[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 222: Reinforcements Arrive (Ask for Subscription)

Under the cover of artillery fire, Matsushita Shaosa led the remaining more than 300 soldiers to launch a mortal charge to the position of the 200th regiment.

"Two hundred meters"

"One Hundred and Fifty Meters"

"One Hundred Meters"

The defenders' positions were still quiet, and there was no sound at all, as before. Could it be that the people of China are preparing to repeat the old trick again, Matsushita Shaosa felt a hidden worry in his heart, and at the same time ordered the troops to disperse and slowly approach the defenders' positions.

"Fifty meters"

"Thirty meters"

With only thirty meters to go, Matsushita ordered the troops to immediately increase their speed. At the same time, a glimmer of hope rose in Matsushita's heart, thirty meters away from the infantry charge was a few seconds, as long as they rushed into the trenches of the Shina people and became entangled with them, the reinforcements of His Excellency the division commander would immediately rush over.

The Japanese rushed up with a "whoa, yes", and at this time the smoke from the explosion of the shells on the defenders' positions had also dispersed, but to Matsushita's surprise, the defenders' positions were already empty, and in addition to the bullet casings all over the ground, not even a single wounded man was left for Panasonic.

Seeing that the Rising Sun Banner of the Great Japanese Empire had finally been planted in the positions of the Shina army, Lieutenant General Matsuura breathed a long sigh of relief. He had been paying attention to the battle just now, and to be honest, Matsushita's subordinates showed great tenacity, giving full play to the courage of the great Japanese warriors.

But the performance of the Shina people was also beyond his expectations, under such a fierce attack by Panasonic's subordinates, the Shina people not only withstood it, but also played it with ease. So much so that Matsushita's subordinates paid a heavy three-quarters price to barely capture the position of the Shina people, a result that shocked Junrokuro Matsuura.

"Report to Your Excellency the division commander, the people of China have fled north, and Matsushita Shaozo asks whether to pursue it."

"Order Panasonic to pursue immediately, and the Sato Brigade immediately follow! The people of China have lost their fighting spirit. Let Panasonic immediately rush forward and attack the city. Matsuura ordered.

"Hail"

The second line of defense of the 200th regiment was less than five or six hundred meters away from the first line of defense, and by the time the Japanese caught up, the 200th regiment had already entered the second line of defense.

Seeing that the Japanese army was defenseless at all, and rushed up in a swarm, Xu Weiguo showed a cold smile on his face. At the same time, he said loudly: "Prepare for battle!" ”

"Boom" dozens of light and heavy machine guns loaded with ammunition, turned on the safe, ready to fire at any time.

"Fire!"

When the Japanese entered the effective range of the machine guns, Xu Weiguo gave the order to open fire.

"Da Da Da"

"Da Da Da"

Dozens of tongues of fire opened fire at the same time, and the Japanese soldiers suddenly turned on their backs, killed, fell, and trampled to death one by one.

In less than three minutes, more than 300 Japanese troops lost more than half of them, and the rest were frightened and quickly retreated beyond the effective range of the defenders.

Junrokuro Matsuura didn't expect Ma Zheng's department to be so tenacious. It is really difficult to be able to move to the reserve position so quickly after being defeated.

But no matter how difficult it is, he can only attack hard. From four o'clock to now, the troops have been attacking continuously for more than three hours, and in just three hours, his troops have suffered more than 1,400 casualties, and the Matsushita brigade has almost suffered casualties. The most important thing is that even so, they still failed to occupy the positions of the Chinese and capture the county seat of Pengze.

He couldn't explain this result to His Excellency Okamura Ninji. Only to continue to attack, to attack. Attack again!

Fortunately, the sky is already bright, and the aviation should arrive soon, and the attack should not be as difficult as it is now!

At half past six o'clock, the 106th Division's Madang garrison arrived on the battlefield, and the total strength of the Japanese army suddenly exceeded that of the 7th Division. In addition, the 113th Wing of the Japanese Army, stationed in Xiaogushan, was crossing the river. The crossing of the river can be completed in an hour at most, and then the Duqi Division in Pengze City may be surrounded.

Fortunately, this crisis did not appear, and less than half an hour after the arrival of Japanese reinforcements, the 4th Army and the 72nd Army under the 9th Theater arrived in Pengze, and the 7th Division was replaced.

