Under the lead-gray clouds, the cold wind howled, and trucks loaded with ghost soldiers and ammunition appeared along the road in the field of view of the Chinese defenders on the outskirts of Gaoyou.

Seeing those wheels flying rapidly and rolling up the vast dust, looking at the blood-red Rising Sun Banner looming in the dust and approaching, the officers and soldiers at the front of the Chinese position in the trenches couldn't help but swallow their saliva, their faces were a little pale, and the excitement of killing the devil cavalry had already dissipated with the cold wind.

Most of the officers and men of the Sulu Guerrilla Corps are drawn from the local armed forces, and they have also been encircled and suppressed by small-scale devil troops, but most of the time they are fighting with those puppet troops who grab food and money.

Although they are numerous, they still lack experience in fighting with large-scale devil soldiers, but this time they have to defend Gaoyou and defend this county town they have just recovered.

"I'm afraid there are thousands of people in this devil, right?"

Seeing the mighty devils clicking and shrouding the dust in the sky with no end in sight, some pale guerrilla officers and soldiers looked at their company commanders with fear.

Their company commander was a veteran who had participated in the Battle of Nanjing, and he had combat experience, but during the Battle of Nanjing, he was just an ordinary soldier.

Looking at the group of brothers under his command who had no combat experience, the company commander with a solemn face reluctantly squeezed out a smile, and scolded with a smile: "How can you say so much, according to me, there are more than 1,000 people at most, but we have more than 3,000 brothers, I'm afraid of a bird......"

Although the company commander who had fought with the devils in Nanjing seemed to be a little unconfident in his speech, he was always dignified, and although the brothers still felt uneasy in their hearts, the atmosphere in the trenches was no longer as tense as before.

"What's that iron lump in front of the little devil?"

"That's a little devil's tank, don't be afraid of it, I'll tie some more grenades later, wait for him to drive over, stuff it into his stomach, and lie on his stomach."

"The devil still has a cannon, it looks like there are quite a few."

"We also have cannons, as long as the devils dare to fire, our artillery brothers will turn them into scrap metal!"

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The convoy of the devil soldiers stopped more than a mile away from the positions of the Chinese officers and soldiers, and the devil infantry quickly left the kilometer, setting up artillery and digging machine gun fortifications in the field, and were very busy.

The Chinese officers and soldiers were holding their arms, standing in the trenches, pointing and whispering to the shadowy devils not far away.

"Don't look at the excitement of the big guys, it looks like the little devils want to enter Gaoyou Sleep Le today, they are about to attack later, and they all return to their positions."

Seeing that the devils had already set up their positions, they did not seem to have the intention of setting up camp, and the officers on the various positions beckoned their brothers to enter the fortifications and prepare for battle.

"It seems that the little devil has made a lot of money, not only five tanks, but also a lot of field artillery and infantry artillery, this battle is not easy to fight."

On the broken steps at the head of Gaoyou City, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Li Changjiang also led more than a dozen senior staff officers under his command and the responsible officers of each battalion to hold binoculars to observe the movements of the devils from a distance.

Now that the devil's strength has been exposed, they really have some chills down their spines, if they are really fighting with the devil in Gaoyou, in less than three days, their two regiments will be finished.

Therefore, after the deputy commander-in-chief judged the strength of the devil, he no longer had the idea of fighting to the death with the devil in Gaoyou, and the reason why he wanted to fight the devil now was also to find a reason to withdraw his troops.

At that time, even if he was questioned by the theater command, he could say that they had already fought with the devils, and they really couldn't fight before they withdrew.

"Tell the brothers, even if it is not easy to fight, you have to touch the devil, if you withdraw without a fight, you will be truthful and slandered, how many pairs of eyes are staring at us now, even if the brothers fight for themselves, they can't easily let the little devil enter the city!"

"Sir, don't worry, we will never let the little devils easily enter Gaoyou, at least let them bleed!" The commander of the 3rd Guerrilla Regiment lacked confidence.

Everyone has already understood the meaning of the deputy commander-in-chief Li Changjiang, who wants to fight with the devil, but he can't fight to the death, thinking that it is a pity that the newly recovered Gaoyou will fall into the hands of the devil again, everyone is unwilling.

But what can be done, the strength of the little devils is strong, and they are inferior to the little devils in terms of the quality of their soldiers and their weapons and equipment.

Just like the deputy commander-in-chief Li Changjiang said, keep the green mountains here, not afraid of no firewood, as long as the little devils are still on the land of China, there will always be a chance to destroy the devils, so in the case of not being able to fight, preserving strength is the most important thing.

If they had encountered such a large-scale devil army before, they would have fled in the name of the wind, and avoided its edge.

But this time, they jumped into the pit of Gaoyou by themselves, and they had to fight with the little devils, they were all full of helplessness in their hearts, and they had already scolded Yang Ling in their hearts.

But they forgot that they had willingly jumped into this pit, and they couldn't complain about others.

"You all personally go to various positions to supervise the battle, fight with the devils first, and hold on until tomorrow before withdrawing." Deputy commander-in-chief Li Changjiang waved his hand and ordered.

In his opinion, no matter how strong the devil's strength is, it will not be a problem for more than 3,000 of them to persist for one night.

As long as they hold out for one night, no matter what the situation is, he will lead people to evacuate without hesitation, a ruined Gaoyou city is not worth his own troops.

"Tom tom!"

The field in the distance suddenly rose up one after another red light, and in a short period of time, the devil's field artillery had already adjusted to shoot Zhu Yuan, and the cold cannon was raised high and fired in the direction of Gaoyou.

"Boom-boom-"

Mushroom clouds suddenly rose from the positions of the Chinese defenders on the outskirts of Gaoyou, and high-explosive shells blasted the dirt on the ground, and then threw them fiercely in all directions.

"Hidden! Covert-"

Amid the billowing smoke and tremors, the officers and men of the guerrillas, who had been watching the excitement before, were immediately stunned, and they could not stand still in the face of the turbulent and sweeping waves.

One after another, the high-speed flying shells fell into the smoke and dust with a howling sound that tore through the air, and exploded again, and many officers and men on the position staggered before they could stand up, and were heavily overturned.

At this moment, the forward position of the defenders was like a crumbling boat, which could capsize at any time in a landslide-like explosion, and after only a few rounds of rapid fire, the position was completely shrouded in gunpowder smoke and dust.

As soon as the devil came up, he gave them a dismount, and the deputy commander-in-chief Li Changjiang and other senior officers who stood at the head of Gaoyou City to watch the battle were frightened at the same time, their faces were also extremely ugly, and the devil was too arrogant.

The devil's artillery fire was extending in the direction of Gaoyou City, and began to bombard the Chinese officers and soldiers on the second line of defense in depth, and the first-line positions were already in a mess at the moment, and the improvised trenches that had been built temporarily were all blown up.

When the devil's artillery fire was extending, about 400 devils with bayonets were divided into four offensive echelons, and under the cover of five tanks, like ocean waves, they swooped towards the forward position.