Due to the timely support of the Protector Army and the successive blowing up of the Shanghai-Hangzhou Highway and Railway Bridge on the Xietang River, the Japanese army has broken through the Xietang defense line and returned to the hands of the 67th Army.

Tokutaro Itai, the commander of the 11th Infantry Brigade of the 6th Division, who was in charge of the main operation, refused to admit defeat, and immediately organized a fleet and pontoon bridges, intending to continue the assault, but as soon as the pontoon bridge was launched and not yet delivered to the opposite bank, it encountered an RPG precision attack by the special operations team of the Protector Army, and the three pontoon bridges were destroyed one after another, and after the Japanese army suffered four or five hundred casualties, they finally gave up the plan to cross the river.

Itai Tokutaro was extremely angry. The commander of the 36th Infantry Brigade, who is also one of the two major generals of the Sixth Division, Mitsuru Ushijima, has been feeling unable to raise his head within the division since he was defeated by the Protector Army at Luodian last time, and at this time, seeing that Tokutaro Itaii's 11th Brigade was also planted in the hands of the Protector Army, he didn't say anything, but he felt a little happy in his heart.

The commander of the division, Gu Shoufu, admonished on the side: "Banjing-kun, don't be impatient, it doesn't matter if you fail here, to be honest, in terms of firepower and equipment, the anti-Japanese protector army in China is stronger than us, but their biggest disadvantage is that they are small in number, since they appear here now, I think the 18th Division and the Kunizaki detachment, which have been waiting along the Huangpu River for a long time, should have already moved." ”

Gu Shoufu was full of confidence, believing that after the tiger was transferred from the mountain this time, the defense line of the Protector Army would be broken.

Who knew that a few minutes later, a signal corpsman suddenly came to report: "Your Excellency the division commander, the 18th Division and the Kunisaki Detachment have sent urgent telegrams, saying that in the process of crossing the river on the Mishidu line, they encountered the ferocious artillery attack of the anti-Japanese national defense army in China, and the current plan to cross the river has failed, and the soldiers have suffered heavy losses!" ”

"What?" Gu Shoufu was startled, and immediately picked up the message and looked at it carefully.

It turned out that after learning that the Protector Army had come to the Xietang area for reinforcements, Ueno Kamefu, commander of the 23rd Infantry Brigade of the 18th Division, who had long been ready to cross the river, immediately organized his troops to lay pontoon bridges and prepare boats, intending to cross the river from the Yangjiajiao area.

After the pontoon bridge was pushed into the river, sporadic resistance was immediately heard on the opposite bank, and it seemed that the number of people was sparse and the resistance was insufficient.

Ueno Kamefu, who had always been known for his caution, did not dare to be careless, and concentrated all the only artillery of the 18th Division and shelled the opposite bank, and amid the rumbling of artillery, the boats and pontoon bridges slowly moved towards the opposite bank. When the soldiers fixed the pontoon bridge on the opposite bank, he put his heart down halfway. Subsequently, Ueno Kamefu ordered his 55th Wing to cross the bridge first, and it was not until about 1,000 soldiers had crossed the pontoon bridge and occupied an area on the shore that Ueno Kamefu's heart was completely relaxed.

At the same time, the Kunisaki detachment, which was entrenched in the Shihejing area, did not take any action. The leader of the detachment, Noboru Kunisaki, stood on a high place with a telescope and looked at the opposite side, without saying a word.

The chief of staff was waiting anxiously and said to Kunisaki: "Your Excellency Detachment Commander, the National Protector Army has gone to Xietang for reinforcements, and it is expected that the troops on the other side of the river are insufficient, and the 23rd Brigade of Major General Ueno Kamefu has already begun to cross the river in Yangjiajiao, why are we not moving?" ”

Kunizaki Noboru shook his head and said: "The Protector Army will not be so simple, we have suffered big losses, we must not take risks again, wait and see." ”

The chief of staff frowned and was about to ask, when he suddenly heard a series of loud explosions in the direction of Yangjiajiao in the east, but it was the Protector Army left along the Huangpu River that had already begun to attack the Japanese troops in Yangjiajiao.

It turned out that after Bai Fei left, Wang Weiguo and Xu Changsheng, who were temporarily acting as commanders, discussed preparing to plant some explosives, mines and other materials in Yangjiajiao and other places. However, since the area near the river beach was already under the surveillance of the Japanese troops on the other side, it was expected that even if the mines were laid, they would be discovered by the Japanese troops in advance. So the two of them made a huge pocket formation with mines in some of the necessary hideaways on the shore.

At this time, after the Japanese landing force attacked the shore, it quickly entered the "pocket", and the follow-up Japanese troops crossed the river faster and faster. Seeing this, Wang Weiguo was afraid that things would be self-defeating, so he decisively gave the artillery an attack order.

After receiving the order, Yan Xiangdong, deputy commander of the artillery battalion, immediately commanded the 150mm heavy artillery that had been prepared for a long time in the rear and began to cover the Yangjiajiao River. Even the Japanese artillery positions on the opposite bank received several shells. The artillery unit of the 18th Division was hit by heavy artillery of the Protector Army last time, and was almost wiped out, but after rescue, only a few artillery pieces remained. At this time, it suffered a second blow, and the number of artillery pieces was suddenly reduced to 3, which could no longer pose much threat to the Protector Army on the other side of the riverbank.

