Chai Yunsheng, who suffered a big loss before Tongguan, began to try his best to calm down.
Tongguan has made full defense preparations, and the enemy's determination to defend is far beyond his imagination. What Chai Yunsheng now faces is how to reverse this passive situation as soon as possible.
The new attack was launched the day after the first division's suicide squad suffered a disastrous defeat.
An entire brigade of men and horses was thrown to the front line by Chai Yunsheng. In tit-for-tat, Sun Lianzhong also added two companies of defense power to Zhang Zizhong!
Continuous smoke has obscured the sun and moon, and the pungent smell of gunpowder continues to irritate people's nerves.
Those soldiers who were aroused by the war and all their fanaticism continued to charge and countercharge. All of them had lost themselves and forgotten the preciousness of life.
In the eyes of those who are careful, there are only two kinds of people existing at this moment: companions and enemies!
What is the significance of this battle? They will not consider it at all. Can Tongguan be defended or can it be attacked? They will not consider it at all.
The only thing they care about is when they will die on this battlefield.
War can turn a cowardly person into the bravest warrior in an instant, and it can also turn the most sane person into a madman in an instant!
This is the battlefield, the most real battlefield!
There is no sympathy, no pity, no right or wrong, there is just a fight of blood and fire, and the torment of life and soul.
Perhaps once the fighting stops, these opponents who once fought desperately for each other will lie side by side on the ground and fall asleep, forgetting that not long ago they fought for their lives!
"Plop-plop-plop"
A long string of bullets spurted out, and a charging soldier shook his body, and then fell heavily to the ground with a "thud".
His whole body was beaten into a honeycomb. A second ago, he was still a living person.
The sight of the corpses on the ground made people sick, and the blood in the air made people numb.
The desperate charge of the First Division did have a certain effect. Several times in the afternoon they rushed to the position, but their footing was not stable, and they were immediately pushed back by the reserve team organized by Zhang Zizhong.
The battlefield has fallen into a stalemate.
From dawn to dusk, countless charges took place on this battlefield. When the sun finally couldn't bear to see all this and set, the battlefield that had been noisy all day finally had a brief calm.
The soldiers on both sides of the attack and defense got a chance to breathe. They fell to the ground and soon fell asleep.
You are not afraid of sneak attacks or night battles. On such a battlefield, sometimes dying or being captured is the best way to escape.
This cursed war!
The soldiers all hope that the night will never end and that the day will never come. But this is just a beautiful dream.
When the first clear ray of sunlight hits the earth, the terrible nightmare finally comes again!
The soldiers had a hasty breakfast, then numbly picked up their guns, and numbly set up an attack formation. God knows how many people will be left after this charge is over.
The only way to end this nightmare is to end this damn war!
A squad of soldiers from the First Division quietly approached the forward position. They thought they had not been discovered. In the midst of their joy, when they looked up, a row of locust-like grenades were thrown at them.
There was a "rumbling" explosion, and all the soldiers in this squad fell to the explosion. The two soldiers who were lucky enough to survive were rolling and wailing in a pool of blood.
Several Northern Expeditionary Army soldiers jumped out of the position and pulled the two enemies back to their position!
The medical officer rushed over quickly, checked their wounds, and quickly bandaged them. While bandaging, he did not forget to comfort them: "Don't be afraid, you won't die, the injury is not serious!"
The wounded soldier then settled down and looked around. They were all enemies, but he felt relieved.
In any case, I am temporarily safe now...
Zhang Zizhong's casualties are also increasing, and the First Division's attack has entered a completely unreasonable and crazy state. They rush up like a tide, recede like a tide, and then rush up again like a tide.
Although the defender is easier than the attacker, this is not absolute. War always kills people. The only difference is who dies more.
War is the most unreasonable thing in the world. Bloodshed and death are secondary. The most important thing is that the brave may not be able to win!
The officers and soldiers of the First Division fought very fiercely and were not inferior to the Northern Expeditionary Army in terms of fighting determination and will, but this could not help them achieve the victory they wanted.
Fortunately, Liu Zhenhua's new reinforcements arrived on the battlefield on the third day, with an entire brigade of troops!
Liu Zhenhua was so aware of the impact that Tongguan had on him that he would rather put all his troops at the feet of Tongguan than fight his way out no matter what!
Tongguan is related to the life and death of tens of thousands of Song troops in Liu Zhenhua Town!
With the arrival of reinforcements, the situation in Tongguan began to change.
A regiment of the Northern Expeditionary Army will face the crazy attacks of divisions and brigades of the Zhensong Army, several times their own strength!
Zhang Zizhong began to feel strong pressure. The Zhensong Army's attack was completely arrogant and unreasonable. They used the human sea tactic to launch one wave after another against the position.
