The sky was getting darker, but the battle at the north gate of Suxian County was becoming more and more intense, the cannonballs were overwhelming, the bricks and stones were flying, the city wall collapsed in the fierce cannonfire, a large gap appeared in the dark city wall, and the cannonballs then spread to the wings and depth, and under the loud charge, the Chinese soldiers rushed to the gap like a tide. Whole \ Ben // Small \ Say // Net

The Japanese troops in the city braved the artillery fire and rushed up to the gap, four or five machine guns were mounted on both sides of the gap, spewing out a long string of tongues of fire, the oncoming Chinese soldiers fell one after another, two rockets with a long trail rushed to the place where the fire flashed, and two machine guns flew into the air with severed limbs.

The Japanese were passive without artillery support, and although the soldiers were still heroic, they were at a significant disadvantage. After the firing point of the gap was eliminated, the Chinese soldiers let out a shout, got up from the ground and rushed towards the city wall, and a group of Japanese soldiers appeared at the head of the wall, rifle volleys, spraying a rain of bullets, more than a dozen grenades fell from the city, and strings of smoke rose from the city.

The first wave of the offensive was frustrated, and Liao Yaoxiang quickly organized a second wave of offensive, the members of the death squad were ** in the cold wind, their chests were burning with raging flames, each of them had a submachine gun, and a row of magazines and grenades hung on their chests.

"Brothers, our time is running out, the two divisions of the Japanese army on the eastern front are concurrently heading south, and our army on the north bank of the Hun River is fighting hard to gain time for us to recapture Suxian, we must recapture Suxian tonight, only this one night, otherwise the entire front will collapse, and we will have to retreat from Xuzhou."

Liao Yaoxiang stood in front of the queue with a bowl of wine and said loudly: "Brothers, the devils on the other side are very powerful, they killed from Henan to Anhui, burned, killed and looted along the way, and killed hundreds of people, even the elderly and children!" Rush up and kill them! Settle an old score! Blood for blood! ”

"Revenge! Blood for blood! ”

"Revenge! Blood for blood! ”

……

The roar was like thunder, shaking the heavens and the earth! The flames of revenge burned the sky of Suxian red.

"Kill!"

With a shout, hundreds of daredevils rushed to the city walls, gunfire raging, and explosions resounded throughout the night sky. The battle near the gap became even hotter, and it was a battle where there was no way back for either side.

The commanders on both sides were already shirtless, and at the head of the city, Nakajima had already fought in person at the head of the city; Under the city, the brigade guard battalion personally led by Liao Yaoxiang followed behind the death squad.

Explosions, machine guns, rifles were torn apart. The death squads rushed to the city at great cost, they firmly controlled both ends of the gap, and the follow-up troops led by Liao Yaoxiang passed through the gap to kill deep into the city.

The Japanese army at the head of the city was no longer able to counterattack the squadron that had entered the city, and slowly retreated into the city. Nakajima took a machine gun team to fight and retreat, and at the moment of crisis, Gushu transferred a squadron from the west gate to launch a counterattack on the squadron, and the soldiers rushed towards the oncoming squadron with smoking grenades one after another, and the explosion rolled up a thick blood mist.

"Put the Commander down!" Without saying a word, Gu Shu ordered Nakajima's guards to put Nakajima down: "This place is under my command!" ”

Badly wounded shortly after the attack began, Lucao was taken to a makeshift ambulance facility with only two doctors left and medicines stolen from pharmacies across the city.

Nakajima didn't refuse, turned around and trotted two steps, retreated fifty meters, the ancient tree came from the west gate, then the situation at the west gate would definitely get worse, he had to come down and make a plan for the whole situation, and hold on until the reinforcements arrived.

Sure enough, soon, the west gate was also broken through, and the offensive of the squadron was concentrated in the west gate and the north gate, and the middle island immediately adjusted the deployment, abandoned the east gate, and the whole army took the south gate as the core to build a defensive system. In order to gain time, he ordered the troops at the east gate to leave one squadron behind, and the rest of the troops to launch a counterattack on the flank of the squadron that was killing head-on.

The Japanese troops from the flank forced Liao Yaoxiang to slow down the pursuit of the Japanese troops in front of him and focus on the Japanese troops coming from the flank, and Nakajima used this time to quickly establish a defensive position near the south gate.

To the north of Su County, the car lights were flashing, the war horses were neighing, and the 16th and 7th Divisions led by Yamashita Fengwen were forcibly marching to Su County. Sun Liren led the new 38th Division to attack desperately on the flank, hoping to attract the attention of the Japanese army. However, Yamashita Fengwen did not have the responsibility of Sun Liren, he left the 13th Brigade of the 7th Division to deal with the new 38th Division, and he led the main force to quickly advance to Suxian. In desperation, Sun Liren took the risk of dividing the army into two divisions and personally led two brigades to Youji, hoping to intercept Yamashita Fengwen here.

Su County was lost, the army on the north bank of the Hun River was shaken, although Li Pinxian ordered not to retreat, Zhuang Jihua also strictly ordered not to retreat without an order. The armies on the front faced the Japanese army in a state of unease.

Soon realizing that the slow attack on the south bank of the Hun River could not deceive the squadron, he immediately ordered the resumption of the offensive while the 11th Division was transferred back to strengthen the frontal assault force.

The Japanese soldiers braved the artillery fire of their own troops to land on the north bank, and then followed the artillery fire to advance in depth.

