The devils have already pressed heavily on the front line of Mahuiling, and the troops at the front have exchanged fire with the devils on the whole line, the artillery is roaring, and the smoke of gunpowder covers the sky, and the devils' attack this time is extremely resolute.

The devils originally wanted to take Wuhan with a thunderous force and force China to surrender, but from the very beginning of the operation, they encountered stubborn resistance from nearly a million Chinese troops on the northern and southern fronts.

Only in the area south of the Yangtze River, the 11th, 101st, 9th, 6th, and 27th divisions under the command of Okamura Ninji, commander of the 11th Army, were advancing slowly on all fronts, although they were large in strength.

Junrokuro Matsuura's 106th Division lost more than 8,000 people in the Nanxun Line, the 101st Division was always difficult to advance on the Dexing Highway, and the 6th Brigade under the 9th Division was almost completely annihilated in the Minshan area.

Not only did the unhappiness of the war make Commander Okamura Ninji more and more irritable and impatient, but the inquiries from the base camp made Commander Okamura Ninji feel like he was roasting on a fire, and he knew that if the war situation at the front line did not improve, then his commander would probably come to an end.

The base camp's plan for the Wuhan attack was originally intended to take Wuhan by crushing force and force China to surrender, but now it has become a war of attrition and a protracted war.

On the quagmire battlefield, there are countless casualties of soldiers every day, and the consumption of materials, weapons and ammunition is even more astronomical, with their own material reserves, if the war continues to stalemate, the situation will deteriorate, which they do not want to see.

"Divisions and regiments should organize a strong offensive in order to improve the current unfavorable state of affairs......"

"If the situation cannot be opened up in mid-September, the commanders of the divisions should be responsible for it......"

Commander Okamura Ninji sent several harshly worded telegrams to the divisions and regiments at the front, and the division commanders also felt the commander's serious dissatisfaction.

Since their troops were put into the Chinese battlefield, they have won almost crushing victories, and the Chinese army has been scattered in every battle, occupying most of China in a short period of time.

Now they have encountered an unprecedented stubborn resistance, which makes the arrogant commanders of the devil division also harbor a ball of anger in their hearts, and at this moment they are facing pressure from the commander, and they have to come up with a desperate posture to attack the Chinese army.

Okamura Ninji transferred the pressure to the division commanders on the front line, and the division commanders transferred the pressure to the brigades and wings, and the pressure was pressed down layer by layer, so that every devil soldier felt the pressure.

If they can't defeat the Chinese army in front of them in a short time and change the current unfavorable situation, perhaps they will have to commit suicide to apologize.

In the face of the dissatisfaction of the base camp, every wing and brigade of the devils organized a jade crushing death squad, who were shirtless, strapped with explosives bags and grenades, and launched a lifeless attack on the Chinese defenders' positions in waves.

Whether it was in the Tianjiazhen Fortress, or the Ruiwu Road, or the Mahuiling area, the pressure on all the Chinese defenders increased sharply.

The fraternal troops on the front line suffered heavy casualties, and hundreds of wounded soldiers were snatched from the line of fire every day, and those wounded soldiers were covered in blood, their faces were pale, and they were already dying.

Many wounded soldiers broke their arms and legs under the heavy artillery bombardment of the devils, and they were carried down to the garrison where they were resting and recuperating.

Yang Ling's troops had just withdrawn from the Minshan front, and they were resting and waiting in the Wushimen area at the moment, not far from the Mahuiling front.

The tragic situation on the front line also made them feel the pressure, and they knew that once the front-line troops could not bear it, they would have to go up immediately.

But now the army is full of new recruits, can you carry it on top? The answer, of course, is no.

The devils have gone crazy now, not to mention the field troops with combat experience, and these recruits are probably only cannon fodder.

Yang Ling, as the temporary commander of the regiment, naturally did not want these recruits to sacrifice in vain, although the war had to kill people, but on the battlefield of defending the homeland and defending the country, the sacrifice was also valuable.

The veteran officers who survived the Ghost Gate Pass had seen too many brothers sacrificed at the guns of the devils, and they did not want these recruits to follow in the footsteps of those who had sacrificed their lives

Rather, it is hoped that they can improve their strength as much as possible before they go to the battlefield, and then survive on the battlefield.

In the village where Wushimen was temporarily stationed, the veterans did not smile, and all day long they trained the recruits as if they were crazy, practicing shooting, assassination, and bomb throwing.

These grassroots officers composed of veterans have seen too much bloodshed and sacrifice, and know that on the battlefield, any negligence and hesitation can die, so they repeatedly temper the recruits, without any fancy things.

I hope that they will integrate every killing action into their bones, and be able to react subconsciously when facing devils, instead of being killed by devils sluggishly.

"Thorn!"

"Close!"

The platoon officers shouted over and over again with black faces, their voices already hoarse.

The dirty recruits clutched their bayonet rifles tightly in their hands, and followed the slogans to continuously assassinate the scarecrow in front of them, and they had practiced hundreds of times, and their hands were already sore.

"Didn't you eat! Hard! If you're on the battlefield, you're dead! ”

The veteran instructors shouted back and forth in the queue, correcting the recruits' assassination moves.

"On your life-and-death battlefield, the devil won't give you a chance to stab a second time! You have to be steadfast and ruthless! Kill the devil with one sword, or you will be killed by the devil! ”

The veteran instructors have all had the experience of four or five white-knuckle battles with the devils, and the fierceness of the devils is still fresh in their memories.

Many of their brothers were hesitant to fight or die under the devil's knife because they were not strong enough, and they did not want these recruits to die under the devil's bayonet, and they wanted to give everything to the recruits at this moment.

But the recruits had never been on the battlefield, they did not understand the good intentions of the veterans, and at first they felt fresh when they were assassinated a hundred times, but by the time they had been assassinated two hundred times, the enthusiasm had disappeared without a trace, and only boredom remained.

But the veteran instructors had no intention of stopping, and repeatedly let them practice, eager to carve every movement into their bones.

"Hard! Hard! Are you deaf?! ”

Seeing that the recruits were starting to slack off and not training with all their might as they had at the beginning, the veterans were angry and angry and rushed up and yelled: "Get out, fifty push-ups!" Now, go now! ”

The recruits have long had a fire in their hearts tormented by the veteran's almost brutal training these days, and in the face of the veteran's rude punishment methods, the dissatisfaction in their hearts exploded, unstoppable like a volcano.

"We are going to the battlefield to fight devils, we have guns and bullets, why do we have to practice this useless bayonet every day! Lao Tzu is no longer practicing! ”

A burly recruit did not accept the punishment as the veteran commanded, but shouted out his grievances.

"That's right! We are soldiers to fight devils! It's not to be bullied by you all day here! ”

The emotions of the recruits were detonated, and they threw away their guns one after another, venting their emotions unscrupulously.

"We're going to fight devils! We don't need this useless training! ”