When the Japanese fighters arrived in Zhongmu again, the Japanese army had completely withdrawn to the city, and Kenji Dohihara wanted to delay time, but the result was that stealing chickens did not make rice, but broke a leg, and the soldiers under his command were in the chaos of the army, and there were countless casualties, and the steel teeth of anger were crushed.

The Japanese fighters bombed indiscriminately on the positions outside the city, but all the soldiers and soldiers cowered in the trenches and refused to rise, so the bombardment and indiscriminate bombardment caused very few casualties, and finally they could only leave unwillingly.

The Japanese troops in the city did not try to recapture the trenches outside the city, because now the seven or eight trenches outside the city and the trenches they held on to have been connected by countless passages, like a huge labyrinth, and it would not play any role in recapturing them.

** The soldiers were not in a hurry to attack, firstly, they were tired enough, and secondly, they were also waiting for the opportunity, the walls were strong and condescending, and they would surely suffer heavy casualties if they rashly attacked the city.

In just a few hours of attacking, both sides paid a huge price!

** side paid nearly 7,000 people killed, the wounded are not counted, almost more than 10,000 people lost their combat effectiveness, such casualties, even if the ** side suffered countless fiascos before, but this time, it is still unprecedented!

Nearly one-tenth of the number of troops was reduced in a few hours, such a huge price, if any general was in command, I am afraid that it would be difficult to escape the result of complete collapse, if the soldiers were forced to attack, in exchange for only a mutiny!

But this time, the soldiers always maintained their fighting spirit high, showed the courage to not return, and everyone showed unparalleled determination!

Because they believed that Lu Yuan could lead them to win this battle, and because those officers fought in person again and again, let them know that those officials were the same as them, and they were not afraid of death!

Everyone wants to win a battle, just this battle, right now!

The casualties of the Japanese army were also heavy.

When trapped in Zhongmu, more than 20,000 people of the 14th Division, in the Battle of Lanfeng, and a series of small encounters later, even some people were drowned in the flood, and those who died of disease due to the plague during the trap, all of these attritions did not exceed 3,000 people.

But now, they only have 17,000 people left, and in just a few hours, more than 4,000 people have been killed and seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness!

The sum of such casualties shocked Kenji Dohihara and generals at all levels!

Although the division still has an advantage of nearly three to one in terms of battlefield exchange rate, that is, for every imperial soldier killed or wounded, three Chinese soldiers can be killed, but they all know that such an exchange rate is extremely dangerous and terrifying!

In every previous battle, the battlefield exchange rate has never been lower than seven to one, and many times it is more than ten to one, compared to such an exchange rate, the current battlefield exchange rate has simply reached a shocking level!

This exchange rate made Kenji Dohihara and all the Japanese generals see that the division really has the possibility of being completely annihilated!

"Hoard all your forces near the city wall, rely on the advantage of the strong city wall at all costs, and kill and wound the Chinese army as much as possible!"

"Telegram to His Excellency General Shouichi Terauchi, requesting the military headquarters to send all air forces to maintain uninterrupted air suppression of these Chinese armies, and must not allow them to recklessly attack our division and regiment by relying on the large number of people......

Kenji Dohihara ordered one after another, and for the first time, there was a nervous look on his face, which seemed to be always in his hands.

The Japanese soldiers were waiting in the city, although now they all knew that His Excellency the lieutenant general was only seriously injured and did not die, and their hearts were a little relieved, but looking at the corpses of the brothers in the city, the feeling of the death of the rabbit and the fox continued to spread among the crowd, and they began to be afraid, afraid that they might die in this lonely city.

"Commander Lu has an order, the whole army rests, pay attention to prevent Japanese air raids......"

In the trenches outside the city, the herald kept giving orders, although several armies gathered here, and each department had its own officers, such as Zhang Zizhong, Pang Bingxun, Shang Zhen, etc., but every herald was unanimous, conveying Lu Yuan's order, and all the soldiers also agreed that this was a matter of course!

Everyone, from the time of departure to the siege of the city, they have already decided that Lu Yuan is the only commander of all the troops here, and they only believe in him, because only he can lead them to victory!

"Why don't Commander Lu continue to attack, we have already taken all the positions outside the city, we should strike while the iron is hot!"

"Yes, I killed so many devils for the first time today, and I can't wait......"

The soldiers were giggling and talking, they couldn't wait to stop for a moment, just keep fighting like this!

"Phew, Captain Lu is a master, how can you and I figure out what you and I think? Wait, Captain Lu has his own plans! ”

There are experienced veterans who lean on the old and sell the old guns and said, their eyes bloomed with unprecedented excitement, the more veterans, the more defeated they have been, so they cherish the opportunity in front of them even more, this is the first time they see the opportunity to win.

"You are very familiar with the commander of the road...... the soldiers on the side sneered.

"I'll tell you, when you just charged, was Captain Lu next to Lao Tzu?"

The old soldier and the old god came out with a sentence, and the surrounding soldiers suddenly widened their eyes, showing an expression of extreme admiration, being able to be on the same battlefield as Commander Lu, this is already a bull that they can brag about for a lifetime, but this veteran can actually be lucky to fight beside Lu Yuan, and it is strange that this group of soldiers is envious.

What the soldiers said, Lu Yuan didn't pay attention at all, he was at the back of the position at the moment, half-kneeling in the trench, sorting out the clothes on his body for Yang Zongman, his expression was unprecedentedly gentle, as if he was afraid of waking Yang Zongman up.

The cow pimple is crying, tears and snot are flowing everywhere, he used to love to cry, but since following Lu Yuan, except for Xiaocui who cried when he died, he didn't know how long he hadn't cried.

This time, it was as if he was going to shed tears that he had held back for a year.

If it was in the past, the big dog bear king hemp pole would have kicked over and pretended to be angry - crying what to cry, big man, I would rather bleed than cry, only the girls cry at every turn!

But now they didn't, because they were crying more sadly than a cow's pimple, and they were howling dryly, and everyone around them couldn't help wiping their tears, and their hearts and intestines were broken.

Even Xiao Shan Ling Zhang Zizhong and others couldn't help but wipe their eyes, and said in their hearts that this is really, the man doesn't flick when he has tears, but he hasn't reached the sad place......