Chen Sichuan knew what to do as soon as Lin Fan gave the order.

In the past two days in Anqing, they had annihilated a total of three Japanese infantry battalions and one battalion of puppet troops.

The weapons captured from the Japanese battalion and puppet troops annihilated yesterday morning had already been hauled away by Liu Laopao.

After all, Liu Laopao's Second Regiment had taken away more than 400 puppet soldiers.

These puppet soldiers were not suitable for combat for the time being.

But using them as porters was perfectly fine.

For those puppet soldiers, whoever offered them food was their master.

They would do anything for anyone who gave them a bite to eat.

What's more, the Second Regiment provided them with all the food they could eat, and even meat dishes – a life of paradise.

Today, the two Japanese infantry battalions had left behind a complete set of weapons.

Not only rifles, machine guns, and heavy machine guns, but also grenade launchers, mortars, and infantry guns.

Enough to equip two infantry regiments, and infantry regiments with infantry guns and mortars.

Not to mention the equipment on the twelve gunboats.

Chen Sichuan had painstakingly removed all the cannons and machine guns from the gunboats.

Looking at these cannons, Chen Sichuan felt a little regret:

He should have left some of the ammunition from last night.

It would have been convenient to carry and use.

But this was just a fleeting thought.

The First Regiment's equipment was already configured.

Even if there were ammunition, with the First Regiment's current strength, they couldn't carry any more cannons.

Unless the First Regiment became a fully mechanized unit.

But then they wouldn't be able to adapt to combat in mountainous and hilly areas.

The local boss in Anqing only bought fifty guns.

There were still so many guns and cannons left.

Lin Fan still used the old method – hiring people to transport them at a high price!

The merchant ships were readily available. The American from last night, upon hearing that he could earn another $10,000 today, set off immediately.

He said to Li Xian with delight, "Dear Li! If there were such short trips every day, I could become a millionaire in a year!"

It was still morning.

His crew had been busy all night and were still resting.

But capitalists don't care about the working class.

The *Erlhausen* cargo ship was on its way back to Anqing.

Chen Sichuan didn't rest either.

He kept moving the supplies left by the Japanese in Anqing to the dock, and tried to drag those ironclad ships and gunboats to the dock as well.

These things could all be taken back, repaired, and become equipment for the Special Operations Brigade.

Chen Sichuan hadn't forgotten about the *Black Sunset* cargo ship stranded on the riverbank.

He ordered the Fifth Company to take explosives and blow up its bottom-level engine room again, making sure it was beyond repair.

The brigade commander had said that war was about money and people.

They had to make the Japanese poorer and poorer, and their numbers smaller and smaller.

The sudden change in Anqing City irritated the Central China Expeditionary Army.

This place guarded the Yangtze River channel, forcing their logistical supplies to be transported by land, greatly reducing efficiency.

And this couldn't go on for long.

The supplies and reinforcements stationed in Nanjing were like sweet rain to the front lines.

Vice Admiral Mizutani Kiyoshi, commander of the Third Fleet, ordered the entire Third Fleet to prepare and set off for Anqing.

The Central China Expeditionary Army's land forces were now stretched thin and unable to send more troops to the front lines.

And Anqing was right on the Yangtze River, making it most suitable for naval operations.

Yan Junliu assigned this task to the Third Fleet.

This time, it was equivalent to sending the entire Third Fleet to escort 15,000 reinforcements from their homeland, preparing to send them all together.

Although the Japanese army's battles on the front lines were constantly advancing, their losses were not small.

Chiang Kai-shek was also having a hard time.

Wuhan had become the de facto capital.

Supplies, factories, and equipment evacuated from the Jiangzhe area were being urgently transferred to Chongqing.

Having learned the lessons of Nanjing, the Nationalist government was already mobilizing the people of Wuhan to evacuate.

For the defense of Wuhan, the Nationalist army's policy was to defend Wuhan but not to fight in Wuhan.

All the main forces were fighting the Japanese army outside Wuhan.

It was August in the South, and mosquitoes were rampant, flying, stinging, and biting everywhere.

