The Japanese artillery fire was very fierce, and the second line of positions on the periphery of Juancheng was based on the Juanyun River, which was a moat for Juancheng. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

When the flood season comes, the water level of the Yellow River rises, and the water level of the Juanyun River also rises naturally, with a width of more than ten meters and a maximum depth of four or five meters.

In order to prevent the Japanese army from crossing the river, before retreating to the east bank, Xie Chengrui ordered the bridge in the western section of the Juanyun River to be blown up, and all the boats were towed ashore.

He knew that this would not stop the Japanese army, which was equipped with advanced hovercraft and folding boats, and they could cross the river with the river crossing equipment they carried with them.

But in doing so, at least it could delay time and consume the Japanese army's equipment for crossing the river.

The battle began at about one o'clock, and the Japanese began to force their way across the Juanyun River on a frontal of at least four or five miles, and the heavy artillery that first came ashore launched artillery fire on the positions on the east bank!

After nearly ten minutes of artillery preparation, thousands of shells fell on the positions on the opposite bank, and the dug trenches and fortifications instantly became full of holes.

The officers and men of the New 37 Brigade who were hiding in the anti-artillery holes would be shocked to death by the shock wave generated by the explosion of the shells, and I don't know how many were injured by the shock.

The Japanese army began to cross the river!

A warning message has been sent from the forward observation post.

"The companies are ready to enter the position!" The battalion commander gave an order.

The Japanese artillery fire had not completely stopped, but the density was a little smaller than just now, and the position was about 150 meters away from the river bank, and hundreds of officers and men drilled out of the anti-artillery holes, bent their waists, and quickly entered the position according to their respective positions.

The troops of the first wave of the Japanese attack have already begun to come ashore. The colored military uniform, with a steel helmet on his head, like a locust, rushed up, a distance of one hundred and fifty meters, and it would take less than half a minute to arrive.

"Hit!"

The charging Japanese entered a range of a hundred meters, and the company commander of the forward command did not hesitate to give the order to shoot!

Da Da Da ......

The Makqin heavy machine guns at the forefront of the position let out an angry roar, and on the four-to-five-mile-long position, the new 37 Brigade deployed more than 20 heavy machine guns and 40 light machine guns in one go, forming an extremely powerful firepower network.

This stunned the Japanese troops, they had never seen such powerful firepower.

The captain of the Japanese army, who commanded the operation of crossing the river, immediately made a judgment that the strength of the Chinese GJ on the other side of the river was at least one division or more, otherwise there would not be such a powerful firepower.

"Shoot, shoot......"

The Japanese troops who charged were really not afraid of death, they charged desperately, and the nearest ones were within 30 meters, and they were about to rush to the position of the new 37, but they still failed to rush up.

Because, behind him, I can't see anyone else.

The new 37th Brigade also suffered heavy casualties under the Japanese artillery attack, and the Japanese army's point fire was very powerful, although the range of the Japanese mortars and grenadiers had been taken into account when setting up the machine gun position, and the heavy machine gun position was set back again, and the river bank was more than 500 meters!

However, the field artillery on the opposite bank of the Japanese army was still very accurate, as well as the artillery on the tanks, these long-range artillery posed a huge threat to the heavy machine gun position.

Within a few minutes of the battle, four heavy machine gun bunkers on the front line were shelled by the Japanese, killing the machine gunners and ammunition men on the spot, and the heavy machine guns were blown to pieces.

"MD, Xiao Wang, kill the devil's machine gunner to Lao Tzu......"

"Yes, company commander!"

"Phew!"

A gunshot rang out, and the devil's machine gunner fell down in response, and the deputy next to him rushed up, grabbed the machine gun on the ground, and started shooting again, and was knocked down by Xiao Wang with a shot.

"Xiao Wang, well done!"

"Company commander, the little devil has retreated, you see ......"

The company commander looked up, and the Japanese army was really retreating, and they retreated to the bank of the river in embarrassment, jumped on the boat, and rowed desperately to the opposite bank.

