Chapter 1 Two Companies Receive Notification

The two companies that received the notification immediately and quietly began their operation.

Company Commander Shi Chengjun of the First Company no longer felt any pressure.

Watching the entire Yuta Aoi squad enter the ambush circle, he loudly commanded, "Blast!"

With the command, the earth shook!

The Japanese devils of Yuta Aoi's squad felt as if there was an earthquake, their footing unsteady, their vision blurred.

They only saw many mosquitoes suddenly flying out of the mountains and forests. These black things were dense and numerous, rushing towards them.

However, these things were much more terrifying than mosquitoes.

Mosquitoes only suck blood, not shed it.

These things only shed blood, not suck it!

The entire Yuta Aoi squad, with only fifty-odd devils in total, was hit by the blast. Most of them fell to the ground, struggling and groaning.

Only a dozen or so devils could barely stand. Their minds were a little short-circuited: they were ambushed!

That was for sure. They didn't know if they should run or rescue the groaning devils around them.

After all, they had just dragged other devils back with them.

Squad Leader Yuta Aoi shouted loudly, "Defense! Defense!"

His shout woke up the dazed devils.

Battalion Commander Kazuki Yoshitaka watched Aoi's squad from three hundred meters away. In the blink of an eye, the entire squad was engulfed in a battlefield filled with smoke.

They, the spectators standing far away, could only hear shouts of killing coming from the front.

The First Company's charge was also obscured by the smoke.

The situation was now somewhat complicated, and Battalion Commander Kazuki Yoshitaka had not yet made up his mind.

He was not sure how many people were in the team blocking the front.

If there were not many people blocking the front, his team could still try to charge. If he could defeat this team, he wouldn't lose too much face when he went back.

Thinking of this, Battalion Commander Kazuki Yoshitaka was already somewhat tempted.

His idea was good, but before he could act, shells began to explode in his ranks.

The Second and Third Companies seized the initiative.

Among the individual weapons issued to the Special Operations Brigade, the rocket launcher was the most powerful.

After the company commanders tested the power of the rocket launcher, they all fell in love with this weapon.

It was easier to operate than mortars and infantry guns, and more powerful than both.

The two company commanders had discussed it: the Second Company would blast the head, and the Third Company would blast the tail.

Having radios in the companies was great. The two company commanders could contact each other, which was very convenient.

They discussed working together, attacking the head and pinching the tail, without wasting ammunition or manpower.

After several rockets exploded in the middle of Battalion Commander Yoshitaka's remaining devils, the team, which originally had only a hundred or so devils left, suffered further heavy losses. Fewer than a squad of devils were able to run.

Battalion Commander Kazuki Yoshitaka shouted loudly, "Defense! Defense!"

The devils who could run no longer listened to Battalion Commander Kazuki Yoshitaka's orders. They fled in panic into the forests on both sides.

However, after they ran a few steps, hundreds of tiger-like soldiers rushed out of the forest.

The two companies of the Second Regiment began to charge, rushing out of the forest like tigers descending the mountain.

In the blink of an eye, they had collided with the devils who were preparing to flee. These devils had long lost their will to fight. Facing the soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade, who were full of morale, their parries were all out of shape.

These devils were like small boats overturned by a giant wave, disappearing without a trace after one wave passed.

The small boats were overturned by the giant wave and sank to the bottom of the water. The devils were stabbed by the soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade and lay on the ground.

Battalion Commander Kazuki Yoshitaka watched as the last of the elite in the entire team died.

Fewer than ten devils were still standing by him.

In addition, there were twenty or so wounded lying on the ground groaning. He could no longer take care of the wounded. Battalion Commander Kazuki Yoshitaka roared, emboldening himself and encouraging the other devils.

He led the charge towards the soldiers of the Third Company who were rushing up.

His actions motivated the remaining devils, and they followed Battalion Commander Kazuki Yoshitaka, putting up a final desperate fight.

The final struggle of these devils was obviously useless. They failed to inflict any damage on the soldiers of the Third Company, and one by one they fell to the ground.