Along with these bites came the epidemic – malaria.

Mosquitoes bit people indiscriminately, regardless of gender or nationality.

Malaria became prevalent in the Nationalist army and also in the Japanese army.

Although Lin Fan and his men had only entered the mountains and forests for two days, some people in the team were already experiencing alternating chills and fever.

This disease was commonly known as "shaking," but its scientific name was malaria.

It was not an easy disease to treat. The most important treatment at the time was quinine.

But this medicine was expensive and difficult to buy.

Lin Fan used the method of soaking artemisia in wine, giving the sick soldiers one or two *liang* of this green wine with each meal.

The straight-line distance from Anqing to Qianshan was less than a hundred *li*.

Lin Fan's march this time followed the Wan River.

They had only reached Huaining today.

But the most difficult part of the road was already behind them.

Now the Third Regiment was clearing the way ahead, truly opening roads through mountains and building bridges over water!

They were moving slowly in front, and the Second Regiment had caught up and rejoined the team this morning.

Although the Special Operations Brigade's advance was slow, everyone already knew that the First Regiment had won a great victory in Anqing.

Yesterday, they cooperated with the Second Regiment to capture Anqing, and today they independently annihilated two Japanese infantry battalions.

And shot down twelve Japanese planes, sunk three warships and twelve gunboats.

Such achievements naturally made everyone very happy.

Lin Fan also learned the detailed course of the battle from Chen Sichuan's report.

Chen Sichuan, a person who had never attended school and had not received systematic training, had a very open mind and had even thought of using rocket launchers to shoot down planes.

He really had a wild imagination.

But thinking about it, when a rocket launcher was fired, twelve rockets were launched at once.

It seemed that in terms of quantity, it did have an advantage, far better than a twin-barreled anti-aircraft gun.

Lin Fan felt that this was a topic that could be studied.

He specifically sent a telegram back, asking the research institute in Jurong to study how to install a delayed-action fuse on rockets when using them for air defense.

This would allow the rockets to explode in mid-air, without having to worry about them falling down and blowing themselves up if they missed the target.

The Special Operations Brigade was in action.

The Japanese army didn't stop either.

The Japanese Sixth Division, starting from Anhui, had captured Taihu County these days, and was working hard to attack Susong County, the next key defense area of the Fifth War Area.

At this time, Bai Chongxi, the acting commander of the Fifth War Area, was directing the Eighty-Fourth Army, the Sixty-Eighth Army, and the Thirty-First Army to resist step by step.

Under the command of Lieutenant General Inaba Shiro, the Sixth Division launched a fierce attack all the way.

A division of more than 20,000 men defeated the Nationalist army of 100,000 men head-on, causing them to retreat step by step.

Just today, Susong fell again.

On the night of August 2nd, the Special Operations Brigade finally arrived five kilometers southwest of Qianshan County.

After inquiring, they learned that there was only one Japanese company in the county.

Lin Fan hesitated for a moment, and now all officers above the regimental level were holding a meeting.

The First Regiment had already left Anqing at this time and was still ten kilometers away from the main force.

At the meeting, Lin Fan pointed to the two counties of Qianshan and Taihu on the map and said:

"There is only one Japanese company in Qianshan, and Taihu should be similar.

The Japanese have concentrated all their forces to attack, like a monkey carrying corn, and only have the strength to occupy one county town.

I suggest that the Third Regiment set off lightly tomorrow during the day, and we launch an attack on Qianshan and Taihu at the same time.

After occupying Qianshan and Taihu, the Sixth Regiment will attack Tongcheng, the Tenth Regiment will guard Qianshan, the Thirteenth Regiment will guard Taihu, and the remaining troops will attack the main force of the Sixth Division."

Jia Shusheng, the commander of the Third Regiment, stated:

"Brigade Commander! We can set off overnight and launch an attack at dawn tomorrow."

Lin Fan shook his head and rejected his proposal:

"The Japanese are guest troops here, and we are also guest troops. We are not familiar with the terrain. During the day, Mao Wenxing is watching from the sky, which can ensure that we are on the right road.

