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

Since the September [-] Wicker Lake incident, their Great Japanese Empire has begun to expand. It has fought from the northeast region of white mountains and black waters to the beautiful Jiangnan region, and now it is going upstream to attack southwest China. The war has lasted for many years. .

The three-month plan to end the China Incident formulated by the base camp had long been selectively forgotten. Faced with China's vast territory and continuous resistance, Devil Commander Makino Kanichi felt powerless for the first time.

Even if they paid a heavy price to conquer the southwestern region of China, there is still a vast northwest region. Are they going to fight in the vast Gobi Desert?

In the far northwestern region, Makino Guanyi knew that the land area there was extremely vast, and they didn't know how many years it would take to completely conquer it.

Now in the areas they have occupied, in addition to those Chinese troops stranded behind the enemy lines, the guerrillas, the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army, and the Anti-Union Forces have all sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

Moreover, his elder brother Makino Kanan was killed not long ago in the battle between the southern Shandong area and the northern Jiangsu guerrilla corps. Thinking of this, the commander of the Wolf Squadron, Makino Kanichi, felt very heavy.

He knew that the war would not end in as short a time as his subordinates expected. Thinking of those Chinese soldiers and civilians who resisted resolutely, he felt deeply exhausted. What a tough nation this is.

In the battle of the previous two days, after their wolf squadron captured a command post of the Chinese defenders, they discovered that the Chinese army was eating some vegetable leaves.

However, the Chinese army even has a serious shortage of bayonets, and has to replace the shortage of bayonets with broadswords from the cold weapon era.

And the Chinese army relied on such poor supplies and inferior equipment to abruptly block the well-equipped Imperial Japanese Army. Makino Guanyi didn't understand what was supporting them in their tenacious battle.

Just when the devil's commander, Makino Kanichi, became preoccupied by the conversation of his subordinates, a devil soldier carrying a hundred-style assault came out of the cabin with a telegram in his hand.

The devil walked up to Commander Makino Kanichi, stood up and gave a military salute.

"Major, the headquarters of the 39th Division has forwarded the battle report to us." The devil was about to pass the message to Makino Kanichi.

Devil commander Makino Kanichi did not answer the telegram, but waved his hand and said, "Just a brief description."

"Hi!" The devil bowed his head heavily, and then he opened his mouth to report.

"The night before yesterday, when the first part of the 13th Division launched an attack on the Zhijiang Chongqing Army, in addition to encountering resolute resistance from the Zhijiang Chongqing Army, it also accidentally discovered an elite Chongqing Army unit participating in the battle, so that they suffered heavy losses."

The devil paused and said: "The intelligence department suspects that this elite Chongqing army unit is the Chongqing that appeared near the blockade to attack our troops a few days ago. They have strong combat effectiveness, and we need to increase our vigilance."

After hearing Guizibing's description, Guizi Commander Makino Kanichi reached out and took the telegram, and at the same time frowned: "What happened the day before yesterday, why did the 13th Division send out the battle report now?"

The ghost soldier explained: "Because a brigade from the 13th Division captured Zhijiang a few hours ago, the battle lasted for a day and two nights."

After hearing the devil soldier's words, Makino Guanyi's face became serious. A small branch of Zhijiang actually fought for a day and two nights with a brigade, and the fighting power of the defenders was too strong.

"Does the intelligence department have any information on this Chongqing army?" Makino Guanyi secretly felt that this Chinese army was not simple.

The ghost soldier shook his head: "At present, there is no information about them, and the intelligence department is doing its best to collect them."

"Understood, let's go down."

"Hi Yi!"

After the devil soldier left, the devil commander Makino Kanu read the telegram again, and finally tore it to pieces.

Looking at the scenery on both sides of the Yangtze River, his eyes became sharper, and he muttered to himself: "I really look forward to fighting with you."

Text 340 Chapter [-] Floating Corpse

The muffled cannons from the north rang out from time to time, and the devils advancing from the east had already reached the line between Yaqueling and Longwangdong along the Yidang Highway, and the few Chinese troops were stubbornly blocking and delaying them.

Both the Chinese Command and the Fifth Theater thought that the Devil No. 11 Army would return to the original defense area after the first stage of the battle as usual.

Therefore, a large number of Chinese troops have assembled near the retreat route of the devils, preparing to attack and harass the retreating devils. It would be better if they could annihilate some of them.

Who knew that the newly appointed 40th Army Commander Sonobe Ichiro did not play his cards according to common sense. After a month of fighting, regardless of the exhaustion of the troops, he did not retreat but advanced. Attack Yichang.