The officers and soldiers of the Third Company did not stop there. They immediately began to finish off the wounded and clear the battlefield.

After Shi Chengjun's First Company blasted Aoi Yuta's squad, the entire company immediately rushed up.

When they rushed into the smoke, they could still hear devils shouting, "Defense! Defense!"

The soldiers of the First Company who rushed up were already in front of the devils. Bright bayonets were stabbing towards the devils who had just recovered their senses.

The Yuta Aoi squad, which was attacked again, hastily fought back. These devils had been trekking for a long distance today, and had just fled such a long distance in a panic. They were also disoriented by the directional mines. Facing the fierce soldiers of the First Company, these devils could only parry, with no power to fight back.

In the blink of an eye, all the dozen or so devils in Aoi Yuta's squad who still had fighting power were dead.

The soldiers of the First Company were very familiar with the battlefield process: blast first, then charge, finish with bayonets, and then finish off the wounded!

After finishing off the wounded, first pick up the guns, then collect the bullets, and finally strip off the clothes and take off the boots.

The two regimental commanders standing on the top of the mountain watching the battlefield smiled at each other.

In this way, the devils were doomed to escape disaster.

Now, the undisputed First Regiment was at the front, serving as the vanguard of the Special Operations Brigade.

They had just received the brigade commander's order: "The Special Operations Brigade is advancing towards Susong."

While the main force of the Special Operations Brigade advanced towards Susong, Ye Dadan led the Sixth Regiment and had already arrived at Dashuke outside Tongcheng.

This place was five kilometers from Tongcheng. Ye Dadan ordered the entire regiment to rest on the spot and sent seven reconnaissance teams to understand the terrain around Tongcheng.

Although he already knew the general situation of Tongcheng from Mao Wenxing's aerial reconnaissance, the whole of Tongcheng was distributed northwest to southeast, with mountains, hills, and plains in order. That was all Mao Wenxing could provide.

There were no devils near Tongcheng, the devils were only in the city, and not only were there devils in the city, there was also a large team of puppet troops.

The Sixth Regiment had been walking all the way from Qianshan, and although the soldiers could not be said to be too tired, Ye Dadan still decided to rest for the night.

Tongcheng was originally a place where seven provinces met. Although there were no railways, the highways were smooth and the water network was dense, which greatly facilitated the devils' food and grass transportation. The devils transported their supplies here and then transported them to the Qianshan and Taihu areas.

Yesterday, Battalion Commander Kato Naoki, who was stationed in Tongcheng, received a notice: "Qianshan and Taihu have been occupied by the National Army. The stockpiled grain and ammunition in Tongcheng will be suspended from being transported forward."

This order finally relaxed Battalion Commander Kato Naoki a little. He finally did not have to urge Commander He Youbao of the puppet army to grab coolies every day.

As for the notice behind this, telling them to prepare for a possible attack by the National Army, Battalion Commander Kato Naoki smiled it off.

He had an elite battalion guarding the city. Even if the National Army attacked with an entire army, they would not have a good time.

His confidence was of course based on the fact that the combat effectiveness of the Sixth Division was beyond doubt, and the combat effectiveness of the Kato Battalion was also beyond doubt.

Even the Itagaki Detachment of the Second Army, with a scale of five or six thousand devils, was unable to be defeated by the National Army, which used three main armies combined with twenty divisions, a total of 200,000 men.

On the contrary, the Itagaki Division attacked and plundered all the way.

Battalion Commander Kato Naoki believed that his team was stronger than the Itagaki Division.

He did not believe even more that any National Army team dared to come and attack.

Battalion Commander Kato Naoki knew that the Sixth Division had been having a difficult time on the front line these days. The National Army's resistance was very firm, but the National Army did not have the spare strength to send troops to counterattack Tongcheng.

Even so, Battalion Commander Kato Naoki still strengthened the defense in the east of the city with a company of devils and a company of puppet troops.

