While the 189th Division was engaged in a fierce battle with the Japanese chariot troops, Nishio Shizao stood on the city wall and stared at the south of the county town, where his four infantry brigades were fighting a desperate breakout.

But I'm afraid they don't know they have been abandoned!

They are just a group of cannon fodder, just used as bait to attract enemy firepower so that they can break out.

Thinking of this, Nishio Shizao felt extremely sad. It was precisely because of his own incompetence that so many soldiers were abandoned.

Everything is your own fault!

"Your Excellency, Commander, our tanks have been engaged in firefights with the enemy, and Division Commander Itagaki informed us that it is time to retreat."

At this time, Suzuki came over and said to him.

"I understand, are the troops ready?"

"Everything is ready."

"Notify all troops to immediately retreat according to the predetermined plan."

Nishio Sezo said calmly that this time he was completely defeated, but he swore that one day he would personally bring an army back to take revenge.

After receiving the order from Nishio Shizo, the remaining troops of the 16th Division's heavy infantry regiment, part of the engineering regiment and the field artillery regiment immediately began to retreat to the east of the city.

However, due to time constraints, they had to abandon a large number of field artillery and mules and horses, and only took part of the cannon and artillery shells on the road.

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"Reporting to the brigade, our scouts discovered that the enemies in Zouxian City fled from the east to the northeast five minutes ago. They have about 4,000 troops and are equipped with a certain number of trucks and artillery."

In a military position in the north of Zouxian City, a messenger was reporting to Zhang Lingfu what the scouts had discovered.

"It seems that my guess was correct. The enemy really planned to take the opportunity to escape."

After listening to his words, Zhang Lingfu sneered and said, but he didn't expect that the enemy would actually start escaping from the east of the city.

"Notify all troops to pursue immediately."

"As you command, sir."

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"Hold it! Hold it to me quickly."

Shi Jue, commander of the 12th Brigade of the 4th Division of the National Revolutionary Army, shouted at the top of his lungs.

At the same time, he kept cursing.

These damn little devils! They couldn't escape from anywhere! They escaped from his defense area!

What a bunch of guys without vision!

I hope you will eventually be surrounded by the 98th Army and be wiped out!

It happened that at this time, a T34 tank company assigned to their brigade was transferred to a decisive battle with the Japanese tank troops, which also greatly reduced the strength of their brigade.

When he thought of this, Shi Jue felt extremely annoyed. If only the tank company of the 189th Division was still good, it would be much easier for them to fight against the Japs.

At this time, the little devils were frantically attacking their positions, looking completely desperate.

Because they know that the enemy's reinforcements can arrive at any time. Time is life, which is perfect for them.

Once they are entangled by the enemy, they will have only one end, and that is the annihilation of their entire army!

So all the little devils attacked with all their might!

However, the Fourth Division is also the elite of the Central Army and is quite fully equipped with light and heavy weapons.

In addition, the Japs' offensive team is mainly composed of baggage soldiers and engineers, which is still far behind the regular combat troops. Therefore, it is impossible for them to break through the 12th Brigade's defense line in a short time!

Seeing that the little devil could not achieve results for a long time, Nishio Shizao couldn't help but feel anxious. If he waited any longer, the enemy would chase him.

"How long does it take for our artillery to prepare?"

Nishio Shizuo asked a little anxiously.

"It should be fine soon."

Nakajima Konso said to him.

"We can't wait any longer."

Nishio Sezo thought for a while and said.

So he called the commander of the 16th Engineer Regiment, Colonel Takeyoshi Imaka, and the commander of the 16th Regiment of Heavy Troops, Lieutenant Colonel Karazawa Banko.

"Now I order you two to lead the soldiers to launch a long live charge against the enemy. I will concentrate all the artillery fire to cover you, but you must remember!"

Nishio Zezo's voice suddenly became extremely eerie.

"When you rush to the enemy's position and engage in physical combat with the enemy, I will order the artillery to bombard the enemy not far in front of you, and this is very likely to accidentally injure you! So you must be mentally prepared.

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After hearing what he said, Imaka Takeyoshi and Karazawa Banko felt stunned at first. But soon they felt a chill.

I saw that the commander did not hesitate to throw artillery shells on the heads of his own people in order to quickly destroy the enemy's morale.

What a ruthless commander!

But being a high-ranking official is overwhelming! Especially in this life-and-death situation!

They promised that as long as they dared to say even half a word of "no", Nishio Shizuo would kill them on the spot for disobedience on the battlefield.

Imaka Takeyoshi and Karazawa Banko glanced at each other, and then they said almost in unison: "Hi!"

"Then you go and prepare quickly, we don't have much time!"

Nishio Shizuo said coldly.

After the two people left, Suzuki led the way and said with some worry: "Your Excellency, Commander, this is too cruel for us."

"I can't help it. We don't have much time. All I can do now is sacrifice a few people to save the majority of people."

Nishio Sezo said with a helpless expression.

After ideological mobilization, the little devils, led by two captains, began the infamous Long Live Charge.

When the little devil saw the two captains personally leading the charge, almost everyone screamed excitedly, and they all clamored to show the enemy some color.

But they all know the meaning of Long Live Charge, that is, they must keep charging as long as everyone is not dead.

For them, this is the moment of decisive battle!

Failure or death!

So all the Japanese soldiers shouted "Carry on board!" and began to launch a wave of attacks on the enemy's positions.

"Shoot! Everyone, shoot as hard as you can!"

As soon as he heard the slogan of the little devil, Shi Jue knew that the little devil was going crazy!

The little devil's long live charge is famous for its pardon!

After receiving his order, all the light and heavy machine guns of the 12th Brigade roared desperately. All the guns fired desperately at their maximum speed.

For a moment, the enemy's position was like a hedgehog, firing very dense firepower outwards.

Row after row of Japanese soldiers were knocked to the ground by them. The red blood dyed the ground red.

But the Japs didn't seem to see all this and were still charging crazily.

For them, they must charge until the moment they die!

Life goes on! The charge never stops!

No one cares how many people died! All the Japs are concentrating on the charge!

And all the ** are shooting desperately!

At this moment, a dense explosion suddenly sounded from the first section of the position!

"What happened?"

Shi Jue couldn't help but said in surprise!

The little Japanese artillery finally fired!

They concentrated all the artillery on hand and conducted an intensive bombardment of a 300-meter position.

Those Japanese artillerymen almost exhausted all their strength to quickly stuff the shells into the barrels one after another, and then desperately fired these shells into the enemy's positions. A large number of shells continued to fall in this section.

In the position, the gunfire losses in this position were extremely heavy for a while, and almost all the light and heavy machine guns stopped roaring.

"Onboard! Onboard!"

Seeing this, those little devils became even more fanatical!

They took advantage of the lull in firepower and rushed into the enemy's position, and then started a fierce physical battle with the enemy!

And more and more Japs poured in from behind through this gap, and at the same time they kept expanding to both sides and front.
To be continued...