Captain Sakamura stared at the rising sun, his eyes moist, "Such a beautiful sun, but I don't know if I can see it tomorrow." Captain Miura walked to Sakamura with his head half wrapped in gauze, "Captain Lan, Lan The gunfire in the mausoleum has almost stopped, the Chinese army has surrounded us, do you think?" Sakamura's godless eyes glanced at Miura: "Miura-kun, with the current situation, we can only be worthy of the glory of Yusui. His Majesty the Emperor trusts us. Go ahead and burn the military flag entrusted to us by our Isotani Division Commander. You must not let it fall into the hands of the Chinese. We lost this battle. We lost because of Tai Zi. We lost because we did not understand the tenacious fighting spirit of the Chinese people. We thought that Chinese soldiers were all tofu and pustules and hoped to solve them in one battle. We lost because of poor military discipline. Since the Nanjing Massacre, Chinese soldiers They all fought until the last man fired a bullet before taking their positions. Their military appearance took on a new look, and their will to fight was higher than that of our soldiers. The new recruits they recruited and their fighting will were so strong that they were definitely different from those during the civil war. We were not at all like that. It is possible to conquer such a country, and the war we are waging is a war destined to fail." Miura's head almost dropped to his knees: "Captain, I have followed you for many years and have never encountered such a difficult situation as today. I hope You can cheer up and lead us to break through." "Break through," Sakamura said mockingly: "Miura-kun, haven't you noticed that the army attacking us today is different from the Chinese army in the past. They have as much powerful firepower as a The Chinese army of the division, and the number of tanks they are equipped with is so large that I can hardly believe that they are a Chinese army. All the 6 new tanks we are assigned are ruined. What should we use to break through? After breaking through, we will use two feet. Are you going to compete with the tanks of the Chinese army?" Miura was completely despaired by what Sakamura said. He bowed to Sakamura and said: "Sakamura-kun, please take care of yourself. I will lead the troops to pieces immediately. Please come back later." Sakamura waved his hand. Let him out.
More than 10 tanks and 1 battalion of infantry surrounded the Japanese army, and it was difficult for the Japanese army to escape. I carefully observed the movements of the Japanese army with a telescope. Suddenly I found that in a courtyard, several Japanese soldiers were burning flags and documents. This does not allow them to destroy the documents. It may be helpful for our next move. I hastily ordered to fire 4 rapid mortar rounds in the front courtyard. The artillery observer hurriedly indicated the target position of the mortar platoon. Four artillery shells rose into the air and flew towards the courtyard where the flag was burning with a roar of fear. Miura noticed the flying shells and hurriedly rushed towards the corner. One shell The shell landed right on top of the fire, and the air waves and shrapnel tore several Japanese soldiers to pieces. Before Miura could thank God, he saw a shell smashing the window and flying into Sakamura. room, "Sakamura-kun." Miura's shout sounded along with the explosion, and then he saw Itamura being blown out of the room like a cannonball, lying in a bloody mess in the yard. Miura rushed forward, "Sakamura-kun. , cheer up." Sakamura looked at the white clouds floating in the sky and whispered, "Osaka, I'm going home now." A stream of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, he closed his eyes, Miura was in pain He stood up, pulled out the pistol from the holster on his waist with his trembling right hand, and pointed it at his head: "Long live the Emperor." "Bang" His body was lying on top of Sakamura's body.
"Long live the Emperor." Dozens of wounded Japanese soldiers fired grenades together and ended each other's lives. Some Japanese soldiers rushed out of the house and were beaten into a hornet's nest by the dense bullets, and died even more happily. Before we could take action, the Japanese army set fire to their own house. Although there were bursts of screams from the burning room, no Japanese rushed out to escape. Even the enemy, we were not impressed by the courage of the Japanese army. and tenacity expressed approval.
