"Boom !!"

With the sound of cannonballs, the small stone bridge collapsed suddenly. Looking at the collapsed bridge deck, Bai Lin's face was very bad.

He didn't expect that after the devils in Donggao were repulsed, they didn't return the same way, but stationed at the Xiaoshi Bridge!

The gang of devils placed their sidecar across the bridge and assumed a defensive posture. Their purpose is obvious, that is, to leave this important path for the devils who may come over next!

The small stone bridge is not very wide, a motorcycle occupies almost half of the road, and with the motorcycle as a cover, these twenty devils have built a very tough bridgehead. The concentrated and ferocious firepower caused the three companies that organized the attack to suffer a big loss!

After several consecutive attacks, such a small defensive position was not taken, and there were more than 30 casualties in the third company! Bai Lin was so annoyed by this that he finally had to pull out the Type 92 infantry cannon captured in Lingqiu, and it took a precious cannonball to understand.

The smoke of gunpowder had not yet cleared from the broken bridge deck, and the devils were either killed or fell into the river, and the gravel fell into the water from time to time. However, Bai Lin's face was still very bad.

He didn't behave like this because of those casualties, since it was a war, there would naturally be casualties. What really made Bai Lin feel bad was the performance of these twenty or so devils.

A detachment of devils, without a direct order from a senior commander. After the failure of the attack, he did not retreat directly, but chose to camp nearby on an important road to prepare for the next counterattack, and he was not afraid to face the enemy more than ten times larger!

You must know that the highest level among these devils is only a squad leader, which is equivalent to the squad leader in the Eighth Route Army. Such a grassroots soldier can have such tactical thinking and tenacious will!

Standing by the river, Bai Lin finally sighed and said to Zhang Chi next to him.

"Even the little devils at the grassroots level can have such qualities, since the all-out war, it is not for nothing that Lao Jiang and they have lost all the way. The gap between us and the little devils is by no means only weapons and logistics. Just imagine, even our backbone fighters have never been able to perform like this in such a situation.

Zhang Chi, you tell the following parts to be mentally prepared. It's three o'clock in the morning, and after we have repelled two attacks, the devils should not move again before dawn. However, I am afraid that after dawn, we will be greeted by an unprecedented and difficult battle. ”

Regarding what Bai Lin said, Zhang Chi also agreed here. The military quality of the little devil can be regarded as a small understanding of him this time. It is not uncommon for marksmanship to be accurate and to do tactical moves well, these are all things that can be exercised. Tactical thinking is the real thing.

……

"Dazuo, I just got a report. Our vanguard was completely shattered, all the roads leading to Nanzhang were destroyed, and the bridges were blown up by the Eighth Route Army. ”

"Really......"

Sasaki didn't take the battle report handed over by Fujino, because he didn't need to read the result of this kind of clarity.

"Dazuo? Our follow-up troops were stopped on the road, and they asked if they should get out of the car and walk to Nanjiao? ”

Seeing that Sasaki didn't speak for a long time, Fujino asked tentatively again.

"Nope."

A white-gloved hand appeared in front of Fujino's eyes, and Sasaki shook his hand and said.

"In eight hours, this group of Eighth Route Army completed the complete capture of Nanzhang, thwarted the Donggao detachment and the pilot convoy, destroyed the Nanzhang Highway and blew up the small stone bridge.

To have such efficiency and combat effectiveness is by no means something that an ordinary Eighth Route Army can do. If my guess is correct, it is very likely that this Eighth Route Army is the main force of the 424th Regiment, and it may even be their commander Yue Siliang himself.

For such an enemy, the refueling tactic is the stupidest tactic! The soldier got out of the car and rushed to the past, just to send him to death. Tell all the reinforcements to stay there and wait until dawn to wait for orders. ”

"Hello."

Fujino naturally would not disobey Sasaki's orders, and now he is also curious about how Sasaki's game of chess will end.

"Is this your move? It's still an opponent who doesn't let people. I cut off the road of your Eighth Route Army, and you turned around and interrupted our transportation hub, is this a competition for endurance with me? Unfortunately, I can't meet you just yet. ”

……

Pingshan, among the brigade headquarters, because of the sudden attack of the 424th Regiment on Nanzhang Town, the brigade commander of Yuanqing is now leading people to discuss countermeasures overnight.