For a whole day, although the first battalion killed countless enemies, several positions were breached. Zhang Zizhong was forced to shrink all his troops to the core position, completely blocking the enemy's attack.
On the third day, it finally ended in a fierce offensive and defensive battle.
Zhang Zizhong's First Battalion, faced with an attack that was several times superior to his own, persisted for three full days. He and his First Battalion completed their mission!
At nightfall, Sun Lianzhong ordered the first battalion to retreat to Tongguan. There was no need to continue to hold on along the perimeter of Tongguan!
When the darkness completely dissipated, Chai Yunsheng suddenly found that the position opposite was empty.
Facing the position that he finally succeeded in after attacking for three whole days, Chai Yunsheng did not feel happy at all. Instead, he smiled bitterly and shook his head.
After fighting for three full days and suffering countless casualties, they finally obtained the forward position. But the next step was to face Tongguan, which was heavily defended and known as an iron wall.
How many more people will die? Chai Yunsheng could not answer himself.
All battles are mechanical and numb. Human life here is worse than a grasshopper.
In the flames of war, Tongguan remained motionless under the fighting cries of soldiers from both sides. She leaned on her broad breasts and welcomed the baptism of war again and again.
Sun Lianzhong and Zhang Zizhong both appeared on the city wall, personally commanding the soldiers to defend the place and loudly encouraging the soldiers to fight to the end.
In critical moments, they would risk their lives to wield machine guns and join the defense of Tongguan just like the most ordinary soldiers.
The iron-clad Tongguan, the iron-clad 82nd Regiment!
The violent storm cannot shake Sun Lianzhong's determination to stick to Tongguan, and no amount of enemies can shake Sun Lianzhong's confidence! Here, he is an invincible god!
One day, another day, three days...
While the Northern Expeditionary Army was victorious on the battlefield in Shaanxi, Tongguan was still firmly in the hands of the 82nd Regiment of the Northern Expeditionary Army. Although all its peripheral positions had been lost, not even an inch of Tongguan fell into the hands of the enemy.
When I arrived in Zhenhua, I urged Chai Yunsheng over and over again, but Chai Yunsheng was helpless.
By now, he had a vague feeling that even if he threw all his soldiers here, he would not be able to recapture Tongguan!
On June 27, Wang Mingzhang and Bai Chongxi commanded two groups of troops and successfully defeated Chen Shufan's main force on the frontal battlefield. They marched directly to Zhen'an and Zhashui, and their troops were directed towards Xi'an.
The situation in Shaanxi is precarious!
In Sanyuan, inspired by the victory of the Northern Expeditionary Army, Thirty-seven also began to counterattack one after another. The situation of the Suppressing Song Army also became unfavorable.
Under such circumstances, Liu Zhenhua took advantage of the situation and once again held peace talks with the Northern Expeditionary Army. At the same time, he secretly ordered Chai Yunsheng to launch a final attack on Tongguan.
However, the Northern Expeditionary Army in Tongguan has built up their morale and confidence. In their eyes, Tongguan is made of copper poured iron and is indestructible!
Chai Yunsheng's last effort still ended in failure.
From June 21st to June 28th, Chai Yunsheng attacked Tongguan continuously for eight days with one division and one brigade. Apart from seizing all the outer positions of Tongguan, he achieved nothing!
Within Tongguan, Sun Lianzhong, who only had one regiment and part of the soldiers of the Suppressing Song Army, with Zhang Zizhong's full cooperation, withstood the successive attacks of the Suppressing Song Army.
Chai Yunsheng would never have imagined that Tongguan would become a nightmare that he could not get rid of in his life. Tongguan would cut off the livelihood of tens of thousands of soldiers who suppressed Song Dynasty.
Sun Lianzhong, Zhang Zizhong, and Chai Yunsheng vowed that they would never forget the names of these two people in their lives!
When the last attack failed, Chai Yunsheng desperately asked all the troops to withdraw from the previously occupied positions. He got the news that Liu Zhenhua was negotiating with the Northern Expeditionary Army. Since the negotiations failed, he might as well make some gestures to make the negotiations successful.
Life for the Zhensong Army could be a little easier.
The Battle of Tongguan made two people famous: Sun Lianzhong and Zhang Zizhong!
Their names will be forever engraved in the history of Tongguan, and they will be forever engraved in the history of the Northern Expeditionary Army! These two officers who had just joined the Northern Expeditionary Army became famous in one battle.
They were now standing on the city wall of Tongguan, calmly looking at the Song Zhenjun who were retreating rapidly outside the city, but there was not much excitement on their faces.
Sun Lianzhong looked at it for a while, then turned around and his eyes fell on the battle flag that had been flying for eight days in the flames of war. The battle flag fluttered and fluttered, witnessing the history created by Tongguan in these eight days. The flag was embroidered