The Third Fleet Commander of the Japanese Devils, Hasegawa Kiyoshi, firmly believed it,

But Commander Okamura Neiji did not.

The Eleventh Army Commander of the Japanese Devils, Okamura Neiji, couldn't believe it:

A full thirty-six aircraft could be shot down so easily.

Fortunately, the battlefield wasn't far,

Just across from Jiujiang, less than twenty kilometers away.

This time, Commander Okamura Neiji specially dispatched a reconnaissance plane.

The order he gave was:

"No matter what the situation, you must maintain contact with the rear.

Fly to Shangxin River, find the battlefield,

And then immediately return to report."

The skies above Zhaojiazui should have thirty-six Japanese planes at this time.

If these planes still existed, as long as they flew over the Yangtze River,

They could see those planes in just one more minute.

Captain Asahi Yushō, who received the order, took off immediately.

Asahi Yushō was able to become a captain entirely because of his excellent flying skills.

That's how he gradually reached this position.

Today, it was because the Eleventh Army Commander personally ordered

The most outstanding pilot be sent to look over the skies of Zhaojiazui,

To see what the situation was like at the front.

That's why he volunteered to attack.

Captain Asahi Yushō, as expected of a captain,

He began reporting as soon as he took off:

"I have flown over the Yangtze River,

I have crossed the Yangtze River,

No suspicious aircraft seen in the air,

I have entered the airspace above Longgan Lake,

Not a single plane found in the air,

The entire sky is quiet!"

The Japanese devils who received his report

Immediately sent his report, word for word, to Okamura Neiji.

"I have arrived at the entrance of Shangxin River,

Not a single plane found in the air,

Some people were found drowning in Longgan Lake,

I'm flying too high,

I can't see clearly who they are.

Supply convoys were found in the middle reaches of Shangxin River,

No exchange of fire,

A large number of people are gathered.

…

Plane hit!

I'm seriously injured!

I'm falling!

Falling!

Ah~"

The report was interrupted!

What's going on?

This was just Lin Fan firing a shot and shooting down the enemy plane.

Lin Fan now wanted silence in the air,

To create conditions for the Special Forces Brigade to sail those ironclad ships back to Taihu County.

As long as the Japanese devils couldn't scout from the air,

The safety of the twenty-four ironclad ships would be guaranteed.

The Japanese devils at the Jiujiang tower could no longer receive any news from Asahi Yushō.

The tower could only transmit every word of his report to Okamura Neiji.

Reporting truthfully: no further news after this.

Compared with the continuous stream of reports before,

Even a pig could understand: Captain Asahi Yushō had been shot down.

This time, Okamura Neiji was silent.

Although he didn't dare to believe it, and didn't want to believe it:

In just half an hour, an entire air squadron was wiped out,

An entire gunboat flotilla was wiped out!

However, Third Fleet Commander Hasegawa Kiyoshi was much more capable of accepting this result.

He very firmly rejected Commander Okamura Neiji's order to organize another reinforcement team, mainly composed of naval marines,

To go to the Shangxin River surface to snatch back the supplies, or destroy all those supplies.

Okamura Neiji was the Eleventh Army Commander, Hasegawa Kiyoshi was the Third Fleet Commander,

The latter refused to obey the order, and Okamura Neiji could do nothing.

He could only inform Inaba Shiro, the division commander:

"The air force and gunboat fleet we sent out

May have been attacked by the National Army.

You, the infantry you send out must be careful!"

This was concern and worry from the corps commander for the division.

Division Commander Inaba Shiro obviously didn't understand the essence of the content,

He said disapprovingly:

"I sent a full infantry battalion.

Enough to cope with all kinds of unexpected situations!"

During these few days, Lin Fan

To prevent the Japanese devils from becoming suspicious,

Mao Wenxing's plane had not appeared in the air,

Maintaining silence all the time!

There was only one purpose in doing so,

If Mao Wenxing encountered a Japanese plane attack here at Luwang Mountain,

Should Lin Fan save him or not?

Saving him would expose the target, exposing the entire plan to raid the Japanese supplies,

Not saving him? That was impossible.

Therefore, Mao Wenxing had been resting for these three days.

Just now, the Japanese supply convoy had been stopped,

Lin Fan had already ordered him to take off,

To observe the situation around the entire battlefield in the air.

Soon Mao Wenxing had already flown from Susong, along the Shangxin River towards Longgan Lake.

Mao Wenxing watched the Japanese devils' team on Tiger Head Mountain charge towards Zhaojiazui,

The marching troops were advancing very quickly.

The number of Japanese devils remaining on Tiger Head Mountain was obviously small.

