Chairman Chiang's order for Xiao Siming's troops to capture Jinan or Tai'an and hold on for half a month was simply impossible to complete. Vertex. Therefore, after the telegram was sent to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the headquarters had to truthfully report to the Military Commission that Xiao Siming's division was only a newly built unit, not the 115th Brigade of the 343rd Division, and could only fight guerrilla warfare and skillful battles, and was not suitable for holding a certain point.

The headquarters reported to the Military Commission that due to the successive victories of Xiao Siming's troops, the Japanese North China Front mobilized the 5th Division, the 16th Division, the 21st Division, and the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade to lose the 392 chapter fortress in an attempt to encircle the division. Now, Xiao Siming's troops had just crossed the Yellow River, and they had already learned from the captured Japanese army telegrams that the Japanese troops transferred from Kaifeng to southwest Lu had been mixed into the 3rd Brigade and the 13th Brigade and had gone north to reinforce them, and the combat target was Xiao Siming's troops. The danger of Xiao Siming's department has not been lifted! On the contrary, once the Japanese Fifth Division and the Sixteenth Division chased the Yellow River and opened the net again, Xiao Siming's troops were still in danger of being trapped in the net by the Japanese army.

Telegrams came and went, and in the end, the Military Commission finally withdrew its order, but only ordered Xiao Siming's troops to destroy the Jinpu Road and the Longhai Road, and to destroy the enemy in a mobile way, striving to drag the Japanese Fifth Division and the Sixteenth Division in North China for a longer period of time.

In fact, without the military commission's telegram order, Xiao Siming would have destroyed Jinpu Road, and if he had the opportunity, he would definitely destroy the eastern section of Longhai Road. If you don't do this, it won't be Xiao Siming who is bent on killing the enemy!

On this morning, the fierce battle at Madang Fortress continued!

The air force fighters that cooperated with the 60th Division in the counterattack on Xiangkou sank two Japanese warships and damaged one.

After fierce fighting until noon, the 60th Division drove the Japanese troops who attacked and occupied Xiangshan and Xiangkou to the bank of the river and recaptured the positions of Xiangkou and Xiangshan.

At this time, the Japanese army went crazy, and the follow-up warships kept coming. The little devil jumped down from the warship, and under the cover of the naval guns, he fought back frantically, and started a fierce battle with the 60th Division on the riverside near Xiangkou.

In the afternoon, the Japanese army recaptured Xiangshan and Xiangkou.

The Air Force fighter plane flying from the direction of Susong was once again discovered by the spy traitor, and it ran away in vain. However, the air force fighters flying from the direction of Dongliu were not detected by the spy traitors, and they achieved significant results, sinking four Japanese warships and seriously damaging two.

Japanese planes also joined the battlefield and bombarded the Changshan position indiscriminately, and one of the Japanese planes was destroyed by the defenders' artillery and exploded in the volley, becoming a fireball!

By this time, the defenders on the Changshan position had suffered heavy casualties, many fortifications had been destroyed, two of the eight field guns had been blown up, and there were few shells left!

Bao Changyi, the commander of the Madang Fortress position, had to ask for help directly from the Mahu District Fortress Command. However, Li Yunheng, commander of the 16th Army, replied by telegram that the 167th Division had been sent for reinforcements.

This is really a big-headed ghost to see him!

Li Yunheng, the commander of the 16th Army, said that he had sent reinforcements from the 167th Division, but Bao Changyi, who was sticking to the Changshan position, didn't even see a shadow of reinforcements, so he had to send reports for help over and over again!

Chairman Chiang, commander of the Wuhan garrison, Chen Cheng, and commander of the Jiangfang Fortress, Xie Gangzhe, who were far away in Wuhan, also did not understand what was going on with the 167th Division, but only sent a report to the Madang Fortress Garrison Headquarters at 6 pm on the 25th, ordering Bao Changyi's troops to be commended!

On the 24th and 25th, two consecutive days of fierce fighting, the Japanese army used aircraft and warships, but the attack on Madang Fortress did not succeed, but was wiped out 500 people.

Little devil, little devil, the key is the word "ghost"! If you can't attack it, the little devil will definitely play yin!

At dawn on the 26th, the little devil touched the position of the 7th Squadron of the 2nd Corps at the western end of the Yangtze River under the cover of the reeds of the embankment by the Zangshiji River.

The Japanese army has cast poison gas!

After two days and two nights of fierce fighting, the defenders were already extremely tired, and the 7th Squadron did not even find the little devil who had crept up, and was immediately wrapped in the poisonous mist by the poison gas bombs cast by the devil. Only five fighters in the whole squadron survived, and they ran to report to Bao Changyi.

The Tibetan Rock Rock position was easily occupied by the Japanese army!

Bao Changyi, who received the report, was shocked, but he didn't have the slightest way, he didn't have the strength to recapture the Zangshiji position, so he could only ask his superiors for help, over and over again!

The Japanese army that occupied Zangshiji was equivalent to establishing a foothold in Madang Fortress. After dawn, the Japanese troops who had come in reinforcements disembarked from the warships in groups, went ashore at Quarry Rock, and attacked the key points of the defenders of the Changshan position with light and heavy machine guns, grenadiers, and infantry guns.

Under the cover of Japanese planes, the Japanese warships on the river sent motorboats to carry out fire attacks on the minelaying area and detonate the mines with firepower.

The explosions of mines came and went, and columns of water rose into the sky!

The Japanese naval guns and the artillery on the Xiangshan position all bombarded the Changshan position to cover the attack of the Japanese infantry who came ashore from Zangshiji.

At nine o'clock in the morning, our artillery on the Changshan position ran out of ammunition, and two cannons were damaged; The two heavy machine gun bunkers blocking the entrance of the Taibai Lake road were also destroyed, and the defenders of Changshan lost heavy fire support!

