It was Huang Shuisheng and them who came over with the shells on the gunboat in Hongze Lake, they rushed to the beachhead in two ways with hundreds of brothers who came here first with Lao Xu and Xiao Zheng, and rushed to Hudong Town to support Chen Guofu and them, after seeing the fierce attack of the little devils over there, Chen Guofu and they seemed to be about to be unable to resist, so they felt the need to help Chen Guofu and them, Huang Shuisheng saw Zhang Ercheng behind them and they still had a long way to go, so he saw the gunboat docked on the shore, and hurriedly boarded the gunboat, Finding that several of Zhang Ercheng's artillery subordinates were tinkering with those naval guns there, he hurriedly ordered the artillery to first shoot at the devils who were copying Chen Guofu and their charge, so as to kill the prestige of the little devils.
Zhang Ercheng's artillery brothers tinkered with the naval guns for a while, roughly estimated the distance of the devils on the opposite side, and finally released the first cannon, which just hit the pile of devils who were charging.
Zhang Ercheng also rushed desperately at this time, he found that Huang Shuisheng and they used the captured gunboat to open fire, and his own independent brigade artillery company commander was still rubbing here, and he felt that his face was a little unbearable, and he immediately didn't even give his artillery brothers the effort to breathe, looking at the impact point of those naval guns, and loudly reported a series of shelling orders, the two 75 mountain guns on the wooden boat immediately raised the muzzles of the black hole, and the shells "clanged" into the barrel, with Zhang Ercheng roared, A cannonball with the smoke of fire whistled out, smashed into the devil on the opposite side, and exploded in the middle of the devil lying on his stomach with a bang, and then several other small cannons that could reach the devil began to "tom" non-stop firing, Huang Shuisheng also saw Zhang Ercheng's artillery bombardment, and immediately held back his strength and Zhang Ercheng's artillery began the shelling competition, fighting more vigorously than one by one, relying on the cannon on the gunboat with a large caliber and a long range, Huang Shuisheng's artillery bombardment was accurate and effective, and the momentum actually overshadowed the artillery expert Zhang Ercheng and them, Zhang Ercheng did not admit defeat, and constantly modified the parameters according to the impact point, as the shells flew out of the barrel one by one, and landed on the devil's side, the explosion caused thick smoke to billow, and the sound rumbled, which was spectacular At this time, Lao Xu and Xiao Zheng arrived from the left and right sides of the hundreds of independent brigade brothers, Chen Guofu saw that the team of the independent brigade was coming, his spirit was greatly lifted, and he hurriedly held Lao Xu's hand and said: "Thank you for arriving in time, as soon as you arrive, we will be able to do it, what about Brigade Commander Zhou Wu."
"Our brigade commander also rushed over with the team, and it is estimated that he will arrive at this moment, how is the situation of the devils in front of him, are the casualties of the brothers in the brigade large?"
Lao Xu asked Chen Guofu.
At this time, Chen Guofu flew over their heads with a row of shells, Chen Guofu looked at these shells flying towards the devils, and asked Lao Xu: "Did your independent brigade make a fortune, where did so many cannons and shells come from, and smashed them straight to the little devil's position."
"Haha, our artillery company Zhang Ercheng played the trick of erecting the mountain cannon on the wooden boat, and broke a little devil's big gunboat, the devil was half dead by the water ghost brothers under Huang Shuisheng's special service group, so he left the gunboat that could not move and slipped away, and there are a few brothers under our independent brigade who know how to repair tanks to tinker with the devil's gunboat, and now you listen to the "clang" sound is the gunboat on the gunboat, the caliber is large, the firing range is long, more powerful than the mountain artillery of the devil brigade" Lao Xu said to Chen Guofu proudly.
Suddenly, Chen Guofu and their southeast direction sounded a loud charge, followed by a burst of shouts and gunfire from that side, Chen Guofu saw that the devil's defense line over there was loosened, many little devils who were desperately attacking this side turned their guns and shot in the southeast direction, Lao Xu and Xiao Zheng of course heard the sound of the independent brigade's military horn, and hurriedly said to Chen Guofu and them: "That's right, we are here to do their attack on the devil, Brigade Commander Chen, now is the best time to fight back against the devil, Taking advantage of the cover of the artillery fire behind, let's rush forward together, break through the encirclement of the little devils, and repel the attacks of the devils" The southeast direction towards this side of the devil rushed to Ge Sanmin and their second regiment brothers, Zhou Wu and the fat man at this time also detoured back to the back of the attacking devil brigade, almost at the same time launched a fierce attack on the Miyamoto brigade, the little devil suddenly encountered the southeast and northeast direction of the attack, immediately turned the muzzle of the gun to block the rushing Zhou Wu and them, the two sides in the distance of Chen Guofu about three miles away from the place of the fierce battle for the position, well-armed, and a large number of devil soldiers in the face of Zhou Wu and their sudden attack without fear, While continuing to brave the artillery fire from Hongze Lake to attack Chen Guofu and them, he divided his troops to resist Zhou Wuhe who came to rescue the First Brigade.
