At this time, the devils stationed in Wuxi City were two infantry squadrons and some logistics personnel of the 1st Brigade of the 36th Wing of the 9th Division, with a total strength of about 500 people.

After learning that Yangji Town was suddenly attacked and lost by a large number of medium **, the captain of the Devil Brigade Liujiu Ya Zhongzuo sent an urgent telegram to the headquarters of the 9th Division to request urgent tactical guidance while directing the troops to strengthen the garrison.

In the city of Wuxi, hundreds of devils drove out of the city under the leadership of the officers and entered the preset positions outside the city, and hundreds of armed devil soldiers were also stationed in the city.

Quickly making all the emergency preparations, Liujiu Ya Nakasa walked up to the city with a few guards, and said proudly: "Yo Xi, so that we can hold on until the reinforcements arrive." ”

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The headquarters of the 9th Division of the Army on the periphery of Nanjing.

The commander of the 9th Division, Ji Jia Liangfu, and the chief of staff, Nakagawa Kosa, were standing in front of the map to discuss the military situation, and suddenly a communications staff officer hurriedly walked in, suddenly closed his feet and saluted the two: "Report to Your Excellency General, I just received an urgent telegram from the Liujiu Brigade, and a large number of regular Chinese troops suddenly appeared in the north of Wuxi City. ”

"Huh?" Ji Jia Ryosuke was slightly startled when he heard this, and said angrily: "The regular army of China? Hasn't the Wuxi area already been cleared by the imperial army? Now that there are lucky ones at best, they are just a few stragglers, how can there still be a regular army? Call back to the Liujiu Brigade and order them to verify the specific number of the Zhina Army! Ji Jia Liangfu didn't know that the Tiger Ben Regiment had successively captured Lishui, Liyang, Yixing and other places, so he didn't expect that the one outside Wuxi City would send a clear message a few days ago to annihilate the 18th Division's Tiger Ben Regiment.

In fact, this is also a drawback of the strict hierarchical system of the army, just like the Liujiu Brigade left behind in Wuxi, they can actually send a telegram to the dispatch army headquarters in Suzhou to report the situation first, so that the Shanghai dispatch army advance command will inevitably mobilize the intelligence department to investigate and verify the situation after learning about it, and after taking into account the situation in all aspects, it will soon be able to make correct contingency measures.

However, the Liujiu Brigade belongs to the 9th Division, so Liujiu Mi can only report the situation to the 9th Division Headquarters first, the 9th Division is hundreds of miles away at the moment and is also frequently on the front line, the news is blocked, and suddenly after getting the information that there is a ** outside Wuxi, they are bound to further inquire and verify the Liujiu Brigade before they can make a response.

When Yoshika Ryosuke sensed the danger, the only thing he could do was to ask for help from the Suzhou Dispatch Army Headquarters, but in this way, the time would be delayed, and it would be too late for the devil to react.

"Hay!" The communications staff officer suddenly bowed his head and replied aloud, and then turned around and took the order.

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Wuxi

After receiving a call back from Ryosuke Jijia, Rujiu Ya Nakasa said depressedly: "The Sanchuan squad and the people of China exchanged fire for less than half an hour and twenty minutes before the whole army was wiped out, which is enough to show that the China army that appeared in the direction of Yangji Town was definitely not some stragglers. ”

"Sir, but the division commander asked us to verify the specific strength of the Chinese army." The adjutant next to him said with a bitter face.

Liujiu Mi paced back and forth and thought for a moment and said: "If you can completely annihilate the Sanchuan squad in such a short period of time, then the strength of the Zhina Army is at least one or two regiments or even more, and call back to the division commander immediately......"

Just as he was finishing his words, suddenly a second lieutenant officer strode in with a saber and a panicked expression, and hurriedly said: "Your Excellency Nakasa, it's not good, the people of China are here, and they are currently storming our positions outside the city. ”

"Yaga!" Liujiumi was shocked when he heard this, and immediately asked, "How many troops are there in the people outside the city?" What about firepower? ”

"The strength of the Chinese is at least about three regiments, and they also have armored fighting vehicle groups and heavy artillery groups!" The second lieutenant officer hurriedly replied.

"What? Armored combat vehicle swarms? That must be the regular main force of the Shina people! Liujiumi was surprised and immediately said to the adjutant: "Call back to the division commander immediately, saying that we have been attacked by the regular main force of the Chinese army, and ask for urgent support!" ”|

"Hay!" The adjutant bowed his head abruptly, and then turned and walked towards the radio.

"Order all infantry squadrons to block with all their might!" Ryujumi ordered the second lieutenant officer again.

"Hay!" The second lieutenant officer also bowed his head suddenly, and just as he wanted to turn around and walk outside, suddenly a deafening rumbling explosion was heard outside the city.

"Yaga!? What's going on? "Liujiumi was shocked when he heard it.

The second lieutenant of the devil looked panicked and said, "Sir, this must be the heavy artillery of the Chinese army shelling us." ”

"Heavy artillery?" Liujiumi's eyes were full of panic, and he immediately staggered out, and the devil lieutenant hurriedly followed.

