"Look...... It's a Kakong Cannon! ”

"Well played...... Look at how arrogant this devil is this time! ”

The soldiers of the 29th Army shouted excitedly when they saw that the machine guns by the window, which were frantically spewing flames, were blasted into the air with just one shell.

Although the dog baby doesn't understand the habit of calling the Sanqi War defense artillery Kakong cannon in the national army, he can't take care of these now, after more than a year of fighting, he who has grown into a grassroots commander should naturally know how to fight. Under his command, the two MG34 machine guns began to roar, and the dense bullets blocked several firing ports throughout the building, and under the cover of the machine guns, the anti-aircraft gun was able to calmly turn its position and launch an artillery attack on the building.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The gunners who operated the anti-aircraft guns did not live up to everyone's expectations, and after several consecutive shots, all the machine guns in the building became mute, and even the Japanese soldiers who hid in the corner and put cold guns could not escape their eyes.

Ten minutes later, there was no trace of Japanese activity in the entire building. The group of 29 officers and men lying on both sides of the street let out bursts of cheers and rushed towards the building, and a group of people quickly rushed into the interior of the building.

"Company commander, what should we do now?" Seeing these soldiers of the 29th Army rushing into the building in a swarm, a squad leader pursed his lips with some disdain, and then asked the dog baby.

Who knew that his expression was seen by the dog baby, and he knocked on the squad leader's head with some displeasure: "You kid don't look down on people, and the brothers of the 29th Army are all good." You don't look at what kind of guy they are holding in their hands, many brothers are still carrying big blades, so naturally they are a little greedy for devils' things, so there is nothing to say, if you change the boy, you may become something. ”

The squad leader, who was knocked out of the way, said aggrievedly: "Company commander, I didn't say anything, why did you knock me again." ”

The dog baby glared: "Knock you, Lao Tzu knocks you lightly." Do you think I don't know what's going on in your heart? I'm telling you, if you change the seat here, he'll have to kick you in the ass with his riding boots!" ”

After training the squad leader, the dog waved his hand: "Okay, don't be stunned, everyone, hurry up and check the ammunition, and then follow me and continue to rush forward." ”

After the troops of the Independent Brigade entered the city, they scattered into small units, with machine guns, anti-aircraft guns, and mortars as the core, and fought with the Japanese army one by one for firing points and streets. Coupled with the powerful and dense firepower of the Independent Brigade, a total of more than 30,000 troops occupied almost half of the entire northern part of the city in less than a day.

Inagaki Hiroki and Kotaro Horiuchi have long lost their well-dressed and calm demeanor, and the smoke on their faces and the yellow military uniforms on their bodies have also turned gray and black, especially Kotaro Horiuchi has lost the spirit of the previous few days, at this time Horiuchi Kotaro feels that today's battle is a nightmare, and the fortifications in the north of the city that he has worked so hard to lay have been destroyed by the Independent Brigade and the 29th Army.

All day today, he had personally led several staff officers and guards to the north of the city to observe the battle there, and to his surprise, many of the fortifications there had not had time to play much of a role, and were bombarded into the sky with direct-fire artillery by soldiers in gray-green uniforms. The warriors of the Empire of Japan who had died had no chance to wield their skillful tactical skills. What made him even more angry was that the other side even used high-powered mortars in the city, and the destructive power of such mortars with a caliber of more than 100 millimeters for fortifications and buildings was amazing.

At the same time, he also saw that there were bombed fortifications everywhere along the road, as well as houses on the roadside that had been blown into ruins, and there were Japanese officers and soldiers killed by the bombing, as well as stumps and broken arms that were blown up everywhere, and there was even a piece of intestines hanging on the signboard of a restaurant with the door closed that had been cut in half by shrapnel. Kotaro Horiuchi looked at the surviving soldiers, many of whom had fear on their faces. He even saw some officers punishing timid soldiers on the streets, and Kotaro Horiuchi wondered if relying on these officers and soldiers who had lost their courage could really hold Nanchang City. However, what made him arrive was fortunate that as the sun slowly set, the attacks of those Huaxia troops also slowly stopped, after all, the terrain in the city was too complicated. Both sides are also trying to avoid night fighting.

"Horiuchi-kun, it seems that Nanchang City is difficult to hold on any longer, do you have anything you can do?" The Inagaki Hiroki on the side broke the silence.

Kotaro Horiuchi was silent for a moment. Cai laughed miserably: "What can I do, now that the hundreds of thousands of troops are besieging Nanchang, the troops in the east, south and west of the city are okay to protect themselves, and it is impossible to transfer troops to support the north of the city." ”

"This won't work!" Inagaki shook his head: "If we continue to fight at today's speed, the northern part of the city will definitely be lost tomorrow, and we can't sit still like this." ”

"What does Inagaki-kun mean?" Kotaro Horiuchi looked at this Lu University classmate with some wistfulness.

