Chapter 1938 The Eighth Route Army's Safe Return to Ningguo

On January 8, 1938, Hu Mingde's 82nd Division safely returned to Ningguo.

At this point, all the regular and local troops of the National Army participating in the Battle of Hangzhou had safely withdrawn.

It was then that the Fifth Theater Command formally issued orders for the organization of Lin Fan's special forces brigade.

Lin Fan was appointed brigade commander of the Special Forces Brigade, and Li Xian was appointed deputy brigade commander.

The appointments of the remaining regimental, battalion, and all levels of officers were all made according to the list that Li Xian compiled and Lin Fan submitted.

This immediately excited everyone in the Special Forces Brigade.

The last time Lin Fan announced the appointments in Jurong, it could only be regarded as a functional distribution within the Special Forces Brigade.

It was equivalent to the functions of an extra-system organization like a guerrilla force, but now it was different.

This had been formally issued by the National Army and stamped with a red seal.

From now on, all the officers of the entire Special Forces Brigade were officially part of the system.

Among these people, the happiest was of course Li Zhize of the 10th Regiment.

He used to be just a company commander, and in less than a month, he was directly promoted to regimental commander with real power.

Now Li Zhize was extremely grateful to Lin Fan, and he had no objection to the Special Forces Brigade sending instructors to the 10th Regiment.

Originally, he was just afraid that Lin Fan would take away the hundred or so soldiers he had brought out and leave him with nothing.

Now, not only had the number of soldiers under Li Zhize not decreased, but it had also increased tenfold.

His defensive attitude towards Lin Fan and the Special Forces Brigade had long disappeared.

Some people, the more you understand them, the more you admire them!

This was how Li Zhize felt about Lin Fan now.

Just look at the achievements Lin Fan had made with the Special Forces Brigade in recent days: recovering Jurong, Lishui, Liyang all the way to Deqing, and in another direction, they had now recovered Shuiyang, Xuancheng, and Gaochun.

Chen Sichuan had assigned an artillery company to each infantry regiment.

At the same time, they launched attacks on Shuiyang, Xuancheng, and Gaochun.

The Japanese devils stationed in these three places did not resist this time, and the Special Forces Brigade attacked from the south.

They retreated directly from the north.

This was the first time that Chen Sichuan, Jia Shusheng, and Xiao Dongbei had encountered such a situation.

Today, all three regiments were taking a day off.

The next places to attack were Wuhu and Dangtu.

Both of these places had railways, and the Japanese devils could send reinforcements directly along the railway line from Nanjing City.

This time, Chen Sichuan was not prepared to attack both places at the same time.

Which one to attack first?

That was the question!

Chen Sichuan organized a military meeting with Jia Shusheng, Xiao Dongbei, and all officers above the company level in the artillery regiment to discuss whether to attack Dangtu or Wuhu first.

These people had also received the orders relayed by Lin Fan.

For Chen Sichuan, Jia Shusheng, Xiao Dongbei, and the others, the Special Forces Brigade's appointment was what they valued most.

Originally, they were just ordinary soldiers in the National Army and had never been valued.

It was only after following Lin Fan and being appointed by him that they had leveled up, growing all the way from squad leader to platoon leader, and then to regimental commander.

What they valued more was the Special Forces Brigade's evaluation of them. As for the Fifth Theater Command's appointment, it was optional.

In fact, during their time in the Special Forces Brigade, instructors had been giving them lessons every day.

Teaching them to read, and always talking about the current state of the country in class.

Although Chen Sichuan and the others were high-ranking, few of them were highly educated, and they still went to learn to read with the ordinary soldiers every day.

Their thinking had been unconsciously influenced by Li Xian.

They always felt that the Deputy Brigade Commander was right.

Some of them had already applied to the organization, strongly requesting to join.

This was something that Lin Fan and Li Xian were very happy to see.

Today, when discussing which of the two places, Wuhu and Dangtu, to attack first.

Xiao Dongbei said霸气, "Can we attack both places at the same time?"

