Less than half an hour into the battle, an up-to-date data on battle damage was delivered to Ryosuke Isoya: 110 killed and 89 wounded. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Ryosuke Isoya's eyebrows twitched, he thought he had seen it wrong, "110 people were killed...... is it wrong?" ”

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency the division commander, there is no mistake, this is the battle damage figure just put together."

"That ......" Ryosuke Isoya seemed to be brewing emotions, and then burst out: "Why are there so many?" By now, the battle has been going on for only 14 minutes, and you tell me that more than a hundred people have already died? ”

"It's a pity, Your Excellency, but the people of China have adopted a conspiracy method of warfare, and in the course of the battle up to now, almost every second, bullets from the enemy have been fired at our army, and in the absence of better countermeasures, our army has only passive defense, therefore, it has led to a higher than expected...... casualties. ”

"What do you think?"

"I thought ......"

"That's a rhetorical question!" Ryosuke Isoya roared angrily, and said quickly: "Order the two brigades of Tajima-kun and Nagase-kun to prepare for all sorties, don't the people of China want to use guerrilla tactics to encroach on our army little by little?" I'll break the game with my strength! Ordered Tajima-kun's 63rd Wing to take the big car shop at the West City Gate as quickly as possible, and use this place as a breakthrough to capture the South Gate with all its might, and block the retreat passage of the Chinese army to me! ”

Atsuro Umemura could see that the troops had suffered such a large number of casualties in such a short period of time, which made the division commander a little angry, and he didn't dare to persuade him more, so he personally conveyed the order.

The Japanese army was ordered, led by the 63rd Wing, and suddenly stepped up the attack on Ximen, and they were facing each other head-on with the headquarters of the 37th Division led by Liu Zizhen, the division commander was He Jifeng, and Liu was the deputy, but this time Liuhe Town was fighting, He Jifeng and Zhao Dengyu, Yang Zhengzhi and others sat in the command headquarters, and the command of the front line of the battle was handed over to Liu Zizhen.

The division is composed of the old 37th Division, and the battle is quite brave, the most famous of which is the new Second Brigade with Dai Xiaodian as the brigade commander, because of the brigade commander's proud record of successive battles, and even less than the weak crown, he was promoted to the rank of major general.

Liu Zizhen was angry and scolded, but it had no effect, after a long time, he also respected the ghosts and gods and stayed away, this time stationed in the area near the West Gate, Liu Zizhen did not dare to talk to Dai Xiaodian, and went straight to He Jifeng and proposed to him: "I have no problem in charge of the defense of the West Gate, but there is a condition, transfer the new second brigade to me." ”

"Why?"

"There's no reason, brother, I can't learn as much as Brother Zhiyun, I can't command his soldiers, instead of being constrained everywhere on the battlefield, it's better to change me to a unit that I can mobilize."

He Jifeng smiled bitterly and explained a few words, Liu Zizhen didn't listen at all, He Jifeng had no choice, and after discussing with Zhao Dengyu, he temporarily allocated the 38th Division Special Service Brigade, and after the battle was over, it would be rebuilt. The brigade commander of the special service brigade was Yan Shangyuan, who led his troops to support during the battle of Sunzhuang, and was injured in the eardrum by the Japanese artillery during the charge, and has now been sent to the rear for treatment. Now in charge of the brigade's command is Yang Liusan, deputy brigade commander and commander of the first regiment.

Liu Zizhen looked down on Dai Xiaodian's guerrilla tactics in his heart, and in his mind, as a member of the Chinese army, especially a high-ranking commander, he must have the consciousness of fighting on the battlefield and shedding blood and sacrifice, and in the face of any invading enemy, he must meet it with a dignified array and an upright division! Get some flies and dogs, and kill a few devils?

Others said strange things, Dai Xiaodian ignored him, Liu Zizhen only thought that he was afraid of himself, which also fueled his arrogance, and even made a military order in front of Zhao Dengyu, Yang Zhengzhi and others.

The vicinity of the west gate of Liuhe Town is the most prosperous place in the town, because there is a Ma's cart shop, which has a stable that can accommodate 500 large livestock (heads), a parking lot that can park 100 cars, and a house that can accommodate 1,000 people at the same time. It is also because of the existence of the big car shop that it has brought great prosperity to Liuhe Town, and at the same time, this kind of divergence has also brought a large number of displaced people, making the security near the West City Gate very bad.

