Chapter 1 937, December 25th

December 25th, 1937, at 10:45 AM, Xiao Dongbei watched the Japanese devils below the mountain enter the ambush.

These Japanese devils were unknowingly advancing rapidly towards Anji.

The Japanese devils at the front had already crossed the bottom line drawn in Jia Shusheng's heart.

"Bang!" A red signal flare soared into the sky!

"Bang!" A second red signal flare soared into the sky!

"Bang!" A third red signal flare soared into the sky!

After the first red signal flare went up, the soldiers of the Special Forces Brigade, who had been watching the Japanese devils intently, immediately began to act according to their respective assignments!

Huang Shengdao, Wang Yunsheng, Wu Fude, and other soldiers from the First Company of the Fourth Regiment installed directional mines.

Ever since the Japanese devils entered the range of the directional mines they had buried, they had been anxiously waiting for the regiment commander's signal.

When the red signal flare soared into the sky, they immediately pulled the pins.

Qian Jiayi, the company commander of the Third Company of the Eighth Regiment, nervously watched the Japanese devils below the mountain.

The red signal flare had already been launched, and now it all depended on the explosion of those directional mines that had been set up below.

He had personally led Fu Xuemin, Wu Junmei, Hou Leyue, and the others to set up today's directional mines.

This was something he could rest assured about, but among the soldiers participating in pulling the pins today, there were several new recruits.

This made Qian Jiayi somewhat worried.

Fortunately, when the third red signal flare went up, smoke could already be seen rising from the highway below the mountain.

Clusters of fire flickered continuously on the entire highway, and then the sound of explosions reached their ears.

Feng Junya personally watched the Japanese devil vanguard enter the ambush, and also saw the last few Japanese devils at the rear enter the ambush.

The Japanese devils at the rear were no longer combat troops; these Japanese devils were driving mules and horses, pulling large carts.

The carts were loaded with many wooden boxes and sacks.

Feng Junya was too familiar with these things: the Japanese devils had brought food and ammunition.

They had really made thorough preparations!

On the two-kilometer stretch of highway from Yaoguai Mountain to Long Mountain, the Fourth and Eighth Regiments had installed a directional mine on each side of the road every fifty meters.

Right after Xiao Dongbei sent the signal, all these directional mines had been pulled and exploded before the three signal flares had even died out.

Now it was time for close combat: the bugles of the Fourth and Eighth Regiments sounded.

All the soldiers rushed down the mountain like fierce tigers.

At this time, the Japanese devils from the two Japanese devil battalions who had just been bombed below the mountain, those who had luckily survived.

They watched as the team that had been endless just now, with no beginning or end, now lay fallen on the highway.

Katayama Riari, the captain of the Japanese devil Naval Landing Forces, received an order from Lieutenant General Heisuke Yanagawa, the commander of the Tenth Army, yesterday.

He immediately landed and set off towards Anji. He had already traveled hundreds of *li* along the way.

Everything had been peaceful along the way. He had not expected to be ambushed just before reaching Anji County.

Captain Katayama Riari listened to the continuous explosions, his heart trembling:

Just how big had this team ambushing the imperial army made this ambush circle?

Captain Yano Kenjiro was walking at the front of this team that had set out from Wuxing to Anji.

When the signal flare went up, he was stunned for a moment.

Immediately afterward, he felt a stream of air rushing towards him.

Then his whole body felt as if it had been pierced by sharp arrows, and his spirit and strength were draining away.

He was unable to turn his head to look at the team behind him, only hearing the miserable screams of many soldiers behind him.

Captain Aomine Seiku, riding a tall horse in the middle of the team, had his horse startled by a nearby bomb.

With a frightened neigh, it wanted to run wild.

Immediately afterward, it was hit by countless iron pellets. The warhorse was stopped as soon as it took a step.

Along with it, Captain Aomine Seiku on its back fell to the ground.

Captain Aomine Seiku also received countless iron pellets when he fell from his horse.

In that short moment during the fall, Captain Aomine Seiku had already seen:

The vast majority of the Japanese devils in his battalion had fallen to the ground, on the road they were marching on.

