Although the shelling of the Japanese field artillery is not as powerful as that of heavy artillery, they are all new types of field artillery that have just been produced in Japan, and the power is still not small, and the key is that there are quite a few of them. After several days of bombardment, the fortifications outside the city were destroyed, and even the trenches were blown up in many places, and many soldiers were using the craters to fight. Naturally, the Japanese shelling caused casualties among the soldiers.

Just after the end of the Japanese shelling, the fighters on the position were just about to enter the position, and the roar of aircraft was heard in the sky again. The heavy machine guns on the city wall suddenly pointed in the direction of the Japanese in the sky. After a while, more than a dozen bombers came to the sky above the battlefield. When the Japanese began to dive, all the heavy machine guns on the walls opened fire at the same time, and the bullets created a net of fire in the air.

The pilots of the Japanese planes were all veterans, and if they were prepared, they would not have pounced into the firepower net, but as soon as they dived, they pulled up, flew over with the firepower, and then threw a string of bombs on the battlefield. There is no accuracy in dropping bombs like this, but there are always hundreds of bombs when blind cats hit dead rats, and this time a few bombs fell on the city walls, destroying the bunker fortifications on the city walls in three places, killing and wounding three heavy machine guns and a dozen soldiers.

And the bombs that fell inside and outside the city would have been more or less run into unlucky soldiers, and they also brought some casualties. While the Japanese planes were bombing, a Japanese infantry battalion attacked the position. The fighters of the battalion on the position braved the bombardment of aircraft, the artillery fire of the 92 infantry guns and mortars into the position. When the Japanese entered a distance of 200 meters, sharpshooters and light and heavy machine guns began to counterattack.

The barbed wire and obstacles in front of the position were blown up, and the Japanese troops still opened up the stragglers to attack forward under the blows of light and heavy machine guns, while the Japanese heavy machine guns, mortars, and grenadiers also mainly took care of the light and heavy machine guns on the position. The battle was very fierce, Du Haifeng also braved artillery fire to climb the city wall, saw that the Japanese attack was very fierce, and ordered his subordinates to use artillery fire to support the positions outside the city as soon as the plane flew away.

Finally, when the Japanese planes dropped all the bombs and flew back, the Japanese infantry was only about 100 meters away from the position. Mortars of various calibers began to return fire on the city, and heavy machine guns lowered their muzzles and fired bullets at the attacking Japanese infantry. There were also dozens of mortars and Type 92 infantry guns on the Japanese position, and seeing that the defenders were using mortars, they hurriedly suppressed them with artillery fire, and the two sides launched an artillery battle.

The attacking infantry was deprived of artillery support, while the officers and men of the first battalion on the position were deprived of the threat of artillery, and the quality of individual soldiers and their strong firepower began to manifest. The attacking Japanese infantry brigade suffered nearly half of the casualties and failed to get close to the defenders' positions, and the Japanese captain in charge of the command retreated unwillingly, and the Qianzhongfu Dazuo, who was watching the battle in front of him, could only sigh.

After withstanding the frantic attack of the Japanese army all day, Du Haifeng saw that the position outside the city could no longer be used, and the first battalion and two companies that had just gone up had nearly half of the casualties in one day, so he ordered all the troops outside the city to withdraw to the city, ready to rely on the city wall to fight with the Japanese army. The two companies of the second battalion, which had been withdrawn last time, plus the two companies of the first battalion that had just been withdrawn, were to be used as the last reserve. At this time, Du Haifeng sent a telegram to the headquarters of the 90th Division about the battle situation in the past few days and the current situation in Qingyuan City.

When Wang Haitao received the telegram from Du Haifeng from the 90th Division, the 22nd Division of the Japanese Army had already launched an attack on Yingde County. Guarding the first line of defense outside Yingde County were the officers and men of the 1st Battalion of the 546th Regiment. The first battalion commander was the former company commander who had just been promoted, named Tang Zhijun. Tang Zhijun is the favorite general under Xiao Yuanxin, the former commander of the first battalion, this person is not only brave in battle, but also difficult is to use his brain in battle, and his fighting style is flexible and changeable.

The armament of each regiment of the 90th Division was not bad, and there were more than 20 mortars in one battalion of the 546th Regiment alone. Tang Zhijun made full use of the superiority of the first battalion in firepower, and not only did dozens of light and heavy machine guns be arranged in a very layered manner, but they could completely bring out their firepower. Moreover, taking advantage of the characteristics of the mortars that they are firing quickly and moving quickly, the mortars of the whole battalion were divided into several squads with three mortars of three mortar groups as a squad.

During the battle, Tang Zhijun stipulated that only two mortar squads could carry out artillery fire at a time, and each mortar could only fire three rapid fires before moving positions. A well-trained mortar team fires three rapid fire shots and then shifts positions, all in just two minutes. In two minutes, it was impossible for the Japanese artillery to return fire under any circumstances. In this way, you can not only use mortars to strike the army, but also protect yourself from attack.

In the face of the defense commanded by Tang Zhijun, the Japanese army's unchanged attack was broken and bleeding, and the casualties were serious and ineffective, while the losses of the officers and men of the first battalion were not large. The 22nd Brigade of the Japanese Army attacked for two days, and in addition to losing troops and losing generals, it failed to capture even the first line of defense, which made the brigade commander, Major General Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu, angry and secretly surprised.

