Chapter 53: The Siege on All Sides
On the position of the first class, there were corpses everywhere, there was a group of fighters, and there were also devils, intertwined with each other, twisted with each other, and some people even hugged each other very tightly, and the soldiers did not break the arms of the fighters for a long time, until the soldiers' fingers were broken, they were separated.
Hudlin's body was also found, he was lying in the cave of the city gate, in front of the first class, his expression looked very peaceful, around his body fell a dozen devils, from the wounds on his body, it can be seen that all of them were killed by him.
The soldiers gathered around him and wept, feeling relieved for this heroic comrade and saddened by the loss of him.
The first platoon commander ordered the first and second squads to occupy the position of the second platoon and the first squad, and quickly reinforced it to prepare for the counterattack of the devils, while the third squad was left as a reserve, allowing them to hide in the shadows first and come out when needed.
Sure enough, as soon as they repaired their positions, the devils attacked again, and the devils of a small team divided into several times and attacked them again and again, and suddenly the position fell into the flames of war again.
When a platoon fought fiercely with the devils at the south gate, the east gate and the north gate were also attacked by the devils, and outside the west gate, which has always been controlled by the Northeast Army, a squadron of devils also appeared, forming an encirclement posture against the west gate, but did not attack.
Yuguan City has now fallen into the encirclement of devils, and there are enemy troops on all sides, and it seems that they plan to surround the 626th Regiment to prevent them from escaping, and take Yuguan City while annihilating them.
Although there have been certain preparations, the 626th Regiment in Yuguan City is still very tight, and the combat effectiveness of the devil's troops is very strong, although it has received some weapons supported by Luo Xiao of the Yanhuang Legion, but this is limited after all, and it can only improve the combat effectiveness limitedly, and the situation has not been alleviated at all.
Shi Shi'an has been living in the regiment headquarters since the battle began, he didn't close his eyes for a day and a night, chewed a red pepper when he was sleepy, ate a hard mouth when he was hungry, and commanded the battle day and night.
During this period of time, the number of troops invested by the devils has reached three garrison brigades and two independent mixed brigades, with a total strength of more than 8,000 people, which can be said to be several times that of the defenders of the Northeast Army in Yuguan City.
But with so many troops, the result was still that Yuguan City was not taken, but lost a lot of troops. This result made Shojiro Ochiai, who commanded the incident, very dissatisfied, and he scolded his commanders for being bloody, and almost asked them to commit suicide by cutting their stomachs.
Finally, he gave an order to all the troops, requiring that within three days, Yuguan City must be taken, and if this is not done, then all the commanders should wash their bellies and wait for their own judgment to apologize to the emperor.
At the order, all the Japanese troops went crazy, and the commanders often went into battle in person, commanding their troops to launch a fierce attack, striving to take Yuguan City as soon as possible.
The battle suddenly became fierce, and the 626th Regiment of the Northeast Army suddenly felt tight, many outstanding commanders and fighters died in the battle, and the losses of the troops were not small.
Shi Shi'an was so anxious that he watched his troops go down little by little, but he didn't have any way, which made him really depressed.
It's not that he doesn't want to fight back, but the Japanese army has gathered thousands of people outside the city, and he has more than 1,000 people in total, and the weapons and equipment and combat effectiveness are much worse than the Japanese, and rushing out will only sacrifice faster.
At this time, Shi Shixin was really grateful to Luo Xiao, otherwise he had blown up and sunk the devil's aircraft carrier, then the Japanese planes would come to assist in the attack, and the 626th Regiment would be considered a catastrophe.
Dozens of planes, especially a third of them bombers, were bombers, and once these planes loaded with bombs flew over Yuguan City, the entire city would be flattened in the blink of an eye, and disappear into the raging fires.
However, although there is no aircraft carrier to help the devil in the war, if the devil's air formation arrives, then it is still an incalculable doom waiting for Shi Shi'an.
However, before Luo Xiaolin left Yuguan City, he left a message for Shi Shi'an, telling him that he didn't have to worry about the devil's air formation, saying that he had someone to deal with them, and asked Shi Shi'an to concentrate his forces to hold Yuguan City.
"As long as you can hold out for seventy-two hours, then the situation will take a turn for the better, and the crisis in Yuguan City will naturally be solved at that time." This is the original words that Luo Xiao left to Shi Shi'an, which made Shi Shi'an puzzled.
Shi Shi'an couldn't figure out how Luo Xiao could help him solve the problem of Shanhaiguan, you must know that this time the Japanese sent 8,000 people to attack Shanhaiguan, and in the follow-up, several wings from the three eastern provinces were being dispatched to rush with heavy artillery, preparing to assist the Yuguan garrison and two independent brigades to attack Shanhaiguan together.
Although he was a little skeptical of Luo Xiao's words, Shi Shi'an still chose to stick to it and wait for help, because this was the best way at present.
The location of Shanhaiguan is important, if you lose this place a little, the Great Wall natural danger is no longer meaningless, the Japanese army can go south through here, quickly occupy many areas in the north of the Great Wall defense line, form a two-sided attack on the Great Wall defense line, and finally break the Great Wall defense line.
