When the 1-4th Company of the Artillery Battalion launched artillery counterattacks on the Japanese artillery positions, the 5th Company also began to launch artillery attacks on the 18th Japanese infantry Regiment above the river.

On the frontier positions, the soldiers of the Tiger Ben regiment, who were full of anger, were also firing and firing.

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"Da da da da!"——"

"boom!"

"Boom boom boom boom!"

There were constant gunfire sounds on the river surface, and the Japanese on the ship were beaten to the point of no fight back.

A row of shells fell into the river and exploded violently. The shock wave caused a large wave of water, and the water column splashed more than 10 meters high. The battle scene was like a stormy sea.

More than 10 wooden boats and rubber boats were devastatingly hit by shells and were shattered by huge blows from the shock waves. A pile of wood fragments and the bodies of the Japanese floating on the water.

Clusters of flames were burning on the hull, and blue smoke emerged.

Some ships were directly overturned by huge shock waves and water waves, and hundreds of Japanese soldiers rolled from the ship into the river.

Some of these Japanese were even directly pressed down by the overturned ships.

"Yafen butterfly!"

"Help, save me!"

Countless Japanese soldiers struggled in the cold river water, some were killed by shells, some were killed by oncoming bombs, and some were knocked out and drowned in the river.

Then rush downstream along the turbulent river water.

"Baga Road! Don't be afraid of war. The warriors of the empire, rush over! Defeat them! Eliminate all these damn Chinese troops!"

"Kill the chicken!"

"Kill the chicken and give it to you!"

The fanatical commander held a command knife in his hand, waved forward with great strength, and kept roaring and scolding his subordinates to continue to force the Huai River.

However, wanting to continue crossing the river under the current circumstances is simply seeking death!

The Japanese soldiers were hit by the continuous fire of the Tiger Ben regiment and the rain of bullets, with heavy casualties. The 5th Artillery Company had just launched several waves of rapid-fire fire, and most of the Japanese ships crossing the river were destroyed.

Some Japanese finally landed on the river beach on the north bank with water, but were hit by strong machine guns, which was difficult to make progress.

They could only find a suitable position to lie down. Faced with the powerful attack of the Tiger Group, they could only shrink their heads tightly, and they didn't even have the chance to fight back.

But even so, people are still constantly being penetrated by stray bullets coming towards them.

The remaining ships were parked on the river surface, and under the impact of the huge water waves caused by the explosion of the shells, it became extremely difficult to control, let alone continue to charge forward against the rain of bullets from the Tiger Group.

massacre!

From the moment the Japanese artillery began to return, the situation turned into a unilateral massacre from the moment the Japanese artillery position was countered by artillery fire by the Tiger Ben regiment!

The river was full of struggling Japanese heads. They screamed strangely, and were occasionally flooded by the waves that came from time to time, coughing and choking!

Thousands of corpses drifted with the flow, many of which had broken limbs and arms.

A large area of ​​bright red blood flowed into the river, turning the Huai River into a "blood river"!

Taketaro Kawakami, the captain of the 18th Japanese Infantry Regiment, who was supervising the battle on the south bank of the Huai River, saw that his troops were beaten so badly by the Tiger Regiment, and he couldn't help but curse in anger: "Baga, the road! Damn it! Damn it!"

The Hu Ben Regiment has a strong defensive position, and its firepower is far stronger than that of its own, and it also has heavy artillery support.

Taketaro Kawakami knew that if he continued to cross the river forcibly, there would be only one outcome for the 18th Infantry Regiment, which would be the destruction of the entire army!

However, before receiving the order, even if his troops were completely destroyed, he could only grit his teeth and persevere.

Fortunately, at this moment, a communication soldier suddenly rushed over and brought the division commander Fujita Jiong over.

After receiving the order to turn in, Taketaro Kawakami was overjoyed and without hesitation at all. He immediately turned his head and ordered the flag soldiers beside him, "Turn in, hurry! Order the crossing troops to turn in immediately! Hurry!"

"Turn in, hurry up! Order the crossing forces to move in immediately! Hurry up!"

At this time, the sound of gunfire on the battlefield could almost break the human eardrum. Not to mention hundreds of meters away, even if you whirl your neck and shout face to face, the other party might not be able to hear it clearly.

Therefore, on the fierce battlefield, flag soldiers usually give orders instead of commanders to provide tactical guidance to the offensive troops.

Command the offensive troops to change formations to attack or retreat.

The Japanese attacking troops above the river surface received the order to retreat and immediately turned the bow of the ship and rowed the ship back to the south bank, fleeing from the river surface in a panic!

"I'm Ge, want to run away? It's not that easy!"

