Kosuke Otsuka can be said to have stayed up all night.

The hateful people of China actually attacked their artillery positions in the second half of the night, nearly a third of the field artillery was destroyed, and the field artillery brigade also suffered casualties for the first time!

Carelessness, or carelessness! Kosuke Otsuka Kazuki sat on the edge of the marching bed, and his heart was almost crazy: from the first attack yesterday to the attack, to the ambush of the Iwata cavalry squadron, until the defenders of Toyoden went out of the city and attacked at night, all because of his own carelessness! It seems that in the past two months or so, the keen battlefield instincts that I should have as a member of the war general have been corroded by the flesh of the woman of China and the wine and food of the country of China! In less than a day, he made fatal mistakes in a row.

Osa was deeply remorseful, so he did not reprimand the field artillery captain Ozawa Shaosa too much, although the latter was also negligent in setting up the night sentry.

In this expedition, the division headquarters strengthened a total of three special forces detachments for its own wing, and now, in addition to the sappers who had been staying in the rear camp without losses, the cavalry and artillery were hit unexpectedly one after another, and it seemed that it was really difficult for him to return to the division commander, General Sena.

The night raiders are undoubtedly from within Fengdian City.

Initially, a squad of the Xiangchuan Brigade rushed to the field artillery position to reinforce it, and once pursued a group of night raiders for a long time, and found that the group of soldiers ran around the city to the east of Fengdian, because the night was dark and worried that the other party had an ambush, the squad did not continue the pursuit, but it is certain that the night raiders returned to Fengdian City from Dongcheng. Subsequently, another squad reported that on the field artillery position, four Chinese soldiers who had not had time to evacuate were captured, and one of them was seriously wounded; Through torture, it was confirmed that they belonged to the special service company of the 391st Regiment of the Central Army defending the city.

Otsuka ordered the four prisoners of war to be imprisoned first, and Tianming was useful for himself.

After breakfast, Kosuke Otsuka received a telegram from his deputy wing commander from Junling, saying that the cavalry regiment of the Mongolian Xinjiang Army from Taiyuan had just arrived at Junling, and the commander of the Chinese regiment claimed that he had been harassed by unknown armed forces along the way and had broken the road, so he had not arrived on time.

Otsuka glanced at the message and threw it aside.

He doesn't need this so-called "traitor" team anymore, just let them stay in Junling to help defend the city. Last night, the brigade headquarters called back, agreeing in principle that Otsuka would transfer the infantry brigade (Nara brigade) that stayed behind in the tomb to rush to the front line of Fengdian, but not the entire brigade, but two of the squadrons. Obviously, the brigade headquarters and even the division headquarters are still very worried about the defense of Junling, which is located at the forefront.

But the transfer of two squadrons is enough!

The commander of the Hagiwara Brigade warned Otsuka that the Eighth Route Army, which appeared on the right flank of his wing, could not be the main force of the 115th Division, but should be just a group of Eighth Route Army Youyong who divided their troops and occupied the area. He encouraged Otsuka, concentrate his energy, and lay down the store!

Otsuka calculated the time, and before lunch, the two squadrons of the Nara Brigade should be able to arrive. Don't wait any longer, the sun is up, and you're attacking!

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In Fengdian City, Qin Zhongxiao also stayed awake all night.

blew up a few devils' heavy artillery, but the elite spy company lost most of it, looking at the young company commander Zhao Mutou who was crying at the regiment headquarters, Qin Zhongxiao was also heartbroken.

But this is war, war does not believe in tears, it only has the law of bloodshed.

The entire 391st Regiment is waiting for the day, and everyone knows that after dawn, there will be a crazy retaliation by the Japanese army.

Those who stayed up all night were the young and strong people who went up to the four cities to assist in the guards, including the king's shopkeeper on the southern city wall, and the others were outside, thinking about their wives and young sons at home. The rumbling explosion in the middle of the night made the king's shopkeepers at the head of the city and the summer lilies at home all tremble.

When the 391st regiment had breakfast, the king's shopkeeper and their southern city received an order that half of the young men guarding the city should go home for breakfast and rest for two hours, and then they would come back to take over the other half of the young men to eat and rest, and before ten o'clock in the morning, they must all go to the city wall. The chief of staff of the 391st regiment, whom the king knew, personally gave them the order. In the past ten hours in the southern city, only one company of soldiers guarded the city gate tower and the city gate hole, and the city wall was full of young and strong people on duty.

