While the garrison regiment and the Japanese marines were fighting fiercely, Qiao Youhua was leading the guard regiment to march along the highway line and rush towards the Hutuo River Bridge.

Although people are not on the Hutuo River battlefield and the frontline battlefields of Bazhou and Zhuozhou, Qiao Youhua is paying attention to the battle situation all the time.

Zheng Yunshan sat beside him, as if he had become his staff adjutant, constantly sorting out the most useful and most urgent messages for Qiao Youhua to deal with him.

"Commander, the garrison regiment has called again, they have successfully repelled the first Japanese attack, and the telegram states that this Japanese army is a fully mechanized force, with tanks and formed artillery fire, skilled tactical coordination, and well-trained and well-equipped elite troops for the enemy.

Although our army repelled the enemy's first attack, it also paid almost the same price of casualties, but the enemy still had an absolute superiority in strength, and it is hoped that the reinforcements of the headquarters can arrive as soon as possible to ensure that the Hutuo River Bridge is not lost, and then ensure the safety of Pingshan County, the base camp of our Longya Column, the Longya Military Academy, the arsenal and other important organs and units. After Zheng Yunshan received a telegram from the communication soldier, he glanced at it and immediately reported it to Qiao Youhua.

Qiao Youhua's pupils shrank slightly, he stretched out his hand to take the telegram, and after reading it carefully, he muttered: "Call back to Ma Liuhou and Lin Mancang, and tell them that the gains and losses of the Hutuo River are related to the life and death of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the base camp of the base area, and the survival of important organs and units such as our military academy, arsenal, and logistics."

Therefore, the special telegram ordered your troops not to be afraid of a strong enemy, hold the spirit of sacrificing a qiē to the death, swear to defend the defense line of the Hutuo River, and defend the safety of the base camp in the base area!

Fight to the last soldier, no orders, no retreat! I am personally leading reinforcements at a speed of 100,000 urgent, rushing to the rescue, and I hope that my brother and others will work hard to hold on and wait for reinforcements! Please use this message to show the officers and men of the three armies that reinforcements will arrive and our army will win! The commander-in-chief of the Dragon's Tooth Column, Army Major General Qiao Youhuatz, ordered by telegram! ”

After hearing this, Zheng Yunshan gave the communication soldier next to him a look, and the communication soldier nodded in understanding, had already written it down, and then turned his head and began to send the telegram.

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On the battlefield of the Hutuo River, the first attack of the Japanese army ended in failure due to the stubborn resistance of the defenders and the heavy losses of the attacking troops.

However, instead of being angry, Kawayasu Wensan showed a sinister smile for the simple reason that he had received the news that the carrier-based aircraft group of the sea-based air force he had requested was less than five minutes away from the Hutuo River.

Chuan An Wensan put down the binoculars, no longer looked at the battlefield full of corpses, turned to the chief of staff Takeshita Nakasa: "Takeshita-kun, how is the preparation of the 3rd Wing?" ”

The Marine Corps of Kawayasu Wenzo has a total of three infantry wings, plus an artillery brigade and a truck brigade, and a tank armored vehicle brigade.

Chief of Staff Takeshita hurriedly replied: "Returning to Your Excellency, General, my 3rd Infantry Wing is fully prepared for attack and can attack at any time. ”

Chuan An nodded when he heard this: "Yo Xi, our carrier-based aircraft group will arrive in five minutes, and order the imperial warriors of the 3rd Wing to get ready, once the air attack of the carrier-based aircraft group is over, immediately attack, and take the opportunity to seize the Qiaobei position of the China Army!" The tank brigade and the artillery brigade will fully assist them in their operations. ”

Takeshita Nakasa hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Hai! Then he turned around, strode away with his saber on his shoulder.

Around them, you can see everywhere, and the ghost soldiers who are very busy with loaded guns and ammunition are shuttling back and forth, running around.

On the position of the first battalion of the Longya Garrison Regiment north of the Hutuo River bridge, because in the battle just now, the casualties of the first battalion were not small, Ma Liuhou immediately ordered the two companies of the second battalion to be transferred from the south of the bridge, and hundreds of elite veterans continued to replenish the position north of the bridge along the Hutuo River bridge.

At this time, Qiao Youhua's reply telegram also happened to arrive, and was quickly sent to the north of the bridge by a deputy platoon commander of the communication platoon of the regiment headquarters.

Ma Liuhou, Lin Mancang, and others took the telegram and read it, and they were immediately greatly encouraged, and Ma Liuhou even ignored the danger of being attacked by Japanese snipers with cold guns, jumped directly onto a bunker in the center of the first battalion's position, raised the telegram in his hand, raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers, the commander-in-chief has just called, in which he asks us to defend the Hutuo River Bridge to the death, and not to order us to fight to the last soldier and not to retreat without authorization!"

You say, can our Dragon's Tooth Garrison do it? ”

When the captain and company commander of a company who was wounded by shrapnel in the battle just now, and who was being bandaged by a health soldier, heard this, he suddenly pushed the health soldier away, stood up with a hideous face, and said with a stiff neck: "Tuanza, you can reply to the commander, just say that every breed of our dragon tooth garrison regiment can't hold the Hutuo River Bridge."

Not a single person in our regiment will leave the battle alive! ”

Ma Liuhou nodded with great satisfaction when he heard this: "Okay, this is really damn energetic, it didn't disgrace our garrison regiment, but the commander also said that he would personally lead reinforcements to reinforcements, and let me tell everyone that reinforcements will come!" Our army will win! ”

"Whew! ~Banzai! Long live the commander! Long live the Eighth Route Army! Long live the Chinese nation! The excited soldiers pulled their throats, beat their chests, and shouted hoarsely.

At this moment, a shrill roar of engines suddenly sounded in the sky in the distance, and the officers and men of the garrison regiment, who were the last remaining force in the base area, encountered the situation of enemy planes invading air raids and reconnaissance.

Therefore, the officers and men of the whole regiment are particularly sensitive to incoming aircraft attacks, and their vigilance is many times stronger than that of ordinary militia units.

Ma Liuhou and Lin Mancang changed color almost at the same time, and when they looked at each other, Ma Liuhou immediately shouted at the top of his throat: "It's not good, it's the little devil's plane here, immediately all enter the trenches to prepare for air defense!" ”

Although the morale has been stimulated and mobilized, it does not mean that the steel bombs that can shake the devils are hard, and it is necessary to hide more, try to save yourself, avoid the devil's air raids, survive, and then clean up the infantry of the little devils.

Because even a small soldier knows at this time that once the air raid is over, the little devil who suffered a big loss just now will definitely attack again, and the attack will definitely be even greater than the first wave!

Thanks to the actual combat experience in the past, without waiting for Ma Liuhou and Lin Mancang to give all the orders, the officers and soldiers who noticed that something was wrong dodged and got into various bunkers in the position.

As soon as Ma Liuhou jumped into the trench, more than a dozen fighters in front of the enemy lined up one after another and swooped down from high in the sky towards the Hutuo River.

The on-board machine guns roared one after another, and the dense bullets formed a series of hot and dazzling tongues of fire, and the dense rain of bullets covered the earth like an overwhelming atmosphere.