Before the smoke of gunfire had cleared, the Japanese soldiers stepped on the corpses of both sides and launched an attack on the city.

In the northern part of the city, there was a 181st regiment responsible for the defense. Because the battle line of the city wall was too short for one regiment to carry out an effective attack, only three battalions were sent to take the lead. The 1st and 2nd Battalions remained in the northeast and northwest cities to fight street battles and street fortress battles.

At the intersection of the main streets, the national army arranged fortifications with sandbags, also known as earthen forts. Inside it generally consisted of two light machine gunners and four ordinary fighters. It is not located in the middle of the road, but with its back against a strong wall, which only protects against attacks from behind, but also slightly more effectively against enemy mortar attacks.

"Hit!"

The Japanese rushed from the road, and the defenders immediately attacked. The devils spread out in both directions, hiding in the corners of the wall and launching a counterattack.

"Da Da Da" "Da Da Da" "Squirt Spray" "......"

The two machine guns of the devils fired continuously at the fortifications, and the two mortar guns also launched an attack at the same time, the purpose was to suppress the fire of the defenders and cover the infantry to move forward on both sides.

The devil's combat intentions were obvious, the fire was covered, and the infantry approached and threw grenades directly into the fortifications to blossom in the middle.

"Kill" "Kill" "......"

Nearly a platoon of soldiers had already hidden in the houses on the side of the road, or in the ruins, and when the time was ripe, the soldiers broke down the door and slashed the devil directly with large knives.

"Rush!" "Rush!" Suddenly, devil reinforcements came from behind.

In the previous battle, our army's surprise attack had the upper hand, but the devil's reinforcements suddenly arrived, and there was no chance of victory at all.

After the remaining ten national soldiers hacked the last devil to death, they watched the reinforcements withdraw, and it was not withdrawn. Simply throwing away the broadsword, everyone pulled the grenades on their bodies and rushed towards the devil reinforcements.

"Boom Boom"

Ten explosions, ten warriors and the leading devils are endless.

This is just a microcosm of the whole street fighting. The first camp in the northeastern city is okay, there are dense houses here and the roads are complicated. After the devil's air raid, the ruins of collapsed houses were piled up into hills. In this way, it was very difficult for Japanese tanks to pass, and even if they barely passed, it was very dangerous. The soldiers of the national army do not know where they will come out of nowhere, and they will die with you at any time.

The most tragic fighting was in the northwest city. The roads here are wide, and it is easy for tanks to pass. I don't know this, this is the main direction of the Japanese army's attack. Their aim was to occupy Xiguan as soon as possible and cut off the connection between the headquarters of the 31st Division and the city.

"Boom!"

The tanks moved forward as they opened fire, as if no one were in a no-man's land, followed by a large number of infantry. They are like bamboos, and they want to take Xiguan in one go.

The national military fortifications in front were as vulnerable as tofu under the bombardment of tanks.

"I'm fighting with you!" "Rush!"

More than a dozen soldiers of the National Army suddenly appeared from the flank, their bodies strapped to grenades, and they rushed towards the tank as if they were crazy. The devil soldiers behind the tank quickly shot at them, and more than a dozen people died heroically on the spot, falling in a pool of blood one after another.

"Withdraw!"

The commander of the second battalion retreated with less than a company of troops, and with the current situation, he absolutely could not fight hard with the devils. He ordered the troops to retreat while blowing up road sections, houses, telephone poles, etc., creating obstacles and slowing down the devil's attack. Then he ordered the troops, blocking them one by one, knowing that the battle was killed to the last man.

"Hey! Feed! Second battalion! ……”

The commander of the 181st regiment kept calling, but there was no response from the other party. If the devils occupy the Xiguan position, the form will be very passive.

The head of the regiment hung up the phone, swiped a few times, and said, "Hey, is it Mr. Sun?"

Sun Lianzhong said: "I am."

"I can't contact the second battalion, and the first battalion has lost more than half. I just want you to send troops to reinforce the northwest city. ”

"Now there are no troops to shoot, and all fronts are very tight."

Sun Lianzhong's resolute decision made the commander of the 181st Regiment angry, and said: "Then why did you transfer Shao Fei to Nancheng, if he was there, our 181st Regiment would not have suffered such heavy losses!"

