(third update, compensation yesterday)

"Okay, it's all good to be happy. Everyone checks the equipment and ammunition. The machine gunner immediately changes the position to prevent the Japanese artillery fire from retaliating." The officers and soldiers were happy, and the company commander shouted loudly with a dark face.

The company commander gave the order, and naturally the soldiers did not dare to disobey and began to do so.

The company commander saw it and enjoyed it in his heart. Everyone was happy to win the battle. Even though he was a veteran who had experienced many battles, he was even happier that this battle had established confidence for these new recruits, which was very important for their future growth.

As we all know, for the recruits, the first battle is very important. If they are defeated in the first battle, it will cause a serious blow to the recruits' confidence and morale, and will also cause them to fear the enemy.

Just like in later history, many national troops have described the terrifying Japanese terror, such as magical things, such as invulnerability to swords and guns, monsters, and people without blinking.

Although these statements are exaggerated, they actually cause a certain sense of fear to many troops that have not fought with the Japanese, so there are always situations where the national army and the Japanese are about to collapse in many major battles.

The company commander was secretly happy, and a "court" sounded like a "court" to bring him back to reality.

Hearing the sound, he turned his head and saw that the regiment commander Feng Kuang and the second battalion commander Qi Delong had already come over with a few soldiers.

The first company commander quickly met up, stood attentively and saluted, "Roun, camp, you are here."

"Well, Zhao Quan, I fought well just now, which greatly increased the morale of all the officers and soldiers." Feng Kuang patted the first company commander Zhao Quan on the shoulder and said, "Continue to keep up, continue to work hard, and kill more Japanese people."

"Thank you for the praise from the group. We will continue to work hard as long as we are here, the Japanese will take a break and move forward." Zhao Quan quickly expressed his voice.

"Oh? You're not a little bit, but you have morale." Feng Kuang and Qi Delong looked at each other and said with a smile.

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Dingyuan, the headquarters of the 114th Division of the Japanese Army.

Shigeji Momatsu, the commander of the 114th Division, frowned in front of the map hanging on the wall of the headquarters conference room, and suddenly a burst of rapid footsteps sounded behind him.

Shigeji Momatsu turned around instinctively and saw Chief of Staff Saburo Isoda hurried in with a telegram in hand, saluting and reporting to Shigeji Momatsu: "General, the latest situation sent by the 115th Infantry Regiment from the front line of the 128th Brigade, the latest situation sent by the 115th Infantry Regiment from the front line. The telegram stated that the 115th Infantry Regiment was blocked by the Chinese army in Erpu Town. During the battle, a forward squad of the 115th Regiment was completely wiped out by the powerful Chinese army in less than five minutes. Nagayazaki Yasuo speculated that the Chinese army might have equipped some mysterious new weapons, and now it has stopped its attack and confronted the Chinese army."

"What? A mysterious new weapon?" Shigeji Sumatsu was surprised.

"Yes, this new weapon has extremely powerful firepower. I guess it is likely to be an advanced machine gun." Saburo Isoda nodded.

"Advanced machine gun?" Shimoji Momatsu frowned disapprovingly, and then asked again: "Where is the 127th Brigade now?"

"Report to the general, after receiving your order, the 127th Brigade turned back on the way to Xuyi. I guess its vanguard troops should have passed the Mingguang at this time and will be able to arrive at Erpu Town in at most two hours." Saburo Isoda thought for a while and replied.

Matsushiji nodded and said, "Send the order to move the division headquarters forward. I will personally command the troops to attack. The Imperial Japanese Imperial Army will never stop advancing just because of an advanced machine gun."

"Hai" Saburo Isoda suddenly lowered his head and responded, then took the saber to take the order.

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Xiquan Town, with the help of local people, after more than two hours of emergency repairs, the defensive positions of the 1st Regiment of the Second Division and the 2nd Regiment (needed a half battalion) were finally completed.

The commander of the Second Division, Cao Er, set up his division command center in a private house in the town.

In the command center, the division commander Cao Er was gnawing dry food, marched overnight and supervising the construction of fortifications. Until now, he had not dripped rice in his mouth, and his stomach was already roaring hungry. As soon as the position was repaired, he ran back to his command center to take out two white masks and garlic from his dry food bag and feasted.

Seeing that the two fist-sized white steamed buns and garlic were eaten up by him, the elder Wang, the chief of the cooking squad, walked in with a large bowl of hot broth.

When Cao Er smelled the aroma of meat, he couldn't help but sniffed hard and asked: "Lao Wang, what kind of soup are you?"

"Master, this is the beef soup I stewed for you with the beef in canned beef. You should eat it while it's hot." Lao Wang said and handed the beef soup to Cao Er.

"Beef soup?" Cao Er's eyes shone brightly, and he took it over and feasted in big mouthfuls. He had just eaten two steamed buns and felt a little choking. This bowl of hot beef soup was undoubtedly a timely help, and it was the time to come.

