readx;? The platoon commander of the reconnaissance platoon saw that there was no movement in the tent of the headquarters, and after throwing two more grenades into the tent, he rushed in with several fighters. By the light of the fire www.biquge.info the platoon commander checked the tent, and several Japanese officers inside had all been killed. After a brief cleanup of the battlefield, the platoon commander and a few soldiers withdrew from this headquarters and joined in other attacks.

At this time, the camp took advantage of the light of the fire and the explosion, and it was faintly visible that the attacking soldiers were using the powerful firepower of the submachine guns in their hands to kill and injure the Japanese soldiers in their hands. The Japanese army encountered a surprise attack in the dark, and lost the command system, and it was completely chaotic.

The Japanese troops in the darkness couldn't figure out how many troops were attacking them, and they saw gunfire everywhere and explosions everywhere, so they could only shoot blindly into the darkness with their rifles while scurrying around, and only God knows if they could hit the attackers.

The explosions and gunfire in the camp had already alarmed the Japanese troops stationed east of the bridge. To the east of the bridge was the 26th Brigade of the 13th Division, where the 116th Wing was stationed, and the Japanese troops west of the bridge were also a brigade of this wing. Although the Qiaoxi camp could not be seen, the continuous explosions, fires, and gunfire were enough to indicate that the Qiaoxi camp was attacked by the Chinese army.

Tianda Fudazuo hurriedly asked the other brigade of the wing to gather and quickly reinforce the camp west of the bridge, and the Japanese troops of this wing had just reached the bridge when they were discovered by the soldiers on guard of the reconnaissance platoon. The fighters hurriedly notified the mortar company of the 2nd battalion with walkie-talkies. The mortar company of the second battalion basically became a spectator in the daytime battle, and the battalion commander Tang Yishu was afraid that after the artillery company opened fire, the Japanese army would discover the artillery position and urge it to be destroyed, so it was useless to endure it.

However, the artillery company from the company commander to the soldiers was unable to exert their strength, and some soldiers were eager to pick up their rifles and go to the front-line positions to participate in the battle. Now that they can finally open the steel cannon in their hands, everyone is holding their breath. The coordinates of the bridge deck had been measured a long time ago, so there was no need for a test firing, and after hearing the battalion commander's order to open fire, a volley of mortar shells flew out of the chamber.

More than 20 mortar shells exploded on the bridge deck at the same time, and a Japanese brigade that had just landed on the bridge was blown up at once, and a large number of Japanese soldiers fell on the bridge deck screaming. After three rounds of artillery, there were few people left in a squadron of Japanese troops who had already gone to the bridge. The wing commander of the 116th Wing, Tima Ukisa, saw that the Shina army had blocked the bridge deck with artillery fire, and hurriedly asked the infantry artillery squadron in the wing to return fire, and on the other hand, he reported to the brigade commander, Major General Numata Fujishige.

The six Type 92 infantry guns of the infantry artillery squadron were erected, but the Japanese artillery really did not know what coordinates to fire the shells, and in the dark night, because of the obstruction of the arched bridge, the fire of the artillery positions of the Chinese army could not be seen, so it was impossible to check the coordinates of the artillery positions of the Chinese army. When Major General Numata Fujishige, the commander of the 26th Brigade, received the report and reported it to the division commander, Lieutenant General Tateshi Ogisu, the gunfire in the camp west of the bridge had gradually stopped, and the mortar blockade of the bridge deck had also stopped.

The remaining soldiers of the brigade that reinforced the camp west of the bridge were about to cross the arch bridge to the camp west of the bridge to take a look, and as soon as the Japanese troops in front of them crossed the highest point of the bridge deck, a burst of light machine gun bullets came from their faces. After more than a dozen soldiers were killed or wounded, the captain saw that he couldn't figure out the situation west of the bridge in the dark, so he retreated with his team.

The soldiers of the 2nd Battalion and 3rd Company, who had taken the Japanese camp, did not care about the fatigue of the battle, and dug trenches on the original positions one after another. The company of the 3rd Battalion began to clean up the battlefield and remove the corpses of the Japanese soldiers, and was busy until it was dark, and the soldiers of the 3rd Company built a simple fortification based on trenches and sandbags. The company of the 3rd Battalion retreated after cleaning up the battlefield.

This night attack not only basically wiped out the Japanese brigade stationed in Qiaoxi, but also mainly recaptured and rebuilt the position in Qiaoxi. When Wang Haitao got the report in the headquarters, he couldn't help but ponder. This highway bridge in Chen Xiang can be said to be a weak point in his entire defense line. The defense line of the 543rd Regiment, except for the position of the Xie family's house, was all field fortifications built along the Dijing River, a small river that was not wide.

If the highway bridge position in Chenxiang was broken through by the Japanese army, then the flanks of the two positions of Gucun in the south and Xie Jiazhai in the north would be completely exposed to the Japanese army. The most fatal thing is that the second deep fortification behind the 543rd Regiment has not yet been completed, once the Japanese army directly breaks through this unfinished fortification, Liu Xingzhen and Yunzaobang are in front of the Japanese army.

