readx;? The Japanese army again used a large number of artillery to shell the position, and after the shelling was over, soon after the remaining soldiers of the first company entered the position, the artillery position composed of several 92 infantry guns and more than 10 mortars began to cover the defenders' positions again, but this time the shelling only lasted a few minutes, and it was counterattacked by eight 82 mortars on the wall of Yangliu Town. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Eight mortar shells fell on the artillery position where the Japanese were firing, and the Japanese troops were caught off guard and the position was immediately enveloped in smoke and fire. The eight mortars on the city walls, each fired three rapid fires, and more than two dozen shells were enough to wipe out the artillery and artillery on the Japanese positions. Eight mortars then fired at the Japanese heavy machine gun positions and the attacking infantry for a while before moving their positions.

The artillery bombardment of the defenders caused the Japanese to suffer a lot of losses, a squadron of 92 infantry guns, a squadron of heavy machine guns suffered a devastating blow, and the attacking infantry also lost dozens of men under artillery fire. This made the wing commander of the 157th Wing, Kotaro Fukuda, angry, and after scolding his subordinates, Kotaro Fukuda could only report to the brigade commander, Major General Yoshio Kudo, in person.

In the end, the matter was reported to the division commander, Lieutenant General Ito Masaki, who was afraid that the defenders would have artillery to threaten his artillery wing, so he hurriedly ordered the artillery wing to retreat a few kilometers and re-establish an artillery position. As long as the position held by the defenders is still within the maximum range of their artillery.

However, the defenders of Shina had a lot of mortars, which seriously endangered the lives of the attacking soldiers, and it was necessary to find a way to destroy the mortars of the defenders of Shina, so Ito Masaki ordered Yoshio Kudo to destroy the artillery of the defenders of Shina at any cost. This order made Kudo Yoshio difficult, the artillery position of Shina was obviously in the town of Yangliu, and the trajectory of the other party could not be seen through the city wall, so how to find the artillery position of the defenders and destroy it?

On this morning, not only were the three battlefields fiercely fighting, but the three battalions and three companies here in Yijiang Town finally waited for a wing of Japanese troops. The Qingyi River bypasses Yijiang Town from south to north outside Yijiang Town. The highway from Xuancheng to Nanling County passes through the Qingyi River and runs through Yijiang Town. There is a ten-meter-wide concrete bridge on the Qingyi River, which can pass vehicles and pedestrians, and after the three companies were stationed in Yijiang Town, the position built was also on the west side of the bridge.

The width of the Qingyi River outside Yijiang Town is about 200 meters, and the length of this bridge has also reached more than 300 meters. If the Japanese army wants to attack Nanling County through Yijiang Town, this bridge is the only feasible way. After discovering that there were many fortifications on the west side of the bridge, the Japanese advance reconnaissance team knew that the defenders of China had occupied the west side of the bridge and built fortifications, the purpose of which was naturally to prevent them from passing.

The squad leader immediately reported the situation to Co-Captain Kameichiro Nagano. Nagano Kameiichiro Osa did not expect that he would encounter the defensive position of the Shina army in this place dozens of kilometers away from Nanling County. So he stepped forward and used his binoculars to observe the position of the defenders. In this observation, Nagano Kameiichiro Osa found that the defenders' positions on the west side of the bridge were built with great care.

I saw that the various firepower points on the position were arranged very layered, although the front was not very wide, but it was just enough to cover the west section of the bridge with firepower, and there were no dead ends. And the depth of the position was very large, almost from the west end of the bridge to the edge of the town not too far away. In Nagano Kameiichiro's view, it doesn't take too many troops to firmly hold this position, and the decisive person who can build such a position is a well-defended army and an expert.

Kameiichiro Nagano even has some admiration for the person who designed this position. But now this is the enemy he has to face, a respectable and terrible opponent. Kameiichiro Nagano ordered to concentrate all the artillery of several artillery squadrons of the wing and the mountain artillery brigade that was operating with him, and set up an artillery position about 3,000 meters away from the position west of the bridge.

A total of 20 guns, including 12 75-mm mountain guns of the mountain artillery brigade and 8 Type 92 infantry guns of several artillery squadrons, were erected and pointed at the defenders' positions west of the bridge. The infantry, on the other hand, was assembled east of the bridge and prepared for the attack. This wing was also equipped with a separate squadron of heavy machine guns and rapid-fire guns, which were also set up on the east side of the bridge at this time, ready to cover the infantry attack.

On the front of the defenders' position, a platoon of three battalions and three companies was defending, with more than 40 fighters defending. Although there was only one platoon of troops, this platoon had two Type 57 heavy machine guns placed in the bunker at the bridgehead, as well as three Type 56 light machine guns and nearly ten submachine guns, and these automatic weapons were enough to block a ten-meter-wide bridgehead.

When the Japanese began shelling the positions, a platoon of fighters hid in anti-artillery holes. Due to the limitation of the terrain, the anti-artillery hole here is not too deep, and it is not large, and an anti-artillery hole can only allow one squad of fighters to hide inside. When the Japanese shells exploded on the position, the dust fell on the roof of the anti-artillery hole.

