Yoshio Muto, as the chief of staff of the 7th Division of the Imperial Japanese Army, possesses outstanding strategic wisdom and leadership. At this moment, he shoulders a heavy responsibility and becomes the highest military commander of the Japanese troops stationed at Wushengguan.

However, the division commander was not on the battlefield at this time, and no one could take the responsibility for the defeat for him. Facing a powerful enemy, Muto Yoshio knew that if he could not hold on to Wushengguan, the consequences would be disastrous.

Therefore, he was determined to hold his ground and ensure victory no matter what the cost.

If Wushengguan was breached, the northern gate to Hubei Province would be completely open, which would be a disaster for the 34th Army stationed in Hubei Province and the entire Sixth Front Army. Muto Yoshio was clearly aware of this and was filled with worry.

"Send a telegram to the headquarters immediately and request tactical guidance! I hope they can send reinforcements to quickly reinforce Wushengguan!" Muto Yoshio gave the order decisively.

He knew that the Seventh Division alone was no longer able to withstand the enemy's attack, and only with reinforcements would there be a chance of survival.

"At the same time, I sent a telegram to the division commander, hoping that he would use his connections as a member of the Locust Tribe to get more help for the Seventh Division!"

Muto Yoshio understood that the division commander's connections and influence were crucial to obtaining assistance. He hoped that the division commander would put aside the grudges between the two sides and use his status and position to gain more support and resources for the 7th Division.

Yoshio Muto quickly drafted the telegram and personally handed it to the officers of the Communications Section, asking them to send it out immediately.

Time is running out, and every minute and every second may determine the outcome of the war.

The fate of Wushengguan was in the hands of Muto Yoshio. "Sir! Almost all of our camps have been bombed by the Chinese Air Force! Now the Chinese are concentrating on bombing the city walls!"

"Their armored vehicles have already reached an area less than three kilometers away from Wusheng Pass!"

Major General Naikawa, commander of the 7th Infantry Brigade, reported to the chief of staff with an anxious look on his face.

"Order the Seventh Field Artillery Regiment to bombard the Chinese armored group! They must be deployed in front!"

"Nagawa-kun! Please, the Seventh Brigade, do not let the Chinese break into Wusheng Pass at all costs! I have ordered the 27th Infantry Brigade to reinforce the city wall immediately!"

Although they knew that this order would cost the 7th Brigade countless lives of soldiers, and that they might not be able to complete the chief of staff's mission.

But as an imperial soldier, Naikawa had no choice but to accept the order.

"Hi!" After saying that, he saluted Chief of Staff Yoshio Muto, even though he and Yoshio Muto both had the rank of major general.

"Boom, boom, boom!" 500-kilogram aerial bombs kept falling from the sky, creating black and red mushroom clouds inside and outside the city wall north of Wusheng Pass.

"Asshole! How can we accept such an order? Are we going to let the Empire's precious artillery units bombard the Chinese troops outside the city under the bombing of the Chinese Air Force?"

Who the hell is Muto Yoshio? How dare he disregard the life and death of the Seventh Artillery Regiment and order them to bombard the Chinese armored forces outside the city?

"Sir, the commander of the regiment! But now that bastard Muto is the nominal supreme commander of the Seventh Division! If we don't obey his orders, it will be disobedience and we will be punished by the military!"

Major Sakata was also very anxious because their Seventh Artillery Regiment had set up the artillery position at Wusheng Pass in the middle of a mountainside.

Two caves were dug on the mountainside to prevent bombing from the air.

They barely managed to escape the large-scale bombing this time, but now the chief of staff actually ordered them to immediately launch an artillery attack on the Chinese armored forces assembled outside the city.

This almost completely exposed the entire 7th Artillery Regiment to the Chinese Air Force's field of vision, clearly telling them that their artillery positions were right here.

Just like a beautiful woman dressed up in fancy clothes, waving a handkerchief in her hand at a group of people, asking them to come over!

"Division Commander! The Japanese artillery has been inactive! If they keep hiding like this, should we attack?"

Shi Zhihua looked helplessly at the man in front of him who was holding a telescope and observing Wushengguan, which was still being bombed not far away.

"Wait a little longer! Let the vanguard group get closer to Wusheng Pass, and then advance another 500 meters!"

Qian Wei, holding a telescope, gave orders to the officer behind him without turning his head.

Now both sides are testing each other's patience to see who will give up first, but overall, our side has a huge advantage.

At this moment, after a violent explosion of an aerial bomb, Qian Wei saw through his telescope that a wall in the north city of Wusheng Pass made a loud "crack" sound in the thick smoke.

Then the city wall collapsed, and the sky was filled with dust and thick smoke, covering the entire area.

Everyone heard the unusual noise, and after a long while, the scene in the telescope slowly began to appear before everyone.

I saw that a section of the city wall about 200 meters away from the city gate was directly hit by a powerful aerial bomb, and several bombs had exploded in the area before.

This direct hit became the last straw that broke the camel's back. The city wall began to collapse, and the collapsed gap was nearly thirty meters wide.

Although both China and Japan knew that such a thing would happen sooner or later, both sides were still somewhat at a loss when it really happened.

Especially the Japanese army, they did not expect that the city wall would collapse in less than an hour of bombing.

The 1st Regiment of the 8th Armored Division, which was also assembled outside the city, was not ready for battle.

The 500st Armored Regiment, which was still planning to advance another meters, saw the city wall suddenly collapse and knew it was the best time to attack.

"All regiments attack! Cross the gap and occupy Wusheng Pass!"

The "boom!" sound of tank engines quickly became the main theme on the battlefield.

Unlike the excitement of the attacking Chinese army, all the Japanese soldiers were heartbroken when they saw the collapsed city walls.

"Block the gap immediately! The gap must be blocked quickly!" Naikawa was so scared that he almost lost his soul when he saw the city wall collapse.

Because he had seen that the tanks that had been hovering outside the city had begun to accelerate towards the gap, once the Chinese tanks occupied the gap.

Coupled with their air cover, Wusheng Pass will completely become the burial place of their Seventh Infantry Brigade and even the Seventh Division.

"Asshole! Why didn't Yamamoto let the artillery regiment fire? Did his Seventh Artillery Regiment want to watch the Chinese tanks attack Wusheng Pass?"

Yoshio Muto saw that until now, the Japanese Army's 7th Artillery Regiment located on the mountainside had not carried out the military orders he issued.

Unable to bear it any longer, Yoshio Muto directly called the artillery regiment headquarters.

"Beep, beep, beep!" After a few beeps, the voice of the artillery regiment headquarters staff came from the phone!

"Moses, Moses! This is the artillery regiment headquarters!"

Before the staff officer could finish his words, Muto Yoshio's curses had already filled his mind.

The poor guy looked with a pale face at Captain Yamamoto who was standing in front of him and was unwilling to answer the call from the Chief of Staff.

He could only continue to endure the chief of staff's wrath. There was nothing he could do since he was just an ordinary combat staff officer.

Now I can only accept the abuse from the chief of staff on behalf of the wing commander.

In fact, at this moment Yamamoto also saw the collapse of the city wall, and naturally saw the tanks rushing towards the gap.

Knowing that the 7th Artillery Regiment could no longer continue to preserve its strength, it could only order the soldiers to push all the hidden artillery out of the cave and prepare to bombard the Chinese armored cluster below.

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