Although Bai Fei knew about the little devil's intentions, he didn't have a good way to deal with it, and he also responded to Yoshimoto Sadachi's calculations, which made him very uncomfortable. The other party made it clear that he wanted to drag them in Wucheng, and if you go, I will attack the city, and if you don't go, I will press forward step by step.

Therefore, the Japanese warships kept a safe distance from the shore after approaching the waters of Wucheng. After some rectification, Yoshimoto Sadachi changed the previous erroneous practice of dividing the Murai detachment into two routes, ordered his subordinates to concentrate firepower, aimed all the ships and cannons at Wucheng, and used firepower to cover the Wucheng beachhead to carry out long-range strikes.

Due to the extremely large number of Japanese gunboats and gunboats dispatched this time, the firepower was much stronger than before, and the previous battle with the Murai detachment had exposed the bunkers, tunnels, trenches and other fortifications of the defenders in Wucheng adjacent to the Poyang Lake defense line, and now these fortifications have become the key targets of the Japanese attack. Even though these bunkers were built very sturdy when they were first built, and most of them were made of reinforced concrete, they still could not withstand being hit by six or seven large-caliber shells of the Japanese army at the same time.

As a result, not long after the battle began, the coastal fortifications on the outskirts of Mt. Jiniu, Mt. Gilsan and Songmen Island were frequently damaged, and casualties continued to increase. Except for the northern part, these fortifications were guarded by Zhang Zunguang's 721 Regiment, most of which were directly under the military police.

When the news came, Bai Fei frowned, and hurriedly ordered the brothers on the periphery to abandon their strongholds and withdraw, and all the first-line positions were also given up and retreated to the second-line positions.

However, as the defenders abandoned their front-line positions, the Japanese fought with snakes and sticks, the battleships continued to advance slowly, and the shells fired from the warships continued to expand the bombardment range to the shore, but the ships always maintained a safe distance from the land.

When Bai Fei saw this scene, his brows furrowed even tighter.

Wang Weiguo looked worried and said: "The Japanese army is marching step by step, and it seems that they want to force us back through artillery shells. ”

Wu Dazhong was anxious on the side, and scolded: "Damn, the little devil is clearly bullying us, Tuanzao, or let's do him a few shots, so the people who are just beaten and watched are really holding their breath..."

Bai Fei said expressionlessly: "Now that the Japanese ships are so far away, can our artillery hit the past?" ”

Wu Dazhong was silent for a moment.

At this time, Li Hu, the captain of the special operations team, ran over and said: "Tuanzao, the range of the Japanese naval guns is too far, and now it has threatened the second-line position, Zhang Zunguang's 721st Regiment has more than 300 casualties, and our brothers also have a lot of casualties, what should we do next?" ”

Bai Fei gritted his teeth and said, "Withdraw, continue to retreat!" ”

……

In this way, as the Japanese warships approached step by step, the strike range of the naval guns expanded step by step, and the defenders of Wucheng retreated step by step under Bai Fei's order.

It was not until 6 o'clock in the afternoon, when it was almost dark, that the defenders were finally completely squeezed out of Jiniuzhou and retreated to the area of Hexi Village near Zeng Mizhou, on the south bank of the mouth of the Ganjiang River.

"! It's a terrible battle..."

"The little devil of the dog day, relying on the long range of the cannons on the ship, has the ability to get off the ship, see how grandpa cleans you up..."

"These turtle grandsons were defeated by us before, and this time they learned turtle tactics..."

After several hours of being beaten and retreating, all the Chinese soldiers of the entire Wucheng garrison, including the 721st Regiment, all felt very breathless, and after retreating to a safe area, they shouted and cursed one after another.

Bai Fei was no exception, his lungs were about to explode, but he still forced himself to stay calm and asked the people around him: "Is there any situation over there in Duchang?" ”

Wang Weiguo said on the side: "I just contacted, everything is fine over there, and the Japanese army did not divide their troops to attack Duchang." ”

Bai Fei nodded, breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Let Liu Zhen be vigilant, don't be careless, if there is any situation, report it immediately." ”

"Got it!"

