With wolves in front of him and tigers chasing behind, Yoshio Kiki, who received the report, felt hopeless at the end of the road. He sighed and ordered the captain of the guard around him to assemble, and then asked the signal corps to convey the order to the commander of the 3rd Infantry Brigade to break through the Chinese army's resistance at all costs.

After sending the final desperate telegram to the division commander, Lieutenant General Iide Tetsuzo, Kiki Yoshio Osa walked to the assembled team. The two infantry squadrons and escort squadrons in front of him were all he could muster his forces, and even the signal soldiers grabbed their rifles and stood in the queue.

Yoshio Kiki looked at the team of less than 1,000 people, and was not in the mood to say anything more, and with a wave of his hand, he led the team to catch up with the Chinese army behind him. It didn't go far before the soldiers in front spotted the Chinese troops running towards them, and under the command of a squadron leader, the Japanese scattered on both sides of the road, taking advantage of all available terrain and firing at the Chinese troops.

The 877th Regiment led by Wu Zhijun caught up with only a thousand troops, but there were still more than 20 chariots moving with them. As soon as the Japanese opened fire, Wu Zhijun got a report, and seeing that the number of Japanese troops on the opposite side was not large, Wu Zhijun waved his hand and ordered the chariot to rush forward, and the infantry advanced with the chariot.

The tank unit that received the order, under the command of Zhao Wujun, the commander of the mixed armored regiment, discharged an assault formation, increased the throttle and rushed towards the Japanese army, while the vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns and vehicle-mounted artillery also opened fire on the Japanese machine-gun fire point. Behind the battle-wheel, the officers and men of the first battalion of the 877th Regiment followed them in an assault, playing a role in coordinated protection.

Seeing one or twenty chariots rushing from the opposite side through the binoculars, a sense of powerlessness came over Yoshio Kiduki. Even if there were strong positions and artillery, not a single brigade could stop the assault of these tanks, and now that they have neither artillery nor strong positions, what can they use to stop the tanks of the Chinese army? What is even worse is that they have nowhere to retreat.

Kiwi Yoshio Osa, who could no longer see any hope of victory, pulled out the command knife beside him with his knife, pointed at the Chinese army, and roared: "Kill it!" and then took the lead in launching a counter-charge against the chariot that rushed over. The guards behind him rushed forward with him, and then all the officers and soldiers also roared and charged at the Chinese army.

As soon as the Japanese charged, the fighting vehicles that were assaulting slowed down, and the heavy machine guns on board were even more happy. Under the desperate strafing of dozens of heavy machine guns, the Japanese troops who counter-charged were stunned and did not rush past the distance of dozens of meters between the two armies, and were swept to the ground in pieces, including Yoshio Kiki.

In less than ten minutes, there was not a single person left standing in the Japanese army, and the tanks stopped firing. Wu Zhijun, who came to the chariot, saw that a section of the road not far in front of the chariot was covered with the corpses of Japanese soldiers, and a few wounded were shouting in pain. Wu Zhijun immediately ordered his troops to clear the battlefield, first to clear the roads, so that the chariots could move.

After another ten minutes, the road was cleared, and the wounded Japanese soldiers on the battlefield also went up to make up for a bayonet, and in the process of disinfection, someone reported to Wu Zhijun that the body of the wing commander Yoshio Kiki was found. This made Wu Zhijun feel at ease. Wu Zhijun left a company to continue to clean up the scene, and the chariot and other fighters continued to pursue forward.

By the time Wu Zhijun approached the battlefield again, the battle had come to an end. The remnants of the 3rd Infantry Brigade and the 212th Infantry Brigade received an order from Yoshio Kiki, under the command of Shiro Keito, to launch a man-sea charge at the position of the 871st Regiment.

As soon as Wu Zhijun led his troops to arrive, the remnants of the Japanese army fell into a panic, Wu Zhijun immediately ordered the troops to attack, and the 871st Regiment saw that a friendly army was killed from behind the Japanese army, and Wei Shaofeng, who was in charge of the command, also immediately ordered the troops to attack. Under the attack from both sides, the remnants of these Japanese troops were quickly wiped out, and the 877th Regiment and the 871st Regiment also joined forces in victory.

On the one hand, Wu Zhijun asked the soldiers to clean up the battlefield, and on the other hand, he sent a telegram to the brigade commander Tang Yu to report that he had eliminated the 32nd Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army, and that he had successfully joined up with the 871st Regiment that had rushed out of Zhangshu City. At the same time, Wei Shaofeng also reported that division commander Tang Hongming was seriously injured.

In the brigade command post of the 462nd Brigade, Wang Haitao sat calmly at a table, on which was a map of Jiangxi Province. Tang Longzai and Li Changwu both sat beside Wang Haitao, and from time to time signal corps or confidential personnel came in to report the situation to them. At the beginning of this battle, Wang Haitao was still a little worried and nervous, but as the battle progressed, Wang Haitao relaxed instead.

The 462nd Brigade did a good job, and the 32nd Division of the Japanese Army did not have as strong combat effectiveness as imagined, and in the face of its own powerful artillery fire and numerous heavy tanks, the resistance of the Japanese army was very limited, and with a brigade of more than 7,000 people, attacking a division of more than 20,000 Japanese troops, it could still achieve a big victory.

