The number of the two divisions was nearly 50,000 men, which was impossible to complete the siege in the previous time and space, but at this time, it was defeated by the troops of the six divisions of the advance army in less than an hour, and the encirclement was completed.

Of course, the effectiveness of the 150 heavy artillery is indispensable, and the accurate shooting and super combat effectiveness of the fighters are also the key. The dense precision shooting, the disparity of weapons, led to a quick end to a battle that should have lasted a few days, or more.

Qu Jungang, the sixth captain of the Huya Brigade, one of the students rescued by Harbin Dong Ku as the temporary commander-in-chief of this time, took the strength of six divisions and easily completed the siege, and the battle ended at the moment when Qu Jungang shot Kimura Hyotaro's head and grabbed his general's sword.

"Clean up the battlefield, the artillery truck retreats, return to a safe position!"

Qu Jungang was covered in blood, and the sapper shovel he was carrying was full of condensed spades, and he didn't care about cleaning it up, and shouted.

The soldiers were all covered in blood, and in this fierce battle, these recruits had transformed, and in the order, they quickly packed up the items in the plasma, dug a pit and buried the corpses.

At the moment when the battlefield was just being cleaned, a Huya soldier ran quickly with a radio on his back and reported loudly: "Captain, the headquarters is calling." ”

"Incoming call?"

Qu Jun just pinned the shell gun, took the telegram with a sapper shovel, glanced at it and shouted: "Assemble!" Leave the 26th Brigade of the 9th Division to clean up the battlefield, and the rest of the whole team set off! ”

The six division commanders standing beside him were also covered in blood, and two were slightly wounded, and at the moment the order was given, they all took out their walkie-talkies and gave orders, gathered their teams, and moved closer to this side.

In just ten minutes, the brigade quickly assembled in the mountains and fields. Then, rushed in the direction of Changzhou.

At this time, there was no suspense in the battle of Jiangyin, although the Japanese army had two divisions attacking the advance army with only one brigade. The shelling, without the slightest cheapness, was on the contrary destroyed their artillery positions by the advance army with 105 howitzers on several sections of the main positions. The large army was bombarded in scattered pieces, and the army was crushed. If it weren't for the fact that there were too few people on the position, they would have been defeated by a countercharge.

In a few places where there was no long-range artillery, although the battle was fierce, the damage was within the range that could be tolerated, and under the accurate sniping, the consumption on the position was more than that of the Japanese army, so that the Japanese army could not get close to the position within 200 meters, and the artillery shells were wasted in vain. Throw away life.

Several other points that were attacked were also stubbornly firm, even Lao Zhao's main position, which was near the road from Danyang to Changzhou, although the battle was fierce, the artillery battle continued, in an hour, the Japanese army not only did not make a profit, but suffered very much.

But the 35th Division was different, with three infantry wings, 219, 220, and 221. Artillery wing, concentrated superior firepower. A fierce assault was launched on the positions of the 3rd Division of Lao Zhao's 1st Army, which stretched for two kilometers.

Originally, there was only one brigade to defend here, but when the 220th and 221st Wings gave up the detour and jointly attacked the front positions of the 219th Wing, most of the troops around were drawn and gathered on a front of less than three kilometers, and they fought to the death with the Japanese army. The battle line is getting longer and longer.

The Japanese artillery advantage was taken advantage of here, and the shelling caused heavy losses to the defending troops, and their artillery number was only 75 guns and twenty guns. The 92 infantry guns were twenty guns, not to mention the short range, it was difficult to take into account all fronts, and the artillery battle was particularly at a loss.

"Quick! Fast! ”

Li Yongde, the commander of the 3rd Division, shouted: "The 3rd Mortar Company supports Zhao Changgui's No. 6 position!" ”

In his shouting, the No. 6 position had just been covered by Japanese artillery fire, and one by one the soldiers came out of the dirt, picking at each other's comrades, looking for a companion who could still fight, roaring loudly, pulling grenades and bullets in the dirt, ready to give the Japanese 10th charge a hard blow!

Three or four hundred meters in front of the position, the Japanese army had already rushed in like a tide, numbering more than 1,000 people, and it was obvious that they were charging in a formation of more than a brigade.

Brigade commander Zhao Changgui had already left the headquarters and personally visited the position of the third regiment, which had just been pulled out of the dirt by the guards.

He shook the dirt off his head and shouted in his ears: "Enter the position!" The little devil is coming up!! ”

The commander of the third regiment has already died, and the acting commander of the regiment is Zhu Quan, the commander of the third battalion, whose left arm was torn off by shrapnel and wrapped in gauze, and he could not get out of the line of fire. He ran over to Zhao Changgui and shouted, "Guard! Take the brigade commander out of position!! ”

Before he could shout, Zhao Changgui pushed away the guards and shouted, "Enter the combat position!" Less of his verbosity!! ”

Zhu Quan looked at the Japanese troops who were flooding like a tide, looked back and saw that only four light machine guns were intact on the position, two heavy machine guns were intact, and the soldiers of a regiment were not even five hundred, he pulled out the shell gun, held the muzzle, and at the moment when the guard's body shook and it was too late to stop it, he hit Zhao Changgui with the butt of the gun, and at the moment when the guard pounced and held his hand, he hissed and roared: "Take the brigade commander out of the position!! ”

When the guard saw the brigade commander who had fainted, he instantly understood what Zhu Quan meant, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and yelled: "Brothers, I'll send the brigade commander away first, and I'll come back to accompany you later!" With a roar, he picked up Zhao Changgui and left the position, and rushed to the rear.