Marching in the dark at night, if we get lost, the soldiers will waste their energy and waste more time."

Only then did Jia Shusheng and the other regimental commanders understand why the brigade commander didn't use the night battles that the Special Operations Brigade liked to use most.

Lin Fan looked at the regimental commanders still gathered together and said with a smile: "Regimental Commander Li! You will lead the Tenth Regiment to guard Qianshan, and you must hurry to familiarize yourself with the surrounding terrain. We came from Anqing and walked out a path. We must prevent the Japanese from coming to attack from this direction.

Ye Dadan! Your Sixth Regiment will attack Tongcheng. After taking it down, if many Japanese come, you will fight a guerrilla war and retreat towards Qianshan. Don't fight the Japanese head-on.

Regimental Commander Shang, your Eleventh Regiment has the same task. Familiarize yourself with the surrounding terrain and be ready to meet the troops retreating from all directions at any time.

We only fight winning battles, but not battles that we are not sure of. Everyone here, every one of our soldiers, is very precious. Don't risk your lives with the Japanese for a moment of anger, but never run away when you see the Japanese.

Even if we run, we must fight the Japanese first, so that the Japanese will chase after us with blood and tears! And continue to bleed in the process of chasing! Understand?"

"Understood!" The voices of the regimental commanders were loud.

Hearing what the brigade commander said, everyone laughed.

On the morning of August 3rd, Jia Shusheng led the Third Regiment forward lightly.

The Third Regiment's rocket launcher regiment did not follow.

The twelve companies only lacked this rocket launcher company.

Nearly 2,000 men of the Third Regiment were advancing rapidly on the road.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the Third Regiment entered the attack position.

The First Regiment had already caught up with the main force's resting place and rejoined the team.

Chen Sichuan strongly demanded that the First Regiment participate in the attack on Qianshan.

Lin Fan said with a smile: "Ask Regimental Commander Si. The Fourth Regiment is attacking Qianshan."

Little Northeast looked at Chen Sichuan without saying a word.

Chen Sichuan said helplessly:

"The First Regiment will obey orders! Make sure to rest well!"

Not to mention that the First Regiment had just arrived from Anqing, even Liu Laopao's Second Regiment hadn't gotten the task of attacking Qianshan.

Only then was Little Northeast happy.

He smiled and said to Chen Sichuan:

"Brother Chen is indeed a big brother. As the commander of the First Regiment, his awareness is high."

While speaking, he was also looking at Liu Laopao.

After Lin Fan issued the order, Liu Laopao had been pestering him to participate in the attack on Qianshan.

When Lin Fan disagreed, he pestered Little Northeast, saying that when attacking Anqing, the Second Regiment only played a supporting role and did not participate in the battle at all.

Well, he took back all the words he said just the day before.

At this time, Lin Fan sent the first telegram after departure to the Fifth War Area.

The content of the telegram was simple:

"My brigade was ordered to go to the battlefield. After capturing Anqing, we sneaked all the way and have now entered the two counties of Qianshan and Taihu. We have entered the attack position and are preparing to launch an attack at two thirty today."

Bai Chongxi had been worried these two days.

He was commanding the Thirty-First Army, the Sixty-Eighth Army, and the Eightieth Army, and had been fighting very hard these days.

Each army was fighting with all its strength, but it was still being driven out of Qianshan, Taihu, and Susong step by step by the Japanese army.

Since yesterday, the Japanese army had been launching fierce attacks on Huangmei, and it looked like it was about to be unable to defend it.

The purpose of the Japanese army's attack along this route was of course Tianjiazhen, the last fortress on the Yangtze River in Wuhan.

Now the Japanese army was launching a fierce attack on Huangmei County.

Suddenly receiving the telegram from Lin Fan, he was overjoyed.

These days, he had been looking at the map every day.

After reading Lin Fan's telegram, he immediately began to think about the current battlefield situation.

The Japanese Sixth Division's supplies were now all coming from Tongcheng, Anhui.

If the Special Operations Brigade suddenly occupied the two counties of Qianshan and Taihu, cutting off the Japanese supply line, and he organized forces to block the exit, he could wipe out the entire Sixth Division in Huangmei.

