In the face of the Chinese troops and those tanks that were constantly pressing forward, not only the Japanese soldiers guarding the position felt frightened, but even Major General Hirano Shozo, who was commanding the last line of positions, also felt tremendous pressure. Major General Hirano's 35th Mixed Brigade consisted of five infantry brigades and one artillery brigade, and he deployed two infantry brigades on the first line of defense.

Unexpectedly, on the first day of fighting, the Chinese army destroyed most of the bunkers and fortifications on the position with powerful artillery fire, and its own artillery brigade was also shattered in the battle. The soldiers on the first line of positions were more than half of the casualties, and the two captains in front of them were constantly asking for reinforcements. I also have an infantry brigade in my hand that is a mobile force, so should I just put it into the mobile brigade on the first day of battle?

Major General Hirano Shozo thought for a long time, but still gritted his teeth and ordered the soldiers on the first line to hold their positions and block the attack of the Chinese army. The two captains in front received an order from the brigade commander and could only order their men to hold on. In the face of the chariot that is attacking forward, the only way is to blow up and bomb with human flesh to fight for your life. As the four armored vehicles approached the front of the Japanese position, dozens of soldiers carrying explosives, packs and clusters* jumped out of the trench.

These Japanese soldiers shouted slogans and rushed towards the four armored vehicles, while the rest of the soldiers on the position used all the weapons they could use to cover the rushing mendition. The officers and men of the 1st Battalion of the 569th Regiment, which followed closely behind the armored body, had already prepared for the Japanese army's use of human bombs and shells, and as soon as the Japanese jumped out of the trench, all the guns were aimed at these soldiers.

The soldiers were knocked to the ground by bullets, but the soldiers of the first battalion also suffered many casualties because they did not care about dodging the Japanese fire. Even so, several Japanese soldiers rushed to the vicinity of the armored vehicle and fired the explosives and powder packs on their bodies. The protection of armored vehicles was much inferior to that of tank vehicles, and in a few loud bangs, three of them were damaged and could not move any further.

The attack of the first battalion also had to be stopped, and there was cheers from the Japanese positions, and the morale also rose a little. Just when the commander of the first battalion, Deng Fei, hesitated whether to withdraw first, the roar of the engine sounded behind him, Deng Fei looked back, and more than ten armored vehicles covered a large number of comrades rushed up, at this time Deng Fei understood that his boss was determined to break through the Japanese defense line at one time.

Deng Fei asked his soldiers to hide on the spot and shoot at the Japanese army, while waiting for the armored vehicles behind to rush up. In the second group, more than a dozen chariots covered the Chinese soldiers and rushed up, which knocked down the morale of the Japanese soldiers on the position. The rumbling of engines and the firing of vehicle-mounted artillery and vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns all made the Japanese soldiers on the position feel a kind of despair.

The two captains on the Japanese position glanced at each other, and at the same time pulled out the command knife on their waists, and shouted hoarsely: "Warriors of the Great Japanese Empire, now is the time for you to fight your allegiance to the death for His Majesty the Emperor and for the Holy War in Greater East Asia.

Just as the Japanese troops on the front-line positions were preparing to launch a counter-charge, a roar was heard in the sky, and soon dozens of planes appeared in the sky. The arrival of the Japanese planes made the Japanese soldiers on the position grasp a life-saving straw and cheered in unison, while the faces of the people in the attacking position became serious.

When Wang Haitao arranged his position, he had already thought that the Japanese army would send planes to bomb it, so he arranged all the antiaircraft artillery units, and in addition, he also specially organized a group of six or seven heavy machine guns to form several heavy machine gun companies to take up air defense tasks, but because the number of antiaircraft guns was limited, they could only be arranged in important positions, and the heavy artillery positions in the direction of the north gate were key air defense positions, and not only antiaircraft guns were arranged for air defense, but also two heavy machine gun companies were specially involved in the air defense units.

It is impossible for the attacking troops to be protected by anti-aircraft guns, and the attacking troops now have more than a dozen armored vehicles and two battalions of infantry, and these local soldiers will suffer heavy casualties if they are bombed by Japanese planes. Mu Suzhong did not hesitate to give the order to retreat, but as soon as the order was delivered, the Japanese planes had already reached the sky above the position.

The planes that were anxious to relieve the Japanese troops from the encirclement on the position changed their previous way of diving and bombing in batches, and at once dozens of planes pounced, and these planes were divided into several groups and rushed down against the artillery positions, armored vehicle positions, infantry positions, and attacking troops. There were anti-aircraft weapons on the positions with full firepower, blocking and firing in the air, and scattered and concealed without anti-aircraft weapons to avoid bombing by aircraft.

The artillery targets on the heavy artillery positions are obvious and inconvenient to move, so they are the best targets for attack, but the heavy artillery positions are also the places with the most anti-aircraft firepower, and not only are the 32 37-millimeter double-barreled antiaircraft guns of two antiaircraft artillery battalions forming a three-line interception fire network, but there are also two antiaircraft machine gun companies all equipped with Type 67 heavy machine guns assisting the antiaircraft guns in air defense.