Zhang Zunguang, the commander of the 721st Regiment, who was originally commanding operations in Lutan and other places, came to Bai Fei in a hurry, and said when he met: "General Bai, it's not a matter for us to keep retreating like this, if we want to let the devils occupy Wucheng, then everything will be over." ”

Bai Fei actually vaguely knew in his heart that the purpose of the Japanese army's coming here was not simple, and I was afraid that occupying the city would be secondary. But this is not easy to explain to Zhang Zunguang, so he can only say: "Head Zhang, don't worry, I am measured." Now on the surface we have been driven out of Jiniuzhou and forced to retreat, but this also happens to form a buffer zone for us, and now we are here, across Jiniuzhou, the Japanese naval artillery in the northern waters cannot be beaten. If my prediction is correct, it will not be long before the Japanese will send people to land, and then it will be time to clean them up. ”

Zhang Zunguang thought about it, so he didn't want to say anything more.

At this time, a herald ran to say: "Tuanza, there is news from Tujiabu, half an hour ago, the Japanese army used a large number of poison gas bombs, and cooperated with aircraft bombing, causing heavy casualties to the defenders, and now the Japanese army is attacking south along the Nanxun line railway, Yang Sen, the commander of the 27th Group Army, said that the Tujiabu defense line is in danger, and Song Kentang, the commander of the 32nd Army, jointly sent an emergency call for help!" ”

Bai Fei suddenly had two big heads, and he didn't know what to do. Now in Wucheng's situation, if he leaves with his direct regiment, he will not be able to hold Zhang Zunguang's guns alone. He glanced at Zhang Zunguang, who was standing next to him with an anxious face, and with a move in his mind, he decided to send Zhang Zunguang to Tujiabu to support.

When Zhang Zunguang heard this, he seemed very happy, his 721st Regiment was originally subordinate to the 32nd Army, and it was within his duty to go to support. It's just that I'm a little worried that once their regiment leaves, Wu Cheng's troops will be empty.

Bai Fei didn't care about this at all, and ordered the dumb man to arrange for a few brothers from the regiment directly under him who carried anti-aircraft weapons to go with Zhang Zunguang, and if they encountered an enemy plane, they could shoot it down, which could be regarded as a contribution to the Tujiabu defense line.

With these arranged, it was already dark.

Bai Fei didn't get a grain of rice for a long time, and at this time he was hungry and growling. A soldier handed over a few canned meat, Bai Fei took it and was about to eat it, when he saw Li Hu hurriedly running over.

"Tuanza, the brother who stayed on Jiniu Island to be in charge of observation came with news from the front that the Japanese army had just sent a landing craft and was preparing to land."

"Good!" Bai Fei's spirit was shocked, and he ordered: "Let Wu Dazhong prepare for the shelling, as long as the little devil dares to enter the firing range, give me a hard beating, and let out this bird breath!" ”

"Yes!"

After Li Hu finished speaking, he hurriedly ran away.

About fifteen minutes later, a group of about 1,000 Japanese soldiers boarded Jiniuzhou from the east and west sides of Jishan, and there was no danger or danger all the way, and they did not encounter any resistance. When Sadachi Yoshimoto heard the news on the ship, he looked happy and said, "Yo Xi." The landing force was ordered to move on, but not to advance, step by step, to avoid being attacked by the defenders of China in the dark night. As long as we control this part of Jiniuzhou, we can continue to advance under the cover of artillery early tomorrow morning! ”

However, no matter how good Yoshimoto Sadachi's calculations were, after all, the range of gunboats was limited. Unless he did not send troops for a landing operation, he could not pose a threat to the defenders as long as they were withdrawn beyond the range of the artillery. However, if a landing force were to be dispatched, it would inevitably be impossible to avoid a confrontation between the two armies on land.

While the Japanese landing soldiers were slowly advancing to the area around Xihe Village, several special combat personnel who remained on Jiniuzhou and were responsible for observing the situation had already reported their movements to the rear.

Wu Dazhong, the commander of the artillery battalion, who had already deployed dozens of rocket artillery pieces in the area of Sun Mountain in the south of Zeng Mizhou, heard the news and immediately asked his subordinates to adjust Zhu Yuan and load the shells. Then two rapid-fire shots were fired on the left and right.

After the four shells flew out and exploded, the observers in front immediately fed back the results of the explosion.

According to the results, Wu Dazhong released the calibration coordinates, and then said with a cruel laugh: "Little devil, you are the boss on the water, but on land, Lao Tzu's cannon is not a vegetarian." ”

After speaking, Wu Dazhong shouted: "Release!" ”

Immediately, more than 400 107 rockets flew like meteors to the area of Xihe Village, Jiniuzhou...