Takayuki Kono Left Guard's headquarters.

A Shao Zuo ran in and said, "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General." The attack of the Chinese was fierce, and our front line was almost overwhelmed. ”

"Yaga!" Kono left the guard shouted, "Tell the troops to resist." Reinforcements from Morita Junshigeru and Kitaoka Yoshino arrived immediately. ”

"Hey!"

All the junior officers of the 19th Division Headquarters also participated in this defensive battle, and the troops supported the forward positions, and the direct detachment was once pressed in the first line of defense trenches, and the two sides engaged in hand-to-hand combat in the tunnels.

Gu Lu, who is not far from Gao Xing, is very calm, and Kitaoka Yoshino is still practicing calligraphy in the study of the headquarters. A junior officer walked in and said, "Your Excellency, the attack of the Shina people on Gao Xing is very fierce, and Lieutenant General Kono will almost be unable to withstand it. Are we sending reinforcements to Gaoxing? ”

Kitaoka Yoshino said while writing in big characters: "There is an ancient Chinese art of war, which is still used today, that is, 'encircling points and sending reinforcements', and the intention of the Chinese troops to attack Gao Xing is not Gao Xing, but the reinforcements we sent. If we go out, we will be digging into the mouth of the cloth of the Chinese troops. ”

The young officer said: "Then watch Gao Xing occupy the Zhina?" Lieutenant General Kono, however, called us several times to send us reinforcements. ”

"Not only can we not move, but Morita Junshi, who informed Gong Lu, should not move, especially his tank, which is our only armored unit in Hexi." Kitaoka Yoshino Road.

"But! Lieutenant General Kono ...... him," Shao Zuo said: "Now that Gao Xing has been surrounded by an iron wall, Lieutenant General Kono is still trapped in the city!" ”

Kitaoka Yoshino glared angrily: "Yaga! As a member of the Imperial Japanese Army, don't be emotional, and you must take the overall situation into account. Kono Sabei is a soldier of the emperor and is supposed to be loyal to the emperor. ”

"Hey!" Officer Shaozo left.

Kitaoka Yoshino sighed, "Kono-kun, the Emperor and Great Japan will thank you for everything you have done today. ”

A platoon of tanks in Gonglu County was already rumbling, and an infantry was ready to go. Osamori Tian Junshi looked at it and was about to give an order, only to see a soldier running over and saluting: "Your Excellency Osa, this is the order of Major General Kitaoka." ”

Morita Junshi glanced at it, crumpled the order into a paper ball, and shouted, "Yaga! Kitaoka Yoshino wants to preserve his strength and abandon Lieutenant General Kono, and we will not do this. Order the troops - go! ”

Gaoxing Forward Command, Sun Zhiyu was answering the phone, with a surprised expression on his face: "What? The devils in Gulu County didn't move at all? What about Gong Lu? ”

"Shaofan! Since this is the case, this encirclement point reinforcement can no longer be carried out. I think it's better to change the plan! Sun Zhiyu said.

"Yes! Got it! Launch a more fierce attack on Gao Xing and force Gu Lu to send troops to support! Good! Once Gu Lu ignores it, we will plan and take Gao Xing down. Be! Resolutely complete the task. Sun Zhiyu said into the phone.

"Order the advance column to go to the front line to support the independent column, and you must take the forward position of the devil within half an hour." Sun Zhiyu said.

"The deputy of the regiment has already taken the pre-cadre column up." A staff officer said.

"What?" Sun Zhiyu was startled and hurriedly picked up the binoculars. I saw that in the middle of the night in the wilderness, through the afterglow of the burning fortifications and artillery fire, we could see that the soldiers with the pre-dry column had launched a new round of attack on the front of the devil's position.

The devil's firepower still did not weaken, and countless tongues of fire erupted from the bunkers and hidden bunkers, and the flames soared into the sky, but the sound of killing was even more shocking. The devil's bunkers and bunkers were pulled out one after another, and the soldiers of the National Youth League and the devils were already entangled together, the artillery did not dare to fire any artillery, and the casualties of the infantry were even greater without the fire of the artillery, but they still desperately pressed up the first line of trenches and occupied and consolidated. Once again, the troops braved a torrential rain of bullets to attack the second line of trenches.

Sun Zhiyu knew that now was the key to whether he could take the front line, he threw away the binoculars, carried a submachine gun and said: "Order the teaching column to follow me." As he spoke, he took several staff officers and rushed to the front line of the battlefield.

