The entire northwest part of the town was occupied by the Japanese, who were attacking to the southwest with all their strength.

The east-route offensive troops simultaneously cleared Hengjie and immediately prepared to cross the river and attack southward.

The Japanese outflanking troops from the west entered the town at the same time and were gathering under the command of the squadron leader, preparing to attack the blocking troops from the south in one fell swoop.

The deputy company commander of the national army led a squad of reserve troops, and under the cover of the bamboo forest, they carried the wounded and broke through to the south. They said they were breaking through, and they didn't even see the shadow of the Japanese.

There were no Japs along the way, but the deputy company commander couldn't shout secretly. According to the Japs' tactics, there should be Japs outflanking troops in the south. This is a common trick of the Japs.

The vanguard sent south quickly reported back. He had scouted south to the Brotherhood's defense area, and had reconfirmed with the vanguard there. No trace of the Japanese was found in the south, which was a bit abnormal.

However, since there were no Japs, and further south was the defense area of ​​my brothers' company, I decided to let the wounded go first, and I took six of them and stayed in the bamboo forest. If any brothers in the town broke through, I could help them.

The band of brothers in the south did not send anyone to reinforce them.

A correspondent came to the regiment, and the order he conveyed was to hold off until dark.

In the southwest corner of the town, Liu Jian has been waiting here all morning, but the Japanese and puppet troops encircling the southwest have been staying far away and not attacking. This is completely inconsistent with the Japanese offensive tactics.

He did not dare to be careless, and orders from the company never came. In fact, most of the brothers in the company had already died for their country, and there were only three soldiers beside the company commander.

The sentries from the first squad to the north came to report that the Japanese from the north had broken through the defense lines of the second squad and the third squad and were attacking to the south. Liu Jian didn't understand what trick the Japanese were playing. They broke through in two directions from the west to the north, while his side

However, the Japanese soldiers did not move, and the idea of ​​​​fighting the Japanese soldiers was gradually shaken. It seemed that the Japanese soldiers wanted to cripple the entire company and then attack on their own side. This was a complete crushing posture.

At that moment, we decided to leave two soldiers in the southwest and take the remaining eight brothers to the north for reinforcements. The Japs were attacking with thousands of people. With eight men, reinforcements were useless.

Liu Jian went straight north from the opened houses. Those houses were a bit dark, and there was intensive gunfire from the front. It should be that the second squad in the middle and the withdrawn third squad were exchanging fire with the Japanese.

The Japanese squadron leader learned the lesson from the east-route attack. The Japanese attacking in the west of the town were divided into three groups from east to west. One group entered the houses and attacked them head-on. The two groups outside the houses surrounded them. There were also Japanese puppets on the west side of the town.

army to prevent the national army from breaking through from the west.

The Japs are not stupid. The puppet troops attacking from inside the house took the lead, and the formation in the middle was at the back. The Japs attacking the two civilian wings from outside the house rushed forward. There were nearly two hundred Japs. This was indeed a crushing posture.

There were only a dozen or so Chinese troops left, and they were so beaten by the Japanese attack that they were unable to fight back. The platoon leader led the third squad to join the second squad and then retreated to the south.

After Liu Jian took over, there were a total of eight soldiers left in the two squads, and three were injured. In the morning, they were shelled by the Japanese and injured a few. In addition, several more soldiers were killed when the Japanese attacked from the west. The original strength was only

Not enough, now the Japanese are launching a massive attack, and there is nothing they can do to stop them.

Seeing Liu Jian leading people up, the platoon leader immediately ordered the first squad to take over the defense, and the second and third squads took the wounded to evacuate south first. The platoon leader also stayed behind to block the Japanese attack.

Almost a group of people were shooting at the Japanese and puppet troops from the doors and windows on both sides and throwing grenades. In the houses in the middle, the Japanese and puppet soldiers were also clinging to them.

"Platoon commander, there has been no order from the company commander. Do you want to send someone over to see if the Japanese bombarded you just now? Did something happen to the company commander and the others?" Liu Jian asked the platoon leader who was throwing grenades outside.

Shout loudly.

The platoon leader hesitated for a moment: "That's fine. One of your squads can arrange for one person to go over and take a look."

Liu Jian immediately called a soldier to go back and east to contact him. He aimed his rifle at a Japanese soldier and fired. The bullet hit the Japanese soldier, who lay on the ground and howled loudly.

The Japanese attacking from inside the house threw another grenade, blowing up clouds of smoke and dust, and rushed out from the passage of the house that had been opened by the national army.

Fortunately, when opening up these houses, the passages were not tied into a line, just to prevent bullets from penetrating many rooms at once. They are almost always intersecting. A grenade can be thrown into the third room in front at most. Currently, the middle room is

The explosion hit a house and caused a ringing in the ears, but no one was injured.

The sound of the explosion was so loud that it made my ears buzz. The shock wave still made the two figures near the entrance of the cave stagger and fall to the ground. The dust stirred up from the entrance of the cave slowly flew into the sky, making people unable to breathe. Attack

Naturally, the Japanese were no better.

In fact, it is easy to stop the Japs. If you set a big fire, the Japs will not be able to get through. But it is not easy to light these seemingly wooden houses. The national army has already prepared a small amount of gasoline. This stuff is expensive, and until now

Still not willing to use it.

The blocking soldier got up from the ground, shook his head, and came to the other side of the hole. There was a small hole in the wall. Through the hole, he could see the Japanese moving at a ghostly pace. He immediately put the muzzle of his gun through the hole.

He prepared the Japanese's body, but in the end he slowly aimed his gun at the Japanese's thigh.

There was a muffled bang, and the bullet arrogantly passed through the small hole in the wall and penetrated into the prisoner's thigh. The prisoner was hit and flew north for a moment. He must have hit a bone and fell to the ground, letting out a miserable howl.

The Japanese still struggled to stand up, but failed. He immediately changed to crawling, trying to crawl through the entrance of the cave.

The soldier pulled and pushed the gun bolt with a clatter, and the second bullet was pushed cleanly into the gun chamber. The cone-shaped warhead was excitedly waiting for the subsequent thrust in the gun chamber, and he raised the ferocious muzzle again, which was still smoking.

Pointing to the dirty soul that is still struggling and crawling.

Bang...another bullet hit the other leg of the struggling Japanese man in the corner, splashing a cloud of blood.

The platoon leader had given the order to retreat again. The soldier reluctantly released the trigger that was about to be pulled again, and quickly headed south to the next position, pointing the muzzle of his gun at the street outside, and looked for the target again.

As my eyes slowly swept across an open window, my heart suddenly sank, and a chill instantly spread all over my body. A Japanese machine gun position was aiming in this direction in the distance.

"Hidden!" Bing shouted, and at the same time he kicked hard on the wall, causing his body to fall to the ground, falling sideways to the floor.

There was a continuous sound, and a row of bullet holes appeared in the window and wall facing the street. The two brothers behind were unable to dodge and were hit by the bullets. They shuddered backwards and fell to the ground.

The machine gun's trajectory was from north to south, and then back and forth to the north. The bullets penetrated the wooden wall and hit the house, crackling, tearing apart everything in the way of the trajectory, and flying wood chips flying randomly in the air.

Only the firing of Japanese machine guns could be heard.
Chapter completed!