But there is no chance anymore, because the Eighth Route Army has rushed to our trenches.

I fired a shot, but failed to hit it, and then rushed out of the trench with a bayonet rifle, preparing to fight the Eighth Route Army for the final battle, but I was completely confused at the time.

A tall Eighth Route Army rushed towards me.

According to the teaching of infantry training, I followed by a sprint.

The Eighth Route Army on the opposite side blocked the gun, and my bayonet was knocked to the side.

After blocking my bayonet, the Eighth Route Army stabbed again. I quickly dodged. The bayonet was dodged, but my body also lost its center of gravity and fell backwards into the trenches.

Before I could get up, the Eighth Route Army also fell down and pressed against me.

A stray bullet that flew from nowhere hit him. This is war, life and death only existed in an instant.

I admit that I was scared at that time, and wiped my face with blood from the sacrificed Eighth Route Army, and then lay under him and pretended to be dead until the Eighth Route Army found out and captured me.

...

In less than half an hour, all the Japanese troops' peripheral positions were lost.

The two brigades of more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers guarding the periphery were all wiped out.

Then the Northwest Column of Jin launched a fierce attack on the fortifications of Anhua through the fortifications built by the Japanese army.

There were about 6,000 Japanese soldiers guarding Anhua. In addition to the artillery, the remaining more than 5,000 were temporarily organized into five infantry brigades by Inoue Sadashi.

Two of the infantry brigades guarded the outer positions and had been annihilated.

Two infantry brigades and artillery corps were in the city, preparing to fight the Eighth Route Army, so there was only one brigade of more than one thousand men in the Japanese army guarding the city wall.

More than a thousand people seem to be quite a few.

However, evenly spreading the city walls seven or eight kilometers, it immediately became very difficult.

On average, there was only one person in about ten meters, and the density was already very low. The Eighth Route Army launched a fierce attack on Anhua from all directions.

So, the city wall defense line is also shaking.

After receiving the news that the Castle Wall was in a hurry, Sadashi Inoue's face turned green.

"Igarashi Jun!" Inoue Sadaki asked the Communications Division Chief Miya Igarashi with a dark face, "When will the reinforcements of the 36th Division and the 37th Division arrive?"

Igarashi Mi smiled bitterly and said, "The commander of the division, the reinforcements of the 36th Division and the 37th Division are still entangled with the Tu Eighth Route Army in the Taiyue Bandit Area and the Taihang Bandit Area, and I am afraid that I will not be able to come to support it in a short period of time."

"Damn it, these damn idiots!" Inoue Sadae roared angrily.

As he was roaring, a messenger rushed into the war room in a dusty state and reported: "Chief of the division, the Eighth Route Army has broken through the defense line of the East Gate City Wall!"

"What? So fast?"

Sadashi Inoue was really shocked and angry when he heard this.

At that moment, Inoue Sadae said to Igarashi Mi again: "Igarashi Jun, order Noda brigade to launch a counterattack, take back the East Gate City Wall, and regain the East Gate City Wall..."

Before he finished speaking, another messenger broke in.

"Teacher Commander, the Eighth Route Army has broken through the city wall in the northeast corner!"

Immediately afterwards, several messengers broke in and reported to Sadashi Inoue.

"The division commander, Ximen City Wall has been broken by the Eighth Route Army, and Major Toda has sacrificed his life for the country."

"The division commander, the city wall in the southwest corner is in danger. Captain Ito requests emergency reinforcements from the division headquarters, otherwise the city wall in the southwest corner will not be able to be defended."

"The division commander, Lieutenant Takenouchi has broken his jade."

"Teacher Commander, the city wall in the southeast corner has been lost..."

One after another, the commanders came to the division headquarters.

Report one bad news after another to Sadae Inoue.

Sadae Inoue was confused, and there was no way to remedy it now.

The entire city wall defense line has leaked from all sides, how can I fix it?

He sighed dejectedly, and Inoue Sadashi said helplessly: "Order the Fifth Battalion to withdraw from the city and cooperate with the Third, Fourth Battalion and the Mountain Artillery Corps to engage in the final street battle with the Eighth Route Army."

