In order to successfully crack the pontoon bridge construction of the Dragon's Tooth Column, the Japanese army carefully selected 500 elite veterans, and then carried as many machine guns and explosives bags as possible, and the grenades braved the dense artillery fire of the Dragon's Tooth Heavy Artillery Brigade to cover the Yellow River and quickly approached the bank of the Yellow River.

On the way, a few devils were swept up in the shock wave of the cannonball, and they died on the spot in an instant.

However, when the devil's death squad risked their lives to rush to their own positions on the banks of the Yellow River, which had been blown to pieces and were devastated, they happened to see the scene of their own fighters being shot down and crashed by the enemy's dense anti-aircraft fire.

Looking at the terrifying anti-aircraft fire network that almost covered the sky and the sun, the morale of the devil death squad was greatly dampened, and at this time, the vigilant infantry who were responsible for guarding the sappers and baggage soldiers discovered the traces of the devil death squad in time.

The unique roar of the MG34 general-purpose machine gun immediately sounded on the pontoon bridge, which had been erected for nearly half of the time, and dazzling tongues of fire flew across the surface of the Taotao River and fired rapidly towards the Japanese death squads on the opposite bank.

"Poof!" Several devil daredevils couldn't dodge and were knocked to the ground on the spot.

While the vigilant infantry opened fire to intercept, they sent people to inform the air defense brigade and the divisional air defense regiment that had just shot away the devil's plane, and these two air defense forces had already received Wu Ming's instructions to take into account the defense of the ground and the air.

Therefore, after receiving the report of the alert troops, Zhou Zhixiang and others immediately ordered all 88 anti-aircraft guns to be put into use as anti-aircraft guns, and together with hundreds of anti-aircraft machine guns, they fired fiercely at the south bank.

In this way, hundreds of devil death squads, before they had time to carry out their sabotage operations, were overwhelmed by the overwhelming rain of guns and shells on the banks of the river.

Naturally, there is no need to say much about the power and rate of fire of anti-aircraft machine guns, hundreds of them are firing at the same time, and the rate of fire is as high as tens of thousands of rounds per minute, and the density of fire can be imagined.

The most terrifying thing for the devil death squad was the salvo of hundreds of 88mm anti-aircraft guns, one after another high-explosive armor-piercing shells roared in, exploding near them one after another, and some of the devil soldiers were directly hit by anti-aircraft shells in high-speed flight because they were standing, and they were blown up on the spot, and their bones were gone.

The violent explosion caused by this caused all the surrounding devil soldiers to be knocked to the ground, and many devils were blown up before they landed, missing arms and legs, and died a miserable death.

Half an hour later, of the five hundred elite death squads of the devils, only a dozen people escaped by chance, and the rest were all killed under the dense fire of the dragon's tooth column.

At this point, all the sabotage plans of the Japanese army in Jinan ended in failure, and in a short period of time, the devils were no longer able to block and destroy the pontoon bridge erected by the Dragon's Tooth Column.

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In the city of Jinan, the commander of the Japanese army, Sasaki Zhiyi, was restlessly waiting for news from the front line, and it turned out that Sasaki Zhiyi was about to wait for bad news that was difficult for him to accept.

Just when Sasaki was almost impatient to wait, the communications staff officer strode into the headquarters with a solemn face, and Sasaki stood up and asked eagerly, "How is it?" Did air strikes and death squad raids work? ”

The communications staff officer shook his head with regret on his face, and then bowed his head slightly and said: "Your Excellency, the air attack aircraft group and the ground death squad have all been intercepted by the dense and powerful anti-aircraft fire network of the Zhina Army, and only three of the thirteen fighters have returned, and they have not fired a single bomb.

More than 95 percent of the 500 elite daredevils were killed, and according to the wounded soldiers who fled, the Chinese had deployed at least hundreds of powerful anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns on the opposite bank, and the intensity of anti-aircraft fire was unprecedented.

Moreover, the enemy's infantry was on very high alert, and it was impossible for us to get close to their pontoon bridges, and we would be spotted and hit with devastating fire, and the losses would be extremely heavy. ”

As soon as Sasaki heard this report, as if his soul had been drained, he sat down on his office chair with a miserable face.

The chief of staff next to him, Umemura Zhuma, was also full of horror, and immediately fell into endless sorrow, at this moment, he, the chief of staff, had nothing to do.

Is it just like this to sit back and watch the people of China repair the pontoon bridge, and then the army smoothly crosses the river and arrives under the city of Jinan? If that's the case, then Jinan may not be able to hold it.

Major General Umemura Takema looked up at Sasaki Toichi, whose face was like ashes, and when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed back, he couldn't help it, did he still expect the division commander who was already disheartened by the war situation to give advice? Obviously unrealistic.

So, he waved his hand to the communications staff officer, who was still waiting with his head down, and walked out of the war room of the headquarters.

The two devils walked out of the room, and the communication Dazuo said a little unwillingly: "Sir, should we still take some measures, should we give up?" ”

Plum Village Zhuma suddenly said in a solemn voice: "Of course we can't give up, order all the troops on the front line, including the artillery wing, to retreat to the preset field defense positions outside Jinan City, give up the riverside position, and we will fight the damned Chinese pigs under Jinan City to the last soldier!" ”

At this moment, another communications soldier hurriedly ran out of the confidential room, and happened to see the head of the Plum Village Bamboo Horse and their communication team, and hurriedly came over to salute: "Two chiefs, I just got two unfavorable news. ”

Plum Village Bamboo Horse couldn't help but sink in his mood, and immediately shouted: "What news, say it quickly." ”

"I have just been notified that an elite division of the Chinese Army has crossed the Yellow River from Binzhou and is advancing at full speed towards Zichuan County.

In addition, news also came from the direction of Tai'an that an unknown number of Chinese troops had also crossed the Yellow River from the territory of Liaocheng and was rapidly advancing towards Tai'an City. "The communications corps reported truthfully.

"Nani?" Plum Village Bamboo Horse was stunned on the spot when he heard this, and was surprised, the imperial army on the Jinan side alone was about to be overwhelmed, and now not only Zichuan was in an emergency, but even the direction of Tai'an was infested with Tubalu.

It's so frustrating!

"Chief of Staff, did you tell His Excellency the division commander this news?" Commo Osa asked tentatively.

Plum Village Bamboo Horse thought about it and nodded silently.

"Then your deployment order just now, is it going to be canceled?" The communications staff officer asked again.

"Of course not, now the defense line by the river is no longer defensible, rather than this, it is better to take the initiative to give up, avoid being killed by the heavy firepower of the Zhina army, seize the time to rectify the soldiers and horses, and stick to the field defense line outside the city is the most correct choice, no matter whether we want to give up Jinan next, or hold on, we must first stabilize the situation, otherwise once a rout occurs, it will be bad." Plum Village Bamboo Horse said without hesitation.

"Hay, then I'm going to give the order." The communications staff officer and the other communications officer bowed their heads sharply in response, and then turned and left one after another.

Umemura pondered for a moment, then turned around and returned to the war room.