Chen Sichuan pointed to the map and said, "Wuhu is the starting point of the Huainan Railway.

The Japanese devils must have stationed heavy troops there.

Dangtu is fifty kilometers away from Nanjing. After the war starts, the Japanese reinforcements can join the battle from the railway line in less than two hours."

Xiao Dongbei pointed to the railway line and said, "This railway has to pass outside Regiment Commander Ding's Moling Pass.

Please cooperate with Regiment Commander Ding.

Do something before the battle.

Let the railway be cut off, just let the Japanese devils be late for a few hours."

Chen Sichuan said with a smile, "This is possible. Let's contact Regiment Commander Ding.

In Wuhu, the Japanese devils can quickly send troops from Yuxikou to support.

I'm afraid that our strength will be scattered and it will be difficult to fight."

Jia Shusheng pointed to Dangtu: "Then let's attack Dangtu first, and cut off the railway lines on both sides.

Should we also cut off the Japanese devils' retreat from the Yangtze River?

Also, the Japanese devils' warships can directly go up from the Xiaguan Wharf. We have to fight the Japanese devils' warships."

Speaking of warships, everyone present was a little silent.

The fifth company commander of the Eighth Regiment said, "Let's set up artillery positions outside Dangtu City in advance.

Block the Yangtze River."

Chen Sichuan shook his head: "You only have small-caliber 75mm mountain and field guns, which can't deal with those main Japanese warships.

Their cruisers have thick skin and flesh, even if they are hit, they will only feel itchy."

One sentence made everyone silent.

Seeing that the atmosphere at the scene was a little dull, Chen Sichuan said with a smile:

"If our cannons are not big enough, let's ask for bigger cannons."

As soon as this sentence was said, the atmosphere on the field immediately became enthusiastic:

"Let's scout the terrain first and find a few suitable places.

When the heavy artillery comes, we can directly enter the position and attack the city."

Lin Fan received a message from Chen Sichuan in Yixing: "Plan to attack Dangtu first, then Wuhu.

But considering that Dangtu is on the edge of the Yangtze River, in order to prevent Japanese warships from supporting.

Heavy artillery is needed to block the river surface, and the Ding Zimin regiment stationed in Moling City is also requested to

Cooperate to destroy the railway from Nanjing to Dangtu during the attack."

Lin Fan discussed the telegram he received with Feng Junya, Ye Dadan, Li Zhize, and Wu Yuan in Yixing.

Feng Junya immediately said, "I will take the Eighth Regiment there. Three companies in our regiment are already there."

Ye Dadan also said, "The Sixth Regiment will go and attack Dangtu and Wuhu at the same time!"

Li Zhize and Wu Yuan also actively asked to fight: "The soldiers under our command have been training for twenty days.

It's time to take them out for a battle to test the training results."

Everyone wanted to go out and fight.

Lin Fan: This enthusiasm is good, but is it not yet time for us to launch a full-scale counterattack?

And even on these newly occupied territories, there are still many unstable factors.

Lin Fan said with a smile, "Yixing still needs key protection these days. The supplies that have been transported back are still being cleared.

This is the foundation for the long-term development of the Special Forces Brigade in the future.

The artillery regiment cannot be moved, and the air defense here cannot be separated from you.

The Sixth Regiment cannot be moved either. If the Japanese devils suddenly rush over from Taihu Wujin, you will need to hold them back.

Guard these supplies here for the recent period!"

Ye Dadan and Feng Junya, who were named, immediately sat back.

Judging from the supplies cleared out in the past two days, what the Special Forces Brigade brought back from the Qianjumaru cargo ship this time

The value of the treasure is not enough to describe it.

If the Japanese devils find out even half a clue about these supplies, I am afraid that they will immediately organize a large army to come over.

These main regiments must guard the Special Forces Brigade's money bag.

These two main regiments cannot be moved!

The meaning is that the other two regiments can be moved.

Wu Yuan and Li Zhize's eyes lit up: "Our two regiments have a chance!"

The two immediately said: "Brigade commander! The defense zones of our two regiments are now considered inland.

