The 151st Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army received an order from the headquarters and learned that the New Fourth Army was storming the position of the Isoya Wing of the 101st Division at Huashankou, and immediately ordered the troops to rush east. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Who knew that the first brigade that was walking in front of it was suddenly attacked by the New Fourth Army when it just walked to the Hongwei River.

At that time, the second squadron of the first brigade in front had just waded across the Hongwei River and had not yet established a defensive line on the shore, and when the third squadron was still in the river, countless New Fourth Army suddenly appeared, and mortar shells rained down on the ranks of the second and third squadrons, especially the third squadron, which was still in the river at that time, and was killed and wounded all over the river by the sudden shells, and the corpses of many dead soldiers slowly floated away along the river, and in less than ten minutes, the river was stained red with blood.

When the 3rd Squadron suffered heavy casualties under artillery bombardment, and the remaining 30 or so soldiers desperately rushed to the opposite bank, the New Fourth Army was already shouting and shooting at the 2nd Squadron, which was dizzy by the bombing.

Seeing this, the soldiers of the second squadron had no choice but to raise their guns to resist desperately, but unfortunately the New Fourth Army rushed up to be outnumbered and firepower, and in less than five minutes, the remnants of the second squadron and the third squadron, which had just landed on the opposite bank, were defeated and were driven into the river again by the New Fourth Army like ducks.

At the same time, the artillery shells of the New Fourth Army began to hit the No. 1 Squadron on the opposite bank, which was preparing to cross the river, and for a while, the explosions on both sides of the Hongwei River rang out incessantly.

After defeating the two squadrons of the 1st Brigade of the 151st Independent Mixed Brigade, the 1st Battalion of the 69th Regiment did not stop attacking, but extended the sharp attack to the other side of the river.

Major General Kuroki, commander of the 151st Independent Mixed Brigade, was shocked when he learned that his first brigade had been routed by the Independent Division of the New Fourth Army, and that the main force of the New Fourth Army was rushing towards his troops.

He hurriedly ordered the 2nd Brigade to immediately fortify in situ and hold the position on the left flank, the 3rd Brigade to hold the position on the right flank, the 4th Brigade to reinforce the 1st Battalion, and the 5th Brigade to be ready for battle at any time in the rear.

The 151st Independent Mixed Brigade is a brigade formed in the later period, with five infantry brigades, an artillery brigade, a cavalry brigade, and a baggage brigade.

It's just that this kind of independent mixed brigade formed in the later period is inferior to the independent mixed brigade formed in the early stage of the Anti-Japanese War, both in terms of strength and combat capability.

Under the response of the Fourth Brigade of the Japanese Army, the remaining more than 300 soldiers of the First Brigade finally withdrew.

Subsequently, the 4th Brigade immediately set up a position on the front line of Xiaowangzhuang to block the fierce attack of the 72nd Regiment.

Kuroki knew that the night combat ability of the independent division of the New Fourth Army was not trivial, and after confirming that the main force of the New Fourth Army was attacking him, he immediately shrank his forces and began to hold on. As long as you hold out until dawn, the planes of the Empire will arrive, and at the same time, the 101st and 142nd divisions will be able to arrive in time.

It has to be said that Kuroki's strategy was extremely correct, and after the Japanese army switched from marching to defensive, the troops quickly adjusted, and the two attacks of the 69th Regiment were repulsed.

However, not long after the attack of the 69th Regiment was repulsed, the shells of the New Fourth Army flew again.

When Kuroki's artillery brigade saw that the New Fourth Army was shelling again, it immediately used artillery fire to suppress it. The infantry artillery battalion of the division, which cooperated with the 69th operation, immediately withdrew from the battle and rushed to the east after discovering that the devil's artillery fire was returning fire.

Liu Tianshu received the report that the 72nd Regiment and the 69th Regiment had fought fierce battles with the Japanese army one after another, and the attention of the devils began to be attracted to these two directions, so he ordered the 64th Regiment to suddenly launch a fierce attack on the Japanese troops in Gulongkou three hours after the battle of the 72nd Regiment began, that is, at 2:10 a.m.

The 64th Regiment was ready for battle in Gulongkou as early as possible, and after receiving the order from its superiors, it immediately launched a fierce attack on the Japanese position in Gulongkou, and the shells flew out like locusts, blowing up Gulongkou everywhere with gunpowder smoke and fire, and then, the second battalion followed the extension of the artillery shells and launched an attack on Gulongkou, and the soldiers bravely jumped out of the trench and rushed towards Gulongkou in battle formation.

After the follow-up of snipers and mortar grenadiers, providing fire suppression for the attacking troops, after half an hour of fierce fighting, the 2nd Battalion captured the Japanese position on the right side of Gulongkou, and then, the 3rd Battalion captured the Japanese position on the left of Gulongkou, and Gulongkou fell into the hands of the 64th Regiment.

Long Zhishui saw that the Japanese position was broken through, and immediately ordered the whole regiment to enter the battle, and for a while, the entire Gulong mouth shouted and killed the sky, and the remnants of more than 500 Japanese troops were driven out of the position and ran east in embarrassment.

The 64th Regiment captured Gulongkou, and the 65th Regiment immediately pursued eastward through Gulongkou, while the 66th Regiment spread out to the south to protect the flank of Gulongkou.

