Devil's Army

The regiment commander's path forward was blocked by the 1st Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Hata Detachment.

The 1st Regiment launched two waves of attacks in succession but failed to break through the defense line of the Japanese Hata Detachment, which made the regiment commander extremely anxious.

The commander of the first regiment ordered the first battalion to continue attacking the 1st Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Hata Detachment. He led a large force to take a detour to reinforce the Xiangkou position.

When a regiment commander led a large force to the Xiangkou position, the Xiangkou and Xiangshan positions had already been lost, and the Japanese army was attacking the Changshan position.

The person stationed at Changshan at that time was Bao Changyi, who was formerly the deputy commander of the Third Fleet of the Navy and is now the commander of the Second Fleet of the Navy. He was not from the same system as Li Yunxingheng of the 16th Army, so he did not attend Li's graduation ceremony.

He saw the soldiers at Xiangkou and Xiangshan positions retreating, and immediately ordered them to enter the positions.

In order to prevent the defeated soldiers from affecting their morale, he should have stopped the defeated soldiers from entering the rear of his Changshan position. However, when he saw the Japanese soldiers chasing their soldiers from behind, he softened his heart and let them in.

Who knew that his soft-heartedness would bring so much trouble to his naval headquarters.

After occupying the Xiangkou and Xiangshan positions, the Japanese Army's Hata Detachment continued to attack the Changshan position.

In order to open a waterway, the Japanese Navy's gunboats continuously fired at the river surface filled with mines.

The most unfortunate one was the Japanese troop transport ship "Lihua", which hit a mine while going upstream and was sunk to the bottom of the Yangtze River.

Captain Bao led his troops to resist based on the fortifications, and managed to stabilize the situation for a while.

The Japanese aircraft carriers and warships risked hitting mines and tried to get as close to the Madang Fortress as possible, continuously bombing the Changshan position.

At this time, the Xiangkou and Xiangshan positions retreated to the rear of the Changshan position and reported to the defenders in the rear:

Their Xiangkou and Xiangshan positions have already been lost, and the Changshan position will certainly be lost soon.

The defenders in the rear position immediately judged that the Changshan position had been lost without verification, and believed that the gunfire and artillery sounds on the position were caused by the Japanese army, so they immediately ordered the artillery to fire at the Changshan position.

Captain Bao's Second Marine Corps at the Changshan position suffered heavy casualties under the double bombardment of its own and Japanese artillery.

Captain Bao had to ask for help from Li Yunheng, the commander-in-chief of the Madang Fortress.

Li Junchang was originally dissatisfied with Bao Changyi for not attending his cadre graduation ceremony. He did not believe what Captain Bao said, that the Japanese army had already broken through the Xiangkou position and was now attacking the Changshan position. He reprimanded Captain Bao.

Bao Changyi had no choice but to send a telegram directly to his old superior, General Xie Zhegang. After receiving the telegram, General Xie immediately informed Chairman Chiang.

The Chairman was both angry and annoyed about this, and immediately called General Bai Chongxi, asking him to find a way to resolve the crisis at the Ma'an Fortress.

General Bai sent an urgent telegram to Li Yunheng, the commander of the army, asking him to reorganize the troops and send troops to reinforce the Changshan position immediately. At the same time, he ordered Luo Zhuoying to send the 60th Brigade of the 80th Division to urgently reinforce the Changshan position.

However, what is ridiculous is that the 30th Division, which was only 167 miles away from the Changshan position, reported that it was lost and could not receive reinforcements for a long time.

Japanese aircraft carriers and warships approached the Madang Fortress and bombed the Changshan position indiscriminately.

However, as the deployment of a regiment of artillery positions was completed, the Japanese fleet also encountered its first misfortune since entering the Madang Fortress.

Following an order from the commander of the 150st Army's artillery battalion, a Japanese aircraft carrier and gunboat that were fiercely bombarding the Changshan position were hit successively by two mm grenades.

A big hole was immediately blown out on the deck of the Japanese aircraft carrier, which was twisted and deformed, and its carrier-based aircraft could not take off and land normally.

The Japanese gunboat was hit and exploded, sinking to the bottom of the Yangtze River.

Japanese Navy Commander Kawako Shiro urgently ordered the fleet's rear team to become the front team and withdraw from the range of the Nanjing defenders' large-caliber artillery. At the same time, he ordered the air force to find the Chinese heavy artillery positions and blow them up.

At this time, the two 150mm howitzers of the First Army fired another salvo, sinking the two motorboats of the Japanese army behind. Then they left two 75mm mountain guns as cover, and the other artillery quickly withdrew.

These mountain artillery soldiers who stayed behind to provide cover knew from the moment they stayed that their fate was sealed, but they had no regrets.

They seized the opportunity to launch a fierce bombardment on the Second Regiment of the Japanese Hata Detachment which was attacking the Changshan position.

With the retreat of more than 80 Japanese warships, gunboats and motorboats, the aircraft gun bombing on the Yangtze River position suddenly stopped, greatly reducing the pressure on the Changshan position.

The bombardment of the attacking Second Infantry Regiment of the Hata Detachment of the Japanese Army by two small mountain artillery pieces of the regiment also disrupted their formation.

At this time, a soldier from Bao Changyi's Second Corps shot down a Japanese plane with a rifle, which greatly boosted the morale of the Second Corps of the Navy.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. The Japanese planes, like hungry wolves smelling the aroma of meat, pounced on two 75mm mountain artillery pieces of a regiment that were bombing their Hata Detachment.

A regiment's two 75mm mountain guns and twelve excellent artillerymen were instantly engulfed in the dust produced by the explosion of the Japanese aircraft guns.

The Japanese warships, which did not pose a threat, continued to bombard the Changshan position fiercely. The Japanese artillery also bombarded the Changshan position fiercely.

Captain Bao's Changshan position was once again in a precarious situation.