We can move.

The soldiers have been training for so many days, eating big fish and meat every day.

If you don't let them go to the front line to fight in actual combat, it's really...

It's really a bit unreasonable!"

Lin Fan knew: The Special Forces Brigade's supplies to all regiments were the same.

What was the standard of eating for the first nine regiments, and what was the standard of food for these newly joined regiments.

Although these soldiers trained much more every day than when they were in the National Army.

But their food was much better than when they were in the National Army.

There was meat every day, and Yixing was next to Taihu Lake.

Hundreds of fishermen on Taihu Lake had been serving the Special Forces Brigade.

All the fish they caught were sold to the Special Forces Brigade.

The soldiers ate well, had enough energy, had enough strength, and trained even harder.

Of course, the regimental commanders were happy about this situation.

But they always had a feeling of receiving unearned rewards.

Especially the four regiments that were transferred from the 83rd Army and the 66th Army.

They had long wanted to follow the Special Forces Brigade's team to the battlefield,

Prove that their team can also fight.

It was just that Lin Fan had never given them a chance.

Today this opportunity came.

Lin Fan said with a smile, "Okay! Your two regiments will immediately prepare and set off for Moling Pass on the 11th.

There are 230 miles to go on this road.

You arrive at Moling Pass in two days.

Arrive at Moling Pass before 6:00 p.m. on the 12th."

"Yes!" Li Zhize and Wu Yuan stood up happily.

It was noon on the 10th, and they still had some time to prepare.

Lin Fan finally decided to mobilize Hui Jianming's 9th Regiment nearby to participate in the battle to attack Dangtu and Wuhu.

Chen Sichuan received Lin Fan's order to transfer Li Zhize's 10th Regiment and Wu Yuan's 14th Regiment to Moling Pass on the 12th, and also transferred the 9th Artillery Regiment, which was originally in Jurong, to Moling Pass and placed it under his command.

Now he had five infantry regiments, the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 10th, and 14th Regiments, nearly 7,000 men.

Plus the 8th Regiment's three artillery companies, the 9th Regiment's nine artillery companies, more than 2,000 artillerymen.

Twenty 150mm heavy artillery pieces, forty 75mm field and mountain guns, ninety infantry guns, and more than two hundred mortars.

With such a strong strength supporting him, he immediately began to plan:

The 9th Regiment was placed between Dangtu and Nanjing; used to block the Yangtze River and the railway.

The 15th Regiment protected the artillery regiment and assisted in blocking the railway.

An artillery company was drawn from the 9th Regiment and assigned to the 10th Regiment.

In this way, each of the four infantry regiments was equipped with an artillery company, concentrating their forces to prepare to annihilate the Japanese devils in Wuhu.

Chen Sichuan reported his combat plan to Lin Fan.

Lin Fan saw that he was actually attacking Wuhu, but he was using two regiments in Moling Pass to block the railway and the Yangtze River.

Understood Chen Sichuan's idea: When attacking Wuhu, the Japanese devils would send troops from Dangtu as soon as possible.

With railway transportation, heavy weapons could be conveniently sent to the battlefield.

Only then would the pressure on the 9th and 15th Regiments, which were intercepting the railway, be less.

When the fighting started here, the second wave of Japanese reinforcements would depart from Nanjing.

That was when the 9th and 15th Regiments would take action.

Lin Fan agreed to Chen Sichuan's plan.

These days, Chen Sichuan had sent out five reconnaissance squads, constantly scouting the situation of the Japanese devils in Wuhu, Dangtu, and Yuxikou.

At the same time, he did not let the 3rd and 4th Regiments rest completely.

He ordered each regiment to familiarize themselves with the mountains and rivers around their garrison.

This was learned from Lin Fan. When nothing was happening, let the soldiers run around the garrison.

On the 11th, more than 300 people Lin Fan invited from northern Shaanxi officially took office in the various counties occupied by the Special Forces Brigade.

Some of the officials previously appointed by the National Army had returned to the county seat and officially started work.

