The battle in Tongling is still in a stalemate.

"Hurry up, hurry up, drag the cannon to Lao Tzu." The fierce battle was until about eight o'clock in the evening, and the calf finally arrived at the forward position with the artillery company, at this time He Changzhu's L battalion had been fighting in front of the fortifications of Tongling County for a long time, and when he heard that the artillery had arrived, He Changzhu hurriedly asked the calf to pull the cannon to the small Japanese fortifications.

"Do you see the small Japanese fortifications on the wall in front of you?" He Changzhu pointed to a heavy machine gun that was firing fiercely on the city wall in front of him, and said in a cruel voice, "Give it to Lao Tzu."

"Okay, no problem." The calf rubbed his hands together and asked his artillery to pull a 92 infantry gun over.

At this time, it was completely dark, and the Japanese soldiers on the city wall did not notice it at all, and under the cover of night, six 92 infantry guns were approaching the fortifications of the city wall, and one of the 92 infantry guns was even closer to within 500 meters.

The calf opened the gun door, aimed at the Japanese heavy machine gun in front of him through the chamber, and then turned back and signaled the artillery platoon commander behind him to load the shell, the artillery platoon commander took out a shell, wiped it with his sleeve, and then reluctantly loaded it into the gun chamber, the calf was impatient, kicked the artillery platoon commander away, and then pulled down the fire door.

In the night, a dazzling red light erupted violently from the muzzle of the cannon, followed by a loud bang.

When He Changzhu, Sun Laobao, and a few other officers turned their heads sharply to look at the city wall, they saw that a huge fire had risen on the city wall, and the Japanese heavy machine gun that was still violently spewing fire just now was completely swallowed up by the red light produced by the explosion in an instant, and the heavy machine gun was immediately reimbursed, and the defensive firepower of the Japanese army on the city wall immediately became weak.

Immediately afterward, there were two loud bangs in the night, and the south gate had been blown into debris.

Before He Changzhu could give an order, Sun Laobao had already jumped up from behind the bunker, brandishing a box cannon and shouting: "Brothers, fuck with Lao Tzu, Little Japan on Dead Dog Day Little Japan on Dead Dog Day"

By the time Li Zihan stepped into Tongling County, Battalion L had already controlled most of the county.

However, the small Japanese reaction was not slow, after the loss of the fortifications, the captain of the Tongling military police, Takeshita Kojiro, immediately made a decision, decisively abandoned the outer defense line, concentrated all the forces in the gendarmerie, relying on the high wall compound of the gendarmerie to resist stubbornly, and, with the contraction of the defense line, the Japanese firepower has been strengthened.

The L battalion rushed several times, but was pushed back by the little Japanese, and dozens of veterans were also killed and wounded.

He Chang was on fire, pulled up the artillery company of the calf, and was about to set up the 92nd infantry cannon to forcibly open the gate of the gendarmerie, but Li Zihan, who arrived after hearing the news, stopped him.

He Changzhu couldn't figure it out, and was still shouting loudly: "Tuanzuo, why don't you let me fight?" ”

"If you don't fight, don't fight, surround the gendarmerie first." Li Zihan didn't explain much.

At present, with Haneda leaving with the main force of the Chizhou gendarmerie and the 56th Brigade of the Independent Infantry, Chizhou has become the number one target of the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui, and the attack on Chizhou has changed from a virtual to a real move, so that the attack on Tongling has become a virtual one, if at this time the gendarmerie compound is broken and the small Japan in Tongling County is completely annihilated, then it will not make much sense for the old Haneda devil and the main force of the Japanese army in Chizhou to come to Tongling again, at that time, the old devil Haneda will definitely return to Chizhou with the main force of the Japanese army in Chizhou, Then the attack of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army in southern Anhui on Chizhou also came to naught.

Therefore, before a decisive breakthrough is made on the Chizhou side, the situation on the Tongling side must continue to stalemate.

However, the Tongling wharf must be taken, calculate the time, the merchant ships of the American and British Tobacco Company should almost arrive in Tongling, and Li Zihan instructed He Changzhu at the moment: "Lao He, you don't care about the gendarmerie here, hurry up and take the troops to the wharf, give you two hours, and you must take the Tongling wharf before ten o'clock in the evening."

