In other words, just when Noboru Kunisaki thought that he had a last resort, a cannonball suddenly flew and blew him up, and an old face was also cut.

When Kunizaki got up, he shouted loudly and angrily, and asked where the shells were coming from, and the staff officer said cautiously: "Your Excellency, Detachment Commander, it seems that it is flying from the other side of the river." ”

"Impossible! The other weapons of the Shina Protector can't hit so far at all, and their heavy artillery is hitting the Yangjiajiao area, unless they are newly equipped with other artillery..."Kunisaki Noboru said this, his heart suddenly sank, and he had an ominous premonition.

At the same time, Wu Dazhong, who was directing his subordinates to calibrate the 107 rocket launchers at the hidden place on the other side of the river, picked up the telescope and observed the explosion point, and said to his subordinates: "The 10 guns in the front row will uniformly lower the firing angle by 2 degrees and be responsible for hitting the devils on the river, and the 10 in the back row will raise the firing angle by 2 degrees and be responsible for hitting the Japanese troops on the shore." ”

The gunners immediately calibrated the 107 rocket artillery according to Wu Dazhong's command, and after all the gun chambers were filled with rockets, Wu Dazhong gave an order, and the sound of "swishing" rockets rubbing against the air came out, and more than 200 rockets flew into the air in a few seconds.

Seeing the overwhelming cannonballs flying from across the river, Noboru Kunisaki's face turned pale and pale. Before he could react, a large number of shells had already been smashed. The soldiers who were crossing the river were destroyed in an instant by the dense rockets. The Japanese artillery positions on the river bank were also covered by more than 100 rockets, and almost all of them were destroyed.

Such a swift and fierce blow not to mention that Kunisaki was almost so frightened that he almost fell to the ground, and even the artillery battalion on the opposite side of the river bank and the soldiers of the 3rd Battalion who were ambushed not far from the left and were ready to fight for a blocking battle were also stunned.

Wu Dazhong slapped his thigh fiercely and burst into a foul mouth: "I'm x, the power of these 107 concentrated strikes is too awesome..."

An artillery battalion soldier said excitedly: "Battalion, should we come to him again for a salvo?" ”

Wu Dazhong hurriedly stopped: "No need, we don't have much ammunition, the Japanese army has suffered such a big loss, if there is no accident, it will retreat soon, so don't waste ammunition." ”

Sure enough, Kunisaki Noboru, who knew that the general situation was gone, finally had some sense, and in the face of the troops with heavy losses, he immediately gave the order to withdraw the troops, and quickly moved away from the river bank with the remnants of the defeated army. The guards on the other side of the river bank learned that the Japanese army had retreated, and immediately burst into cheers.

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Moreover, Gu Shoufu, commander of the Sixth Division, who was in charge of offensive operations in the Xietang area, could not help but sigh when he learned that the plan to cross the river on the front line of the Huangpu River had failed, and after learning in detail about the combat process.

At this time, it was almost evening, and Gu Shoufu saw that the morale of the Chinese defenders on the opposite bank was high after regaining their positions, so he ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

That night, about 600 Japanese soldiers planned to sneak attack at night, and when they crossed the river, they were discovered by the Chinese defenders on the opposite bank, and the two sides fought fiercely for more than ten minutes, and the Japanese army retreated in defeat.

In the early morning of the next day, Gu Shoufu convened a meeting of senior officers of the division and regiment to study the battle plan.

At the meeting, Major General Tokutaro Isai, commander of the 11th Infantry Brigade, suggested: "Since the battle along the Huangpu River is unfavorable now, it is better to let them come to the Xietang line to assist, the Xietang line is much narrower than the Huangpu River, and the battle line is also long, if we fire at many places on this front, it should not be difficult to break through the defense line." ”

Chief of Staff Shimono Ichihuo Dazuo said: "Major General Itai's proposal is good, but according to the information on the battle situation of the 23rd Brigade and the Kunisaki Detachment, the main force of Shina Go** is still on the front line of Mishidu, and the heavy artillery and new artillery they are equipped with are very powerful." If it is not contained, when the main force of the protector follows the westward march, will we fall into the same situation as Luodian? ”

Major General Ushijima, the commander of the 36th Brigade, originally wanted to speak, but when he heard the word Luodian, his old face turned red and he sat down again.

Gu Shoufu saw that he wanted to stop talking, so he said, "Ushijima-kun, do you have any other new ideas?" ”

Ushijima Mitsumi asked the commander of the division and said, "I have an idea, but I don't know if it's feasible." ”

Gu Shoufu said: "Ushijima-kun, you can say it and listen to it." ”

So Ushijima Man said his thoughts, and when Gu Shoufu heard it, his eyes immediately lit up, and he asked the staff officer's opinion, and the chief of staff thought about it: "This idea is good, the only drawback is that the road is long, I'm afraid it will take a day just to march, and if you carry heavy equipment, it will take even longer." However, the probability of success is high. ”

Ushijima didn't know the bottom of his heart, so he said: "I will travel lightly, only lead 3,000 veterans of the 36th Brigade to go, and all the new recruits will stay to assist you in attacking here. ”

Gu Shoufu immediately decided to implement this plan. Ushijima immediately prepared manpower, and in a short time, he disappeared outside the Japanese military camp with 3,000 men.

After Ushijima was gone, Tani Toshio immediately ordered Itai Tokutaro to continue the attack on the other side.

Throughout the morning, the Chinese and Japanese sides fought fiercely along the Xietang area, and the casualties of each other continued to rise. Until 12 noon, the Japanese army suddenly pulled the battle line along the river to the area of Xiaoduwei on the Mao River.

Xiaoduwei is a very small island in the middle of the Maohe River, very close to both sides of the river, the 107th Division had deployed a regiment here to defend, and then the battle situation in the Xietang area was urgent, Jin Kuibi transferred his troops to reinforcements, resulting in only two companies left in Xiaoduwei.

This time, the Japanese army attacked suddenly, and the two companies defending Xiaoduwei resisted desperately, but soon retreated due to insufficient troops. After Jin Kuibi received the message for help, he immediately sent the special agent battalion out.

Bai Fei saw that the situation was serious, so he rushed to Xiaoduwei with the special agent battalion. After arriving at Xiaoduwei, they found that the small island in the middle of the river had been occupied by the Japanese army, and the Chinese defenders on the shore were suppressed by the enemy's machine guns and artillery and could not raise their heads at all.

Bai Fei and others immediately joined the battle, using RPG to concentrate on the attack, first destroying the heavy machine guns and mortars set up by the Japanese army on the island in the middle of the river one by one, and then cooperating with the special battalion to rush into the trenches to blockade and strike at the Japanese ships crossing the river, and sank more than 30 small boats in a row, which was able to stabilize the situation.

After the Japanese army failed to cross the river, they soon retreated, the fighting slowly stopped, and the entire Xietang River returned to tranquility.

Bai Fei saw that the battle suddenly stopped again, and he didn't know what the Japanese army was doing, but he was fighting for days, and the soldiers were very tired, and it was rare to have a moment of tranquility at this time, so he simply ordered everyone to rest on the spot, eat and drink, and replenish sleep.

Who knew that this tranquility lasted from the afternoon of the 10th to 2 pm on the 11th, that is to say, the whole day, the Japanese army did not launch a single attack.