Guolin, the Youth League Department of the National Youth League. Shen Shaofan was looking at the map, and at this time, Zhang Wenshan ran in and said: "Tuanza, Gong Lu's armored troops have arrived, and the Shadaowan Rifle Company and the 412 Artillery Brigade have exchanged fire with the devil's tank." ”

"Oh! What about that Tianma Temple! Shaofan asked.

Zhang Wenshan said: "There is no news. ”

"What?" Shaofan was startled, and hurriedly unfolded the map and looked at it carefully.

Zhang Wenshan said on the side: "There is no movement in Sancha Forest and Tianma Temple, is there only a tank force of devils going out of the city to rescue Gao Xing?" ”

Shen Shaofan looked at it and shouted, "Quickly call Yuan Feng's 5th battalion to quickly support Shadao Bend." It was necessary to rush to Shadao Bend within 20 minutes, cooperate with the 412th Brigade and the rifle company, and wipe out all the enemies there. ”

"Yes!" A correspondent answered and ran away.

Zhang Wenshan saw that Shaofan was so nervous and hurriedly asked, "What's going on?" ”

"The devils of Gong Road did not support Gao Xing in two batches, they gathered together to support Gao Xing from Highway 13. There are more than 5,000 devils in Gong Lu, who may have gone out of the nest. Sandbend may have been in a vicious battle. Shaofan sighed.

Zhang Wenshan almost didn't believe his ears and said: "More than 5,000 devils and more than 20 tanks!" Oh my God! That rifle company only has a Mauser M98 rifle! ”

"That's what I'm worried about. The 412 Brigade is not the family of our National Youth League, and if it is lost, I will not be able to explain it to General Zhang. But this is also an opportunity, Gong Lu is now in the city, and we just take advantage of the void to enter, I think that Kitaoka Yoshino can sit or not? Shen Shaofan looked at the map and said: "Order the 1st Battalion of the Ambush Tianma Temple to immediately move closer to the 2nd Battalion of Sanchalin and ambush the devils who came out of Gu Lu." The 4th Battalion was ordered to immediately launch an attack on Gonglu County, and the more fierce the better. Ordered that all the attacking troops in Gaoxing must enter the county town of Gaohang before dawn, even if it is to fight street battles with devils in Gaoxing. ”

"Yes!"

Shen Shaofan said again: "Order the guard company; Special Service Company; reconnaissance company; The engineer company is ready to go. ”

"Yes!" Then I saw two soldiers running out at the same time.

Zhang Wenshan said: "We originally wanted to surround the point to send reinforcements, but we didn't expect it to become a two-pronged approach. Once the Japanese army can't keep the Gong Road, then Kitaoka Yoshino will go three ways. One: If it is to support Gong Lu or Gao Xing, then our ambush in Sancha Forest will be busy. Two: It is to abandon the city and cross the river, which is in our arms. Three: It is to defend the lonely city and wait for us to destroy him. Shaofan's plan has been changed well, and you kid is a few more eyes than us when he fights. ”

Shen Shaofan seemed to have settled a major event properly, and breathed a long sigh of relief, grabbed a steamed bun casually, and said while eating: "If I didn't guess wrong, he would choose four: send troops to aid Shadaowan to reserve strength for the future counterattack." He will definitely send troops to support the armored forces that we have trapped, but without his reinforcements he will be wiped out in the Sancha Forest. Saying that, he looked in the direction of Sancha Lin, and he didn't know what he was thinking about in his heart? But there was a palpable hint of uneasiness on his face. He didn't know if his plan was correct, because he was not sure about a few points, the first was whether Gong Lu was going out of the nest, if not, whether Zheng Xiaohu could attack Gong Lu County with a single battalion of troops. The second is whether Shadao Bend can stick the devils who came out of Gong Road in Shadao Bend and hold on until the arrival of the 5th Battalion. The third is whether the ambush battle in Sanchalin will start. If Kitaoka Yoshino is still watching from the sidelines, then is the next move to storm Gulu County as Zhang Wenshan said? If it starts, can the 1st and 2nd battalions get the devil stuck in Sanchalin? Once the devil's reinforcements arrived, the battlefield of Shadao Bend was tight.

Sand bend blocking point. The Sand Bend is a sharp turn on Route 13 with a hillside on both sides, and once the vehicle reaches the Sand Bend, you can only slow down or easily hit the side of the mountain. The soldiers of the 412th Brigade were busy reloading and firing artillery, and the highway was filled with explosions and the roar of devils. The rifle company held its position in the waist of the hillside in front of the 412th Brigade and provided cover for the 412th Brigade, but they did not expect the devils to come with more than 4,000 infantry, which became a problem for the rifle company.

