The first battalion can't retreat, compared to the second and third battalions, they don't even have time to dig trenches, and the devil's guard position occupied by the first battalion still has the fortifications that have already been built.

For the first battalion, the devils who came from the right flank and the devils who attacked from the front were not the greatest threat to them, and what was terrible was the enemy's heavy artillery, which simply gave people no way out. After the bombardment, the casualties were not counted, the wounded accounted for most of them, and there were only a handful of soldiers in the battalion without color on their bodies. On the other hand, although they were mostly exposed to grenades, because most of them had already entered the trenches and had shelter and hiding places, their casualties were the smallest in the entire battalion compared to the second and third companies that came to support.

The commander of the first battalion also hung up the color, and the injury was not light, but after a simple bandage, he held on to the command. He had hoped that the regimental commander would send more people to support, but when he heard the shots fired from the left and right sides of the rear, he understood that the regiment was encircled by the enemy. It was the heart of death that made him calm down, and he commanded a battalion like a nail to defend this position.

Li Tianxi sent a communication soldier again, a regiment has been heavily encircled, although it will not be encircled and annihilated immediately, but with the amount of ammunition carried, at most it can only hold on until tomorrow morning, if this period is not replenished and rescued, a regiment will definitely be more auspicious, Li Tianxi is not afraid of death, nor is he afraid that after this battle, there may not be a few people left in a regiment, he is now thinking about Dong Wenbin, the good brother has been sacrificed, he can't let his body can not be preserved, after a little thought, he called over the two veterans around him, and advised:" You two are going to bring Brigade Commander Dong to the deputy division commander anyway. ”

"Regiment commander, the company commander said let's not leave your side an inch." These two veterans are from the guard company, and the guard company and the sixth company of the second battalion have already been attacked by Li Tianxi to attack the devils on the right side of the first battalion, leaving them to protect the regiment commander, so they are naturally reluctant to leave.

"I don't need to protect, the first regiment is in danger now, we can't let Brigade Commander Dong sacrifice, and he was insulted by the enemy, you two hurry up and take Brigade Commander Dong away, this is an order."

It is beyond reproach to send away Dong Wenbin's body, but there is really no need for him to send out the communication soldiers, such a fierce battle, how could Dai Cunxiang turn a blind eye, his seventh regiment was originally going to support a regiment in a straight line, but suddenly he heard a gun on the left side, and after a while, a gun rang out on the right side, and he understood that a regiment had fallen into the encirclement.

Dai Cunxiang was the actual commander of the new 34 th Division, and he naturally knew the combat effectiveness and tenacity of a regiment, and no matter how great the difficulties encountered and how ferocious the enemy was, it would be impossible to eat a regiment in one bite.

This means that a regiment has time and space to change the tide of battle for itself. Dai Cunxiang didn't think much about it, and immediately ordered the troops to change the route of the march, he wanted to go around to the left and attack the enemy on the left.

The attack on the left side of the regiment was just south from Changsha, came to support the 51st Brigade of the Japanese 58th Division, the brigade commander Nosa Shihiko personally led the infantry 92nd and 93rd brigades to march in the forefront, and suddenly the fierce fighting startled him, but soon contacted the nearby friendly troops through walkie-talkies, and then learned that the front was fighting with the 116th Wing of the 13th Division of Lieutenant General Chilu Li, and the opponent was the troops of Sun Yumin, the famous god of war of the national army in the Japanese army.

Yokoyama Yong and Kinoshita Yong only used the 13th Division and the 27th Division to deal with Sun Yumin, but they didn't expect the 58th Division to arrive at this time, plus the 116th Division that was originally in Hengyang City, in fact, in a small area, actually gathered four divisions, although Takeshita Yoshiharu's 27th Division has not yet come to participate in the battle, but with three to one, Yokoyama Yong feels that he is in an invincible position, but Kinoshita Yong has always maintained a very cautious attitude.

When Notar Shikihiko's 93rd Infantry Brigade attacked the left flank of the 1st regiment, the 116th Wing of the 109th Division of Iwanaga Wang also launched an attack on the right flank of the 1st regiment.

Under the attack from three sides, if it was other national troops, they would definitely flee in panic, but here was the most elite new 34th division of Sun Yumin's department, although it was in an extremely unfavorable situation and there were no good fortifications, but a group of troops withstood several attacks alive, and finally survived until dark.

On a summer night, the waning moon is high, the stars are dense, and the light is very good, if it is in normal times, such a night must be loved by people, but tonight is extremely unfavorable for Li Tianxi and his group. Although the devils are not good at night fighting, on such a moonlit night, they naturally will not give Li Tianxi a chance to breathe.