The big car shop occupies a huge area on the left and right sides of the west city gate, and has also become a place where the enemy and us must fight in the battle of Liuhe Town, the Japanese army 63 Wing Sasaki Brigade encountered the crazy sniping of the Chinese army, especially on the right side of the city gate, where the big car shop ** people live, here are all a water of the Chase shop, the house environment is spacious, easy to defend and difficult to attack, except for a few rooms on both sides have been destroyed by the Japanese artillery fire, other places, the Chinese army defended according to the danger, and the Japanese army launched a house-by-inch battle.

The 63rd Wing Commander Furong Zhenping was not surprised when he heard the report, he had already obtained a summary of the situation in the other two battlefields, and what he was most worried about was that the Chinese army would adopt the same tactics, and every step of his own advance would pay a huge price for casualties, but now there is no such problem! "Ma Lijun and Xiao Yejun, lead their respective brigades to enter Liuhe Town immediately, they must take the big car shop in the shortest possible time, and initially gain a firm foothold, waiting for the next battle instructions!"

"Yes!" Two battalions of Japanese troops quickly rushed through the city gates, entered the town, and separated from the left and right in the direction of the heavy gunfire, and began the combat mission of supporting friendly forces. A large group of Japanese troops joined the battle, and the opposing Chinese troops immediately felt the pressure.

The Chinese army led the new brigade of the 37th Division, the brigade commander was called Zuo Dahong, he was originally a regiment commander under Sun Yutian, when he fought Duliu Town at night, it was at the instigation of his subordinate battalion commander that he found Sun Yutian and Zhao Dengyu, and finally with the consent of Zhang Yueting, the first one chose to retreat.

In addition to the configuration of this brigade, Liu Zizhen also assigned a regiment of the 38th Division's Special Service Brigade to the battlefield on the Western Front and placed it under the command of Zuo Dahong. These people are all old in the army, they are no strangers to combat, and they also know that the big car shop will be the focus of the Japanese army's attack, but the nearly 8,000 troops can't be opened at all with just one big car shop, so the big car shop is used as the last battlefield, and the area near the West City Gate before entering the big car shop has become a meat grinder for the fierce battle between China and Japan!

In particular, the building complex inside the big car shop, in an hour, the two sides changed hands as many as three times, the Chinese army was on the attacking side, although the casualties were heavy, the Japanese army occupied a favorable terrain for a while, but it was not without any price, the two squadrons of the Sasaki brigade have already suffered more than 100 casualties, if the friendly forces can not respond in time, they will have to see the seized position surrendered.

The squadron leader Tsumura was also injured in the battle, but fortunately it was not serious, and after hastily bandaging, he could continue to command the battle, and he was angry and admired in his heart: it was said that the people of China were extremely weak, but now it seems that it is not like that at all! Just in the center of the enemy position on the opposite side, more than a battalion of soldiers had already been killed, but the enemy's offensive did not show the slightest sign of weakening, but became more and more ferocious? What kind of unit is this?

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Fang Guohan is a battalion commander under the command of Zuo Dahong's First Brigade, with a huge nose and plump lips, he gives people a simple and amiable feeling when he looks at it, in fact, yes, he has a physical problem with stammering, and rarely speaks unless necessary, whether it is training or fighting, he leads by example everywhere, so he has a very high prestige in the battalion, if he doesn't stutter, he will not please the officials, and his military rank will never be so low.

The area in charge of the new 1st Brigade has been broken by the devils three times in a row, and from Zuo Dahong downward, he is so ashamed and indignant that he is almost desperate to go into battle in person, and it is the words of the herald that make him dispel this idea: "Brigade commander, a brigade reinforced by the devils has moved to the left side of the city gate and is approaching the position of our army!" ”

Zuo Dahong was taken aback, he knew very well what kind of combat effectiveness a Japanese army brigade had, "What about the situation on the front line?" ”

Brigade Commander Yang said that the special service brigade and the troops led by Commander Cao were desperately sniping. But as it stands, if you can't deal with the enemy in the opposite building in half an hour, you'll have to evacuate here. ”

"Damn it!" Zuo Dahong scolded bitterly, Yang Liusan's words were light, half an hour, what did he take to eat the devil opposite? "That, old man?"

"Yes...... Yes! ”

"I don't care what you think, you have to get in anyway! It's better to go inside and fight the devil than in this situation! I'll give you half an hour. ”

"Yes." Fang Guohan stammered, just agreed concisely, turned around and walked around. At this time, it is naturally inappropriate to adopt a strong attack, except for one regiment of troops of the new 1st Brigade who is responsible for blocking the devils on the periphery, among the remaining two regiments, the 3rd Regiment to which it belongs has already paid a huge number of casualties of 1,000 people, if it continues to attack like this, except for more dead people, there will be no gain!

