When the 26th Division of Longtan Mountain was fighting fiercely with the Japanese army, the 46th Brigade of the 16th Division rushed to reinforce, but was stubbornly resisted by a brigade of the 106th Division. After several rounds of fierce fighting, the 46th Brigade was defeated 10 miles away and the Japanese army was in a stalemate.

At the same time, on the Yangtze River, the Japanese 11th Fleet launched an attack on the Hukou fortress. The Chinese Air Force dispatched 12 aircraft to participate in the battle, and together with the Hukou Battery, launched a counterattack against the enemy ships.

"Buzz" "......"

Twelve Chinese fighters soared into the sky like eagles, constantly dropping bombs and torpedoes on the river, and firing low-altitude strafing at the devils on the motorboats.

"Put!"

"Boom!" "Boom!" “……”

At the same time, the artillery on the Hukou battery launched an artillery bombardment of the Japanese ships on the river.

"Shoot me out of the shells without leaving them behind!"

The commander of the battery was a captain who seemed very anxious and anxious to run out of shells.

It is no wonder that the chief of the navy guarding the Hukou fortress gave an order before the devils attacked: the garrison of the Yangtze River fortress went to another place to rest. Now there are only more than 100 people left in the fortress to guard the Hukou Fort.

The artillerymen on the turret were constantly loading and firing, making an inertial movement. Everyone knows that the battery will soon fall into the hands of the enemy, so not a single shell can be left for the enemy.

On the surface of the river, columns of water rushed straight up, and with the rumbling sound of cannons, huge water droplets smashed into the Japanese ships.

"Bang Bang Bang" "......"

The anti-aircraft guns on the enemy ships began to counterattack into the air, and dozens of black fireworks scattered in midair. And the ship's guns smashed all the shells at the Hukou battery.

"Whew~Whew~"

Suddenly, a Chinese fighter flew at a low altitude and threw a torpedo on a gunboat. The torpedo flew like a shark in the water towards the enemy ship.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, the torpedo hit the enemy ship was interrupted, and the gas was blazing. It was the Japanese Navy's gunboat "Three Highways" that hit. Not long after, the gunboat began to sink, and the devil soldiers on the ship fled into the river in droves.

This perfect attack greatly boosted the morale of the other fighters and the artillery of the Hukou Battery, and they attacked the enemy ships on the river with all their might.

"Boom Boom", "......", "Da Da Da", "......"

On the river and on the riverbank, the sound of artillery was deafening, both sides opened fire, and the battle entered the white deterioration

"Boom!" Another loud bang sounded on the river, and the Japanese Navy's gunboat "Yan" was blazing with fire and began to retreat to the rear. Under the counterattack of the artillery of the national army, three more motorboats were sunk.

However, the plane's bomb load was always limited, and after dropping all the bombs, it had no choice but to fly back to Hankow Air Base.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”“……”

After the withdrawal of the Chinese Air Force, the Hukou Fort had to face the entire Japanese 11th fleet. More than a dozen warships bombarded the batteries indiscriminately, and one battery after another almost became the target of their training. And the Japanese infantry sat in motorboats and prepared to start landing and occupy the Hukou Fort.

"Quick! Hurry! ”

On the battery position, the previous captain told the artillery to stop the shelling, and kept urging his soldiers to carry explosives, which was the rhythm of blowing up the battery.

"Hurry up, y'all! We must not leave the cannon to the devils, or we will all be sinners! ”

Seeing the Japanese landing motorboat coming this way, the captain was anxious.

"Platoon, go to the shore to block the enemy. The rest of the people go on! ”

At this time, the Japanese landing force began to go ashore, but by this time the battery explosives had not yet been placed. In desperation, the company commander sent a platoon to block the attack and fight for the last time.

"Da Da Da" "Da Da Da"

A platoon of more than 40 people rushed to the shore position, making every effort to block the landing force of the devils, slow down the rhythm of the devils' attack, and buy precious time for blowing up the forts.

