He Zhiying Er's concern was not unnecessary. At this time, the 348th Regiment of the 58th Division had already been ambushed on the road and waiting for the old Japanese. The small Dijing River did not stump Zhou Lixing. He used only a dozen ropes to cross the Qijing River and entered the preset ambush site in time.

The 348th Regiment was reduced from the Chen Yaohan Division of the former Zhilu Army. Many of the veterans participated in the warlord melee in the early years and also suppressed the Red Army in Jiangxi. They are experienced in many battles. They are the most combat-capable team among the four main regiments of the 58th Division and the best-equipped team. They are equipped with a mortar company and six 82mm caliber light mortars.

At 2 a.m., the artillery battalion of the 58th Division began to shell Luodian. 10 75mm caliber mountain cannons poured rows of shells onto the Japanese army in Luodian Town. Ten minutes after the shelling, more than 500 officers and soldiers of the 2nd Battalion of the 344th Regiment jumped out of their attack positions and launched a rushing charge towards the stone bridge on the west side of Luodian Town.

Half an hour later, a huge Japanese convoy appeared on the road leading to Luodian from Lion Forest.

However, after suffering a loss, the Japanese obviously learned his lesson. This time, he did not march forward in a daze like last time. Instead, he sent out vanguards ahead. Five tricycles carrying more than a dozen Japanese soldiers were moving forward slowly while firing at the cotton fields on both sides of the road and conducting fire reconnaissance.

In addition, there is a small team of infantry in each field on both sides of the highway marching in synchronized with the main force on the highway. If there are indeed a national ambush in the cotton field on both sides of the highway, even if they are lucky enough to escape the fire reconnaissance of the vanguards, they will definitely not be able to escape the search of these two infantry squads responsible for protecting the flanks of the main force.

Seeing that the Japanese vanguards were getting closer and closer to the ambush circle, a good ambush battle was about to turn into an encounter, Lu Yushan, the battalion commander of the 1st Battalion of the 348th Regiment, was anxious and hurried to the regiment commander Zhou Lixing and asked: "Regiment, the Japanese are indeed prepared for the ambush. There is no hope of fighting an ambush. Let's turn to defense?"

"Turn into defense?" Zhou Lixing shook his head coldly, "No, I'll beat you up."

With the order of Zhou Lixing, six mortars of the artillery company opened fire at the same time. A row of shells instantly drove long tail flames toward the Japanese convoy moving on the road. The German-Armed Division was the German-Armed Division. The artillery quality of the 348th Regiment was really not a blow. Both the shooting angle and the advance amount were calculated just right.

In less than two seconds, six shells landed on the road and exploded. Five Japanese vanguards were hit by three rounds, and one was directly hit by the shells. Two were overturned by the air waves caused by the explosion. The remaining two also rushed into the roadside ditch in panic. The Japanese soldiers in the car were thrown away from a distance, most of whom were not alive.

Before the smoke of the shell explosion had dissipated, the 1st and 2nd Battalion of the 348th Regiment jumped from the cotton fields on both sides of the road, and rushed towards the Japanese army ahead with bayonets.

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With an explosion in front, the Japanese convoy that was slowly moving stopped.

In the convoy, the door of an armored car was opened, and He Zhiying Er got out of the door with a saber, and a stray bullet shot from the front, and a small spark collided on the car armor. He Zhiying Er's orderly soldier was extremely nervous, but the old Japanese raised the telescope in his hand as if nothing had happened.

At this time, the Japanese army used grenade launchers to fire two flares into the sky. With the strong light of the flares, the scene within a radius of 1,000 meters of General Zhiying Er was fully visible. When he saw a group of soldiers of the National Army charging forward with bayonets, He Zhiying Er couldn't help but smile a smug smile on his face, and he was indeed surrounding the points to attack and support.

"Order!" He Zhiying Er put down his telescope and began to issue combat orders. "The 2nd Squadron of the Tank cooperated with the 3rd Squadron of the Infantry to spread to the left wing, the 3rd Squadron of the Tank cooperated with the 4th Squadron of the Infantry to spread to the right wing, the 1st Squadron of the Tank, the Artillery Squadron, and the 2nd Squadron of the Infantry to spread to the right wing, the 1st Squadron of the Tank, the 1st Squadron of the Infantry to be on standby on the spot."

"Hayi!" The eight communication soldiers suddenly lowered their heads and immediately sent their orders separately.

In less than a moment, a group of Japanese soldiers carrying live ammunition jumped out of trucks and then divided into three parts, one to defend on the spot, and the other two quickly spread to both sides of the road. Then, under the guidance of more than a dozen light tanks of Type 95, they faced the national army sweeping towards the opposite side.

Because the Japanese army was prepared for a long time, the ambush became an encounter.

Fortunately, it had just rained rain and the light was not good at night. The Japanese tanks were worried that they could not move in the mud and were also worried that they were close to the blast by the National Army engineers, so they did not dare to attack rashly. They just cooperated with the infantry to put on a defensive posture. However, the front-fired machine gun and 37mm main gun of the Japanese tanks still put great pressure on the 348th Regiment.

Although the Japanese army was not good at night fighting at this time, the national army was also not good at night fighting.

There is no need to say about the veterans of the 348th Regiment. All of them are heroes, but the platoon officers of the 348th Regiment performed mediocrely. Speaking of which, most of these officers were from the Central Military Academy and received the most formal military academy education in China at that time. However, in actual combat, these platoon officers basically did not know how to adapt to the situation and only knew how to fight forward and rushed forward.

