The next day, in the early morning, the sky had just revealed the white of the fish's belly, and the mist shrouded the entire guard camp position, and the soldiers of the first company woke up leisurely.

Since the food reserves of the Reading Force Army are about to bottom out, the officers and men of all units can now only drink one bowl of thin rice porridge per meal, and the amount of breakfast is even less pitiful.

Zhao Si, the leader of the alert squad, took a bowl of porridge handed over by a soldier from the cooking squad, raised his neck and drank it all. I can't eat enough, but I feel much better than on an empty stomach.

The food is poor, and the soldiers have no complaints, after all, the military seat is also porridge, and they share weal and woe, what else do they have to complain about as a big-headed soldier, and they are soldiers just to fight devils, as long as they fight devils, they don't eat or drink for three days and three nights.

The soldiers of the whole battalion had finished breakfast, and the soldiers of the cooking squad had not yet gone down from their positions, when suddenly a sharp whistle was remembered in the sky.

The veterans were discolored, and they were most familiar with this sound, it was not a whistle, but the shelling of the field artillery group of the Japanese army.

A veteran platoon commander suddenly changed color, and immediately opened his throat and shouted: "Enemy attack! Hide quickly...."

In fact, without waiting for the platoon commander to give the order, those experienced flying soldiers had already smelled the danger and turned around to hide in the anti-artillery holes.

Several soldiers of the cooking squad who did not have time to hide in the anti-artillery hole were immediately torn apart by the merciless artillery fire.

Zhao Si's front foot just hid in the anti-artillery hole, and the air flow generated by the violent explosion of the back foot followed, and the strong air flow suddenly overturned Zhao Si's burly body, Zhao Si and his family planted a dog to eat, and the soldiers of the vigilance squad laughed loudly.

Zhao Si, patting the dirt on his body, scolded and scolded: "Laugh, laugh what a smile!" Shut up the fuck. After saying that, he went into a cat ear hole next to him.

muttered in his mouth: "Damn, the little devil's little cannon is getting more and more accurate, it's really fucking evil." ”

About fifteen minutes later, the army finally stopped the shelling, and the soldiers hurriedly rushed out of the anti-artillery hole, and the scene in front of them shocked the soldiers very much, and the fortifications they had painstakingly built were destroyed by the powerful artillery fire of the devils.

Some machine gun fire points were directly razed to the ground, the iron bull slapped the dirt on his body, and crawled out of the anti-artillery hole, just now a shell from the army fell at the mouth of the anti-artillery hole where he was hiding, and when he saw where the soldiers were flute, he immediately opened his throat and shouted: "What the hell are you doing, grab into the repair position, the machine gunners are ready, the devils will attack at any time." ”

When the soldiers heard this, they immediately got busy and hurriedly built the bombed and fragmented positions.

At this moment, there was a loud shout of killing in front of him, and Tie Niu hurriedly took the binoculars, through which he saw that thousands of soldiers of the Yue army were wearing samurai cloths, naked and shouting hoarsely towards their positions.

"It seems that the little devil is going to fight hard!" Tie Niu snorted coldly, then turned around and shouted at the top of his throat: "All of them, ready to fight!" it! ”

The soldiers were about to have sapper shovels and other tools in their hands, and they picked up all kinds of weapons and loaded their guns one after another.

With a grim expression, he waited for the army to enter the firing range, and at this time, thousands of soldiers rushed towards the position of the company under the leadership of a Zhongzuo officer.

The army was menacing, and the shouts shook the sky, but these did not intimidate the battle-hardened guard battalion soldiers, and as the army entered the firing range, Tie Niu gave an order: "Fight me!" ”

"Da Da Da ......"

The soldiers opened fire at the same time, and all kinds ......of firearms sprayed tongues of fire as much as they could.

The dense rain of bullets formed a network of crossfire, and the soldiers who rushed into the firing range fell in pieces, but these devils were as fearless as if they had taken stimulants, and as soon as the devils in front fell, the devils in the back swarmed up.

Seeing that the army was getting closer and closer, the clean face box in Tie Niu's hand knocked down a second lieutenant fifty meters away, turned around and shouted: "Bombardier! Bombing! ”

Dozens of soldiers immediately opened the fuse of the grenades, and then they moved forward, and the grenades emitting green smoke suddenly flew into the crowd of soldiers and exploded.

These high-powered grenades, which had been specially processed by the Taiyuan Arsenal, suddenly burst out with great power, and countless tiny monoliths flew sideways wantonly, and the Yue army, who was charging fiercely, was suddenly overturned on their backs by the bombed people, and suffered heavy casualties.

However, the bombardiers soon retaliated with firepower, and some of the bombardiers were pierced through their chests by machine-gun bullets from unknown sources after throwing a second round of grenades, and their strong chests were instantly beaten into hornet's nests.

The tall body couldn't help but fall backwards, and the eyes that were originally full of life instantly lost their vitality.

On the position of the third company, Li Gang, the commander of the guard battalion, stood in his headquarters, watching the bloody battle of life and death in front of him through the telescope. Fire support company! Transfer immediately after the fight! ”

"Yes!" A burly, hideous-looking herald replied, and then turned and strode away.

Within a moment, the soldiers of the machine gun company received the order to open fire, and eight 82 large-caliber mortars and a number of 60 mortars opened fire at the same time, and one shell after another accurately landed in front of the company's position, killing and wounding the attacking Japanese troops.

