The soldiers of the two companies of the National Army were riding more than twenty rafts and paddling towards the other side of the river.

Jiro Nakajima, who was defending on the river bank, felt a little anxious. In the previous stage of the battle, the Nakajima advancing team had lost more than 30 people under the enemy's artillery fire. In addition, he sent half a team to block the enemy's reinforcements in the direction of Zhiyuan County. There were less than 100 Japanese troops defending the river bank.

Not only that, they don’t carry much ammunition.

Jiro Nakajima looked at the approaching rafts in the water, turned around and looked at the road behind him, but still saw no sign of reinforcements.

In order to boost morale, he shouted to his soldiers: "The warriors of the Great Japanese Empire, the brigade commander, have sent reinforcements and will come soon. It is of great significance to defend this ferry. It is related to whether the Yellow Army can completely annihilate the 187th Division of the Zhina people, and to the success or failure of the entire battle. We must guard this ferry.

Warriors! Now is a great time to make achievements for His Majesty Tianhuang. For His Majesty Tianhuang! For the glory of the Great Japanese Imperial Army, fight bravely!”

The Japanese soldiers admire Jiro Nakajima very much. They were incited by him and howled one by one: "His Majesty Tianhuang is on the board! The Great Japanese Huangjun is on the board!"

Jiro Nakajima was very satisfied with the morale of his soldiers. He said, "Everyone should save bullets. After the enemy crosses the middle of the river, he will follow my orders to open fire."

"Haha!" The Japanese soldiers were very motivated and their voices were neatly expressed their determination.

The National Army on the raft, except for a small number of 41st Army contingents, were mostly officers and soldiers of the 69th Division. While rowing the boats vigorously, they looked nervously at the enemy's positions across the river, wondering whether they could come back alive this time.

As they were about to reach the middle of the river, they would shoot at the opposite side before the Japanese fired.

Jiro Nakajima was very calm. Even though the raft of the Kuomintang army crossed the middle of the river, he still did not order the fire.

The Japanese army was well-trained and had strict discipline. They trusted their commanders and did not receive orders from Jiro Nakajima, and none of them opened fire in advance because of panic.

When Jiro Nakajima saw the raft of the Kuomintang army, it was less than 100 meters away from the shore and was still approaching, he still did not order the fire.

Jiro Nakajima was also helpless. His troops were insufficient and his ammunition was almost consumed. The number of troops on the opposite side was too large. If he fought with them, it would definitely not work.

Therefore, he decided to wait until these soldiers of the National Army approached to improve the shooting accuracy of the officers and soldiers under his command and kill as much as possible injuring the National Army.

As long as the attack could withstand this wave of attack, the rafts that the Kuomintang soldiers were riding would definitely be washed away by the river. If the Kuomintang wanted to re-bound so many rafts, it would be impossible for the Kuomintang to tie up so many rafts for a while. This would have bought time for itself until the reinforcements arrived.

80 meters, 70 meters, and 60 meters, the soldiers of the Kuomintang are getting closer and closer, and the Japanese soldiers can already see the faces of the Kuomintang soldiers clearly.

"Open fire." At the order of Jiro Nakajima, the Japanese officers and soldiers opened fire!

The soldiers of the National Army on the raft were now living targets in the water, falling into the water in the enemy's rain of bullets, and blood and corpses drifted down the river.

They could not hide, so they could only shoot and paddle desperately, hoping to reach the shore as soon as possible.

Han Zhihao and others went down the mountain and saw that the Japanese and the National Army were fighting fiercely at the ferry. They decided to launch a raid on the Japanese army.

At this moment, they were about 300 meters away from the Japanese army at the ferry. There was an open area ahead and could no longer hide their whereabouts. Han Zhihao was worried that the national army that was crossing the river was defeated by the Japanese, so he could not care whether the target was exposed. He decisively led the soldiers of the guard company to rush towards the ferry.

At this moment, a long convoy appeared on the road ahead of the ferry.

Needless to ask, that is the reinforcements of the Japanese.

Han Zhihao and others stopped at the same time, knowing that it was too late.

