"How many casualties?"

"More than 2,000 ......"

Captain Matsumoto's lips trembled, his face turned white, he had just been transferred from the country, and he had not experienced such a cruel battle, and in just a few hours, he had lost more than 2,000 people, which was more than half of the infantry wing.

Plus the previous two brigades......

Matsumoto felt that he was about to faint, a small Zhonghua Gate actually lost nearly a quarter of the strength of the elite A Division of the Great Japanese Empire.

Major General Ide, as the supreme commander of the front, could not sit still, and if this battle continued, he, the brigade commander, would soon become a bare-knuckle pole.

Once again, the attack was thwarted, and Inoue once again picked up a life, this time only five of his squad died, the rest came back alive, and two were wounded.

The other detachments, at least more than half of the casualties, the soldiers were dejected, like mourning, the army was too cunning, they actually buried themselves in the rubble, waiting for them to pass, and suddenly launched a fierce attack from behind.

The staff officers of the Japanese army were busy asking about the situation they had encountered in the battle one by one, so that they could sum up the lessons and find ways to deal with them after summing up.

But in the face of the Chinese soldiers who were like "rats" in the corners of the ruins of the city on the other side, the staff officers felt that their brains were almost numb, what kind of people were these, how could they come up with so many tactics that lacked morality and smoked?

Some Japanese soldiers were teased with nervousness, and their IQ felt that they were no longer sufficient for the cunning Chinese.

What to do?

The solution is not nothing, but the price is not small, and the Japanese army regretted it at this time. Why vent revenge. As a result, the heavy weapons on hand now cannot exert their due combat effectiveness.

What is the reason. There are not enough ammunition.

Once the Chinese army in the city finds that they have no shells, the consequences will be quite serious.

Before, a heavy artillery wing was bombed into a pile of scrap metal because of careless exposure of the target, and even the wing captain was shattered.

Of course, the information fed back from the Jiangbei battlefield was that the Chinese army transferred the heavy artillery to the Jiangbei side for use, and a wing of the Tiangu detachment suffered heavy losses and suffered a crushing defeat without receiving any information.

Two months ago. The 100,000 Chinese army defended the city, and was beaten by the Japanese Empire without the power to fight back, but now it is good, it was actually beaten by a 20,000-strong miscellaneous army and broke the head and bled out.

It's unbelievable.

The command was obviously not reconciled and organized an attack again, but Major General Ide couldn't hold on, and if he let his soldiers enter again, the morale of the army would collapse.

In order to take the city of Nanjing, Yoshika Ryosuke decided to do whatever it takes. Since the Ide brigade is not good, there is only a replacement. Let the Akiyama Brigade get on.

Major General Akiyama Yoshitoi's scalp was numb, he was a morning spectator, he was not a fool, such a fierce man as Iide returned with a feather, how much better could he be than him?

Akiyama asked Ryosuke Yoshika to give him two hours to study and prepare, and when he encountered such a difficult opponent, Akiyama was not sure at all.

Looking at the battalion full of wounded soldiers, Ryosuke Yoshika agreed with a dark face.

"The Japanese have stopped attacking, and you see, the gunfire is noticeably quieter."

"That's right, there is almost no gunfire in the direction of Zhonghua Gate, and the gunfire in the direction of Tongji Gate, Guanghua Gate and Zhongshan Gate is also a lot sparse, and the Japanese troops at the other gates have also retreated, and now except for the Zhonghua Gate position that was broken by the Japanese army, the city wall positions of the other gates are still in our hands."

"The Japanese army suffered losses under the city walls, and they will definitely think of other ways, and they must strictly prevent the Japanese army from taking a detour."

"Order the supplementary three regiments to hold the Three Forks River, and not let the Japanese army come from anywhere, then we will be in danger." Leng Feng ordered sternly.

"Understood!"

In order to compensate for the lack of troops, Leng Feng ordered the sappers to lay mines and set up a large number of obstacles and traps on the key passages on the south bank of the Three Forks.

The same was true in the east, where the Japanese had planted mines and sent alert troops on the road that the Japanese might have taken a detour.

It was not easy for the Japanese army to outflank in a roundabout, but Leng Feng put the only cavalry unit in his hands in the Xiaguan Hutchison Company, which was formed by a captured Japanese cavalry brigade.

In order to form this force, it took a lot of effort to find out a cavalry company commander from the **** in the security zone, Hu Bagui, who was born in the Northwest Army.

When I heard it, I thought it was a Bagui disciple, but in fact, he was an authentic Northwest man.

This guy stripped off his military uniform, changed into the clothes of ordinary people, planned to go incognito, and wait for the opportunity to escape to live his own little life, and kicked a lot of fiat currency and the ocean on his body.

The result was still that the "silver fox" was found out, of course, at the beginning he was regarded as a bad person, who knew the first trial, this guy was actually a cavalry company commander, worked in the Northwest Army, and later came to the Second Army, embezzled a lot of cards, so he didn't want to do it, who ever wanted to fall in Nanjing City.

After the re-education, Company Commander Hu wept bitterly and vowed never to be a deserter again.

Leng Feng didn't know either, what Shen Zhiming said to this guy, anyway, to form a cavalry battalion directly under the division headquarters, this guy's eyes are very poisonous, as long as he has been a cavalryman, he can recognize it at a glance, so don't look at this cavalry battalion is newly formed, but the combat effectiveness is not weak.

