The outside world's noisy gazes and countless attention were, to the Fourth Brigade's Commander Tatsuya Nakai, who was currently urging his men to build fortifications:

All fleeting clouds!

All he was thinking about now was how to hold out here until dark.

The Third Brigade's Commander Ryota Takenaka and the remaining devils of his brigade were doing the same thing.

They were also thinking about how to hold out here until dark.

This was the first time the two brigade commanders were thinking the same thing and working towards the same goal.

The forces commanded by the two brigade commanders now numbered nearly seven hundred devils.

This force had everything except mortars, Type 92 infantry guns, and heavy machine guns.

The two brigade commanders looked at each other, their faces grave.

Of course, they were clear about the current situation.

The orders issued by the regimental commander, Yaezo Akashiba, were somewhat like an impossible mission.

The two brigade commanders now had more than six hundred devils under their command, but they didn't commit the entire force to the front line of defense.

Now, they had reorganized the force and established a three-tiered defensive position.

The position was deployed along the road.

Ten minutes later, Regiment Commander Gu Xiuming had already seen the devils' position ahead.

This time, the devils had a large number of men, and they concentrated their efforts to make the fortifications at the forefront as complete as possible.

What Regiment Commander Gu Xiuming saw was the devils crawling in the fortifications, their dark gun muzzles pointing towards his side.

Without much thought, he ordered, "The First and Second Companies attack from the front, the Third and Fourth Companies attack from the left, and the Fifth and Sixth Companies attack from the right.

The remaining companies bypass the devils' blocking position, and the Seventh and Eighth Companies attack from behind the devils.

The remaining four companies continue to pursue, don't let them get away."

Hua Deze, the commander of the Second Regiment following behind the First Regiment, simply nodded to Gu Xiuming, led his troops around the devils' position blocking their path, and left directly.

They left directly, under the gaze of hundreds of devils.

The Fourth Brigade's Commander Tatsuya Nakai watched the Nationalist soldiers chasing after them just leave like that.

His heart was torn: insufficient troops, insufficient firepower, insufficient combat power.

They could only endure such humiliation.

In the past, he would definitely have sent out a company.

Yes, just one company should have been able to hold that force back, or even defeat it.

But today was different from usual. He didn't have many troops, and most importantly, he didn't have a single heavy weapon.

In this situation, the devils here today were already struggling to cope with the Nationalist soldiers attacking from the front.

What to do? The First Company Commander, Feng Ruili, of course wouldn't care what Brigade Commander Tatsuya Nakai and these devils were thinking.

For the First and Second Companies, the weaker the devils, the better.

Anyway, these devils were all going to turn from bad devils into good devils.

The First Company's carts kept advancing forward.

Behind them, the mortars and infantry guns of two companies were bombarding the devils blocking the way.

Taiichi Jin'nai was a devil machine gunner. In the past, his importance wasn't very obvious.

Because there were heavy firepower weapons like heavy machine guns, mortars, and infantry guns in the team.

Today, the light machine gun in his hand had become the most important firepower of the entire company.

The company commander personally arranged the position of his machine gun.

And he also arranged five backup shooters around him.

This was not a good sign.

Five backup shooters, didn't that mean his machine gun would kill a lot of devils?

The machine gunner Taiichi Jin'nai watched the Nationalist soldiers pushing the carts and had already rushed to two hundred meters in front of the position.

He couldn't stay silent any longer, he fired.

As soon as the light machine gun fired, it hit the carts on the opposite side, sending out a string of sparks.

It also immediately attracted the attention of the other side.

Heavy machine guns, mortars, and infantry guns were like sharks that smelled blood, and they all attacked Taiichi Jin'nai's machine gun.

Taiichi Jin'nai was flattered to receive such attention.

He and several backup shooters not far from him fell one after another in such attention.

That wasn't the end of it. The infantry gun also blew his machine gun several meters away.

Looking at the completely deformed barrel, Brigade Commander Tatsuya Nakai sighed.

