At this time, the fighters in the sky had run out of ammunition, and although they were extremely unwilling, they could only leave with hatred. The troops on the ground faced even more brutal battles.

Having lost air support, the troops on the ground had to rely on flesh and blood and tanks to try to stop the Japanese counterattack. I have to say that Shunroku Hata really put a lot of thought into the arrangement of these positions, and there were more than ten firing points in just more than 30 meters of fortifications.

Including heavy machine gun firing holes, anti-aircraft gun firing ports and ammunition storage points, guns and artillery are not only a large number of Type 99 anti-tank explosives were thrown out and exploded in the position.

The grenadiers were extremely powerful at this time, and the grenadier squads assigned by each squad were constantly throwing grenades out of the tunnels and exploding on the position.

Bullets rained down, and the soldiers of the Chinese defense army were also roaring and fighting back, and they also had grenadiers. They even have single-shot grenade launchers and tanks to help.

The fighting between the two sides has reached a white-hot level, and countless lives are lost in the smoke of gunpowder every moment. But no one on either side retreated, and everyone was sacrificing their lives for their own victory!

By this time, the battle had been raging for more than an hour. The guns and artillery were heard everywhere, the mangled corpses of the Japanese were piled up everywhere, and the Wehrmacht soldiers suffered heavy casualties.

The tank maintenance squad had already lost an entire platoon on the battlefield, but their result was to forcibly restore the operational capabilities of eight tanks that had been hit by tracks or had the unfortunate engine damaged on the battlefield.

"Get down!" Shang Hao, the commander of the 41st Regiment of the 14th Division of the Fifth Army of the Second Army Corps, who was in charge of the attack, received the latest order from this, and Shang Hao's eyes were red the moment he received the order.

"Divisional commander! Let's rush again! Just once! Shang Hao's collar was all opened, and the white vest had seven blood-red characters on it, "First place in the whole army's martial arts competition".

"More than 300 of my brothers have died on the battlefield, and I can't stand them if I want to withdraw......" The one-meter-eight man, even if he was blown up with seven or eight shrapnel on his body during the battlefield of Jinmen, did not say anything, but he wanted to cry at this time.

"Commander...... Commander...... Give me one more rush! I'll take people to rush. Absolutely not to disgrace our division! ”

"Eight calves! Our fighters have already spotted the Japanese reinforcements, and they didn't rush up after they blocked it just now, and if you don't withdraw, you'll have to be made dumplings! That's an order! Withdraw to Lao Tzu immediately!! ”

Zhou Haokuang, the commander of the 14th Division, scolded Shang Hao on the other end of the phone: "Don't joke with the lives of the soldiers, don't joke with the lives of the soldiers, take it down immediately!" I can't get out, I'm killing you! ”

"Yes!!" What can Sang-ho say?! He could only say yes loudly, and then send the herald to the front to inform the troops at the front to withdraw, while he himself took the remaining company to the position to meet the retreat.

The armored units on the positions also received an order to evacuate, and it was clear that the Japanese were suddenly able to seriously damage the Wehrmacht Tiger tanks, which attracted attention.

So far, not a single Wehrmacht Tiger tank has fallen into the hands of the Japanese. This record cannot be broken in Shanghai, especially now that it is in the hands of the Japanese army, who are likely to ship tanks back to the Japanese mainland for research.

This is clearly extremely detrimental to the Wehrmacht. Under the orders of the corps commander Yan Chenghan, all troops were ready to withdraw from their positions.

"Tom tom tom...... Boom, boom......, boom "All the tanks suddenly started a fierce shelling of the Japanese position, and the tattered Japanese fortifications that had already been bombed and shelled shook again.

The arrogance of the newly emerging Japanese soldiers was suppressed again, and the Japanese officers in the fortifications kept howling for the Japanese soldiers below to fill their positions in order to withstand the possible attack of the Wehrmacht.

But what they didn't know was that the Wehrmacht's bombardment was aimed at retreating. After a round of shelling. This was followed by a stormy blow by the Wehrmacht.

Because of the shelling of the tanks, the whole battlefield was filled with gunsmoke. The Japanese could not see clearly the Wehrmacht troops on the opposite side, so they could only fire anti-aircraft guns and suppress them with heavy machine guns.

But after the smoke gradually cleared, they realized that there were no more Wehrmacht soldiers in front of the position. Even most of the corpses were taken away.

At this time, the Japanese support units finally arrived at the forward position. Looking at the devastation in the fortifications, they could only shake their heads and sigh.

The defeat of the offensive just now made the forward command of the entire Fifth Army dull. Including Liang Qiu, the commander of the 3rd Division of the Armored Division who came to support.

"Damn! This little Japan is awesome. Find a way to hit our tanks so quickly. Liang Qiu hatefully twisted the cigarette butt in the shell and gritted his teeth.

