"Yaga!" Yoshimoto said angrily, "Why didn't you say it earlier?" ”

"Hello." Shibata Shin was stunned, but he secretly wondered in his heart, is it useful to say it earlier? It's not that I didn't apply for supplies from the Front Command, but did it turn out to be useful?

The Front Command was to give priority to the needs of the 3rd Flying Regiment.

Because the 3rd Flying Regiment had to assist the North China Front Army in carrying out a sweep of the Eighth Route Army and the Jizhong Military Region.

It is said that the 3rd Flying Regiment did not have enough gasoline and aerial bombs, because the base camp allocated most of the gasoline and aerial bombs to the navy and the Pacific theater.

To put it bluntly, the domestic industrial capacity can't keep up with the demand.

Especially after the outbreak of the Pacific War, the demand gap was even greater.

Although the base camp had stockpiled a lot of war supplies in the previous two years, it was still stretched thin.

Yoshimoto Sadamai quickly realized it, and said with a dark face: "So now, we can't do anything except watch the 69th Division be overthrown?" ”

The section chiefs and staff officers were silent.

At the moment, it seems that you can really only watch.

Yoshimoto let out a long sigh and sat down in his chair.

In addition to his chagrin and helplessness, Yoshimoto Sadachi found that he was actually a little lucky, fortunately, he had only just arrived as the commander of the First Army not long ago, so the annihilation of the 69th Division could not be counted on his head.

Otherwise, he may well set an inglorious record as the commander of an army group with the shortest tenure.

……

Let's go back and talk about the Northwest Column of the Eighth Route Army.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the main force of the northwest column of Shanxi rushed back to Anhua and quickly entered the outer attack position.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the artillery regiment directly under the western column of northern Shanxi rushed to Anhua and quickly set up an artillery position in a large bud valley five kilometers away from Anhua.

The brigade commander and Wang Ye were still very cautious.

Although the road from the pig killing mouth to the north was not bombed by the Devil Aviation, the brigade commander and Wang Ye still did not take it lightly, and still built the artillery position in the middle of the lush and large bud valley, so that even if the bomber group of the Devil Air Force came to bomb, it was difficult to find the target.

The endless green gauze tents provided excellent cover for the artillery.

Unless the devil air force has the ability to carry out a carpet bombardment of the bud valley within a radius of more than 10 kilometers, it is impossible to destroy the artillery of the northwestern column of Shanxi.

So does the devil aviation have this ability?

The answer is obviously no, not at all.

After all, this is a green gauze tent, and it can't be burned with sulfur.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the artillery regiment began to carry out artillery fire on the outlying positions of the Japanese army.

The shelling lasted a full hour, and more than 10,000 shells were fired.

The rudimentary fortifications built by the Japanese on the outskirts of Anhua were ploughed upside down.

At 6 o'clock in the afternoon, the main force of the column, which had been resting for a short time, threw in the strength of six regiments and launched an overwhelming general attack on the Japanese defensive positions on the periphery of Anhua!

……

Ichiro Akiyama, the commander of the Japanese army who was captured in this battle and joined the Eighth Route Army after reforming, wrote in one of his memoirs:

We know that the large forces of the Eighth Route Army have returned.

We also know that the Eighth Route Army has transferred heavy artillery units.

We also guessed that the situation in Anhua would become very bad,

However, when the Eighth Route Army began to shell and began to attack, we found that the situation was far worse than we imagined, and we had never been so desperate since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in Showa 12.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, rows and rows of shells fell on our positions from all sides.

The artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army were hidden in the cornfields a few kilometers away, and they were not visible, but their shells were pouring down on our positions in rows.

Due to the tight schedule, we only had time to dig trenches that were not deep.

It was not even possible to reinforce the side walls of the trenches with timber.

So, when the shells of the Eighth Route Army fell in rows, our positions became fragmented.

I curled up and tried to keep my body in a ball before I barely managed to hide in the bomb hole that had just been dug.

Diagonally opposite my anti-artillery hole, there is an anti-artillery hole dug by Inoue-kun and Kobayashi-kun, and their anti-artillery hole is very deep and deep, except for Inoue-kun and Kobayashi-kun, three more people are hiding in it.

Then, when a shell fell, their anti-artillery hole collapsed.

