Lin Fan personally led people to Shanghai and emptied thirteen Japanese banks.

The supplies brought back were sorted in the warehouse that had been rented last year.

According to their respective abilities,

they were distributed to the side that could maximize the effect of these supplies.

There were four parties truly involved in this operation.

The initial spark was ignited by Dai Li from the Military Intelligence Bureau,

and they also provided the firsthand information.

Lin Fan was a man of principles:

according to the principle of "everyone gets a share in the tiger hunt,"

he also prepared a share of the benefits for the Military Intelligence Bureau.

Pan Hannian also received the benefits sent by Lin Fan,

three million in legal tender.

Cooperating with Lin Fan was Pan Hannian's favorite thing to do,

this kid dared to act and knew how to handle things.

Each time they cooperated, not only did they not use the organization's funds,

but they were often able to recover a large amount of money.

This time, not only did they recover three million in cash at once,

but there were also some deposit slip originals from the Japanese banks.

Of course, they didn't need to forge these deposit slips with originals to withdraw money,

that would be immoral!

This kind of thing had been done once last year,

so this time it was a familiar routine.

If they were to do it, they would forge some deposit slips with no originals at all to withdraw money from the Japanese banks.

For slips with stubs, the depositor would come to withdraw money.

This could easily cause the embarrassment of the same deposit slip being used to withdraw money twice,

that wouldn't be good! Completely forging a new deposit slip to withdraw money

would not cause any trouble.

Du Yuesheng's Green Gang gave Lin Fan the Japanese defense map of Shanghai,

although it wasn't used,

they kept sending news afterward,

helping to cover up,

which made the Japanese's vigorous search during this period completely ineffective.

Originally, with Zhang Xiaolin's help in Shanghai,

the Japanese were no worse than Du Yuesheng in terms of gathering information.

It's just that Zhang Xiaolin had recently died,

and many people suspected that the Japanese had done it.

This made it very difficult for the Japanese to gather information this time,

or even impossible to receive any news.

People like Lin Fan who suddenly came to Shanghai,

and were a group of people gathered together,

would have been easily discovered.

Now, with Du Yuesheng's cover,

and the Zhang Xiaolin forces, who were originally on good terms with the Japanese, now estranged from them,

Lin Fan and his group were now completely invisible to the Japanese.

The Japanese were frantically issuing rewards throughout Central China,

seeking clues to find the perpetrators.

But the effect was zero.

In fact, the gift Lin Fan gave to Du Yuesheng was the most valuable,

after all, they had professional skills,

the gangsters were the most professional in debt collection.

Not to mention the founding father of the gangsters!

When Lin Fan inquired about the Japanese military deployment map in Shanghai,

Du Yuesheng's chief manager, Wan Molin, had secretly recalled the group from last year.

They analyzed that the Special Operations Brigade could not attack Shanghai,

so what was Lin Fan preparing to do with such a deployment map?

Wan Molin's preparations were indeed efficient,

they immediately started acting on the account books Lin Fan sent over.

When the Japanese banks in Shanghai finally opened after the theft,

thousands of Du Yuesheng's disciples,

each holding a deposit slip, flocked to withdraw money.

Pan Hannian was not polite either,

he also distributed a batch of deposit slips.

These deposit slips came from the same printing factory as those used by the Japanese banks.

The ink used was the same brand and model.

The handwriting was filled in by specially invited experts after practicing.

The seals used were the bank's own.

Lin Fan had brought all these things from the bank,

they were all real, except for the teller who filled in the amount.

No one could distinguish the authenticity of such deposit slips.

...

The Central China Expeditionary Army and the puppet government under Japanese control were both vigorously organizing manpower to investigate the case.

The Japanese Tokko (special higher police) were also in action, determined to find the people this time.

The reward was getting higher and higher, but no truly useful information was coming up.

Even the most daring people, as long as they thought about those who could rob thirteen banks in one night,

wouldn't that be something that ordinary people or forces could provoke?

