Sanqiao County is the oldest ancient city wall among the surrounding counties.

According to the county chronicles, Sanqiao County was built in the early Yuan Dynasty. Although it has undergone wars and earth-shaking changes, the city wall has always given the people in the city a sense of security. It was built and destroyed, and the closest city wall has been rebuilt. It has to be traced back to the time when giant bandits attacked the city more than 80 years ago. Local gentry spent a lot of effort to rebuild it to the current city wall.

However, no matter how old the city wall is, it cannot withstand the attacks of modern weapons.

At this moment, the thick and tall city wall has been full of holes and has been attacked by modern weapons, especially the south city wall. Not only was the entire city wall blown up and bumpy pits on the runway, but there were even a large hole of two or thirty meters wide, making the entire city wall look like a sudden leak in a sink, which is extremely inconsistent.

Compared with the tragic situation of the city wall, it is simply a slight witch.

There are ruins and tiles that are hard to stand, and there are tragic situations of being destroyed by modern weapons everywhere.

Especially in the central area of ​​the city, it is also a battle area that both sides are competing for. Not to mention that there is no intact building, it is difficult to find a intact room. Especially in Xiama Street, there are no traces of the original building on both sides - either they are directly blown up or buried by rubble and broken bricks.

In the entire county, besides the sound of gunfire and the sound of killing, any strange sounds, including crying, because everyone has no time or mood to cry. However, the song can still be heard occasionally, but there is also a song of what kind of content is it. For example, if it is a passionate song, it will make people cry, because it often means that another team is about to end, because at the last moment, there are only a few people left on the position, and these people do not want to be prisoners or retreat. Then, they often sing the song while ringing the * and die with the enemies rushing up - these songs are the most sung by the people on the assault group.

If there are some songs in my hometown, the soldiers miss their hometown in the late night. This kind of song is the most sung by the Japanese.

However, it is fortunate that because the assault regiment propaganda and mobilized early, all the people in the county town moved to the hinterland of the base to avoid the war, the whole county town was left with only soldiers. Therefore, it is fortunate that the people had no casualties - the houses could be built again, the land could be taken back, and the institutions could be formed again, but if people were gone, there would be nothing left. Especially for the Eighth Route Army, which relied on the support of the people, the people were like water, and the Eighth Route Army was like fish. If the water was gone, can the fish survive? But on the other hand, if the water was still there, the fish would definitely survive. No matter how seriously the fish was injured or how small it was, as long as the water was supported, it would definitely grow and grow again.

The day is better, at least, everyone is fighting with swords and guns openly. Even if they want to attack, they cannot escape the opponent's open card secret sentry. Therefore, both sides almost gave up their plans to attack at the same time, but instead confronted them head-on.

Among them, one important reason is that the sharp decrease in the alleys has limited the range of activities and flexibility of the assault team.

In a certain way, the Japanese were attacked by the assault regiments with small elite troops in spider-web-like alleys, and they suffered many losses. In addition, the Japanese saw that even if they occupied the main area of ​​the county town, as long as these alleys were still there, they would never be able to occupy the entire county town and would always be in a passive defense position. Therefore, the Japanese also made great efforts. Several troops said along the way that they would destroy all the buildings within dozens of meters on both sides, so that the assault regiment could no longer pass through the alleys as before.

In this way, to a certain extent, the activity area of ​​the assault regiment was greatly limited, forcing the assault regiment to confront the Japanese head-on, and the Japanese used their superior forces and equipment to squeeze the combat space of the assault regiment bit by bit, thus ultimately forcing the assault regiment to take the initiative to withdraw from the county town... To be honest, positional warfare is really not the strength of the assault regiment, and the county town is so big, with thousands of people crowded in it. If there is no geographical help from many alleys, confronting it head-on, it is like in a specific and small area with limited activity space and no advantage in tactics at all. But the enemy's advantages in all aspects are very obvious, and they can only be passively beaten. In the end, in order to survive, they can only give up this area. To put it bluntly, the movement space is squeezed too small, so they can only be forced to be led by the enemy and have to deal with the battle.

And at night, it is the real cruel time: the position occupied by the enemy during the day must take advantage of the cover of the night and take advantage of the excellent opportunity when the enemy's superior firepower cannot be effectively exerted. Or the position that cannot be conquered during the day must take advantage of the cover of the night and take advantage of the opportunity of the enemy's rest... In this way, no matter whether it is the enemy or us, it is always a positional battle during the day, and at night, we must also be energetic to prevent the enemy's sneak attacks.

, or sneak attack the enemy's positions. In this way, fighting during the day and fighting at night, you have to be more energetic. This is not only a competition of weapons, but also a competition of willpower. Later, both sides were extremely tired, but they had to continue to grit their teeth and persevere. It depends on who can stand to the end. This tormented contest is a test for the human body and a torture for the spirit, but they have to continue to torture. Everything is just for the final victory.