Thinking of this, Bai Chongxi immediately replied:

"Agree to your strategic plan. Capture the two counties and hold them."

During the Battle of Xuzhou, Bai Chongxi had already dealt with Lin Fan.

He knew that this Special Operations Brigade was a team that could do what it said.

And their actions were often confidential.

He looked at the distance between Anqing and Qianshan on the map and shook his head with a wry smile.

Of course Bai Chongxi knew that capturing Anqing was a bit difficult.

Otherwise, the Nationalist army would have snatched it back long ago.

He didn't know how the Special Operations Brigade had walked the road from Anqing to Qianshan.

It must have been difficult!

He didn't think too much about it and ordered: "Convey to Commander Li, Commander Liu, and Commander Liao: The Special Operations Brigade of the Fifth War Area is attacking the two counties of Qianshan and Taihu. Let them close the door. Next, we will be in a position to beat the dog behind closed doors."

The Commander Li he was talking about referred to Li Pinxian, commander of the Eleventh Army Group.

Commander Liu was Liu Ruming, commander of the Twenty-Eighth Army Group and the Sixty-Eighth Army.

Commander Liao was Liao Lei, commander of the Twenty-First Army Group.

Since July 26th, these three commanders had been commanding their troops and fighting the Sixth Division fiercely.

Every unit was working hard, and now was the time to let these three commanders work hard.

On the afternoon of August 3rd, the Japanese army's offensive was still as fierce as ever.

The Sixty-Eighth Army defending Huangmei County was still holding on.

Hearing that friendly troops had appeared behind the Japanese army and had begun to attack the Japanese supply line, the Sixty-Eighth Army was full of morale from top to bottom.

Of course they knew that this was the time to beat the dog behind closed doors.

Little Northeast led the Fourth Regiment, and had moved to five *li* outside Qianshan City this morning, lying in ambush.

At the same time, he also sent out two companies to set up ambushes on the roads from Qianshan to Taihu and Tongcheng.

Waiting for the city attack to start, they would immediately block the roads.

Ye Dadan led the Sixth Regiment towards Tongcheng, and they had set off in the morning.

According to Lin Fan's order: "The Sixth Regiment will advance directly from the main road. Don't take the small roads anymore!"

Although the Special Operations Brigade didn't have mechanized equipment yet, each regiment still carried a lot of equipment.

If they continued to take the small roads, of course they could play a surprise role, but the difficulty of marching would be greatly increased, and the soldiers' physical strength would be consumed a lot more.

According to Mao Wenxing's reconnaissance, there were not many Japanese troops in Tongcheng either.

Only then did Lin Fan make such a decision.

Jia Shusheng's Third Regiment was attacking in the direction of Taihu County, and the Fourth Regiment could also not need to put out a guard company.

But for the sake of safety, Little Northeast still put out two companies to protect the two wings of the entire regiment.

At two thirty on August 3rd, Captain Mikawayasyo Nagao, who was staying in Qianshan County, suddenly heard gunfire outside the county town.

Startled, he quickly asked what was going on?

Although the Sixth Division's offensive these days had been able to advance step by step, in fact they had also suffered heavy losses, and in these newly occupied counties in the rear, they were unable to arrange more troops to defend them.

The gunfire came from the east and west sides of the county town.

Captain Mikawayasyo Nagao led a dozen or so Japanese soldiers and rushed towards the west.

He couldn't be in two places at once and could only choose one direction to take a look.

At first, he thought that local guerrillas had come to attack, and he didn't take it seriously.

What he didn't expect was that before he reached the west city wall, he heard the sound of artillery explosions in front of him.

Only regular troops had such weapons.

Captain Mikawayasyo Nagao felt a little flustered.

These days he had also fought the Nationalist army, and had also heard from the Japanese soldiers in the baggage train that the Nationalist army attacking in front of them was very brave.

Every step forward the Sixth Division took required the bones of brave warriors to pave the way.

If the troops attacking Qianshan were also like this, perhaps the Nationalist army would only need one regiment to capture it.

