The small Japanese Central China Front army gathered heavy troops in the Changzhou area not far from Wuxi, and the Japanese puppet army numbered tens of thousands, and between Wuxi and Changzhou, the two sides had several confrontations, and the little devils were at an absolute disadvantage.

The fighters are mainly only defensive, and if they take the initiative, the little devils may lose even more.

Seeing that the new 6th Army had so many tanks and so many heavy artillery, Okamura Ninji could be described as a "flash of inspiration", and immediately thought of a new tactic, and was also ready to use his own chariot to launch a powerful attack on the soldiers of the new 6th Army in the Wuxi area.

In Changzhou, not far from Wuxi, the number of Japanese puppet troops has reached 30,000 or 40,000, in addition, the number of tanks of various types exceeds 50, and the number of armored vehicles of various types is also several dozen.

Twenty or thirty kilometers northwest of Wuxi City.

There is a river more than 20 meters wide that flows all the way to Taihu Lake, and more than 3,000 soldiers of the 1st Regiment of the 8th Infantry Division fortified this area to block the Japanese puppet army attacking in the direction of Wuxi.

In order to block the Japanese puppet army, the soldiers could only defend according to the river, relying on the blocking of the river, and build fortifications on the side of the river bank to block the invading Japanese troops. A regiment of fighters built a large number of fortifications along the line, forming a defense line several kilometers long.

There are four or five bridges of various sizes in this few kilometers of land, two of which are road bridges and two roads pass through the area.

Although the soldiers of the first regiment were defending the river, the soldiers did not blow up these bridges, but only built a large number of fortifications at the bridgehead to block the Japanese puppet troops passing through the bridge. This is different from the little devil's approach.

The commander of the infantry regiment Hu was lying behind a few sandbags at the head of a bridge, holding a telescope and looking at the large number of Japanese puppet troops on the other side of the river.

Apparently. This area has been through several major battles, and many places are filled with gunsmoke, and there are some corpses of little devils floating on the river, as well as some broken ship wrecks.

"Regiment commander, the little devil has returned in vain every time, and he has been defeated in several battles. The little devils are only afraid of thousands of dead and wounded. A major battalion commander next to him said.

Head Hu nodded and said, "I estimate that the casualties of the little devil are more than 1,000, and they may be approaching 2,000." ”

The fighters were on the defensive, occupying advantageous terrain. And with the protection of fortifications, the casualties of the soldiers are much smaller than those of the little devils, so small that the Japanese puppet army dare not imagine.

The warriors' fortifications along the river, as far as the eye can see. There is no end in sight. In addition, a large number of machine guns can be seen everywhere, such as the bridgehead fortification where Commander Hu is located, stretching for tens of meters on both sides of the bridgehead, deploying a whole infantry company of fighters, erecting three 12.7 mm Browning heavy machine guns and three 7.62 mm light machine guns.

Three 60-mm mortars were also deployed at the rear of the fortifications. With such fierce firepower, it is a miracle that the little devils can rush along the bridge deck. As far as the eye can see, the entire bridge deck is densely packed with the corpses of the Japanese puppet army.

Across the river.

A devil Dazuo strained his face, holding his binoculars, carefully looking at the positions of the soldiers along the river hundreds of meters ahead, next to the devil Dazuo, several middle-level officers of the Japanese army were clustered.

"Your Excellency, the defending forces of the newly formed 6th Army on the opposite side are too fierce, and we have suffered heavy casualties every time we attack." A Japanese soldier Shaozuo, with his head down, said miserably.

The captain of the devil wing was also full of grief and indignation in his heart, if he hadn't received the death order, the casualties would not have been so large, and after several attacks, the number of casualties of the Japanese puppet army approached the two thousand mark.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is one of the main passages to Wuxi, and we must force a breakthrough through this area and crush the defense of the new 6th Army."

After speaking, the captain of the Devil Wing beckoned to a puppet army officer not far away and said, "Lin Sang, it's the same again, immediately organize the Imperial Alliance Army to coordinate our attack." ”

Hearing this, the puppet army's brigade surnamed Lin had a bitter face, every time he attacked, the puppet army rushed to the front as cannon fodder, several attacks, the puppet army has suffered nearly a thousand casualties, this time it is the same, although the puppet army brigade commander is very resentful in his heart, but he doesn't dare to show it on his face at all.

Just as he was about to turn around and organize the puppet army to act as cannon fodder, a Japanese soldier ran over, stood upright, bent down and saluted: "Your Excellency Wing Commander, the brigade commander has come in person, and there are 12 heavy artillery pieces and more than 50 combat vehicles with the brigade commander. ”

12 heavy guns! More than fifty tanks!

Hearing this, the captain of the devil wing was ecstatic in his heart, swept away the depression just now, and immediately looked towards the highway in the distance, and sure enough, at the end of the road, a long convoy was driving over, and the dazzling plaster flag showed that this was a Japanese convoy.

This is a huge convoy of dozens of large trucks, more than thirty tanks, more than a dozen armored vehicles, and behind some large trucks, there is also a towing 105-mm field gun.

"Yo Si! Great, the troops of the newly formed 6th Army on the opposite side are dead and dripping! The Devil Wing Captain smiled.

