The Japanese army's artillery fire was very fierce, and the second position outside Juancheng was based on the Juanyun River. This river can be regarded as a moat for Juancheng.

As the flood season approaches, the water level of the Yellow River rises, and the water level of the Juanyun River rises naturally. The river surface is more than ten meters wide, and the deepest part is four or five meters.

In order to prevent the Japanese army from crossing the river, before retreating to the east bank, Xie Chengrui ordered the blowout of the bridge in the western section of the Juanyun River, and all ships were dragged ashore.

He knew that this would not stop the Japanese army. The Japanese army equipped with advanced hovercraft and folding ships, and they could cross the river through the river equipment they carried with them.

But doing so can at least delay time and consume the Japanese army's crossing equipment.

The battle started at about a little while, and the Japanese army began to cross the Juanyun River on the front of at least four or five miles. First, the heavy artillery that went ashore launched artillery fire and equipment on the positions on the east bank!

After nearly ten minutes of artillery fire preparation, thousands of shells landed on the positions on the other side, and the dug trenches and fortifications instantly became riddled with holes.

The officers and soldiers of the new 37th Brigade who were hiding in the anti-aircraft artillery hole would be killed by the shock waves generated by the explosion of the shells, and they would be even more injured.

The Japanese army began to cross the river!

The warning message has been issued by the Frontier Observation Post.

"Each company is ready to enter the position!" The battalion commander gave the order.

The Japanese artillery fire had not stopped completely, but the density was smaller than before. The position was about 150 meters away from the river bank. Hundreds of officers and soldiers emerged from the anti-aircraft artillery holes, hugged their waists, and quickly entered the position according to their respective positions.

The first wave of Japanese attacking troops had already begun to land. They rushed up like locusts with yellow military uniforms and steel helmets on their heads. They arrived in less than half a minute at a distance of 150 meters.

"beat!"

The charge of the Japanese army entered a range of 100 meters, and the company commander of the frontier command issued a shooting order without hesitation!

Dada dada...

The Maxim heavy machine gun, which was at the forefront of the position, roared angryly. On the four or five miles long position, the New 37th Brigade arranged more than twenty heavy machine guns and forty light machine guns in one breath, forming an extremely powerful firepower network.

This suddenly stunned the Japanese army. They had never seen such powerful firepower.

The captain of the Japanese army who was commanding the battle across the river immediately made a judgment that the GJ army on the other side of the river would have at least one division, otherwise there would be no such powerful firepower.

"Shoot, shoot..."

The Japanese army charged was really not afraid of death. They charged desperately. The ones that were recently rushed within 30 meters and were about to rush to the position of the New 37, but they still couldn't rush up.

Because, I could not see anyone else behind him.

The new 37th Brigade also suffered heavy casualties under the Japanese artillery fire. The Japanese army's point-fire was very powerful. Although the range of the Japanese mortars and grenade launchers was considered when setting up the machine gun positions, the heavy machine gun positions were set up further, with the river bank exceeding 500 meters!

However, the Japanese army's field artillery on the other side of the shore was still very accurate, as well as the artillery on tanks. These artillery with relatively long range pose a huge threat to the heavy machine gun positions.

In just a few minutes of fighting, four heavy machine gun bunkers on the front line were bombarded by Japanese troops. The machine gunners and ammunition players were killed on the spot, and the heavy machine guns were blown into pieces.

"md, Xiao Wang, kill the Japanese machine gunner for me..."

"Yes, company commander!"

"Bang!"

With a gunshot, the Japanese machine gunner fell down. The deputy next to him rushed up, grabbed the machine gun on the ground, started shooting again, and was knocked down by Xiao Wang with one shot.

"Xiao Wang, you're doing a pretty job!"

"Company Commander, the Japanese have retreated, look..."

The company commander looked up and saw that the Japanese army was indeed retreating. They retreated to the river bank in a mess, jumped onto the boat, and rowed desperately to the other side. Naturally, they could not let go at this time.

