As the trend of the devil encirclement took shape, the dog and the others on Tuesday became more and more relaxed, because all units and equipment of the Wumu Army reached the best state.

Wu Mujun's air defense units became more and more dense as the defense range became smaller and smaller, so hundreds of Foguang flying thunder launchers opened fire at the same time, and the damage to the high-density flight formation of the devils can be imagined, more than 20 planes were planted in the lake, and more than 20 planes crashed while retreating with injuries.

Taking advantage of the obstruction of the offensive of the devil's planes, the tanks and armored vehicles of the Wumu Army's armored brigade, the anti-aircraft guns of the anti-tank brigade, the 105mm artillery of the artillery brigade, and the mountain artillery, infantry artillery, mortars, and flat-fire guns of the infantry brigades launched a comprehensive counterattack on the enemy on the north road of the Taihu Lake-Zhuhu Lake-Changdang Lake-Maoshan line, and then the armored brigade, cavalry, cavalry brigade, and infantry brigade then covered and killed, until the line of Jurong, Danyang, and Changzhou.

The 21st Division of the Devils on the Western Front was like a bamboo, and soon defeated the garrison camps on the front line of Dangtu, Gaochun, and Langxi, and approached the western foot of Xishan.

Zeng Qi arranged the teaching brigade in the west, and when the devils attacked closely, more than 20 mortars covered the fire to defeat the devils' vanguard brigade, and then commanded the teaching brigade and its militia to launch a counterattack.

The devil was hit head-on, and hurriedly retreated to reorganize the formation, preparing to attack again. Unexpectedly, Liu Zhenjiang commanded the Su-Anhui guerrilla brigade and the garrison battalions of Gaochun, Langxi, and Lishui to besiege them from all directions. Although the number of the besieging troops behind the flank of the devils was small, a large number of automatic weapons caused great pressure on the devils, especially the baggage troops, artillery units, and field hospitals in the rear suffered heavy losses. The commander of the devil division is in a dilemma, the core base of the people of China is in front of him, if he takes the target, it will be a great achievement, but the encircled troops behind him are like thorns in the back, and it may also make the entire army fall into a heavy encirclement.

Just when the devils on the Western Front were suffering from gains and losses, the Wu Mu Army had already launched a counterattack on the Northern Front and achieved it overnight, and the 21st Division became a lone army in depth, so it received an order from Shunroku Hata to withdraw to the original defense area.

At this time, the 21st Division of the Devil was already unstoppable. If the 21st Division had attacked Xishan in one go, regardless of the external harassment, it might have had some chance of winning, but due to the hesitation of the commander of the Devil Division, the troops slowed down their movement, and now they have been bitten by the surrounding troops, and they are caught in a melee on all sides.

In fact, the Wumu army troops in the rear of the devils are not very strong, only 3, 4,000 people, although the melee firepower is strong, but there are not many heavy weapons, fortunately, it is mainly aimed at the devil's logistics troops, so it has gained a lot, and at the same time brought a lot of trouble to the devil's troops.

The 21st Division of the Devils turned from a strong attack to a hard breakout, stumbling out of the encirclement of the Wu Mu Army and returning to Wuhu, but suffered heavy losses in baggage and equipment.

Wu Mujun struggled to resist, but still lost the Baohua Mountain River Defense Position on the south bank of the Yangtze River and the surrounding Danyang, Changzhou and other places, the base area was compressed a large area, and the devil opened up the Nanjing-Shanghai Railway, and nearly 20,000 casualties, lost a large amount of ammunition and equipment, and the garrison was greatly weakened, and Tuesday Dog and others were planning to recapture Wuxing at this time.

Wu Xing's strategy of subordinating to peripheral movement warfare in this defense war needed to be abandoned, and now that the war has come to an end, Wu Xing's main role has come to the fore. Wuxing is only 5 or 60 miles away from Changxing and Xishan, located between Taihu Lake and Tianmu Mountain Range, and is the southeast gateway of Xishan.