This was important information,

When flying over Luwang Mountain,

Mao Wenxing reported what he had seen.

Lin Fan stood on the top of Luwang Mountain,

Looking at the direction the Japanese devils were charging from,

Looking at the people busying themselves in the Shangxin River.

He ordered: "The Second Regiment immediately dispatches a team,

Establish a position in the northeast direction of Zhaojiazui,

Prepare to snipe the Japanese devils' battalion that are rushing over."

Liu Laopao originally thought that today's battle was just Lin Fan's performance,

That his Second Regiment came here just to deal with accidents.

No accidents had happened so far,

Half of the twenty-four ironclad ships in the river had been straightened into position,

In another half an hour at most,

All the ironclad ships could set off for Taihu County.

At this time, the brigade commander suddenly reported that there was a battalion of Japanese devils charging from the northeast.

Happiness came too suddenly!

Liu Laopao felt like he had been hit by a pie falling from the sky.

He immediately ordered: "The First and Second Companies continue to organize the ironclad ship fleet,

When it's time to depart,

The First and Second Companies will protect this fleet back to Taihu."

The Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Companies protect the artillery on Luwang Mountain,

Provide long-range artillery support.

The remaining seven infantry companies follow me to establish a defensive position five hundred meters in front of Zhaojiazui.

He had already completed the plan for this defensive position when he was standing on the top of Luwang Mountain looking at the scenery a few days ago,

When he was bored.

At that time, he made no less than twenty sets of combat plans:

Including how his regiment would deploy and defend

When the Japanese devils attacked Zhaojiazui and Luwang Mountain from all directions.

Those days, the regiment commander was bored, and the company commanders under him didn't have a good time either.

Everyone got together and discussed it enthusiastically.

Now they just had to take out one of the plans they had discussed these days,

And use it.

When it really came time to fight, there were still accidents:

This time, the logistics team transferred to Luwang Mountain had three thousand people,

These three thousand people were led by Regiment Commander Tang Youwei,

These three thousand people were also equipped with weapons, and now they heard that a Japanese devils battalion was coming from the northeast.

Regiment Commander Tang Youwei and the logistics team became excited,

And all strongly requested to participate in the battle.

Regiment Commander Liu Laopao could only ask Lin Fan for instructions,

Regarding such a request to resist the war.

Lin Fan really couldn't refuse,

The troops needed actual combat,

The combat troops needed to see blood even more,

Only troops who had gone through the hail of bullets on the battlefield several times had combat effectiveness.

Although these people were just logistics teams,

They might also encounter Japanese devils.

Lin Fan did not hesitate and immediately agreed to the logistics team's request to participate in the war.

However, they had to leave enough manpower here at Zhaojiazui.

First Company Commander Shi Junxia and Second Company Commander Xuan Yiren looked at the eager eyes of Regiment Commander Tang Youwei and the logistics soldiers.

They had no resistance at all,

Both company commanders agreed that all the logistics soldiers would participate in the battle,

And they would take care of the remaining ironclad ships in the river!

All together!

Under the order of Regiment Commander Tang Youwei, the three thousand logistics soldiers

Saluted the First and Second Companies, this was the highest expression of their gratitude.

It was also their promise to the First and Second Companies:

Not to let a single Japanese devil live!

The battle had not yet begun,

Liu Laopao felt that it was really too much of a bully for the Japanese devils.

A battalion of Japanese devils, and there were a full four thousand people on their side to ambush them.

With more soldiers in his hands, the tactics had not changed.

The original position of one company was now supplemented by two companies.

The three thousand logistics soldiers were only equipped with one radio intercom,

To facilitate command, Liu Laopao directly disrupted the logistics team,

And let them act with each company of the Second Regiment according to the company as an organization.

Time was limited, the Japanese devils' rapid march of ten kilometers would only take an hour.

According to Mao Wenxing's notification just now: the Japanese devils would arrive on the battlefield in twenty minutes.

Liu Laopao divided the team into three groups:

The middle group would block the Japanese devils, entangle the Japanese devils, not allowing them to break through, and not allowing them to run away.

The left and right groups would directly intersperse forward after the battle started,

They had to intersperse to the flanks and rear of the Japanese devils to cut off their retreat.

Completing the encirclement of the Japanese devils,

Not letting go of a single Japanese devil,

Was the goal of this operation.

Lin Fan was not worried about the Japanese devils coming from Tiger Head Mountain.

Destruction was their destiny!

What Lin Fan was considering now was how to maximize the benefits of this battle.