In the Battle of the Great Wall, it was because of the fall of Lengkou and other places that the 29th Army's achievements at Xifengkou were destroyed and finally forced to retreat.
The battle is still ongoing, it has been fought for a day and a night, the 626th Regiment suffered heavy casualties, nearly one-third of the entire regiment was sacrificed on the battlefield, but few were injured, the main reason is that the battle is too fierce, and people will fight to the end as long as they have a breath.
Outside the city, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese incident, Ochiai Shojiro, sat in the headquarters with an iron face, the latest battle report sent to him was placed on the table in front of him, and the commanders at all levels stood on both sides, waiting for his order to be issued.
The brigade commanders of the 14th Brigade and the 33rd Brigade were assassinated at a banquet not long ago, and they all lost their lives, and the two newly promoted brigade commanders were originally the wing-captains below, so they were half a level lower than Ochiai Shojiro. They were also standing on the sidelines.
Several brigades of the Japanese independent garrison have been sent out to storm at the south gate and the north gate respectively, and the team outside the west gate is also the unit of the independent garrison, mainly responsible for containing the defenders of the west gate.
In Chu Yifei's plan to bomb the aircraft carrier, the planes attacked the two brigades and regiments, blowing them up and losing more than half of their troops, so with the approval of the above, they joined forces to act together.
Although there are more than 5,000 people, but the terrain outside the east gate is complicated, easy to defend and difficult to attack, so although they have repeatedly attacked, they still have a good time with the people guarding the east gate, although there are several strong attacks on the position, but the ass has not been done to sit hot, was beaten back, and has not yet taken the east gate.
As a result, the Japanese offensive plan was obviously frustrated and did not go well.
Ochiai Shojiro was very dissatisfied with the current battle situation, but he could only urge the troops to step up the attack and take Yuguan Castle as soon as possible.
An officer hurried in from outside, holding a document in his hand, handed it to Ochiai Shojiro, and said, "Captain, a telegram has been sent from Qinhuangdao Air Base, saying that the Osaka Air Brigade has arrived from the Japanese mainland to support, and I ask if we need to come to support." ”
Ochiai Shojiro was overjoyed when he heard this, he hurriedly stood up, took the document, and "Order them to go out immediately to support the attack on Yuguan Castle." ”
The staff officer went down with the order, and Ochiai Shojiro settled down a little in his heart, and he believed that with the support of the aircraft, he would definitely be able to take Yuguan Castle as soon as possible.
At this moment, someone ran in again and hurriedly came to him, "Captain, a hole has been broken through the wall of the south gate, and now the Ozaki team is launching a fierce attack there, and it is estimated that it is very likely to attack the city this time." ”
"Really?!" Ochiai Shojiro stood up and asked again for confirmation.
"Yes, Captain, it's a telegram from Captain Ozaki himself."
Ochiai Shojiro nodded, and then said, "Okay, the Ozaki team did a good job, tell them that after this battle is over, I will ask for credit for them, so that they can work hard now and strive to take Yuguan Castle as soon as possible."
"Yes!" The Japanese soldier who delivered the order hurriedly went down to convey the order.
Ochiai Shojiro Osa also stood up, walked to the map of Yuguan, looked at the map of Yuguan City, and thought about how to deploy the troops next.
At the southwest corner of the south gate of Yuguan City, a gap with a width of tens of meters appeared there, bricks and tiles were scattered inside and outside the city wall, a mess, standing outside the city, through the gap can already see the situation in the city.
Second Lieutenant Ozaki, the leader of the Japanese squad, was standing outside the gap at this time, watching excitedly as his soldiers ran towards the gap, where several Japanese soldiers had already arrived and were crawling towards the collapsed pile of bricks.
"Quick, quick, we must take it before the enemy arrives." Ozaki's subordinate Kencao shouted loudly, telling the soldiers to speed up.
One by one, the Japanese soldiers all picked up their speed and fought bravely to be the first to go straight there.
Just when the Japanese army was about to occupy the gap, gunshots rang out, and the Japanese soldier who climbed on the brick pile at the front fell down and rolled under the brick pile.
The other Japanese soldiers were stunned for a moment, they knew that the Northeast Army should have arrived, but after being stunned, they immediately accelerated their speed and rushed forward, "We must take this place before the Chinese army arrives." ”
"Kill!" Within the gap, the Northeast Army rushed here with a shout.
"Charge!" Outside the gap, the Japanese troops also screamed vigorously, and their feet did not stop.
Both sides are scrambling for time to occupy the high ground before the other.
"Tom tom!"
The devil's grenadier fired into the gap, and although they couldn't see it clearly, they still fired no less than ten rounds of attacks near the gap.
Near the wall of the city wall in the gap, shrapnel flew sideways, scratching the walls everywhere, and there were also pits on the ground.
The troops of the Northeast Army, which were charging towards the gap, were blocked, wounded several people, and the speed suddenly slowed down a little, and the Japanese rushed to the gap in advance.
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