"Hold on!" Finally held, all the officers and soldiers who participated in the battle breathed a sigh of relief.

The night generals, for the attacking Japanese army, the night battle is even more unfavorable to them, losing the suddenness of the sneak attack, and they have a natural disadvantage in the night battle.

The fire support effect of naval guns is greatly reduced, even a fraction of that during the day, and the ship is on the river, as long as there is a bright light, it is equivalent to a live target.

The plane is even worse, under the high altitude, it is pitch black, there is no coordinate guidance, and I don't know where to fly.

Air battles are basically conducted during the day, and at night, even flying will add countless dangers, and ordinary pilots may not dare to fly at night.

Therefore, the Japanese army could only withdraw its troops first.

The officers and men of the Honorable 1st Division on the Jiangfang position can breathe a sigh of relief.

Dinner was served, and no one could eat it.

"Brethren, let's take back the bodies of our dead brethren and bury them."

I don't know who shouted, and the soldiers, who had no strength at all, crawled out of the trenches one after another.

More and more soldiers went to collect the corpses.

"Master, this is too dangerous......"

"No, let them go, tell the brothers that those who are willing to go and collect the bodies of the dead brothers should go, and collect the bodies of the Japanese soldiers and put them by the river."

Leng Feng commanded.

"Shizao, why should we collect the corpse of this Japanese soldier?"

"You don't understand, this is a kind of respect for the enemy, and if the corpse is not collected in time, it will rot and stink, and it will breed epidemics, and this is on our own land."

Xie Ji Yuanti replied coldly.

"Lao Xie, let's go too, give the brothers a ride!"

"Good!"

Xie Jiyuan nodded, and joined the team to collect the corpse with Leng Feng.

"What are the people doing?"

"They're collecting corpses!"

"Sir, this is an opportunity, why don't we ...... it"

"Yaga!"

The Japanese second lieutenant who mentioned this piece was slapped by Ishii Daisa, and if he ordered the cannon to be fired, his honor as a soldier would be completely lost.

The Japanese were sometimes very brutal.

So that there is no humanity, but in some aspects it insists on some inherent things, which is very stubborn.

If you beat him up, he will respect you more and worship the strong, which is a perverted factor in the bones of the Japanese.

"Hay!"

"Dazuo, it seems that the people of China carried the corpses of our soldiers to the river?"

Observing Japanese troops reported.

"Do they want to push the remains of our soldiers into the river?"

"Nope. They just piled up the corpses. ”

Osa Ishii gasped and stood on the bow of the boat.

Pair. With his legs together, he stood upright and solemn, and bowed deeply in the direction of Pukou.

"Order a small team, not to carry any weapons, to bring back the remains of the warriors of the Empire!"

Osai Daisa commanded.

"Hay!"

After the 1st Division of Honor carried away the corpses of the sacrificed robes, seven or eight Japanese ships slowly approached the river, and they raised their hands to indicate that they were not carrying weapons.

"What are the Japanese doing here?"

"They came to collect the bodies. Closely monitor and report any abnormalities immediately. ”

Leng Feng ordered.

There is no coffin, so you can only use a straw mat, wrap a white cloth, dig a soil pit, and bury it in a hurry, with a name.

Put up a wooden board, write the name, the number of the unit, if not, directly write the number of the unit, and then have the opportunity to screen it later.

Inside the Command.

The atmosphere was somewhat oppressive.

"Boss, let's eat, the rice is cold."

"Got it, have you all eaten?"

Leng Feng's mood was very heavy, he expected that the casualties would be large, but he didn't expect it to be so big, and the big ones were a little unbearable.

"We all ate. You're left without eating. ”

Guo Weiquan said.

"Okay, eat."

Leng Feng nodded, this person is iron, rice is steel, he is hungry if he doesn't eat a meal, and there is still a vicious battle to be fought below, how can he have the strength to fight if he doesn't eat.

"Brigade Commander Luo reported that the reinforcements of the supplementary brigade have arrived, and the new 38th Brigade will be replaced to rest and strengthen the river defense fortifications, and everything is still under control."

"Got it."

"Fifth Theater Commander's Headquarters Telegraph ......"

"Chief Li has finally made a move, and this time we are much more relaxed."

Xie Jiyuan listened to the content of the telegram and said with a sigh of relief.

Li Delin was angry by Leng Feng's telegram, how could he have the courage to send him such a telegram, but he couldn't get angry.

The Honor 1st Division has indeed solved his difficulties, he has avoided fighting on two fronts, and the use of troops has been much more relaxed, and now it has created a good opportunity for him to destroy the enemy.

Now, this Leng Feng is a lawless lord, if he really provokes him, he can really be finished with him.

As a result, Li Delin sent several telegrams to Yu Xiaohou, Zhang Xinchen, Liao Lei, and others, asking them to start a counteroffensive and encircle the main force of the Japanese 13th Division on the south bank of the Huai River in accordance with the plan of 'capturing wolves'.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Liang Dong reported that the vanguard of the 136th Brigade of the 46th Division had arrived at Chihe and officially took over the defense of Chihe.

Leng Feng decided to strengthen the garrison of Liang Dong's regiment, mainly to block the westward advance of the Japanese Iizuka detachment.

The new 38 follow-up troops also arrived, and the river defense forces were further strengthened.

XSJ, on the other hand, did not wait for the weapons and ammunition to be in place before they were put into the battlefield to repel the Japanese army's attempt to break through to the west, but because of the inferior weapons, the casualties were large.