I really wanted to go and help them and dig them out of the collapsed anti-gun holes.

However, I didn't dare, because less than a moment ago, when Kano-kun bent down in front of our anti-artillery hole, a cannonball fell, and we escaped by hiding in the anti-artillery hole, but Kano-kun was blown up, and his body disappeared from the waist down, leaving only a piece of flesh and blood.

Lu Yejun wailed for more than ten seconds before he finally breathed.

But his eyes never closed, and he kept staring straight at me.

Before he died, Kano-kun begged me to take the suicide note in his jacket pocket back to Japan and give it to his wife.

I was afraid that I would become the second Kano-kun, so I couldn't muster up the courage to leave my anti-artillery hole to help Inoue-kun and Kobayashi-kun who were buried alive.

An hour later, the shelling of the Eighth Route finally stopped.

At this time, there is no need to dig up Inoue Jun and them again.

Because no one has survived after being buried alive for more than an hour.

Let them rest underground in a foreign land, but Lu Yejun's suicide note was put away by me.

A sharp whistle sounded on the position, and the captain of the Kasahara squad roared hoarsely: "The Eighth Route Army has attacked, check the weapons and ammunition, and quickly enter your own firing position!" ”

Fighting my dizziness, I grabbed my rifle and went into the firing position.

I saw that the entire position was completely shrouded in thick gunsmoke, and it was impossible to see clearly from a distance of more than ten meters.

The air was filled with the pungent smell of gunsmoke, the eyes were so hot that they couldn't open them, and the edge of the trench under his arm was hot, as if he had just been roasted by fire.

"All machine gun groups, step up to clear the firing boundary!"

"Grenadier squads and heavy machine gun squads reinforce their positions!"

The captain of the Kasawara squad was still roaring hoarsely: "Infantry detachment, get on the bayonet!" ”

I mechanically pulled the bayonet from my waist and inserted it into the card slot, pulled the bolt and pushed it into the chamber, and then opened the rifle safe.

Loading the bayonet in advance affects the accuracy of the rifle, so in most cases we don't load the bayonet in advance, but only in certain situations.

And today, that's the case.

Because Captain Toda was worried that we wouldn't have time to get on the bayonets.

After getting ready, I turned my eyes to the side, only to see Tanimura Juncao and his heavy machine gun team members, desperately slapping the ground with a sapper pickaxe, trying to re-compact the floating soil that had been ploughed loose by the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army.

Because the recoil of a heavy machine gun is much higher than that of a light machine gun, it must be supported by a solid ground.

Unfortunately, however, there was no time, because the Eighth Route Army had already launched a general offensive.

The first sound sounded was the loud trumpet of "Dooda Doo", and in the three years that followed, I was fascinated by this sound countless times, but at this moment, I had only fear in my heart.

Accompanied by the loud trumpet of the charge, there was a tidal wave of shouts of killing.

At this time, the smoke that shrouded the position had dispersed, and it was already possible to see a hundred meters away.

But I saw that countless Eighth Route Army had spread all over the land and surged up like a tide.

Those who have never experienced that kind of scene will never be able to experience the shock and trembling of the soul when you stand on the opposite side of this wave.

There are no words to describe the feeling.

It's as if you have been abandoned by the whole world, and the only thing between heaven and earth is your enemies, countless enemies, rushing towards you.

I had weak legs.

Even though I've been through many battles a long time ago.

"Shoot! Full fire, shoot them for me, shoot! ”

At the roar of the leader of the Kasawara team, the entire team opened fire.

Including the Tanimura heavy machine gun team temporarily assigned to our squad, but before a bullet board could be fired, one side of the bracket fell into the floating soil, and it was no longer possible to shoot.

Because as soon as the muzzle of the gun is fired, it jumps around, so it only wastes bullets.

There was no suitable heavy machine gun position, so Tanimura ordered Private Kawada to carry the heavy machine gun on his shoulder.

Barely hitting two metal bullet plates, Private Kawada's shoulders and hands that were holding down the heat pipes of the machine gun began to squeak and smoke, and it was estimated that they were about to be roasted.

The heat of the heavy machine gun was staggering.

But Private Kawada gritted his teeth and said nothing.

But even then, the firepower did not last long.

Because a grenade fell, it landed next to Tanimura Juncao.

