With the first batch of shells, whistling towards the position of the government army in China, Yamashita Fengwen's long-depressed heart, like opening a small window, suddenly opened, indescribably happy, looking at the splashing soil on Xiyun Peak, looking at the black smoke coming out of Duyun City, His Excellency the Commander nodded while muttering, "I want the west, I want the west," while patting the shoulder of the young staff officer who was almost cut off his head, and said, "Great good!" Work together in Missy. ”

In front of this moody commander, the young staff officer was not in the mood to have breakfast with him at all, and he had to live ten years less to have a meal with him, and he promised "Hai, Hai" in his mouth, and there was a flattered expression on his face, but he was thinking in his heart, how to find an excuse to slip away.

The first shelling of the city by the Japanese heavy artillery was as if it had eyes, and Guo Huawen's group army headquarters was not next to the shells, and the material warehouses in the city were not at all, but it was the place where Commander-in-Chief Liu Zhi stayed, which became the first shelling target of the Japanese artillery.

Liu Zhi slept in Zhengxiang, last night's performance, greatly satisfied his vanity, and then at the press conference, he bragged about it again, watching the magnesium lights flickering constantly, Liu Zhi's chubby round face was full of smiles, and he didn't see it at all, the officers of the 19th Group Army in the audience, gritted their teeth, and didn't see Guo Huawen's gloomy and almost dripping face.

At the subsequent banquet, Liu Zhi was in high spirits, and the wine was dry, until he was drunk, and then returned to the place where he stayed satisfied. On such an occasion, Chu Tian did not participate at all, in order not to make trouble for Guo Huawen, he sent a few soldiers, changed into the uniforms of the 19th Group Army, mixed in the venue, and looked at everything in his eyes.

Listening to the description of a few fighters almost laughing. Chu Tian shook his head with a smile while listening, and then immediately took the news of Liu Zhi's arrival in Duyun. The report was given to the division commander Tang Qiuli, and Tang Qiuli called back, "Liu Zhi is here to grab credit, ignore him, a new round of Japanese attacks." It should begin, pay close attention to the battle in Duyun, and report it at any time. ”

With a few loud noises and huge shock waves, all the glass in the room was shattered, and Liu Zhi, who was sleeping soundly. Frightened, he jumped out of bed, and before he could figure out what was going on, there were several nearer loud noises. The room trembled suddenly, and Liu Zhi was knocked to the ground by the shock wave.

Now I understand that it was the place where I was staying, which was shelled, and the Japanese began to attack? "Come on, come on!" Liu Zhi shouted loudly by pulling his neck, and several guards rushed into the room, and several shells fell one after another, and the fire flickered. The bricks and stones flew around, and Liu Zhi saw it with his own eyes. One of the last guards, most of his head was blown off by whistling shrapnel.

Crimson blood mixed with snow-white brains. Splashed out along the broken half-pulled head, and then, the body of this guard fell heavily into the house, Liu Zhi was frightened, stared at frightened eyes, his face was pale, trembling and paralyzed and unable to move, with more than 20 years of soldiers, he was the first time to see the soldier whose head was cut off by a cannonball and died in front of him, the red and white mixed colors were shocking in front of him.

A few guards raised the commander-in-chief and desperately moved to a safe place, less than five minutes after they left, in a violent explosion, the room where Liu Zhi was staying was razed to the ground, and in the rumbling cannon, Liu Zhi and several guards finally got into a basement.

Looking at Liu Zhi's demented appearance, his guard captain shouted loudly: "Commander-in-chief, we are safe now," Liu Zhi's eyes finally came alive, and the first sentence was, "Quickly order Guo Huawen, arrange the troops, and protect my evacuation," the guard captain smiled bitterly and said: "Commander-in-chief, let's wait for the Japanese shelling to end, it's too dangerous outside now!" ”

Liu Zhi waited in the basement for two hours before the Japanese bombardment ended, and when he went out, he saw that Duyun City had almost changed its appearance, full of ruins and broken walls, rubble and masonry everywhere, collapsed houses were still emitting flames and green smoke, and citizens who were crying and wailing were digging their relatives in the ruins like crazy.

Liu Zhi didn't care about this, what he cared about was how to leave this terrifying place as much as possible, Liu Zhi scolded himself in his heart, "It's really unlucky, just arrived in Duyun, just caught up with the Japanese attack, too, why bother to join in this fun, stay in Fuquan honestly, such a danger, this Guo Huawen, deliberately want my life," yes, this matter is Guo Huawen's fault again, he doesn't want to think about it, who let him come to Duyun?"

When they arrived at the headquarters of the group army, they were very busy, and the staff officers were nervous about where to go in and out, and their steps were hurried, and they heard Guo Huawen shouting from a distance: "The headquarters guard regiment, the city defense troops immediately launched a rescue in the whole city, extinguished the fire, rescued the injured citizens, counted the casualties, and the communication office immediately resumed telephone contact with the Xiyunfeng Independent Brigade, be fast, I want to know the specific situation." ”

Liu Zhi didn't care about this, and said in a commanding tone: "Commander Guo, immediately arrange your subordinates to escort the general headquarters out of Duyun, I want to rush back to the command position and coordinate and command the overall battle," he finally found a high-sounding reason and excuse for the best.

