Chapter 377: Entering the Low Inner Yellow
The three battalions led by Yang Ling crossed the smoky villages and went straight to the location of the regiment headquarters, and the burning fire made the land full of devastation. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Outside these burning embers, the brothers saw countless men, women, and children lying under the broken walls, their bodies covered with bullet holes of blood and coagulated by their breath, and they were shot and killed by the retreating devils.
The quiet and peaceful village was reduced to ruins, the burning fire burned everything to ashes, and the smoke billowed and shrouded the land of blood and tears.
The brethren crossed these burning villages with rifles on their backs and heavy steps, each of them holding a breath in their hearts, although they were silent, but Yang Ling knew that if they did not die in silence, they would explode in silence.
The closer Yang Ling and the others approached in the direction of the inner Huangcheng, the thicker the atmosphere of war became, and the road was full of bombed corpses, which already emitted the stench of decay in this scorching heat.
The wild dogs roamed in the wilderness, their cold teeth still clinging to the flesh and dripping with blood, and all this made the brothers feel creepy and feared that they too would become food in the mouths of these beasts.
The Japanese army retreated in a hurry and panic, and in the face of the increasingly brave elites of the Central Army, they abandoned many towns and began to shrink their defenses, and the roads were full of discarded supplies and blown up vehicles, which looked like a mess.
The direction of Inner Huangcheng was already rumbling with artillery, and the attacking troops who arrived first were attacking Inner Huangcheng, and the troops advancing from all directions were marching to the battlefield in waves along the messy roads.
"Brothers, work hard, run, if it's too late, we won't be able to drink the soup!"
There were officers with blackened and sweaty faces shouting loudly as they ran, and they didn't know that it was the number of troops, and they quickly crossed Yang Ling and their team and rushed forward.
"Damn, these guys run really fast, just like Scud."
Seeing that this army quickly disappeared from view, leaving behind a puff of smoke and dust, Wang Huzi, who was tired and half dead, sighed with his hands on his hips.
They were already tired enough to fight all the way, but these friendly troops rushed to the battlefield in high spirits as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.
"Get out of the way! Way! As soon as the words of the captain and company commander Wang Huzi fell, there was a shouting from behind.
Yang Ling and the others turned their heads to look, and a scarred team also quickly chased after them, this team was covered in tattered military uniforms and covered with stains and bloodstains, most of them were wearing bandages, and through the bandages, they could vaguely see the infiltrated blood.
"What are you wounded soldiers doing so fast?" Seeing that this group of wounded soldiers was also going to join in the fun, Wang Huzi wondered.
I only knew that as soon as he said this, a company commander on the other side was not happy, raised his neck and said arrogantly: "Who said that the wounded can't participate in the battle, we killed more than 50 devils alone last night, get out of the way, don't let the devils run!"
Watching the dusty company rushing towards Neihuangcheng all the way, Yang Ling and they couldn't stay, if they really went late, I am afraid that this battle would really be over, so they also accelerated the speed of the march.
In the evening, Yang Ling and they also arrived at the outskirts of Neihuangcheng, where they converged with the regiment commander Zhang Handuo and the other two battalions who arrived here first.
"You've finally arrived, I thought you were dumplings by devils." Seeing Yang Ling and them coming up, the head of the regiment, Zhang Handuo, was also relieved.
Although this time it was a pursuit and annihilation battle, several small troops were ambushed by the retreating devils, and almost all of them were wiped out, so he was very worried about Yang Ling and them, after all, there were only a few hundred brothers in their three battalions, and if they were destroyed by the devils, their regiment would lose its strong arms.
"Hehe, the devil who wants to destroy us hasn't been born yet, but we have destroyed several waves along the way." Captain Company Commander Liu Yidao interjected proudly.
"That's good," the regiment commander Zhang Handuo smiled, instructed the orderlies to pour water for Yang Ling and them, and asked, "Brothers, casualties like this?"
Yang Ling replied: "Two hundred and ten people were killed, thirty-five were seriously wounded, and the assault company was almost completely exhausted."
Yang Ling told the regiment commander Zhang Handuo about the situation of the assault company.
Zhang Handuo was also in a heavy mood after hearing this, and his kind words comforted Yang Ling and them: "Company Commander Wang, they are good, they didn't disgrace our group, now the little devil has rearranged the defense line in Neihuang, I also hope that you will cheer up, kill Neihuang, and avenge Company Commander Wang!"
The assault company led by the company commander Wang Meng was ambushed by the Japanese army and destroyed, although it made Yang Ling feel sad, but as commanders, they naturally understood that now was not the time to grieve, and they had to cheer up and fight the battle in front of them, otherwise they would only let those sacrificed soldiers die in vain.
"What is the situation in Inner Yellow City like now?" Yang Ling had just arrived, and he was not clear about the situation in Inner Huangcheng, so he asked Zhang Handuo, the head of the regiment who arrived first.
Zhang Handuo sighed heavily and said: "The little devil has arranged heavy troops in Huangcheng and rebuilt the defense line, and we and the troops of the 71st Army have launched several attacks, all of which have been pressed back, this is a difficult bone to gnaw."
Seeing Zhang Handuo's solemn face, Yang Ling asked, "Have you figured out the strength of the devils in the city?"
"At least one reinforced wing, in addition to which there is part of the artillery unit."
Hearing that the devil had deployed such a heavy army in the city, Yang Ling also gasped, with the combat power of the Japanese army, they can often defeat a division of the Chinese army with a brigade, and now there is a wing in the city, which is really not easy to fight.
Seeing that the atmosphere in the room was a little solemn, the regiment commander Zhang Handuo reluctantly squeezed out a smile and said: "Although the devil has at least one wing of troops, we are not afraid of him, the artillery of our military headquarters is on the way, as long as our artillery fire arrives, we will still smash them."
Yang Ling naturally understood that this was the regiment leader Zhang Handuo to boost the morale of the brothers, and he didn't pierce it, but his heart was heavy, the devils had arranged heavy troops here, even if they captured it, I am afraid that the casualties would not be small.
A few days ago, they fought a blocking battle in Dangshan, and they only needed to hide in the trenches to block the attack of the devils, but now it has to become a tough battle, which is the most difficult battle, and it is very common for many companies to fight hard, which shrouds his heart with a layer of haze.