The slanting sun is shining, and the scorching sun is shining.

The 3rd Infantry Brigade of the 34th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army launched an attack on the garrison position under the command of Captain Nakasa Takegi.

"Dada...... On the machine gun position of the garrison battalion, several MG34 general-purpose machine guns roared and spat out hot tongues of fire, and under the dense bullet strafing, the charging devil soldiers fell in pieces like cutting wheat.......

The riflemen also calmly fired quickly, firing lethal bullet after bullet at the devil, and the bombardiers risked their lives to throw wave after wave of squeaky and smoking grenades.

"Camp, the devil made a detour towards the airport." In the fierce battle, a second lieutenant platoon commander hurriedly ran over and reported to Zhou Hao, who was directing the battle.

Zhou Hao paused slightly, and said: "There are two and three companies guarding the airport, don't worry about us, our task now is to hold on to the pheasant and the set, no matter what, we must hold on until the reinforcements arrive." ”

"Yes!" The second lieutenant platoon commander answered, and then turned around and strode away.

At the head of the city, Qiao Siyuan sat upright, looking down at the battlefield under the city with heavy eyes, and the two guards behind him stood solemnly, and from time to time stray bullets flew to hit the brick wall at the head of the city, splashing a cloud of mud and brick chips.

Qiao Siyuan ignored this, but the two guards were quite worried: "Master, why don't we go down first, it's not safe here." ”

"Don't get in the way, the pheasant and the set are in danger, if the soldiers outside the city can't hold it, the entire pheasant and the set will fall into the hands of the enemy, where can we retreat?" After saying this, Qiao Siyuan said sharply: "Erhu, hold the military flag stable and raise it high, so as to warn the soldiers to fight bravely and fight to the death, as long as the blue sky and white flag are still there, the soldiers' military soul is there, and the morale is also there, so can they fight to the death and fight to the end." ”

"Yes!" The guards replied loudly and vigorously, and struggled to raise the flag in their hands.

The military flag fluttered, particularly dazzling, and the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army, who were fighting fiercely with the Yue army outside the city, were greatly encouraged, and their morale was high, and they were not allowed to fight to the death with the devils.

In the rear of the army, the refuge Nakasa, who was in charge of commanding the attack, obviously also discovered the dazzling blue sky white banner on the head of the city, and immediately waved it forward with the adjutant's sword, and roared angrily: "Bagaya Road, the artillery gave me that branch flag." ”

In the fierce battle, several devil artillerymen carried two mortars and quietly approached the pheasant and set, and set up mortars in a hidden place, at this time the devil's artillery quality was still very good, less than two minutes, the two mortars were erected, and aimed at the target.

With the order of a devil ensign, the two main gunners loaded the shells already in their hands into the barrels almost simultaneously.

Immediately after that, the mortars made two muffled sounds, and two grenades whistled out and went straight to the city.

The two guards at the head of the city discovered the sudden shelling, and in a panic, the two of them shouted urgently: "Master, be careful." At the same time, he threw Qiao Siyuan to the ground.

"Boom... Rumble! Two loud bangs sounded at the head of the city, and in the firelight, the flagpole was blown off, and the blue sky and white flag fluttering in the wind quietly fell in the city.

The loud noise at the head of the city behind him alarmed Zhou Hao, the commander of the garrison battalion who was directing the battle, and he hurriedly turned around to see that the city was already filled with gunsmoke, and the firelight rose into the air with thick smoke.

Zhou Hao was stunned on the spot, and then shouted in a sad voice: "Old man Qiao! With that, he took the lead and ran towards the city wall.

Before they could approach the city wall, one of the guards pointed to the city and said urgently: "Camp, look! ”

Zhou Hao stopped and looked up, only to see that the gunsmoke on the top of the city had dispersed slightly, and the blue sky and white flag, which had been riddled with holes, were slowly coming out.

As time passed, Zhou Hao and the others clearly saw an old man covered in blood, his withered right hand tightly clutching the half-section of the flagpole in his hand, and stood up with difficulty.

"Old man Joe!" Zhou Hao's nose was sour, and tears almost burst out of his eyes.

"Sons! Leave me alone! Turn around and meet the enemy and kill all these Oriental pirates! Long live the Tiger Army! Long live the Chinese nation! Qiao Siyuan raised his left hand, which was covered with blood, and said sharply with great righteousness.

Zhou Hao only felt that the blood in his body was boiling, and he snatched an MP38 submachine gun from the guard next to him, Huo Ran turned around and shouted: "Pass my order, all of you attack, and fight with the little devil who is said to be a dog!" Avenge Old Man Joe! At this time, Zhou Hao saw that Qiao Siyuan was covered in blood, thinking that he had been seriously injured, and at this critical moment, he was powerless to save him.

He knew that once Qiao Siyuan really died here, then as the commander of the garrison battalion, he could only apologize with death. In fact, Qiao Siyuan was only injured in arms, legs and other parts, and most of the blood on his body belonged to the two guards, and the two guards used their flesh and blood to block most of the shrapnel and explosions for him.

The goal of sticking to the pheasant and the set is to defend Qiao Siyuan, if Qiao Siyuan dies, it is meaningless to hold on, rather than die by self-determination, it is better to die on the battlefield at this moment.

