When Dai Cunxiang rushed to the battlefield, he happened to be strangled by the heavy artillery of the devil after the second regiment rushed to the position. Moreover, the two artillery positions of the Second Regiment, which had previously shown their might, were also covered with retaliatory artillery fire.

To put it in an ugly sentence, that is, the second regiment, except for the platoon left by each battalion and the heavy machine gun shooters who could not charge, the rest of the officers and soldiers were all wiped out by the devil's tricks.

Seeing that the few people left in the Second Regiment were all about to rush to the position that still fell from time to time, Dai Cunxiang forcibly suppressed their sadness and anger, because years of experience in marching and fighting told him that the devil was not just a simple shelling, but also had other tricks.

"Seven regiments ready!" Dai Cunxiang forcibly suppressed the pain in his heart and issued a series of combat orders, he first had to stabilize his position before he could wait for the opportunity to give a fatal blow to the devil.

Sure enough, as Dai Cunxiang expected, as soon as the shelling stopped, the devil soldiers came out of nowhere, rushed to the position occupied by the second regiment with a strange scream, and then did not stay too long, and directly swarmed towards the machine gun position of the second regiment.

The remaining officers and soldiers of the 2nd Regiment, even if the deputy division commander and the 7th Regiment did not arrive, they would not be afraid, nor would they take half a step back, not to mention that they now have a strong backing.

"The second regiment fires first!"

The devil rushed down, and there were at least a thousand meters away from it, so Dai Cunxiang ordered to shoot.

This order made everyone feel very strange, but no one asked, because everyone knew that in addition to the commander, the most proficient in fighting in the Twelfth Army was its deputy division commander. The army commander is the god of war, and the deputy division commander is also a victorious general.

The reason why Dai Cunxiang let the people of the Second Regiment shoot was to confuse the devils, because he believed that the commander of the devils would definitely judge from the sparseness of the gunfire, the distribution of firepower, and the timing of the shooting, that there were no more people left in the Second Regiment. In other words, he would not hesitate to send troops and eat up the few remaining troops in one go, not to mention the greedy devil commander.

Almost as Dai Cunxiang thought, Kawashima heard very clearly from the gunfire of the Chinese army, although there were many machine guns, but other than that, there were not many rifle sounds, and most importantly, the Chinese army's artillery fire seemed to have been completely destroyed.

Kawashima is a shrewd and cunning devil commander, quite scheming and thinking, otherwise he would not have been able to get this trick of booby trapping the second regiment. He was now confident that the few remaining Chinese troops had become frightened birds, otherwise they would not have started shooting at such a long distance.

"Ito Osamurai Dispatch して冲撃を受けて、私は1回の攻撃を见る必要があって、すべてShiNa军人を殲滅しました." (The Ito Brigade sent troops to join the assault, and I need to see a single attack to annihilate all of these Shina soldiers.) Kawashima gave the order to the staff officers around him, and he was very confident that he would be able to end the battle quickly in response to the attack of the remnants of the Second Regiment.

"Your Excellency Osa, すぐにあなたのコマンドをお伝えします!(Yes, Your Excellency, I convey your order at once!) The staff officer responded very quickly, and then he looked like a villain with a whisker and a horse: "Your Excellency Dazuo, the present time の计划 はあまりにもすぎて、皇军は二百人余りのwarriorを失っていたが、この地には不明な中国の军人の死体を看ることができて、この点の犠牲は何を得ているのだろうか?" (Your Excellency Dazuo, this plan is too ingenious, although the imperial army has also lost more than 200 warriors, but looking at the countless corpses of Chinese soldiers on this position, what is this sacrifice?) ）

Kawashima had an arrogant smile on his face, and in the face of the praise of his subordinates, although he had no words, the expression on his face completely betrayed him.

"Your Excellency Osa, この次の师団は必ず何度も嘉rewardを受けて、Yokoyama Yong様がrewardを与えるかもしれないし、あなたは旅の长になって待っています!" (Your Excellency, this time the division commander will definitely be rewarded heavily, maybe Commander Isamu Yokoyama will give a reward, and your promotion to brigade commander is just around the corner!) ）

As the saying goes, thousands of clothes are worn, and sycophants are not worn, this little staff officer knows the way and holds Kawashima to the sky, which makes him laugh wildly, and the little staff officer also laughs, so that a group of devil officers and military officers around him laughed arrogantly together.

But their laughter did not last long, and the remnants of the Chinese army, which had been suppressed by the grenadiers and their own heavy firepower, suddenly burst out with extremely strong firepower, first countless automatic fire, followed by the artillery bombardment that had disappeared and reappeared on the battlefield.

