readx;? After the 109th Division had a full meal, at 9 o'clock in the evening, Ge Yanchun, commander of the 325th Brigade, led two regiments of soldiers to the south gate of Songjiang City. Tang Renxin, commander www.biquge.info of the 271st Brigade of the New 90th Division, and Tang Yikuan, deputy brigade commander and commander of the 542nd Regiment, were already waiting here. After greeting each other, the soldiers of the 325th Brigade began to go out of the city to change guards with the 542nd Regiment.

The first battalion of the 542nd Regiment was guarding the first and second lines of defense, when troops came to change the guard, and the soldiers stopped repairing the fortifications. Li Yuanhong, commander of the 1st Battalion, explained the situation of the entire 1st and 2nd lines of defense to Gao Muyan, commander of the 649th Regiment, who had come to take over the position, and handed over several places where the defense should be focused, and then handed over more than 500 gas masks from the 1st Battalion to the officers and men of the 649th Regiment.

An hour later, the 542nd Regiment withdrew to the city, and handed over the positions outside the city to the 325th Brigade in its entirety. The first thing the 649th Regiment did after taking over the position was to set up machine guns in several key defensive places. Then, in addition to the sentinels who served as guards, the whole regiment reinforced and repaired the existing fortifications. Several divisions of the Northeast Army are known for their good defense, and even the Central Army is beyond the reach of the Central Army in the construction of fortifications.

At this time, as soon as he took over these positions, although the overall arrangement could not be seen clearly at night, the individual quality and construction standards of these fortifications were absolutely first-class. Soon after reinforcing and repairing several positions that needed to be repaired, the officers and men of the 649th Regiment had nothing to do, so they rested and did what they should do. Regiment commander Gao Muyan and several battalion commanders and company commanders gathered in a large bunker, smoking cigarettes while discussing tomorrow's battle.

These people are also veterans of a hundred battles, and one of the battalion commanders said: "Tuanza, these fortifications are really not said, I just walked around the position, this position is really not fooling us, with such a position, it is much easier to defend." It's a pity that we have fewer machine guns, and even light machine guns are used in each bunker before we can barely arrange one. ”

The commander of the second battalion also interjected at this time: "Tuanzao, just when the soldiers of the new 90th Division withdrew from their positions, I paid attention to it, I have never seen their weapons, and there are too many light and heavy machine guns to count. The commander of the third battalion also said: "I heard that the new 90th Division has completely annihilated the 6th Division of Little Japan here. ”

The head of the regiment, Gao Muyan, threw the cigarette butt in his hand and said: "Hello guys, it's someone else's, it's useless for us to be red-eyed." Let's get down to business, several people have seen the attack of Little Japan, not to mention the ferocity of the artillery fire, the soldiers' bullets are also accurate, and the grenadier is the same as the small steel cannon. Tomorrow I will let my subordinates hide well, don't eat begging under the fire of the little Japan, and the little Japan calmed down when it came up, and put the little Japan closer before fighting. ”

The commander of the first battalion replied with a smile: "You can rest assured, these people know that they can't suffer much loss even with these fortifications." Gao Muyan glanced at these people and said: "Tomorrow against Little Japan, no one will give Lao Tzu a strain, let's talk about it ugly before, who pulled back and retreated, don't blame Lao Tzu for being ruthless." The commander of the first battalion glared and said loudly: "Tuanzuo, our Northeast Army is a real man, who dares to pull the string, you don't need to do it in Tuanzuo, Lao Tzu will break him out first." ”

Gao Muyan's face eased a little and said: "The brothers are all cheering up, I heard what the master said, this time the chief is very benevolent, and he will not lose the merits of the brothers, the brothers have fought this battle well, and I will go to ask the brothers for merit when the time comes." The battalion and company commanders under him glanced at each other, and a smile appeared on their faces.

After the 542nd Regiment withdrew to Songjiang County, the regiment commander Tang Yikuan came to the division headquarters, and Wang Haitao saw Tang Yikuan and asked: "Yikuan, has the 542nd Regiment changed its guard?" Tang Yikuan replied: "Division, our 542nd Regiment has completed the change of guard, and we have all returned to the city." Wang Haitao said: "Okay." You let the brothers of the 542nd Regiment rest for two days, and this time has also worked hard for everyone. But in a few days there will be a crucial and difficult battle for you to fight, you go to the regiment and intercede with the brothers, and don't drop the chain for me when the time comes. ”

Tang Yikuan replied: "Master, when did our 542nd Regiment miss your division? Wang Haitao nodded and said, "Okay." I trust you, but the mission will be issued in a few days, so you should rest in the next few days. Tang Yikuan heard Wang Haitao say this, so he retreated and returned to the camp.

The next morning the sky was overcast and cold winds were blowing in the air. At eight o'clock in the morning, the sound of artillery was heard from three positions one after another, and the Japanese attack began again in a new day. On the position outside the south gate of Songjiang City, the explosion of Japanese artillery shells drowned out all sounds, and the soldiers of the 1st Battalion of the 649th Regiment were either hiding in bunkers or in anti-artillery holes, and the few observation posts left on the frontal positions were also clinging to the edge of the trenches and did not dare to stretch their heads.

