Li Yunlong was shocked by hosting the independent group at the beginning

At sunset, Camp Yang occupied the entire village and wiped out all the enemy soldiers. However, after this battle, the number of soldiers that Commander Yang can command has dropped to just over a hundred.

Battalion Commander Yang was lucky and was unscathed, but his guard squad suffered five deaths and three injuries, almost completely lost.

The 88th Division moved relatively smoothly. By sunset, it had advanced more than ten kilometers, occupied four villages at a small cost, and approached the 20 Highland, more than 101 miles away from Minquan County. The enemy lost about 400 people.

Due to the late weather, the 88th Division temporarily stopped its activities and waited for dawn to attack the 101 Heights.

In order to improve the defense situation of the 101 Heights, the enemy army decided to send a small team to launch a night attack by the defender Nomura Squadron to harass the Chinese army's rest and ammunition supply preparations.

General Ishikawa personally came to Fujita's headquarters and ordered him to immediately organize troops to launch a new round of offensive against Shangqiu, and must capture Shangqiu within [-] days as a birthday gift to the Japanese invaders.

In order to boost the morale of the soldiers, Fujita issued a call for the final battle. He telegraphed that as long as Shangqiu was captured, the entire army, from officers to soldiers, could be transferred back to the Japanese invaders for vacation.

Hearing this news, the morale of the enemy soldiers has been improved to a certain extent, and the combat effectiveness has become stronger again.

The enemy troops formed an assault force according to Fujita's order, with Yuya's 22nd Division as the main attacking force, and Yuya ordered Major General Kondo to form the Kondo Detachment with the 38th Brigade as the main force.

Strengthen him with an independent artillery regiment and the wild division tank brigade of the 30st Tank Division, and the Dogu Infantry Regiment of the [-]st Brigade of the No.[-] Seventh Division.

The assault force was commanded by a major general brigade commander, with as many as 11000 infantrymen, including 19 artillery squadrons, 116 artillery pieces of various types, and 37 tanks including the strengthened artillery force.

Major General Kondo was very eye-catching in the first battle of Shangqiu. He commanded an infantry regiment and was ordered to rescue the besieged Ninth Division.

The offensive of its troops was very sharp, the soldiers were very brave and extremely tenacious, the battle between the two sides was very cruel, and the troops suffered heavy casualties in the battle.

Chapter 267 Awareness

At one time, it caused a lot of trouble to the Huaxia army that surrounded Shangqiu. Although the final rescue operation was unsuccessful, the high-level enemy army still gave Kondo affirmation. After the war, Kondo was promoted from major general to major general.

His colleagues commented that Major General Kondo has a stubborn personality and a firm will. He never ambiguously executes the orders of his superiors, is strict but not harsh to his subordinates, has a flexible mind, and is not rigid in commanding operations.

The 38th Brigade was also the first batch of enemy troops to join China in the war of aggression against China. The soldiers had been fighting in China for as long as two years, and they were very experienced in combat.

The head of the Yuya division has great expectations for Kondo, hoping that he can gain great glory in the battle. He ordered Major General Kondo to handle front-line affairs with full authority.

Since the east of Shangqiu city was almost turned into ruins, the Huaxia army hiding in it fought very tenaciously. The ruins in the east of the city had swallowed the lives of countless enemy soldiers, and the terrain in this area was not conducive to enemy tank operations.

Fujita also didn't intend to throw an elite unit like the Kondo Brigade into street fighting for nothing, so the enemy was preparing to launch a new attack from the south of the city, and Chen Mingtian's troops were the first to encounter the powerful assault troops of the enemy.

Luosongzhuang in the south of the city is close to the Baohe River, controlling the only way for the enemy to cross the Baohe River. The nearby platform town is also one of the towns that the enemy must capture when attacking Shangqiu. Therefore, the first stage of the battle between the two sides took place in this area. .

Since Luosong was close to the Baohe River, the enemy took great pains to transport two gunboats, hoping that they could be put to great use, using the four 4mm cannons on them to wipe out the defenders of Luosongzhuang.

Li Feng's special reconnaissance team, Dark Night Ghost, collected a lot of information, and the precious information was sent to his headquarters on the eve of the enemy's attack. The situation was very serious.

If you can't stop the enemy's attack and let them attack the south of the city, they can form a pincer attack with the enemy in the east of the city, and the enemy's superiority in numbers can be revealed, and the fierce street fighting will at the same time attrition human resources on both sides. .

Those with a small number of people must be exhausted first, so once the enemy captures the east of the city, Shangqiu will fall again, and the tens of thousands of defenders and 10,000+ civilians in Shangqiu will be massacred by the enemy. The facts have been verified.

Therefore, defending Platform Town and Luosongzhuang is the top priority, and this difficult task falls to the "Shangqiu" regiment expanded from the special shooter company.

Li Feng came to the Shangqiu Regiment Headquarters and personally issued an order to the regiment leader, Lieutenant Colonel Chen Mingtian, to defend Luosongzhuang and Platform Town: "Regimental Commander Chen, there is a threat of direct enemy attack in the south of Shangqiu City. In order to resolve this crisis, we must Evacuate the people in the south of the city."

"Buy explosives in the south of the city. Once the enemy breaks through your position, we will detonate the explosives in the south of the city and die with the enemy. It will take time to plant the explosives and evacuate the people.

Please tell the soldiers the importance of guarding these two locations. You must be firmly stuck on the bank of the Bao River like a nail, and you must not move at all and stick to it.

No matter what happens, you must do whatever it takes, even if you fight to the last person, you must not lose your position, because you are the last barrier of Shangqiu. If you lose your position, it means that the people of Shangqiu will be bloody massacred by the enemy. "

Chen Mingtian raised his hand and resolutely assured Li Feng: "Understood, command, there are people in the battle, and people die in the battle."

Li Feng held his hands tightly and said sincerely: "I hope you all come back safely. There is a warehouse in the south of the city. You can go and see what else you can use."

Lieutenant Colonel Chen Mingtian felt very heavy after Li Feng left. Although he had made a promise, the strength of the Shangqiu regiment was not as strong as before the war, and the Shangqiu regiment was indeed not on the front line.

However, after the fierce fighting in the early stage of the Shangqiu Battle, the Shangqiu Regiment currently has only more than 1000 people, and only the 3st and 1rd battalions remained of the original 3 battalions, and the 2nd battalion was split to supplement the other two battalions.

Even so, each battalion can only ensure that two infantry companies and one machine gun company are full-staffed. The reconnaissance battalion of the regiment has only more than 60 people, and the mortar company of the regiment has only 2 mortars and 40 gunners left. There are only a hundred hairs.

The strength of the anti-tank gun company is still there, which is also the reason why it was not put into combat in the early stage. At present, there are 3 37mm anti-tank guns and 47 gunners who can fight. There are more than 20 staff officers and a full-staffed guard platoon in the regiment headquarters.

There is also a supplementary company consisting of regimental drivers, cooks, accountants, tailors, orderlies, and trumpeters.

For this supplementary company, there is no doubt that they are very brave and should be respected men, but they are extremely lack of actual combat experience and combat training, so you can't have too much hope for them.

The strength of the regiment has dropped to one third of its original strength, but the area to be guarded is a position that originally required a brigade to hold. Undoubtedly, this requires every soldier and officer of the Shangqiu regiment to carry forward the fearless spirit of sacrifice.

You must be aware of the upcoming brutal battle, and you must also trust your companions and cooperate sincerely, so that you can have a glimmer of hope to hold your position.

He led a platoon to the warehouse Li Feng mentioned, hoping to find some useful supplies.

However, when they pushed open the warehouse door, everyone was stunned. What was piled up in the warehouse was not materials.

There are refugees hiding here, sitting or standing inside, old and young, there are gray-haired old people and babbling children everywhere, and the mournful cries and screams can be heard endlessly.

The moment they pushed open the door, all the refugees in the warehouse stopped moving and were silent, and countless eyes were fixed on the group of soldiers who appeared at the door.

Looking around, there are more than tens of thousands of refugees hiding in the warehouse. The huge warehouse is filled with black and crowded heads, all of them are in rags, and all the eyes are full of fear and fear.

Looking at these refugees, Chen Mingtian almost shed tears. He said to the soldiers behind him, "Collect all the food, drink, and money from us and give them to these people."

The soldiers obeyed this order happily, hundreds of French coins and some military rations were given to the refugees hiding in the warehouse, Chen Mingtian secretly swore that he would rather die himself than let the enemy break through the position and harm these refugees.

"The troops must build their positions immediately, and they must pay close attention to every minute. The enemy may appear at any time." Chen Mingtian gave orders to the battalion and company commanders who came to the meeting at the regiment headquarters.

Chapter 268 Three Sides Attack

"Zhao Mingyi, your first battalion is responsible for defending Platform Town. You can only rely on your own strength to defend it. You should be very clear that there is no spare reserve team for you in the regiment, so I hope that you can extend it as much as possible." In our hands, without Platform Town, the folks in the south of Shangqiu City will be in danger."

Zhao Mingyi nodded vigorously. He is a veteran, and he is very aware of the heavy responsibilities on his shoulders.

"Third Battalion Commander, your task is to guard Luosongzhuang. You must know that Luosongzhuang and Platform Town have a close relationship. With Luosongzhuang, the pressure on Platform Town will be relieved. Without Platform Town, Luosongzhuang will be in danger. They will be flanked by the enemy on three sides."

Therefore, you must ensure that Luo Songzhuang remains in our hands. Now you can only use your own strength to defend the position, and reinforcements may come.

Maybe it won't come, but in any case, if there is no command to retreat, we will be firmly nailed to the position like a steel nail, and we will not be able to retreat a step.

Everyone must remember that behind us are the fathers and villagers of Shangqiu. If we lose our position, it means exposing them to the enemy's butcher knife. As soldiers, our greatest shame is not losing our position, but not being able to protect our elders folks. "

"You remember, I will never retreat, so you can't retreat either. Soldiers are exhausted, platoon leaders are filled in, platoon leaders are exhausted, company commanders are filled in, company commanders are exhausted, battalion commanders are filled in, and finally It was I who filled it in, so before I filled it in, the position must not be lost, I hope you will remember why we are fighting."

The regiment fell into silence, and everyone was thinking about a question: "Why are we fighting?"

Zhao Mingyi slowly raised his head, stared at everyone and said, "Behind us are the folks from Shangqiu, and behind them are our own parents, wives and children."

If they can't hold their ground, it will be the fathers and villagers of Shangqiu who are slaughtered by the enemy. When the fathers and villagers of Shangqiu are slaughtered by the enemy, will they put down their butcher knives?

Obviously not, then our own parents, wives and children will be massacred next.