Purple Mountain battlefield, the former enemy headquarters of the Japanese army.

Faced with a battlefield situation that could not be conquered for a long time, Yoshika Ryosuke was so angry that he could hardly contain his anger. If the chief of staff Tiankurio hadn't persuaded him, the old devil would have taken the lead in the charge with a machine gun in his hand.

Under his death order, all Japanese regiments worked hard and continuously attacked various positions of the national army, including the Independence Brigade.

Some captains and deputy captains even carried machine guns and personally led the charge. More than seven or eight people died in the battle alone.

However, it still failed to break through the Chinese army's defense line. This is because the Chinese army is very brave to begin with, especially this time in order to defend Nanjing, all the Chinese army fought with the belief that they would live or die with Nanjing.

In addition, with the assistance of the independent brigade tank and armored units led by Zhou Weiguo, the firepower of the defenders was greatly enhanced, making it naturally more difficult for the Japanese to break through the national defense lines.

At this moment, a Japanese communications staff officer suddenly ran over in a hurry, stood up to attention and saluted Yoshika Ryosuke, Taku no Toshio and others: "General, Takeshita Shun called. They were besieged by the armored troops of the Chinese Army. Attack.

Failed.

Now they have turned to the defensive and are trying their best to hold back the Chinese army!

Moreover, Colonel Takeshita judged that the Kunisaki detachment should have been completely wiped out, so the independent brigade armored troops from Jiangbei entered Nanjing City.

Colonel Takeshita requested us to break through the frontal defense line of the China Army as soon as possible and not let their sacrifice be in vain."

Upon hearing this, Yosuke Yoshikari immediately turned around and asked Chief of Staff Takyuri Yuodao: "Is the Kunisaki detachment out of contact?"

Tajiu Toshio nodded and said: "We lost contact half an hour ago."

"Baga Ya Road!" Yoshika Ryosuke kicked a chair in front of him with a very angry kick, and roared angrily: "Damn it, pass on the order, the frontline troops must fight against Takeshita Shun's attack troops within an hour.

Come together! Otherwise, you will be dealt with by military law!"

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After being urged again by Yosuke Yoshikari's order, the Japanese 9th, 11th, 13th, and 18th Divisions and other attacking units all once again increased their attack intensity.

In particular, the 13th Division was responsible for attacking Niushou Mountain. In order to avenge the humiliation, the commander of the division, Ogi Ribei, directly led the death squad to launch a fierce attack on the national defense line at Niushou Mountain.

At that time, the independent brigade armored force led by Zhou Weiguo was resisting Japanese attacks by the 9th and 11th Divisions and other frontline positions such as Zijin Mountain.

There were only a few infantry regiments in the Niushou Mountain area that had retreated from the Songhu battlefield, and their strength and firepower were far inferior to those of the Japanese army.

Ogi Ribei, an old Japanese soldier, led his own suicide squad and attacked from the front by relying on his superior strength and firepower.

In addition, they sent an elite force of more than a thousand people to bypass Niushou Mountain and forcefully cross the Qinhuai River. They finally broke through the national army's defense line at Niushou Mountain and advanced to the vicinity of Nanjing's Shuixi Gate.

At this time, the national army, Zhu Ziming, Chen Zhenglun and others in the city were busy encircling Takeshita Shun and other Japanese attacking troops.

The Shuiximen garrison had insufficient troops and was unable to resist the 13th Division. The Japanese army soon captured the Shuiximen city wall.

When the news reached Xu Wen's ears, Xu Wen immediately ordered: "Sun Fugui, tell me immediately to inform Zhao Shoutian and Zhang Tianfu and order them to immediately concentrate all naval gun firepower and bombard Shuiximen!

We must contain the Japanese attack and never let them in!"

"Yes!" Sun Fugui immediately used the radio to convey Xu Wen's order to the naval task force.

After receiving the order, Zhao Shoutian and Zhang Tianfu, who had already led six cruisers from the north of the Yangtze River to the shore of the south of the Yangtze River, immediately ordered all their naval guns to aim at Shuixi Gate and fire a salvo.

Boom, boom, boom! Countless large-caliber naval gun shells, like a meteor shower, hit the Shuixi Gate of Nanjing and its vicinity.

The attacking troops of the 13th Division, which had just captured this place and were about to continue attacking the city, were blown up.

In the dazzling firelight, countless Japanese soldiers were blown to pieces and flew backwards screaming, and some were directly blown into ashes by the shells of the 230mm caliber naval gun.

Soon, the entire Shuixi Gate inside and outside turned into a sea of ​​fire. The 13th Division suffered heavy casualties and was unable to advance even an inch and was unable to continue the attack!

At this time, Xu Wen and Chen Zhenglun respectively commanded hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles. With the cooperation of the Chinese infantry in the city, they launched a final fierce attack on Takeshita Jun and other two remaining Japanese attack forces.

Seeing that the 13th Division had already reached Shuiximen, Xu Wen had no reservations and ordered all tanks and armored vehicles to use full firepower, firing countless artillery shells and bullets at Takeshita Shun and other Japanese troops.

Under the fierce and intensive firepower of the Independence Brigade, the Japanese troops who sneaked into Nanjing suffered heavy casualties and were quickly wiped out.

At the last moment, Takeshita Shun gave up the idea of ​​committing suicide by caesarean section. With his outstanding skills, he found an underground pipe entrance under the cover of darkness and escaped in the chaos.

After killing the Japanese in the city, Xu Wen did not wait for the 13th Division to regroup and continued to attack Shuiximen.

Immediately ordered the naval gunfire to move the fire coverage from Shuixi Gate to outside the city, causing a devastating blow to the 13th Division who was gathering troops.

The commander of the 13th Division, Ogi Ryū, who wanted to personally lead the team and boost morale, was also killed on the spot by the independent brigade's fierce naval gun fire.

Taking advantage of the 13th Division's heavy casualties and chaos, Xu Wen and Chen Zhenglun led the tank and armored troops, and under the cover of the infantry in the city, attacked and recaptured Shuiximen, and took advantage of the situation to launch an assault on the Japanese troops outside the city.

Relying on the firepower of naval guns and the powerful assault firepower of tanks and armored units, they easily defeated the 13th Division, which suffered heavy casualties and was in chaos, and pursued them all the way to Niushou Mountain, taking back the Niushou Mountain defense line occupied by the Japanese.

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The entire 13th Division, its division commander, and chief of staff were all killed in the battle, and more than half of the troops were lost. They retreated hastily from Niushou Mountain.

Xu Wen ordered Chen Zhenglun to continue the pursuit with one hundred tanks and one hundred armored vehicles, as well as thousands of infantrymen from the national army.

He led more than a hundred other tanks and armored vehicles to the front line of Zijin Mountain, and together with Zhou Weiguo and other defensive forces, launched a fierce counterattack against the Japanese 9th and 18th Divisions.

In addition, Xu Wen also ordered Zhao Shoutian to lead six cruisers to cross the Xiaguan Pier and launch a fire attack on the Japanese 11th Division and other units attacking Qixia Mountain.

It provided strong naval gun fire support for the defenders of Qixia Mountain. Under this situation, the offensive troops of the 11th Division suffered heavy losses and were eventually forced to stop the attack and retreat.

The 9th and 18th Divisions were even worse. They were directly defeated by a powerful assault group composed of hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles from the Independent Brigade. Instead, they were crushed and pushed sideways.

There were countless casualties and the army was completely defeated!

Even several division commanders, including Yosuke Ryosuke and Nakajima Sadao, were almost killed by the intensive and powerful tank fire of the Independent Brigade!
Chapter completed!