There were only five such machine guns in the entire blocking position.

The battle had only just begun, and one had already been lost.

How would the next battle be fought?

He could see that the Nationalist soldiers attacking him should be a regiment.

But they didn't take him seriously. The Nationalist soldiers sent two companies to attack in each of the four directions, east, west, north, and south.

They couldn't compete with the Nationalist soldiers in terms of firepower.

Brigade Commander Tatsuya Nakai was no longer thinking about competing with the Nationalist soldiers in terms of firepower.

He ordered, "Everyone, fix bayonets!"

Bayonet fighting!

Only bayonet fighting could minimize the gap in weapons and equipment between the two sides.

Although Brigade Commander Tatsuya Nakai thought his side was fewer in number.

But he believed: with one against two, his chances of winning were at least 70%.

After the light machine guns were targeted, the remaining machine guns simply stopped firing.

All the devils held their breath, preparing to have a good fight with the Nationalist soldiers when they engaged in close combat.

Company Commander Feng Ruili watched the devils defending the position, and their counterattack suddenly wasn't as enthusiastic.

The gunfire was also weak.

He smiled!

This tactic was the most commonly used tactic by the Special Operations Brigade.

Intentionally reduce firing, or even not firing, to lure the devils to the front of the position, then bomb them with a wave, and then rush out of the position to fight in close combat.

Feng Ruili loudly ordered, "Carefully check the front, beware of the devils' landmines."

He thought the devils had laid landmines and were waiting for him to be fooled.

Then he ordered, "When everyone rushes to fifty meters in front of the devils' position,

Throw all the grenades out.

Bomb those devils."

This was to avoid being hurt by the devils' possible landmines as much as possible.

Brigade Commander Tatsuya Nakai watched the Nationalist soldiers rushing up, and his heart began to tense.

Watching the Nationalist soldiers in front had already rushed past one hundred meters, breaking through to fifty meters.

In another twenty meters, he could order the devils to launch a counterattack.

Many devils also widened their eyes and watched the Nationalist soldiers rushing up.

Suddenly, the Nationalist soldiers who came to attack changed their rhythm. Six carts stopped.

A dark mass of grenades was thrown over.

All these grenades were thrown into the devils' trenches.

Explosions rose one after another.

The completely unprepared devils were all squatting in the trenches, preparing to charge.

They were caught off guard by the grenades, suffering heavy casualties.

There was nowhere to hide, nowhere to escape.

And they didn't even have time to react.

As soon as the grenades were thrown, the speed of the six carts suddenly increased.

They rushed past thirty meters in a few seconds, safe!

The soldiers following behind Feng Ruili immediately bypassed the "land tanks".

They rushed into the devils' trenches.

Brigade Commander Tatsuya Nakai's strategic goal had been achieved.

The bayonet fight they had dreamed of had begun.

Brigade Commander Ryota Takenaka commanded the devils who were originally defending in the third echelon.

But their position was not large and had already been surrounded by the Nationalist soldiers.

Brigade Commander Ryota Takenaka's command method was the same as that of Brigade Commander Tatsuya Nakai.

They were all preparing to fight the Nationalist soldiers rushing up with bayonets.

Originally, they were the third echelon, serving as a reserve team for the Tatsuya Nakai Brigade in the front.

But because there were too many Nationalist soldiers on the opposite side, they were directly surrounded.

The devils suddenly had no front or rear.

Sergeant Shoichi Onodera nervously raised his rifle.

When he fixed the bayonet just now, his hand was already shaking.

This was the first time since he joined the Imperial Army that he felt fear from the bottom of his heart.

Sergeant Shoichi Onodera had participated in countless battles over the years.

There had also been times when things hadn't gone smoothly in countless battles.

But no matter how difficult the previous battles were, he had never been afraid.

"Why am I afraid this time?" Sergeant Shoichi Onodera asked himself.

His eyes desperately watched the Nationalist soldiers who had rushed close.

"Is it because of the disparity in strength this time?" he asked himself.

No!