Captain Mikawayasyo Nagao had confidence in the combat effectiveness of his company and believed that he could resist the attack of two Nationalist army battalions.

At this moment, he had already rushed into West Street and could see the city gate and the city wall.

He saw at a glance that Nationalist army figures had already appeared on the city wall.

So fast?

Captain Mikawayasyo Nagao couldn't believe the facts before him.

Defending the west of the city was the squad of Daisyo Kinosuke.

This was a special arrangement made by Captain Mikawayasyo.

Squad Leader Daisyo Kinosuke was brave in combat, and his squad still had fifty Japanese soldiers.

A company only had three squads.

Captain Mikawayasyo Nagao had arranged a squad each in the east and west of the city.

Only one squad was arranged in the south and north of the city.

He had always known that if a team that didn't know his defense situation attacked, it must be attacking from the east or west of the city.

He had obviously strengthened his troops here, but in the end, he was attacked on the city wall in five minutes.

Was the squad of Daisyo Kinosuke made of wood?

...

Squad Leader Daisyo Kinosuke was fighting a Nationalist army soldier with bayonets at this time.

He was also very helpless!

Although his squad had heavy machine guns, light machine guns, and even three grenade launchers, the attacking team had ten heavy machine guns lined up.

And that wasn't all. They also had the same number of mortars.

With just such weapons, he had been able to suppress his squad to death.

Squad Leader Daisyo Kinosuke personally saw Sergeant Mikawa Tomoura being suppressed.

Feeling that the attacking Nationalist army was getting closer and closer, he quietly poked his head out, wanting to shoot with his machine gun.

Before Sergeant Mikawa Tomoura could hold his machine gun in the firing position, his head was blown off by a bullet flying from the front.

Red blood and white brains splattered all over the ground.

Another Sergeant, Shirakawa Shiro, had the same ending.

As soon as his head was poked out, it was blown open.

Squad Leader Daisyo Kinosuke could still see his brains jumping, as if cheering that he had finally seen the light of day.

Even in such circumstances, none of the Japanese soldiers in the entire squad of Daisyo Kinosuke escaped.

They were all lurking behind the battlements, waiting for the attacking Nationalist army to come up.

Song Jin, the company commander of the First Company of the Fourth Regiment, didn't give the Japanese a chance to breathe at all.

Little Northeast now had twelve companies under his command, including ten infantry companies.

Today, when he attacked Qianshan, in addition to the two companies going to the east and west to snipe at possible reinforcements, the remaining eight companies were attacking two companies in one direction at the same time.

If the First Company and the Second Company were placed half a year ago, they must have been the two most elite companies in the entire regiment.

Through half a year of training, the combat effectiveness of the entire regiment had all caught up.

Each company was about the same.

Today, the First Company and the Second Company were attacking the west of the city.

Song Jin, the company commander of the First Company, and Pu Liangce, the company commander of the Second Company, were holding their breath and determined to let the regimental commander see that the First Company and the Second Company were still the most capable in the entire regiment.

Both companies pushed the heavy machine guns to 300 meters in front of the city wall, suppressing the Japanese soldiers on the city wall, and mortars and infantry guns were also fired at close range.

From the beginning of the battle, the remaining soldiers of the two companies had been charging and had never stopped.

They crossed the moat, rushed up the city wall, and looked at the Japanese soldiers hiding behind the battlements with red eyes.

They were all hunched over, holding bayonets on their rifles, obviously these Japanese soldiers were waiting here.

Song Jin led the First Company to attack the left side of the city gate, and Pu Liangce led the Second Company to attack the right side of the city gate.

They were all rushing in the front.

Seeing that the Japanese didn't care about the firepower and couldn't compete with it, they wanted to fight bayonets with them.

Song Jin was happy and shouted:

"Kill!"

The bayonet in his hand stabbed at the nearest Japanese soldier.

The Japanese soldiers on the city wall hadn't waited long, but they were suppressed behind the battlements and squatted down, but they felt that time was passing too slowly, as if a century had passed.

