On October 18th, the 25th Division hurried to the south bank of Zhanghe River and entered the predetermined defensive position on the 19th.

The Japanese army occupying the north bank of Zhanghe River was the 14th Division of Doihara. The troops commanded by Doihara, who was born by the spy, were extremely cunning. After they arrived at the north bank of Zhanghe River, they did not stop and rest. Instead, they sent small plainclothes teams wearing makeup mixed with fleeing people to enter the south bank of Zhanghe River. After these small plainclothes teams mixed into the south bank of Zhanghe River, they continued to launch sneak attacks on the territory defended by the National Army, and small-scale battles occurred from time to time on the positions, which caused great trouble to the defenders.

On the morning of the 20th, just as the vanguard of the Japanese harassed the defenders on the south bank of the Zhang River, the main force of the 14th Division of Dohiyuan adopted the tactic of crossing the river front and smuggling and attacking sideways in the upper reaches.

There is a village in the upper reaches of the Zhang River, and the Zhang River flows through it is narrower. Because the front of the defense is too wide, there are fewer defenders placed here by the 52nd Army, so this place was selected as the best place for smuggling by the 14th Division.

Although the river section of Shizhang Village is narrow in the river, the water flows faster, and the Japanese dare not swim easily. In order to test the depth of the river, the Japanese arrested five young villagers on the north bank and forced them to wade across the river with guns.

These five villagers are good swimmers and patriotic young people. Born and raised here, they certainly know the depth of the river. In order to confuse the Japanese, they crossed the river in the deep water area, and frequently looked back and waved their hands while stepping on the water to summon the Japanese to cross the river.

The Japanese commander saw the Chinese young man's upper body exposed on the water and his expression was leisurely on the shore. They thought the river was shallow, so they immediately sent two vanguard teams to wade across the river.

But as soon as they arrived in the deep water, the turbulent river water immediately washed away more than a dozen Japanese soldiers. The Japanese were carrying heavy rifles and ammunition on their backs. In addition, the river channel here is deep and the river flows fast. These Japanese soldiers did not have time to save themselves, and they became drowned ghosts in a daze.

Seeing that the situation was not good, all the remaining Japanese soldiers stopped. They saw five Chinese young men standing not far from the south bank of Zhanghe River, pointing and laughing. The angry Japanese raised their guns and aimed at them and shot.

"Eight Hooks", "Eight Hooks"... After a burst of gunfire, three of the five patriotic young men with no battlefield experience fell down, and the other two ran away when they saw that the situation was not good.

This dense gunfire also attracted the attention of the defenders. A platoon of the Nan'an National Army rushed over immediately, and the smuggling of the Japanese turned into a forced crusade.

After the defenders occupied the riverside, they immediately organized a counterattack. After a burst of gunfire, the Japanese vanguard in the half-cross suffered great losses, and more than half of the vanguards fell into the turbulent river.

The Japanese who failed to smuggle retreated back to the north bank of the Zhang River. They quickly set up floating rafts with local materials. Under the cover of the 1992 infantry artillery, grenade launchers and heavy machine guns, they seemed determined to force the river to cross the river on the floating raft.

The Second Battalion of the 145th Regiment was stationed not far away, and Li Qinglin's row was patrolling not far away. The gunshots were the orders, and Li Qinglin quickly rushed to Shizhang Village with his row.

The Second Battalion suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Caohe. Not only did they die or suffer more than half of the heavy firepower, but they all lost all heavy machine guns and mortars. Now Czech light machine guns and mid-official rifles are the main firepower. Fortunately, the rapid flow of the Zhang River helped the Kuomintang army, and the Japanese who forced the crossing could not get faster, so they were beaten back by the Kuomintang army.

Seeing that the smuggling troops of the 10th Division were unable to cross the river, they had no choice but to retreat in disappointment.

Although the Kuomintang troops guarding the river bank fought positional wars and repelled the Japanese with their terrain advantages and the natural danger of the Zhanghe River, the powerful firepower of the Japanese still caused them casualties. One soldier was killed and one injured in Li Qinglin's fifth company and one row.

