On the afternoon of July 15, 1938, the Japanese army stormed the northern foot of Guishan for an afternoon, but was never able to break through the second line of defense on the mountainside.

The Japanese army did not find that on the surface of the Yangtze River, more than a dozen river ships were shuttling back and forth!

These dozen or so river ships are quietly transporting 50 T-26 tanks from the tank battalion directly under the Wuhan Garrison Headquarters from Wuchang on the south bank of the Yangtze River to Hanyang on the north bank.

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At the same time, at the command post of the Kameyama fortress.

Zhong Yi is making the final confirmation before the counterattack!

Zhong Yi's gaze first fell on the tank battalion commander Ding Yan.

Ding Yan is also the director of the construction department under the Wuhan Garrison Command and the General Staff, but after the completion of the reconstruction and reinforcement project of the houses in the three towns of Wuhan, the construction office has become a decoration, so Ding Yan took the initiative to ask Zhong Yi for a new position, and this new position is the commander of the tank battalion directly under the Wuhan Garrison Command!

Ding Yan was originally a tank soldier, and he deserves to be the commander of the tank battalion!

"Battalion Commander Ding!" Zhong Yi said in a deep voice, "Confirm the mission of your tank battalion!" ”

"Yes!" Ding Yan stood upright, saluted, and then replied proudly, "Our tank battalion has only one task, after the engineer battalion of the anti-smuggling corps clears the obstacles to advance, immediately launch an assault on the camp of the third division, and then keep moving forward until it cuts through the Japanese camp, and then cooperate with the follow-up infantry to tear the two wings!" ”

"Hmm!" Zhong Yi nodded, and then turned his gaze to Sun Xia, the commander of the engineer battalion directly under the Anti-Smuggling Corps.

"Camp Commander Sun!" Zhong Yi said, "Confirm the mission of your engineer battalion!" ”

"Yes!" Sun Xia stood upright, saluted, and said, "The task of our engineer battalion is to blow up the trench on the left side of the Japanese Third Division, and clear the way for the advance of the tank battalion directly under the garrison headquarters!" ”

"Good!" Zhong Yi bowed his head slightly, and then turned his gaze to Sun Liren, the captain of the anti-smuggling team.

Sun Lidao: "Our anti-smuggling corps will put in two regiments, the 113th Regiment and the 114th Regiment, and after the tank battalion breaks into the camp of the Japanese Third Division, it will follow up and tear the Japanese defense line on both flanks!" After the tank battalion chiseled through the Japanese camp, cooperate with the tank battalion to roll behind the Japanese army! ”

Zhong Yi set his sights on Chen Jing'an, commander of the First Garrison Brigade.

Chen Jingan said: "The task of our First Garrison Brigade is to outflank from the left flank!" Cut off the route of the Japanese 3rd Division to the left flank, and cooperate with the 2nd Garrison Brigade to force the Japanese army to flee north! ”

"Good!" Zhong Yi bowed his head slightly, and then set his eyes on Liu Futing.

Liu Futing said: "The task of our Third Garrison Brigade is to outflank from the right flank!" Cut off the route of the Japanese 3rd Division to the right flank, and cooperate with the 1st Garrison Brigade to force the Japanese army to flee north! ”

Zhong Yi nodded, and finally set his eyes on Pan Zihe, the commander of the Third Garrison Brigade.

Pan Zihe said: "The task of our garrison 3rd Brigade is to set up an ambush in the area of Guanyin Nunnery and Mengjia Lane, fifteen miles north of the Japanese garrison, and strive to completely annihilate the 3rd Division!" ”

"Good!" Zhong Yi finally nodded, and said, "Now let's start the watch!" ”

Several chief officials attending the meeting raised their wrists in unison, and Zhong Yi continued: "The time is now 7:05 in the evening, and the counterattack time is set at 0:00 in the morning on the 16th!" Don't be mistaken! ”

"Yes!" Several chief officers stood upright.

Zhong Yi waved his hand and said, "Let's go back and prepare!" ”

Several of the chief officials present at the meeting turned around and left.

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The time soon came to the middle of the night on the 16th.

Unable to sleep, Fujita put on his shirt and walked outside the tent to gaze at Kameyama in the distance under the night sky.

I saw that under the dark starry sky, the swarthy Turtle Mountain was like a prehistoric giant tortoise, lying motionless at the confluence of the Han River and the Yangtze River!

It's this giant tortoise, and in the past ten days, Fujita has made the tea and rice not fragrant.

There was a sound of footsteps behind him, and when he looked back, it was Saito Masaki walking over with a saber on his shoulder.

"Division Commander!" Saito Masarui paused slightly, and then said, "You haven't rested yet?" ”

"Can't sleep." Fujita Jin waved his hand and said abruptly, "Our four infantry wings took turns to attack the northern foot of Turtle Mountain for more than ten days, but we still couldn't take it, I'm anxious!" ”

Saito Zhengrui said: "Division commander, the battle has always been the most difficult, and this matter is not in a hurry!" ”

"We are not in a hurry, but His Royal Highness Tsugahiko is a little anxious!" Fujita Jin shook his head, and continued, "Before dark, His Royal Highness Tsukihiko sent another telegram, urging us to capture Hanyang Town as soon as possible!" But the problem is that it is impossible to capture Hanyang without capturing Guisan first, but Guishan can't be taken in a hurry, alas! ”

Saito was sharply silent, he didn't dare to express his opinion on this matter easily.

While the two were talking, a sudden gunfire rang out in front of them.

"Well, there are gunshots?" Saito Masaki frowned, "What's the situation?" ”

As soon as the words fell, with a squeaky screech, a flare was already in the air.

"There is an enemy attack, and the Chinese army is attacking at night!" Saito was quick to tell, but not surprised.

Because in the past ten days, there has hardly been a night in which the Chinese army has not attacked at night, but the night attack of the Chinese army has not caused trouble to the Third Division.

Because the 3rd Division has already built an improvised military fortress north of Hanyang!

In the face of a fortress, the harassing night raids of the Chinese army are of no use at all!

Basically, the Japanese army beat the flares and swept the machine guns, and the Chinese army retreated.

Because of this, knowing that the Chinese army was attacking at night, neither Fujita Susumu nor Saito Masarui was surprised.

With the launch of flares, sparse gunfire rang out in front of the right side of the barracks, but soon, the gunfire began to become dense, and it was even accompanied by explosions.

Hearing the explosion, Fujita's brow furrowed.

Saito Masarui also said: "Division commander, the situation seems to be a little wrong?" I'll check it out! ”

Fujita Jin nodded, and then advised: "Saito-kun, be careful, just drive the Chinese army away, don't rush out of the camp to pursue, so as not to fall into an ambush!" ”

"Hello!"

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3rd Division regimental camp, front right trench.

The sappers of the engineer battalion directly under the anti-smuggling corps were rushing forward with bundles of explosives in their arms.

The devils in the camp obviously realized what the Chinese sappers wanted to do, and tried their best to block the attack, and even one of the devils rushed directly to the outside of the camp with a bright bayonet.

The dozen or so sappers who were the first to strike were quickly knocked down!

Sun Xia was suddenly anxious, how could it go on like this?

What if the time for the general attack came, but their engineer battalion failed to blow up the trenches, and when the tanks of the tank battalion directly under the garrison headquarters rushed over, but plunged into the trenches outside the devil's camp, what a fart?

(End of chapter)