The food was almost done, Cao Er licked the corner of his mouth and asked in confusion: "No, Lao Wang, aren't our division's supplies left in Tianma Peak? Where did you get the canned beef?"

Lao Wang smiled and said, "When the troops were departing last night, I put some stuff in hand and specially stewed soup for you to eat. In such a cold day, how can you just eat dry food?"

"Yes, you're still considerate." As soon as Cao Er finished speaking, Lin Dashan, the commander of the First Regiment of the Second Division, walked in with a hurried look, and stood in front of Cao Er and saluted: "Master, the Japanese are here."

"Oh? The Japanese came very quickly. Cao Er raised his head and drank all the remaining beef soup in the bowl. He handed the bowl to Lao Wang, pulled out his gun and said to Lin Dashan: "Let's go with me to the front line and inform the entire division to block the Japanese army with all their strength. The people are in the position. Before the general command arrives, a Japanese must not be allowed to pass by here."

"Yes" Lin Dashan quickly stood up with a stern expression, and then followed Cao Er to walk out with great strides.

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Ten miles southwest of Xiquan Town, there is a small hill that is not very large. Locals call it Yushan. Legend has it that a piece of beautiful jade appeared here, so it is called Yushan.

At the foot of Yushan Mountain, there is a small mountain village with about 300 people living in the village.

The originally peaceful and peaceful mountain village has now become a hell on earth. A large group of Japanese soldiers rushed into the mountain village and began to inhumanely burn, kill and loot. The entire village was filled with the bodies of murdered villagers. Dozens of young women and girls in the village were even driven to the open space at the entrance of the village by the crazy Japanese.

The women resisted a little, and they were bayonets facing each other. More than a hundred Japanese soldiers in the open space at the entrance of the village had formed a large circle, looking at dozens of Chinese women in the middle of the open space without any intention.

Many Japanese devils actually had bloody heads hanging on their bayonets.

This group of crazy Japanese soldiers is naturally the 9th Division of the Japanese army. The 9th Division is a highly equipped elite division of the 17 permanent divisions of the Japanese army. The 9th Division is under the jurisdiction of two brigades and four main infantry corpses. The division headquarters directly under the division headquarters includes four regiments: cavalry, artillery, engineers, and baggage. In addition, there are communication teams, health teams and the First to Fourth Field Hospitals.

With two standing supplementary corpses, the total force exceeded 30,000.

It is worth mentioning that the cavalry corps of the 9th Division has two chariot brigades and one cavalry brigade, which is much larger than a special division like the 114th Division. In addition to being equipped with 36 seven-five mm mountain cannons, the mountain artillery corps also has twelve 105 mountain cannons.

Therefore, the combat effectiveness of the Ninth Division is among the top among the seventeen permanent divisions of the Japanese army, second only to the Second Division and the Sixth Division.

In the original history, the Ninth Division was also one of the participants in the Nanjing Massacre. Although the Nanjing Massacre failed to break out in this time and space, the fierce Japanese troops like the Ninth Division and the Sixth Division were almost burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of evil along the way.

As the commander of the Ninth Division, Yoshika Ryosuke, adopted a tacit attitude towards his subordinates' actions. He believed that the necessary "relaxation" was one of the key reasons for maintaining the combat effectiveness of the troops.

It was precisely because of Yoshika Ryosuke's indulgence that the 9th Division's Japanese became bloodthirsty and cruel, but the combat power of this division was also very strong.

By the time Ji Jialiangfu's division headquarters passed by Yushan, there was already fire and blood flowing into the sky. The open space at the entrance of the village was even displayed with dozens of corpses of disheveled women.

Sitting in the armored command car, Yoshikarasu seemed to ignore everything outside the car and closed his eyes calmly.

Suddenly, a side tricycle rushed from the front.

"General, the search brigade of the Second Chariot Brigade of the 9th Cavalry Regiment of our Cavalry found traces of the Chinese army in the direction of Xiquan Town." A Japanese soldier on the tricycle stopped Ji Jialiangsu's car and reported loudly.

"What? Chinese Army?" Ji Jialiangfu frowned slightly and said coldly with extreme disdain: "Order the cavalry corps to defeat them and quickly move closer to Fengyang County." In Ji Jialiangfu's view, the Chinese army that appeared in Xiquan Town was just a small group of troops, and the purpose was obviously to block his 9th Division's rush to Fengyang. Such a small group of Chinese troops were vulnerable at all. He was still very confident in the combat effectiveness of his cavalry corps.

The "Hai" Japanese soldiers suddenly lowered their heads and responded, then turned around and left in a motorcycle.

Watching his subordinates leave, Yoshikara Yoshika opened the door of the armored vehicle and said to the accompanying Chief of Staff Colonel Nakagawa Hiroshi: "Nakagawa, let's set up the division headquarters here. It is less than 30 kilometers away from Fengyang County, which is completely convenient for us to command the troops."

"Haibei's vocational appointments are arranged immediately." Hiroshi Nakagawa quickly lowered his head and responded, then left with a saber in his arms.
Chapter completed!