At this time, the Japanese reinforcements were less than 500 meters away from here. They had discovered Han Zhihao and others. Around the ferry was a hard and gentle river beach. Three trucks from the Japanese reinforcements actually drove off the road and drove towards Han Zhihao and others.

Han Zhihao made a quick decision and decided to give up his plan to cross the river from Hanba. He returned to the mountain, covered Ouyang Xue and others, moved along the Daqing River and looked for a ferry crossing to cross the river.

At this moment, even worse situations happened. On the mountain where Ouyang Xue and others were, fierce gunfire suddenly sounded.

"Damn!" Han Zhihao's body was covered in cold sweat, his eyes were red, and he ran towards the mountain.

The officers and soldiers of the guard company were also anxious and ran desperately towards Ouyang Xue and others.

It turned out that the Japanese army that followed Ouyang Xue and others along the way, saw Han Zhihao and others walking away, and there were only a dozen national soldiers left beside Ouyang Xue and others. They wanted to catch Ouyang Xue and others to make achievements.

The Japanese squad leader sent several soldiers with light machine guns to prevent Han Zhihao and others from returning to the rescue. He and the rest of the people attacked the soldiers of the National Army.

The Japanese army's sudden attack killed three national soldiers on the spot. The national soldiers immediately launched a counterattack, covering Ouyang Xue and others to retreat to the top of the mountain.

The Japanese army was chasing after them, and soldiers from both sides continued to fall in battle.

Han Zhihao and others climbed up the hillside and suddenly encountered an enemy's blockade. The number of enemies was not large, about five or six. However, the terrain where these guys were located was really favorable. They hid behind the rocks on the top of the mountain and kept firing down with light machine guns. The Japanese soldiers even threw grenades down desperately. As soon as the fire was exchanged, seven or eight people were killed and eight people were killed and killed, and Han Zhihao and others were suppressed under the hillside.

Han Zhihao was anxious, grabbed the hat on his head, threw it on the ground, picked up a light machine gun, and shouted: "Come with me." The officers and soldiers of the guard company rushed up bravely with the enemy's machine gun rain and the explosion of grenades.

Han Zhihao and others were numerous. While shooting and suppressing the enemy's firepower, they climbed up desperately. Unfortunately, the terrain of this dog was really bad. The hillside here was at least 60 degrees, and there were no tall trees on the hillside, and the field of view was relatively wide. Although the number of Japanese soldiers was small, they were condescending, shooting with machine guns while throwing grenades, and rolling big stones from the top of the mountain from time to time, causing considerable casualties to the national army.

Han Zhihao couldn't care about so much and climbed up desperately. At this moment, he heard someone shouting next to him: "Company Commander, Company Commander. Not good! The company commander has a dead ball."

Han Zhihao turned his head and saw that the commander of the guard company was shot on the head and was dead. The officers and soldiers of the guard company all felt a sense of fear and lay on the ground and refused to continue charging upwards.

Han Zhihao shouted loudly: "Get up all the gods, there are not many Japanese on the mountain, so rush up to destroy them."

As he was speaking, a bullet flew over and hit Han Zhihao's right leg. Han Zhihao sat on the ground and saw blood flowing from his thigh. He simply checked the wound and found that it was not injured. So he pulled off his clothes and simply tied the wound.

He stood up again and said, "Brothers! Miss Ouyang is very dangerous. If she encounters an accident, we will all go to the military court. Fight with me."

As he said that, he limped and continued to climb up the mountain.

When the officers and soldiers of the guard company saw that Staff Han was so brave, everyone was inspired and followed him to climb up to the top of the mountain.

At this moment, the violent gunshots suddenly came to the foot of the mountain, and the officers and soldiers of the National Army fell one after another.

Han Zhihao turned his head and saw that the Japanese in the brigade of the mountain had already chased him.

Han Zhihao immediately called three platoon leaders, and he said, "I will now appoint the first platoon leader as the company commander, lead the first platoon, and the second platoon to rush to the top of the mountain, destroy the enemies on the top of the mountain, and rescue Miss Ouyang. The third platoon will leave me to block the attack."

He knew that the injury on his leg was inconvenient to move, so he simply stayed to block the enemy's reinforcements.

A row of commanders was promoted to company commander on the fire line, and knew that as long as he could survive this time, he would be promoted and made a fortune. Now there is a large group of enemies below, and there is only one way out on the top of the mountain.

