Five minutes later, the Japanese army began to extend the shelling, and the orange barrage that came out was like a beautiful dancer who walked slowly in beautiful musical steps.

Cruel and gorgeous.

The dark red curtain slowly opened under the spotlight.

This is just the beginning.

The Japanese army seemed to be declaring to Leng Feng, to the national rescue troops, and to the central people in the city that the Great Japanese Empire was invincible and invincible!

The artillery fire reflected the faces of these invaders, with ferocious faces, and the corners of their mouths were the grim smile of shameless thugs.

"Yaxi, all the Chinese people were bombed to death!"

"Hahaha, these Chinese people didn't expect that the power of the Imperial Army was unimaginable to them!"

"Tomoi Jun said it very well..."

"We can finally wipe out these hateful Chinese monkeys in one fell swoop..."

Looking at the fires all over the sky, the Japanese officers and assistants laughed wildly, as if they were entering Nanjing City and destroying and saving the national savage was a simple thing to eat and drink.

General Hata Shunji was very satisfied with receiving a telegram from Yoshisuke Ryosuke. It seemed that this strategy of concentrating strength to attack a little was very successful. The Chinese soldiers on Yuhuatai and the Chinese Army on the China Gate position had been buried alive by their own fortifications!

In this way, it is just around the corner to wipe out Nanjing.

However, he had not reported the news that made him frightened to the base camp directly. He needed to slow down first and wait until he captured Nanjing. It is conceivable what would happen if the base camp heard the news?

In addition to Lieutenant General Hirohiko Asakagumi, there is also a Lieutenant General Commander. Two such important figures were all trapped in Nanjing, not to mention that many people were unable to come out.

Someone will lose his post because of this matter, which is certain.

Now, all he can do is to capture Nanjing and rescue these captured people, but all signs indicate that the Chinese army in Nanjing has transferred the captured people to Jiangbei.

Although there is no definite news, this is better news for the empire.

But the failure of the Tiangu Detachment made General Hatatsuru suddenly realize that the battle between the partial divisions of the Chinese army in Jiangbei was also quite good. At this time, he had to make a decision. Stop the attacks of the 13th Division on the Chihe line, Bengbu, Dingyuan, and Fengyang, and head south to help attack Jiangpu.

At the same time, a mixed detachment of the Japanese army was transferred from Shanghai to quickly support the Japanese army in the Yangzhou area and attacked Liao Sen's new 37th Brigade from north to south!

Leng Feng received information from the Military Control Commission Shanghai Station almost at the same time.

Although the Shanghai Station is not responsible for intelligence analysis, there are as many as 2,000 Japanese troops in this detachment, all of which are Japanese veterans drawn out of the 101st Division stationed in Shanghai.

The combat effectiveness of this unit is far from that of ordinary Japanese garrison troops. They are serious field troops.

Liao Sen's pressure doubled, of course, Leng Feng's pressure suddenly increased a lot. In addition, the 13th Division also showed signs of giving up attacking Bengbu and north of the Huaihe River, intending to stick to the existing front, which is obviously a signal to return the aid!

The 13th Division is very close to Pukou and can arrive within one day. If you use car and railway transportation, you can go south to Pukou in half a day.

So after Liao Sen arrived on the other side, he immediately sent troops to occupy Dongge Station, demolished nearly one kilometer of railway tracks, and sent a cavalry to Wuyi Town.

Keep an eye on the movements of the 13th Division of the Japanese Army at any time.

If it weren't for the lack of military strength in Chu County and the situation would have been different if the Japanese army did not dare to go south easily.

At that time, the 13th Japanese Division was still in Chihe, and Mingguang was fighting fiercely with the 31st Army. He had no chance to escape from the battlefield, and the rear was very empty.

However, Liao Sen was not strong enough, and he had to respond and protect the safety of the people who retreated north, and could not distribute troops to attack Chu County.

This also involves considering the huge pressure of fighting on both sides. Once the Japanese army is angry, the retreat to Jiangbei will not be so smooth. Everything has gains and losses. It is not enough for people to swallow an elephant.

The Japanese army pressed up from both north and south. Although the Yangtze River waterway was still in hand, the Japanese could not talk about the division between Jiangbei and Nanjing for a while, but this time would not be too long.

Liu Xinyu reported that many Japanese minesweepers worked day and night, and the east was moving forward, and the progress was very fast. The east was less than two kilometers away from Baguazhou. On the west side, you could see the activities of Japanese minesweepers.

Although Liu Xinyu has used several Japanese gunboats and minesweepers to harass and destroy the Japanese minesweeping work in the past two days, the Japanese army has strong surface ship power after all, and it is undoubtedly the one who suffers head-on.

Liu Xinyu could only adopt the strategy of running away after fighting, and always beware of long-distance artillery bombardment by Japanese destroyers, which was very frustrating.

When he decided to go north, he had already considered this situation and had a plan to deal with it. Leng Feng immediately sent a call to the new 38th Brigade. Luo Yufeng formed a northbound detachment, crossed the river from Cihu Town to the north, and supported Liao Sen's new 37th Brigade from Wuzhen.

The light chariot of the northbound detachment was simple, carrying only three days of dry food, three bases of ammunition, and all heavy equipment were abandoned. They quickly crossed the river and rushed north to help Jiangbei.

