In two hours of effort, more than 50 Japanese devils on the other side died, which was already the strength of a small team, and the casualties were very heavy, especially the Japanese troops on the other side, and the next half a day of hard work calmed down a lot.

They already knew that the national army on the other side of the river was different from other national armies, and in terms of combat effectiveness, it was far stronger than other national armies, and the casualties of the two-hour attack on the whole front only reached a few dozen people, and the casualties of the Japanese army in this place alone reached more than 50 people, and this was the result of the Japanese army here with the support of artillery, and if there was no artillery support, it is estimated that the casualties would be even greater.

The clever Japanese did not choose to get into the horns, they gave up attacking this one place, and sent only two detachments of Japanese troops, one on the left and one on the right, occupying the houses on both sides, and transferring a few mortars to where it was needed.

The Japanese troops of the 2nd Brigade attacked the Sitang River for a whole day, but made no progress, and at 4 p.m., they gave up the attack.

Throughout the day, the gunfire on the Sitang River defense line did not stop, the rumbling cannons, the gunfire like fried beans, one after another, the 18th Brigade and the Japanese Army's Second Brigade fought fiercely, repeatedly fighting on the Sitang River defense line, if it were not for such a big obstacle as the Sitang River, it is estimated that the Japanese Army's Second Brigade would have beaten the 18th Brigade away long ago.

After paying heavy sacrifices, it was able to hold the precarious defense line of the Sitang River, and the second brigade of the Japanese army also paid two or three hundred sacrifices to reluctantly stop the attack.

At sunset, the defense line of the Sitang River was basically quiet.

The third company and one platoon were stationed in the fourth company's defensive line, while the second and third platoons continued to guard their own rooms, and only after the reinforcements from the higher authorities arrived, the third company and one platoon retreated.

Dinner was a captured canned Japanese devil, scooped up some river water, found some crockpots in the ruins on the spot, a few soldiers dug up some wild vegetables and threw them in the crockpots, stirred and mixed indiscriminately, a bowl of messy stew was ready, everyone found some broken bowls that were not taken away in the refugee's house, cut off a few branches to make chopsticks, ate a hot meal, and then crowded into a few broken houses to rest.

The moon and stars are sparse, the air is floating with redundant gunsmoke, ginseng and a faint smell of blood, the wind blows, rolling up the rattling leaves, drifting without a trace, the wind is still, and the gunpowder smoke and blood converge again.

It is estimated that quite a few people died.

Xia Yuan hadn't slept yet, sitting on the grass with a gun, quietly looking at the dark night on the other side of the river, a few stars exuding a faint light, however, it didn't have much impact on him, as soon as the night vision was opened, the whole world was like day, and the eagle eye swept around the ruins of the buildings on the other side, locking the secret whistle of a few Japanese devils.

The situation of the Japanese devils on the other side is similar to that of them, they are all inconsequential positions, and the Japanese army will not have too many troops, just a few dozen people, the strength of a small team.

"Why don't you go to rest? I was on the road last night for a day, and I fought with the Japanese devils for so long this morning. Lu Jingguang didn't find Xia Yuan in the room, so he came to the bank of the river to take a look, and he was indeed here.

"Can't sleep." Xia Yuan pursed his lips, turned off his night vision, and no longer looked at the other side of the river, but lay down on the grass behind him, curled his body, and crossed his hands behind his head.

"Rest, I guess there will be a bad battle tomorrow." Lu Jingguang sat beside Xia Yuan, his voice buzzing, but his soft voice could still be heard.

"What time is it today?" Xia Yuan asked.

"It's the second, tomorrow it's the third." Lu Jingguang glanced at his watch: "There are still more than two hours to go until the third day." ”

"Time flies."

Unconsciously, it has been a month since I came to the Songhu battlefield, and in this month, I seem to have done a lot of things, but I don't seem to have done anything.

From Yudi all the way to the Songhu battlefield, has it been promoted? There was also a promotion, at least from a recruit, to a deputy company commander of the Central Army.

"It's pretty fast, a lot of people died in today's battle, and the 18th Brigade is estimated to have to be repaired and repaired next, if the Japanese devils don't attack, we still have a lot of time."

When Lu Jingguang thought about these things, he felt bad, the three consecutive battles had been fought for so long, and this was the first time such a battle had been fought, and the Japanese had very strong combat effectiveness, fighting bayonets, and two or three people could not win, and it often took four or five people to surround a Japanese soldier, and that would have to pay casualties.

That's already good.

