The attacking Japanese army saw the position in front of them full of gunsmoke and firelight, thinking that the squadron had no longer much ability to resist, so they straightened their waists and attacked in formation. In front of the bombed barbed wire, the Japanese soldiers took out pliers and prepared to cut the barbed wire and remove it. Jia Shaoyi, commander of the first battalion of the 570th Regiment, lay on his stomach in a half-baked sandbag fortification, and saw the movements of the Japanese troops clearly through binoculars.

When Jia Shaoyi saw that the Japanese army was going to destroy the barbed wire, how could the Japanese army be able to succeed so easily? Light and heavy machine guns, submachine guns, and semi-automatic rifles fired at the same time, and bullets flew like a rain of bullets towards the attacking Japanese troops. The Japanese soldiers were shocked after they fell, and they crawled on the ground to return fire on their positions. On the offensive positions behind them, heavy machine guns, mortars, and 92 infantry guns also began to cover the attack.

The firepower of the 570th Regiment guarding the position absolutely exceeded that of the attacking Japanese 113th Wing, and it was only because of the Japanese planes that it did not take out the artillery battalion, and now there were no military planes, and the regiment commander Liu Yuzhu gave an order, and the 18 field guns and 18 120 heavy mortars of the regimental artillery battalion launched an artillery attack on the Japanese army at the same time.

The 570th Regiment was beaten by artillery fire, and the 113rd Wing was beaten in a mess. Wing Commander Kazuo Koike watched in amazement as the shells flying from the opposite side fell on the artillery positions, heavy machine gun positions and attacking soldiers of his wing, and he didn't know how to deal with them. By the time Kazuo Koike reacted and asked for artillery support from the field artillery wing, the artillery battalion of the 570th Regiment had already moved its position after the battle.

The artillery fire of this counterattack stunned the Japanese troops, and the divisional commander of the 56th Division, Bian Pifu, did not give the order to continue the attack. Dubian Pifu couldn't understand where the opposing branch of the army had so many artillery and automatic weapons, and judging from the situation a few days ago, the armament of the 93rd division of this branch was by no means below that of its own division, and even the number of automatic weapons exceeded that of its own division.

The besieging side was already at a disadvantage in terms of terrain, and thought that it could destroy the position and spirit of the people of China with its powerful firepower, so as to capture the ancient city of Tong, but now its firepower is similar to that of the defenders, or even worse, so how can they capture the ancient city of Tonggu with only the superiority in numbers? In the face of bullets and shells, how can flesh and blood rush to the position.

In the temporary headquarters, the two division commanders of the 55th Division and the 56th Division sat together and discussed for a long time but did not come up with any good solutions. In the end, the divisional commander of the 56th Division, Bian Pifu, proposed to send another infantry brigade to attack again, this time with wing artillery to cover the charge, and field artillery to counterattack the artillery of the Chinese people. Takeuchi had no better way to do it, so he agreed to give it a try.

After lunch, dozens of Japanese planes visited Tonggu City again, this time there were no large bombers, all the bombers came were Type 96 medium bombers, knowing that the defenders of Tonggu City had a certain number of anti-aircraft weapons, this time the bombers did not carry out dive bombing as soon as they came, but more than a dozen Zero fighters first pressed the nose of the plane and dived down.

Seeing that the Japanese planes were diving, the ground-to-air weapons were in full swing, and the heavy machine gun bullets formed several firepower nets in the air, and the Zero fighters relied on their flexibility to shuttle through the firepower nets, and after reaching a certain height, they used their airborne machine guns to sweep away the machine-gun fire points on the ground. It was indeed difficult to shoot nimble and fast fighters with heavy machine guns, and the Japanese Zero combat power really destroyed many heavy machine gun fire points.

But as soon as they rushed to the domain wall and were about to pull it up, the city's anti-aircraft guns opened fire. These 37 mm caliber twin anti-aircraft guns from later generations all had sighting systems that were beyond this era. Although there is no radar, the effect will be much worse, but even so, those follow-up systems and semi-automatic tracking systems are not something that the Zero fighters of this era can dodge.

As the anti-aircraft guns entered the battle, more than a dozen Zero fighters were hit, only a few were lucky enough to escape, and the rest either exploded into a fireball in mid-air or fell headlong in black smoke. The Type 96 bomber, who was following behind the Zero, was overjoyed that the Zero had opened a gap for itself, and dived down to drop a string of bombs.

In the blink of an eye, I saw that the Zero fighter in front of me had become a ball of fireball. This scene frightened the pilots of the bombers, and it was obviously too late to pull the planes up again. These pilots could only grit their teeth and close their eyes and continue to rush towards the target. There were so many Japanese planes that only a dozen anti-aircraft guns could attack these bombers, and the heavy machine guns, after losing the first opportunity, could only shoot bullets behind the planes in vain.

In half an hour, only half of the Japanese planes returned, and the other half were destroyed in the sky over Tonggu. On the ground, because of the bombing of the planes, a lot of soldiers were sacrificed, most of the fortifications on the position were blown up, and there were not a few intact buildings left in the ancient city. A warehouse of the 93rd Division was also destroyed by bombs, and a quantity of ammunition and supplies was lost.

