"Heizi, take a battalion of soldiers and quickly go to the city to tell the people to hide in the cellars. The Japanese plane will arrive soon!"
After arranging the artillery regiment, Li Qiufan asked Heizi to lead people to inform the people, and then asked the troops on the city wall to withdraw to defend the artillery, leaving only a few people in a safe place to observe the movements of the Japanese on the opposite side.
Li Qiufan's guess was correct. More than 20 minutes later, the Japanese plane appeared and bombed Shangyang County directly for three rounds.
Countless buildings in the city were blown up. Fortunately, the notice was timely, so there were not many casualties, and the cannons of the artillery regiment also survived.
Just after the bombing, the soldiers who stayed on the city wall came down and said that the Japanese had begun to charge. Li Qiufan hurriedly directed the troops to reenter the position.
When I came to the city wall, I saw that the Japanese had indeed launched a charge, and it was a large-scale group charge. They may have thought that the artillery of the independent brigade had been blown out, so the Japanese became emboldened.
"Communicator, notify the artillery regiment immediately to re-establish the artillery position as soon as possible. After the artillery position is constructed, directly bombard the Japanese without waiting for orders!"
Li Qiufan sent the correspondent out, then took a machine gun and came to the edge of the city wall.
"Brigadier, go to the back quickly!"
Seeing that Li Qiufan wanted to stay in front to fight the Japanese, the monk hurriedly stopped him.
"What the hell are you farting! Why don't you go to the back at what time? Come up here with guns!"
Li Qiufan yelled at the monk, and then asked the entire guard camp to move forward to prepare for defense.
Seeing that Li Qiufan was angry, the monk didn't dare to say anything more, so he came closer with the soldiers. As for carrying Li Qiufan down, the monk didn't dare to attack Li Qiufan after he had been beaten for half a month.
Soon the Japs' frontline troops rushed into the attack range, and Li Qiufan immediately ordered to fire. This was not the time to save bullets. This was a group charge, and it would be troublesome for the Japs to rush up.
For a time, the entire battlefield was filled with gunfire. Even though the Independent Brigade occupied a favorable location, it was suppressed by the Japanese because the Japanese had too many troops.
"Brother! There are too many Japs! I'm afraid they will rush over soon!"
Heizi fired from the side and shouted at Li Qiufan. At this time, the Japs were only about fifty meters away from the city wall, but Lao Ma's cannon hadn't been set up yet, so he could only shoot at the Japs.
"Let the brothers take out all the grenades and throw them all down when the Japanese rush to a position of thirty meters! Don't leave any of them behind!"
Li Qiufan thought for a while, and could only delay the Japanese attack as much as possible, and wait until Lao Ma set up his cannon before counterattacking.
Under Li Qiufan's order, all the soldiers took out grenades. Since the artillery regiment had been shelling before, not many Japanese could rush to the city wall, and the grenades in the hands of the soldiers were not consumed too much.
When he saw that the Japs were about thirty meters away, Li Qiufan gave the order loudly, and all the soldiers started throwing, and countless grenades were thrown at the Japs.
"Boom boom boom..."
Countless grenades directly formed a barrier, and all the Japanese soldiers within the range were blown to pieces.
Excluding the artillery regiment, the entire independent brigade had more than 10,000 people. Each person threw a grenade, which was more than 10,000. The explosion scene was more violent than the Japanese plane bombing just now, and it directly blew the Japanese back.
"Hehe, brother, you still have a way, the devils were directly blown back!"
Heizi on the side looked at the retreating Japanese and laughed, giving a thumbs up to Li Qiufan.
"Don't be too happy, the Japanese will continue to charge soon, brothers, get ready!"
Li Qiufan was not happy at all, because the Japanese were only temporarily repelled and would soon reorganize their charge.
Sure enough, the Japanese who retreated soon rushed back. Li Qiufan looked anxiously at the more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers charging towards him.
Just when Li Qiufan was anxious, Lao Ma's side was finally ready, and the familiar sound of artillery returned to the battlefield, helping the soldiers in the front row to suppress the Japanese attack.
"Damn it, this bitch has kept me in fear for so long!"
When he heard the sound of the cannon, Li Qiufan finally smiled and cursed in the direction of the artillery regiment.
"Brothers, cheer up! Our reinforcements will arrive in three hours, hold on!"
Li Qiufan looked at his watch and then shouted towards the city wall position.
Unknowingly, it was already twelve o'clock at noon. This battle had been going on for six or seven hours, and reinforcements would arrive in about three hours.
After hearing that reinforcements were coming, the soldiers' fighting spirit increased and they violently fought back against the attacking Japanese.
"Boom boom boom..."
Just when everyone's confidence was greatly increased, suddenly shells hit the city wall, followed by a violent explosion.
Li Qiufan was also blown away by a cannonball that landed not far away. His whole back was bloody and he was a little confused by the explosion.
"Ahem, monk! Where have you been, monk!"
Li Qiufan shouted to the monk loudly. The monk was beside him just now. Thanks to the monk pulling him, he fell to the ground, otherwise he would have been blown off the city wall directly.
Li Qiufan shouted several times but didn't see a reply from the monk. He rubbed his head and looked around, and saw the monk's bald head at a glance.
The monk was not far away from him, and his body was also covered in blood. However, Li Qiufan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the rise and fall of his chest. He must have just been knocked out by the explosion.
Li Qiufan endured the severe pain and got up, then looked in the direction of the Japanese. At this time, the Japanese charged more fiercely, and everyone shouted as if they were desperate for their lives.
The shelling just now continued, hitting the city wall continuously, causing heavy casualties to the soldiers of the Independent Brigade.
"Damn it, it looks like the Japanese heavy artillery brigade has arrived. I'm really talking!"
Li Qiufan was always a big talker to him, but he didn't expect that he actually got it right, and it also helped him to wake up.
"Someone come!"
Li Qiufan shouted, and then several soldiers from the guard battalion ran over.
"Carry the monk down, and tell the artillery regiment to aim in the direction of the Japanese heavy artillery, and let me fire!"
After giving the order, Li Qiufan stood on the edge of the city wall again, took out his pistol and fought back against the charging Japanese.
"boom!"
A bullet suddenly hit Li Qiufan's left shoulder, and the impact caused him to fall back and fall to the ground.
"Brother!"
Heizi saw this scene and immediately ran over and hugged Li Qiufan, checking his injuries.
"Heizi, I'm fine! Let's continue fighting with our brothers!"
Li Qiufan gritted his teeth, his entire face turned pale, and he forced himself to stand up, but he couldn't lift his entire left arm.
"Brother, get down immediately! I will lead the brothers to fight back. Don't worry, I will definitely carry it until reinforcements arrive!"
Heizi said solemnly to Li Qiufan that he was afraid that Li Qiufan would have another accident and did not dare to let him come forward again.
Li Qiufan shook his head, pulled off a piece of clothing and asked Heizi to tie up the wound. Then he moved his body to lean against the city wall and shot at the Japanese with his pistol.
