"Hold it"

Finally, they held on, and all the officers and soldiers participating in the battle breathed a sigh of relief.

The night generals, for the Japanese attacking, night battles were even more unfavorable to them, and they lost the suddenness of sneak attacks, and they had natural disadvantages.

The fire support effect of naval guns is greatly reduced, even a fraction of the daytime. Moreover, the ship is on the river, as long as there is light, it is like a living target.

The plane is even worse. It is black and black at high altitude, without any coordinate guidance, and I don’t know where to fly.

Air combat is basically carried out during the day. At night, even flying will add countless dangers. Generally, pilots may not dare to fly at night.

Therefore, the Japanese army had to withdraw their troops first.

The officers and soldiers of the Honorary First Division on the Jiang Defense Position can take a breath.

Dinner was served, and no one could eat it.

"Brothers, let's take back the dead brother's body and bury it." Someone shouted, and the soldiers who had no strength had crawled out of the trenches one after another.

More and more soldiers are heading to collect corpses.

"Master, this is too dangerous"

"No, let them go, tell your brothers that those who are willing to collect the dead brothers will go, collect the Japanese corpses and put them on the riverside." Leng Feng ordered.

"Teacher, why should we collect the Japanese army's body?"

"You don't understand. This is a kind of respect for the enemy. Also, if the corpse is not restrained in time, it will rot and smell, and will also breed epidemics. This is in our own territory." Xie Jiyuanti replied coldly.

"Old Xie, let's go, let's send my brothers a ride."

"Okay" Xie Jiyuan nodded and joined the corpse collection team with Leng Feng.

"What are the Chinese people doing?"

"They are collecting the body"

"Sir, this is an opportunity, not as good as us"

The Japanese lieutenant who mentioned this was slapped by Colonel Ishii. If he ordered the firing, his honor as a soldier would be completely lost.

The Japanese army was sometimes very cruel, so inhumane that they were inhumane, but they insisted on some inherent things in some aspects, which were very stubborn.

If you are afraid of him, he will respect you more. He will be extremely respectful of the strong, which is a perverted factor in the bones of the Japanese.

"Hai"

"Colonel, the Chinese seem to carry the bodies of our soldiers to the riverside," the observed Japanese army reported.

"Do they want to push our soldiers' bodies into the river?"

"No, they just piled up the bodies."

Colonel Ishii took a deep breath and stood on the bow of the boat. His legs were closed together, he stood attentively, and bowed deeply to Uraguchi.

"Order a small team not to carry any weapons to bring back the bodies of the warriors of the empire," Colonel Ishii ordered.

"Hai"

After the Honorary Division carried away all the bodies of the sacrificial robes, seven or eight Japanese ships slowly approached the riverside. They raised their hands and signaled that they were not carrying weapons.

"What are the Japanese doing?"

"They came to collect the body and monitor it closely. Report any abnormal movements immediately." Leng Feng ordered.

There is no coffin, so I can only use a straw mat, a white cloth, dig a pit, and be buried in a hurry. If I have a name, I will put a wooden board on it, write the name and army number, and if I don’t have one. I will write the army number directly and then identify it when I have the chance.

The atmosphere inside the command center was a bit depressing.

"Boss, let's have a meal. The food is cold."

"I understand, have you eaten it?" Leng Feng was in a heavy mood. He expected that the casualties would be huge, but he didn't expect it to be so big, so big that it was a little unbearable.

"We have eaten all, and you are the only one who hasn't eaten." Guo Weiquan said.

"Okay. Eat." Leng Feng nodded. This man was iron and the food was steel. He was so hungry that he didn't eat for a meal. Besides, there were still bad battles to fight below, so he would not have the strength to fight without eating.

"Brig Commander Luo reported that the reinforcements of the brigade have arrived. Replace the new 3rd Brigade to rest and strengthen the river defense fortifications. Everything is still under control."

"knew."

"Telecommunication of the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth War Zone"

"Captain Li finally took action. We are much more relaxed now." Xie Jiyuan breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the telegram content.

Li Delin was so angry that he was Leng Feng's telegram. If he changed his person, he would not have the courage to send him such a telegram, but he was not angry.

The Honorary First Division did solve his difficulties. He avoided fighting on both sides and used his troops much more. Now he created a good opportunity to annihilate the enemy. If he let go like this, anyone would be anxious about him.

It was obvious that Leng Feng was a lawless master. If he really got angry, he would be able to get along with him.

So, Li Delin sent several telegrams to Yu Xiaohou, Zhang Xiuchen, Liao Lei and others, asking them to start a counterattack and encircle the main force of the Japanese 3rd Division on the south bank of the Huai River according to the plan to capture the wolf.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, Liang Dong reported that the vanguard of the 36th Brigade of the 46th Division had arrived at Chihe and officially took over Chihe defense.

