On the morning of the 16th, the enemy's sixteenth, thirteenth, and three divisions and the Taiwan Brigade, that is, the Chongteng Detachment, launched a fierce attack on our army under the cover of its planes, tanks and cannons.

My 56th Division and the 34th Brigade of the Independence suffered heavy casualties, so they retreated to Fushan Town and Xiaojiaqiao area.

The 399th Brigade, which was guarded in the Sujiayu and Shajiabang areas east of Kuncheng Lake, was attacked by nearly a thousand people from an enemy 11th Division. The brigade retreated until noon. The enemy pursued him reluctantly and forced his way across Kuncheng Lake, landing in Shi'antou and Mocheng Town respectively.

The commander of Yang Hanyuan from the 133rd Division gathered a team of more than 400 people in the reeds on the shore. When the enemy landed, he suddenly waved his sword from behind. The Japanese officers and soldiers were killed and injured and defeated.

As the enemy's second echelon came to rescue, our Big Sword Team had already left.

At the same time, our army occupied Mocheng Town, Zhaojiabang and Shi'antou and concentrated light and heavy machine guns and mortars, which killed and killed the enemy and fled back to the east of Hu.

From the morning of the 16th, our 60th Division, Shoumiaoquan Town, Sujia Town, Catholic Hall and Guli Town, was attacked by the advance teams of the 11th and 13th Divisions.

The enemy not only dispatched aircraft to bomb and strafuse, but also used more than 30 cannons of various caliber to continuously bombard the enemy's infantry, and more than ten tanks covered the enemy's infantry to attack in different directions.

After fierce battles until noon, more than half of the officers and soldiers of our 60th Division were injured and killed, and several positions were broken through by the enemy. The situation was very critical.

General Luo Zhuoying was at the headquarters of the 79th Army. After receiving the report, he ordered Xia Chuzhong to personally lead the 98th Division and the 13th Division to help, with full support from the 16th Artillery Regiment.

Lieutenant General Xia Chu concentrated all the combat artillery to command Liang Zhongjiang, the commander of Guli Town's 180th Brigade, to concentrate on dealing with enemy tanks; the 16th Artillery Regiment concentrated artillery fire to suppress enemy artillery; and the artillery of each division directly supported the counterattack forces of the 98th and 13th Divisions.

After the deployment was completed, at 14:00 on the same day, relying on the 180th Brigade of Guli Town, the enemy in Sujia Town and the Catholic Hall, regaining the lost position in one fell swoop.

The infamous Chongteng Detachment was therefore blocked outside the Chapingjia defense line.

So I don’t worry about Changshu falling behind at the Dragon Boat Festival. And even if I lose, it will happen seven or eight days later.

In the battle of Fukuyama, the Dragon Boat Festival can also predict the final result.

Even if the Japanese can capture the Fushan position, they will pay a very heavy price.

From ancient times to the present, Fushan has been a major military location, known as the important town in Wubei and a Jianghai Fortress.

The old city of Fushan is called the General City. It has three city gates, east, south and north, and the water gate is the west, and the city wall is a brick and stone structure. There is a city tower at the east gate.

Although some buildings were damaged after several wars, the dilapidated city walls still have a defensive effect.

So, the Dragon Boat Festival is not worried about these two places. What he wants is the life of the enemy's 103rd Brigade.

At the same time, Matsui Ishien finally realized that the strength of Changshu and Fukuyama Fortifications was not a good bone.

He stared at the map for a long time and finally found that the weak part of the Wufu Line was Xie Jiaqiao.

He then ordered the 13th Division of the Japanese Army and the 103rd Brigade to form the Yamada Detachment based on the 65th Regiment, and rushed to Xiejiaqiao.

The old Japanese devil Yamada Tokiji seemed very excited because he finally had the opportunity to avenge the Chinese soldiers.

As mentioned before, during the Battle of Shanghai, the old Japanese were beaten and cried by the 13th Division. The 65th Regiment was almost wiped out.

So Yamada Hatsuji was eager to take revenge and led his army to come to Xiejiaqiao.

But although the old fox was eager to take revenge, he still sent a small group of troops to Changshan Town to investigate.

Although he had received information that the Chinese army in Changshan Town had gone to Fushan, the old Japanese man was still worried about his butt and was afraid that he would be stabbed.

So he sent a team of more than fifty Japanese soldiers to Changshan Town for investigation.

There is preparations for Dragon Boat Festival morning, and all the soldiers are hidden in the cellar or in the attic of high-rise buildings.

More than fifty Japanese men set off guns, climbed over several buildings and retreated. They also reported to Yamada Koji: As the information said, there are no Chinese soldiers in Changshan Town.

Yamada Koji was very happy and ordered the whole line to attack and launch a fierce shelling attack on Xie Jiaqiao.

The 103rd Brigade has a mountain artillery brigade, with four 150mm howitzers, eight 100mm cannons, and include twelve 75mm mountain cannons and several mortars.

When the Japanese artillery bombarded Xiejiaqiao, the direction of Xiejiaqiao instantly turned into a sea of ​​fire.

Although the 48th Army Special Service Battalion built fortifications in advance, there were still many casualties. Many soldiers could not escape and were hit by artillery shells and died heroically.

When the Dragon Boat Festival saw this scene five kilometers away from Xiejia Bridge, it was very helpless.

The terrain near Xiejiaqiao is wide and there is no ambush at all. Moreover, the ambush with a one-to-one battle ratio is very likely to end up in annihilation of the 79th Brigade.

The head-on battle, with the military quality of the 79th Brigade, even the independent regiment of the Dragon Boat Festival is not enough.

Therefore, first, there is no suitable ambush location, and second, the troops have little difference in strength. Dragon Boat Festival can only give up the ambush and turn to a surprise attack.

Raiding the Japanese artillery positions forced the Japanese army to follow the Dragon Boat Festival combat ideas. And they could use the Japanese mountain cannons to attack the Japanese artillery of the 103rd Brigade.

Once the Dragon Boat Festival plan is successful, there should be few people who can escape in the entire 103th Brigade, and even one cannot escape.

Of course, if the old Japanese devil, Yamada Koji, had a genius.

"Zhou Dabang, Sun Shiyu, you two go to touch the Japanese sentinels."

The Dragon Boat Festival ordered that because his army could not move at this time, the two old Japanese devils in Yamada were very cautious, for fear that someone would stab him in the ass. In addition to setting up two squadrons of Japanese devils to separate east and west to defend the artillery positions, they also sent a guard post to guard about two kilometers behind.

So without touching the enemy's guard post, the army could only stay five kilometers away from the Japanese artillery positions.

"Group, will I go too?"

At this moment, Zhu Shengzhong volunteered.

"Get out, I won't ask you, I'm not allowed to come up."

Dragon Boat Festival directly scolded Zhu Shengzhong. Because Zhu Shengzhong was so impulsive, once the target was exposed and the Japanese were alert, they would be wasted in this battle. They would be ruthlessly bombarded by the Japanese artillery fire.

That was a 150mm cannon. If it hit the crowd, dozens of people would be gone in an instant.

Therefore, in order to implement this plan smoothly, Dragon Boat Festival will not allow anyone to make mistakes.

Because once something goes wrong, not only will they be hit by the Japanese artillery fire, but the sacrifice of the 48th Army Special Service Battalion will also become worthless.
Chapter completed!