Chapter 315: The Underestimated Sichuan Army

The mountain behind the county seat of Nanguan County, the headquarters of the 53rd Army of the Sichuan Army.

A lieutenant general officer in a gray cloth uniform stood on the commanding heights of the back mountain, holding a telescope in his hand, and his eyes fell on the defensive line of the position outside the city.

This general is Peng Debiao, the commander of the 53rd Army of the Sichuan Army.

Peng Debiao is loyal and brave to serve the country, is one of the representative brave generals in the Sichuan army, since the 53rd Army out of Sichuan, he led his troops to fight many bloody battles with the Japanese army, frequently heavy losses to the Japanese army.

The Japanese invaders will not be extinguished for a day, and the Sichuan army will not return to Sichuan, this is the determination of the Sichuan army's children to resist the war!

"Ge Laozi, the little devil broke through the two lines of defense outside the city so quickly!" Peng Debiao, the commander of the 53rd Army, said angrily.

A major general of the Sichuan army put down his binoculars and said worriedly: "Military seat, the firepower of the Japanese turtle sons is too fierce, and the officers and soldiers of the outer defense line have suffered heavy casualties, so I suggest that the troops outside the city shrink their forces and withdraw into the city to hold on." ”

Peng Debiao nodded, and both he and the chief of staff were aware of the current grim situation.

The Japanese army was covered by planes and chariots, and the Sichuan troops could not stop the enemy's attack at all by relying on rudimentary weapons to resist, and would only increase the casualties of officers and men.

Peng Debiao thought about it for a while, and then he asked the signal corps to inform the officers and soldiers outside the city to withdraw into the city.

The Japanese army was bound to win Nanguan County, and the attack became more and more fierce, and the artillery fire continued to suppress the Sichuan army's position.

"Artillery fire suppression, machine gun suppression, infantry charging forward !!"

"Duck and chicken give, duck chicken gives !!"

"Tubu!"

"Tom tom!"

More than 1,000 devil soldiers, under the cover of artillery fire, were like a pack of bloodthirsty jackals, and they quickly rushed to the front position.

The positions of the Sichuan army were covered with artillery fire, all the fortifications were destroyed by shells, and the bodies of officers and soldiers fell in the bunker fortifications everywhere.

After receiving the order to withdraw into the city, the Sichuan army guarding the front line did not appear to be chaotic and fled, but used their positions to fight and retreat in an orderly manner.

It is ten kilometers away from Nanguan County, on a barren mountain.

There were several field tents standing on the mountainside of the barren ridge, and several devil officers and generals stood on the commanding heights and looked at the battlefield situation ahead.

On the battlefield in the distance, several muffled explosions were heard.

I saw that the soldiers of the Sichuan army carried cluster grenades or explosive bags in their arms, and as soon as the Japanese rushed to the position, they pulled down the fuse and died with a large number of devils and chariots.

The battle situation on the battlefield was very tragic, and although the little devil had fierce firepower, he also paid a lot of casualties.

Originally, Kitada Sukechuan, the commander of the 37th Brigade of the Japanese Army, did not take the Sichuan army in his eyes at all, and he was ready to take Nanguan County with a casualty rate of 1 to 5, but now he had to re-examine the Sichuan army.

The devil army is attacking, the Sichuan army is defending, the casualty rate of defense is far less than the offensive, and the Japanese army dares to claim a casualty rate of 1 to 5, how rampant this is, what contempt for the Sichuan army.

As an elite A brigade unit, one or two divisions of the Central Army can be beaten at will, but Kitada Jiechuan did not expect that the Sichuan army could rely on such backward weapons and equipment and cause them more than 1,000 casualties, which is simply unbelievable.

Kitada Sukegawa, the commander of the Devil Brigade, gritted his teeth fiercely, and said in an angry tone: "Yaga, what a tenacious Sichuan army!" ”

The chief of staff of the devil said slowly: "General, if the Sichuan army is better equipped with weapons, the casualties of our subordinate soldiers are unimaginable......"

"It seems that we underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Sichuan army, the Sichuan army, this is an army in the Chinese army that cannot be underestimated!" Kitada Sukegawa, the commander of the Devil Brigade, both hated the Sichuan army and admired the Sichuan army who were not afraid of death.

Kitada Sukegawa watched the battlefield in the distance for a moment, and then he changed his combat deployment, sent an additional brigade of infantry to break through in the direction of the south city gate, and also deployed long-range heavy artillery to cooperate with the city break.

In less than half an hour, all the Sichuan troops defending outside the city withdrew into the city of Nanguan County.

The devil's bomber threw aerial bombs in the air, and the chariots on the ground rushed forward violently and opened fire, and the devil's infantry followed the chariots and began to rush to the urban defense buildings of Nanguan County.

"Buzz—"

"Boom, boom—"

"Brothers of the Sichuan army, fight hard, don't let these Japanese turtle sons attack the city!!"

The soldiers of the Sichuan Army guarding the city relied on enemy towers, castle towers, and other walled buildings, as well as various firepower fortifications built, to stubbornly resist the little devils who attacked the city.

The weapons and equipment of the little devils attacking the city were very powerful, and aerial bombs and large-caliber shells continuously bombarded around the city walls, and some shells flew into the city.

After some bombardment, the buildings on the city tower were crumbling, and masonry, rubble, and rubble were flying everywhere.

For a time, the smoke of gunpowder covered Nanguan County, the explosion flames were blazing, and a large area of houses in the city became a pile of ruins.

A new brigade of devils concentrated their firepower to storm the southern city gate of Nanguan County.

Nanguan County has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, this county has experienced a lot of wars, the city wall has not been repaired for many years, and the south city gate is the weakest defense point in the city.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

A few 105 shells of the little devil artillery smashed down, collapsing the wall of the south city gate, and a gap of more than one zhang wide appeared, and large pieces of masonry were scattered on the ground.

As soon as this gap in defense was opened, the infantry of the little devils would immediately rush into the city.

"Ge Laozi, the South City Gate was blasted out of the gap by the devils, brothers, come with me and block the attacking Japanese turtle son!!"

When the defending Sichuan army found the gap, they immediately mobilized their forces, and they quickly rushed over to defend with machine guns and grenadiers.

The commander of the devil who was responsible for attacking the southern city gate, when he saw the city broken, he was overjoyed, he raised the command knife in his hand, and continuously issued offensive combat orders.

"Infantry assault on the southern gates, machine gun suppression, grenadier and mortar suppression !!"

The little devils fired more than a dozen mortars in a row, and dozens of light and heavy machine guns kept strafing the Sichuan troops who supported the city.

"Duck and chicken give !!"

More than a thousand little devils, under the cover of machine guns and artillery, rushed to the corner of the collapsed city wall at the south gate.

"Tubu!"

"Tom tom!"

Countless bullets and grenades flew sideways, and the Sichuan officers and soldiers who were holding on to the southern city were suppressed by the enemy's firepower and were unable to launch an effective defense and counterattack.

More than 100 Sichuan soldiers who rushed towards the gap in the city wall fell dozens of people in a blink of an eye under the enemy's firepower.

The rest of the Sichuan soldiers kept their bodies down, carrying explosive packs and cluster grenades one by one, and they cautiously approached the gap in the city wall, waiting for the little devils to rush up.

The little devil officers and soldiers who rushed to the front swarmed up, and they rushed to the broken wall of the southern city in droves.