At this time, Shunroku Hata was a little proud in the headquarters of the China Dispatch Army: under the pretext of concealed combat intentions, he borrowed the troops transferred from the south to weaken the Wu Mu Army, which was a big problem, and also opened up the Nanjing-Shanghai Railway, although he lost more than 20,000 people and a large number of weapons and equipment, but the losses were broken down into divisions, brigades, and regiments, and the troops could still afford it, and most of the losses were the troops that were about to be transferred to the Southern Army, but the merit of opening up the Nanjing-Shanghai Railway really belonged to him, and now he mainly accelerated the repair of the Nanjing-Shanghai Railway and strengthened the railway, just guard along the highway!

When the Military Commission saw that Wu Mu's army had lost the battle and had lost the blockade line of the Yangtze River channel and the Nanjing-Shanghai Railway, the main transportation artery behind the devils, the chairman of the committee was furious and ordered the Third Theater Garrison Headquarters in Southern Jiangsu to recapture its original defensive ground.

On Tuesday, the dog replied that the Wumu Army had suffered huge losses in personnel and equipment, and was unable to regain the lost ground.

The chairman of the committee and the senior members of the Military Commission immediately realized that the opportunity to intervene in the defense of the Wumu army and eliminate dissidents had come, so they justifiably ordered that Shangguan Yunxiang's 32nd Group Army enter southern Jiangsu to regain the lost territory, and the Third Theater Southern Jiangsu Garrison Command would assist.

On Tuesday, Gou and others knew that the Military Commission had taken the opportunity to intervene in the base areas in southern Jiangsu, but the order of the Military Commission was justified, and the meaning behind the order could not be put on the table, and on Tuesday Gou was currently anxious to clean up the issue of Wuxing, the "gateway" to the southeast, so he could only allow Shangguan Yunxiang's 32nd Group Army to enter the Maoshan, Jurong, and Danyang lines through Guangde, Langxi, Gaochun, Lishui, and other places, and the New Fourth Army also considered the issue of the united front and ceded the Jiangnan base area, so Shangguan Yunxiang entered southern Jiangsu without spending a single soldier.

On Tuesday, Gou arranged for Zeng Qi to assist the 32nd Army in arranging the route of travel, logistics and transportation, and at the same time strictly preventing Shangguan Yunxiang from having another incident, and then asked Qingyun to take full responsibility for recapturing Wuxingcheng.

Wu Zishun's Wuxing Garrison Brigade is now in full swing, and on the grounds that he must regain his lost territory and defend the honor of the Wuxing Garrison Brigade, he strongly asks to be the main attacker.

Xiang Qingyun agreed to Wu Zishun's main attack from the west, and at the same time arranged for Li Haiyang's teaching brigade to take up the task of sending reinforcements to the south of Wuxing, and Li Guangda's sailor brigade to serve as a surprise attack to the north of Wuxing, leaving the devils in the east to retreat.

Wu Zishun grabbed the main attack task, and arrived at Wuxing City with the remaining more than 900 people with great interest. The high-density machine gun strafing broke through the outer positions of the devils, and 12 high-explosive meteor thunderbolts blew up several breaches in the city wall, and the troops rushed into Wuxing City with the momentum of killing the old master with random punches.

After all, the devil is a brigade of more than 7,000 people, and it is also equipped with artillery, although Wu Zishun broke into the city in one breath, but he has a great advantage in numbers, and he can still hurriedly counterattack in the face of Wu Zishun's disorderly attack.

The commander of the Devil Brigade was beaten by Wu Zishun in a mess, although he couldn't raise his head under the suppression of all machine gun fire, but more than 5,000 people were defeated by more than 1,000 people, and he couldn't explain to the top no matter what, so he could only bear it hard.

The speed of Wu Zishun's attack was greatly beyond Xiang Qingyun's expectations, and the teaching brigade and sailor brigade were still halfway behind. Xiang Qingyun had no choice but to order the sailor brigade and the teaching brigade to speed up in place, and at the same time teach the brigade to divide the troops to rush to the aid of Wuxing City.

After Wu Zishun invaded the city, the troops' physical strength was seriously overdrawn, and they could not catch up with the fleeing devils, so they had to set up machine guns at various intersections to occupy the existing positions, and at the same time seize the time to replenish food and eat anti-Japanese enhancement pills, and get a short rest.

Twenty minutes later, Wu Zishun ordered the troops' machine guns to go up to the house to cover the other infantry, and some of the machine gun shooters carried more than 10 grenades along the roof to clean up the devils who resisted with the courtyard houses.

