After the northbound brigade of the New Second Army successfully annihilated 1,500 Japanese puppet troops near Gaozi Town, it successively sabotaged the railway line between Xinfeng, Danyang, Benniu, Wujin, and Wuxi, and lured the Japanese army to attack, successively destroying three Japanese squadrons and two regiments of the puppet army, totaling more than 4,000 people.

At 10 o'clock on the morning of 26 October, the Beishang Brigade gathered more than 1,100 officers and men to intercept 19 Japanese transport vehicles at the foot of Caishan and Nanshan in the southeast of Zhenjiang City, killing more than 300 Japanese soldiers on the spot.

In the continuous attrition, the Japanese army holding Zhenjiang had less than two squadrons and only one battalion of the puppet army, so they did not dare to attack rashly, so they had to ask for help from the Japanese troops stationed in Wuxi.

The next day, the 51st Infantry Wing of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Wuxi totaled more than 900 people, plus two regiments of the puppet army, with a strength of nearly 4,000 troops.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese army entered the ambush area, the new second army suddenly attacked, the Japanese army fought stubbornly in the melee, and the fierce battle lasted until the evening, most of the Japanese puppet army was annihilated, and the rest retreated to Wujin.

Since the enemy in Zhenjiang was not baited from beginning to end, after the battle around Zhenjiang was over, the northbound brigade transported the captured weapons and equipment, food and ammunition and other materials to Maoshan, and then the main force marched westward and lurked on the line of Baohua Mountain, Tangshan Mountain and Qixia Mountain in the east of Nanjing.

At this time, Okamura Ninji was commanding troops on the front line in Wuhan, the headquarters of the Eleventh Army withdrew from Tangshan, and the small number of Japanese troops left behind were completely annihilated after being attacked by the New Second Army.

In addition to rail and water transportation, the Japanese army also used all means to transport supplies. For example, the Japanese army used some inland river ships to transport supplies from Shanghai to Wuxing, and then transported them by road connecting Nanjing, Jurong, Liyang, Yixing, Changxing and Wuxing.

At about 8 o'clock in the morning of 5 November, a huge convoy of 195 trucks of the 9th Division of the Japanese Army crossed Tangshan from Jurong to Nanjing. An hour later, the Japanese army entered the ambush area, and the northbound brigade concentrated more than 6,000 people and suddenly launched an attack on the Japanese army.

The officers and men of the new second army rushed onto the highway and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army, and more than 900 Japanese puppet troops from Jurong County and the surrounding Shishi Town and Chenwu Town rushed to support, but they were all repulsed.

The Battle of Tangshan ended in victory in only two and a half hours, killing and wounding more than 600 Japanese soldiers under Matsushita Shaozo, capturing more than 300 Type 38 rifles, 26 crooked machine guns, eight grenadiers, and a large number of military supplies, burning more than 20 Japanese vehicles, and the rest of the vehicles were all driven by officers and men of the unit to transport the materials to the Maoshan area.

At the same time that the Beishang Brigade was actively operating, the Eastward Brigade also launched large-scale sabotage operations in Wukang, Deqing, Yuhang, Jiaxing, and other places, effectively striking a blow to the arrogance of the Japanese puppet army, firmly pinning down the Japanese army in the big cities, and not daring to disperse its forces to attack.

With the cooperation of the local people, the officers and men of the New Second Army, who had penetrated deep into Wujiang, Qingpu, Songjiang, and other places, repeatedly sabotaged the Shanghai-Hangzhou and Sujia railways, annihilated more than 800 Japanese puppet troops, and seized a large amount of materials.

The Eastward Advance Brigade also used the officers and men of the special battalion who were proficient in Japanese to deceive the Japanese puppet army from Pingwang Town out of the town, and concentrated a large force to encircle and annihilate this group of Japanese puppet troops on the shore of Taihu Lake, and annihilated more than 1,100 Japanese puppet troops in this battle.

Subsequently, the Eastward Brigade occupied Pingwang and directly threatened Jiaxing and Suzhou, causing a huge shock to the Japanese army.

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The former Zhejiang Provincial Government in the southwest of Hangzhou City is now the location of the Hangzhou Garrison Headquarters of the Japanese Army.