In today's battle, more than a dozen people from the Third Company were dragged down, swept away by stray bullets from the machine guns of the Japanese devils, and some were stabbed by the bayonets of the Japanese devils, and a few died.

There are still more than two months to go before the end of the Battle of Songhu, and the battle is so difficult that it is estimated that in the end, the 18th Brigade will also be wiped out.

The second wave of Japanese reinforcements had not yet arrived.

Lu Jingguang was right.

On the second day, the Japanese army did not continue the offensive, and the entire Wusong defense line was quiet and terrible, which gave the 18th Brigade time to rest and breathe, they strengthened the defense line, built fortifications, mobilized troops and formed a confrontation with the Japanese army on the opposite bank, and the Sitang River defense line was basically stabilized.

"This Japanese army is like a mad dog, why did you suddenly stop fighting?"

"It's not good, if the little Japanese devils don't attack, then we are all safe, so we don't have to fight with the little Japanese devils."

"Four companies died yesterday, and one company died."

The Japanese army did not attack, which was undoubtedly a good thing for the soldiers of the entire 18th Brigade.

The battle on the Wusong side fell into calm for the time being, and the Japanese 68th Wing suspended its offensive, but they were not idle, and began to drop leaflets in Baoshan in an attempt to persuade the Nationalist army to surrender.

Even the 18th Brigade of the Sitang River received leaflets, which were dropped by Japanese reconnaissance planes, and they floated down one after another like scattered snowflakes.

The fighting on the front line stopped, Xia Yuan stayed in the house with nothing to do, resting with a gun, a string of footsteps sounded outside the courtyard, Lu Jingguang held a propaganda leaflet in his hand, and hurriedly walked in, with anger on his face:

"It's a special code, this Japanese devil on a dog day, if you don't fight, you still have some moths, and you want to make us all surrender with a piece of paper."

Xia Yuan picked it up and looked at it, he was happy, isn't this a book of persuasion? On the battlefield of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, the US army also played this trick, not only with a letter of persuasion to surrender, but also from the Guo Dang side, through the loudspeaker, shouting at the position of the volunteers day and night, but I did not expect that this trick was actually learned from the Japanese devils.

"Not only did they lose the papers, but they also lost the cigarettes." Zhao Shiguo took out a box of Japanese cigarettes from his pocket and said happily.

"It's good, I'm worried about not smoking." Xia Yuan got up, put the cigarette in his pocket, and said with a smile: "Company commander, don't be angry, let everyone collect all these papers, when cooking, make fire primers, and wipe their buttocks, how good, don't waste this cigarette, wait until they see the eight generations of ancestors, let the eight generations of ancestors greet them well." ”

"You kid has a big heart, okay, just do what you say." Lu Jingguang answered and called a long line, "Go, take your people to collect the cigarettes, as well as the paper, and let the brothers go to the toilet in the future, don't use leaves, wipe them with paper." ”

"Hey."

A long line beckoned a row of people to go out and have fun, and in a few moments, everyone came in with a thick pile of paper, and their pockets were stuffed full.

Xia Yuan was a little surprised: "This little Japanese devil actually spilled so much paper to persuade him to surrender, but he really made a lot of money." ”

"It's a lot, it's like it's snowing in winter." Lu Jingguang is obviously still angry, this little Japanese devil is not a good person, it is written on paper, surrender to protect your safety, prepare a hearty meal for you, and even send cigarettes to tempt people.

"Lao Lu, don't worry, the little Japanese devil's plan is destined to fail." Xia Yuan said with a smile.

"Why?" Lu Jingguang was puzzled.

"Guess."

“.”

The Japanese army decided to start attacking Baoshan, Baoshan was next to Wusong, leaning on the river bank, the original plan of the Japanese army was to occupy Wusong, and then advance to Baoshan, but due to the two days of Japanese fighting in Wusong, its intensity far exceeded the expectations of the third division, heavy casualties, the troops needed to rest, and had to postpone the time of the attack.

It was postponed to the fourth of September.

Taking the 3rd Brigade of the 68th Company of the Japanese Army as an example, in the combat log of 1 September, it recorded 131 casualties, but the 3rd Brigade of the Japanese Army only recorded 248 casualties in the nine days from the landing on 23 August to 31 August.

The casualties of just one day of fighting have already exceeded half of the total casualties of the self-landing operation.

The intensity of Wu Song's battle can be imagined.

Another reason is to wait for reinforcements.

On 2 September, the 18th Wing of the Japanese Army landed at Wusong, and the Wing drew out the 3rd Brigade and part of its artillery and formed the Iida Detachment to prepare for the future attack on the Shanghai area, and the main force of the Wing was transferred to the banks of the Sitang River to take over the defensive task of the 2nd Brigade of the 68th Wing.