In two days, the situation in Qingyuan County became even more severe, the city wall of Qingyuan County had collapsed under the bombardment of the Japanese army, Du Haifeng even sent the guards around him to fight with the Japanese army, but the retreat order of the division headquarters did not arrive, even if Du Haifeng was left alone, he would hold the position. And Wang Haitao already knew that the time for a counterattack had come.

Wang Haitao first sent a telegram to Du Haifeng, asking Du Haifeng's 547th Regiment to withdraw from Qingyuan County after 10 o'clock in the evening and withdraw to Yingde County to rest and recuperate. Then they sent electricity to several troops guarding outside the city of Yingde County. The order given to Tangshan Leopard was to have the Guard Brigade launch an attack on the artillery wing and baggage units of the 22nd Brigade of the Japanese Army at 10 o'clock tonight, and to cut off the Japanese retreat in the direction of Shaoguan.

The order given to the 271st Brigade and the 62nd Army was to launch an attack on the 22nd Brigade of the Japanese Army from the east and west directions at 10 o'clock in the evening, and to attack and at the same time cut off the road for the Japanese to flee in the east and west directions.

After sending telegrams to several troops, Wang Haitao sent another telegram to Tang Renxin, the deputy commander of the army, informing him of the situation in Yingde County and asking him to take the opportunity to launch an attack on the Japanese troops in Shaoguan. As soon as the telegram was sent, Zhang Lingfu, commander of the 272nd Brigade, came to Wang Haitao's headquarters and asked to personally lead the 545th Regiment to attack the Japanese army. Wang Haitao saw that Zhang Lingfu was eager to fight, so he agreed to his request and repeatedly told him to pay attention to safety.

At half past nine o'clock in the evening, several units entered their respective attack positions, and the 271st Brigade and the Guard Brigade mobilized a large number of mortars of various calibers to aim at the Japanese military camp. The artillery regiment of the 90th Division in the city, 30 guns also raised their muzzles and aimed at the target. Wang Haitao also came to the city wall under the protection of the guard camp and set his sights in the direction of the Japanese military camp. The 3rd Battalion of the 545th Regiment and the 3rd Battalion of the 546th Regiment all entered the first line of defense outside the city with Zhang Lingfu and were ready to attack.

The clock pointed to ten o'clock in the evening, and the thirty guns of the artillery battalion first let out a roar, and at the same time there were shelling fires in several directions, and countless shells flew towards the Japanese barracks at the same time. The sound of artillery alarmed Major General Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu, commander of the 22nd Brigade of the Japanese Army, who was in the camp, and before Major General Kuroiwa could walk out of the camp, the shells had already exploded in the camp.

The Japanese barracks were in chaos, the soldiers scurried in all directions, dodging the shells, and the officers hurried out of their tents, shouting for an enemy attack while looking for their subordinates. The firelight illuminated the panicked figures of the Japanese soldiers, and also illuminated the bloodless face of Major General Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu. The shelling lasted for ten minutes and gradually stopped, but the shouts of killing from all sides made Major General Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu's heart sink.

At this time, Major General Yoshikatsu Kuroiwa finally understood that this was a full-scale counteroffensive launched by the Chinese army against him. Major General Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu, who had calmed down, immediately ordered his subordinates to organize soldiers to defend on the spot and be sure to block the attack of the divisional army. To say that the 11th Division of the Japanese Army is worthy of being the earliest first-class division, it is indeed well-trained. Having recovered from the confusion of the initial shelling, a circular defensive line was quickly formed and began to block the offensive of the Chinese troops.

However, the troops of the 90th Division are not comparable to other armies of the national army. At Wanjialing in Jiujiang, the 7th or 8th Army of the National Army, with more than 100,000 people, could not completely annihilate a brigade of the 106th Division in a few days, and the division commander of the Japanese army, Junrokuro Matsuura, was allowed to escape. The troops of the 90th Division disintegrated the defensive line built by the Japanese army in a hurry like boiling water and snow, and quickly inserted themselves into the Japanese barracks.

The fastest movement and the most fierce attack was the guard brigade, and the first regiment, under the leadership of Tangshan Leopard, went directly to the artillery position of the 11th Wing of the Mountain Artillery. At a distance of a hundred meters from the artillery position, the organized resistance of the Japanese army was finally encountered. This is an infantry squadron specially arranged to protect the artillery position, because the artillery did not hit here, so the Japanese troops here are panicked but not chaotic.

As soon as the Tangshan Leopards' team approached here, several machine guns opened fire on the Japanese position, and several fighters who rushed to the front fell. The fighters behind hid on the spot, and the attack stopped. When Tangshan Leopard saw it, he immediately ordered several 40 rocket launchers to go up and knock out the Japanese machine-gun position. As several rockets were fired, several Japanese machine-gun positions were drowned out in the sound of explosions.

As soon as the machine guns stopped, a regiment of fighters jumped up from their hiding place and rushed to the Japanese position. By this time, the single-shot rifles on the Japanese positions could no longer stop the attack of a group of soldiers. After a regiment of fighters rushed close to the Japanese position, a burst of grenades enveloped the entire Japanese position in the sound of explosions. In the smoke of gunpowder, a regiment of soldiers rushed to the Japanese position, and some Japanese soldiers who were still stubbornly resisting died under the submachine guns of a regiment of soldiers.

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