Tanimura and Private Kawada were overturned by the air wave generated by the explosion, and the Type 92 heavy machine gun on Private Kawada's shoulder also fell into the trench.

Private Kitani rushed forward to re-carry the crane gun.

But there was no chance, because the Eighth Route Army had already rushed to our trenches.

I fired a shot, missed, and then rushed out of the trench with a rifle with a bayonet on it, ready for the final battle with the Eighth Route Army, but I was completely stunned at the time.

A tall Eighth Route Army rushed towards me.

According to the instructions of the infantry drill, I took one arrow step and then another lunge.

As soon as the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side blocked it with its guns, my bayonet was knocked to one side.

After the Eighth Route Army blocked my bayonet, I quickly dodged, the bayonet was dodged, but my body also lost its center of gravity, and I fell backwards into the trench.

Before I could get up, the Eighth Route Army also fell down and pressed on top of me.

A stray bullet from nowhere hit him, this is war, life and death are only in an instant.

I confess that I was scared at the time, so I smeared blood on the sacrificial Eighth Route Army and smeared it on my face, and then lay down under him and pretended to be dead until the Eighth Route Army cleaned up the battlefield and found me and captured me.

……

In less than half an hour, all the outlying positions of the Japanese army were lost.

More than 2,000 devils from the two brigades guarding the outer positions were also annihilated.

Then the Northwest Column of Jin Province relied on the fortifications built by the Japanese army to launch a fierce attack on the fortifications of Anhua.

There were about 6,000 devils who were stubbornly guarding Anhua, and in addition to the artillery, the remaining 5,000 people were temporarily organized into five infantry brigades by Inoue Sadawei.

Two of the infantry battalions, which were holding positions on the outskirts, had been annihilated.

Two infantry brigades and artillery wings were in the city, preparing to fight with the Eighth Route Army in the streets, so the Japanese troops guarding the city walls only had only one brigade of more than 1,000 people.

More than a thousand people sound like a lot,

But seven or eight kilometers of the city wall, it immediately seemed overstretched.

On average, there is only one person in almost ten meters, which is already very low, and the Eighth Route Army launched a fierce attack on Anhua from all directions at the same time.

So very outside, the city wall defense line is also crumbling.

After receiving the news that the castle wall was in an emergency, Inoue Sadawei was so anxious that his face turned green.

"Igarashi-kun!" Inoue Sadae asked Mimichi Igarashi, the head of the communications section, with a dark face, "When will the reinforcements of the 36th and 37th Divisions arrive?" ”

Igarashi Mei smiled bitterly: "Division commander, the reinforcements of the 36th Division and the 37th Division are still entangled with the Taiyue Bandit Area and the Taihang Bandit Area, and I am afraid that they will not be able to rush to support in a short time." ”

"Damn, you damn fools!" Inoue immediately roared angrily.

Just as he was roaring, a herald rushed into the war room with a disgraced face and immediately reported: "Division commander, the Eighth Route Army has broken through the defense line of the East Gate City Wall!" ”

"What? So fast? ”

Inoue was really shocked and angry when he heard this.

At that moment, Inoue Sadawei said to Igarashi Mei again: "Igarashi-kun, order the Noda brigade to launch a counter-assault, take back the East Gate Wall, and recapture the East Gate Wall......"

Before he could finish speaking, another herald broke in.

"Division commander, the Eighth Route Army has broken through the city wall in the northeast corner!"

Immediately after that, several more heralds broke in and reported to Inoue Sadawei.

"Division commander, the Ximen Castle Wall has been broken through by the Eighth Route Army, and Toda Shaozo has sacrificed his life for the country."

"Division commander, the city wall in the southwest corner is in danger, and Captain Ito asks the division headquarters for urgent reinforcements, otherwise the city wall in the southwest corner will not be able to hold it."

"The commander of the division, Lieutenant Takenouchi has broken jade."

"Division commander, the city wall in the southeast corner has been lost......"

One after another, the heralds came to the division headquarters,

Report one bad news after another to Sadae Inoue.

Inoue Sadawei was at a loss, and there was no way to remedy it.

The entire city wall defense line has leaked on all sides, how can it be repaired?