During the battle, Wang Haitao never gave any other orders except for two orders to the 130 Heavy Cannon Regiment, and he let his men command the battle. But he knows every change and every detail in the battle. After the three regiments of the 462nd Brigade rushed to the last line of Japanese positions and successfully captured the position, even Tang Longzai and Li Changwu relaxed.

Until Wu Zhijun's telegram entered the command post. In the telegram, Wei Shaofeng reported that the division commander Tang Hongming was seriously injured, which made Wang Haitao and others change their faces, and most of the joy of successfully relieving the siege of Zhangshu City disappeared. Wang Haitao stood up and said to Tang Longzai: "Longzai, you ordered the troops to assemble outside the south gate of Zhangshu and rest and stand by. I'm going to go into town right away. After saying that, he turned around and walked outside the command post.

As soon as Wang Haitao left, Tang Longzai immediately said to Li Changwu: "Changwu, you are responsible for conveying and executing the commander's order, and inform the first battalion of the division guard regiment to assemble urgently, and I will accompany the commander into the city." After saying that, he also left the command post. Knowing that Wang Haitao was going to Zhangshu City immediately, Sun Linhai, commander of the Third Regiment of the Guard Brigade, immediately asked the first battalion to assemble urgently, and soon the first battalion of the 211th Division Guard Regiment also urgently assembled outside the command post.

The effort was not big, the two guard battalions were assembled, Wang Haitao's special jeep also drove over, Wang Haitao got into the jeep, the two guard battalions also got on the truck and light armored car, and Sun Linhai personally led the team to accompany the protection. Seeing that Wang Haitao got into the car, Sun Linhai ordered to set off, and the light armored car took the lead in front of Zhangshu City.

The command post of the 462nd Brigade is still more than ten kilometers away from the south gate of Zhangshu City, and the road is not easy to walk along the way, and it has to pass through several battlefields, so the convoy is not moving fast. Wang Haitao looked out the window in silence, there was only the roar of the engine in the car, and the atmosphere was very depressing. When passing through the battlefield, the soldiers who cleaned the battlefield all saluted the convoy, but Wang Haitao's face did not have the joy after the victory.

It took nearly an hour for the convoy to arrive at the south gate of Zhangshu City, the soldiers guarding the gate stopped the convoy, after Sun Linhai got off the car to explain the situation, these soldiers hurriedly saluted Wang Haitao's seat, and then there were soldiers leading the way in front, and the convoy drove towards the headquarters of the 210th Division after entering the city. Not long after driving, the convoy stopped at the division headquarters, and the officers and men of the two guard battalions got out of the car and lined up first, and Wang Haitao and Tang Longzai also got out of the jeep.

At the entrance of the division, a group of officers led by Wei Bin, deputy commander of the 210th Division, had already received a call from the guards at the city gate, and were waiting there. Wang Haitao saw that the three brigade commanders, Wei Bin, Liu Mingde, and Wei Erxi, as well as several regiment commanders, had arrived, and returned the military salute first, and then shook hands with everyone one by one.

As soon as Wei Bin opened his mouth to invite Wang Haitao into the division headquarters, Wang Haitao waved his hand and asked, "Wei Bin, how is the situation of Division Commander Tang Hongming?" Wei Bin replied in a heavy tone: "Report to the commander, Division Commander Tang has been hit by shrapnel in many places, and is now being rescued in the field hospital, and the situation is not very good." Wang Haitao said: "You send someone to notify the field hospital, do everything you can to rescue Commander Tang Hongming, and report to me immediately if there is any situation!"

Seeing that Wei Bin immediately sent someone to notify the field hospital, Wang Haitao and Tang Longzai walked into the gate of the division headquarters together. The headquarters of the 210th Division is an inconspicuous two-story building, and there are many anti-aircraft machine gun fire points arranged on the commanding heights around it, so that obvious traces of bombing can be seen around it. Wang Haitao: After they were ushered into a small conference room on the second floor, everyone sat down.

Wang Haitao said to Wei Bin: "Wei Bin, Division Commander Tang is injured, so it's up to you to report on the current situation of the troops!" Wei Bin replied: "Yes, Commander!" So Wei Bin started from Hengyang, and talked until he was trapped in Zhangshu City, and then Wang Haitao interrupted his report with a calm face.

Wang Haitao asked: "Wei Bin, report the current losses of your department, as well as the remaining ammunition and military supplies." Wei Bin thought for a moment and replied: "Report to the commander, our 210th Division lost a total of more than 4,200 soldiers in this battle, of which 2,438 were killed or missing, including three battalion commanders. The number of seriously injured was 576, and the rest were lightly injured.

In addition, the 122nd Heavy Howitzer and Artillery Regiment was also severely damaged, with more than 1,300 casualties, of which 870 were killed or missing. The mixed armored regiment lost 2 light tanks, 6 heavy armored vehicles, 12 light armored vehicles, and the 463rd Brigade also suffered more than 400 casualties. Our heavy artillery regiment and armored regiment also suffered considerable losses, with 18 pieces of 75 field guns and 21 German-made tanks and armored vehicles. The Logistics Service lost 46 trucks, a large amount of strong drug supplies, and fuel losses. ”

Wei Bin's casualty and loss figures were reported one by one, Wang Haitao and Tang Longzai's faces became more and more ugly, and everyone in the conference room bowed their heads and remained silent. After a long while, Wang Haitao said: "Since our independent brigade participated in the Battle of Songhu in Shanghai, we have fought countless battles of all sizes, and there has never been such a big loss under any harsh circumstances.