Besides, Chi Chengfeng's 2nd Battalion had just returned to Yangzhou on the front foot, and the motorized infantry squadron of Tashiro's Wing had also arrived.

The squadron leader Captain Aoki immediately sent a report to Tashiro Daisa asking for help, claiming that the main force of the Chinese army had been found in Yangzhou City, and judging from the density and intensity of firepower, the size of the force was at least two battalions.

After receiving the telegram, Tashiro Osa urgently informed Major General Shigeto and led the 104th Wing back to Yangzhou.

For the Shigeto detachment and the Tashiro wing, Yangzhou's strategic location was extremely important and could not be missed.

More importantly, the lost batch of military baggage must be recaptured, if this batch of baggage cannot be recaptured, the consequences will be very serious, after all, no matter how brave and good the warriors of the imperial army are, they also need food, shells and bullets to destroy the enemy, bayonets alone, can not destroy the Chinese people.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the Tashiro Wing of the Yue Army returned to Yangzhou in a vigorous manner, and Tashiro Yuanjun Dazuo immediately ordered to launch a fierce attack on the Chinese Army in Yangzhou City, and after half an hour of fighting, six bombers of the Air Force directly under the Central China Front Army of the Yue Army also flew over Yangzhou and began to bomb the Baoshan 2 Battalion in Yangzhou City indiscriminately.

However, in winter, it gets dark early, and just after five o'clock, the sky begins to slowly darken.

The bombers were forced to return after hurriedly dropping bombs, and after that, the Tashiro Wing launched two more strong attacks, but they were both pushed back by the 2nd Battalion of Baoshan.

Although the Tashiro Wing was a field wing in the battle sequence of the army, and Tashiro Mototojun Dazuo was a high-achieving student who graduated from the Imperial Land University, it was difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, because the artillery squadron lacked shells, and the grenadiers of the infantry squads also lacked grenades, so they could not effectively suppress the machine gun fire of the Chinese army, which brought difficulties to the attack.

In the final analysis, the warriors of the Imperial Army are also flesh and blood, and they will still be shattered if they are hit by bullets.

After six o'clock, it was completely dark, and Tashiro Mototojun Dazuo had no choice but to order the reduction of troops, and set up camp outside the west gate of Yangzhou, and at the same time sent an urgent telegram to the division headquarters of the 13th Division, requesting that the air force urgently drop ammunition to replenish it early tomorrow morning.

Until this time, Tashiro Osa had not thought that his wing was actually on the verge of destruction.

Since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the general impression given to the army by various departments is that the soldiers are very brave in battle, but the quality of the officers is inferior and the firepower is very weak.

So many times, an infantry squadron of the army dares to fight with a regiment, and an infantry brigade can defeat a reorganized division, and the old devil Seishiro Sakabu is even more crazy to the extreme, with only half a division in his hand, he dared to press [***] more than 30 divisions to attack, and the result was really fucking let him win.

Therefore, Tashiro Daisa never thought that his wing would be surrounded and annihilated, although the Tashiro wing is now short of ammunition, but if the branch army wants to encircle and annihilate them, it must mobilize a few elite divisions, but now there are so many that army within a radius of a few hundred miles from Yangzhou? In addition to the Baoshan group, there is only a security group at most.

Tashiro Osa already knew about the Baoshan Regiment's total annihilation of the two infantry brigades of the Nakagawa Wing on the Jingjiang River Beach, but he also knew the whole thing, and he believed that if Nakagawa Osa had not been in a hurry to achieve success and hastily launched an attack before the artillery brigade arrived, then this defeat could have been completely avoided.

Moreover, during the day, the Tashiro Wing had already fought with the Baoshan Regiment in Yangzhou City, and the combat effectiveness and morale of the Baoshan Regiment were indeed higher than those of other Chinese armies, and the equipment was also good, and the firepower was also very fierce, but after all, the troops were insufficient, and they thought that they had been injured in the battle of encircling and annihilating the Zhongchuan United.

With the remaining strength of the Baoshan Regiment, it is still insufficient to hold on, how dare you go out of the city to counterattack?

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Outside the west gate of Yangzhou, the temporary headquarters of the Baoshan Regiment.

Under the dim starlight, several figures came to Yue Weihan's side one after another, but they were Cao Xinglong, Niu Dagen, and the three battalion commanders of the original 668 Regiment, Zhang Zhongyi, Zhao Gandang, and Li Desheng.

