Chapter 1267 - Hold On

As the troops of the Honorable 3rd Division began to launch a fierce attack on the Japanese Guards Mixed Brigade, the commander of the Guards Mixed Brigade, Major General Brigade Commander Suida Takeshi, immediately ordered the 4th Special Marine Corps of the Navy to quickly reinforce the past, and more than 2,000 marines quickly began to reinforce the 1st Guards Wing of the Japanese Army.

On 16 November, the troops of the Honorary Fourth Regiment, the Honorary Fifth Regiment, and the Honorary Sixth Regiment of the Honorable Third Division began to fight fiercely with the Japanese Guards Mixed Brigade, and the First Wing of the Japanese Guards and the Fourth Special Marine Corps of the Navy had a total of more than 4,000 people defending their positions.

However, as the troops of the Honor Third Division began to attack with the help of anti-aircraft artillery, the casualties of the little devil troops began to increase, and at the same time, the two howitzer artillery regiments of the artillery brigade began to suppress the Japanese artillery units.

More than 4,000 people from the 2nd Guards Wing and the 3rd Guards Field Artillery Wing of the 3rd Guards Field Artillery Wing in the Western Theater were transferred to serve as reserves near the headquarters of the 21st Army, while the 4th Special Marine Corps of the Navy began to take over the operation, but the Japanese troops in the Western Theater had been reduced considerably.

More than 500 of the 2,000 people of the 4th Special Marine Corps of the Navy have already suffered casualties, and they still have more than 1,500 people left, and the casualties of the 1st Guards Wing are even greater, and they have already suffered more than 1,500 casualties so far, and there are still more than 1,700 people left.

There are still more than 5,000 combat troops of the Japanese army in the western combat area, and this is the only combat force in the hands of Takeshi Nagasuida.

However, these more than 5,000 people received a lot of artillery support, such as the 20th Independent Mountain Artillery Brigade, the 21st Independent Mountain Artillery Brigade, the 3rd Field Anti-aircraft Artillery Wing, and the 20th Independent Engineer Wing, and there were 24 75mm mountain guns, 16 75mm anti-aircraft guns, and more than 1,000 independent engineer wings.

However, when the two sides fought fiercely until 10 o'clock in the evening, the Japanese lost 12 mountain artillery, 8 anti-aircraft guns, and a staggering 800 engineers.

At 10 o'clock in the evening, the troops of the Honor Third Division temporarily stopped the attack, and now the nearly 10,000 troops of the Honor Third Division have paid the price of more than 5,000 casualties, including more than 3,000 light and serious wounded, and the division commander Qin Xianliang concentrated the remaining 5,000 people into the Honor Fourth Regiment, the Honor Fifth Regiment, and the Honor Sixth Regiment no longer has any combat strength.

Two of the three colonels had been killed, and the deputy division commander Zheng Guanzilin had paid a heavy blow, but the troops of the Honorary Third Division had already occupied a large area of Guangzhou, and they were about to attack the center, and the remaining Japanese troops were also compressed into a small area.

At 11 o'clock in the evening of November 16, 1939, Sun Weiguo, the former commander-in-chief of the enemy in the Fourth Theater, communicated with Qin Xianliang, the commander of the Honorary Third Division, and more than 5,000 people of the Honorary Third Division launched the final blow to the Japanese position.

Within an hour, the officers and men of the Honorable Third Division launched a ferocious attack on the Japanese army, and hand-to-hand combat began in many places.

The commander of the Japanese Guards Mixed Brigade, Takeshi Suida, had to put the 8th Navy Special Marine Corps into operation, but even so, in the face of the fierce attack of the Honorable 3rd Division, the Japanese troops had to begin to abandon part of their positions.

The two sides fought fiercely until 12 o'clock in the evening, and the Japanese First Guards Wing suffered 2,800 casualties, and the captain of the Ozuo Wing was also killed, and Nagasui Tianwu had to withdraw more than 500 men of the First Guards Wing to his side, and only the Fourth Special Marine Corps of the Navy and the Eighth Special Marine Corps of the Navy were currently fighting on the front line, with more than 2,500 men.

There were only fifteen artillery pieces left to support them, and the Independent Engineer Wing was wiped out.

At this time, the commander of the Major General Brigade of the Guards Mixed Brigade, Takeshi Suida, had already begun to realize that his position on his side might not be able to continue to hold on.

"Your Excellency Commander, at present, we are only able to fight more than 2,000 marines here, and the attack of the Zhina troops is too fierce, I am afraid that we will not be able to continue to hold on, and the Zhina troops are constantly investing in new combat forces, and we have no way to resist at all."

In the headquarters of Nagasui Tianwu, he was holding a microphone and was communicating with the commander of the Japanese 21st Army, Ando Toshikichi.

As the Chinese troops entered the city of Canton, the only superior air force of the Japanese army began to lose its effectiveness, and Ando Toshiyoshi knew how fierce the fighting was at the moment.

"Changsui Tianwu, I will immediately dispatch mobile troops to support you, and at the same time, the second wing of heavy artillery, the eighth wing of heavy artillery will support you in the battle, at two o'clock in the morning you will counterattack the Chinese troops, you must defeat the Chinese troops, drive them out of the city, as long as they are outside the city, we will be able to win."

With a heavy expression on his face, and after a slight silence for a while, he dispatched the mobile force he had in his hands.

The 2nd Guards Wing and the 3rd Guards Field Artillery Wing 3rd Brigade were Guards troops, and he had to control them, and he would not allow this unit to be completely annihilated.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander, I will draw all my troops to fight back." Chang Sui Tian Wu immediately agreed and said.

"Very good, Commander of the Changsuita Martial Brigade, the troops have been regrouped in Xinhui at present, and these troops will be able to reinforce them soon. As long as these troops come to reinforce us, the Chinese troops will definitely be defeated by us, so please hold on. Toshiyoshi Ando continued.

"Hi, Your Excellency Commander, I will definitely lead the troops to hold out until the last moment." Nagasui Tian Takeshi replied quickly.

At two o'clock in the morning of 17 November, after the troops of the Honorable 7th Division began to take over the troops of the Honorable 3rd Division, the three regiments of the Honorable 7th Division had not yet begun to fight, and they began to be heavily shelled by the Japanese army.

The second wing of the Japanese heavy artillery, dozens of howitzers of the eighth wing of the heavy artillery began to cover the troops of the Seventh Division of Honor, one shell after another continued to hit the troops of the Seventh Division of Honor, the artillery bombardment of the little devils lasted for an hour, at three o'clock in the morning, more than 1,000 cavalry began to attack, followed by 36 Type 92 armored vehicles and two mechanized infantry squadrons in trucks, and at the same time, more than 2,000 people from the Fourth Special Marine Corps and the Eighth Special Marine Corps of the Navy attacked at the same time.

At half past three in the morning, the Fifth Division and the Sixth Division of the New Seventh Army were quickly dispatched, and nearly 20,000 men from the two divisions quickly began to reinforce the Honorable Seventh Division.

More than 20,000 people from the three divisions of the Seventh Division, the Fifth Division, and the Sixth Division, as well as the Provisional Sixth Division, began to fight against more than 3,000 infantry, more than 1,000 cavalry, and some armored troops of the Japanese army.