In white-knuckle warfare, in addition to testing the fighting skills of soldiers, the most important test is the courage and perseverance of soldiers.

When they swore to defend the forward position, the officers and men of the 14th Army had already put life and death on the line, so although the officers and men of the 14th Army were far inferior to the little devils in terms of combat skills, they were not weaker than the little devils in terms of courage and perseverance.

In particular, Yang Chen's bombardment and the fierceness of the trapped camp injected them with a boost and boosted their morale.

They used this battle to explain very well what it means to meet on a narrow road, and the brave wins!

The battle lasted three hours and ended with the defeat of the Japanese 5th Division.

Despite the victory, the 14th Army also paid an extremely heavy price, with more than twice as many casualties as the Japanese Fifth Division.

This victory was almost entirely made with human lives.

In the end, if it had not been for the fact that the Japanese Fifth Division did not want to suffer too many casualties and took the initiative to withdraw, it is really unknown who will win the final victory.

A hand-to-hand battle that lasted three hours consumed almost all the energy of the 14th Army, and also overdrew all the physical strength of the soldiers, so that in the end of the battle, they could only watch the little devil retreat, and they were unable to continue the pursuit.

But in any case, it is an indisputable fact that the battle ended with the victory of the 14th Army.

"Won?"

"We've won?"

It wasn't until the army of little devils retreated that the officers and men of the 14th Army killed all the officers and soldiers of the little devils who were in charge of the broken off, and they reacted from the chaos.

It was really this long three-hour hand-to-hand fight, which consumed all their physical strength, and also made their thinking a little dull.

Even if you fight, it's all a mechanical subconscious action.

After a few minutes, the officers and men of the 14th Army slowly calmed down from their ecstasy.

Some of the soldiers were lying directly on the ground panting, and some of them were standing with steel guns in their hands.

Everywhere I looked, there were corpses lying on the ground, some of these corpses had their bellies cut, and their internal organs flowed to the ground, and some of them lacked arms and legs, or even had no heads.

Some of the corpses were from the little devils, but many more were from the officers and soldiers of the 14th Army.

The corpses were intertwined, and the blood that flowed out of them stained the entire land red, and even formed pools of blood of various sizes in the low-lying places.

The battle is over, but the air is still filled with the smell of blood that has not been dispersed for a long time.

The whole battlefield is like purgatory on earth

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At the Second Theater Command, when the good news reached the ears of the commander-in-chief Yan Laoxi, he was not ecstatic at first, but doubted the authenticity of this battle report, because since the 358th Regiment annihilated the Japanese army in Tianzhen and Yanggao, they had never won a victory in the Second Theater.

Since the commander of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army, Seishiro Itagaki, led a large army to kill, they have been defeated and retreated one after another, all the way from Tianzhen to Yanggao, and then to Datong, and finally even Datong fell under the iron heel of the Japanese army.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army and show his determination to fight to the death against the little devils, Yan Laoxi even killed Li Fuying, the commander of the 61st Army, who was ineffective.

After many verifications, Yan Laoxi was sure of the authenticity of this battle report, and then couldn't help but be ecstatic.

He first sent a telegram of commendation to the 14th Army, which was responsible for guarding the left flank of Xinkou, and then reported the good news to the three armies and to the Nanjing side.

Finally, Nanjing reported through the media, and the whole country was excited!

At the same time, it also greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers on the front line of the Anti-Japanese War.

In addition to the good news, Li Mo'an, the commander of the 14th Army, also reported the speculation about the fire in the backyard of the little devil to the commander-in-chief Yan Laoxi.

And after seeing this report message, Yan Laoxi's shock was even more than when he saw the previous good news.

"Check!"

In the end, Yan Laoxi only said one word, and then the intelligence department of the second theater of war quickly operated and put the investigation of the matter in the first place.

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The picture pulls back to the former enemy headquarters of the Japanese Fifth Division.

Seishiro Itagaki, the commander of the Fifth Division, had a gloomy face and reprimanded his subordinates after the battle.

With the victorious division, with a full 20,000 troops, not only did not capture the left flank defense line of Xinkou, but was also defeated in this battle, and was also defeated in the white-knuckle battle that the Imperial Japanese Army was best at, which made Itagaki Seishiro, the division commander, feel very faceless.

It was his subordinates who lost, but he lost the face of the entire Imperial Japanese Army, how could he not be angry?

"According to reliable information, the Shina side has made a great deal of hype about this battle, and in less than a few hours, the battle has spread throughout China, and may even have reached the ears of His Majesty the Emperor in Tokyo.

After the hype of the Chinese media, this battle greatly boosted the prestige of the 14th Army of China, and their prestige was built on the shame of our Imperial Japanese Army! Therefore, we must eliminate them at all costs in order to wash away the shame they have brought us! ”

The chief of staff of the Fifth Division, Hirai Chiju Daisa, frowned when he heard this, and then asked: "Your Excellency the division commander, what do you mean, we continue to attack the left flank position of China?" ”

"Yes! Our shame is left there, and it must be washed away from there! ”

The division commander, Seishiro Itagaki, gritted his teeth and said hatefully.

"But ......"

"But what?"

Seishiro Itagaki asked in a cold voice.

"But the humble position believes that the most important thing we should do now is to eradicate the troubles, and only in this way can we launch a general attack on Xinkou without any scruples.

If we do not remove the troubles, they will be like a thorn in the back, and we will not be at peace all the time. ”

"Hirai-kun, what do you mean, we should solve the problem of Datong first now?"

"Haya! This is exactly what it means. ”

After saying this, the chief of staff, Hirai Chijuyu, continued to speak: "As long as the troubles are solved, the Shina defenders on the Xinkou side are not to worry about at all; For example, today, if it weren't for this rash fighter, how could our army have been defeated? ”

After such an analysis by Chief of Staff Chiju Hirai, Seishiro Itagaki fell into a short groan, and his brain calmed down a little, he was not a stupid person, he was just carried away by anger.

And Hirai Chiju continued: "The defeat of our army this time is because of this rash fighter.

And one more point, why can this fighter carry so many aerial bombs? Completely unconscionable.

There is also the existence of this fighter, which has seriously threatened our Imperial Japanese Army.

Through route analysis, Beizhi found that the fighter plane seemed to come from Datong, not Taiyuan.

Moreover, this fighter originally belonged to our Imperial Japanese Army, and it is very likely that it was even affiliated with the First Flying Regiment. ”

After saying this, Chief of Staff Hirai Chiju clenched his fists and continued: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, as long as Datong is recaptured, all the truth will surface. ”

"Hirai-kun, your analysis makes sense!"

After thinking about it carefully, Seishiro Itagaki nodded heavily.

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