...

At the East Gate of Anhua City Pass.

The entire Dongmen City Pass has fallen under the control of the Eighth Route Army.

Therefore, the areas on both sides outside the city gate are absolutely safe.

The soldiers of the Third Detachment and the Third Regiment were stepping up cleaning up the sandbags that blocked the city gates and clearing the attack passage for the armored company.

This attack just now was the first time that Li Sigen's armored company participated in the war, because the previous battles of Zhanggezhuang, Chenzhuang, Ping'an County, and Zhukou, the armored company did not participate.

It’s not that Li Sigen doesn’t want to participate, nor that the brigade commander doesn’t want them to participate, but that there are always reasons that will cause the armored vehicles to not be able to participate in the battle.

Fortunately, the final attack finally caught up.

Amid the rapid sound of horse hooves, Wang Ye rode the flames to the east gate of Anhua.

"Sigen, where are Li Sigen?" Wang Ye blocked the war horse and asked loudly.

"Captain, I'm here." Li Sigen poked out of the turret of a Type 95 tank.

Wang Ye urged the horse to come to Li Sigen's tank and said in a deep voice: "Sigen, whether you can destroy the remains of the Japanese in the city in the shortest time this time depends on your armored company."

"Captain, please give orders!" Li Sigen said proudly.

Wang Ye said with a nod and said, "You have only one mission. Propel forward along Dongmen Street, and advance to the Japanese Division headquarters in the shortest time and destroy it!"

"Yes!" Li Sigen said proudly, "Please ensure that the task is completed."

Wang Ye's eyes turned to Chen Quan's body again and said in a deep voice: "Chen Quan."

"Yes." Chen Quan put away his usual laughter and said with a serious look on his face, "Please instruct!"

Wang Ye said: "The mission of your third regiment is to coordinate the attack of the armored company. Keep up with the attack rhythm of armored vehicles when advancing forward. Don't cause the infantry to be disconnected from the tanks, and don't let the Japanese get close to our tanks!"

During the Battle of Shanghai, the Kuomintang's tanks were easily blown up by the Japanese engineers because they had no infantry protection.

Wang Ye didn't want their armored company to repeat the mistakes of the armored company of the Fifth Army of the National Army.

"Yes!" Chen Quan said solemnly, "As long as there is one person in the third regiment, we will never let the Japanese get close to our tank!"

While speaking, a cheer suddenly sounded in the direction of the city gate ahead: "It's open! The city gate is opened! The city gate is opened!"

Wang Ye nodded slightly at Li Sigen and Shen Quan and said in a deep voice: "Old Shen has four more, so let's start quickly!"

Li Sigen responded, immediately raised his right hand and waved it forward and shouted loudly, "Armored Company, attack!"

Almost at the same time, nearly a thousand soldiers from the Third Regiment also rushed into the East Gate like a tide. After a continuous battle, the Third Regiment had lost more than half of its personnel, leaving only less than a thousand people.

However, there were not many casualties, most of them were only injured.

After entering the city through the city gate corridor, Li Sigen immediately retracted his turret.

Through the narrow viewing hole, you can roughly see the streets ahead and the houses on both sides.

Fifty meters away, the Japanese army built a circular barricade in the middle of Dongmen Street. Seeing this, Li Sigen immediately smiled grimly.

"Go to die, the Japanese!"

Li Sigen grinned and stepped hard under his feet.

With a loud bang, the Type 95 tank vibrated violently.

Then a red light roared out from the muzzle of the 37mm caliber main gun.

Li Sigen looked closely and saw a red light rising from the circular barricade fifty meters away. In the smoke of gunpowder, the Type 92 heavy machine gun originally mounted on the barricade had already overturned.

Several Japanese soldiers guarding the barricade were also broken.

It was really broken, and the broken limbs and body were scattered all over the ground.

Seeing this extremely bloody scene, Li Sigen only felt a sense of pleasure.
Chapter completed!