Chapter 58: Wuhu is lost

Inside Wuhu City, the garrison headquarters.

The colonel's officer was awakened by the sudden shouting of killing in the west of the city, and he quickly got up and shouted: "Guards! Guardsman! ”

"Sir." A guard hurriedly entered.

"What's going on out there?" The colonel's officer asked inexplicably.

"Sir, the shouting of killing is coming from the direction of the West Gate, and it is estimated that the devil should have attacked again." The guard replied with some nervousness.

"What? This time, the devils did not shell in advance and launched an attack directly on our army? The colonel officer said and took out his rifle and said, "Let's go, follow me to have a look." ”

As soon as the colonel's officer walked out of the headquarters, Zhang Tian, who was in charge of guarding the south gate, ran over with a panicked look and a few soldiers.

"Battalion Commander Zhang, what's wrong? So flustered. The colonel officer hurriedly asked.

"Sir, it's not good, that bastard Li Da put the devil into the city, and now the big team of devils is rushing towards this side, you better withdraw quickly!" Zhang Tian replied anxiously.

"What? This bastard, I must kill him with my own hands! Immediately organize troops to get the devils out! The colonel's officer said with an awe-inspiring expression.

"It's too late, the devils have all rushed into the city, and Li Da's battalion has also joined the battle, we can't resist it at all, sir, let's retreat." Zhang Tian said very anxiously.

"Withdraw?" The colonel's face was gloomy, and he said disheartenedly: "Shangfeng ordered us to defend Wuhu to the death, how can we flee without a fight as party leaders?" Now that the city defense is broken, I should lead my brothers to fight to the death with Yue Kou, and kill myself to repay the country! ”

The colonel officer suddenly raised his head and said to Zhang Tian: "Battalion Commander Zhang, you take your people and withdraw quickly." I'm here to cushion you! ”

"Sir, you are brave and loyal to serve the country, how can I, Zhang Tian, make a living! didn't say it, the city is in the people, the city is ruined, it's a big deal to fight with the little devils! There is absolutely not a single misbreed in our 37th Army! Zhang Tian said rhetorically. (The predecessor of the 37th Army was adapted from the Department of He Yaozu of the Hunan Army)

"Good job, worthy of being a child of Sanxiang! Inform the brethren and resolutely resist, the little devils want to occupy Wuhu City, unless they step on our corpses! There is absolutely not a single misbreed in our 36th Army! The colonel officer patted Zhang Tian on the shoulder, and then turned to the guards and ordered. (The predecessor of the 36th Army was adapted from the Jiangxi Army Zhou Hunyuan, and the 37th Army was already defeated from the Songhu battlefield)

"Yes!" The guards immediately replied loudly, and immediately walked away with orders.

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Outside the city, Qiao Anbang was awakened by the sudden shouting of killing before he woke up, thinking that the devil had suddenly launched an attack on the Tiger Ben Regiment.

"Root, what's going on?" Qiao Anbang didn't have time to get dressed, so he got up and shouted.

"Tuanza, it seems that the devil is attacking Wuhu City." Wang Gensheng, the commander of the guard company, hurriedly walked in and replied when he heard the voice.

"What? Attack on Wuhu? Qiao Anbang immediately strode out of the regiment headquarters, only to hear that there was already artillery fire in Wuhu City at this time.

At this time, the company commanders of each battalion and Zhao Gengyuan had already heard the news and rushed over.

"Tuanza, what should I do? The devil is attacking Wuhu City. Li Yifeng, the commander of the third battalion, said anxiously.

"Well, I already know." Qiao Anbang waved his hand, and immediately picked up the telescope and looked in the direction of Wuhu.

"Why are all the guns outside the city? Could it be that the devils have already invaded the city? Zhao Gengyuan on the side said puzzledly.

Qiao Anbang observed for a moment, and then said: "The gunfire came from inside the city, and it is estimated that the devils have already attacked the city." ”

"How so? What did the defenders of the city eat? The devil entered the city without firing a shot? Cao Er, the commander of the second battalion, also asked in surprise.

"The devil can enter the city without a sound, it is estimated that there is a traitor in the city! Otherwise, no matter what, it is impossible for the devils to quietly attack the city. Qiao Anbang guessed.

"Tuanza, what do we do now?" Wang Gensheng asked.