Once, their company fought against an anti-Japanese allied army in the Northeast.

Sergeant Shoichi Onodera could still remember the countless anti-Japanese allied soldiers rushing out of the fields and forests between the black mountains and white snow.

The number was twice as many as these Nationalist soldiers today.

That time, he and all the devils in his company were not afraid.

And they also persisted until the reinforcements arrived and defeated the anti-Japanese allied soldiers who ambushed them.

Sergeant Shoichi Onodera's thoughts could only go this far.

The Nationalist soldiers on the opposite side threw out grenades one by one.

The grenades exploded in mid-air, and three devils next to Sergeant Shoichi Onodera were injured.

"Is it because this Nationalist army is too cunning?"

…

Shoichi Onodera, who was lucky enough not to be injured, quickly curled up his body more carefully.

He was preparing to welcome the second round of grenade bombing from the Nationalist soldiers.

What surprised him and all the devils was that the Nationalist soldiers on the opposite side clearly had grenades that they could continue to throw.

But they rushed up directly.

Clearly, they could have used grenades to bomb the devils into a rout, but the company commanders of the First Regiment all chose to rush up and fight in close combat.

Regiment Commander Gu Xiuming and the company commanders were of course clear: on today's position, the devils had been hit again and again.

These living devils no longer had their former arrogance, nor their former morale.

And after a wave of grenade bombing, these devils had suffered even more casualties.

The few remaining devils were just right to be used by the new recruits who had just joined the Lunan Detachment to practice.

Soldiers had to see blood on the battlefield: especially using the enemy's blood to wash their bayonets.

This was the thing that could best improve the soldiers' courage and honor.

Brigade Commander Tatsuya Nakai watched his devils, who had been reduced by almost half.

This kind of bayonet fighting seemed different from what he had imagined.

Especially when he saw the Nationalist soldiers on the opposite side throwing out a wave of grenades and immediately launching a charge.

The intention of coming up to fight with his troops was too obvious.

They were afraid that direct bayonet fighting would cause too many casualties, so they threw grenades to reduce their side's numbers.

That's why they dared to come to fight in close combat!

Brigade Commander Tatsuya Nakai didn't feel the joy of being taken seriously.

He only had endless indignation in his heart:

You are too cunning!

You don't talk about martial ethics!

If there was a referee in this battle, he would definitely ask the referee to stand up and reason:

The devils, who were already at a clear disadvantage in numbers, were now even fewer.

Brigade Commander Tatsuya Nakai could only encourage the devils who could still stand up:

"You are warriors of the Empire, you have received many years of training from the Empire.

You are the bravest soldiers, you are the most powerful warriors.

Charge up and kill them!"

When Tatsuya Nakai was still encouraging the devils, the two sides had already engaged in a bloody battle.

For the invaders, all that awaited them were rifles and hunting knives.

Lin Fan, whether speaking to the soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade or the Lunan Detachment, said:

"Use every possible method, no matter how shameless or inhumane this method is.

No matter how unspeakable this method is, as long as you can kill the devils.

You are the heroes of the nation.

As for the invaders, no matter how they die, it cannot change their essence:

They are invaders!

The devils invaded us, and when they set foot on this land,

Not only are the devils who set foot on this land no longer innocent.

Even those devils in their country who support the invasion are no longer innocent!

Therefore, we cannot use the eyes of treating people to treat them.

We must look at them with the eyes of treating animals."

Now, the soldiers of the Lunan Detachment, in groups of three, surrounded a devil and fought with bayonets.

The devils also formed groups of three, establishing defenses to try to resist.

At this time, at least three combat teams of the Nationalist army would be surrounding them from all sides.

This was not a ring, this was fighting devils.

Attacking the few with many, bullying the weak with the strong, the soldiers of the Lunan Detachment did not have the slightest psychological pressure.

These warriors only felt the joy of victory.

Sergeant Shoichi Onodera no longer had any devils who could team up with him.

Two wounded were still lying on the ground struggling.

