Zhao Dingchang, deputy commander of the Eighth Army and commander of the 11th Reserve Division, was warned by Li Hansoul, commander of the 29th Army Corps, in the drizzle on the night of 22 July, asking Zhao Dingchang to strengthen the defense of the lakeshore and prevent the little devils from landing on a rainy night.

The explosion of the "boom, boom, boom......" shell sounded in Zhao Dingchang's ears, and Zhao Dingchang, who had not been asleep for long, immediately got out of bed, quickly put on his clothes, and shouted towards the door,

"Guard, where is the cannon sounding?"

"Deputy commander, it's from the direction of the Gutang beachhead," replied the guard.

"Let's go, go to the division headquarters" Zhao Dingchang hurriedly set off towards the division headquarters......

"Is there any news from Zhang Wenmei?" As soon as Zhao Dingchang entered the headquarters, he asked,

"Report to the division commander, there is no news." The officer on duty replied,

"Order the three battalions on the front line of the Jiang family and the Liu family to immediately reinforce the beachhead, and if Zhang Wenmei's battalion has all been killed, the beachhead must be recaptured and the Japanese army must be driven down Panyang Lake." Zhao Dingchang ordered,

"Yes" the signal soldier hurriedly ran towards the phone,

"Send a report to the military headquarters that the Japanese army landed in Gutang in the early morning, and our department is blocking it; Request for reinforcements from the military headquarters. Zhao Dingchang gave orders continuously.

"Order all the troops of the second line position on the first line of Zhangshuwan to enter the position, and Jiang Dangyi, deputy division commander, is responsible for the preparation of the defense line and the preparation of the Japanese surprise attack. Make sure to recapture the beachhead tonight. Zhao Dingchang was worthy of being an officer who graduated from the first phase of Whampoa, and immediately judged from the sound of Japanese artillery that this was the vanguard landing of the main force of the Japanese army, and he must drive the Japanese army off Panyang Lake this evening, otherwise after the Japanese army completely landed after dawn, Gutang would definitely be lost in his own hands.

The land was shrouded in darkness, the chaotic village was crowded with division staff officers and civilian personnel who were distributing guns and ammunition, and the soldiers of the guard battalion stood in the courtyard together, all of them turned their eyes to Zhao Dingchang, Zhao Dingchang looked at the place where the rumbling cannons sounded, and his nervous expression could not be concealed in the rainy night.

From time to time, the sky flashed like lightning, illuminating the dark outlines of the houses like ghosts.

Zhao Dingchang understood the importance of this blockade, and after a brief briefing on the situation, he immediately led his troops to rush in the direction of Zhangshuwan. The troops entered the darkness amid the chaotic footsteps, and in order to avoid being left behind in the rainy night, Zhao Dingchang ordered the brothers of the troops to march hand in hand with each other.

On the muddy road, there was a sound of "ding dong" from time to time, which was a squatting recruit who was frightened by the sound of a violent explosion, and the recruit led more than a dozen people to fall together......

"Get up for me, go full speed," Zhao Dingchang's hoarse voice came from the darkness......

It was only a kilometer from Zhaojia Village to Zhangshuwan, and it took two hours for the troops composed of this chaotic group of people to arrive.

Jiang Dangyi, the deputy division commander of the "deputy army commander", watched the troops coming over in the dark, and knew that it was Zhao Dingchang who had arrived, so he immediately ran over.

"What's up ahead?" Zhao Dingchang asked,

"I don't know yet, after receiving the order from the division headquarters, I organized the troops to go to the defensive line and urgently reinforced. It's just that about an hour ago, the Japanese artillery seems to have stopped, has it given up the landing? Deputy division commander Jiang Dangyi said,

"It's not that simple, you guard it well here, and I'll lead the troops to the front-line position in Liujia Village." After Zhao Dingchang finished speaking, he shouted behind him,

"Guard battalion, the division headquarters personnel come with me." Zhao Dingchang walked resolutely towards Liujia Village......

