Xu Guoren brought Zhang Ruofei and the others to the regiment command center. Yao Ziqing looked at them in surprise and asked curiously,""Brother Xu, who are these people?"
Because there was a fierce battle going on in the city, Yao Ziqing did not know that reinforcements had arrived!
Xu Guoren had already thought of an excuse on the way here. He introduced,"They are Zhang Ruofei, Xu Haodong, and Yang Haotian. They are all my friends. When they learned that I was trapped in the isolated city, they brought their troops to support me regardless of the danger.
Oh, right, they were also from the Central Army!”
"So it's your friend, Brother Xu. A hero like Brother Xu must have friends who are loyal and righteous! That was why he could disregard his life and death and come to help generously! That's great!"
Yao Ziqing didn't think too much about it out of trust in Xu Guoren. After all, Baoshan City was now under siege. What was there to doubt about someone who could lead his troops to come and help without caring about anything?
Xu Guoren smiled and said," I don't dare to say anything else, but when it comes to killing the Japanese, my brothers are definitely not worse than me. If I get the three of them, I'll win 3,000 elite soldiers!"”
Yao Ziqing nodded solemnly." Yes, I believe that Baoshan City will be as stable as Mount Tai and as solid as a rock with Brother Xu around!"
To be honest, to be able to fight side by side with a peerless hero like Brother Xu and face the country's crisis together is the most carefree thing in my life! Even if I die, what can I do?"
Xu Guoren was also deeply moved." Officer Yao, you flatter me. You're also a hero who dares to shed blood for the country. It's our honor to be able to resist foreign humiliation with you!"”
Yao Ziqing smiled and waved his hand."Brother Xu, you're flattering me. As soldiers, protecting the country is our mission and responsibility! The Japanese want to destroy China, so we should rise up and resist!”
Zhang Ruofei couldn't help but say," Officer Yao is right. The Japanese want to destroy China. Unless they step over the corpses of our soldiers, they are dreaming!"”
"Well said. The soldiers of the Celestial Empire would rather die in battle than give up an inch of land!”Just as Yao Ziqing finished speaking, an ear-piercing whistle sounded outside the command post again!
Yao Ziqing's expression changed." Not good! The Japanese are firing at us again!"”
Before he could finish his sentence, a series of earth-shattering explosions drowned him out!
Outside the command post, the central area of the city where the elite group was stationed had already turned into a sea of fire. Explosions and thick smoke soared into the sky everywhere!
Xu Guoren and the others were hiding in the command post. They could clearly feel the tremors coming from the ground above their heads. It could be seen that the ground outside had already been shaken by the Japanese bombing.
Xu Guoren patted the dust off his head and could not help but laugh."It seems that the Japanese were angered by our attacks. They actually used their cannons to attack the city!”
Xu Haodong said," Before we entered the city, I destroyed a Japanese regiment command center. I think the Japanese want revenge!"”
"Is that so? You've also taken down a Japanese command center. That's great!”Xu Guoren couldn't help but laugh happily.”
"Brother Haodong, you're good too!" Yao Ziqing said with respect.”
Half an hour later, the Japanese's cannons finally stopped firing. It wasn't that the Japanese didn't want to fire a little longer, but Japan was an island country. They lacked resources, and they needed to import almost all of their strategic resources.
Because the Japanese army had already occupied part of Baoshan Urban area, in order to avoid accidentally bombing their own defense area, their bombardment range could only be locked on the area near the center of the city. Such a small area, bombarding for half an hour was already the limit. Any more would be a waste.
In the 3rd division headquarters, Lieutenant General Fujita was giving instructions to his subordinates with a dark expression.
With the vast majority of the elites of a division, coupled with the overwhelming firepower of the land, sea, and air forces, they besieged a small Baoshan County. Furthermore, the defenders of the county were fighting alone, without food or reinforcements.
He actually couldn't take it down, and instead suffered heavy losses from the enemy's attacks. This made Fujita Shin lose face.