Now no one had time to pay attention to these unlucky ones.

Let them go to hell!

Shoichi Onodera, with trembling hands, finally rushed out of the trench with his rifle.

Three young Nationalist soldiers rushed up in front of him.

The first one, seeing the devil in front, stabbed straight with his gun.

Shoichi Onodera was frightened and quickly parried.

Just as he blocked this gun, another Nationalist soldier who rushed up also stabbed straight with his gun.

"You are unreasonable!" Shoichi Onodera, who had already been stabbed in the chest, blurted out this sentence.

He had been fighting in this country for more than ten years and had learned the language of this country.

Ma Dazhuang, who stabbed the devil, didn't expect the devil to want to reason before he died.

He sneered: "You start to reason when you can't win?

Have you reasoned for so many years?

Reason?

All the devils come to our territory, shouldn't they put down their guns first?

Prepare gifts, bring smiles.

Is that right?"

Ma Dazhuang stabbed once for every sentence he said.

Shoichi Onodera listened to the soldier start to reason.

He never said another complete sentence again.

As soon as he opened his mouth, blood foam sprayed out of his mouth.

Finally, Shoichi Onodera only hummed and ahhed a few times.

Finally, he fell to the ground.

I don't know if he understood the truth in the last bit of time in his life.

There are three thousand avenues, and countless small paths.

The same is true of reason. There are countless great reasons, and countless small reasons.

When the devils invade, they talk about the reasons of the invaders.

For them, their willingness to occupy this land is giving the people on this land an opportunity.

The people here should welcome them, otherwise they are ungrateful and should be punished.

As for the reasons that the people on this land want to talk about, the devils never listen, believe, pay attention to, or care about.

Sergeant Takuto Ichihara usually partnered with Sergeant Shoichi Onodera.

Today, he was unlucky and injured a hand by a grenade.

He had been groaning in the trench just now.

He completely watched the entire process of Shoichi Onodera's battle.

He also heard the reasons that Ma Dazhuang said.

"This is a reasonable person." Sergeant Takuto Ichihara was still somewhat gratified.

"We are prisoners of war, we demand to be treated as prisoners of war according to the Geneva Conventions," he shouted loudly.

After shouting, he glanced triumphantly at Sergeant Yuma Ando lying on the side.

They were all in the same group. Over the years, the three devils had worked together and killed countless innocent people and anti-Japanese soldiers.

This time, Ma Dazhuang did not use the most direct means of response.

A bayonet stabbed into Sergeant Takuto Ichihara's chest.

Qin Laosan laughed: "You talk about conventions when it's beneficial to you.

Why don't you talk about them usually?"

Sergeant Takuto Ichihara watched Sergeant Yuma Ando also had two knives in his chest like him.

When he wanted to say something, he couldn't open his mouth anymore.

Such battles were still taking place in various positions on the position.

Brigade Commander Tatsuya Nakai watched the Nationalist soldiers rushing up and fighting with his devils.

The bayonet skills of the Nationalist soldiers were extremely skilled by some soldiers.

Often a soldier could stab down his devils with one glance.

Some Nationalist soldiers were not so skilled.

These Nationalist soldiers, in groups of three and fives,

They fully utilized the advantage of numbers and forcibly surrounded the devils.

Two fists are hard to beat four hands.

How could a devil cope with the attacks of three or even more Nationalist soldiers at the same time?

Brigade Commander Tatsuya Nakai couldn't stand it either.

He shouted, drew his command knife, and rushed into the battlefield that was fighting.

It wasn't that he wanted to do this, it was just that the battle here had only just begun.

In fact, it was already over.

Brigade Commander Tatsuya Nakai could of course see that he had been defeated.

Not to mention holding out here until dark, it was impossible to hold out for another fifteen minutes.

What kind of team was this, why was it so powerful?

Brigade Commander Tatsuya Nakai was not a fledgling devil, he was a devil with rich combat experience.

His brigade commander was also promoted step by step from the grassroots level.