In just an instant, there were earth-shaking changes on the battlefield, and the Japanese army, which had already had the advantage, was caught off guard by this blow, not to mention countless casualties, and the remaining devils also became headless flies, and the front desperately fled backwards, while the rear swarmed forward, like two waves of tides in different directions collided together, and immediately became chaotic.

Before Kawashima could understand what was going on, he could see through the telescope that countless Chinese soldiers had rushed out of the position where there were only remnants, and his whole body was stunned, like a clay statue, with his mouth wide open, and he looked incredulous.

"Your Excellency Dazuo, 私たちは远く出れて、先に後退しなければならなくて、中国军の势いが荒くて、前の皇军の勇士たちは抵抗できないかもしれない." (Your Excellency, we are too close, we must retreat first, the Chinese army is fierce, and the warriors of the imperial army in front may not be able to resist.) ）

It was another devil officer who spoke, no longer the staff officer who could only flatter, while he spoke, he beckoned two military Cao, and retreated back with Kawashima, as for those who were fighting with the Chinese army, the "imperial army warriors" he called in his mouth, naturally he didn't care.

"A regiment clears the devil soldiers here, and the seventh regiment gives me a quick pursuit." Dai Cunxiang's whole person seemed to be burning with the flame of hatred, and if the devil dared to trap and kill the troops of the New 34th Division, then he wouldn't mind destroying all of them.

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The 73rd Army was a unit under the command of Wang Yaowu of the 24th Group Army, and together with the 79th Army, which also belonged to the 24th Group Army, it defended the line from Ningxiang to Xiangxiang.

Peng Weiren, the commander of the 73rd Army, is a native of Xiangxiang, Hunan, that is to say, to guard this area, in fact, to guard his hometown, the 77th Division under his rule lost Yiyang, which has made him lose face, if he loses Ningxiang under his men at this moment, the black gauze hat is not counted, I am afraid that even the ancestral grave will be picked off by the villagers, so he asked Wang Yaowu for advice many times, and finally let Wang Yaowu after tirelessly, the 58th Division of the 74th Army in his hand was assigned to him to command, to help him defend Ningxiang, in this way, In addition to the original 73rd Army, in addition to the 77th Division that had already taken over the defense of Yiyang, with the remaining 15th Division and the 5th Temporary Division plus the 58th Division, defending Ningxiang was really a lot of soldiers and food, and he was also determined to defend Ningxiang to the death, and he had saved his face, not to mention the 79th Army in Xiangxiang.

Wang Jiaben, commander of the 79th Army, a native of Qujing, Yunnan, has the 98th Division, the 194th Division, and the Temporary Sixth Division, which he relied on, under his command, and can be regarded as a force that can be recruited and fought well, and compared with the 73rd Army, Wang Yaowu likes it more.

It stands to reason that with the strength of a full six divisions, it is really more than enough to defend these two small cities in northern Hunan and the surrounding areas, not to mention that there is only one 40th division attacking in this direction, even if there is an additional brigade, it is not something that the Japanese army can break through if they want to.

But the reality is so cruel, in the face of Aoki Cheng's attack, Peng Weiren fought hard with the Japanese army for four days and four nights, almost all the troops in his hands were lost, and even the 58th Division assigned to him was almost the same, Ningxiang was still broken, and all the troops, including himself, had no choice but to turn into street fighting.

When he learned that there were less than 300 people left in the 58th Division, he was so depressed that he picked up a pistol and put it on his temple, if it weren't for the bitter pleading of the officers and soldiers around him, he even wanted to die to serve the country.

300 people is not much, but it is not much, the number of ordinary national army troops is less than a battalion, and as a military commander, there are only these 300 people who can command at this time, as long as the devils who have already attacked the city strike while the iron is hot and send heavy troops to clear it, then he Peng Weiren may have to be the first lieutenant general of the national army to die in this battle.

But almost at the last moment, the devils seemed to have suddenly lost interest in this remnant of the army, and let them stick to this small part of Ningxiang City.

For a short time, Peng Weiren didn't think it was strange, but for two or three hours in a row, the devils didn't send a single soldier to attack this area, which made him puzzled. Just as he was speculating, a fierce battle suddenly sounded outside the city, and soon after, the gunfire gradually moved towards Ningxiang City, and after a while, Ningxiang City was actually shelled.

As soon as the cannon exploded in the city, Peng Weiren was so excited that even tears flowed out, and he said to the guards around him who swore to follow: "Thank God, the reinforcements are finally here!" Commander Wang is really a man of his word! ”

"Sir, how do you know it's reinforcements coming?"