Most people guessed that Dai Li did it.

The Japanese initially focused their main suspicion on them,

but the Japanese received definite news from within:

the Military Intelligence Bureau had not taken action, and all the assassinations that had occurred during this period were unrelated to the Military Intelligence Bureau.

Such things as insiders

are a case of you in me,

and me in you.

Originally, the Japanese were actively preparing to retaliate against the Military Intelligence Bureau.

The plan had been made,

but this news came.

This news did not stop the Japanese action,

they now urgently needed a target for retaliation,

to convey their anger to the outside world.

Lin Fan was now on his way back to the base.

This time, the Japanese had put a lot of effort into attacking Wuhan.

The Japanese Central China Expeditionary Army sent four divisions to participate,

which made their forces left in the occupied areas behind even smaller.

The Japanese now only protected the railway lines,

as for the countryside, in the eyes of the Japanese:

let them live and die on their own!

Because in the countryside now,

after the war, those weapons and ammunition abandoned by the National Revolutionary Army,

were collected by many kind-hearted people in the countryside.

At that time, they did not dare to attack the Japanese,

but now these guns were used to attack ordinary people,

and the effect was outstanding.

Lin Fan and his group of hundreds of people traveled all the way,

but no ignorant bandits jumped out to sing:

"I opened this road, I planted this tree!"

Such lines.

This allowed Lin Fan to return to Jurong without any disturbances along the way.

The first thing to do after returning to the base

was still to raise food!

Although Lin Fan directly threatened those grain merchants,

if the purchase price of those grain merchants increased,

they could not sell at a loss.

It's just that grain was not easy to buy now,

the war was still going on,

and even the most stupid people knew to store grain for famine.

Of course, Lin Fan's vision was not comparable to ordinary people,

his eyes went beyond this country,

and the place that could provide grain now was of course the United States across the sea.

They were having difficulties there now.

Shang Yuegui, who was still in the United States, now had not only the title of a beautiful writer,

but also established a trading company,

specializing in exporting grain to Lin Fan.

A major power of pure agricultural country,

Shang Yuegui was actually going to sell grain to such a country.

No one was competing with her for such business,

and many people were waiting to see her jokes.

But she had the capital,

and now the royalties from her book were enough to squander.

Lin Fan had always wanted to buy grain from abroad,

which was why he did not prohibit the sale of grain from the base.

After all, the area occupied by the Special Operations Brigade was the main source of grain for the entire Suzhou and Shanghai.

If it were not for the Yellow River breach, the famine would not have actually occurred.

It's just that this time the Yellow River breach,

was completely man-made, and came suddenly, without any ordinary people being prepared.

Up to now, a full twelve million people had been affected, and four million people had left their homes.

Such a large population was simply not something that the Lunan base and Jurong base could accommodate.

Lin Fan's plan for the two bases was: to resettle at least one million disaster victims.

At any time, the population base was war potential.

A country without a large population reserve

was asking for death to launch a battle.

Just like the Japanese now, the war they launched.

The original plan was to fight for three months and stop as soon as they found the Wufuxian (Wuxi-Fushan line).

The plan was perfect, but it was difficult to control in practice.

First of all, the Japanese underestimated Chiang Kai-shek's determination to resist Japan,

and secondly, they overestimated their control over their army.

The result was that the resistance organized by Chiang Kai-shek never stopped,

and the Japanese front-line troops broke the bottom line again and again.

The consequence of this was: the Japanese in the front were fighting well,

but it was piled up with money.

The economic situation in Japan further deteriorated, and this war was completely not worth the loss for the Japanese.

It's just that the war machine had already started, and it was not something that one or a few Japanese could control.

Howard Hughes, whom Lin Fan had been waiting for in Jurong, finally arrived.

He led a fleet of thirteen aircraft to visit Jurong,

and the Japanese knew he was going to Jurong,

not only did they not stop him, but they even sent a fighter squadron to escort him.