"The second battalion and the armored commando team stayed in the position, and the third battalion, the guard company, and the reconnaissance company followed me into the city to reinforce the defenders in the city! The artillery battalion immediately bombarded the position of the army for half an hour, don't be stingy with shells, Lao Tzu has it, give me a hard bombardment, in order to respond to our reinforcements in the city, at least to ensure that the army outside the city is unable to reinforce the city. Qiao Anbang pondered for a moment, and immediately ordered.

"Yes!" Everyone immediately agreed, especially the commander of the artillery battalion, Wang Xuanzhu, who was excited when he heard that the supply of artillery shells was open.

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"Give Lao Tzu a ten-minute indiscriminate saturation artillery bombardment to the army, the regiment said, the cannonball tube is enough, and Lao Tzu will bombard his little devil with a son of a bitch!" On the position of the artillery battalion, Wang Xuanzhu gave an order with a big grin.

"One door is loaded."

"The second door is loaded."

"Three doors are loaded."

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"Twenty-nine doors are loaded."

"Thirty doors are loaded!"

"Fire! Fire! Wang Xuanzhu, the commander of the artillery battalion, who had been waiting for a long time and was a little impatient, immediately waved his hand suddenly, opened his voice, and shouted angrily.

"Boom... Rumble... ............Thirty 105mm American howitzers were fired one after another.

"I ...... ...... ......The sharp and piercing sound of shelling suddenly filled the entire Wuhu City.

As far as the eye could see, dozens of fire clusters in the sky dragged long tail flames and smashed towards the position of the 18th Division of the Devils like meteors.

"Division commander be careful!" On a small dirt slope not far from the headquarters of the 18th Division, Megumi Koto hurriedly threw Sadao Nakajima, who was holding a telescope to observe the military situation in the city, to the ground.

At the moment when they fell to the ground, a dense rain of howitzer shells suddenly slammed down from the sky and exploded immediately.

"Boom...... Boom...... "Boom" The entire 18th Division's position was suddenly filled with artillery fire, and the sound of explosions was incessant.

Nakajima Sadao dodged the shock wave of a powerful cannonball, lay on the ground and shook his head suddenly, shook off the dirt chips on his head, and said angrily: "Yagaya Road, where are the dripping cannons?" ”

"General, according to ballistic analysis, it should be the Chinese army in the east of the city that will fire at us again." Koto Meguda Osa looked at the rain of bullets in the sky like locusts in the sky, and replied with a frightened face.

"Chengdong? Baga Yalu, how could the people of China have such a powerful heavy artillery group? Yaga! What's going on here? Before Sadao Nakajima could finish speaking, a cannonball whistled from high in the sky as if it had raised its eyes.

Sadao Nakajima and Megumi Koto, who were quick to move, hurriedly rolled on the donkey and hid in a bomb crater next to them.

"Boom...... Bang! A huge explosion sounded, a huge fire rose into the sky, Nakajima Sadao and Koto Megumi who were hiding in the bomb crater next to them were almost buried alive by the flying debris, and soon they crawled out of the crater, and looked at the place where they were lying just now has been blown into a crater with a diameter of several meters, Nakajima Sadao and Koto Megumi couldn't help but feel a little afraid.

"General, move to safety." Megumi Koto hurriedly persuaded.

Nakajima Sadao was about to transfer, so he immediately pushed the boat down the river and fled with Megumi Koto and his own division headquarters with heavy casualties towards the area of the artillery fire of the Tiger Regiment.

At the same time, Qiao Anbang led the reconnaissance company, the guard company, and the third infantry battalion into Wuhu City from the east gate, and the 20 wheeled armored search vehicles of the reconnaissance company were the first to drive into the city.

At this time, the fierce fighting in the city had entered the white heat, and the 55th Infantry Wing of the Yue Army that entered the city not only had an advantage in terms of strength, but also had much better weapons and equipment than the remnants of the 37th Army and the 36th Army in the city.

Although the officers and soldiers resisted desperately under the leadership of the colonel, Zhang Tian and others, the defense line was still constantly compressed and retreated, and when Qiao Anbang led his troops into the city, the army had already advanced to the center of the city.

Hearing the sound of gunfire coming from not far ahead, Qiao Anbang immediately ordered: "Xudong, you lead the reconnaissance company to rush to reinforcements, and I will lead the main force to arrive later!" ”

"Yes!" Zhang Xudong immediately gladly accepted the order, and immediately led the reconnaissance company to drive 20 wheeled chariots along the main road of the main street in the city towards the center of the city.

In the center of the city, ** remnant position.

