Thundered

The bombardment lasted more than forty minutes, and at this time, Nanyuan was full of potholes, and the pungent smell of gunpowder and burning was everywhere. The position was littered with stumps and severed arms.

"Gross! Damn the Japanese army, this cannon is finally over. The student soldiers who were struggling on the battlefield could not help but breathe a sigh of relief when they heard that the thunderous sound had finally stopped, and no one wanted to stay under this kind of artillery fire and suffer more.

However, when the students breathed a sigh of relief, the faces of Tong Linge, Zhao Dengyu and others became more severe, and the shelling stopped, which meant that the Japanese infantry was about to attack. Then comes the toughest test.

"Brother Shuncheng, I'm afraid that this Nanyuan can't be defended, before the military seat left, we were asked to act, and now that the military department has safely retreated to Beiping, we don't need to defend here, otherwise all these seven or eight thousand people will be buried here." Tong Linge pulled Zhao Dengyu and said, before Song Zheyuan left, he was appointed to command the Nanyuan war with Zhao Dengyu and Zheng Dazhang at the same time, at this time the disadvantages of this appointment were fully reflected, an army can only have a head, a general headquarters, and the situation in Nanyuan was already precarious. Every minute is extremely precious to the defenders of Nanyuan, but on the question of whether to retreat, Tong Linge, Zhao Dengyu, and Zheng Dazhang can only discuss first, and cannot directly order. As for Song Zheyuan, he originally wanted to order a retreat, but since the fucking telephone line had been destroyed by the Japanese army, the order from the Beiping side could not be conveyed at all. Now the heralds are still galloping on the road, and when the soldiers are in chaos, the Japanese army attacks from several sides. Even if the herald arrived. Whether or not they can enter Nanyuan is still unknown.

"It's really untenable. But now that the Japanese army has begun to attack, we must first push this wave of Japanese troops back before we can retreat safely. We'll call again. Zhao Dengyu nodded, at this juncture, there were no extra words for each other, the two hurriedly communicated, and then returned to their positions, not knowing the main direction of the Japanese army's attack at this time. Therefore, the defenders of Nanyuan could only fortify everywhere.

"I don't know what happened to the Northwest Army, if we can send a part of the army to Nanyuan, it should be able to alleviate the crisis in Nanyuan." Zheng Dazhang said anxiously.

"The telegram for help has been sent to the Northwest Army, Zhao Tieshu has rushed back to join the main force of the group army, but it will take a few days to reach Nanyuan, and now there is only one mechanized brigade in Langfang for the time being, but blocking the east of Beiping has blocked the strength of a division of the Japanese army, can we make more demands on them?" Tong Linge smiled bitterly, "Besides, I can't contact the other party at this time." ”

"Doesn't the Northwest Army have planes, even if they fly from Baoding. It won't take long. Zheng Dazhang nagged, although he didn't see what Tong Lin Pavilion was so powerful except for military training. However, the northwest side seems to look at Tong Lin Pavilion differently, and its attitude towards Tong Lin Pavilion is also relatively good, and Zheng Dazhang also hopes that Tong Lin Pavilion can rely on this relationship to ask for some reinforcements from the Northwest Army. I heard that the battle was fierce in Langfang, but I didn't see it after all, and the current situation in Nanyuan was really bad.

"Let's see the arrangement of the Northwest Army." Tong Linge shook his head, at this time, Song Zheyuan couldn't count on it, and the Northwest Army was indeed the only reinforcement he could count on.

Sure enough, soon after the end of the shelling, the Japanese launched simultaneous attacks from the south, southeast, and southwest directions of Nanyuan. Originally, the northwest direction that was attacked by the North China Garrison Brigade Kawabe Shozo, because Kawabe Shozo's troops had not yet arrived at this time, and at this time the victory was already in hand, Sakai Hoji, who wanted to monopolize the credit for capturing Nanyuan, decided to start immediately.

"Attack!" The Japanese officer, wielding a saber, led a large group of soldiers to rush to the fence, which had been completely defenced by artillery.

Due to the betrayal of the traitors, the defenders were originally insufficient, and nearly 1,000 people were directly killed and wounded in the artillery bombardment just now. At this time, in the face of several attacks by the Japanese army, fortifications everywhere, the troops were even more stretched, in order to hold off the Japanese attack, even many civilian personnel also took up arms and joined in this defensive battle.

Da-da-da

Japanese machine guns and grenadiers raged the defenders' positions. A large amount of mud and sand was splashed on these improvised fortifications.

"Get down!" The southwest direction is dominated by the student army, but Tong Linge is still not at ease and sends some veterans inside. At this time, facing the main force of the Japanese wing, facing the rushing Japanese troops, some students had already restrained their previous fear of war, and wanted to rush forward with rifles to fight the Japanese army. However, it is obvious that these students, who have no military training and have not fought in war, are still completely stunned on the battlefield, and they do not know anything about the tactics of the Japanese army, and they lack corresponding training on how to protect themselves on the battlefield. I don't know that along with the Japanese attack, it is usually mixed with some machine guns and grenadier canisters.

"Boom!" A grenade fired from the grenadier exploded among three or four students, and the veteran, who hurriedly got up to stop the students, also fell in a pool of blood, two people were directly killed, and the other two bloody men convulsed on the ground.

In addition, more than a dozen students were swept away by Japanese machine guns one after another because of their rash advance.

"Yo Xi, it's really a bunch of student troops!" Du Yue put down the telescope this time and nodded with satisfaction, the information provided by Pan Yugui was indeed correct. Defending the southwest direction of Nanyuan was indeed some weak student troops. Now that the main direction of attack is concentrated here, it won't be long before these student boys can be defeated in one fell swoop.

"Attack!"

Some Japanese soldiers laughed and rushed to the positions of the student army, they had been in a hundred battles, dealing with these rookies who had not been on the battlefield, confident that they could crush each other with a single charge. Not only the officers of the Japanese army, but also those soldiers, at this time, they inevitably despised these student troops in their hearts, they fought all the way from the northeast, and saw too many veterans on the battlefield. They also came from the recruit period, and naturally they will not forget the youthful memories of their time when they were recruits, as people who have come before, they are very aware of the abilities of these student soldiers.

Therefore, in the southwest direction, the Japanese army soon gave up the method of fire suppression, and the Japanese infantry of the brigade rushed up in annoyance.

"It's time to fight with these Japanese soldiers!" Some veterans were overjoyed when they saw that the Japanese army was going to rush up for a white-knuckle battle at this time, not to mention those students, even if they were veterans like them, they could only endure aggrieved in the face of the Japanese army's firepower suppression, and they were powerless to compete with the Japanese army. Not only did the Japanese have more firepower, but they were also far more accurate than them. Although the Japanese were equally skillful in their fighting, it was relatively the most advantageous way for the defenders. (To be continued.) )