In the small town of Anfeng, dozens of miles northwest of Anyang, a team of Japanese soldiers dressed in cotton coats and cotton hats nested behind a broken wall in the leeward to make a fire to keep warm.

Pale red flames danced in the air leaks.

Other Japanese troops were scattered around the town, collecting burning objects from collapsed houses or other places. Occasionally, when something is tossed around, a corpse covered in ice slag can be pulled out of the collapsed object. However, for the Japanese army, the most difficult thing to see in peacetime is the corpse, and for all this in front of them, it has long been strange.

Long before the Japanese army moved south, Anfeng Town was a small town with a population of more than 1,000 people, and people from nearby villages and towns would come here to sell some of their family's abundant crops, handicrafts and so on. Every winter, it is even more lively, and they are ready to pour some things to add some furniture for the Spring Festival. At this time, because of the entry of the Japanese army, the surroundings were in ruins. In the distance, one or two wild wolves smelling blood watched vigilantly at the Japanese soldiers in yellow coats in the town, and stopped moving. At first, energetic Japanese soldiers could still carry guns and practice marksmanship with wild wolves, but at this time, when it was so cold that people's teeth trembled, most people cared about whether they could collect more heating firewood, door panels and other things to dispel the chill on their bodies.

The flags of the wings, with their holes broken, rattled in the cold wind, swearing who the new owners of the town were.

Woohoo

The faint whistle of the shells in the air is not small to hear. Many soldiers who were picking up planks looked warily to the west and fought again. From Pingjin all the way to Anyang, the resistance encountered was never reduced, on the contrary, the enemy's counterattack became more and more vigorous each time. Although the flag of the Japanese army was flying over the town of Anfeng at this time, the Japanese soldiers present did not feel that they could stay here for long, so they did not repair the dilapidated houses in the town. It's about demolishing what should be demolished, and destroying what should be destroyed.

This place is too close to the range of the main force of the Northwest Army, and the town is still under their control at the moment, and the next moment, maybe they will not be able to leave anything in the town except for some corpses. The closer they got to Anyang, the more they experienced it. The comrades-in-arms around him, because of the additional team members, there are more and more new unfamiliar faces.

"The army in the south has already taken Xuzhou, and the troops have forced Wuhan, and they have become a piece of battle on the periphery of Wuhan, have you heard, if it weren't for this sudden heavy snowfall, so that the imperial army did not move as fast as before, maybe the army had already come to the city of Wuhan."

The young non-commissioned officer, who was repeatedly flipping his hands at the fire, lit a flue for himself, but on the smoke was the words printed Tianshui, which was collected from the fallen soldiers of the Northwest Army.

Because the Battle of Xuzhou was much more powerful than in history, according to the process, Wuhan, which had been lost a few months ago, was only reached by the Japanese army at this time to the defense circle of the Nationalist Army on the periphery of Wuhan. However, this series of victories did not come too smoothly for the Japanese army. Therefore, it has also become a talking point for the Japanese army in their leisure time. Although the Japanese army suffered successive setbacks in the north, the First Army of the North China Front Army Division hit the periphery of Anyang like a torrent hitting a reef. At this time, we can only use the victory of other battlefields to comfort the current predicament.

"Yes, our North China Front has been connected with Eastern China. After this winter is over, Wuhan will be defeated and the main force of the Central Army of China will be completely annihilated, and the Northwest Army of China on the opposite side will no longer be able to support it. Those guys who were transferred to the East China side were really lucky, and if we were in the south, maybe we would be in a much better position now. Have you heard that the railway in the Hebei section has been blown up in several places by the Chinese army, and the supplies that should have arrived have to be delayed for two days, otherwise we would not be in such a difficult situation as we are now. ”

Another Japanese soldier couldn't help but say, "The winter in China is really cold, and there is no enough place to shelter from the cold, after this winter, next year I will work harder to eliminate the main force of the China Army, and I should be able to end this damn day." ”

"Let's hope so, who knows, there are some idiots in the base camp who are clamoring to destroy China in three months. What a brainless bastard. It almost made us believe it, but fortunately it wasn't those guys who came directly to China to command the battle, and if those guys came over and messed around, maybe they should have won the war, because those brainless guys tossed and lost. ”

A Japanese soldier pouted. In fact, there are sometimes contradictions between the Japanese army fighting in China and the base camp, for example, this time Terauchi Shouichi decided to launch the Battle of Xuzhou in advance, which was to provoke the soldiers' will to fight, and at the same time to make them dissatisfied with the orders from the base camp. Otherwise, Shouichi Terauchi alone would not be able to fight alone. It was not once or twice that the Japanese army had taken unauthorized actions, and some people even regarded such actions as a sign of not being afraid of corruption and power, and regarded themselves as loyal supporters of the emperor, and militarism was prevalent, and at this time the Japanese army had reached the point where it was out of control.