Sun Lianzhong said helplessly: "I can't help it, this is an order from the Xuzhou General Headquarters."

After hearing this, the regiment commander became even more angry, and said: "We can't hold it anymore, so let's let the remaining few people of the 181st regiment go to the south bank of the canal to take a breath."

Sun Lianzhong replied loudly: "If you feel withdrawn, just raise your head to see me!" If I withdraw, I'll go to see Chief Li!" You have to hold on to me to the last person! ”

Stuck up, Sun Lianzhong hung up the phone hard.

Although Sun Lianzhong is angry, as a commander, he must always keep a clear head. If Xiguan was attacked on the first day of the Japanese army's general offensive, the situation in the rest of the battle would be very unfavorable.

So Chi Fengcheng called the defenders of Nancheng and asked him to send the strongest reinforcements to reinforce the northwest city. This order is insinuating, meaning to send Shao Fei and them. The Nancheng command immediately understood Shangfeng's intention and sent Shao Fei and Yang Hongtao's sixth company to reinforce it.

Shao Fei led the team to the northwest city and quickly found the commander of the second battalion of the 181st Regiment and learned about the situation.

The vanguard of the devils was clearing the obstacles, and two tanks were attacking Xiguan on the main road. And the nearby alleys have small units of devils, the purpose of which is to cover the main force from suicide attacks. As for the second battalion, there were only two platoons left.

Shao Fei instructed: "You continue to attack the devil from the front, and the main thing is to attract it in concealment."

The second battalion commander nodded and said, "No problem, what about you?"

Shao Fei replied: "The infantry and tanks must be separated, and we will attack from the flanks."

After speaking, Shao Fei led the special combat team and the sixth company to run in the direction of the city.

After arriving at the designated location, Shao Fei ordered: "Special operations will first deal with the small groups of devils on the periphery." After the solution was completed, the 6th Company launched an artillery onslaught from the rear of the Devil Tank, cutting off the connection between the tank and the infantry. The special operations team took advantage of the chaos to blow up the tank. As long as the tank is destroyed, then the infantry has nothing to fear. ”

After the order, Shao Fei led the special combat team to set off first. They are divided into two teams and move forward against the wall, and each team member is responsible for one direction, so that there are no dead ends. And all the operations are done by the special operations team in sign language. They were not holding rifles in their hands, but all Czech.

The devil soldiers cooperated with the large army to search and advance, and checked for any fish that had slipped through the net of the national army.

"Da-da-da-da."

The devils in the alley were suddenly attacked, and five or six people were killed on the spot. When the rest of the devils chased to the entrance of the alley, the other party had already disappeared.

"Ahh "Ahh

With a few screams, the special combat team members suddenly jumped from behind the wall or roof, and quickly launched an attack on the pursuing devils.

Under the elusive attack of the special combat team, the devils of the small unit in the vicinity were quickly cleaned up.

The devils in the middle of the road attacked and advanced, and their attention was all on the second battalion that was attacking head-on.

The 6th Company soon arrived at the designated position arranged by Shao Fei, the 3rd Platoon was responsible for the northern guard, and the rest of the troops were responsible for attacking the enemy in the west.

At this point, the mortars are broken and the grenades are ready.

"Put!" Yang Hongtao ordered.

Eight mortars burst out, and more than a dozen howitzers exploded near Tucker. Immediately afterwards, nearly 100 grenades were thrown in this direction, and the explosion resounded, killing and injuring countless devils in an instant.

Knife led his team to move quickly to Tucker in a tumbling manner, and after placing the explosives bag, he pulled the lead and left quickly.

"Boom" two loud bangs, the devil has not recovered from the bombing, and his two tanks have turned into a pile of scrap metal.

Yang Hongtao shouted vigorously: "Fight!"

Eight machine guns fired diagonally from the flanks, firing wildly at the already broken devils, and the other fighters went up to the roofs or walls or ruins to attack the devils at the same time.

"Retreat!"

Seeing that the general situation was gone, the devil commander quickly retreated to the north gate with the remnants, leaving only dozens of devil corpses lying on the road.

(End of chapter)