Yesterday suffered a big loss, the field hospital was destroyed again, and the new hatred and old hatred are counted together! Junrokuro Matsuura made up his mind to fight to the death in the 70th Army today, vowing to take the Jinguanqiao position and avenge the dead soldiers!

"Boom Boom" "Boom Boom" "......"

The attack in the morning was even more frantic than yesterday. The dense artillery bombarded for two hours, and then more than a dozen planes flew over the Jinguan Bridge.

After two days of bombardment, Matsuura's aircraft artillery did not destroy the strong trenches of the Chinese defenders. This time, Matsuura replaced the plane's bombs from 10-kilogram light bombs to 20-kilogram heavy bombs, and the focus of the bombing was on the main positions of the Chinese defenders.

With the explosion of one bombshell after another, most of the trenches in the main position of the 19th Division were blown up, and the defenders at the front suffered heavy casualties.

"Why should we be cannon fodder!?"

The main position has been converted into a forward position, leaving only one battalion. A company commander complained indignantly in the trenches.

"Boom!" "Boom!" “……”

These bombshells were so powerful that they not only destroyed the position, but also destroyed the bones of the soldiers.

The previous company commander was frightened by the dense explosion of the bombshell and the sight of bloody corpses, so he desperately jumped out of the trench and fled to the rear without his life.

Suddenly, someone in the position shouted: "Our company commander has escaped!"

Many soldiers in the position heard this, and when they saw the company commander fleeing from the battle, many soldiers also jumped out of the trench and fled desperately, and there was a chaotic situation on the position for a while.

A soldier ran to the command and reported: "Report! A large number of deserters appeared in the forward positions! ”

"What? Deserter!? ”

Li Jue was furious and asked, "What's the matter!?"

The soldier replied: "One of the company commanders of the third battalion was the first to flee, and the soldiers behind also fled, and now the forward position is very chaotic."

"Bastard! The faces of the Hunan people are gone! ”

Li Jue temporarily held back his anger and decisively ordered: "Order Tang Boyin, the commander of the 55th Brigade, to send someone to arrest the company commander and shoot him on the spot before overpowering the main position!"

Li Jue's move temporarily stabilized his position, but he still felt heartache for the soldiers who were killed. They are all raised by their fathers and mothers, who have no parents, wives and children. But this is war, and someone has to defend that dead ground.

After learning that the company commander was shot, Li Jue instructed his subordinates to report that the company commander was killed in battle, and at least the family could get some pension. Li Jue did this just to seek peace of mind.

After the bombardment stopped, Matsuura ordered the commander of the 113th Wing, Tanaka Seido Osa, and the commander of the 145th Wing, Ichikawa Yozo Nakasa, to personally supervise the formation, and began a new round of more fierce attacks on the main position of the 19th Division.

In yesterday's battle, the 113th Wing suffered heavy losses, and now only two Wings can attack together.

These stupid Japanese do not yet know that the main position has been changed to a forward position, and the two flanks are the real main positions.

When the Japanese attacked the forward positions, both flanks were in full swing.

"Da Da Da" "Da Da Da" "Da Da Da" "......"

Bullets poured out like a flood of bullets to the attacking devils. Under this dense net-like firepower, the devils went to the ground one by one, and a lot of exposed "dried yellow croaker" appeared at the front of the position.

One group was retreated, and the other rushed up. Tanaka Seido mistook the forward position for the main position, and launched several attacks in succession, all of which were repulsed by the dense and intersecting fire from the new main positions on both flanks. This time, the 19th Division used the blood of the Japanese army to express the tragedy of the war.

"Yaga! Attack! ”

After a long attack, Tanaka Seido began to go crazy. Before the attack, he ordered the soldiers to find a white cloth to tie on their heads to inspire the courage of the soldiers.

A white cloth did work, and the Japanese attack became more and more ferocious.

However, courage alone is useless on the battlefield, and what is more needed is resourcefulness. Tanaka Seimichi was brained out by the blood of anger, and he didn't really calm down and analyze the battle situation. Continuing to order the troops to attack what he considered to be the main position, naturally the 113th Wing suffered very heavy casualties.

The 106th Division was formed in May 1938, and most of the soldiers were from Kyushu. Kyushu has always had a strong people, and there have been many pirates and ronins. They fight the war entirely by courage, not by brains. This battle is a good portrayal of this.

The battle continued into the afternoon, and the Jinguanqiao position was still like a rock.

At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Tanaka Seichi was red-eyed and completely crazy, because his 113th Wing had already lost half of its casualties. As a result, Tanaka Seido threw all the tanks of a brigade attached to the main force of the 113th Wing into the front of the 19th Division and launched another round of onslaught.

Tanaka Shengdao Osa held a snow-bright command knife and personally went to the forefront to supervise the battle. Large, medium, and squad leaders also pressed forward one after another, and a large number of Japanese troops swept towards the 19th Division's position one after another like a more ferocious yellow tide......

After a day of fighting, the 19th Division had also suffered heavy losses under the indiscriminate bombardment of enemy aircraft and artillery, and its strength was lacking, and it seemed that it had reached the point of being at the end of its strong crossbow.

The Japanese finally tore a breakthrough in the position of the 19th Division, and a large number of Japanese troops frantically rushed towards the breakthrough, and the position of the 57th Brigade of the 19th Division was in a hurry.

The signal corps came to the headquarters and reported: "Report that the army is sitting, the front-line position has been broken through!"

The war has reached a white-hot stage, and victory and defeat are just a thought.

The new brigade commander Zhou Kunyuan also felt that the situation was critical, and suggested on the side: "It is better to make a desperate bet and throw all the reserves into a counterattack."

Li Jue slapped the table vigorously and said loudly: "Fight!"

The reserves of the 19th Division quickly rushed to the forward positions and engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese.

In a moment, the sound of killing on the battlefield shook the sky and there were countless screams. Fresh lives continued to fall, blood fused with scorched earth and turned a dark red.

The battle was at a stalemate, and Li Jue took the opportunity to draw troops from both flanks to rush to reinforcements.

"Kill" "Kill~" "......"

Reinforcements continued to arrive to join the battle, and the morale of the defenders was greatly boosted, and they all fought bravely to kill the enemy!

At this time, Tanaka Shengdao had no reserves available, so he could only watch his team retreat like a tide from the breakthrough that had just been torn apart......

The Japanese army again returned in vain, and the positions of the 19th Division once again returned to calm.

The 19th Division once again held its position, but at a very heavy cost.

Li Jue came to the front of the position and looked at the fewer and fewer brothers; Look at a corpse with bloody flesh and blood; Thinking of countless families crying over this, Li Jue's heart was extremely heavy.

Although the 19th Division won the battle, Li Jue knew that if it continued to be consumed like this, there would always be a day when it would be wiped out, and the position would eventually fall to the enemy chieftain.

If it had been during the previous civil war, he would have led his troops to a "strategic retreat"; But in front of him was a fierce beast that insulted my China, bullied my China, and mutilated my comrades, and Li Jue had no intention of retreating.

Immediately, Li Jue raised his leg and went to the headquarters, picked up the phone and sent it to Xue Yue.

"Commander, I have something to ask for."

"Say."

"I want reinforcements!"

"No problem."

This was the first time Li Jue asked Xue Yue for help, and Xue Yue also readily agreed. He knew the fierceness of the battle at Jinguanqiao, and he also knew the bravery of the 19th Division, no matter what Li Jue asked, Xue Yue would resolutely agree.

Immediately, Xue Yue ordered Li Hansoul's 64th Army to rush to reinforce Jinguanqiao.

(End of chapter)