By this time, the Japanese army was already in a difficult situation, so within these five days, the main force of the Japanese 26th Division and the Independent Mixed Second Brigade were supported by the Fourth Cavalry Brigade and the First Cavalry Brigade.
With coordination, they launched a fierce attack on the 35th Army on the opposite side day and night.
Under the command of Xu Rui, the 35th Army defended step by step, shrinking step by step, and built defense lines one after another on the Japanese army's advance path. From Beige to the foot of Wuyuan City, the 35th Army built a complete defense line.
There were more than ten lines of fortifications, which gave the Japanese army a strong psychological expectation that the 35th Army's defense line would always be exhausted.
Therefore, after five days of fierce fighting, although the Japanese army successfully pushed the front outside the Wuyuan City Wall, both the 26th Division and the independent second brigade were exhausted, and their morale had fallen to the bottom. Now,
The little devil was supported entirely by his breath.
And the Japs were holding on to this, which meant that the Thirty-fifth Army had no retreat and would soon be annihilated by them.
However, is this really the case? Is the Thirty-fifth Army really at the end of its retreat and its destruction is imminent?
…
Wuyuan, the collapsed ruins of the East Gate City Wall are still burning. In addition to the charred rubble and soil, there are also charred corpses one by one. These charred corpses are the masterpieces of the Japanese aviation. Although the Japanese artillery force suffered
It was destroyed, but bombers would still come from Taiyuan or Datong Airport to carry out bombing operations.
The most terrifying thing among them is the brimstone bomb of the little devil.
That guy, once the sulfur bomb is thrown down, it will explode into pieces.
Looking at the charred corpses that were burned beyond recognition in the rubble, Guo Jingyun's teeth were almost broken. The little Japs are so cruel. Just now, an infantry squadron of the Japs broke into the city through the gap in the east gate city wall.
, seeing that the east gate city wall fortifications were about to fall, Guo Jingyun could only join the guard company to launch a counterattack.
This guard company is already the last organic unit in Guo Jingyun's hands.
After five days of fierce fighting, more than a dozen battalions of the 302nd Regiment had been defeated.
After a brutal hand-to-hand battle, the Japanese who broke into the city wall were finally driven back to the gap.
Just when the remaining Japanese soldiers were about to be expelled from the city, the Japanese bombers suddenly arrived, and then dropped a bunch of sulfur bombs on the heads of the Chinese and Japanese soldiers who were still fighting for their bayonets. After a violent explosion, there was a raging fire.
The fire broke out, and the Japanese who were fighting with their bayonets and the officers and soldiers of the guard company were caught off guard and were instantly swallowed up by the fire.
When the fire gradually extinguished, what appeared in front of Guo Jingyun was this scene.
"Damn it!" Guo Jingyun punched the ruins with hatred, but there was nothing he could do about the planes in the sky. After several years of air combat training on the Chinese battlefield, the Japanese aviation pilots already had rich flying experience.
Anti-aircraft machine guns and even anti-aircraft guns on the ground can hardly pose a threat to them.
As the new wind blew by, the smoke and dust on the battlefield gradually dispersed.
When Guo Jingyun looked outside again, he was surprised to see that a large number of Japs appeared outside the East Gate City Wall. Moreover, the Japs who appeared this time were obviously different from the past, because all the Japs who appeared this time took off their upper body military uniforms and were all exposed.
His chest and abdomen were covered, and samurai scarves were tied on his forehead. Seeing this posture, Guo Jingyun's heart suddenly sank.
The guard company commander screamed: "Commander, it seems that the little devil is ready to fight us desperately."
In the counter-assault battle just now, the guard company was almost completely wiped out, and only a few people survived in the end.
"I know." Guo Jingyun took a deep breath of the hot air filled with the smell of dust and gunpowder smoke, and said in a deep voice, "Go and gather all the remaining brothers in the regiment."
The guard company commander immediately went down and summoned all the brothers in the regiment who were still able to move.
At this time, the 302nd Regiment had less than 300 people left in total, and it was just a reinforced company.
Looking at the injured officers and soldiers in front of him and the sparse formation, Guo Jingyun's nose felt sore and he almost shed two tears. However, just when the tears were about to fall, he suddenly turned around.
When he turned around again, the tears in his eyes had long disappeared, replaced by an iron-like coldness.
"Brothers." Guo Jingyun's voice was filled with a hint of desolation and even more decisiveness. "The commander-in-chief's order is that the city wall defense line is the bottom line. Once you retreat to the city wall defense line, there is no way to retreat! If the Japanese want to get through here,
There is only one way, and that is to step over our corpses!"
The three hundred remnant soldiers were silent, only the crackling of burning ruins.
"Everyone is there." Guo Jingyun's eyes suddenly became extremely cold and he said in a deep voice, "Check the equipment and prepare to fight!"
The remaining three hundred soldiers immediately began to calmly check and prepare. The last few remaining bullets were pressed into the barrel of the gun, the bayonet with a few missing holes was also inserted into the slot, and the last remaining grenade was
He also unscrewed the top cover, held the fuse tightly in his hand, and quietly waited for the Japanese to arrive.