But in so many years of battle, he had never encountered such a powerful army.

Why?

Brigade Commander Tatsuya Nakai didn't understand: What was wrong with this country?

This country was clearly very backward, and had been in constant civil war for the past twenty years.

After the Empire began to invade this country, their civil war miraculously ended.

The warlords who had originally been governing separately in the entire Nationalist army were also able to unite.

There were many more or less grudges between those warlords.

From Beiping to Shanghai, from Shanghai to Nanjing, the Empire's army won victory after victory.

But the Nationalist army not only did not collapse, but became more and more numerous and stronger.

The team in front of him was proof: they had such a powerful army.

Could the Empire really conquer this nation?

The belief that Brigade Commander Tatsuya Nakai had once firmly believed in wavered.

If one hears the Dao in the morning, one can die content in the evening!

Brigade Commander Tatsuya Nakai felt that he seemed to understand something.

If he still had a chance, he would definitely tell the regimental commander, Yaezo Akashiba, about what he had just understood.

But he no longer had the chance to say his thoughts.

Feng Ruili had already led his soldiers to rush up, and the devils blocking the way were stabbed down layer by layer.

The rifle in Feng Ruili's hand stabbed towards the devil brigade commander in front of him.

There were soldiers cooperating on the side, also stabbing with a gun.

Not just one soldier shot, but several soldiers shot together.

They didn't give him special treatment just because the devil was holding a command knife.

On the battlefield, there were only devils, and as long as they were devils, they were bad.

Of course, there was no need to give them preferential treatment for bad people.

Brigade Commander Tatsuya Nakai sighed in his heart: the officers and soldiers of this team did not have the slightest respect for his brigade commander.

This was a team that completely ignored hierarchy.

Such a team was too terrible.

Brigade Commander Tatsuya Nakai fell to the ground unwillingly.

Immediately trampled on by countless feet.

The soldiers of the First Company had to continue to charge and continue to fight.

In their eyes, there were only corpses lying on the ground, there was no devil brigade commander.

Knowing that the pursuers behind them were ten miles away.

Whether it was the Supreme Commander of North China, General Juichi Terauchi,

Or their commander, Lieutenant General Yoshijiro Umezu,

Or the Commander of the Jinpu Road Operation, Lieutenant General Naruhiko Higashikuni,

Or the Commander of the Jiaoji Road Operation, Major General Kazuo Mima,

These senior generals were all panicked.

Juichi Terauchi's donkey was acting up and was no longer willing to play with him.

Naruhiko Higashikuni didn't dare to ride the donkey anymore.

It wasn't that his donkey wouldn't walk, it was just that Naruhiko Higashikuni thought the donkey was walking too slowly.

Afraid that if he continued to walk like this, he would directly walk into the room that Chang Kaishen had prepared for them.

These devil generals were supported by a strong devil on either side, so that they could escape faster.

After a long journey, these strong devils.

Their bodies exuded a strong smell of sweat and body odor, making these generals, who had long been accustomed to a life of luxury, feel nauseous and want to vomit.

Especially a member of the royal family like Naruhiko Higashikuni, who had never smelled such a foul smell since he was a child.

And he was forced to walk for a long time.

Finally, he couldn't help but vomit.

Now he felt that his whole body smelled bad.

Naruhiko Higashikuni struggled to stand still, he didn't want to work hard anymore.

He wanted to perform the ceremony here with dignity.

He didn't want to be dragged away by the devils like a dead dog.

Naruhiko Higashikuni said weakly to Juichi Terauchi: "General! Let me be loyal to the Empire here!

I want to maintain the dignity of the royal family."

Juichi Terauchi, who was also weak, persuaded: "Prince Naruhiko! Time does not allow you to die with dignity here.

If you can accept our assistance, it can be done quickly."

The so-called assistance was to have someone cut off Naruhiko Higashikuni's head with a knife.

"That won't do, the dignity of the royal family cannot allow me to accept the assistance of others.

Especially for such a solemn ceremony as seppuku."