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Outside the city, Qiao Anbang stood calmly in front of the temporary headquarters and held high the telescope to watch the masterpiece of the artillery battalion.

After bombarding the positions outside the devil city for a while, the artillery battalion aimed its guns at the head of Wuxi City.

After a long while, Qiao Anbang put down his binoculars and turned his head and said, "Order the artillery battalion to stop the shelling, and all infantry battalions will attack immediately!" Capture the city of Wuxi! ”

"Yes!" The herald who was waiting on call immediately replied, and then turned and walked away quickly.

Soon, Qiao Anbang's forces were passed on, and the artillery battalion stopped shelling one after another, and then thousands of infantry of the Tiger Regiment, under the cover of heavy machine guns and grenadier mortars directly under the battalion, launched a charge against the already shattered positions outside the city.

"Rush! Kill! The soldiers of the Tiger Ben Regiment roared in unison and rushed towards the position of the Japanese army.

Under the heavy artillery fire of the artillery battalion, nearly 200 devils stationed outside the city were killed and wounded, and the dozens of surviving devils were suppressed by the dense rain of machine guns and submachine gun shells as soon as they wanted to raise their heads to shoot, and they were even overwhelmed by the thousands of people of tiger groups who swarmed in there.

After capturing the devil's position outside the city without much effort, the infantry of each battalion and company did not stop, but continued to rush towards the city, at this time the city wall had been bombarded by artillery battalions in many places, and the infantry were pouring towards the collapse of the city wall while firing fiercely at the head of the city.

"Shoot! Hurry up and shoot! Seeing that they had captured their positions outside the city in an instant, the squadron rushed towards the city wall again, and the frightened Liujiu Yazhong immediately pulled out his command knife and came to a Type 92 heavy machine gun, urging the machine gunners to fire quickly.

However, Liujiumi was soon horrified to find that the heavy machine guns that were invincible in dealing with the city in the past could not suppress the middle ** under the city at all.

The firepower of the squadron under the city was extremely fierce, and their rifles could fire continuously, and the firepower was almost catching up with a Taisho 11 light machine gun of the imperial army.

Just when Liujiuya was surprised by the strong firepower of the city under the city, a burst of rapid bullets whistled and fired, Liujiuya instinctively hurriedly squatted down, and the dense bullets suddenly hit the battlement wall and the mud splashed, and the heavy machine gunner who was shooting desperately was also hit by several bullets and fell straight to the ground.

"Yaga! Keep shooting ......! Seeing this, Liujiu roared angrily.

The assistant shooter on the side hurriedly pulled his gun and continued to shoot at the city.

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Headquarters of the 9th Division.

The communications staff officer hurriedly ran to Yoshika Ryosuke with a telegram in his hand, and said in a panicked tone: "Your Excellency General and General, the first brigade has called back, they have been attacked by at least three regiments of regular Chinese troops, and Rujiuya Nakasa asks for urgent support. ”

"What? Three regiments? Ryosuke Yoshika was obviously taken aback, and hurriedly said, "The information is accurate? ”

"Yes, General, this is an urgent telegram just sent by the Liujiu Brigade, the telegram says that the Chinese army outside the city is strong, and it also has an armored fighting vehicle group and a heavy artillery group!" The communications staff nodded in reply.

"Yaga Yalu!" Ji Jia Liangfu was furious when he heard this: "How could such a well-equipped Chinese army suddenly appear in Wuxi, what is going on?" ”

The chief of staff next to him, Nakagawa Guang, also knew the powerful relationship, lowered his head and pondered for a moment and said: "General, I guess that the Zhina Army outside Wuxi City is likely to be the Zhina Tiger Regiment in Wuhu a few days ago. ”

"A mess of tigers? Didn't they fight with the 18th Division in the Wuhu area? Ryosuke Yoshika was puzzled: "Could it be that the 18th Division was really wiped out by them?" ”

"No, I guess they may have gotten rid of the 18th Division and rushed to Wuxi after a long journey!" Hiroshi Nakagawa explained thoughtfully.

"Could it be that their target is Suzhou?" Ji Jia Liangsuke was suddenly shocked, Ji Jia Liangsuke knew that if the middle ** outside Wuxi City really had an armored combat vehicle group and a heavy artillery group, then only a few hundred people in the Liujiu Brigade would not be able to hold Wuxi City, Wuxi City was not a big problem, but Suzhou City, which was not far from Wuxi, was dangerous, and the Dispatch Army Headquarters and Prince Hatohiko of the Asaka Palace were both in Suzhou, thinking of this Ji Jia Liangsuke's back suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

Nakagawa Guang nodded lightly and said, "I don't rule out this possibility, but what I wonder is that if their target is really Suzhou, then how did they know that my dispatch headquarters is located in Suzhou?" Could it be that there are traitors within the Imperial Army? ”

"Regardless of whether their target is Suzhou or not, immediately send a telegram to Prince Hatohiko of the Asaka Palace, and ask him to prepare in advance, and if necessary, immediately withdraw to Shanghai!" Ryosuke Yoshika waved his hand and ordered.

"Hay!" The communications staff officer on the side suddenly bowed his head in response, and then turned to leave.