Wei Mingyang reminded: "Infantry artillery should be hidden in the city and not exposed. Be careful of Japanese anti-artillery."

The national army accepted the German military ideology and believed that combat was a matter for the army.

Defensive warfare involves deep trenches and strong fortifications, and fortifications are used to build defense lines to hold the city in place.

Neither the German military instructors in the National Army nor the National Army realized that if two armies with vastly different equipment were to fight such a fortress battle, the side with inferior weapons would obviously suffer a big loss.

Therefore, Wei Mingyang took the trouble to remind the officers and soldiers of the third battalion again and again.

The three companies of the Third Battalion followed the tanks and drove motorcycles back to Baoshan County.

Yao Ziqing, who was still busy in the county town, heard that the Wusongkou fort had been recaptured and more than a thousand Japanese in the fort had been wiped out.

Two Type 92 infantry guns were also captured.

He was not as happy as the three company commanders, but ordered to the entire battalion of soldiers who had just returned: "Immediately establish flanking firepower points at each street entrance in the county."

In the morning, Wei Mingyang came up with the idea for him to use blackened bamboo poles and clothes to disguise himself as National Army soldiers on the defense line outside the city.

After thinking about this suggestion for a while, he thought it was a good idea and immediately accepted it.

After the second and third battalions set off, he had been leading Minzhuang to deploy suspicious troops outside the city.

As for the defense of Baoshan County, he still did it in his own way: sandbags were placed in the middle of the street and fortifications were built.

At crossroads, build circular fortifications.

The fortifications were also built in this way on the city wall, waiting for the soldiers returning from Wusongkou to garrison them.

I heard about the fighting in Wusongkou Fort, although I didn’t understand why.

But Yao Ziqing decided to trust Commander Wei once.

At present, the whole city is assigned to three areas, and each of the three companies is responsible for one area.

The tanks were also hidden in private houses on both sides of the main road as suggested by Wei Mingyang.

The two Type 92 infantry guns that had just been dragged back were also assigned to the sides of the east and west city gates.

Battalion Commander Yao's order was: fire a few shots and then retreat. Move to another place and fight again.

The road leader was reporting the results of the battle to the brigade commander Fang Jing. He had just reported that the Wusongkou Fort had been recaptured.

Brigadier Fang immediately asked: "Which team is staying at Wusongkou Fort?"

"Second Battalion!"

"Is it the second battalion with less than fifty people in total?" Fang Jing's tone changed.

"The remaining 13 regiment guard platoons have been left at Wusongkou Fort to assist in the defense." Commander Lu quickly explained, proving that there were more than fifty soldiers defending Wusongkou Fort.

"What nonsense! What nonsense! Can a mere fifty people guard such an important position as Wusongkou?"

It’s an old road! Let me tell you what’s good about you?

The 583rd Regiment captured Shizilin and Wusongkou Forts in one night. What a great achievement this was.

But you have to hold on!

I don’t want you to stay here for any length of time, just one day, one day.”

"Yes! I will try my best to complete the task in my humble position."

Of course, Lu Jingrong also knew how important those two forts were. Not to mention fifty people defending the Wusongkou fort, even if the second battalion was fully equipped, he could only guarantee to defend it for one day.

After agreeing, Captain Lu quickly said: "Report to the brigade! Please give the 583rd Regiment 1,500 additional soldiers!

The first battalion lost 200 men, the second battalion lost 600 men, and the third battalion lost 400 men.

Please give us 1,500 additional men, and I will humbly promise to hold the fort for three days."

"Three days? I only need you to hold on for two days, and I will send you the Northern Jiangsu Security Group that has just been replenished in the brigade.

Use it well and be sure to defend the two forts for two days."

With two forts, Baoshan County is not that important anymore.

Fang Jing had just finished his call with Commander Lu and immediately ordered: "Get me the division headquarters!"

The Fourth North Jiangsu Security Regiment set out last night. When Fang Jing received the news last night that there were less than fifty people left in the Second Battalion of the 583rd Regiment, Fang Jing had already dispatched the Fourth North Jiangsu Security Regiment.

The combat effectiveness of these security groups is completely incomparable to that of the Central Army, but they are still hastily trained soldiers.

If you continue to train on the battlefield, you will soon become a veteran.

The results of the 583rd Regiment were reported level by level. Commissar Chiang had the habit of getting up early.

Every day after getting up early, I take a walk in the Qilu Garden.

Chairman Chiang was taking a walk, surrounded by his close aides, when he saw Chen Cheng quickly catching up from behind.

There was an excited look on his face and a telegram in his hand.

Then he stopped and asked, "Ci Xiu! What's the matter?"

"Report to the Commission! Great victory! The 583rd Regiment of the 98th Division took the initiative from last night to this morning, recovered the Shizilin Fort and Wusongkou Fort, and annihilated the two Japanese infantry brigades."

"What?" Chairman Jiang was stunned. He couldn't believe what he heard.

"Ci Xiu! What did you say just now? Say it again!"

"Report to the committee! The 583rd Regiment recovered the Shizilin Fort and Wusongkou Fort, and annihilated the two Japanese infantry brigades." Chen Cheng saluted immediately again.

At the same time, he handed over the telegram in his hand. Qian Dajun, the chief of staff, took it and handed it to Chairman Chiang.

Read the telegram at a glance: "The 583rd Regiment! The 583rd Regiment!"

Chairman Chiang did not know what to say.

Before this, the performance of the 583rd Regiment had been tepid and not particularly outstanding.

After a while, he finally organized his words: "Sure enough, the sea is crossing the sea, and the true colors of a hero are revealed.

I, a Chinese man, always stand up when the country is in crisis.

What is the situation of the two forts now?"

"The Lion Forest Fort is currently garrisoned by the 1st Battalion and the 1st Company of the 583rd Regiment, and the remaining teams of the 1st Battalion are stationed at the original defense line behind the Lion Forest.

The Wusongkou Fort is garrisoned by the Second Battalion, and the Third Battalion is still garrisoned in Baoshan County."

"Go back and have a look!" Chairman Chiang stopped walking and walked back to Qilu as fast as he could.

Of course he wanted to see the map, although the map around Baoshan had long been engraved in the chairman's mind.

He could not forget that after the Japanese Navy's Third and Fifth Fleets arrived in Shanghai, they immediately landed at Baizhikou, and then the Japanese Third, Eleventh, Thirteenth, and Sixteenth Divisions stormed two forts.

Forcing themselves to send out elite troops to build a new line of defense, the offensive posture of the national army on the Shanghai battlefield turned into a stalemate.

If the two forts at Shizilin and Wusongkou can be defended again, the pressure on the left wing of the national army on the entire Songhu battlefield will be much less.

Walk all the way and think all the way.

Chairman Chiang's heart beat violently: The 583rd Regiment had accomplished a task that the entire left-wing army could not accomplish.

good!
Chapter completed!