Zhao Dingchang walked in front with a company of the guard battalion, and Zhangshuwan, which was only less than 800 meters away from the front-line position, had just turned the corner of the road, and Zhao Dingchang saw the gas fire in Liujia Village, and the blazing fire was so conspicuous in the rainy night.

"Prepare for battle, the guard battalion will follow me." Zhao Dingchang roared,

At a distance of several hundred meters, in the full force of the guard battalion, although it was a rainy night, it arrived at the first line position in less than 20 minutes, and a company left behind on the position, under the leadership of the company commander, was nervously looking at the direction of the beachhead......

"How's it going?" Zhao Dingchang asked directly,

"Report to the deputy commander, the battalion commander went up with the brothers half an hour ago, and I don't know yet." The company commander asked nervously,

"Damn, such a drag? The order was conveyed an hour ago, how did it take half an hour to leave? Zhao Dingchang asked,

"The brothers all hid under the boardwalk to avoid the rain, and it took a little time to assemble." The company commander replied hesitantly,

"Bang, bang, bang"

At this moment, the sound of gunfire was heard behind the rain in front of me......

"It's the gunshots made in Hanyang, and there are 38 big covers; It seems that there has been a firefight," Zhao Dingchang said,

"Everyone, get ready to fight." Zhao Dingchang roared,

"Machine guns stand up, quick!" Zhao Dingchang roared,

"What about heavy machine guns? Did they all take it? Zhao Dingchang asked,

"No, it's all in the bunker." The left-behind company commander said,

"Guard battalion, send a few more teams into heavy machine gun bunkers, and heavy machine guns must keep fire suppressed." Zhao Dingchang ordered,

"Yes" the commander of the guard battalion picked people in the trenches,

"One platoon, two squads, three platoons, you go into heavy machine gun bunkers. The first company commander is in charge. Fast! "The commander of the guard battalion naturally knew that those squads of his brothers were skilled in handling heavy machine guns,

In Zhao Dingchang's impatient gaze, countless moving heads gradually appeared behind the rain curtain in front of him, and the embarrassed soldiers ran towards the trenches with hasty faces......

"Fuck, what's the situation, stop for labor and management!" Zhao Dingchang roared,

"Commander, you can't rush up! The Japanese devils have already occupied the beachhead, and the brothers have been beaten back by the devils' heavy machine guns and crooked handles with a single charge, and there are corpses everywhere! A regimental deputy said embarrassedly,

"Rubbish, all fucking rubbish, let me go into the trenches to guard against the pursuit of devils." Zhao Dingchang stopped the rout who launched a counterattack,

At 4 o'clock in the morning on July 23, 1938, the Japanese army successfully defeated the troops of the Shina Army after occupying the beachhead, the muddy slope was bare and exposed with blood-stained soil, and Yamashita Shaoza looked at the fire burning behind the rain curtain with his saber, he knew that it must be the next position of the Shina Army, and the burning village must be the houses that were ignited by the naval artillery shells of the Imperial Japanese Army, and the fire over there was gradually extinguishing under the rain.

The losses of the devils in the first battle of the beachhead were very small, only the advance squadron lost dozens of soldiers, and with the reinforcement of the artillery of the follow-up brigade, the Chinese army guarding the beachhead had been completely annihilated by itself; Now wait for the main force of the wing to land, and then you can continue to attack forward and reap the merits of battle.

"Maybe after this battle, I will have enough combat merits to be promoted to Zhongzuo!" Yamashita Shaosa thought,

"Yamashita-kun, soon the main force of the wing will successfully land, I order you, gather your troops and continue to attack, and the artillery squadron attached to the brigade will follow you forward." Captain Taro Murakami Nakasa ordered,

"Hai, please help Murakami-kun with a lot of support." Yamashita Shaosa walked towards his squadron with his saber in his hand......