The devil couldn't resist it, and he used the civilians in the city as meat shields to stop the attack of the Wu Mu army, and the war was at a stalemate for a while. The devil took advantage of the situation to organize a counterattack, and Wu Zishun began to become passive.

At the critical moment, reinforcements from the teaching brigade arrived. The training brigade was mainly equipped with lightweight Qiguang submachine guns, which were more convenient for rooftop combat, and the situation was quickly controlled.

Wu Zishun got reinforcements, and commanded the infantry to shout "lie down" and "lie down" to the meat shield, while looking for an opportunity to kill the devil, and the battle line began to advance with difficulty.

The devils viciously drove a large number of civilians to various intersections, and shot at the crowd, causing the panicked crowd to rush towards the position of the Wumu army, and the defense line of the Wumu army's position was shattered, and the devil took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack.

Fortunately, Wu Mujun had a firepower point on the rooftop, and most of the troops on the street also hid in the houses facing the street, relying on the courtyard wall and roof to fight back, and at the same time rescue civilians.

The devils took advantage of the situation to counterattack with grenadiers and grenades, causing great casualties to the Wumu army and civilians.

In a hurry, Wu Zishun ordered a part of the bombardiers and riflemen (equipped with Qiguang submachine guns) to infiltrate the devils in the form of individual soldiers fighting separately and harass the rear troops of the devils.

The Wu Mu Army's infiltration troops had strong individual firepower, and they were deep behind enemy lines, so they were extremely desperate, and soon caused a melee in the rear of the devils, and it was Wu Zishun who sent troops with combat groups and squads as units to continue to infiltrate the rear of the devils, causing the situation to be even more chaotic.

Although the number of Wu Mu troops entering the city is small, they are well-equipped and have strong firepower, and the devils are also struggling to support at this time, and at this time, they received the position in the south of the city and were broken through by the Wu Mu army, and the commander of the devil brigade suddenly felt like crying without tears. Then he received a report from the north of the city that more than a dozen speedboats of the Chinese army launched an attack to the east of the position in the north of the city to cut off the retreat of the large army. The commander of the Devil's Brigade saw that it was impossible for reinforcements to arrive in a short time, and the planes could not help in the melee, so he had to issue an order to retreat.

The commander of the Devil's Brigade worked hard to gather his troops, withdrew from Wuxingcheng from the east gate, and retreated to Jiaxing, but was chased and beaten by the Wu Mu army, and lost a lot of personnel and equipment to save the troops from being completely annihilated.

On Tuesday, when Gou saw that Wuxing had been recaptured, he felt much more at ease and began to reorganize the troops, preparing to adjust the deployment of the troops.

At the staff meeting, everyone first summed up the situation: the hunting detachment was classified into the first combat sequence, and lost He Laifu, Ouyang Cheng, Ke Hua, Wan Zixiong, Liu Maoer, Liu Qinghe, Qi Yuankai, Zhu Dun, Wu Zhen, Niu Daojia, Liang Ruxiang, Lu Jia Brothers and a number of elite soldiers of more than 10,000 people and a large number of heavy artillery, tanks, armored vehicles, speedboats, trucks, carts, war horses, pack horses and other heavy equipment, Jiangnan and Jiangbei lost a large number of soldiers in many battles, heavy artillery above 105mm, 75mm mountain artillery, infantry artillery, mortars, and flat-fire gunsAt present, there are less than 40,000 troops (excluding guerrillas), more than 220,000 militiamen, 29 artillery pieces of 105mm or more, 69 75mm mountain artillery, 99 infantry guns, 123 mortars of various calibers, 28 37mm flat-fire guns, and 148 20mm anti-aircraft guns......

