It's just that Jiechuan still underestimated the combat effectiveness of the 21st Brigade of the New Fourth Army, and Tong Guijie asked the 64th Regiment to take the lead in attacking, just to contain the Japanese army in front, and at the same time to create the illusion that the New Fourth Army was going to break through head-on. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

And his real idea was that the 66th Regiment would simply eat the puppet army in the south, form a two-sided attack on the Japanese army in front, and at the same time let the 65th Regiment put on a posture of attacking Huzhou to block the reinforcements of the Japanese army in Huzhou to the horse pass.

At this time, the 65th Regiment that rushed to the outside of Huzhou City was ready, but it did not attack immediately, but waited for Tong Guijie's order.

When Qin Kejian learned that the second battalion he had placed in the south had been attacked, he was already nervous, and after receiving the order of the captain of Jiechuan, he immediately ran south with the third battalion.

Before he had run a kilometer, he saw a group of figures running towards him, and when he got closer, he saw that it was the brothers of the second battalion who retreated back in embarrassment.

Qin Kejian saw that there were only dozens of brothers who retreated, and he didn't even see the battalion commander Han Guming, so in a hurry, he took out his pistol and fired two shots into the sky, and shouted in his mouth: "Stop, who told you to run back, what about your battalion commander?" ”

When a puppet army officer with a black face heard the voice of the regimental seat, he immediately shouted loudly as if he had seen his own mother: "Tuanza, it's not good, the firepower of the New Fourth Army is too fierce, our battalion is dead, and the brothers really can't stand it." ”

"What? Your battalion commander was killed? How is this possible? When Qin Kejian heard this, it was as if a basin of cold water was pouring down from his head.

You must know that the battle has started in less than an hour, and the second battalion is on the hill to the south, but it has built strong fortifications, how can its second battalion be finished so quickly.

"Tuanza, there are only these brothers left in our second battalion, the firepower of the New Fourth Army is too fierce, Tuanza, withdraw quickly, the New Fourth Army is about to chase after you." When the officer said this, he glanced to the south with trepidation.

At this moment, in the dark night in the south, the shouts of the New Fourth Army sounded.

Qin Kejian was suddenly sweating, glanced at the brothers who were nervously surrounding him, a sentence flashed in his mind, and he turned to the surrounding brothers and shouted, "Brothers, let's withdraw." ”

The puppet army that surrounded him was waiting for this, and after hearing what he said, they immediately ran around him in the northeast direction.

Judging from the strength of the attack of the New Fourth Army, its goal was to defeat the Japanese army in the horse pass, and he naturally could no longer go to the horse pass to accompany the little devil in the tomb, the second battalion was finished, Qin Kejian decided to take the third battalion to join the first battalion in the north, and wait for the opportunity to run back to Huzhou.

When the catastrophe came, they flew separately, hoping that the old devil Jiechuan would die in the horse riding col in the end.

Tong Guijie knew that the puppet army in the south had been defeated, and immediately ordered the 65th Regiment to set up a posture to attack Huzhou. At the same time, the 66th Regiment was asked to quickly encircle the Japanese troops on the horse pass.

Jiechuan commanded the troops to fight extremely fiercely with the 64th Regiment attacking frontally, and did not notice that the position defended by the puppet army in the south had been lost.

At this moment, gunshots rang out in the direction of Huzhou City.

Nozu Ichiro, the commander of the Japanese army stationed in Huzhou, received a report from Jiechuan that the New Fourth Army had launched an attack on the Horse Pass position, and at first he was not impressed. I know that when Jiechuan was stationed at the Riding Pass with a reinforced brigade, it was to strengthen the defensive strength on the periphery of Huzhou City and prevent the New Fourth Army from attacking Huzhou, so when the Jiechuan Brigade arrived at the Riding Pass, it immediately built a solid fortification on the Riding Pass in accordance with the infantry discipline, not only built many hidden forts, but also built deep fortifications, so to speak, it is no problem to withstand the attack of the New Fourth Army for several hours.

Of course, this is talking about the frontal offensive of the New Fourth Army.

According to his experience, as long as the Jiechuan brigade could hold out until dawn and the imperial planes arrived on the battlefield, the attack of the New Fourth Army would collapse.

But who knew that not long after the battle began, the figure of the New Fourth Army appeared outside Huzhou City, and these New Fourth Army also launched an attack on the Japanese positions outside Huzhou City, which made him realize at once that the New Fourth Army was not good.

Huzhou City was attacked, and naturally it was impossible to draw troops to reinforce the riding horse. After receiving Jiechuan's message, he could only order Jiechuan's brigade to hold out until dawn.

Jiechuan found that the puppet army had lost its trace, and his heart sank, so he could only draw out a squad to strengthen the position at the southern end of the riding pass, and at the same time put a squadron to the east of the riding pass to prevent the New Fourth Army from attacking from behind.

I have to say that Jiechuan's defense is still very orderly, but it is a pity that he encountered the attack of two regiments of the 21st Brigade, which is destined to be the last memory of Jiechuan's brigade on this night.

The 66th Regiment pursued from the south and soon arrived opposite the southern end of the position at the riding col, and its first battalion and one company, under the command of the company commander, immediately launched a tentative attack on the Japanese position at the riding col.

