After the communication soldiers left, Qiao Anbang breathed a deep sigh of relief, turned his head and said to Liang Jiahan and Yali behind him: "Both, come with me to the front line to have a look." ”

"Hmm!" The two nodded in agreement at the same time, and then Liang Jiahan's face quietly turned crimson.

…………………… Outside Yingzhou City, the high ground outside the West Gate, this high ground was originally the field defensive position of the Fourth Division outside the West Gate, but it was taken by the Ninth Division because of insufficient preparation, and now it has become the command post of Yoshika Ryosuke.

On the high ground, Ryosuke Yoshika, with several of his subordinates, was holding a telescope to look down on the siege of the attacking troops.

Ryosuke Yoshika looked at it for a while, put down the binoculars and turned his head with a smile to a big Zuo behind him and asked, "Fukuda-kun, what do you think of the combat strength of the defenders in the city?" ”

This person was the commander of the Seventh Infantry Wing of the Sixth Brigade of the Ninth Division of the newly formed Ninth Division, and the Ninth Division of the First World War in Huainan was completely annihilated, and the four main field infantry wings were completely wiped out.

And this 7th Infantry Wing is currently the wing with the most veterans among the various wings of the Ninth Division, and its combat effectiveness is naturally the strongest, and it is the core and main force of the entire Ninth Division.

Fukuda Osa also put down the binoculars, and replied without humility or arrogance: "The enemy in the city, the firepower is very fierce, but the marksmanship seems to be not good, in my humble opinion, their combat effectiveness is not strong, it is very likely to be a new army!" ”

"Hmm!" Ji Jia Liangfu nodded with satisfaction, and said: "I also think so, according to intelligence, in order to deal with this general battle with the imperial army, the expansion speed of the Chinese Tiger Army is too fast, and the quality of its soldiers and combat experience have plummeted, and its most effective troops are the first, second, third and directly subordinate garrison troops around Qiao Anbang, but at the moment, their third division is contained in the Huaihe battlefield, the first division is far away in Xuzhou, and as for the second division, it should be the unit that has resisted the main force of the imperial army in Thirty Miles. ”

"What does the general mean is that the Chinese army in the city is completely a new army?" Fukuda Osa answered.

Ryosuke Yoshika smiled and nodded, then raised the telescope and continued to look ahead.

On the battlefield of Ximen, about hundreds of soldiers were charging to the death, and on the city wall, the officers and soldiers of the second regiment and the third battalion of the fourth division were desperately resisting.

Although the soldiers of the third battalion were well-equipped, due to their lack of experience and the fact that they were engaged in such a fierce offensive and defensive battle with the devil for the first time, some people were more or less timid in their hearts.

The performance of his subordinates made the third battalion commander sweat profusely, raised his pistol on the city wall, tore his throat and shouted back and forth, teaching the soldiers how to fight, but the strength of one person is limited, and he himself is also a two-sword, so his voice is hoarse, but the effect is minimal.

Just when the situation was extremely urgent, a group of heavily armed warriors rushed from the city to the top of the city and joined the battle.

With the addition of this group of soldiers, the strength of the three battalions on the position was greatly increased, and the dense rain of bullets soon repelled the Japanese army that was already approaching the city.

Looking at the open space outside the city full of corpses, and the retreating army like a tide, the commander of the third battalion seemed to have been drained of his strength, and sat down on the head of the city.

While taking out a cigarette from his pocket, the commander of the third battalion asked a soldier not far away, "Brother, are you from that battalion?" ”

"Back to Sir, we are the guard company of the third regiment." The warrior replied.

"The Third Regiment Guard Company, aren't you responsible for protecting the security of the division headquarters? How did you run the front line? The third battalion commander asked casually. The combat effectiveness of the regimental guard company is stronger than that of an ordinary infantry company.

"It was the military seat that ordered us to come and reinforce us!" The warrior replied without thinking.

"Who?" The third battalion commander was shocked when he heard this, and the cigarette that had just been lit in his mouth accidentally fell on the crotch of his pants, and the third battalion commander hurriedly jumped up and jumped to knock the cigarette off.

"Throne!" The warrior's voice fell.

A loud shout suddenly sounded: "The military seat has arrived!" Before the voice fell, Qiao Anbang strode up with his chest held high under the support of Liang Jiahan and Yali.

The already exhausted officers and soldiers at the head of the city stood up one after another as if they had been electrocuted, and everywhere Qiao Anbang went, the soldiers all saluted.

Qiao Anbang smiled and saluted them one by one, and soon came to a place not far from the third battalion commander, the cigarette that the third battalion commander had just picked up had not yet been lit, so he hurriedly strode to Qiao Anbang and stood up and saluted: "Military seat!" ”

"Hmm!" Qiao Anbang met the lieutenant colonel battalion commander before he met the blood-stained robe, and there was no lack of fatigue between his eyebrows, but when he saw that he was in good spirits, he couldn't help but be in awe and saluted back.