When these two troops took over the defense of Pengze County. The 7th Division began to treat the wounded and bury the bodies of the war dead. When Ou Zhen, the commander of the Fourth Army, saw the officers and soldiers of the Seventh Division carrying the remains of a dead soldier out of the city, the whole person was stunned.

Although it is impossible to count how many soldiers were killed and wounded in this battle, just looking at the corpse carrying team that is several miles long, we know that the casualties must be extremely heavy, not to mention thousands of people.

But when he entered the city, he saw the corpses of Japanese soldiers all over the ground, and the horror in his heart was even greater. He has always scoffed at Ma Zheng and the entire Duqi Division, thinking that whether it is Ma Zheng, the general of the Eighth Route Army or the Duqi Division under his command, this is all boasted by those people in Yan'an, and even those achievements are just coincidences, in fact, they are not so good.

However, when he saw that the Duqi Division fought against two divisions of the Japanese army with the strength of one division, annihilated three wings of the Japanese army overnight, and at the same time withstood the crazy attack of the 106th Division, Ou Zhen knew that he had underestimated this Eighth Route Army too much before, and people may not have lost their fame.

At about 8 o'clock in the morning of August 3, just one hour after the 4th Army and the 72nd Army took over the defense of Pengze County, more than 110 Japanese warplanes flew into the battlefield, preparing to bombard the defenders indiscriminately, so as to cooperate with the Japanese army on the ground to seize Pengze.

In order to recapture Pengze County and keep this springboard for attacking Wuhan, Okamura Ningji also fought hard and transferred all the aviation units that could be mobilized, and even the Third Flying Air Regiment, which was used to defend the port of Shanghai, was also transferred.

However, just when the Japanese air force was ready to show its skills, the Chinese air force appeared. To tell the truth, although the strength of the Chinese Air Force is not as strong as that of the Japanese Air Force, it is not without combat effectiveness, and the Nationalist Government also has its own advantages, that is, Chennault's tailor-made air defense early warning system for the Nationalist Government.

With the help of this air defense early warning system, the Japanese Air Force has almost nothing to hide, and as long as Japanese planes fly from the airport, the Chinese authorities will be able to get the news and mobilize air forces to intercept or set up an ambush to besiege the Japanese Air Force in the shortest possible time.

This time was no exception, as the Japanese Air Force fighters at the Nanjing airport had just taken off, and the special agents of the Wuhan Nationalist Government's military command received the news and sent this information to the headquarters of the Aviation Committee as quickly as possible. Thinking of the chairman's order, several bigwigs of the Aviation Committee immediately judged that the Japanese army's target this time should be the Pengze front, and immediately ordered the air force fighters in Wuhan and Nanchang to immediately take off and fly to Pengze to ambush the Japanese air force.

In order to meet the Japanese air force in a major battle on an unprecedented scale, the Chinese Air Force made operational arrangements ahead of schedule and made tactical arrangements in advance. By the time the Japanese fighters arrived at Pengze, the Chinese Air Force and the Soviet Volunteer Air Force had already been in full formation, dispatching 84 fighters from three groups to intercept them, and the two air forces met at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters above Pengze.

After the two planes met, the Chinese Air Force first used E-15 fighters to induce Japanese fighters to break away from the bomber group fighters and annihilate the Japanese bombers.

Although the total number of fighters of the Chinese Air Force was not comparable to that of the Japanese army, a large part of the Japanese fighters were bombers, while the air forces of China and the Soviet Union were all destroyers. After more than an hour of bloody fighting, the air force fighters shot down a total of 24 Japanese air force fighters and 27 bombers, a total of 51 planes.

The Chinese Air Force lost 19 fighters, including 13 old-fashioned ****-3 fighters and 6 Soviet-made I-16 fighters. It can be said that this air battle was the largest air battle since the beginning of the war, and the two sides invested more than 200 fighters, and 70 of them were shot down, and this is not counting the wounded. The scale of its scale and the fierceness of the battle were unique in the eight-year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

This is the soul of the two nations colliding, it is the indomitable soul of the Han nation and the soul of the Yamato national militarism fighting, but this air battle ended in the disastrous defeat of the Japanese army, perhaps something is portrayed in the dark. (To be continued.) )