However, General Zhang Zhizhong called, although he had made every effort to urge the defenders to build a defensive line, several local divisions were slow to move. He asked himself to hold for another ten days no matter what, so that the defenders in the rear could build fortifications. After reading the call, Wang Haitao understood that the new 90th Division was in the limelight during this time, and the rest of the divisions already had ideas. But these things can't be said, it seems that the only way to hold on is to stick to it.

If you want to hold on, Chen Xiang's bridgehead position cannot be lost, and you can only fight to hurt your vitality and use artillery. Thinking of this, Wang Haitao immediately telegraphed and ordered the Heavy Artillery Regiment to transfer a 75th Artillery Company to Liu Xingwai to set up an artillery position, and at the same time let five cars carrying Gaoping dual-purpose twin heavy machine guns and the heavy machine guns of the Heavy Artillery Regiment Escort Battalion and the artillery company act at the same time to take on the task of air defense cover.

At this time, Wang Haitao regretted that he did not order a batch of anti-aircraft guns when he was in Germany. Wang Haitao then sent a telegram to Tang Shouli at home, asking him to urgently contact the Krupp firm in Guangzhou, and through the firm, urgently order 100 antiaircraft guns, supporting parts, and 100,000 rounds of artillery shells from Germany, as well as another 50 150 heavy guns and 50,000 rounds of shells.

According to Wang Haitao's calculations, the money he put in the German Krupp company may not be enough for this order alone, but Tang Shouli still has gold there, which should be able to deal with it. Tang Shouli received a telegram from Wang Haitao and immediately went to the Krupp firm in Guangzhou, and after several days of negotiations, the purchase was completed, but the delivery would not be until April next year.

After a 75th infantry artillery company of the Heavy Artillery Regiment set up an artillery position in Liu Hang and fired a suppressive shot at the Japanese troops east of the Chenxiang Bridge, Lieutenant General Ogizhou Libing also suspended the attack on the position west of the bridge, knowing that it was impossible for him to take the highway arch bridge until the artillery position of the Chinese people was destroyed. Therefore, it was imperative to detect the artillery positions of the Shina people and destroy them, so Lieutenant General Ogisu asked Admiral Matsui Ishine to send planes to support them.

The attack here at the Chenxiang Arch Bridge has slowed down, while the battle here at the Meipu River Bridge is raging. The 101st Division had been blocked by the defenders at the Mae Pu River Bridge for several days, and the commander of the division, Lieutenant General Ito Masakashi, under the constant urging of General Matsui Ishine, also began to attack the defenders north of the bridge with all his might on the 25th.

The Meipu River Bridge does not have the arch deck like the Chenxiang Arch Bridge, and the short distance is also much shorter, so it is relatively difficult to guard. The 1st Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 542nd Regiment, which was guarding the position north of the bridge, had lost half of its strength in several days of defensive battles, and now there were only 80 people, including the company and platoon commanders. The attacking Japanese troops were replaced by the 103rd Wing of the 102nd Brigade Regiment.

On the morning of the 25th, the 101st Division also used 150 heavy howitzers to bombard the defenders' positions north of the Mae Pu Bridge for half an hour.

After half an hour of shelling, all four bunkers north of the defenders were destroyed, and all four heavy machine guns placed in the bunkers were scrapped. When the soldiers of the first company were ready to enter the fortifications after the shelling, they found that there were no fortifications left on the position north of the bridge except for the shell craters and the ruins of the bunker. Now it was too late to rush to repair the fortifications, and the commander of the first company decisively asked the soldiers to use all available terrain to block the attack.

A brigade of the 103rd Wing of the Japanese Army, under the cover of heavy machine guns, grenadiers and mortars, attacked on the waist. When the Japanese troops were concentrated on the bridge deck, light machine guns and submachine guns were fired on the defenders' positions, and the Japanese soldiers fell on the bridge deck in rows, and as soon as the grenadiers were exposed, sharpshooters would name them. The Japanese army suffered many casualties, but could not break out of the bridge, and the captain of this brigade had to give the order to retreat.

As soon as the defenders withdrew from their positions, Japanese shells exploded on the positions again, and this time the shelling lasted twenty minutes, and the Japanese, under the cover of two tanks, rushed onto the bridge. The soldiers of the first company saw that the Japanese tank vehicles were rushing to the front, and hurriedly asked the bazooka men to prepare, and the bazooka men unhurriedly aimed at the two Japanese tank vehicles rushing to the front.

The two tanks in front of them are the ** medium tanks equipped by the Fifth Brigade of Japanese Tanks, which are different from the tanks in that they are equipped with a 37mm tank gun, and they are much larger and heavier than the tanks. The two tanks rushed to the front, firing their guns as they advanced, and the heavy machine guns on their vehicles were constantly firing at the defenders' positions.

The tank guns and heavy machine guns on these two tanks brought casualties to the soldiers of the first company, but the good times did not last long, as soon as the two tanks rushed across the bridge, the defenders' 40 rocket launchers were fired, and the two flames hit the two tanks, and in the second explosion, the tanks that the Japanese relied on directly blew up inside, and the turrets on the tanks were blown away far away.

Without the protection of tanks, the Japanese could only rely on soldiers to rush up, but the impact of the infantry could not break through the defenders' fire network at all. After losing nearly 200 soldiers, the Japanese retreated, and the attack was again fruitless.