"Brigade commander, the 424th Regiment has added another telegram, as of three o'clock in the morning, they have repelled two groups of rescue Japanese troops and completely controlled the town of Nanzhang!"

When the officers of the brigade headquarters spoke, their emotions were a little uncontrollable. After more than half a year of fighting, everyone already has a deep understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, and it is really unimaginable that a town can be recaptured from the hands of the Japanese army in such a short time.

"You really took Nanzhang? That's a good job! ”

At first glance, Brigade Commander Yuanqing still asked a rhetorical question in disbelief, and then after confirming the authenticity of the matter, Brigade Commander Yuanqing couldn't help but call a big good.

"Nanzhang...... It's a critical location. If the devil's 'highway advance tactics' were regarded as putting us in a cage before, then Yue Siliang's capture of Nanzhang with this hand could be regarded as choking the devil's neck.

We have lost several routes, and the shortage of materials is certainly uncomfortable. But the little devil is cut off the line of Nanzhang, which must be much more uncomfortable than us, we are used to it. Materials are in short supply, and you can still make a living if you are tight. But if the little devil is short of supplies, life will definitely be much more difficult than ours.

Nanzhang is very important in the road network in the south of the road, and it has been beaten down here, and half of the devils in the well will be hungry. I think, the devil is more anxious than us now. It is conceivable that in the next period of time, the devils will definitely gather heavy troops to recapture Nanzhang.

What we will do next depends on how long he Yue Siliang can hold out in Nanzhang. If Yue Siliang can withstand the pressure in Nanzhang, it's not impossible for me, the brigade commander, to beat the side drum for him! ”

……

January 19, 1938, seven o'clock in the morning.

As soon as the day dawned, at the dilapidated gate of Nanzhang City, there was already a queue of people leaving the city.

After a night of mobilization and persuasion, most of the people in Nanzhang City finally agreed to the persuasion of the 424th Regiment and left the town and went into the mountains from the road of Hualang Mountain to avoid the battle that would take place. After all, the horrific massacre inflicted by the Japanese army in Nanjing was truly infuriating and terrifying.

No one wants to joke with their lives, and if there is a big battle in Nanzhang, no one knows what they will do if the Japanese army occupies Nanzhang again.

……

The streets gradually quieted down, and the soldiers of the first battalion gradually began to get busy. Bai Lin walked among the warriors, carefully inspected every fortification built by the warriors, and carefully carried out the simulation deduction.

"Speed up your work! Every one of our fortifications, fire points, holes, and bunkers must be built in strict accordance with the requirements! Because the better they are built, the better your chances of surviving in battle! ”

As he spoke, Bai Lin jumped out of the foxhole, only to have a shovel in the hand of one of the warriors slash at the earthen flute next to him, but in the end only a shallow mark was cut.

"Okay, this soil is strong!"

Bai Lin praised happily, jumped out of the pit, climbed to the top of the city wall, and looked in the direction of the road with a telescope. At this time, the road has been dug out of large and small pits by the soldiers of a company, and there is a guillotine buried on the road every other section. However, Bai Lin knew that this was not enough.

In the fortifications, the soldiers who were working silently completed the task at hand, no one said a word, and they only nodded to each other. Although the enemy did not appear in front of them, the warriors already felt a sense of oppression hanging over the southern ridge.

Twenty kilometers north of the Nanzhang Highway, nearly four hundred devils, a contingent of two infantry squadrons, were marching along the road.

And ten kilometers behind this group of Japanese troops, there was also a convoy carrying more than 600 devils heading towards this side. This is composed of two infantry squadrons and a transport squadron, and the front and rear teams together are a full formation brigade identical to the Nishimura brigade, and their target at this moment is Nanzhang Castle!

In Lunan Prefecture, northeast of Lunan Prefecture, Sasaki is proud of his masterpiece at the moment. After understanding the movements of the Eighth Route Army in the direction of Nanzhang, he immediately used a few hours without hesitation to assemble a full brigade scattered in one place.

"Yue Siliang, this time I will give you another chance to face off against the Imperial Army Brigade, I hope you will not let me down, and at the same time, I also hope that you can like the surprise I prepared for you."

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