After all the preparations, the 27th Division of the Japanese army also arrived here. When Masaharu Honma learned that on the way to retreat, there was also a Shina army preparing to block his own troops, and he was shocked and angry. I couldn't help but shout to the people around me: "Baga! Is the person of China trying to eat my 27th Division here?"

Looking at Masaharu Honma's angry expression, the people around him were silent, and none of them dared to answer. After Masaharu Honma was angry for a while, he slowly calmed down. He knew that he had to rush through the blocking of the army as soon as possible, otherwise the army behind him would be surrounded again, and with their powerful firepower, his division would be really dangerous.

Thinking of this, Masaharu Honma stared at the three wing captains under him. The first wing has already lost more than half of it, and the third wing has only been knocked out by the artillery fire of the china people, and only the second wing has suffered little loss and can now be sent. So Honma Masaharu said to the commander of the second wing, Sakuraba Shiro Osa: "Sakuraba-kun, your wing will attack the position of the Shina people below, and I will concentrate all the artillery of the division to support you." ”

Sakuraba Zilang would not shirk at such a time, and replied after standing upright: "Hey, Your Excellency the division commander, I will immediately go to the wing to organize an attack. When Sakuraba Shiro Osa stood in the distance and carefully observed the defenders' positions with a telescope, he couldn't help but sigh. Several captains around him couldn't help but glance at each other.

One of the captains asked, "Your Excellency, why are you sighing, is it difficult for the people of the Shina to deal with?" Sakuraba Ziro Dasa replied, "Look at the positions of the Shina people, one on the hill and the other in the town, relying on each other. If the artillery wing of the division is still there, as long as it is shelled with artillery, it will be possible to break through their positions, but now it ----"

Sigh to sigh, Sakuraba Zilang also understands that if he can't quickly open up this retreat, then it is really possible for his division to be shattered here. Sakuraba Zilang Dazuo simply gave the order to attack, the first brigade was responsible for attacking Wuxian Town, and the second brigade attacked to the side of Wanji Mountain.

Honma Masaharu also gathered all the artillery that could be used by the whole division at this time, although they were all small-caliber artillery such as 92 infantry guns and 90 mortars, but there were dozens of them in number, and no matter how small the caliber was, it was also artillery, and it was better than nothing. It was not enough for these artillery pieces to attack the two positions separately, so Honma Masaharu ordered the artillery to fire all at the Goxian Town position.

Dozens of artillery shelled the wall of Wuxian Town at the same time, and for a time there were explosions inside and outside the wall of Wuxian Town, gunpowder smoke and dust were flying, and the shells that fell on the wall also caused damage to the defenders. Peng Gui, commander of the 275th Brigade, stood on the roof of a bungalow in the town, watching the Japanese artillery desperately bombarding the wall, and couldn't help but feel a fire in his heart.

Peng Gui said to Zhang Quan, the commander of the guard battalion beside him: "His grandmother's little Japan, bullying Lao Tzu has no artillery, right? Battalion Commander Zhang, you go and command the artillery battalion to destroy the artillery of the little Japanese, and I will see how the little Japanese can attack without artillery?" Zhang Quan replied: "Brigade seat, the artillery shelling of the little Japanese is all small-caliber artillery, and after we return the fire, will the little Japanese use large-caliber artillery to attack us?"

Peng Gui replied: "The call from the front command clearly said that the heavy artillery of the little Japanese has been destroyed, otherwise the little Japanese would not have used these small artillery to bomb us." Zhang Quan then said: "Understood, brigade." The lowly duty will go immediately. Twenty minutes later, as soon as the 1st Brigade of the 2nd Wing of the Japanese Army launched an attack on Wuxian Town, the artillery fire of the counterattack fell on the Japanese artillery position.

The sudden artillery fire directly hit the remaining artillery of the Japanese army, and in a few minutes, there were not a few intact artillery pieces left, and Sakuraba Zilang Dazuo was also dumbfounded. However, even if there is no artillery to support it, the attack must continue, and we can't wait here for the Chinese army to surround it.

The 1st and 2nd Brigades of the 2nd Wing still launched separate assaults on the defenders' positions. Without the threat of artillery, the pressure on the defenders' positions was suddenly much less, and when they saw that the Japanese infantry was attacking, they unhurriedly put the Japanese infantry closer before attacking. In a series of three attacks, the second wing of the Japanese army gained nothing but losses.

After dark, in order to open the way for retreat as soon as possible, the Japanese army launched an uncharacteristically overnight attack. But night fighting was the strong point of the Chinese army, and the Japanese army attacked for several hours, and without the support of artillery fire, the Japanese army had no way to take the wall of Wuxian Town, which was not strong. Lieutenant General Masaharu Honma also frowned, and he was at a loss.