Zhou Wu saw that the devil was still so tough, and hurriedly took out the signal gun on his waist, and fired a green signal flare in the direction of Chen Guofu and them, this signal flare is the total attack signal agreed by Zhou Wu and Xiao Zheng, once this signal flare is launched, it means that all units of the Independent Brigade have basically arrived at the attack position, and they should immediately unite with Chen Guofu and their first brigade to attack the Miyamoto Brigade, flank inside and out, break through their encirclement and defense line, and repel the crazy attack of the little devil The green signal flare rose in the sky, and it was particularly dazzling in the dark mid-air, Xiao Zheng and Lao Xu on Chen Guofu's side saw it, and hurriedly greeted Chen Guofu: "Brigade Commander Chen, look, our brigade has sent a signal, quickly, this is the signal of our total attack."
Chen Guofu looked at it, yes, it was a signal flare rising from the place in the northeast where there was a shouting of killing, since the independent brigade risked his life to come to the rescue, he had to show the morale and courage of the old and new Fourth Army troops at this time, otherwise he would be embarrassed to raise his head in front of the independent brigade.
Chen Guofu pulled out the 20-shot box cannon on his waist, and shouted at the battalion commanders of the regiments under his command at the top of his voice: "Comrades, the comrades of the Independent Brigade have already launched an attack on them behind the little devils.
Chen Guofu rushed out first, and the brothers of the first brigade immediately shouted slogans and followed closely, Xiao Zheng and Lao Xu were not to be outdone, and rushed towards the devils who rushed in front of them with their brothers on the left and right, Zhang Ercheng and Huang Shuisheng on the water surface of Hongze Lake and their gunboats were still constantly carrying out artillery support, and the entire Hudong Town to Hongze Lake was full of fierce gunfire, the shouting of killing was deafening, the bullets were whizzing, and the shells were rumbling and exploding.
The soldiers on both sides collided like two rushing rivers, and soon began bloody and tragic white-knuckle hand-to-hand combat, constantly there were soldiers of the New Fourth Army and devil soldiers falling under each other's bayonets and bullets, and many soldiers who rushed over fought together, thick smoke billowed out, the sound of killing shook the sky, shouts, the painful groans of wounded soldiers, and the explosions of shells and grenades were endless, and this place became a hell on earth, extremely tragic.
Chen Guofu's first brigade plus Zhou Wu's independent brigade totaled more than 5,000 horses and more than 6,000 ghost soldiers of the ghost palace brigade launched a desperate fight in Hudong Town, both sides knew that no one could just take a step back, retreat means death, retreat means a major rout of the troops, so although both sides suffered heavy casualties, they still gritted their teeth to support, hoping that their side could come over with a reinforcement at this time, the number is not too much, one or two hundred people are enough, Miyamoto Brigade first fought with Chen Guofu's First Brigade of the New Fourth Army, Now Zhou Wu's independent brigade has joined the battle group, although the devil's combat effectiveness is stronger than Zhou Wu's independent brigade and Chen Guofu, and the weapons and equipment are also much better, but after all, it is not King Kong's incorruptible body, and the Nanjing Dispatch Army Command asked Miyamoto to find the missing Sakiya special operations detachment and a devil brigade under it, and now it is deeply entangled in two New Fourth Army brigades here, and it can't get rid of it for a while, Miyamoto, who is the brigade commander, is also a little impatient, and hurriedly ordered the devil artillery to suppress the shells of the New Fourth Army from Hongze Lake, Covering most of the devils to get rid of Zhou Wu's entanglement, they quickly turned around and headed in the direction of Shuihong Village in the south.
Zhou Wu immediately saw the movement of the little devil in the telescope, and hurriedly ordered Ge Sanmin's second regiment to stop the frontal attack, retreat to the ferry in the southeast three miles, intercept the devil brigade in the south, and strictly ordered Ge Sanmin to them: Be sure to stick to block the devil from going south, there is no other force to defend in Shuihong Village except for the health company and a guard platoon, and the devil must be stopped from going south, otherwise Ding Ning and the brothers and sisters of the health company will suffer.
At this time, most of the brothers of Xiao Zhengsan's regiment finally arrived at Hudong Town here under the desperate transportation of the brothers of the Huang Shuisheng Special Service Regiment, plus some of the original brothers on the ship of the Special Service Regiment, Zhou Wu's independent brigade rushed to nearly 2,000 troops at this critical juncture, and at the same time, a regiment of the advance team of the Second Brigade of the Jiangbei Command Headquarters strictly ordered by Division Commander Li had also rushed to the south of Huai'an City, and was rushing towards Hudong Town, and Noda, the commander of the devil gendarmerie stationed in Huai'an City, panicked, Afraid that his Huai'an City would be conquered by the New Fourth Army, he used the radio to continuously ask Miyamoto for help, asking Miyamoto to immediately retreat to Huai'an City to ensure the safety of Huai'an City, Huai'an's geographical location in the Jiangbei region is quite important, once this important node is lost, the loss of the little devil will be great, not only the Jiangbei anti-Japanese base will be connected, but also will directly threaten Nanjing, Yangzhou, Taizhou and other areas in the south of the Yangtze River.
Although Miyamoto, the commander of the Devil's Brigade, was reluctant in his heart, for the sake of his immediate future, he had to order all the Devil's Brigade to withdraw from the battle and retreat in the direction of Huai'an City in the north. t1706231537: