Chapter 121: The fierce battle between the Battle of Shanghai (9)

At the darkest moment of the day before dawn, the 10th Brigade of the 11th Division of the Neon Army, which had all landed, was ready to go with the division headquarters. Their target was the sound of gunfire and the flames kept tearing the dark side.

The war in Luodian in the second half of the night also touched the heart of the division command. Suddenly, the Chief of Staff, who had been waiting in the telecommunications room, pushed open the door of the telecommunications room and stumbled towards the division commander's room.

The Shanshi Zongwu also did not sleep all night. In the second half of the night, the fierce gunfire sounds from Luodian and the war situation notice sent by the 22nd Brigade, the Chinese army launched an attack on the 43rd Regiment surrounded. Suddenly, a trace of ominous premonition of the Shanshi Zongwu changed the order that was originally scheduled to set off at 6 o'clock in the morning, and ordered the 10th Brigade and the division headquarters to set out immediately and head towards Luodian.

Katamura rushed into the division commander's room without even knocking on his face. Yamamoto Sobu, who was tidying up his military uniform, couldn't help but frown. But when he saw Katamura's expression, Katamura, who was still breathing, grabbed the telegram in his hand. When he saw the telegram clearly, he felt dizzy and quickly held the table with his hand. The telegram fell from his hand. Several Japanese words on the telegram clearly said, "At 3:50 am on April 13, the entire Forty-third Regiment was broken."

"Order the troops to set off immediately."

Yamamu Sowu threw away the village and hurriedly held his hand, shouting in a low voice, as if a shout came out of his heart. Although he attached great importance to this young man, it was not enough to become his opponent, Yamamu Sowu found that he still underestimated it.

The sudden indiscriminate artillery fire lasted for more than half an hour. When a trace of whiteness appeared in the sky, the artillery fire finally stopped. This artillery fire caused great casualties to the Second Battalion, Third Battalion, First Battalion of the 42nd Regiment, and the troops directly under the brigade headquarters that participated in the encirclement and suppression.

Although the remnants of the 43rd Regiment were wiped out, the casualties of all participating troops had basically exceeded or nearly half.

"The Japanese reinforcements are about to arrive. The 2nd Battalion of the 38th Regiment, the 3rd Battalion and the 1st Battalion of the 42nd Regiment are responsible for defending the north of the Zhenbei; the 2nd Battalion of the 42nd Regiment, the 3rd Battalion of the 42nd Regiment are still defending the east of the Zhendong; the troops directly under the brigade are reserves. Our reinforcements are on the road now and it will take half a day to arrive, but the Japanese attacks are undoubtedly very crazy in the past half day. I hope you can firmly hold their respective positions until they are handed over to friendly forces intact. In addition, the old rules are that all deputy officers of the troops and Gongjiazhai, who have drawn one or two combat backbones from each squad, should be prevented from being attacked by the Japanese bypassing Luodian and sneak attacking our rear. On the other hand, I won't say it anymore, I believe everyone understands it. In short, today is a death battle. Execute it."

In the command center that was covered with neon army artillery fire and collapsed a corner, Shen Xiuwen issued combat orders to his subordinate units. After saying that, Shen Xiuwen himself picked up a Galand rifle, brought a steel helmet, and hurried to the frontier position in Zhenbei. He, the brigade commander, also served as the commander of the 38th Regiment.

In the early morning, Luodian Town, which had been fighting fiercely for a day and two nights, was shrouded in a layer of mist. Suddenly, a 75-mm shell hit hard on the frontier position outside the newly repaired town north.

"Blasting, enter the anti-aircraft hole."

Just as the Chinese soldiers defending the frontier positions drilled into the anti-aircraft artillery hole one by one, one after another, the artillery shells were smashed down. The entire artillery preparation lasted for fifteen minutes, which was twice as much as the artillery preparations before the Neon Army's attack yesterday. Moreover, the Japanese artillery fire today was obviously much more violent, most of which were the artillery shells of the powerful Qiwu Mountain Cannon.

There were only three people left for a squad observation post set up on the front line. A shell directly hit the anti-aircraft hole, causing a squad brother to be buried inside, and none of them could come out.

The mist in the morning had not yet dissipated, and the dense figures could be seen clearly. The first few black iron guys in the team were roaring and heading towards the front position under the cover of artillery fire.

"Order the artillery to fire five rapid shots, and then quickly transfer the position." Chen Xiuwen, standing in the frontier command, ordered the Japanese offensive team at a distance of 500 meters from the telescope.