Inagaki pondered for a long time before he said solemnly: "Why don't we shrink all the peripheral troops in the west and south of the city to the east of the city, at least give priority to ensuring our back road, once things are really unsuitable for us, we can also calmly turn in, Horiuchi-kun, what do you mean?" ”

"Transfer?"

Kotaro Horiuchi was immediately taken aback, and turned into a good word, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is to abandon the city and run away, how dare Hiroki Inagaki say such a thing, isn't he afraid of going to a military court?

Seeing Kotaro Horiuchi's stunned appearance, Hiroki Inagaki sneered, "What, it's very unexpected, isn't it?" ”

"Horiuchi-kun, don't make this kind of expression, in fact, I know that your inner thoughts are the same as mine, and the reason why you don't say it is just waiting for me to say it first." Inagaki Hiroki's expression at this time became smiling: "And your only concern is the reaction of the commander of Hougangcun after retreating from Wuhan, but I can tell you that even if we really withdraw to Wuhan, Commander Gangcun will not treat us like this, and dispose of the two active division commanders at once, he does not have so much courage." ”

Hearing what Hiroki Inagaki said, Kotaro Horiuchi finally sighed and said: "Inagaki-kun, you are different from me, you and Commander Tadajun are world friends, and the relationship between the two families is very close, even if something goes wrong, Commander Tadajun's care for you will not be a big problem, but I am different, I am just a fisherman's son, and there are no big people behind me to support me, so I have to be cautious." ”

The two of them were now at the bottom of each other's hands, and Agaki stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Horiuchi-kun, you don't have to worry. I don't think it's as good as this, let's report the current situation to the commander of Gangcun immediately, and ask for a temporary withdrawal from Nanchang City, and then we will retake Nanchang after the reinforcements arrive, what do you think? ”

"Hmm...... It's a good idea! Kotaro Horiuchi nodded, this method not only saved Okamura Ninji's face, but also gave an explanation to the above, so that the retreat of the two divisions would be famous.

Just do it, and soon a well-worded telegram was sent.

Two hours later, Okamura Ninji's call back finally arrived. In the reply, Okamura Ninji agreed to their request in principle, but he asked Horiuchi Kotaro and the others not to retreat so quickly, and they had to hold out until after April 3.

Seeing this, the nervous two glanced at each other, breathed a long sigh of relief, and their tense expressions finally relaxed.

The time has come to the middle of the night, the city of Nanchang that resounded everywhere during the day was very quiet at this time, due to the fierce war, the people in the city all closed the door and hid, no one dared to light the lamp, the whole city was dark, only the place in the north of the city lit a pile of bonfires, which were lit by the soldiers of the Independent Brigade and the 29th Army in order to prevent the Japanese army from sneaking up at night.

In a half-blown house, dozens of soldiers in blue and gray-green uniforms are cooking. Two bonfires were blazing, and on top of one of them was an iron pot that had been obtained from nowhere, and in the iron pot was a clump of wild vegetables and sorghum rice. Although there was also an iron pot on top of the other bonfire, the iron pot was filled with white rice, and there was also a large amount of luncheon meat in it, and on top of the rice was a layer of lard with white flowers, and after the luncheon meat was heated, a rich fragrance wafted around, causing the soldiers in blue uniforms around to swallow their saliva.

A corporal wearing straw sandals on his feet and his blue military uniform was so tattered that he swallowed a mouthful of saliva and couldn't help but say: "Brother of the Independent Brigade, your commander is really generous, and he will even give you extra food and tooth sacrifices after the war, it seems that they are really not wrong when they say that the food of the Independent Brigade is good." ”

More than a dozen soldiers of the separate brigade looked at each other for a moment, and several of them couldn't help but laugh.

Seeing that he was laughed at, the corporal was a little displeased and said, "Brothers, what are you laughing at, am I not right?" ”

"No, no, no!" A second lieutenant of the independent brigade smiled: "What you said is also right or wrong, in fact, our food has always been like this, and it is not because the commander has to fight a war that we are given food and salary. ”

"What...... That's what you usually eat? The soldiers of the 29th Army next to them couldn't help but be taken aback when they heard this, and the corporal exclaimed: "How is this possible, they eat meat every day, and the landlord Lao Cai doesn't have such a way to eat it!" Is it true that your chief's money will not be spent? ”

The second lieutenant smiled, "Believe it or not, it's true that way it is anyway, and we don't need to lie to you." ”

"What he said is true, and I can testify to that!" Suddenly, a crisp voice rang out. (To be continued.) )