The remaining three directions were only guarded by a squad of devils and a company of puppet troops.

The entire battalion's remaining four companies of devils were all under the direct command of Battalion Commander Kato Naoki. These devils were all stationed in the city, making it convenient to mobilize them at any time for support.

Company Commander Onodera Yuu's company had been stationed in the east of the city since yesterday. His team was still stationed at the east gate, less than a hundred meters from the city wall. The garrison on the city wall was originally only a squad of devils and a puppet army company!

In this way, there were nearly 400 puppet soldiers in the east of the city alone, plus their devils, the troops were sufficient.

August 4th was uneventful.

August 5th was uneventful!

Although at this time, the devils in Tongcheng received the latest news from the Sixth Division Headquarters: the division's efforts to recapture Taihu had failed.

Division Commander Shiro Inaba was shocked and afraid that his action of sending a tank company to cooperate with an infantry battalion to recapture Taihu had failed.

Although Huangmei County had been captured yesterday, and a supply channel had been established with the Xiaochikou supply point, not only replenishing ammunition and food, but also replenishing troops, the team in the Taihu direction made him very uncomfortable.

Especially when he learned from the top echelons of the National Army that the team occupying Taihu and Qianshan was the Special Operations Brigade, he was both surprised and delighted!

What was surprising was that he had encountered this opponent again, and what was delightful was that this opponent was no longer in Jurong.

Division Commander Inaba Shiro wanted to completely wipe out the Special Operations Brigade in this place. He believed that the soul of the Special Operations Brigade was Lin Fan. There was definite news that Lin Fan, the brigade commander of the Special Operations Brigade, was in Taihu.

This was exciting news for the devils.

The devils who had just entered Huangmei no longer continued to attack Guangji. The Sixth Division was now urgently dispatching its main force to Susong. It wanted to guard against the Special Operations Brigade, this sharp knife, from piercing its back.

The devils were heavily reinforcing Susong. Mao Wenxing saw it in his eyes, remembered it in his heart, and reported it to Lin Fan.

Hearing that the Sixth Division had actually built layers of blocking positions along the Taihu to Huangmei Highway in Susong, Lin Fan was also in trouble.

A positional war was a war of attrition.

The Special Operations Brigade was not the National Army, and Lin Fan was unwilling to fight a war of attrition.

According to the intelligence Mao Wenxing had偵察, the main force of the devils had been transferred to Susong.

Lin Fan reported this intelligence to the Fifth War Zone and requested that the Fifth War Zone send a team to attack Huangmei to recover the lost territory and compress the Sixth Division's area of activity.

The Special Operations Brigade would hold the main force of the devils in front, and the Fifth War Zone would stab the devils in the back. When the two sides surrounded the devils in Susong, they would launch a general attack to drive the devils out of Susong.

In this way, all the devils on the north bank of the Yangtze River could be driven out, and Tianjiazhen, the last Yangtze River fortress protecting Wuhan on the north bank, could be stabilized.

Lin Fan's plan was very good, and Bai Chongxi, the acting commander of the Fifth War Zone, also agreed.

However, the teams deployed in Guangji in the Fifth War Zone had all retreated from Huangmei, Taihu, and Qianshan. The various units were resting and were unable to counterattack.

This was embarrassing! The Special Operations Brigade's counterattack plan was shelved.

Division Commander Inaba Shiro's plan to completely歼滅 the Special Operations Brigade in Taihu and Qianshan had just been submitted, and the first person to see it was Lieutenant General Neiji Okamura, the commander of the 11th Army.

When he saw the Special Operations Brigade and Lin Fan, he learned that this person was the main founder of the Jurong base.

He immediately agreed to the plan.

This plan was then reported to Commander Shunroku Hata of the China Expeditionary Army. When he saw the sensitive words Special Operations Brigade and Lin Fan, he immediately became nervous. When he saw the Sixth Division's plan, he immediately pointed out the shortcomings in the plan.

