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

The blind attack of the Zhijiang defenders led to heavy losses, which further weakened the already stretched defense force.

Although Yang Ling and his Lie Yan Special Operations Brigade had strong combat effectiveness, they were also flesh-and-blood, and they were still weak against the devil's planes and cannons.

The devils temporarily lost their ability to attack, but they did not leave. The remaining devils confronted Zhijiang's defenders far outside the city.

The devil's planes came a few more times and bombed Zhijiang indiscriminately. Fortunately, most of the people withdrew from the city in the morning. Except for the houses that were bombed into ruins, the people suffered less damage.

The head of the Zhijiang garrison was killed in the first round of bombing by the Devil planes, and now a deputy head is taking over the command.

Yang Ling held a meeting with the deputy head. Yang Ling suggested that if reinforcements did not arrive before dark, they could only retreat.

Because the scouts reported that the main force of the Devil's 13th Division had already reached the opposite side of the river, and they arrived in no time.

The deputy head knew the current situation, and felt that Yang Ling's suggestion was right. After all, the people had almost withdrawn. If the devil's follow-up troops came up, they would not be able to defend even if they wanted to.

However, the deputy head is still more cautious. Although he has taken over the command now, he does not dare to order a retreat without authorization.

So after returning to the new command post, he immediately ordered the communications troops to contact Shangfeng to report the current situation in Zhijiang.

But now the Devil's 3rd Division, 39th Division and 13th Division are going straight to Yichang in three routes. Many units of the Chinese army are still rushing back east of the Han River, but they have encountered other troops of the Devil. , The main film battlefield has become a pot of porridge, who cares about the little Zhijiang.

Zhijiang's defenders have been unable to contact Shangfeng for a long time, and now they are guarding here without embarrassment, caught in a dilemma.

"The devil's reinforcements have arrived."

In the evening, when Yang Ling went to the temporary command post of the Zhijiang garrison to inquire about the contact situation, a brother hurriedly reported bad news.

"You continue to communicate with Shangfeng, don't stop for a moment."

When the deputy commander heard that the devil's reinforcements had arrived, he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. While ordering the communications soldiers to use the radio to keep in touch with Shangfeng, he hurried straight to the newly repaired defense line with Yang Ling.

When Yang Ling and the others rushed to the position, a large number of devils had already arrived on the opposite side. Under the dark twilight, with the military flag flying, there were a large number of devils.

"I'm afraid there is a brigade with thousands of people."

Seeing the direction of the devil's camp where the shadows were swarming, the deputy commander of the Zhijiang garrison sank to the bottom of his heart.

When their regiment withdrew from the front to Zhijiang, there were only two battalions left. During this day and night of fighting, those who were killed, those who were missing and those who were injured were evacuated.

Now there are less than 200 soldiers who can fight, plus the Lieyan Special Forces Brigade, which is not enough for devils to bite their teeth, and their ammunition is about to run out, so this battle can no longer be fought.

"We have to withdraw now, if we stay here we will all die."

Yang Ling saw two [-]-type infantry guns of the devil through the binoculars, and his face became serious.

Regardless of the small caliber of the Type [-] infantry artillery, it was a nightmare for Yang Ling and the others who did not have heavy firepower.

Besides, the devils still have mortars and grenade launchers. I am afraid that they will lose more than half of them before the devils rush to them.

Now that all the people in the city had been evacuated, even the wounded had been evacuated. Yang Ling knew that the devil's two field divisions had approached Yichang from the east, and it was useless for them to defend the Zhijiang River in the south.

"But without the commander's order, if you retreat without authorization, it will be a capital offense." The deputy head is good at everything, but he is too timid.

Although they knew that they were in a difficult situation, they couldn't make up their minds for a long time.

"Well, if the boss blames you, just say I gave the order."

Although Yang Ling could walk away with the brothers from the Lieyan Special Forces Brigade, but he couldn't bear the heart of the brothers from the Zhijiang garrison to die in vain. They fought side by side for a day and a night, and they still had feelings for each other.

"You can't let you bear it all. If the superior blames it, how about one person and half." The deputy head was also embarrassed to let Yang Ling carry it alone, and after thinking about it, he suggested.

"It's up to you, but we have to leave quickly, the devil is about to attack, and we won't be able to leave any later." Yang Ling reminded when he saw the devil's troops turning around to the flank.

"Staff Liu, go and tell the brothers, pack up your things and retreat in 10 minutes."

The deputy commander didn't dare to bet his own life, so he immediately gave instructions to the staff behind him.

"Deputy regiment, where are you going to withdraw?" Staff Officer Liu asked.

The deputy head said: "Withdraw to Yichang, there is the 18th Army guarding there, it should not be lost."

The 18th Army is the ace unit of the Chinese army, with strong combat effectiveness, but it is comparable to the 74th Army where Yang Ling used to be.

Yang Ling originally wanted to suggest retreating to another place, but he was not familiar with the enemy situation around him. If he went the wrong way and bumped into the enemy's arms recklessly, it would be a joke. Yichang should be Yichang, at least there are still people there. friendly forces.

The order was issued quickly, and the officers and soldiers of the Zhijiang garrison, covered in smoke and blood, began to evacuate one after another from the city that had been bombed to pieces.

Maybe the little devil noticed the change of the defenders, and Zhijiang's defenders began to withdraw just after the devil's shells flew over.

Yang Ling was worried that the fighting power of the Zhijiang defenders would not be able to withstand the pursuit of the devils, so the brothers with the Lieyan Special Operations Brigade took on the task of breaking the line.

Seeing that the devil was firing at Zhijiang, the infantry with bayonets was also pressing down from the south, and he didn't bother to fight the little devil.

"Retreat to the city!"

Although the city was bombed to pieces, they could barely drag the little devils by relying on the buildings.

The brothers of Lieyan Special Operations Brigade didn't hesitate at all, and quickly left the position, got into the smoky ruined city, seized a favorable position, and prepared to block the attacking little devils.

The devil spent a day and a night in Zhijiang but failed to take it down. Now more than 1000 reinforcements have come, so they have a certain chance of winning Zhijiang.

The devils in charge of the attack quickly rushed into the city from two directions, and began to advance along the ruined streets like mercury pouring down the ground.

"boom!"

"boom!"

But the devil's wishful thinking came to nothing, the Lie Yan Special Operations Brigade that retreated into the city did not leave, but hid behind the ruins and those broken windows, and attacked the devil head-on.

"Pfft!"

"what!"

Facing the bullets fired from the ruins, the arrogant devils quickly paid the price, and fell down on the rubble one by one.

"Surround them!"

Text Chapter 340 Strong Enemy

At midnight, Yang Ling, who was in charge of breaking the rear, led the exhausted officers and soldiers of the Lie Yan special warfare brigade to repel the last attack of the devils, and then retreated to Yichang on their own initiative, and Zhijiang fell.

The city shrouded in flames of war was billowing with thick smoke, and under the repeated bombing and strafing of Devil planes and artillery fire, Zhijiang in the dark night was dilapidated like the ruins of the doomsday.

The people had all been transferred during the day, and the wounded had survived with the Zhijiang defenders and left in the evening, so Yang Ling and the others evacuated very quickly.

When a death squad organized by the devils rushed into the buildings that Yang Ling and the others were guarding, they found that there was no one there.

In Zhijiang City, devils covered in gunpowder smoke and holding bayonets were searching the battlefield. Under the light of the flashlight and fire, they looked particularly ferocious.