The 138th Division of the enemy in front of him relied on the Chihe defense line to block step by step, and the Japanese launched many attacks without success. Although Major General Numata Tokushige successfully crossed the right flank of the squadron, the squadron immediately counterattacked and drove the Japanese back to the south bank. The battle lasted for half a month, and his troops didn't even touch the edge of Dingyuan.

The Ogizhou soldiers had no choice but to pin their hopes on the Liangjiao detachment, as long as they took Mingguang, and then rushed straight to Bengbu along both sides of the railway line to cut off the retreat of the Dingyuan defenders, the predicament of the Numata detachment was naturally solved. After all, the 138th Division of Chihe's Shina Army was the most powerful Gui Army in the local Chinese army, and Mingguang's defenders had only been established for one month, and Ogisu had no doubt that the Liangjiao Detachment would succeed, the only question was how many great results it would achieve.

But the bad news came immediately, when the two-cornered detachment was preparing for a surprise attack, it was surrounded by the superior squadron, and since the morning of March 25, it has lost contact with the division headquarters.

It is not terrible to be surrounded, nor is it terrible to be unable to communicate, it is terrible to be both surrounded and lose contact, which is often the prelude to the destruction of an army.

The entire 13th Division panicked, and the division commander Ogisu Tatsu quickly changed the original plan to reinforce the Numata detachment, and ordered Yamada Meiji to lead three brigades and one mortar brigade as the backbone, and quickly marched towards Mingguang. Finally, they met the Tanuki Brigade and the Kawashita Brigade on the way, but the captain of the two corners had no news.

This is fatal, the two-cornered wing also took the wing flag with it when it set off, if this is accidentally captured by the enemy, the responsibility is by no means something that the two-cornered industry can bear, and the entire 13th division, and even the dispatch army will have to pay the price!

Where is the two-cornered karma? Not only Xu Ming was eagerly searching, but Ogizhou Libing was also eager to know.

Finally, on March 29, the fifth day after the Battle of Mingguang, Liangjiao was discovered in Xuyi, Jiangsu.

Fortunately, it was occupied by a Japanese unit, otherwise, if the remnants of the two corners ran into a squadron there, it would have been fun.

Ogishu Libing looked at the gray-faced two-cornered work, the once proud wing captain was gone, replaced by a gloomy and withered loser; After going through hardships, he has long lost his original spirit.

The loser is not without a chance to rise again, but the two corners are gone, to be precise, since an entire squadron of troops was captured by the enemy, and the squadron leader was still scolding the Japanese military headquarters in the newspapers of the Shina people, someone must be held accountable for this!

This person can only be a two-cornered karma.

The two corners bowed to the east, then slowly took off their military uniforms, unbuttoned their shirts, and the adjutant next to them handed over the ribs...

The moment the adjutant stabbed him in the abdomen, the saber was cut off, ending the life of the two horns in this world.

"How do you feel?"

After witnessing the whole process of the suicide of the two corners, none of the officers present answered the words of their division commander.

Brigade Commander Meiji Yamada, Brigade Commander Numata Tokushige, Chief of Staff Yuzaburo Hatata, and all the Japanese officers present bowed their heads and did not say a word.

"For a long time, the combat determination of our 13th Division is wavering, and the command of the dispatch army has sent a telegram asking whether our army is capable of completing combat missions?"

None of the devil officers spoke.

Ogishu Libing roared angrily: "The headquarters has never given us a combat mission!" The battle of Huainan (south of the Huaihe River) was fought for by the commander of the division, and the document issued by the headquarters was a great distrust of the division! ”

"But there is a reason for the distrust of the command! In the two small cities of Dingyuan and Mingguang, the enemy's 138th Division and 107th Division are not the strongest Central Army of China, and until now, the enemy's flag is still flying on the head of the city! ”

"Could it be that the dignity of the Imperial Army of the Great Japanese Empire is broken here! Could it be that the 13th Division should bear the name of the 1st Weak Division of Japan! Could it be that the honor of the Imperial warriors is ruined in our hands! ”

"In the 14th year of Taisho, General Ido asked Utsuyo why the 13th Division was reduced by the dictatorship, while the 14th and 16th Divisions formed at the same time could retain the number, and Ugahiro replied: 'The Imperial Army's military spending is limited, and the limited materials can only be used for worthy troops.' ”

"In a few years, whether the 13th Division can leave its number depends on your performance today!"

