Late at night, north of Xinbianhe, the joint command of the 7th and 6th divisions.

Since Zhang Zizhong and Liu Ruming were reorganized into the 6th and 7th Divisions of the Huben Army, the two divisions have been fighting together, and Zhang Zizhong and Liu Ruming, two old comrades-in-arms, have also set up their respective headquarters together to jointly command the troops to fight.

In the joint command center, Liu Ruming was already asleep on the table, and Zhang Zizhong was still holding a book and reading it at night, when suddenly, a slight sound of footsteps sounded from behind Zhang Zizhong.

Zhang Zizhong turned around when he heard this, only to see his deputy division commander Li Wentian walking towards him with a telegram in his hand, Zhang Zizhong immediately asked: "Canxuan (Li Wentian's expression), what's the matter?" ”

"Division, the main seat is urgent!" Li Wentian said and handed the telegram in his hand to Zhang Zizhong.

Zhang Zizhong took the telegram, read it in a hurry, his face suddenly became solemn, and he turned to Liu Ruming, who was sleeping on the table, and said, "Brother Ziliang, Brother Ziliang, wake up quickly!" ”

Liu Ruming was woken up, raised his head with a sleepy face, looked at Zhang Zizhong and Li Wentian and asked, "Brother Xinchen, Brother Canxuan, what's wrong?" ”

"The headquarters has just sent an urgent telegram, the army has concentrated all its forces and is currently storming Xuzhou City, Xuzhou is in danger, he ordered us to immediately attack the enemy in front of us, defeat them, and attack the rear of the army to deal with Xuzhou!" Zhang Zizhong quickly said the gist of the message.

"So, the devil in front of us has withdrawn?" As soon as Liu Ruming heard that Xuzhou was in danger, he suddenly felt sleepy.

"It can be said that the general seat said in the telegram that the enemy in front of us is just a suspicious soldier deliberately left by the devil to confuse us, and their main force has already gone north to attack Xuzhou overnight." Li Wentian replied.

"Then what are we waiting for, immediately order the troops to beat him up!" Liu Ruming slapped the table and said sharply.

"Hmm!" Zhang Zizhong nodded and said: "Brother Ziliang, let's do it, the troops in Xuzhou are too weak, you stay and be responsible for commanding the troops to destroy the enemy in front of you, I will lead two regiments to bypass the defense line of the army and take a small road to help Xuzhou City, we will meet in Xuzhou!" Do you think so? ”

"Well, it's decided!" Liu Ruming nodded solemnly in response.

At that moment, the three of them walked out of the headquarters one after another.

It was late at night, the night in the sky was beautiful, the cool summer wind was blowing, after walking out of the headquarters, Zhang Zizhong and Liu Ruming acted separately, Liu Ruming and Li Wentian left to command the main force to advance frontally, and he personally led his two regiments to bypass the frontal battlefield and march in the direction of Xuzhou along the road under the cover of night.

……………………………… Xuzhou City, Qiao Anbang and Chifeng City climbed to the south gate of the city with the support of Liang Jiahan and other guards, and looked down from the city to the outside of the city.

I saw that the entire Xuzhou city was already under artillery fire, and the continuous explosions and fires reflected the dark night sky, and the soldiers on both sides were fighting bloodily under the firelight.

Because the artillery of the Tiger Ben Army could not provide accurate and effective artillery reinforcement at night, the infantry fought extremely hard, without the suppression of artillery fire, and the devils charged wildly wantonly, and every time it was a large-scale cluster charge.

If it weren't for the absolute superiority of the Tiger Army in machine guns and light weapons, it would definitely not have been able to resist such a fierce and continuous attack by the devils.

However, on the battlefield, there is a steel division that shows its might, that is, the armored brigade of the Tiger Army, and wherever the armored brigade goes, the devil's rapid offensive just now collapsed in an instant.

Thanks to the reinforcement of the armored brigade's superior armored assault capability, the positions of the regiments were able to stabilize as a rock.

Qiao Anbang was excited about the incomparable combat effectiveness of his armored brigade when the battlefield outside the city suddenly changed, and after two scarlet flames flashed, a No. 4 tank that had just been ramming into the city actually stopped.

Then there was a flood of artillery fire and flares, and Qiao Anbang clearly saw that after the tank stopped, four or five devils who were not afraid of death rushed into the tank with grenade explosives, and one of them even pulled a grenade and threw it directly into the tank cab.

The fire flashed again, and the No. 4 tank was completely paralyzed, and none of the five tankmen inside came out alive.

"What's going on?" Chi Fengcheng, who was standing beside Qiao Anbang, obviously also noticed the abnormality, and pointed to the outside of the city and said urgently.

It didn't take long for several tanks to be attacked by devils when driving through the crater, and broke down again, and the scene just now continued to be staged, and several tankmen in one tank reacted quickly, and crawled out of the tank before the devils boarded the car, and the soldier who climbed out first pulled out his self-defense pistol and fired at the devil who rushed closest to him.

The ghost soldier who was shot had just fallen, but another devil behind him took the opportunity to throw a melon grenade at the tank.

Several tank crews who had just climbed out of the tank could not dodge and were killed on the spot.