A large number of devils are charging along the street to the ** position, although the officers and soldiers are desperately resisting, but there are too many devil soldiers, kill one, and there will be more devils swarming behind.

Seeing that the devil was about to rush into the ** position, suddenly a dense and dull machine gun roar sounded behind the ** position: "Tutu Tu Tu ...... Da Da ......"

Twenty armored fighting vehicles were like twenty hedgehogs with tongues of fire, firing fiercely as they drove forward.

Under the combined fire of 20 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine guns and 20 7.62 mm heavy machine guns, the devil soldiers who were crowding the streets in a dense charging formation suddenly fell in pieces like cutting wheat.

The bullets fired by the 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun were like a moving tongue of fire in the devil crowd, forty anti-aircraft machine guns and heavy machine guns fired at the same time, the scene was very conditional, the dense bullet rain formed a barrage enough to block the entire street, under such a powerful firepower, the ghost soldiers who were still brave and desperately charged just now, and then hurriedly scrambled to flee to the rear after leaving nearly a hundred corpses.

The commander of the 55th Infantry Wing, who was responsible for commanding the attack, saw that he was so angry that he was about to capture the ** position on the opposite side and defeat it in one fell swoop, but the sudden appearance of the ** armored unit directly broke his dream.

The angry Nofumi Changde cut down a ghost soldier who retreated without authorization, but he still couldn't stop the decline, and finally had no choice but to retreat with the retreating crowd.

At this time, Qiao Anbang also led the guard company and the main force of the three battalions to arrive, and Qiao Anbang immediately ordered the infantry to enter the ** position, and at the same time ordered the armored vehicles to temporarily retreat, in order to prevent the devil's revenge surnamed artillery fire.

After arranging everything, Qiao Anbang immediately took the guard company to the garrison headquarters located not far from the position on the street.

The colonel's officer had already hurriedly greeted him: "Kong Xiangjie, commander of the third regiment of the 150th Division of the 36th Army of the contemptible Hunan Army, thank you brothers for rushing here to reinforce in a hurry." ”

"Commander Kong is good, Qiao Anbang, the head of the Tiger First Regiment of the Contemptible National Revolutionary Army, was ordered to lead his troops to reinforce Wuhu City." Qiao Anbang stood up and saluted as he spoke.

"It turned out to be Captain Qiao!" Kong Xiangjie also saluted back and said, "Your ministry defeated the feat of the Guoqi detachment of the Yue Army in the battle of Dangtu yesterday, Kong Mou admires it very much!" ”

"Head Kong has won the award." Qiao Anbang said with a solemn face: "May I ask Regiment Leader Kong, how could the devil quietly enter the city today?" ”

"Commander Qiao, don't you know, Li Da, who guarded the west gate, led his troops to commit treason and defect to the enemy, and they opened the city gate and let the army enter the city!" Zhang Tian on the side replied quite in an atmosphere.

"Oh, I see." Qiao Anbang pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said: "Commander Kong, at present, the army has captured nearly half of Wuhu City, the terrain in the city is narrow, and the armored troops of our department are not conducive to deployment, and if you want to drive it out of the city, it is impossible to recover the whole city. ”

"What? Out of the city, you let me abandon Wuhu City? Kong Xiangjie righteously refused: "Kong received an order to defend Wuhu City, and no matter what, he can't let a devil pass through here." Please forgive Kong for not being able to agree to Captain Qiao's request. ”

"Commander Kong, the order I received is to accept your retreat." Qiao Anbang was in a hurry and flickered directly.

"Why didn't we receive an order to retreat?" Kong Xiangjie asked suspiciously.

"In order to prevent the telegram from being eavesdropped by the army, which will cause the army to take the lead in defending your troops, this order is instructed by Tang Shengzhi, the commander of the Nanjing garrison, and will be conveyed by me orally, Commander Kong should come out of the city with me, please believe me, even if the devils occupy Wuhu City, they will not want to threaten Nanjing, and I have my own way to relieve the siege of Nanjing!" Qiao Anbang hurriedly urged.

Seeing Kong Xiangjie's hesitation, Qiao Anbang continued: "Commander Kong, leave some seeds for your 36th Army." Please believe me, it won't be long before I let the devil give up Wuhu City. (The 36th and 37th armies were almost wiped out in the Battle of Songhu)

"Commander, withdraw." Zhang Tian and several subordinates also persuaded one after another.

Kong Xiangjie hesitated for a while, gritted his teeth and nodded: "Order the troops, withdraw!" ”

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