The north bank of the Hunhe River is in an emergency.

"Boom!" "Boom!" Shells continued to explode nearby, the dark sky was dyed red, and fluttering snowflakes melted in the night.

"Commander, commander, you can't stop it, withdraw it! Withdraw! "A bloodied officer rushed into the forward command post, the bandages on his head already dirty and oozing blood.

Yu Xuezhong turned around and shouted angrily: "Retreat there!" We retreated from the northeast to Anhui, and we can still withdraw there! Today you will either die in battle, or you will beat the devil back. ”

After speaking, he threw off his military coat, picked up a Gordon-style submachine gun and walked out: "Guards, follow me!" ”

As soon as Yu Xuezhong walked out of the forward command post, there was a rapid telephone ringing behind him, and the staff officer who remained in the command headquarters grabbed the phone and immediately shouted: "Commander! Captains! Military Department Telephone. ”

Yu Xuezhong turned around and took the phone from the staff officer, and the urgent voice of the chief of staff came from the phone: "Army commander, the right flank has been broken through, and the 68th Army has retreated, what should we do?" ”

Yu Xuezhong felt dizzy in his head after hearing this, his defense line was not connected to the 68th Army, and the 46th Army was separated from it.

"What about the Forty-Sixth Army? What about Chief Lee? ”

"They are also retreating! I can't get in touch with Mr. Li! ”

Yu Xuezhong put down the phone and sat down at the table, he knew that the defense line of the Huhe River was over, and it was impossible for him to hold this line of defense alone.

"Contact the theater command and ask Chief Zhuang for instructions."

Yu Xuezhong finally said something on the phone, put down the phone and grabbed the map, carefully looking for the retreat route, his mood was extremely depressed.

Zhuang Jihua received Yu Xuezhong's telegram and was shocked, this shock was not the loss of the Huhe River, but the fact that the report came from Xuezhong, which showed that Li Pinxian was no longer able to control the situation, and the Huhe defense line was collapsing.

Before Zhuang Jihua could react, the director of the confidential room hurriedly rushed into the war room and handed the telegram to Gong Chu.

"Commander Li from the First Theater of Operations called that the Japanese 101st Division and the 37th Division broke through the defensive line of the 22nd Army and the 27th Army and rushed to the north bank of the Yellow River." Gong Chu hurriedly looked at the telegram, his face turned pale, and he said to Zhuang Jihua in horror.

Zhuang Jihua's eyes were dark, and he almost fainted, and the two divisions rushed to the bank of the Yellow River, seriously threatening the safety of the main force in the theater, and the entire battle was a complete failure.

Seeing Zhuang Jihua's body shaking, Gong Xiuhua hurriedly held him up, and asked someone to bring a glass of water, Zhuang Jihua took two sips, calmed down and stood up again, and walked quickly to the sand table.

"We can't wait for Bai Chongxi's order any longer, and immediately implement the retreat plan." Zhuang Jihua looked at the sand table and said to Gong Chu: "Order Yu Xuezhong and Liu Ruming to retreat to Sixian immediately, and then turn into northern Jiangsu." Ordered the 46th Army to retreat in the direction of Yongcheng, and ordered Deng Xihou to command the 58th, 46th, and 74th armies in a unified manner, and be sure to hold Yongcheng to cover the retreat of the main force in the theater. ”

"Order Liao Yaoxiang to give up the attack on Suxian and retreat to Huaibei, order the new 38th Division to give up blocking Fengwen under the mountain and retreat to Huaibei, and Sun Liren, the commander of the new 38th Division, will command all armies in Huaibei in a unified manner, hold Huaibei, and cover the main force in the theater."

"Order Li Xianzhou's 92nd Army to ............"

……

A series of orders were issued from the Xuzhou Theater Headquarters, and overnight, the squadron began to retreat from various battlefields, and Du Yuming, who was holding on to Jining, withdrew from Jining overnight, crossed the canal, and then retreated to Shangqiu through Jinxiang and Shanxian counties.

The Henan attack force commanded by Xu Zuyi turned from offensive to defensive, covering the troops on the canal line to retreat westward, the real trouble was the 102nd Army that crossed the river, after the northern line of defense was broken, this army could not directly retreat to the west, could only cross the Yellow River south, and some of the 21st Army troops who acted with them were also cut off by the Japanese army and could not get in touch with the main force going west, so they could only follow the 102nd Army to cross the Yellow River south.

Xuzhou retreated, Zhuang Jihua left in Xuzhou with a simple theater headquarters, Gong Chu led most of the headquarters to Shangqiu, and the logistics department organized a large number of people to carry materials, and those that could not be transported were destroyed on the spot, and the smoke from the burning could be seen dozens of miles away.

The troops on the eastern front also began to retreat, Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army and Guan Linzheng's 51st Army took on the task of breaking off, and the rest of the troops quickly retreated westward through Xuzhou.

"The article is well written, who wrote it?" From the several articles handed over by Hua Chun, Zhuang Jihua picked out one and was very satisfied, so he asked casually.

"A new college student from our propaganda department." Hua Chun's demeanor was slightly abnormal, but Zhuang Jihua didn't pay attention.

"New here?"

"It turned out to be from the Wuhan Volunteer Team," suddenly Hua Chun recovered, and said very directly: "A very beautiful female college student, named Ji Feixiang." Commander, no worse than sister-in-law. ”

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