The blood of the Anti-Japanese War stained the mountains and rivers

Now the officers and soldiers of the Lieyan Special Operations Brigade are leading the new with the old, and are constantly sharpening their attacks in actual combat, and more elite special operations teams have been formed.

Although these newly formed special combat units are still not as good as the first and second squadrons of Lie Yan in terms of tactical quality and equipment, their combat effectiveness is still much stronger than that of conventional troops.

Under the repeated blows from the Lieyan Special Operations Brigade and these newly formed special operations units, not only Gu Chuan's troops are suffering, but the surrounding counties are frequently attacked.

In the face of the elusive King of Hades, the Japanese and puppet troops are now in a panic, and even the combat units at the squad level dare not go out of the camp alone.

Yang Ling's order to the brothers was not only to beat the Japanese and puppet troops so that they dare not go out, but also to blow up their grain depots, destroy their roads and telephone lines, and completely paralyze them in this area.

When they were trapped in each other's strongholds and did not dare to go out, it was the time when the main force of the Subei Guerrilla Corps attacked, and when the wind swept away, they were all cleaned up.

It's just that the main force of the Northern Subei Guerrilla Corps is now recuperating, so they can only send these special combat troops to attack first, announcing the existence of the Subei Guerrilla Corps to the Japanese and puppet troops.

When Yang Ling and the others fought vigorously in the enemy's rear, making the Japanese and puppet troops terrified, in the Zaoyang area of ​​Yichang, where the frontal battlefield was, a great battle was also in full swing.

Compared to the frequent small-scale attacks that Yang Ling and the others sent special combat units behind enemy lines, the battle on the frontal battlefield was heavily populated and fierce.

Fifty divisions under the command of General Li Zongren, the commander of the fifth theater of the Chinese side, faced the troops under the newly appointed No.11 Army Commander Sonobe and Ichiro in the Zaoyang area of ​​​​Yichang.

Neji Okamura, the commander of the No.11 Army of the Devils, was transferred away, and the newly appointed commander Sonobe Kazuichiro couldn't wait to mobilize the seven divisions of the No.11 Army under his command, and the four brigades gathered to prepare for the attack.

At the same time, a large number of troops such as the Heavy Artillery Brigade, the Second Air Combined Force, the Third Flying Regiment, and the First Expedition Fleet to China were deployed. Commanders Sonobe and Ichiro tried to eliminate the main force of China's Fifth Theater.

In order to break the devil's attempt to attack westward, the Chinese army actively fought under the command of General Li Zongren, commander of the fifth theater.

In the face of the tenacious resistance of the Chinese army, the Japanese troops attacking the fifth theater suffered unexpected serious losses in just 20 days, and the time to capture the scheduled area exceeded half of the plan.

But Kazuichiro Sonobe, the commander of the No. 11 army of the newly appointed devil, is not reconciled, because the defeat in the first stage will make him lose the trust of the emperor, and at the same time damage the majesty of the imperial army.

Therefore, after a short rest, the No. 11 army commander Sonobe Kaichiro ordered the devil's troops to implement the second phase of the offensive plan, cross the Han River by force, and launch a powerful offensive to Xiangyang and Yichang.

The Devil's Third Division and the No.30 Ninth Division fought side by side, and launched a powerful offensive against the No.40 First Army of the Chinese Army defending Hanshui.

Since the Chinese army failed to anticipate that the devils would continue to attack westward in time, they were caught off guard when the devils attacked again.

"Boom—boom!"

When the Chinese army was resting and monitoring the devils on the west bank of the Han River, the overwhelming artillery shells suddenly swept across the surging river and smashed into the defensive positions of the Chinese defenders.

During the short rest period, the Devil mobilized the strength of six car squadrons and urgently dispatched more than 1000 tons of ammunition and supplies to the front line to supplement the loss of the first stage of operations.

Almost all of the artillery shells transported up urgently now hit the positions of the Chinese defenders on the west bank of the Han River.

Facing the overwhelming shell attack, the entire Chinese garrison position on the west bank of the Han River suddenly shook, the ground trembled violently, and the fortifications built were almost destroyed and razed to the ground.

In the billowing smoke, countless pieces of turf were blown away, large swaths of silt were blown up and splashed everywhere, densely packed bomb craters covered the west bank of the Han River, and the heat wave in the air was churning, as if it was burning.

"Damn it, what are the people in the reconnaissance company doing? The devil's shells are all over, why didn't they report?!"