The Rifle Company is an armed escort force established to provide security and transport materials for the logistics column of the National Youth League, and is called the National Youth League Security Company, which is also called the Rifle Company because it is equipped with all German-style Mauser M98 rifles. Originally, there were only 500 people, and the number increased to 1,000 in Pingjin, and the rifle company was not the main combat unit of the National Youth League, so even the Czech ZB26 was not equipped, and it was a slightly inferior unit in terms of firepower, but the rifle company also had their bright spots, that is, the shooting accuracy was the highest average score of the whole regiment, and the whole regiment could not be compared with them in close range assassination.

The soldiers of the rifle company lined up in a row, taking advantage of the improvised trenches as cover and condescending advantages, and kept firing, pressing the devils who wanted to rush up under the hillside, because of their accurate shooting skills, the devils thought that the hillside was full of snipers for a while, and they all lay behind the bunkers and did not dare to move, but they were fighting back with the fire of the tank.

Morita Junshi has realized that his troops have been ambushed and is in a dilemma, because of the special geographical environment of Shadao Bend, Morita Junshi's armored troops will not be able to retreat back from Shadao Bend after entering the bend, but the medium-range firepower brought by the 412 Artillery Brigade is also something he did not imagine, the entire Sand Bend is almost covered by artillery fire, and the only thing he and his troops can do is to fight back and seize the high slope in front of them.

Morita Junfan stood at the front of the car and commanded his subordinates to rush up the hillside, but he watched the troops fight down again and again, the turret of the tank turned and aimed at the hillside, and a salvo was fired, and the position of the rifle company was immediately in flames.

Morita Junshi said to a young man: "You take your people and occupy the hillside on the left. ”

"Hey!"

As soon as Jiang Luo saw the devils moving towards the left hillside, he knew that they wanted to detour back to the rear of the 412 Brigade and launch an offensive against the artillery position, and immediately ordered the troops of four platoons to immediately occupy the left hillside. The soldiers of the rifle company knew that once the devils occupied the hillside on the left side, it would mean that the entire 412 Artillery Brigade would be exposed to the devils to seize and hold the left hillside, which would be related to the life and death of the 412 Artillery Brigade.

Morita's entire unit was exposed to the range of the 412th Artillery Brigade, and when his troops first entered the sandway bend, they were killed by a salvo from the squadron, losing nearly half of their tanks, and the troops were now like meat on a chopping board. He understood that in order to bring the troops out of the sand bend, it was necessary to eradicate the artillery on the mountain, and he organized several almost suicidal frontal attacks to cover the devils on the left slope, and the little devils paid a very heavy price to occupy half of the left slope, even if the devil's troops on the left slope had increased to more than 1,000 people, but it began to become difficult to advance another half an inch, and the rifle company on the left slope was now less than half of the troops, in fact, the rifle company was using the Mauser M98 in his hand and the devil's light and heavy machine guns; The mortar fire has been fighting to this moment, and the entire company has lost nearly half of its personnel, the most serious problem is that their ammunition is about to run out, and the infantry company at this time has already made up its mind to fight to the death and fight with the devil to the end, so as to buy more time for the retreat of the 412 Artillery Brigade.

Jiang Luo came to the position of the 412 Artillery Brigade and saluted the commander of the 412 Brigade: "Brigade Commander Qian, the devil's tank has been wiped out, you evacuate immediately, we will stay and cover you." ”

The commander of the 412th Artillery Brigade nodded and ordered the troops to retreat immediately in the direction of Xiangjin Bridge, the retreat of the artillery was not as easy as that of the infantry, and the entire artillery retreat before and after the retreat added up to nearly half an hour at the earliest. This half an hour was a great test for a rifle company with less than 500 men and no strong fire support, to resist the Japanese army with 1 or 2,000 troops and equipped with light and heavy machine guns, because once the artillery company stopped attacking, the devils began to attack the hillside like crazy, and the rifle company lost the cover of fire coverage, and completely relied on the Mauser M98 in their hands to hold on for more than half an hour to provide cover for the 412 artillery brigade.

Although the soldiers of the rifle company relied on the simple fortifications on the hillside to stop the devils, the number of men still became less and less, and the troops began to close into the last tunnel. It seems that the target of the devils now is not the 412 Artillery Brigade, because the 412 Brigade has been safely evacuated, and their goal is to wipe out the entire rifle company, but the infantry company has been surrounded by them.

"The company commander is out of bullets."