Yan Wushuang's words reminded Commander Liao. The 174th Division suffered heavy casualties in continuous battles and should be replaced and rested. What's more, at this time, new changes occurred in the battle situation. After the Dragon Boat Festival left, Changshu's defense line encountered extremely serious problems.
The Japanese army used the Yongjin detachment from the north and the Sasaki detachment and the first part of the 11th Division to attack the defense positions from the east.
The 33rd Regiment and the 11th Division once again launched an attack on the positions of the 98th Division and the 13th Division south of Changshu.
The artillery force concentrated nearly a hundred large-caliber heavy artillery pieces to bombard the national army positions indiscriminately.
The 75mm mountain artillery squadron and the 37mm rapid-fire artillery squadron of the Japanese 33rd Regiment also advanced to the front line, trying their best to destroy the defenders' bunkers and machine gun bunkers to cover the infantry attack.
However, the officers and soldiers of the 98th Division and the 13th Division held on to the fortifications without retreating. After a whole day of fierce fighting, the Japanese army only captured 8 bunkers, and the main defensive position remained unchanged.
And that night, the Chinese army also used mortars and field artillery to cover the infantry to launch a counterattack against the Japanese army.
The Japanese army encountered extremely serious setbacks in the Battle of Changshu. When a meeting was held at the dispatched army headquarters in Shanghai, the speeches of all combat staff officers were full of serious pessimism.
However, not everyone in the Japanese Army's General Staff is a free man. After a more than two-hour combat meeting, the General Staff decided to use part of the 11th Division to carry out water maneuvers, bypass the national defense positions, and attack the Chinese army from behind.
So just after Matsui Iwane issued the order, the 43rd Regiment of Yamamuro Somu Order formed the Huagu Detachment, carried out water maneuvers from Kuncheng Lake on the south side of the Changshu National Army position, and advanced towards Mocheng Town.
That night, the 13th Division of the garrison discovered the Japanese water mobile vanguard in the north of Kuncheng Lake and immediately repulsed it.
Luo Zhuoying, commander of the 18th Army, was shocked after receiving the report. In order to prevent the Japanese from landing, he ordered the 11th Division to use a regiment and the 60th Division to use a battalion to strengthen the defense of Mocheng Town.
However, such a small force obviously underestimated the size of the Japanese army's water mobile force, causing Changshu's rear to be threatened.
Moreover, the defense situation in the Changshu area also deteriorated sharply after the Dragon Boat Festival left. The 44th Division had gone through bloody battles for a long time and suffered heavy losses in weapons and personnel. However, the Japanese troops it faced amounted to brigade after regiment. Two days after the Dragon Boat Festival left, Changshu could no longer hold on.
Chen Yong asked the military to send reinforcements, but it was unknown whether they would be able to wait.
Because even if reinforcements are sent down from the peak, it will take time. What's more, the flanks of Changshu's defense line are being threatened by the Japanese 43rd Regiment.
So Commander Liao came to the Dragon Boat Festival, which was one of the main reasons. Of course, there were other reasons, and he needed to notify Duan Wu as soon as possible.
But Danwu was looking for money everywhere, and even a sword collected by Namada Chuichi was dug out by him.
Namada Chuichi is a good man who makes a living. He received two general knives from the munitions department. But still using the old one. He was reluctant to use the new sword. But he also liked this golden handle sword with a lot of corals and jewels embedded in it, so he always carried it with the army and took it out to play with when he had nothing to do at night.
However, due to his haste during the retreat, he left the sword inside the headquarters and was overturned by Duanwu.
"Hey, this is a good thing."
Danwu was so pleased that he tied the swords he had captured before, a Kotetsu, Chiaki Shigeto's sword, and the sword left behind by Chuichi Namada on his pants.
Xie Jinyuan walked into the headquarters and wanted to laugh when he saw three sabers tied around Duanwu's waist and his pants were about to fall off: "Leader, what are you doing with so many swords?"
Duanwu quickly drew his sword, one in each hand, and held one in his mouth. He took a fighting stance and said: "I am the highest level of Japanese swordsmanship - three-sword style!"
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Xie Jinyuan was speechless. Anyway, he had never heard of the Three Blade Style.
But the Dragon Boat Festival looks really majestic.
Duan Wu put away his sword, and then took his exaggerated three swords out of the Japanese command room to inspect his troops.