The battalion-level officers of the 348th Regiment performed even worse. Originally, because the Japanese army was prepared for a long time and the nearby terrain was not conducive to seclusion of the enemy, the fighter jets had disappeared at this time. The best choice for the 348th Regiment should be to leave a small number of troops to restrain the Japanese army and delay the Japanese army. The main force immediately entered the preset defensive position. Zhou Lixing did not, but actually ordered an attack.

As a result, in just a few minutes, the six 92 infantry artillery guns of the Japanese artillery squadron were set up to shoot the ball. With a burst of fire, the storm queues of the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 348th Regiment were blown up. Fortunately, it was night at this time. If it was during the day, the Japanese army could also summon ship guns and heavy artillery fire support, the loss would be great.

Because the regiment commander Zhou Lixing was in a state of dedication, the 348th Regiment fell into a tough battle from the very beginning.

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The 348th Regiment fell into a tough battle ahead, and the 344th Regiment fought even more in Luodian.

Xu Shijiu's kind reminder failed to prompt Cai Renjie to make targeted tactical arrangements. Cai Renjie's carelessness eventually led to disastrous consequences. The 2nd Battalion, which was responsible for the main attack, launched repeated charges at the stone bridge on the west side of Luodian Town in a platoon. Groups of veterans went on one after another, and bloody the battlefield.

However, the Japanese army firmly guarded the bridge with just one heavy machine gun.

After more than an hour of fierce fighting, the National Army left more than 400 bodies on the west side of the stone bridge. Almost all the 2nd battalion was wiped out. The battalion commander Tong Yapu was also injured, but only two Japanese troops were killed by stray bullets. In addition, two gun barrels were scrapped. The Japanese army's bridgehead position remained unmoved, and the Japanese army in Luodian Town was even more unscathed.

Cai Renjie, the commander of the 344th Regiment, was anxious and ordered the battalion commander of the 3rd Battalion, Ying Yang, to organize a suicide squad to swim across the Dijing River and detour from behind. Only then did he defeat the Japanese army on the east side of the stone bridge. After breaking through the Luodian outer defense line, Cai Renjie personally led the guard company to break into the town and engage in a cruel street battle with the Japanese army.

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Shi Xianggong Temple, 58th Division Division Headquarters.

After not sleeping for several consecutive nights, Feng Shengfa's eyes were covered with blood, but his spirit was still full. He was pointing at the map with Xu Shijiu and discussing how to deploy defense after regaining Luodian. However, the deputy commander Zhang Jingming was already anxious and became an ant on the hot pot, and was paced back and forth with his hands behind his back.

He Lingxiao and Wu Jiguang were two brigade commanders next to him, and they were staring at each other with big eyes.

The 348th Regiment was in a tough battle. As expected, Xu Shijiu reminded everyone at the beginning that the Japanese army had suffered a great loss in Wudoujing and would definitely be prepared for this time. Therefore, the task assigned by Zhang Jingming to Zhang Lixing was to turn to the defense on the spot once the ambush was not established, and to buy time for the 344th Regiment to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army in Luodian.

However, it was somewhat unexpected that the 344th Regiment was also in a tough battle in Luodian. At least the two brigade commanders Zhang Jingming, He Lingxiao, and Wu Jiguang did not expect that the 344th Regiment besieged a squadron of only Japan with one regiment of troops. He thought he could win easily, but he never expected that he could not conquer now.

"What exactly does this Cai Renjie do for?"

He Lingxiao took out his pocket watch to look at the time. He saw that the hour hand was already pointing at 4:30 in the morning. Finally, he couldn't hold back his anger and his tone was a little angry, because at the beginning, Feng Shengfa planned to use the 19th Brigade to cooperate with the guard battalion to fight the main attack, but He Lingxiao pushed the main attack of the 344th Regiment on the grounds that he should ensure victory in the first battle.

Now the 344th regiment attack is not smooth, so He Lingxiao's face is of course not good-looking.

Of course, He Lingxiao did not think that he could perform better by changing to the 19th Brigade and the Guard Battalion.

Feng Shengfa was extremely angry at the poor performance of the 344th Regiment. He endured it and did not have an attack. He also comforted He Lingxiao and said: "The Japanese army guarded the stone bridge, and the flat-fire artillery company was missing. It is reasonable that the 344th Regiment's attack was unsuccessful, but I guess the little Japanese could not hold on anymore. There is no need to worry when he was the leader of Brigade He."

He Lingxiao said: "Although the flat-fire gun company was detained by the Army headquarters, this is not a reason. Can you not fight without flat-fire gun? Incompetence means incompetence. Cai Renjie, the more he fights, the less he can't fight. After this battle, I must beat him up!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Cai Renjie, the commander of the 344th regiment, rushed in panting. Seeing that he was wearing a steel helmet on his head and smoked marks on his face, he had obviously just gotten off the line of fire and entered the war room. Cai Renjie stood attentively and reported to Feng Shengfa and Zhang Jingming: "Reporter's seat, deputy seat, Luodian has been taken down!"

"You still have the face to say it?" Zhang Jingming kicked Cai Renjie in the crotch and cursed, "A regiment beat a small Japanese infantry squadron, but it ended up fighting for a full midnight. You are still careless with me, carefree?!"
Chapter completed!