Now that the two sides were engaged in close combat, the machine guns and mortars outside the city stopped attacking.

The Japanese soldiers also shouted and rushed over.

The Japanese soldier opposite Song Jin was less than 1.5 meters tall, but his waist was almost 1.5 meters wide.

This kind of body shape was obviously a person who trained often.

Squad Leader Kuraki Takeo shouted and blocked the rifle in his hand forward.

He had confidence in himself. He was the most powerful in the entire company when it came to fighting with bayonets.

The tall man in front of him was not scary!

Song Jin was a little surprised when the rifle in his hand was blocked by the round melon-like Japanese soldier: He could actually take a knife?

Then come again.

Song Jin shouted again: "Kill!"

The bayonet in his hand stabbed out like lightning.

Kuraki Takeo had just received a trick and didn't have time to fight back.

The opponent came again!

He had to continue to parry.

The third knife came again! At this time, Ono Taro beside Kuraki Takeo had fallen.

He was stabbed down by Yu Guanghe, and Yu Guanghe saw that the company commander was still entangled with a short melon, so he stabbed him from behind, from the back to the chest.

Song Jin's fourth knife came again, and Kuraki Takeo, who had already been stabbed once, was unable to parry any longer.

He looked at Song Jin with difficulty: "You don't have *wude*!"

Song Jin laughed loudly: "It's because you only have pig teammates!"

Kuraki Takeo looked at Ono Taro, who had already fallen on the ground, and was speechless all of a sudden.

Yu Guanghe pulled out the bayonet and added another knife:

"Company commander! This Japanese soldier has a long life. He was given four knives and he still hasn't fallen!"

Song Jin smiled:

"You kid deliberately used the bayonet to hold him up, so of course he couldn't fall."

Yu Guanghe smiled, pulled out the bayonet.

Song Jin also pulled out the bayonet and kicked it out.

Kuraki Takeo fell to the ground and was immediately stepped on by Song Jin and rushed forward.

Song Jin had delayed a little longer on this Japanese soldier.

Originally, there were not enough Japanese soldiers on the city wall.

Now that he rushed up again, there were no opponents.

He could only order: "Open the city gate!"

While speaking, the soldiers of the Second Company were already opening the door.

Song Jin suddenly saw a group of more than a dozen Japanese soldiers from Captain Mikawayasyo Nagao who had just arrived from West Street.

He immediately ordered: "Japanese soldiers! There are still Japanese soldiers in front. Chase after them!"

Song Jin was afraid that the Japanese soldiers would run away! Captain Mikawayasyo Nagao did start to turn around.

He ran towards the east of the city.

But he also understood that it would definitely not work to run with the Japanese soldiers like this.

Captain Mikawayasyo Nagao ordered:

"Ono! Kamito! You stay behind to block. Retreat to the east of the city in five minutes!"

Ono Yuki and Kamito Tadashi quickly:

"Hai!"

Accepted the order.

The two Japanese soldiers hid on both sides of the street, one left and one right, and began to shoot at the First Company that was chasing after them.

Song Jin watched the cooked duck about to fly away and ordered anxiously: "Rockets!"

"Boom! Boom!"

Two rockets flew out, and Ono Yuki and Kamito Tadashi did not last a minute before flying into the sky.

Captain Mikawayasyo Nagao looked back at a section of thigh flying in the air.

He didn't hug it! He just shouted: "Speed up!"

Song Jin, who was chasing behind, looked at the dozen or so Japanese soldiers who had already run more than 200 meters away.

He still used the same old trick: "Rockets!"

"Boom!" This time it was one.

The rockets were being fired, but Company Commander Song's pursuit did not stop for half a minute.

Captain Mikawayasyo Nagao heard the shouts coming from behind, and without waiting to turn around, he suddenly pounced forward and felt a heat wave behind him.

The violent heat wave pushed him forward.

This time he could no longer stand up.

He didn't know how long it had been before Captain Mikawayasyo Nagao opened his eyes.

Hearing dense footsteps coming from behind, he turned around and saw that the Nationalist army who had just been chasing him had run to a position less than 20 meters away.