This time, they were all included in the newly established government.

Lin Fan announced that all government officials who returned to their jurisdiction before January 11 would be recognized by the Special Forces Brigade.

Officials who did not arrive would be dismissed from their posts on this day, the 11th.

The Special Forces Brigade would appoint new personnel.

Among the local officials appointed by the Special Forces Brigade this time, the local officials of Dangtu and Wuhu had all been appointed.

The list of local officials appointed by Lin Fan this time was all sent to the local garrison.

The garrison would temporarily lend a company to these local officials to carry out their work.

At this time, it was extremely unsafe to go out of the city without soldiers in hand.

Li Xian bought back all the test tubes, thermometers, beakers, and other tools Lin Fan needed.

Looking at these tools, Lin Fan immediately wanted to flex his muscles.

He wanted to cultivate common mushrooms such as oyster mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, and mushrooms to make money.

The tools were complete, but what about the strains? What about the first-generation strains?

Where to find them?

Shiitake mushrooms had already begun to be planted in this era, but people only went to the mountains to cut down trees every autumn.

Then they waited until the second year to pick shiitake mushrooms. Was this planting?

After thinking for a while, Lin Fan still thought of starting with dried shiitake mushrooms and trying to cultivate the first-generation strains.

Shiitake mushrooms could be like this, what about oyster mushrooms?

Oyster mushrooms had a short growth cycle, and this was Lin Fan's main source of income that he planned to put into production as soon as possible.

But now he couldn't find any fresh wild oyster mushrooms.

This problem had to be handed over to Li Xian again.

Mushrooms! Also handed over to Li Xian.

Li Xian suddenly received Lin Fan's purchase list: shiitake mushrooms, oyster mushrooms, white fungus, wood ear, mushrooms.

Five pounds of each was needed.

Of course, he knew that Lin Fan wanted to artificially cultivate these things, but was this really reliable?

You are a general, why don't you study fighting and study this?

Although he was a little muttered in his heart, Li Xian silently put away the list and went out to prepare.

Lin Fan had already gone through the entire planting process in his mind.

The strains could definitely be obtained.

According to his family's experience, the only thing missing now was the plastic tube for holding the culture material.

This was available now, but the price was too expensive.

Fortunately, Lin Fan immediately developed a new one.

Design a ceramic cylinder, two semicircles together are a sealed cylinder.

Used to hold the culture material, sealed with paper at both ends, the result is the same!

This also had to be customized by Li Xian.

Get 20,000 first, to test the water!

After thinking about it, Lin Fan wrote down the design drawing and size of this thing.

Li Xian moved very quickly, and in less than an hour, he sent over what Lin Fan needed.

However, the amount was not large, only about a pound of each.

He bought these things from the north and south mountain goods store in Jurong.

Then Li Xian left with Lin Fan's design drawings.

Carefully wash the shiitake mushrooms and soak them in clean water that has been boiled for ten minutes and cooled.

White fungus and wood ear were all soaked in this way.

In Jurong this day, of course, Lin Fan couldn't just do this one thing.

Now that he had ten tons of gold in hand, Lin Fan had the confidence to open a factory.

He said to Li Xian, "Send people to Shanghai and Wuhan to recruit a large number of electromechanical workers.

We need to build our own arsenal.

We can produce our own mortars and shells.

I want to build my own cement factory.

There must also be my own steel factory.

Try to encourage the rich in the jurisdiction to set up factories. Whatever they need, we will provide them with it."

Li Xian asked, "What if the factories are bombed by Japanese planes?"

Lin Fan said, "I have already chosen it. In the mountains outside Guangde City, the arsenal is set up in the cave.

Ordinary processing factories are set up in the mountains.

Set up anti-aircraft positions on the top of the mountain."

"How many anti-aircraft guns will that require?"

Lin Fan said with a smile, "We have money now, although not as much as the money we got back from the bank last time.

Buying a dozen or twenty anti-aircraft guns is completely no problem.

In addition, I also want a plane factory in Guangde."

