Zhang Jinhu gladly accepted the order and led the soldiers to fire desperately on the city wall to stop the Japanese army from attacking the city.
Xu Guoren and Niu Dagen quickly ran down the city wall and pushed the Type 92 artillery onto the city wall.
The two of them started to quickly mark their shooting elements and lock onto the target. Soon, the two Type 92 Infantry Cannons fired one after another.
The two shells hit two Japanese tanks 500 meters away almost at the same time, destroying them on the spot.
Then, they did the same thing. In less than five minutes, they destroyed all the Japanese tanks outside the South Gate. In addition, they also fired at some of the Japanese heavy machine gun positions, causing heavy casualties to the Japanese.
This had greatly affected the morale and will of the Japanese soldiers to attack. Of course, it had also greatly boosted the morale and enthusiasm of the defending soldiers.
The soldiers took advantage of the situation and opened fire with all their might. The Japanese army finally stopped attacking because of the huge losses and the failure of the other attacks. They retreated dejectedly.
At this time, the sky gradually darkened. The Japanese aircraft and naval guns did not launch air strikes and bombardments on Baoshan again, leaving Xu Guoren and Yao Ziqing with a rare opportunity to breathe.
After setting up the alert to guard against the Japanese army's night attack, Xu Guoren, Niu Dagan, and Yao Ziqing began to negotiate the way out in his battalion's underground air raid room.
Before this, Yao Ziqing's troops had no hope of reinforcements, so they resolutely followed the command of the division and defended the treasure mountain.
Now that Xu Guo Ren had brought his Middle Elite Battalion in, they had turned the tide of the battle and given Yao Zi Qing and his soldiers hope of survival. Even ants were greedy for life, let alone these people who had flesh and blood, parents, wives, children, and sisters.
When the country was in danger, they could risk their lives and step forward to the battlefield to serve the country.
However, it did not mean that they did not want to live.
If the situation was critical and they had no choice but to sacrifice themselves to serve the country, they would naturally fight the enemy to the end. However, if there was a chance of survival, they did not want to continue staying as cannon fodder.
Therefore, when Xu Guoren said that he would think of a way to break out of the encirclement at night, he immediately received the unanimous approval of Yao Ziqing and the few surviving officers under him.
"Brother Xu, although I agree with breaking out of the encirclement, the division has ordered us to defend the treasure mountain until the last soldier is left! Therefore, before we break out of the encirclement, I have to ask the division headquarters for instructions.”Yao Ziqing said.
"That's easy to say. Dagan, please send a message for Officer Yao.”Xu Guoren nodded to show his understanding and instructed Niu Dagen beside him.
The third battle area, the enemy's command center.
Chen Cheng, who was in charge of commanding all the troops in the Third Battle Area in place of Generalissimo Jiang, was holding a military meeting with his senior generals overnight.
"Everyone, there's been a lot of good news from the treasure mountain today! This Xu Guoren is really a talent!" Chen Cheng was the first to open the conversation.
His words resonated with everyone present, and all the high-ranking military officers nodded in agreement.
Luo Zhuoying, the deputy commander-in-chief of the 15th Army, nodded with respect and said,""Today, the Japanese invaders besieged Luodian. Fortunately, Xu Guoren's troops repeatedly attacked the Japanese army in Lion Forest and Baoshan, attracting a large number of Japanese troops to come back to help. The air and sea forces were also attracted and restrained. Our army was able to stabilize the front line.”
Chen Cheng nodded in admiration." Yes, I will personally report this matter to Chairman Jiang and ask for credit for this person. After this person returns from Baoshan, I want to meet him personally. I want to see the young talent who can kill the regiment commander of the major general in one battle."”
"However, Chief Chen, given the current situation, it won't be easy for Xu Guoren and Yao Ziqing to break out, right?”Luo Zhuoying said with a worried look," The Japanese have suffered such a huge loss at Xu Guoren's hands. They definitely won't let them break out of the encirclement and leave. They will definitely mobilize a large number of troops to encircle and suppress them!"”
As soon as Luo Zhuoying finished speaking, a communications staff officer barged into the conference room and saluted Chen Cheng.""Sir, the chairman's order!"
Chen Cheng, Luo Zhuoying, Zhang Fakui, Liu Jianxu, and the other high-ranking officers of the 3rd Battle Area stood up and listened.
The communications staff officer opened the message and read," Chairman's urgent message. Xu Guoren's troops have made many military achievements in Lion Forest and Baoshan, which greatly boosted the morale of the people and the soldiers in the front line. He has become the model of our army and the hero troop that is admired by tens of thousands of people. Therefore, the command center of the former enemy in the Third Battle Area is ordered to send troops to help him evacuate from Baoshan at all costs. This is an urgent matter. I hope that you will not hesitate and work together to support him. Don't let me down!" The Chairman of the Military Committee of the National Revolutionary Army, Jiang Zhongzheng!”
Chen Cheng waved his hand to signal the communications staff officer to leave. He smiled bitterly at Luo Zhuoying and said,""Brother Youqing, it seems that Chairman Jiang thinks more highly of this Xu Guoren than you and me!”
Luo Zhuoying smiled bitterly." It's no wonder. Speaking of which, we are incompetent. With hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, we fought hard against the Japanese invaders for more than a month, but the results were not as good as this inexperienced and unknown Xu Guoren. Generalissimo Jiang has always been fond of talent.”
"Do you have any good ideas about this? How do you think we can successfully rescue Xu Guoren's troops?”Chen Cheng looked around and asked.
Although the Generalissimo did not say anything, Xu Guoren's Baoshan was under the jurisdiction of the 15th Army, so the responsibility of rescuing Xu Guoren's Middle Elite Battalion naturally fell on the shoulders of the 15th Army.
Although Luo Zhuoying was the deputy commander, because Chen Cheng was also the commander of the enemy, he was in charge of the 15th Army.
He thought for a moment and said rather awkwardly,"Officer Chen, our troops have been fighting the Japanese for more than a month. Not only have we suffered heavy losses, but our soldiers are also exhausted. Now that the Japanese army has finally slowed down their offensive, our soldiers have a rare chance to catch their breath.
At this time, the rest was not enough. Taking the initiative to launch a counterattack against the Japanese army was probably not enough!”
"Brother Youqing, I know all this, but how can we disobey Chairman Jiang's orders?”Chen Cheng said.
"The Japanese army suffered a great loss in Lion Forest and Baoshan. They will definitely destroy Xu Guoren's troops at all costs, so it will be too difficult to rescue them.”Luo Zhuoying had just finished speaking.
The communications staff officer from before hurriedly returned and saluted Chen Cheng again.""Sir, this is bad news. We just received reliable information that the enemy has sent the 9th, 13th, and 101st Field Divisions and two Heavy Artillery Brigade regiments, totaling nearly 100,000 troops. At present, the Japanese reinforcements have landed one after another and are moving towards the front line of our army.”
Everyone present, including Chen Cheng, had a change in expression. The Japanese only had two divisions, and the two sides had already fought to such a state. Now, there were three more divisions and two exploration teams. How could they not be shocked?
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