In the afternoon, with the end of another wave of Japanese attacks, the entire second line of defense was littered with corpses left behind by the Japanese attack. The corpses lay scattered on the ground.
Xia Yuan ordered the soldiers to carry down the corpses of his comrades, tear off their honor strips, and bury them on the ridge above Nantianmen by the defeated soldiers on the third line of defense. From front to back, they could overlook the entire Nu River and the entire jungle of Nantianmen.
"The second line of defense is full of devastation and can no longer hold on, and the soldiers on the second line of defense can no longer block the powerful firepower to resist the Japanese attack."
Xia Yuan could not face the attack of a large number of Japanese troops alone. The Japanese army was different from the US military. They had a fighting will that was not afraid of death and dared to charge. They were very formidable opponents. Therefore, he decided to give up holding on to the second line of defense and use only the remaining ammunition.
Used to defend the third line of defense.
Just when Xia Yuan was about to give the order to retreat, good news came from Nantianmen. Yu Xiaoqing transported a batch of supplies across the Nu River on a raft and delivered the supplies to Nantianmen. This batch of supplies was weapons and ammunition.
Jiang's soldiers said that three more batches of supplies would be delivered to Nantianmen, asking them to wait again.
The defeated soldiers looked at each other excitedly, and the joy that could not be concealed was revealed in their expressions.
"Great, with this batch of weapons and equipment, we finally don't have to worry about lack of ammunition!" Meng Fanglia was very happy, "Tell the commander about this quickly, the second line of defense is saved!"
Veterinarian Hao pulled the soldier and asked, "Do you have any medicine? There are many wounded on the battlefield."
The soldiers looked at the dirty Veterinary Hao. They looked like a group of defeated soldiers, but they accomplished a feat that even their elite troops could not accomplish. They stopped at the Nantian Gate and stopped escaping from Burma to form Sichuan.
The army became the last force of the expeditionary force on the China-Myanmar border.
He was in awe of the fifty-year-old veteran in front of him. It was them who bought time for the Nujiang defense line to consolidate. It was they who withstood the Japanese army for four days. The Nantianmen was still firmly in the hands of our army. It was them who allowed the
The Chinese people have seen hope again.
"Yes, in the next batch of supplies, there are many medicines donated by the national army and domestic patriots." The soldier said to Veterinarian Hao.
"Patriot? What is that?" Kang Ya came over and asked.
"Those who love the country know that you stayed at Nantianmen to fight against the Japanese army in order to defend the motherland. This has rekindled their determination to fight against the Japanese army. They spontaneously donated money and bought a lot of weapons and equipment for you.
Food, well, these supplies are donated by them." The soldier explained to the defeated soldiers.
At this time, the defeated soldiers who came out of the shelter, such as Fan La, Die La Die, A Yi, Snake Butt, Bean Cake, Kaname, etc. all came close to them. They listened blankly to the soldier's explanation to them.
Kang Ya asked: "You mean, someone knows about our war?"
The soldier looked excited: "That's not true. Don't you know that your fight against the Japanese troops at Nantianmen has been published in the newspapers!! Wait, our company commander also got us a copy. I remember I was wearing it.
It’s on me.”
He took out a newspaper from his heavy clothes and excitedly handed it to everyone to read.
Kang Ya took the newspaper and hesitated as he looked at the characters he recognized but didn't recognize: "...Tian...men..."
Yaoma pushed Kang Ya, grabbed the newspaper and handed it to Meng Fan: "Go, go, go, I don't know a single Chinese character, you know a fool, Fan, read it for us."
Meng Fanglia glanced at the contents of the newspaper and his eyes froze.
Bu La said: "Nian Nian quickly."
When Meng Fan was annoyed, he read: "The last army of the expeditionary force is stationed at Nantianmen to fight against the Japanese invaders, promote our country's prestige, and shock our country. They use their young lives to build a Great Wall and stand on Nantianmen to protect us.
They are rare heroes among the millions of people in China."
The defeated soldiers fell silent. They listened quietly to Meng Fangliao reading what was in the newspaper. It turned out that their garrison at Nantianmen had been published in the newspaper. It turned out that the battle they were not optimistic about turned out to be a good one in the hearts of the people.
In this way, it turns out that they are great heroes in the hearts of the people.
Doubiang grabbed Yao Ma and said, "Brother Yao Ma, we are heroes, we are heroes."
Kaname said: "Yes, we are heroes. I never thought that I would become a hero one day."
