readx;? It took twenty minutes to clear the artillery position, by which time the tanks in front and the soldiers of the 542nd Regiment had already exchanged fire with the Japanese troops on the position. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info The Japanese army here is different from the Japanese army outside Chonggu Town, the Japanese army outside Chonggu Town is preparing for an attack, neither prepared nor fortified, and after more than 200 guns covered the shelling, the Japanese army was killed and wounded.

The Japanese troops here were both fortified and prepared, and the artillery fire was interrupted by the Japanese counterattack fire after only three or four rounds. Although three or four rounds of shelling also caused heavy casualties to the Japanese troops on the position, it was still not to the point where it was impossible to return fire. Therefore, when the tank began to assault, the light and heavy machine guns and grenadiers that could still be used in the Japanese firing point spat out tongues of fire at the tank.

The Japanese army never expected that the Chinese army also had chariots, and what was even more terrifying was that the first few chariots ignored the attacks of grenadiers and mortars, but the chariot guns on the chariots were so powerful that one shot could destroy a firepower point. For these tanks, the Japanese soldiers had no choice but to play the method of "human bombing".

However, these tanks were not attacking alone, and there were not only heavy machine guns on armored vehicles behind them, but also fighters of the 542nd Regiment in cover. As soon as the Japanese soldiers with bombs jumped out of the trenches or fortifications, they were sieveed by countless bullets. Tanks and armored vehicles ignored the presence of Japanese troops on the position and kept advancing into the depths of the position.

After defeating the Japanese troops on the frontal position, the 543rd Regiment and the 545th Regiment behind the 542nd Regiment rushed up in two directions, the left and right, and their task was to widen the gap, block the Japanese troops on the positions on both sides, and ensure the smooth passage of the division headquarters and the middle troops. The soldiers of the two regiments used the craters and some fortifications left by the Japanese army to kill the Japanese troops on both sides of the road.

With the soldiers of these two regiments covering on the left and right, Su Zuxin took the division headquarters and the lightly wounded, as well as the officers and soldiers of the two divisions of the Sichuan Army, and quickly advanced westward along the road, but there were still officers and soldiers who were unfortunately shot and fell down along the way. At this time, 16 armed trucks as support for the fire drove up, and the trucks used heavy machine guns to suppress the Japanese troops on both sides of the road, and on the other hand, destroyed the Japanese fire points with the mortars on the vehicles.

With their accession, the pressure on the 543rd and 545th regiments is much less. After Wang Haitao led the rest of the 544th Regiment and the 547th Regiment to cover 16 trucks loaded with seriously wounded people through here, the broken guard battalion and the 543rd Regiment and the 545th Regiment retreated to the west while blocking the pursuit of the Japanese army.

At this time, the armored battalion had already penetrated the Japanese position, and they stopped on the side of the road when they could continue to advance westward, and Wu Jianzhou, the commander of the armored battalion, shouted in the car intercom: "Brothers, the division headquarters and the division seat are still behind, let's go to meet the division seat." After saying that, he turned the car around, and the other tanks also turned their heads, still the tank in front and the armored car behind, and they all went back to kill.

First, the troops led by Su Zuxin highlighted the Japanese defense line under the protection of the 543rd Regiment and the 1st Division of the 545th Regiment, and then the troops led by Wang Haitao also broke out under the cover of the 543rd Regiment and the 1st Division of the 545th Regiment.

The new 90th Division quickly broke through the blockade line, which made the brigade commander of the 62nd Brigade of the 21st Division of the Japanese Army who set up the blockade line extremely unwilling, so he commanded his subordinates to bite the broken troops tightly.

During the battle, Tangshan Leopard watched his comrades fall under the guns of the Japanese soldiers from time to time, gritted his teeth and fired hateful bullets at the Japanese army. Then the unique sound of shelling from the tank's onboard guns came. The shells flew over the heads of the soldiers of the guard battalion and fell into the crowd of pursuing Japanese soldiers.

The continuous firing of ten tank guns made the pursuing Japanese soldiers chaotic, and the soldiers of the guard battalion took advantage of the opportunity to carry their wounded comrades and retreated westward. After passing the comrades of the guard battalion, the tanks of the armored battalion blocked the road pursued by the Japanese army, constantly attacked the Japanese with tank guns and vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns, and even launched a charge against the Japanese army.

It wasn't until half an hour later that the ammunition on the car was almost exhausted, and the Japanese army also withdrew two kilometers, that the armored battalion turned around and headed westward, this time the Japanese army did not chase again, when the two division commanders of the Japanese third division and the eleventh division also arrived here, the new 90th division had already gone away, and the two division commanders could only look at the west and sigh and return to Shanghai.

Knowing that there were no pursuers behind, Wang Haitao asked the troops to rest again, and after counting the number of people this time, there were still more than 2,400 intact soldiers in the six regiments, two independent battalions, and armored battalions of the new 90th Division, 860 lightly wounded, and 320 seriously wounded. The whole division is almost done. What pained Wang Haitao the most was that the artillery lost more than 100 people, the guard battalion lost more than 80 people, and even the reconnaissance battalion also lost more than 30 people.

