At the headquarters of the Japanese Army's Riverside Brigade, Lieutenant General Anichiro Tashiro, commander of the Japanese Army's garrison, Lieutenant General Kōzuki Kiyoshi, and Major General Shozo Kawabe, commander of the infantry brigade of the Garrison Army. These Japanese high-level officials were at the brigade.
Inside the regiment headquarters, the battle reports from the front lines were watched.
"Hey! It seems that we are about to capture Marco Polo Bridge. Once we capture it, we can immediately launch an all-out attack on Yuanping City! As long as we can fully capture these two Chinese cities, then the Chinese army will hold on to Peiping.
The city is within our grasp!!"
When Major General Hebian Zhengsan, the commander of the infantry brigade of the garrison army, saw the news about the battle situation on the other side of Marco Polo Bridge, he immediately beamed and smiled.
"Then let the troops on the other side of Marco Polo Bridge speed up their offensive operations, and ask them to completely end the fighting on that side within an hour, so that our army can attack Yuanping immediately!"
"We must win this war quickly!"
"Just as quickly as we took Northeast China, and the victory was overwhelming!"
Lieutenant General Anichiro Tashiro, commander of the garrison, also expressed joy.
"Hai! I will definitely do it! Your Excellency, Commander!"
"Victory will definitely belong to our imperial army in an hour!"
"These Chinese troops are vulnerable!"
Major General Shozo Kawabe, the commander of the brigade, said with confidence.
"Hahaha! Yoxi! Yoxi!"
"Then go as soon as possible!"
"I'm waiting for your good news!"
"Riverside-kun!"
The commander of the garrison, Lieutenant General Anichiro Tashiro, was satisfied and nodded in agreement.
Lieutenant General Xiang Yue Qingji also looked forward to the victory and listened with a smile on his face.
At this moment, these three top Japanese generals did not know that a group of clone troops who knew Japanese had sneaked into their troops, waiting for Zhou Wenhua's order to carry out beheading operations at any time.
At this moment, the battle at Marco Polo Bridge is coming to an end.
"We have less than 10 people left now! And the ammunition has been exhausted!"
"But the reinforcements haven't come. I'm afraid we have to fight to the death here!"
"Monitor!"
After the sixth wave of crazy Japanese attacks, the entire Marco Polo Bridge was littered with corpses.
There were soldiers from the 29th Route Army and the corpses of Japanese soldiers.
However, there were only 9 soldiers from the 3rd Battalion of the 29th Route Army who survived.
And he is still in a situation of running out of ammunition and food,
And only one squad leader is left to conduct command operations.
"Then before we die, let's think of ways to kill a Japanese each and bury him with us!"
"If there is one Japanese devil for each person, then nine Japanese devils will be buried with us!"
Monitor Chen Gang, who was also disgraced, responded.
"Hey! It's settled then! Anyway, I still have two grenades, which should be able to kill one or two Japs! At least it's okay to die with the Japs!"
"Hey! I still have a few bullets in my rifle. I may not have enough bullets to kill a few Japs, but it should still be enough to kill one!"
"The only thing I have left is the machete. When the devils rush over, I will find a way to chop one of them to death! He will be buried with us!"
After monitor Chen Gang finished speaking,
The surviving soldiers who did not have much ammunition also showed their determination to fight to the end and echoed with excitement.
"Okay! As expected of our 29th Route Army soldiers, let's wait until the Japanese charge again and fight them to the death!"
"Killing one is enough to earn money, but killing two is enough to make a profit!"
After hearing this, monitor Chen Gang responded with great satisfaction.
Then, they each checked the weapons, equipment and ammunition in their hands.
Fight to the death with the Japanese troops who are ready to attack at any time.
As for the Japanese army's position, their morale was as high as a rainbow.
Emotionally and excitedly waiting to launch the final attack again,
For them, it was already determined to capture the Marco Polo Bridge.
"Sou Ga! Your Excellency, the brigade commander! You have just issued an order, asking us to completely capture the Marco Polo Bridge held by the Chinese Army within an hour, and continue to attack Yuanping City held by the Chinese Army!"
"So prepare to attack immediately!"
"We must complete the combat mission assigned by the brigade commander!"
"Victory must be ours. These vulnerable Chinese troops must be completely annihilated by us!"
Just when the morale of all the Japanese combat troops was high,
Captain Saito Yaoken, also full of confidence and arrogance, gave a pre-battle encouragement to the Japanese troops under his command.
"Onboard!"
"Onboard!"
"Onboard!"
"Victory is ours!"
"The Chinese army is vulnerable!"
"Victory is ours!"
"The Chinese army is vulnerable!"
Then, all the Japanese officers and soldiers became excited,
They were full of fighting spirit and shouted loudly,
And my self-confidence is also at its peak,
For these Japanese troops, they were completely confident that they could completely defeat the remaining soldiers of the 3rd Battalion of the 29th Route Army on the other side of the Marco Polo Bridge.
"Then attack!"
"assault!"
"assault!"
Seeing the high morale of the Japanese troops under his command,
Captain Saito Yoken did not hesitate and issued the order to launch a full-scale offensive operation.
After his combat order was issued,
Four Type 96 tanks took the lead in launching an offensive operation, followed by infantry units.
These Japs looked down upon the remnants of the 29th Route Army.
They are determined to win the Marco Polo Bridge.
at the same time,
The flying troops sent by Zhou Wenhua to attack this time were almost reaching the sky above Marco Polo Bridge.
Moreover, the Japanese Army's Type 97 bombers and Type 97 fighter aircraft were used to conduct camouflaged air raids and bombing operations.
He wanted to give these Japanese soldiers a big surprise.