The position began to return fire violently, and when the Japanese ships reached the river, the bullets swept over, and the Japanese could not return fire on the hovercraft, and the Japanese soldiers who were hit fell into the turbulent river and disappeared without a trace.

After a small mound less than a kilometer behind the second position, the regimental headquarters of the 372nd Regiment was temporarily set up here, and after the battle began, Xie Chengrui personally came to the position.

Xie Chengrui did not interfere with Wu Jing's command, he just held a telescope to observe the battle situation on the position, the first attack of the Japanese army was repulsed, and he saw the whole process.

Although he played well, he didn't mean to relax at all.

The Japanese army paid a certain price for casualties, but their own losses were not small, almost roughly equal, and the Japanese army basically figured out the firepower configuration on their positions in this attack.

It's not so easy to play next.

"Deputy brigade seat, we repelled the first attack of the Japanese army, with more than 100 casualties, and the Japanese casualties were slightly more than ours." Wu Jing walked into Xie Chengrui and said.

"This is a tentative attack by the Japanese army, the enemy's offensive is too fierce, almost all the firepower points on our front line are exposed, and the battle below is not easy to fight."

"Yes, the Japanese army will launch a second wave of attacks in ten minutes at most, this second wave of attacks is the key, if it can't be held, then ......" Wu Jing's eyes were full of worry.

"If we can't keep it, we must keep it until dark, so that we can have a chance." Xie Chengrui said solemnly.

"Yes, please rest assured, even if I fight to the last person, I will hold my position."

"The pressure on Huang Yong's side is not small, we don't have many chips in our hands, so we can only use our brains."

"You mean, we put the Japanese in and fight them with bayonets?" Wu Jingdao.

"Do you have any other way?" Xie Chengrui asked rhetorically.

"This is indeed a way, our stabbing tactics have not been tested in actual combat, this is an opportunity, the Japanese army advocates the spirit of bushido, and is particularly keen on fighting bayonets, but our soldiers' physical strength is still a little gap for the Japanese army, at least three people are needed to resist a Japanese soldier, otherwise the stabbing will suffer!"

"This is a last resort, once this tactic is used, the Japanese army is not stupid, they will not let you use it a second time, they have artillery shells, and we can't afford to consume them." Xie Chengrui said solemnly.

"I understand."

"The tactics are flexible, the Japanese tanks are blocked by the river, even if it is a barrage and dam, it will take time, isn't it, aren't we just consuming with the Japanese army?"

"Yes."

"Deputy brigade seat, division headquarters telegram."

"Hehe, I'm finally looking forward to it, Wu Jing, our heavy artillery regiment has arrived." Seeing the content of the telegram, Xie Chengrui finally showed a smile.

"Great, I can't even raise my head when I am blown up by the little devil, and I can give the little devil a pot to drink now." Wu Jing also swept away the trend of decadence.

"I'll go back to the brigade headquarters first, and you'll stabilize me here." Xie Chengrui instructed.

"Please rest assured."

Back at the brigade headquarters, Chief of Staff Han Xianyuan told Xie Chengrui that a mixed brigade of the Japanese army had moved south along the Yellow River embankment, and the 371st Regiment had built fortifications on the south bank of the Yellow River entrance to the Jinsong River in Linpu.

It's already on fire with the Japanese army.

However, their identities have not yet been revealed, and the Japanese army only thought that they were the guard troops of the GJ garrison on the south bank of the Yellow River stationed in Linpu, and did not find out that they were the new 37th Brigade of the Honorary 1st Division that they had fought before.

Xie Chengrui's task to the 371st Regiment was to stop the Japanese army from moving south, slow down their speed, and if it was only a small group of Japanese troops who did not carry mechanized heavy weapons, they should not expose their own strength.

Of course, the premise is that the Japanese army cannot be allowed to rush to Caozhou easily, and Sun Yinting, who is deployed in Caozhou, must be given at least two or three days to buy time.

