The chicken pickpockets of the artillery brigade were so sudden that these little devils who were building the pontoon bridge were not mentally prepared at all, and by the time they reacted, the pontoon bridge had been blown up.

There are even some little devils who returned to their hometowns directly in this round of bombing, and those who were not killed by the bombing all fell into the water.

There are also some little devils who are riding in small fishing boats, and they are either covering their companions to build pontoon bridges, or they are also building pontoon bridges.

But at this moment, they had already forgotten their original mission, and they all turned the bow of the ship and ran towards the south bank of the Huai River in a panic, their own position.

As for rushing forward, hehe, as soon as they thought of the fate of those vanguard squads, they directly dispelled a thought.

The majesty of the so-called Imperial Army of Japan has long been forgotten by them at this moment.

Running for your life is the king.

Some little devils were lucky and escaped back to the south bank of the Huai River smoothly and safely, and in the process of going back, they even rescued some companions who fell into the water.

And more little devils, with people and boats, were left in the Huai River forever by the shells fired by the artillery brigade, and the boats were destroyed and people died.

Several mountain guns, as well as dozens of light and heavy mortars, fired at the same time, its power is not covered.

Of course, these little devils all know the nature of water, even if they don't understand it, there are so many planks and pillars in the river that can also be used as life-saving parts.

But the water of the Huai River in the middle of winter is too cold, and the cold is almost bitterly cold.

These little devils are wearing thick cotton jackets, and many of them have just fallen into the water and are almost frozen.

Even if they still have the physical strength to escape, but at this moment, there is still a steady stream of shells falling into the water and falling beside them.

Even if they weren't killed on the spot, it caused a lot of trouble for their escape.

It can be said that most of the little devils were not killed by shells, nor were they drowned by the river, but more precisely, they were frozen to death by the cold and biting river water.

If it was summer, no, even if it was spring, the casualties of the little devils would not be so heavy; But it's a pity that there is no so-called if in this world, so the little devils who fell into the Huai River, except for those who were a little closer to the river bank and a small number of people who were salvaged and rescued by their companions, most of them all stayed in the Huai River forever and became the food for the river fish.

"Eight Ga Ya Road!"

At the same time as the cannon sounded, the brigade commander of the 6th Brigade of the Little Devils, Akiyama Yoshiyoshi, knew that the situation was not good, but when he reacted and wanted to order those little devils in the Huai River to withdraw, it was too late.

Therefore, he could not think of any other way than to shout angrily.

At this moment, he is no longer the invincible imperial major general in the past, nor is he the commander of the imperial brigade who is invincible and does not treat all Chinese soldiers as the same thing.

At this moment, he is just a loser who has no way to face defeat.

All the little devil officers lowered their heads, not daring to look directly at the brigade commander Yoshiyoshi Akiyama, who was in a fit of rage.

"Serikawa-kun!"

"Hay!"

"Give me a return fire, bombard the enemy positions on the other side of the Huai River!"

“……”

"Hay!"

Serikawa Shu, the wing commander of the 9th Mountain Artillery Wing, opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he chose to obey the order, and after answering, he turned around and walked quickly towards the mountain artillery position.

Not long after, the earth-shattering sound of artillery bombardment sounded again on the position of the Ninth Wing of the Little Devil Mountain Artillery.

And on the south bank of the Huai River, the heavy machine gun positions established by the little devils before also opened fire in unison.

A very heavy machine gun, the muzzle of the gun spewed out a series of blazing flames like an angry dragon, the bullet chain was running rapidly, and the bullets were like raindrops, no money, towards the north bank of the Huai River, the position of the 113th Division.

These heavy machine-gun positions, which were originally set up to cover the construction of pontoon bridges by their comrades, have now become fire positions to cover their retreat.

It's just that their battle seems ferocious, but in fact, they can't cause a single casualty to the officers and soldiers of the 113th Division on the other side of the Huai River.

Because the officers and men of the 113th Division were basically all hiding behind thick bunkers, deep in the trenches.

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And the only thing that could inflict casualties on the 113th Division was those shells that fell from the sky.

However, the 113th Division had long been prepared to deal with this, so the casualties caused by the bombardment of the little devils were not large, and they were completely within the range they could bear.

After a day of fighting, the casualties of the 113th Division were much smaller than those of the little devils, and their material losses were much less than those of the little devils.

It seems that Akiyama Yoshiyoshi quickly regained his composure, and it didn't take long for him to re-order his men to stop attacking the enemy forces on the other side of the Huai River.

For he could see perfectly well that continuing to march and bombard the enemy's positions at this moment had already been shot, and it would not play a role at all except wasting ammunition.

No, to be precise, it might be able to help.

For example, the shelling of the 9th Wing of the Mountain Artillery can still cause a certain deterrent to the 113th Division, and at the same time, it will also cause them certain casualties.

It's just that this harvest is completely disproportionate to the loss, and it will be useless to fight any longer.

As the defending side, the 113th Division itself did not think of engaging in a war of attrition with the little devils, their idea was very simple, they just wanted to block the ninth division of the little devils on the edge of the Huai River, and that was enough.

Of course, if they can be wiped out completely, it will be a matter of undesirable things.

It's just that their own family knows their own affairs, not to mention that the Ninth Division of the little devils will be wiped out here, and it will be good to be able to successfully block them on the edge of the Huai River.

Yes, they didn't get carried away because of the small victory at the moment.

The other two places were also suggested by Yang Yun.

In addition, the Sixth Brigade of the Little Devil was chosen by the division commander Ji Jialiangfu as the most important attack path, and they all returned with a feather, and the results of the other two places can naturally be imagined.

Fail!

The little devil's attempt to cross the Huai River on the first day ended in failure.

The brigade commander of the 6th Brigade of the Little Devil, Yoshiyoshi Akiyama, stared at the position of the 113th Division on the north bank of the Huai River with gloomy eyes.

As the sun was setting, the sky had slowly darkened, so he finally gave up his plan to forcibly cross the Huai River, threw off his robe, and turned around and walked towards the division headquarters.

It's just that the gloomy color on his face has not weakened in the slightest, because he knows that when he goes to the division headquarters this time, he will definitely be scolded by the division commander Ji Jia Ryosuke......

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(End of chapter)