This was a super-rich man, and his every move could cause a big wave in the world.

This matter also fully illustrated the power of money:

no matter how much the Japanese hated this National Revolutionary Army team in Jurong,

no matter how unwilling they were to let Howard Hughes go to Jurong,

when Howard Hughes made it clear that the itinerary could not be changed,

the Japanese had to make a gesture to escort him.

Now in the skies over this area of Central China,

as long as the Japanese planes did not make trouble,

not many planes would make trouble for Howard Hughes's fleet.

Although the planes of the Special Operations Brigade trained every day,

they rarely flew out of their base,

and more of their flight direction was towards Jiangxi,

flying towards Wuhan.

Howard Hughes's purpose in coming to Jurong was very simple:

he was looking for Lin Fan to discuss the most advanced aircraft in the world.

For this point, Lin Fan could only offer his past knowledge.

Apart from this, in front of this crazy aviator,

there was nothing else he could offer in front of a genius inventor.

Howard Hughes stayed in Jurong for five days,

and talked with Lin Fan for at least sixty hours.

He heard from Lin Fan about the prospects of jet aircraft,

and heard that in the future, when people go out on long journeys,

the first choice to cross the ocean was passenger planes.

Howard Hughes also gave Lin Fan a lot of advice on the current aircraft manufacturing plant.

From the protruding height of the nuts on the plane to the position of the machine guns on the plane.

The two talked a lot and saw a lot.

Howard Hughes was very interested in Lin Fan's new establishment of an industrial system in his territory.

He invested in a special steel plant and an engine plant.

Cooperating with the Special Operations Brigade to run an aircraft design institute and an aircraft manufacturing plant.

These were all things Lin Fan wanted to build the most.

Five days later, Howard Hughes left Jurong,

and as soon as they flew out of Lin Fan's territory,

Japanese planes escorted them.

During these days, Yan Junliu, commander of the Japanese Central China Expeditionary Army, conveyed a personal letter from their royal family inviting Howard Hughes to visit.

Howard Hughes declined on the pretext that he was going back to his country to shoot a new movie.

Since June, the Japanese offensive against Wuhan had become more and more fierce.

It was now July 15th.

The Fifth War Zone retreated from Xuzhou, defending and retreating all the way.

Now it was responsible for the defense of the north bank of the Yangtze River.

After the Japanese occupied Anqing on June 12, they went straight along the Yangtze River.

During this period, they advanced all the way on the south bank of the Yangtze River, breaking through the lines of defense set up by the National Revolutionary Army heavy troops.

Although the north bank of the Yangtze River had not been greatly impacted for the time being,

Li Zongren still felt great pressure.

As early as the beginning of July, he ordered the Special Operations Brigade:

commanded Lin Fan to lead the Special Operations Brigade to gather in Jiangbei (north of the Yangtze River).

Li Zongren attached great importance to the combat effectiveness of the Special Operations Brigade and Lin Fan's command ability.

It's just that at that time, Lin Fan had accepted Dai Li's task,

and had been too busy on the road to weeding out traitors.

Although Lin Fan's task was arranged by Dai Li,

it was approved by Chiang Kai-shek.

Li Zongren could not say anything about this.

During the days when Lin Fan came back from Shanghai,

the Special Operations Brigade began to prepare to set off.

This time it was different from usual,

the Special Operations Brigade was now going to Jiangbei,

either from the Jurong base, along the road on the south bank of the Yangtze River to Wuhan,

and then cross the river from Wuhan to the defense zone of the Fifth War Zone.

It would take at least a month to travel this way.

When Lin Fan made the plan, he decided not to take the usual route.

The Special Operations Brigade decided to cross the river directly from Wuhu,

and go all the way along the north bank of the Yangtze River.

In order to achieve this goal,

Lin Fan urgently purchased two hundred walkie-talkies,

and distributed them to the companies of the regiments to be dispatched.

