Kendai Iino, who was watching the battle in the rear, watched as all the infantry who attacked the position were killed, and the supporting Yokoyama brigade was blocked by the reinforcements of the Shina people 150 meters in front of the position and fell into a bitter battle, the casualties became heavier and heavier, and the only surviving and paralyzed chariot had already exhausted all the on-board bullets and shells, standing alone in the center of the battlefield, like a fortress covering the bullets for the attacking Japanese army......

The co-captain of the 145th Wing, Ichikawa Yozo Nakasa, looked at the brigade commander with a blue face, Major General Yamagi, although he was reluctant to speak, but in order to let more warriors occupy the Confucian Temple alive, he stepped forward and reported,

"Your Excellency, I beg you to order the infantry of the 113th Wing to withdraw to their starting positions! Our valiant Imperial Japanese army should not have died in a senseless confrontation, for the condescending position of the Chinese people, and the shelter of trenches and other fortifications, were extremely unfavorable to the attack of the Imperial Army; Request an artillery strike! With artillery fire on the positions of the people of Pearinchina! ”

"Yaga! Shelling! Shelling! ”

The communications unit that received the order immediately sent the telegram requesting the shelling back to the division headquarters, and the field artillery wing of the 106th Division became the busiest combat unit in the area of Fenghuangzui and Jinguanqiao......

"Retreat!"

The infantry of the Yokoyama brigade began to cover each other's retreat, the roof of the devil's only remaining tank was opened, and from inside there were devils constantly crawling out, and under the cover of the devil's machine guns and grenadiers on the ground, the embarrassed tank soldiers kept crawling backwards......

The devils of the Yokoyama Brigade attacked quickly enough, and they were not slow to retreat, and they ran clean from the front line in just one minute after the signal flare rose into the sky......

"Notification of casualties. In the battle that just ended, our unit destroyed six tanks of the devils and killed more than 400 devils; Now there are heavy casualties, ask for reinforcements! Lin Wentao saw the devil retreat, and immediately issued an order,

"someone, blow up the devil's lying tank for me!" The commander of the guard company is shouting,

"The rest of the people clean up the battlefield and collect weapons and ammunition! Hurry up! Lin Weitao was crying out to the remaining brothers,

Some of the remaining brothers are treating wounded soldiers, and the other part is collecting guns and ammunition on the battlefield, including those left by the devils......

"Whew! Shout! ”

The whistling of the devil's heavy artillery shells approached sharply......

"Devil shelling! All back to the anti-artillery hole! Leave it alone! Lin Weitao's voice was hoarse and yelling nervously,

"Brigadier, be careful." The guard next to him pounced, regardless of whether Lin Weitao would be injured or not, directly protected Lin Weitao under his body, and a 120mm grenade exploded not far away, and the back of the guard who pounced on Lin Weitao was hit by flying stones and shrapnel, and he died directly on Lin Weitao's body......

"All into the anti-artillery hole!" Lin Weitao didn't have time to grieve, turned his head and saw that the guard was dead, and crawled towards the traffic trench with his hands and feet......

The shelling of the Devil's Field Artillery Wing brought the breath of death, the shells kept falling on the position of the Confucian Temple, the corpses that died on the position were torn apart by the huge force of the explosion, the blood was evaporated after leaving the minced meat and bone slag, and the minced meat and bone slag under the body directly exuded a strange fragrance in the artillery fire, scattered on the position in the chaotic dance, and the scorching waves of air in the air on the position were wave after wave, and the shelling of the devils continued......

"Request the aviation to bomb the rear positions of the Chinese people and cut off the road for the Chinese to reinforce the Confucian Temple!" The commander of the 106th Division, Junrokuro Matsuura, ordered,

"Telegraph to the mountains and villages, today we must take the position of the Confucian Temple; Special shells are allowed if necessary! Junrokuro Matsuura's hideous face came with a wave of killing intent,

After coming out of Jiujiang, the 106th Division attacked ineffectively, wasted a large number of artillery reserves, and was still firmly blocked by the Chinese defenders on the front line of Jinguanqiao, and the tired artillery and aviation had already expressed their dissatisfaction, if a breakthrough could not be made, I am afraid that General Gangcun Ningji would remove the division commander;

At the theater headquarters, Xue Yue stayed up all night, and after the staff officers got the basic information such as the attack wave of the Japanese army and the situation of the position under attack during the day today, Xue Yue, who had just rested for less than two hours, had already come to the headquarters, and his blood-red eyes indicated that the commander had not rested well recently;

"How's it going?" Xue Yue asked,

"At least one wing of the Japanese army is attacking the Confucian Temple behind the Jinguan Bridge, and a brigade of the 159th Division is defending, and it is reported that there are a large number of devil tanks accompanying the infantry attack; There is no war in Fenghuangzui and Ma'anshan! Jinguanqiao was only bombed by the devil's plane, and there is no news of the devil's infantry attacking it so far. The staff officer immediately summarized and reported concisely,

"Report the situation immediately!" Xue Yue sat on the chair and closed his eyes to recuperate,

At 12 o'clock at noon, the military headquarters of the 64th Army received a telegram from Lin Weitao's brigade asking for help.

"The telegram is forwarded to the theater of operations, and the ninth division is ordered to be prepared for immediate support!" Li Hansoul immediately gave an order,

Zhang Yanchuan, who received the reinforcement order, led the reserve 9th Division to shuttle through the mountains and forests, ignoring the planes overhead, the planes were to bomb the reinforcements in the mountains and block the advance of the troops, unless a large number of bombers were dispatched to carry out carpet bombing, but unfortunately there are too many places to be bombed by the devil air force now, a total of more than 500 planes, fighters have to compete with the Chinese Air Force for air supremacy, and the bombers have to take into account the devils of the two attacks, constantly bombing the positions of the Chinese defenders, There were not too many bombers sent to bomb the mountains and forests behind the Confucian Temple, and the three bombers sent were still transferred by the commander Gangcun Ningji;

Li Hansoul immediately sent his troop mobilization to the theater command, and the staff officer hurriedly revised the troop deployment on the map and forwarded it to the chief of staff;

"Chief Xue, come and see; Something is wrong with the devil! The entire 106th Division, which was fully staffed, did not attack in the direction of Jinguanqiao; Is it just to fight with us? But this is a mountainous area, and the devil is not so kind! The staff officer's puzzled voice sounded,

Xue Yue stood next to the combat sand table, watching the deployment of troops on the sand table; He pointed hard in the direction of Jinguan Bridge and said to the staff officers,

"This is here, the devil wants to have a bright plank road to darken Chen Cang; Hehe, the total Jinguan Bridge is so big, there is the 15th Division of the Eighth Army in Fenghuangzui, the devil can't attack it in a short time, the south of Jinguanqiao is the 64th Army, a total of three divisions of troops are on the front line of the Confucian Temple, the devil doesn't have a few days of effort, don't want to occupy the Confucian Temple without paying a lot of casualties; The rest is the Jinguan Bridge, you see, there is a road next to Lijiashan, the devil's sappers only need to rest a little, and the tank troops can directly capture the Jinguan Bridge directly from the southeast behind the Jinguan Bridge, and the defense line built by the 3rd Division at the Jinguan Bridge will be broken through by the devils from behind. Xue Yue slapped the map,