Time seemed to have frozen at this moment.
However, the devil would not stop.
Soon, the footsteps of the Japanese marching could be heard outside the city walls.
"Hit!" Guo Jingyun roared, sat up from the ruins where he was hiding, raised his pistol and fired continuously. At this time, the Japanese outside the city had already entered within fifty meters, and had entered the effective range of the pistol. Almost at the same time, three
The remaining two hundred or so soldiers of the Zero 2nd Regiment also sat up one after another and opened fire violently with various firearms.
The gunshots rang out instantly, and the Japanese who were charging forward with bayonets fell down in rows.
However, the good times did not last long. Within a moment, the Japanese who were charging desperately were already within ten meters. At this time, the officers and soldiers on both sides could not only clearly see the ferocious expressions of the other side, but also hear the heavy breathing of the other side. Guo Jingyun immediately
He threw the pistol to the ground, then pulled out the ghost machete stuck in the rubble next to him, and jumped out of the ruins.
"Kill!" Following Guo Jingyun, three hundred remaining soldiers roared angrily and jumped out of the trench.
In the blink of an eye, the 300 remnants of the 302nd Regiment collided with the Japanese who were charging desperately, and another fierce hand-to-hand combat took place near the east gate city wall.
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A hundred meters away, the forward observation post.
From this distance, you can see very clearly without even using a telescope.
In the observation post, Fu Zuoyi and Ye Qijie, with livid faces, were watching intently the extremely tragic hand-to-hand battle taking place in the East Gate City Wall, because the East Gate City Wall had been blown up by Japanese bombers to create a large gap, and the 302nd Regiment and the Japanese
This hand-to-hand battle happened to be staged in this gap.
Seeing the remaining soldiers of the 302nd Regiment falling one after another, Ye Qijie finally couldn't hold himself back any longer.
"Chief Officer, hurry up and replace the 302nd Regiment!" Ye Qijie said with regret on his face, "Guo Laohu's Tiger Regiment is about to be wiped out. You'd better leave some seeds for them."
Fu Zuoyi's facial muscles twitched violently, but he remained silent without making a sound.
To be honest, Fu Zuoyi felt distressed when he saw the 302nd Regiment in this state. This was the old army he started from, and these were all the children of Suiyuan whom he brought up! But he has already stated that the 35th Army
It was left to the command of Xu Rui. Even though he was the commander of the North Route Army in the World War II Zone and the commander of the 35th Army, he could not interfere with Xu Rui's command.
Fu Zuoyi is not Chairman Chiang Kai-shek. He is well aware of the dangers of being bullish.
Ye Qijie turned to Xu Rui again and begged: "Chief of Staff Xu, please replace the 302nd Regiment quickly!"
"Can we replace the 302nd Regiment? That's okay." Xu Rui said expressionlessly, "But which regiment to send to replace them? The 301st Regiment, the 303rd Regiment? Or the new 31st Division or the new
Which regiment of the 32nd Division?"
"You..." Ye Qijie suddenly choked, because the troops Xu Rui mentioned were all disabled, and each had a section of city wall to defend, so how could they replace the 302nd Regiment? But he quickly reacted
He came over and said angrily, "Don't you still have nine main battalions in hand? Send any one up to replace the 302nd Regiment!"
"No." Xu Rui said decisively, "These nine battalions are reserved for counterattack and cannot be moved."
"One, just one battalion!" Ye Qijie stared at his blood-red eyes and said sternly, "I know you keep these nine battalions for counterattack, but what impact can one less battalion have? Nine battalions for counterattack.
, how different is it from counterattacking with eight battalions? But if you send one battalion up now, the 302nd Regiment can be saved!"
"No." Xu Rui still refused without hesitation, "If this is the first time, what will happen if the 301st Regiment asks for help? What will happen if the 303rd Regiment asks for help again? What if the 31st Division and the 32nd Division are newly formed?
All the main regiments have also come to ask for reinforcements. Should I move troops or not? If I move troops, how long can the nine battalions be able to withstand them?"
"No." Ye Qijie said anxiously, "He is different from the 302nd Regiment."
"The same." Xu Rui said coldly, "They are all troops of the 35th Army, and they are all soldiers of Commander Fu. There is no difference."
Seeing Xu Rui's failure, Ye Qijie became anxious and begged again: "Chief of Staff Xu, please, I beg you, please leave some seeds for the 302nd Regiment."
Xu Rui remained unmoved and said coldly: "Among the nine main battalions left to counterattack, there is the first battalion of the 302nd Regiment. This battalion is the seed of the 302nd Regiment. These nine battalions are the North Route Army.
, the seed of the Thirty-fifth Army!"
When Ye Qijie wanted to say more, Fu Zuoyi stopped him. Fu Zuoyi shouted: "That's enough!"
After a pause, Fu Zuoyi continued: "Chief of Staff Xu is right, the first battalion is the seed of the 302nd Regiment, and the remaining nine main battalions are the seeds of the 35th Army. As long as the seeds are there, the 35th Army will
The army is still there! In the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of troops can be raised again, but there is a prerequisite for this, that is, the Japanese must be driven away!"
