Although the victory was small, it completely boosted the morale of the soldiers of the Sichuan army. Many of the 76 Brigade are new recruits, and they have experienced the baptism of this battle, which has taught them experience and courage.

At the end of a battle, wounded soldiers naturally appear. On the forward positions, there were still many wounded soldiers wailing in pain. However, this was a unit with no logistics, and after a few medical soldiers treated the wounds casually, they called the stretcher team to carry the wounded down.

Troops without logistics are not resilient. Shao Fei couldn't help but sigh on the battlefield.

This day is the first of July. After suffering from the hardships, the Japanese did not launch any further offensive. It's not just that their reinforcements and warships didn't arrive, but the devils are more concerned about the 11th Division behind them.

The two brigades of the 11th Division, one remained in the Yangjiashan and Tangshan positions to block the Japanese troops on the Pengze side; The other went to stop the reinforcements that were about to land at the middle jaw.

July 2nd.

"Report! The 106th Wing of the 147th Division of the enemy has been assembled in place, and the 26th Division has requested support. ”

The report of the signal corps shocked the people in the command of the 19th Army, who did not expect the enemy's maneuver to be so fast.

Luo Zhuoying ordered: "Order the 16th Brigade of the 46th Division to reinforce quickly!" ”

The staff officer on the side reminded: "Isn't one brigade enough, the enemy now has two wings, and he will inevitably divide his troops to block reinforcements." ”

Luo Zhuoying thought about it again and again, and was ready to continue to send reinforcements, after all, Longtan Mountain was not guaranteed, and the next one was Hukou County.

When Luo Zhuoying was about to let the 77th Division divide troops to reinforce, the signal corps reported again: "Report, Peng Ze found a large number of Japanese troops heading towards Hukou. It was the Hatada detachment of the Japanese army. ”

"What should come always comes."

In desperation, Luo Zhuoying ordered the 16th and 77th Divisions to go to the Yangjiashan position and the 11th Division to change defenses, and snipe the Japanese troops in the direction of Pengze with all their might. The 11th Division was ordered to assemble in the north to block the enemy who landed in Zhongjiashan.

Blocking a Japanese wing cannot be stopped without the strength of a division. The 16th and 77th divisions together barely had the strength of one division, after all, the 16th Brigade of the 46th Division went to reinforce Longtan Mountain.

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

The position of Longtan Mountain was subjected to unusually fierce shelling, which showed that the devil had really come this time.

"Hidden! Take cover! ”

The commander of the 155th regiment, Qiang Zhaofu, sat in the first line of defense and commanded the battle. At this time, Shao Fei and the special combat team had already withdrawn to the rear, which was requested by Chen Haotian. Special combat units are not suitable for positional warfare and cannot be the target of enemy shelling in vain.

The battlefield was dusty and obscured from the sky.

"Help~"

"Help, who will save me~"

"Medic~"

“……”

In addition to the dense sound of artillery in the trenches, all that remained were the wailing and cries of the wounded for help. However, no one paid any attention to them, and the other soldiers leaned against the earthen walls of the trenches, quietly waiting for the moment to counterattack. Some of the seriously wounded could only die in wailing, and were gradually buried by the flying dust.

"Wang Ba covers the ground, it's over, isn't it! Didn't the devil's shells be bought with money? ”

In a temporary headquarters made of wood, Qiang Zhaofu watched his soldiers being killed, injured, and blown out of the position one by one, and he was anxious. He only hoped that the shelling would stop soon, and even if he died, his soldiers would die on the battlefield fighting the enemy.

The guard on the side asked, "Commander, how much is a running bomb worth?" ”

Qiang Zhaofu replied indignantly: "Two cows! ”

"Well, how many cows are there?"

The guard was incredulous, and at that time 1 75-mm shell was worth 13 dollars.

Now the soldiers on the position are still trying to survive under artillery fire, and the guards still ask this kind of question at an inopportune time, Qiang Zhaofu glared at him, and the guards bowed their heads and did not dare to squeak.

"Buzz" "......"