Suddenly, a strange, thin layer of red mist appeared.

Even in the midday sun, this layer of red mist was clearly visible.

The new recruits of the Seventh Company of the Eighth Regiment on the mountain peak looked at the strange scene that suddenly appeared on the highway.

Yan Jiaying pointed at the blood mist belt that suddenly appeared below the mountain and said in terror:

"Blood Road! That's a Blood Road! Legend says it leads to the Gates of Hell."

Li Wenxuan, the company commander of the Seventh Company beside him, said disapprovingly:

"That's called the Road to the Underworld. Since these Japanese devils dare to come to our land and act with impunity.

Of course, we have to send them on the Road to the Underworld.

Watch carefully, this is how these Japanese devils are going to hell.

The Special Forces Brigade is not opening the Road to the Underworld for the Japanese devils for the first time."

Yan Jiaying heard the company commander say that this was opened by the Special Forces Brigade and cautiously asked:

"Company commander! Why don't I see anyone performing magic?"

Li Wenxuan laughed: "This is just a saying. In reality, these red mists are the iron pellets that are blasted out when our directional mines explode.

They are shot into the bodies of the Japanese devils, and sprayed out by the Japanese devils, forming in the air.

If there was no such effect, why would we add iron pellets to the bombs?"

"So that's how it is!" Although Yan Jiaying still didn't quite understand, he still pretended to understand.

Li Wenxuan heard the sound of the bugle: "Everyone in the company! Charge!"

Yan Jiaying was no longer afraid now, the Japanese devils below the mountain were already dead dogs.

Their soldiers rushed down like tigers descending the mountain.

A company could be assigned less than twenty standing Japanese devils.

And those Japanese devils didn't care about the Special Forces Brigade soldiers' charge at all.

Some Japanese devils even fell directly when they saw the Special Forces Brigade soldiers charging from the hillside.

Some Japanese devils just put down their guns and knelt in the pool of blood.

Yan Jiaying had never fought such a battle before. He charged while asking:

"Company commander! We killed so many Japanese devils today.

It must be the most Japanese devils killed at one time, right!"

Company commander Li Wenxuan didn't laugh this time: "Not really! Today we have two regiments, two thousand people.

Only killed more than two thousand Japanese devils, and more than one thousand traitors.

On average, each soldier only killed one and a half enemies.

Not enough! Not enough!

In our Special Forces Brigade, in a battle, if a soldier can't kill five Japanese devils.

They would be too embarrassed to speak."

Yan Jiaying followed the company commander running: "Company commander! The battles you talk about every day are real!"

Li Wenxuan said with a smile, "Oh! Did you think we were telling stories every night!"

"Isn't it because you tell it too magically, we haven't seen it before.

Where is there such a team to fight a war?" Yan Jiaying defended himself.

The new recruit Leng Junzhi, who had been following and listening to the company commander and the others, interjected at this time:

"Company commander, we believe it now.

We really didn't expect before: the day before yesterday we were still in Jurong, and overnight we came hundreds of *li* away.

It all feels like a dream!

This is my first time on a plane.

Just got off the plane, haven't recovered yet, and walked hundreds of *li* again.

Today, we killed so many Japanese devils.

We have never fought such a battle before.

I just heard the company commander say it.

It's a comfortable fight, but it's too tiring on the legs."

Li Wenxuan said with a smile: "Usually, we let you run more errands. The brigade commander said it on the first day:

The soldiers of the Special Forces Brigade must run fast. We must be able to catch up when the Japanese devils escape.

When the Japanese devils attack, we must run fast.

Although we ran a hundred *li* yesterday, now we have killed so many Japanese devils.

No matter how you calculate this, it's worth it, right?"

The new recruits beside him all nodded like chickens pecking rice:

"It's worth it!"

"It's too worth it! If we can fight the Japanese devils like this, I'm willing to run a hundred *li* every day." Leng Junzhi added.

"Yes! Yes! Company commander! As long as we can fight the Japanese devils like this, it's okay for us to run a hundred *li* every day."

The new recruits all expressed their enthusiasm.

Li Wenxuan laughed: "It's not enough to just run. When you charge down later, remember how you practice刺杀 (cì shā, assassination) every day.