Taihu and Qianshan are located north of Dabie Mountain. The Special Operations Brigade is a team that is particularly good at guerrilla warfare. Even if the battle is unfavorable, they can窜into the Dabie Mountain.

Moreover, the strength of the Sixth Division is not enough to completely殲滅 the Special Operations Brigade. At least three to five divisions of the 11th Army are needed to have this possibility.

Commander Shunroku Hata's hatred for the Special Operations Brigade was higher than the sky and deeper than the sea.

However, he knew better the combat effectiveness of this team.

Shunroku Hata was telling the truth. As a result, both Lieutenant General Neiji Okamura, the commander of the 11th Army, and Shiro Inaba, the commander of the Sixth Division, felt insulted.

Division Commander Inaba Shiro decided to launch a counterattack from Susong to Taihu to slap Shunroku Hata, the old fool, in the face.

Morning of August 6, 1938:

Ye Dadan commanded the Sixth Regiment to march towards Tongcheng, which was ten miles away.

According to the plan: the First Battalion would be the main attack, attacking the east of the city.

The Second Battalion would be the auxiliary attack, attacking the north of the city.

The Third Battalion would serve as the reserve team.

Rocket launchers and anti-aircraft machine guns would be deployed in the east of the city.

The Sixth Regiment set off at six o'clock in the morning, and it took them only an hour and a half to travel ten miles.

The news that the National Army had appeared outside the city shocked Battalion Commander Kato Naoki, who was guarding the city.

Although he had sent more men to the east of the city, he was not mentally prepared for an attack.

Therefore, no defensive positions were布置on the periphery of Tongcheng. This was why the Sixth Regiment directly inserted itself into the edge of the city.

However, the devils did not have enough troops. Most of the counties they occupied were defended in this way.

Only guard the county town!

Although Company Commander Onodera Yuu was also shocked, he calmly ordered Warrant Officer Yata Yuji's squad and Wang Decai's puppet army company to defend on the city wall.

His company and He Jiachai's puppet army company remained under the city as reserves.

There was no problem with this arrangement. According to their experience in fighting the National Army, the National Army's siege was often like a tiger grabbing a hedgehog, unable to get its claws in.

Battalion Commander Ji Feichi of the First Battalion stood a thousand meters away, looking at the devils and puppet soldiers on the city wall of Tongcheng.

The two sides were still far apart, and the devils and puppet soldiers were still arrogantly overlooking the city from the city wall.

The devils did not convey the news that the Special Operations Brigade had captured Taihu and Qianshan to the entire army. The devils would never let the grassroots soldiers know about such image-damaging news.

Sergeant First Class Fukusho Shunichi, who was on the city wall, looked at the National Army soldiers outside the city and asked in confusion, "Our army has already occupied Huangmei and is already attacking Guangji. Where did these National Army soldiers鑽out from?"

Sergeant First Class Kamito Taro, who was equally unaware of the real situation on the front line, smiled and said, "This may be a team that fell behind after the Battle of Xuzhou. They thought that the front line was tight and that we had few troops in the cities in the rear, so they came to pick up some cheap."

"They are kicking an iron plate this time." Squad Leader Yata Yuji also said with a smile.

He had absolute confidence in his team, especially here in Tongcheng, where there were two battalions of troops.

Battalion Commander Ji Feichi said to the three company commanders next to him, "There are a lot of devils on the city wall. The First Company will attack on the left, the Second Company will attack in the middle, and the Third Company will attack on the right!"

"Okay!" The three company commanders said in unison.

"The mortars and infantry guns of each company are 500 meters away from the city wall. Heavy machine guns and rocket launchers follow the infantry's movements."

"Yes!" The three company commanders answered at the same time.

"Now: move out!" With an order, the three companies rushed towards Tongcheng like three arrows at the same time.

Company Commander Onodera Yuu, who was standing on the city wall observing the battle, felt a little excited when he saw the First Battalion's attack: The National Army outside the city was really capable! They actually dared to attack!

He still had two companies under the city as reserves, and more than 200 troops on the city wall were already enough.

