Chapter 46: Turning to Hongkou (4)

Bai Fei didn't care about saying anything else, threw away the binoculars and ran out of the former enemy command post, and before he could go out, he bumped head-on with the dumb man. The dumb man pointed to the sky and babbled something to Bai Fei, Bai Fei said: "I know, immediately let people take out the anti-aircraft weapons and install them." ”

The dumb man pulled Bai Fei out of the courtyard of the command post, and Bai Fei saw that in the open space outside, there were 10 people, and 10 Starlight individual air defense missile launch equipment had been carried on the shoulders of the dumb subordinates, and the other 10 people were loading missiles on the launchers. It turned out that the dumb man had already let people take out the "Starlight" anti-aircraft weapon and equip it, just waiting for Bai Fei to give the order to launch.

Since the first use of Starlight in Luodian, Bai Fei has liked this portable air defense equipment, and exchanged for 5 more in one go, plus a total of ten before, all of which were handed over to the dumb man and his subordinates, which are closely guarded in peacetime, and can only be used in wartime.

Bai Fei nodded and said to the mute: "You did a good job, immediately let people aim at the Japanese planes in the sky, and shoot them all down for me, but don't waste ammunition." ”

At this time, there were a total of 6 Japanese planes in the sky, and the dumb man ran over and pointed at the six people in front of him, and waved his hand, and the soldiers of the National Protector Army happily immediately put up their weapons and began to aim at the planes in the sky. The other four looked dejected. Apparently everyone liked this weapon very much, and it was a pleasure to be able to use it to hit the planes of the Japanese.

A few seconds later, six Starlight anti-aircraft missiles dragged a long tail flame and flew towards the Japanese plane, followed by several huge explosions, and six beautiful fireworks bloomed in the air.

There was no threat in the air, and the officers and men of the 51st Division quickly drove the Japanese puppet army to the vicinity of Qiujiang Lane. Chiaki Shigeto, the head of the Japanese Shigedo detachment stationed here, was taken aback when he saw this, and immediately ordered the artillery unit to open fire in order to stop the attack of the Chinese army.

The officers and men of the 51st Division, who were in pursuit, were suddenly shelled by the Japanese army, and after losing 100 men, they had to hold their positions and stop the pursuit.

The 1st Brigade of the Japanese puppet Jing'an Army and the Yuzhishan Brigade were able to take a breath and escape with their lives, and when they finished cleaning up the remnants of the defeated army, they found that there were more than 11,000 people in the two full-fledged brigades, and after this battle, only half of the personnel remained. In particular, the 1st Brigade of the Jing'an Army was almost disabled.

Chiaki Shigeto was furious, called the two puppet brigade commanders to him, and first slapped one of them a dozen times, and then asked about the situation of the battle, after learning that more than 30 tanks and 6 planes were destroyed in an instant, Chiaki Shigeto chuckled in his heart, and his expression was unprecedentedly serious.

The chief of staff said on the side: "Your Excellency Shigeto, there is only one unit in the Shina Army that has such powerful firepower and air defense capabilities, and that is the so-called Anti-Japanese Protector Army in Shina. Judging from the report on the defeat of the 3rd Division reported by the headquarters and the report on the battle situation of the 13th Division a few days ago, their combat effectiveness is very strong, and if today's losses are counted, the losses they inflicted on our Great Japan have already exceeded 80 tanks and 24 aircraft. Now that we are facing them, we have no advantage in land and sky, if we want to force an attack, I am afraid that we will incur great losses, and besides, the team is newly defeated and demoralized, I suggest that it is better to retreat to Zhang Huabang to avoid the edge for the time being, and then make plans after asking the headquarters for instructions. ”

As soon as Chiaki Shigeto heard that he was going to retire, he immediately scolded: "Yaga! We still have so many soldiers in our hands now, how can we reason to retreat without a fight, and won't people laugh out of their big teeth when they spread it? You exaggerate the threat of the Chinese army so much, it is a cowardly manifestation of lack of courage! You no longer have the fearless spirit of my great Japanese samurai, my team does not need cowardly people, and I will apply to the General Staff Headquarters to transfer you back to the country later, you can step down. ”

After Shigeto Chiaki dismissed the chief of staff, he thought twice, and at the suggestion of another staff officer who accompanied the army, he withdrew his troops to the north of Yinhang Road. It is close to the waterway of the Huangpu River, and the ships on the river can provide artillery support at any time. After arriving here, Chiaki Shigeto ordered his troops to divide into two routes, leaving the demoralized 1st Brigade and Yu Zhishan Brigade of the Jing'an Army and the artillery unit to guard here, and ordered the artillery unit to continuously shell the positions of the 51st Division to the south. He himself, with his Shito detachment and part of Li Chunshan's brigade, totaling about 10,000 people, quietly marched south along the Huangpu River east of Jungong Road, bypassing Xiangyin Road, and launched an attack on the outskirts of the Gongda Yarn Factory.

