In the east, a touch of red rendered the sky, and before you knew it, twenty minutes had passed.

The city walls were blasted and there was a lot of ruin, and the remains of these wall bricks flew everywhere, providing the Japanese army with a lot of ready-made bunkers. It was with these bunkers that the Japanese army fought to the death. The sound of "empty, empty" sounded over the Japanese positions, and one grenade after another smashed into the ruined positions, inflicting great casualties on the defenders.

Behind the Japanese position, Yoshiju Ryosuke's eyes were red, and he roared angrily at the failure of the vanguard to take the ruins in one fell swoop - "Tell Asahi Heishiro that I will give him another quarter of an hour, and if he can't take it then, I will let the heavy artillery wing carry out indiscriminate shelling." "The captain of the 7th Wing of Asahi Heishiro 4, it was the remaining two brigades of the wing that took charge of the first round of offensive tasks.

After Qiu Jimin fell, he calmed down a lot, and at this moment, he had changed his weapon to a rifle. Seeing that the Japanese grenadiers had caused too much damage to the already side, he yelled at the deputy company commander Wang Dafa: "Dafa, let Tan Jingming and them hit the grenadiers first." ”

Tan Jingming is the squad leader of the sniper squad. Wang Dafa responded and ran towards the sniper squad position, and after walking a few steps, he saw Xie Chang'an, and he hurriedly greeted: "Luzao, you are also here." ”

After being awakened by the sound of the explosion, Xie Changan first calmed the troops, and then rushed over with the 19th Regiment. Chao Wang Dafa nodded, and he asked, "Have you seen Brigade Commander Zhu?" ”

Wang Dafa pointed out the direction to him, and he asked the 19th Regiment to enter the position immediately, and then walked towards Zhu Zaiting.

In the battle just now, Zhu Zaiting was grazed by a bullet on his cheek, and now his face is bloody. When Xie Changan came over with support, he had already noticed it, and at this moment, the cat waist ran down the front line to meet him and said, "Brigade Commander Xie, it seems that there is going to be a war of attrition." This line of defense must not be lost, otherwise, once the 9th Division breaks through, the brother troops will be in danger. ”

The purpose of the Cadet Army remaining in Nanjing was only to buy time for the retreat of the main force and the people. In view of such a purpose, the last thing Ouyang Yun wants to see is a war of attrition. This is also the main reason why he gave up the section of the city wall for what to do when arranging the defense line. At the pre-war meeting, because he emphasized this point, Zhu Zaiting said these words to Xie Changan in a deliberative tone at this moment. Xie Changan nodded and said, "That's all there is to it at the moment." We've had a problem with the phone from Command, and I've sent someone to report it. ”

"Okay, let's guard this line first, and wait for the command command's order."

The Cadet Army was unwilling to fight a war of attrition, and the Japanese army did not want to fight a war of attrition. However, the 9th Division is destined to be an exception, not only because Matsui Ishine took special care of Yoshizu Ryosuke when he gave the order, but also because the 9th Division and the Xuebing Army had already formed a grudge before the Battle of Nanjing. That's why Ryosuke Yoshizu said such cruel words.

And not long after he made a cruel remark, the devils of the two brigades of the 7th Wing launched another onslaught regardless of casualties amid the clamor of Asahi Heishiro.

Nearly 2,000 devils rushed towards the defenders' positions in dense formation, gunshots and explosions were heard endlessly, and small mushroom clouds rose one after another, inevitably taking away a few fresh lives.

"The Japanese devils are crazy, brothers, fight!" Qiu Jimin put the rifle on his shoulder, pulled the trigger violently, and shouted hiss. Suddenly, the voice of "Huh" came from not far away, and a shout came from the side: "Company commander! Be careful! A figure pounced on him—with a loud bang, and the body pressing on him trembled, and soon stopped moving.

"Kobayashi?!" When a stream of warm liquid stained his back, Qiu Jimin shouted loudly, turned over violently, and hugged Lin Chengguo.

Lin Guoguo is his guard, and he is only 16 years old this year, and he is the youngest soldier in his company. Qiu Jimin asked him to be his guard originally from the nature of care, but he didn't expect that this child would sacrifice his young life in order to save himself.

Xiao Lin had more than a dozen wounds on his body, and his back was torn apart by shrapnel, his blood-stained face still maintained the expression of screaming just now, his mouth was slightly open, and his eyes were wide......

A hot breath rose from the deepest part of his chest, and soon his blood was steaming to boil, Qiu Jimin was dumbfounded, and shouted wildly: "Bastard! He wiped Lin Guoguo's eyes with his hand, stood up violently, jumped onto a city wall brick, and fired with the muzzle of the gun drooping.

"Company commander, come down!" Some fighters noticed his danger and immediately reminded him loudly.

Wang Hai, who was not far away, saw this scene, stood up and scolded: "Qiu Jimin, you turtle son, your baby is really looking for death-uh!" Before he finished speaking, his body suddenly trembled—a bullet pierced his heart, and the blood quickly stained his chest, stained his chest and abdomen, and he only felt that the strength of his whole body was rapidly draining; He reached out and covered his chest, trying to stop the blood from flowing out, but in vain; He gasped for breath and struggled to look at where the bullet had come from, trying to see which turtle had hit him. In the field of vision, the dense earthy yellow figure was fading, and he opened his mouth and scolded: "Fuck! Then he fell down with a "poof".