"Please!" Ogisu Ratebing bowed deeply to all the officers.

In early April 1938, the Japanese 13th Division was divided into two routes, with the right route led by Major General Mei Yamada, commander of the 103rd Brigade, with four and a half infantry brigades, one mountain artillery and one mortar brigade, and one field heavy artillery wing as the backbone, and coordinated with the independent machine gun brigade, the tank brigade, the 10th cannon brigade, the 15th howitzer squadron, the 4th independent engineer wing, and other affiliated units. A total of more than 13,000 people rushed to Mingguang, and the second battle of Mingguang was about to start!

The big war was coming, and Xu Ming felt a tense atmosphere that was about to come.

The Japanese army had a strong sense of revenge and could hardly tolerate defeat. The devil lost his face last time, and I'm afraid he won't give up this time.

Condolence groups continue to come, and even the hometown in Hunan has organized a condolence team; The award and commendation conference was also held several times. Xu Ming looked confident in front of others, but he clearly knew that the chances of winning the upcoming second battle of Mingguang were slim.

The Japanese army is strengthening, but the squadron is weakening. The 138th Division fought fiercely in Chihe, and a division of 10,000 people suffered 4,000 casualties.

Ding Zhipan, Xu Ming had never heard of it before the crossing, and in his subconscious, he hadn't heard of it, so it was definitely not good.

What's more, the 41st Division is a unit dominated by Anhui people, and although Xu Ming is also an Anhui person, he is extremely unoptimistic about Anhui people as soldiers. At that time, among the local troops, the combat effectiveness of the Gui army was in the first place, while the troops of the Anhui people were not ranked!

Mingguang and Dingyuan rely on each other, and if any place is lost, the Japanese army will come to outflank them.

Xu Ming was just appointed as the commander-in-chief of the southern section of the Jinpu Line, such a spectacular name, Xu Ming thought of this, but he couldn't say a wry smile.

His own Mingguang is very difficult, and he has to assist the 41st Division in defending Dingyuan in the name of the commander-in-chief, thinking about Xu Ming has a headache.

"Staff Officer Cheng, Staff Officer Liu, you go and urge, when will the anti-aircraft artillery battalion and the combat defense company promised by the headquarters to us arrive, let them order as soon as possible."

"Division, I have already contacted it, the 12 anti-aircraft guns will arrive this evening, and the battle defense company will not be able to come until the day after tomorrow." Staff Officer Cheng replied.

"What about 5,000 gas masks?"

"I just arrived, and Director Qiu (Qiu Linfeng of the Quartermaster Department) has already gone to count."

Staff Officer Cheng's name is Cheng Ziyuan, a young man of twenty-five or sixteen, who is very proactive in handling things, and Xu Ming sometimes takes the initiative to do things when he is not told.

Xu Ming felt a little relieved, according to his original idea, it was best to come to a heavy artillery regiment to support. In 1935, China purchased 24 Krupp 150mm howitzers from Germany, and the following year, Xu Ming managed to buy another 24 howitzers and formed a brigade with the original heavy artillery regiment. This heavy artillery was very superior in performance and was able to suppress all field artillery and cannons of the Japanese army.

At that time, there was a regiment in the Fifth Theater, and Xu Ming reported that it was called, but the Theater Command replied that it was for other purposes.

Xu Ming understood that this heavy artillery regiment was going to be used for the battle of Taierzhuang. Hey, forget it, don't affect the victory of Taierzhuang.