With difficulty, Mikawayasyo Nagao stretched out his hand, wanting to take out his pistol to resist.

But he felt weak all over and couldn't move at all.

At this time, Captain Mikawayasyo Nagao shed tears of humiliation.

He thought that he was about to become the greatest shame of the Sixth Division: He would be captured by this Nationalist army.

After all, a dignified captain was already considered a figure.

His hands could not move, but his head was still watching the Nationalist army soldiers rushing up.

Those soldiers did not have *wude* at all, and the bayonets in their hands were used to stab the Japanese soldiers who had fallen on the ground.

"No!"

Captain Mikawayasyo Nagao shouted.

Just now he didn't want to become a prisoner.

Now that he saw that the Nationalist army had no intention of taking prisoners at all, he felt scared again.

If he could, he should still be taken in, right?

Song Jin obviously didn't have too many thoughts.

He only had one thought: Dead Japanese soldiers are good Japanese soldiers!

Whether the Japanese soldier in front of him was an ordinary Japanese soldier or a captain, Song Jin would send him a knife!

The Fourth Regiment's attack on Qianshan took less than half an hour, but they did not rest, not even for five minutes.

Lin Fan had already led the large army into the city.

The task of defending here was handed over to the Tenth Regiment.

The main force of the Special Operations Brigade immediately advanced towards Taihu County.

The two places were a full sixty *li* apart, and although the road was a bit far, it had been repaired by the Japanese army.

The large army advanced very quickly.

This time, Lin Fan ordered:

"Everyone march quickly! We must reach Taihu by seven o'clock tonight."

The Third Regiment's attack on Taihu County was not much different from the Fourth Regiment's.

The only difference was that he had placed two companies between Taihu and Susong.

The difficulty of attacking Taihu was not great, and it would not be more difficult than Qianshan.

It was just that Taihu was closer to Susong.

In order to prevent the Japanese army from sending reinforcements from the front line to cause trouble, Jia Shusheng had specially added a company.

Lieutenant General Inaba Shiro of the Japanese Sixth Division had also only placed one company in Taihu, and Captain Kaneya Isamu was clearly a bit luckier.

When the Third Regiment attacked, he happened to be in the west of the city.

Captain Kaneya Isamu also placed a full squad in the west of the city.

The squad of Yanashita Kotaro, with a full fifty-four Japanese soldiers, plus the twelve Japanese soldiers led by Captain Kaneya Isamu, had sixty-six Japanese soldiers guarding the west of the city.

Captain Kaneya Isamu looked at the officers and soldiers of the Third Regiment who were charging and didn't think that his troops were enough.

He was in the west of the city, and after the gunfire rang out, Captain Kaneya Isamu could no longer hear the gunfire coming from other places.

Although he felt a little flustered in his heart, he still had a little confidence.

After all, he had the most powerful force in this direction.

Captain Kaneya Isamu was still rejoicing that the Nationalist army had not attacked from the south and north of the city.

If that was the case, the south and north of the city would have been taken down by this team.

What he didn't know was that at this time, not only the south and north of Taihu County were being attacked, but also the east had two companies attacking.

And the defenses in the south and north of the city were already crumbling.

After all, there were only twenty or so Japanese soldiers guarding these two directions.

And what they were facing was a team that had been training in Jurong for a full six months.

Captain Kaneya Isamu pointed to the soldiers of the Third Regiment who were charging forward and ordered loudly:

"Shoot! Shoot!"

The machine guns of Yanashita Kotaro's squad fired, their grenade launchers also fired, and the infantrymen also fired their Type 38 rifles.

Next, the First Company and the Second Company of the Third Regiment also fired.

Na Wenxuan, the company commander of the First Company, and Gu Xiangdi, the company commander of the Second Company, did not let the Japanese firepower continue to shoot.

The two companies attacked the west of the city together, which was the greatest respect for the Japanese army.

When the ten heavy machine guns fired, they had already suppressed the Japanese firepower, and mortars, infantry guns, and rocket launchers were all fired at the Japanese soldiers on the city wall.