He had lost his own men, but he had lost the face of the entire Imperial Army of the Great Japan. How could he not be angry?
"According to reliable sources, the Baoshan garrison has been officially reorganized into the Middle Elite Regiment by the Chinese government. This means that this unit is the most elite infantry regiment in China, and their reputation is built on the humiliation of the Imperial Army of the Great Japan! Therefore, we must destroy them at all costs to avenge our humiliation!
The death of Major General Katayama Riichiro, Colonel Ying Komori, and the other elites of the Imperium has already alarmed His Majesty the Emperor in Tokyo. If we can't avenge the Imperial Army, we'll have to go to the military court or commit suicide to apologize to His Majesty the Emperor!"Fujita Jin shouted at the Japanese officers with a gloomy face.
Major General Kanichiro, the commander of the 29th Brigade, took the lead and stood up. He lowered his head and said,"Please rest assured, Commander. I will definitely do my best to avenge the imperial army of the Imperium and the elites of the Imperium such as General Katayama Riichiro!”
"Ueye-kun, I grant you full command of the attack troops. You will be fully responsible for commanding all the imperial troops attacking Baoshan. The division's chariot brigade, cavalry, artillery, and other regiments will also listen to you. I hope you won't disappoint me and capture Baoshan City as soon as possible.”Fujita Shin ordered him with a straight face.
"Ha Yi, I accept your order!" Kanichiro Ueno hurriedly lowered his head.”
Half an hour later, Major General Kanichiro Ueno personally led two infantry regiments under his command, in addition to the chariot brigade, cavalry regiment, and artillery regiment, surrounding the entire Baoshan City.
Previously, the main force responsible for attacking Baoshan was the 5th Brigade. However, the regiment commander of the 5th Brigade and two of the regiment commanders of the infantry regiments were killed by Xu Guoren and Xu Haodong. Even the command center was taken out.
Therefore, even though the 5th Brigade still had more than 3,000 soldiers, their organizational structure and command had already been dispersed.
Therefore, Major General Kanichiro Ueno transferred them to the back as reserves, and the main attack force was changed to his 29th Brigade. The cavalry regiment directly under the division was obviously not suitable for attacking the city, so it was mainly responsible for sealing the periphery of Baoshan to prevent the defenders from breaking through and reinforcements from coming.
The ones who were going to attack Baoshan City were the 29th Brigade's two field battalions, the 3rd Division's tanks, and the artillery. The total number of soldiers was more than 8,000.
After the bombardment of the naval cannons, Major General Kanichiro ordered the 3rd Field Artillery Regiment to fire outside the city to cover the 29th Brigade's attack.
The artillery troops of the Guizi Division were equipped with 36 field cannons with a caliber of 75mm and above. Although they were not as powerful as the naval cannons, they were still not to be underestimated.
In the city, after the Japanese naval cannons stopped firing, Xu Guoren and his brothers bid farewell to Yao Ziqing and went to defend in various directions in Baoshan City.
Among them, Niu Dagen was still in charge of the north gate, Zhang Ruofei was in charge of the west gate, and Xu Hao was in charge of the east gate. Assistant Sniper Yang Haotian followed Xu Guoren to take charge of the south gate.
This was because it would become the main attack direction of the Japanese army.
Xu Guoren and Yang Haotian had just arrived at the forefront of the south gate garrison in the city and met up with Xu Gensheng, who was leading his troops here.
A wave of Japanese artillery shells flew across the sky with ear-piercing whistling sounds.
"Hide!" Xu Guoren immediately shouted at the top of his lungs.
The soldiers all lay down on the ground and hid behind cover.
After about ten rounds of rapid fire, the Japanese's artillery fire began to extend into the city. Xu Guoren looked back at the mess behind him, the Urban area that was constantly smoking and on fire, and said sternly,"Brothers, the Japanese are most likely going to attack. Prepare for battle!”
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