On the national army position in Zijin Mountain, when I saw so many artillery shells, they flew towards the Japanese position like locusts.

Zhou Weiguo, Chen Zhenglun and others were all shocked, "What is going on? Is it the brigade commander and the others?"

At this moment, Xu Wen called Zhou Weiguo through the Tiger tank's on-board radio.

A soldier who stayed in the tank immediately jumped out of the tank and ran over to Zhou Weiguo, standing at attention and saluting: "Deputy brigade commander, the brigade commander wants to speak to you!"

Zhou Weiguo immediately turned around and ran to the tank, got inside the tank, picked up the car phone and said: "Brigade commander, this is Zhou Weiguo."

In the Tiger tank, Xu Wen looked at the Japanese offensive position in front that had been covered by his own artillery fire and suddenly turned into a sea of ​​fire. He said in a deep voice: "Weiguo, I am going to take the initiative to kill the first enemy in front before the enemy reinforcements arrive.

The 13th Division must at least be crippled.

We are now concentrating our firepower on the bombardment. After the bombardment is over, the entire brigade will launch an assault!

Your reserve regiment and the friendly troops on the position must also attack together and launch a comprehensive counterattack against the enemy!"

"Yes!" Zhou Weiguo promised loudly: "I will notify all troops immediately to prepare for counterattack!"

In the former enemy headquarters of the 26th Brigade, Brigade Commander Sawada Tokushige was stunned by the large-scale explosion in the front position.

He hurriedly raised his binoculars to take a look, and immediately said to the staff adjutant beside him: "Immediately report to the division commander, saying that we have been attacked by fierce artillery fire from the Chinese Army, and the enemy is likely to counterattack!

Please ask the division commander to quickly mobilize the 103rd Brigade for reinforcements!"

Taizhuo Town, 13th Division Headquarters.

Oguri Hyoumasa, Chief of Staff Den Yusaburo, Takeshita Shun and others conducted war games for the upcoming Battle of Nanjing in order to prepare for a rainy day.

A communications staff officer hurried over, stood at attention and saluted the Ogizhou soldiers: "General, the 26th Brigade sent an urgent request for help telegram from the front line saying that they were attacked by large-scale artillery fire from the China Army.

The firepower of the China Army is unprecedented, and according to General Tokusushige Sawada’s estimate, the number of artillery pieces of the China Army involved in the bombardment is at least 300, and the calibers are all over 75 millimeters!”

"Three hundred large-caliber artillery pieces?" Hearing this, the Ogi State soldiers were shocked: "How is this possible? All the participating troops of the Imperial Army in this battle did not have three hundred artillery pieces with a caliber of more than 75 mm!

How could they have so many artillery pieces?"

Takeshita Shun stepped forward to ask for the telegram from the communications staff, read the telegram and analyzed: "The China Army in Nanjing was originally unable to have so many artillery pieces.

However, generals, don’t forget that Zhu Ziming and Zhou Weiguo’s independent brigade has withdrawn to Nanjing. This force has extremely powerful armored units and very strong firepower!

I guess the artillery attack was led by an independent brigade!

Moreover, their purpose was not just to launch a wave of retaliatory artillery attacks on the Imperial Army, but to take the initiative and defeat the 13th Division's troops on the front line before the Imperial Army's reinforcements arrived.

This will be more conducive to their subsequent defense.”

"Therefore, the focus we need to pay attention to now is not to find out why the Chinese Army has so many artillery! But to find a way to deal with the fierce counterattack they are about to launch!"

Hearing what Takeshita Jun said, Ogi Ribei, Tei Yusaburo and others couldn't help but suddenly realized. Ogi Ribei even hurriedly asked Takeshita Jundao: "Takeshita Jun, do you have any good ideas?"

Jun Takeshita met the eager eyes of the Ogizhou soldiers and said bluntly: "General, please forgive me, if the Independent Brigade really wants to launch a counterattack, the 26th Brigade alone will definitely not be able to resist it!

Rather than letting the 26th Division die in vain, it is better to take advantage of the enemy's artillery fire and immediately order them to retreat before they have time to launch an attack!"

"Retreat?" Oguri soldiers hesitated.

Takeshita Jun said categorically: "That's right, it's too late to retreat!"

The Oguri soldier turned his attention to Chief of Staff Den Yusaburo, who also nodded solemnly and said: "Takeshita-kun's words make sense, please give the order immediately, your Excellency, the division commander!"

How powerful are the Chinese tanks and chariots? The 6th Division, the 16th Division, the independent 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade, and the 114th Division were defeated. These are examples of what we have learned from the past!"

Takeshita-kun then added: "In addition, this situation should be reported to General Yoshikari Yoshisuke immediately and asked him to immediately send aviation troops to support and attack the tanks and armored forces of the China Army.

Until our tanks are unable to compete with them and we lack anti-tank equipment, naval and air force power is our only means to contain the other side!"

Under the urging and persuasion of the two men, the Ogi State soldiers finally made up their minds and immediately ordered the communications staff waiting next to them: "Immediately send an order to the 26th Brigade, ordering them to immediately abandon their current offensive positions and move towards the rear of Taizhuo Town.

Withdraw! Quickly!"

"As well as the 103rd Brigade, please stop attacking Qixia Mountain and retreat immediately!"

"Hai!" The Japanese communications staff member suddenly nodded, immediately turned around and walked away quickly.

Because of Takeshita Jun's reminder, all units of the 13th Division desperately withdrew from their offensive positions while the Independent Brigade was still bombarded by artillery fire, and fled towards Jurong and other directions.

Because the artillery fire of the Independence Brigade was too fierce at that time, the bombed Japanese positions were filled with flames and explosions. The red light and thick smoke produced by the explosions billowed straight into the sky, with the highest point reaching tens of meters.

It completely blocked the line of sight from the Independence Brigade, so Xu Wen did not discover the abnormality on the Japanese position in time.

After half an hour of artillery bombardment, Xu Wen immediately ordered three armored infantry regiments and thousands of tanks and armored vehicles to attack across the board, launching a massive group charge towards the Japanese positions.

Zhou Weiguo and Chen Zhenglun also led the reserve regiments and took the lead, leading tens of thousands of National Army infantry to launch a full-scale counterattack. Groups of National Army soldiers who had been suppressed and beaten by the Japanese army for a long time shouted slogans and carried guns in groups.

rushed down from the Purple Mountain position.

However, when the Independence Brigade and the National Army units rushed into the Japanese positions, they found that the Japanese had escaped.

At this time, Yoshika Ryosuke, who had received the news, had already mobilized hundreds of sea-based and land-based aviation fighters and bombers, and immediately launched air strikes and bombings against the Chinese army that had invaded the forward positions of the 13th Division.

When Xu Wen saw the Japanese plane coming, he calmly picked up the car phone and ordered: "Every regiment's air defense battalion obeys the order and launches anti-air defense on the spot! Beat the hell out of me!"
Chapter completed!