Just as the soldiers of the two companies covered the remnants of the first battalion and began to retreat to the rear, the other three Japanese infantry brigades in the distance, lined up in a neat line, began to launch a pig assault on the position of the second regiment. I saw that the Japanese troops were lined up in a phalanx, carrying rifles with bayonets, and under the leadership of the officers, shouting the slogan "His Majesty the Emperor!" and moving forward in orderly steps.

This kind of pig sudden charge, looking imposing, if you encounter other national army troops, it is still some power to bully them with weapons. It's a pity that they met Wang Haitao, who is famous for his powerful firepower. On the wall of the south gate, Huang Guizhong was saddened by the casualties of the defenders on the first position, but he saw from a distance that the Japanese army used this kind of pig sudden collective charge, and couldn't help but snort coldly.

Although Huang Guizhong had never encountered this kind of pig-like collective charge of the Japanese army in reality, he heard Wang Haitao mention it when analyzing the characteristics of the Japanese attack. At that time, Wang Haitao also took out the famous Japanese general Nogi Noshinori in World War I to pioneer this kind of pig assault charge, which was used to fight with the German army when capturing Qingdao, to give an explanation.

According to Wang Haitao, this kind of group charge, in the First World War, because the opponent's weapons were not good, and they could still win the battle despite huge casualties, but now, it has long been outdated and has become an obsolete tactic. If this tactic is used against the armies of the Western powers, it will only be slaughtered. But on the Chinese battlefield, because of the backwardness of the weapons and equipment of the national army, it was still often used by the Japanese army and could achieve victory.

Now the Japanese army has used this trick in front of its own troops, and its own troops are not those ragtag national armies, and the level of weapons and equipment is not much worse than that of the armies of the Western powers. However, Huang Guizhong was still a little worried that Zheng Daxi would make mistakes and even cause losses to his troops when he had not experienced the tactics of the Japanese army's collective charge. Therefore, Huang Guizhong first ordered all the heavy machine gun fire points on the city wall to prepare for shooting, and then raised his binoculars to observe the position of the 2nd Regiment outside the city.

The first battalion rushed out of the position and fought with the Japanese army, because two companies arrived in time to support, and an infantry brigade of the Japanese army was basically wiped out, so the first line of positions was still in the hands of the second regiment. Zheng Daxi wanted to give up the first line of positions and retreat to the second line, but when he carefully observed the Japanese attack, he couldn't help but be happy. Without waiting for the second battalion commander beside him to ask, Zheng Daxi preemptively said: "Second battalion commander, what kind of offensive formation do you think Little Japan is discharging this one? This platoon is still rushing forward neatly, is it here to find death?"

Your second battalion immediately attacked with the whole battalion, took the first line of positions, and set up all the light and heavy machine guns for Lao Tzu! Since the little Japan wanted to find death, Lao Tzu would fulfill them today! By the way, the little Japan bombed Lao Tzu's position for so long, and it was time for them to taste the taste of our shells. Remember, if you dare to let a little Japan pass over your position today, you will not come to see me again!"

The commander of the second battalion replied loudly: "Tuanzao, you can rest assured to watch a good show here!" After answering, he trotted out of the command post. Soon all the officers and men of the second battalion moved forward from the second line of positions to the first line of positions, and all the light and heavy machine guns were quickly put into position. At this time, the Japanese army rushed to the first phalanx in front, and there was still a distance of 200 meters from the front of the position.

At a distance of 200 meters, the light and heavy machine guns could already exert their power, so the commander of the second battalion directly ordered the machine guns to fire as soon as the fighters entered the position and had not even breathed. At the sound of the order, more than a dozen heavy machine guns and more than 20 light machine guns spat out tongues of fire almost simultaneously, and the dense rain of bullets knocked the charging Japanese troops to the ground in rows like harvesting rice.

When the Japanese troops who were charging saw that the position was firing, not only did they not dodge and retreat, but under the leadership of the officer, they shouted slogans and rushed faster. But how can flesh and blood fight bullets? The dense stormtroopers caused more Japanese soldiers to fall in pools of blood. Standing in the rear of the Japanese army and watching the battle, Takada Toshisada Osa watched a row of soldiers fall, and his eyelids couldn't help jumping.

After watching it for a while, Takada Toshisada Osa, who couldn't bear it any longer, shouted angrily: "Signal troops, quickly ask the field artillery wing to cover the positions of the Chinese people with artillery fire! Order the artillery of the wing to open fire! The heavy machine gun squadron suppresses the fire of the Chinese people!" In his hissing roar, several signal soldiers rushed to give orders. Soon, Japanese shells rained down on the position of the 2nd Battalion again, and several heavy machine guns on the opposite side also began to fire suppressively.

The Japanese artillery fire still caused great damage to the second battalion, and although the soldiers opened fire in the trenches and craters, the shrapnel flying in all directions still caused a lot of casualties among the soldiers. The smoke and dust raised after the explosion seriously affected the soldiers' vision, and the firepower on the position suddenly dispersed, and the charging Japanese troops obviously felt a lot less pressure.