Seeing that the attacking team outside the city had rushed within 500 meters, he ordered: "Mortars and grenade launchers, fire!"

The mortars were the配置 of his company and had just been transferred up to assist in guarding the city.

However, his infantry was still waiting at the city gate.

Company Commander Onodera Yuu had a small plan: After the city wall repelled the attacking National Army, the infantry of his company would open the city gate and rush out of the city to chase the team that dared to attack Tongcheng, turning it into a chaotic rout.

The plan was beautiful, and at least until now, everything was going according to his plan.

Changes only happen in an instant!

The devils guarding the city actually started firing artillery. They were firing artillery from the city tower! How could they tolerate this?

Company Commander Zhen Jianshu of the First Company, Company Commander Meng Qilue of the Second Company, and Company Commander Qi Yixuan of the Third Company simultaneously ordered their artillerymen: "Return fire! Return fire!"

"Suppress! Suppress!"

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The three companies had a total of fifteen mortars and six infantry guns. After receiving the order, they immediately began to act.

Mortars had always been the focus of training for the infantrymen of the Special Operations Brigade. According to Lin Fan's requirements, the mortar needed to complete the transition from moving to firing within ten seconds, and it also needed to be able to evacuate and move within ten seconds.

Almost at the same time as receiving the company commanders' orders, fifteen shells flew out of the barrels.

In less than a minute, six infantry guns also opened fire.

Company Commander Onodera Yuu, who was originally standing in the city tower observing the battle, watched as the three mortars under his command fired their shells in less than ten seconds.

Shells like hail smashed down, and in less than three minutes, the artillery position at the city tower was finished.

Two of the three mortars were blown outside the city, and one was blown into the city.

Even inside the city tower where he was, countless shrapnel flew in.

Company Commander Onodera Yuu had no choice but to change his position.

While his mortar squad was being bombed, the three companies of the Sixth Regiment had already rushed within 200 meters of the city wall.

This time, without the company commander's command, Squad Leader Yata Yuji had already issued the order to fire.

Seeing that their masters had fired, Company Commander Wang Decai of the puppet army quickly followed.

At this time, they must not be slow, they must keep up with the masters' footsteps.

Three consecutive rounds of shells blew the devils' mortars up, and they fell heavily outside the city.

Before the artillerymen of the First Battalion could rejoice, the devils on the city wall had already opened fire.

In the blink of an eye, at least seven machine gun firepower points and five grenade launcher firepower points were exposed.

The artillerymen of the three companies immediately followed the division of labor: the First Company on the left, the Second Company in the middle, and the Third Company on the right. They began to打击 the devils' firepower points.

Those heavy machine guns that were pushed to the front not only blocked the devils' bullets, but also stopped to suppress the devils' machine guns.

Company Commander Zhen Jianshu of the First Company shouted loudly: "Rocket launchers! Blow up that heavy machine gun for me."

The three rocket launcher shooters in his company hid behind the heavy machine gun, aimed, and fired!

The heavy machine gun on the city wall immediately went silent.

"Good shot! Keep charging!"

With the heavy machine gun knocked out, the artillerymen behind had already aimed their bombardment at those infantrymen hiding behind the city wall shooting.

These devils and puppet soldiers hid behind the battlements, holding Type 38 rifles and firing at the charging soldiers of the Sixth Regiment.

They had already rushed to the edge of the moat, and the shooting on the city wall continued.

Company Commander Zhen Jianshu of the First Company ordered: "Everyone, get ready with grenades! Two consecutive grenades, target the city wall. Throw!"

The moat was nearly 20 meters away from the city wall, and the city wall was 15 meters high. The first round of more than 100 grenades thrown by the First Company at the same time caused the Second and Third Companies on the battlefield to notice.

Good methods must be learned. What the First Company had, the Second and Third Companies also had.

Company Commander Meng Qilue of the Second Company ordered loudly: "Get ready with grenades, everyone! Throw!"

