Shioshima Shofu's words made Lieutenant General Uchida Takayuki stunned for a moment before asking: "Shioshima-kun, what good way have you thought of?" Shioshima Shofu Dazuo replied: "Your Excellency, the division commander, there is a section called Ming Xiu Plank Road in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" of the Chinese people, and secretly crossing Chencang. I think we can use this trick this time as well. ”

The Japanese highly respect the book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", whether it is a businessman or a soldier, as long as they want to improve their resourcefulness, everyone will have a copy of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in their hands. As a high-ranking officer in the Japanese army, there is no one who has not read this book, and it is up to you what you can learn from it.

As a staff officer, Shioshima Shofu Dazuo has put a lot of effort into "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", so he thought of such a trick at this time. And Lieutenant General Takayuki Uchida has also read this book many times, and as soon as Shoo Shioshima said this, he immediately reacted. After careful thinking for a while, Lieutenant General Takayuki Uchida had already understood what Shoo Shioshima meant.

The two have reached a consensus, and the next step is to discuss how to use this trick perfectly to achieve the goal. The two sat in the temporary division headquarters and discussed for a long time before deciding on the plan of action. After deciding on the plan of action, the two made a further division of labor, and tomorrow's strong attack on the surface will still be under the personal command of Lieutenant General Takayuki Uchida, the commander of the division, while the troops that are secretly acting will be under the command of the chief of staff of Shiojima Shoo Osa.

During the night, Shioshima Shofu Daisa selected a group of war soil from the 62nd Brigade and formed a standing team of 500 people. Equipped with rubber boats and the best weapons, Shoo Shiojima led them out of the group. At the two daytime forced crossing points, another batch of rubber boats were put into the river, and the Japanese troops on the shore were also preparing for the forced crossing after dawn.

It was finally dawn, and as yesterday, the roar of airplanes could be heard in the southern sky early in the morning. Tang Longzai stood in the bunker of the headquarters and observed with a telescope for a while, and found that the number of planes that the Japanese army came to bomb this time was quite dozens, and many planes were like a dark cloud pressing towards Nanning City.

The battle began with a salvo of anti-aircraft guns, and more than 30 planes appeared over each of the two positions, and the pilots of the Japanese planes today already knew that there was a large amount of anti-aircraft artillery fire on the ground, so they did not dive down immediately. The eight bombers flying in front lowered their altitude a little, and at an altitude of more than 1,000 meters, they dropped bombs and bombs on the ground, and their main target was the antiaircraft artillery positions on the ground.

The accuracy of high-altitude bomb drops is not high, but some bombs and bombs still fall on the positions, and the explosions and bombs not only cause casualties among the officers and men on the positions, but also reflect the smoke and fire of the antiaircraft guns in the air. At this time, another group of eight bombers swooped down with a roar. Although the interception fire network formed by antiaircraft guns still poses a threat to these planes, it is no longer as fruitful as yesterday.

Six of the eight bombers that swooped down took off after dropping bombs, one was hit by a bullet and fell into flames, and the other was wounded and insisted on pulling up, hurriedly dropping the bombs and flying away with black smoke. The damage inflicted on the position by these eight planes was quite serious, not only some fortifications and bunkers were damaged, but also casualties. What was even worse was that more than a dozen bombs and shells fell on the antiaircraft gun positions, destroying several antiaircraft guns at once, and making loopholes in the anti-aircraft fire network.

The combat quality of the Japanese pilots was indeed very high, and the pilots of the last dozen or so planes immediately seized the loopholes in the air defense fire network and threw all the bombs and bombs on the positions at the cost of two planes being destroyed and two planes being damaged. The Japanese bombardment caused more than 400 casualties to the 877th Regiment and the 881st Regiment, 16 antiaircraft guns were destroyed, and more than 180 artillery casualties were inflicted.

At the same time as the Japanese planes bombed, dozens of rubber boats loaded with Japanese troops began to force the Yongjiang River again on each of the two forced crossing points. The officers and men of the two regiments were intercepting the rubber boats in the river under the bombardment of Japanese planes, and the smoke and dust caused by the bombing also blocked the sight of the defenders.

Seeing that the situation in front of him was unfavorable, Tang Longzai decisively mobilized the self-propelled artillery regiment in the division. Under the strong artillery fire, the Japanese suffered a lot of losses, most of the rubber boats and the Japanese troops on the boats were buried in the river, and only a few rubber boats could not break through and withdrew to the south bank. In the morning, the Japanese forced their way three times in a row, and the other two times were easily repulsed by the defenders without the cover of Japanese aircraft.

After lunch, the Japanese planes flew over again, this time because of the losses suffered by the anti-aircraft artillery regiment, and the anti-aircraft fire network was not as dense as before, resulting in even more serious losses on the position. The Japanese rubber boat almost rushed to the north shore before being wiped out by the officers and men of the two regiments with all their might. After this battle, Li Changwu and Wei Erxi had to draw troops from elsewhere and strengthen them to two positions.

The 61st Brigade lost part of its strength when attacking Xinjiang, and the 102nd Infantry Brigade and the 103rd Infantry Brigade were all disabled, leaving only two infantry brigades available. The 62nd Brigade was slightly better, also losing one and a half infantry brigades. The mountain artillery brigade of the division and regiment also had only a dozen artillery pieces left, and they did not dare to easily enter the battle at all.