The sky began to hum, and twelve enemy planes roared in from the east. Immediately circling over the position, wanton bombing.

The 26th Division did not even have infantry artillery, let alone anti-aircraft guns, which made the enemy planes above so arrogant.

After the bombing, the enemy planes dived directly and ruthlessly strafed the Sichuan soldiers in the trenches. Under the double attack of ground artillery fire and enemy aircraft, the third battalion of the 155th regiment suffered heavy casualties.

In the rear headquarters of the 76th Brigade, the atmosphere was particularly dull.

It is an unchangeable fact that the national strength is weak and the equipment is backward, and they have no choice but to deal with such a wanton and reckless attack by the enemy. Every time there was a sound of artillery on the battlefield, it could shock the hearts of the people in the headquarters.

Zhu Zaitang took the telegram and said: "The news just came, another wing of the Japanese Botian detachment set out from Pengze, and the 16th and 77th divisions have already gone to block it. The Japanese 11th Fleet also appeared on the river, and our navy, in conjunction with the Hukou Battery, and the air force were blocking it. ”

Chen Haotian asked, "What about our reinforcements?"

Zhu Zaitang replied: "On the way." ”

Shao Fei still didn't say a word, and Chen Haotian became the medium between Shao Fei and Sichuan Jun, and he asked Shao Fei: "What do you think?" ”

Shao Fei looked at the map and replied: "Peng Ze's reinforcements don't worry, the two divisions have Yangjiashan and Tangshan positions as support, and they should be blocked; The Japanese 11th Fleet cannot be stopped by land, sea and air, and the landing is inevitable, so it depends on how the 11th Division fights; As for our reinforcements, don't count on it, the Japanese will definitely block it. We don't have a field hospital, all we can do now is to send the wounded back to Hukou and then transfer them to Jiujiang. ”

Shao Fei's words implied that Longtan Mountain and Hukou might not be able to be saved, so the wounded could be transferred to a safe place as soon as possible.

At this time, the sound of artillery on the position became sparse, which also meant that the Japanese army was about to start a ground attack.

"The devil is rushing up, ready to fight!"

Qiang Zhaofu left the command headquarters and went to the forward position. As a regimental commander, he shouldn't have taken such a risk, but there were too many recruits in the 155th Regiment, and Qiang Zhaofu had to personally direct the battle to boost morale.

The devils in front of them were constantly approaching, and they formed three squares, with a team of about 100 people.

"Da Da Da" "Da Da Da" "Da Da Da" "......"

The only two heavy machine guns of the 155th Regiment fired at each other on both sides of the position, while the other soldiers could only counterattack the enemy with the old Hanyang-made, and even the bolt of the gun could be pulled out if they were not careful.

"Bang!" "Bang!" “%”

The devils in front of them form an attack formation, shooting and moving towards the position. Their marksmanship was accurate, and some Sichuan soldiers were generally shot in the head and died on the position.

Perhaps at the last moment, the recruits who died did not know what they were fighting for and for whom.

The devils suppressed the position with heavy fire, and the infantry kept approaching. At this moment, six planes flew from the north, and immediately carried out a round of bombing and strafing on the devils in front, and then flew back to the Nanchang Air Base.

These six planes came from the river, and after bombing the Japanese warships, they gave the remaining ammunition to this group of devils.

The smoke and dust were chaotic, the flames were soaring, and the bombs exploded accurately from the middle, and the teams of devils were blown out like flowers.

"Brothers, for the honor of the Sichuan Army, rush!"

Qiang Zhaofu seized the opportunity, and before the devil in front of him could react, he quickly rushed out with his troops.

"Kill~" "Kill~" "......"

The soldiers of the third battalion, under the leadership of the regiment commander Qiang Zhaofu, rushed out of the trench with a roar and launched a bloody battle with the devil.

The smoke of gunpowder was filled, the sound of killing shook the sky, the officers bore the brunt, and the soldiers all had to die. Fresh lives fell in the flames of war, and the soldiers of the Sichuan Army used their blood to forge honor and compose a war song that only belonged to the Sichuan Army. …

(End of chapter)