"Zhu Ziming!!!" Matsui Iwane repeated Xu Wen's name through gritted teeth, turned around suddenly, looked at the combat map not far away and ordered in a deep voice: "Order the 6th Division to march to Wuxi immediately!

We must break through the Wuxi defense line at all costs and eliminate this independent brigade.

Tell Hisao Tani that it is best to capture Zhu Ziming alive, and I will personally cut off his head to commemorate the spirits of Generals Fujita and Nakajima, as well as tens of thousands of Imperial soldiers in heaven."

"Hai!" Tsukada suddenly nodded his head and immediately accepted the order.

Neither Matsui Iwane nor Tsukada attacked whether the Sixth Division alone could capture Wuxi and eliminate the independent brigade.

Because they have absolute trust in Hisao Tani's division! Besides, there are also the main forces of the 3rd, 9th, and 11th divisions behind them that can support them at any time, so they feel very relieved.

In fact, Hisao Tani did not pay special attention to the newly formed independent brigade after he knew the entire story of how Nakajima Jinmao's troops were defeated by Xu Wen.

Because as the commander of the 6th Division, he has absolute confidence in his troops.

His 6th Division is one of the seven permanent divisions of the Japanese Army, the Class A Division, the real elite, the ace among aces.

Both the soldiers and equipment are more sophisticated than Nakajima Jingo's 6th Division, and their combat effectiveness is naturally much stronger.

The entire division is now fully manned, with more than 30,000 people, and strong fire support from the navy and air force!

Not to mention that Wuxi only had troops like Xu Wen and Zhou Weiguo. Even with an army of 100,000, they were not afraid of a direct confrontation with Hisao Tani. The successive victories on the battlefield of the invasion of China had made all Japanese troops, including Hisao Tani, arrogant.

limit.

The disastrous defeat of the 16th Division was not enough to make them timid, let alone a warning.

Because in the eyes of arrogant senior generals like Hisao Tani, Nakajima Kongo's commanding ability cannot be compared with his own.

Moreover, the 16th Division's disastrous defeat was due to a series of objective reasons.

Hisao Tani believed that these situations would not happen to his 6th Division, and naturally he would not give the Independent Brigade any opportunity to take advantage of it.

Therefore, after receiving the telegram from Matsui Iwane, the old Japanese soldier immediately ordered all the troops of the 6th Division to be dispatched. An army of more than 30,000 people marched along the Beijing-Shanghai Highway towards Wuxi in a mighty manner.

Before the 6th Division arrived in Wuxi, dozens of carrier-based fighters and bombers belonging to the 3rd and 4th Fleets of the Japanese Navy arrived first.

An unprecedented and indiscriminate bombing was launched inside and outside Wuxi, causing considerable casualties to the independent brigade that was being reorganized.

At the critical moment, Xu Wen ordered his subordinates to drive out the ten Humvee military vehicles equipped with anti-aircraft machine guns from their hiding places. The ten anti-aircraft machine guns fired simultaneously to form a dense air defense fire net, which scared away the Japanese planes.

After repelling the enemy's air attack, Xu Wen immediately said to Zhou Weiguo and others: "Everyone, please report how many people you have under your command. Let's sum it up and see how many troops our independent brigade has now."

Although the battle to defeat the 16th Division last night ended with a complete victory for the Independent Brigade, the continuous offensive and pursuit throughout the night also caused considerable casualties to all participating troops.

After statistics by Zhou Weiguo and others, it was finally determined that the current independent brigade, including the confidants Xu Wen brought from Qingfeng Village, totaled about 6,000 people.

In the battle last night, the Wuxi garrison lost more than 2,000 troops, which is normal when you think about it. You must know that they defeated a Japanese division. They were able to annihilate tens of thousands of enemies with 2,000 casualties. This was already a feat on the anti-Japanese battlefield at that time.

What a miracle.

In order to facilitate command and improve combat effectiveness, Xu Wen reorganized the independent brigade into three B infantry regiments, an artillery battalion, a tank battalion and a communications company.

Zhou Weiguo and Chen Zhenglun were appointed as deputy brigade commander and chief of staff respectively, Li Wu was appointed as tank battalion commander, Sun Fugui was appointed as communications company commander, and Wu Yongqiang was appointed as artillery battalion commander.

As for the commanders of the three infantry regiments, they are Chen Tianxiang from Hunan, Zhang Yulin from Guangxi, and Li Dakui from the Sichuan Army. The deputy commanders are mostly their close adjutants.

Among the 6,000 people, Xu Wen and Chen Zhenglun's men were at the forefront because they had tanks and armored vehicles, so they suffered the smallest casualties, with more than 180 people left.

The independent battalion led by Zhou Weiguo also has more than 200 people, about 400 people plus one.

In order to facilitate his command, Xu Wen organized all 400 people into two battalions and one company directly under the brigade headquarters, namely the tank battalion, artillery battalion, and communications company.

Among them, the tank battalion was allocated 150 people, the artillery battalion was 158 people, and the communications company was more than 100 people.

In addition, Xu Wen also transferred a group of experienced veterans from other troops and added them to these three directly affiliated troops.

The tank battalion and the artillery battalion each have 300 people, the communications company has 200 people, and the three directly affiliated troops plus 800 people.

The remaining more than 5,000 people were organized into the First Regiment of the Independent Brigade, the Second Regiment of the Independent Brigade, and the Third Regiment of the Independent Brigade, with each regiment ranging from 1,700 to 1,800 people.

After completing the reorganization, Xu Wen ordered Sun Fugui to compile the above information into a telegram and submit it to the garrison theater headquarters in Nanjing, which was approved immediately.

After completing the reorganization, the system finally issued a long-awaited prompt: "Ding dong, it has been detected that the 16th Division has retreated from Bai Maokou. It is determined that the host has completed the mission. Congratulations on receiving a reward of 200,000 redemption points. Currently, the host has 21 redemption points.

Ten thousand."

"Great!" The independent brigade has just been formed, and it is the time when large-scale replacement of American and German equipment is needed, especially the tank battalions and artillery battalions. The number of weapons and equipment is seriously insufficient. The two hundred thousand points can be redeemed.

It's time.

Xu Wen was awake here. Chen Zhenglun, who was already the chief of staff of the independent brigade, suddenly walked in from outside with a hurried expression. After saluting Xu Wen, he said: "Brigade, the troops have been reorganized and the weapons and equipment have been allocated in place. We are here."

A lot of equipment, rifles, light and heavy machine guns and ammunition were seized from the Japanese this time.

But the artillery battalion does not have enough artillery, because the artillery of the Japanese artillery regiment was destroyed by our army in the battle last night, so we have to find a way to get some artillery!"

Just on the side, Zhou Weiguo, who was calculating the combat strength of the entire independent brigade, also answered the conversation and said: "Although the Japanese equipment of the little devil is good, it is still a bit inferior to the German equipment of the national army's elite equipment. How about we jointly ask the commander's department for some points?"

German equipment?

If it doesn’t work, we can use the captured Japanese equipment to replace it.”

Xu Wen smiled and waved his hands: "My dear friends, you don't have to worry about weapons and equipment. We will replace them with the most advanced German and American equipment today! As for the captured Japanese weapons, inform other friendly forces.
Chapter completed!