Dongshan Bridge, forward observation post.

Ushijima Mitsuru, Okamoto Zhenchen, Kanda Masa and several other old devils were all on the hill at the moment, one by one holding binoculars to observe the battle situation, and saw that the position at the foot of the ancestral mountain was suddenly covered by artillery fire, and the Noguchi squadron that had already attacked the position at the foot of the mountain was suddenly blown up to pieces, and the faces of several old devils immediately became gloomy.

"Artillery of China." Kanda is planting, "Yaga Yalu, it's the Chinese artillery

Okamoto Zhenchen said: "The artillery of Shina actually fired at their own positions, aren't they afraid of accidentally injuring their own people?" ”

Kanda said: "The infantry of that person didn't have time to come out of the anti-artillery hole just now, how could he be injured by mistake?" ”

Okamoto said: "But now that the infantry has come out, the artillery is still shelling, what can you say?" ”

Kanda said: "Maybe the commander of Shina on the other side is a madman, and he doesn't care about the life or death of his own soldiers. ”

"Nope." Ushijima waved his hand, and suddenly interjected, "There is another possibility, that is, the Shina army also knows how to coordinate with infantry and artillery, haven't you noticed that when the Shina infantry appeared, the Shina artillery had already begun to shoot forward?" Now it seems that their infantry artillery coordination is no worse than that of the imperial army. ”

"Nani, the Chinese army even knows how to coordinate with infantry and artillery?"

Okamoto and Kanda looked at each other, both a little unconvinced.

While speaking, the Chinese and Japanese armies had already launched a fierce white-knuckle battle on the position, and the Japanese army soon fell into disadvantage.

"Command." Ushijima suddenly raised his right hand and pressed it forward, and said coldly, "The artillery wing will shoot ten rounds of rapid fire according to the previous measurements!" ”

"Hay," Kazuo Kamiki, Mitsuru Ushijima's lieutenant, bowed heavily and ran to wave the flag.

"Brigade commander, the Noguchi squadron is still on the position, can't open fire!" Kanda Masase's face changed drastically, and the artillery wing shot according to the previously determined shooting Zhuyuan, didn't it also fight the Noguchi squadron on the position? Takeshi Noguchi is his nephew, if he dies here, how will he explain to his sister and brother-in-law when he goes back?

"Kanda-san, since it's a war, it's inevitable that people will die." Ushijima was not moved at all, and said coldly, "What's more, it is their honor for the samurai to be able to sacrifice their lives for the empire and break the battlefield for the emperor Bixia jade!" With that, Ushijima patted Kanda Masatan's shoulder again and said cruelly, "You should be happy that Noguchi-san can have such a home." ”

"Hello." Kanda bowed heavily, but there was anger in his eyes that was difficult to hide.

A moment later, rows of shells roared from the position of the 6th Field Artillery Wing, and with a piercing scream, they swept across the sky and roared down towards the position at the foot of Zutang Mountain.

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"I'm a bird!" Xu Shijiu stumbled suddenly, almost jumping out of the guardrail and falling from the top floor of the Hongjue Temple Tower.

Gu Wei, One-Eyed Dragon, Gao Shenxing and others, who were holding binoculars and looking down the mountain, were also full of disbelief, Xiao Ri was too cruel, the Chinese and Japanese armies were still fighting bayonets on the position, although the Japanese army had fallen into disadvantage, how could there still be forty or fifty devil soldiers, and Xiao Ri Ben's artillery would be shelled indiscriminately?

However, it must be admitted that Xiao Ri's artillery attack really hurt the 19th Brigade, and after this artillery bombardment, I am afraid that there will not be many people left in the 2nd Company.

Xu Shijiu put down the binoculars and instructed Gao Shenxing: "Shen Xing, you immediately take two supplementary platoons to the position at the foot of the mountain, and tell Lu Yong that from now on, you are not allowed to rush out of the trenches to fight back, let alone fight with the Japanese army!" Also, when the Japanese are shelling, don't withdraw all the troops to the bomb shelter, leave a platoon on the position, and Zuihou tell him that the people are in the position! ”

"Yes." Gao Shenxing stood upright, saluted, and turned away.

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Dongshan Bridge, the forward observation post of the Japanese army.

Ushijima put down the binoculars, turned around and asked Kanda Masazen, "Kanda-san, are the follow-up troops ready?" ”

"Hello." Kanda Masaka bowed heavily and replied respectfully, "Brigade commander, the 3rd Squadron of the 4th Infantry Brigade is ready for battle and ready to attack the Shina Army at any time. ”

"Yo Si." Ushijima took off his white gloves and said lightly, "Attack."

"Hello." Kanda Masa bowed again, and immediately turned back to his adjutant and shouted, "Order, the 4th Infantry Squadron of the Yamamoto Brigade to attack." ”

This time, Xiao Ri Ben did not carry out large-scale artillery preparations before the infantry attack, in the final analysis, Xiao Ri Ben's artillery shells were not very rich, plus the 6th Division was a long-distance and rapid march, and the artillery shells carried only two bases, and the fire attack just now had consumed nearly half of the base number of shells.

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"Let go, don't touch me."

The guards wanted to help the injured Lu Yong back to the air-raid shelter, but Lu Yong pushed him away.

