Now, with the assistance of the Germans and Dai Li, the question of weapons and how to transport them to Jiangyin has been resolved.

And now, the trajectory of history has changed!

With the Battle of Songjiang and the bloody battles of Chinese troops everywhere, the pace of the Japanese offensive was seriously slowed down, and this also bought the maximum time for the Chinese army to deploy and defend.

At this time, Wang Weiyi set his sights on Jiangyin Fortress.

Jiangyin Fortress chokes the Yangtze River in the north and controls Taihu Lake in the south, which has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times; After the Battle of Songhu, as the main transportation artery and the throat of the Yangtze River on the Shanghai-Nanjing line in the south of the Yangtze River, it naturally became the main battlefield of the war between China and Japan. Jiangyin is an important base of the Chinese Navy and the throat of the Yangtze River, and after five years of operation by the General Staff Headquarters, it is known as the Oriental Macchiton.

After the end of the Songhu Campaign, the Military Commission took command of the garrison of the national defense line with General Zhang Zhizhong, the commander of the 5th Army, and Zhang Zhizhong immediately stationed the 87th and 88th divisions in the Suxichang National Defense Zone to prepare for war. Among them, the 87th Division is stationed in Jiangyin, and the commander of the 87th Division, General Wang Jingjiu, is stationed at the Jiangyin County Party Headquarters in Jiejie; in addition to repairing national defense fortifications, Colonel Yang Zonghua, director of the division's political department, also presided over the opening of the Huashan Civil Defense Cadre Training Class, and successively opened a student training class, a youth training class, and a senior training class for Shanghai citizens. Each session has 2,000 trainees, and the training period lasts for 6 months.

On July 19, the Japanese army attacked Jiangyin County and threw a bomb at the Jiangyin Southeast Township Society, opening the prelude to the Jiangyin Campaign.

After the Battle of Shanghai, the Japanese army attached great importance to the Jiangyin Fortress.

When Wang Weiyi arrived in Jiangyin, it coincided with the Japanese plane's crazy bombing of Jiangyin, and before that. The Chinese navy stationed in the Jiangyin fortress had also fought the most brutal battle with the Japanese army

There were dozens of small black dots in the sky, and they were all Japanese planes.

"Lie down!" The officers gave the order loudly, and all my artillerymen and machine gunners on the platform immediately fell into ambush. A burst of red light rushed ahead, followed by an explosion that collapsed, and thick black smoke and water splashed towards the "Pinghai" ship.

The ship was like a shattered jolt. Some officers thought the ship had been shot and got up desperately to see what was going on. As soon as he got up, he ping-pong a few more violent explosions, and a hot wind swept across his cheeks, and the steel guard tube of the telescope three steps ago immediately sank into several large holes.

The ship is still in good condition, except that the port side is retreating into a water

The first batch of 60-kilogram bombs was grouped between the "Pinghai" and "Ninghai" ships. Bombardment stirs up a column of water. Connected to form a water screen with a high height, the smoke and water vapor condensed like this, and actually covered all the shadows of the "Pinghai".

For the "Pinghai" ship, this can be regarded as a near-miss. Although these near-miss bombs that fell on the port side did not damage the hull, the fragments caused great losses to the crew and equipment on the deck. The 2nd anti-aircraft gun of the "Pinghai" ship was destroyed by fragments, and the commander of the 2nd gun position, Gao Changheng, the gunner Zhou Shaofa, and the gunners Chen Degui were killed. The front meter compartment began to soak in water. The stern of the ship was also hit by multiple fragments. and caused Captain Gao Xianshen to be wounded in the waist.

When the officers and men of the "Pinghai" warship regained consciousness and threw themselves back into their gun positions to prepare for a decisive battle with the Japanese army, the Japanese planes of the second squadron drilled through the clouds and again dropped bombs horizontally with the "Pinghai" warship as the target. More than 20 bombs from the second collective bombing landed in front of and behind the "Yingrui" and between the "Pinghai" and "Ninghai" ships.

However, the stern of the "Pinghai" ship was hit by a near-miss. A 30-pound machine gun was blown up, and Meng Hanlin, the commander in charge of the 1st gun position, died while carrying ammunition himself, and the machine gunner was wounded. The helmsman of the motorboat, Sergeant Cheng Lixiang, saw that the machine gun was unmanned, so he rushed to the machine gun with all his might, and his hand reached the handle of the gun and was shot through the chest. Heroic and benevolent. Sergeant Yan Zuguan, who rushed forward to grab the gun, was also hit by fragments and died. Gun Sergeant Zhang Yucheng, who was repairing a machine gun, was seriously wounded. In this air raid, two soldiers of the "Ninghai" warship, which was the second target, were also wounded. This bomb also damaged the "Yingrui" ship. The left torpedo gun of the ship "Yingrui" and a torpedo were pierced. The foremast and the side iron plate of the ship were pierced through more than ten holes. Three soldiers were wounded.

At 11:30 a.m., six Type 96 land attacks belonging to the Kisarazu Air Force launched their third bombardment of the day. This batch of 96 land offensive changes took the "Ninghai" warship as the main target. The officers and men of the "Ninghai" ship were surprised to find that it was a big guy with a single wing.

Liu Fu, who commanded the second remaining artillery of the "Pinghai" warship, found that only some of the shells had burst, and the ammunition crew reported that because the air-fired grenades were running out, the armor-piercing shells were mixed into the shells sent to the deck.