At the same time, the Special Operations Brigade urgently transferred the First Regiment, Second Regiment, Third Regiment, Fourth Regiment, Sixth Regiment, Eighth Regiment, Tenth Regiment, Thirteenth Regiment, Fourteenth Regiment, and Fifteenth Regiment, a total of nine infantry regiments, and one artillery regiment.

A logistics regiment of 5,000 people and a medical regiment of 500 people were also organized.

A total of more than 20,000 people.

Ten regular regiments were transferred from various defense areas, and only three infantry regiments, one artillery regiment, half a medical regiment, an aviation squadron, and a Taihu naval force were left in the entire base.

Lin Fan also had considerations for doing so:

Now that all the Japanese troops were in Wuhan,

the rear was empty, and the pressure on the base was not great, and five regiments could support it.

Moreover, starting from the mobilization of these ten regiments, the militia of the security regiments in various places in the base had begun to gather.

All were reorganized into the Jurong Local Security Detachment of the Special Operations Brigade.

This detachment was managed and trained in the same way as regular troops.

Each county had to form a team of 1,500 to 3,000 people.

Participate in training every day and be ready to fight the invading Japanese at any time.

All the soldiers of the Jurong Local Security Detachment

enjoyed exactly the same treatment as the soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade.

Meat every day, enough food, and monthly pay.

This treatment made the refugees who had just arrived in Jurong envious.

However, the Special Operations Brigade clearly stipulated that: those who joined the Jurong Security Detachment

must have six months of militia experience.

However, the disaster victims could join the militia team of the Special Operations Brigade.

When they first joined the militia, there was a centralized training for seven days.

After the training, there were four days of centralized training every month.

Usually, they just did half an hour of morning exercises at the entrance of the village or in the factory in the morning.

For the training of the militia, the Special Operations Brigade gave out clothing to those militiamen who had served for a full month

and could continue to persevere,

and gave out five yuan of living allowance every month, and meat every day and enough white rice during training.

In particular, the Special Operations Brigade required the militia to be between the ages of fourteen and fifty, both men and women.

This made almost all the disaster victims who had just entered Jurong want to sign up to join the militia.

For nothing else, just for the full meal and meat in the seven days of training at the beginning.

Lin Fan did not expect such a scene.

He did not expect that such an action of his would

suddenly create hundreds of thousands of militiamen in the base.

The Special Operations Brigade actually dispatched nine infantry regiments, one artillery regiment, a 5,000-man logistics regiment, and a medical regiment this time.

This 5,000-man logistics regiment was all members of the security detachment transferred from various counties.

Everyone carried a gun, and each of them had fired hundreds of bullets.

It's just that they had not participated in actual combat.

The logistics regiment was also equipped with walkie-talkies for each company.

At this time, the walkie-talkies were still very large, weighing more than thirty pounds.

With all preparations in place, on the night of July 24,

a team of more than 20,000 people began to cross the river.

This time, the entire artillery regiment was dispatched,

and each infantry regiment was also equipped with four 12-tube rocket launchers.

The entire team had a lot of mechanized equipment.

These machines were mainly reflected in the increased use of tractors.

After Mao Wenxing's plane landed,

it was pushed onto a specially made towing vehicle,

so that it could be easily carried away.

The marching speed of the team of more than 20,000 people was not slow.

They did not encounter any Japanese troops along the way.

The entire team walked quietly,

marching sixty *li* (30 km) on the first day.

The team arrived at a place called Guanqiao Village.

The villagers here still maintained the appearance of the National Revolutionary Army.

No Japanese troops had ever come to their place,

but they already knew that the Japanese had occupied Hefei,

and also occupied Tongling further up.

There were not many people in this village,

only more than 300.

But when these people knew that Lin Fan and his troops were going to fight the Japanese,

they were very enthusiastic, and the village chief slaughtered a pig to comfort the army.

