Chapter 42: The Bloody Battle of Tong County - The Bloody Battle at Liu Jia Gao Po

  Zhang Mingyu led the cavalry regiment to gallop north for about twenty miles, and vaguely heard the dense sound of gunfire, with a few 38 big covers, Hanyang-made, and the devil's 92-style infantry cannon.

  The Sichuan army officers and men, with a passion for blood, used simple equipment to fight the Japanese army armed to the teeth. Under the strong artillery fire of the Japanese army, the Sichuan army's sons who defended their positions suffered heavy casualties. However, the brave Sichuan army officers and men did not retreat, using their flesh and blood to resist the devils' attack.

  The devils soon organized a new round of attacks, and under the guidance of two light tanks, a large number of devil infantrymen followed the tanks to launch a fierce attack on the Chinese army's position. The Sichuan soldiers who lacked anti-tank weapons hugged hand grenades and rushed towards the iron king eight that was charging over, wanting to blow up the iron king eight that had caused heavy casualties for their side. However, the machine gunner on the devil tank discovered them, and the sinful devil machine gun opened fire fiercely, sweeping down one by one the soldiers who were hugging hand grenades and explosive packs to the ground.

  Such examples of using flesh and blood to resist the enemy's powerful artillery and armored vehicles' attack were staged continuously on the entire battlefield. The defenders, although suffering heavy casualties, did not retreat a single step; they used their own blood and lives to defend their positions, with a strong sense of loyalty and dedication to the country, and engaged in fierce battles with the Japanese invaders, who had several times more troops and firepower than them, every inch of land was soaked with the blood of soldiers.

  Just as the enemy tank was about to rush into the position, a sudden burst of artillery fire rang out, and two shells accurately hit the enemy's light tank. The shells easily pierced the thin iron skin on the outside of the tank, entered the interior, and exploded, setting the entire tank ablaze. The tank's tracks were blown off, and the enemy tank soldiers inside were engulfed in flames, jumping out from within, screaming and rolling around on the ground, unable to put out the massive fire on their bodies. Soon, the enemy soldier stopped shouting and was burned alive, turning into a pile of ashes.

  Seeing the enemy tank being destroyed, the Sichuan soldiers in the position suddenly shouted in unison and jumped out of the trench to charge at the oncoming devils.

  Originally, Zhang Mingyu saw the enemy's tank firing indiscriminately at the brother unit in Chao, and hastily ordered the artillery to set up the trench defense guns that had been supplemented in Xuzhou, destroying the enemy's light tank. In fact, for a tank like the enemy's, even a slightly larger caliber mortar can destroy it!

  Destroying the devils' tank, Zhang Mingyu drew out his cavalry sword and shouted loudly: "Brothers charge! Charge forward, chop those little devils to death!"

  The six hundred or more warriors of the cavalry regiment all drew their command sabers, and under Zhang Mingyu's leadership, they charged towards the devils who were fighting in a chaotic manner with the soldiers of the Zhang and Chiang armies.

  Zhang Mingyu charged to the front, first charging into the enemy formation. He raised his knife and cut off the head of a Japanese soldier who was fighting with a Sichuan army soldier with bayonets. The blood splashed onto the face of that soldier. The cavalry soldiers behind him also rushed up, raising their sabers and slashing at the Japanese.

  The reinforced Sichuan soldiers were greatly boosted in morale, and a regimental commander shouted: "Brothers, the reinforcements have arrived, kill! Wipe out these little devils for us, avenge our fallen brothers, and the Sichuan soldiers rushed into battle with the devils with full fury.

  Some soldiers with big knives in their hands had already chopped off the blades, and they bit the enemy's neck fiercely with their mouths. Some warriors pulled out the hand grenades on their bodies and rushed into the enemy crowd to perish together!

  The morale of the Chinese soldiers has greatly increased, while the devils were caught off guard by the sudden appearance of Cheng Yaojin and were left stunned. Especially on the battlefield, the invincible iron war chariots were also destroyed by the Chinese people. The Chinese people who were just fiercely brave earlier have become even more ferocious, it can be said that they are fearless of death. Furthermore, with Zhang Mingyu's cavalry launching a surprise attack, many skilled fighters had their heads chopped off by horse knives, and the resolute devils also began to retreat in droves. A lieutenant colonel shouted loudly: "Baga! The Chinese have an ambush, quick, turn around, turn around!"

