readx;? The power of more than 200 mortar shells exploding at the same time on a single position terrified and despaired the bombardment, covering an area of 100 meters in front of the town from 200 to 2,000 meters wide. www.biquge.info The officers and men of the 22nd Division of the Japanese Army, who were gathering in this area and preparing to attack the town in front of them, were subjected to a rain of shells.

The dense explosions left the Japanese without even a place to hide, and as soon as the first round was blown up, the second round of shells flew again. After five rounds, the shells extended forward, leaving only a few dozen large-caliber mortars still firing on the field, while the largest number of 60 mortars were all folded and carried back to their respective units by the fighters.

At half past two o'clock, the shelling ended, the west gate of Chonggu Town was opened, and a chariot unit composed of five heavy tanks, five light tanks, and ten armored vehicles first rushed out of the town with a roar, and behind them were nearly 1,000 officers and men of the 543rd Regiment armed with automatic weapons. After rushing out of the town, they encountered no resistance, and the chariots lined up and headed west.

When the 543rd Regiment followed up, what they saw was that the ground outside the entire West Gate was covered with craters, the ground was soaked in blood and turned dark red, and countless broken Japanese corpses were piled up indiscriminately. It's hell on earth.

In any case, the breakthrough continued, and the pace of advance could not be stopped, and after the 543rd Regiment rushed out, the 545th Regiment was divided into two teams on the left and right and also rushed out, and their task was to prevent the Japanese troops on both sides from surrounding and cutting off the passage again. Subsequently, the brothers and divisions of the Sichuan army also left Chonggu Town under the protection of the 542nd Regiment.

After the shelling was over, Wang Haitao put these dozens of heavy mortars and the remaining shells into the storage ring, and then escorted the wounded out of Chonggu Town with the remaining soldiers of the 544th Regiment and the 547th Regiment, and finally left the 546th Regiment and the guard battalion. Before the guard battalion left, time explosives were planted in many important places in Chonggu Town to prevent the pursuit of the Japanese army after entering the city.

When Wang Haitao shelled the Japanese army in Zhenxi, the Japanese troops outside the other city gates heard continuous explosions. Both the 3rd Division and the 11th Division had suffered from Wang Haitao, and when they heard the sound of artillery, the two divisions were very nervous, and the first thing they thought of was to retreat. As a result, when I saw that the shells were flying towards the west of the city, I was relieved and at the same time, I was on guard for a possible shelling. The other part of the 22nd Division in the south of the city had never seen such a scale of artillery bombardment, and the companions who were willing to reinforce the west of the city could see that the dense explosion point had no way to reinforce, so they could only watch their comrades being bombed.

As soon as the shelling was over, the Japanese troops at the south gate were about to reinforce to the west, and by this time the 545th Regiment had already left the city and was ready to block it. After Wang Haitao left the city, he immediately ordered the reconnaissance battalion to send a company to search and advance to the west to guide the direction of the large army and probe the enemy's situation. Wei Changxing was ordered to take a company of scouts and divide them into more than a dozen battle groups and quickly head west.

Soon after the whole division left Chonggu Town, Lieutenant General Fujita Shin, the commander of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army, and Lieutenant General Yamamuro Sotake, the division commander of the 11th Division, both led the mountain artillery wing to Chonggu Town. After listening to the report of the two brigade commanders, they slapped the two brigade commanders a few times, and then sent two squadrons into Chonggu Town to search, and the rest of the troops chased down to the west.

Wang Haitao knew that the Japanese army would not easily let go of himself and the new 90th Division, and after jumping out of the encirclement of the Japanese army, Wang Haitao asked the troops to speed up. The troops were advancing rapidly along the way, and in the evening, the broken guard battalion reported that the Japanese army had been thrown away by a distance of 10 kilometers, and Wang Haitao ordered to rest for half an hour.

During the break, Wang Haitao opened the map, and now the new 90th Division had left Shanghai, and its location was in Kunshan, more than 30 kilometers away from the Suzhou section of the nearest Wufu defense line. It is estimated that it will take another six to eight hours to get there, and then it will be safe. Half an hour passed quickly, the resting soldiers had just eaten some dry food and drank some water, and the time was up, Wang Haitao was about to let the troops go, and the reconnaissance company in front sent people to report that the Japanese blockade line was discovered.

After Wang Haitao's detailed inquiry, he learned that the Japanese army had built a blockade line with heavy troops three kilometers ahead, completely blocking the highway from Shanghai to Suzhou. If you make a detour, not to mention the dense water network in this area, it is difficult to walk, and these combat vehicles and cars in the army alone will not be able to move quickly in this water network.

At this time, everyone's eyes were on Wang Haitao. Wang Haitao frowned and thought for a while, then said to the people around him: "There are interceptions in front and chasing soldiers in the back, and the Japanese army will never let go of our new 90th Division easily, which is expected." I decided to rush over! What do you think?"

