Chiba Kotaro looked at the Chinese tanks, one after another, firing intense and powerful firepower as they fiercely charged towards his troops.

As for his subordinates, under the double blow of their tank fire and vehicle-mounted machine guns, they continued to fall down in rows and screams. Some people were almost unable to withstand this powerful firepower and wanted to turn around and escape.

There were signs that he got angry on the spot.

With angry eyes, he pulled out his saber and roared: "Hold it, hold it! Our Imperial Army of Japan is invincible!"

"It's hard to win!" Xu Wen happened to get out of the Tiger tank and was about to control an MG34 general-purpose machine gun on the roof of the vehicle to shoot the Japanese soldiers himself to accumulate some explosive loot.

A long way away, I saw a Japanese commander waving a saber and yelling at the top of his lungs. He suddenly became angry and fired at him with the vehicle-mounted general-purpose machine gun in his arms.

Da da da! A tongue of flame burst out from the muzzle, and a burst of gunfire resounded. At least seven or eight bullets hit Chiba Kotaro's abdomen at once. Chiba Kotaro screamed and stood straight back.

Fell down.

The system promptly issued a prompt: "Ding dong, it was detected that the host killed a Japanese colonel and exploded a U-boat."

"Damn it, finally a decent explosive device has arrived." Xu Wen was secretly happy. With this U-shaped submarine, plus Zhao Shoutian's, they could form a dual-submarine underwater task force.

When necessary, Xu Wen will put the submarine into the water. The two submarines can attack any important Japanese target by surprise from underwater. They can also be used to save lives at critical times, such as taking the submarine to escape and retreat underwater.

Xu Wen, who was overjoyed, controlled the vehicle-mounted machine gun and continued to fire. The Japanese in front of the Tiger tank suddenly fell down in pieces like harvested leeks.

The ensuing explosion prompt also made Xu Wen excited: "Ding dong, the host killed five Japanese soldiers and exploded five hundred liters of gasoline!"

"Ding dong, the host killed seven Japanese privates and exploded a thousand liters of gasoline...!"

Xu Wen just mounted the MG34 vehicle-mounted general-purpose machine gun and kept firing at the enemy's heads and explosive devices.

The soldiers of other independent brigades were also pouring ammunition at the Japanese with full firepower.

Especially as more than a thousand infantry soldiers from the reserve regiment joined the battle, the firepower on the independent brigade became even more intensive and terrifying.

Just imagine, there are hundreds of vehicle-mounted general-purpose machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, as well as dozens of tank guns. The firepower is already very terrifying.

With the addition of thousands of Thompson submachine guns and Garand semi-automatic rifles, these are automatic firearms that can fire continuously. The dense firepower is terrifying and there are no blind spots.

In this case, the enemy on the opposite side can be said to be unlucky.

They had never seen such fierce firepower. Under the attack of this dense rain of bullets, the people who were beaten were turned upside down, and their flesh and blood flew everywhere.

In addition, their commander Chiba Kotaro was also shot to death by Xu Wen with a vehicle-mounted machine gun in the chaos. The entire 102nd Infantry Regiment was leaderless and soon collapsed.

Xu Wen, Zhou Weiguo, Chen Zhenglun and others immediately sent out troops to cover up the attack, and directly followed the Japanese troops into Jiaxing City.

After entering the city, Xu Wen ordered the more mobile armored vehicles and Humvee military vehicles to move forward to cover the soldiers of the reserve group to continue the attack and expand the results.

The tanks were ordered by Xu Wen to retreat and hold down the formation, providing powerful artillery support to their own troops when necessary.

The Independent Brigade fought in from the west gate of Jiaxing. At that time, the main force of the Japs from the 114th Division entered the city less than half an hour earlier than they did, and there was no time to control the entire city and build a defensive line.

When the Independent Brigade defeated the rear troops of their 102nd Regiment and entered the city in one go, the Japs in Ximen were powerless in the face of the powerful offensive firepower composed of dozens of tanks, hundreds of armored vehicles, and countless automatic firearms.

withstand.

They were easily repelled by the Independent Brigade and captured and controlled the entire west city gate.

At this time, the commander of the 114th Division, Shigeharu Suematsu, and the chief of staff, Saburo Katita, had already taken the lead in evacuating to the center of the city near the east of the city in armored vehicles.

This place is safer than the west part of the city where fierce fighting is raging.

Suematsu Shigeharu, who had just jumped down from the armored vehicle and planned to command the troops and defend the city, saw a cavalry liaison soldier suddenly hurried from the front and galloped towards him on horseback.

"Division Commander!" Still far away, the cavalry liaison soldier shouted anxiously: "Division Commander, it's bad, Colonel Chiba was killed, the 102nd Regiment was defeated by the Chinese Army, Ximen has been

It has been lost, and the Chinese Army is heading into the city to hunt down all the units of our division. The situation is critical and we request urgent tactical guidance!"

"What?" Suematsu Shigeharu was shocked when he heard this. It had not even been half an hour since Chiba Kotaro took the initiative to lead his troops to the rear and retreated into Jiaxing himself.

An entire infantry regiment was defeated by the Independent Brigade? And the regiment leader also died outside the city.

The independent brigade’s attack speed and propulsion capabilities are too terrifying, right?

The chief of staff next to him, Saburo Katita, reacted quickly and immediately suggested to Shigeharu Suematsu: "General, the Chinese Army has entered the city. It is no longer possible to stick to Jiaxing and wait for reinforcements. As a precaution, I suggest that you evacuate immediately.

here!"

"What will happen to the troops if I leave?" Shigeharu Suematsu yelled at Saburo Katita.

"General, your safety is more important than the troops! As long as you are here, we can still rebuild the 114th Division." Saburo Kita said anxiously: "Besides, you can hand over the command to the two brigade commanders.

, let them lead the troops to deal with the Independent Brigade in Jiaxing."

"On the other hand, if something unexpected happens to you, it will be bad news for the entire Imperial Warriors of the 114th Division, and it will instantly drop the morale of our army to the bottom."

"Yes, your Excellency the Chief of Staff is right, General, please evacuate Jiaxing immediately." Another combat staff officer quickly echoed.

After weighing the pros and cons, Suematsu Shigeharu still adopted the suggestions of Saburo Katita and others. After all, he did not want to follow in the footsteps of Hisao Tani, Konaga Nakajima and others.

As soon as Suematsu Shigeharu left, command was handed over to Major General Mitsuzaburo Akiyama, commander of the 127th Infantry Brigade, and Major General Okabao, commander of the 128th Infantry Brigade.

However, because these two brigades had been dispersed by the assault troops of the Independent Brigade, they were forced to retreat to the south and north of Jiaxing respectively. They were unable to form effective command and fell into a situation of fighting independently.

Xu Wen ordered Zhou Weiguo and Chen Zhenglun to command more than a hundred armored vehicles and Humvee military vehicles. They had already prepared regiments to attack and pursue them separately. Relying on their firepower and armored assault capabilities, they suppressed the Japanese soldiers throughout the battle and defeated them until they lost their armor and were defeated.

An entire field division didn't even have a chance to face off against the Independent Brigade, and was knocked down by a series of rapid and fierce attacks by the Independent Brigade.

In the chaos, the Japanese engineering regiment, artillery regiment and baggage regiment were successively overtaken by the independent brigade due to their inability to move, and were defeated and annihilated one after another.

In the end, the other three infantry regiments were all beaten to death and wounded more than half of them, and they separated and escaped from Jiaxing County in embarrassment.
Chapter completed!