Fang Guohan looked honest, but in fact he was a little shrewd, his eyes looked up and down, left and right, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed him, beckoned to call several company platoon commanders under him, frowned, and said laboriously: "Go from above...... Let's go! ”

A company commander surnamed Liu looked up and saw that his eyes were also bright. Before the battle began, the Chinese army had already surveyed the battlefield, such as the big car shop, such a building, all sides are brick and stone structures, the roof is made of purlins, straw mats and tiles, if it can fall from the roof to the house, no! You don't even have to go down, just open a few holes, and then smash them down with a grenade to ensure that all the devils inside will turn into roast ducks in the hanging oven! "Battalion commander, I'll take people up!"

Fang Guohan waved his hand and pointed at himself, the meaning was very clear, he wanted to carry it out personally.

Another company commander said: "Lao Liu, don't fight with the battalion commander, don't you see?" There are seven or eight rooms in this one, and the battalion commander can't eat it alone, so let's just go on a few pieces! ”

Everyone chuckled, and Fang Guohan said: "Remember, our task is to open the passage for the brothers below, as long as the above starts, the brigade commander and they will have a chance!" Fight for a bang, take over this area, and then talk about the rest! ”

"Let's go!" Company Commander Liu couldn't hold back his eager meritorious thoughts, led more than a dozen of his subordinates to find the way to the wall, under the bright sun, their actions were soon discovered by both the enemy and us at the same time, the commanders of all sides were not fools, and they guessed the thoughts of this small army with a turn of brains, and there were shouts in the room, and the Japanese army desperately stretched out the muzzle of the gun, part of which was responsible for suppressing the supporting fire of the Chinese army on the opposite side, and the other part was to shoot accurately to the squad of Company Commander Liu.

"Bang bang, bang bang, bang!" The four warriors fell down from the eaves in response, and Yang Liusan roared angrily; "All of them, fire suppression!"

The Chinese army was like crazy, and the bullets of the machine rifle rained down, and the already scarred wall was even denser like a honeycomb, and this is not enough, I don't know whose accuracy is so good, he actually threw a grenade through the broken window, "#¥%!" "There was a commotion from the Japanese army, followed by a violent explosion, and a huge wave of air mixed with mud, rubble, and the corpses of two Japanese soldiers flew out of the house!

"Well done! Who threw it? I'll give him credit when I turn around! Yang Liusan applauded loudly and unabashedly, so that the morale of the soldiers because of this grenade was even more full of pounds, and for a while, the grenades were thrown into the building where the Japanese army was located, but unfortunately, most of them could not reach the effective range at all, and they fell down one after another.

The Japanese soldiers in the room also realized that the situation was not good, they were in a position semi-surrounded by the Chinese army, and if they really let the enemy climb to the roof, it would really be a turtle in the urn. The bright eyes of the village turned, obviously thinking about countermeasures in a hurry, "The grenadier and grenadier teams will act immediately, aim at the surrounding buildings, and blow up all the areas that are close to here that can be climbed by the Chinese army!" ”

"Yes!" The two grenadier groups immediately took action, first covered by heavy fire from the machine gun teams, and then immediately dispatched the grenadier teams when the combat strength on the opposite side of the Chinese army was temporarily suppressed. The size of the house and the obvious target are not a problem at all for a trained grenadier, standing the grenadier in front of his feet, filling the shell, and pulling the belt hard in the back: "Pass!" ”

A cannonball hit the target accurately, with a loud bang, smoke and dust, and when the eyes were refocused on the brick wall, the Chinese army erupted in a thunderous cheer! Although the brick wall was a piece for the Japanese army to bombard, it was only an insignificant corner, and at the very least, it would not have any impact on the climbing of the Chinese army.

A company commander surnamed Wang happened to settle here, and when he saw the cannonballs flying, he hit his head in a panic, fell to pieces, shook his head vigorously, and got up again: "Brothers, go on with me!" ”

"Company Commander Wang, good job!" In the rear of the Chinese position, a loud voice sounded; Company Commander Wang turned around in amazement, and a bullet flew in and drilled into his chest! The 6.5mm bullet lifted his strong body, flew up from the wall, and fell down heavily! (To be continued.) )