Company Commander Qi Yixuan of the Third Company's order was simple: "Everyone! Grenades! Throw!"

The sound of grenades exploding rose and fell.

After throwing out two rounds of grenades, the First Company quickly erected bamboo ladders to cross the moat, and then erected siege ladders to start climbing the city wall.

After the attacking teams in the east of the city all threw grenades at the city wall, whether it was Squad Leader Yata Yuji or Company Commander Wang Decai's puppet army company, they had already suffered heavy casualties, and now they were even more severely hit.

Company Commander Onodera Yuu watched as the more than 200 troops on the city wall were reduced to less than 30 devils and puppet soldiers combined in less than ten minutes.

Moreover, these puppet soldiers and devils were all retreating, and they did not dare to approach the battlements anymore.

"Reserve team! Everyone come to the city wall."

Company Commander Onodera Yuu was anxious and shouted loudly to the team that was still resting 100 meters away.

He himself strode his short legs and ran towards the bottom of the city.

He wanted to return to his team and lead the team to rush to the city wall again.

In fact, he knew clearly that the distance for the team outside the city to登the city was only 25 meters, while his team was 125 meters away. If he continued to stay in the city tower, he might not be able to hold on with a difference of 100 meters, and he would be finished.

Company Commander Onodera Yuu wanted to keep his useful body to make a greater contribution to the empire's invasion.

He only shouted loudly to the devils and puppet soldiers who were running towards the bottom of the city like him when he went down the city: "Retreat! Hold on! The reserve team is there! I'm going to接應 them up. You! Go back! Hold on!"

His command was weak and ineffective. Neither the devils nor the puppet soldiers obeyed the command.

Company Commander Onodera Yuu raised his hand and fired a shot. Sergeant First Class Fukusho Shunichi, who was running in front of him, was shot in the back of the head, and his skull was blown off.

He fell headfirst to the ground.

Even when running away, the puppet soldiers did not dare to run in front of their masters. That was why Sergeant First Class Fukusho Shunichi was able to rush to the front.

However, it was also because he ran fast that he blocked Company Commander Onodera Yuu's path.

At the same time, the company commander wanted to kill someone to establish his authority, so he executed a devil on the spot.

With this specimen lying on the ground, not even struggling, the devils and puppet soldiers who were running stopped.

They did not dare to run anymore!

Squad Leader Yata Yuji had no choice but to turn around and shout loudly: "Defense! Defense!"

Just by耽擱 for a while, dozens of soldiers from the First Battalion had already jumped into the city wall.

The devils and puppet soldiers were all挤in the city tower to go down the city.

This was the main attack direction of Meng Qilue's Second Company.

The soldiers of the Second Company shouted, rushing forward to the devils who were forced to return.

Xie Wu was the fastest. He threw a grenade, which was a specially made grenade by the Special Operations Brigade.

Just one grenade exploded in the air, and a large number of devils and puppet soldiers who had just gathered together to encourage each other fell down.

Company Commander Meng Qilue shouted loudly: "Don't injure our own people!"

Those who rushed the fastest were about to stab the devils with their bayonets.

Grenades could no longer be used.

No! It was that grenades could no longer be used on the city wall.

There was still a large number of devils rushing towards the city wall in the city.

After stabbing a devil to death with a bayonet, Company Commander Meng Qilue discovered that the devils under the city were密集 and were rushing towards the city wall.

"The devil's reinforcements are coming so fast?"

This thought flashed through his mind, and Company Commander Meng immediately ordered: "Bombs!"

There were three or four hundred devils and puppet soldiers under the city. Grenades were not powerful enough.

Directional bombs only炸one side, which was not enough.

Only the Special Operations Brigade's bombs, which were包with iron pellets on all sides, were the best to use in this place.

As soon as the order was issued, two bombs with five pounds of explosives were thrown down in ten seconds.

"Lie down!" After throwing the bombs, Company Commander Zhen immediately ordered.

"Grenades!"

At the same time, he commanded the soldiers on the city wall to take out their grenades and throw them at the devils who were rushing the fastest.