Today, Chen Xiuwen gathered all the mortars and set up multiple preset positions with the mountain artillery company. He also drew four trucks from the vehicles transporting supplies in Zheng Huaishan yesterday to pull the motor to traction with the remaining four Bufus mountain artillery. It is obvious that the reinforcements of the 11th Division came up, and the 44th Regiment also crossed the Hengjing River early this morning to rush towards the flank of Luodian. Due to the great losses of the troops, when he saw that the Japanese's first attack not only dispatched combat vehicles, but also had nearly a brigade of stormtroopers following behind, Chen Xiuwen did not dare to hide his firepower, so he ordered the artillery to open fire.

The shooting corps outside the town had been set up in advance, and the artillery ambushed in the town did not need to test the fire. Four Bufus mountain cannons, four eighty-two mortars, and six sixty-zero mortars were fired at the charge of the Japanese brigade. Fourteen high-explosive grenades with different power but the same targets fell accurately into the Japanese brigade. The shrapnel splashed randomly to harvest the Japanese who had not had time to lie down. The three Type 95 light chariots and two Type 89 medium-sized chariots in front of them were driving the way out of their power to avoid them when they saw that the situation was not good.

"Heavy machine gun fire." The shelling effect was very good. When he saw the chariot rushing in the front in the telescope, Chen Xiuwen immediately ordered the heavy machine guns set up in the bunkers on both sides of the second-line position to fire. Four Maxim and three M2 gave great damage to the Japanese who were running around 500 meters away from the fire.

The sudden heavy firepower made the field artillery corps of the 11th Division not have time to react, and their shells were still firing towards the front positions.

"Destroy the Chinese artillery and destroy the Chinese artillery." With the roar of the corps leader, the artillery woke up as if he was dreaming and quickly adjusted the direction and angle of the muzzle according to the place where the Chinese artillery fired.

"Retreat." The mortar is easy to operate and has strong maneuverability. After five rapid fires, the barrel is pulled out and the base of the bracket is retracted, and quickly runs to the next preset position. Although the four Bufus mountain cannons are not as fast as the mortar, after completing the launch, they quickly hung on the truck that had been launched and transferred the position. It was not until the truck drove a distance that the brothers sitting in the truck up the mountain cannon company that had just discovered that the Japanese were testing the fire at the original position, and then dense shells flew over, covering the original position and the surrounding area of ​​nearly a thousand square meters, but there was already empty.

As the Japanese artillery fire moved, the shouts of the only three observation whistles left on the position and the whistle that was blowing sounded. The last remaining more than 300 brothers of the Second Battalion crawled out of the anti-aircraft artillery hole and entered the position.

"Damn it, there is also the Iron Tornado. The suicide squad, go up and enter the trench in front. Our second battalion is not a coward, because the brothers of the first battalion are not cowards." Zhou Suping, the commander of the second battalion who had just emerged from the anti-cannon hole, saw the Japanese chariot rushing over and yelled loudly.

The suicide squad that had already become a long time ago did not carry any guns, and only held the moor bottle and cluster grenade. He shouted loudly: "Yes", he entered the traffic trench without hesitation. Yesterday, the brothers from the first battalion brought them not only shock, but also courage.

When the outer positions in Zhenbei were in full swing, the 44th Regiment of Hitoshiji finally arrived at the eastern periphery of Luodian. Early this morning, he had already received a telegram from the brigade headquarters, and the entire 43rd Regiment was broken. Although the competition between him and Yoshio Asama was quite fierce, he still felt a sense of sadness at this time, and it also made him cautious.

Although the guns and cannons in Zhenbei were shocking, He Zhiying Er was not in a hurry to attack. The dense fortifications in the telescope were obviously prepared for him. Fortunately, he did not rush to cross the river last night. He rested in Hejiadian for one night and transported pontoon bridge equipment from Yuepu, so that all the heavy weapons he carried crossed the river.

"Arson." Kazuoji, who was holding a telescope and observing the opposite position, finally gave up the order to attack.

The 75th Field Cannon and the 92nd Infantry Cannon were smashed into the positions outside Luodian at the same time. Zhang Zhengjie, who was lying in front of the bunker window of the frontier command center, was also observing the enemy situation. However, his 42nd Regiment had been watching from the wall since the raid on Luodian the night before yesterday. Although the first battalion participated in the encirclement and suppression last night, it had been temporarily allocated to the 38th Regiment for command. Now the Japanese attacking on the flank has finally arrived, and it is time for the 42nd Regiment to show their skills.

"Fry it, blow it. If you bully me, just blow it up. Unless you don't rush up, I want you guys to see your greatness as you, Grandpa Zhang." Zhang Zhengjie kept muttering.

Due to the abundant time, the outer defensive positions in the east of Luodian were repaired and repaired. The fish-scale trenches were connected from the front line positions to the third line positions of the front command headquarters. The traffic trenches were connected, which not only allowed timely retreat, but also provided reinforcements anytime and anywhere. The anti-aircraft artillery holes were spacious and sturdy, and as long as they were not hit by shells, it would be fine to hide inside.
Chapter completed!