The casualties of the 2nd Brigade were greater than those of the 3rd Brigade, and the 3rd and 4th Companies wiped out more than 50 Japanese soldiers at a narrow mouth of the river alone, not to mention the all-day fighting on all fronts, with an unprecedented total casualty of the three brigades.

The second brigade was transferred to Baoshan, where it was preparing to join the offensive against Baoshan while resting and recuperating.

In addition to the 18th Wing of the Japanese Army, the 34th Wing and the 12th Wing of the Japanese Army also landed near Wusong one after another, and the Japanese troops on the front line of Wusong and Baoshan were further strengthened, while the Nationalist Army did not know all this, and the strength of the troops stationed in Wusong was still only the downsized battalion of the 31st Regiment, the 33rd Regiment, the 710th Regiment, the 18th Brigade and the 3rd Battalion of the 583rd Regiment of the Nationalist Army stationed in Baoshan.

Just when the fighting on the Wusong side was temporarily suspended, the 11th Division of the Japanese army also began to march towards the Shizilin Fort and Yuepu Town, and the only national troops in this area were the main force of the 583rd Regiment in Yuepu Town, the 2nd Battalion of the 588th Regiment of the 98th Division of the Shizilin Fort, and the main force of the 588th Regiment stationed in Chen's house in the rear.

The attacking Japanese troops were the Asama detachment composed of the 1st Brigade and the 3rd Brigade of the 11th Division, and with the coordination of Japanese naval and air firepower, they attacked the 2nd Battalion of the 588th Regiment of the 98th Division and the main force of the 588th Regiment of Chenjiazhai at the Shishilin Battery.

The 2nd Battalion of the 588th Regiment built a defensive position with barbed wire, trenches, sandbags and machine gun rock masses in the Lion Forest Fort, and the Asama detachment organized death squads to carry out several meat bomb assaults without success.

By two o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese troops, who had been charging with hand-to-hand ammunition, finally entered the positions of the Nationalist army and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Nationalist army.

When the fort was attacked by the Japanese army, the main force of the 588th Regiment immediately sent the 3rd Battalion to support the 2nd Battalion, but on the way, it was bombed by Japanese planes, and it was difficult to move and could not arrive.

At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, after several hours of fighting, the 2nd Battalion of the 588th Regiment, which was holding the Lion Forest Fort, suffered casualties under the repeated attacks of the two Japanese brigades, and the Japanese captured the fort.

The Japanese army continued to advance in the direction of the 3rd Division, and in the following blocking battle, the national army almost resisted the Japanese attack at the cost of the destruction of one battalion and one battalion, and the defense line still could not hold, the casualties of the 588th Regiment were even heavier, the second battalion suffered casualties in the Lion Forest Battery, and the third battalion suffered casualties in the next blocking battle, and the 588th Regiment retreated all the way.

However, the Japanese army's Asama detachment also paid a lot of losses in the battle that day, the captains of the two Japanese brigades were killed by the national army, and in the afternoon of the same day, the Japanese army's third brigade was fired by the national army's mortars, and the captain Fujimoto Naoki was seriously injured and died in the hospital.

The two brigades of the Japanese army were separated, the national army occupied Yang's house to block the Japanese army, the first brigade counterattacked, and drove the national army away, but the national army launched a counter-charge, and the national army lurking in Yang's house should cooperate with the outside, from the rear of the Japanese army, the Japanese army was caught off guard, and the captain of the first brigade commanded on the front line, Taixiong Wada, was killed by the national army.

However, the Japanese army's combat effectiveness was tenacious, and still drove the national army away, the two brigades converged, and on September 4, they advanced eastward and joined the 3rd Division, and the Japanese troops of the two divisions converged on the north side of Baoshan, and the 3rd Battalion of the 583rd Regiment in Baoshan completely became a lone army in the Japanese encirclement.

On the afternoon of 4 September, the three brigades of the 68th Wing of the Japanese Army, which had rested for a day, launched an attack on the periphery of Baoshan, and the 33rd Regiment of the Nationalist Army was defending around Baoshan.

The building of the powder magazine was very strong, and the Nationalist army further strengthened it with sandbags and other materials, and the Japanese 68th Wing advanced here, and there was no way for the time being, and in the evening of the same day, reinforcements from the 1st Brigade of the 12th Wing of the Japanese Army arrived at the rear of the 68th Wing of the Japanese Army.