However, the commander of the division, Lieutenant General Takayuki Uchida, did not seem to attach importance to these, and once again launched a forced crossing in the afternoon. The fierce battle successfully attracted the attention of the 211th Division to the two battlefields, and at this time, the forward team commanded by Shioshima Shofu Osa, but quietly launched into the water at a place where they were preparing to cross the river. This is a river bend, which is the most edge of the 463rd Brigade's defensive line, and only one platoon of officers and men is defending the position on the north bank.

By the time the observation post spotted the Japanese troops crossing the river, the Japanese rubber boats had already reached the center of the river, and the platoon commander in charge of the position hurriedly commanded the firepower to intercept them, but with the strength of this platoon, it was quite difficult to intercept the Japanese troops who had already turned red. These Japanese soldiers withstood the dense bullets on the shore, and fought back while fighting back.

Ten minutes passed, and more than 400 Japanese troops rushed to the north bank. After the Japanese troops came ashore, they launched a decisive charge to the defenders' positions. The defenders of this platoon rose up to block the attack, but because the disparity in strength was too great, they were rushed into position by the Japanese army. All the officers and men of the platoon were killed, except for one signal corpsman who was sent by the platoon commander to report the news.

After the brigade commander Wei Erxi learned that the Japanese army's sneak attack was successful, crossed the Yongjiang River from the edge of the defense line and forcibly occupied a position, he was surprised and reported to Tang Longzai, and at the same time sent the guard battalion directly under the brigade and the first battalion of the 880th Regiment as a reserve to rush to the position of the Japanese sneak attack. Wei Erxi told Lu Han, the commander of the guard battalion, that he would destroy the Japanese army by the river at all costs and recapture the lost position.

Lu Han received the order and immediately joined up with the first battalion of the 880th regiment, and the two battalions rushed to the lost position in the trucks of the brigade baggage battalion. A kilometer away from the lost position, the troops met the Japanese alert force, and under the heavy fire of the guard battalion, the small alert force of the Japanese army quickly collapsed. The guard battalion and the first battalion pursued in pursuit.

When they reached the periphery of the lost position, the guard battalion encountered a strong resistance from the Japanese army. While Luján organized his troops to attack, he climbed a high ground and observed the Japanese army with binoculars. This observation Lu Han immediately became nervous, it turned out that at least two more squadrons of the Japanese army had crossed the Yongjiang River during this time, and now the number of Japanese troops on the opposite position had reached nearly 1,000 people, and the Japanese troops were still crossing the river at a rapid pace on the river in the distance.

Now that it is urgent to regain the position, Lu Han reported the situation to Wei Erxi by telegram, and briefly discussed it with Zhang Zong, the commander of the first battalion. In the 463rd Brigade, the guard battalion and the 1st battalion of the 880th Regiment should be said to be the two battalions with the strongest combat effectiveness, and the combined number of people has reached more than 1,000. There aren't that many tactics available now, and there's only one way to do it, and that's to attack.

The 48 mortars of the two battalions were handed over to Chen Zhuang, the commander of the heavy fire company of the first battalion, to be in charge of command, and Lu Han gave Chen Zhuang only one order, that is, to use mortars to completely suppress the heavy weapons on the Japanese position. At the same time, dozens of light and heavy machine guns also chose their positions, covering the front of the Japanese positions with crossfire and covering the charge of the troops.

Zhang Zong, the commander of the first battalion, took over the task of the first attack, and there was no need to mobilize more at this time, and the two battalions were basically veterans, so they naturally understood what was most important. The mortars and the covering machine guns were fired at all speed, suppressing the Japanese firepower on the position at once, Zhang Zong shouted to his soldiers: "All charge with me!" After shouting, he picked up the charging and sharp guns in his hands and took the lead in rushing towards the Japanese position.

Behind Zhang Zong, the officers and soldiers of the first battalion shouted and followed Zhang Zong's footsteps, and nearly 500 people in the whole battalion rushed forward without hesitation in the face of bullets fired from the Japanese position. There were also a lot of people on the Japanese position, and the commander in charge of the command was very clear about the consequences of being rushed to the position by the Chinese army, so he also roared and commanded the Japanese army to desperately block the attack.

Although the Japanese firepower was seriously suppressed, there were still more than 10 machine-gun fire points that risked their lives to fire at the officers and men of the charging battalion, and the officers and men of the first battalion were constantly shot at people and fell on the way to the charge. Lu Hanqiang calmed down on his own, and in the face of the frantic resistance of the Japanese army, he ordered all the sharpshooters in the battalion to attack, and asked the whole line to attack the Japanese firing points and the officers commanding the positions.

The quality of the soldiers of the guard battalion is very good, and there are no less than 50 sharpshooters alone, and these sharpshooters can be said to be pointing wherever they are fighting at a distance of less than 200 meters. As soon as they entered the battle, the firing points on the Japanese positions were muted. The officers and men of the first battalion were not threatened by these firing points, and as soon as the casualties dropped, they rushed faster.