Now we are on the battlefield, practice well against the Japanese devils!

We have to be able to catch up and be able to fight.

Kill all the Japanese devils, remember what we said:

No matter whether the Japanese devils are lying down or standing up:"

"We must give them a knife first!" all the soldiers said in unison.

Xiao Dongbei and the others ambushed the Aomine Seiku Battalion some distance away from Anji City.

It didn't attract the attention of Captain Yoshikawa Yuki and Captain Yamamoto Yuo, who were still holding on in Anji City waiting for reinforcements.

Ye Dadan's Sixth Regiment was ambushed in the Phoenix Mountain to Guozi Mountain area five *li* outside Anji City.

After Ye Dadan accepted the task yesterday, he set off with the reconnaissance company.

The command of the entire regiment was temporarily handed over to Deputy Regiment Commander Shao Haobo and Chief of Staff Jian Junmin.

He was using his directly subordinate company as a reconnaissance company.

Now this directly subordinate company is the Seventh Company, commanded by Xi Jiapeng.

This company bypassed Anji County City from a distance, traveled more than ten *li* extra, and then arrived in eastern Anji City.

Ye Dadan took a fancy to the section of highway between Phoenix Mountain and Guozi Mountain at a glance.

This section of the road is full of bamboo forests, which is very easy to hide.

The two-kilometer-long road is enough to accommodate a battalion of Japanese devils marching.

In order to prevent the soldiers from leaving too obvious traces when walking in the bamboo forest.

Ye Dadan ordered these people from the reconnaissance company: "Take the main road directly. When the entire regiment enters the position.

It is better to go a little further, but also to preserve the original state here."

He has found the best place for an ambush: the reconnaissance company immediately sent a squad of soldiers back to lead the way.

The other soldiers began to look for suitable positions on both sides of the highway, preparing to install directional mines.

Ye Dadan liked doing this very much.

For the Special Forces Brigade, siege warfare is the most difficult to fight!

The best fight is this kind of ambush warfare!

Eliminating the Japanese devils in motion is what the Special Forces Brigade is best at.

That night: When all seven companies of the Sixth Regiment were in place, they rested behind Phoenix Mountain and Guozi Mountain, which were a kilometer away from the highway.

Only reconnaissance sentries were placed in the directions of Anji and Mogan Mountain.

All the directional mines were installed this night.

Just as it was getting light, Ye Dadan led the seven company commanders under his command, walking on the section of road between Phoenix Mountain and Guozi Mountain.

Inspecting the directional mines that had been set up: He demanded that he pay attention to seeing them, and he could not find traces of anyone having done anything on this section of road.

Each company did a very good job in this regard.

For the sake of realism, after these people installed the bombs, the bamboo leaves used to camouflage the bombs were divided into upper and lower parts.

The surface bamboo leaves should be drier, and the grounded bamboo leaves should be wetter.

Details determine success or failure!

Ye Dadan was brave, and his demands for these things were very detailed.

Captain Saikawa Yosuke looked at the lush bamboo forest in front of him, and now he no longer had much vigilance.

This battalion was originally a reserve team of the Tenth Division and had been on standby.

Yesterday afternoon, he received an order from Lieutenant General Ushijima Sadaharu, the division commander:

"Go to Anji immediately to reinforce the Yoshikawa and Yamamoto battalions in Anji County, which are under attack by the National Army.

Support is urgently needed!"

Lieutenant General Ushijima Sadaharu was just conveying the order of Lieutenant General Yanagawa Heisuke, the division commander.

His Eighteenth Division and the 114th Division joined forces to attack Hangzhou. Although they encountered some interference, the overall situation was still proceeding according to plan.

The National Army's defense line defending Hangzhou is now collapsing, and victory is expected.

This is also why he agreed to transfer a reserve team to Anji.

His division left a total of three battalions as reserve teams. Under the current circumstances, it would not matter even if there was one less battalion.

Captain Saikawa Yosuke immediately reacted when he received the order.

He first sent out two elite squads to set off first to scout the situation along the way.

Then he organized the entire battalion to set off.