Lin Fan insisted on paying according to the market price,

and also paid to buy vegetables from the villagers' homes.

The Special Operations Brigade had just withdrawn so much money from the Japanese banks,

so they were not short of money.

On this march, it was very necessary to replenish grain, vegetables, and meat.

Although the Special Operations Brigade brought a lot of grain with them, Lin Fan's plan was to avoid using the reserve grain as much as possible.

The villagers saw that this team was actually paying to buy pigs.

Immediately, someone boldly asked the soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade if they still wanted any?

Their families had pigs,

as well as some chickens, ducks, and fish.

Of course, the villagers were unwilling to give it to this team for free.

But they were very willing to sell it like this at the market price.

There was no other reason, Lin Fan's price was the price in the base area.

The current living standards in the base area were obviously better than in other parts of the country,

which also made the prices of goods higher than in other places.

The market price given by Lin Fan was 30% higher than the actual selling price of these villagers.

Of course, they were willing to sell.

Later, when they heard that Lin Fan and his troops were going to buy grain,

these villagers were even happier.

Lin Fan did not expect that the power of money was so magical.

On his march,

he could also get complete replenishment.

When Lin Fan and his troops set off the next day,

these villagers were still a little reluctant.

Yesterday, Lin Fan and his troops had bought all the pigs and chickens in the village.

The same was true for vegetables.

Today, these villagers were waiting for the market day to come soon,

so that they could buy some piglets and chicks to replace them.

As for grain, they did not feel the need to replenish it.

It took ten days for Lin Fan to lead his troops to the territory of Anqing.

They stopped at Huangzhuang, which was ten *li* (5 km) away from Anqing County.

Anqing County was originally defended by Yang Sen, who led the 27th Army Group.

This was a Sichuan army team, and they made their first appearance on the Shanghai battlefield

at the Duntusi (Sudden Enlightenment Temple).

They created the feat of a regimental commander being promoted three levels in one day.

As a result, this time in Anqing, on the night of June 11,

the Japanese Botian Detachment took advantage of the heavy rain and night to

drive Yang Sen out of Anqing City overnight.

This made Chiang Kai-shek very angry.

Now Lin Fan was leading his troops to the edge of Anqing City.

It was now July 29th.

These days, the Japanese offensive had become more and more fierce,

and the defense line of the Fifth War Zone had been retreating steadily.

Li Zongren strongly demanded that Lin Fan give the Japanese a knife in the back,

so that the Fifth War Zone could catch its breath.

On the day Lin Fan sent troops, the Japanese 11th Army's 6th Division also moved out.

Under the command of Division Commander Inaba Shiro, the Japanese 6th Division

fought all the way and successively broke through the defense lines of the 31st Army, 68th Army, and 84th Army of the Fifth War Zone, and successively occupied Taihu and Susong.

Now they were attacking Huangmei fiercely.

Lin Fan decided to occupy Anqing to reduce the pressure on the Fifth War Zone,

and attract some of the Japanese to turn back.

On July 29, the Special Operations Brigade Expeditionary Force, which had been marching for five consecutive days, rested overnight in Huangzhuang.

According to the situation Mao Wenxing scouted the day before,

there were not many Japanese troops stationed in Anqing.

Between a company and a battalion.

Lin Fan looked at Anqing on the map and looked towards Qianshan.

From the current location of the Special Operations Brigade to Qianshan was only one hundred *li* (50 km).

If they could suddenly attack from behind the Japanese and occupy Qianshan,

cutting off the 6th Division's land retreat route,

the Fifth War Zone would attack from the front, and they would attack from the back.

Thinking of this, Lin Fan made a plan.

He ordered the First Regiment and Second Regiment to attack Anqing tomorrow,

and the remaining regiments to advance to Qianshan.

On the morning of July 30, Captain Takahashi Seijiro, who was stationed in Anqing City, practiced slashing in the courtyard as usual.