Just as they were bandaging the wounded and sorting out their equipment, the battalion sent troops to arrive on horseback. He brought the latest order from the regiment and ordered the Second Battalion to immediately reinforce the 75th Brigade of the 25th Division.

On the 18th, after the 75th Brigade of the 25th Division entered the highland between Baozhang and southeast of the south bank of the Zhang River, they thought that the enemy could not cross the river very quickly, so the fortifications were very simple. In fact, about 500 Japanese troops crossing the river had already arrived at the north bank of the Zhang River. Seeing that the river was not deep, it was not urgent. The group of Japanese soldiers quickly waded across the river and immediately launched an attack on the position of the 75th Brigade.

The 150th Regiment of the 75th Brigade, caught off guard, rushed to fight. The battle lasted less than half an hour before the regiment was defeated by the Japanese army. The regiment commander Xu Qian died in battle and the position was lost.

The military situation was like fire! All the officers and soldiers of the Second Battalion did not care about rest. They immediately drove to the front line as quickly as possible to reinforce the 75th Brigade in the crisis.

Although the Japanese army defeated the 150th Regiment, the number of troops they crossed the Zhang River is small and they are not familiar with the environment on the battlefield. The first battalion, which the 145th Regiment of the 73rd Brigade, soon pushed the Japanese back to the river beach and regained the two small highlands that the 150th Regiment had just been discarded. The 2nd and 3rd Battalions then occupied the second-line position so that they could reinforce the 1st Battalion at any time.

At around 9 a.m., the large-scale attack of the Japanese began. Their aircraft and cannons began to bomb the defensive positions of the 25th Division. The bombs and artillery fire once extended to the second-line and third-line positions, and the Second Battalion suffered casualties again.

With the help of the cover of aircraft cannons, about 300 Japanese troops crossed the Zhang River. After crossing the river, they immediately attacked the defense line of the 146th Regiment on the right wing of the 145th Regiment. The regiment commander Zheng Mingxin was injured and the defense line of the 146th Regiment was broken.

When Li Qinglin and his friends arrived at the battlefield, most of the officers and soldiers of the 146th Regiment were retreating one after another. Some Japanese troops had already attacked the trenches of the 146th Regiment. Some of the officers and soldiers of the National Army who were tenaciously resisting were fighting desperately with the Japanese army.

The enemy and us are fighting each other, and shooting and dropping bullets will hurt our comrades. Li Qinglin loudly ordered: "Get the bayonet!".

Hearing the order, the officers and soldiers of the Fifth Company "Ka Li Kazha" took bayonets, led by Li Qinglin, and the officers and soldiers of the Fifth Company rushed towards the enemy with a cold bayonet: "Kill!"

The Japanese army crossed the river only had about 300 people. Some Japanese left behind to carry out fire cover. Some Japanese were left on the river beach. These Japanese must firmly occupy the landing field to create a safe environment for subsequent crossing forces. Therefore, there are only 200 Japanese who can charge at the 150th Regiment position.

As the Japanese were already injured and killed by the National Army during the charge, there were only eighty or ninety Japanese soldiers who actually rushed to the position. These eighty or ninety Japanese soldiers were strong in shape, strong in will, and first-class individual combat quality. It is obvious that they were all veterans on the Chinese battlefield. Although the number of these Japanese soldiers was not large, they attacked more with less but were not afraid of anything. They actually defeated the 146th Regiment several times more than their own with one charge.

All three companies of the Second Battalion participated in the battle, and the troops rushed up were more than three times that of the Japanese, obviously fighting less. But there were three groups of seventy or eighty Japanese soldiers who had already rushed up, two groups of them, with their backs on their backs, and their hands were holding bayonets to rush on the position. On the position, there were constant falls of soldiers from the National Army.

Li Qinglin Chong was at the front of the team, and Li Gou left on his left. As soon as they rushed to the position, they encountered two Japanese soldiers.

Seeing that the number of national soldiers coming up with too many reinforcements, these two Japanese soldiers spontaneously made a defensive posture with large guns on their backs.

At this time, there is no time to choose an opponent. Li Qinglin and Li Gousheng fought one-on-one with two Japanese soldiers.

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Chapter completed!