These devils were rushing the fastest and were about to rush to the city wall. If they were not打击, these devils would rush up.

The situation was the most tense in the Second Company.

The soldiers of the First Company and the Third Company, who were next to each other on the left and right, were all rushing in this direction.

"Boom! Boom!" There were two loud noises.

The soldiers of the Second Company heard the dense sound like rain hitting bananas.

Zhen Jianshu was already ordering: "Second Company! Charge!"

Smoke and dust rolled up from under the city, and at the same time, there were many screams from the devils and puppet soldiers.

Company Commander of the First Company poked his head into the city and saw that where the Second Company was, the city was filled with smoke, and the smoke was hazy.

Although an area was not clear, many devils and puppet soldiers were倒伏 outside the area.

They were struggling and哀号 on the ground.

Zhen Jianshu understood that the company commander of the Second Company used bombs and did not need his support.

He immediately ordered: "The First Company will attack along the city wall towards the north of the city!"

At the same time, Company Commander Qi Yixuan of the Third Company also issued an order: "The Third Company will attack along the city wall towards the south of the city!"

The company commander of the Second Company was also ordering: "Open the city gate!"

Battalion Commander Kato Naoki was sitting in the Tongcheng headquarters. The battle had just begun, and he received news that the National Army was attacking in the east and north of the city.

In the first few minutes of the battle, Battalion Commander Kato Naoki received requests for assistance from the east and north of the city.

He was very dissatisfied with Company Commander Onodera Yuu in the east of the city: There was only one squad of devils in the north of the city. It was reasonable for them to ask for assistance.

You, Company Commander Onodera Yuu, were originally in the east of the city. It had only been ten minutes, and your company could not hold on?

Battalion Commander Kato Naoki sent the Irie Torataro company to the north of the city.

To Company Commander Onodera Yuu in the east of the city, he ordered: "Hold on!"

Ten minutes after the order to hold on was issued, the communications soldier sent an unfortunate message: "The east of the city has fallen! Company Onodera Yuu, Company He Jiachai, and Company Wang Decai of the puppet army have been completely annihilated!"

"Completely annihilated?" Battalion Commander Kato Naoki suddenly stood up from the ground.

He asked again incredulously.

"Yes! The defenders in the east of the city have all died for the Emperor!" The communications soldier looked flustered.

"What's going on?" Battalion Commander Kato Naoki could not care about anything else now. He only wanted to know how the three companies could be killed in such a short time.

Company Onodera Yuu and Company He Jiachai were originally reserves under the city.

The National Army outside the city charged too fast. The reserve team had not had time to布置on the city wall, and they were炸 and冲 by the attacking National Army, and they were completely annihilated.

One炸 was referring to the two bombs that锅烩 nearly the devils and puppet soldiers.

One冲was referring to the Second Company冲down the city wall to chase and kill the devils who were lucky enough not to be blown up.

The Special Operations Brigade had always trained running away as the most important subject. For the devils and puppet soldiers who were炸stupid under the city, they had not脱身 from this hellish scene in front of them.

The bayonets of the fierce officers and soldiers of the Second Company came.

When these bright bayonets stabbed over, both the devils and the puppet soldiers could only passively parry.

While the Second Company was剿kill these devils, they also had the余力 to open the city gate.

There was still the Third Battalion, the reserve team, outside the city.

With the city gate open, the Type 92 infantry guns of the First Battalion, which were blocked outside the city, immediately冲into the city.

The infantry guns of the three companies immediately went their own way, chasing after their own companies.

The Second Company was now advancing towards the middle of the city.

Ye Dadan commanded the entire regiment to follow and enter Tongcheng.

The anti-aircraft machine gun company, the rocket launcher company, and the Tenth Company were all布置on the city wall.

The Tenth Company was an infantry company and of course guarded the city wall. Another meaning was to protect the other two companies.

The rocket launcher company had not fired a single shot in this siege battle.