He gritted his teeth and stood up, shouting loudly: "Brothers in the first and second rows, we have been surrounded by the Japanese. Now we can only survive by rushing up and destroying the Japanese on the top of the mountain.

Brothers, follow me!"

As he said that, he took the lead in charging towards the top of the mountain, and the soldiers knew that the situation was urgent. If they didn't rush to the top of the mountain, everyone would be finished, and they all climbed up the mountain with all their might.

Han Zhihao and the soldiers who stayed soon started a fierce battle with the Japanese who rushed up from the foot of the mountain.

At this time, the Kuomintang soldiers on the raft in the river kept falling down. With a short distance of dozens of meters, the losses of more than 200 Kuomintang soldiers had reached half. They finally rushed to the shore and rushed towards the Japanese army guarding the ferry.

The Japanese soldiers threw a row of grenades and stood up, squeezing their shaking bayonets and howled to face the soldiers of the National Army.

The tragic hand-to-hand combat unfolded violently on the river bank.

The commander of the Kuomintang army on the other side of the river held up a telescope and saw that the Kuomintang soldiers finally rushed to the river bank and began to fight with the Japanese army. His heart was full of hope.

At this moment, a large number of Japanese troops appeared in the camera of his telescope. They overflowed the river bank like a flood and rushed towards the national soldiers on the ferry.

The Japanese reinforcements arrived.

"It's over." The commander of the National Army sighed, unable to bear to look at the poor National Army soldiers across the river again.

He put down his telescope and lowered his head.

The soldiers of the National Army who finally rushed ashore were fighting hard. At this time, the troops on both sides were roughly equal, and they still had the power to fight. When they saw countless Japanese rushing towards them with bright bayonets, they were all desperate.

Many soldiers pulled out grenades from their waists, pulled off the leads, and died with the Japanese army in the violent explosion.

A few minutes later, the two national troops and more than 20 contingent officers and soldiers who participated in the reorganization of the river crossing were all killed.

The rafts in the river are unattended and float downstream with the impact of the water flow.

The commander of the National Army could not hear the gunshots and shouts from the opposite side, so he raised his head. He said helplessly: "Chief of Staff, report the situation here to the division seat."

Jiro Nakajima breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he had finally guarded the ferry.

So far, he has successfully completed the task of seizing the Daqinghe Bridge and Hanhuadu Ferry, and completed the mission of the entire Nakadao-Support Army. He feels very honored, proud and happy.

At this time, he heard the gunshots coming from the mountain upstream of the ferry, and remembered what his soldiers reported that the National Army was escorting two women. He immediately handed over the ferry position to the Japanese troops coming to reinforce, led Nakajima to advance, and ran towards the direction of the gunshot!

On the top of the mountain, the Kuomintang soldiers covered Ouyang Xue and others, fought and retreated, and crawled towards the rocks at the highest point on the top of the mountain.

At this time, Ouyang Xue and others were only five national soldiers left by their side.

Suddenly, with a "Oh", Zhao Jie tripped on the ground by the branches on the ground.

A soldier of the National Army hurried forward to pull her up. At this moment, a bullet flew over and hit his chest. He suddenly lost consciousness and threw himself on Zhao Jie.

Zhao Jie shouted in horror: "Sister Xiaoxue, save me!"

Ouyang Xue hurriedly said, "Go and save her."

The squad leader of the National Army shouted to the two soldiers under his command: "I'll go and save people, you guys will take Miss Ouyang away."

The two soldiers pulled Ouyang Xue and ran away without saying a word.

The squad leader of the Kuomintang army and a soldier were about to rescue Zhao Jie when he saw a group of Japanese soldiers rushing over.

The squad leader of the National Army had to give up. He and the National Army soldier fought and retreated, chasing Ouyang Xue and others.

The Japanese soldiers chased after him and grabbed Zhao Jie. The Japanese squad leader was very happy. He ordered the two soldiers to take care of Zhao Jie and continue to chase Ouyang Xue and others with the rest of the soldiers.

Ouyang Xue and others finally climbed to the top of the mountain, and then they realized that this was a dead end.
Chapter completed!