Since the last time the Japanese army was attacked by the 31st Army of the Gui Department and the 51st Army of the Northeast on the Mingguang Line, not only was Mingguang City taken away, but also retreated hundreds of miles overnight, until it retreated to Chuzhou, and the positions on this line of the Mingguang River were taken by the Chinese army.

The commander of the Japanese Central China Front, Shunroku Hata, mobilized tanks, field artillery and other heavy weapons from Nanjing, as well as tens of thousands of additional troops, and attacked the nest.

The Chinese army suffered from the lack of air supremacy and long-range heavy artillery on the ground, and it was not yet time for a decisive battle, so it did not dare to make a hard encounter too early, so it could only avoid the enemy's edge and get out of the way.

The Fifth Theater ordered the 31st Army to withdraw from the west of the Mingguang River to the mountainous area, and the 51st Army to the north to deploy defenses on the north bank of the Huai River and resist the enemy according to the river.

Tens of thousands of Japanese troops, supported by tanks and artillery, pounced on Mingguang with the momentum of hungry wolves, but they did not capture the main force of the Chinese army.

The Japanese army did not stop, and then attacked Dingyuan to the west and the Huai River to the north.

During the dry season in winter, the water level of the Huai River is very shallow, but no matter how shallow the water level is, there is still water, and when the 51st Army retreats to the north bank, it is natural to cross the river and demolish the bridges, and all the large and small bridges of the Huai River in this area are demolished and blown up, and the master has never thought about returning to the south bank.

In addition, by the way, all the ships on both sides of the strait were pulled to the bay area on the north shore and hidden, and no one could move any large or small ships without an order.

It turned out that the two platoons of Tan Yizhong and Qin Guogang under Niu Gu were one of the garrison troops guarding these ships, after all, they had just been sent by others, and they were embarrassed to let the combat troops on the front line, but the garrison work in the rear.

Tan Yizhong and Qin Guogang originally wanted to pull the troops to the front line and play the demeanor of the Baohuashan Brigade of the Loyal Salvation Army, but they didn't let them, so they had to treat themselves as reserves first.

No matter how shallow the water of the Huai River is, there is still water, and it is winter water, go down and freeze you to death, what is more dangerous is that there are a large number of Chinese army positions on the north bank, and the muzzles of the guns are facing the Huai River, if you want to cross the river easily, there is no way.

The little devil naturally did not dare to slack off, and prepared with many hands, and some of the iron-clad speedboats were used to transport troops, and a large number of bridge-building materials were also transported, such as steel frames, wood, steel plates, etc.

The devils are still very professional in every battle, not only sending several planes to reconnoitre, but also sending scouts to defend the sappers and come to explore the geology.

In the dry period, the Huai River has a lot of silt and is very deep, and it is almost impossible for the devil's tanks and artillery to collapse the river, so they can only build bridges.

If you want to build a bridge on the river, you have to ask the 51st Army on the north bank if they agree, nonsense, don't ask, people will definitely disagree.

Therefore, after the devil's artillery arrived on the south bank, they immediately set up artillery positions, took the detailed intelligence and data reconnoitred by airplanes and balloons, set up artillery, and began to bombard the positions on the north bank.

From 120 howitzers to 150 heavy artillery, a steel storm came down and blew up the 51st Army's position on the north bank.

Trenches, foxholes, and even half-height bunkers were all blown up, leaving only a few bunkers and ammunition depots several meters deep underground.

This dog's battle, I can't fight, I didn't see the figure of the devil, I was blown up by others, and the Northeast Yankees of the 51st Army scolded while crawling out of the position.

I can't stay there, and if I stay there, I'll be shot up by the devil's shells.

"Didn't we capture two 120 guns in Mingguang City? Bomb them too. ”

"What's the boom? We just lit the cannon like this, how dare we fight the devil, and within two hits, we were killed by the heavy artillery of 150. ”

"The devil's plane hasn't been dispatched yet, and as soon as the plane comes, our artillery can't run, so we can only wait to be bombed."

"I'll go, don't we have anything to fight the devil? Just waiting to be beaten by the devil? ”

"It's really not, you can only face to face with the devils to cut them."

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

"The devil plane is coming, get down, don't run, rabbit cub, no matter how fast you are, is there a plane fast?"

"Who said the devil plane just now, crow's mouth."

“……”

The devil is really arrogant, this cannon has been bombarded for a long time, and there is no sign of rest, if the Chinese army has this level of wealth, it will not beat the devil down, at least drive it into the sea.

Now there is no room for everyone's nonsense, because while the devils are suppressing the defensive positions on the north bank of the Huai River of the 51st Army by artillery fire, the sappers have begun to enter the Huai River to build improvised bridges.

What's more urgent is that the devil's tin Baotou speedboat has sailed to the middle of the Huai River with the devil in full load.

"Dogs, still running back, all going forward."

Brigade Commander Dou of the 337th Brigade of the 113th Division of the 51st Army on the mountain put down the binoculars, grabbed the phone in the command post, and shouted directly to the commander of the 673rd Regiment:

"The devil has already arrived in the middle of the river, hurry up and call me, let the devil go ashore, I'll ask you first."

Commander Zhang of the 673rd Regiment was so anxious that while beckoning the machine gun company directly under the regiment and setting up mortars to hit the middle of the river, he asked the people to work with the division headquarters to drive back the soldiers who had retreated like ducks.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

The mortar blew up a column of water several people high in the middle of the river, and after a few rounds of adjustment, it hit the devil speedboat, in fact, this is very difficult, because the speed of the speedboat is not slow, and it is necessary to calculate the advance of the boat.

Time was pressing, and it really didn't count that much, so I didn't skimp on mortar shells, and swarmed to the front of the speedboat not far away.

A rain of mortar shells almost turned the middle of the Huai River into a barrage, into which several speedboats crashed into the barrage and exploded with mortar shells.

Once it is bombed, the devil's speedboat, whether you are an iron bun or a whole body, will be blown up and unbearable, even if it can't be blown apart, but the devil soldiers inside can't escape.

This is not on land, the mortar is coming, you can find a trench crater or lie down, on the water on the boat, how to hide? can't hide, once the devil on the ship is blown up, the ship is not torn apart, and the devil is blown apart.

The body of the devil who was very close to the point of impact was dismembered in an instant as if he had been tortured by the corpse of five horses, and a boatload of severed limbs and stumps of arms, as well as steaming fresh internal organs.

What is the river of hell, what is the river of Lethe, this is it.

The entire Huai River was covered with mortar shells and heavy machine-gun bullets, and the devils' troop carriers were either overturned or sunk, and the devils on board were either blown to pieces or blown away.

The devil who was still alive on the boat couldn't stand it, turned around and jumped into the river, swimming back, hoping to get as far away as possible, which was exactly what the heavy machine guns on the north shore were doing.

The Min 24, imitating the Makqin water-cooled heavy machine gun, could hit thousands of meters away, and the effective firing range could reach seven or eight hundred meters, and several heavy machine guns of the 673 Regiment opened fire fiercely, and the devils on the water were instantly sunk.

"Mortars and machine guns, quickly shift positions."

"Hurry up, shit, slow, where is the speed when you usually eat meat?"