The officers and men of the 6th Battalion, who had retreated, also turned around and threw themselves into a counterattack under the cover of the guard company, and the counterattacking troops were beaten back by the dense machine-gun fire of the guard company for two consecutive decisive charges, and they found nothing except for throwing down more than 100 corpses in front of the formation.

However, the attacks of the 4th and 5th Baoshan Battalions in the north and south directions were not smooth, and although the mortars, grenadiers, and light and heavy machine guns of the Tanabe Wing were furnished because of the lack of ammunition, they were able to withstand the repeated onslaught of the two battalions with a small number of rifle bullets and bayonets, and occasionally even took the initiative to attack, causing great trouble to the two battalions.

The battle situation has deviated from the beginning, but Yue Weihan has long been mentally prepared for this, if everything is carried out according to his own established deduction, then he is a god and not a man, but what Yue Weihan didn't expect was that the Yue army was so tenacious, the 4th and 5th battalions obviously had absolute superior firepower, but they couldn't break through the defense line of the Yue army.

Yue Weihan suddenly realized that although his Baoshan regiment had greatly improved its equipment and will, and had just won a few battles, and even killed the elite Zhongchuan Wing of the Yue Army, but in his bones, the Baoshan regiment still lacked an invincible momentum, and even lacked a belief that he would use me in the first battle and use me to win.

Yue Weihan didn't hesitate any longer, and immediately ordered Tang Dashan to fire two red signal flares in a row!

The battle is not going well, the situation has formed a stalemate, Niu Dagen's artillery battalion must not hesitate to shell the positions of the Yue army, and at the same time, the 1st and 3rd battalions must also immediately abandon the ambush and launch the final blow to the Yue army from the west!

It's just that in this way, this battle will be a tough battle, and even if the Baoshan regiment can win, the price will never be small.

But the situation is stronger than people, Yue Weihan can't wait any longer, and if it drags on, the situation will only become more and more favorable to the army, after all, the army is on the defensive, the troops are more concentrated, and the response is more rapid, while the strength of the Baoshan regiment is relatively scattered, and the response is relatively slow.

Moreover, the Baoshan regiment is also facing another greater threat, Yizheng is only more than 50 miles away from Yangzhou, if the Baoshan regiment cannot solve the battle within two and a half hours, the main force of the Shigeto detachment will definitely arrive, and at that time, if the Baoshan regiment does not want to be wiped out, then it can only throw away its armor and flee.

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Tashiro Wing Station.

Seeing the two red signal flares lifted into the air, the Baoshan battalions, which were desperately advancing forward, immediately turned around and retreated.

Tashiro Osa quickly ordered all units of the army to retreat into the dug trenches to defend against artillery, this little devil's tactical literacy was indeed not covered, and Yue Weihan's artillery intention was clearly judged in an instant.

Niu Dagen's artillery battalion fired two consecutive rounds of 10 rounds of rapid fire at the position of the Japanese army, and six 81mm light mortars and four Type 92 infantry guns dumped 200 shells onto the position of the Tashiro Wing in just a few minutes, and in an instant, the position of the Tashiro Wing was blown upside down.

Before the first round of shelling was over, Tashiro Osa knew that his Tashiro wing was in trouble.

As a high-achieving graduate of the Imperial Land University, no one knows better than Tashiro Daisa's important role in modern warfare, and that hastily excavated improvised fortifications cannot be sustained for too long.

"Send a telegram to His Excellency Shigedo immediately and ask for tactical guidance." Tashiro Osa finally let go of the pride of the field wing.

When the battle came to this, the proud Tashiro Osa also had to admit that his wing was already on the verge of annihilation, and if he didn't ask for help from the Shigedo detachment, the entire wing would only be afraid that it would really break outside Yangzhou City.

"Hello." The orderly suddenly straightened his feet, and then turned around and hurried away.

Although the wing headquarters of the Tashiro Wing was destroyed, the headquarters of the three subordinate infantry brigades were intact, so they could still ask the Shigedo detachment for help through the radio of the infantry brigade.

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Yizheng, the temporary headquarters of the Shigedo detachment.

Major General Shigedo went to bed early, and he still has a lot of trust in the combat effectiveness of the Tashiro Wing, even if the Shina people intercept the weapons and ammunition of the baggage team? The Tashiro Wing is the most elite field wing in the battle sequence of the Imperial Army, and it is not a piece of cake to deal with only two battalions?

Although several attacks by Tashiro United have failed this afternoon, this does not mean anything.

Major General Shigeto has also sent a direct telegram to the headquarters of the Front Army asking for help, and as soon as it dawns tomorrow, the transport aircraft brigade of the air force directly under the Front Army will be able to airdrop ammunition supplies outside Yangzhou City, and the Tashiro Wing will have ammunition, and everything will be fine.

When Major General Shigeto was sleeping soundly, he was woken up from his sleep, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that it was the chief of staff Miyamoto Hikokachi.