The sound of cannonballs trembling in the air sounded again. The Japanese soldiers in the town looked east in amazement, and the noisy artillery fire meant that the troops of both sides were once again colliding together.

"Didi" At this time, the radio station set up by the Japanese army in Anfeng Town was busy nervously.

"Shikai squadron, responsible for staying behind, the others, gather immediately." After reading the new telegram, the captain couldn't see the expression fluctuating on his face, but gave a cold order.

Drip--The long whistle of the truck, the Japanese soldiers of the brigade stepped out of Xiao'an in a long column. The town, which was originally full of Japanese soldiers, suddenly became sparse.

A long procession of snakes winds its way through the snow. The road conditions in northern Henan are not good, especially when it is snowing, and the soldiers on the truck are sitting in danger, and at this time they have to hold on to the iron bracket next to the canopy, or rely on their comrades to maintain their balance in the limp truck.

At the same time that the Nobuya Brigade was heading to the battle site for reinforcements, the battle at Wild Wolf Ridge had reached a fever pitch. The corpses of soldiers on both sides were strewn everywhere.

The Japanese Army's Type 92 infantry artillery played a great role in this complex combat ground type. With the attack of the infantry army, it advanced with the infantry army at a speed that exceeded that of ordinary artillery.

"Cast!" With the order of the platoon commander of the defenders, more than a dozen black stone bullets crossed the parabola and fell into the scattered Japanese formation.

The Japanese soldiers in the brigade carried a sanitary belt tied to their foreheads, and rushed forward with a fever, and the frenzied Japanese soldiers picked up the grenades that had not exploded and threw them back at the defenders' positions.

Boom

"Bastard!" A little further back, the battalion commander, who saw that his own position was blown up by his own grenades, almost didn't pass in one breath. Although the veterans in the past could roughly control the time of the grenade explosion and could control the landing point very well, so that the Japanese army did not have this opportunity, but after several battles, even the headquarters of the Northwest Army, after experiencing a large number of casualties, was also filled with a large number of recruits, these recruits, growing up on the battlefield, in addition to the replenishment of ordnance, it also takes time and combat sharpening. Experience on the battlefield often comes from the lessons of blood.

Rumble! The Japanese army's arrogant actions did bring a certain life and death impact to the defenders, but from Pingjin all the way down, almost every unit of the Central Plains Field Corps has experienced the baptism of ignition, and the original Northeast Army has long been a stranger to the words of fear of war, and the soldiers who can hold on to this time are not frightened. And there are always unlucky ghosts in the Japanese army, when the grenade picked up, just raised above the head and was about to be thrown, before it could throw a few feet away, the grenade exploded, and the comrades not far away also poured blood mold, this kind of volley explosion grenade is often much more powerful than falling directly in the snow.

Before the Japanese rushed into the line, the defenders also grabbed the tail of time and fired a final round of mortars. The scattered shells caused a whirlwind of snow, and after the whirlwind, the ground was mottled with blood.

"Kill!" In the face of the Japanese soldiers who had rushed to the front, the soldiers on the position either carried rifles or carried more handy engineering shovels to kill the Japanese soldiers.

"How many shells do we have?" In the cold weather, the battalion commander was sweating on his forehead.

"Camp, there are not many, only more than forty." The soldier quickly gave an answer.

"The mortar retreats, adjusts well, aims at the position, and if it can't be held, let the Japanese soldiers who came up drink a pot!" The battalion commander gritted his teeth and pulled out his gun, "In addition, I will send someone to ask for help from the regimental seat to see if the regimental seat can still pay some manpower, otherwise this place will not be able to be defended." ”

After the soldier received the order, the cat bent his waist and ran to the rear of the position, and in a relatively safe place, he took out a horse, stepped on the horse's back and galloped away. The field telephone had long been destroyed in the artillery fire, and as for the few that could be repaired, the Japanese artillery was also wiped out, and the only way to transmit military information at this time was to rely on this most primitive method.

