Chapter 582: Defend Anqing!!!

While the Ninth Division was destroyed, the battle situation in Anqing began to change.

On the 27th, Lin Weidong ordered the abandonment of defense in the direction of the city gate and turned to the city to fight, and the Anqing defense battle entered a new stage.

Hiroji Yamamoto still maintained a clear mind. He keenly saw that this was Anqing's purposeful abandonment, not the victory achieved by his own army.

But when facing island journalists, in order to boost morale, he was forced to say against his will.

"This is a major victory for our army. Anqing is within reach. Once Anqing is captured by the imperial army, Wuhan is about to be desirable. Everyone, in addition to the 101st Division, there is also the 11th Division!

In order to conquer Anqing, the commanders, squadron leaders, brigade leaders, brigade leaders, and even brigade leaders personally participated in the attack! Here, I will express my gratitude to them on behalf of all the troops!"

It is true that the 11th Division did fight very hard during this attack, but it was far from what Hiroji Yamamoto described. The reason why Hiroji Yamamoto said this was entirely to restore the lost morale and confidence of the 11th Division...

Looking at the joyful reporters, Hiroji Yamamoto felt a hint of bitterness. Because he knew that the capture of the city gate did not mean the end of the war. The more cruel and bloody battle had just begun now...

The first person to enter the city was the Taniguchi Infantry Battalion of the 22nd Brigade of the 11th Division, which was praised by Hiroji Yamamoto.

I don’t know if it’s glorious or a little embarrassed. Anyway, since I entered the attack queue, my infantry brigade has suffered heavy casualties in several attacks.

Now the glory of the first entry into the city has come to me. So many eyes are looking at me, so many people are jealous of me, but I have not done anything particularly outstanding. This is not a particularly glorious thing for my infantry brigade...

Before entering the city, there was already fierce artillery bombardment. The island army standing outside the city saw Anqing shaking and the fires soaring into the sky. Most of them believed that there would be no more troops in the city.

But they soon discovered that they were wrong.

The resistance in the city is far more intense than the battle between the city gates...

As soon as the Gukou Infantry Brigade entered the city, countless shooting holes spit out flames, and the Japanese pirate soldiers who were advancing fell one after another.

The streets and alleys in the city were covered with sandbags, and the windows of the towers were full of fire tongues... The two sides began to compete for each other from street to house. Bullets fell like rain, grenades flew around like hail, and various shells exploded on people's heads like fireworks...

The buildings, schools, factories, and companies next to them are all firepower points for command centers at all levels of the National Army. These places have broad vision and wide range of shooting. There are also light and dark firepower points and bunkers everywhere.

The Gukou Infantry Brigade suffered heavy casualties every step forward.

With the arrival of subsequent infantry in the Japanese pirates, the battle became more and more intense.

The Anqing defenders struggled to defend every street, every alley, every building, and even every ruin in the city. The soldiers of the island army advanced inch by inch, but they had to pay huge casualties every step forward.

The Japanese pirates in the distance were shot and killed by the Anqing defenders. When those Japanese pirates went through a lot of hardships, countless bayonets would appear from the defensive positions. The bayonets jingled and sounded, and each item that could be obtained later became a weapon for killing, even including fists or teeth...

At night, flares and incendiary bombs flew over Anqing.

Houses and buildings hit by shells were burning, and the city was filled with fire, like daylight. The streets and alleys of Anqing City were filled with corpses with broken limbs and broken arms, covering the roads in a row; there were flowing blood everywhere, like red rivers of all sizes, and the charge soldiers would slip if they were not careful.

In just one day, the Gukou Infantry Brigade, which was the first to enter the city, was completely destroyed. The Gukou Captain suffered additional injuries and was eventually forcibly carried out from the battlefield by his subordinates.

Looking at the fires all over the city and the bodies being sent down, Ito Masaki shook his head in distress.

"A terrible defensive formation. God knows how many times have the Chinese army prepared for fighting in the city, those light and dark fire points, solid positions, and those grenades that seem to be used forever..."

"What is really scary is not how well they are prepared for defense, but their determination to fight to the end." Hiroji Yamamoto said lightly.

Ito Masaki shuddered. Indeed, the determination of the Chinese soldiers to resist shocked everyone.