The "Pinghai" warship had no choice but to change its precision shooting to barrage shooting.

At this most dangerous time, the miracle happened again:

A rain of bombs fell in front of the "Pinghai" and "Ninghai" warships, and a huge curtain of water suddenly formed on the river, and after all, the Japanese planes could not stand the attack and dropped bombs in front. The water curtain collapsed, and the entire fleet of Jiangyin was hazy in cannon smoke. Standing proudly above an orange-yellow ripple unharmed

The 96 Land Attack is an attack aircraft specially developed by the Japanese army for land-based attack ships, with a long-range endurance of more than 4,000 kilometers. Because of its good endurance, this type of bomber became the main force of the Japanese army's long-range bombing in the Chinese theater.

However, the first bombing of this famous aircraft against the ship was defeated by the Chinese Navy's desperate survival

At this time, Wang Weiyi had already arrived in Jiangyin, and with him came a large number of arms and materials.

God knows where the battalion commander got this batch of munitions. The battalion commander appeared and brought surprises almost all the time.

But now there is a problem, no one has come to ask the Tiger Guard Battalion!

It's no wonder that Wang Weiyi "graduated" from the Central Army University and belonged to the protégé of the Son of Heaven, and the Tiger Ben Guard Battalion was Xue Yue's guard, and he was in the limelight in Songjiang, who would take care of such people and troops?

As a result, the dignified Tiger Guard Battalion now has no idea what to do

Enemy planes kept appearing in the sky, and now all Wang Weiyi could do was watch blankly

"Battalion commander, Commander Xue's phone."

As soon as he heard this, Wang Weiyi immediately jumped up, came to his temporary camp headquarters, and took the phone, Xue Yue's voice had already come from that side:

"Wang Weiyi, can you get to Changshu in half a day?"

"Report to the Commander, yes!"

"The Japanese army is preparing to attack Changshu, I order you to leave Changshu, organize a defensive position at Kuncheng Lake, and block the Japanese army to force the crossing! If you lose within seven days, bring your head to me! ”

"Yes, Commander! I immediately rushed to Kuncheng Lake! ”

"One more thing, you performed very well in the Battle of Songjiang, the Tiger Guards Battalion is now expanded into the Tiger Guards Regiment, and you are the lieutenant colonel commander!"

"Yes! Commander, what about my people? ”

"You don't bother me with these things! I can't take care of that! ”

"Commander, then I can say, if I see a defeated soldier on the road, I will pull them all in. You don't necessarily want me to fight again, and you won't give me anyone, do you? ”

"You can do it yourself, and if something goes wrong, you will take your head!"

"Yes!"

As soon as Wang Weiyi put down the phone, he immediately said loudly: "Assemble, assemble!" Assemble within half an hour, and you must rush to Changshu before night! ”

In an instant, all the officers and soldiers were busy.

In the sky, enemy planes flew by from time to time to bomb and strafe, and on the ground, a group of soldiers were busy dodging the attack.

On the ground, the anti-aircraft machine guns of the Jiangyin defenders began to roar

Wang Weiyi looked a little annoyed: "Xiaoling, kill an enemy plane for me!" These damn Japanese machines are annoying to watch! ”

As soon as the words fell, a Japanese soldier who was showing off his might in the sky suddenly disintegrated directly in the air, and those broken parts of the plane floated everywhere in the sky

As soon as the rest of the Japanese machine looked, they hurriedly turned around and left the battlefield.

A soldier armed with an anti-aircraft machine gun was stunned, and suddenly pointed to the sky and shouted excitedly: "Look, look, look, I killed a Japanese plane!" ”

He jumped and screamed, really thinking that the enemy plane had been killed by himself, and his companions also let out bursts of cheers

Wang Weiyi smiled slightly: "Xiaoling, thank you, you are much easier to talk now." ”

"I'm willing" was Xiao Ling's only answer.

"Elena, what's wrong with Xiao Ling?" Wang Weiyi was a little curious.

"I don't know what to do." Elena's voice came with some helplessness.

Wang Weiyi didn't have time to figure out these things now, so he called Guo Yunfeng to his side: "Four knives, the first company has been promoted to the first battalion, under your command, you are the sergeant, right?" Damn, I can't care so much, you're a captain now. You set off immediately with the first truck, and make sure to get to Kuncheng Lake in the shortest possible time. Changshu and Jiangyin are too close, it is the most important link in the entire Jiangyin defense battle, once the battle is engaged, it is necessary to block the enemy as soon as possible! ”

"Yes!" Guo Yunfeng responded: "Can I use Changshu's strength?" ”

"Yes!" Wang Weiyi's words did not hesitate at all: "When you arrive in Changshu, you can do whatever you want, the premise is to defend Kuncheng Lake and not let the Japanese army force the crossing." If someone stops you, you say it's Xue Yue's order. ”

"Yes, I see." Guo Yunfeng nodded: "I'll set off first!" ”

As he spoke, he jumped on a truck and shouted to the first company, which had already been prepared: "Brothers, go, go, go!" Hurry to Changshu, the little devil is almost here! ”

The truck started and drove towards Changshu with a large number of Chinese soldiers.

Wang Weiyi has broken many rules, such as promoting Guo Yunfeng from sergeant to captain by talking to himself.

But for the sake of the war of resistance, what are these worth! (To be continued.) )