As soon as Tang Weichu's words fell, the officers and men under his command, including the seriously wounded, shouted in unison: "Fight with Little Japan! Fight with Little Japan!" For a while, the position was stirring up the shouts of the officers and soldiers. Tang Weichu was also very excited when he heard the soldiers' answers, but he quickly calmed himself down.

Tang Weichu signaled everyone to be quiet, and then said: "I ordered the wounded to withdraw first, and the company commander and a squad were responsible for protection, and the other brothers stayed on the position with me to break off." "The left arm of a company commander was cut by shrapnel, and it had already been dealt with by a medical soldier, and then he heard Tang Weichu say that he wanted to withdraw by himself, so he immediately quit.

The commander of the first company shouted: "Battalion commander, you should lead the team to withdraw first, and I will stay and command the brothers to break the rear for you." Tang Weichu was hot in his heart, but his face was still serious and said: "If you are told to withdraw first, you will withdraw first, what are you talking about!" Seeing that the company commander was still fighting, he glared and said: "This is an order, hurry up and execute the order!"

The commander of the first company could only salute helplessly, and led a squad to escort the lightly and seriously wounded to retreat. On the battlefield, Tang Weichu gathered the remaining officers and soldiers, and there were eighty-six people. I counted the weapons and ammunition again, and it was not bad, there were still two heavy machine guns on the position, and four light machine guns were in good condition, and the bullets were sufficient, and although the artillery position had been bombarded by Japanese artillery, two usable Type 82 mortars and two boxes of shells were still found.

As soon as the weapons and ammunition were counted, the Japanese artillery bombardment began again, which meant that the Japanese infantry attack was coming. Tang Weichu and his soldiers hid in the trenches, quietly waiting for the Japanese infantry to enter the firing range. Ten minutes later, an infantry brigade pulled out of the skirmish line and attacked the position in an attack formation.

When the Japanese army entered the range of 300 meters, Tang Weichu signaled the mortar to fire. The last few artillerymen of the heavy fire company, operating two Type 82 mortars, fired out 20 shells in one go. Shells exploded in the ranks of the attacking Japanese troops, knocking the Japanese soldiers to the ground one by one.

By the time the Japanese discovered that there were still mortars on the position, turned the muzzles, and fired back, the artillerymen had already fired all the shells, grabbed semi-automatic rifles and jumped into the trenches. The attacking Japanese troops were panicked by the sudden artillery fire for a while, and only then did they carefully reorganize themselves and attack forward until no shells fell.

As soon as the Japanese troops entered within 200 meters, Tang Weichu shouted: "Fight!" and shouted, and the Type 56 light machine gun in his hand took the lead in firing a three-shot burst. Then the light and heavy weapons on the position rang out, and the Japanese soldiers walking in front were shot and fell to the ground. When the Japanese saw that the positions were firing, they either found cover or lay on the ground, and slowly moved forward while firing back.

At this time, you can see the training level of the soldiers of the 544th Regiment, accurate marksmanship, good tactical movements, and they can hide themselves well while killing the Japanese army. For grenadiers and light machine guns that pose a greater threat to the position, several sharpshooters are assigned to roll call. At the beginning of Tang Weichu, 88 of them had the idea of fighting hard with Little Japan, and they stubbornly withstood the attack of more than 1,000 people from a Japanese brigade on the position.

After the Japanese attack was repulsed, Tang Weichu counted the number of people again, and there were still 52 people left who had combat effectiveness. There is also a base number of bullets, and if a heavy machine gun is blown up, there are still two light machine guns available. Tang Weichu knew very well that with his own people, it would be difficult to repel the next attack of the Japanese army.

Before Tang Weichu could catch their breath, the Japanese attack began again under the cover of artillery fire. Tang Weichu lay down in the trench and shouted to the people around him: "Brothers, each of you will leave a glorious bullet, we can't be prisoners if we die!" The people around him silently took out a grenade from the ammunition box and hung it on his chest.

In the sound of artillery, the Japanese army cautiously bent down and touched the position, and when they reached 200 meters, the position opened fire again, this time the firepower was obviously much weaker than the last time, although the Japanese army was also constantly falling, but relying on the superiority in numbers, it was still attacking the position.

One hundred and fifty meters, one hundred meters, fifty meters, Tang Weichu grabbed the grenade next to him and threw it out, and other soldiers also threw grenades. The grenade exploded in the ranks of the Japanese troops, and only slightly delayed the advance of the Japanese army. Tang Weichu shouted: "All bayonets!" Then he took a semi-automatic rifle and attached the three-edged bayonet to the head of the gun.

The Japanese had already launched a final charge on the position, Tang Weichu stood up from the trench, turned his head to the south to take one last look, and then shouted: "Brothers, rush with me!" and then jumped out of the trench and took the lead in rushing towards the Japanese troops who were rushing over. Tang Weichu, dozens of them were too thin in the Japanese army in the brigade. As the glorious bullets were sounded, Tang Weichu's number of them became smaller and smaller.

At the end of the battle, Tang Weichu and his guards were both wounded, leaning back to back, surrounded by layers of Japanese troops tightly surrounding them. At this time, a Japanese soldier came over and said in unskilled Chinese: "You have failed, lay down your arms, and the Imperial Japanese Army guarantees the safety of your lives." ”

Tang Weichu spit out a mouthful of saliva with blood at him, and scolded: "Little Japan of dog X., if you want Lao Tzu to surrender, do your sweet dreams, Lao Tzu will also carry a few burial companions on the road!" After speaking, he and the guards exchanged glances, and at the same time reached out and pulled the cable of the glorious bullet, and then Tang Weichu pounced on the Japanese soldiers, and the guards pounced on the Japanese soldiers surrounding him.

