Chief of Staff Yanagi only heard the sound of gunfire bursting on the phone, and he couldn't hear the shouting of Captain Oshima on the phone at all, he guessed that it was a request for reinforcements, and couldn't help shouting: "Yours must hold on, the brigade will be ...... soon, and it will be ......." ”

The other party's phone was disconnected, Chief of Staff Yanagi looked at the microphone and shook his head and looked at the commander of the Hoshino Brigade: "Your Excellency General, the battle in Yecheng is urgent, and there is no time to make a detailed rescue plan, my suggestion is to immediately order the Imperial Army and the Imperial Allied Army troops in Ping, Lai, and Zhao counties to quickly reinforce them, and once necessary, you can use the mechanized troops of Hashimoto's brigade to attack the Tubalu Independent Regiment attacking Yecheng as quickly as possible." ”

"Yanxi, you immediately give an order, order the commander of the imperial army close to the three counties of Yecheng, lead the troops to reinforce quickly, and those who delay the fighters will be killed." General Hoshino slashed down with his right hand as he spoke, and said arrogantly: "Mine must surround the independent regiment of the Thunder Sword in Yecheng and destroy them all." ”

At this time, all the officers and men of the independent regiment who stepped up the attack on the city of Yecheng used the greatest firepower to flank the stubborn enemy and puppet army defending the north gate of the city, and finally broke through the north gate under the powerful fire offensive, and the large army advanced to the city.

Lei Jian led three platoons close to the city, and just as the siege force was about to break through the devil's defense line, two reinforcements of the enemy puppet army suddenly rushed over from the city.

Two enemy puppet army reinforcements, about more than 200, the main force is the puppet army, Lei Jian ordered Ma Ming to lead the soldiers to block with the greatest firepower, at all costs, the enemy puppet army in the city, with the large army outside the city to storm the city gate.

Ma Ming led three platoons of fighters to block the enemy puppet army reinforced from two directions at the same time, unable to resist in terms of strength, he shouted loudly: "All the soldiers concentrated grenades and grenades in front of the bombardier, and all accurately threw them at the attacking enemy puppet army." ”

He ordered two light machine guns to act as the main force of the third platoon to block the enemy who rushed up, and he shouted to the soldiers around him: "Bayonet, prepare for a bloody battle with the enemy." ”

Lei Jian looked at the enemy who rushed up, he had already seen that the three platoons led by Ma Ming alone could not stop the enemy who pounced on him, and he decisively ordered Xiao Cui, the guard next to him: "Convey my order, order Deputy Regiment Commander Wang, who led the special company to support the second battalion, immediately withdraw the two platoons and destroy the two reinforced enemy troops." ”

The commander of the little devil who pounced on him was Captain Hideshige Oshima, the supreme commander stationed in the city who had repeatedly asked for reinforcements from the brigade, and he saw that it was hopeless to wait for the reinforcements to arrive quickly, so he grabbed the phone and yelled at the captain of the eastern, southern, and western gates of the county: "Have you found any siege on the Tubalu there?" Tell me quickly. ”

The leader of the devil squad at the three city gates quickly reported: "Your Excellency, we have not found any siege troops from Tubalu here. ”

Oshima Hidemo, an old devil, heard that the three city gates did not find the Tubalu, so he took the risk and ordered desperately: "Order you three city gate squad leaders, leave a squad and a platoon of the emperor to guard the city gate, and your immediately lead other troops to quickly reinforce the north gate of the city, bastard, don't argue with me, immediately carry out the order." ”

At this time, the three platoons of the special company temporarily formed by Lei Jian to block the two reinforced enemies were the enemy puppet army that was put together from the west gate and the east gate and rushed over quickly.

The enemy and us started a fierce battle on the street, the enemy puppet army relied on the superiority of troops, with the greatest firepower to attack Ma Ming's three-row position, the enemy quickly advanced, seeing that he was about to meet in close quarters, Ma Ming suddenly stood up and shouted: "All brothers, fight with the enemy with bayonets, kill——。 ”

Captain Hideshige Oshima saw that he jumped up with his bayonet and killed the enemy, he brandished his command knife and shouted, "Warriors of the Empire, kill ——。 ”

A hand-to-hand battle with outnumbered enemies began, and the intensity of its brutality was unbearable.

The thunder sword jumped up, killing the little devil who pounced up, the pig-killing knife in his hand, under the reflection of the rising sun, waved like an indistinct arc, from time to time in the devil group crazy rotation, did not see him stop, unstoppable, he rushed out of the left and right and behind, lying horizontally and vertically on the casualties of the enemy puppet army.

The third platoon of the special company of the independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army, fighting with the enemy puppet army with unequal strength, was slowly in a weak position, and was surrounded by two reinforced enemy puppet troops.

