The tactics of using Type 38 75-mm field guns and Type 95 light combat vehicles and using the two wings of infantry as cover made the Chinese officers and men of the 1st Brigade and the 2nd Brigade of the Provisional Reading Force very uncomfortable, because the infantry of the Yue Army, the artillery and the chariots covered each other, so that the attack of the death squad was often fruitless, and a 100-strong death squad could not even kill one of his own chariots.

The tragic street battle is more appropriate than a big melee that was very unexpected on both sides, Zhang Xuewu stood in front of the sand table, a bomb of at least 500 pounds fell from a hundred meters away and hit a large street fort, the air wave generated by the huge explosion shattered all the glass in the headquarters on the first floor, and the flying glass fragments cut Zhang Xuewu's face into a small hole, and Zhang Xuewu gently wiped the blood with his white-gloved hand.

As if nothing had happened, he turned his attention back to the sand table, and the guards and nervous staff officers who were standing on the side also returned to their posts one after another.

Zhang Xuewu saw that everything was back to normal, so he smiled calmly and said, "What are you afraid of?" This central bank building has five floors, and each floor can carry 500 pounds of aerial bombs to hit directly. ”

After Zhang Xuewu pacified many staff officers, he looked at the small flag position on the sand table that was planted with the number of the Sixth Division of the Yue Army and frowned, Zhang Lingfu's reinforcements failed to arrive at reinforcements before the 154th Division and the 156th Division were defeated, this is an objective situation, Zhang Xuewu estimated that even if Zhang Lingfu arrived at the position, I am afraid that it would be difficult to escape the result of being defeated, and now the two temporary reading brigades have launched a fierce street battle with the Yue Army outside the city walls, which is definitely something that Zhang Xuewu did not expect.

You must know that Zhang Xuewu made full preparations for the street battle, but this street battle was carried out after the city wall position was completely broken through, not with his back to the city wall, the main reason why Zhang Lingfu's troops fought to the death and did not retreat? Zhang Xuewu's command followed the sand table and stayed in the direction of Yuhuatai, where the 88th Division was engaged in a fierce battle with the Yue Army, and if the rear road was cut off and the Zhonghua Gate was captured by the interspersed troops of the 6th Division of the Yue Army, the 88th Division would inevitably collapse without a fight, and might even be wiped out.

Since the headquarters of the Sixth Division of the Army is determined to go straight to the Zhonghua Gate from the Qinhuai River, what else is he polite? Since the beginning of the war, Zhang Xuewu still has a trump card in his hand that has not yet been used, this unit is the Reading Rocket Artillery Regiment that has been covered with canvas since entering the city, and the prototype of the hail type 24-tube and 48-tube 1005-mm rocket launcher equipped with the regiment is the prototype of the 63-type 107-mm rocket launcher that simulates later generations, but the net weight of the march has also reached 552 kilograms, and the weight of the combat column is close to one ton.

The rocket artillery regiment secretly sent to Nanjing had 24 24-barrel and 12 48-tube 105-millimeter rocket launchers, and the effective range of the rockets fired by these rocket launchers mounted on the Calvins half-track vehicles imported from Germany was 5.5 kilometers and the dispersion rate was 40 kilometers.

However, there is also a rather prominent problem, that is, it is not equipped with a loading vehicle, because when the provisional first mechanized division went to Nanjing, the matching loading vehicle was still being studied, so the speed of manual loading can be described as very slow, but its excellent maneuverability makes up for this fatal shortcoming.

The entire artillery regiment is capable of firing 1,152 high-explosive scattered grenade rockets weighing 17 kilograms into any range of about 4 kilometers in one minute and 30 seconds.

Zhang Xuewu transferred two of the four armored assault groups divided into the mechanized brigade to Zhonghuamen, under the unified command of Qiu Qingquan, and transferred the 1st Brigade and the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Mechanized Division to concentrate on the front line of Zhonghuamen, and the two brigades of the 112th Division of the Teaching Corps were transferred to Guanghuamen, and the 1st and 3rd Regiments of the Military Police reinforced the headquarters of the 88th Division on the first line of Yuhuatai, and planned for the 87th Division to counterattack the Yue Army in front of Juhuatai, and the 3rd Brigade of the provisional Reading Force reinforced the headquarters of the 36th Division of Zijin Mountain and Ming Xiaoling. The Wulong Mountain Fortress and Yanziji used artillery fire to fully support the Purple Mountain direction.

Zhang Xuewu was arranging the troops, Gu Shoufu was also arranging the troops, Gu Shoufu got a report from the 47th Wing of the 11th Infantry Brigade, in the process of interspersing with the Zhonghua Gate, Yu Chengqiang was desperately blocked by about a division in the middle [***], the enemy was not afraid of death, every time a house and a street was occupied, the imperial army had to pay very heavy casualties, the 47th Infantry Wing had lost its ability to attack, and asked the division to give tactical guidance.