After discussion, it was decided to adjust the combat strategy of the Wumu Army and re-reduce the deployment of personnel and equipment:

1. Stick to the existing base areas and designate the occupied areas as guerrilla zones;

2. Strengthen the production and development of arsenals, enrich the equipment of the Wumu Army and support other friendly forces;

3. The troops are divided into the headquarters and the four subordinate units:

1. Headquarters: Commander Tuesday Dog, Commander-in-Chief Zhao Dahu, Chief of Staff Xiang Qingyun, Deputy Chief of Staff Zeng Qi, Wang Yilang: Zeng Qi, Director of the Strategic Research Division, and Li Haiyang, Director of the Establishment and Training Division; Wang Yilang, Director of the Operational Planning Division; Director of Communications and Liaison Office, Mr Zu Jing; Director of the Meteorological Forecasting Division, Bai Yidao; Director of Intelligence and Archives, Shi Kee Lun; Wu Zhengtang, Director of the Logistics Support Division; Lu Yuxi, Director of the Financial Inspection Division; Shu Jintang, director of the Armaments Production Division, Zheng Qiguang, Yuan Zhongwu, and Li Guangda, deputy directors; Military Management Division, Director Tong Hai; Ma Qinghan, Director of the Department of Health and Medical Affairs, and Wang Ziwei, Deputy Director; Wu Dalang, Director of the Cultural Publicity Department, and Wang Danyue, Deputy Director of the Cultural Publicity Department;

2. Xiang Qingyun, the captain of the directly subordinate corps, Wang Yilang, the deputy captain, subordinates: Dai Heng, director of the radio command center; Air Defense Command Center and Air Defense Brigade, Director Wang Yilang, responsible for the Air Defense Brigade and the surrounding 81 militia air defense groups, Captain Wang Junshan, Air Defense Brigade equipped with 27 anti-aircraft guns, 54 anti-aircraft machine guns, 27 Foguang Flying Mine launchers, responsible for key air defense in the Xishan area; The baggage detachment, the detachment leader Wu Zhengtang, is equipped with 81 trucks, 216 large vehicles, and 17 warehouses; The engineer detachment, the detachment leader Wang Laodun, is divided into three brigades: civil engineering, boat bridge, and infrastructure; Gendarmerie Brigade, captain Li Haiyang, responsible for military discipline, internal security, and public security; Wu Mu Military Academy, Principal Tuesday Dog, Provost Zeng Qi, in charge of officer training; Teaching Brigade, Captain Li Haiyang, responsible for the training of non-commissioned officers and junior officers; General Hospital and Ambulance Brigade, President and Captain Ma Qinghan, Vice President Wang Ziwei, responsible for daily and wartime medical aid; Xishan Garrison Battalion, battalion commander Wang Sitong, responsible for the defense of the Xishan base area; More than 12,000 people in total.

3. Zeng Qi, the captain of the garrison corps, is under the jurisdiction of: Taihu Lake Defense Detachment, Wu Yuwen, the leader of the detachment, has jurisdiction over the Taihu Lake Defense Brigade, Yixing Garrison Battalion, and Changxing Garrison Battalion, and is responsible for the first-line garrison in the east of Xishan; Shannan Garrison Detachment, detachment leader Wu Zishun, has jurisdiction over Wuxing Garrison Brigade, Guangde Garrison Battalion, Langxi Garrison Battalion, and Gaochun Garrison Battalion, and is responsible for the first-line garrison in Xishanxi and south; Shanbei Garrison Detachment, detachment leader Jin Manlou, has jurisdiction over Liyang Garrison Battalion, Jintan Garrison Battalion, Lishui Garrison Battalion, Zhenjiang Garrison Brigade, Changzhou Garrison Brigade, Baohuashan Garrison Brigade, Danyang Garrison Battalion, responsible for the first-line garrison in Xishanxi and north; A total of 25 battalions, more than 18,000 people, the garrison corps with the garrison battalion as a tactical combat unit, each battalion 3 infantry companies, equipped with Browning light machine guns, medium rifles, southern style pistols, grenadiers, porcelain canisters and grenades based on light weapons, 1 machine gun company, with 9 heavy machine guns, 1 artillery company, with 6 mortars, 45 javelin mines, 90 javelin mines, a joint logistics company, responsible for reconnaissance, guards, communications, transportation, ambulance, equipment, sniper, explosives and other tasks, although it is a garrison battalion, In fact, it is completely the equipment and training of field troops.