Kaname smiled very happily, with a trace of tears in his eyes. Not only Kaname, but also everyone's eyes had tears in them. Meng Fan's eyes were also filled with mist. The voice became louder and louder.
The more sonorous and powerful it is.
"When the expeditionary force was defeated and the Japanese army took advantage of the victory, they gave up their retreat and stayed on the other side of the Nu River. They became the last line of defense for the Zenda people. They fought against the Japanese army and bought time for the Nujiang defense line to consolidate. They fought against the Japanese at the Nantianmen.
Kou, that is the last battlefield of the expeditionary force."
"Stand in the south to fight against the Japanese invaders. Promote the prestige of our country and shock our country."
Every word Meng Fanlian said was like a hammer hitting the hearts of the defeated soldiers, hitting their hearts hard. They were excited, they were happy, they howled loudly, and their faces were filled with tears. They never thought
One day, my fight with the Japanese would be published in the newspaper, and I never thought that one day they would be called heroes.
At this moment, the defeated soldiers seemed to be full of strength. The appearance of this newspaper also strengthened their determination to fight against the Japanese invaders, and also strengthened their determination to stay at Nantianmen and fight the Japanese army until the moment of victory.
The soldier looked at them and said with a smile: "You guys are heroes now. You don't know that many soldiers in Chandali who were defeated from Burma wanted to return to Nantianmen after hearing about your deeds.
, fighting the Japanese army, by the way, how many troops are there in attacking Nantianmen this time?"
Bu La said to the soldier: "Five thousand small Japanese, one brigade, fought for four days without being able to defeat them, hahahaha!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Japanese Japanese from a brigade!" A look of shock appeared on the soldier's face.
"That's not true. We only have 700 people. The Japs just can't hit them. Their artillery positions were blown up by us. We can only use infantry to charge them. Hey, they just can't come up. We're guarding Nantianmen. We definitely won't.
Let a kid come up." Kaname said.
The soldier responsible for transporting supplies was shocked. Seven hundred people, not even the size of a regiment, with at most two battalions, defended the Nantianmen for several days and withstood the attack of a Japanese brigade.
If you tell me, no one will believe it. Since the Anti-Japanese War, few Chinese troops have been able to win battles with fewer troops, especially an army like theirs that is composed of skirmishers, lacks weapons and equipment, and has uneven combat qualities.
, how to withstand the attack of a Japanese brigade, no one would believe it. No one would believe it.
He was more than shocked, "Your regiment leader led a commando team of ten people through the Japanese defense line of 5,000 people, and also blew up the Japanese artillery positions?"
Snake Butt said: "That's not true. Our regiment leader is very powerful. Let alone 5,000 people, even if there are 5,000 more people, our regiment leader will still dare to lead us through the Japanese defense line to blow up the Japanese artillery."
position."
The soldiers were so shocked that they didn’t know how to describe it. Since the Battle of Nantianmen broke out, no information about the confrontation between the two sides has been transmitted from Nantaimen. Some people said that the attacking Japanese troops were at most a regiment, not more, and the Japanese army was one
The regiment was already very fierce. When the Burmese Japanese army pursued the expeditionary force and the British army, a regiment pulled out a brigade battle line. Therefore, whether it was Yu Xiaoqing or Shangfeng, it was estimated that the strength of the Japanese troops attacking Nantianmen was
About a thousand people.
But I didn't expect that the Japanese army was far more than 1,000, but 5,000, the size of an entire brigade.
The soldier looked at the group of defeated soldiers in shock. He couldn't imagine how 700 people could hold on to the Nantianmen and fight against the 5,000 Japanese troops to ensure that the Nantianmen would not be lost. He couldn't imagine it either. It was really shocking to talk about it.
Can't believe it.
"Then your casualties must be huge, right?" the soldier asked again.
The defeated soldiers opened their mouths and fell silent. The soldier said: "Five thousand Japanese troops. A brigade of Japanese troops is attacking. If you want to withstand the attack of five thousand Japanese troops, a lot of people will be sacrificed. You are facing five thousand Japanese troops."
They attacked without retreating, and even passed through the Japanese defense lines and blew up the Japanese artillery positions. You are heroes, great heroes."
The soldiers admired them and their bravery. These people were fighting the Japanese army without their lives.
