The staff officer agreed, and Mall then asked, "What will the loss of tanks have an adverse effect on the battle?" Can't our infantry stop the Japanese army? Have you ever asked Li Yunda? ”

The staff officer said: "This Li Yunda has already reported, he said that the Japanese infantry charge is covered by tanks, we must send tanks to kill their tanks, in order to effectively kill and wound the enemy's infantry, the Japanese army obviously understands this, they chose the west of our position to attack, the terrain in that place is complicated, our tank observation and aiming ability is limited, can only fight with the Japanese firepower and protection, the original Japanese armor-piercing shells can not penetrate our armor at all, but now the situation is different!" The tank was damaged, so it had a detrimental effect on the tide of battle. ”

Mall frowned and said, "Send another tank company over, let the infantry battalion follow the action, and be sure to block the Japanese reinforcements." ”

The staff officer said: "But in this way, our troops are not very large, I wonder if Lu Dao can take down the No. 3 landing position?" ”

Mall said: "There is no way, now it can only be like this, if we can't stop the Japanese reinforcements, not only will we not be able to defeat the No. 3 position, but even we ourselves will be in danger of being eaten." ”

The staff officer said, "When will the reinforcements arrive?" ”

Mall said: "It should be soon! At this moment, the operator ran over and reported: "Report to the regiment commander, Division Commander Shen has sent a message that the third regiment has also landed ashore and is now heading towards us." ”

Mall immediately said: "Send a telegram to the division commander and let the 3rd Regiment go to the road to block the enemy's reinforcements, and we will continue to attack the Japanese beachhead to the north." ”

The operator said, "Understood! Shen Xin quickly agreed to the mall's request and ordered the third regiment to move to the road to block the supporting Japanese troops. The Mall continued to lead its troops north to attack Landing Ground 3, but the Mall still launched an artillery attack on the remaining four warehouses, where shells fell one by one, and food and medicine were set on fire.

Of the remaining four warehouses, one full of fuel and three with weapons and ammunition, shells came in and caused not only a fire but also a large explosion, and the 2nd Regiment successfully advanced to position No. 3.

When the 2nd Regiment advanced to the 3rd position, the 3rd Regiment was fighting a bloody battle with the Japanese army, and the tanks of both sides fought on both sides of the road with the coordination of the infantry, and there were a large number of pine forests on both sides of the road, as well as many bushes more than one person high, and the ground was also undulating, which gave the Japanese an opportunity to attack Lin Yuan's troops with the help of the terrain.

And such terrain undoubtedly weakened the strength of Lin Yuan's tanks, and the bright moon was in the sky this night, which also weakened the advantage of Lin Yuan's tanks' night vision ability, and for Lin Yuan's troops, there was an even more unfavorable situation, that is: their number of tanks was much less than that of the Japanese army!

In order to conquer the position of Lin Yuan's troops, the Eighth Division dispatched two infantry wings, and the tank wing even poured out of the nest and put all 200 tanks into the battlefield, Lin Yuan's tank troops participating in the battle were a company of the tank battalion of the third regiment and the tank battalion of the second regiment, with a total of only 45 tanks, and the number of Japanese troops was nearly five times that of them!

So on this battlefield, the Japanese army is easy to form a local advantage, the two sides fought for a while, Lin Yuan's troops had five tanks destroyed, and the Japanese tanks were also destroyed fifteen, Li Yunda thought in his heart: "We can't fight like this, we have no advantage on the battlefield, and the Japanese army will soon run out of our tanks!" ”

Li Yunda looked at the terrain and immediately ordered: The troops retreated to the highway and lined up on the road. In this way, if the Japanese army wanted to pass, they had to let the tanks and infantry drive over a long distance, and within this distance, the tanks of Lin Yuan's troops could kill and injure the Japanese troops at will.

As soon as the order was given, Lin Yuan's troops immediately took advantage of their mobility advantage and retreated nearly a thousand meters, but the Japanese did not catch up directly, and they also suffered a lot of losses in a night of hard fighting, and they also wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, so Lin Yuan's troops successfully retreated to a kilometer away, so the blocking battle on the road came to an end temporarily.

At this time, the second regiment then launched an attack on the No. 3 landing position, behind the warehouse was the Japanese army's anti-landing headquarters, the Japanese army never dreamed that Lin Yuan's troops could attack from behind them, so there was not even a single bunker in the direction behind them, and in a hurry, the Japanese commander called Mizuta Mingyuan and said: "Commander of the Mizuta Division, we have been attacked by Lin Yuan's troops behind us, let's retreat." ”

Mizuta Aketo remembered Nogi Noshinori's instructions, and said loudly: "You can't retreat, you can't retreat!" I ask you, how many defensive positions have you deployed on the beachhead? ”

The Japanese commander said: "From the coast to the inland, a total of four defensive positions were deployed!" There were various fortifications between every two defensive positions. ”

Mizuta Mingyuan said: "You immediately retreat to the third defensive position, and use the fortifications between the third and fourth defensive positions to resist the attack of Lin Yuan's troops!" ”

The Japanese commander immediately understood: there were also many obstacles between the two defensive positions, which could barely resist Lin Yuan's troops, but the most powerful things of the Japanese army: fortresses and bunkers, could not be used, because the firing ports of forts and bunkers were all open in the direction of the coast! The Japanese felt that it was impossible for Lin Yuan's troops to attack from behind, so they did not leave a firing port behind them at all.

As soon as the Japanese troops withdrew from their positions on the front foot, the second regiment arrived on the rear foot, and the soldiers of the troops immediately captured the fourth line of trenches, and then attacked the Japanese army, and the several kilometers long front was suddenly filled with gunfire.

Don't look at the Japanese army has fortifications to cover, but their ammunition stock is not much, their original plan was: as soon as the battle starts, the transport brigade will transport the weapons and ammunition in the warehouse, but now the warehouse has been bombed by Lin Yuan's troops, and the transport brigade has nothing to transport.

The mall reported the battle situation to Shen Xin, and Shen Xin thought to himself, "Now you can attack from the coast." So he ordered the frogman troops, take an assault boat, board the beach, break the anti-tank triangular cone, barbed wire and other fortifications, the attention of the Japanese army is in the back, but did not expect that the Lin Yuan troops in front also launched an attack, so it was not until the frogman troops went ashore and installed the bomb on the anti-tank triangular cone that they found out: Lin Yuan's troops killed from the front.

The Japanese soldiers in the fortifications immediately opened fire on the frogmen, but after all, it was night, the frogmen were dressed in black, and the searchlights that the Japanese relied on for lighting were wiped out in the first wave of fire support ships, so they did not hurt the frogmen at all.

According to the plan, the frogman cleared the anti-tank triangular cone within a distance of 500 meters near the beachhead, and then returned to the assault boat and withdrew to his team. ”

Shen Xin thought to himself: "There are only two lines of defense left, and the Japanese army has neither weapons and ammunition supplies nor support, it's time for our large army to land." Shen Xin gave the order, the fourth, fifth and sixth regiments immediately rushed to the beachhead, the tanks were launched, and the tracks paddled to the beachhead, and the infantry attacked the beachhead in small landing craft.