The difference between a squad and a battalion is obvious.

After Kawashima Eiji Taro's squad and Hayashiya Ryuto's squad received the order to go to Anji to scout the route for the entire battalion.

In less than ten minutes, more than a hundred Japanese devils from these two squads set off.

These Japanese devils, each carrying three days of dry food and their combat equipment, set off from Deqing.

They passed through Mogan Mountain and Da Xiaoling along the way, and these places were exactly the National Army's defense line.

The Japanese devils in the two squads carefully avoided the areas under combat and tried to find a small road suitable for the large force to travel on.

This section of the road from Deqing to Mogan Mountain was very difficult.

The Japanese devils in Saikawa Yosuke's Battalion finally set off two hours after receiving the order.

When this team set off, all the large vehicles were abandoned.

Only a small number of mules and horses were used to transport artillery and ammunition.

Each soldier carried three days of dry food and one base of ammunition, and they advanced along the road signs left by the two squads that had set off in advance.

This team of Japanese devils deliberately avoided the areas under combat.

The National Army commander standing on a high mountain peak saw such a team of Japanese devils marching, but he could not do anything about it.

The various teams of the National Army have now reached the point where they are taking care of themselves.

Although the retreat order from the superiors has not yet been issued.

But each team is secretly preparing to retreat.

The Japanese devils' attack was too fierce.

Starting on the 19th, the Japanese devils attacked Hangzhou.

Until the 23rd, the Japanese devils' attack was relatively mild.

Although there were artillery battles and tank battles between the two sides, and the Japanese devils had air force bombings.

But the Japanese devil infantry were still very afraid of casualties, and as long as the National Army's counterattack was resolute enough.

Those Japanese devil infantry's attacks would not last.

This situation completely changed starting this morning: one morning, the bombs dropped by the Japanese devil planes were more than the bombs dropped in the previous few days.

Similarly, the intensity of the Japanese devil artillery bombardment, one morning was more than the shells dropped in the previous few days combined.

What was even more crucial was the Japanese devil infantry's attack. Today, they completely disregarded casualties and ignored the National Army's resolute resistance.

These Japanese devil infantry were attacking in the face of a hail of bullets.

This kind of attack that disregarded costs and casualties immediately made the various defense lines of the National Army precarious.

Now, even if the National Army commanders saw a Japanese devil battalion being mobilized, they had no spare capacity to stop it.

Captain Saikawa Yosuke certainly did not know what the National Army commanders were thinking.

He was very worried that his team would be ambushed on the way to Anji.

Therefore, from the beginning of the battalion's departure, he had been cautiously ordering the soldiers to pay attention to the mountain peaks on both sides.

Especially when he saw the bamboo forest, his mood was even more tense: If it wasn't for the fact that this bamboo forest was too large to bypass completely.

He would have ordered the entire battalion to bypass the bamboo forest.

Although Captain Saikawa Yosuke received reports from the two scout squads in front: safe!

But he still ordered: "The entire battalion will rest for ten minutes! Sergeant Matsushita Ryosuke's company will enter the bamboo forest in front to search!"

Ten minutes would allow the soldiers of the entire battalion to rest and recover some strength.

Most importantly: it would allow Captain Saikawa Yosuke to know whether there was a National Army ambush in the bamboo forest ahead.

Soon, Sergeant Matsushita Ryosuke sent a signal soldier back to report: There was no ambush in the bamboo forest.

Only then did Captain Saikawa Yosuke let the entire battalion pass through the bamboo forest quickly.

There were too many places with bamboo forests along the way from entering Mogan Mountain.

Captain Saikawa Yosuke simply had Sergeant Matsushita Ryosuke's company search ahead.

However, in this way, the speed of his battalion's advance slowed down.

Better late than never!

Or rather, better late than not at all!

Captain Saikawa Yosuke did not feel much urgency about this.

The straight-line distance from Deqing to Anji was fifty *li*. Even if they detoured some distance on the mountain roads.

It would only be about seventy *li* at most.

In any case, the Saikawa Yosuke Battalion would be able to reach Anji by noon tomorrow.

