"Division commander, I have a question, we have filmed all the troops, so don't the troops have no reserves? If you encounter an emergency, what should you do?" after listening to the division commander's arrangement, the chief of staff suddenly stood up and reminded.

"Hehe, Chief of Staff, you forgot about the two infantry regiments that came from the plateau for reinforcements. Also, the two regiments of Sun Xingbang of the 1st Division, which are only 20 miles away from here," Liu Hua said with a smile after listening to the words of the chief of staff.

"Division commander, what do you mean is to order the first division to immediately launch a general attack on Gong Cun's army, and then quickly return to help," the chief of staff said with a sudden realization.

"Yes, our reserve is a regiment of Sun Xingbang. The communications staff officer immediately sent a telegram to Commander Sun Xingbang of the 1st Division: Order, the 1st Division chooses its own time for attack, and must destroy the defending enemy of Gongcun before noon tomorrow. Then, send at least one regiment of reinforcements and hurry to Haseguchi to stand by" Liu Hua ordered loudly to the communications staff officer who hurriedly walked into the temporary headquarters.

"Yes, Commander," the communications staff officer took the order.

In the direction of Haseguchi, the regiments received their own tasks and were in full swing to excavate fortifications. Sun Xingbang, commander of the No. 1 Division in Gongcun, had already led a group of staff officers to the front line of the battlefield. Command the battle in person. On the battlefield of Ergong Village, after nearly a day and a night of fighting. The units of the first division, at a small cost, relied on grenades and some light weapons in their hands. The army that was still holding on to the fortifications was completely surrounded, and a large number of living forces of the army were killed and wounded.

Although, in the daytime battle, the army sent at least dozens of sorties of bombers to the Gongcun battlefield. However, when they saw the scene of the enemy and the enemy on the ground, the pilots did not dare to throw bombs casually, even if they wanted to help. In the end, the helpless pilots had no choice but to throw the aerial bombs they carried in the woods next to the battlefield. It can be said that the arrival of the military plane did not have much impact on the battle situation in the entire Gongcun.

And in the blink of an eye, it was dark again. The military plane, which had been arrogant over the heads of the soldiers for a day, finally returned home, and the whole battlefield could no longer hear the annoying buzz of the plane. Not long after the plane left, Sun Xingbang, commander of the 1st Division, had already moved to the forefront of the entire unit under the protection of the guard troops.

"Report to the commander, this is just counted, the results of the battles achieved by each regiment during the day and the casualty reports of each unit," Wang Degui, who served as the temporary chief of staff, came to Sun Xingbang with a list and said.

"Well, read it to me" Sun Xingbang did not put down the telescope in his hand, and continued to observe, not far away, the position of the army that was already full of artillery fire, said.

"Yes, Commander, according to the report, the first regiment destroyed a total of 189 Japanese troops in one day, and 59 of its own casualties, of which 56 were sacrificed, and the second regiment eliminated 241 of the Japanese army, and 73 of its own casualties, of which 58 were sacrificed. In the course of today's bombardment, the artillery battalion lost 12 artillery personnel, 6 wounded, and lost one field artillery, one mountain gun, and 30 shells."

"Yes, that's good. Staff Officer Wang, you can count how many little devils are left in our encirclement after a day and a night of fighting. After listening to the battle report, Sun Xingbang nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile to Staff Officer Wang beside him.

"Report to the commander, according to our statistics, we have found more than 700 corpses of the army. Add to this their seriously wounded, and in our encirclement there should be only 1100 field infantry units left. And, of course, the artillery of more than 300 people of their heavy artillery brigade. The total number of people is not more than 1,500. Counselor Wang silently calculated in his heart and replied.

"Well, great, there are less than 1,500 troops left. Staff Officer Wang immediately conveyed the order to the artillery battalion behind him. Let the commander of the artillery battalion pull all the artillery out for me at once. Assigned to our front-line positions, especially the large number of mortars in our hands, all of them were placed in the trenches for me. If nothing else, we will receive an order from the division commander for a general attack this evening. Sun Xingbang nodded and ordered to the chief of staff beside him.

"Yes, Commander, I'll go to the artillery battalion to deliver the order right away," Staff Officer Wang replied excitedly, turning around and running towards the artillery position in the rear.

And just as the artillery battalion had finished constructing all the artillery positions, the radio of the temporary headquarters really sounded the ticking of receiving and receiving telegrams. As the voice disappeared, a message that was not particularly long had already reached Sun Xingbang's hands.

"Communications staff officer, call back to the division headquarters immediately. Our unit decided to launch a final general attack on the defending enemy of Gongcun on time at about three o'clock in the morning tonight. After the total annihilation of the army, I will personally lead the main force of a regiment to rush to the aid of Nagataniguchi, please rest assured that the division commander will be assured. Just send it out like this," after reading the telegram sent by the division commander Liu Hua. Sun Xingbang didn't have any expression, and ordered to the communication staff officer beside him.