"Company commander!" The Sichuan soldiers shouted loudly, and several people threw away their guns and pounced.

Qiu Jimin didn't know that Wang Hai had fallen in order to save himself, he used up all the bullets in the gun in one go, and then was about to change the magazine, when he suddenly felt a strong force hit his chest and abdomen, and his whole person flew backwards, in mid-air, the blood gushing out of his chest and abdomen fell red, staining the city wall bricks under him.

"Company commander!" The cadets also shouted—and in an instant, the two company commanders fell one after the other. And their death undoubtedly injected a stimulant into all the nearby soldiers.

The ghost soldiers of the 7th Wing, since they were told by Asahi Bishiro that if they couldn't take the ruins of the city wall in half an hour, they would be subjected to indiscriminate shelling by the heavy artillery wing, and everyone was already "crazy".

For example, the 9th Division, because of the strong wind in the formation of the Jinjin Division, the devil soldiers of the Kanazawa Division are not afraid of death, and they are one of the most elite divisions of the Japanese Army. Nearly 2,000 devils launched a fierce charge that was not afraid of death, and sure enough, it had a miraculous effect, and in just five minutes, one of the devils broke through to a distance of only thirty meters from the top of the ruins of the city wall.

The death of the two company commanders more or less affected the performance of the soldiers of the two companies, and at least the moment they fell to the ground, many people turned their heads in anticipation and did not continue to shoot. It was by taking advantage of this gap that this devil quickly advanced and actually killed only about thirty meters away from them.

"Roar! With a little more effort, we'll be able to drive the Shina out of position! A squadron leader of the devil officer of the ministry began to optimistically encourage his soldiers.

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly heard many people around him exclaim in unison. In his ears, the sound of gunfire suddenly became dense, and he hurriedly looked forward, and saw no less than twenty soldiers suddenly jumping onto the top of the ruins, the muzzles of their guns in their hands, spitting brilliant flames—he didn't react to anything, only felt a sharp pain in his chest and abdomen, and his eyes went black, and then the whole person was thrown up by the huge tossing force of nearly a dozen bullets, and smashed backwards like sacks.

The student soldiers of a company and the Sichuan soldiers of a company suddenly burst out with amazing fighting spirit because of the death of the company commander. At this moment, the earnest teachings of the prefect on weekdays have all become the wind in the ears; The results of the past training have also faded away - all they want now is to avenge the company commander, and they even sacrifice themselves for revenge.

"Avenge the company commander!" "Tear up these shit!" "Brothers, kill!" …… In the midst of the earth-shattering roar, they actually launched a counter-charge against the Japanese army.

This counterattack appeared quite suddenly, and they were condescending, and the devils of the department were caught off guard, and after being put down twenty or thirty people in a row, they turned around and ran.

The defensive positions of these two companies were located on the Guanghua Gate. On their left, after Xie Changan saw this scene, he couldn't help but scold: "Nonsense! ”

"Brigade, it seems that Qiu Jimin is dead," a staff officer said.

Xie Changan was stunned, and his heart was a little gloomy. Immediately, he said: "Gu Pang, you temporarily take Qiu Jimin's position and go to stabilize that side." ”

On the position on the right side of Guanghua Gate, Zhu Zaiting's eyes lit up after seeing this scene, and he immediately shouted: "Brothers, charge, take the little devil down!" "Then take the lead, climb to the top of the ruins, and shoot and pounce downward." Charge! Brothers! Come on! Behind him, Fu Bingxun, the head of the 151st Regiment, shouted while rushing down after him.

The defenders' counterattack came quite suddenly, and the Japanese could be said to be unprepared. Of course, in Asahi Heishiro's view, this is a godsend. After the Guanghuamen city wall was blasted, a small slope with a height of about five or six meters and a width of more than 100 meters was formed. Originally, whoever seized the commanding heights of this small slope first would have had a burst of natural fortifications. According to Asahi Bishiro's understanding, if the defenders defend to the death, the 7th Wing will be able to overcome it, and it will definitely pay huge casualties. And now, the people of China have actually begun to fight back, which is undoubtedly tantamount to abandoning the natural fortifications. How does this dislike him?

Waving the command knife at Asahi Heishiro, he shouted vigorously, "Attack!" Offensive! Speed up, take advantage of the people of the branch to kill, and rush up in one fell swoop! ”

As mentioned earlier, in addition to the Seventh Brigade and a tank regiment, the two regiments of the Sichuan Army were responsible for the defense of Guanghua Gate. After Zhu Zaiting and Xie Chang'an all entered the ruin front, the reserve troops of the Seventh Brigade and the Sichuan Army were all killed, and at this moment, except for two regiments that were fighting on the front line, the other troops were gathered behind the ruins of the residential area behind the ruins. After receiving the order from the headquarters, the tank regiment under the command of Qian Guangming had already assembled at this moment and was waiting on the flat ground under the ruins of the city wall, ready to attack at any time.

The order that Qian Guangming received was to help the Seventh Brigade and the Sichuan Army hold the defensive line, and at this moment, the troops on the front line began to counter-charge, which made Qian Guangming hesitate - do you want to rush out of the city with you?