After shooting and killing seven or eight officers and men of the 1st Security Division, he finally shocked all the remaining officers and soldiers. And once these rebels were brought under control, the order of the entire dock immediately improved. However, at this time, a Japanese formation of four fighters flew in from the southeast, and before they could dive and attack, they once again threw the fleeing crowd into confusion.

When Ouyang Yun formulated the retreat plan, considering that the Japanese army would definitely take advantage of the time when it had already crossed the river, it would send out fighter planes to intercept it, so all the air defense units were deployed on both sides of the strait, and when these four fighters showed their bodies from the clouds, Xue Ming, the commander-in-chief of the air defense forces, immediately asked everyone to immediately enter a state of combat readiness, and at the same time used walkie-talkies to dispatch various antiaircraft artillery points and firing points, and classify and organize them, so that every invading enemy plane could be taken care of.

This air raid and counter-air raid were fought very fiercely from the beginning. The four Japanese invading fighters turned out to be old fighters, each with only one bomb mounted on the belly, and its main ground strike weapon was four machine guns.

The four fighters had apparently known the anti-aircraft positions of the defenders of the road for a long time, so after bypassing them, they dived directly down towards the troops crossing the river, and after dropping the bombs in the belly, they repeatedly charged and strafed with machine guns.

The Japanese army's unconventional attack method is not very lethal, but it has a strong impact on people's psychological endurance. The officers and men of the 117th Division were fine, although they were the targets of the Japanese planes, but under the calm and calm command of Wu Keren, the troops showed no signs of rout. However, for those who fled, as well as the remaining officers and soldiers of the 1st Security Division, which had just been absorbed by the single man, this level of attack was enough to plunge them into chaos again.

The chaotic scene on the wharf undoubtedly affected the 117th Division's operation to cross the river, and at this moment, the fleeing crowd was running around like a hornet that had blown up its nest, rushing the 117th Division's originally orderly queue to pieces, and even no matter how Wu Keren shouted and let people get out of the queue, it still did not help.

In desperation, Wu Keren had no choice but to order the postponement of the crossing of the river, and let the soldiers gather in place as a company unit. At the same time, he asked people to take a message to ask Xue Ming: "How did your air defense forces do it, why don't you open fire?!" If Lao Tzu's troops are scattered, you are the only one who asks! ”

Wu Keren is really anxious, but Xue Ming also has a hard time.

The little devil is too cunning, the speed of the pounce is extremely fast, and the altitude of the dive flight is actually less than two hundred meters, so that the accuracy of their shooting is increased from the obvious point of view, but in fact, he does not dare to let his subordinates fire the cannon casually, because he does not dare to guarantee that if the ballistic altitude is too low, the shell will not fall directly into the crowd. Therefore, he could only let the anti-aircraft machine gun intercept it, but for the same reason, the machine gunners did not dare to press the trajectory too low, which naturally greatly reduced the accuracy of the shot. It took about ten minutes for them to shoot down the first Japanese plane, and the consequence was that the hit Japanese plane crashed directly into the crowd, causing an earth-shattering explosion, not to mention taking at least 100 lives, including dozens of soldiers of the 117th Division. You must know that all the previous attacks of this Japanese plane have not been able to kill so many people.

In this wave of attack, the Japanese planes dispatched a total of three formations and 20 fighters, in addition to four fighters to the Xiaguan wharf, there were also eight fighters to bomb the city of Nanjing, and another eight fighters visited the retreat route of the first sequence of Jiangpu, and the two tank regiments of the first series became the key bombing targets of the Japanese planes.

The defenders had no air force, and the air defense forces were all concentrated on both sides of the water surface in Xiaguan. As a result, the defenders in the other two directions will not be able to fight back under the attack of the Japanese planes.

When Ouyang Yun arrived at Guanghuamen, the Japanese aircraft formation had already appeared in the southeast. And at this moment, on the Guanghuamen battlefield, it was the Japanese artillery that wielded power.

The Japanese seemed to have forgotten the destruction of the heavy artillery brigade yesterday, and even used a large-scale artillery unit to carry out frequent shelling again, which naturally aroused the suspicion of Ouyang Yun and others. After discussing with He Zhengzhen and others, he came to the conclusion that the Japanese army must have wanted to lure the artillery from the other side to appear, and then send out fighters to bomb it.

After a day and a night of fighting between China and Japan, the Japanese army fell in front of the ruins of at least 2,000 Japanese troops. The number of officers and men of the Third Division of the Xue Division who fell on this position also reached an astonishing 1,500 people.

Knowing that Lu Dao Guanghuamen would definitely be a dead place for a period of time after that, he was also mentally prepared to pay. However, when the casualty statistics came up, Ouyang Yun still felt shocked. In just one day and one night, more than 2,000 people were killed in battle (including the two Sichuan Corps that fought side by side with the Seventh Brigade in the early hours of yesterday morning), and more than 3,000 people were wounded.

