The next day, Liu Tianshu was still asleep, he was awakened by the sound of an explosion in the distance, he got up with a bone, and just grabbed the clothes in his hand, he saw Shi Qiang rushing in from outside the door.

"Brother Tianshu, it's no good, the little devil called." As soon as the person entered the house, an anxious voice sounded.

"What? The little devil is coming? Liu Tianshu's face changed when he heard this. Yesterday, the police officer surnamed Cai came with people to ask the people in the carriage shop to prepare and participate in the battle to defend the county seat of Liugu if necessary. Who would have thought that only one day later, the little devil would really come.

Originally, Liu Tianshu still imagined that as long as the little devil did not attack Liugu County, County Magistrate Liu might lift martial law and allow himself and others to leave Liugu County.

This is over, his party is trapped in Liugu County, and he has to be ready to participate in the battle at any time, thinking of this, his heart sank to the bottom.

This is not to say that Liu Tianshu has no anti-Japanese enthusiasm, but in his opinion, it is simply stupid to stick to Liugu County. You must know that in addition to the security regiment in Liugu County, only those dozens of policemen still have some combat effectiveness. With this amount of troops, if you want to block the attack of the little devil, it is tantamount to a fantasy.

Even the heroic and warlike 29th Army failed to hold Pingjin, and with this little strength and the desperate determination of the whole city, it was able to hold Liugu County?

"Brother Tianshu, I heard from the guy in the store that this morning, the little devil began to attack the Dongshan position of the security regiment, and now I don't know what the situation is." Shi Qiang's face revealed worry.

At this moment, Zhao Xiaomei, Jiang Meijuan and Liu Hai also ran over, and when they heard Shi Qiang say that the little devil was attacking the Dongshan position of the security regiment, they all looked at Liu Tianshu.

"Tianshu, what should we do next?" Zhao Xiaomei asked nervously.

Seeing the worry on everyone's faces, Liu Tianshu suppressed the shock in his heart, and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's not that the little devil hasn't seen it, since County Magistrate Liu is determined to defend the city, he should be prepared." Besides, if the city really can't be defended, I think he'll open the gates and let us leave. In this way, I went to ask Mr. Liu about the situation. ”

After speaking, Liu Tianshu made a reassuring expression to everyone, and ran towards Liu Guangzhi's room with his clothes on.

Seeing Liu Tianshu coming, Liu Guangzhi stopped walking, looked at him and said, "Xiaoliu, the little devil has really launched an attack on Liugu County." I heard that the battle in Dongshan is very fierce, and County Magistrate Liu is gathering people from all walks of life in Liugu County to discuss the matter of defending the city. ”

Although Liu Guangzhi has some family background, he is a passing guest after all, unlike Mrs. Jiang, who has many business friends in Liugu County. This time, County Magistrate Liu convened people from all walks of life to discuss major matters, and Mrs. Jiang was called over, but Liu Guangzhi was not invited.

"Old man Liu, since the little devil is heading west along Zhengtai Road, for the safety of the side, he will naturally not let go of Liugu County. Alas, I don't know what County Magistrate Liu thinks, Liugu County has become an isolated city, what's the point of guarding it. Besides, without the reinforcement of the regular army, this city will not be able to hold on for long with the strength of Liugu County alone. Liu Tianshu was puzzled by Liu Yuancai's decision as county magistrate.

"This Liu Yuancai, I learned about it, and he can be regarded as an honest and conscientious county magistrate. The reason why he was determined to defend the city to the death was that he didn't want to be accused of abandoning the city without permission. Liu Guangzhi said in a low voice.

"For the sake of your own reputation, you will not allow the people of the city to evacuate? It's ridiculous. Liu Tianshu heard that the reason why Liu Yuancai decided to close the city gate was just because he didn't want to be accused of leaving his post and abandoning the city without permission and fleeing, he really couldn't cry or laugh in his heart.

"I hope the security regiment can hold the Dongshan position." Liu Guangzhi said worriedly.

Just when the two of them were worried about the fate of Liugu County, the artillery fire on the Dongshan position outside Liugu County had really plowed the entire mountain. When the smoke came, only dozens of soldiers covered in mud and gunpowder smoked appeared on the mountain.

The little devil came to the outside of Liugu County at eight o'clock in the morning, and was responsible for entering and occupying Liugu County, and it was the Kojima Brigade of the 39th Brigade of the Japanese Army's 20th Division that defended Zhengtai Road.

It is also Yokoyama Dazuo's bad luck, after his wing followed the main force of the division to capture Shijiazhuang, the main force of the division immediately advanced westward along Zhengtai Road. The task received by the Hengshan United was to clear the resistance forces north of Zhengtai Road. As a result, his wing was forced to disperse and attack several county towns in the north with large forces.

Of course, after capturing the county seat and defeating the defenders, a county town will leave a maximum of two squadrons of troops, plus the puppet army from eastern Hebei to garrison it.

In order to adapt to the war in North China, the North China Front Command had decided to use the surrendered Chinese to form the Imperial Allied Army to cooperate with the actions of the Imperial Japanese Army.

After all, China is too big, and these divisions and regiments in North China alone can no longer meet the needs of war.