"Company commander, you're injured, you have to bandage it quickly!" The guard was in a hurry, and stretched out his hand to help Lu Yong again.

"It's okay, rub some skin, you can't die." Lu Yong pushed away the guards again, and shouted around, "There are all platoons, count the number of people immediately, and then step up the collection of weapons and ammunition." ”

Casualty in each platoon was quickly reported.

"Report to the company commander, there are still nine people left in the L platoon who can breathe."

"Report to the company commander, there are still six people left in the 2nd platoon, two of whom are seriously injured."

"Report to the company commander, there are eighteen people left in the 3rd platoon, four of whom are seriously injured."

"Report to the company commander, there are thirteen people left in the 4th platoon, three of whom are seriously injured."

Lu Yong heard the words miserably, just now it was a full infantry company of 150 people, and in the blink of an eye, there were only 46 people left, removing nine seriously wounded, and the remaining 37 people were just formed into a platoon.

"Company commander, Xiao Ri Ben is up again!" The guard suddenly shouted.

Lu Yong instinctively wanted to stand up, but he fell back into the trench, just now he was knocked to the ground by the air wave generated by the explosion of a cannonball, although his body was only scratched by shrapnel a little skin, but the person was a little dizzy by the shock, until now he has not eased up, most of them fell into a concussion.

"Brothers, get ready to fight!" Lu Yong roared hoarsely.

The veterans got up and lay down on the firing position, one by one pulled the bolt of the gun and began to press the bullet into the chamber, the machine gunner also began to check the gun, the bullet medicine hand began to count the number of ammunition, and the nine seriously wounded also untied the grenade from their waists, unscrewed the cap and put it into their arms, they were ready to die, just wait for Xiao Ri to rush up, they will not hesitate to pull the string.

About a thousand meters away, the small 200 Japanese soldiers had already opened a loose line of skirmishers, and the 38 big cover with a good bayonet on the cat's waist and a good bayonet was forced over to this side, and the little Japanese was obviously ruthless, no longer a small team, a small team into the attack, but launched a squadron-sized group charge, in order to snatch the first great achievement of the fall of Nanjing, Xiao Rijian really did not hesitate to spend his money.

You must know that even on the Songhu battlefield, Xiao Ri rarely launched a squadron-sized group charge.

Behind the infantry, there are also two infantry guns, Xiao Ri Ben's 92 infantry gun weighs only more than 200 kilograms, and can advance to within 500 meters to give infantry close artillery support.

As an infantry suppression artillery, the performance of the 92 infantry gun was somewhat unsatisfactory.

However, if it is used to clear machine gun fire at a fixed point, the 92 infantry gun performs well.

When there were still 400 meters left from the Nationalist position, Xiao Ri's two Type 92 infantry guns no longer approached, but quickly built an artillery position on the spot, but did not open fire, and they would not give the necessary artillery support until there was machine gun fire on the opposite Nationalist position and the Japanese infantry was suppressed.

It's not that Xiao Ri didn't want to open fire, but before the national machine guns were fired, it was difficult for the Japanese to find out where the machine gun positions were.

When there were still 200 meters left from the Nationalist position, the heavy machine gun and grenadier group of Xiao Ri Minben also stopped and began to build a heavy machine gun and grenadier position on the spot.

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Gao Shenxing had already taken two supplementary platoons down to the front position at the foot of the mountain.

After the 74th Army was transferred to the Nanjing Garrison, Feng Shengfa added more than 500 veterans to the 19th Brigade, and re-expanded the 19th Brigade into a strong army with more than 800 officers and soldiers, but there is also a difference between veterans and veterans, such as veterans of the Gui Army, Guangdong Army or Sichuan Army, and they cannot be compared with the veterans of the Central Army in terms of training.

Also, some veterans are physically strong, while others are thinner.

Therefore, Xu Shijiu did not divide the more than 800 veterans into five infantry companies equally, but based on the veterans from the Central Army, they were organized into three infantry companies plus a guard platoon, and the remaining more than 300 veterans were organized into eight supplementary platoons.

This is actually the same as Xiao Ri's original temporary establishment of a supplementary corps in a field division and regiment, instead of organizing the supplementary troops into separate combat units; there are two obvious advantages of doing so, one is to ensure the combat effectiveness of the combat units to the greatest extent, and the other is to allow the veterans of the combat units to help the supplementary troops.

Not only the Japanese army, but also the national army actually had a similar situation, such as the 87th Division, the 88th Division, and the 36th Division, in addition to the combat units of two brigades and four regiments, there were also two supplementary regiments, these two supplementary regiments were not independent combat units, and when the combat units of the other four regiments suffered casualties, they would draw troops from the supplementary regiment to replenish them.

Seeing that Lu Yong was still a little dizzy, Gao Shenxing said with concern: "Company Commander Lu, are you okay?" ”

"It's fine." Lu Yong waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "I fell just now, and it doesn't get in the way." ’

Gao Shenxing nodded, and immediately conveyed Xu Shijiu's words to Lu Yong, Lu Yong said solemnly: "Brother Shenxing, please tell the captain that as long as I, Lu Yong, still have a breath of air, I will never let Xiao Ri Yanben step half a step over the position!" ”