After twenty minutes of shelling, the fighters of the 1st battalion left their hiding places one after another and entered the front-line positions. A large group of Japanese soldiers also opened a skirmish line and advanced in front of the position in an attack formation, with two mountain guns, several mortars and several heavy machine guns behind providing cover for the attacking Japanese troops. The commander of a battalion was in a bunker, holding a Czech light machine gun, and watched the attacking Japanese troops intently.

The attacking Japanese troops did not know that the troops had been changed on the position, and the bullets pouring down like a waterfall on the defenders' positions two days ago, as well as the defenders' accurate marksmanship, made the attacking Japanese troops also frightened, so today's Japanese soldiers were still cautious and resolute little by little when they attacked, and when the Japanese troops entered within 150 meters of the position, Ichikan shouted: "Hit!" and then pulled the trigger of the light machine gun in his hand.

Hearing the battalion commander's order, the fighters also opened fire on the Japanese troops. The Japanese soldiers, who had been prepared for a long time, lay on the ground as soon as the gunshots rang out on the position, and the defenders' shooting only allowed a dozen Japanese soldiers to be shot. The Japanese soldiers lying on the ground began to shoot at the defenders on the position with their weapons. After firing at each other for a while, the Japanese felt that something was wrong.

The captain of the attacking Japanese army found that the defenders on the position today not only had a lot less automatic weapons, but also the marksmanship of the soldiers was much worse; after shooting at each other for so long, at least dozens of soldiers on his side would be shot, but today only a dozen soldiers have been shot. I don't know what the hell is going on with the defenders of China on the position, but this situation should be a good thing.

So the captain of the Japanese army half-knelt and ordered the soldiers to continue the attack and advance. The Japanese soldiers lying on the ground slowly got up, bent over, braved the bullets of the defenders, and continued to attack and advance. Although soldiers continued to be shot and fell to the ground, the number of dead and wounded was still within the range that the captain could bear. The Japanese troops were only a few dozen meters away from the position, and the defenders threw grenades at the Japanese troops, and the same Japanese soldiers also threw grenades into the trenches.

At this time, the power of the crossfire network formed by several bunkers on the defender's position began to be revealed, and several light and heavy machine guns blocked the way for the Japanese to continue to advance, making the open area in front of the position a death zone. Eventually, the Japanese retreated, leaving behind hundreds of corpses. The officers and soldiers of the defenders on the position, as well as the regiment commander Gao Muyan, who was watching the battle on the second line of defense, breathed a sigh of relief.

In this first battle, although the Japanese army left nearly 100 corpses, the soldiers of the first battalion also sacrificed dozens of people, including a company commander and two platoon commanders. It was a draw, but the Japanese army was the attacker, and this result also showed the strength of the Japanese army's combat effectiveness. The commander of the battalion on the position also knew very well that this battle could be fought like this, thanks to the extremely perfect construction of the fortifications on this position, and the layout was quite reasonable. A few more heavy machine guns would have been easier to defend.

At this time, the regiment commander Gao Muyan also came to the first line, and the first battalion commander first praised the fortifications on the position, and then asked the regiment commander to add a few heavy machine guns. After thinking about it, the regiment commander Gao Muyan decided to transfer three Mark heavy machine guns from the third battalion to support the first line of defense. At the same time, let the third battalion send a company to reinforce here, and the commander of the first battalion naturally couldn't ask for it.

After that, the Japanese attacked twice, and although they were all repulsed by the defenders, the Japanese also determined that the defenders of China on the position had been replaced. This was good news for the Japanese army, and the replacement of the Shina troops was much worse than the original troops, which meant that the difficulty of the attack was much less. Under these circumstances, the Japanese intensified their attacks, and the pressure on the defenders' first line of defense suddenly increased.

After the first position was almost broken through for two consecutive times, the regiment commander Gao Muyan decisively sent the third battalion up, and now there were two battalions of soldiers on the first position, so the position could be stabilized. It's just that this battle was far more than the same as it was, and in less than a day's battle, nearly two hundred soldiers were killed. After the regiment commander Gao Muyan reported the situation to the brigade commander Ge Yanchun, Ge Yanchun was also secretly taken aback.

In the afternoon of that day, the **106th Division also rushed to Songjiang County. The division commander, Lieutenant General Shen Ke, was originally the old department of General Feng Yuxiang, and the 106th Division was also the old foundation of the Northwest Army. The number of the 106th Division was a little smaller, with only three regiments, plus the divisional guard battalion and other units, totaling more than 6,800 people. However, the soldiers of the 106th Division have strong combat effectiveness, and their weapons and equipment are not bad, as if everyone is carrying a big knife behind their backs, and their knife skills are not bad. The "Eight Swords" of the new 90th Division was still learned from the Northwest Army, and Deputy Division Commander Zhao Zhongwu was originally only a platoon commander in the Northwest Army.

Wang Haitao naturally welcomed the arrival of the 106th Division of the Northwest Army, and once again welcomed Division Commander Shen Ke into the division headquarters. Lieutenant General Shen Ke is a standard northern man, and his personality is also very straightforward, and he has no politeness after sitting down, so he directly asks Wang Haitao to assign tasks. For people with such straightforward personalities, Wang Haitao still appreciates them very much and is very willing to deal with them.