With a dejected sigh, Inoue Sadawei said helplessly: "Order, the Fifth Brigade will withdraw to the city, and cooperate with the Third and Fourth Brigades and the Mountain Artillery Wing to conduct the final street battle with the Eighth Route Army." ”

……

In Anhua East Gate City Pass.

The entire East Gate Pass has fallen under the control of the Eighth Route Army.

So the area on both sides outside the gate is absolutely safe.

The fighters of the three detachments and three regiments are stepping up to clear the sandbags blocking the city gates, clearing the way for the armored company to attack.

This attack just now was the first time that Li Sigen's armored company participated in the battle, because the armored company did not participate in the previous battles of Zhanggezhuang, Chenzhuang, Ping'an County, and the battle of killing pigs.

It's not that Li Sigen doesn't want to participate, it's not that the brigade commander doesn't want them to participate, but there will always be reasons of one kind or another that the armored vehicles can't participate in the battle.

But fortunately, the final general attack finally caught up.

In the sound of hurried horses' hooves, Wang Ye rode the flames and galloped to the east gate of Anhua.

"Sigen, where is Li Sigen?" Wang Ye reined in his horse and asked loudly.

"Captain, I'm here." Li Sigen leaned out of the turret of a Type 95 tank.

Wang Ye urged the horse to come to Li Sigen's tank, and said in a deep voice: "Sigen, whether you can destroy the remnants of the devils in the city in the shortest possible time this time depends on your armored company." ”

"Captain, give the order!" Li Sigen said proudly.

Wang Ye snorted and said: "You have only one task, to advance along Dongmen Street, advance to the headquarters of the Devil Division and destroy it in the shortest possible time!" ”

"Yes!" Li Sigen said proudly, "Guarantee to complete the task." ”

Wang Ye's gaze turned to Shen Quan's body again, and said in a deep voice: "Shen Quan." ”

"Yes." Shen Quan put away his usual laughter and said with a serious face, "Please instruct!" ”

Wang Ye said: "The task of your three regiments is to cooperate with the armored company to attack, keep up with the offensive rhythm of the armored vehicles when advancing forward, don't cause the infantry to be disconnected from the tank, and don't let the devils get close to our tank!" ”

During the Battle of Songhu, the tanks of the national army were easily blown up by devil sappers because they were not protected by infantry.

Wang Ye didn't want the armored company of their Northwest Column to repeat the mistakes of the armored company of the Fifth Army of the National Army.

"Yes!" Shen Quan said solemnly, "As long as there is one person in the three regiments, we will never let the devils get close to our tank!" ”

As he spoke, a burst of cheers suddenly sounded in the direction of the city gate in front of him: "It's through!" The gates are opened! The gates are open! ”

Wang Ye bowed slightly at Li Sigen and Shen Quan, and said in a deep voice: "Old Shen still has four, then let's start quickly!" ”

Li Sigen answered, and immediately raised his right hand and waved it forward, and at the same time shouted loudly: "Armored company, attack!" ”

Almost at the same time, nearly a thousand soldiers of the three regiments also poured into the east gate like a tide, and after continuous fighting, the three regiments had lost more than half of their strength, and there were less than a thousand men left.

However, there were not many casualties, most of them were only wounded.

After entering the city through the city gate, Li Sigen immediately retracted into the turret.

Through the narrow lookout hole, you can see the street in front of you and the private buildings on both sides.

Fifty meters away, the Japanese army had built a circular barricade in the middle of Dongmen Street, and when he saw this, the corners of Li Sigen's mouth immediately burst into a sinister smile.

"Die, little devil!"

Li Sigen sneered and stepped on it hard.

Hearing only a tom, the Type 95 tank shook violently.

Immediately, a red light whistled out from the muzzle of the 37mm caliber main gun.

Li Sigen looked at it again, and saw that a cloud of red light had risen from the circular barricade 50 meters away, and in the smoke of gunpowder, the Type 92 heavy machine gun that had been erected on the barricade had already flipped to one side.

A few devils guarding the barricades were also shattered.

It was really shattered, and the severed limbs and stumps were scattered all over the ground.

Seeing this incomparably bloody scene, Li Sigen only felt a burst of happiness.

The little devils of the dog day, let you run rampant, let you go to the ground in China to burn, kill and plunder, you didn't expect that there would be today, right? Come on, eat grandpa again! Tong!

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