Leng Feng decided to strengthen Liang Dong's regiment's garrison, mainly to block the Japanese Iizuka Detachment's advance westward.

The follow-up troops of the New 3 also arrived, and the Jiang defense force was further enhanced.

In xsj, the weapons and ammunition were not in place before they were put into the battlefield, repelling the Japanese attempt to break westward, but due to the poor weapons, there were many casualties.

Wu Fei pulled back a large number of weapons and ammunition from Quanjiao County. Most of the guerrillas, which were originally holding spears and swords, immediately replaced their cannons with bird guns, and their combat effectiveness soared by several levels.

Originally, the Western Front was the weakest link in the encirclement, but now it has been filled.

Nanjing, Central China Front Army Command.

Depression, fear, darkness

In short, all negative emotions spread throughout the building and spread to every corner.

Hata Shunji's office has now become a forbidden area for the headquarters. Whoever goes to is unlucky. In addition to Chief of Staff Masasaburo Kawabai, those who enter are scolded and some are slapped in the face, especially those from the intelligence department. The worst is that a major actually slapped a big back teeth.

The office door was closed, and no one dared to get close to it. Even if he had no choice but to pass through that area, he would hold his breath and tiptoe through it.

After a long time, there seemed to be no sound inside.

The shocking building was so quiet that it seemed that no one inside had existed.

The Japanese army suffered such a great setback, and the clouds of failure enveloped the entire Central China Front Army. Since occupying Nanjing, it seems that it has never been smooth.

The commander changed one after another, and there were more than 30,000 warriors in the Great Japanese Empire who died in Nanjing. How many Japanese soldiers died in the entire Battle of Shanghai were killed in the entire Battle of Shanghai.

That's 200,000 Japanese troops against 700,000. One of them captured Nanjing for the second time and lost nearly 20,000 people, and more than two-thirds of them died.

This is simply unimaginable

The subsequent strikes not only ran away from the Honorary First Division, but also allowed the opponent to occupy Pukou, cutting off the Japanese army's retreat and food and ammunition supplies to the north, and millions of military supplies fell into the enemy's hands.

Even if Hata Shunrok was very nervous, he could not stand this stimulus. The "strangation" plan has been implemented so far. It is no longer enough to eliminate the Honorary First Division.

But it is not without effect, at least the opponent is not that easy now.

The landing of Niushima Manta failed, which also shows that the opponent is not ordinary difficult to deal with. Both Matsui Ishione and Asaka Miyaki Hirohiko both fell into the hands of this "Leng Feng". If he is incompetent, will the first two be incompetent?

Shinji Hata did not recall Niushima Manta, but instead gave him greater authority and even added a batch of troops to him, allowing him to freely exert it.

This may be a bit of a broken jar.

However, a corps of the 3rd Division was destroyed by the Chinese army, and it might even be all captured. This is a big deal.

This is not just a matter of incompetence of the commander of the 04th Wing.

The strangulation plan was originally incomplete, but now there is a big loophole. The opponent is now trapping the 65th Regiment, which is clearly about to eat this Regiment.

If they don't defend Pukou, they can evacuate without having to bear such huge losses.

It is obvious that the opponent is obsessed with eating the 65th United. Shunji Hata's thinking is not slow, and he quickly sorted out the key issues.

"Order, the 65th Regiment will break eastward tonight or tomorrow morning. The Iizuka Detachment will attack westward to support his breakthrough." Hata Shunrokudao.

Now he doesn't care about the "strangation" plan and wants to rescue the thousands of troops of the 65th Regiment first. If the Honorary Division is eaten, then he, the commander, has to go back to his hometown to sell wine.

"Hai"

"Niujima calls"

"read"

"Mr. Commander, our army plans to attack and land in the Wujiang Town area tonight in the upper reaches of Pukou. This battle will definitely catch the Chinese army off guard."

"Wujiang Town, wasn't the Okamoto United defeated by the Chinese army somewhere?" asked Masasaburo Kawabian.

"Hai"

"Call back to Ushima-kun and say good news for me." Hata Shunruo pondered for a moment and ordered.

"Hiss Commander"

"No matter what, I have to let Niudao Jun try again. The Chinese army is not strong enough. Such a long river defense line, it takes at least two divisions and only one thousand troops to spread out on the front. According to the situation sent back from the battlefield today, the troops they have deployed in the front are only about one brigade."

"So little," Kawabian Masasaburo said in surprise, wouldn't that be the same as the Niujima Detachment's troops?

"There is a highway here. When they evacuated Nanjing, they took away a considerable number of cars. Their mobility is no worse than ours. There is also an early warning system. Once the enemy situation occurs, they can immediately dispatch troops, no more than a quarter of an hour."
To be continued...