The sudden shelling made Zeng Xiandong, the commander of the 41rd Division of the 123st Army who was eating in the command post, jump up in shock, and hurriedly grabbed the binoculars and rushed towards the lookout.

"Withdraw, let the brothers withdraw first!"

In the binoculars, I saw violent explosions one after another in the front line, and the billowing smoke went straight into the sky. Zeng Xiandong, the commander of the 41rd Division of the 123st Army in the hidden command post, yelled anxiously.

The guards on the front line of Jiangfang were all brothers who followed him in the hail of bullets. Now the devil's sudden bombardment was too intense, which was beyond their expectations.

Although they dug anti-blasting holes, Zeng Xiandong, the commander of the 123rd Division, knew that under such an intensity of shelling, those simple anti-blasting holes were vulnerable.

"Report to the division, the telephone line has been blown up, and the brothers who are guarding the shore cannot be contacted!" Soon, the communication staff who was going to deliver the order hurried over to report.

"You are a pig, the telephone line was blown up, you won't send communication soldiers there!" Zeng Xiandong, the division commander, kicked the staff officer angrily.

The communications staff officer didn't care about being kicked. Knowing that the situation was urgent, he got up and ran outside: "Communication soldier! Communication soldier!"

Text Chapter 310 [-] [-] Stick to it!

The No. 30 Ninth Division of the Devil continued its bombardment to the west of the Han River for a full hour and a half. When the sound of the artillery stopped, the entire Chinese defenders on the west bank of the Han River had been blasted to pieces.

The air was filled with thick gunpowder smoke, and there were terrible bomb craters everywhere on the west bank, with stumps and broken bodies everywhere.

The devil's artillery fire extended in depth and directly knocked down half of the command post of the 123rd Division. The division commander Zeng Xiandong was also covered in scars from the bombing, and escaped with his life under the desperate protection of the guards.

When the division commander Zeng Xiandong woke up from the coma, he was already lying on the bumpy stretcher and was carried back to retreat.

"Stop! Stop!"

Seeing the officers and soldiers in ragged clothes retreating hastily, the division commander Zeng Xiandong shouted hastily.

The stretcher soldier hurriedly stopped and put down the injured division commander Zeng Xiandong, and several staff officers of the division also hurried over.

"Master, you're awake." Seeing the division commander Zeng Xiandong wake up, several staff officers were very happy.

"How is the situation on the shore now? Why are you retreating? Who gave the order?"

Zeng Xiandong looked at the retreating troops in a panic, and asked hurriedly.

After several staff officers looked at each other, they replied: "Master, the devil has already started to cross the river, the brothers guarding the bank are all finished, and the troops behind have also been blown up by the devil's plane, brother We can't stop them, the deputy teacher asked us to withdraw first, and leave some seeds for our teacher..."

"Bastard!" After hearing what the staff said, the division commander Zeng Xiandong immediately cursed with a livid face: "Who gave him the right to retreat without authorization? The defense line was breached by the devils. Who will take the responsibility?!"

"Master, the devil's attack is really too fierce, our division really can't defend it." A staff officer argued.

"If you can't hold it, you have to hold it! If there is no order from the military seat, whoever dares to withdraw, I will kill him!" Zeng Xiandong, the division commander in the atmosphere, pulled out the pistol from his waist holster and shot at the sky. .

"Stop it all for me, fight back, and regain the ground! Drive me the little devil into the river to feed the fish!"

The division commander Zeng Xiandong, who was covered in scars from the bombing, fired several shots into the sky one after another, stopping the retreating troops.

"What are you still doing, call back!"

Seeing the officers and soldiers frozen in place, several staff officers hurriedly scolded loudly when they saw the division commander Zeng Xiandong's complexion.

"Fight back with me and take back the position!"

As the division commander Zeng Xiandong said, he led the special agents pointed out by the division to the direction of the rumbling gunfire, and the retreating officers and soldiers looked at each other, and I looked at you, but finally the bullet hit the barrel of the gun.

"He lost his head and got a scar the size of a bowl, fight hard!"

"Follow the master seat and fight back, drive the little devil into the river to feed the fish!"

"There are no cowards in our 123 division!"

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The demoralized officers and soldiers saw that the division commander Zeng Xiandong was rushing back in the lead, and they were not willing to lag behind. They all turned back one after another and rushed back to the battlefield again.

The advance troops of the 39th Division of the Devils had just occupied the position on the west bank of the Han River in a fishing boat that had been conscripted, but before they could gain a firm foothold, the Chinese army that shouted to kill the sky came back again.