In this way, the entire Saikawa Yosuke Battalion was now marching in three sections. Walking at the front were Kawashima Eiji Taro's squad and Hayashiya Ryuto's squad, more than a hundred Japanese devils.

They were about three or four *li* ahead of Sergeant Matsushita Ryosuke's company behind them.

Sometimes the Japanese devils in the two squads could still see each other.

The Japanese devils of Sergeant Matsushita Ryosuke's company were five hundred meters ahead of the main force of the Saikawa Yosuke Battalion.

These two teams could always see each other.

This made Captain Saikawa Yosuke very relieved.

When the entire battalion camped at night, Captain Saikawa Yosuke personally inspected the various sentry posts before resting anxiously.

Fortunately, this night was very quiet.

Nothing happened overnight, and the next day the entire battalion continued on its way.

When Kawashima Eiji Taro's squad and Hayashiya Ryuto's squad saw Guozi Mountain, Ye Daming was watching them.

Ye Dadan didn't expect the Japanese devils to be so careful.

There were only more than a hundred Japanese devils in the front. When these Japanese devils had entered the Sixth Regiment's ambush circle.

Sergeant Matsushita Ryosuke's company behind them appeared in Ye Dadan's eyes.

This time, Ye Dadan was not disappointed: after these two hundred Japanese devils, the main force of the Japanese devil battalion finally came.

The current situation made it difficult for Ye Dadan: if he left the more than a hundred Japanese devils in the two squads at the front, there would be a section of the Japanese devil battalion outside the ambush circle.

If he ambushed the Japanese devil battalion, he would let go of their vanguard! It was impossible to want everything now.

This team was too careful: After Kawashima Eiji Taro's squad and Hayashiya Ryuto's squad entered the bamboo forest, they searched and advanced along both sides of the highway.

They had searched two hundred meters on both sides of the road, which had exceeded the ambush distance of ordinary ambush teams.

Ye Dadan quietly ordered: "The reconnaissance company quietly marches from behind Phoenix Mountain to Anji, and lurks outside Anji County.

Prepare to intercept the Japanese devils and do not allow this small team of Japanese devils to enter Anji County."

Sergeant Okumi Yuma of Kawashima Eiji Taro's squad pointed to the *chi* birds flying in the distance and reported: "Captain! There are flying birds over there!"

Captain Kawashima Eiji Taro glanced at the birds flying from behind Phoenix Mountain and said disapprovingly:

"Those birds took off from behind the mountain and cannot be the team ambushing us.

Maybe it's just local people passing by!"

It wasn't just Sergeant Okumi Yuma who saw the flock of birds flying in the distance, everyone didn't care.

After all, it was too far away.

As the two teams of Kawashima Eiji Taro's squad and Hayashiya Ryuto's squad passed by, they also startled many birds that circled in the sky.

After these two squads of Japanese devils passed through, several companies of the Sixth Regiment were quietly approaching the highway.

The Japanese devils of Sergeant Takeshita Ryosuke's company were searching within thirty meters of both sides of the highway.

Company Commander Zhen Jianshu and the soldiers under his command watched as the Japanese devils of the two squads, Kawashima Eiji Taro's squad and Hayashiya Ryuto's squad, left.

These Japanese devils left right under the noses of more than a thousand people in the Sixth Regiment.

Without the regiment commander's signal, these teams could not launch an action.

Fortunately, not long after these more than a hundred Japanese devils passed by, many Japanese devils came in again.

This time, Company Commander Zhen Jianshu and the others not only saw the more than two hundred Japanese devils of Sergeant Takeshita Ryosuke's company.

They also saw the battalion of Japanese devils following behind this company.

Ye Dadan watched as these Japanese devils entered the ambush circle he had set up one by one.

He silently calculated in his heart that he would wait until the Japanese devils of Sergeant Takeshita Ryosuke's company at the front were about to walk out of the ambush circle before sending the signal.

This was to bring in all the Japanese devils as much as possible.

Captain Saikawa Yosuke looked at the map and knew that this place was called Guozi Mountain. After passing Phoenix Mountain in front.

It was only five *li* away from Anji.

Although the dense bamboo forest in front made him feel a little uncomfortable, he could not stop the team from marching just because he had a bad feeling.

