The devil's attack in the city stopped temporarily, although the gunfire stopped, and there were no devils searching and clearing the houses under the cover of grenadiers, and in the drifting gunsmoke, even the devil's figure could not be seen.

But the brothers who were hiding in the ruins did not let their guard down, because they knew that the devils were hiding behind the bunkers and broken walls more than 100 meters away from them, and they did not leave, ready to pounce on them and tear them to pieces.

Indeed, as the blood-scorched brothers had speculated, the devils were merely pausing their attacks, and in a dead atmosphere, they were pregnant with a new attack.

After the devil commander Yamaguchi Akamatsu knew that they might encounter the main force of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps, it was like a chess opponent, which made Yamaguchi Akamatsu excited at the same time, but also wanted to kill the opponent in one fell swoop in a better state, instead of falling into endless attrition.

Therefore, the devil soldiers temporarily stopped attacking, but they did not leave the line of fire, they rested in their positions to replenish their strength.

The devil soldiers were all recuperating and preparing to deliver a thunderous blow to the stubborn guerrilla officers and soldiers hiding in the ruins.

Boxes of ammunition were transported from outside the city to the city, and distributed to the devil soldiers who had little ammunition left.

The devils transported almost all the heavy weapons except the 75mm mountain guns to the fire line in the city, aimed at the buildings suspected of hiding the guerrillas, and began to adjust the shooting parameters.

The devil soldiers were busy distributing supplementary ammunition, relying on bunkers to drink water and eat to replenish their strength, and accumulate strength for a new round of attack.

Compared with the devil soldiers who could be repaired, the guerrilla officers and soldiers who hid in the ruins and buildings of the city were not treated so well.

Previously, due to the confusion of command in the city, the brothers were originally ordered to retreat, but in the face of the infiltration of devils, they were blocked in the city.

At this moment, the little devils have food and drink to replenish their strength, but the brothers can only rely on the bunker to starve, and more wounded people cannot be sent because of the blockade of the devils.

Behind the broken wall, just over 20 meters from the line of fire, more than a dozen seriously wounded people lay on the ground with weak breath.

A company medic with a Red Cross logo on his cuffs no longer had bandages or medicine in his hands, and he didn't feel good when he looked at the anguished brothers.

"Brothers, hold on a little longer, and when it gets dark we will be able to stand out, and everyone will be able to live."

The medics did not have enough medicine to treat the seriously wounded brothers, so they had to clean their dusty wounds first, talk to them, and comfort them.

"Don't lie to us, the big forces are gone, we... We can't get out. "There are seriously wounded people lying there, and there is a weak retort to the words of the medics.

Everyone knew very well that the order to retreat had been given, that they belonged to the troops who had been blocked in the city, and that now all the troops were busy fleeing for their lives, and no one would come back to rescue them at the risk of danger.

As time goes by, there will only be more and more devils in the city, and their situation will become more and more difficult, and it has become a luxury to be able to get out alive.

"Yes, if Chief Yang is here, he will definitely come back to save us." Although the medic was also full of pessimism, he had to comfort these seriously wounded over and over again.

"Do you still remember the third battalion, Battalion Commander Shen, they were surrounded by devils at the head of the realm, how many devils were there at that time, Chief Yang still brought people back to save them......" The medic said as he spoke, and finally couldn't help but sigh.

But he knew that the chance of this kind of thing happening was too small, because they knew that Yang Ling was not in Huaiyin at all, leading the devil's army to Baoying, even if he could rush back, he would not be able to return to the sky alone.

While the medic was saying innocuous words to comfort the wounded and suffering brothers, the brothers on the front line were not much better.

Although the devils did not attack, they did not dare to leave their positions, and still aimed their rifles at the place where the devils would appear, extremely vigilant.

"Have all the people of the city withdrawn?"

"Are the friendly forces all finished, or have they successfully withdrawn?"

......

The brothers lying on the ruins had no idea what was going on outside because they were trapped inside the city.

Their only goal now is to survive the attack of the devils until dark, and once it gets dark, their chances of successfully breaking through will be much greater, and they may be able to survive.

One of the brothers looked up at the sky, and the thick clouds of smoke and billowing black smoke obscured the sky, making it difficult for them to tell what time it was and how long it was until dark.

The dry-mouthed brothers looked at the corpses of the devils who had been beaten up on the street at gunpoint, and muttered in their hearts, don't the devils even want the corpses of their companions?

"Brethren, will you be able to hold on?"

Looking at the brothers who were lying on the rubble motionless due to exhaustion and hunger, the battalion commander blacksmith asked in a whisper from time to time to make sure that the brothers were still alive.

"We can still hold on, but why don't the little devils of the dog day attack?" Some of the brothers cursed in low voices.

"Eighty percent of the little devils are eating, it's past noon."

There are also brothers who hide under a broken door, just revealing the muzzle of a black hole, once the little devil pounces, he will definitely be shot with a black gun.

Speaking of eating, the brothers' stomachs screamed uncontrollably, and from last night's battle to the present, the rice has not been entered, and everyone's spirits are a little trance.

"Battalion commander, you said that the commander, they found out that we did not withdraw, will they send someone back to save us?" One brother swallowed and changed the subject.

"Who knows." The battalion commander blacksmith leaned against the broken wall and touched a box of crumpled cigarettes from his coat pocket, and when he saw that there were only two in it, he sighed and said, "If only Commander Yang were here." ”

The blacksmith lit the two remaining cigarettes, took each puff himself, and handed them to the brother next to him.

The next brother didn't smoke much, and then passed it on, and the two cigarettes passed in the hands of the trapped brothers, and by the time the last brother was in the hands, only the butt of the cigarette remained.

"Whether the chief comes back to save us or not, but our brothers have to have one heart, the little devil wants to eat us, then we will jump the little devil's teeth!" The battalion commander blacksmith said viciously.

"Hehe, battalion commander, the little devil is probably eating now, or do you want to eat something, this stomach is really not angry?"

A brother loaded his bomb and looked at the broken wall a hundred meters away, where the smell of rice was wafting over.

The blacksmith looked at the brothers who were swallowing their saliva, gently pushed the bullet into the chamber of the gun, nodded a few heads, and said, "You touch me, and the rest of you will cover." ”

"Yes!"

The brothers all pushed bullets into the chamber of their guns, followed the blacksmith around the front, and crept against a blackened wall in the direction of the devil.

Soon, a fierce exchange of fire broke out in the ruins, and the devils who were eating did not expect that the guerrillas besieged by them would dare to take the initiative to attack, and they were overturned by more than ten at once.

The blacksmiths are not in love with war, and they run back desperately after robbing the devil's food, and some brothers stuff food into their mouths while running, and the devils who reacted later are so angry that they chase after them screaming.

But the covered brothers who chased over swept over with a rain of bullets, and the devils who chased over were all pressed to the ground and couldn't move.

"Hey, the devil's canned food tastes good." One brother pried open the devil's can with a bayonet, cut a piece with the bayonet and threw it into his mouth, and chewed it with a big mouthful.

"Damn, leave me some."

Although trapped in the ruins and in a desperate situation, the brothers had to enjoy what might be the last moment of their lives.