  A large number of devils retreated in a hurry, and the cavalry and infantrymen took turns beating the fallen enemies, chasing after the little devils' buttocks to thrash them. In one fell swoop, they recaptured the position that had just been lost. They also captured a large quantity of weapons and ammunition. The Sichuan army officers and men were greatly inspired.

  The team leader, covered in blood, walked up to Zhang Mingyu and saluted: "Liu Zhihui, commander of the 69th Regiment of the 177th Division of the 45th Army of the 23rd Group of the National Revolutionary Army, reports for duty. Thank you, sir, for your rescue earlier. May I ask who you are?"

  Zhang Mingyu returned a military salute and said: "No need to be polite, I am Zhang Mingyu, the commander of the National Revolutionary Army's Anti-Japanese Independent Regiment!"

  "Is the officer Zhang Mingyu?" Liu Zhihui asked excitedly.

  "Yes! I am Zhang Mingyu, now please report the casualties of your unit, Commander Liu." Zhang Mingyu replied.

  "Report to Director Zhang, our troops have been in fierce battle with the Japanese devils for two days and two nights. All three battalion commanders have fallen, and only one company commander is left, with just three platoon leaders remaining. Liu Zhihui's eyes welled up with tears as he spoke, 'My team of over a thousand brothers has now been reduced to less than four hundred men, so many brothers have died under the Japanese devils' cannons and machine guns.'"

  After listening, Zhang Mingyu patted Liu Zhihui's shoulder and said: "Commander Liu, don't be too sad, our brothers' blood will not be shed in vain. We must make the little devils pay back with their own blood!"

  "Tie Niu, hurry back to Teng County and ask Wang Shizhang to send a battalion of troops over. Also, have Lai San bring the second battalion and sniper team to me as quickly as possible. I want to thoroughly thrash these little devils here." Zhang Mingyu said with hatred in his voice.

  Iron Bull stood at attention and said: "Yes! I guarantee to complete the task!" After finishing speaking, he rode his horse back to Tong County in a flash.

  When Zhang Mingyu was going to assemble troops to help him defend the position, Liu Zhihui knelt down with tears in his eyes and said: "Commander Zhang, from now on my 69th regiment will listen to your command. You are the benefactor of our brothers!"

  No wonder Liu Zhihui was so excited. To know that the order he received was to defend this place for three days, now his entire regiment had less than 400 people left, and most of them were injured, it was impossible to hold off the enemy's fierce attack with these 400 men. Losing the position would be no big deal for Liu Zhihui, he could either be shot or die together with the little devils, but who would avenge the blood of so many brothers who had died in the entire regiment? Moreover, no matter which officer was in charge, they did not want their troops to be completely annihilated, even if only one squad was left, it could leave some seeds for their own troops.

  Zhang Mingyu adjusted his troops to help him defend the position, and his position could also be preserved. The whole regiment didn't have to be annihilated, and they could still launch a fierce counterattack against the little devils to avenge their fallen brothers, so he was excited!

  The command center of the Japanese Army's Setagaya Brigade (equivalent to a division).

  Lieutenant General Hatazo is gesturing on the map, saying to his staff officers: "Once Lieutenant Colonel Miyano's detachment captures the Liuzhen position from the Chinese army, we can attack Tong County. If we capture Tong County, we can encircle Taierzhuang and capturing Taierzhuang means that the entire Xuzhou campaign will be a victory for the Imperial Japanese Army."

  As soon as the voice fell, a messenger ran in and stood at attention: "Report, Miyano's unit attacked with disadvantage, two tanks were destroyed by the Chinese, and the position captured yesterday was also recaptured by the Chinese. Now Miyano's unit has retreated."

  After hearing the messenger's words, General Segawa burst into a rage and shouted: "What the...! How could this be? The Chinese have been battered by our intense artillery fire to the point of collapse, and yet with just those few remaining defeated troops, they're still able to launch a counterattack?! Order Lieutenant Colonel Miyano's unit that if they can't retake the lost positions before nightfall, he'll have to commit seppuku to apologize to the Emperor!

  In a fit of rage, Segawa didn't even ask how the Chinese had destroyed their tanks and ordered Miyano's unit to be annihilated.

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