"Yes, Commander" took the telegram that Sun Xingbang had already signed, and the communications staff officer turned around and left the forward position and ran towards the radio room.

"Staff Officer Wang, it's 12 o'clock in the evening, and there are less than four hours left before our final attack. Immediately the notice was given, and all the troops, except for a small number of troops who continued to harass the army, the rest of the troops seized the time to rest. Four hours later, the troops will launch a final general assault on the enemy forces in Gongcun. Looking at the departing communications staff officer, Sun Xingbang ordered to Staff Officer Wang beside him.

The four hours passed quickly. Because, in the space of four hours, there are constantly small groups of troops, launching continuous small-scale attacks on the current little devils. Therefore, the entire encirclement army was in a state of high mental tension for dozens of hours in a row. Often the slightest wind and grass will cause a panic.

However, in this four-hour period. More than 3,000 people from the entire first subdivision and the two main regiments all had a short rest. Everyone replenished a certain amount of physical strength through a four-hour break. Slowly, it's coming at three o'clock in the morning. One by one, the sleeping soldiers have been woken up by the commanders around them. Began to make the final preparations before the battle, and entered his own combat position.

"Commander, there are only five minutes left" Staff Officer Wang looked at the battle-ready soldiers beside him. and the pocket watch on his arm, he ordered to Sun Xingbang, the commander who had been staring at the position of the army.

"Well, tell the commander of the artillery battalion to ask him to mobilize at least one company of mortars for me, and give me an order to all artillery to prepare for shelling at the command of the army wing, and to fire all the shells in the shortest possible time." Sun Xingbang ordered.

Receiving the order, the commander of the artillery battalion did not dare to slack off. A company of 12 mortars was quickly mobilized, and under the personal guidance of the commander, all of them were aimed at the headquarters of the Chinese army. The gunners of the other artillery positions were indeed quietly looking at the battlefield not far away, checking the shells around them one by one to prevent the occurrence of duds. Finally, in the anxious waiting of the soldiers, the hands of the watch finally pointed to the position of three o'clock in the morning.

"Flares are fired, all artillery starts firing" saw that the hands of the watch had already pointed to the position of three o'clock in the morning. Commander Sun Xingbang did not hesitate and ordered loudly.

"Bang bang bang" As soon as Sun Xingbang's words fell, three signal flares were hit in the sky. And with the launch of the flare. Just behind Sun Xingbang and the others, the order to "open the cannon" sounded continuously.

"Boom, boom, boom" In a dull sound, shells of various types flew out of the barrel. A beautiful arc was drawn in the sky, and with a huge whistling sound, it flew towards the position of the Japanese army. And to say that the loudest whistling sound, of course, was the headquarters of the army wing that was targeted by a mortar company of 12 mortars.

Under the personal command of the commander of the artillery battalion, 12 shells, with a huge whistling sound, flew towards the headquarters of the Chinese army wing more than 1,000 meters away. And just when the Yue army in the encirclement was staring blankly at the three signal flares in the sky, a huge whistling sound had reached the command headquarters of the Yue Army Wing, and the ears of every little devil.

"The Baga shelling is the shelling of the Eighth Route Army. Your Excellency Wing Commander, be careful" Of course, there are still quite a few people in the entire wing headquarters who have discovered the danger. Among them, the first to discover the danger was the captain of the guard squadron who followed closely by the side of wing commander Yuichiro Nagano and dutifully performed his duties. Hearing the whistling sound, the squadron leader clearly felt that this was the sound that could only be heard by the mortar group firing shells.

And in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen shells, with an even louder whistling sound, smashed towards the wing headquarters. At this time, the wing commander was standing at the door of the headquarters with the captain of the heavy artillery brigade, discussing the military situation. Thinking of the scene of the shelling of the wing headquarters, the squadron leader could not help but exclaim. Quickly rushed towards the Wing Captain, pushing the Wing Captain to the ground in an instant, and crushing the Wing Captain under him.

And just as the two of them fell to the ground at the same time, a violent explosion sounded around him.

The violent explosion of "boom boom" and the scorching flames from the explosion of the shells immediately made the captain of the guard squadron feel the imminence of death. Sure enough, an explosion sounded at a distance, and the back of his chest was suddenly pierced by a sharp piece of shrapnel. Immediately, a burst of heart-piercing coldness spread to the bottom of his heart, and slowly, the captain of the guard squadron began to lose his will.

And at this moment, the second round of shells from the artillery battalion came again. The leader of an enemy squadron who has completely lost his will. Under the blow of the huge wave of air generated by the explosion of the second round of shells, it was unexpectedly lifted up by the body of the commander of the wing. And at the moment when the squadron leader was lifted, the back of wing commander Yuichiro Nagano was completely exposed to artillery fire.