Under the command of Ichiro Kojima, the Kojima Brigade occupied the county seat of Bucheon in less than half a day, and then, after leaving a squadron of Japanese troops and a large group of Imperial Cooperative Army in Bucheon County, Kojima personally led the main force of the brigade and rushed straight to Ruya County.

Unexpectedly, Kojima led his troops to the east of Rugu County, and the first squadron found that the hill in front of him was defended by Chinese troops.

Squadron Leader Yoshino didn't pay any attention to the Chinese troops on the hill, and while reporting to the group leader, he ordered the first squad to prepare for the attack.

Although Yoshino looked down on Chinese soldiers, he had undergone rigorous training after all. He held a telescope and looked at the hill in front of him, and then asked the first squad to send a squad of Japanese troops to carry out a tentative attack.

These more than a dozen devils launched an attack on the hill in a straggler line, and when they arrived not far from the mountain, they were immediately blocked by the first battalion and one company of the Liugu County Security Regiment defending here.

It's a pity that although Lin Shuhua, the commander of the first battalion and one company of the security regiment, has led the troops for many years, he is a security regiment after all, and his actual combat experience is not enough at all. Seeing that the little devil rushed within his own range, he immediately ordered his men to open fire.

All of a sudden, dense gunfire rang out from the position, but unfortunately, the Japanese soldiers in charge of the tentative attack had already prepared, and as soon as they heard the gunfire in front, they immediately looked for favorable terrain and lay down, and then began to raise their guns to return fire.

This series of fire brought only three casualties to the attacking Japanese troops, and the only two Czech machine guns he had placed on the position revealed his position.

Seeing that there were only two light machine guns as suppressive fire in the forward position on the opposite hill, Yoshino's mouth showed a sneer, and then, Yoshino ordered the first squad to attack the hill, and the second squad to prepare reinforcements, and at the same time ordered the 92 infantry guns that cooperated with his actions to aim at the hill for fire suppression.

Seeing that the Japanese army began to rush towards the position, Lin Shuhua only felt that his blood was surging, and when the Japanese army entered the firing range, his loud voice sounded on the position, followed by fierce gunfire again on the position.

The Czech light machine guns he arranged on both sides of the position spat out tongues of fire at the rushing devil soldiers, but unfortunately the good times did not last long, and after knocking down the five or six devil soldiers, he heard the whistling sound of shells in the sky, and then heard a violent explosion on the position, and a few clouds of dust and mist rose from the position of the light machine gun position, and through the yellow dust and mist, Lin Shuhua saw a figure flying.

In less than five minutes of the exchange of fire, the only suppressive fire on Lin Shuhua's position was knocked out by the Japanese artillery fire, and at the same time, as the Japanese grenadiers continued to hit his defensive position, his position was full of smoke, explosions, and screams of wounded brothers.

At the same time, the Japanese heavy machine guns and crooked machine guns also began to spit out tongues of fire on the hill, and many soldiers were hit by oncoming bullets and flew backwards screaming.

Lin Shuhua saw his brothers fall one by one, he was sad and indignant, holding a shell gun and firing at the ghost soldiers who were getting closer and closer, and suddenly, a shell exploded on his side, and his eyes were black, and he fainted.

The company, which lost its command, immediately fell into a situation of fighting on its own, and the battle between the two sides lasted for more than ten minutes, and the company could no longer resist the attack of the little devils, so it had to retreat to the main position behind.

Fortunately, Lin Shuhua usually treats his brothers quite well, and several brothers risked their lives to carry him back to the main position, and then he was sent back to the county seat.

Yan Guoye, the commander of the first battalion of the security regiment, couldn't help but gasp when he saw that his company was in front of the little devil and didn't stop it for even an hour.

His first battalion was ordered to defend the Dongshan position, you must know that the Dongshan position is a gate in Liugu County, as long as the little devil occupies the Dongshan position, he can go straight to the east gate.

Seeing that the little devil began to rush towards his main position, Yan Guoye grabbed the phone and shouted at Qi Fuyou, the head of the security regiment.

"Regiment commander, the little devil is too powerful, my company only lasted for an hour before being beaten, the little devil is moving towards my main position, I ask to give up the Dongshan position and withdraw to the county seat." Yan Guoye saw that his troops were fighting a field war with Little Japan, and there was no possibility of victory at all.

Whether it is the quality of the soldiers, or the weapons and equipment, compared with Little Japan, it is a world of difference, if you continue to defend the Dongshan position, your remaining 200 or so people will only be left here.

Take the battle of the first company as an example, the first company suffered more than 80 casualties, but the little devil only suffered about 20 casualties, and most of his brothers who were killed and injured died under the ferocious artillery fire of the little devil. Of course, the individual soldier quality of the little devil is not comparable to his own security regiment. As soon as he looked through the binoculars, he saw the devil soldier lying behind the stones, killing and wounding at least eight of his brothers.

The accuracy of that marksmanship shocked even me.

Qi Fuyou was watching the battle of Dongshan through a telescope on the city wall at that time, although he could not see the scene of the battle because of the blockage of the mountain, but when he heard the dense gunfire of the cannons, he could imagine the cruelty of the battle.

It's just that he didn't expect it to be so cruel.