Yichang is the gateway to Chongqing. Once Yichang falls, the devil's troops can go up the river and attack Chongqing directly, threatening China's wartime capital.

Therefore, the importance of Yichang is self-evident. It is a pity that the Chinese Command and the Fifth War Zone misjudged the enemy's situation, resulting in the Yichang defenders being transferred elsewhere.

In the face of menacing devil troops, Yichang, which is like an empty city, is almost undefended, and if Yichang loses, then Chongqing will be in danger.

Facing the extremely fast advancing devil troops, it was too late for the Chinese troops to return to aid, so they could only urgently transfer the 18th Army, which was training in Sichuan, to Yichang for defense.

The troops of the 18th Army took a boat down the river and arrived in Yichang two days before the arrival of the devils, and quickly repaired the fortifications.

Since the other troops returning to aid were restrained by the other divisions of the Devils, facing the three Field Divisions of the Devils rushing towards Yichang, the 18th Army could only defend the city alone.

Now the vanguard of the devils has arrived at the outskirts of Yichang, and the units of the 18th Army that have just arrived in Yichang are still urgently repairing fortifications everywhere.

Fighting has already begun on the periphery of Yichang, and Yang Ling and the others are already very close to Yichang, so they can hear the rumbling of artillery.

The reconnaissance team sent out to investigate the enemy's situation in Yichang has not yet returned, and the brothers of the Lieyan Special Operations Brigade, who marched and fought all night, are resting in hiding.

The brothers of the Lieyan Special Operations Brigade are all veterans. Although the artillery is rumbling in the distance and they are very close to the battlefield, they still sleep soundly.

Compared to the sleeping brothers, Yang Ling only woke up after less than two hours of light sleep, because they didn't have a radio station, and they didn't know the enemy's situation and the surrounding battlefield situation. As a commander, he was under a lot of pressure.

After all, the surrounding area of ​​Yichang has already gathered a large army. No matter how elite they are, if they accidentally break into the core area of ​​the battle between the two sides, they will probably only be wiped out.

It's not a joke to fight with hundreds of thousands of troops, just those heavy artillery make people scared, so Yang Ling is very cautious.

The detective brother didn't come back, so Yang Ling couldn't sleep, so he walked to the small river, which was only a hundred meters away from the hidden resting place, and washed his face to wake himself up.

"Sir, why don't you sleep a little longer."

Seeing Yang Ling's preoccupied look, Zhang Tie, the leader of the second squadron in charge of the security mission, also walked to the river and sat down, asking Yang Ling with concern.

Yang Ling forced a smile and said, "The devil's cannons are too loud, I can't sleep."

Lie Yan No. [-] Squadron Leader Zhang Tie smiled and said nothing when he heard Yang Ling's explanation. Yang Ling is also a veteran. For a veteran, he can fall asleep even in a battlefield full of artillery fire.

It was still some distance away from the battlefield, but he didn't break it, knowing that Yang Ling was facing greater pressure than them.

"Sir, should I wake up the brothers?" Zhang Tie asked tentatively.

Yang Ling waved his hands and said, "Brothers are exhausted these days, let them sleep a little longer, and call them when the investigating brothers come back."

Yang Ling and the others headed west from the Sulu war zone, passing through many enemy-occupied areas and blockades along the way. If they were not careful, they would face the danger of annihilation of the entire army, so the brothers were always tense.

When they arrived in Zhijiang, they were attacked by little devils again. They threw themselves into the battlefield without taking a break. Even the officers and soldiers of the Lieyan special warfare brigade were hardened, but they couldn't hold on, so Yang Ling was very considerate of his brothers.

The sound of guns rumbled in the distance, the river was flowing quietly, and the sentries of the Lieyan Special Operations Brigade, who were in charge of guarding a few hundred meters away, stared vigilantly at the surroundings, and any disturbance could not escape their eyes.

"I'm here to watch, you go to sleep for a while." Yang Ling looked at Zhang Tie, the leader of Lieyan No. [-] Squadron with a haggard face, and said.

"Sir, the devil's cannons are too loud, and I can't sleep."

Zhang Tie also said the same reason as Yang Ling, but Yang Ling was taken aback for a moment, then smiled wryly and shook his head.

Yang Ling didn't expect that Zhang Tie, who was dull and dull on weekdays, would have such a humorous side.

"Since we can't sleep, let's chat." Yang Ling said with a smile.