At the same time, Wang Weiguo commanded the soldiers to press the detonating buttons of several explosives buried underground in the "pocket" encirclement, and immediately stopped five or six of the more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers who had entered the encirclement. When the remaining Japanese troops learned that the rear road was cut off, they rushed towards the north together with the three or four hundred men who had just landed on the shore, as if they were planning to break a way out, but the soldiers of the 1st and 2nd battalions of the Protector Army had already been ambushed around.

Although the Japanese army was crazy in order to survive, under the joint attack of the two battalions, it only took ten minutes to completely wipe out the landing Japanese army. Although more than 30 casualties were brought to the two battalions in the course of the firefight, they finally destroyed the devil's attempt and held Yangjiajiao.

Major General Ueno Kamefu of the 23rd Brigade of the 18th Division saw that his more than 2,000 people had been wiped out in this way, and he gritted his teeth angrily, but he had no choice but to let people set up a few heavy machine guns to strafe at the opposite bank, and at the same time let the remaining 4 artillery pieces open fire on the opposite bank.

Just when more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers of the 23rd Brigade were wiped out, the Kunisaki detachment in Shihejing also faced the same fate.

It turned out that because Kunisaki Noboru had suffered a big loss from the Protector Army earlier, this attack was particularly careful, so careful that even when Ueno Kamefu launched an attack to cross the river at Yangjiajiao, Kunisaki Noboru did not take joint action.

The staff officer asked him why he didn't take the opportunity to cross the river, and Noboru Kunisaki only said that he should be careful and see the situation.

Who knew that at this moment, the sound of heavy artillery bombardment of the Protector Army suddenly came from Yangjiajiao. The staff officer's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he was about to pat himself on the back and praise Kunisaki for his foresight, and the Protector Army was really prepared.

Unexpectedly, Kunisaki Deng, who had been indifferent, was happy at this time, and immediately gave the order to cross the river.

The staff officer was confused, quite puzzled, and said in his heart that he asked you just now that you said that you wanted to see the situation, and now that you already know that the National Protector Army is prepared, you still ordered to cross the river? Got the wrong medicine?

After the order was issued, the soldiers of the Kunisaki detachment moved very quickly, maneuvering boats and pontoons to row quickly towards the opposite bank of Shihejing, but in only two or three minutes, they had already reached the riverbank, and Kunisaki was very satisfied.

Seeing that the staff officer looked inexplicable, he said with some smugness: "Now that most of the attention of the Protector Army is attracted to the Yangjiajiao area, you say that we will not be able to wait for Jiang at this time?" ”

The staff officer said: "But since the Protector Army has launched a blockade on the river-crossing troops in Yangjiajiao, it is difficult to say that we will be safe here." ”

Kunizaki said: "I have studied the firepower equipment of the Chinese Protector Army in the past few days, in addition to their ultra-high rate of fire machine guns and a hand-held artillery launcher, they also have about 20 or so 150mm heavy guns, speaking of which, these heavy artillery are still obtained by them from the third division of our army in Luodian, I really don't know what those pig heads of the third division are for..."

Kunizaki Noboru complained, and said: "These three weapons of the Protector Army, the first two have a range of no more than a kilometer, and there are no strong fortifications such as pillboxes on the opposite bank here, do you say that under the cover of our artillery fire, can such weapons of theirs still pose a threat to us?" ”

The staff officer shook his head, the field artillery and mountain artillery they were equipped with were a piece of cake for a few kilometers casually.

Kunizaki continued: "So only 150mm heavy artillery can pose a threat to us, but now these heavy artillery are already attacking the Yangjiajiao area, and there is no time to take care of us, if we don't take this opportunity to cross the river quickly, wouldn't we miss the opportunity?" ”

"So you just waited for those heavy guns to fire, right?"

Noboru Kunisaki nodded triumphantly.

The staff officer said: "Your Excellency the detachment leader is really resourceful, I really want to learn from you a lot, I hope you can teach you in the future!" As he spoke, he bowed to Kunisaki.

Kunizaki Noboru enjoyed the staff officer's sycophants very much, and pretended to be X: "Soldier, treacherous!" Although I did this, I was suspected of using the 23rd Brigade, but in order to successfully cross the river and achieve victory, their sacrifice was worth it. ”

However, just before Kunisaki Noboru could finish speaking, a rocket suddenly flew from the left bank of the river, which happened to hit not far from Kunisaki Noboru's location, and exploded with a bang, not only killing more than a dozen attendants, but even Kunisaki Noboru and his staff officers were also turned on their heads.

The staff officer hurriedly got up from the ground and immediately came up to help Kunisaki. I saw that Kunisaki was covered in dust, not to mention, an old face was also rubbed and broken when he fell just now, and now the blood is flowing, and the whole person looks miserable, where is the chic appearance of the previous pointing at the country and scolding Fang Xuan.

The staff officer said nervously: "Your Excellency the detachment leader, are you injured?" ”

But I heard Kunisaki Noboru roar: "What the is going on, where did the shells fly from?" ”

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