stakes and the rubbish all over the floor."

"Sato-kun is not unfounded. Those wooden stakes are actually decorations, and the other side knows that we have tanks, and even the best fortifications are vulnerable. ”

As he spoke, Kuramori pouted and smiled, and said, "When I came to Hongkou, I heard a rumor that our first samurai was frightened by a small officer of Shina, and he said that the other party was a god, I felt very ridiculous and ashamed!" So I'm going to use the Marines as a reserve for this battle, so I can show you how our army fights! ”

Mitsuhiko Sato is a nobleman, but Kuramori has a contemptuous tone, because a nobleman, a samurai, is actually frightened by the Shina people, which is a very shameful behavior. Also, before the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Marines did not receive the attention of the Tokyo base camp, they paid more attention to the army,

Sato didn't say any more, if he said how powerful Ye Lei was, he could only be ridiculed more. During the war years, honor and dignity had little to do with status, it depended on victory on the battlefield.

After the shelling, the Japanese soon launched a ground attack. This time, he did not launch a tentative attack, but directly launched a fierce attack while the other party was not relieving.

"Boom Boom" "......"

Although the heavy shelling ended, the Japanese continued to bombard the positions with infantry artillery to cover the infantry attack.

As Ye Lei withdrew the troops from the forward position, the devil quickly advanced to a range of two hundred meters, and assisted in the attack of the infantry with crane guns on both wings.

On this 300-meter-long front, the Japanese army changed its normal pattern to launch an attack from the middle and used artillery fire and machine guns to suppress both flanks of the position. The reason for this is simple, the terrain in the middle is flat, which is suitable for infantry and tank cooperation.

"Get into position! Fast! Fast! ”

“……”

Three platoons of soldiers braved artillery fire and quickly entered the forward battlefield. The soldiers lay down in the trenches, pulled up the bolts of their guns, and put the grenades, which had been flipped over, in front of them.

"Whoosh" "......"

"Boom Boom" "......"

Bullets whizzed past the position like flints, and shells fell on the position one by one, and the Japanese army unreservedly showed their modern and powerful attack power.

On the position, soldiers were constantly blown out of the trenches, or buried in the soft soil of Zhabei in a blur of flesh and blood. In addition to the sound of artillery, the bitter wails of the fighters began to sound from the positions.

Nearly 200 meters ahead, two Type 95 light tanks quickly advanced towards the position at an interval of 30 meters, followed by an infantry squad, which followed closely behind the tanks in two rows.

The wooden stakes and wire fortifications in front were simply vulnerable, and they were quickly crushed by tanks. At this time, the Japanese 2nd attack echelon and the first echelon continued to attack at a distance of 30 meters.

"Keep stealth! Don't take the plunge! ”

In the trenches, the distance of the enemy attack was less than a hundred meters, and the fighters continued to hide in the trenches next to shells. But at this time, the trench was a bit miserable because of the shelling just now, and the trench was full of thick sediment. The shells fell, a large amount of earth continued to fall, and some fighters were buried half of their bodies inside.

Ye Lei had already come to the rear position to observe the battle situation with a telescope, as well as the situation of the Japanese troops in the direction of Hongkou.

In the farthest distance, Mitsuhiko Sato seemed to smell a dangerous aura, and even felt that Ye Lei was in front of him. The defenders were so quiet that there was not even shelling, and Mitsuhiko Sato felt that a storm was coming.