On December 8, 1937, the 116th, 16th, 6th, and 114th Divisions of the Japanese Army broke through the defense line of the peripheral national army and engaged in fierce battles with the troops on the outskirts of the city. The one who had just attacked the teaching corps was the vanguard of the 16th Division.

Zhang Wei counted the casualties, and after the battle just now, eight people in the platoon were wounded and one was killed, two of whom were seriously wounded and had been carried away on stretchers. The combat loss of the platoon was not large, and there were probably more than a dozen Japanese corpses that fell in front of the position. In terms of exchange ratio, it is not bad, but once the real attack of the Japanese army begins, I am afraid that there will be no such good thing.

"Platoon leader, how are your casualties?" Company Commander Wu Zhong asked with concern. "Company commander, the casualties were not large, eight were wounded, and the heavy machine gun squad assigned to us was killed by shrapnel", "How about the second platoon"? Wu Zhong shook his head, "Qiu Wei's side is not very good, there was an artillery shell that blew up the light machine gun team, and a deputy squad leader died." "You have to take care of the second platoon, the Japanese brigade will arrive soon, I heard that the 88th Division on the other side of Yuhuatai has really started fighting." Wu Zhong said that "the fight really started" means that there are serious artillery bombardment and firepower preparations, not a tentative charge like the group of headless flies just now.

Prepare yourself, I'll go to the second row and take a look. "Yes, the company commander walks slowly."

Zhang Wei called He Kun and called the three squad leaders and three deputy squad leaders over.

"You all listen, it was just a tentative attack just now, and it was not so easy to follow, you must restrain your soldiers, you are not allowed to fire without an order, the fortifications must be dug firmly, and what you have to deal with below is mountain artillery, field artillery and even cannons, do you understand."

After the squad leaders left, Zhang Wei brought the troops into the Tibetan Soldier Cave, and the bloody battle just now was also a good medicine, and most of the people's faces no longer had the initial panic and fear. There was only a low sound of conversation and snoring in the cave, and Zhang Wei also closed his eyes, and in the next few days, I am afraid that there will be no chance to close his eyes.

The 16th Division failed in the first battle, but in the eyes of the imperial army, this was just a small setback. The frontal enemy of the 3rd Regiment of the Teaching Corps was the 16th Wing of the 33rd Division. With the arrival of the main force of the 16th Division, more and more artillery pieces were gathered near the Purple Mountain and the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum. The officers of the 16th Division believed that if they did not need two rounds of firing, the enemy army would be reduced to ashes and would be scattered as a matter of routine, even if the enemy army was the most elite teaching corps.

From the first attack to the present, for four whole hours, the Japanese army has not moved, Zhang Wei, who was sitting in the hiding cave, did not have any sleep, the longer the preparation, the more fierce the enemy's offensive will be.

At 15 o'clock in the afternoon, in front of the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, the soldiers of the 33rd Wing of the 16th Division were preparing for the attack, and it was the second brigade that was responsible for the attack near the east side of the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum.

The preparations of the infantry wings and brigades of the first line were also largely completed, and the Type 41 75 mountain guns of the Wing Artillery Squadron and the Type 94 37 rapid-fire guns of the Rapid-Fire Artillery Squadron had advanced to the first line. Lieutenant General Toshio Tani, commander of the division, was sitting at the temporary headquarters of the division and was listening to the reports of the staff officers.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, according to the previous exploratory attacks and the confessions of the captured prisoners before, the enemy in front of our division and regiment is the headquarters of the Teaching Corps, which had previously fought with our army for a short time in Shanghai, and its losses were not large", "The officers of this unit are all graduates of the Central Military Academy, and there are quite a few non-commissioned officers among the soldiers, who are well equipped and have artillery in charge, and are deployed in the area of the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum and the Purple Mountain, and the total number of enemy troops is nearly 30,000."

Gu Shoufu looked at the brigade commander Mitsuru Ushijima beside him, "Ushijima-kun, the capital of China is really beautiful." ”

"Prepare to attack, let the rabble on the opposite side see the martial might of the Imperial Japanese Army, and look at the tiger might of the Nara Division."

At 16 o'clock in the afternoon, the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum and the Purple Mountain became a sea of fire, and the fierce fire preparation made the officers and men of the teaching corps unable to raise their heads at all. Hold your gun tight, keep your mouth open, and don't be deafened. There was a sea of fire on the position, the pillbox of the friendly battalion was directly hit by a shell, and a quarter of it was directly blown off, and the 75-millimeter mountain artillery shell played a song of death in the defense area of the teaching corps.

The shelling gradually stopped, and there was a dead silence on the position, Zhang Wei slapped off the dirt on his body, got up with a 79 rifle, and stared at him with thirty pairs of eyes. "Brothers, the devil is about to attack, and you all understand that it is different from last time", "Ugly words are said before, who dares to be cowardly, don't blame me Zhang is not polite, in the same way, if I make a mistake, any of you can be polite to me." All of them, ready to fight"!

More than 30 people quickly rushed out of the Tibetan cave, into the predetermined position, the barbed wire and deer barricades laid in front of the position were blown up in all directions, fortunately the fortifications and bunkers were dug solidly, and the damage was not great, a few small black spots appeared in the distance, and then a dozen, dozens, hundreds, Zhang Wei saw through the telescope, the pair of hideous faces, under the organization of the corporal, the object was unfolded in an orderly manner, and the division of light and heavy machine gun grenadiers was clear. The entire Third Regiment and the entire Teaching Corps appeared in front of the positions of dense Japanese troops.

One shell after another came at a gallop and hit the hillside directly, and the straight trajectory indicated that it was a mountain artillery directly under the wing and a 92-infantry gun under the direct jurisdiction of the brigade. The corpses of the Japanese soldiers on the hillside were blown to pieces, and the rotten flesh and internal organs fell on the position, causing the officers and soldiers to be nauseated, and Zhang Wei pulled off a rectum from the steel helmet. He held back the disgusting taste and called He Kun, who covered his nose and asked, "What's wrong with the platoon commander?"

"Tell the brethren to be ready to fight with bayonets", "Now the guns alone are enough to stop it, go quickly".

He Kun answered, and then went down the bunker.

At 400 meters, the Japanese 92 rifle guns began to shoot in cover. At 200 meters, the ninety-two heavy machine gun began to spit out tongues of fire, and at 150 meters, grenadier groups began to fire. Onboard! One by one, the soldiers who were less than 1.65 meters tall held the 38 big cover more than 1 meter long, roared and began to charge towards the position of the teaching corps!

Zhang Wei picked up the 79 rifle, aimed at a devil who rushed to the forefront, pulled the trigger, the bullet was discharged, and passed through the 90 steel helmet above the devil's head, a fatal blow!

Zhang Wei's gunfire was the signal to open fire, and the whole platoon burst into flames, spitting tongues of fire at the enemy.

The real battle has just begun.