Just after noon, five miles east of Lijia Lane, people were flashing in the bamboo forest. There were more than 500 Japanese soldiers and more than 300 puppet troops. The Japanese soldiers were leading the way about 200 meters in front, and following them, they kept marching towards Lijia Lane.

go ahead.

The gunfire in the town has stopped, the air is filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke, and the tense atmosphere is getting heavier and heavier.

The Japanese Army sergeant who was opening the way had already discovered the presence of Chinese soldiers in front of him and asked the Japanese communications troops to go back and report.

The Japanese captain did not issue an order to speed up the advance. The brigade still advanced step by step to the west. The strength of the Chinese soldiers in the town was unknown. The captain had already asked to advance slowly along the river. There were gunboats in the river for fire support.

The three teams turned to the south and advanced quickly. The purpose was to block the Chinese soldiers in the town, wait until the afternoon to launch an attack from the southeast, and wait in the west for the friendly troops from the north to find a way to cross the river to form an encirclement.

The tactics were simple and direct, except that the enemy forces in the north were delayed by the shelling of Chinese soldiers, while the motorboat on our side was preparing to cross the river to help the friendly forces attacking from the north cross the river, but was ambushed by Chinese soldiers.

The Japanese captain thought countless times in his mind about how to insult the Chinese soldiers. Unexpectedly, he was beaten to shame as soon as he went out and fled back in a panic. He thought that all this was because he only attacked from the water and had no air support.

, there was no coordination in the land attack, and the Chinese soldiers in Lijiaxiang were seen.

Commander Liu had already ordered most of the main forces to enter the tunnel. Commander Liu said he wanted to go out to urinate. He avoided military commander Fan Jing and quickly ran to Li Yuan. He asked rudely: "We should wait for the Japanese as planned."

A plane coming over?"

Li Yuan steadily smoked the cigarette handed over by Commander Liu: "We now have terrain advantages, trenches, and tunnels. Are you in a hurry? It takes time for the Japanese troops to expand. They came so far away, there is no way they know about us.

We just have to grind it out with him slowly. If we want to win the battle and reduce casualties, we just have to stay calm."

"If the Japs from the north come too, their strength will be four times that of ours. If we had used our previous methods, they would have fled into the mountains. Are you sure? It's still too late to run away now. Time is very tight."

"Don't worry, no matter how powerful the Japanese are, they still have one head and two legs. I don't believe they can still fight."

"I know the layout you are talking about, but I always feel uneasy in my heart. In fact, I have to admire the layout, but I have never tried it myself, so I always have no idea."

"What's the problem with this? The Japs will definitely attack the town first, but we are in the wild. When we return to the town later, we need to have people open the exits of the tunnels in the town first. There must be some tunnels that cannot be used.

First of all, we must save our lives. If our lives are gone, what can we do to fight against the Japanese?"

"I feel relieved to hear you say that. By the way, have you ever been beaten like this before?"

Li Yuan was a little silent: "In a place where the conditions are much worse than here, our regiment held up a Japanese division for three days. You haven't heard of it, right?"

"What's the final result?"

"We wiped out no less than 5,000 enemies, a team of about 1,500 people, and more than 300 people left."

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The Japanese advanced in a fashionable manner, with leading soldiers clearing the way, machine guns holding down the formation, artillery behind, and skirmishing formations. They were not afraid of an ambush by the Chinese soldiers in front.

If there are few people, you can just shoot and run away with two shots. My team of people will be here soon. As long as you dare to shoot, I will make you walk around in pain.

The commander of a battalion of the national army looked at the Japanese coming from a distance, and his heart beat. This commander used to say that as long as a squadron of Japanese came over, he had to avoid their sharp edges. This time, a large group of Japanese came from the east, and the group's seat was still stable.

There, I don’t know what the friendly soldier named Li said. Maybe the guy from the military commander is very capable?

The order from the regiment headquarters was very simple. The Japs could not open fire until they reached about 300 meters. When the outposts saw the Japs, they could only retreat and were not allowed to shoot. However, the regimental commander only said that the Japs would start fighting after they reached 300 meters. But how to fight was unclear.

explain.

So when you see a ghost, just do whatever you want. If you can't defeat it, you can still retreat. Even though the ghost in front of him has already entered about eight meters, it looks like it will still take a few minutes to walk 400 meters.

In the distant bamboo forest, the figure of the Japanese became increasingly clear, a large yellow mass.

On the simple highway in the west of the town, the Japs were already forming a team, preparing to attack, but Lieutenant Commander Si, the Japs commander, did not see even a single figure of the national army. This is not a living sight of the Japs. Could it be that the Japs have gone into the mountains again like they did during the last raid?

The Japanese and puppet troops appeared on the highway, in the bamboo forest, and on all the small roads entering the town. They stopped there without arranging anyone to enter the town for reconnaissance. They were waiting for the Japanese and puppet troops who had come around from the south to line up and move in several directions.

Attack together.

More than a dozen motorboats were transporting Japanese and puppet troops across the Zhenbei River. The Japanese who crossed the river early did not encounter any attacks, which was completely different from the morning bombardment by the defendants.

Three red signal flares were raised in the north. The entire Japanese team formed a skirmishing formation and began to charge towards the town. Leading Japanese soldiers from all directions began to attack. Almost a dozen teams emerged from the bamboo forest from different directions and entered the open area. After passing through the open area,

It was a street fight, and that was when the Chinese soldiers in the town died.

Several company commanders of the national army were at the forefront. In an inconspicuous bunker, countless eyes were watching the Japanese troops advancing in separate attack formations.

The roar of planes came from the southern sky. A squadron of more than 20 planes flew over Lijia Lane and were forming an aerial formation. The Japs began to fire red flares from all directions towards the middle of the town. This was to warn the Japs pilots.

Guide the attack target.

The Japanese plane began to dive into the town. The bomb left the cabin, made a sharp sound downwards, and headed straight for the house in the middle of the town. The bomb fell to the ground in a parabola, the fuse was triggered, and there was a violent explosion accompanied by a flash of light.

, deafening.

But there was no one in town, and the Japanese pilots didn't care. Since they were here, they had to drop all the bombs on the target.

The attacking Japanese were not idle either, setting up grenades and mortars and bombing the town. Loud noises and black smoke were rising from all over the town.

The Japanese invested more than 20 aircraft to attack a small town at once, which was considered a big deal. The pilots' fighting in the south was not heavy. The important battlefield is now in Shandong, which is also very important for the consolidation of the occupied area.

It's also because the Japanese have a lot of ammunition. Otherwise, to attack such a small town, only a few or two planes would be needed.

The Japanese pilots also noticed the small soil bags in the open field, like grave mounds, but they were distributed too regularly. Using precious aerial bombs to attack those things would not be worth the gain, so they did not care.

The announcement didn't say anything about bombing, it just asked that the town be blown to the ground. Now, if not flat, it's almost there.

Most of the soldiers of the national army were in the tunnels, listening to the Japanese planes showing off their power in the town and the explosion of bombs dropped everywhere.

With the density of the bomb, wouldn't it be blown into a pulp?

The Japanese planes and artillery blasted almost all the town into ruins, and the sight was almost the same. Many houses were filled with smoke and fire.

After the Japanese pilots dropped their aerial bombs, they then used their onboard machine guns to plow the town back and forth. There were so many Japanese planes that they had to line up to have the opportunity to take turns in the air to carry out machine gun attacks on the town.

If there is anyone in the town, as long as they are not rats and are not killed by the explosion, the shock wave will completely make them lose their fighting ability.
Chapter completed!