What's more, his feeling had not been good for a minute along the way to Anji this time.

As the team entered the bamboo forest, the cold wind in December blew coldly.

Making the Japanese devils who had been marching for a morning feel very comfortable: cool!

At this moment, a red signal flare rose from the bamboo forest.

Even though Kawashima Eiji Taro's squad and Hayashiya Ryuto's squad had already passed Phoenix Mountain, they also saw these three signal flares.

They hurried back. Captain Kawashima Eiji Taro wanted to look back:

What kind of team had actually lurked under their noses.

As the first red signal flare rose, the soldiers of the Sixth Regiment who were lurking in the bamboo forest immediately pulled the directional mines that had been buried for a night.

When the third signal flare rose, the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Regiment had already charged with their guns.

Bombing with bombs, charging with infantry!

After the bombing, the infantry charged!

This is what the Sixth Regiment is doing now. The Japanese devils who were attacked by the Special Forces Brigade's directional mines.

Cannot organize an effective counterattack.

All the regiment commanders of the entire Special Forces Brigade have this confidence.

When the first red signal flare rose, Captain Saikawa Yosuke looked around blankly.

He didn't understand: he was marching so cautiously, and after sending two teams to search in front, he would still fall into the National Army's ambush.

Now the National Army's signal flare has risen: but the attack has not come.

"What's going on?"

Of course, Captain Saikawa Yosuke knew:

This could not be just a warning or just a suspicious move.

He nervously looked at the bamboo forest: all the attacks could only come from the bamboo forest.

At this moment, Captain Saikawa Yosuke felt the ground shaking, and a heat wave surged over with a huge explosion.

In the mountainous area in December, clusters of fire suddenly appeared on the highway from Phoenix Mountain to Guozi Mountain.

Along with the fire, there were huge explosions and countless iron pellets whistling at high speed.

Every sound was heartbreaking!

Captain Saikawa Yosuke felt that his heart was really hit.

He retracted his gaze from the bamboo forest and slowly looked at the location of his heart.

With just one glance, he felt that his life was over.

His entire upper body uniform suddenly had dozens of small holes.

Blood was seeping out from each small hole, already soaking his winter clothes.

Captain Saikawa Yosuke's upper body was already soaked in blood.

The warhorse under him slowly fell to the ground, wailing.

Mao Wenxing, who was patrolling in the air in a reconnaissance plane, saw the red signal flare rising from the east of the city.

He immediately notified the brigade commander of the situation.

Lin Fan ordered: "The heavy artillery will fire on Anji County!"

This was the plan agreed upon with Jia Shusheng's Third Regiment: When the Japanese devil reinforcements were blocked.

The heavy artillery would bombard Anji County for fifteen minutes.

After the heavy artillery bombardment was over, the Third Regiment would immediately launch an attack.

This time, the goal was to occupy Anji County.

When the first wave of shells flew over their heads and landed in Anji County.

Jia Shusheng was happy: Starting yesterday afternoon, his regiment's attack had been sending several companies to the front line to fight in rotation.

The First and Second Companies were withdrawn to the rear to rest.

The remaining five companies took turns going to the front line to attack, which was completely battlefield teaching.

The new recruits of the Sixth Company were on the battlefield for the first time after joining the Special Forces Brigade.

For these new recruits: they had always been defending and retreating in the National Army's team! Defending, and then retreating!

It was the first time for them to block the Japanese devils in the county and let themselves open fire and attack the city like this.

Right on the battlefield, He Xingjin, the commander of the Sixth Company, pointed at the Japanese devils on the city wall about a hundred meters away and ordered:

"Everyone pay attention: aim at the Japanese devils, be quiet! Steady your hands! Breathe lightly!

Today is a good opportunity, just like our usual training, shoot only after aiming at the Japanese devils.

Everyone practice more! This was specially arranged by the regiment commander, and every company has a chance.

Just now the Fifth Company was here, shooting cold shots like this, and had already killed fifty-three Japanese devils.

We must surpass the Fifth Company, right?"

"Right!"

"How many Japanese devils do we want to kill?"