After receiving the report that Gulongkou had fallen into the hands of the New Fourth Army, Okamura Ningci realized that the real target of the New Fourth Army was Gulongkou, but unfortunately, at this time, the closest to Gulongkou were the two wings of the 101st Division.

As a result, Okamura Nintz gave the 101st Division an order to recapture Gulongkou at all costs and block the path for the independent division to escape from the northeast.

After receiving the order, the 101st Division ordered the Fujiding Wing and the Shenwei Wing to the east of Gulongkou to immediately attack and advance in the direction of Gulongkou regardless of the night.

As soon as the two wings set out, they were attacked by the guerrillas, and of course, this attack was equivalent to scratching the itch, but it delayed the two wings for more than ten minutes.

The Shenwei Wing joined up with more than 400 Japanese troops who had been defeated from the Gulongkou position, and immediately pounced towards Gulongkou, but as soon as they arrived at a mountain range ten miles away from Gulongkou, they were stubbornly blocked by the New Fourth Army.

Gulongkou was taken, and the troops directly under the division, the 70th Regiment and 71st Regiment of the New 7th Brigade immediately ran northeast through Gulongkou, and at the same time, the 67th Regiment and the 68th Regiment of the 22nd Brigade also quickly withdrew in the direction of Gulongkou.

As for the 69th Regiment, immediately after launching a wave of attacks on the 151st Separate Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, it immediately took the initiative to withdraw to the east.

According to the arrangement of the division headquarters, once Gulongkou was broken through, the 69th and 72nd Regiments, which were serving as feints, immediately withdrew to Gulongkou while blocking the enemy.

The division headquarters and the division's direct subordinates passed through Gulongkou and quickly advanced to the northeast, while the 70th Regiment of the New Seventh Brigade marched rapidly to the northeast.

Since it was a breakthrough operation, it was a noble and fast soldier, because at this time, the 21st Brigade, which was responsible for the blocking mission, had already engaged two wings of the 101st Division.

The 101st Division received Okamura Ningtz's death order, and naturally as soon as it came up, it used all the strength it could use, and the artillery of the wing fired desperately at the blocking position of the New Fourth Army on the opposite side, and at the same time launched a fierce attack on the position of the New Fourth Army with a brigade-sized soldier.

It is a pity that as soon as its artillery bombarded the position of the New Fourth Army on the opposite side, it was targeted by the infantry artillery battalion of the 21st Brigade that arrived later, and the infantry artillery battalion of the 21st Brigade retaliated quickly with artillery fire and directly destroyed the artillery position of the Shenwei Wing.

However, the Fujiding Wing on the south flank, after paying the price of 400 casualties, almost captured the blocking position of the 66th Regiment.

Tong Guijie knew that his three regiments were undertaking the glorious and arduous task of covering the main force of the division to break through, so he naturally guarded the command post with a black face.

Kang Shuidong had already arrived at the 66th Regiment at this time, and was commanding the artillery that came to reinforce later, and quickly set up artillery behind the ridge, preparing to find an opportunity to defeat the artillery of the Tengding Wing.

It was the artillery of the Fujiding Wing that, in the ferocious artillery attack just now, really plowed the position defended by the 66th Regiment, causing more than 400 casualties to the 66th Regiment, and the position was almost broken through.

Sure enough, just as the artillery was preparing for the shelling, Fujiding's artillery rose again and launched a rapid bombardment towards the position of the 66th Regiment.

It's just that this time is different from the last time, the last time the devils attacked, the 66th Regiment just arrived at the position, and it didn't have time to finish the fortifications, which led to many soldiers dying in the shelling of the devils, and this time, the 66th Regiment has basically completed the construction of the fortifications, and when they heard the whistling of shells in the sky, the soldiers immediately ran into the newly dug anti-artillery hole under the command of the squad platoon leader.

The shells fired by the devils rained down, blowing up the blocking position of the 66th Regiment in all directions, and the continuous flames directly ignited countless trees.

Just when the devil's artillery was fighting very heartily, the artillery fire of the New Fourth Army began to exert its might, and the shells flew out rapidly from behind the mountain ridge and flew straight towards the devil's artillery position.

Fujiding's artillery unit was not hit by the artillery fire of the New Fourth Army just now, so he thought that the New Fourth Army did not have the artillery fire in his hands that could beat them, and then he heard the strange sound of shells in the sky, and then he knew that he was still careless.

The Japanese artillery commander knew that it was too late to evacuate at this time, and immediately ordered the artillery to fire quickly.

At this moment, the artillery shells fired by the New Fourth Army hit the ground, and immediately a column of smoke rose on its artillery position, and the infantry artillery of the Fujiding Wing was engulfed by the explosion in a blink of an eye, and three minutes later, all the infantry artillery of Fujiding was destroyed, and with the infantry artillery, there were more than 200 imperial artillery.

Seeing the position of the devil's infantry cannon rising with clusters of fire, Kang Shuidong couldn't help but have tears in his eyes, and his body couldn't help trembling.

The officers and men of the 66th Regiment who were guarding the position, after discovering that no shells had fallen on their heads, immediately came out of the anti-artillery hole, and just happened to see the location of the devil's artillery position rising into flames, and knew that the devil's artillery had been knocked out, and could not help cheering.

When Fuji Ding learned that his artillery position had been attacked and that all the artillery units had been lost, his eyes were red with anger.

It was only at this time that the third brigade, which was in charge of the attack, had rushed to a position two hundred meters in front of the position of the New Fourth Army. (To be continued.) )