He was a very fond of *kendo* (Japanese sword art),

and when he was a child, his family was poor and he had no chance to learn from a *kendo* master.

It was not until he entered the Japanese military academy

that he had the opportunity to contact some *kendo* masters.

Although it was too late to start practicing *kendo* at the age of twenty,

he still insisted on exercising every day, treating it as a sport.

Today, as soon as he made a starting stance,

he heard a dense sound of gunfire outside the city.

Since occupying this place in June, his battalion had not heard any gunfire in more than a month.

"Where is it?" Takahashi Seijiro was a little nervous.

Anqing was a big city, so a battalion was stationed there.

Now there was gunfire, and the gunfire was getting more and more intense.

Captain Takahashi Seijiro soon learned from the phone:

"There are National Revolutionary Army troops attacking in the east and north of the city."

Captain Takahashi Seijiro had stationed a squad of Japanese troops and a battalion of puppet troops on each city wall to defend.

But from the information he had just received,

it turned out that the attackers were regular troops of the National Revolutionary Army,

and at least a battalion.

This surprised Captain Takahashi Seijiro:

when did the National Revolutionary Army become so bold?

Two battalions dared to attack the city?

Chen Sichuan was commanding the First Regiment and had already climbed the city wall.

The Japanese troops were fighting smoothly on the front line,

and these Japanese troops in the rear had no pressure at all.

They did not discover it until the attacking team of the First Regiment rushed to a distance of 200 meters from the city.

When the Japanese and puppet troops opened fire,

the First Regiment also opened fire.

Mortars and infantry guns fired at the same time,

instantly suppressing the firepower on the city wall.

The First Company, Second Company, and Third Company, carrying siege ladders,

charged forward in nine directions from the east city wall.

Behind these three companies, there were three companies covering them.

According to Lin Fan's plan, the First Regiment and Second Regiment were to occupy Anqing this morning,

and then the Second Regiment would catch up with the main force,

and the First Regiment would have to defend here for a day, and set off at night tomorrow to catch up with the main force.

In order to capture Anqing as quickly as possible,

the Second Regiment's actions were not slow at all:

Liu Laopao (Old Liu), who commanded the Second Regiment,

had not fought a battle for half a year.

During this half year,

the Second Regiment trained every day. Strictly speaking,

the current Second Regiment was even stronger in combat effectiveness than the First Regiment.

After all, four main companies of the First Regiment had been transferred to the Lunan Detachment.

It was precisely because he knew this

that if he let the First Regiment be the first to attack into Anqing City today,

Liu Laopao would not have the face to see the Brigade Commander.

Therefore, his regiment rushed fast from the beginning.

When charging, Liu Laopao rushed in the front.

This made the morale of the entire regiment explode.

As the first echelon to attack, the soldiers of the First Company, Second Company, and Third Company

ran forward one after another.

They all wanted to rush in front of the Regimental Commander.

If something happened to the Regimental Commander!

Gong Hongcai, the First Battalion Commander, did not know how to explain to Lin Fan.

He could only order the mortars and infantry guns of the three companies to suppress the firepower points on the city wall at a distance of 300 meters.

He also ordered all the heavy machine guns of the First Battalion to shoot at a position 150 meters away from the city wall,

so that the Japanese troops on the city wall could not raise their heads no matter what.

Liu Laopao was able to become a regimental commander

because his military skills were originally excellent.

His assassination skills were particularly superb,

which also made his requirements for assassination training of the entire regiment very high.

Defending the north of the city was the Ito Taiji Squad.

From the time the squad leader saw the National Revolutionary Army begin to charge,

he had already ordered the entire squad to fight back.

At the same time, he ordered the puppet troops who were also defending the north of the city to open fire.

Zhang Jiabao was the puppet army battalion commander who defended the north of the city.

He had been guarding here with Squad Leader Ito Taiji for a month and a half.

The two sides usually cooperated tacitly,

but they could not be tacit today.