Li Xian was stunned: "Plane factory? Chang Kai-shek has long wanted that plane factory,

He hasn't succeeded in so many years."

Lin Fan said with a smile, "They don't know the development trend of airplanes,

In the past ten years, new planes have come out every month.

The National Army is dazzled and doesn't know which plane to produce.

They have too many ideas.

We are different, we only have one idea, only produce airplanes for combat.

And I also brought in a world-class rich man and scientist to do it together."

Li Xian had never seen through Lin Fan as a person.

In the past, he only knew that Lin Fan was good at marksmanship and fighting.

Later, he learned that he could do everything in the water, land, and air.

Like today, he could also grow mushrooms.

Li Xian was no longer surprised.

Hearing Lin Fan say this, he just believed it.

Local management was not Lin Fan's strong point.

He was good at managing soldiers, but he felt that he was not good at managing the people.

Lin Fan, who came from later generations, was very clear about the relationship between soldiers and the people.

The army and the people are as close as fish and water, this is not a lie.

A team supported by the common people could have a fighting power that exceeded everyone's expectations.

This had already been proven in actual combat.

Therefore, Lin Fan paid special attention to the governance and development of the places under his jurisdiction.

Only by letting these people know that following the Special Forces Brigade would make their lives better and better.

They would take the initiative to support all the work of the Special Forces Brigade.

In fact, the Special Forces Brigade's performance in the counties they had recovered in the past few days.

Had already surprised all the people.

These soldiers were fair in buying and selling, and had strong spending power.

They had to consume a lot of pork and vegetables every day. Just this point alone allowed the people in the county seat and the surrounding areas to exchange a lot of money.

For half a month, these soldiers had never harassed the people.

People had seen these things little by little.

Master Qian finally agreed to come out and work for the Special Forces Brigade.

Lin Fan gave the old man a title of Chief Justice, and he said solemnly to Master Qian:

"From Chunhua to Deqing, the final fairness of all the people is in your mind."

Old Qian asked, "What if it involves your team?"

"Fairness!" Lin Fan said two words without thinking.

"Okay!"

Lin Fan spent a whole day dealing with civil affairs.

In the evening, he dripped the mushroom, oyster mushroom, and mushroom solutions that had been soaked for more than six hours into the culture medium he had prepared.

He stuffed the test tube mouth with cotton balls and carefully placed them in a small incubator.

There was no way, everything now needed to be done by himself.

The culture medium was made by Lin Fan with several soldiers.

He used potato integrated culture medium to make first-level strains: 200 grams of peeled potatoes, 20 grams of agar, 20 grams of glucose, and 1,000 ml of water.

Lin Fan used a broad-planting and thin-harvesting method, making twenty test tubes of each type.

One hundred test tubes were placed in the incubator.

This incubator used hot water to maintain the temperature.

It was a double-layered wooden cabinet with cotton filling in the middle layer for warmth.

Three thermometers were placed inside to measure the temperature at different locations.

Lin Fan tested it, and every three hours, he put three glass bottles filled with boiling water into the bottom layer of the incubator.

The temperature inside the incubator could be kept between 15 and 30 degrees Celsius.

This was enough.

Gong Guangliang, You Liangjun, and Xie Xiuwei were the three soldiers that Li Xian sent to specifically assist Lin Fan in cultivating strains.

Lin Fan took out his handwritten booklet of edible mushroom cultivation techniques and gave it to the three of them.

He told them to read carefully and understand carefully. Lin Fan would only do all the experiments once.

Like the strain production done today, Lin Fan would only do it once.

Regardless of success or failure, the next time they had to do it themselves.

The most important thing now was to keep warm. Gong Guangliang, You Liangjun, and Xie Xiuwei arranged the rotation time.

Gong Guangliang guarded the first day and lived directly in this laboratory.

This was very good.

On the 13th, Lin Fan went to see the positions in Tangshan and Chunhua.

Yang Daren and Zhen Danxiao had not rested these days.

In addition to training every day, the soldiers were also working hard to dig tunnels.