When Naruhiko Higashikuni thought that his head would be held in someone's hand, shaking like a ball.

His heart suddenly couldn't accept it.

"Let's go! Prince Naruhiko! Endure it!" Juichi Terauchi, who was old and sophisticated, of course knew what Prince Naruhiko was thinking now.

If the ones dragging him were not two smelly devils, but two young and beautiful girls.

Prince Naruhiko might be able to walk over mountains and seas.

Juichi Terauchi himself couldn't stand the smell from these guards.

But he had to endure it.

Which was more important, life or the stench?

He could choose without thinking.

Prince Naruhiko delayed for a few minutes, making the generals waiting on the side dare not speak out:

"If you want to die, just die!

Why are you making us wait here for so long?

If we wait too long, what if the pursuers catch up?

We don't want to die!"

For these senior officers of the devils, they were unwilling to die.

Whether the devils won or lost on the battlefield, these so-called elites could continue to enjoy life.

The only difference was that they enjoyed more after victory.

After failure, the treatment was worse, but it was definitely better than ordinary people.

Just now, while they were staying here for a while, there was still good news:

The devils from the Tatakazou Numata Regiment closest to them, who were sent to meet them, were less than ten miles away from them.

Including the time that was delayed, the devils of the North China Front Army Headquarters should be at the midpoint between the Lunan Detachment and the devil's escort team.

This team that came to meet them came from Hanzhuang.

They had a full battalion, and they were all devils. There were no puppet troops in this team.

There were still puppet troops stationed in Hanzhuang, but this was to prevent Hanzhuang from being attacked by the Nationalist army.

Hanzhuang could station so many devils and puppet troops, which had to start from the last time the devils attacked Taierzhuang.

At that time, a devil company that set off from Hanzhuang was wiped out, which shocked the Commander of the 10th Division, Kōtarō Isoya.

After careful consideration, he decided to station heavy troops in Hanzhuang to prevent the Nationalist army from Taierzhuang from counterattacking, and to take into account the blockade of the Grand Canal in Hanzhuang.

Battalion Commander Shunsuke Kawashima led the devils to set off from Hanzhuang, and he did not let the puppet troops accompany them.

Another main reason was that the puppet troops would slow down the march of the entire team if they came along.

It had to be said that the devils' team training was much stricter than that of the puppet troops.

The marching speed of these devils was also far superior to that of the puppet troops.

It was because of this that they were able to meet these fleeing generals of the North China Front Army Headquarters so quickly.

When Naruhiko Higashikuni saw the team of Battalion Commander Shunsuke Kawashima,

The face finally showed a relieved expression.

He pushed away the two devil soldiers who had been supporting him all the way, and the disgusted expression was obvious:

"Stay away from me, I don't need you now.

You are too smelly!"

After speaking, he walked to a tree, and a guard immediately laid a pair of pants on the ground.

So that Naruhiko Higashikuni could sit down and rest with peace of mind.

The two devil soldiers who had been supporting him all the way had originally thought that they could have close contact with such a big figure for so long today.

Maybe they could take the opportunity to get some benefits.

As a result, they worked hard for a long time, but were disliked by others.

Although they didn't dare to show anything on their faces, they still felt a little uncomfortable in their hearts.

The Supreme Commander of the North China Army, Juichi Terauchi, saw the escort team with complete weapons and equipment.

They had everything they should have, and a look of relief appeared on his face.

A fully staffed devil infantry battalion, with all the equipment complete.

He didn't have to run away anymore.

Now he could rest well.

He could even consider commanding the team to fight back.

Looking at the heavy machine guns, mortars, and infantry guns of Battalion Commander Shunsuke Kawashima, Commander Juichi Terauchi looked at the regimental commander, Yaezo Akashiba, who had followed them all the way, with disgust.

Although he didn't speak.

But the implication was very clear: look at others, and compare yourself!

Yes! If the devils of Yaezo Akashiba's Regiment had found them with all their weapons and equipment complete.

