As soon as several thousand Japanese soldiers rushed over a small hillside, they were stunned by the scene in front of them, only to see that at the foot of the hillside, nearly 1,000 Japanese soldiers had been beaten off their arms and limbs, and the wreckage of 20 tanks was scattered on both sides of the road not far away.

At this time, dozens of cars and hundreds of motorcycles were scattered behind the hills and left unattended, and hundreds of wounded Japanese soldiers who had not yet died were struggling to breathe in the vast fields.

The thousands of Japanese soldiers watched as their compatriots were being called by the Chinese army with rifles in the distance, and with every shot a moaning Japanese soldier stopped struggling.

These Japanese soldiers, who had just arrived at the battlefield, were furious, and their eyes were simply red. Regardless of whether he was within the opponent's range or not, he immediately installed the mountain cannon on the spot.

The two wings brought a total of eight 105 mm mountain guns, and dozens of large-caliber mortars, at a distance that the rifles of the Chinese army could not hit them, and they could safely install the cannons.

Don't underestimate the 105 mm mountain artillery, in the entire World War II Sino-Japanese battlefield, the 105 mm mountain artillery was the mainstream of the entire battlefield, in this period, the mountain artillery above 75 mm was called a large artillery.

They wanted to avenge the soldiers in front of them, and the 105-mm mountain artillery was enough to flatten all the Chinese troops at this time. However, these Japanese troops did not build mountain artillery as they wished.

Because the more than 1,000 Chinese soldiers who had been haunting them suddenly came out from behind, but when they saw the Chinese soldiers in front of them clearly, they were also a little dumbfounded. Yes, and it was about the same strength as theirs, more than 4,000 men.

However, even so, the soldiers of the two wings did not think that they would be no match for the Chinese army, because in their opinion, in the face of the Chinese army, they were always one to ten.

So when they saw thousands of Chinese soldiers behind them, they not only did not do harm, but became even more excited, thinking that this was because Apayasu took pity on them for their hard work all the way, so they specially sent them war exploits.

It's a pity that the good wishes of these Japanese soldiers were not realized, because just when they were just preparing to counterattack the Chinese troops in front of them, their mountain artillery positions were suddenly attacked by the same large-caliber mountain artillery, and at this time they really paid attention to the Chinese army in front of them.

At this time, in Cihu Town, an artillery captain was directing two 105-mm mountain guns in front of him to attack the Japanese artillery positions in the distance.

Because the place where the Japanese troops were located had been marked early, the two large-caliber mountain guns in front of him did not even carry out test firing, and directly launched an artillery attack on the Japanese mountain artillery positions in the distance.

With just two rounds of firing and four shells, the Japanese mountain artillery position was flattened.

Because when they hit the fourth shell, they hit the shell pile of the Japanese artillery position, which caused the explosion of the Japanese artillery position.

The two wings brought only eight 105-mm mountain guns, and the Chinese artillery was wiped out within a few minutes, and not only that, but the martyrdom of the entire artillery position directly reimbursed all the artillery of the two wings, and even the dozens of mortars that had just been erected on the artillery position were also blown up.

The reason why the Japanese army was able to defeat the Chinese army with one block and ten was that it relied on far more artillery than the Chinese army. So when the soldiers of these two wings found that their artillery brigade was completely annihilated, the hearts of the two wings were cold.

Fortunately, they were also graduates of the regular Japanese Army Military Academy, and under the command of the two, thousands of Japanese troops immediately dug fortifications on the spot and prepared for a bloody battle with the Chinese troops surrounding them.

At the same time, they immediately reported their situation to the base camp of the Central China Front. They were surrounded by 5,000 Chinese soldiers on the outskirts of Cihu Town. Now their mechanized brigade has been wiped out, and more than 1,000 wounded in two wings, and now only one wing has more than 3,000 people still fighting power.

At the same time, they lost all their artillery and mortars, and now they had no other heavy weapons except grenadiers and grenades, and they asked the Front directly for tactical guidance.

In the Japanese army's habit, asking for tactical guidance is to voluntarily admit that they are powerless and powerless against the current situation in front of them, and that the time has come when the battle situation is certain to be defeated.

Looking at the distress telegrams of the 13th Wing and the 47th Wing of the 11th Division, the Japanese generals in the headquarters of the Central China Front also looked at each other.

There are more than 6,000 people in the two wings, and these more than 6,000 people also include a mechanized tank brigade with the most powerful combat effectiveness.

How did they let the Chinese army wipe out without even a chance to report the news? What is even more excessive is that when they set off, it was obviously more than 6,000 people and two heavily loaded two wings.

But when they sent out the distress telegram, the two wings were actually only one wing of soldiers, and they had also lost all their artillery and mortars, how did they let the same number of Chinese troops fight so badly and let people surround them?

With full of thoughtful questions, everyone speculated about the mysterious Hainan Guard Independent Regiment in Cihu Town. Whose team are they and why are they so powerful?

Thinking about it again, last night, it was also this little-known Hainan Escort Army that wiped out their Guoqi detachment of 5,000 men overnight.