"The Japanese army fought all over the Republic of China, and the reason why it stood still in front of our Northwest Army alone was because we had the will to fight to the death in the Northwest. There is no invincible with me, there is no life with death! The battalion commander shouted loudly with all his might, carrying a gun.

"There is no invincible me, there is no life and death!"

In the cold wind, there is an invisibly surging momentum that makes people's blood surge, and it has not gone away for a long time.

Bloody battles were inevitable, and with the exception of the artillerymen who had already been ordered, the other soldiers got up from their improvised bunkers and loaded their bayonets. Striding forward on the remnants of snow that had been stained with blood.

In the thumping and messy battle, the battalion commander's guns were also mixed in.

"Baga, you are not a real martial artist" The Japanese soldier spoke half-baked Chinese and said before he could finish speaking, he was knocked to the ground by the battalion commander with a shot.

Boom

At this time, the commander of the 375th regiment, who was pinned on by the battalion commander, Fu Zizi, was not much better off than him.

The Japanese did not know where to get the news, and the troops of more than three squadrons appeared near the ancient temple where the regiment headquarters was located less than three miles before they were discovered by the soldiers patrolling Luo.

The shells landed at the regimental headquarters set up in the ancient temple, and immediately blew up two small antique pavilions, scattering broken tiles and residual snow everywhere.

"Now that they have been stabbed in the eye, the master, the master, I'm afraid I will break my promise once." Fu Zizai smiled bitterly and said to the adjutant next to him, "Immediately notify the members of the health team to transfer and report to the division headquarters, the Japanese army appeared near our regiment headquarters, and the situation is urgent." The humble post has retreated to the No. 11 heights, and has the will to sacrifice his life for the country, so please consider the battle situation on his own. The lowly will do his best to defend to the end and win time for the main force of the division. ”

"Tuanza, Tuanzao, Heifenggou urgently ask for help, the Japanese army has rushed into our position, please send troops immediately, if you hesitate, I am afraid that all our battalions will be killed soon." The soldiers who came to ask for help broke into the ancient temple in the sound of gunfire and were brought over by the soldiers.

"Reinforcements? You can also see the situation in the regiment now, the Japanese army has hit the regiment headquarters, where are there still reinforcements. I don't even have enough people to cover the hygienists and civilian personnel on my side, isn't this nonsense? You go back to find Wang Jikun, if the others are still there, let him lead his troops to retreat to Heights 11. If the person is gone, everything is over! Fu Zizi pinched the joints of his bones and turned white, and forced himself to be calm.

"Tuanzuo, there are no reinforcements, the death of the whole battalion is a foregone conclusion, please think of the regiment to fight to the death in our battalion for a few days, and leave a little fire for my battalion!" The soldiers who came to ask for help fell to their knees and wept silently.

"Tuanzao, let the humble post take a platoon of soldiers to pick up Battalion Commander Wang, Yehuling is already hanging alone, depending on the situation, the regiment will be fighting alone for a period of time, and some people can be rescued, and it will also be helpful for the back to stick to the high ground. Gu Chunhua's firepower was not weak, and the Japanese army couldn't rush for a while. It's just that the artillery is a little scary. ”

The adjutant said loudly, others don't know, but he knows that Wang Jikun is a student of the regiment leader, and the regiment commander has no children under his knees, but he treats Wang Jikun as his own son, and has poured too much effort into Wang Jikun over the years. If Wang Jikun folded in the Black Wind Gully. For the regiment commander, the blow was so great that it was unimaginable for ordinary people. As Fu Zizi's adjutant, he would never want to see such a thing happen.

"Okay, you go, if you can't do anything, you see the opportunity to retreat to the high ground and join the main force of the regiment." Fu Zizi took a breath.

"Yes, Tuanza!" The adjutant gave a military salute to Fu Zizai, the battle situation was critical, maybe this was the last time to salute the regiment commander. No matter what the regiment commander thinks, since he has gone, he must bring Wang Jikun back to the regiment commander, even if he fights for this life, he will not hesitate to do so, national hatred, family hatred, in front of the Japanese army, in the same way, this group of respectable soldiers are also fighting for their comrades-in-arms, the honorable commander who is as kind as a mountain. Strive to protect everything around you that is worth protecting.

Kicking the military boots on the ground, the medical staff in white clothes of the brigade, and some nurses, at this time, under the escort of the soldiers, left the ancient temple in an orderly manner. A big war, I don't know if this ancient temple left over from the Song Dynasty can still exist after this war. (To be continued.) )