These devils wouldn't have had to flee in such a panic.

You have lost all face for these devils.

Juichi Terauchi thought with great disgust.

After running all the way, Juichi Terauchi, who was originally exhausted, suddenly became energetic.

He pointed to the road he had just walked and ordered Battalion Commander Shunsuke Kawashima:

"You set up a position here, go now.

The artillery position is set up here.

The heavy machine gun position is set up a little further forward.

The mortars and infantry guns are together.

The grenade launchers and heavy machine guns are on the same line.

Regimental Commander Akashiba, your team, cooperate with Battalion Commander Kawashima."

His previous arrangements were normal, only this last sentence.

Letting a regimental commander cooperate with a battalion commander was very rare in the strictly hierarchical devil team.

But for Juichi Terauchi's approach, the other generals did not raise any objections.

Here, Juichi Terauchi was the absolute boss in terms of military rank.

Everything he said was a military order, and Regimental Commander Yaezo Akashiba had to accept this reality.

He lowered his head and said, "Hai!"

Then he bowed to Battalion Commander Shunsuke Kawashima: "Please give me your guidance!"

Happiness came too suddenly, and Battalion Commander Shunsuke Kawashima was a little at a loss.

Looking at the serious-faced General Juichi Terauchi on the side, he had to order:

"Akashiba, please let your team deploy on the left,

Strengthen the machine gun company to your team."

Battalion Commander Shunsuke Kawashima strengthened the machine gun company to the two companies brought by Yaezo Akashiba.

It had to be said that this was done very well.

Juichi Terauchi nodded, and Regimental Commander Yaezo Akashiba was also very grateful.

What his regiment lacked most now was heavy firepower.

Now that a machine gun company had joined, the shortcoming was immediately made up for.

Regimental Commander Yaezo Akashiba sincerely thanked Battalion Commander Shunsuke Kawashima.

He immediately ordered his two companies to quickly deploy their positions.

The mission of the hundreds of devils in the North China Front Army Headquarters guard team remained unchanged:

Protect these generals!

When Regiment Commander Hua Deze led the Second Regiment to rush up, still one thousand meters away, Battalion Commander Shunsuke Kawashima had already ordered his infantry guns and mortars to fire.

He was very clear: his current task was not to wipe out the Nationalist army that was chasing after them.

His first task was to ensure the safety of the generals of the North China Front Army Headquarters.

As long as he did this, his battalion commander would definitely be successful in the future.

He could tell from the attitude of Commander Juichi Terauchi just now.

Therefore, Battalion Commander Shunsuke Kawashima opened fire from a distance, hoping to scare away the pursuers.

If so, it would be too perfect.

He also had another idea. As long as he could hold them here for a longer time, more reinforcements would continue to arrive.

At that time, as long as the main force surrounded them, this pursuer would be wiped out in minutes.

At this time, all the teams of the North China Front Army north of Xuzhou were gathering here.

With the edge of more than 100,000 troops pointing, how could the Nationalist army resist?

With all kinds of considerations, Battalion Commander Shunsuke Kawashima ordered the artillery not to be afraid of running out of shells.

Just now, he had ordered to send back, and the supplies were being sent.

The ammunition carried by his team itself was also able to support a battle.

Regiment Commander Hua Deze suddenly faced the artillery bombardment of the devils.

He immediately understood: the devils had reinforcements.

The new situation was immediately reported.

Lin Fan ordered: "Avoid its sharp edge, don't fight hard."

Coming from later generations, Lin Fan knew that the devils he was chasing today, although each of them was a high-level member of the North China Front Army of the devils.

But among these devils, there were not a few who could affect the course of history.

Of course, it was a good thing to be able to catch them, and there was no need to regret it if he couldn't catch them.

But his soldiers could not be killed or injured too much.

With Lin Fan's order, Hua Deze certainly would not let the entire regiment rush into the devil's artillery bombardment to die.

The soldiers of the Second Regiment immediately divided into three teams, each team with three companies.