The Japanese carried out artillery bombardment at all costs, causing great casualties to the 3rd Division. When the sound of artillery on the Japanese position sounded again, He Zhengchuan felt that he could not fight like this again, otherwise, even if he could retreat safely, the Third Division would have lost its combat effectiveness.

"Commander, you can't fight like this anymore, are you considering retreating into the city to prepare for street fighting?"

Ouyang Yun had just rushed back from the Xiaguan Wharf, and he knew the situation there, and knew that because of the refugee flow, it was impossible for the second sequence to completely cross the river in more than ten hours, so he categorically denied it: "No, it's not time yet." ”

He Zhengchuan gloomed: "The focus of the Japanese army's attack is here, with the current casualty rate, it will not take twelve hours, and in another six hours, I will have no troops to fight." Commander, let the 114th Division or the 26th Division transfer some manpower. The fighting was not too fierce there, and the casualties were not large. ”

"I want to too, but if I really do this, what will the officers and soldiers of the Northeast Army and Sichuan think?"

"But once they are lost, they may be surrounded by the Japanese army, and at that time, everything will be over."

"Don't worry, I have a way. As soon as the shelling stops, let them withdraw. That kind of simple fortification, the anti-artillery is okay, and the air defense will not hit. Next, the little devil's plane should be dispatched. ”

About a quarter of an hour after Ouyang Yun said this, the Japanese army really stopped shelling, and those fighters hovering in the southeast of Nanjing City quickly plunged into the battlefield, focusing on the ruins of Guanghuamen, and carried out a fierce bombardment. And because the troops on the front line retreated in time, although the positions were seriously damaged in this bombardment, the casualties were not large.

The 3rd Division suffered heavy casualties, and the Japanese suffered even heavier casualties.

The 3rd Division also occupied the high ground, and the weapons in its hands were conducive to defense, so the Japanese army almost lost a brigade after a day and a night of attack. And Yoshizu Ryosuke's 9th Division, as the main force of the attack, has already filled in the strength of three brigades, and one brigade has also been disabled.

Such heavy casualties were unprecedented in the history of the Japanese army, which made Yoshizu Ryosuke have to worry that even if the 9th Division could be the first to enter Nanjing, his fate would not be much better, right?

However, since he has come to this point, the following things are no longer within his control, even if the fierce shelling fails to lure out the artillery of the Cadet Army, he can only let the fighters bomb and then attack in one fell swoop. What Yoshizu Ryosuke hopes most now is that the Cadet Army will abandon the defensive line and retreat into the city. In this way, as the first Japanese army to attack the city, it may be possible to get a chance to rest under the pretext that the casualties are too large. At that time, let the 6th Division and other troops be in charge of the battle in the city, and with the combat power shown by the Xuebing Army in Guanghuamen, these troops should also be severely damaged, in that case, his punishment should be much lower.

I don't know if Amaterasu heard his "pious" prayers, but after the Japanese aircraft formation bombed the area around Guanghuamen, a squadron of the forward of the 9th Division really broke through the ruins defense line without hindrance, as if the Cadet Army had really abandoned this line of defense.

After the devils of this squadron broke through the ruins defense line, they did not dare to rush into the city immediately, but stationed on the spot, and then sent someone to report the situation to Yoshizu Ryosuke.

Ryosuke Yoshizu's first reaction when he got the report was that he was overjoyed, and then he thought about it, but he hesitated, worried about whether this would be a trap laid by Ouyang Yun. He has dealt with Ouyang Yun and Xuebing Jun many times, and without exception, he has been deflated, which has made him understand some rules. For example, Ouyang Yun's cunning is like a fox and the unruly of the student army, and the stronger it is. This battle of Guanghuamen can be said to have been pinned on by him from the very beginning, hoping to defeat the Xuebing Army in one fell swoop with this battle, so as to make a name for himself. However, whether it was the regular battle in the early stage or the next conspiracy blasting, they were resolved one by one by the Cadet Army, so he had to be extra careful. Although there were fighters to help him today, he originally thought that even if he could successfully take Nanjing City, it would be a hard battle. Even, he estimated the cost, and felt that it was basically impossible to break through without the casualties of the two brigades. So, now that he has won it so easily, it has only made him more cautious.

Ryosuke Yoshizu wants to be cautious, but it's not up to him here. Seeing that the vanguard of the 9th Division had broken through into the city of Nanjing, the Japanese troops of several other divisions could not hold their breath, especially those who were captains and squadron leaders, and they demanded to enter the city immediately, in the hope of getting a piece of the pie from the brilliant achievement of breaking through the city of Nanjing first. And their brigade commanders and detachment commanders, at the strong request of their subordinates, had to agree in order to maintain high morale. Of course, out of prudence and the overall tactical arrangement, they only sent one squadron at most, including a big sa named Aoki Yuen Long, and only sent a squad carrying the battle flag of their own team.