The position began to fight back fiercely. When the Japanese ships arrived in the river, the bullets swept over. The Japanese army could not fight back on the hovercraft. The Japanese army who was hit fell into the turbulent river water, and a blood flower appeared and disappeared.

Behind a small mound less than a thousand meters behind the second position, the 372nd Regiment's headquarters was temporarily set up here. After the battle started, Xie Chengrui came to the position in person.

Xie Chengrui did not interfere with Wu Jing's command. He just used a telescope to observe the battle situation on the position. The Japanese army was repelled for the first attack and he saw it throughout the whole process.

Although he played well, he didn't mean to breathe a sigh of relief.

The Japanese army paid a certain price for casualties, but they also suffered a lot of losses, almost about the same. Moreover, this time the Japanese army's attack basically understood the firepower configuration on their positions.

This will not be so easy to fight next.

"Deputy Brigade, we repelled the first Japanese attack, with more than 100 casualties, and the Japanese army suffered slightly more casualties than us." Wu Jing walked into Xie Chengrui and said.

"This is a tentative attack by the Japanese army. The enemy's offensive is too fierce. Almost all of our front-line firepower points have been exposed. The battle below is difficult to fight."

"Yes, the Japanese army will launch a second wave of attacks in at most ten minutes. This second wave of attack is the key. If you can't defend it, then..." Wu Jing's eyes were full of worries.

"We must keep it even if we can't keep it. We must keep it until dark so that we have a chance." Xie Chengrui said solemnly.

"Yes, please don't worry, Deputy Brigade Xie, even if I fight to the last person, I will hold the position."

"Huang Yong's side is not under a lot of pressure. We don't have much chip in our hands, so we can only use our brains."

"What do you mean is that we put the Japanese army in and fight for bayonets with them?" Wu Jing said.

"Do you have any other way?" Xie Chengrui asked back.

"This is indeed a solution. Our tactics of stinging have not been tested in practice. This is an opportunity. The Japanese army advocates the spirit of Bushido and is particularly keen on bayonets. However, there is still a gap in the physical strength of our soldiers for the Japanese army. At least three people are needed to resist one Japanese soldier, otherwise the stinging will suffer!"

"This is a last resort. Once this tactic is used, the Japanese army will not be stupid. They will not let you use it for the second time. They have shells, and we can't afford it." Xie Chengrui said solemnly.

"I see."

"The tactics are flexible and changeable. The Japanese tanks are blocked by the river. Even if they block the river and build dams, it will take time, right? We are just spending money with the Japanese army?"

"yes."

"Deputy Brigade Station, Divisional Department Telegram."

"Haha, I finally waited for it, Wu Jing, our heavy artillery regiment arrived." Seeing the content of the telegram, Xie Chengrui finally smiled.

"That's great. I can't even raise my head when I was blown up by the Japanese. Now I can give the Japanese a pot." Wu Jing also said with a look of decadence.

"I'll go back to the brigade headquarters first, you can keep it here." Xie Chengrui instructed.

"Please rest assured by the deputy voyage."

Back at the brigade headquarters, Chief of Staff Han Xianyuan told Xie Chengrui that a mixed brigade of the Japanese army had already gone south along the Yellow River embankment, and the 371st Regiment built fortifications on the south bank of the Yellow River entrance of the Jinsong River in Linpu.

He has already been angry with the Japanese army.

However, the identity has not been revealed yet. The Japanese army only thought that they were the guards stationed in Linpu and guarded the south bank of the Yellow River. They did not find that they were the 37th Brigade of the New Honorary First Division that they had fought before.

Xie Chengrui's mission to the 371st Regiment was to stop the Japanese army from moving south and delay their speed. If it was just a small group of Japanese troops and did not carry heavy mechanized weapons, do not expose their own strength.

Of course, the premise is that the Japanese army cannot easily rush into Caozhou, and Sun Yinting, who is deploying defense in Caozhou, must buy at least two or three days.

Leng Feng decided to advance his command to Fenghuang Town east of Juancheng, and the troops directly under the division headquarters arrived later were accompanied by the special forces, Yaksha Battalion (part one), direct engineering regiment, baggage battalion and other logistics departments. With the 17th Artillery Regiment, there were more than 4,000 people in total.

After going down at more than 1 o'clock, we came out of Yuncheng and arrived at Fenghuang Town at three o'clock. The vanguard had already found a temporary station for the division headquarters in the town, waiting for the subsequent troops to settle in.

Phoenix Town is only about ten kilometers away from the battlefield. According to the battlefield area divided by the Military Commission of the National Government, this is already considered a frontier.

The little girl rescued from the Hou Tang Building was sent back to Jining by Leng Feng. The little girl cried and refused to let go, but was finally sent away. He couldn't take a little girl to the battlefield. Besides, no one could take care of her?

For this reason, Leng Feng personally sent a telegram to Tang Jing in Jining, asking her to take care of her, because the honorary masters in the First Division were caught and wanted them to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy. That was nothing, but if they were taking care of a little girl who was two or three years old and still a girl, none of them would have the ability to do this.

Leng Feng could only ask Tang Jing. Tang Jing was more stable and should be more patient with the child. Another word was made. As for his sister, it was not unthinkable, but he still chose to entrust him to Tang Jing more appropriately.

"The old regiment commander called, and the 2nd Regiment of the 37th Brigade suffered heavy casualties. The Japanese artillery was too powerful. If it weren't for the Juanyun River blocking it, the Japanese army would have broken through Juancheng now." Long Yingqin hurriedly reported with a telegram.

"I understand. We can only fight this battle like this. You go and invite Captain Zhang over and let's discuss it." Leng Feng ordered without changing his face.

"yes!"

"Report!"

"Come in." Leng Feng turned around, "Captain Zhang, please sit down."

"Team Leng, you come to me, are you a task?" Zhang Yingqi, the commander of the 17th Cannon Regiment, saluted and asked with a serious look. He turned out to be the Northeast Army, but was reorganized later. The troops were equipped with the Liao 14 howitzers produced by the Fengtian Arsenal. After years of war, more than half of the damage was lost. Without supplementary, only sixteen were left.

The cannons are not the most advanced, but Zhang Yingqi can say that these cannons are all the best maintenance, because they have to be kissed by their own sons.

The Liao Type 14 howitzer was made of a imitation of the Japanese Type 38 150mm howitzer. Compared with the current Taisho 4-year-old style of the Japanese army, its performance has long been lagging behind, and it is even worse than that of some light howitzers.

But it is a heavy artillery after all. Although its performance is not very good, its range is only half that of the Japanese heavy howitzer, but its power is still huge.

Although the Liao Type 14 artillery is an out-of-date product with a range of only six kilometers, if used properly, it can also cause a severe blow to the Japanese army.

"Captain Zhang, do you like these artillery?"

"Teacher Leng, what you asked, I, the commander of the artillery regiment, can you not like it?" Zhang Yingqi was confused and couldn't figure out what Leng Feng wanted to say.

"If you were asked to choose to destroy the same number of Japanese artillery positions or your artillery, which one would you choose?" Leng Feng asked solemnly.

"What do you mean is to use my cannons to exchange for the same number of Japanese cannons?" Zhang Yingqi understood, but at this moment he was extremely uneasy.

He participated in the Nanjing Battle. At that time, his artillery regiment had a total of 21 pieces. In that battle, his own battalion's artillery was destroyed by the Japanese artillery before he could react. Although he retreated with the artillery regiment, he still couldn't forget that scene.

The artillery and men of a battalion were gone for a moment.

This pain is deeply rooted in the bone marrow. Everything is worse than others for one reason!

This kind of imitation of other people's cannons is not as good as the original ones. In addition, after so many years of use, no matter how well the cannons are maintained, they are not as good as the new ones.

"I have a plan and I must get your consent." Leng Feng said solemnly.

"You said that since you have been on the top of the peak, you must listen to your military orders." Zhang Yingqi took a deep breath and said slowly.

"You come and see, here..."

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Chapter completed!