"Now that the tanks are out, the Japanese will naturally find a way to restrain them. This is not surprising. Zhou Haokuang, commander of the 14th Division, said in a sullen voice: "I have almost 2,000 soldiers in a regiment, and those who have come down are only in their early 1,000s. Damn! Just over an hour. Lao Tzu's half-battalion of brothers is gone! ”

"Divisional commander! It's all my miscommand! Please also ask the division commander to punish him! Shang Hao, who was red-eyed, stood up and said loudly. He still had bandages on his hands.

This was hit by shrapnel from a 37mm anti-aircraft gun, but fortunately the shrapnel was a little off. Otherwise, it won't be the arm that will be hit, but the head.

"Old Shang. I know what is going on on the position. Chief of Staff Cao Xinrong sighed: "I really can't blame you for this, I can only say that we are fighting too smoothly during this time." Underestimate the Japanese! ”

Division Commander Zhou Haokuang nodded. Indeed it is. Not to mention the 14th Division, even the entire Wehrmacht is also like this. No one expected that the Japanese troops, who had always been pressed and beaten by themselves, would suddenly rise up.

Even the Wehrmacht's proud tank units, caught off guard and suffered heavy losses on their positions. If it weren't for the soldiers of those maintenance companies who sacrificed their lives to carry out emergency repairs on the battlefield, maybe a few tanks would have been lost on the Japanese positions today.

"This is Lao Shang's map of the Japanese defense line compiled by Lao Shang according to the memories of the soldiers, everyone can show it......" Chief of Staff Cao Xinrong paused and continued: "Look at it, here, here and here, the Japanese army has arranged more than fifteen shooting holes. ”

"Here, there, and these two places are arranged with anti-aircraft artillery. These formed four gapless shooting dead ends, and at the same time they were equipped there with an explosive that could blow up the tracks of the tank. ”

After a pause, Cao Xinrong said: "Until now, we don't know what weapons the Japanese army used to blow up the tracks of the tank. But according to the descriptions of the fighters, this weapon was supposed to be a weapon for individual combat. It can be thrown by hand and is very powerful. ”

Looking at the map of the Japanese army's defensive line, everyone fell into silence again. Obviously, the Japanese army came prepared this time. Not only did they build a large number of fortifications, but they also prepared anti-tank weapons.

In order to prevent the National Defense Army from attacking Shanghai, Cao Xinrong sighed helplessly as he looked at the defense map. It seems that the Japanese army said that they would hold Shanghai for half a year, not because they were unconfident!

"Today's battle makes me wonder if we can complete the task of holding Shanghai for half a year." At the same time, Shunroku Hahata also held a meeting in his headquarters.

"A whole wing, but two brigades were lost in the first battle! One squadron leader and one squadron leader were killed in battle, and two squadron leaders were seriously wounded! You say, if we continue to fight like this, can we hold Shanghai and wait for the Imperial troops to come back for help?! ”

Everyone was silent, but in fact, everyone was talking about it: the Wehrmacht was full of steel torrents from the sky to the earth. The artillery is not fatal, and it is good to be able to hold it.

"Indeed, this time we held our ground. So what about next time?! I don't want us to just use the lives of the Imperial warriors to fill the gaps in the position! Shunroku Hata had a very ugly face, he didn't expect the battle to be fought to this extent at the beginning.

"The support forces are moving too slowly, and! Why didn't the artillery carry out offensive assistance when the troops were in support ?! "Hata Shunroku's face is very ugly, if the support troops go a little later today, maybe the position will be lost.

On the first day of the war, he almost lost his front-line position, how could he be embarrassed?!

"General, it's not that we don't want to support as soon as possible. The air force of the China Army harassed and attacked our support units in the sky, which greatly slowed down our march......"

"General, we are also taking into account the Chinese Air Force." The commander of the artillery division stood up and said respectfully to Shunroku Hata: "We have no air support, this is the biggest flaw." If the position of the artillery is exposed again......"

"I know all of this!" Toshiroku Hata waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "But after the Wehrmacht's air force left, why are you still silent?!" Why is the support still so slow?! ”

The generals of the Japanese army did not squeak, it was simple. Everyone knows what's going on. Once exposed, it will be a devastating blow to the Wehrmacht. No one wants to take that risk.

Everyone was silent, but Shunroku Hata didn't want to watch them silent: "I know what you're thinking, but I'll forget it this time." Not counted. ”

"If there is a next time, then I will report the situation here directly to the base camp." A hint of fierceness flashed in Shunroku Hatata's eyes, and he said, "Your questions will be answered by the base camp at that time!" ”

If it weren't for the fact that Shunroku Hata was the new commander, and he was worried that killing the old man at this time would cause a morale shock, he would definitely not hesitate to dispose of all the support troops and artillery division commanders who delayed the order this time!

"Hail!!"