Hearing that Zhang Xuchen led the 33rd Army to attract the main force of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army to Yicheng, Li Delin felt that the goal of the first phase of the battle had been achieved. On the one hand, he ordered Zhang Xuchen to stand firm and wait for assistance, while ordering Tang Keqin, commander-in-chief of the 31st Army, to command 6 armies to command 17 divisions to attack the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army in three directions, and divided them with artillery fire support and siege them from all sides.

At dawn on May 16, the Japanese army began to launch a fierce attack on Yicheng with the 39th Division as the main force. Now both the enemy and us have put the bayonet on the other side's chest, and it depends on who can take the lead.

The defenders of Yicheng fought bravely and continued to carry out counterattacks. They fought fiercely until the afternoon, and almost everyone, including the special forces guarding Hu Boyu, participated in the battle.

At this time, the Japanese army had more than 5,000 attacking troops, concentrated artillery fire and troops, launched a general attack on the Yicheng position, and more than 20 aircraft assisted the battle. Zhang Xuchen personally visited the front line, and despite being injured in many places, he was still calm and commanded.

Because Wu Siren sent troops to intervene and airdropped a large number of supplies in advance, the defenders did not do their best to do their best and were all injured and injured as they did in history. Zhang Xuchen was only slightly injured.

The battle continued until the afternoon. The Japanese were eager to eat Zhang Xuchen's troops, and at dusk, all the tanks were concentrated to launch a general attack.

The tank was in front, and the Japanese infantry followed behind the tank slowly, with the bayonet flashing with cold light. Both sides were already crazy and began their last attempt.

Hundreds of soldiers of the Tax Police Corps were quietly lying on the position holding black and weird spears. Bang, bang, bang, bang, with a few loud noises, all the Japanese tanks rushing in front were lying in their nests, thick black smoke emerged, and some even exploded. Before the Japanese following were able to lie down, they were knocked to the ground by the machine gun bullets that suddenly came to their faces.

"Brother Bo Yu, what kind of gun is this? Even a tank can deal with it?" Zhang Xuchen asked in surprise after seeing this scene.

"This is our latest anti-tank rifle, imitating the German heavy anti-tank rifle panzerbüchse     39. Because the construction cost is very expensive, our tax police regiment has not many, and I only brought more than 100 units this time." Hu Boyu said proudly.

Anti-tank rifles, special firearms for shooting armored targets. They were formerly called war defense guns. They were used to equip infantry to attack tanks and armored vehicles within 300 meters, and can also be used to shoot civil fortifications and firepower points within 800 to 1,000 meters.

"If we could have equipped such powerful weapons in the previous battle with the Japanese, the Japanese tanks would not have been so rampant." Zhang Xuchen bent over and wanted to pass an anti-tank gun to check, his words full of sighs.

During the Anti-Japanese War, the biggest threat to the Chinese army was the armored vehicles and light tanks frequently deployed by the Japanese army. Although the thickness of the Japanese armored vehicles was mostly between 16-25 mm, it seemed vulnerable compared to the armored vehicles of other European and American military powers. However, due to the lack of effective anti-tank weapons in China, it was often helpless.

At this time, all Chinese armies were equipped with anti-tank guns, and the former Space-Time Army had anti-tank guns and had to send troops to Myanmar.

The 37th guns in the Guofu army in the original time-space Battle of Shanghai were purchased by the Guofu army in 1934 from Germany at that time. Due to the small number, only a small number of German equipment troops were equipped with the 36th, the 87th, the 88th Division and the Teaching Corps. The above divisions were only equipped with one anti-tank artillery company equipped with four anti-tank guns. At that time, a German army infantry division was equipped with anti-tank battalion and regiment anti-tank company equipped with a total of 75 anti-tank guns (not including other artillery that can perform anti-tank missions). In comparison, the number of equipment of the Chinese army was pitifully small.

In 1936, because Chang Kaishen appointed Wu Siren to negotiate with the German side in Shencheng. Wu Siren helped the government purchase a large amount of arms in advance, including 500,000 rifles, 50,000 bots, 20,000 machine guns, 800 mortars and 900 paks     35/36.

Because of Wu Siren's preparations, the Chinese army in this time and space reduced many casualties compared with the original time and space in the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Jinling, the Battle of Jiangcheng and the First Battle of Changsha.

"It's still Commander Wu who has a far-sighted vision! Looking at your rich equipment, Zhang is really envious." Zhang Xuchen returned the anti-tank gun to the soldiers of the Tax Police Corps and sighed infinitely.

At present, among the armed forces commanded by the National Government, the Tax Police Corps led by Wu Siren shot dead and injured the largest number of Japanese soldiers.

Hu Boyu said with some advice: "For the sake of the guys in the hands of our brothers, our Commander Wu has almost ruined all our property. The government has given us too little support. Even Commander Wu is working hard to maintain the military pay for his brothers."

Zhang Xuchen also knew Chang Kaishen's attitude towards the Tax Police General Group, so he whispered for a long time without saying anything. He really didn't know how to evaluate it, so he had to shut up.

Chang Kaishen only had his direct lineage in the Central Army, and he only trusted his emperor disciple in Huangpu.

This has caused many times the problem of inconsistent command. For example, in this battle, Tang Keqin's troops did not arrive on time.

"It seems that the Japanese are going to withdraw. I don't know if he can arrive tomorrow, but don't be like Taierzhuang again." Hu Boyu pursed his lips, his face seemed to be a little smirk, and his tone was full of mockery.

During the counterattack stage of the Taierzhuang Battle, Tang Keqin deliberately preserved his strength and failed to encircle in time, causing some of the Japanese to break through and escape, and the results of the battle did not expand.

Zhang Xuchen was really afraid of being told by Hu Boyu. After the Japanese attack was repelled again, he immediately came to the communications department and sent an emergency telegram to the battle commander-in-chief Li Delin and Shancheng.

After receiving the telegram, Li Delin immediately cursed: "It's this Tang Keqin again. He didn't obey the command of Taierzhuang. This time I came here again. Adjutant, please immediately ask the communications department to send a report to Tang Keqin and tell him that I want his 31st Army to break through the Japanese blockade before 7 o'clock tomorrow morning and arrive in Yicheng. Otherwise, military law will be carried out. In addition, send a telegram to the chairman of Shancheng, asking him if my commander-in-chief's order is still counted."

Chang Kaishen from the mountain city was also very annoyed when he received the telegram from Zhang Xuchen and Li Delin.

"Mom Xipi! Tang Keqin doesn't see when it's time. Yan Ji, you immediately send a report to Keqin, telling him to break through the Japanese army's blockade as soon as possible and to annihilate the enemy under Yicheng with Zhang Xuchen."

Secretary-General Chen Xunen naturally knew that Chang Kaishen was not really blaming Tang Keqin. He immediately said: "Yes, Chairman, I will send a report to Keqin immediately and explain it to him."
Chapter completed!