Five days passed in the blink of an eye.
By this time, the Japanese army was already on the verge of death, 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. In 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 and shrank step by step, building one line of defense after another on the Japanese army's path. From Beige to the foot of Wuyuan City, the 35th Army built a complete defense line. There were more than a dozen 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 completely supported by his breath.
And what supports the Japanese is that the Thirty-fifth Army has no retreat and will soon be annihilated by them.
However, is this really the case? Is the Thirty-fifth Army really at the end of its rope and its destruction imminent
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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 Although it was destroyed, bombers would still come from Taiyuan or Datong Airport to carry out bombing.
The most terrifying thing among them is the brimstone bomb of the little devil.
That guy, once the brimstone 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 wall. , seeing that the east gate city wall fortifications were about to fall, Guo Jingyun could only throw in 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.
"What a dog!" Guo Jingyun punched the ruins with a fist, but there was nothing he could do against 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 artillery 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, there were less than 300 people left in the 302nd Regiment, which 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 he was even more decisive. "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.
"All of them." 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 gun chamber, 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 entered within fifty meters and entered the effective range of the pistol. Almost at the same time, three The last remaining two hundred or so soldiers of the Zero Second Regiment also sat up and opened fire violently with various firearms.
The gunshots rang out instantly, and the Japanese who were charging forward with bayonets fell down row by row.
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, the three hundred remaining soldiers roared 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 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 open a large gap, and the 302nd Regiment and the Japanese This hand-to-hand battle happened to be staged in this gap.
Seeing the remnants of the 302nd Regiment falling one after another, Ye Qijie finally couldn't hold himself back.
"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.
To be honest, Fu Zuoyi felt heartbroken when he saw the 302nd Regiment in such a state. This was his old army, and these were the children of Suiyuan whom he single-handedly brought up! However, he has already stated that the 35th Army is under the command of Xu Rui. Even though he is the commander of the North Route Army in the World War II Zone and the commander of the 35th Army, he cannot 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 should be sent 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 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 a counterattack with eight battalions? But if you send one battalion up now, the 302nd Regiment can be saved!"
"No." Xu Rui still refused without hesitation. "What if the 301st Regiment asks for help? What 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 it? "
"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 was still unmoved and said coldly: "Among the nine main battalions left to fight back, there is the first battalion of the 302nd Regiment. This battalion is the seed of the 302nd Regiment. These nine battalions are the Northern Route Army. , the seeds 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!"