Yang Daren pointed to the peaks on both sides of the road and said, "I will dig a maze here in the future.

When the Japanese devils come, they will not be able to advance half a step no matter what."

Lin Fan very much agreed with Yang Daren's approach!

Tangshan's terrain could completely do it.

Just like the Jiangyin Fortress, if the Japanese devils had not come from Wuxi and Wujin, the Jiangyin Fortress would have been as solid as gold.

The roads from Tangshan to Chunhua and from Jurong to Moling were under construction, but the progress was not fast.

Now the main force was still the soldiers of the Special Forces Brigade.

The local people had not been mobilized.

Now the Special Forces Brigade had sent local officials down, and the situation should be better in a few days.

Lin Fan wanted to see Yang Daren and Zhen Danxiao, just to see them.

Casually, he also wanted to tell them that in a few days they would attack Wuhu, and let them be careful of the Japanese devils playing the trick of besieging Wei to save Zhao.

On the evening of the 13th, Lin Fan arrived in Xuancheng.

He was still worried.

In Chen Sichuan's command post, he looked at a new sand table made by the First Regiment.

Chen Sichuan pointed to Wuhu and said, "After our reconnaissance, the Japanese devils have been mobilizing very frequently these days. There are five trains passing through Wuhu every day.

Passing through Wuhu to Yuxikou.

Sometimes they are troop carriers, sometimes they are freight cars.

There is no pattern at all."

Lin Fan asked, "So the 9th and 14th Regiments blocking the Japanese devils on the Jin-Huai Railway may have an accident."

Chen Sichuan said, "Yes! And the Japanese devils can also quickly transfer troops from Yuxikou back to Wuhu.

Originally, I wanted to transfer the Fourth Regiment to assist the Fourteenth Regiment in defense.

Now that the brigade commander is here, the Fourth Regiment doesn't need to go.

It would be better for the brigade commander to go to the Ninth Regiment."

Lin Fan said simply, "Okay!"

Chen Sichuan was too clear about the brigade commander's divine cannon.

With the brigade commander's cannon in hand, whether it was a warship on the river, a Japanese train, or an airplane in the air, there would be no difficulty for the Ninth Regiment.

Lin Fan asked, "When are you going to attack?"

Chen Sichuan said, "At 6:00 a.m. on the 15th, I prepared the Tenth Regiment to attack from the south, the First Regiment to insert into the river and attack from the north gate, the Third Regiment to attack from the east gate, and the Fourth Regiment to attack from the west gate.

The main attack will be carried out by the Fourth Regiment."

"Why arrange it like this?"

"The north must be defended against the Japanese devils' reinforcements from Yuxikou, and we must resist the enemy on both sides.

So we use the First Regiment. The First Regiment is the old foundation of the Special Forces Brigade, and its combat effectiveness is relatively stronger.

The east is defended by the Third Regiment, which also has to fight on both sides, one side to attack the city, and the other side to deal with the Japanese devils who may come to reinforce from Dangtu.

The Tenth Regiment's combat effectiveness has not been tested on the battlefield. Let them attack the south gate.

The task is simple, and they don't need to carry out the main attack. Just hold back the Japanese devils at the south gate.

The Fourth Regiment attacks the west gate. They have fought many battles with the Japanese devils.

They have strong combat effectiveness and no worries, so the Fourth Regiment is responsible for the main attack.

The Ninth and Fourteenth Regiments will only start cutting off the Jin-Huai Railway one hour after our attack.

At this time, the Japanese devils in Dangtu have already set off to support Wuhu.

Even if they know that the railway between Dangtu and Nanjing has been destroyed.

They cannot send soldiers out for a while.

In this case, the pressure on the Fourteenth Regiment and the Ninth Regiment will be less."

Lin Fan said with a smile, "Okay! Everything will be done according to plan."

Captain Kamiguchi Akashi, who was stationed in Wuhu, watched another train passing through the ship to Yuxikou on the opposite side.

His heart was full of melancholy: the empire was about to start another war.

But he could not participate and had to stay in Wuhu.

