Section 41 Reinforcements

The three city gates in the east, west and south were fiercely attacked by the Japanese army, the sound of guns and cannons has continued since dawn, basically without any stop, the Japanese troops outside the city seem to be unusually bright because of last night's battle, and there is no other idea at this moment, and one mind wants to be able to kill in, slaughter the whole city, and be ashamed.

The most fierce fight is undoubtedly the South City Gate. Liu Taiping took the second company of the third battalion to guard here and entangled with the strength of a brigade of the Japanese army, although the gap in numbers is really impossible to calculate, but fortunately they have a city wall to rely on, the devils can only attack from a place at the city gate, they can use the advantage of geographical advantages to greatly make up for the gap in the number of personnel, which also gives Liu Taiping and others a place to show their strength.

Although this Liu cannon looks more arrogant and domineering, he still has a lot of means to fight, in addition to arranging a squad to guard the city wall to prevent the devil from sneaking attack, several platoons of troops were called by him back, resting with each other, and fighting a battle for a wave, with a small number of personnel to guard the south city gate.

Although the attack of the devils was fierce, without the support of field artillery and mountain artillery, and the mortars alone could not blast open the city walls and city gates, little progress was made. Coupled with the losses from last night to now, even if the Japanese army has a large number, it is unbearable at this time.

The battle stopped for a while, but soon the arrival of the 3rd Brigade of the Japanese Army made the battle of Gao An more and more fierce.

The main force of the third brigade has been covering the flank of the 147th wing on the front line of Xiangfuguan, and after receiving the news that the wing headquarters was attacked, the deputy captain of the third brigade who stayed behind also sent a squadron to support in time, but to their surprise, they suffered an ambush on the front line of Ruihu, and the supporting squadron suffered heavy losses, so they had to reduce the defensive force on the front line of Xiangfuguan and re-send reinforcements. As a result, the enemy near Ruihu Lake actually fought to the death, so that they had no way at all in a short time, and they did not rush to the outside of Gao'an City until now.

However, the sturdiness of Gao'an Castle made Yoshio Sonoda a little helpless! Last night, they could have taken Gao'an City with their superior forces, but their taste was too big, and they disdained such a city as Gao'an, thinking that they would annihilate more enemies and obtain greater results. Opportunities are often fleeting like this, and when Yoshio Sonoda is bent on taking Gao An, the stone that miraculously entered the city will not give him any more chances.

The 302nd Regiment, which had been in battle for a long time, was not another unit of the national army, and it fled as soon as it fell behind. The soldiers who fought one tough battle after another behind the stones, once they killed the red eyes, they were even more ferocious than the Japanese army, and they were more feared than the devils. This made Li Shijian, who was in charge of the reserves, cry out, he had known that he would go to the front line to command the troops during the meeting, which was a hundred times better than hiding outside.

Before I knew it, it was afternoon, and the Japanese offensive had become sluggish from the initial fierceness. Although the Japanese were strictly trained, they were not iron-clad machines after all, and after crossing the river from the Xiushui River, they went all the way south, although they basically did not encounter any resistance, but they ran out on two legs for hundreds of miles, and it took them a lot of physical strength to cross the mountains and rivers. The previous attack was very ferocious, because they wanted to take down Gao An and shame before they were ashamed, but after this momentum passed, their physical strength reached the extreme, as if they had been drained, and they no longer had any energy.

The people in the city gradually settled down after the initial panic, seeing that the soldiers of the national army did not abandon them to escape, but defended the city, the people of Gao'an City were also calm, but also spontaneously joined the war, although they did not know how to fight and did not know how to kill the enemy, but they were many and powerful, shoulder-to-shoulder to help clean up the position, or carry or carry ammunition, the owners of several pharmacies were also organized by the county magistrate officials to build a temporary medical team, Responsible for treating the wounded who were evacuated from the front line.

Although these old men are not very proficient in surgical gunshot wounds and the like, they have practiced medicine for many years, at least they know how to clean wounds and bandage them to stop bleeding, and there are a lot of medicines in the pharmacy, and the conditions are already good.

As for the problem of eating for the more than 1,000 people in the city, it is not a problem in this situation where their lives are not guaranteed, not to mention those ordinary people, even those landlords and lords are doing their best to cooperate with the officials and the army for the lives of their own families, and good wine and meat are constantly sent to the front.

The soldiers of the 302nd Regiment have enjoyed rare excellent conditions, and they can deal with the enemy outside the city with special dedication.