In the eastern sky, more than a dozen orange-red rays of light flew towards this direction, and the screams that had broken through the sky countless times during the day sounded again in the ears of the few remaining soldiers of the first battalion.

Although the position had the remaining weapons and ammunition of the Japanese army, the battalion that had suffered the most ferocious attack was exhausted. Compared with the pressure given by the devils, the most terrible thing is that there are too many wounded soldiers, and they cannot be treated, so they can only lie in the trenches and wail and wait for death. There is an even more headache thing, there are too many wounded soldiers, and everyone's water bottles are gathered and supplied to the wounded, so that when the soldiers eat dry food and fried rice between battles, they are all dry, if they can still catch snow in winter to quench their thirst, but in this hot summer, there is no water, how can people endure it. Fortunately, the guard company and the sixth company, after helping to repel the Japanese troops attacking the right side of the first battalion, all entered the position, and finally gave the first battalion a glimmer of life, which did not only refer to the reinforcement of two companies to the first battalion, nor did it bring a little water to the first battalion, but injected spiritual strength into the remaining brothers of the first battalion: the regiment commander did not throw them down, and there were pillars behind them. It's just that they don't know that the pillar they rely on is now crumbling and in extreme danger.

The artillery shells once again covered the position of the first battalion, and after two intensive artillery bombardments, the first battalion had become numb to this heavy artillery bombardment, and no one knew whether they could survive the artillery fire, and no one cared and cared whether they could survive or not, they just mechanically covered their ears and opened their mouths, squatting in the trenches, waiting for a shell to fall on the perimeter at any time.

The second and third battalions did not suffer from heavy artillery, but the grenadiers equipped by the devils have never stopped, but the infantry did not dare to charge easily after being beaten back several times. When the first battalion was bombed again, these two directions stopped, giving the second battalion and the third battalion a rare respite, taking advantage of this time, desperately digging trenches and foxholes, for them, digging an inch deeper, there was an extra chance of survival on the battlefield.

A soldier on the side brought over a handful of fried rice, and Li Tianxi was in the mood to eat, so he only grabbed a handful slightly and stuffed it into his mouth. Thirsty and bitter, he didn't swallow this handful of fried rice for a long time, as if his throat was blocked.

"Commander, take a saliva!" The warrior handed over another kettle.

Li Tianxi took the kettle and was about to unscrew the lid, but he saw that the skin on the mouth of the soldier who handed the kettle was already dry, and he handed the kettle back.

"Commander......"

"I'm not thirsty!" Li Tianxi knew that the troops were already short of water, and the soldiers were reluctant to take a sip, how could he be special.

Not to mention the wounded in the first battalion, the wounded in the second and third battalions cannot be treated now, and it stands to reason that they must be sent down, but if personnel are dispatched to carry the wounded, I am afraid that they can only give up here and give up the first battalion, but this is impossible, the wounded soldiers are their own brothers, and the first battalion also has the sixth company and the guard company with new reinforcements.

In Li Tianxi's heart, as long as his own mess is nailed here and attracts the devils, after the main force of the division comes up, he will have the opportunity to defeat the enemy in an all-round way. As long as this goal can be achieved, even if he throws a ball and himself here, he is fearless, Li Tianxi's thoughts are so paranoid, Dong Wenbin's death really stimulated him a lot.

Li Tianxi was worried about the wounded, and planned to go over to visit him, but he couldn't be treated, so he had to give people spiritual comfort, but he was no less than a battalion that occupied the devil's alert position, and when he was in a dilemma, he suddenly heard a fierce battle breaking out on the left flank.

Li Tianxi would not think about the fact that the devils began to attack the third battalion again, because the gunfire was not on their defensive line at all.

Since it is not its own regiment, then there is no need to think about it, it must be the reinforcements of the deputy division commander who are coming.

His conjecture was correct, it was Dai Cunxiang's 7th Regiment that attacked the 93rd Brigade of the Japanese Army on the left flank.

Dai Cunxiang's troops had already arrived at the attack position, but he was cautious by nature and did not start attacking immediately after arriving to relieve the pressure of the group.

The reason why Dai Cunxiang did not launch an attack was because he did not know why such a large-scale battle would occur in the outermost warning position of the first regiment that had just attacked the devils, and he had to figure out whether the devils had already ambushed the large army, or whether they happened to run into the large army of the devils. If he didn't figure this out, Dai Cunxiang wouldn't easily throw the Seventh Regiment into this unknown battle in a hurry.