After receiving the order, Luo Yufeng and Qin Yankun discussed, they decided to remove three main battalions and mortars, heavy machine guns and reconnaissance platoons from the three main groups, forming a detachment, with Niu Xianmin as the captain, Wu Youyuan as the deputy captain, and Wen Zuquan as the chief of staff.

This team of two thousand people can be said to be the essence of the 38th Brigade. After receiving the order, it drove overnight and advanced rapidly towards Cihu Town, north of Caishi.

At the same time, Leng Feng asked the "Online Management Committee" to mobilize a group of bamboo rafts to move west quickly, waiting for them in Cihu Town, and assisting them in crossing the river.

The Japanese artillery bombardment was higher and higher. After the artillery fire began to extend towards the China Gate, a large group of Japanese troops jumped out of the trenches and under the cover of tanks, they began to charge fiercely.

"Kill and give it to..."

But when the Japanese army rushed to the Yuhuatai position, there were bombed fortifications everywhere, and basically no one could see, except for the occasional broken limbs and broken arms exposed, there was nothing.

The Japanese soldiers cheered loudly, and the squadron was buried alive in the shelling, and almost none of them survived.

Yoshizuru Ryosuke, who received the report, was overjoyed and immediately ordered the troops to pursue the victory and must defeat the frontal Chinese defenders with lightning speed!

The 9th Division failed to enter Nanjing City first last time, and Yoshisuke still felt a little regretful. This time, he would be the first person to enter Nanjing City.

This merit belongs to you!

The sky was foggy, and there was a little light in the east. The yellowish Japanese army followed the tank and rushed up towards the city wall of the China Gate like locusts.

"The devils are coming..."

"I'm here, I'm here. What's the hurry?" Last night's retreat, Lao Wei, as a veteran who was rolling on the line of life and death, smelled the danger, so without saying a word, he took his own squad from the position.

Seeing others reluctantly, as if they were going to fight to the death with the Japanese army, they all felt scared now. Just how many of the Japanese army's artillery fire just now could survive?

Old Wei, who had fought Songhu and January 28, had never seen the Japanese invest so many heavy artillery, almost flattened the Yuhuatai ten meters.

The little Japanese is really rich. If there are so many artillery and so many shells, would you be afraid of the Japanese devils?

"Master, should we attack and take back the position?"

"I won the ball, I didn't hear the commanders say that we are going to fight the Japanese in the street." Old Squad Leader Wei made a random punch and came up on the forehead of the shepherd's apprentice.

“What is street fighting for?”

"Land fighting is to walk around the streets, sneak attacks, and attack the Japanese. It means that anyway. Follow me later, don't run around?" Old Squad Leader Wei was annoyed by the question. He didn't know where he knew the exact definition of "street fighting", so he could only explain it literally.

"Old Wei, Old Wei..."

"Sitting up, what's the matter?"

"After a while, you, the shepherd, and a group of kidnapped men, guarding the southeast corner. If the Japanese came from that alley, they would not leave any one, would they know?"

"I understand, don't worry, I'll sit down, you know my shooting skills." Old Wei smiled all over his face. The defense at that position was good, there were several shooting points, and the shooting range was wide. No matter which direction the Japanese army came from, they could see it.

"Go, each person will grab another base bullet!"

"You want it, hurry up, come with me to get the bullets. If you go late, you will be fine..." Old Wei quickly called the shepherd and the kidnapper, and ran to the military commander with a whoosh.

He knew that the veterans would take advantage of the situation and would go too late, and the ammunition would be left by these guys.

"Staff General Wu, how about it, can it be done?"

"Hostage, Chief Wu can't speak, don't ask." Liang Dong whispered to remind Wu Xinhua in a low voice while wiping the cold sweat on his forehead.

"Oh, why did I forget such an important thing?" Wu Xinhua said to himself. Wu Xiaoyun ignored him talking at all, staring at Zhou Xue with all his attention and connecting the detonator.

"Report, the Japanese army is approaching the moat..."

"knew!"

"witch……"

"Give me another five minutes!" Zhou Xue raised her head nervously and said to Wu Xiaoyun.

Wu Xiaoyun nodded solemnly. It would take at least three minutes for the Japanese army to rush to the city wall of the Chinese Gate. In another five minutes, it would almost be able to detonate.

Zhou Xue was working nervously. Time passed by minute by minute, and there was a solemn atmosphere in the whole room. The shouts of Japanese soldiers outside could be vaguely heard.

The Japanese artillery fire was weakening, obviously for the safety of its own soldiers. The Japanese army rushing to the front had already rushed to the city wall. The position of the Zhonghua Gate city wall has long been ravaged and full of holes. The Japanese army did not need to climb the ladders to rush to the city wall.

A counterattack is still necessary. Some people always have to make sacrifices, otherwise how can they play this drama well?

For the Japanese army, the counterattack of the opposite squadron seemed too weak, and there was no such thing as a blockade. When the gunshot sounded, it was almost about to collapse.

Obviously, under the powerful artillery fire of the empire, these Chinese people were buried alive, and few of them survived, so naturally they were unable to resist.

The Japanese army roared excitedly and rushed towards the Zhonghua Gate Tower. The Japanese tanks took the lead all the way, almost crushing and rushing onto the already-destroying city wall.

(To be continued.)

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