More than 20 Japanese bombers pounced on the heavy artillery positions, but the firepower network composed of antiaircraft guns and antiaircraft machine guns was connected into a dense net of death, and the more than 20 bombers that pounced down were really able to break through several firepower nets, rushing to the heavy artillery positions and dropping bombs and bombs, and most of the bombers were shot down or turned into a fireball.

More than a dozen bombers on the armored vehicle position and the infantry position also pounced, and the armored vehicles on the armored car position dispersed when they discovered the arrival of the Japanese planes, and the heavy machine guns on the vehicles that could fire at the air were all pointed in the air. After the Japanese planes pounced, the armored vehicles used various techniques to evade the bombs and bombs dropped by the planes, and at the same time used heavy machine guns to fire non-stop into the air, so that the Japanese planes had some scruples.

Except for a dozen or so heavy machine guns left behind to shoot at the air on the infantry position, the rest of the fighters had already scattered and hidden in various places, and there were no people scurrying around on the ground at all. Among the Japanese planes, several bombers and more than a dozen fighters rushed to the head of the attacking troops who were about to withdraw to their positions.

The troops that were preparing to retreat were the most conspicuous targets, and the heavy machine guns on more than a dozen armored vehicles did not pose too much threat to the Japanese planes, especially the combat organs, and these bombers and more than 10 fighters rushed down with impunity, and the bombers dropped a series of aerial bombs and bombs, and the fighters swooped down with a roar, and used their airborne machine guns to carve out a bloody path in the crowd again and again.

The bombardment of the planes for more than half an hour finally ended with the bombers running out* and the fighters running out of bullets and leaving, and the Japanese planes suffered basically no losses except for the fact that they were shot down and a dozen destroyed while bombing heavy artillery positions. In Musuzhong, 12 75-caliber field guns were blown up on the artillery position, 4 heavy armored vehicles and 12 light armored vehicles were blown up and damaged (including the retreating armored units), and the casualties exceeded 200 (most of them were caused by the attack on the retreating troops).

Such a big loss made Mu Suzhong also frown, and just when Mu Suzhong was about to give the order to attack again, division commander Li Yuanhong came to Mu Suzhong's temporary command post. Under Li Yuanhong's questioning, Mu Suzhong reported the losses to Li Yuanhong and asked for another attack on the Japanese position. Li Yuanhong asked: "The bombing of the Japanese planes has caused you a lot of losses, how is the morale of the soldiers now?"

Mu Su replied in a neutral manner: "Report to the division, the soldiers all want to avenge the blood and hatred of their sacrificed comrades, and the morale of the division seat does not have to worry." Moreover, the fortifications on the Japanese positions have been basically destroyed by our artillery fire, and I believe that as long as we launch another attack, we will definitely be able to break through the Japanese defense line. Li Yuanhong thought for a moment and said, "Okay! I agree with you to launch another attack on the Japanese army, and I wish you victory!"

Mu Suzhong saluted and replied, "Please rest assured, we will definitely be able to achieve victory!" After speaking, he turned around and grabbed the phone, and after trying to get through the artillery position, he said: "Is it Regiment Commander Liu Qingyuan? I am Mu Suzhong, and I order your artillery regiment to carry out a 20-minute covering artillery bombardment of the Japanese position." Liu Qingyuan, the commander of the artillery regiment who answered the phone, replied immediately: "Yes, Brigade Commander Mu." The artillery regiment resolutely completed the task!"

Then more than 100 guns of the artillery regiment roared again. Amid the rumbling of artillery, Mu Suzhong once again ordered to assemble five heavy armored vehicles and ten light armored vehicles, transfer the first and second battalions of the 568th Regiment, and launch an attack on the Japanese positions after the artillery bombardment ended. The 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 568th Regiment were the two battalions of the 93rd Division, which were among the best in combat effectiveness.

The twenty-minute artillery bombardment made the Japanese troops on the position anxious again. As soon as the shelling stopped, the Japanese troops had not yet recovered from the shelling, and the 15 armored vehicles on the offensive position lined up in an attack formation, covering more than 1,000 officers and men of the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 568th Regiment to launch another attack on the Japanese position. At this time, there were less than 1,000 soldiers left on the first line of Japanese positions, and the two captains stood in the trench with a disgraced face, seeing more than a dozen chariots rushing up again, while asking for help from the commander of the 3rd Brigade of Hiranozhuang again, and directing his men to enter the position to block the attack of the Chinese army.

The two captains knew very well in their hearts that if the brigade commander did not send reinforcements, then he would die here today. The pride of the samurai did not allow them to retreat or surrender. Their officers also ordered their soldiers to enter the positions and use all the weapons they could use to block the attack of the Chinese army, but in the absence of artillery, or even a few heavy machine guns, it was a difficult task to block the attack of the Chinese army covered by chariots.