When the Japanese devils didn't move, they were holed up in the fortifications,

Occupying a natural geographical advantage,

And had enough troops to support them,

In this case, Lin Fan would not fight a tough battle with excessive casualties

Unless it was necessary.

Now that the Japanese devils had transferred most of the defensive forces on Tiger Head Mountain,

This was an opportunity!

Lin Fan ordered the Third Regiment on the opposite side of Tiger Head Mountain to launch an attack immediately,

Taking advantage of the Japanese devils' weak forces,

To seize this position.

To prevent other positions from reinforcing the Japanese devils on Tiger Head Mountain,

The entire Special Forces Brigade on the front line of Susong launched an attack.

The Eighth Regiment fired the first shot on the Susong front line,

The Eighth Regiment had not really fired a shot since it set off from Jurong.

Now this kind of regular siege warfare

Was what they were best at.

This time on the expedition, starting from Anqing,

The Special Forces Brigade had seized a lot of shells along the way.

They had not used them on a large scale yet,

Feng Junya ordered the artillery regiment:

"Fire!"

His regiment was now only firing those thirty-six 150mm howitzers.

Small-caliber artillery was not intended to be used in such positional warfare.

This artillery strike came suddenly,

From Dayanjian and Yangjialing in the north, all the way to Qinan Mountain and Beishanling in the middle,

These places were all subjected to heavy artillery fire.

The bombardment of the 150mm cannons

Caused heavy casualties to the Japanese devils guarding the position.

And this round of artillery fire had no warning at all,

Even Division Commander Inaba Shiro, who knew that the Special Forces Brigade had cannons, was somewhat confused by the bombing:

What was going on?

Hadn't everyone been sending out small troops to fight each other with cold guns these days?

The Sixth Division Headquarters kept receiving distress reports from all over the front line,

After being bombarded by artillery shells, the Special Forces Brigade suddenly launched an attack.

The front line suffered heavy casualties and was unable to resist, requesting reinforcements.

Half an hour later, Division Commander Inaba Shiro finally understood:

The Special Forces Brigade on the opposite side was bombing one by one from north to south,

As for which position they were going to attack,

It was still impossible to determine now,

But the entire defense line was in a state of emergency,

He didn't know which position on the front line was really unable to hold on,

Or was just frightened by the bombing.

But he couldn't help but send out troops.

Under the guidance of Mao Wenxing, the artillery fire bombardment of the Eighth Regiment

Was quite accurate.

A 150mm shell

Had a warhead weighing 50 catties,

When it hit the Japanese devils' position,

Even if it didn't hit directly,

As long as the distance wasn't too far,

An error of ten to thirty meters,

Was fully capable of eliminating the Japanese devils with shrapnel and vibrations.

The artillery fire of the Eighth Regiment swept across every position of the Japanese devils all the way from north to south.

Now it was finally Tiger Head Mountain's turn.

At this time, Tiger Head Mountain originally had a battalion of troops,

Now there was only a company left.

Tiger Head Mountain was high, and standing here could see many Japanese devils' positions in the north.

The Japanese devils of Captain Funakubo Kaito's company

Had just been standing on Tiger Head Mountain watching the Japanese devils in the north being bombed.

Each of the Japanese devils were still discussing the damage to those positions with smiles.

Now that it was their turn, these Japanese devils suddenly felt unbearable.

The Japanese devils of Captain Funakubo Kaito's company had a feeling:

The bombing they were receiving was the most severe.

Captain Funakubo Kaito requested assistance from the headquarters as soon as he was bombed.

His company was doing the work of a battalion,

If he didn't make the distress call earlier,

Captain Funakubo Kaito was afraid that he would have no chance.

The bombing that Regiment Commander Feng Junya had just carried out on other positions

Could only be regarded as an appetizer,

Now the bombing of Tiger Head Mountain was serious.

Mao Wenxing guided the Eighth Regiment's shells to bomb the Japanese devils' fortifications and bunkers one by one on the mountain.

He didn't stop until all the Japanese devils' fortifications on Tiger Head Mountain were completely destroyed.

The long-suppressed fighting spirit of Feng Junya's Eighth Regiment was aroused.

After bombing Tiger Head Mountain,

They started bombing from the beginning again.

Jia Shusheng was commanding the Third Regiment to start the attack.

When Captain Funakubo Kaito on Tiger Head Mountain had just stopped the artillery fire bombardment,

He immediately ordered the Japanese devils who had survived by luck to enter the position,

To snipe the Third Regiment's attack.

This time, Regiment Commander Jia only sent out a platoon,

And it was divided into three directions to attack.

To cover the attacking troops, the rocket launcher company and the anti-aircraft machine gun company were placed opposite Tiger Head Mountain.