The soldiers wanted to laugh when they looked at the sword on Dragon Boat Festival's waist. Because the sword was really going to knock off Dragon Boat Festival's pants.
But behind the laughter was admiration, because only the commissioner in front of him had done it. Two battles were won, and two swords were captured.
Although these soldiers didn't know what the other sword was, they felt that it must be good. A soldier once saw with his own eyes that this sword chopped off a little devil's shoulder.
Human bones are very hard and have muscle tissue. An ordinary knife will never be able to split a person open.
But this ordinary-looking sword on Dragon Boat Festival's waist did it easily. This had to make them think that this must be a famous Japanese sword.
"Commissioner, can you show us your knife?"
"Yes, let's see?"
Several bad boys came over to see Dragon Boat Festival's knife.
Duanwu covered his knife and said stingily: "Can I show you this? In the eyes of our soldiers, this knife is our wife. Can your wife show it to others casually?"
"Hahaha!"
The soldiers laughed, then came over and lifted up the Dragon Boat Festival.
"Hey, hey? What are you doing?"
Duanwu thought these boys were going to steal his knife.
"The military commander has ordered us to carry you back to the mountain."
One of the officers of the 174th Division said that it turned out that they invited Duanwu to return to the headquarters on the mountain.
Commander Liao was a little anxious while waiting, so he had no choice but to order people to carry the Dragon Boat Festival back.
After going up the mountain, the Dragon Boat Festival was placed on a chair. Duanwu then picked up the phone and said, "Old Liao, what's so urgent?"
Commander Liao first congratulated him and said, "Commissioner, have you made new achievements again?"
Duanwu said in greeting: "Everywhere, everywhere, brothers are helping me. And especially you, Lao Liao, have put in a lot of efforts and helped a lot! Brother, I will keep it all in mind."
Commander Liao flattered: "The special commissioner is still like a god in using troops and strategizing! Without your invincibility, how could there be a victory in Yushan?"
Duan Wu said humbly: "I am too ashamed to deserve it. I am too ashamed to deserve it."
Yan Wushuang on the side heard this and stuck out her tongue. She did not expect that Duan Wu was so mature. He looks young, but he can talk angrily without leaking words. No wonder he eats so much.
Duanwu looked back at this time and saw that there were quite a lot of people in the room, including Xie Jinyuan, Brooke, and Yan Wushuang, as well as a few officers from the 174th Division, a temporary brigade, and a guard company.
Duan Wu waved his hand back, and Xie Jinyuan said understandingly: "Brothers, let's go out first. The special commissioner and Commander Liao have confidential military affairs to discuss."
Everyone understood and walked out one after another.
Although Yan Wushuang was a little reluctant, she had no choice. She was not qualified to be present at such a high-level meeting.
After everyone went out, Duanwu said: "Old Liao, brother will not treat you badly. The old rule is that half of the materials seized this time belong to you and half to me. If you don't have enough, brother, I will give you some more. .”
Commander Liao laughed loudly and said: "It's fun to work with brothers. But, what if this is discovered by the superiors?"
Duanwu said: "What the hell is he doing? At this time, who dares to come to the front line? We brothers are working hard on the front line, can we still be allowed to buy weapons and equipment with our own money?"
By the way, those cannons? ..."
"Sell all mine to me. I will raise money now. Brothers and others, please come to my military headquarters first. I will prepare the money for you. Chief of Staff Bai told me that no matter how poor our Gui army is, , We can't afford weapons and equipment. Not to mention, Commissioner, you are so interesting. There is no way to sell us the weapons and equipment of the Gui Army.
Chief of Staff Bai said that when you arrive in Nanjing, I will treat you to a meal and be sure to show your appreciation. "
Commander Liao mentioned a person at this time - Chief of Staff Bai. Dragon Boat Festival was covered for a while. But after thinking about it, the only person who could be so admired by Commander Liao, and whose surname was Bai, was Xiao Zhuge of the Gui Army.
Duanwu immediately smiled and said: "So it's Lao Bai? Okay, okay, okay, I will definitely reward you, I will definitely reward you. But I have to wait until I go to Changshu."
Commander Liao hurriedly said: "Commissioner, please don't go to Changshu. Tomorrow at the latest, all the Changshu garrison will retreat, and even the Yushan garrison will have to retreat step by step. Moreover, the commissioner has just conveyed the order for the special commissioner to retreat. You, return to Nanjing immediately and make sure there is no mistake!..."