This morning they had just wiped out sixteen of their own planes, and now they had just eliminated one of their tank brigades, and they were about to start eating their other two wings.

How can their appetites be so good? They can eat everything that flies in the sky and runs on the ground, can they also kill it if they send a few warships now?

Matsui Ishine believed that this independent regiment of the Hainan Escort Army would not be able to kill his warship no matter how much it was harmed. However, seeing that Nanjing's offensive and defense had entered the most critical moment, it was impossible for the heavy artillery wing to send it to them, and the heavy artillery wing was slow to move, and it was too late in time.

In addition, it is impossible for planes to send reinforcements, knowing that the other side has dozens of anti-aircraft guns, sending dozens of planes to the narrow mountainous area of Cihu Town is simply to send them to death.

However, there was fighting in all the places near Nanjing, and he still had a reserve of 20,000 men to use when preparing to break through to Nanjing, and it was impossible to send reinforcements to them.

In this case, we can only telegraph to the two encircled wings, unable to reinforce them, and ask them to make use of the excellent traditions of the Imperial Japanese Army and fight with all their might.

In this way, Matsui Shigen gave up the plan to cross the Yangtze River from Cihu Town to the north and outflank Nanjing's back road, and since he gave up this strategy, it was equivalent to giving up the lives of the 13th and 47th Wings.

Looking at the unwilling eyes of the generals in front of him, Matsui Shigen said coldly: "For the generals, there can be no women's benevolence, now the battle of Nanjing, involving the whole body, we can't affect the entire battle situation because of the failure of a small Cihu Town."

Although we failed to use this strange army in the west, we still have the strange army in the east that we have not used. Now the whole city of Nanjing is in danger, and we may attack the city at any time.

In this case, the Third Fleet, which we have been docked in the Yangtze River and is on standby, can enter the Nanjing River in advance.

Let them arrive at the Xiaguan Wharf outside the city of Nanjing by tomorrow evening, and now the people of Nanjing are fleeing from the Shimonoseki Wharf.

Let them go and shell the Xiaguan wharf, and I will make the city of Nanjing embattled. Bombarded with warships and heavy artillery to shatter their confidence in wanting to hold Nanjing. I believe that as long as our Third Fleet enters the Yangtze River valley in Nanjing, it will become the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

Gentlemen, please intensify your offensive, occupy the capital of China, establish the immortal feats of our Central China Front, enter the city of Nanjing, and leave no piece of armor left in Nanjing, let us wait and see. ”

"Hey!" The generals who had already been boosted by Matsui Ishine replied loudly.

On the night of the 12th, after receiving a telegram from the Japanese base camp that no reinforcements would be sent, the soldiers of the 13th and 47th Wings, who were surrounded outside Cihu Town, were in despair, and after an afternoon of fighting, more than 1,000 of their 3,000 Japanese troops were killed.

Now they have changed their offensive and defensive roles with the Chinese army, which used to bombard the Chinese army without heavy weapons with artillery.

Fortunately, the two sides have just switched, and the Chinese army has hundreds of mortars and dozens of infantry guns attacking them, and they can only hide in the small tunnel they have just dug to defend against the shelling of the Chinese army.

Seeing that it was getting dark, the two wing commanders decided to abandon all wounded soldiers and break through with all their might. Even if he was shot by the commander-in-chief after running back to Nanjing, it was better than staying here and being blown to pieces.

Not to mention, their decision was too wise, because Yang Shuai and Yue Xiaofei's strength was only 5,000, and it was impossible to completely encircle the Japanese army, which also had a few thousand troops.

Therefore, when the remaining more than 2,000 Japanese troops of these two wings broke through the siege with all their might at night, the soldiers of the independent regiment of the Hainan Escort Army could not block their way at all.

After a short exchange of fire, the Japanese left a squadron of several hundred soldiers to attract the firepower of the Chinese army, and most of the remaining Japanese soldiers of nearly half a wing successfully broke through.

And this team of less than 2,000 people after the successful breakthrough of the encirclement, has long lost the demeanor of the Great Japanese Imperial Army, they are not much stronger than those Chinese deserters, these two thousand Japanese soldiers in order to flee to Nanjing as quickly as possible, they abandoned what they could throw, many soldiers even threw guns and bullets.

It is hard to imagine that so many Japanese deserters could be found during this period. It has to be said that the potential of human beings is endless, and when these soldiers who threw away their weapons fled all night, just after dawn, they found that they had really fled back to the periphery of Nanjing, the Japanese defense area.

In other words, they performed a miracle of marching a hundred miles at night, but unfortunately the two wing commanders who created such a miracle were not commended, and they were shot on the spot by the law enforcement team sent by Matsui Ishine.

As for the 2,000 Japanese soldiers who fled with them, they were ordered to make meritorious contributions to their crimes and were arranged to be included in the sequence of the first wave of attacks on Nanjing that day.

On the same day, the news of the Chinese army's victory over the Japanese army at Cihu Town also spread in Nanjing City, and also spread in cities throughout China, known as the Great Victory of Cihu Town.