Since the Japanese army was secretly operating along the Huangpu River at night and did not launch an attack until early in the morning, Wang Yaowu, Bai Fei and others who got the news were taken aback. Stationed here is the 3rd regiment of the tax police regiment, Bai Fei did not dare to slack off, he was entrusted by Chen Cheng to come to relieve the siege this time, if the tax police regiment has major damage, I am afraid that it will be discredited, so he immediately led the team to support.

When the team rushed to the front line of Songhuajiang Road, they saw from a distance that the Japanese army was charging towards this side from Minzhi Road on the right side of the military road, and the officers and men of the tax police regiment stationed on Dunhua Road and Kongjiang Road fought back desperately, but there were shells in the sky that continued to fall on the defenders' positions, and the shells were extremely powerful.

Bai Fei immediately ordered the artillery unit to find a way to destroy the Japanese artillery position, and Wu Cannon took the order to go, but soon he ran back and said to Bai Fei: "Tuanza, these shells are all from the Japanese ships in the Huangpu River, we are too far away to hit accurately, and even if we hit, we may not be able to hit hard." ”

Bai Fei frowned, and immediately changed the battle plan, first letting the artillery cover the Japanese army on the east side of the military road, so as to relieve the pressure on the defenders of the tax police regiment. At the same time, the 3rd Company was allowed to bypass the Qiujiang River from Guoshun East Road and fortify on the first line of Xiangyin Road to cut off the Japanese army's retreat; The 2nd Company assisted the Tax Police Regiment in the fortification of Longchang Road and Zhoujiazui Road to block the Marine reinforcements coming from Hongkou; The first company and the special combat team, led by Bai Fei, launched an attack on the Japanese army on the front line of the military road from the east to the south bank of Matang, and at the same time launched a counteroffensive in response to the tax police regiment here.

After some planning, Bai Fei divided the sniper team into three groups of people equally, and at the same time transferred all the RPGs in the hands of the artillerymen, and said to Wu Cannon: "This time, you just need to hit the head of the Japanese soldiers on the opposite side, don't worry about the rest, the old rules, fight on the move, don't let the Japanese artillery shells catch." ”

"Yes!" Wu Dacang saluted and immediately went to make arrangements.

With a wave of Bai Fei's hand, each company of the Protector Army immediately took its place and headed towards their respective targets.

Soon Wu artillery commanded 24 150mm heavy guns to fire at the Japanese army, and suddenly a mountain and tsunami of shells poured down on the Japanese army, the attacking Japanese army was immediately blinded, the Japanese follow-up troops were interrupted by the shelling, and the Japanese army in front lacked support and was unable to attack and had to hold on. At this time, Bai Fei led the 1st Company and the special combat team to also start an attack on the Japanese army, and various assault rifles and Gatling RPGs fired together, coupled with overwhelming artillery bombardment, and soon drove the Japanese troops on the first line of Songhuajiang Road to the east of the military road.

At this time, Liu Yaohuan, the head of the 3rd Regiment of the Tax Police Regiment, learned that the reinforcements had broken through, and immediately ordered the defenders on the front line of Dunhua Road to launch a counterattack. Several defenders and Bai Fei's troops flanked left and right, and it didn't take long for the Shigeto detachment to break through to the position on the west side of the military road and regain it.

The Japanese commander Chiaki Shigeto saw that the good situation was lost, and he was so angry that he almost killed a squadron leader who had escaped. At this time, the artillery bombardment of Wu artillery was still continuing, and a succession of shells flew straight to the east bank of the military road, although the accuracy of the shelling was not high, but because it was covered by the shelling, there were still the bones of the unlucky ghosts of the Japanese army who were blown up. Chiaki Shigedo's teeth itched with hatred and immediately asked the navy for assistance.

A moment later, two huge hot air balloons were slowly rising into the air on two Japanese ships in the Huangpu River on the northeast side of Zhoujiazui Island...