At this critical juncture of life and death, Wang Xiaoliang led the two platoons of the special company to pounce, and the soldiers saw that their regiment commander Lei and the three platoon soldiers were surrounded by the enemy puppet army, and roared into the enemy group one by one.

The two reinforced platoons joined the fight, but the special company composed of 120 soldiers of the three platoons was close to the hand-to-hand combat with nearly 300 enemy puppet troops.

People on both sides of the enemy and us are constantly falling, one by one covered in bloody holes, and the blood that flows out begins to flow into a river on the street, and if you step on it, if you don't pay attention, you will slip and fall, and the fierceness of the fight is never encountered and seen in the eyes of the soldiers.

Hideshige Oshima, the commander of the devils, brandished his command knife and howled hysterically: "There are not many people in the Dirt Eight Road, the warriors of the Great Japanese Empire, the time has come to serve the emperor, kill ——。 ”

Under the supervision of Oshima Hideshige, the enemy puppet army is like a crazy samurai, and like a fierce jackal, with the most vicious moves, fighting and killing the soldiers of the special company.

Lei Jian was entangled by four or five little devils, although he crossed before, when he was young, he was a student of the Shaolin Martial Arts School who practiced martial arts, and later in the army he had a soft spot for grappling martial arts, and traveled to this anti-Japanese era, after hard training, the body recovered, and the recovery of martial arts and grappling fighting skills was comparable to before the crossing, but he had a gunshot wound on his left arm at this time, and he failed to bandage it in time, lost too much blood, his body was a little weak, and he slowly began to slow down. Spun around and waited for him to stand, the four or five little devils who pounced on him were all stabbed and lay at his feet.

His dizzy eyes were black, his body was shaking and he was about to fall, and several little devils saw that the thunder sword seemed to be exhausted, and they screamed and pounced with bayonets.

Just when Lei Jian was about to fall, Wang Xiaoliang arrived in time, held the machine gun and fired a few shots, and the little devil who pounced on him was shot and fell to the ground.

At this life-and-death juncture of the special company, the north gate of the city was broken through, and the large army shouted to kill into the city, surrounded the enemy and puppet army that fought with the special company, and in a burst of wolf hunting into the flock, except for more than 100 little devils, under the leadership of Oshima Hidemo, the rest were all wiped out.

Lei Jian was held in Wang Xiaoliang's arms, Wang Xiaoliang saw that Lei Jian had his eyes closed, and it was so weak that it was difficult to even breathe, he cried loudly: "Commander Lei, wake up quickly, the city gate has been broken through, and the large army has entered the city, you quickly open your eyes and see, our troops have entered the city, woo woo woo ......." ”

Political Commissar Luo Jinchuan rushed to him, and when he saw that Lei Jian was unconscious, he shouted nervously: "Where is the health team?" Captain He Chuntao, quickly find Chuntao to first aid Captain Lei. ”

Lei Jian woke up from the cries of his comrades, he struggled to stand up, and was hugged tightly by Wang Xiaoliang and cried: "Commander Lei, don't you want to die?" ”

"Bastard, help me up, if you dare to disobey the order of the resistance, I will shoot you."

Political Commissar Luo and Wang Xiaoliang picked up Lei Jian, and Lei Jian ordered with a pale face: "Order Wang Xiaoliang to lead the cavalry team to clean up the remnants of the enemy in the streets and alleys of the county seat."

ordered Niu to lead a battalion to destroy the enemy at the east, west, and south gates; ordered Political Commissar Luo to lead the second battalion to cooperate with the cavalry team to clear the enemy and puppet army in the city; Dong Dayong was ordered to lead the three battalions to expand propaganda in the urban area and stabilize people's hearts. ”

After Lei Jian gave the order, he ordered Li Gang: "You lead the special company to suppress the reactionary forces and illegal merchants in the city, confiscate the property of the bullies who bully the market, prepare enough carriages for transportation, and be ready to handle the handover at any time. ”

Commanders at all levels accepted orders and led the troops to rapidly advance deep into the city, and from time to time gunfire was heard from all directions in the city, and the large army was fighting fiercely with the remnants of the enemy in the city, and in less than half an hour, the gunfire in the city was sparse, but there would still be a few monotonous gunshots from time to time.

Health team captain Changchun Tao pounced in front of Lei Jian, and couldn't help crying: "Commander Lei, you, you are the supreme commander of the independent regiment, why are you always in danger, rushing to the front every time you fight, where there is danger, there is you, you said that you are like a stunned person, fighting to the death, if you are really hit by a bullet, can you still live?" Woo woo woo ....... ”

Chun Tao cried while bandaging Lei Jian's wounds.

Lei Jian didn't wait for Chun Tao to bandage his wounds, pushed them away violently, called the guard platoon commander left by Political Commissar Luo to him, and said with difficulty: "Convey my order, order the commanders of all units, complete the task handover, and rush to me immediately, the independent regiment is very dangerous at this time, hurry up and convey the order." ”