As soon as the two sides exchanged fire, Yanashita Kotaro's squad's shooting was suppressed.

In an instant, the entire city wall was filled with smoke from exploding shells, and more than a dozen Japanese soldiers were killed or injured.

The First Company and the Second Company, who were charging outside the city, did not stop at all.

They were carrying bamboo ladders and charging quickly, approaching the city wall of Taihu County.

Captain Kaneya Isamu, who was on the city wall, watched the shells exploding densely on the city wall and was no longer able to order his men to shoot outwards.

He had seen clearly that as long as the soldiers shot outwards, they would immediately attract dense artillery fire.

This made him have to change his combat method:

Captain Kaneya Isamu ordered loudly:

"Fix bayonets! Prepare for bayonet fighting!"

The team of only forty or so Japanese soldiers was preparing to fight with bayonets in the face of artillery fire.

Even if they were preparing to fight with bayonets, the bombing from outside the city continued, and these Japanese soldiers continued to die.

As soon as the shelling stopped, soldiers from the First Company and the Second Company had already appeared on the city head of Taihu County.

"Kill!"

The soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade shouted and stabbed the Japanese soldiers.

The Japanese soldiers also shouted and resisted.

Five minutes ago, there were still sixty-six Japanese soldiers on the city head, but now there were less than thirty.

These less than thirty Japanese soldiers had to parry the stabbing attacks of two companies of 200 soldiers.

Captain Kaneya Isamu, Squad Leader Yanashita Kotaro and the Japanese soldiers under them were all wiped out under the attack of the First Company and the Second Company without even causing a ripple.

At this time, the four companies attacking the south and north of the city had all rushed into Taihu County and blocked the baggage train that was transporting supplies to Susong.

This baggage train, facing the soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade who rushed in, even if they wanted to escape, had no way to go to heaven or earth.

All the personnel transporting these supplies were puppet soldiers, and not a single Japanese soldier.

These puppet soldiers did not escape or run when they saw the soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade rushing up.

They honestly squatted down in place.

After asking, Jia Shusheng learned that the Sixth Division had suffered heavy losses, and Division Commander Inaba Shiro had transferred all the Japanese soldiers to the front line to fight.

All the baggage supply matters were handed over to the puppet soldiers to ensure.

After Lin Fan received the news that the Third Regiment had occupied Taihu County and had also blocked a supply team of the Japanese army, he immediately ordered the Third Regiment to leave two companies to defend Taihu County, keep an eye on the puppet soldiers, and keep an eye on the supply materials.

The remaining companies were deployed along the road from Susong to Taihu, preparing to meet the Japanese army's counterattack!

Taihu was in front of Susong, which was the territory that the Japanese army had just occupied.

There were Japanese reserves and hospitals here.

If the Japanese army knew that the supplies had been cut off, they would definitely turn around and try to snatch them back.

Further ahead in Huangmei, the Japanese army was concentrating its forces to attack.

Qianshan to Taihu was a full sixty *li*, and Susong to Taihu was even further, a full ninety *li*.

Lin Fan was leading the main force of the Special Operations Brigade on their way, and Lieutenant General Inaba Shiro of the Japanese Sixth Division suddenly received a report that his supply line had been cut off by the Nationalist army, and the two counties of Taihu and Qianshan had been snatched back by the Nationalist army.

This was not good news.

Lieutenant General Okamura Yasuji, commander of the Japanese Eleventh Army, heard the news and quickly ordered the troops to find a way to open up a second supply route for the Sixth Division.

At the same time, he strictly ordered the Sixth Division to immediately send troops to recover Taihu and Qianshan.

Okamura Yasuji also understood something about this suddenly appearing team: This was the team that had disappeared in Anqing.

When Vice Admiral Hasegawa Kiyoshi, commander of the Third Fleet, led all the warships of the entire Third Fleet to Anqing, he found that there was not a single Nationalist army soldier in the entire city.

He asked the people in the city and learned that the team had disappeared.

He didn't know where they had gone.

Now Okamura Yasuji, Yan Junliu, and Hasegawa Kiyoshi