Guo Huawen put down the phone, looked at Liu Zhi, whose face was as ugly as a dead man, and his eyes were full of panic in his pajamas, and said: "I'm sorry, Commander-in-Chief Liu, most of my troops have been put into battle, and some of them have participated in the rescue in the city, and they can't send troops, but the general headquarters evacuated Duyun City, I very much agree, after all, the commander-in-chief has a different identity and shoulders a heavy responsibility, how can he stay in such a dangerous place?" ”

Liu Zhi ignored Guo Huawen's sarcastic tone, this unlucky place, he didn't want to stay for a minute, under the disdainful gaze of Guo Huawen and all the staff officers of the 19th Group Army Headquarters, Liu Zhi took his entourage and drove through the ruined city, the injured citizens who groaned in pain, the cries of the bereaved, fled from the city in a hurry, and went in the direction of Fuquan.

Those Central News Agency reporters who followed him, I don't know whether Liu Zhi patronized himself and fled for his life and forgot about them, or whether they chose to stay voluntarily and did not leave, their figures appeared in the streets and alleys of Duyun.

Compared with the situation in Duyun City, the situation on Xiyun Peak is stricter, the Japanese heavy artillery shells have blown up the position, and it is impossible to see where the trenches and fortifications are, Chi Zifeng thanked Chutian for building yì, reinforcing and deepening the anti-artillery holes, most of which resisted the shelling of the Japanese heavy artillery.

However, the telephone lines leading to the regiments and battalions were all blown up, the brigade headquarters lost contact with the troops below, and Chi Zifeng did not know the current casualties of the troops, and the only thing he could do was to wait for the end of the Japanese artillery bombardment in the brigade headquarters like a bumpy boat.

The mud on the top of the hidden department of the brigade headquarters kept "whooshing" down, and the telephone set placed on the shell box was thrown upside down on the ground, Chi Zifeng realized that this time the Japanese artillery bombardment was more ferocious than that time, it should be what Chu Tian said, the Japanese heavy artillery, "The little devil really paid for it," Chi Zifeng said to himself.

As soon as the Japanese artillery bombardment ended, Chi Zifeng was the first to drill out of the concealment, he couldn't see the trenches and fortifications, only saw the huge craters everywhere, and the soldiers who came out of the mud, covered in mud, and the military uniform could no longer see the original color, "Enter the position immediately, the little devil is going to attack," Chi Zifeng ordered, God knows, where the position is.

The soldiers of the independent brigade had to lie on the scorched and soft soil, and some clever soldiers were busy digging the dirt under their bodies, and soon it became a simple trench, although it could not block heavy machine gun bullets, it was better than exposing their bodies to the bullets of the Japanese army.

Under Xiyun Peak, rows of steel helmets of Japanese soldiers reflected a dazzling halo in the sunlight, and the Japanese Type 92 heavy machine guns that were responsible for covering the Japanese army "gurgle" roared, and the bullets passed through the floating soil, and from time to time there were soldiers of the Central Army, whose bodies trembled suddenly, their heads tilted and their eyes closed, and red blood flowed from under them.

The fierce battle began, the Japanese soldiers charged to the main position of Xiyun Peak like crazy, the soldiers of the Independent Brigade had red eyes, gritted their teeth and shot desperately, Yamashita Fengwen was also crazy, he deployed the strength of two brigades at a time, and carried out an uninterrupted group charge, and the Czech light machine guns of the Independent Brigade were about to be scrapped.

From morning to night, the gunfire on Xiyun Peak has hardly stopped, and Chi Zifeng can't remember clearly, in the end, he repelled several Japanese charges, he just kept receiving reports, the first regiment commander was seriously wounded, the second regiment commander was killed, several battalion commanders were killed, and when the night once again covered Xiyun Peak, the last attack of the Japanese army was repulsed, Chi Zifeng visually inspected the nearest Japanese soldier's corpse, less than fifty meters away from the forward position.

Taking a deep breath of air full of gunsmoke, Chi Zifeng ordered: "Check the casualties, count the ammunition and weapons," the numbers were quickly reported, Chi Zifeng looked at the chief of staff in disbelief, in just one day's work, the independent brigade suffered more than 4,000 casualties, of which more than 3,000 were killed, and almost ran out of bullets and grenades.

The Japanese army did not take advantage either, under the main position of Xiyun Peak, there were five or six thousand corpses of Japanese soldiers lying horizontally and vertically, and the strong smell of blood could not be blown away even by the evening breeze, and the independent brigade paid the price of more than two-thirds of the casualties of the brigade, and several major officers were killed.

Guo Huawen, who received Chi Zifeng's report, put down the phone and sat heavily on the chair, today, the casualties of the independent brigade are beyond imagination, they have been disabled, and they can replenish the soldiers and ammunition, but in the long run, it will be difficult to protect.

Accept Chu Tian's construction, join forces with Tang Qiuli, and solve the crazy Japanese army in front of him, but he still has tens of thousands of people in his hands, enough for the little devil to gnaw for a few months, so he asks for help like this, he is really unwilling to do that, and, once he joins forces with Tang Qiuli, what will the government think? What will the immediate boss Liu Zhi do? Guo Huawen hesitated, suffering from gains and losses.

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