The National Revolutionary Army troops attacking outside the city had too much firepower,

which was simply not something they could withstand.

Zhang Jiabao still wanted to fight a good battle when the war started.

As soon as the puppet troops under his command fired,

they immediately attracted a fierce bombardment.

These dense artillery shells, like raindrops,

scared Zhang Jiabao,

and he quickly pleaded with Ito Taiji:

"The National Revolutionary Army's artillery is too powerful, let's retreat.

Let's fight them in the streets!"

Squad Leader Ito Taiji looked at him coldly:

"Those who retreat one step! Die!"

Perhaps thinking of the friendship they had had together these days,

he added:

"I have already asked the captain for help,

and reinforcements will arrive soon."

Hearing that there were reinforcements, Zhang Jiabao's heart relaxed a little.

It's just that the situation was too bad now, and those who were guarding the city wall

could not get close to the city wall.

The attacks from the bottom of the city were too fierce.

Captain Takahashi Seijiro was still calm in his heart.

He had already sent a company to each of the two directions that were being attacked to reinforce them.

Now he was just sending out a telegram saying that Anqing was under attack,

to inform the higher-ups.

What Squad Leader Ito Taiji did not expect was that:

the reinforcements in the city had not arrived,

and the National Revolutionary Army attacking outside the city had come to the city wall first.

Liu Laopao, who had already rushed to the city wall, was holding a Type 38 rifle in his hand.

The bayonet on the rifle was shining brightly.

With a thrust of the rifle in his hand,

a puppet soldier or a Japanese soldier would fall.

Company Commander Shi Junxia, who was on Liu Laopao's left, also stabbed a Japanese soldier.

Then he said: "Regimental Commander! Just stop here!

If you lose a hair, the Brigade Commander will not spare me."

Liu Laopao took a leap forward, and the bayonet stabbed into a Japanese soldier's chest like lightning.

Then he said: "I have always led troops, and I have always been in the front.

That's what I will do when the Brigade Commander comes.

What's more, that time when we charged,

the Brigade Commander ran slowly!

Are you only allowed to set fires, and not allow the people to light lamps?"

Liu Laopao, who was originally a rough man, now also knew idioms.

This was thanks to Lin Fan's mandatory requirement for the soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade to recognize words and study every day.

Company Commander Shi Junxia could not do anything about Liu Laopao,

so he could only bury his head and move forward quickly.

He shouted loudly: "Brothers, move faster,

attack into the city."

Squad Leader Ito Taiji looked at the team rushing to the city wall

and could not believe it.

In less than ten minutes! This team had come to the city wall.

Just at this moment, with a crash,

the city gate was also lowered by this rushing team.

The National Revolutionary Army, which had been waiting outside the city, swarmed up.

There were even more teams rushing in from afar.

At the same time, the First Regiment also attacked the city wall in the east of the city.

When He Mingji's company commander was leading more than 100 Japanese troops to run towards the north of the city,

before they reached the city wall, they encountered a fierce machine gun strafe.

"The city has been breached!"

He immediately ordered the communicator beside him:

"You must immediately go back and report to Captain Takahashi!

The National Revolutionary Army has rushed into the north of the city,

and I am leading the team to fight the National Revolutionary Army in the streets."

At this time, the battle on the city wall had ended.

The First Company set up defenses on the city wall.

The Second Company and Third Company rushed towards the west of the city.

The First Regiment was attacking in the east of the city, and they were already on the city wall,

so the Second Regiment did not need to help.

Chen Sichuan's actions were not slow either, commanding two companies to rush towards the north.

The large army behind was rushing in from the city gate.

Their regiments were all equipped with two 12-tube rocket launchers.

They were afraid of hurting innocent people during the siege just now, so of course they could not use them.

Now that they were in the city, Chen Sichuan ordered:

"Set up the rocket launchers in the north of the city!" According to the intelligence scouted by Mao Wenxing,

the Japanese troops could not mobilize troops from the land in one day.