Perhaps it was destined in the dark, and several groups of reconnaissance sent by Dai Cunxiang only found less than one wing of Japanese troops, that is, the vanguard of the 58th Division, the 92nd and 93rd Brigades of the 51st Brigade led by Noji Shihiko. Like many Japanese officers, Notar Shikihiko was also an arrogant and arrogant person, and in his eyes the Chinese troops were all vulnerable, until he knew that the opponent in front of him was Sun Yumin's troops, and after repeated attacks were unsuccessful, he slightly retracted his heart to underestimate the enemy.

Dai Cunxiang learned from the scouts sent out that after discovering that there were no other Japanese troops more than ten kilometers behind this Japanese army, he gave the order to attack, that is, the fierce fighting on the left that Li Tianxi heard.

At the same time, the 2nd Regiment and the Dong Wenbin Infantry Regiment led by Silly Bear reached the periphery of the 1st Regiment on the front and rear feet, and after contacting Li Tianxi, they immediately divided into attacks on the Japanese troops on the left and right.

No one expected that in this area of five or six miles to the west and east of Hengyang City, the enemy and us would invest such a large number of troops, and this half of the night sky would be dyed red.

The thick smoke of gunpowder completely obscured the bright moonlight, and the brilliant tracer ballistics and the cannonballs dragging the tailfire of various colors were like a fireworks feast.

This sudden battle made Fang Xianjue and Ge Xiancai in Hengyang City stunned.

The Japanese army stopped the siege at noon, which gave the stressed Tenth Army a respite, but now the momentum of the battle made them unable to figure it out.

The news that the reinforcements had arrived, it was already known during the day, and the old army commander had already informed in the telegram that he personally led the 62nd Army and the 46th Army to the western suburbs of Hengyang, in order to meet them, Fang Xianjue also sent a regiment to launch a surprise attack from the inner city, but at noon, the original fierce battle suddenly died down, not only the 62nd Army was repulsed, but even the regiment he sent was beaten back.

Obviously, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Li informed in the telegram that the 62nd Army was in the direction of Ertang and the 46th Army was in the direction of Jiwo Mountain, but now the battle was in the north-east, what was the situation, Fang Xianjue was confused, but Wang Heng of the 139th Division heard the sound of M1 field artillery and mountain artillery, and also heard the M1 rifle in the gunshot, but the pressure on his side was too great, and he did not dare to give up his position and kill from the city, and the 20th Division was in the east of the city, although it was able to allocate troops, but before the war, it had already blown up all the bridges above the Xiangjiang River and steaming water. Even if you want to come, it will take a certain amount of time.

Of course, Wang Heng didn't want to just watch and listen to his troops fighting with the devils, explained a few words to the chief of staff, and asked him to keep an eye on it, and then walked out of the command post, he wanted to go to Fang Xianjue and ask him to use the 60th Brigade as a reserve, if this new force was allowed to break out of the city at this time, he could imagine what kind of defeat the Japanese army would face if it was flanked.

Wang Heng had been in the command post before, and he hadn't noticed the changes outside, but as soon as he walked out, he found that a strong wind had blown at some point, and thick dark clouds were flowing rapidly in the sky.

It's going to rain, and the storm is coming, and after three days of burning clouds, it will finally pull out this long-overdue storm.

I don't know what role it will play in this upcoming storm for myself, for the Twelfth Army, for the boss, and for Hengyang City. Wang Heng didn't continue to think about it, and took a squad of guards, facing the rare wind in the inland, and strode in the direction of the city defense headquarters.

Half of the sky was playing a gorgeous "fireworks" show, which made the little girl who had never seen such a large-scale battle excited, and screamed: "Big brother, it's so beautiful." ”

Sun Yumin glared at her and scolded her. He has always been fond of this sister and rarely scolds him, but now she actually uses this meat-stirring Shura field as a fireworks display to enjoy, so how can he not be angry. You must know that under this dazzling brilliance, there are many soldiers of the Twelfth Army who are fighting bloodily.

Suddenly, a gust of wind rushed towards her, almost blowing down the aggrieved little girl, Sun Yumin reached out to support her, trying to comfort her, but he couldn't help but didn't speak.

"A lot of dark clouds!" Lin Yuanping said on the side: "It seems that there is a heavy rainstorm. ”

Sun Yumin looked up at the sky above his head, the moonlight and stars had become hazy at some point, and the smoke of gunpowder in the lower place and the clouds in the high place were pulling the "black cloth" on the sky. This time, the storm is really coming!