This greatly encouraged the charging Japanese troops, and the morale of the charging army was more energetic and faster. Zheng Daxi stood in front of the observation hole of the command post, and kept holding a telescope to observe the situation in front of him, as soon as the Japanese artillery shells fell, the smile on his face disappeared, looking at the soldiers who were blown away by the shells, he couldn't help but smash his fist on the wall, and scolded: "Little Japan of the dog day, bullying Lao Tzu without artillery? Passing on my order, all mortars opened fire, targeting Japanese artillery positions and heavy machine gun fire points. ”

With the range of mortars, it was impossible to return fire at the positions of the Japanese field artillery wing, but it was not difficult to bombard the positions of the Japanese small artillery. After the order was transmitted, dozens of mortars fired at the same time from several positions, and the shells accurately landed on the small artillery positions of the 136th Wing of the Japanese Army. The sudden blow destroyed the more than 40 small cannons on the Japanese position before they could react.

The artillery fire of the counterattack also made Takada Toshisada Dasa stunned, and when he saw one of his subordinates hurrying over and reporting that the small artillery gathered by his wing had been lost, he scolded with red eyes: "Baga!" and gave his subordinates two slaps. Then he shouted wildly: "Send a letter to the field artillery wing immediately, asking them to destroy the artillery of the Chinese people!" and at this time, the mortars, who had completed their mission, aimed at the Japanese soldiers who were charging.

Seeing that his mortars began to bombard the Japanese infantry after bombarding the Japanese small artillery positions and heavy machine gun positions, Zheng Daxi couldn't help but scold: "Stupid, don't move quickly, the artillery fire of the little Japanese retaliation will arrive soon! How do you teach you in peacetime?" Just when he called the signal corps and wanted the signal corps to order the artillery to shift their positions, the mortar bombardment suddenly stopped, which made Zheng Daxi breathe a sigh of relief. Sure enough, it didn't take long for the Japanese artillery shells to no longer bombard the positions of the second battalion, but fell on the mortar positions.

The timely transfer of mortar positions and the retaliatory artillery fire of the Japanese army were doomed to be in vain. The mortar crews, under the command of the commander of the heavy fire battalion, fired three rapid fire in the east and three in the west, and started a guerrilla war with the Japanese artillery, and the Japanese artillery was also at a loss and could only bombard in vain behind the mortar crews.

The Japanese small artillery and heavy machine gun positions were destroyed, the field artillery was again attracted by the mortar gunners, the pressure on the position of the second battalion was greatly reduced, and the commander of the second battalion took the opportunity to reorganize his troops, and the dense firepower began to exert its power again. The momentum of the charging Japanese troops was suppressed at once, and the corpses of the Japanese soldiers were piled up higher and higher about a hundred meters in front of the position.

Seeing that the three infantry brigades that charged had lost more than half of them, but they couldn't even rush close to the defenders' positions, Takada Toshisada couldn't help but close his eyes in pain, and he had to admit in his heart that the attack was a complete failure. After a long moment, he opened his eyes and gave the order to retreat in a dejected manner. By the time all the troops had withdrawn, there were less than 1,500 men left.

Takada Toshisada Osa attacked here many times to no avail, and Lieutenant General Shunjiro Takeuchi could not withstand the fierce attacks of the 460th Brigade and the 462nd Brigade, and was defeated all the way. Lieutenant General Shunjiro Takeuchi had basically no combat units at his disposal, and all troops were drawn from units such as the Baggage Wing and the Engineer Wing to block the pursuit of the Chinese army.

The combat effectiveness of these units was already limited, and under the attack of the steel chariot and the two brigades in turn, they were basically unable to parry. Although most of the Japanese soldiers participated in the blockade with a certain intention of death, it did not cause too much trouble to the pursuing troops, at most it only delayed their pursuit a little. At the dawn of the day, the headquarters of the 116th Division of Lieutenant General Shunjiro Takeuchi and the headquarters of the 32nd Division of Lieutenant General Iide Tetsuzo were already close to the 136th Wing, but there were less than 5,000 troops left.

After learning that the 136th Wing had failed in its attack and that no progress had been made so far, Lieutenant General Iide Tetsuzo and Lieutenant General Shunjiro Takeuchi got together again, and in disappointment, sent another telegram to Commander Isamu Yokoyama, asking for assistance. Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama was also walking back and forth restlessly in the headquarters of Nanchang City at this time, and he did not have any troops in his hands that could be mobilized at all.

Besides, even if there are still troops that can be mobilized, it will be too late to mobilize them now. A company of three divisions shattered outside Zhangshu City, and this consequence was unbearable even for him, the commander. At this time, Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama no longer had the feeling of being proud when he had just won the victory, but thought about how to explain to the Nanjing side and the base camp. After thinking about it, Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama still couldn't take such a big loss, so he thought of using the flying unit in his hand again.

Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama put down the telegram in his hand, which was almost crumpled, grabbed the telephone on his desk, and asked for a telephone call from Major General Rokuro Imanishi, commander of the 1st Flying Regiment, which sent air units to carry out air strikes against the Chinese troops pursuing the 116th Division, and bombed the tugboat town continuously. When Major General Rokuro Imanishi received the order, he did not dare to slack off, and immediately sent the 44th Flying Brigade to support the 116th Division, and also sent the 65th Flying Brigade to bombard the tugboat town.