The battle ended quickly in a sneak attack, and the battle in Hangzhou lasted less than half an hour, and the Japanese troops at the other gates were annihilated by the overwhelming guns and grenades, and the smoke of gunfire had not yet dispersed, and Hangzhou returned to the hands of the Chinese.

Ignoring the tidying up of Hangzhou's interior, Zhao Liqiang reported to Dong Ku while organizing and speeding up the delivery of artillery.

The artillery left by the Japanese army was all 75 mountain artillery and field artillery, and there was no large-caliber heavy artillery here, and it would not work at all to defend Hangzhou without heavy artillery.

After the battle in Shaoxing was over, the artillery was pulled by the truck and slowly moved towards the second bend of the Qiantang River. It is nearly 40 kilometers away from Shaoxing, and if there are no roads, the engineer battalion needs to build roads and bridges, and it is good to be able to reach it in the early morning at the earliest.

Not two hours after the battle in Hangzhou ended, the Japanese army discovered the abnormality.

Before the daily report arrived, the call from the Shanghai Garrison Army Headquarters came. The person who answered the phone spoke standard Japanese, but did not report the situation.

The young man who asked had a more heartfelt eye and asked in a secret language. Where does the Huya team member who answered the phone know the secret words? Immediately, the news of the accident here was known by Nishio Shouzo.

When Nishio Shouzo heard that there was a change in Hangzhou, he couldn't help but be shocked, and immediately sent troops not far from the surrounding area to check and confirm it, and see what was going on there.

Thirty or forty kilometers away, I didn't even hear the sound of an explosion, so I naturally didn't know what was going on in the road. A squadron stationed in the distance received the order, and motorcycles and trucks set off.

An hour later, Zhao Liqiang, who was directing the construction of a long-range artillery position, received a report that the Japanese army was coming in a truck.

"Looks like we don't have time to prepare."

Zhao Liqiang looked at the position that could not be completed for a while, turned his head and ordered: "A detachment intercepts, catches a few alive, and asks about the situation." ”

A detachment led the whole team. Quickly run out of the city.

Half an hour later, the battle ended. Four Japanese troops were captured, and all the rest were killed in battle.

After a surprise interrogation, it was learned that Shanghai had discovered the abnormality, so they sent their squadron to protect the road in the middle to check.

"Inform Shaoxing to speed up, and let the cannon be in place before dawn!"

Zhao Liqiang ordered. While pondering, the Japanese light warships could enter the Qiantang River and get close to Hangzhou, and they could bomb Hangzhou from 10 kilometers away.

As for the planes, along with the baggage came forty anti-aircraft artillery trucks, all of which were twinked, so there was no need to worry about it at all. But the artillery is not enough, they do not have a cannon with sufficient range, they can only be bombed. Even if it is a naval gun of more than a hundred calibers. They can't bear it either.

After receiving the order, the soldiers in Shaoxing were also in a hurry, desperately repairing the road and building bridges, so that the artillery could enter the position as soon as possible and block the Qiantang River.

Dong Ku had just had a brief exchange of fire with the Japanese army on the battlefield, and when he saw that the Japanese army was cowering and could not move, he withdrew with his troops. Camped in a quiet location, they were also tired. Breaks are needed.

After receiving Zhao Liqiang's telegram, Dong Ku knew that he was broken. Without letting the artillery enter the position, the Japanese army discovered that the city of Hangzhou was broken, and all previous efforts were in vain, and the temporary interruption of the telephone lines in the bombing of those confidential rooms did not prevent the leakage of news. This time, Hangzhou will usher in endless artillery bombardment by the Japanese army.

It's useless to be in a hurry, Dong Ku ordered briefly. Organized the evacuation of the people in the city overnight, and set up positions outside Hangzhou, hoping to avoid the destruction of Hangzhou in this way.

Zhao Liqiang received an order to act quickly, and those recruits went door to door to clean up the people.

Although the common people heard the accent from Guangzhou, they didn't know what kind of soldier Lu Dao was. They left their homes as required and ran out of the city.

Three hours later, Hangzhou was empty. The rapid evacuation of the already small number of people made Zhao Liqiang somewhat relieved.

And when he was busy, Nishio Shouzao already knew that there was something wrong with Hangzhou.

"Yaga!!"

He angrily smashed the teacup and ordered loudly: "Send a telegram to the navy, request support from warships, planes take off, the 118th Division will set off overnight, and Jiaxing will dispatch all troops to recapture Hangzhou!" ”

With his order, the navy also knew that the matter was urgent, and heavy ships could not get close to Hangzhou, but small tonnage warships such as light destroyers could.

As a result, the two aircraft carriers headed for Hangzhou Bay, and the four light destroyers in the accompanying fleet headed for Hangzhou Bay first.

Zhao Liqiang raced against time at this time, and at the moment when he learned that planes and warships would arrive soon, he stepped up the construction of fortifications, let the artillery enter the position, and let the artillery in Shaoxing speed up again, and strive to put the cannon on before the Japanese warships arrived.