However, most of the Japanese firepower points had been exposed, and then a company of the infantry artillery battalion directly under the division quickly set up infantry guns in the south. Then, under the command of the commander, artillery shelling was launched towards the exposed Japanese firing points.

Under the cover of artillery fire, three platoons of one battalion and one company formed a battle formation and quickly leaped forward.

By the time the shells began to extend, the fighters were already approaching the forward positions of the devils.

By the light of the still burning fire, the fighters running in front threw grenades at the devil's position, and then several fighters rushed forward, and the light machine gunners and grenadiers behind were ready to support at any time.

The devils in the forward position of the Japanese army were hit by the infantry artillery and couldn't raise their heads, many devils were unfortunately hit by the shrapnel of the explosion, and fell to the position screaming, but they did not expect the artillery bombardment of the New Fourth Army to end, and its infantry rushed to the front, many devils just wanted to stand up, and saw countless grenades flying into the trenches, and then there was another explosion.

Without waiting for the smoke of gunpowder to dissipate, the New Fourth Army had already broken through the trenches, and the two sides launched a hand-to-hand battle, the surviving devils who were guarding the forward positions were eliminated, and a battalion and a company successfully occupied the forward positions of the Japanese army.

With the forward position as a support, the other two companies of the first battalion rushed to the position one after another.

At this time, the infantry artillery arranged by the devil in the middle of the riding col reacted, and the retaliatory shells flew to the artillery position of the New Fourth Army, but those infantry guns had already moved to the next place.

The New Fourth Army rushed into the trenches and immediately began to advance north along the communication trenches built by the devils.

The 21st Brigade also made a lot of effort in the offensive and defensive battle of the position, these fighters worked in groups of three, cooperating with each other to move forward, behind them, there were grenadiers and light machine gunners, as long as the devil's firepower was exposed, it was immediately suppressed by the grenadiers behind, and then the fighters in front took the opportunity to approach, and the grenades immediately flew over, and the devils who were desperately blocking the attack suffered heavy casualties.

The squad sent to the southern end of Jiechuan finally met with a battalion and a company, and the two sides fought fiercely, and all the Japanese troops in that squad were wiped out, but the battalion and company were also fought to less than 20 people.

The commander of the 1st battalion saw that the 1st company had been crippled, so he had to order the 1st company to withdraw from the battle, and the 2nd and 3rd companies continued to press north.

The 64th Regiment, which was assaulting head-on, found that the devils were pinned down by the 66th Regiment in the south, and immediately intensified its attack, and after an hour of fierce fighting, a gap was opened from the front, and the 1st Battalion of the 64th Regiment rushed in from the gap and divided the Japanese positions on the horse pass.

Jiechuan learned that his position had been torn open by the New Fourth Army, and he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on his forehead.

He already knew about the New Fourth Army's siege of Huzhou City. As a Japanese captain with rich combat experience, while he understood that it was impossible for Huzhou to send troops to reinforce him, he also understood that the New Fourth Army had actually quietly circled behind him, and his troops could not withdraw from the horse pass at this time.

You must know that there are still six hours before dawn, and although your reinforced brigade has lost more than 400 people, its strength is still there, and you still have some hope if you leave the riding dragon pass, and this little force in your hands will not be torn to pieces by the New Fourth Army.

Jiechuan had already seen from the strength of the attack of the New Fourth Army that there were at least two regiments or more that came to besiege him this time.

What's even more hateful is that the New Fourth Army actually scared Qin Kejian's coward away, according to his subordinates, it was Qin Kejian's battalion in the north, which seemed to have taken advantage of the dark night to run northeast.

Now their positions have been torn apart, that is, their own troops will be divided and surrounded by the New Fourth Army. Thinking of the danger, Jiechuan gritted his teeth and decided to send the squadron that was placed on the east side of the riding pass as a reserve to block the hole torn by the New Fourth Army at all costs.

It's just that Jiechuan didn't know that Tong Guijie's 3rd Battalion of the 65th Regiment was guarding opposite the squadron he had left for preparation, just waiting for the squadron to move, and then immediately cover up.

The task of the 3rd Battalion of the 65th Regiment was to ensure the safety of the back of the main force of the regiment that was attacking Huzhou, and at the same time shouldered the heavy responsibility of following and killing the Japanese troops as soon as they moved.

After discovering that the Japanese troops on the opposite side were beginning to move westward, Sheng Ming, commander of the third battalion of the 65th Regiment, immediately ordered the whole battalion to pounce from behind.

Jiechuan's reserve squadron left a small team to defend, and the other two squads had just completed their assembly, and before they had walked a hundred meters, they heard a shout of killing behind them, and countless New Fourth Army troops rushed towards the position while firing.

The squad of Japanese soldiers who stayed on the position was suddenly taken aback, and desperately shot to resist, but unfortunately Sheng Ming came up with a thunderous blow, and the three companies pounced together, and the bullets and grenades made the Japanese army's position dusty, and the devils who dared to take the lead were knocked down one after another.

In the blink of an eye, the New Fourth Army rushed closer, grenades flew from the sky, and a series of explosions sounded from the position.

The Japanese squadron leader, who had just commanded the troops to withdraw from their positions, couldn't help but be stunned when they saw the New Fourth Army killing behind him. (To be continued.) )