Hu Ziqiang was a platoon commander in the 5th Company of the 2nd Battalion, and his mission was to lead his infantry platoon to plug the gap and prevent the Japanese from breaking through here.

As a veteran, Hu Ziqiang knew very well what kind of situation he was facing, in a short hour of fierce fighting, his infantry platoon brought more than 70 people to the Japanese army, and the outside of the gap in the city wall was densely covered with the corpses of devil soldiers.

But his infantry platoon also paid a lot of casualties for two squads, seeing that there was only one grenadier and ammunition man left in the grenadier squad, and only one of the three light machine guns left, Hu Ziqiang couldn't help but check his ammunition situation.

His Type 38 rifle still had sixty rounds of ammunition, and the ammunition was quite sufficient, and he raised the telescope assigned to the officer by the regiment headquarters, Hu Ziqiang glanced outside, and his brows couldn't help frowning.

The Japanese army once again assembled an infantry squadron, and it was clear that the Japanese army must break through from here.

"Check the weapons and ammunition, prepare for battle, machine gun shooters and grenadiers pay attention to shift positions, don't let the infantry guns of the devil soldiers blow up, if we don't have these two things, we can't stand it here."

Hu Ziqiang looked at the soldiers, and he shouted loudly, with a solemn expression on his face.

At present, there are less than 20 soldiers on the position who can fight, and it is obviously difficult for them to resist the attack of an infantry squadron of the Japanese army, but they have received an order that there is a gap here around them, and even if all the troops are killed, they will not withdraw without authorization.

The Japanese attack on the front of Loufan County never achieved too good results, and four of the twelve tanks fell into the trap, although the devil soldiers hurriedly found ladders, they were always under the pressure of the first battalion.

The Japanese wing commander Ishida Jinzo was slightly dissatisfied with the performance of the 1st Brigade, and he began to put his hopes on the 2nd Brigade.

An infantry artillery squadron and two armored vehicle squadrons directly under the wing were all strengthened to the second brigade, and the captain of the second brigade also personally came to the north city gate to supervise the battle.

For the gap in the garrison of Hu Ziqiang's platoon, the captain of the Japanese army Shaozuo is very important, and he thinks that his troops will definitely be able to pass through here.

Even if a squad was killed in this gap, Captain Shaozo still did not give up, he continued to devote a complete infantry squadron here to attack, and strengthened the artillery squad directly under the brigade to this infantry squadron.

"It's getting dark soon, the wing commander hopes to be able to settle the battle before dark, your troops have two infantry guns, and the Chinese troops have suffered heavy casualties, and the rest of them can't resist your attack at all, this time the attack, your squadron must take the gap and cover the main force of the brigade to attack Loufan County."

The captain of the second brigade looked at the Japanese captain in front of him, he had a serious expression on his face, and said in a solemn tone.

The Japanese captain hurriedly stood upright, he respectfully looked at the captain in front of him, and swore solemnly: "Captain, please rest assured, I will definitely overcome the gap and cover the main force of the brigade into the county seat." Our second brigade will definitely be able to capture the Loufan County Government, and we will also be able to completely annihilate the troops of the first regiment in China and kill Sun Weiguo! ”

Listening to the Japanese captain's sworn words, Captain Shaozo showed a satisfied expression on his face, and he waved his hand.

The Japanese captain drew his saber, twenty-four armored vehicles began to take cover, dozens of light and heavy machine guns on the armored vehicles continued to suppress the fire on the city walls, and two infantry squadrons began to attack.

Among the two infantry squadrons, one infantry squadron was to assist Hu Ziqiang's platoon to defend the gap, and the other infantry squadron was to contain the attack, and the Japanese wanted to attack the county town from the gap at one time.

Heavy fire began on the Japanese machine-gun positions, and ten Type 92 heavy machine guns continued to strafe the gap.

Light and heavy machine-gun bullets rained down on the north gate, and the soldiers of the second battalion had no chance to look up.

The Japanese infantry deployed skillful battle formations, with light machine guns and grenadiers covering the continuous advance of the riflemen.

A ghost soldier quickly approached the gap, and the three riflemen who rushed to the front entered the city along the gap, and they immediately lay on the ground, and then three more riflemen quickly moved towards the gap.

The Japanese infantry squad consisted of thirteen people, four of whom formed a machine gun team and were responsible for a light machine gun, and the remaining nine people, including the squad leader, were able to form a rifle group with three devil soldiers.

The Japanese squad attacked in an alternate formation of three rifle groups, while the machine gun group took cover in the rear, and when the three rifle groups were sure that there was no threat in front, they advanced in cover for the machine gun group.

The two rifle crews quickly passed through the gap, and the six devil soldiers lay on the ground, and they looked around vigilantly with their rifles.

There are three devil soldiers here in the gap again, two devil soldiers are in front with rifles, and a ghost soldier wearing the rank of military cao in the back is cautiously advancing with a rifle, this ghost soldier wearing a military cao is obviously the squad leader of the Japanese army.

The rank of Cao in the Japanese army represents the rank of sergeant, while the rank of corporal and sergeant in the Japanese army represents the rank of corporal and sergeant, respectively.

The Japanese squad leader couldn't help but smile when he saw that his two rifle crews had successfully entered through the gap.

But just as he was about to enter the city wall, a bullet hit him in the forehead accurately, and the Japanese squad leader immediately fell to the ground.

The two ghost soldiers covering in front of him reacted quickly, they wanted to lie on the ground quickly, but while they were lying on the ground, several rifle bullets had already hit their bodies, and the two ghost soldiers died on the spot.

A miniature grenade began to be fired, and the miniature grenade landed directly on the hiding place of the six ghost soldiers, and as the explosion sounded, the ghost soldiers' painful wails began to sound.

"Kill and give." The Japanese second lieutenant squad leader was waving his saber outside the gap, and he shouted loudly.

Three grenadiers fired quickly at the defenders' exposed firing points, while the other two squads moved quickly towards the gap.

The two infantry guns of the artillery squad began to adjust their muzzles, and two grenade shots were fired quickly.

The sound of grenade bombs and miniature grenade explosions constantly sounded on the position of Hu Ziqiang's platoon, and the soldiers who were suppressed could not raise their heads at all.

Three of the six devil soldiers who entered the city first were killed, and the remaining three devil soldiers quickly maneuvered forward.

A machine gun crew appeared behind the three devil soldiers, and the four devil soldiers quickly marched towards the gap.

Two infantry guns and three grenadiers constantly fired grenades and miniature grenades, and they suppressed the weak firepower of Hu Ziqiang's platoon.