"One hundred!" Li Hongyi shouted.

"Okay! We want to kill one hundred Japanese devils! Is everyone okay with that?"

"Okay!"

"Then from now on, free fire!"

The soldiers of the Sixth Company were in high spirits, and gunshots rang out.

The Japanese devils on the opposite side did not show weakness: they were still immersed in the fantasy of strong individual soldiers.

All three infantry companies of Yoshikawa Yuki's Battalion had died.

Now even the logistics team and the Japanese devils of the battalion headquarters were all on the city wall.

Not only was this the case with the Yoshikawa Yuki Battalion, but the logistics team and the Japanese devils of the battalion headquarters of the Yamamoto Yuo Battalion were also all on the front line.

Although the logistics team of the Yamamoto Battalion had not directly faced the Special Forces Brigade, an emotion called despair was spreading in their hearts.

When Captain Yoshikawa Yuki learned that the attacking team was now using cold shots and cold cannons to attack his soldiers.

He immediately ordered to retaliate in kind.

He let his Japanese devils also shoot cold shots at the attacking Special Forces Brigade from the city wall.

He thought that the Japanese devils under his command were still the veterans when they first set foot on this land.

From November 5th when they landed in Hangzhou Bay until now, the Yoshikawa Yuki Battalion had been replenished twice.

The replenished Japanese devils numbered as many as one thousand five hundred.

Equivalent to all the Japanese devils under his command having been replaced. Even if some lucky Japanese devils had not died all the time.

But there were not many left. At this time, the Japanese devils guarding the city wall were not as good as the new recruits of the Sixth Company under the city.

The two sides were fighting each other on the city and under the city.

The Sixth Company was definitely not just shooting without firing artillery.

Company Commander He Xingjin was still ordering the artillery under his command to test the artillery against the Japanese devils on the city wall.

He quoted the brigade commander as saying: "Good artillerymen are fed by artillery shells.

The Type 92 Infantry Gun is a good gun, and you are also good artillerymen.

So good artillerymen must fire good artillery!

The mortar is the same. The artillerymen of the Sixth Company must fire the artillery better than the brigade commander.

Only in this way can we kill more Japanese devils!"

Just as the Sixth Company had killed the thirty-third Japanese devil, a huge explosion suddenly came from Anji City.

The heavy artillery of the Eighth Regiment began to bombard!

Regiment Commander Jia Shusheng brought up the First and Second Companies, who had rested all night and one morning.

To take the lead! Still have to send the First and Second Companies!

This made Company Commander He Xingjin dissatisfied: "Regiment Commander! We are right on the position! Let our company rush to the front!"

Company Commander Na Wenxuan of the First Company looked at him: "The Sixth Company has worked hard all morning, and at this time we should let those of us who have rested go up."

"We are not tired! We can continue to fight!" Company Commander He Xingjin insisted.

Jia Shusheng had no choice but to order: "The Sixth Company will be the second echelon, following behind the First and Second Companies."

The regiment commander spoke, and He Xingjin stopped arguing.

In fact, what is tired or not, is not a reason!

The real reason is that the First and Second Companies are stronger in combat.

If it is said that the First Company is stronger in combat, He Xingjin has to admit it, but didn't the Second Company also establish at the same time as the Sixth Company?

When did their Second Company become the main force?

The Sixth Company was not convinced!

Jia Shusheng pointed at the city wall and ordered: "The First, Second, and Sixth Companies, put up all your artillery.

Fire at the city wall!"

The heavy artillery of the Eighth Regiment had now reached the second round, but not a single shell had hit the city wall.

Jia Shusheng knew: this was because the Eighth Artillery was afraid that the landing point would be too close and accidentally injure his own people!

Since the heavy artillery did not hit the Japanese devils on the city wall, then he would do it himself.

Every company of the Special Forces Brigade has infantry guns and mortars.

The six infantry guns and fifteen mortars of the three companies fired at the city wall.

The city wall was immediately filled with smoke, and it was impossible to see anything.

The city wall made of earth was collapsing in many places under the fierce artillery bombardment.

Jia Shusheng started timing when the shells of the Eighth Regiment exploded in Anji County.

