Fang Shuhong's expression was very bad. No wonder he had one division, two brigades, and six regiments, with nearly 8,000 men. In just one day and night, he lost more than 2,000 men, and more than 1,000 more wounded were added. After a regiment was locked in a fierce battle with the Japs and the losses in the city, the battle losses of his division had exceeded 50%. How could this make him feel better?
Ouyang Yun came forward to greet him from a distance: "Mr. Fang, how is the situation ahead? I estimate how long we can hold on."
Fang Shuhong did not answer this question, but asked: "Commander, is it our turn to cross the river?"
"yes."
Fang Shuhong frowned, turned around and looked at the flickering battlefield, and said, "Just leave one regiment to defend."
"Three regiments, the 1st Jiangsu Security Division will leave two regiments. The Japanese army on the Shanxiong side will also suffer heavy losses. He will deploy one regiment to fill your defense line."
"That should last us until we cross the river."
"Let's go."
"Where's Brigadier Shan? He's not back yet."
"Don't wait for him. Let's leave first. We only have so many boats. It's unrealistic to cross the river together. Brigadier Shan is a special forces soldier, so don't worry about him."
Fang Shuhong remained silent, turned around and looked in the direction of the battlefield again, feeling sad in his heart, and secretly said: "Brothers, you can leave in peace. I, Fang Shuhong, swear that one day I will repay your revenge tenfold from Little Japan. return."
Ten minutes later, Ouyang Yun and Fang Shuhong boarded the boat crossing the river. Ouyang Yun stood on the bow of the boat, looking towards the direction where the single hero was stationed. He saw the fireball caused by the explosion flickering in different ways, and the dull explosion sound was even more earth-shattering. His His face couldn't help but become a little heavy,
Ouyang Yun believed that with the abilities of Shanxiong and his special forces of the Broadsword Regiment, they would have no problem escaping. The problem was that once he worried that his departure would affect the safety of the entire defense line, he would definitely choose to stay. , once the Japanese army breaks through the defense line of the 114th Division and forms a double flank, even if he has extraordinary abilities, it will be difficult to escape.
I don’t know if the Japanese army noticed something. Shortly after Ouyang Yun and the others boarded the ship, the Japanese gunboat cruising on the water in Xiaguan fired violently again. Half of the shells were poured towards the position where Shanxiong was stationed.
Danren Xiong is a powerful general. Although he is only a deputy brigade commander now, in Ouyang Yun's heart, his status is no worse than that of He Zheng, who was demoted to the level of division commander.
Perhaps seeing the worry in his heart, Fang Shuhong said softly: "Commander, this round of shelling by the Japanese gunboats is quite sharp. Do they want to make a desperate attempt to break through in one fell swoop?"
"There is a possibility that the night is beneficial to us after all. The Japanese army must be afraid of long nights and many dreams."
Ouyang Yun's prediction was correct. Matsui Iwane was worried about the long nights and dreamy dreams and let his big fish go, so he ordered the troops besieging Nanjing to fight all night in order to break the deadlock in one fell swoop.
On the defense line east of Xiaguan Wharf, a single hero sat in the trench with his back to the direction of the Japanese attack, and quickly pressed bullets into the magazine. The density of the Japanese army's shelling this round was unprecedented. For large-caliber naval guns, Said that the trenches they dug during their free time during the battle looked like paper. At this time, evasion was of no use. The key was to look at each person's luck. Take the single hero as an example. Starting from eight o'clock in the evening , he has been staying here, but he has not been favored by a cannonball, and thanks to him, several old ruffians from the First Security Division and two brothers from the Broadsword Regiment staying near him have also been staying. I have never been bombed by artillery bombs. I am holding a gun at this time. I think I have heard about the New Year firecrackers.
The solo hero was filling his bullets and thinking,
The combat effectiveness of the Jiangsu First Security Division was really poor. Fortunately, I saw the opportunity early and asked the commander for a regiment of Sichuan soldiers to come to control the situation. Otherwise, the First Security Division must have collapsed at this time. Thinking of it, Sichuan soldiers, he looked to the left, and there was a platoon of Sichuan soldiers stationed there. He was not optimistic about these Sichuan soldiers. Why, the equipment was really poor, and by extension , I think the quality of the soldiers was mediocre. Although the commander later helped them replace their equipment from the inside out, what did it matter? It is said that changing the soup does not change the medicine. Because of this knot, When he first saw the supporting army, Dan Renxiong didn't look down upon Wang Youcai, the commander of the Sichuan Corps. He even complained about Ouyang Yun's arrangement, thinking that the commander was fooling him. Of course, he no longer thinks so. , The military quality of these Sichuan soldiers is indeed not very good, but they are willing to fight hard, and their morale is high. Not only the morale of their own troops is high, but also the morale of their friendly troops is improved. You don't see it, as long as they shout: "Ge Laozi's , fight hard." The mules of the First Security Division in the surrounding area also followed the "Ao Ao" call as if they had been injected with chicken blood. A bunch of guys who looked like country bumpkins were now able to fight in a decent manner. , Ha, the so-called "people cannot be measured by their appearance, but the sea cannot be measured", it is also appropriate to use it on the battlefield. Now it seems that it is fortunate that the commander sent these "Ge Laozi", otherwise, "Brothers, cheer up Here, the little Japs are attacking again." Shan Renxiong was still thinking, when suddenly there was a loud shout from the left, and then, the explosions suddenly stopped. At the same time, the gunshots became fierce.