"Docks?" He Changzhu smiled fiercely and turned to leave.

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Yan Yi, the temporary headquarters of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui.

Gao Shenxing hurriedly walked into the war room and said to Xu Shijiu: "Old Xu, the situation in Tongling has been controlled. ”

"The situation is under control?" Xu 19 nodded, the situation was under control, which meant that the Japanese army in Tongling had been completely suppressed at the headquarters of the gendarmerie, in this way, the L regiment would have a great chance to take the dock, as long as the Tongling dock was taken, not only would the Chizhou side not go well, but at least it would ensure that the military supplies consigned by the American and British tobacco companies could be landed.

At that moment, Xu Shijiu said again: "Let Zihan immediately divide his troops to seize the dock." ”

"Zihan has already transferred He Changzhu's L battalion to the dock." After Gao Shenxing finished speaking, he handed over the telegram that Li Zihan had just sent.

In the last battle of Hulugu, the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui captured several radio stations, and Xu 19 gave all the four main regiments of the 19th detachment radio stations, at this stage, looking at all the national troops, I am afraid that only Wang Yaowu's 74th army can be compared with the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui in terms of communication level.

Xu Shijiu stretched out his hand to take the telegram, but there was not much expression on his face.

The performance of Li Zihan's L group is actually at a normal level, and it is not too outstanding.

In the final analysis, the small Japan in Tongling County is only an infantry squadron, and it is not a combat unit, but a garrison force temporarily formed by recruiting people and soldiers in the township, and Li Zihan attacked with a main force of more than 2,500 people plus two artillery companies.

But if we take into account the reinforcements of small Japan, the situation is very different.

The Sino-Japanese War entered its fourth year, and the territory of China occupied by the Japanese army was already extremely vast, and there were more than 1,000 county towns alone.

But in each area that contains several counties, a mobile force is set aside, and when a county town in the area is attacked, a mobile force is sent to reinforce it, and then a mixed brigade or even a field division is stationed in a larger area, and these troops are also sent to reinforce it if necessary.

For example, in southern Anhui, small Japan originally occupied Chizhou, Guichi, Fanchang, Longkou, Qingyang, Tongling six counties, in addition to stationed a squadron of gendarmes in each county, also stationed in Chizhou a military police brigade, later the rise of the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui, the garrison in southern Anhui has been continuously strengthened, the garrison of Longkou has even been strengthened from the initial one squadron to two brigades, Chizhou has become an independent mixed 14th brigade station, but in the end, these garrisons Liliang still let the southern Anhui anti-Japanese salvation army crushed.

However, even so, the Japanese army in southern Anhui still has considerable strength and combat effectiveness, especially in the counties of Chizhou, Guichi, Qingyang, and Tongling, which are close to the Yangtze River, and can get fire support from the small Japanese navy, so if there are not enough troops and sufficient firepower, it is absolutely impossible to take these counties.

If it weren't for this, even if Gu Zhutong was incompetent, he would never be indifferent to the huge exploits of recovering the land of several counties and rescuing millions of party members in southern Anhui.

Therefore, if you only need to face the Japanese army in Tongling County, with the combat effectiveness of Li Zihan's L Regiment plus two artillery companies, it is easy to take it, but if you face the Chizhou Japanese army rushing to help, Li Zihan's L Regiment will not be enough, this time if it is not for Huang Baitao ordering Chen Shizhang's 40th Division to insert a horizontal bar, the 3rd Regiment of the New Fourth Army South Anhui Detachment alone will not be able to stop the Japanese army in Chizhou at all, maybe the Japanese army in Chizhou has already arrived in Tongling County at this time, so that Li Zihan's regiment can only retreat.

Gao Shenxing said again: "Lao Xu, as soon as Tongling Wharf is taken, we have already won half of this battle, no matter whether Zuihou Chizhou can be won or not, at least this batch of military supplies bought from Shanghai can be received smoothly." ”

In other words, as long as Li Zihan's regiment can control the Tongling wharf until dawn, the batch of military supplies carried by the American and British Tobacco Company will be able to go ashore smoothly and be handed over to the anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui