On December 3, Major Ye Yongren, the commander of the Navy Coast Artillery Team, ordered with tears in his eyes to blow up the six 150mm cannons that had made great achievements. The shells had been fired. These cannons could not be left to the Japanese. The sailors The explosives were installed on various parts of the cannons. With a huge explosion, these once majestic cannons that caused nearly a thousand Japanese soldiers to bleed on the battlefield finally rested.
At 8 o'clock in the morning, three Japanese gunboats broke through the mine belt and appeared near Huangtian Port. After they anchored, they opened fire on the Chinese army's position. After receiving the report, Ma Buxiang quickly led three torpedo boats to attack, and soon they were with the enemy boats. During the encounter, the enemy boat fired at the torpedo boats of the Chinese Navy with 37mm artillery, and bullets rained down. However, our heroic torpedo boat officers and soldiers braved the rain of bullets and rushed towards the enemy. After reaching the effective launching distance, they quickly launched 6 torpedoes. Unfortunately, Unfortunately, the Shi Kefa 108 boat commanded by Ma Buxiang was hit by multiple No. 37 mm artillery shells from the enemy boat when it was escaping. It exploded and sank. All five officers and soldiers below Ma Buxiang died. To their consolation, two Japanese gunboats were mined and blown to pieces on the spot, and the other one was sunk by the Hawker aircraft of the fifth group that arrived while escaping.
"Lieutenant Colonel Ma Buxiang died heroically for his country this time. His behavior was very heroic and a model for the navy. I order that Ma Buxiang be posthumously awarded the rank of colonel of the navy and be awarded a medal of the Blue Sky and White Sun. His wife and children will be taken care of at the state's expense. With this order, Chiang Kai-shek Zhongzheng."
Colonel Ma Buxiang also left a suicide note before.
"Mother, eldest brother and second brother:
The pen has not yet been written, the heart is broken, the loyal one is ordered to fight, life and death are uncertain, thinking of my long-lasting China, the vast China, how can I allow the Japanese pirates to trample on me? What's more, as a soldier, his father always told him to "eat his salary and protect his master, live in his land and protect his land." "Zhong's memory is still fresh. Zhong is unwilling and will not insult his ancestors. He should be loyal to the country." I only miss my elderly mother, Meiyun and her son, as well as the flesh and bones in Meiyun's belly. As if something unexpected happened, I hope my mother and brother express their condolences, and ask my eldest and second brothers to fulfill their filial piety.
A masterpiece of loyalty and loyalty. "
At the torpedo boat anchorage, all the naval officers and soldiers gathered together. Vice Admiral Ouyang Ge read out the order from the central government. Then Ouyang Ge lit the order and shouted to the Yangtze River: "Brother Lie Zhong, you can rest in peace." The Yangtze River shed tears for it, The navy officers wept. Ouyang Ge cried for it.
The tragic Jiangyin defense battle is not over yet. Countless navy and army officers and soldiers are still fighting selflessly with the Japanese army and clinging to it.
Shi Kefa No. 34 boat was ordered to carry 5 army officers and soldiers to carry out sabotage missions behind enemy lines. After arriving at Shiilipu, it was pursued by 4 Japanese fighter jets. The captain, Captain Jiang Xiang'ao, commanded the speedboat to change positions and use parallel machine guns to fight back. The machine gun firepower was helpless. It was too weak, and the Japanese planes dived and strafed many times. The deck of the speedboat was hit by many bullets, and most of the officers and soldiers on board were injured. Captain Jiang commanded the speedboat to quickly break away in the direction of Xia Port at maximum speed, and dropped 5 army officers and soldiers in a submersible bay. , was overtaken by Japanese planes on the water near Xia Port. The machine gun bullets fired by the Japanese planes hit the oil tank, and the stored gasoline ignited a fire. Captain Jiang ordered to abandon the ship, but all the naval officers and soldiers still adhered to their combat positions, using accurate The shooting told the Japanese aircraft that they were still alive. A Japanese fighter jet was hit in the cabin while diving, fell into the water and exploded. Captain Jiang, deputy captain Lieutenant Ye Junlue, and engineer Lieutenant Changjiang Pingguang and other 6 officers and soldiers all died heroically. .
The Chinese Army, which had lost its artillery cover, did not make the Japanese army of up to 2 brigades feel relaxed. When the Japanese army rushed to the forward position of the Chinese army, the Chinese army not only did not collapse, but continued to rush out of the trenches and bravely fought bloody battles with the Japanese army. The hand-to-hand combat lasted for three days. The Japanese army failed to achieve a breakthrough in any direction. Soldiers from both sides were intertwined, and everywhere was filled with cruelty and blood. The fierce battle lasted until midnight. The Japanese army, who had fought fiercely for a day, just wanted to sleep. When you wake up, you will find that the death squads of the Chinese army have approached, and the two sides have temporarily broken off contact after leaving a large number of wounded soldiers and corpses.
At dawn on the 4th, the Japanese army's artillery preparations began. The Japanese army invested 40 75mm field guns and about 100 grenades and mortars at once. They fired for a full hour, and the shells exploded one after another. The sound echoed on the Chinese army positions, the rising smoke covered the sky, gravel and soil were flying everywhere, and the arms or thighs of some Chinese soldiers would fall on the compatriots next to them along with the falling dust, but if The Japanese thought that this would frighten the Chinese people's courage and turn them back. Then they thought wrong. These ordinary Chinese farmers just silently grabbed their mud-covered rifles and pressed their bodies closer to the ground.
Lieutenant Colonel Matsuoka, the captain of Japan's 17th Brigade, specially mobilized a tank squadron. This squadron was equipped with 17 ft-17 light tanks and 12 "Fiat" light tanks imported from Italy. It once showed its power in the Northeast. He has made great achievements in battle, and usually he has five men and six men, and he is extremely arrogant.
Due to the lack of suppressive fire from the 150mm coastal artillery, the Japanese army placed their artillery in the open and blatantly bombarded the Chinese army's positions. The explosion was deafening, with clods of soil and shrapnel flying everywhere. It was more terrifying than bullets, and it remained The bearded Japanese artillerymen were firing while making insulting gestures towards the Chinese army's positions. The Chinese soldiers on the positions were so angry that their teeth were bleeding. Unfortunately, they did not have a strong air force and artillery, so they could only silently endure the enemy's attacks. Bombarded. The arrogant Japanese took off their clothes and danced a hometown dance proudly on the battlefield. This was an insult to the Chinese army. The regiment leader Xiong Yongming was so angry that he kept banging the telescope on the trench. He did not Any way to let the devils know that this is not their hometown, this is China, and it is a war.
Just when the Japanese were dancing triumphantly and firing artillery, from the distant horizon, four patrol fighter jets from the unknown group arrived. Air Force Second Lieutenant Le Shaoting stationed at Jiangyin Fortress hurriedly instructed Captain Tao Fang to command through the communication channel. The direction of the four-machine formation was the enemy's artillery position. Soon, the four Hawkers changed direction and flew towards the Japanese artillery position at low altitude. The Japanese suddenly panicked. They did not deploy anti-aircraft firepower at all. The dancing Japanese devils hugged With his head bent, he got into the trench, "tattatata", the four Hawkers conducted a standard air-to-ground shooting drill. The Japanese artillery position suddenly became a hell on earth. When the Hawks flew away, the Japanese soldiers climbed out carefully. In the trench, they were stunned by the tragedy before them. Some artillery pieces had been beaten into screens, and the grenades and mortars were knocked around. Lieutenant Colonel Songgang hurriedly ran to the artillery position and looked at the artillery major. Gangcun's fat face was slapped dozens of times, "Asshole, bastard, you bastard. Stupid pig." Gangcun stood obediently and kept answering: "Yes, yes."
"Move out and let the Chinese have a taste of the power of our Imperial Japanese Army's artillery shells." Captain Shidao of the tank squadron started the tank and shouted while waving his sword. Dozens of tanks around him discharged air from their exhaust pipes. The black smoke slowly moves forward.
, while some Japanese infantry slowly advanced under the cover of tanks. The Fiat is equipped with two 7.7mm machine guns, while the FT-17 is equipped with a 37mm rapid-fire cannon and two 7.7mm machine guns. Their powerful firepower made the Chinese soldiers unable to raise their heads, and bunkers and firepower points were destroyed one after another. The Chinese defenders tenaciously used the remaining positions to shoot at the Japanese army, but even Lieutenant General Liu Xing knew that there was not much time left for him. Throughout the day, the Chinese navy wasted no time in evacuating the wounded from the navy and army. Lieutenant General Ouyang Ge of the Lightning School decided to hold on until the last moment. His torpedo boats kept shuttling between Huangtian Port and a freighter on the river, transporting the retreating soldiers to the freighter.
The commander of the 57th Army, Liu He, and all the military staff also decided to be the last to board the ship. Now, in addition to the two regiments of the 117th Division and the two regiments of the 103rd Division, the troops he can command now also have some scattered troops and the navy. There are about 20,000 personnel in total.
On the Yin Zhiyuan Camp of the 350th Regiment of the 117th Division of the 57th Army, the Japanese army invested 24 tanks and 2 brigades of infantry. Their ferocious firepower did not make the Chinese soldiers succumb. They fought tenaciously and hard with several times the Japanese army and repelled the Japanese army. During the 4th attack, Battalion Commander Yin Zhiyuan personally blew up a Fiat tank, but finally due to the Japanese superiority in firepower, the entire battalion of only 70 people, led by Deputy Battalion Commander Huang Ti, withdrew to the internal positions of the Jiangyin Fortress.
Before sunset, with the help of tanks, the Japanese army occupied the outer positions of the Chinese army. The Chinese defenders, who suffered heavy casualties, withdrew from the fortress and carried out the final battle relying on the firing positions inside the fortress.
The defense battle of Jiangyin Fortress gradually came to the end.