As a veteran of the Tiger Army, Zhou Hao always remembered Qiao Anbang's words, as a soldier with a blood surname, even if he dies, he will die on the way to charge.

"Kill!" Zhou Hao and several guards took the lead in turning back, roaring in unison, when they rushed back to the position and then rushed out of the trench, all the soldiers did not hesitate at all, and jumped up from the trench with guns in their hands, and followed Zhou Hao to launch a decisive counter-charge towards the devil.

Just kidding, the commanders have already rushed out in the lead, as subordinates, they naturally have nothing to say, in a word, swear to the death!

In the chaotic charge, Qiao Wu, the commander of the guard platoon, didn't know why, grabbed a soldier and asked, "What's the matter?" Why the sudden charge. ”

"Sir, Old Man Qiao was killed by a devil's cannonball, and we are going to avenge him!" One of the warriors replied in grief, and before he could finish speaking, he rushed forward.

"What?" Qiao Wu only felt that the mountain collapsed and cracked in an instant, all along, although he and Qiao Siyuan were called master servants, they were actually brothers, not to mention that Qiao Siyuan was also his Qiao Wu's savior, over the years, the friendship between the two had already gone beyond the category of brothers, and Qiao Wu had long regarded himself as a member of the Qiao family in his bones, and regarded Qiao Siyuan as his dearest relative.

Suddenly heard that Qiao Siyuan was dead, at this time, Qiao Wu's heart was like a knife, and when he looked up again, his red eyes were already full of monstrous hatred, at this moment, he just wanted to kill, kill every soldier in front of him, and use their heads and blood to avenge Qiao Siyuan.

Qiao Wuyi pulled out the ghost-headed machete behind his back, opened his throat with a red face, and roared hoarsely: "Kill!" Yes! "Take the lead and rush forward.

When the soldiers of the other guard platoons learned that Qiao Siyuan had died, they were all overwhelmed with grief, and they all roared angrily and rushed forward with Qiao Wuchao.

For a time, nearly 200 soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army shook the sky, and launched a fierce counter-charge against the devil with the determination to see death as home.

The attacking Yue army was deeply shocked by the abnormal behavior of the Tiger Army, but they quickly reacted, and they also greeted it with guns and screams.

Soon, the two sides approached suddenly, and the Tiger Ben soldiers opened fire as always, shooting fiercely, submachine guns, rifles, pistols, and machine guns opened fire one after another.

And after repeated battles with the Tiger Army, the Yue Army has also become smarter, they no longer dare to withdraw the bullets from the chamber to charge when preparing for white-knuckle battles, but as the distance approaches, they shoot while charging, killing and injuring the opponent as much as possible.

The dense rain of bullets shuttled back and forth as fast as a meteor, and people on both sides were shot and fell from time to time, but the speed at which the Yue army fell was still much higher than that of the Tiger Ben army.

After all, the Tiger Army's formidable firepower was incomparable to theirs, and the fierce firefighting quickly turned into a fierce white-knuckle battle as the distance approached.

In the white-knuckle battle, Qiao Wu held a ghost-headed machete and slashed horizontally and vertically all the way, and the devils in front of him were cut to the ground by him, and soon the blood stained the robe.

A devil second lieutenant couldn't help but be furious when he saw Qiao Wu slashing several of his subordinates one after another, and rushed towards Qiao Wu with a command knife.

Qiao Wu let out a thunderous roar and hurried to meet him with a knife in one hand.

"Die!" As he approached, Qiao Wu held the machete with both hands, and slashed it down at the devil lieutenant with a roar.

"Sonorous!" A sound of gold and iron resonated sounded, and the command knife of the devil lieutenant was cut off by Qiao Wu's ghost head machete, and the sharp machete did not stop and slashed head-on.

The sharp broadsword suddenly slashed into the head of the devil lieutenant, splitting it in half, and for a while, blood spurted out wildly, splashing Qiao Wu's face.

With a "clang", the broken knife in the hand of the devil lieutenant quietly fell to the ground, and Qiao Wu raised a kick and kicked the devil lieutenant who was already out of breath.

Raising the ghost head machete in his hand, he roared madly to the sky, and then brandished the big knife again and killed the devil crowd, and the ghost soldiers were cut to the ground one after another.

Although the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army are all fierce and not afraid of death, they are extremely strong, but they have too few troops, and in the white-knuckle battle, they do not have any advantage, so gradually the two hundred Tiger Ben soldiers fell into disadvantage, more and more soldiers fell, and fewer and fewer were standing.

The commander of the devil, Nakasa Takeki, even excitedly raised his command knife and joined the battle group, he knew that as long as he completely annihilated these Chinese soldiers in front of him, he would be able to capture the strategic place of Pheasant and Ji, which was no less than Chongqing.

However, just when the Yue army gradually gained the upper hand and was about to annihilate the remnants of Zhou Hao and Qiao Wu in one fell swoop, on the road south of the county seat, there was a tsunami-like shouting of killing and the rumbling of chariots.

Some of the devils on the periphery looked back, only to see that a large number of squadrons suddenly appeared on the highway at some point, and they were swarming towards this side in groups.

Especially when the devil soldiers were frightened, the first to charge at the forefront of those [***] teams was actually a few large armored combat vehicles.

(To be continued)