So in the end, both sides adopted a tactic that was very entangled, savored but admirable: during the day, a few troops were in front, while most people were resting behind. At night, it was just the opposite, most people were in front, with their eyes as big as copper bells, and a small number were resting behind.

It has been more than seven days since the Japanese soldiers came to Sanqiao County. In other words, the assault regiment has completed the task assigned by the above - they must hold the Japanese in Sanqiao County and its surrounding areas for seven days. They can retreat at any time.

This is like a life-saving medicine for the people of the assault regiment, because in this way, the people of the assault regiment can retreat at any time, which means that they have taken the initiative in the war in this regard.

However, with the pride of the assault regiment, how could it be possible for people to leave after completing the basic tasks? After long-term cultivation and practical cultivation, the proud personality has penetrated into the hearts of every assault regiment warrior. Therefore, from every wounded to Zhang Qingshan and Hu Yingze, the whole country agreed that in this battle, our assault regiment suffered so much casualties and paid so much, how could we leave after completing the task? We must definitely make the Japanese pay a heavier price to be worthy of everyone's efforts and give an explanation for our inner pride.

In the words of the common people, this is, "I can't beat you, but I will bite off a piece of flesh and blood even if I die, so that you can remember that I'm not easy to mess with" - this is the arrogance of the assault team, like a wolf, both proud and iron-blooded.

Therefore, after completing the mission, no one in the entire regiment thought about retreating, but they were all thinking about how to give the Japanese a tough move to make the Japanese suffer a great loss before they were satisfied.

To be honest, until now, the assault regiment suffered heavy casualties, especially the First Battalion and Fourth Battalion have basically been disabled. However, the results they achieved are very remarkable. In terms of casualties alone, the casualties paid by the Japanese are definitely not smaller than theirs. What is more important is to let the Japanese know that our Chinese soldiers are not the sick husbands of East Asia in their eyes, but the brave men who are also ready to die, dare to fight and fight, are definitely not comparable to Japanese slaves in the Three Islands. Of course, this is at the spiritual level.

On the strategic level, the assault regiment and several other regiments not only completed the tasks assigned by their superiors, but also dragged the Japanese, stopped their pace, defeated their conspiracy to attack the base, and let them be consumed in Sanqiao County. Even if they now occupy this empty county, they no longer had the ability to take the opportunity to attack the hinterland of the base due to their own casualties and ammunition consumption, forcing the Japanese to stop here, and eventually had to return without success. However, they used their own failure to gain the reputation of the Eighth Route Army.

Now, even though the entire regiment has fought with the Japanese devils for more than half of their casualties, the assault regiment is still unwilling to leave like this, and still thinks to teach the Japanese devils a lesson again... This is the spirit of the assault regiment: I would rather die than surrender, and the more I fight, the more courageous it becomes!

Although the assault regiment wanted to fight again like this, the reality was cruel.

Relying on the advantages of military strength and equipment, the Japanese have already gained an absolute advantage in this small county town. Especially after blowing up the alleys along the way and compressing the tactical activity space of the assault regiment, the Japanese advancement speed is significantly faster than before. Previously, it was because of whether there were elite troops destroying and disturbing it or its transportation lines, which seriously slowed down its attack speed. Now, the concerns in this regard can be ignored, and the assault regiment has forced the assault regiment to carry out layers of frontal blocking, allowing the Japanese to exert their strength and equipment advantages, so that the assault regiment can naturally not resist as favorably as before.

Sometimes, people below want to fight to the Japanese devils head-on, but in the end, they don’t force Zhang Qingshan to retreat, because they fight to fight to the Japanese devils head-on. Although they can block the Japanese devils for a while, from the final result, they still cannot resist the Japanese devils’ pace. In this way, the meaning of blocking will be lost. It is better to concentrate troops and kill them at all. Besides, doing so can also save vitality, not only to concentrate troops to fight to the death, but also to retain some fire for the assault regiment in the future and to preserve more strength for the continued fight to the Japanese devils in the future.

After all, the War of Resistance Against Japan is not about fighting a positional battle, it is a long-term and arduous war, and we must consider the future... Of course, all of this is based on the fact that the tasks assigned by our superiors have been completed.

Now, three sides of the entire county town have been occupied by the Japanese, and the assault regiment is only left in the northern city. If they do not retreat, they can only give it a try. The Japanese also know this and want to take down the entire county town in one go.

Interestingly, both sides wanted to decide the winner this night. What's more coincidental is that in Baoyuan County, the Third Battalion and the others were going to blow up the Japanese arsenal. It has to be said that this night is really important, it determines the winner and the direction.

The critical moment is here!

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