When the Japanese infantry began to attack the Seventh Company's Headless Ridge position, there was silence on the position, which gave the Japanese army an inexplicable illusion, could it be that the Chongqing Army had all fled, or was all blown up?

In any case, the Japanese were cautious and moved forward step by step, with four light tanks in front, followed by four columns of infantry, behind the infantry there were light and heavy machine guns and mortars, and at the rear there were infantry guns, and the formation was well maintained. ｗ?ｅｎa`ｃｏｍ

At the very beginning, the Japanese army moved out all their belongings, and it should be at least an infantry unit above the level of a brigade, plus the level of a tank squadron, to fight together.

The main reason is that this Japanese army was frightened on the Chinese battlefield, and it was independently mixed into the 20th Brigade, the predecessor of the Fifth Division, which was rebuilt after being disabled.

I thought that I could regain my original prestige on the battlefield in Jiangxi, but I didn't expect to fight on the edge of the Ganjiang River in Fengcheng, and I was beaten back to my original shape by the **.

In that battle, their bitter master was also Sangou, their three battalions and the 152nd regiment, mainly the three battalions were fighting, and they attacked halfway, at least more than one squadron of Japanese soldiers were killed in the Ganjiang River.

They didn't dare to continue to force the crossing at the ferry over there, and they could only cross the river desperately in other places, on the side of Qujiang Town, through the continuous bombardment of aircraft and artillery.

After opening a gap, the 20th Brigade advanced from the south of Gao'an on the flank, and under the strong advance of the 34th Division in the middle road, it was able to move forward to the side of Gray Port.

Now they didn't expect to meet the bitter master of the three dogs and their three battalions again, but they should also know that the Chongqing army on the opposite side is indeed not a good stubble, as if the Chongqing army on the entire Jiangxi battlefield is not a good stubble.

Of course, on the battlefield in Jiangxi, these troops, whether they are the 74th Army of the National Strategic Attack Army, or the 70th Army of the Hunan Army, or the 32nd and 49th Armies of the Northeast Army, the 58th and 60th Armies of the Yunnan Army, and the 72nd and 78th Armies of the Sichuan Army, are not good at stubble.

After two years of continuous back and forth battles with the Japanese army, these armies, especially the Sichuan army, have made great progress, and the Sichuan army's combat effectiveness was average before, because of poor equipment, and the soldiers had no food or clothing.

Now that they have the Chinese aid and the US aid, although they can't get the US aid, the domestically produced and Japanese-style weapons that have been eliminated from the US aid force like the 74th Army will be equipped in their hands.

With the help of Jiangxi villagers, some of them ate and some wore clothes, and with the continuous fighting of the Japanese army, their combat effectiveness increased rapidly.

Here we also need to mention the other two armies, that is, the Second Advance Column and the Jiangxi Security Column, both of which are native troops in Jiangxi.

The second advance column is considered the guerrilla brigade in Jiangxi, the strength of almost one division, and the Jiangxi security column, the strength of almost one army.

The Jiangxi Security Column, like the security column in every other province, is a local government armed force, between the reserve and the field army.

Such a unit belongs to the security forces in peacetime, and in wartime, it can be converted into a field army, although these two units are not in the name and do not look like regular troops.

In fact, strictly speaking, they are indeed not a regular army, no matter in terms of equipment or personnel quality, but their combat effectiveness in Jiangxi is very strong, even more powerful than ordinary field armies.

The reason is very simple, first, the soldiers of these armies are locals, very familiar with the terrain and customs, and can blend in with the local villagers, as free and flexible as a fish into the sea.

Secondly, Jiangxi is their hometown, where their fathers and villagers, their wives and children, and the duty of the army is to protect their families and defend the country, and they really protect both their families and the country.

Xiangchuan Army and Yunnan Army, can't beat the devil, can't fight a step back, anyway, Jiangxi is not their hometown, and these troops are different, they don't want to retreat, and they don't want to retreat, because there is no way to retreat.

They can retreat, but their hometowns and their fathers and fellow villagers have no way to retreat, so such an army, when it comes to war, often fights to the death and does not retreat.

Finally, there is another point, like the Northeast Army fighting in Jiangxi, their hometown was lost under the iron hooves of the Japanese army, and they have a gritted hatred for the Japanese army.

To say that the Northeast has been occupied by Japan, now there is no longer much war, and it is slowly calming down, although many people are a little harder to be slaves of the country, but at least they will not be ravaged by the war at every turn.

And Jiangxi is different here, in the past few years, the war has only scorched this land, and a large number of villagers are worse than dead.

The soldiers of these native troops, many of whom were from these places, had to endure not only the pain of their skin, but also the spitting and abuse of the people around them:

"If you can't even keep your own home, what kind of man is you? What kind of army is it? Do you want the people to support you? ”

Therefore, as soon as such a local unit arrives on the battlefield, it wants to fight the enemy desperately, and it is eager to drive the devils out of Jiangxi and China immediately.

Therefore, the 33rd and 34th divisions of the Japanese army and the 20th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade are not good at this, and they may not be able to compare with the Japanese army in terms of weapons and equipment and combat quality, but their will to fight is now becoming more and more vigorous.

Of course, most of the Japanese army did not know this very well, this time the three Japanese troops marched together, and soon laid down the Fengxin Gao'an line, and they thought that the Chongqing army was as vulnerable as before.

In fact, the strategy of the first in China has changed, and the decisive battle of retreat is similar to that of a rear-strike strike, which means that you can't show real strength at the beginning, and retreating is not the same as escaping.

But the 20th Brigade of the Japanese Army is now scared, so no matter what kind of strategy and tactics it is, being cautious is the first element to save one's life, but the level of the brigade below is not necessarily so strictly enforced.

This time, they attacked Gray Port, but found that the Chongqing Army did not guard in Gray Port Town, but retreated to the line of Shaguling Headless Ridge, which was several miles away from Gray Port.

In fact, from a tactical point of view, it is correct to retreat to the line of Shaguling Headless Ridge, because although Gray Port is a town, it is still a town with a wharf next to the Jinjiang River.

Such a town, it stands to reason, will generally be defended, but this place is flat and unsafe, especially in the face of Japanese aircraft, artillery and tanks, defending such a plain and a place of last battle, can be described as a place of death.

Retreating to the area of Shaguling Headless Ridge, which has hills and mountains, and taking advantage of the terrain can build the first line of defense, and now with the 37 combat anti-aircraft guns of the regiment's machine gun company, the third battalion and the seventh company have increased a lot of confidence in defending the headless ridge.

However, after the 102nd Brigade of the 20th Brigade of the Japanese Army crossed the Ganjiang River from Qujiang Town at this time, it drove all the way in, and the scar was healed and the pain was forgotten.

Brigade Commander Sakamoto Nakasa arrogantly believed that the Chongqing Army only had the advantage of the terrain, and it was still not possible to really fight face-to-face.

Besides, the 102nd Brigade lost more than a squadron of river-crossing troops on the Quangang side, and now it is also eager to catch the Chongqing Army here and avenge those comrades-in-arms who have become fish food.

Sakamoto was in a hurry to pull the capital, which gave the three battalions a chance.