The greatest possibility was that the Japanese Third Fleet would come from the Yangtze River.

It's just that in today's battle, without the protection of anti-aircraft guns,

the battle would be much more intense than usual if the Japanese planes came.

Thinking of the five twin-barreled 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns that had been newly equipped in the regiment,

these were used to shoot down planes.

This was also why Lin Fan could rest assured and let the regiments act alone now.

A regiment now had twelve companies.

The two additional companies were the rocket launcher company and the anti-aircraft machine gun company.

The entire regiment had already attacked into the city.

Chen Sichuan was not worried about the city at all.

For those Japanese troops and puppet troops who were still resisting stubbornly,

they were just making their last struggles.

The two most elite regiments of the Special Operations Brigade

had already attacked into the city.

How could they not be able to deal with a Japanese battalion?

Captain Takahashi Seijiro had never thought that:

the city wall of Anqing was so weak

that it could not withstand the National Revolutionary Army for ten minutes.

So quickly, the city walls in the east and north of the city had been lost.

At this time, he thought of June 12.

They were also like this, rushing into Anqing City all at once,

and then the National Revolutionary Army defending the city began to retreat.

He did not want to run away without a fight like the National Revolutionary Army! The Japanese troops could not run away without a fight.

Captain Takahashi Seijiro had just sent two companies to each of these two directions.

He was preparing to continue sending two companies over. This was his last reserve team.

Just at this moment, news came that the city walls in the west and north of the city had been occupied by the National Revolutionary Army.

So fast?

Only five minutes had passed!

Now Captain Takahashi Seijiro could no longer hold on,

and immediately sent a telegram to Squad Leader Botian for help:

"Anqing is under heavy attack by the National Revolutionary Army, and our army is fighting the National Revolutionary Army in the streets.

Preparing to break through from the south of the city."

At the same time, he sent a telegram to the Third Fleet for help.

Then he organized two companies, plus more than 100 Japanese troops from the battalion headquarters.

He also issued a retreat order to the two companies that were sniping in the east and north of the city.

Nearly 500 Japanese troops, plus 500 puppet troops, rushed towards the south of the city together.

Chen Sichuan was watching the scenery on the north gate tower at this time.

He was looking at the Yangtze River not far outside the city,

and was planning how to use rocket launchers to prevent the Japanese warships from attacking.

He saw dense masses of Japanese troops and puppet troops rushing over from Dabeijie (North Main Street).

The Second Company, Third Company, Anti-Aircraft Machine Gun Company, and Rocket Launcher Company, which had not gone down from the city wall, were all watching these rushing Japanese troops.

Company Commander Wu Long of the Second Company looked at the rushing Japanese troops

and said to Chen Sichuan with a smile:

"Regimental Commander! You are amazing!

The net has just been spread, and the Japanese troops are coming over.

They are really walking into the trap!"

The anti-aircraft machine guns that had been recently distributed to the regiments of the Special Operations Brigade

could shoot down planes, and could also fire horizontally to hit infantry and tanks.

When the Special Operations Brigade designed it, it had been tested with tanks.

Even the frontal armor of the Japanese tanks could be penetrated.

Single-barreled anti-aircraft machine guns could be carried by infantry,

but the twin-barreled anti-aircraft machine guns that were now equipped in the teams

could only be dragged by mules and horses.

But the firepower of the twin-barreled version was even more fierce.

Although there were more than a thousand Japanese troops and puppet troops rushing over now,

there was no need to use anti-aircraft machine guns, just use heavy machine guns and distributed single-barreled rocket shells.

Ten heavy machine guns fired at the same time, instantly suppressing the charging Japanese troops.

Takahashi Seijiro knew that now was the time to escape,

so he arranged the two companies of Japanese infantry in the front,

and used them to charge, in order to open the road as quickly as possible.

As a result, as soon as the two companies of Japanese troops launched a charge,

they were immediately stopped by the