Okamura Ninji's tactical purpose was very simple, and he also wanted to learn the tactics of the new 6th Army. In the area of Shanghai, the units of the newly formed 6th Army were under the guidance of a large number of tanks and heavy artillery, and Okamura Ningji was also "inspired" by this, thought for a long time, and prepared to adopt this tactic against Ye Feng's troops.

Concentrated on dozens of various combat vehicles, including tanks, armored vehicles, etc., and also using 12 105mm field guns, the tactical purpose of the Japanese army was to break through the defenses of the fighters and rush across the river in one fell swoop. And use this as a breakthrough to try to rush into Wuxi City in one fell swoop.

After the arrival of the small Japanese chariots and heavy artillery, they began to prepare for battle. A large number of little devils, seeing so many chariots and so many heavy artillery coming over from their side, suddenly, these little devils seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood.

On the other side of the river, a regiment of infantry defended positions.

Commander Hu of the 1st Infantry Regiment was in front of his temporary headquarters, and several commanders were holding binoculars to look at the Japanese positions on the other side of the river in the distance.

A scout walked over quickly, stood upright, and reported loudly: "Tuanzao, we have found anomalies at several observation posts, and the little devils on the opposite side seem to have a lot of reinforcements, and there are a large number of chariots and heavy artillery. ”

Hearing this, Commander Hu frowned, and thought in his heart, what tricks are the little devils going to play, and they actually dispatched a large number of chariots and heavy artillery.

After thinking for a while, Regiment Hu said loudly: "Order our anti-tank company to be prepared, and in addition, report the situation to the division." ”

Each division of the new 6th Army is a standardized infantry division, and each regiment not only has three infantry battalions, but also includes a regimental artillery company (105 howitzers ×6), an anti-tank company (57 anti-aircraft artillery×12 plus a mine-laying platoon), and a logistics company.

This infantry regiment is the same, not only equipped with 6 105-mm howitzers, but also equipped with 12 57-mm anti-aircraft guns, against the small Japanese tanks, the main weapon is naturally these 12 57-mm anti-aircraft guns.

More than an hour had passed, and it was already afternoon, and the little devils on the other side seemed to be ready to attack.

The captain of the devil's wing stood in front of a field tent, looking high-spirited, looking at the defensive position of the infantry regiment on the opposite bank in the distance, in front of the captain of the devil's wing, a Japanese major general also held a telescope and looked ahead, this is the brigade commander of the little devil.

A devil Shao Zuo walked over quickly and reported loudly: "Your Excellency Brigade Commander, our heavy artillery is ready and ready to fire, our chariots have entered the designated position and can attack, and our infantry who are fighting together are also ready. ”

"Yo Xi!" The commander of the Devil Brigade waved his hand happily and said excitedly: "Convey the order, and launch a full-scale attack in ten minutes." ”

Soon, one order after another was delivered. A large number of little devils, as if they had been stimulated, almost screamed, and the chariots of the little devils were also launched, ready to rush forward, ready to rush across the bridge in one fell swoop, leading the little devil infantry to rush to the defensive positions of the soldiers.

The little devil's heavy artillery, lined up in a row, neatly and neatly, has already built a position in an open space next to the road, only two or three kilometers away from the soldiers' defensive positions, one cannon after another, the thick muzzles are aimed at the positions of the soldiers in the distance.

On the devil artillery position, all the little devils are in place, there are at least a dozen little devils next to each cannon, and next to each cannon, boxes of shells are neatly placed.

Not far away, twenty or thirty large trucks were lined up in the open space, and if you look down from the air, you will find that this artillery position is relatively large, and it looks very neat and tidy.

On the devil's artillery position, a devil Shaozuo personally commanded, holding a command knife, with an excited face, ready to give the order to open the artillery.

Across the river.

The defensive positions of the 1st Infantry Regiment were silent, and the soldiers were all calm, and in their respective fortifications, the soldiers were either lying in the trenches or behind sandbags, setting up machine guns, or holding Garand rifles and Thomson submachine guns, staring carefully at the other side of the river.

Captain Hu looked at his watch from time to time, and the little devil on the opposite side had not moved, the situation was a bit abnormal, and he didn't know what tricks the little devil was playing.

Several reconnaissance squads of the first infantry regiment had already been dispatched, and everyone dressed up as little devils, led by several scout soldiers who were proficient in Japanese, everyone bypassed from afar, hoping to detect something useful, there were too many little devils on the opposite side, even if they sent experienced scout soldiers, they could only reconnoiter far away, and the effect was definitely limited.

"Tuanza, we have a reconnaissance team that has sent a message that the little devils on the other side are ready, and they are ready to attack us under the guidance of a large number of combat vehicles, and in addition, behind the little devils' position, there is a relatively large artillery position, which looks like it is all heavy artillery, and the little devils may shell us." The chief of staff of a regiment personally came to report.

Hearing this, Head Hu frowned, and his heart was more anxious.

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I got up early in the morning and tried to read it, but I didn't expect that military novels were unblocked and no longer blocked, which is a big thing to be happy about! (To be continued......)