Tani was quite dissatisfied with the 13th Infantry Wing and the 47th Infantry Wing under the newly formed 11th Infantry Brigade, and compared with the 23rd Infantry Wing and the 45th Infantry Wing of the 36th Infantry Brigade under the command of Major General Ushijima Mitsuru, the newly formed 11th Infantry Brigade was a pile of.

Almost sixty percent of the soldiers were damned Korean emperors, and these despicable second-class people were wearing the same military uniforms as the imperial army of the Great Emperor? It is simply the greatest shame of the Imperial Army.

After Gu Shoufu frowned and looked at the map, he pointed between the West Water Gate and the Zhonghua Gate with his hand, and compared the location of the Guanghua Gate, Gu Shoufu felt more and more how correct his original decision was, and attacked and advanced to the Zhonghua Gate, which could not only cut off the retreat of the 88th Division of the Chinese defenders who were holding Yuhuatai, but also directly break through the city walls of Nanjing, and attach the command system of quickly dividing the city with chariots, or directly smashing the command system of the Zhong[***].

Since Zhong [***] is desperately resisting, it means that the position of the Sixth Division's attack is the key point of Zhong [***], because the 11th Infantry Brigade was annihilated by Zhang Xuewu's sortie before, Gu Shoufu has been holding his breath and vowing to avenge this arrow, in fact, the base camp has issued an order to remove Gu Shoufu, but this order was suppressed by Prince Hatohiko of Asakamiya.

One of the inside stories is that Gu Shoufu found Prince Hatohiko of Asaka Palace and cried, saying that if he could not be allowed to wash away his shame on the battlefield, he would commit suicide by disembowelment, Hatohiko Asakamiya was also hesitant again and again, the war was at a critical juncture, if a general like Gu Shoufu committed suicide by disembowelment, it would also be a major blow to the morale of the whole army, so after thinking twice, Hatohiko Asakanomiya decided to report to the military headquarters of the base camp, let Gu Shoufu make meritorious service for his crimes, continue to command the Sixth Division to fight, and after conquering Nanjing, make adjustments to the candidates for the commander of the Sixth Division.

Relying on the shameless position of the commander of the Sixth Division, Gu Shoufu invested all the strength of the division at one time from the beginning of this general attack, and cooperated with the 18th Division and other troops of the frontal main attack to repeatedly attack the junction of the 154th Division and the 156th Division of the Chinese defenders.

Gu Shoufu decided to take the 36th Infantry Brigade under the command of Ushijima as the main force, replace the 47th Infantry Wing, and continue to attack and advance in the direction of Zhonghua Gate.

Ushijima received an order from the division commander Gu Shoufu, and at this moment, Ushijima Man's 36th Infantry Brigade had lost two infantry brigades because of the attack on the Qinhuai River defense line.

Ushijima Mitsuru pays great attention to the coordination of arms and firepower in commanding operations, likes to use delicate tactical command, grasps the rhythm of attack, never abuses and wastes the lives of his subordinates, and launches some unnecessary and ineffective attacks. Ushijima Mitsumi didn't know how he had caught up with such a division commander who didn't pay attention to tactical cooperation, only knew how to rush and fight, and was extremely rude and rude?

However, Gu Shoufu is the commander of the division, and Ushijima is only a brigade commander under his command, and the above is the most unforgivable act in the army, so Ushijima Man's dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, and the order must be thoroughly implemented.

So the 36th Brigade of the Infantry of the Army went straight to the direction of Zhonghua Gate to attack and advance, Niu Dao was worthy of Lu Dashi's tactical genius, and the 23rd Infantry Wing and the 45th Infantry Wing under it were outflanked by Zhang Lingfu from the outside line to the left and right flanks of Zhang Lingfu, Zhang Lingfu suddenly felt a huge pressure, because Zhang Lingfu's strength was not enough to defeat the 47th Infantry Wing of the Army from the front, and when the two wings were threatened, Zhang Lingfu's only choice was to retreat quickly.

After realizing that he was in danger, Zhang Lingfu immediately issued a retreat order, and used the strength of three battalions as echelon alternate cover, everyone understood that Zhang Lingfu's move was a strong man's method of breaking his wrist, but in the face of the menacing reinforcements of the army, Zhang Lingfu had no choice.

Under the personal command of Ushijima Man, the 36th Infantry Brigade of the Yue Army bit Zhang Lingfu's retreating troops, constantly forcing Zhang Lingfu to retreat, and did not give Zhang Lingfu time to rectify and gather his troops.

By the time Zhang Lingfu fought and retreated to the vicinity of Zhonghua Gate, the troops of the two brigades of more than 10,000 people had gathered up to less than 3,000 people.

(To be continued)