This was because its accuracy was not high and the coverage was too wide. Ye Dadan was unwilling to bomb Tongcheng into ruins.

The Third Battalion冲into the city, and they had just received the regimental commander's order: "From east to west, quickly occupy the entire city!"

Battalion Commander Kato Naoki, who received the news that the east of the city had fallen, finally accepted reality.

He immediately sent two of the three companies he had left to the east of the city, trying to drive the National Army that had already攻into the city out.

At this time, he felt that the troops in his hand seemed to be not enough.

He then reported to the Sixth Division: "Tongcheng has been attacked by the elite of the National Army. The east of the city has fallen. Please send someone from the师團長 to指导!"

This was a特急電報 and was sent to Division Commander Inaba Shiro as soon as possible.

Seeing that Tongcheng was in danger, Division Commander Inaba and the staff of the Sixth Division Headquarters were carefully looking around.

After looking around, the Sixth Division had no troops to send around Tongcheng at all.

All the troops of the Sixth Division were now in the Huangmei, Susong, and Xiaochikou area.

Tongcheng could not be left unsaved! The intelligence that Tongcheng was in danger was immediately sent to Lieutenant General Neiji Okamura, the commander of the 11th Army.

The 11th Army had someone in Anqing. It was only 100 miles away, but it was still too far.

The closest to Tongcheng was Lujiang County, but even if it was the closest, it was still 60 miles away.

This time, the operation to attack Wuhan was launched by the Sixth Division from Lujiang.

Lujiang was already the腹地 of the occupied area of the devils. The devils had only left one company of troops.

This reality forced Neiji Okamura to make a difficult decision: Abandon Tongcheng!

When the order was passed back to the Sixth Division, Division Commander Inaba Shiro was clear that there were many supplies of his division in Tongcheng.

These were because after Qianjiang was occupied by the Special Operations Brigade, those supplies could not be送forward, and there were no物资 to transfer temporarily.

What to do?

If they retreated, these物资 could not be taken away.

Thinking of this, Division Commander Inaba Shiro had to make a difficult decision: Order the Kato Naoki battalion to burn the物资 and withdraw from Tongcheng if the situation was irreversible.

This was really not that Division Commander Kato Naoki was stingy. The fact was that since the war had started in August last year, their rule in the newly occupied area had not been straightened out, and they had only occupied both sides of the railway and交通線.

They were unable to control the places a little further away, and of course, there was even less talk about收租.

In the past year, the devils had only relied on抢劫to collect物资 in the occupied area.

However, this method was useful in the first two months. Later, everyone began to坚壁清野.

This had caused all the supplies of the devils to come from their country, from their island to here, even food.

That was why they felt cherished.

Just when Division Commander Inaba Shiro was hesitating, Battalion Commander Kato M樹was facing a crisis of life and death.

In fact, his chance of survival was only when the clever devil communications soldier went back to report after the east of the city fell.

If at that time, Battalion Commander Kato Naoki immediately abandoned Tongcheng with three companies of devils and ran away, he could still live!

Now, all the troops of the Sixth Regiment had entered Tongcheng, and they had also occupied all four city walls.

At this time, the Sixth Regiment had also closed the city gates that had been opened.

關門打狗!

Ye Dadan, the regimental commander, of course knew that the devils would反扑madly by not giving the devils any chance of survival.

However, Regimental Commander Ye Dadan said he was not afraid at all. When he was still a company commander, he had fought with the devil's cavalry regiment. Now the troops were twelve times larger than before, and the firepower of each company was only stronger than before.

In this case, for a devil's infantry battalion, Ye Dadan did not have the slightest fear.

What kind of officer there was, there were what kind of soldiers there was.

At this time, the soldiers of the Sixth Regiment were fighting happily.

The Second Company was facing the冲鋒 of two devils companies and one puppet army company.

The Second Company rushed from the East Street, the Third Battalion散開 and rushed from the small alleys of the East City to the West City.

The Third Battalion did not encounter any devils and puppet troops along the way.