When Zhu Quan left with the brigade commander with the guards, he threw the gun in his hand, grabbed the handle, and shouted: "All those who are still panting will enter the combat position for Lao Tzu!" Today, if the little devil wants to go over, let's step on our corpses!! ”

"Fight with the little devil!!"

In the roar, whether it was a wounded or an intact soldier on the battlefield, he quickly cleaned up his ammunition, prepared his guns, and put three or four three-eight covers in front of him, all of which were already full of bullets, and grenades were piled up in front of him, ready to fight to the death.

The Japanese set up a heavy machine gun 200 meters away, and when the tongue of fire was sprayed, bullets flew randomly on the position, opening the way for the charging Japanese firepower.

Subsequently, the light machine guns also formed a position at a position of 100 meters, and the muzzles of the guns were aimed at the forward positions in front of which the smoke had not yet dissipated, ready to support the charge at any time.

On the position, all the soldiers bowed their heads, staring at the Japanese troops moving in front, and Mei Oh fired indiscriminately with people. The distance is too far for the marksmanship to achieve an accurate hit, and it will also attract machine gun fire. Once they got closer, the heavy machine guns in the distance threatened to stop, and they were not willing to shoot behind their own people.

Zhu Quan clutched the shell gun, and the smoke covered his pale face. Although he lost blood, his spirit was not weak at all, and his eyes were firmly locked on the approaching Japanese army, ready to give orders at any time.

The machine gunners, behind the bunker, with their guns pointed at the crowd below, waited for the order to arrive.

Zhao Changgui, who was carried by the guards at this time, rushed to the command headquarters in the rear.

They still need a line of defense there, but there is only one battalion there, and it is difficult to block the tide of Japanese attacks, at most it is just to cover the withdrawal of the headquarters.

At the shouts of division commander Li Yongde, the third company of only fifteen mortars rushed to the No. 6 position to support the precarious No. 6 position.

Two divisional guard battalions also rushed on the road to support the most difficult position No. 6.

Zhu Quan's slightly trembling lips opened violently when the Japanese army approached sixty meters, and shouted: "Fight!" ”

With his roar, the gunfire suddenly rang out in the silent position, and the soft sound of banging was especially clear in the not dense machine gun sound, like a bean, so that the charging Japanese troops fell in pieces.

"Charge!!"

The rain of bullets on the position did not stop the charging Japanese troops, and in the shouts of the battlefield commanders, the Japanese troops opened fire while thinking that the position was only a few tens of meters away.

"Grenade !!"

Zhu Quan stared at the approaching Japanese soldiers, and shouted as the shell gun in his hand kept shooting.

The Japanese troops, staring at the rain of bullets, had rushed to a position of forty or fifty meters, and the casualties on the position also increased.

In Zhu Quan's shouting, in addition to the gunfire on the position, all the rifles stopped, and then, a black shadow flew up and fell on the heads of the Japanese soldiers like hailstones.

Condescendingly, everyone was able to throw a grenade forty or fifty meters. Some of the dense grenades exploded in the air, some landed at the feet of the Japanese soldiers, and in the flash of fire, the charging Japanese soldiers immediately flew flesh and blood, and the wave of the charge was torn apart by the screaming shrapnel, and the corpses flew all over the sky.

In a short moment, the Japanese charge was vividly contained by the continuous explosions, and the tide retreated.

In the distance, Tian Zhongzhi put down the binoculars and said slowly: "Order the artillery, cover the shooting again!" Charge again in five minutes! ”

With his order, the Japanese army in the retreat, the shells whistling again, the loud roar of the bomb annihilated Zheng Guifei's position, on the mountain beam, the fire flashed frequently, the dust covered the sky and the sun, the smoke of gunpowder, so that the visibility was only one or two hundred meters, thicker than the fog.

During the shelling, the division guard battalion had already rushed to the bottom of the mountain beam, and at the moment when the shells fell in front, the battalion commander roared and rushed to the top of the mountain with the occasional falling shells.

The mortar company also rushed to the designated position at this time, and everyone didn't care to take a breath and quickly set up their guns. The observer flew over and ran towards the front.

They all knew that after another round of shelling, there were not many people left alive on the position.

On the battlefield, the soldiers were once again buried by floating soil, and the entire position was filled with gunsmoke, and in the dust, there was not a single figure in sight.

The battalion of guards rushed up the hill under the shelling, lying behind the position, waiting for the shelling to end.

Fifteen mortars of the mortar company have also been erected, and the single-light Japanese charge will give them a heavy blow!

Lao Zhao Zhilu said that the Japanese offensive would be very fierce, but unfortunately, his artillery fire was still insufficient, and the lack of suppressed artillery made the battle not easy, but the pressure was very great. Especially in the third division, there is already less artillery, and no matter how long the battle line is, the pressure will be greater.

The position of the Third Division was already precarious, and it was in danger of being captured at any time. But there was nothing he could do, he couldn't spare troops to support. Although he has the advantage here, he is not able to reinforce it...... (To be continued......)