Without waiting for Major General Shigeto to ask, Miyamoto Hikoichi said with a solemn expression: "Your Excellency General, the Tashiro Wing was suddenly attacked by the Shina Army, and the situation is very critical, so I request our department to return to help quickly." ”

"Yaga." Rear Admiral Shigeto said incredulously, "Tashiro United asking for help? ”

"Hello." Miyamoto Hikoichi retracted his feet and stood upright, "Your Excellency General, Tashiro Daisa reported that the artillery fire of the Shina Army is very rapid, and the situation of the Tashiro Wing is already very dangerous, and they can only hold out for another three hours at most. ”

"Command!" Major General Shigedo hurriedly got up in his clothes and said awe-inspiringly, "The first and second infantry wings are assembled immediately. ”

"Hello." Hikoichi Miyamoto bowed his head suddenly, and then turned around and walked away quickly.

In less than a moment, a sharp whistle sounded in Yizheng City, and in an instant, the entire garrison began to be noisy, and a large number of infantry of the Yue army swarmed out of the civilian houses and assembled on the street, and the steel helmets with cold and shining lights were quickly arranged into a neat phalanx under the dark night sky.

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Ten miles west of Yangzhou City, Tashiro United is stationed.

The shelling of the Baoshan artillery battalion almost ploughed the simple fortifications of the Yue army into the ground, and also caused great casualties to the Yue army, but the will to resist did not waver in the slightest because of this, and the Yue army was still stubbornly resisting with its broken fortifications and accurate marksmanship, and the battle was far from over.

Yue Weihan took out his pocket watch for the ninth time, and from the time the artillery battalion stopped the shelling and the infantry battalions launched the general attack, a full hour and a half of time had passed, but the Baoshan regiment had never been able to clear the remnants of the recalcitrant army! The Tashiro Wing had obviously suffered heavy casualties and the position had been compressed to the limit, but they refused to take their last breath.

Yue Weihan knew very well that the Tashiro Wing was waiting, and they were waiting for reinforcements from the Shigeto detachment.

Despite some psychological preparation, the tenacity of Tashiro's team exceeded Yue Weihan's expectations.

Yue Weihan couldn't imagine what the battle would have been like if it weren't for the lack of artillery shells, grenades, and machine-gun firepower of the Tashiro Wing. Maybe Niu Dagen's artillery battalion would be crushed by the artillery squadron of the Yue Army at the beginning, and maybe the Tashiro Wing only needed to send two infantry squadrons to counterattack, and the offensive of the Baoshan Regiment should be disintegrated.

It seems that at this stage, [***] really does not have the strength to take the initiative to attack.

With strong fortifications, [***] can barely beat the field wing of the army, but if it is set aside to fight in the field, [***] is not an opponent at all! Yue Weihan now knew how lucky it was to be able to completely annihilate the main force of the Zhongchuan Wing in Jingjiang, and if it wasn't for the great help of the river beach terrain at that time, Zhongchuan Guang was in a hurry to make a contribution, and launched an attack in a hurry without waiting for the artillery to arrive, but he was afraid that the more than 3,000 defeated troops of the Baoshan Regiment had been beaten to the ground!

However, when the battle came to this, the Baoshan Regiment was already difficult to ride a tiger, and it was impossible to even think about retreating, Yue Weihan really wanted to order a retreat, and the morale of all the officers and soldiers would immediately fall to the bottom, and the Baoshan Regiment would be beaten back to its original form at once, and it would once again become a disheartened rout corps, and the remnants of the Tashiro Wing would never let the Baoshan Regiment retreat easily.

Therefore, Yue Weihan had no choice, and the Baoshan regiment had no choice but to defeat the Tashiro United, completely defeated!

Taking a deep breath, Yue Weihan turned his head to Tang Dashan behind him and said, "Datang, tell Chi Chengfeng to let his 2nd battalion immediately seize the area of Slender West Lake and Daming Temple in the west of the city to block enemy reinforcements!" Hear clearly, at all costs, even if the entire 2nd Battalion is exhausted, we must block the devil reinforcements to the west of Slender West Lake! ”

"Yes!" Tang Dashan suddenly straightened his chest and saluted Yue Weihan, then turned around and strode away.

Tang Dashan's tower-like figure quickly disappeared under the city tower, Yue Weihan breathed a long sigh of relief, and suddenly sat down against the pillar of the arrow tower behind him that had not yet collapsed, and put his military hat on his face, and said to Liu Xin beside him: "I'm so sleepy, I have to sleep first, and wake me up after the battle." ”

After that, Yue Weihan didn't make any noise, and in less than a moment, a slight cry sounded.

Yue Weihan is really asleep, firstly, he is really tired, secondly, all the cards that can be played in his hand have been played, and now he is waiting for the result, all of them are on this, worried that there is no use for birds, as the saying goes, people die in the sky, immortal for thousands of years, there is that idle kung fu to be frightened, it is better to seize the time to squint for a while.

In case you lose the battle, you can run away if you have enough spirits, right?

The small mouth of Liu Xinmei's eyebrows next to him suddenly opened into an O-shape, and a pair of big watery eyes also opened widely: This is too exaggerated, right? Actually said to fall asleep? Can he really sleep? When has this been, isn't he worried at all? Or is he too confident in his men?