Soon, the commander of the army waved his command knife and said angrily: "Baga! Fall back! ”

The soldiers of the first company did not pursue, but began to repair the destroyed defensive positions in an intense and orderly manner.

On the opposite side, in the observation post of the army, the commander of the 14th Division observed every move on the battlefield through a telescope, and saw that his troops were attacked by the [***] team and retreated.

couldn't help but scold: "Bagaya Road! The despicable people of China have hidden the artillery for so long! After a pause, Kita Seichi immediately turned to the chief of staff and ordered: "Order the field artillery wing to immediately shell the artillery positions of the Shina Army and destroy them!" ”

"Hay!" The chief of staff of the army bowed his head suddenly, and then turned to leave.

On the position of the guard battalion, after the machine gun company repelled the attack of the Japanese army, the artillerymen immediately picked up their guns and turned around and ran.

Not long after they ran out, the position just now was hit by the dense fire of the Japanese army. In the blink of an eye, the artillery positions were completely destroyed.

……………… In Qingdu County, Li Yunlong has led more than 5,000 soldiers of the Reading Force Brigade into Qingdu County, because the Reading Force has already built a perfect defense system in Qingdu County, and the Eighth Route Army is the most skilled tunnel network.

Soon, the officers and men of the brigade became familiar with the environment step by step and determined their respective defensive areas.

Li Yunlong stood outside his headquarters, listening to the dense artillery fire and shouting from the west of the city, Li Yunlong frowned and said to Zhao Gang next to him: "Old Zhao, how long do you say the guard battalion can last?" ”

Zhao Gang shook his head and said: "It's hard to say, the guard battalion is the elite under General Zhang, although it is called a battalion, the troop allocation is a standard regimental equipment." The combat effectiveness was very strong, but this time they were not facing one or two wings, but an entire division of the first class, with more than 30,000 people. As for how long they will be able to hold out, only God knows. ”

"Otherwise, let's send a battalion to support them, we can't watch them all be wiped out by the little devils like this, after all, these people are all good, and it's really not worth sacrificing here like this." Li Yunlong asked.

"I think that for the time being, they should be able to hold out for a while, our people are already exhausted from the long journey, I suggest that the comrades should be allowed to take a good rest, recover their strength, and then depending on the situation!" Zhao Gang said thoughtfully.

"Hmmm! You have a point. Li Yunlong nodded.

At the same time, when the guard battalion was fighting a bloody battle with the 14th Division of the Yue Army at the West Gate, Zhang Mingyu issued an order to attack all the regiments of the 1st Division, and the Flying Eagle Division was dispatched to carry out wanton bombardment of the 8th Division, the 1st Infantry Regiment and the 2nd Infantry Regiment launched attacks from the rear flanks of the 8th Division, and the 3rd Infantry Regiment also launched an attack from the front under the cover of the armored division.

Thousands of soldiers of the 3rd Regiment jumped out of the trenches and charged with the Panzer Division towards the positions of the 8th Division with steel guns.

Zhang Mingyu led a group of guards to the top of Qingdu Mountain, looking down on the battlefield at the bottom of the mountain, only to see the soldiers of the Third Regiment pouring out of their nests and launching an attack on the forward position of the Eighth Division of the Yue Army under the cover of the armored division.

For a time, the guns and cannons of the entire battlefield rang out, and the soldiers shouted and killed the earth.

"Kill! Come on! The warriors shouted hoarsely.

At the same time, the various group armies, corps, and divisions under the Second Theater also launched a fierce attack on the Yue Army in front of them, and the officers and men of the Second Infantry Division, under the leadership of division commander Ling Tianbao, also took the initiative to attack the positions of the Yue Army!

Ling Tianbao personally went into battle, holding a Soviet-style light machine gun in both hands, taking the lead, charging forward, and the machine gun in his hand kept spitting out tongues of fire.

…………………… Beiping, the General Headquarters of the Army Group Army.

Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe hurriedly walked into the headquarters, and said to Okamura Ningji, who was working, abruptly turned away and said, "General, the situation is a little bad!" The units of the 2nd Theater of the Chinese Army launched a fierce attack on the main force of our Imperial Army, and at the same time, the main force of the 1st Division of the Reading Army dispatched aircraft and combat vehicles to launch the most fierce attack on our 8th Division. At present, the 8th Division is fighting back with all its might. ”

"Huh?" Okamura Ninji suddenly got up and said awe-inspiringly: "The large-scale operation of the Chinese Army must be to indirectly support Zhang Mingyu's Reading Army's operation, since this is the case, then order all divisions and regiments on the Eastern Front not to move west to join the Eighth Division, counterattack on the spot, and defeat the Chinese troops in the second theater of the Chinese Army in one fell swoop, and order the Eighth Division to hold on with all its might!" Then send a telegram to the 14th Division, and before it gets dark today, it must break through the defense line of the western front of the Chinese Army and come to the city of Qingdu! ”

"Hay!" Okabe Naosaburo suddenly bowed his head and said: "I understand that the core of this battle lies in whether the 14th Division can break through the defense line of the Chinese Army in time and successfully take the county seat of Qingdu. ”

"Yo Xi! Okabe-kun, the 2nd Flying Corps has been prepared, and will be personally led by Tokukawa-kun to provide air fire support for the 14th Division. You fly to Baoding now to personally command this campaign! Okamura nodded.

(To be continued)