The shopkeeper was not included in the first queue to go home for dinner, and he sighed and waited like a year.

He couldn't wait for the time to go home, because just after eight o'clock in the morning, the earth-shattering sound of artillery rang out again in the direction of Beicheng.

The Japanese army began to attack the city.

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The observation post in Beicheng was the first to discover the dispatch of the Japanese infantry, and it was dispatched silently and blackly. They noticed that the Japanese artillery positions had been adjusted after dawn, and the nine field guns were now more retracted to the center, instead of one from a long distance yesterday.

However, when the black pressure infantry was dispatched, the Japanese did not open fire.

Moreover, the infantry did not charge, but moved forward in several phalanxes.

Finally, the people of the 391st Regiment noticed something unusual: at the forefront of the devil infantry phalanx, there were four people who were tied up with flowers; As the phalanx advanced, the officers and soldiers at the head of the city gradually saw clearly: it should be four Chinese! The body is very strong, with a bald head or inch head, from head to toe, naked and naked.

At the head of the city were three battalions of men and horses, and someone immediately thought: Could it be the soldiers of the spy company who were captured in the night attack last night? The commander of the third battalion urgently called the regiment headquarters to report and asked the personnel of the special service company to go to Beicheng as soon as possible to identify them.

The devil's phalanx stopped, and the four tied Chinese were pushed forward alone for more than ten meters, their bodies covered with bloody wounds, their steps were heavy and staggering, and behind each of them, there were several Japanese escorts. Soon, the Japanese soldiers who escorted them pushed all four people to their knees, and behind each Chinese, a devil armed with a Xueliang combat knife appeared.

There was a clamor in the city. Despite the distance, people could not recognize the identities of the four people kneeling on the ground, but they were sure that they were undoubtedly their compatriots, and the Japanese posture was clearly to chop them alive with knives!

The commander of the third battalion hurriedly summoned the gunners, and the third battalion did not have special snipers, but a few soldiers with good marksmanship quickly held the 38 big cover on the head of the city, and the third battalion commander shouted hoarsely:

"them, the devil with the knife!"

The officers and men of the third battalion also shouted one after another, angrily scolding the devil soldiers for their inhumane behavior.

The gun went off.

However, there was no reaction from the other side. Several gunners reported one after another: the distance was too far and it was not within the range of the 38 guns!

The 38 guns are already the longest-range rifles owned by the 391st regiment. The commander of the third battalion angrily and frustratedly banged his fist against the brick wall.

Finally, the devils on the opposite side raised their swords one after another. There was a moment of silence on the top of the city, so quiet that you could almost hear the pounding of people's hearts.

The cold light shone, and the knife of the devil's executioner slashed down, and in an instant, the four heads rolled down to the hard frozen soil, and blood stained the ground.

The officers and men of the 391st Regiment at the head of the city began to shout and curse hoarsely again, and many weapons opened fire almost simultaneously!

Gunfire erupted.

But not a single bullet could reach the enemy phalanx. The Japanese apparently made precise calculations on the distance between the place of execution and the head of the city.

A few Japanese soldiers clumsily wedged four poles into the frozen ground, and then inserted the four bloody heads into the top of the poles!

They want to use this barbaric beheading to show the public, to take revenge on the resistance and night attack of the defenders, and to hit the morale and will of the defenders!

The officers and soldiers of the third battalion, if there were really some people crying out in grief and indignation, the crying quickly spread, and the commander of the third battalion shouted and scolded: "Don't cry!" Hold back all the tears for me, keep your strength, and fight with the little devil! ”

Zhao Mutou, the commander of the spy company, rushed up the city wall in the tragic atmosphere of the morning.

He soon recognized the identities of the four heads in the field of vision of the telescope: they were the four brothers of his spy company!

Zhao Mutou's face was pale, and the knuckles of his fingers holding the telescope were also pale, but he didn't cry, and his tears had already dried up in front of the regiment commander last night. He remembered that the regiment commander said coldly at that time: cry, dry your tears, ready to bleed!

Zhao Mutou threw the telescope at the farther end of the Japanese army that began to be agitated, which was undoubtedly the team preparing to attack the city.

The Japanese soldiers charged!