The captain knew the priorities here and immediately ordered: "The 2nd and 3rd squadrons will go over and plug the gap now, and ensure that the gap does not expand at all costs."
The two squadron leaders were very reluctant, but the military order could not be violated. Even if they knew that this trip would probably never come back, they still had to press forward.
They only have one hope now: the Imperial Army to reinforce the North Gate can appear at the last moment and bring them back from the point of death.
Disappointingly, until they led their troops to leave, the expected Imperial Army did not appear.
A few minutes later, nearly three hundred Japanese soldiers appeared behind the gap.
Seeing the fire splashing from the gap, the squadron leader really didn't want his men to die.
Until a cannonball hit the gap, a large amount of loess and wall bricks were blown away, and the goddess smashed down from the top of the city like flowers. The gap that was only more than two meters wide instantly became more than three meters wide.
The squadron leader knew that he could not wait any longer, otherwise the gap would definitely explode bigger and bigger. He clenched his fists and ordered: "The troops will start taking action immediately!"
"The first team prepares sandbags, the second team is responsible for transportation, and the third team fills the gap with sandbags. The gap must not be allowed to expand any further."
The Japanese soldiers who were poisoned by the spirit of the samurai sword did not take their own lives seriously at all. At the squadron leader's order, dozens of Japanese soldiers dropped their rifles, tied their exclusive white cloth strips on their heads, and rushed towards the gap carrying sandbags.
"boom……"
A mortar shell hit dozens of soldiers, and four or five soldiers were blown up on the spot, which was horrific.
The remaining Japanese soldiers were not affected at all and continued to run towards the gap carrying sandbags.
After losing nearly twenty soldiers in a row, the first batch of sandbags was finally delivered to the gap and piled one after another on the loess.
Lady Luck seemed to have played a big joke on the Japanese army.
With a sound of "Boom...", a heavy artillery shell hit the gap. More than half of the sandbags that the Japanese army had worked hard to pile on the loess were blown away in an instant, and more than half of the Japanese who were moving next to the gap were killed or injured.
The two men were blown to pieces on the spot, with no bones left.
More Japanese were blown over and fell into the gap, their life or death uncertain.
At this time, the second batch of sandbags was carried up. Although the gap was filled with the corpses of comrades, including some wounded who were still alive, the soldiers carrying the sandbags could not control so many.
The longer they stay here, the higher the risk of being killed by shells.
The sandbags must be thrown into the gap as soon as possible and then retreated away from here, so no one cares about the corpses and wounded in the gap. They just throw the sandbags on their shoulders into the gap and then turn around and retreat, preparing for the second transportation.
In this way, sandbags, corpses, and wounded people were mixed together to block the gap.
"Boom...boom..."
The explosion sounded again at the gap, and three artillery shells crashed down one after another. Many sandbags and corpses that the Japanese army had just blocked in the gap were blown away again. Many Japanese soldiers were blown away together with the sandbags before they had time to throw them into the gap!
The squadron leader stood behind the gap and watched one soldier after another being killed by artillery fire. The bodies of his men were thrown into the gap like sandbags to block the city wall. His heart was bleeding.
But there is no way.
War is fair. When the imperial army attacked the county town defended by the Chinese army, when faced with the artillery fire of the imperial army, the Chinese army also used human lives to fill the gaps created by the artillery shells.
Tit-for-tat, now the Eighth Route Army has the advantage of artillery fire, and it is finally their turn to use their lives to fill the gap in the city wall.
He Jun, commander of the seventh battalion of the garrison regiment, is not a vegetarian.
He discovered the Japanese troops blocking the gap as soon as they appeared at the top of the city.
In addition to ordering the artillery to continue firing and focusing on the gaps, the regiment commander also transferred his air defense company to the offensive position.
The half-meter-thick battlements can block anti-aircraft bullets.
Now that the battlements at the gap have been blown away, the machine gun bullets can easily fly up to the top of the city and stick to the loess at the gap to kill all the Japanese who want to get close.
Even if a Japs block the gap with sandbags, the large-caliber bullets fired from the machine guns can easily penetrate the sandbags and penetrate into the Japs' bodies.
The casualties of the Japanese army were increasing, and in the blink of an eye a squadron was wiped out.
The only thing that made the two squadron leaders happy was that with the protection of sandbags, the gap finally stopped widening.
But this situation will definitely not last long. If the remaining more than a hundred soldiers are used up and no one continues to fill the gap with sandbags, the gap without the protection of the sandbags will definitely become bigger and bigger...
"Bageya Road, why haven't the Imperial Army reinforcements come over yet!" the captain not far away shouted anxiously.
He stared at the street opposite the city gate with a pair of red eyes, trying to find the reinforcements.
Everything within the field of vision was dark and nothing could be seen.
"Sir, could it be that the reinforcements were afraid of going to the battlefield and deliberately hid in the city?" a squadron leader reminded.
"If they are really afraid of the enemy, I will definitely kill their commander alive when the battle is over." The captain gritted his teeth and cursed.
Then the order was given: "Pick a small team out of the First Squadron, go to their station along the street, and urge the reinforcements to come quickly. If they don't obey the order, they will be subject to military law."
"Hi!" The squadron leader immediately responded.
More than fifty Japanese soldiers quickly broke away from the team and ran into the city with their guns in hand.
The battle has been going on till now, and the reinforcements are the captain's only hope to block the gap and hold the north gate.
So his eyes followed the dozens of figures of the Imperial Army until they disappeared before turning his head to look at the gap where the cannons were rumbling.
Just then, a series of close range gunshots drew his eyes back to the street.
Under the cover of night, the three machine gun flames were particularly dazzling. The captain saw it at a glance, blocked the middle of the street, and fired wildly at the subordinates he had just sent out.
The sound of rifle shooting was also heard from the yards on both sides of the street.
"Boom boom..."
The sound of grenade explosions rang out on the street, and the splashing firelight instantly illuminated the figures of dozens of imperial troops.
More than half of the fifty-odd imperial troops had been killed or injured, apparently killed by machine gun fire that suddenly appeared on the street. The remaining soldiers were fighting and retreating, in a very embarrassed state.
After finally retreating to the foot of the city wall, there were still a dozen or so people in an infantry squad.
Faced with this situation, the captain's eyes were full of shock and confusion.
I don't understand why there are troops in the city attacking the imperial army and hiding more than a hundred meters behind the city wall.
If both sides are accidentally injured, then it doesn't matter. If the other party is really an enemy, then you are finished.
There is the main force of the Eighth Route Army attacking the city wall in front, and there are enemies blocking your retreat behind. You are attacked from both sides. This is when you are truly in a desperate situation.
The more the captain thought about it, the paler his face became. He didn't know what to do next.
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