With the passage of time, the situation became more and more unfavorable for the Japanese army, and the fighting spirit of the soldiers and people in the city became more and more excited, and after seeing that the Japanese devils were not as invincible as imagined, one by one their confidence increased greatly, and they worked harder and harder.

Yoshio Sonoda withdrew his troops and gradually stopped the attack, and at this moment, he re-established his headquarters on Chako Mountain. It's just that in the same place, almost in the same situation, everyone's mood at this moment is completely different, especially looking at the scattered officers around him, he is even more painful in his heart.

As a commander, he had to control his emotions and try to forget about his previous defeat, standing on the top of the mountain, his face was slightly pale and he gave orders one by one to readjust the positions of the various departments, they lost the best opportunity to capture Gao'an City, but they still had more important tasks to do. Because the battle of the main army to attack Nanchang City will soon begin, they need to win enough time for the Nanchang battlefield here, and they must do their best to control the reinforcements in the southwest direction of Nanchang. They have already failed once in Gao'an, and they must not be able to complete the tasks assigned by the division and regimental headquarters again.

A loud trumpet appeared outside Gao'an City, and from a distance, the familiar trumpet sound reached everyone's ears and drifted into Gao'an City, which was shrouded in war.

The officers and men of the 302nd Regiment, who were nervously guarding their respective positions, were stunned for a moment, and then Huo Ran got up one by one and looked outside. However, the thick walls of the city blocked their view as if they had resisted the direction of the devil's attack before, so that they had no idea what was going on outside the city.

The soldiers on guard at the head of the city were the first to see the truth, and they shouted excitedly on the city wall: "Reinforcements, company commander, reinforcements are coming, there are reinforcements outside!" ”

Silence, Gao'an City fell into an absolute silence at this moment, and everyone almost didn't dare to make a sound, as if they were afraid that they would mishear the voice of the soldiers above because of this, but after this short silence, Gao'an City instantly boiled again, when they were sure that they had heard correctly, and after they were sure that there were really reinforcements outside the city, the boiling and crazy aura was transmitted towards the center of the city at a terrifying speed in all directions.

The officers in charge of guarding the four gates did not dare to be careless, they rushed to the city wall at the risk of being sniped by the devils outside the city, and cautiously looked out from behind the Ru wall, and finally saw the picture they were looking forward to.

Shishi, Lin Xiufeng, Li Shijian and others quickly rushed to the vicinity of the South City Gate. At this time, after such a short period of time, the situation outside the city has changed greatly, the soldiers of the national army wearing gray cloth uniforms in the distance, under the waving of the red battle flag in the blue sky and white sun, and under the encouragement of the trumpet, they continue to advance forward, and the Japanese army hastily built a position outside the city, which does not play much of a protective role at all, and in the face of the national army troops rushing like a tide, the Japanese army can not even take care of Gao'an City, and can only retreat step by step. With the retreat of the Japanese army, there were more and more national troops in the distance, they did not approach Gao'an City, did not give up the attack after relieving the siege of Gao'an City, but followed the Japanese army and continued to rush and kill, and did not let go after biting the enemy.

In this situation, if Yoshio Sonoda is here, he will definitely feel a chill in his heart, because in the early hours of this morning, he was chased by such an attack, and he felt like he had no way to go to the sky and entered the Earth Yuan Gate.

The stone on the city wall no longer hesitated or doubted, just a glance, he saw the current situation clearly, turned his head to Li Shijian and said: "You immediately take the reserve team out of the city, and attack the flank of the devil, remember not to be greedy for merit, just contain it on the flank of the devil." ”

Li Shi saw that he would be more careful, and after waiting for most of the day to finally wait for their reserves to play, as soon as the stone order was over, he saluted and rushed down the city wall quickly, as if he was afraid that the stone would regret it.

Lin Xiufeng looked at the stone a little strangely, as if he didn't understand the meaning of his words. There is no doubt that the devil is tired of dealing with the friendly army that suddenly kills, and he is already a little overwhelmed, if he kills the Chinese army directly from the flank, the devil should completely collapse, such a good opportunity, but the regiment commander asked Li Shijian not to rush forward, as long as he restrained the attention of the devil?

He was thinking nonsense here, but Shi suddenly waved his arm excitedly and said, "Brigade Commander Zhang, sure enough, it's Brigade Commander Zhang's 153rd Brigade!" ”