Su Zuxin said: "I agree with Shizuo's words, this should be the last blockade line of the Japanese army, as long as you rush over, it will be the dragon returning to the sea and the eagle flying for nine days." We must resolve to cross this blockade with all our might. Others agreed with Su Zuxin's words. Seeing this, Wang Haitao said: "Okay! Then let the Japanese army see what it means to move forward bravely!"

Immediately, Wang Haitao announced the order to fight. "The whole division once again concentrated artillery fire on the Japanese troops on the blockade line for ten minutes, all the combat vehicles entered the attack position before the shelling, and after the artillery fire was extended, the Japanese positions were assaulted, and the task was to destroy the Japanese fortifications as much as possible, eliminate the firing points, and open the passage for the follow-up troops.

After the chariot assault, the 542nd Regiment, which was now the best at cooperating with the chariots in the whole division, followed the chariot assault, and while protecting the chariots, it also tried its best to eliminate the Japanese troops on the positions and expand the open passages. The division headquarters and the wounded were in the middle, the 543rd Regiment and the 545th Regiment were protected on both sides, and the two divisions of the Sichuan Army followed closely behind, and the large forces rushed through the blockade line together.

The 546th Regiment and the guard battalion were responsible for the rear, and the troops in front were under the command of Chief of Staff Su Zuxin, and I would act with the guard battalion. Half of the division's 32 existing vehicles were loaded with the seriously wounded, and the other half were equipped with 120 heavy mortars and heavy machine guns as the division's support firepower. All fighters, except for the wounded, must be ready to fight. Everyone worked together to break through the blockade. ”

After Wang Haitao finished speaking, he looked at his watch and said: "Fifteen minutes of preparation, the shelling will start at 6:30, and the chariot can move forward in concealment." At this time, the order began to be transmitted down one level at a time, and all the soldiers, even some of the lightly wounded, began to check their weapons and ammunition, ready to do their best.

Blocking in front of the new 90th Division was the 62nd Brigade of the 21st Division of the Japanese Army, and after the 21st Division captured Kunshan without much effort, the goal was to cut off the road for the Shanghai defenders to retreat to Suzhou. However, they were still a step late, and most of the Shanghai defenders passed through here before they set up a blockade, and only a few of the stragglers were either killed here or scattered after being stopped by them.

Just when they thought that there would be no more gains, they suddenly received a telegram from the headquarters of the 14th Army, informing them that the new 90th Division of the Chinese army was moving in their direction, and that they must intercept the new 90th Division here, and then flank the pursuing troops in front and rear, and strive to destroy the new 90th Division of this China.

Lieutenant General Washizu Matsudaira, a division of the 21st Division of the Japanese Army, was surprised and delighted when he received the order, and was surprised that the new 90th Division in Shina was not so easy to deal with, and the 6th Division and the 13th Division were examples.

The 21st Division immediately increased the number of Japanese troops on the blockade line to a brigade and sent the division's mountain artillery wing. In the eyes of division commander Washizu Matsudaira, a brigade and a mountain artillery wing were enough to block the half-crippled New 90th Division, and he didn't expect how terrifying the firepower of the half-crippled New 90th Division was.

At 6:30 a.m., 1,500 meters away from the Japanese defense line, nearly 200 mortars that were densely arranged fired the first shells almost simultaneously. 200 shells exploded on the Japanese positions almost simultaneously, and the Japanese troops defending the positions in front were immediately overturned by the bombers.

The brigade commander of the 62nd Brigade was also stunned by such a strong artillery bombardment of the Chinese army, and by the time he came to his senses and ordered the artillery wing to counterattack, three rounds of shells had already fallen on the position. The Japanese 36 75 mountain guns began a counterattack, and shells fell on the artillery positions of the new 90th Division. Because the mortar platoon was quite dense, after the Japanese shells fell, the artillery positions of the new 90th Division also suffered heavy casualties.

Zhu Yingsheng, commander of the heavy firepower battalion of the 543rd Regiment, was in command of the artillery this time, and when he saw that the Japanese army was also counterattacking with artillery fire, he did not care about the casualties of the artillery, so he immediately asked the artillery to adjust the muzzle of the gun and knock out the Japanese artillery position first. In the few minutes when the artillery adjusted the muzzle, the Japanese shells continued to fall on the artillery position, and when the artillery on the position adjusted the muzzle and the Japanese artillery launched a fire, only half of the mortars that could be fired on the position were left.

When Wang Haitao heard the explosion of shells on the artillery position, he immediately ordered the 16 120 mortars on his vehicle to knock out the Japanese artillery position, and at the same time he himself rushed towards the artillery position. The destruction of the mortar is not a big problem, but many of these artillerymen are veterans who have followed him for many years, and the losses of these people are the most painful for Wang Haitao.

Ten minutes later, the Japanese artillery positions were completely muted, and the tanks also began to assault, followed by the officers and men of the 542nd Regiment who were coordinated to protect them. The artillery position was a mess here, a large number of soldiers fell in pools of blood, and the medical guards of all regiments came to the artillery position to rescue the wounded. Because the troops had to continue the assault, some seriously wounded could only be treated for wounds and sent to cars or stretchers.