Dong Ku couldn't reach the whip in the Sancha River, and he couldn't rest well, in the dark night, in the fierce gunfire a few kilometers away, there was no other way than to cultivate to calm him down, and even sleeping was a problem. He was very worried, worried that once the warship entered the Qiantang River, it would bring unimaginable pressure to Zhao Liqiang.

Time, in the rapid passage of time, the Japanese warships had not yet arrived, and the planes arrived first.

The arriving reconnaissance planes reconnoitred at a low altitude, and in the absence of firelight, roughly judged the position and pointed out the direction for the subsequent attack planes.

Soon, the roar of the Nichiki's motor reached the ears. The anti-aircraft artillery had already been erected, and the listening planes were all ready, and the moment they heard the sound, they quickly calculated the altitude and distance, and in just a few minutes, the altitude and speed of forty or fifty fighters came out, and then, the anti-aircraft guns pointed in that direction, and the moment the planes entered the range of the shelling, the sound of tom tom sounded.

In addition to heavy losses in Heilongjiang, the Japanese planes have not touched the air defense of Xiangyang for so long in attacking the hinterland. In their opinion, the bombing of Hangzhou was a no-brainer.

But before they could fly to their intended target, suddenly, the sky lit up with a cloud of light, and the sound of a roaring explosion was heard into the cabin.

What is that?

All the pilots were stunned, wondering how the other party knew their flight path. Moreover, the explosion at the front, needless to say, is also a weapon of air defense.

"Pull it up!! Pull it up!! ”

An exclamation of surprise sounded with a brief moment of stunnedness, and the Japanese machine panicked and tried to pull up, fleeing from here, escaping from this unknown attack.

However, everything was over, and when more than a dozen air defense searchlights were turned on, the planes with sudden roaring engines rang out with the sound of rain hitting plantains, and then, one plane after another lost control, and one plane after another burst into flames.

"Not good! Pull up!! ”

More fighters tried to leave the airspace with agility. It's a pity, how can they let them leave when they come in, with the dense explosion, the planes that have already raised their heads have been hit by the steel balls flying sideways, and the planes in the sky are chaotic in tens of seconds, and there is no one who is embarrassed.

"Skydive! The plane is out of control!! ”

The pilot of a heavy bombardment shouted in horror, trying in vain to keep the inclined plane on course, even if it crashed, it would fall into the city of Hangzhou.

But his efforts did not get the result he wanted, as the plane shook again, boom, a shell hit the plane directly, followed by a loud bang, the flames instantly wrapped the entire plane, even the several crew members who didn't have time to mention Oh Ah San, burst into brilliant fire in the air, and in the loud noise, it exploded into smithereens.

"What? The plane was intercepted by anti-aircraft fire? None of them returned??!! ”

Nishio Shouzao was shocked. This was something he had never expected. It's just that the enemy has captured Hangzhou, why did he have air defense so quickly?

"Your Excellency Commander, according to the information sent back by the bombers, the other side intercepted in the same way as in Manchuria." A young man cautiously reported.

"You mean the advance army of Heilongjiang?"

Nishio Shouzo didn't believe that the advance army had no chance to pass through an area full of large armies, how could it be possible to come to Hangzhou?

Suddenly, a flash flashed through his mind. He remembered the battle there at the Sancha River. The reports there all said that the other side's firing distance was more than 500 meters, and the bullet was their 6.538 large cover bullet. Moreover, most of the time you can't see the fire, you can't hear the sound. All of these are the same as the battlefield reports in Heilongjiang, and the planes were hit, and in just three minutes, none of the 45 planes survived.

Aren't these all the means of the enemy there in Heilongjiang? Could it really be the advance army?

Nishio Shouzo frowned, pondering for a long time, but he could not confirm it.

Eventually, he sent a telegram to the base camp explaining all this. It's just that this is not true, he really doesn't have the confidence to face the advance army that has risen in Heilongjiang for a long time.

After giving the order and thinking about it, he still sent a telegram to the Jiaxing troops: "Order the Jiaxing troops to slow down and wait for the arrival of the 118th Division." ”

The moment Zhao Liqiang shot down all the planes, he felt a little more at ease. He knew that there would be no planes coming tonight, and the only thing he was worried about was the warship. As for the ground forces, that is not at all a concern.

His worries were no more than a hundred nautical miles, and the destroyer's speed of more than an hour and thirty would arrive before dawn. And this time depends on the erection of artillery positions.

He was really worried, thought about it, and ordered: "Order a regiment to move the Japanese 75 guns to the river, even if they can't sink the warship, the effective shooting will scare them to death!" ”

Indeed, even if twenty 75 guns can't sink the battleship, the power is enough to scare me, maybe in a flash, it's stranded, then even if it's 75 guns, a live target can sink him.

The Japanese army, as Zhao Liqiang expected, when he ordered the mountain artillery to move to the river, they had already entered Hangzhou Bay, and the four battleships were heading straight for the Qiantang River along the channel at full speed.

Zhao Liqiang had no other way at this time, in front of the huge warship, he had to support it first, and then make it a picture, if the long-range large-caliber artillery on the riverside was on the rack, he still had the confidence to make it impossible for the Japanese warship to sail into the Qiantang River. (To be continued......)