Seeing this scene, the Japanese attack became more and more ferocious. Japanese planes circled at low altitude and bombed and strafed the Changshan position. A wave of Japanese planes flew away, followed by a fierce bombardment of the naval guns of the Japanese warships on the river and the artillery positions of the Xiangshan artillery. One after another, they did not give the defenders a chance to breathe at all.

The Changshan position was divided by the Japanese army!

In the face of the frantic attack of the Japanese army, the defenders, whose positions had been divided, were still stubbornly resisting. Unfortunately, without heavy firepower, the defenders, who suffered heavy casualties, could not withstand the Japanese attack.

Seeing that the Changshan position was in danger, Bao Changyi's eyes were red, and he once again asked Li Yunheng, the commander of the 16th Army, for urgent help.

Li Yunheng's reply was still that short line: "The 167th Division has been sent for reinforcements!" ”

Bao Changyi was completely desperate, and could only shout at the brothers: "Fight! Give Lao Tzu a hard beating! Drive the little devil back to the Yangtze River to feed the fish! ”

At this time, the soldiers were all red-eyed and desperate, no one still thought that they could leave the position alive, and they didn't need the officers to mobilize, they all beat the little devils with guns!

Bao Changyi couldn't understand that the 167th Division's garrison was only a few dozen miles away from Madang Fortress, and it was a snail, and it should have climbed there in two and a half days. Why hasn't the 167th Division arrived yet?

Bao Changyi knew that Li Yunheng would not lie to him, Madang Fortress was too important, and the 167th Division must have been ordered to reinforce, but he didn't understand what was going on with the 167th Division, why it couldn't catch up, was it blocked by the Japanese army?

At this time, the 167th Division was still groping on the mountain path! They're almost there, though. It's just that the defenders of Changshan can't support it, and the 167th Division has arrived!

By noon, Bao Changyi, who still could not see the figure of the 167th Division, saw that the positions were occupied by the Japanese army, the defenders were killed and wounded, and the Changshan position was about to be occupied by the Japanese army, and there was no way to return to the sky, so he had to order the remnants to shrink and withdraw from the Changshan position.

Bao Changyi's unit was a marine unit of the Navy's Third Fleet, which was withdrawn from Qingdao, and it was well-trained and had a clear eye for retreating. The soldiers first transported the remaining cannons away, and then evacuated Changshan with Bao Changyi.

Madang Fortress, the gateway to the Yangtze River and known as the first fortress, was lost after two and a half days of bloody battles!

After Bao Changyi withdrew from the Changshan position, on the way to the march, near the Liusi Bridge, he encountered Japanese planes bombing Pengze County.

Bao Changyi, who was carrying a telescope, suddenly found a guy in white standing on the top of the mountain, who was indicating the direction of the bombing to the Japanese plane, and immediately realized that this was a traitor to sabotage, and immediately ordered a squad to go up the mountain to search. As a result, a shelter was found on the hill, in which three traitors were hiding, and there was also a radio station, which was specially designed to contact the Japanese machine.

In a fit of rage, the soldiers were even exempted from interrogation and shot directly!

Traitor, traitor, damned dog traitor!

The news of the loss of Madang Fortress was reported to the Military Commission as soon as possible. Chairman Jiang was furious when he heard the news, and once again found Chen Cheng, scolded him with a stinking face, and strictly ordered the 16th Army to recapture Xiangshan and Xiangkou!

At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Li Yunheng, who received a strict order, sent a regiment to Changshan to intercept the Japanese army, but unfortunately it was too late, and the Japanese army occupying the Changshan position easily defeated the regiment that came to intercept it.

The 167th Division, which had been wandering around the mountains for two or three days, finally arrived in the area of Xiangshan. Unfortunately, Changshan has been lost, and Madang Fortress has fallen into the hands of the Japanese army. It is difficult for the squadron to recapture Madang Fortress from the Japanese army!

On the 27th, the 60th, 53rd, and 167th Divisions of the 16th Army, under the cover of the air force, launched a fierce attack on the enemy occupying Xiangshan. The battle lasted until dusk, and the three divisions of the 16th Army surrounded Xiangshan on all sides, and occupied Xiangshan under repeated fierce battles.

On the 28th, the 16th Army began to attack the enemy in Xiangkou, and encountered Japanese reinforcements on the way to attack, and the air force rushed to help in the battle, bombing and strafing the Japanese army, and the two sides fought together in Xiangkou. The Japanese army suffered a setback and had to retreat to the river bank to hold on. At this point, the Xiangshan position and the Xiangkou position were once again recovered by our army!

It is a pity that the Japanese troops who fled to the river bank, with the help of naval artillery fire, resisted stubbornly, and the 16th Army suffered too many casualties and did not have the strength to destroy them.

The battle for the defense of Madang Fortress, although it is still ongoing, the end is already doomed. Although the officers and men of our army are not afraid of sacrifice and go forward one after another, they are facing the Japanese army of three-dimensional combat of fighters, warships, and infantry, and the Japanese army has already captured Madang Fortress, relying on the fortress fortifications to resist, and the reinforcements are continuous, and the goal of the 16th Army to recapture the fortress must be difficult to achieve.

The battle lasted until July 10. Seeing that it was unable to recover Madang Fortress, the Military Commission continued to attack, which could only cause greater casualties and was not conducive to the next operation, so it ordered the end of the defense of Madang Fortress.

After this battle, the Military Commission held him accountable, the commander of the 16th Army, Li Yunheng, was dismissed, and the commander of the 167th Division, Xue Weiying, was executed, which really followed in the footsteps of Long Muhan!