As for the other side who was looking forward to the early dark, it was naturally the 227th Regiment of the Jin Sui Army that was sticking to the east gate of Qinshui County.

Qinshui County.

East City Gate.

At the top of the city, in a relatively safe corner tower, Bao Song, the commander of the 227th Regiment of the Jin Sui Army, sat on a dusty stone bench with a blue face.

This battle really became more and more wretched, the more fought, the more frightened, and the more fought, the more angry it became.

The nest is that as the side defending the city, the Japanese army under the city is only the strength of a large brigade at a glance, but they have pressed the Bao Song side defending the city from beginning to end.

What is frightening is that the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army is far stronger than Bao Song imagined, not to mention the advantages in equipment, even the quality of individual soldiers is far from the same, not to mention the coordinated operations of the Japanese army, the East City Gate has been almost breached several times.

Fortunately, the ancient city gate of Qinshui County is also quite strong, the whole ancient city, the battlements stretch, the towering towers, even if it is devastated by the Japanese artillery fire, it has always stood tall, as a strong cover support for the 227th Regiment of the Jin Sui Army.

Of course, the Japanese artillery shells were not squandered at will, and the Japanese officers who commanded the siege saw that it was difficult for the artillery to break through the city gate for a while, so they could only give up the idea of directly using artillery to blow up the city gate, and replaced it with artillery and infantry fighting together again and again to attack the city strongly.

As for what is angry, it is obvious that Bao Song finally realized that he was in the dag of Xu Zilin, and now he is in a dilemma, he can only defend the city gate, and a group of brothers under his hand have suffered heavy casualties, all of which are caused by this person.

If Xu Zilin was brought to him at this moment, Bao Song would naturally not say a word, and would take out a pistol and shoot Xu Zilin to death as soon as possible to vent his ruthlessness.

Thinking of this, Bao Song couldn't remember how many times he scolded Xu Zilin, a harmful guy.

He also couldn't remember how many siege charges the Japanese army had carried out, he only knew that there were about 1,000 soldiers guarding the east city gate under his command, and later more than 2,000 troops were transferred from the other three city gates to defend the city, but until now, the remaining soldiers and horses are about 1,000 people left.

The so-called 227th Regiment of the Jin Sui Army only held on to the east gate, and resisted the attack of a Japanese brigade in less than two hours with the help of the ancient city gate that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the whole regiment was lost by one-third.

There is no way to judge whether the commander of the 227th regiment, Bao Song, is really cowardly, or whether the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army outside the city is too strong.

Or maybe it's both!

"Report to the head of the regiment, the devil has attacked!"

When the voice of his subordinates sounded, all of Bao Song's reverie was broken, and he stood up a little bitterly, "Lao Tzu is not deaf, will he not be able to hear?" ”

The soldier did not dare to talk.

The generals under his command were all sent out to guard the city gate, and the adjutant who had been following him didn't know which blood mold he had poured before, and a cannonball just fell on his head, and at this moment Bao Song just wanted to find someone to talk to closely.

"Damn, the staff office is deliberating! Lao Tzu wanted to discuss how to defend the city. ”

At the beginning of the meeting, Bao Song asked with a face: "We are all grasshoppers tied to a rope now, if you don't want to die, hurry up and give Lao Tzu attention to how to guard the city gate." ”

The conference room was quiet for a while, and the staff officers who were gossiping and had endless levels of ghost ideas were silent at the moment, so angry that Bao Song slapped the table and scolded: "Are you all dumb? Why don't you speak? ”

Seeing that the situation was not right, a staff officer stubbornly said: "Tuanza, the devil's firepower is too fierce, if it weren't for the strong city gate, we would have been broken into the city a long time ago, in this case, we have no other way but to hold on." ”

Bao Song scolded: "Dead support, how long can dead support last?" Tell you, Lao Tzu who should ask for help has asked for help, even if there are reinforcements, we have to wait until tomorrow, and today we have to rely on ourselves. ”

"Tuanza, in less than an hour, it will be completely dark, as soon as it gets dark, the little devil's siege will definitely be affected, and it will be much easier for us to defend the city at that time, and it should not be a problem to hold on until tomorrow."

A staff officer said, "But...... According to the scouts, the number of devils seems to be increasing, and it seems that more reinforcements are arriving. ”

Everyone was shocked, how is this good?

A voice rang out, as if glad that he had come up with a brilliant idea, "Danza...... Really...... If it really doesn't work, let's surrender directly to the devil, I have heard that many of the Imperial Alliance Army are our old departments, and the devil will not do anything to us. ”

"You let Lao Tzu be a traitor?"

"Tuanzao, I'm ......" Facing Bao Song's forced gaze, the staff officer trembled with fright, for fear that Bao Song would pull out a gun and kill someone if he disagreed.

Unexpectedly, Bao Song sighed, sat on his chair dejectedly, and said bitterly: "If it really comes to that time, Lao Tzu has no other choice." ”

"Wise in the group!"

"Wise in the group!"

The 227th Regiment of the dignified Jin Sui Army, when Bao Song made this final bitter decision, ironically, none of the staff officers did not praise it.

"Report to the regiment commander, the Japanese army has been repulsed."

At this time, the signal corps came with good news, but Bao Song was concerned about the problem of casualties, judging from every previous practice, every time the Japanese attack was repulsed, it would be accompanied by a large number of casualties of the 227th Regiment.

This time there was no exception, "Regiment commander, this time we repelled the Japanese attack and killed 275 people." ”

As for how many people were injured, Bao Song had explained before, so there was no need to count them, because there was no need to think about it, those who could still breathe at the city gate at this moment were basically injured.

Bao Song's gaze was solemn, according to such casualties, and if he attacked a few more times, the defenders on his city gate would be directly empty.

Bao Song still had the last hope, and when he telegraphed the Second Theater Command, the commander of the headquarters promised him that as long as the 227th Regiment could hold out until dawn tomorrow, reinforcements would arrive.

This is also the reason why Bao Song has been able to stick to the present.

Otherwise, without the advice of the staff officer, Bao Song would have ordered the city gate to be opened and surrendered to the Japanese army, he knows too well the importance of having an army of his own in this troubled era, at least he can wait for the price to sell, if the army in his hand is all gone, let alone a devil at that time, even the fruit army will not pay attention to him, then he Bao Song will be completely finished.

Bao Song, who decided to let go, ordered: "Withdraw most of the troops in the north, south, and west directions to Lao Tzu and put them into the defense of the east city gate, leaving a platoon of men and horses to guard it." ”

The staff officers were taken aback, "Tuanzao, but in this way, the north city gate, the south city gate, and the west city gate will be directly empty." ”

Bao Song said: "Lao Tzu can't control so much, if it really comes to the time when we can't do anything, we can only choose to surrender to the devil." ”

"Yes!"

The staff officers were helpless.

The signal corps immediately conveyed Bao Song's military orders to the defenders of the other three gates.

Bao Song raised his head, looking at the darker and darker sky, a gray, almost no half of the clouds, psychologically speaking, he still didn't want to be a traitor, he kept praying that today's sky could get dark earlier, so that he could survive the night and wait for tomorrow's reinforcements.

just lowered his head, and his teeth itched, this political commissar Xu really made him miserable!