In desperation, Lieutenant General Masaharu Honma could only ask Commander Okamura Ninji for help again. Okamura Ningji is also very headache now, the strongest Fifth Division was blocked under Huaining City, the 18th Division and the 106th Division have just joined forces, it is difficult to say whether they can get through Dabie Mountain, and all the jade fragments of the Hatian Detachment have put a lot of pressure on him, if he loses another 27th Division, Okamura Ningji knows very well what awaits him.

wanted to rescue the 27th Division, but Okamura Ninji really had no soldiers to send. While reporting the situation to the Japanese mainland, Okamura Ninji coordinated the Army Air Corps to send planes to support the 27th Division. Then he ordered to draw a wing from the mixed brigade stationed in Hefei and set out from Shucheng with artillery to support the 27th Division.

Here in Wuxian Town, under the continuous attacks of the Japanese army regardless of casualties, the losses of the 564th Regiment were not small. Peng Gyu had already put the three battalions on top, and only one guard battalion was left in the town. Wanji Mountain, where the Japanese attack is mainly contained, the guns are very lively, but the number and intensity of the attack are not large, and finally because the second wing suffered serious losses, so only one squadron feints at the foot of the mountain, and the main force is transferred to the direction of Wuxian Town.

At nine o'clock in the morning of the next day, as soon as the 564th Regiment repelled an attack by the Japanese army, two Japanese flying squadrons and 40 bombers flew over Wuxian Town. The 564th Regiment was also very experienced in how to deal with Japanese aircraft, not only setting off a large amount of smoke, but also organizing dozens of machine guns to fire in the air.

When the Japanese planes reached the sky over the town of Wuxian, they found that there was smoke all below, and the only way to find the target was to reduce the altitude. So the bomber began to dive downward, and as soon as it swooped out of the smoke, it was confronted with a net of light and heavy machine-gun bullets. The pilots of the Japanese planes hurriedly made evasive moves.

In this way, three of the eight planes in the first batch of dives were hit, and the second one fell headlong in black smoke. One also staggered away. Dozens of aerial bombs dropped by the planes also exploded in and out of Wuxian Town, and the machine-gun positions of the 564th Regiment were also hit by several bombs, and more than 10 machine guns were destroyed.

There were more than a dozen machine guns missing, and there was a gap in the fire network of the anti-aircraft, which gave the planes that dived down from behind a chance. The pilots of the Japanese planes were still very experienced, and they seized the opportunity to drop more bombs in Wuxian Town. At this time, the losses of the 564th Regiment were large, and a whole regiment had hundreds of soldiers who died under the bombing of Japanese planes, and the impenetrable wall of Wuxian Town was also blown down.

After the Japanese plane dropped the bomb, it swooped down again, and desperately strafed all suspicious targets with its airborne machine gun, and then flipped away, leaving behind a ruined Wuxian Town. The commander of the Japanese Second Infantry Wing, Sakuraba Shiro Osa, who was ready to attack, couldn't help but be excited when he saw the scene in front of him, and at the same time let the remaining two brigades launch an attack together.

The two infantry brigades of the Japanese army had more than 2,000 people, and at this time they were densely attacking Wuxian Town. In the face of the ruins of Wuxian Town, the Japanese army was much bolder, and no matter what formation it was, they swarmed over. When the Japanese army in front was still more than 100 meters away from the collapsed wall of Wuxian Town, many defenders with torn uniforms and gray faces came out of the ruins.

These defenders took advantage of all available terrain types, set up light and heavy machine guns, submachine guns, and semi-automatic rifles, and fired at the attacking Japanese troops, and the Japanese troops in front fell down in unison like a cut of straw. The Japanese troops behind panicked for a moment, and quickly organized a counterattack, and continued to attack forward while counterattacking.

The number of Japanese troops was simply too many, and the defenders on the positions were getting fewer and fewer as they fought. When the two sides were less than 50 meters apart, they threw grenades and grenades at each other. Amid the constant explosions on both sides, the form of the defenders on the position was already precarious. At this moment, a burst of shells fell on the attacking Japanese ranks.

This is a mortar position on Wanji Mountain, using all mortars to support Wuxian Town. Not only that, the 565th Regiment guarding Wanji Mountain also drew out a battalion of troops, broke through the position of the Japanese squadron at the foot of the mountain, and launched an attack on the Japanese troops attacking Wuxian Town from the flank. In Wuxian Town, Peng Gui was also desperate, he organized all the fighters who could fight, including the guard battalion, and personally led the Japanese army attacking outside the town to launch a counterattack.

With the reinforcements of this new force led by Peng Gui, it was still the best weapons and equipment in the hands of the guard battalion, and this counterattack, coupled with a battalion of the 565th Regiment in the flank and rear was also attacking, the second wing of the Japanese army finally could not parry, and was defeated and retreated. Wing Captain Sakuraba Shiro couldn't see it well, so he could only withdraw the attacking troops first.

After Wuxianzhen's position was stabilized, Peng Gui looked at the most elite 564th Regiment in his hand, and when there were less than 500 remaining officers and soldiers, his heart was also dripping with blood. In this battle, the commander of the 564th Regiment Guan Xianghuan was seriously wounded, one of the four battalion commanders was slightly wounded, one was seriously injured, and two were sacrificed, and the company commanders and platoon commanders basically did not survive.