"Don't clean the battlefield, build fortifications quickly, Japanese reinforcements will arrive soon." According to the intelligence from the special forces brigade, I immediately instructed the troops to build fortifications. Now it was the Japanese's turn to attack. The special forces brigade is using the terrain and accurate shooting to delay the advance of the Japanese army. According to reports, the Japanese army has dispatched an infantry regiment and 50 tanks with a huge force of about 5,000 people in this counterattack. This force was originally mobilized by Isoya to support The defenders of Lanling did not expect that Lanling had been occupied by the Chinese army, and those tanks were like scrap metal without fuel supplies, so Isotani dispatched half of the tanks at once, and these tanks were basically all Isotani could Battle tanks are gone.
The soldiers were desperately digging trenches, laying mines, and laying anti-tank triangles and barbed wire. The anti-tank platoon soldiers were busy deploying four 37mm anti-tank guns and two captured 45mm anti-tank guns behind the infantry. , to support the infantry, and the situation of the tanks is more complicated. Half of the tanks have run out of fuel, and the other part has been damaged to some extent in the battle. Although it is not very serious, they are also needed to defend Lanling. Therefore, these tanks have been used by us. It was used as a steel fortress and firepower point. In addition, 3 movable Panzer III tanks, 1 Panzer 4 tank, and 8 Panzer 2 tanks were concentrated in the west of the city. I planned to attack from the west of the city when the opportunity was right, flanking the Japanese troops. .
"Commander Guan, I have occupied Lanling. Our troops have not suffered many casualties, but the tanks have been severely damaged and ammunition is insufficient. The Japanese army has dispatched 1 regiment of troops and 50 tanks. Please Commander Guan quickly dispatch available troops to rescue us. , otherwise Lanling will be lost again, causing irreparable losses to the Taierzhuang battle." I have already sent a telegram to Guan Linzheng, who is still busy mobilizing the troops at this moment. This is all Tang Enbo's fault, he did not let the troops at all We were ready for battle, but now we need troops to attack immediately, but we haven't replenished sufficient ammunition and food at all. Finally, Guan Linzheng couldn't wait any longer and ordered one regiment to go out to reinforce Lanling first, and then the other seven regiments and the 85th Army troops joined forces to reinforce Lanling.
"Go quickly," the Japanese officer urged the soldiers behind him. Although there were sporadic shots from the Chinese army, the Japanese army moved forward regardless of casualties. Sniper Tang Chuming had already killed six Japanese soldiers. He was lying in ambush on the ridge of a hill, watching. As the Japanese troops marched down the mountain, he shot and killed one of every 10 Japanese troops he passed. As a result, no Japanese troops stayed to search for the shooter. They struggled to move forward without even looking at their dead companions.
"Hurry up, brothers, follow up." On the other side, there is also a troop rushing towards the same goal. They are the 120th regiment sent by Guan Linzheng. They are eating big cakes while running forward with all their strength. , they know very well that this consumes their physical strength and is very detrimental to the subsequent battle, but time is everything. Only by rushing to Lanling before the Japanese army can it be possible to reverse the situation of the battle and rescue their comrades. For this reason, the hard-working and simple The Chinese soldiers gnawed the big cake silently and ran forward silently, while their regiment commander, battalion commander, company commander, and platoon commander all ran in front of them.
I set up my headquarters in the Kuomintang Party Headquarters building in the center of the city. This is a 4-story building with a very strong outer wall. The Japanese army did not place troops here, so it can be completely preserved as my headquarters. , I ordered all the immobilized tanks, except for the machine gunners, to report to the headquarters and serve as guards for the headquarters. In fact, I planned to keep these professional crews until the last moment. But several crew members did not obey my orders. They removed the tank's machine gun and joined the front-line combat troops.
All the fuel was added to the tanks of the armored group commanded by Cao Lei in the east of the city. The remaining tanks were thrown to every corner of the city, one to the east and one to the west. Only the machine gunners were responsible for guarding them, but I was still beside each tank. A combat team of 3 or 4 people was reserved in a private house to secretly protect the tank.