4. Li Jinshan, the chief captain of the mobile corps, is under the jurisdiction of: special operations brigade, captain Duanmu Changyan, equipped with 96-type light machine guns, Qiguang submachine guns, shell guns, grenadiers, javelin flying mines and other light weapons and other special warfare equipment, without heavy weapons, more than 1,000 people; The sailor brigade, captain Zhong Limin, is divided into 1 base battalion, responsible for the maintenance of docks, materials and equipment, 1 motorized speedboat battalion, used for surface assault operations, 3 companies, equipped with 84 motorized speedboats, motorized speedboats carrying 3-5 people, 28 motorized speedboats per company, divided into 1 command joint logistics squad 4 ships, responsible for command, fuel and ammunition supply, wartime emergency repair, ambulance, 8 combat squads, 3 ships per squad, counterweight machine guns, flying mine launchers, short shotguns, 1 gunboat battalion, responsible for the rapid transportation of soldiers and materials, 27 30----50-ton fast gunboats, each gunboat is equipped with 1 anti-aircraft gun, 2 heavy machine guns, 7 Qiguang submachine guns, 14 crews, a total of more than 1,300 people; Armored Brigade, Captain Han Jinkui, with 19 tanks, 15 armored vehicles, 5 trucks, and 460 personnel; Cavalry Brigade, Captain Xu Jiguang, 4 companies, 1 joint logistics company, responsible for forage, ammunition, ambulance, supply, with 24 vehicles, 1 fire company, with 3 mortars, 3 anti-aircraft guns, 12 heavy machine guns, 20 trucks, 2 assault companies, with Qiguang submachine guns, long shotguns, 480 horses, a total of more than 700 personnel; The artillery brigade, captain Wang Huankai, is organized into 1 joint logistics battalion, 27 trucks, 1 heavy artillery battalion with 27 105mm heavy guns, 2 mountain artillery battalions with 18 mountain guns and 9 field guns, and 3 infantry artillery battalions with 81 Type 92 infantry guns (less than 37mm anti-aircraft guns), totaling more than 1,800 people; The joint logistics brigade, captain Li Hu, is equipped with 3 transport companies, a field hospital, a maintenance team, 120 trucks, and more than 500 personnel; The Air Defense Anti-Tank Brigade, Captain Duan Jinshi, is organized into 1 Foguang Flying Mine Battalion, equipped with 27 Foguang Flying Mines, 1 anti-aircraft artillery battalion with 27 20mm anti-aircraft guns, 1 anti-aircraft machine gun battalion with 54 anti-aircraft machine guns, 120 trucks, and a total of more than 1,500 personnel; The mobile corps has a total of more than 7,800 personnel, and in addition to special weapons and equipment, all self-defense weapons are barge guns.

5. Liu Chenghai, Captain of the Guerrilla Corps, Li Jiakui, Chief of Staff, subordinates: Joint Logistics Brigade, Captain Li Jiakui; Jiangnan Guerrilla Detachment, detachment leader Wei Wenyang, deputy detachment leader Liu Zhenjiang; Jiangbei guerrilla detachment, detachment leader Feng Jiuzhong, deputy detachment leader Zhao Da'er; The original guerrilla detachments were reduced to guerrilla brigades, each of which was equipped with one 75mm antiaircraft gun or 37mm rapid-fire gun, three mortars or Type 92 infantry guns, nine heavy machine guns, 27 light machine guns, 27 grenadier canisters, 90 meteor flying mines, 300 javelin flying mines, 100 Qiguang submachine guns, 100 shell guns, 1,000 Type 38 rifles, 10,000 porcelain canister grenades, 3,000 porcelain canned mines, and other equipment and supplies were self-raised or submitted for approval, totaling more than 80,000 personnel.

After readjustment, the garrison of the Xishan base area was re-stabilized. In order to ensure the convenience of supply, the weapons in the base area are mainly equipped with German-made 7.92mm ammunition, Browning light machine guns, Type 24 heavy machine guns or Maxim heavy machine guns, because ammunition can be produced or exchanged with ** to ensure supply; In the guerrilla areas, Qiguang submachine guns, Type 38 rifles, and Type 92 heavy machine guns using Japanese-made 7.7mm ammunition were mainly distributed, because the supply of Japanese-made ammunition was easily guaranteed through capture. The mobile detachment is no longer equipped with infantry, but only provides support to the infantry with strong firepower, and all the infantry of the original mobile detachment is incorporated into the garrison battalions.

The Xishan base area has just been stabilized, and on Tuesday the dog has a new problem - the ** 32nd Army has begun to add chaos again.

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