As soon as the Japanese planes flew away, an infantry brigade, under the cover of mortars, heavy machine guns, and several Type 92 infantry guns, once again launched a charge against the defenders' positions outside the ancient city. This time, the Japanese rushed up with a number of sappers carrying planks, apparently for the unfavorable terrain and the remnants of barbed wire.

The Japanese mortars, heavy machine guns, and Type 92 infantry guns could not lift the heads of the soldiers of the 570th Regiment who had lost their fortifications. Regiment commander Liu Yuzhu looked at it and scolded: "Okay, you little Japan, why didn't you hurt you last time, and you still dare to come?" After scolding, he ordered the field artillery battalion to open artillery and counterattack. Unexpectedly, as soon as the field artillery battalion opened fire, the position became the target of the Japanese field artillery wing.

The well-trained Japanese artillery quickly determined the azimuth coordinates of the 570th Regiment artillery battalion and immediately launched a counterattack on the artillery positions of the 570th Regiment. The sudden artillery bombardment made the artillery battalion of the 570th Regiment have no time to guard at all, and the entire artillery battalion was plunged into a sea of fire. The soldiers of the 120 heavy mortar squad desperately picked up the hot barrel and moved it out of the position, even if the barrel made the skin and flesh on their bodies hot.

And the field artillery was towed by cars, and it was obviously too late to transfer at this time. The chariots directed the trucks to move first, and braved the artillery fire to shoot as many shells as they could, until they were martyred with the artillery. In the end, the artillery battalion of the 570th Regiment only transferred six trucks loaded with shells and ten 120 heavy mortars, and the rest of the artillery and trucks were martyred at the same time along with hundreds of soldiers.

The loss of the artillery battalion made the regiment commander Liu Yuzhu's eyes red, and he scolded loudly in the direction of the Japanese army: "Little Japan of the dog day, I will grass your ancestors for eight generations! Brothers beat Lao Tzu hard to avenge the sacrificed brothers!" The soldiers on the position gritted their teeth, ignored the Japanese artillery fire, and lay on the position tightly, aiming their guns at the Japanese soldiers who had changed up.

The sacrifice made by the artillery battalion of the 570th Regiment was worth it. When the Japanese field artillery wing opened fire on the artillery battalion, the azimuth coordinates of their positions had already fallen into the hands of the observers sent out by the heavy artillery regiment. Just when dozens of Japanese artillery pieces were in full swing, the counterattack of the heavy artillery regiment commanded by Tangshan Tiger began. Because there were two Japanese artillery positions, the targets of the heavy artillery regiment were also divided into two.

This time, all the 36 85-caliber cannons of the Tangshan Tiger's heavy artillery regiment used full-charge anti-personnel blasting grenades, with a maximum firing range of 15,650 meters, which was enough to take care of all the two artillery positions of the Japanese army. After a while, a series of explosions sounded on the two artillery positions of the Japanese army, and the black smoke could be clearly seen even in the ancient city of Tonggu a few kilometers away.

After confirming that it had destroyed the Japanese artillery position, the heavy artillery regiment shifted the target to the Japanese position in front of the ancient city. This series of shelling made the commanders of the two divisions of the Japanese army panic and hurriedly ordered the troops to retreat. It was only after the remaining soldiers of the two divisions were withdrawn from the range of artillery fire that they stopped.

After stopping, the two divisions cleaned up the number of people, the original four wings of more than 17,000 people, now there are only more than 10,000 people left, the key thing is that now the two divisions have lost their artillery wings, and now the two division commanders looked at each other in a daze. Half a day later, the commander of the 56th Division said: "Takeuchi-kun, should the next attack avoid the front of the ancient city, but try it from the side and the north?"

Takeuchi replied: "Dubian-kun, I think so too, the Shina army on the front must be their elite troops, let's try to attack from the west." There is the Xidang River in the south, and the bridge over the Xidang River must be the key defense place of the Chinese army, and I am afraid that it will not be easy to capture. To the west, there was a railway station and a large number of buildings, so soldiers without artillery support could use the terrain to attack. The artillery of the Chinese people will also be greatly reduced in this complex terrain. ”

The two men agreed to send the wounded back to Yangon first, and then let the soldiers rest for the night before they attacked the ancient city from the west the next day. On the battlefield of Tonggu, after the Japanese army withdrew, the soldiers began to treat the wounded, and the seriously wounded were rushed to the field hospital. The situation is relatively good, and those who are not injured cannot be idle, and they begin to repair their positions.

Mu Suzhong, the commander of the 277th Brigade, also personally came to inspect the position of the 570th Regiment. After learning that the 570th Regiment had been reduced by 40 percent and that most of the soldiers of the regiment's field artillery battalion had been martyred along with the artillery, he was also saddened. However, Mu Suzhong quickly put away his uncomfortable mood and ordered the 570th Regiment to withdraw to Tonggucheng, and the position was taken over by the 569th Regiment.

The 569th Regiment was originally stationed on a position close to the city wall behind, and they suffered no losses except for some losses when the Japanese planes bombed them. Wei Yongshou is Wang Haitao's old man who has followed Wang Haitao since he started, he used to be a company commander of the 542nd Regiment of the 90th Division, and after he followed Wang Haitao to southern Anhui, he was promoted to the commander of the 569th Regiment with his military exploits.