The Republic of Heroes

"Boarded a group of Japanese troops in the shallows south of the fortress..."

When Yu Sanhe heard that the Japanese army had started to land, he couldn't help being overjoyed. He was so happy that he finally didn't have to stare blankly at the naval battle. Hit me hard, don't lose me."

Seeing that the group seat had no fear, the messenger immediately relaxed his nervous mood and smiled.

"Let's see, group seat!"

After that, he turned around and strode away.

Although Yu Sanhe said it easily, when the messenger left, he raised his binoculars and looked at the southernmost beach. In the hazy fog, there was indeed a group of Japanese soldiers boarding up.It seems that the scale is not large, at best there is only one brigade. It should not be difficult for his Ninth Regiment to kill the landing Japanese army, but he has an ominous premonition. The waterway, and more importantly, it covered the rear of Zhang Zhizhong's Fifth Army on the Songhu defense line. Once the Japanese captured the Wusong Fortress, it would be as easy as finding something to get something out of a bag after defeating the newly defeated Fifth Army.

Thinking of this, cold sweat broke out on Yu Sanhe's forehead. Judging from this, these Japanese ships today were not impromptu provocations, but reconnaissance before a planned attack.In other words, even if he does not take the initiative to fire today, the Japanese will attack this fortress tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

Based on this premise, the Japanese army must be determined to win the Wusong Fortress, so the landing force will never be just one brigade, and there may be a large number of landing Japanese troops swarming in.

Yu Sanhe turned his face to the adjutant and whispered: "Let the rest of the two companies enter the combat position, and the original fortress soldiers also return their weapons. There is a tough battle to be fought!"

Just as the adjutant was about to leave, Yu Sanhe stopped him again, and said in a slow voice, "Send someone to ask for help from Commander Zhang of the Fifth Army, and he said that the Japanese army is attacking and the fortress is in danger."

Now is not the time to take care of face, he asked himself that although the Ninth Regiment was brave and good at fighting, it was not strong enough to stop the joint attack of the Japanese army, army, army and air force.In the naval battle just now, it was difficult to gain an advantage by concentrating all the firepower of the northern and southern forts.But this advantage didn't last for even half a minute, and was broken by the Japanese cruiser who arrived.The Japanese army even launched a landing battle under the cover of thick fog.

Suddenly, the defenders of the fortress turned from a slight advantage to a precarious situation.Yu Sanhe had nothing to do with the Japanese planes that were as hateful as flies in the sky.Even though the Japanese navy had achieved some results in the early stage against the giant ship artillery, it still had a disadvantage.Only the Japanese infantry who landed, he thought, still had the power to fight.He immediately walked to the table in the center of the bunker, on which was a very detailed map of Wusong Fortress.

It didn't matter, and a thin layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead. I didn't know it was the southern section of the fortress, but even the northern section had a shallow beach. Except for the steep terrain in the middle and the surrounding walls, it was not suitable for landing troops to start operations. , both north and south are excellent landing points.

As if to confirm his thoughts, the orderly rushed into the bunker again.

"Report! There are also Japanese troops landing in the north!"

It seems that the Japanese army launched two landing operations at the same time, the purpose is to disperse the Chinese defenders so that they can be defeated one by one.This tactic made it clear that the Japanese army was bullying the Squadron's lack of combat power, but it also aroused Yu Sanhe's aggressiveness. He also ordered the Ninth Regiment to divide into two, to defend the two shallows in the north and the south, and at the same time The machine gun company was also divided into two. He didn't think that his brave subordinates couldn't even withstand a devil who landed, not to mention that the shallows were not flat. Deng Zhenquan had built a lot of fortifications in the north and south before, and now he just sent them use.The remaining re-armed defenders of the original fortress serve as a reserve team to replenish the vacancy of troops at any time.

However, Yu Sanhe seriously underestimated the scale of the Japanese army's attack. After conducting a fire test, the Japanese army dispatched two brigades to deal a heavy blow to the fortress guarding Wusongkou like two fists. Stars in the eyes, dizzy.

Among them, the fierce fighting at the southern shoal position was the most tragic, and the position almost changed hands at one point. Thanks to the timely replenishment of the original fortress soldiers, the Japanese army was repulsed and the position was stabilized.Because the beach is not wide, the battle line is also very narrow, the Japanese army had to use refueling tactics, one brigade sent troops up one brigade, this wave was defeated and the second wave followed closely. In short, the Chinese defenders guarding the fortress The army did not have the slightest chance to rest and breathe.

The three seaplanes of the Japanese army finally stopped hovering over the two forts, but turned to the southern position. The bombs were dropped one after another, and the ground was instantly engulfed in a sea of ​​​​flames. This kind of gasoline bomb killed soldiers. It could not be better.

After a wave of bombing, a brigade of the Japanese army slowly rushed up the shallows with rifles inserted into the bayonet.They bowed their waists one by one, and searched forward cautiously, for fear that if they were not careful, they would incur merciless artillery fire from the Chinese defenders.But until they were only 40 meters away from the garrison fortifications, the Chinese garrison still did not fire.Just when they thought that most of the people in the position were either burnt to death by petrol bombs or fainted, and lost their combat effectiveness long ago.The machine guns and infantry artillery were pushed out from the trench bunkers, and the firepower woven by several tongues of flames pushed forward little by little. The Japanese army encountered was as easy as cutting melons and vegetables. This time the Japanese attack seemed to be in vain And back.

But at this critical moment, the newly arrived cruiser Baojin on the river launched a salvo, and the fierce artillery fire blew up the fortifications beyond recognition.The commander of the first battalion scolded his mother angrily, "Grandma, the ancestor of Deng Zhenquan..."

It is not terrible to be greedy for money, but if all defense engineering companies cut corners and withhold money for their own use, it is tantamount to helping the enemy.It's just that now is not the time to pursue responsibility, and keeping the fortress is the top priority.

Gunpowder smoke billowed from the shoal position in the southern section. The first battalion commander wiped the sweat from his face, and suddenly his face was disfigured. He grabbed the phone again, asked for the headquarters bunker, and begged:

"Tuanza, the Japanese army's firepower is too strong, we need support here... we need support..." The voice was intermittent, and finally cut off, maybe the phone line was blown off.Previously, for the convenience of command, Yu Sanhe specially ordered people to pull up the telephone lines in the north and south shoals and the command bunker.

"Go to a few people to find out where it is broken, and connect it quickly!"

The first battalion commander threw the phone on the ground and spat hard.

The Japanese army didn't give him a second chance to spit out. Under the cover of the cruiser's artillery fire, the Japanese landing force began to advance again, but this time the Maxim heavy machine guns on the defenders' positions did not fire for a long time, and they were getting closer and closer to the position. , 50 meters, 40 meters, 30 meters, 20 meters...