After Yang Jing found that the Japanese were about to evacuate, he immediately turned his head and shouted to Ma Tong beside him: "Ma Tong! Immediately send me an order to ask the artillery battalion to temporarily stop countering the Japanese artillery positions!

Concentrate my firepower and kill this Japanese crossing force! Feed the turtle left in the Huaihe River! You must never let them escape smoothly!"

"yes!"

Ma Tong thrust his body, took the order with a loud bang, and then quickly ran towards the telephone not far away.

After receiving the order, the artillery battalion immediately turned the gun mouth and launched a concentrated bombardment on the Japanese Infantry Regiment's 18th Regiment above the river.

"boom!"

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom!"——"

The denser shells fell down, and the entire river surface seemed to be overturned.

Countless Japanese were either directly killed during the evacuation, or were blown away by huge shock waves and water waves.

The casualties of the Japanese army immediately soared in a straight line!

The Japanese finally returned to the south bank, but the nightmare did not end there.

The shells fired by the Tiger Ben Group were even longer and they continued to chase them.

The Japanese soldiers were so scared that they continued to flee in a very embarrassing manner, like a group of stray dogs.

In the end, more than two-thirds of the Japanese Infantry Regiment died and injured more than two-thirds, and only nearly a thousand Japanese escaped by chance.

...

On the north bank of the Huai River, Yang Jing saw the Japanese crossing forces defeated and evacuated, and the telescope turned his sight to other places to observe.

While observing, he was also thinking far-reachingly.

Based on his understanding of the Japanese, these guys will never give up after suffering such a big loss!

Generally, they would immediately launch retaliatory bombardment. Therefore, Yang Jing asked the artillery battalion to prepare for anti-aircraft artillery. Once the Japanese army retaliated, they would immediately counter the Japanese artillery.

After waiting for several minutes, the Japanese troops on the south bank did not make any noise, which made Yang Jing a little surprised.

...

The picture is pulled to the south bank of the Huai River.

When he learned from Chief of Staff Tatsuo Tatsuo that the 18th Infantry Regiment that more than two-thirds of the casualties of the 18th Infantry Regiment fighting across the river were injured, Fujita Jin couldn't help but get angry and his face trembled violently.

In just one day, two of his four field infantry regiments under his 3rd Division were wiped out and one was severely damaged.

Now, only the 34th Regiment under the 29th Infantry Brigade is still left.

With this little force, not to mention whether we can tear open the Huaihe River defense line and land on the north bank.

Even if you can log in, you may not be able to defeat the Tiger Group.

Chief of Staff Colonel Tian Yuanlixiong continued to report: "Your Excellency the Division Commander, there is a very unfortunate news that I must report to you!"

There is still some unfortunate news?

Fujita's heart tightened and subconsciously asked in a deep voice: "What news?"

Tian Yuanlixiong said: "In this battle, in addition to the heavy casualties of the 18th Imperial Army Infantry Regiment, the ships used to cross the river suffered more than 90%.

Without replenishment, the remaining ships may find it difficult to support the next crossing of the Imperial Army!”

It turned out that Fujita Jin, who had calmed down, had already planned to stop the attack. At this time, Tatsuo Tatsuki's words happened to give him a step.

However, he still said with a gloomy face: "There are not enough ships, so build a floating bridge!"

Tian Yuanlixiong said anxiously: "You must not! It has been raining for days and the water level of the Huaihe River has increased, which has increased the difficulty of building a floating bridge.

Of course, it is not that it is impossible to build a floating bridge, but that if the Imperial Army forcibly builds a floating bridge, it is very likely that it will be attacked by the Chinese army before completely suppressing the firepower of the Chinese army.

Especially the Chinese army's Tiger Ben is equipped with a large number of artillery, so we may be able to use aviation troops to suppress it, but we will never be able to knock it out all!"

After a pause, Tian Yuanlixiong continued: "Building a floating bridge is not essentially for combat troops to cross the river, but for logistics and supplies.

Therefore, even if we want to build a pontoon bridge, we must stop the Chinese army after the attacking troops land on the other side!

Otherwise, forcibly building a floating bridge will only cause the imperial army to suffer greater losses!"

Fujita Jin bit his back teeth and said, "Even if we cannot continue to launch the Battle of Crossing the River for the time being, we must not let this hateful Tiger Group live a better life!

I was told that the 3rd Field Artillery Regiment and the 1st Field Heavy Artillery Brigade were ready for attack!

Once the Imperial Army Aviation Force flew over the Huai River and suppressed the artillery of the Chinese Army Tiger Regiment, I would immediately bombard it!"

"Hayi!"

Hearing that the division commander Jin Fujita gave up his plan to continue crossing the river, Chief of Staff Tatsuo finally breathed a sigh of relief, then bowed heavily, turned around and ran towards the artillery position.
To be continued...