"This Wang Youcai has a really good voice." Dan Renzhizhi joked, and he had already turned around and lay down on the edge of the trench. He looked up and saw the densely packed Japs rushing towards him under the flares, and he also shouted: "Security The son of a bitch of the division, just now the brothers of the Sichuan soldiers won a lottery, this time it is our turn to work hard, brothers, beat him like a bastard." He shouted, and without hesitation in his hands, he poked the muzzle of the gun. When he went out, "Tata" spit out flames and faced the Japanese who were charging towards him. Several people immediately fell down.
This battle was difficult and dangerous, and the Japanese on the opposite side often launched a collective charge. Just half an hour ago, he was on the phone with Ouyang Yun, and the Japanese rushed over in overwhelming numbers. Moreover, they waited until they were only thirty meters away from them. The flares started to be fired when the enemy was about 1,000 meters tall. At that time, if Wang Youcai had not decisively led his brothers to rush out of the trenches and fight the opponent with bayonets, this line of defense must have been lost.
Ouyang Yun asked him on the phone to leave a regiment to defend and lead the others to evacuate and prepare to cross the river. However, the situation here did not allow him to do this. Not to mention it was a problem to designate which regiment to stay, even if the officers and soldiers of the regiment were united. They are willing to die for their country, but the question is, can they withstand a charge of this scale? You know, there is no regiment with more than 500 soldiers now. It is really heartbreaking to think about it, including Including the Sichuan Corps, there were more than 4,000 soldiers on the battlefield, but so far, there are only less than 2,000 left. Among them, there are still about 500 wounded soldiers. Commander, although you had the foresight to dig out the The Sichuan soldiers, a tiger pretending to be a pig, have misjudged the situation here.
In his solo ambition, he slandered Ouyang Yun again. He kept pressing the trigger, and after knocking down three more Japs, he finally repelled this round of Japanese attacks.
It's not easy for them as a single hero, and it's not easy for the enemy Marines in the opposing regiment. No, there is no regiment left. From the afternoon of the fight until now, there are only half of the Marines in this regiment left.
The battle lasted for more than six hours. Not to mention the heavy losses, the soldiers on both sides were actually exhausted. The reason why they were able to persist until now was certainly because the defenders had a breath, but on the Japanese side, it was because they had Huge hope is flickering in front of us. Of course, no matter how promising this hope is and how bright the prospect is, the little devils have lost their momentum. As now, the attack was repulsed within a quarter of an hour after launching the attack. And in the afternoon, The longest fight between the two sides lasted for nearly an hour.
The sky is getting darker and darker. On the river, the gunboats of the Third Fleet have begun to slowly withdraw from the battlefield. On the water surface of Shimonoseki, the Japanese gunboats are not invincible. The countless self-propelled artillery of the Xuebing Army may not be enough to pose a threat. But the two gunboats captured from the Japanese army could give it a fatal blow at any time. Just now, the two ships seemed to have agreed upon a deal and bombarded a Japanese ship, almost sinking the gunboat. The commander-in-chief of the third fleet, Kiyoshi Hasegawa, was probably reluctant to give up the two gunboats. Therefore, when he felt that he had control of the battle situation and did not want his gunboats to suffer any more losses, he resolutely chose to withdraw from the battle.
The single hero did not notice the abnormality of the Third Fleet at first. Out of inertia, after repelling the Japanese attack, he inspected the position and dealt with some special situations, then sat back at the same place and began to fill in the blanks. Press bullets, wipe guns,
At this time, Ouyang Yun had safely crossed the river, and then he noticed something unusual about the Japanese Third Fleet.
Fang Shuhong also noticed this. He said to Ouyang Yun: "It's strange, the little Japanese fleet has retreated. Are they afraid of night battles?"
Ouyang Yun also felt strange. In order to confirm the situation, he called Cai Xing. After getting confirmation from Cai Xing, he immediately reported the situation to Shan Renxiong and asked him to choose an opportunity to retreat.
Dan Xionggang was surprised when he got the news. He quickly ran to the end of the trench near the river, picked up his binoculars and looked in the direction of the Japanese retreat. He saw the shadowy lights floating downstream, and knew that the Japanese fleet had indeed retreated. , who originally had the belief that he would die, his thoughts couldn't help but come alive,
This is indeed a good opportunity to retreat. It can even be said that this village will be gone without this store. The battle is still fierce on the back defense line, and according to the commander, only one regiment of the 114th Division remains there. In other words, it is broken. It's only a matter of time, and once the back is broken through, and your side is attacked on both sides, the only way to survive is to jump into the Yangtze River.