54 to 144, the number of artillery of the independent heavy artillery brigade of the 2nd Brigade was far inferior, but the result was upside down. The artillery battle lasted for about half an hour, thousands of fireballs lit up the night sky for more than ten kilometers, and the rumbling explosion was earth-shattering, waking up the creatures within hundreds of kilometers, and people who don't know why even thought it was an earthquake.

The artillerymen on both sides were red-eyed, even though they heard that there were shells coming at them in the head, but they did not retreat, and would rather be killed in the next moment than fire the shells in the chambers. Fireballs flew all over the sky, and every few minutes they weakened. After twenty minutes, the number of fireballs flying from each round on each side was very small. In the last five minutes, three artillery pieces of the Cadet Army and more than ten heavy artillery pieces of the Japanese Army were firing at each other. At this point, Yuichiro Tian thought that his side would achieve a crushing victory. However, it turned out to blind him in the dog's eye. Five minutes later, the only remaining heavy artillery of the Japanese army was blown to pieces by the sound of shells, and the fireball flying in the distance was still three regiments in one round.

"Boom!" The explosion was still ringing, the only three remaining artillery pieces of the Cadet Corps were unforgiving, and the continuous shelling of the Japanese army's crippled artillery positions was carried by the Japanese army, and a Japanese military truck carrying ammunition was hit and exploded, and the earth-shattering explosion sounded, fireballs and shrapnel were fired in all directions, and Obaov and others who were watching the battle were immediately killed. Several gendarmes in front of Obaov were hit by shrapnel and fell to the ground wailing. When his men saw this, they immediately rushed to the command car behind him, stuffed him into the command car, and retreated to a safe place away from the artillery position. The victory of the artillery has been divided, and the result is beyond the expectations of all the devils, and it is actually the student army that has won. There was not a single of the 144 guns left of the Japanese army, more than 3,000 officers and soldiers were killed and wounded, and the three wing commanders were all killed. On the side of the Cadet Army, three self-propelled guns survived, and more than 600 of the 1,500 people in the brigade survived, of which more than 500 were logistics personnel responsible for transporting ammunition.

The three guns that survived were all of the fourth regiment, and they relied on the stone pond as a cover to fight from the beginning to the rear, covering at least a quarter of the battle results, which is a miracle.

The results of the artillery battle were reported by the surviving artillerymen of both sides. Although the Second Army of Xue's army was victorious, because nearly 1,000 people were killed in the battle, Cai Dayong sacrificed again, from Ye Zhao to ordinary soldiers, everyone was in a heavy mood, and there was no joy of victory at all. On the Japanese side, Keisuke Fujie and Saburo Miura were in a messy wind, and the former grabbed the staff officer who read the message and shook it vigorously, forcing him to admit that he had mispronounced it. "Three heavy artillery wings, still a late strike! How could it be impossible to defeat the Chinese artillery?! Keisuke Fujie was entangled in this and couldn't let go of it for a long time.

Saburo Miura was silent for a long time before he adjusted. He persuaded: "Fujie-kun, it's not a big deal. We did not suffer a loss in this exchange, the artillery battle lasted for half an hour, and the hidden artillery forces of the people of China must have been dispatched. Simply, let Obaov's 150th Infantry Wing also go to attack Wu Village. In this way, we will have an absolute superiority in forces on the front line of Wucun. Without artillery, I'd like to see what the people of China do to fight us! ”

At this point, Fujie Keisuke also knew that no matter how big the fire he was, it would be in vain, and he pushed the staff officer to the ground, and he said hatefully: "I should have gone to the front line." Bage, Tian Yuichiro, this bastard, is still a top student in the artillery department of the non-commissioned officer school, actually, actually- it depends on whether Naoji Sakai and Okubaofu can make a breakthrough in Wu Village! ”

While the artillery battle was still going on, at about half past two, the offensive and defensive battle on the Hufeng front line was the first to start. In the midst of the earth-shattering explosions on the south bank of the Xinjiang River, Akimitsu Saburo first asked the 65th Infantry Wing to launch a fierce attack on the sixth trench held by the Xuebing Army relying on the fifth trench, covering the 102nd Wing to enter the position, and then began to fight a war of attrition with the 18th Brigade.

After two hours of fierce fighting, the Japanese first blew up the bunker of the sixth trench at the cost of one brigade, and then consumed the 225th Regiment of the 18th Brigade at the cost of two brigades, and then captured the sixth trench. At that time, the troops led by Naoji Sakai finally arrived at the front line of Wucun after repelling four ambushes by the Guangfeng Self-Defense Brigade under the jurisdiction of the Shangrao Self-Defense Corps, and immediately engaged in a fierce battle with the 11th Brigade.

At about four o'clock in the morning, Hatatakero Shunroku got the latest battle report in Quzhou, and after analyzing it with Guzhuang Ganlang, he thought that the cost of capturing Hufeng was too great, so he asked Qiuguang Saburo's department to change to a feint attack, with Obaofu's department as the main force to attack Wucun. The two of them jointly signed an order to Obaof: Be sure to arrive at Guangfeng City before dawn, otherwise military law will be engaged!

The New Year's strategy was like this, and Shunroku Hata and Koro Furujo both felt that their faces were gloomy. With the news of the defeat of the 6th Division in Fuding, the two of them felt that if they could not make a breakthrough on a certain front, it would not be a question of whether they could present New Year's gifts to His Majesty the Emperor, but that they would not be able to account for the domestic situation at all, so they were determined to make a breakthrough on the Wucun-Guangfeng front.

The Japanese army's attempt to open up the Wucun front was first discovered by the Liudu Township Self-Defense Brigade under the Shangrao Self-Defense Corps. This situation was reported to Ye Zhao, who figured out the strength of the Japanese army, and his heart moved, and he called Du Linzi and asked him and the 1st Special Artillery Brigade to stay in Guangfeng, so that they could support the Wucun front line at any time.

At around 4:20, Zhang Rentian, commander of the 11th Xue Brigade, realized that with the remaining more than 1,000 students and about 1,500 self-defense troops from three brigades, he could not prevent the Japanese army from capturing Wucun, and asked Ye Zhao to abandon Wucun and retreat to Guangfeng.

The reason why Ye Zhao did not regard Wucun Town as the focus of defense from the beginning was because the terrain of the place was complicated, which was not conducive to the operation of large troops. After receiving a call from Zhang Rentian, he knew that it was time for the 1st Special Artillery Brigade to be dispatched. He personally talked to Zhang Rentian and said to him: "Give up Wu Village and retreat to the cedar shed!" No matter what the cost, evacuate the people of the town. ”

Hanging up Zhang Rentian's phone, Ye Zhao asked the communications staff officer to contact Du Linzi, and found Ni Chunsheng, the commander of the 1st Special Artillery Brigade through Du Linzi, and said to him bluntly: "Brigade Commander Ni, the Japanese army is attacking Wucun with heavy troops, and there are chariots to open the way, our troops can't stop it at all, we can only rely on you." ”

Ni Chunsheng was not hypocritical, and said: "Commander Ye, we came to Shangrao to fight devils." How to fight, I listen to you! ”

"Good. I will let the 11th Brigade snipe the Japanese army in the area of the cedar shed, you can contact Brigade Commander Zhang Rentian. When exactly to go into battle and how to fight, please communicate with him. ”

"No problem."