"There are only us people left in Ningxiang City, and it is the Japanese army that is defending the city now, and the Japanese army is fighting, and the battle is so fierce, who else can it be except for friendly troops." Peng Weiren was in a desperate situation, he was very excited, and actually explained to the guards and soldiers who didn't know much about marching and fighting: "There is only the 79th Army of Commander Wang around us, who can attack the Japanese army so quickly, who else can have such powerful artillery fire, except for Commander Wang's 79th Army!" ”

As soon as the words came out, Peng Weiren immediately felt that something was wrong, with his understanding of Seventy-Nine, it was impossible for them to have such a powerful artillery fire, and although Wang Jia was good at fighting, he was also a cautious and cautious person, and it was probably impossible for him to come to the rescue with all his might.

But it's not the 79th Army, which army can it be? Could it be Commander Shi's Seventy-fourth Army? This is even more impossible, they are on the border of Hunan and Chongqing at the moment, if they want to rush here, unless they can put on their wings.

Neither the Seventy-ninth Army nor the Seventy-fourth Army, so which army would it be? Could it be Sun Yumin's Twelfth Army?

Peng Weiren was suddenly stunned, but he learned from the battle report that Sun Yumin's new 34th Division was heavily damaged in Yiyang, and an important general was martyred, and all this was because his 77th Division abandoned the city.

Will he come to the rescue regardless of his past suspicions? In fact, Peng Weiren has the answer in his heart, but he just doesn't want to admit it.

Dai Cunxiang and Li Tianxi each led a group of troops, and with the support of Dong Wenbin's troops, they quickly drove out the devils who had not yet gained a firm foothold in Ningxiang.

If it weren't for the fact that the troops marched all the way from Yiyang to this place and fought two battles in a row, the physical strength of most of the soldiers would have been completely overdrawn, and they must take a rest, otherwise Dai Cunxiang would definitely order to continue to pursue the Japanese troops fleeing in the direction of Xiangxiang.

Wang Youcai's mound was built outside Yiyang City, and because the body could not be found, his funeral was handled very simply; And the martyrdom of Huang Wei and more than 2,000 people in the Second Regiment must be given a grand funeral. Originally, Li Tianxi was strongly opposed, believing that the soldiers were now fatigued, and they should not be allowed to do manual labor, nor should their rest time be wasted on these rituals. But Dai Cunxiang insisted on doing this, perhaps this is the biggest gap between the two, their starting points are different, but they are both thinking about the fighters. Li Tianxi was thinking about the physical fatigue of the brothers, while Dai Cunxiang was thinking about the mental baggage of the officers and soldiers. It cannot be said that mental things necessarily outweigh physical exhaustion, but it is indeed one of the best ways to motivate the fighting spirit.

The two did not argue too much, because Dong Wenbin told them that Sun Yumin would personally attend the burial ceremony.

Peng Weiren followed behind Sun Yumin, this young and somewhat excessive commander of the Twelfth Army, although he did not let him get off the stage on the surface, he could still deeply feel a trace of disdain for him. Peng Weiren didn't know that if he hadn't guarded Ningxiang City for four days, I'm afraid Sun Yumin wouldn't even see him, let alone bring him to the funeral of Huang Wei and the soldiers of the Second Regiment.

Originally, the weather was excellent these days, but today, the sky suddenly became gloomy, first it began to drizzle, and when Huang Wei was buried, the rain began to fall heavily, even if someone helped to open an umbrella, Sun Yumin still got a lot of rain, he personally shoveled down the first shovel of loess, covered the coffin, and whispered softly: "You and wealth are the pride of the Twelfth Army, be a good companion on the Huangquan Road, and tens of thousands of soldiers of your Twelfth Army will avenge you!" ”

Peng Weiren also shoveled a shovel of mud, he was really a little envious of the person lying in the coffin at this moment, he could meet such a good commander, what does it matter if he dies on the battlefield! He completely forgot that he was at the same level as this young military commander with a hideous scar on the left side of his face, and he also forgot that he had sacrificed thousands of heroic souls who were defending Ningxiang and his own troops!

Tang Chunhong was dressed in a neat military uniform, she did not wrap her arms around the black shirt like Sun Yumin and them, but inserted a small white flower in her sideburns, stepped on a little mud, walked to Sun Yumin's side, and said softly: "Military seat, Chief Xue is in an emergency, Xiangxiang is in an emergency, let you quickly send troops to rescue!" ”