The ranks of the Japanese puppet army increased by more than 800 compared with the day before yesterday, and the total number reached more than 3,700 people. The recalcitrant army, the imperial army, and the devils made dinner in the middle of the night, and it was all ready at 4 o'clock in the morning.

At the mobilization meeting before the war, Li Qishan said to his troops: "All the soldiers, the battle to conquer Zhangjialou on Tuba Road is here, and our goal is to burn, kill, and rob all of them." Attack the killer award, retreat and fear the battle to kill, whoever does not see blood with a bayonet will be punished according to the eight ways! ”

Inoue also reprimanded his Japanese army: "Loyal and brave soldiers of the Imperial Army, you are the backbone of the attack on Zhangjialou. Do not be polite to friendly soldiers who fail to attack and try to escape. Of course, when treating the villagers of Zhangjialou, these are all red to the roots, and none of them are left, and they are all killed. ”

"Hayi!" All the Japanese soldiers let out a beastly cry.

The first tactic of the Japanese army was artillery bombardment.

The Type 96 150-mm medium mortar has a caliber of 150.5 mm, a projectile weight of 25.65 kg, and a maximum firing range of 3800 meters. Its projectile weight is almost 90 kg heavier than a 20-mm mortar projectile.

So, its destructive power is quite large.

Inoue instructed the artillerymen: "The artillery should be concentrated a little, and the wall must be blasted open. Shooting-"

"Bang bang bang -- " Powerful medium-sized mortar shells flew towards the north wall of Zhangjialou.

"Boom, boom, boom" Grenades exploded on the wall, causing huge flames and thick smoke. The fire and smoke dissipated, and large round holes three or four meters deep appeared in the wall. The members of the joint defense team on the fence were either blown up or shocked to death.

Suddenly, the grenades almost overlapped, and a large hole in the fence wall was about two meters wide, and the joint defense team members behind the wall hoped to close the hole as soon as possible, and countless bricks filled in it. However, in Li Qishan's machine-gun battalion, countless heavy machine-gun and light machine-gun bullets were fired at again.

The joint defenders fell one after another......

"Boom, boom, boom-" The devil's Type 96 150mm mortar continued to bombard.

At that time, Han Xing was at the east gate, and when he looked at the north gate, he felt that something was wrong. The north gate had been bombarded by Japanese medium-sized mortars, and although the joint defense team guarding the north gate tried to plug the opening, the machine gun bullets that were as dense as a torrent of rain caused heavy casualties to the joint defense team.

If the stubborn army and the devil rush in again, it will definitely be more than lucky.

Han Xing thought that the first stage of defense was probably over. Now we have to consider the second stage, that is, to do everything possible to lead the villagers to break through, and to stand out as much as they can.

Han He said to Zhang Chenggang: "Now you have to break through no matter what, you lead the villagers in the village to rush out, and our guard battalion is responsible for covering." No-" Han Xing suddenly felt that his decision was a little wrong, how could he break out with the ability of the Zhangjialou joint defense team.

Han Xing adjusted the deployment again, saying: "Tell the first company to lead the joint defense team and the villagers to break out, and the second company and the third company to cover." ”

"Which door should I break through?" Zhang Chenggang asked.

"You can only go from the south gate," Han Xing said, "after you go out, whether it's a straight road or a detour, you can go to the Chinan base area." ”

Zhang Chenggang nodded and said, "That's the only way." ”

Since then, Han Xing and Zhang Chenggang have been separated, each completing their own tasks. Han Xing told Zhang Xiaosan about the task of the guard battalion, and Zhang Xiaosan agreed: "Yes!" He asked Han Xing again: "Then Commander Han, which company will you follow?" ”

Han Xing said: "Of course, I followed the second and third companies. ”

"No way!" Zhang Xiaosan raised a rare objection to Han Xing's opinion, "I'm afraid that the second and third companies will be trapped and die here." If you are in the Southern Expeditionary Army, Commander Han is there, there is the Southern Expeditionary Army, and if you are gone, who will command the Southern Expeditionary Army? I see, you'd better follow along, right? ”

"That's not going to work," Han Xing said, "I'm going to charge ahead and retreat behind, how can I follow a succession!" ”

"Then I refuse to carry out the mission!" Zhang Xiaosan also came to temper his temper.

When Han Xing heard this, this was worth it, this Zhang Xiaosan refused to carry out the order. Han Xingyi took out a pistol from his waist, put it on Zhang Xiaosan's head and said, "You dare!" If I refuse to carry out the order, I will enforce battlefield discipline. ”

Even though Zhang Xiaosan let Han Xing hold a gun to his head, he didn't close his eyes, and said stiffly: "That...... That...... It's okay to carry out the order, but you have to keep Li Dazhong by your side. ”

Since Zhang Xiaosan had compromised, Han Xing didn't want to embarrass him too much, put down the gun, and said to Zhang Xiaosan: "Okay, then carry out the order!" ”

When Zhang Xiaosan was leaving, he explained to Li Dazhong and said: "Platoon Commander Li, Commander Han is related to the overall situation, and you should know the stakes. I'd rather hang up the whole platoon than let Commander Han have a mistake. ”

Li Dazhong Niu B coaxed and said, "I understand." ”

Wu Xiaoming came over and knocked Li Dazhong again and said, "What do you understand!" Tell you, if Commander Han loses a hair. See how I deal with you! ”

Li Dazhong was still a little unconvinced, and snorted at Wu Xiaoming and said, "If it's a person, you're going to bear me, what are you!" The special operations battalion that I entered with me, and the guard battalion that I came to, I am not half a head shorter than you, why do you keep bullying me!? ”

"It's not bullying you," Wu Xiaoming nodded to him, "I'm gone, no one gives you long eyes." Commander Han's life is related to the future of the entire Southern Expeditionary Army! ”

"How could I not know this." It seems that Li Dazhong is not confused, and he still sees the essence of the problem very clearly.