Since taking over Wuhu, the soldiers of the entire Kamiguchi Brigade had been decadent.

During these days, the training volume of all the soldiers had been drastically reduced.

These soldiers had all heard that the soldiers stationed in Nanjing City had made a fortune by looting.

Every soldier felt a little unbalanced: we also contributed to the attack on Nanjing.

Why weren't we there when looting?

In Wuhu, they couldn't rob much supplies even if they wanted to.

Even so, the soldiers still went out to try.

At most, they could only rob some chickens, ducks, cattle, and sheep from nearby villages, which was far from enough to make a fortune.

This made the soldiers even more resentful.

Captain Kamiguchi Akashi was also a little dissatisfied, but he had to suppress the soldiers' looting mentality.

He still had some rationality and of course knew that he could not force all the people in the entire county to oppose the empire.

At least he could not force all the people to openly oppose it.

After all, they, these Japanese devils, still needed people to help them with many things here.

Just like the constant stream of supplies that were being transported over, they always needed coolies to transport.

To unload the goods.

But in this way, the Japanese devils in the entire Kamiguchi Brigade had more ideas and the team was more difficult to lead.

Thinking of this, Captain Kamiguchi Akashi thought: it would be better to go to the front line.

Let these soldiers go to the front line, fighting and marching every day.

They would not have so many ideas.

A few days ago, the Kaki Yuushin squad stationed in Xuancheng fled to Wuhu.

Captain Kamiguchi Akashi was excited for a while. He thought that the National Army that occupied Xuancheng would immediately attack Wuhu.

He immediately put all the soldiers into a state of combat readiness, ready to defeat the National Army that came to attack.

As a result, his combat readiness state had entered the fifth day, and the National Army in the direction of Xuancheng had not moved at all.

However, the scouts of both sides fought each other at the beginning.

Later, Captain Kamiguchi Akashi became smart: he did not send Japanese devils to scout intelligence.

He sent traitors from Wuhu City to Xuancheng to observe the situation.

Although some traitors were exposed.

But there were always people who were lucky and brought back a lot of intelligence:

The team attacking Xuancheng was a team called the Special Forces Brigade.

They belonged to the Fifth Theater of the National Army, and they were the team that occupied Jurong.

Just this last sentence was enough.

The Battle of Jurong was an unspeakable pain for the empire!

Although there was no formal notification, the soldiers privately said that the National Army team was particularly strong.

Captain Kamiguchi Akashi did not believe in such legends: particularly strong? Why didn't they defend Nanjing City?

It was because of such legends that he urgently wanted that team to come and attack Wuhu.

Then annihilate that legendary particularly strong team.

At 6:00 a.m. on the 15th, Captain Kamiguchi Akashi, who was still dreaming, suddenly heard a burst of dense gunfire from the north of the city.

What was going on?

Just when Captain Kamiguchi Akashi had not figured out what the gunfire was all about.

Gunfire rang out in all four directions of Wuhu, east, south, west, and north.

Kosakawa Yuto ran in to report: "National Army forces have been found in all four directions of Wuhu, and they are attacking fiercely."

Xiao Dongbei's Fourth Regiment was responsible for the main attack today.

At first, he also wanted to sneak up on the city wall quietly.

When platoon leader Liu Hualin led the soldiers to touch the edge of the city, they were discovered by the Japanese devils.

The heavy machine gun on the city wall suppressed the forty-odd people in the platoon.

The Fourth Regiment could only change from a sneak attack to a strong attack.

Xiao Dongbei ordered: infantry guns to suppress, mortars to fire.

An artillery company also moved with the Fourth Regiment.

Chen Sichuan specially equipped the Ninth Regiment's Second Company for the Fourth Regiment, which was responsible for the main attack.

This company had been training for a long time and had been training in Jurong, never delaying.

After receiving the order, the Ninth Regiment's Second Company commander Chen Shuang pointed at the Japanese devils on the city wall of Wuhu and said:

"Brothers! We have been training for so long. Today is the first actual combat. Don't lose the Ninth Regiment's face.