The third battalion commander realized that he still had a cigarette in his mouth, and just wanted to take it away, but Qiao Anbang stretched out his hand to stop it, under the attention of everyone, Qiao Anbang took out a box of matches from his jacket pocket, and with a pull, Qiao Anbang handed the lit matchstick to the mouth of the third battalion commander.

The commander of the third battalion felt flattered at the time, and was stunned on the spot and completely at a loss, and the officers and soldiers present also opened their eyes one by one.

Seeing that the third battalion commander was stunned on the spot, Qiao Anbang joked with a smile: "Suck it quickly, if you don't suck it again, this match will burn to Lao Tzu's hand." ”

"Oh! Oh! Only then did the third battalion commander react, and hurriedly covered it with both hands, and the horn took two puffs, and then did not forget to stand up and say: "Thank you, military seat!" ”

"No thanks, we are brothers, we are robes, and lighting a cigarette is nothing." Qiao Anbang smiled slightly.

The third battalion commander was originally a rough man, and he didn't know what to say, so he just stepped forward and saluted Qiao Anbang again with a standard military salute, and his diligent eyes revealed incomparable loyalty and touch.

patting the third battalion commander on the shoulder, Qiao Anbang asked, "Third battalion commander, do you know what the number of the devil who fought with you is?" ”

The commander of the third battalion scratched his head and said: "The specific position is not clear, but the third company seized some devils' belongings not long ago. There seem to be words on it, but they are all in Chinese language, and the brothers don't know them. ”

"Yuwen? Check it out! Qiao Anbang waved his hand.

Soon a soldier was ordered to run over and handed Qiao Anbang an identity tag that resembled a jade pendant.

Qiao Anbang took the identity card, looked at it and handed it to Yali beside him, he didn't understand the text, but Yali must understand everything.

Yali took the telegram and read, "Wu, 7th Squadron, 4th Squadron, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Wing, Tatsuo Ohara." ”

"Wu? The Ninth Division of the Army? Qiao Anbang asked uncertainly.

"Hmmm! It's the Ninth Division. Yali nodded affirmatively.

"The Ninth Division? Haha, it's really a narrow road. Qiao Anbang raised his head heartily and laughed, stepped forward, and came to the middle of the officers and soldiers, and everyone's eyes moved with Qiao Anbang.

Glancing around at the warriors around him, Qiao Anbang cleared his throat and said in a deep voice, "Brothers, do you know that your opponent is that devil? ”

Most of the fighters shook their heads and said they didn't know.

Qiao Anbang said loudly with a smile: "Let me tell you, they are the Ninth Division, a defeated general of our Tiger Army, Huainan battle, more than 40,000 people of the Ninth Division were wiped out by our army in one battle!" ”

After a pause, Qiao Anbang said again: "What I want to say is that since our Tiger Army, since we can defeat this dog's Ninth Division once, we can defeat them twice!" The brethren say yes? ”

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

All the officers and soldiers responded.

As soon as the words changed, Qiao Anbang suddenly said: "Brothers, I know that many of you are new soldiers, and some of you have even just learned to shoot, and it is a bit cruel to throw you into the battlefield before you become a qualified soldier, but any hundred battle lions have come step by step, have never seen blood, have not killed anyone, then he will never become a qualified soldier, or that sentence, the real elite is not trained on the training ground, Or fight for your life with the enemy on the battlefield, and fight to the death! ”

"The country is broken! But if the city is broken, then thousands of people behind us will be slaughtered and killed by devils. As a man in northern Anhui, at this critical juncture, we don't go to the battlefield, we don't fight to the death, do we want to let our fathers, fellow villagers, brothers and sisters go? Qiao Anbang's words were like needles, every sentence was heart-wrenching, and the officers and soldiers present had forgotten their fears, and something that had been sleeping for a long time in their bodies seemed to be quietly boiling and burning.

"I'd rather die than retreat! Fight to the death! Swear to defend Yingzhou City to the death! Swear to defend northern Anhui! The commander of the third battalion plucked up the courage to take the lead and shouted.

"I'd rather die than retreat! Fight to the death! Swear to defend Yingzhou City to the death! Swear to defend northern Anhui! ”

"I'd rather die than retreat! Fight to the death! Swear to defend Yingzhou City to the death! Swear to defend northern Anhui! ”

"I'd rather die than retreat! Fight to the death! Swear to defend Yingzhou City to the death! Swear to defend northern Anhui! ”

The soldiers who had survived the battle on the city roared in unison, and a few simple words finally woke up the blood in their bodies, and they understood that they were not fighting for the country, nor for the national righteousness, but for the thousands of hometown fathers and elders. Fight for the beautiful homeland behind them.

"Excellent! I'd rather die than retreat, fight to the end! As long as you have this spirit, I, Qiao Anbang, will definitely be able to lead you to defeat the Ninth Division of the Yue Army again! Qiao Anbang also said loudly with enthusiasm, although I don't know if the commander of the army outside the city is Ji Jia Ryosuke, but this battle is the second battle between the Tiger Ben Army and the Ninth Division, and it should be the last!

(To be continued)