Meng Fangli thought about the number of soldiers on the third line of defense. The soldiers on the first line of defense had already retreated to the third line of defense. Currently, there were nearly 400 people on the third line of defense, while there were only three people on the second line of defense.
There were two squads left, or even less than two squads, and this was only the second day of the battle. They had already suffered 300 casualties.
Of course, the casualties of the Japanese army were several times theirs, especially in today's attack. The Japanese army gathered thousands of people to attack Nantianmen. They were repulsed several times by soldiers on the second line of defense. I don't know how many Japanese soldiers were killed. It's just that
The second line of defense was littered with corpses.
The soldiers returned, bringing with them news that shocked the entire national army.
On the Nantianmen, gunpowder smoke filled the air. On the third line of defense, the troops gathered urgently. Xia Yuan led Long Wenwen. Meng Fan was annoyed and took the newspaper that reported on the Nantianmen war. He read out the contents of the newspaper and listened.
After reading the content in the newspaper, no one was excited, and everyone had tears on their faces.
Xia Yuan put away the newspaper, looked at them, and said in a heavy voice: "The appearance of this newspaper proves everything we have done today, and it proves those who sacrificed their lives on the first line of defense and the second line of defense."
The soldiers on the Nantianmen prove that we have not lost yet! Everything we have done is worth it! Their sacrifice is worth it! Our decision to stay on the Nantianmen is the right one.
of!"
"The people behind us have not forgotten us! Our families have not forgotten us! They are watching us! Watching us fighting against the Japanese invaders! Watching us defending our home and country!"
"You will be a hero in life, and you will be a hero in death! None of you who are willing to stay is a coward or a loser. When they see what we do, what do they call us? They call us heroes. Now,
Who dares to look down on us! Those elites? They are nothing but bullshit. They are being chased by the Japanese devils. We will show them today that they are not even a motley crew, an army that does not even have its own organization. It does not even have its own organization.
Incomplete, how to withstand the attack of 5,000 Japanese troops!"
"None of us are cowards! None of us are losers!"
The fighting spirit in the hearts of the remaining soldiers of the Sichuan Army was inspired by Xia Yuan. The people they protected were watching them. Watching this battle, they became the heroes of this era and the heroes in the hearts of the people.
The defenders on Tianmen were rewarded, the battle deeds of the defenders were published in newspapers, and the Battle of Nantianmen was widely publicized.
They are no longer cowards, nor are they looked down upon by others. They have become heroes, which is enough for them to die without regrets.
The Japanese army's brutal attack was far from over, but with this batch of supplies, the Sichuan Army no longer needed to worry about supplies. Xia Yuan decided to catch the Japanese army off guard. He replaced all the wounded on the second line of defense and gave them to
The soldiers on the second line of defense are all equipped with submachine guns for rear support, and are equipped with three Type 92 and four Czech types to guard the second line of defense.
Behind the Japanese army, the captains were having a heated discussion. The Japanese army, which had experienced the previous attack, found that the combat effectiveness of the defenders on the second line of defense was already very weak. Even when some Japanese troops rushed to the second line of defense, the enemy even fought with them.
The soldiers fought with their bayonets, which meant that the opponent could no longer hold on.
"Xinxi, this is good news, the enemy can no longer hold on,"
At this time, a message was passed from within the national army. The Japanese troops attacking Nantianmen were the size of a brigade, with 5,000 people. However, the defenders of Nantianmen were only 700 defeated. Due to the lack of weapons, ammunition, and heavy firepower,
, despite the lack of various supplies, withstood the Japanese attack for many days and blew up the Japanese artillery positions, making it impossible for the Japanese army to reinforce the Japanese army attacking Nantianmen in a short period of time.
As soon as this news came out, the entire national army was shaken up and down.
Yu Xiaoqing said with a shocked face: "Seven hundred people versus five thousand people, seven hundred people versus five thousand people! Who can do it today, who can do it!"
He was shocked not only by the fact that 700 people withstood the attack of 5,000 Japanese troops, but also by Xia Yuan's commanding ability and unique strategy. He was shocked by Xia Yuan's boldness.
Tuan Zuo, who led a commando of only ten people, passed through the blockade of 5,000 Japanese troops, successfully blew up the Japanese artillery positions and escaped unscathed. What shocked him was that when there was no intention to fight on the summit, Xia Yuan ignored
Risking the military court, he resolutely led a team of 700 people to stay at Nantianmen. What shocked him was that even though the expeditionary force was gone, Xia Yuan still did not give up, and even did it.