Fight well for me."

Four field guns fired at the same time.

The garrison on the west city wall of Wuhu was the Kawahara Yasuda Squad.

A few days ago, Xuancheng had been occupied by the National Army.

Captain Kamiguchi Akashi clearly requested: strengthen combat readiness to prevent the National Army from sneaking in at night.

For this reason, the Kawahara Yasuda Squad leader specially arranged four Japanese devils in each round of sentry duty on the city wall at night.

During the dawn period, it was Yamashita Yuto, Toyozumi Daisei, Watanabe Takashi, and Sano Yuta who were on duty.

It was already a little bright, and Yamashita Yuto looked leisurely at the outside of the city.

At a glance, he saw the First Company that was charging.

He immediately shouted, "Enemy attack!"

He quickly blew the whistle hanging around his neck.

The shrill whistle echoed on the city wall.

At the same time, the rifle in his hand also fired.

Toyozumi Daisei and Watanabe Takashi quickly rushed to the heavy machine gun that was set up and immediately fired.

Sano Yuta also hid behind the battlement and fired at the National Army attacking the city.

Kawahara Yasuda, the squad leader who was still dreaming, was awakened by the whistle.

He rolled over and climbed up.

These days, Captain Kamiguchi Akashi required combat readiness, and all the Japanese devils dared not take off their clothes when sleeping.

Squad leader Kawahara Yasuda rushed to the city wall.

He was stunned after only looking at the outside of the city: there were so many National Army forces outside.

While commanding his soldiers to quickly fire, he called the company commander to report.

Company commander Ibetsuka Yuto immediately ordered: "The Nakahiro Saburo Squad will set off immediately to support the west of the city."

After sending out the support squad first, he called Captain Kamiguchi Akashi.

He reported: "There are more than 400 National Army forces attacking the west of the city. They are using mortars and infantry guns to attack strongly.

I have sent the Nakahiro Saburo Squad to reinforce."

Captain Kamiguchi Akashi had now received reports from all directions.

These reports were all the same: all found hundreds of National Army forces outside the city were attacking strongly.

And these National Army forces all had infantry guns and mortars.

Captain Kamiguchi Akashi was a little excited: after waiting for so many days, you finally came.

As the defending side, he was not panicked.

He occupied the geographical advantage, and it was impossible for the National Army that was advancing to open up Wuhu.

Company commander Kosakiyuushin who fled to Wuhu from Xuancheng came to Kamiguchi Akashi's headquarters to ask for a fight:

"Captain Kamiguchi, please let our company attack!"

His company fled without fighting, and company commander Kosakiyuushin had a very bad time these days.

If Xuancheng were not too close to Wuhu, and the Kosakiyuushin Company might be put into battle at any time, it would not be appropriate to change the company commander at this time.

Company commander Kosakiyuushin had been sent to Nanjing to be tried.

Captain Kamiguchi Akashi said steadily: "Don't worry! Attack in one go, then fail, then decline.

When the National Army's attacking momentum is weaker.

Our army will go out of the city to pursue and kill them. This time, I will completely annihilate this team."

Captain Kamiguchi Akashi, who was so confident, also reassured company commander Kosakiyuushin.

At this moment, huge explosions rang out in all four directions of Wuhu at the same time.

They were all veterans on the battlefield.

Hearing this sound, they knew it was the sound of artillery shells exploding.

The sound of artillery shells exploding was dense, indicating that the attacking team had strong firepower.

When squad leader Kawahara Yasuda heard that company commander Ibetsuka had sent a squad to reinforce.

He also felt relieved.

However, just after his heart had settled down, artillery shells began to fall in the air.

This was the sound of a 60mm mortar shell exploding.

This was the shell fired by a 70mm Type 92 infantry gun.

Hearing the sound of the shell fired by the infantry gun, squad leader Kawahara Yasuda knew that there were at least ten infantry guns!

He could no longer care about personally directing the front line.

He returned to his command post.

Another sound much louder than the previous artillery shells came over.