The middle team retreated slightly, confronting the devils.

The other two teams detoured forward from the left and right sides, trying to cut off the devil's retreat.

The First Regiment also had four companies coming together.

These four companies were also on the front, deploying their respective artillery, preparing to bombard the devils.

From the radio, Hua Deze knew that Lin Fan was leading the artillery regiment and had caught up with the First Regiment.

They would arrive on the battlefield in fifteen minutes.

At this time, he could not let the devils run away.

Hua Deze not only did not let his regiment's artillery counterattack.

Even the four companies of the First Regiment did not fire at this time.

Battalion Commander Shunsuke Kawashima watched the Nationalist soldiers on the front retreat a little, but did not leave.

Farther away, there were Nationalist soldiers detouring.

Now he was not panicking, because the Nationalist army was detouring, and the devils were rushing over behind him.

The devil team that established a position on the outskirts of Taierzhuang had long received the news and was already on the march.

It could be said that on the current battlefield, the situation was changing every minute.

Sure enough, before the artillery regiment led by Lin Fan arrived on the battlefield, another company of devils arrived.

This was a company stationed in Nanluo.

They were closer to here and arrived first.

Behind them, more devils were still on the road.

Lin Fan stopped the artillery regiment at a position two thousand meters away from the devils' position.

He began to set up the artillery position nervously.

It took time for the 150mm cannon to change from marching state to combat state.

Moreover, most of the soldiers in the current artillery regiment had only just joined and had only trained for less than a month.

Their speed was even slower.

In half an hour, the First Regiment also came up.

Hearing that there were constantly devils joining in front.

Gu Xiuming's eyes were obviously a little dignified.

At this time, Lin Fan had ordered the eight companies sent out by the Second Regiment to retreat slightly.

Let them retreat within the range of the shells. Dafeng Novel

At this time, a reconnaissance balloon rose from the rear of the devil's position.

Artillery Battalion Commander Yoshiki Yata came from Liujiahu.

His team rushed over in a hurry, and according to the command of the Supreme Commander of the North China Army, General Juichi Terauchi,

First, raise the reconnaissance balloon and immediately observe the surrounding situation.

Especially the situation of the Nationalist army on the opposite side.

General Juichi Terauchi personally commanded, and the devils of the entire artillery battalion were so excited that they almost fainted.

For these ordinary devils, they usually couldn't even see General Juichi Terauchi.

Today, seeing him, an old man, full of energy, was walking on the plain.

Constantly arranging the artillery position.

The devils of Yoshiki Yata's battalion first raised the reconnaissance balloon.

As for the artillery position, they could start building it later.

Lin Fan's eyes were also a little dignified. The devils had an artillery team arriving.

On this plain, there was nowhere to hide, and nowhere to escape.

The devil's reconnaissance balloon had taken off, did that mean their artillery was ready?

Did his team have to fight under the devil's artillery bombardment?

Lin Fan was determined not to agree to such a thing.

The devils had reconnaissance balloons, and the Lunan Detachment also had them, although this was also snatched from the devils.

The artillery regiment hadn't used it for some days. Some time ago, there was Mao Wenxing in the air.

The artillery reconnaissance balloon had not been raised into the air.

The launch of the artillery reconnaissance balloon of the artillery regiment also startled the devils on the opposite side.

At this time, Juichi Terauchi and the others thought that the Nationalist army had fired artillery when attacking Lincheng.

Not only had they fired, but they had also shot down two devil air force brigades.

The reconnaissance balloon was the eyes of the artillery.

Lin Fan did not allow the devil's artillery to have eyes. At this time, he had already operated the eighty-eight millimeter anti-aircraft gun.

He fired at the hanging basket under the reconnaissance balloon.

This was really using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

The shells that could take down a devil plane were only used to attack the devil's hanging basket.

"Boom!" There was a cannon sound.

A few seconds later, the soldiers of the Lunan Detachment watched the devil's balloon break free from its restraints and rise higher and higher into the air.

The hanging basket had already been blown