The First Platoon was in charge of the main attack,

Platoon Leader Qi Gaoge personally led the troops to charge.

The First Squad was in the center, and the Second and Third Squads launched attacks from the left and right sides.

Squad Leader Xian Junhao of the First Squad rushed to the front,

When they had just rushed to the middle of the mountain,

Japanese devils' machine guns rang out above their heads.

This firepower point, which had survived by luck during the Eighth Regiment's artillery fire, had just fired,

And suppressed the entire First Squad.

Jia Shusheng, who was watching the battle from a distance, became anxious,

And ordered anti-aircraft machine guns to provide support and suppress the Japanese devils' machine gun fire.

The anti-aircraft machine gun company a thousand meters away

Finally had a chance to use its skills,

This company had not fired a shot since the expedition.

The brigade commander had contracted the task of shooting down planes,

And they had nothing to do.

Today, they were able to serve as remote assistance to the attacking troops,

And the entire company was extremely excited.

Twelve anti-aircraft machine guns fired at the same time,

To avoid accidentally injuring their own people,

They all aimed the machine guns at a point higher than Tiger Head Mountain first,

Slowly lowering the target until they aimed at the firepower point on the mountainside.

Machine Gunner Nishimonji Naoki was very lucky,

He was unscathed in the previous artillery fire bombardment.

His assistant gunner, Inoue Saburo, also benefited and was unscathed.

During the First Squad's attack,

Nishimonji Naoki's machine gun became the most powerful firepower suppression weapon on the defense line on the mountainside.

He operated the machine gun, watching the National Army soldiers below the mountain being suppressed and unable to lift their heads.

He became excited and shouted loudly:

"Fire! Fire!"

He was calling on the remaining ten or so Japanese devils on the entire defense line to fire together.

Anyway, he had already suppressed the opponent,

And the Japanese devils around him could safely aim at the National Army below the mountain,

And carry out accurate kills one by one.

Just as he was getting more and more energetic,

The sound of woodpeckers suddenly stopped.

His assistant gunner, Sergeant Inoue Saburo, saw that:

Half of Sergeant Nishimonji Naoki's head was gone.

Listening to the whistling sound of bullets constantly passing by his side,

Inoue Saburo suppressed the fear in his heart,

Took over the machine gun from his predecessor and continued shooting.

Before Inoue Saburo, the assistant gunner,

Had finished firing a magazine,

His body tilted, and he fell softly like Nishimonji Naoki.

The Japanese devils who had been encouraged by them to lie in the fortifications and fire

Had now died seven or eight.

The remaining Japanese devils dared not move anymore,

Even if the rain of bullets above their heads had stopped.

They were unwilling to show their heads.

Squad Leader Xian Junhao felt that the Japanese devils' machine guns had stopped,

And the Japanese devils' rifles had also stopped.

With a good opportunity in hand, he stood up and shouted loudly:

"Brothers!

Follow me!

Charge!"

The effect of "Follow me to charge" and "Charge for me" was obviously different.

The power of example brought by taking the lead was infinite.

The soldiers of the First Squad followed behind the squad leader,

And charged towards the Japanese devils' fortifications fifty meters away.

Twelve anti-aircraft machine guns had shifted their targets,

And were扫射 the Japanese devils' fortifications on the top of the mountain.

Xian Junhao, who rushed into the fortifications, was immediately greeted by the Japanese devils'刺刀.

There were only four Japanese devils left in the entire fortification now,

They were like fortresses on the beach, and once a wave hit,

There would be no trace left.

The First Squad, which had occupied the mountainside fortifications,

Did not stop and continued to charge towards the top of the mountain.

Captain Funakubo Kaito, who was hiding in the bunker on the top of the mountain,

Watched the entire mountainside fortifications of Tiger Head Mountain fall,

Panicked and incoherent, nervously calling the Sixth Division Headquarters:

"The fortifications on the mountainside of Tiger Head Mountain have all fallen,

My company has less than thirty guards on the top of the mountain,

Request reinforcements!

Request reinforcements!"

The Japanese devil who answered the phone at the Sixth Division Headquarters

Had already heard the sound of gunfire from both sides in the earpiece.

"Hold on!

Reinforcements are coming soon!

Reinforcements are coming soon!"

The Japanese devil who answered the phone said lies that he didn't believe himself,

Holding on to Captain Funakubo Kaito's heart,

Regardless of whether the other party believed it or not,

He had to believe it anyway!

[Author's extra words]: Yesterday, I went up the mountain to dig potatoes, and I was so happy,

I owed five thousand words, and now I make it up!