The Japanese shelling lasted for half an hour before it stopped, and as soon as the shelling stopped, the soldiers quickly entered the position, and on the east side of the bridge, Kameiichiro Nagano observed the effect of the shelling with a telescope, and when he saw that the bunker on the position west of the bridge was still intact, he couldn't help but shake his head. But he nevertheless sent a small squad of infantry and made a tentative attack.

During the Battle of Shanghai, the soldiers of the third battalion and the third company guarded the secondary bridge, so they were very experienced in how to defend the bridge, and they did not need the platoon commander to say anything, everyone knew how to deal with the attacking Japanese army. When the Japanese crossed the middle of the bridge, the sharpshooters in the trenches began to take the roll call of the most dangerous grenadiers and machine gunners in the Japanese ranks, while the other soldiers were calmly ready to shoot.

In the accurate fire of the sharpshooter's semi-automatic rifle, the Japanese grenadiers fell first, and other Japanese soldiers fired back. Two light machine guns were also mounted on the bridge deck for firing. When the Japanese army had crossed two-thirds of the bridge deck, three light machine guns opened fire on the position, and the three light machine guns blocked the ten-meter-wide bridge deck, and the Japanese could only lie on the ground and shoot at the defenders.

When the soldiers on the position saw that the Japanese soldiers were lying down, the soldiers armed with semi-automatic rifles carried out accurate strikes against the Japanese troops. At a distance of less than 100 meters, there was not much difference in the marksmanship of the two sides, but under the strafing of a few light machine guns on the position, the Japanese soldiers could not raise their bodies at all, so they were completely defeated, and after holding each other for more than ten minutes, the Japanese squad leader saw that he could no longer attack forward, so he withdrew back with the remaining Japanese soldiers.

In Nagano Kameiichiro's view, if he could not destroy the fortifications on the positions of the Shina defenders, or consume a large number of personnel of the Shina army, then it would not be possible to rely on soldiers to charge alone, and this would simply be sending these warriors to death. However, it is difficult to destroy the fortifications on the defenders' positions with the artillery in his hands alone, so what should he do? Nagano Kameiichiro stopped his attack, held up his binoculars, and looked at the west side of the bridge for a while.

This whole day was spent in fierce battles in Nanling County and Jing County. Except for the New Fourth Army, where the casualties were somewhat larger, the casualties in the other three positions were not serious. The Japanese army did not make any progress in the case of using a large number of artillery and strengthening the offensive, but Wang Haitao's heavy artillery regiment and armored regiment have not yet made any strength.

In his opinion, with one or two hundred fighters on several positions, one or two hundred soldiers can resist the attack of a wing of the Japanese army, and there are not many casualties, this is not at all a record that a weak squadron can play, if the squadron can have half, or even a third like the independent brigade, can little Japan occupy so many places in China?

General Ye Ting, who originally expressed doubts about the so-called great victories vigorously publicized by the Kuomintang government and believed that it exaggerated the facts, now began to believe that Wang Haitao's army was fully capable of achieving such a feat, and it seems that this Wang Haitao was able to rise from a major general and brigade commander to a general in less than a year.

Thinking of this, General Ye Ting had a little more respect for the commander of the Jiangnan Theater, who was not very old. This day's attack made the Japanese understand what kind of army they were facing, and even the commander of the 101st Division, Lieutenant General Ito Masaki, was secretly frightened. Lieutenant General Masaki Ito sent a telegram to the Central China Dispatch Army Headquarters in Shanghai, asking what the strength of the Chinese army in Jing County was, and who was the commander?

However, the reply from the Central China Dispatch Army Headquarters did not have an accurate answer, but only told Ito Masaki that the Chinese army in Jing County was a self-proclaimed independent brigade, numbering about 3,000 to 5,000 people. However, the Chinese army had a large number of heavy artillery pieces and a small number of tanks. Not long ago, this independent brigade had the soldiers of the two wings who went to clear up the area basically broken their heads, and when it was unable to use more troops stationed in the occupied areas to carry out the clearance, it transferred his 101st Division back from the front line to carry out the encirclement and suppression of Jing County.

The call back from the Central China Dispatch Army Headquarters made Ito Masaki gasp. Three thousand to five thousand soldiers were not terrible, but it was surprising that a force with a large number of heavy artillery and chariots and such a strong fighting force was surprising. Judging from the current situation, this army has not yet used heavy weapons such as heavy artillery and chariots, and once their troops approach the county seat of Jingxian, they will definitely use these heavy weapons, and at that time, will their troops suffer heavy losses?

Thinking of this, Lieutenant General Ito Masaki once again sent a telegram to the Central China Dispatch Army Headquarters, asking the Central China Dispatch Army Headquarters to immediately find out the specific situation of the defenders of Jingxian China, and send people to reconnoiter the hidden positions of the heavy artillery and chariots of the Jingxian China Army, and destroy them, otherwise the imperial ** team will suffer huge losses.

Soon a reply from the Central China Dispatch Army Headquarters arrived, saying that the Central China Dispatch Army Command was already doing these two things, and that accurate information would be available soon, and the telegram also asked Ito Masaki to continue the attack on the Shina army in Jing County, so that the China army in Jing County could expose the location of these heavy weapons under pressure, so that the Imperial Air Force could destroy them.