"Staff Officer Cheng, you and the guard squad will go to eat first, and after eating, we will go to the position to inspect together."

The second battle of Mingguang is obviously a positional offensive and defensive battle, and it may be difficult to catch the devil's loophole. Xu Ming's defense plan adopted Xie Jinyuan's suggestion, and Mingguang only placed one battalion, and the main force was deployed in Hengshan and Magang to form a defense in depth.

Hengshan is about 5 kilometers southwest of Myeongwang, and is composed of the Great Hengshan Mountain and the Small Hengshan Mountain, which is said to be a mountain, but it is a hill more than 200 meters high and a small mountain more than 100 meters high.

Magang is on the left side of Hengshan, and the commanding height is called Mashan, which is only more than 100 meters high.

On the east side of Mingguang, Xu Ming did not send people to defend it, and he used water as a soldier to directly bring in the water from the upstream lake, which is now a swamp. Xu Ming analyzed that if the Japanese army wanted to pass there, it could only advance lightly armed at most. It is impossible for the Japanese army to give up its superiority and take another risk in a daze.

It was already evening, but Xu Ming saw in his eyes that countless people were still on the construction site. Tens of thousands of people in the vicinity of Mingguang have been thoroughly mobilized to help the 107th Division build fortifications in three shifts day and night.

The side of the mountain facing the enemy has been cut to 90 degrees, which is Xu Ming's tactic of guarding Hengyang with reference to Fang Xianjue. Xu Ming was also worried about the lack of time, although a lot of explosives were used, the amount of earthwork was still very large. Unexpectedly, the Mingguang people completed the task in less than five days.

In some places, cliffs could not be formed, so Xu Ming's method was to dig a trench underneath, which was one zhang deep and one zhang wide, and the bottom was full of spikes.

In the low-lying area between the mountains, Xu Ming tried to divert water to flood and form a swamp; If water cannot be diverted, an outer trench shall be established, and the front of the outer trench shall be equipped with barbed wire and a thick wooden fence.

A large number of anti-tank trenches, mine arrays, barbed wire, and countless sharp bamboo tips were inserted in front of the position as obstacles.

This is only to block the enemy, and its own fortifications are being built rapidly.

Xu Ming walked to a machine-gun bunker, measured the thickness of the wall with his fingers, and his face sank.

"What's going on? Only thirty-five and a half centimeters? Isn't it asking for fifty centimeters? ”

The requirements for the fortifications were obtained by the German consultants with reference to the standards of the Japanese heavy artillery, and if the fortifications were built with stones, they must be 50 centimeters thick, and debris should be placed in the middle to alleviate the impact of the heavy artillery.

The engineer platoon commander in charge blushed, "Report to the division seat, there are not so many stones here." The stones here are so brittle that they have to be transported from miles away..."

"Is this the reason? If it's not good, don't do it! Just discount it! The Japanese are coming, or you can tell him, don't bombard with cannons, replace them with small cannons! Xu Ming directly interrupted the words of the engineer platoon commander and reprimanded him.

"Rectify it immediately, even if you dismantle Mingguang Station, there are not enough people, and the division commander will personally do it for you!"

Except for the occasional fortifications that did not meet the requirements, the setting of the fortifications reflected Xie Jinyuan's level, and all the firepower points were safety first, and power was secondary. In particular, a large number of dark fire points form a fire net that can support each other.

All positions were connected to each other by communication trenches, and numerous foxholes were built in front of and behind them. Xu Ming also ordered all bunkers and fortifications to be camouflaged, and created a large number of fake fortifications to paralyze and consume the enemy.

Tactically, Xu Ming even wanted to use tunnel tactics, but there was not enough time, so he had to use anticline tactics instead.

The anti-slope tactics had been used relatively maturely on the battlefield of the Anti-Japanese War at that time, and Tang Enbo used a large number of them at the south entrance, which caused the Japanese army a headache.

I've done everything I can do, the devils of the 13th Division, let the horses come!