Under the command and supervision of Yang Chen, the officers and men of all units who participated in the attack on the 14th Division risked their lives and fought bravely one after another.

For a whole afternoon, the entire Sanyi Village was completely enveloped in the roar of gunfire.

After one failed charge, the soldiers quickly organized a second and third charge.

A group of soldiers died tragically under the guns and shells of the devils, and soon a second group of soldiers made up.

Repeatedly......

Among them, the light and heavy machine guns of the devils, and the fighters, are undoubtedly fatal to the threat to the attacking troops.

In particular, the artillery positions became the key offensive targets of the Japanese army.

So much so that the field artillery units of the attacking troops were finally bombed and destroyed by the fighters of the little devils.

In the end, human lives had to be used to pile up.

These soldiers who did not flee with Gui Yongqing were all loyal and patriotic.

The reason why they haven't been able to achieve decent results before is not entirely their own problem.

It's that their commanders can't.

Who can win the battle with a commander like Gui Yongqing, who has fled before the war started?

At this time, the commander was replaced by Yang Chen, the head of the Tiger Ben Regiment, and the situation immediately changed.

All the soldiers were red-eyed, and let the rain of bullets pass by their ears, but they were completely deaf.

However, because Gui Yongqing took the lead, most of the soldiers fled one after another. At this moment, there are less than 20,000 people who are still sticking to the front line of Sanyi Village.

The 16th Division of the Japanese Army, although it experienced the battle for Lanfeng County, and the previous anti-encirclement and suppression battle. But the casualties were not particularly large, and there were still about 15,000 troops at this time.

It seems that the Chinese side has a certain military advantage.

However, because the Chinese side is the main attack, there is no too strong heavy firepower to attack the attack.

However, the Japanese 16th Division was defending against danger, and there were aviation units to provide uninterrupted fire support.

In terms of the quality of individual soldiers, the Japanese army also completely defeated the Chinese soldiers.

Therefore, throughout the afternoon, several attacks were carried out one after another, and the troops of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army participated in the encirclement and suppression, but instead of achieving an inch, they lost thousands of officers and men.

In the end, the offensive had to be temporarily halted due to heavy casualties.

"Advisor Yang, I'm sorry we let you down!"

A group of officers drooped their heads and came to Yang Chen one after another to plead guilty.

"You don't have to be like this, I see all the efforts you have just made. It's not that you didn't do your best, but the gap between the strength of the enemy and us is too great.

After this battle, your casualties are not small, and now I order you to immediately dig and build field ring fortifications around Sanyi Village! In case the Japanese broke through.

As for the next attack, leave it to my Tiger Regiment. ”

"Yes!"

The officers bowed in response, then returned to their positions and began to urge their men to dig and build fortifications.

If someone else said that they planned to use the strength of a regiment to completely annihilate a division of the Japanese army, they would definitely scoff at it, and even think that he was nervous.

Not to mention a regiment, even if it is a division, an army, or a group army, it may not be able to defeat a division of the Japanese army, let alone annihilate it completely.

But these words came from the mouth of Yang Chen, the head of the Tiger Ben Regiment, and they firmly believed it.

Because Yang Chen's Tiger Regiment really wiped out a division of the Japanese army, and more than once.

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The picture pulls to Sanyi Village, the temporary headquarters of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army.

Due to the fact that it was a rapid march, the 16th Division did not carry many strategic supplies.

In the face of wave after wave of onslaught by Chinese troops from all directions, non-stop onslaught.

Although the position of the Japanese 16th Division was still as stable as a rock, the acting division commander at the time, Major General Sasaki Toichi, was full of worries.

Because under the cramming attack of the Chinese army regardless of casualties, the ammunition consumption of the 16th Division is extremely high, and it will not be long before there will be a shortage of ammunition.

At that point, their defenses will be self-defeating.

Sasaki was aware of this, so he hurriedly sent a telegram asking for help to the North China Front Headquarters.

The telegram read: "Your Excellency, the Chinese troops besieging our department are all crazy! They don't care about the cost of casualties, and they keep taking turns to attack!

Although our imperial army resisted desperately, the consumption of ammunition and the casualties of soldiers were very large!

Emergency support is requested! Emergency Support! ”

However, not long after this message was sent, the sound of firefighting outside suddenly gradually stopped.

At this moment, the commander of the 33rd Infantry Wing, Kengo Noda, suddenly walked in from outside in a hurry and with an excited face.

"Report to Your Excellency the Division Commander, the enemy has stopped attacking!"

"Oh? Has the enemy stopped attacking? ”

Hearing the news suddenly, instead of being overjoyed, Sasaki showed a confused expression on his face: "Why did they suddenly stop attacking?" ”

"These Chinese troops are already vulnerable, and we were able to easily take Lanfeng County, in addition to the heroic and good fighting of our Great Japanese Imperial Army, there is a more important reason.

That is, the Chinese troops guarding Lanfeng fled without a fight.

Therefore, I believe that the sudden cessation of the offensive of these Chinese troops is nothing more than the fear of our Imperial Japanese Army.

I even think that now is the best opportunity for our army to take advantage of the situation to counterattack and annihilate all these enemy forces in one fell swoop! Major General Tatsumi Kusaba, commander of the 19th Infantry Brigade, pursed his lips and said proudly.

At this time, the new chief of staff, Kojima Chiba, happened to walk in from outside, and after hearing Kusaba Tatsuya's words, he retorted: "No! This matter is far from that simple. I've been observing the enemy just now.

In today's battle, although our Imperial Japanese Army killed these invading enemies with heavy casualties, they were far from being wounded.

And, in the end, a truce is also their own choice.

They simply stopped the attack, not the defeat.

Soon after the offensive was stopped, these enemy forces began to dig and build ring fortifications on the perimeter. ”

Kengo Noda, the commander of the 33rd Infantry Wing and Wing Commander Noda, who had previously reported the battle situation, seemed to think of something, and his face suddenly became ugly: "Could it be that these damn Chinese want to delay time?" ”

"Hmm."

Kojima Chiba nodded thoughtfully: "During the day, because of the air fire support of the aviation unit, the enemy's attacks ended in failure.

But it's six o'clock in the afternoon, and it won't be long before the sky gets dark.

At that time, the aviation units will no longer be able to provide fire support to our troops.

If the enemy attacks at night, I am afraid that the situation will be extremely unfavorable to us.

So, we have to plan ahead! ”

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