He remembered that during the daytime battle, a small position guarded by seven Chinese soldiers, a small team of the Island Army repeatedly attacked, and finally transferred mortars to bombard the position, which opened up. However, when the Island Army soldiers rushed forward, the two still alive Chinese soldiers actually fought with the enemy who was dozens of times their own.

Of course, this position was finally occupied by the island army, but they did not catch a living Chinese soldier, and all they got was the corpse of a land.

It is often seen that the lieutenants, school officials, and even generals of the Chinese army were personally wielding machine guns and directing the troops to shoot fiercely. They were completely willing to fight there, and they had already regarded themselves as dead people...

This spirit of decisive death is the most terrifying, especially when they are well prepared.

"Maybe, Anqing will become a huge grave..."

"What?" Ito Masaki didn't hear it clearly. At this time, he saw Hiroji Yamamoto staring at An Qing in a daze and murmured.

"Graves, huge graves, burying them and us at the same time, have you discovered that those Chinese soldiers seem to have no desire to leave here alive, but we must pass here alive..."

Yes, that's the difference between the two sides.

The Chinese army defending Anqing had no intention of leaving here at all. Their mission was to defend Anqing until the last soldier died.

The Japanese pirates' troops are different. They must pass here in the shortest time. Otherwise, if the Chinese army behind them is forced to come up, what kind of terrible situation will be faced? Hiroji Yamamoto knew very well that it would be another heavy defeat of the Eastern Chinese Front.

A crushing defeat...

"Magazine, magazine!"

The soldier shouted loudly, and a magazine was handed over. The soldier changed into a new magazine, pulled the trigger, and a string of flames spurted out of the muzzle. Seeing the two Japanese slumped under their muzzle, the soldier smiled proudly.

After wiping the sweat off his head, the island army temporarily retreated. The soldiers glanced at the surroundings and the two companions who were defending the room with them were killed.

He suddenly remembered who handed him the magazine just now?

He looked back and saw that it was the daughter of the owner of this house. What was the name? The soldier thought for a while before he remembered it, called Donghua.

The soldier suddenly felt like he wanted to laugh. When he heard this name for the first time, he immediately thought of "Winter Melon", but this could not be known to the girl, otherwise the girl would be angry.

This is a stubborn girl. Her parents died during the bombing of the island army, and she was the only one left in the family. When she arranged for a retreat, she was like many people and was unwilling to leave here no matter what. She had to be with the troops and die at her own home...

"Sir, what should they do?" Donghua pointed to the two corpses on the ground.

The soldier's eyes were filled with gloom: "Let's just leave it like this, do you know when I will be the same as them... By the way, don't call me the commander in the future, I'm just a soldier, my name is Guoping..."

"Grown...best brother..." Donghua shouted: "Can you teach me how to shoot?"

Guoping was stunned for a moment, then took a rifle, handed it to Donghua, and taught her patiently.

Donghua's face turned red like something. It was the first time that she had been so close to a young man after she grew up so big. It was the first time that her hand had been caught by a man like this.

After a secret look at Ping, he found that he did not notice anything unusual. Donghua felt a little relieved and looked again. This commander looked so magical. How could he be happy if he is his woman...

Suddenly, I cursed myself in my heart, "What are you thinking about?" I am a big girl, so I'm not ashamed to think of these things...

But when my parents died, I had no relatives anymore, so I had to find a man to entrust my life. If this elder brother could marry me, I would really have a support for the rest of my life...

"See it, it's actually that simple to shoot a gun." Guo Ping didn't know what the girl was thinking at all, and said excitedly: "The Japanese are coming up again later. Just aim and hit hard."

"Yeah, I understand." Donghua hesitated: "Brother, my sister-in-law must miss you very much. Also, how old is your baby?"

"Sister-in-law?" Guo Ping was stunned for a moment, then he realized and laughed: "I don't have a wife, but my family told me a marriage. If I could live this time, I would have to ask for leave from the superior. If I were not young, I would have been the one who was in our hometown. I would have been the eldest child long ago..."

Donghua was secretly happy at first, but when she heard that the family had already told him about the marriage, she looked disappointed again. Why was her life so bad?

How great would it be if I could have met my elder brother earlier...

"Winter Flower, the Japanese are coming, the Japanese are coming, prepare!" Guo Pingcai picked up the kettle and took a sip, looked out and shouted loudly.

The machine gun roared again, and the "Tutu" sound was deafening.
Chapter completed!