The two signal flares of red and green on the Japanese position broke through the air, and Chang Zhilin, the commander of the 407th Regiment, gave an order in the walkie-talkie: "Second Battalion, attack!" ”

Zhang Lu, the commander of the second battalion, followed and shouted: "Brothers, let's go!" The right hand slapped the right shoulder of the driver next to him, and the latter stepped on the brakes, skillfully geared, and then stepped on the accelerator, and the engine immediately hissed, and then "woo" and then rushed out. The headlights turned on, and two pillars of light spilled out, instantly illuminating the road ahead.

On the front line, the cadets of the 401st Regiment put their guns on the edge of the trenches, and some people put grenades or anti-tank grenades in their hands from their waists or from the ammunition boxes next to them.

There was a bunker on each side of the hill near the trench, and each bunker had three shooting holes, and at this time, the cadets in the bunker were struggling to move a 5,000-watt searchlight with a light bracket to the leftmost shooting hole. After the steel baffles of the other two shooting holes were removed, the two rapid-fire machine guns with guide rails were pushed forward, and the ammunition chains were hung, and the preparations were completed.

Two flares began to fall, and three flares rose into the sky one after the other. Then, the sound of the engine, which had been whispering, suddenly became inflamed. Three minutes later, the sound of "Tongtong" sounded, and the Japanese mortars began to fire.

After receiving a call from Matsui Ishine and learning that the 11th Air Regiment was bound to participate in the war, the old devil moved his headquarters forward and placed it with the headquarters of Otani Yubing. Gu Shoufu is an old lieutenant general, and Otani Xiongbing is only a newly promoted major general, and as soon as the command headquarters of the two are merged, the specific command and operation will naturally be the only one who will look forward. Directly taking command of the independent tank brigade from Otani, Tani Toshio immediately revised the previous battle plan, and then said to Otani: "The New Year's offensive is a gift to His Majesty the Emperor, so this battle must only succeed and not fail. Instead of scattering the forces and going into battle in batches, it would be better to come in waves. The 42nd Tank Wing will also join the attack, and the 47th Infantry Wing will also go on the attack! ”

Otani hesitated: "Your Excellency, do you want to ask the commander for instructions!" ”

Gu Shoufu refused: "There is no need for this, I am the front-line commander, and I will take full responsibility!" ”

Otani Xiongbing frowned slightly, and said in his heart that he was the front-line commander, and when he looked up, he saw Gu Shoufu looking at him with a cold face, and knew that it was not conducive to the war to have a stalemate with him at this time, so he acquiesced.

The 42nd Tank Wing and the 47th Infantry Wing immediately joined the attacking team, and the Japanese offensive strength swelled to more than 14,000 at once.

The battle began, and an endless stream of Japanese troops joined the battlefield, which made the staff officers of the 6th Division and the Tank Independent Brigade located not far from the west gate of Cangnan County dazzled one by one, and at the same time, they couldn't help but secretly worry - if the Cadet Army launched an artillery attack at this time, how many people would have to die? Their fears did not last long, because soon the sound of the engines of the fighters of the 11th Air Regiment reached their ears.

Gu Shoufu, a madman, stood on a haystack and shouted loudly to the devils passing by with a megaphone: "...... You only have twenty minutes, and if you can't break through the line of the Shina people and occupy one or two trenches in twenty minutes, then you can all eat...... The 11th Air Regiment will help you destroy the tanks and artillery of the Chinese people, and attack boldly! A breakthrough is a victory! No, only a breakthrough can survive...... For His Majesty the Emperor! ”

There were truss bridges over each trench to facilitate the passage of their own chariot troops, and the 407th Regiment was the first to rush to the front line with the 2nd Battalion, followed by the 1st and 2nd Battalions. The devil's heavy artillery has been completely destroyed, and the 401st and 402nd regiments provide cover, and now the "mandrills" and "Chinese alligators" of the 407th regiment are invincible. Chang Zhilin's command vehicle appeared on the front line with the last batch of the third battalion, his eyes had just adapted to the environment here, and the voice of brigade commander Yu Zhengyi suddenly sounded in the headset: "Chang Zhilin, the Japanese army has enemy planes to help in the war, pay attention to air defense!" ”

Chang Zhilin was taken aback, he responded to Zhilu, conveyed the news to the whole regiment, and then asked the machine gunner to come down and sit on the turret himself. On the battlefield, the flares rose one after another, illuminating the range of a few hundred meters as bright as day, seeing that there were no devils a few hundred meters away as far as his eyes could see, and the explosion on his own position had already been resounded, he exhaled heavy turbidity, and secretly thought: "In several exercises, our regiment is ranked last, this time, we must use real achievements to take a good look at those guys who look down on our Sichuan soldiers!" ”

In the headquarters of Fuding's 10th Division, Liu Yuqing received all kinds of information from the front-line scouts one after another, his face changed drastically, and orders were sent out one after another.

In the temporary headquarters of the Fourth Army in Fuzhou, Jiang Guangnai received a telephone call from Liu Yuqing, and was told that the Japanese army was unprecedented, that it was vast and unknowing, and that there was also an air force to assist in the war, and he realized that the Japanese offensive was extraordinary, so he first called Wang Hai and asked him to immediately take off fighters to intercept the Japanese planes, and then asked people to find the captains of several self-defense forces in the Fuzhou area, and decided to immediately requisition these self-defense forces as reserves, ready to support the front line at any time. Finally, he called Wan Bing, the brigade commander of the Second Special Artillery Brigade, and told him to be ready for battle and ready to enter the battlefield at any time.

On the front line of Guanmei Town, the battle finally began. The first to engage were naturally the chariot units of both sides.

When the Type 99 tanks in front of the 41st Wing of the Japanese Tank had just driven within a kilometer of the first trench of the Cadet Corps, Chang Zhilin took the lead in firing based on the information provided by the scouts on the mountain.

As soon as their side opened fire, the Japanese side immediately began to return fire. The tank gunners of the two warring sides are fighting completely by feeling, but the difference is that because the Japanese array is too dense, as long as the tank gunners of the 407th Regiment can ensure that the direction is not deviated and the preset firing range is not too small, then each gun will definitely be able to hit the target.

Fan Neng was lying on his stomach on the edge of the trench, picked up his glasses and looked at the opposite side, but saw that every fireball rose, and there must be a devil flying in the center of the flame. This is a battle, it is clearly a massacre! Then he was strange again, and secretly wondered: What about Ma Chungui's son? This baby doesn't want to shoot? What a chance!

In the eyes of Fan Neng, Fu Xiangfu and even Liu Yuqing, the Japanese tactics are crazy and stupid enough, and this kind of crowd tactics is no different from suicide when the other side has heavy firepower weapons. Fan Neng and Fu complemented each other and were puzzled, and they would never be ambiguous when they should make a move, while Liu Yuqing was faintly worried. The Japanese are not stupid, they must be doing this for a reason, so what exactly do they want to do?