Startled, the Japanese soldier quickly retreated into the crowd, and the Japanese soldiers around him pierced with bayonets. More than ten bayonets stabbed into the bodies of Tang Weichu and the guards at the same time, and then two explosions sounded one after another, and the Japanese soldiers surrounding the two screamed and fell. The Japanese army Dazuo walked to Tang Weichu's incomplete body with palpitations, raised his hand and saluted, and then said to his subordinates: "These two people are real warriors, bury them!"

After Tang Yiqun learned the news of the martyrdom of all the eighty-seven warriors after the break, Tang Yiqun sat at the desk with red eyes and did not speak for a long time. At this time, the wounded soldiers of the 2nd Battalion of the 544th Regiment had been transferred to Changsha City, and the pontoon bridge over the Liuyang River had also been blown up.

After the Japanese Sixth Division finally captured the Hongshan position, it finally reached the north bank of the Liuyang River in the evening, but it could not be crossed in vain, and there was no material for building a bridge, so the division commander, Lieutenant General Takahashi Taga, could only order to set up camp, and the whole division would rest for the night and cross the river the next day. The officers and men of the Sixth Division also breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this order.

At present, among the three divisions of the Japanese army attacking Changsha City, only the 40th Division successfully crossed the Liuyang River and, under the leadership of several traitors, touched Changsha City. I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, several traitors led the Japanese army around Jumping Horse Town and directly rushed to Tongjing Town, where the headquarters of the 463rd Brigade was located.

In fact, the actions of the Japanese army fell into the eyes of the reconnaissance detachment sent out by the 211th Division, and as soon as the Japanese brigade bypassed the town of Jumping Horse, a telegram with intelligence was delivered to Tang Longzai. Tang Longzai looked at the map for a while, and then discussed with Wei Ye, the commander of the 462nd Brigade, and a telegram was sent to Wei Erxi, the commander of the 463rd Brigade.

After receiving the telegram from the division, Wei Erxi immediately looked at the map and marked the contents mentioned on the telegram on the map. After Wei Erxi understood Tang Longzai's intentions against the map, he immediately called Wei Lixuan, the head of the 880th Regiment who was guarding Tongjing Town.

The intention in Tang Longzai's telegram was to let the 463rd Regiment use the terrain to block the Japanese 40th Division in Tongjing Town, and when the morale of the Japanese army was weakened, let the two regiments guarding in Jumping Horse Town flank the Japanese 40th Division, and strive to eliminate one part of it, at least to deal a heavy blow to its vital forces. For this task, Wei Erxi must resolutely carry out it, and now Tongjing Town is temporarily under his command of the 462nd Brigade 879th Regiment, with a number of 2,700 people, plus Tongjing Town has been built into a large battle fortress, so it should not be a big problem to defend it for three days.

On the high ground of the Ordnance Station, there is the 880th Regiment, the most elite of its own brigade, as well as the brigade guard battalion, two field artillery battalions, and the number of soldiers has reached almost 4,000 people, not only 27 field guns can support the defense of Tongjing Town at any time, but also the soldiers can also support Tongjing Town along the passage of the two positions.

In three days, the morale of the Japanese army should also be weakened, and at this time, let the 881st Regiment and the 882nd Regiment in Jumping Horse Town attack the Japanese army from the flank and rear, even if they can't tear off a piece of meat from the Japanese army, it will not make the Japanese army feel better. After the plan was formulated, Wei Erxi used a telegram to convey orders one and one to several regiment commanders.

When the 40th Division of the Japanese Army touched the periphery of Tongjing Town, the forward troops exchanged fire with the 2nd Battalion and 1st Company of the 879th Regiment guarding the outlying positions. Seeing that there was a blocking position of the defenders, the squadron leader of the infantry squadron who served as the vanguard hurriedly reported the situation to the commander of the 236th Wing, Yoshio Kamegawa.

After calling several traitors over and asking them to understand that this was the closest way to Changsha City, he ordered the wing to open an attack position and raid the position of the defenders of China in front of him. Subsequently, he reported the situation to the division commander, Lieutenant General Seiichi Aoki. At this time, it was already evening, and the 236th Wing had just set up its offensive position, and the sky was dark.

Wing Commander Yoshio Kamegawa, anxious to reach the city of Changsha, ordered his troops to attack immediately, so the silence of the evening was broken by the sound of artillery, and the smoke and dust obscured the afterglow of the setting sun. The Japanese used the Type 92 infantry guns and mortars in the wing, and these artillery shells blew up the position very happily, but the damage to the ground fortifications was extremely limited.

The two regiments of the 879th Regiment and the 880th Regiment have been busy here for more than half a month, which is not in vain, not only are the bunkers and anti-artillery holes well repaired, but even the trenches are dug into a zigzag shape, and they are not afraid of the bombardment of the Japanese small-caliber artillery. Under artillery fire, an infantry squadron of the Japanese army began to launch a tentative attack, and the officers and men of the second battalion and the first company on the position were ready to meet the Japanese attack.