"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, be careful" Seeing the scene in front of him, an orderly lying not far behind the Wing Commander exclaimed. I want to take over as the squadron leader and continue to lie behind the wing leader to block the bullets. However, it was too late, and an artillery shell landed exactly 1 meter away from the commander of the army and exploded.

A flash of fire flashed. The entire body of Wing Commander Yuichiro Nagano was immediately plunged into the smoke of gunpowder from the explosion. And when the smoke cleared, one of the calves of Wing Captain Yuichiro Nagano Osaku was gone, and a calf with Shiramori's bones exposed was exposed to the air. What's more, in the wing captain's back, it has been completely stained red with blood.

When the "Wing Captain" saw this, the orderly ran over desperately and lay dead on the back of the Wing Captain. Wait until the end of the entire shelling. With the help of follow-up reinforcements, the orderly struggled to get up from behind the wing commander. However, when he got up, he had been hit by no less than 20 pieces of shrapnel in his back, and within a few seconds, Ted's soul returned to Samoto to see their Amaterasu.

I have to say that this orderly soldier is loyal to his own wing commander. However, his loyalty did not pay off in return. After the wing captain was blown off a lower leg, he was not rescued in time, and there were several wounds in his back. The proud captain of the army finally reported to their Amaterasu Okami together with the orderly behind him because of excessive blood loss.

And at this moment, I am looking at the wing headquarters of the army. After the explosion of nearly 100 shells, the entire wing command could be said to have been razed to the ground. Even the temporary headquarters, reinforced with logs, was completely blown up after withstanding the continuous explosion of dozens of shells. All the personnel in the headquarters, as well as communications equipment and other materials, were completely buried by the roof of the bombed-out building.

And the loss of the personnel of the wing command is even more heart-wrenching. The entire command, the wing commander, the chief of staff, the captain of the heavy artillery brigade, the two remaining captains of the infantry wing, the chief of staff. Several operational staff officers from the wing command, as well as a small squad of guards around the perimeter of the wing command. After the shelling just now, almost all of them were killed. It can be said that after the shelling just now, there are no more officers above the rank of captain in the entire Gongcun battlefield.

"Order, the artillery battalion began to fire extendedly, all the troops began to charge, ordered the trumpeters, began to blow the trumpet" saw the command of the army wing, under its own intensive artillery fire, was razed to the ground. Commander Sun Xingbang nodded with satisfaction and ordered to Staff Officer Wang beside him.

"Tick Tick Tick Tick" A loud charge horn sounded amid the explosion of a roaring shell. Immediately, a light and heavy machine gun that served as a cover, after hearing the trumpet of the charge, spewed out dense tongues of fire one after another, and began to suppress the limited firepower left on the Japanese army's position. At the same time, assault teams, holding rifles with bayonets already loaded. He jumped up, rushed out of cover, and rushed towards the position of the army.

"Comrades, rush and kill" A burst of earth-shattering shouts sounded. Under the lead of the commanders, the soldiers all screamed and rushed to their current positions.

"The Eighth Route Army of Baga began to charge His Excellency the Wing Commander, Your Excellency the Wing Commander, the firepower of the Eighth Route Army is too fierce, we can't hold on, ask for support, ask for support" Soon, the voices of their respective commanders and the command of the wing for help were remembered in the various positions of the army. Then, on the other end of the phone, there was silence, or silence.

"Baga, quick, give me a resolute block. Machine guns, why don't machine guns shoot," the squadron leader shouted loudly at the soldiers on the position while calling for help. However, when he looked at the only heavy machine gun left in his squadron. In the dark night, I saw two dense tongues of fire, clearly visible, all aimed at the only heavy firepower of my squadron. And next to the heavy machine gun, several machine gunners have already fallen. As for the rest of the machine gunners, seeing such a dense tongue of fire, they all showed a look of fear, lying on the ground, not daring to approach.

"Baga, bastard, shoot right away" Seeing this, the squadron leader roared, drew his command knife, and slashed at the neck of a soldier with a frightened face. Immediately, a stream of blood gushed out, and a population rolled to the ground. The squadron leader held a blood-stained command knife and shouted at several other soldiers.

"Hi, Your Excellency Squadron Leader" Faced with the fate of the corpse, these little devils were even more willing to be hit by the bullets of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side, rather than being cut off by their brutal squadron leader. Quickly replied, and at the same time, emboldened, crawled towards the machine gun, ready to show his head and start shooting.

However, the squadron leader's presence on the battlefield did not change any of the battlefield situation, and in the end it only increased the casualties of the soldiers. Just as one of the soldiers had just exposed his head, and before his hands had touched the heavy machine gun, two bullets hit him in the head.

In front of the powerful heavy machine gun bullets, the head of the little devil is like an egg. Without accident, half of it was shattered by two bullets at once, and the red and white brains flew to the ground.

"Baga, open fire, quickly suppress the fire" Although the squadron leader also showed a look of fear, he still raised the command knife in his hand and ordered to another soldier as he watched the charging Eighth Route Army get closer and closer.

(To be continued)