In the office, Lieutenant General Iida, commander of the Guards Division, who had received the report, was furious, and there were 16 large-scale battles and more than 200 small-scale attacks in the Japanese-occupied areas of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and in just one month, the various units of the Japanese puppet army, which undertook the task of guarding the railways and highways, suffered huge losses.

After continuous fighting, the Japanese army has suffered 3,900 casualties, and the puppet army has suffered more than 8,000 casualties, and the most important thing is that the materials transferred by train and car have suffered great losses.

Iida turned his head to look southwest.

The reason why the Central China Front arranged for the headquarters of the Guards Division to be located in Hangzhou was that it was afraid that Wu Ming and the New Second Army would take advantage of the opportunity of the Battle of Wuhan to launch an attack on the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions. To this end, Iida Zhengu made a series of preparations, deploying a large number of troops in Xiaoshan and the Tianmu Mountain area west of Lin'an, and at the same time sending gunboats to patrol the Qiantang River in the section from Fuyang to Tonglu to strictly defend the New Second Army.

"Eight Grid Tooth Road, Okamura-kun is right, Wu Ming is really a devil, the new second army is the mortal enemy of the imperial army!"

Iida Sadagu sighed heavily, facing the attack of the New Second Army from all sides, he felt a bit like a dog biting a hedgehog and having nowhere to put his mouth.

China is too big for the remaining Japanese troops to be able to cover everything, and the loss of Pingwang Town is tantamount to sounding the alarm.

The geographical location of Pingwang Town is extremely important, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the Sujia Railway and the Taipu River cross in the suburbs of the town, effectively connecting the Jiangsu, Xi, and Changzhou regions in the Yangtze River Delta and the Hangzhou, Jia, and Lake regions, which is not only an important water and land transportation hub in East China, but also a bright pearl on the "Suzhou-Hangzhou Paradise Corridor".

The Japanese Tenth Army's breakthrough of the Zhajia fortifications began with the breakthrough of the Pingwang defensive line, which was of great significance to the Japanese army.

At this point, Iida Sadagu must make a decision, if the New Second Army cannot be given back color, it will be a heavy blow to the morale of the Japanese puppet army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Before returning to the map, Iida Zhengu carefully checked the location of Pingwang Town, turned around and asked the chief of staff of Changsui next to him: "Have the troops stationed in Jiaxing set off?" ”

"In accordance with the general's orders, the Shigu Wing in Jiaxing had advanced to Pingwang by train two hours earlier, and the Chuntian Wing from Suzhou had also set off at the same time...... By two o'clock in the afternoon at the latest, the Ishiya United team will arrive in Pingwang. According to the deduction of the staff department, the new Second Army in Pingwang Town will definitely be able to be given a pot before sunset today. ”

Changsui Dazuo was triumphant, pointed to the map and said with a smile: "General, our Guards Division is a prestigious Imperial Forest Army, under the light of His Majesty the Emperor, we will be invincible and invincible!" ”

"Yo Xi, it's good to have faith...... We must pay close attention to the movements of the Shigu Wing and the Chuntian United, Wu Ming and the New Second Army can achieve the name of the devil, and they must have their own merits, we must not be careless! ”

Iida Sadagu was very sober-minded, and pointed to the map again: "Although there are no undulating mountains and hills along the Sujia Railway, there are rivers and lakes along the way, and there are more than 50 large and small bridges. ”

"Hay—"

Changsui Dazuo nodded heavily, but he was a little disappreciative in his heart - the Japanese troops along the railway line patrolled day and night, and the new second army of China was even a devil, but it was not so easy to plant a bomb unknowingly!

Unfortunately, Iida Sadagu was right, and at this time, both Ishiya United and Springfield United had suffered misfortune.

An hour ago, when the train from Jiaxing was passing through the Beijiao River, the bridge suddenly exploded, and four carriages fell into the river, and the Japanese troops in the remaining carriages were in a panic and rushed out of the carriages. Fortunately, there was no one in ambush near Jiaxing, so there were no more casualties, but even so, more than 400 Japanese soldiers were killed.

The train from Suzhou did not escape the catastrophe, but the place where the accident occurred was on the Wusong River, where five carriages were planted into the wide river, enough to hang up more than 600 Japanese soldiers, making the wing captain Haruta Yoshiyoshi almost crazy.

More than 40 minutes had passed since the troops had been organized, and the Ishiya Wing, which was relatively close to Pingwang, was the first to hit the road, but at this time, the Japanese troops were dejected from top to bottom, and they did not have any spirit.