All the members of the joint defense team on the east wall withdrew with Zhang Chenggang to carry out an even more arduous task. Zhang Xiaosan also led Wu Xiaoming's second and third rows away, leaving only Li Dazhong's first row to follow him.

There was also a recalcitrant army outside the eastern wall, but they had not yet attacked. There was a hot fight on the north wall, and the sound of machine guns, shouts of killing, and the sound of soldiers fighting came from the battlefield.

Since there is no war at the east gate, if the north gate is breached, the east gate will have no value to defend. Han Xing said to Li Dazhong: "Let's go, support the North Gate." ”

Li Dazhong shouted: "Yes!" "Immediately follow Han Xing to support the North Gate.

Han Xing led a platoon to the north gate to see that some recalcitrant soldiers and devils had rushed in through several large gaps in the north gate. The joint defense team guarding the north gate and the second company of the guard battalion have suffered casualties.

Han Xing's heart was so painful, he was fine when he got up in the morning, and after a while, more than 100 people from the joint defense team and more than 100 young men from the second company died like this. Hateful! Damn! Hate the war of the dead!!

A war of attrition is really unaffordable. Han Xing was still thinking about the Third Company, and said to Li Dazhong: "Send a soldier to find the Third Company and tell them to quickly break through with the First Company." If you keep it any longer, there's no point in it. ”

Li Dazhong agreed, and immediately sent a soldier to quickly run along the wall to the southwest gate, find the third company, and convey Han Xing's order.

"What are we going to do?" Li Dazhong asked Han Xing again.

Han Xing thought about it for a moment and said, "You can't fight guerrillas in this Zhanglou Village. Let's go down and cover for a while, and let's break through from the south gate! ”

"Yes!" Li Dazhong followed Han Xing and quickly descended the wall to cover the retreat of the villagers.

In addition, Zhang Chenggang, the commander of the joint defense brigade, commanded the remaining 30 or so militiamen of the second squadron, and under the cover of the first company of the guard battalion, he quickly went to the small square to shout people.

By this time, some recalcitrant troops and Japanese troops had already stormed the village. The first company of the guard battalion had to send some soldiers to intercept it.

"Tutu Tu Tu ...... Da Da Da ......" "Tu Tu Tu Tu...... Da ......" fierce gunfire has already sounded on the north side of the small square.

The company struggled to hold on, but many streets, blocked this one, it was difficult to block that one, and the enemy still rushed through some alleys.

Zhang Chenggang saw that the villagers in the north of the small square just wanted to come over, and the difficulty was not small, and the enemy had already blocked the street. I had to take the 100 men who had barely gathered together and broke through to the south, and along the way, I was killed and wounded by the enemy's bullets.

Fortunately at the south gate, there were also the 3rd Squadron of the Joint Defense Team and the 3rd Company of the Guard Battalion that received the order. As soon as the gate of the fortress was opened, Zhang Chenggang led the brigade to rush forward, and the suspension bridge was also lowered, and the joint defense team members and the masses cautiously rushed over the suspension bridge.

As soon as the suspension bridge was crossed, a flurry of bullets came from the south, blocking the way to break out. More than a dozen people were killed at once.

It was the security army of Liaocheng who guarded the south gate, and they had already blocked the southeast of Zhangjialou in accordance with the military deployment in advance.

Zhang Xiaosan saw that now there is nothing he can do but bite the bullet. He yelled at Wu Xiaoming: "Concentrate your forces and break through." ”

When Wu Xiaoming arrived at this time, he was also so anxious that his eyes went straight to Venus, there were really chasing soldiers in the back, there were interceptions in front, and Zhangjialou was really in a desperate situation. He shouted: "Comrades, when the two armies meet, the brave wins, and only by breaking through can there be a way to live." Rush—"

He took the lead and led the second and third rows of people to rush forward. The people of the third company also covered the masses on the left and right. Countless soldiers and masses fell under the enemy's bullets. By the time they finally broke through the security army's defensive line, there were only seventy or eighty people left in the ranks and the masses.

The security army in Liaocheng saw that a regiment of people could not stop the 200 or so people in this area, and they charged and occupied the south gate and the west gate, and the four gates of the entire Zhangjialou were occupied by the enemy.

After the first group of Zhang Chenggang stood out, Zhang Chengxin, deputy captain of the brigade, led more than 20 militiamen and more than 30 people to assemble, and they continued to storm the south gate. The militia is in front, the masses are behind, ready to kill a bloody road and escape with their lives.

On the way they stormed, they saw the remains of the joint defense team members and the crowd, mixed with the corpses of the security forces. Just when they were about to reach the south gate, a dense number of bullets suddenly fell from the wall of the south gate, and there was no place to hide in the narrow streets, and they were all killed in the streets and alleys one by one.