Wu Fei brought back a large number of weapons and ammunition from Quanjiao County, and most of the guerrillas who were still holding spears and broadswords immediately changed their guns, and their combat effectiveness soared by several levels.

Originally, the Western Front was the weakest link in the encirclement, and now it has been filled.

Nanjing, Central China Front Headquarters.

Depressed, fearful, gloomy...... In short, all negative emotions permeate the whole building, spreading to every corner.

Shunroku Hatata's office has now become a forbidden place for the headquarters, whoever goes is unlucky, except for the chief of staff Shozaburo Kawabe, those who went in without exception were scolded, and some were even slapped, especially the people in the intelligence department, the worst, there was a young man who actually slapped a gelding and lost a large back molar.

The office door was closed, and no one dared to approach even half a step.

Even if they had no choice but to pass through that area, they held their breath and tiptoed through.

After a long time, there seemed to be no sound inside.

The silence of the building shook horribly, as if no one in it existed.

The Japanese army suffered such a great defeat that the cloud of defeat hung over the entire Central China Front, since the occupation of Nanjing.

It never seems to have a smooth day.

The commanders changed one after another, and more than 30,000 Imperial Japanese warriors died in Nanjing alone.

In the entire Battle of Songhu, how many Japanese soldiers died?

That's 200,000 Japanese troops against 700,000 ****, and the second capture of Nanjing lost nearly 20,000 people, and more than two-thirds of them died!

It's simply unthinkable!

The following strikes were carried out one after another, not only running away from the Honor 1st Division, but also allowing the other side to occupy Pukou, cutting off the rear route and food and ammunition supply of the Japanese troops on the Jinpu Road in the north, and millions of military supplies fell into the hands of the enemy.

Even if Toshiroku Hata's nerves are big, he can't stand this stimulation.

"Strangulation"

The implementation of the plan has not been enough to eliminate the 1st Division of Honor.

But it's not without effect, at least not so well for the opponent right now.

Ushijima's landing failed, which also shows that the opponent is not ordinarily difficult to deal with, Matsui Ishine and Asakanomiya Hatohiko are both in this "cold front"

If he is incompetent, are the first two also incompetent?

Shunroku Hata did not recall Mitsuru Ushijima.

On the contrary, it also gave him greater authority, and even supplemented him with a group of troops, allowing him to play freely.

It might smell like a broken jar.

But a wing of the 13th Division was wiped out by the Chinese Army, and maybe even all captured, which is a big deal.

It's not just a matter of the incompetence of the commander of the 104th Wing.

The strangulation plan was already incomplete, and now there is a big loophole.

The opponent is now trapped by the 65th Wing, and it is clear that they want to eat this team.

If they don't stick to Pukou, they can completely evacuate, and there is no need to suffer such huge losses.

It was clear that the opponent was obsessed with eating 65 United, and Shunroku Hata was not slow to think and quickly sorted out the key issues.

"Command. The 65th Wing will break through to the east tonight or tomorrow morning, and the Iizuka detachment will attack to the west in response to his breakthrough operation. ”

Toshi-rikuchi Hata.

Now he doesn't care about "strangulation"

The plan is to rescue the thousands of troops of the 65th Wing first, and if the Honorary First Division is eaten again, then he, the commander, will have to go back to his hometown to sell alcohol.

"Hay!"

"Ushijima is calling!"

"Read!"

"Your Excellency Commander, our department plans to attack and land at night in the upper reaches of Pukou and in the vicinity of Wujiang Town tonight, and this battle will definitely catch the Zhina army by surprise."

"Wujiang Town, wasn't it where the Okamoto United was defeated by the Shina Army?"

Shozaburo Kawabe asked.

"Hay!"

"Call back to Ushijima-kun, just say that I am waiting for his good news."

Shunroku Hata groaned slightly and commanded.

"Your Excellency, Commander?"

"No matter what, I have to let Ushijima-kun try again, the strength of the Chinese army is not abundant, such a long river defense front, it takes at least two divisions to spread out frontally (**** one division is eight. 9,000 men), and according to the situation on the battlefield today, their strength in front is only about one brigade. ”

"So little?"

Kawabe Shozaburo said in surprise, isn't that comparable to the strength of the Ushijima detachment.

"There is a highway here, and when they evacuated Nanjing, they took a considerable number of cars with them, and their mobility is no worse than ours, and they also have an early warning system, and once there is an enemy situation, they can immediately mobilize troops, no more than a quarter of an hour at most."

"With such an efficient response speed, it's no wonder that they only deploy such a small number of troops in the entire Jiangfang."

Shozaburo Riverbe said suddenly.

"However, it also exposes the shortcomings of their serious lack of troops."

Toshi-rikuchi Hata.

"That's right, Your Excellency the Commander is very right."

"That's why Ushijima-kun also has this, so he decided to use the night to sneak attack Wujiang Town."

"Why Wujiang Town, and not some other target?"

"Wujiang Town was once occupied by our Okamoto troops, and our army is very familiar with the terrain there, so if we capture it again, it will be relatively easy, and the Chinese army may not have thought that we will land there for the second time."

Shunroku Hata explained.

"Commander Takami."

"I hope Ushijima-kun doesn't disappoint me this time."

Shunroku Hata frowned, he didn't have the best plan for Ushijima.

(To be continued.)

PS: Brothers and sisters, are there still tickets?

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