"Attack!"

On the shore, the Japanese commander raised his saber and ordered his men to charge. They understood the national army and would not leave the artillery to them, and they had to race against time to capture the battery before they blew it up.

"Hit! Buy time for the squadron leader! ”

A platoon leader fired wildly at the shore with machine guns. The other soldiers were also unambiguous, throwing grenades and shooting at the same time. The devil's desperate attack was met with stubborn resistance, and the soldiers in the vanguard fell on the beach one by one, while the devils in the rear continued to charge without their lives.

At the battery position, a sergeant ran to report and said: "Captain, everything is put in place, it can be detonated at any time!"

The captain took one last look at the cannons, and with mixed feelings in his heart, he sighed and said, "Withdraw!"

Everything was ready, and the platoon also withdrew from the shorehead. The soldier in charge of detonating the detonator twisted the detonator and pressed it hard, detonating all the explosives on the turret.

"Boom Boom" "Boom Boom" "......"

In a moment, the Hukou Fort was blown into ruins in an instant, and the sound of explosions pierced the hearts of these national artillerymen. They involuntarily turned around and took one last look at the place where they had fought, and some of the soldiers burst into tears.

The captain yelled, "Salute! ”

With the sound of "brush~", the artillerymen said goodbye with the final military salute, and then evacuated the fortress battery.

The Japanese took control of the Hukou fortress. Subsequently, the commander of the 111th Brigade of the 106th Division of the enemy, Major General Shandi Ganqu, led the 113th Wing, the cavalry brigade, and the main force of the 106th Field Artillery Wing to land in the area of Zhongjiakou one after another.

The Botian detachment could not break through the defense lines of the 16th and 77th divisions in Yangjiashan and Tangshan, and more than 2,000 people returned to the river in a detour and landed at Zhongjiakou with more than 10 guns.

The news quickly spread to the headquarters of the 11th Division.

"Report, the 106th Wing of the 113th Division landed at the middle jaw, and there will be a cavalry brigade and a field artillery wing to follow."

"Okay, just in time. I'm going to show these devils what the strength of the trump card is! ”

The 18th Division of the 11th Army, the absolute descendant troops, the trump card of the trump cards. Chen Cheng and Luo Zhuoying relied on the 11th division to start their families. Chen Cheng Group is also known as the "Civil Engineering Department", in which the word "soil" represents the 11th Division, and "wood" represents the 18th Army.

("Earth" is split into "Eleven", and "Wood" is split into "Eighteen")

Later, among the "five main forces" of the Kuomintang, they were the old-fashioned powerhouses with the earliest, the largest strength, and the most famous generals. The officers of the 11th Division are all of the Whampoa department, and if anyone has stayed in the 11th Division, the speed of promotion is very high. The 26th Division was a bunch of beggars compared to them.

The current commander of the 11th Division, Peng Shan, deputy division commander Mo Youshuo/Fang Tian, and chief of staff Mei Chunhua.

The 11th Division is established, with two regiments each attached to the 31st Brigade and the 33rd Brigade, plus an independent regiment, with more than 12,000 troops.

Luo Zhuoying's task for the 11th Division was to block the Japanese troops who landed at the middle of the jaw, but Peng Shan, the commander of the 11th Division, seemed to have other ideas. The waist pole is thick, and the speech is hard.

The 11th Division blocked the Japanese army with a total of two lines of defense, the 33rd Brigade was responsible for the first line of defense, and the 31st Brigade was responsible for the second line of defense. Peng Shan ordered the 33rd Brigade to abandon the first line of defense, spread out on both flanks, occupy the nearby commanding heights, and instead have the 31st Brigade to block the 106th Division.

Once the blocking battle began, the 33rd Brigade attacked from the center and annihilated the enemy's cavalry brigade and field running wing. Another pocket is about to be formed, just waiting for the 106th Division to drill in, so that the devil can thoroughly see the strength of the ace of the national army.

(End of chapter)