Leng Feng decided to advance his headquarters to Fenghuang Town in the east of Juancheng, and the troops directly under the division headquarters who arrived later accompanied him, and there were not many logistics departments such as the Special Service Regiment, the Yaksha Battalion (1), the Engineer Regiment directly under him, and the Baggage Battalion, plus the 17th Artillery Regiment, adding up to more than 4,000 people.

After coming out of Yuncheng at one o'clock and arriving at Phoenix Town at three o'clock, the vanguard has already found a temporary location for the division headquarters in the town, and is waiting for the follow-up men to settle in.

Fenghuang Town is only about ten kilometers away from the battlefield, and according to the battlefield area divided by the Military Commission of the National Government, this is already considered a frontier.

The little girl who was rescued from the Hou Tang Lou was sent back to Jining by Leng Feng, the little girl cried and didn't let go, and was finally sent away, he couldn't take a little girl to the battlefield, besides, no one could take care of her?

For this reason, Leng Feng also personally sent a telegram to Tang Jing in Jining, asking her to take care of her, because the old men in the first division of honor grabbed a lot of them and wanted them to go into battle to kill the enemy, so it was okay, but if they took care of a two or three-year-old child, or a girl, none of them had the ability.

Leng Feng could only beg Tang Jing, Tang Jing's temperament was more stable, and he should be more patient with the child, and again, as for his sister, it was not that he hadn't thought about it, but he still chose to entrust it to Tang Jing It was more appropriate.

"Division, the old regiment commander called, the 2nd Regiment of the 37th Brigade suffered heavy casualties, the Japanese artillery is too powerful, if it weren't for the Juanyun River blocking it, the Japanese army would have broken through Juancheng by now." Long Yingqin hurriedly reported with a telegram.

"I know, we can only fight this battle like this, you go and invite Commander Zhang over, and we will discuss." Leng Feng commanded without changing his face.

"Yes!"

"Report!"

"Come in." Leng Feng turned around, "Head Zhang, please take a seat." ”

"Senior Commander Leng, you came to me for a mission, right?" Zhang Yingqi, the commander of the 17th Artillery Regiment, saluted a military salute and asked with a serious face, he was originally the Northeast Army, and he was later reorganized, and the troops were equipped with the Liao 14 howitzers produced by the Fengtian Arsenal.

The cannon is not the most advanced, but Zhang Yingqi can say that the maintenance of these guns is the best, because these cannons are treated by their own sons.

The Liao Type 14 howitzer is an imitation of the Japanese Type 38 150 mm howitzer, compared with the current Taisho 4 type of the Japanese army, the performance is already backward, and even inferior to some light howitzers.

But after all, it is a heavy artillery, although the performance is not very good, and the range is only half of the Japanese heavy howitzer, but the power is still huge.

Although the Liao Type 14 artillery is an obsolete product with a range of only six kilometers, if it is used properly, it can also inflict heavy losses on the Japanese army.

"Commander Zhang, do you like these artillery?"

"Senior Commander Leng, what you are asking, I am an artillery commander, can I not like it?" Zhang Yingqi was confused, and couldn't figure out what Leng Feng wanted to say.

"If you had to choose, destroy the same number of Japanese artillery positions, or your artillery, which one would you choose?" Leng Feng asked solemnly.

"You mean to exchange my artillery for the same number of Japanese artillery?" Zhang Yingqi understood, but at this moment, his mind was extremely uncalm.

He participated in the Battle of Nanjing, when his artillery regiment was a total of 21 guns, that battle, one of his own battalion of artillery was destroyed by the Japanese artillery before it had time to react, although he withdrew with the artillery regiment, but that scene he still can't forget.

A battalion of artillery and men was gone in an instant.

This pain is deep in the bone marrow, all because of one reason, the cannon is not as good as others!

This kind of imitation of other people's guns is not as good as the original, and after so many years of use, no matter how well the artillery is maintained, it is not as good as the new one.

"I have a plan, and I have to get your consent." Leng Feng said solemnly.

"You said that since the upper peak asked his subordinates to listen to your command, his subordinates must obey your military orders." Zhang Yingqi took a deep breath and said slowly.

"Come and see, here'......"

(To be continued.) )