The troops continued to march towards Pingwang, and half an hour passed in the blink of an eye.

Although the captain of the wing, Kaho Ishitani, did not feel tired, his face was flushed with anger, and his eyes were wide, like a mad cow.

In the half-hour of the march, the Ishiya Wing has suffered five mine explosions and three cold-gun attacks.

It doesn't matter if it's blown down by a landmine, the most infuriating thing is three shameless sneak attacks. The opposing snipers hid in the dense forest next to the railway, specializing in sniping scouts, almost all of them killed with one shot, and scouts in groups of four or five died in the blink of an eye. By the time the follow-up troops rushed over to search, the opposing snipers had already run away.

In this way, the reconnaissance unit has increased from the initial five to 22 people, and the morale of the entire wing has plummeted again.

After walking for another hour, the scorching midday sun made many devil soldiers sweat, Ishiya Daisa did not choose to stop and let the troops have a good rest, but urged the Japanese soldiers to hurry forward, and the formation of the entire Ishiya Wing began to become loose, and the soldiers who fell behind dragged and dragged for several miles.

Major Li Ni, deputy commander of the Eastward Advance Brigade of the New Second Army and former deputy chief of staff of the Third Brigade of the New Third Division, hid in the reeds beside the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal.

"Chief Li, can we bomb the Japanese devils now?" Artillery commander Captain Dai Pei cast a questioning look at Li Ni, and the other artillery soldiers also looked at Li Ni.

"Okay, the artillerymen try to run out of shells in one go, not a single one left, and then disassemble the infantry guns and load them on the ship, and immediately move to the beach."

After Li Ni finished instructing, he looked around at the officers around him: "As soon as the cannon sounds, everyone will shoot me hard, and I will withdraw immediately after the bullets!" ”

"Chief Li, there are more than 640 people on our side, and there is also a platoon of spies who are good at it. As soon as the cannon fired, coupled with the canal in the middle, maybe we would destroy the little devils on the other side of the river...... I don't think there's a need to retreat, right? ”

An officer said with a grin.

"What's the?"

Li Ni grimaced, glanced at the officer, and reprimanded: "On the other side of the river, there is a whole wing of Japanese troops, you want to die, I haven't lived enough!" ”

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Ishitani looked at the strange topography on both sides of the canal and frowned - the east side of the canal, with its railways and highways, was bare, but the west side of the river was overgrown with reeds and stretched for miles, which was really a good place for ambushes! This feeling is very strange, and Ishitani Daisa's heart tightens for a while. He called the herald and ordered the troops to quickly converge.

"Bang bang—"

Before Ishiya could react, bursts of fire and smoke were already rising in the marching ranks, and several Japanese soldiers with bloody faces fell to the ground and ran out of the firelight, and then fell to the ground and fell to the ground and fell to the ground by the shrapnel that was chasing them.

The entire marching Japanese army panicked at once, and some devil soldiers shouted loudly, looking for a place to hide.

The sound of artillery continued, and the crackling sound of gunfire suddenly joined in the reeds on the opposite side, and several heavy machine guns and more than a dozen light machine guns began to spit out tongues of fire frantically.

Looking at the Japanese soldiers in front of them who had not been able to dodge being thrown down by a row of bullets, and then looking at the surface of the Grand Canal, which is about 150 meters wide, Ishitani Osa made a judgment in an instant - the situation is unclear, and it is not appropriate to take risks!

Ishitani Osa drew his saber and shouted to the left and right: "Turn in!" Turn to Jiaxing City! ”

The Japanese army fled quickly, leaving behind more than 150 corpses and retreating in a hula-la-la, and Li Ni and the others on the other side of the river were amazed - what happened to these Japanese soldiers, could it be that the crazy bushido spirit was not possessed by them?

The Chuntian Wing in the other direction had much better luck, the whole wing took great pains to cross the Wusong River, and the troops hurried to hurry up and took three hours to arrive at the county seat of Wujiang, at this time the news of the defeat of the Shigu Wing came, and it was premonitive that the Chinese army was likely to have set a trap in front, so Haruta Yoshiyoshi Daisa called the division headquarters in Hangzhou to ask for instructions.

Iida Sadagu, who received the news, was about to go crazy and smashed everything in the office.