After resting for two hours, Wei Changxing and a reconnaissance company were still in front of the troops, and the large force continued to advance westward. In the early hours of the morning, the reconnaissance company that explored the road encountered the ** soldiers who went out to be on the alert, and when asked, they were the troops of the ** 58th Division, and the defensive position was just three kilometers behind, and this section of the position was on the periphery of Suzhou City, and was jointly garrisoned by the 44th and 58th Divisions.

Wei Changxing hurriedly reported the situation to Wang Haitao, and at 7 o'clock in the morning, the New 90th Division and the 147th and 148th Divisions of the Sichuan Army passed through their defensive positions and entered the suburbs of Suzhou City. After stopping, Wang Haitao used the radio to contact the Third Theater Command. General Gu Zhutong was worried about several troops in charge of the broken back, when he received a call from Wang Haitao and was very excited.

It was with the New 90th Division that the Japanese army was held back for more than 48 hours that the defenders of downtown Shanghai were able to withdraw from Shanghai at a very small cost and enter the fortifications on the Wufu defensive line. As soon as General Gu Zhutong arrived in Wuxi, he sent a telegram to the Nanjing General Headquarters asking for merit for the New 90th Division, and at the same time he was also very worried about the safety of the New 90th Division, which was surrounded by Japanese troops.

After receiving Wang Haitao's telegram, General Gu Zhutong personally replied to Wang Haitao with a telegram of condolences and told Wang Haitao that he had asked the Nanjing General Headquarters for credit for Wang Haitao and the new 90th Division. Wang Haitao first thanked General Gu Zhutong, and then proposed that because there were too many wounded in the team, he wanted to lead the troops into Suzhou City to be stationed in order to treat the wounded.

General Gu Zhutong readily agreed to Wang Haitao's request, and personally found a station for the New 90th Division and contacted several hospitals. Wang Haitao contacted the heavy artillery regiment that retreated first, told them the location, and reassured them, but the heavy artillery did not need to enter the city, it was enough to camp outside the city.

At the same time, Wang Haitao also left the armored battalion outside the city, let them join the heavy artillery battalion, and then drove into Suzhou City with the rest of the soldiers and vehicles, and entered the designated station, Suzhou No. 6 Middle School. Because of the defeat in the Battle of Shanghai, Suzhou is now also overshadowed by the war, and the school has been closed, so it happens to be a station.

The first thing they did when they arrived at the station was to send all the seriously wounded and those who needed treatment to the hospital that had been contacted, and only then did they begin to allocate places to live. When everything was sorted out, it was already afternoon, and the exhausted Wang Haitao and the others simply rinsed and fell asleep.

There was no sound of gunfire, no smell of gunsmoke, and when Wang Haitao woke up, it was already the next morning. After taking a handful of cold water, Wang Haitao, who was fully awake, walked out of the bedroom. The campus is very quiet, and the noise coming from outside the school has become two worlds, and Wang Haitao knows that the soldiers who have been fighting for months should also relax and rest.

At this time, Su Zuxin and Tang Yicheng, another deputy director of the logistics department, came together. Wang Haitao asked: "Old Su, why didn't you sleep for a while?" Su Zuxin replied with a smile: "Master, you woke up, Deputy Director Tang came to you just now, and I didn't wake you up when I saw that you were sleeping in Zhengxiang." Wang Haitao was stunned and asked, "Deputy Director Tang, is there anything to find me?"

Tang Yicheng replied: "Master, I came to you today for money. The new 90th Division has fought a series of bloody battles since it arrived in Songjiang to recuperate, and the total number of officers and soldiers who have been sacrificed and disabled in the army has exceeded 5,000, and according to your regulations, the bereavement and disability pension of 100 yuan per person will require more than 500,000 yuan, as well as the soldiers' salaries and the expenses of the whole division, and the 120,000 yuan of oceans handed over to me by Tang Yikuan when he left is not enough at all, so I came to ask the division for an idea. ”

Wang Haitao said: "I don't blame you, I have been thinking about the war recently, and I have neglected this matter, so that the soldiers have suffered a lot in the past few months. The old rules, according to the head, no deductions, and the soldiers made it clear that after the salary, you must buy and sell fairly when you go to the street to shop, and you are not allowed to violate discipline, otherwise don't blame me for not being merciful. In addition, the brothers of the Sichuan army helped us a lot this time, and sent three silver dollars to each of the brothers of the 147th and 148th divisions as a sign of condolences. ”

Tang Yicheng said in surprise: "Master, I'm afraid it will cost 700,000 oceans to be enough!" Wang Haitao said with a smile: "Money is not a problem, I will let the guard battalion escort 1 million oceans to you, but during this time, you have to do a good job of the army's food, and you must have meat dishes every day." Tang Yicheng said with a smile: "Okay, Master, as long as you have money, this is not a problem, you can rest assured." Then I'll go back and get ready. After seeing Wang Haitao nodding, he saluted Wang Haitao and Su Zuxin, turned around and left.

Seeing that Tang Yicheng was gone, Wang Haitao said to Su Zuxin: "Old Su, you ask Tangshan Leopard to bring a guard platoon to the warehouse behind, and I will wait for them there." Su Zuxin agreed and left, and Wang Haitao walked to the warehouse behind. After the new 90th Division was stationed, it cleaned up and used it as a warehouse for military supplies. Wang Haitao came to the front of the warehouse, and the soldiers standing guard hurriedly saluted and shouted: "Hello division commander!" Wang Haitao returned a military salute and walked into the warehouse.