At the head of the city, Qiao Anbang clenched his fists, and his hands were bruised and bulging, those tanks destroyed themselves and could be reproduced, but the training of tank soldiers was not overnight, especially such tank armored soldiers who had been experienced in a hundred battles with him, that was his own treasure.

Now it is lost one by one under the city of Xuzhou, although Qiao Anbang is extremely angry, but he is helpless, now ordering the armored brigade to retreat, although the armored brigade can avoid losses, but without the assistance of the armored troops, it is difficult to block the onslaught of more than 100,000 troops with only one division.

This is war, it has its iron laws, one eliminates the other, and consumes each other, although the armored troops of the Tiger Ben Army have caused heavy casualties to the devils, but under the fighting method of the devils who are all gone, they have also begun to suffer losses.

Taking a deep breath, Qiao Anbang shouted loudly without looking back: "Adjutant Liang! ”

"Yes!" Liang Jiahan hurriedly stepped forward and responded.

"Inform Zhang Xudong that the armored battalion is the lead, and the light and heavy machine gun fire covers in case of the devil's death squad!" Qiao Anbang gritted his teeth and said coldly.

"Yes!" Liang Jiahan deliberately noticed Qiao Anbang's eyes, which was a daunting look, at this moment, the performance of a ruthless and abnormal national hero who stood up to the sky and the earth deeply shook her already shaky reassurance.

After many days of getting along day and night, Liang Jiahan's feelings for Qiao Anbang have gradually developed from the initial admiration to a kind of heartfelt admiration, and can even be said to be an invisible dependence, in her heart, as long as Qiao Anbang is there, the sky is falling, and the man in front of her can also use his broad shoulders to resist her.

As the saying goes, a hero is sad for a beauty, but how can a beautiful woman pass the hero level? Especially for a lonely and arrogant woman like Liang Jiahan, only a national hero like Qiao Anbang can really capture her heart.

After Liang Jiahan turned to leave, Qiao Anbang's clenched fists slammed on the battlement wall in front of him, and he gritted his teeth and said sharply: "Inform the whole army, tonight will either be the enemy or I will die!" The officers and men of the whole army are below Qiao Anbang, and anyone who dares to take a step back will be shot on the spot, and will not be tolerated! Everyone should be determined to sacrifice everything, fight to the death, and die to repay the country! ”

"Yes!" Chi Fengcheng and the other guards all stood up in solemnity and responded in unison.

Chi Fengcheng even pulled out his own gun and said to Qiao Anbang: "General Qiao, please allow me to lead my troops out of the city and fight to the death with the devils!" ”

Qiao Anbang looked at Chi Fengcheng hesitantly, there were less than two thousand people left in his 31st Division, these two thousand people were all iron-blooded veterans who had survived the bloody battle, if after this battle, Chi Fengcheng was willing to join the 11th Group Army, Qiao Anbang was planning to expand it!

If this will come to the battlefield, the damage will be incalculable.

Seeing Qiao Anbang's hesitation, Chi Fengcheng immediately said: "General Qiao, Chi is a rough man, the officers and soldiers of the department have felt a lot since they joined forces with your department, and now Xuzhou is in danger, please General Qiao don't worry too much, and approve the humble command to lead the troops out of the city to join hands with the brother troops to fight the enemy!" ”

"The same [***], they all have the duty of defending the land and resisting the enemy, even if there is the last person left in my 31st Division, I will never steal my life, please do it, sir!" Chi Feng Cheng continued to ask for help.

"Good!" As the saying goes, if you can't bear the wolf, you want to eat the more than 100,000 troops under Xuzhou City, if you don't spend your blood, I'm afraid it will be difficult to fulfill your wish, so I immediately patted Chi Fengcheng's shoulder and said: "Master Chi, you go!" You are gone, and someone Qiao will personally lead the last troops to fight to the death with Yue Kou! ”

"Thank you, sir!" Chi Fengcheng stepped forward and saluted, then turned around and strode towards the city.

Outside the city, after the armored brigade lost nearly ten tanks one after another, it finally contained the attack of the devil death squad, Zhang Xudong received Qiao Anbang's order, and immediately took the two armored battalions of the three regiments as the lead, and the tank fighting vehicles followed up and continued to launch an assault on the devil crowd.

The armored vehicles of the armored battalion are equipped with anti-aircraft machine guns and vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns, and once the machine gunners open fire, the armored vehicles are like fire hedgehogs that breathe fire everywhere.

The armored brigade led by the armored battalion was like a huge combine harvester, and the dense firepower knocked down the devils in front of them like wheat harvesting, and the whole scene was extremely bloody.

Some devil artillery shelled the advancing armored brigade with battle defense artillery, but the power of the 37 battle defense gun was simply not enough to pose a threat to the strong and heavy armor of tank No. 4, but those devil artillery were destroyed by the reacting tank crews with tank guns before they could dodge.

Although the attack of the death squad had little effect, the Yue army, which had been desperate, did not stop attacking, and constantly organized the death squad to launch a suicidal charge against the armored units of the Tiger Ben Army.

At the height of the battle, Zhang Zizhong led two infantry regiments to arrive in time and quickly launched a surprise attack from the rear of the Japanese army.

(To be continued)