"All battalions and companies are already in place?" Yue Weihan said in a deep voice.

Several battalion commanders nodded one after another and said in unison: "The attack position has been reached." ”

Only then did Yue Weihan say to Niu Dagen: "Dagen, your artillery camp is okay, right?" ”

"No problem." Niu Dagen said hesitantly, "The mortar company and the 92nd infantry artillery company have already built artillery positions, and the shooting Zhuyuan has also been calibrated. ”

"Can't find the north?" Yue Weihan said coldly, "You are too underestimated to look down on the army, I observed during the day, outside the city is not the second devil of the Chongdo detachment, but the elite of the 104th Infantry Wing of the army, these little devils are not only well-trained, but also extremely tenacious in battle, even if they die in the end, they will never collapse!" ”

"Then hit him up!" Niu Dagen said fiercely, "I don't believe that I can't kill these little devils." ”

"No, the battle can't be fought like you said, although a lot of shells have been intercepted this time, but it can't be wasted." Yue Weihan shook his head and said, "In this way, first concentrate all the artillery, strive to knock out the little devil's command in one fell swoop, and then use poison gas bombs to smoke the little devil's eyes, so that the battle will be easy to fight." ”

"Okay." Niu Dagen nodded and said, "I understand." ”

Niu Dagen and several battalion commanders were just about to leave, and Liu Yi, the commander of the 672nd Regiment, hurriedly arrived and said hurriedly: "Commander Yue, wait a minute!" ”

Yue Weihan turned his head when he heard this, frowned and said, "Commander Liu, do you have any advice?" ”

Liu Yi took a breath and asked in a deep voice, "Commander Yue, are you planning to sneak attack the Yue army at night?" ”

Yue Weihan nodded and said, "Hmm." ”

Liu Yi hurriedly said: "Do you know which unit of the Yue Army is on the other side?" ”

Yue Weihan said: "I know, the 13th Infantry Wing of the 104th Division of the Central China Front Army. ”

Liu Yi hurriedly said: "Commander Yue, the 13th Division is the field division of the army, and the combat effectiveness of the various wings under it far exceeds that of local garrison brigades such as the Chongto Detachment, Commander Yue must not think that the 104th Infantry Wing is as vulnerable as them just because he easily annihilated the garrison in Yangzhou during the day." ”

Yue Weihan asked rhetorically: "Commander Liu, how is the 13th Division compared to the 9th Division?" ”

"The 9th Division is a permanent division of the army, and the 13th Division is only an ad hoc division, I think the 9th Division should be more powerful." Liu Yi didn't know about the Baoshan Regiment's total annihilation of the main force of the 36th Wing of the 9th Division.

Cao Xinglong next to him couldn't help but say: "Commander Liu, you may not know that just yesterday afternoon, our regiment just annihilated the main force of the 36th Infantry Wing of the 9th Division on the Jingjiang River Beach. What's more, their ammunition is running out. ”

"What?" Liu Yi changed his color and said, "The Baoshan Regiment completely annihilated an elite wing of the 9th Division of the Yue Army? ”

Yue Weihan said: "It's still that sentence, whether it is equipment or individual soldier quality, the little devils are indeed far above [***], but they are not heavenly soldiers, and we [***] are not muddy and papery, as long as the tactics are right, as long as the timing is right, we [***] can still defeat the army, or even annihilate them!" ”

After saying this, Yue Weihan said to Liu Yi again, "Commander Liu, you and the brothers of the 672nd Regiment are all good, in the face of the Tashiro Wing in Yangzhou, which has absolutely superior troops and absolutely superior artillery, you will not flinch and fight to the death, you are better than Zhang Shaoshuai, how about it, are you interested in staying in the Baoshan Regiment?" ”

Liu Yi took a deep breath and said awe-inspiringly: "Whether you can stay in the Baoshan Regiment or not, you have to go to the peak, but tonight's battle, Liu has to participate!" ”

"Good!" Yue Weihan said loudly, "Then I will wronged you, Deputy Liu Tuan!" ”

After that, Yue Weihan said to Cao Xinglong and the others: "Remember, as soon as my signal gun sounded, Dagen's artillery battalion began to shell, and as soon as the shelling stopped, the 4th, 5th, and 6th battalions began to attack at the same time. ”

"Yes!" Several battalion commanders and battalion deputies agreed loudly, and Yue Weihan waved his hand again, "Let's go back and prepare." ”