The frontal attack was frustrated, and the commander of the 3rd Division, Fujita Jin, immediately suggested that he make a detour to the three forks and go straight to Xiaguan along the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway to block the retreat of the defenders in the city.

Or attack from the Taiping Gate, forcing the defenders of the city to divide their forces to resist.

In Fujita Jin's view, a roundabout flank attack and blocking the retreat of the defenders is the first book, which can eliminate the defenders of China in the city in one fell swoop, and the middle strategy is to flank the Taiping Gate, so that the defenders can take care of one or the other, once the defenders are defeated, they can still abandon the city and flee without harming the roots.

The next strategy is to storm the southern battlefields of Zhonghua, Guanghua and Zhongshan.

The frontal assault suffered a huge failure, and it was time to change tactics.

General Shunroku Hata agreed with Fujita Shin's strategy, but he did not give up the frontal attack, but asked Fujita Shin to withdraw a brigade from the third division, and adopt a roundabout strategy, if he could take Shimonoseki, it would naturally be better, if he could not take it, at least he could distract the defenders in the city and plan for the attack on the frontal battlefield.

The Japanese army began to challenge its own tactics, and Leng Feng also called the commanders of the forward positions to the headquarters to hold a meeting to discuss the next move of the Japanese army and how to deal with it.

The enemy is changing, and the National Salvation Division will naturally have to change with it, otherwise it will lose the initiative on the battlefield.

"Timberwolf telegram, there is a brigade in the Japanese Third Division whose whereabouts are unknown."

"A brigade, this is a very powerful force, immediately find out the whereabouts of this brigade, and report it as soon as there is news." Leng Feng ordered.

"Yes!"

"It seems that the Japanese army is going to change its strategy." Qiu Qingquan said.

"The Japanese army is not a fool, and the frontal attack cannot be attacked for a long time, so naturally they have to find another way." Liang Dong also nodded, "The Japanese army has changed its tactics, do we also have to adjust the deployment accordingly?" ”

"At present, the Japanese army only occupies a small foothold in the Zhonghua Gate, next, we have to control the speed of the Japanese army's advance, not too fast, but also not too slow, I have made a timetable, you can take a look at it, master the speed." Leng Feng commanded, "Long Yingqin, distribute it to everyone." ”

"Yes!"

"It's not that everyone has to follow this timeline, but we must control the speed and not let the Japanese army suspect it, we deliberately lured them into the city."

"It's so difficult!"

"Never fought like this......"

"That is, how can there be such a big battle, I have never seen it?

……

"If you haven't seen it, it doesn't mean that you don't, our goal is to consume the living forces of the Japanese army in a limited time, these few hours, you have also tasted the sweetness, the enemy and us are stuck, especially the new 40th Brigade, they fought very well near the Zhonghua Gate, the enemy mixed with us, their heavy artillery and aircraft will be wasted most of their strength, everyone is barefoot, who is afraid of whom?"

"Haha......"

"The Japanese army will definitely change its tactics next, you must be careful, Japan is a country that is very good at learning, the next confrontation, you must continue to think, go to war with your brains, don't blindly believe in the previous experience, after the war to summarize, even after a battle, what new situation has emerged, how to deal with it, don't hide your secrets, at this time, self-cherishing is a short-sighted behavior!"

"Hey......

"Don't laugh, although everyone played well this morning, but there are also a lot of problems, many people just lost their lives because they didn't obey orders, and they also affected others, after you go back, you must be strict in discipline, don't wait for the law enforcement picket team of the Taoist Department to find it, then it's too late." Qiu Qingquan said solemnly.

"How to use troops, how to fight, what tactics to use still depends on your own flexible mastery on the battlefield, the time is not early, I don't care about food here, I haven't eaten yet, go to the kitchen to get two steamed buns, go back quickly." Leng Feng stood up and looked at his watch, then waved his hand and ordered.

"Yes!"

At about two o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese army launched another all-out attack, and this time the Japanese artillery preparation was obviously much smaller than in the morning, and the time lasted only five minutes, and they began to bombard key targets.

The infantry then launched a skirmish charge, no longer pursuing the speed of the impact, but focusing on the efficiency of the attack, steadily advancing forward.

The Japanese army changed its impatience and rashness, and the offensive momentum was not as good as before, but the efficiency was much improved.

"Yo Xi, Akiyama-kun still has a way." Ryosuke Yoshika was very satisfied when he saw that under the command of Major General Akiyama Yoshitoi, the efficiency of the Japanese attack had been greatly improved, and the casualties had been greatly reduced, and he smiled.

He was also worried that if another attack was frustrated, the first merit of capturing Nanjing would inevitably not slip through his fingers, and he would have to bear considerable responsibility.

The Japanese attack became steady, with a front-and-back, left-right connection, no impatience, no rashness, and an effective ratio of weapons and personnel, step by step.

This is not a good phenomenon for the National Salvation Division, and under the same conditions, the quality of the soldiers of the National Salvation Division is several grades worse than that of the Japanese army.

The only advantage now is that they are more familiar with the terrain than the Japanese army, and their weapons and equipment are at least not lost to the other side, and they are effectively organized and confronted, and their initiative in battle has been enhanced.

(To be continued.) )