Seeing that it had been bombarded for the fourteenth minute.

Immediately ordered: "First and Second Companies, set off!"

The soldiers of the two companies, who had been waiting for the order, rushed out like tigers, pushing heavy machine guns and carrying bamboo ladders.

They quickly rushed towards the city wall more than a hundred meters away.

Where to set up bamboo ladders to cross the river, and where to set up ladders to climb the city wall.

The officers and soldiers of the First and Second Companies had already identified them.

At this time, the soldiers responsible for the charge in the two companies quickly charged forward according to the order of each squad.

Mao Wenxing looked down from the sky: The First and Second Companies now looked like eight long dragons charging towards the smoke-filled Anji County.

When the two company commanders, Na Wenxuan and Gu Xiangdi, led the team to the moat, the explosions in Anji County stopped.

When they crossed the moat, the Third Regiment's artillery bombardment of the city wall also stopped.

Eight bamboo ladders were quickly erected on the city wall, and teams of soldiers climbed up as agile as monkeys.

Captain Yoshikawa Yuki, who was personally guarding the city wall and supervising the battle, watched the artillery fire raging in Anji County.

Large-caliber shells were thrown into Anji County, and the houses in the entire county were collapsing.

His command post in the county had also been bombed into ruins.

At this time, Captain Yoshikawa Yuki secretly rejoiced that he had come to the city wall.

At the same time, he was mourning for Captain Yamamoto Yuo: Captain Yamamoto Yuo and a group of staff were still in the command post.

The entire Yamamoto Yuo Battalion had a full company stationed in the command post as a reserve team.

Looking at the entire county being razed to the ground, even with the most optimistic estimate, it was impossible to think that the company in the county still had combat effectiveness.

While Captain Yoshikawa Yuki was mourning for Captain Yamamoto Yuo, he was also subjected to artillery bombardment from the Third Regiment of the Special Forces Brigade on the city wall.

Although these shells were not as large in caliber as those shells that landed in the county, they were much larger in number.

The shells that fell on the city wall like raindrops made the Masataka Oya Company and the Japanese devils of the Yoshikawa Yuki Battalion, who were still defending the city wall, immediately lose the desire to continue fighting.

From yesterday afternoon to now, the two captains, Yoshikawa and Yamamoto, analyzed that the attacking team was using rigid tactics.

They only knew how to attack in one direction.

It was precisely because of this analysis that these two battalions, while constantly losing front-line soldiers.

They gathered all the Japanese devils stationed in Anji and only defended this direction.

It was precisely because of their approach that they withstood the Third Regiment's repeated attacks.

Even so, the two battalions had suffered more than one thousand five hundred Japanese devils in the last attack launched by the Special Forces Brigade.

There were only seven hundred Japanese devils left in the entire Anji.

Now: the reserve team stationed in the county and the Yamamoto Battalion were all dead, and the speed reducers were three hundred Japanese devils.

There were less than four hundred Japanese devils guarding the city wall, which was all the Japanese devils left over from the two battalions.

Captain Yoshikawa Yuki now regretted very much: he regretted that when he and Captain Yamamoto came to Anji, they had driven all the ordinary people in the county out of the city at the first time.

If there were thousands of ordinary people in the county, the National Army team attacking Anji would definitely not dare to directly use heavy shelling like this.

His regret came a little late! Captain Yoshikawa Yuki miraculously survived the fierce artillery bombardment of the Third Regiment unscathed.

In the smoke and dust, he found that the attacking team had already climbed the city wall.

He anxiously pulled out his command knife and ordered loudly: "Counterattack! Counterattack!"

Company Commander He Xingjin led the team closely behind the First Company.

Just as the soldiers of the First Company climbed the city wall, he led the Sixth Company up the bamboo ladder.

Battalion Commander Lai Liren used to be the commander of the First Company, and today he was still rushing to the front.

Just as he rushed to the city wall, a Japanese devil's bayonet stabbed him in the face.

Lai Liren lunged forward, and the bayonet on his rifle collided with the Japanese devil's rifle.

He smashed open the thrusting knife in one fell swoop, and Lai Liren's rifle still followed the original