March 27th, 1938, 10:00 AM.

The Japanese soldiers charged in through the newly collapsed breach.

They stormed into a six-story tower on the west side of Taierzhuang and immediately raised their flag at the top.

Both the Japanese soldiers besieged inside Taierzhuang and those continuing the attack from the outside.

Upon seeing their military flag raised inside Taierzhuang.

They all cheered, greatly boosting the morale of the Japanese troops.

The Japanese soldiers continued to compress the 31st Division's defense zone along the roads inside Taierzhuang.

Attempting to seize Taierzhuang in one fell swoop.

The 181st Regiment had to rely on the houses inside the town that had been destroyed by Japanese artillery fire for cover.

Engaging in house-to-house and street-to-street combat with the Japanese.

Even though the officers and soldiers of the entire 31st Division fought bravely and selflessly.

Due to the disparity in weapons and firepower, these officers and soldiers were steadily pushed back by the Japanese.

The casualties of the Second Army Group were increasing.

The 185th Regiment defended the Taierzhuang North Railway Station and the western position.

This regiment had already suffered heavy casualties in the wheat fields near Liujia Lake.

And had not received reinforcements or rest.

The counterattack last night had not achieved the expected results.

Now, the Japanese had broken into Taierzhuang.

Wang Kouwu, the deputy division commander directing the defense inside Taierzhuang, seeing the current situation.

Made a phone call to Division Commander Chi Fengcheng requesting a retreat.

Requesting a retreat?

Division Commander Chi Fengcheng was now also hesitant.

The 31st Division had already done its best in the fighting at Taierzhuang.

And now, three-quarters of Taierzhuang's positions had been occupied by the Japanese.

It was foreseeable that the entire area would soon be occupied by the Japanese.

However, Division Commander Chi Fengcheng had seen the efforts made by the Fifth War Area and Chief Bai to defend Taierzhuang in recent days.

From the most advanced tank defense company in the country to the artillery regiment and reconnaissance company.

As long as these units were deployed to Taierzhuang, they would all be under his command.

Retreat or defend?

Two little figures were fighting in Chi Fengcheng's mind.

Retreat! They could preserve some of their strength. As a miscellaneous army, they had done their best to fight to this point.

The entire 31st Division had suffered more than half its casualties; they had done their best!

Defend! Chief Li of the Fifth War Area's gift of maps and Chief Bai's inter-theater transfer of equipment made it difficult for Division Commander Chi Fengcheng to retreat.

He asked his chief of staff, Qu Shen, "Should my division retreat or defend?"

Qu Shen believed that giving up even a small area would affect the overall situation.

If the 185th Regiment abandoned the North Railway Station, it would definitely affect the defense of the entire Taierzhuang.

The 31st Division already had few positions inside Taierzhuang, and abandoning even a small piece of those few positions.

Would affect the entire defense of Taierzhuang.

They absolutely could not give up!

He suggested sending all the engineers and cavalry up to fight as infantry! Division Commander Chi Fengcheng made up his mind and immediately ordered Wang Kouwu:

"We cannot retreat! Reinforcements are on the way!"

Then, he ordered the engineer battalion and cavalry company to rush up to reinforce.

At the same time, he ordered the 186th Regiment and the 182nd Regiment to each send a battalion to urgently reinforce the north gate.

After the reinforcements arrived, Deputy Division Commander Wang Kouwu personally led the troops to launch a counterattack against the Japanese who had just entered the west side of the city.

Finally, they blocked the gap on the west side, and some of the Japanese were pushed back.

Some of the Japanese retreated back into the City God Temple, further increasing the strength of the Japanese inside the temple.

The Japanese offensive against Taierzhuang was like a tidal wave, one wave after another, continuous.

Division Commander Chi Fengcheng decided: instead of ladling soup to stop boiling water, it was better to remove the firewood from under the pot!

He ordered: the 1st Battalion and 2nd Battalion of the 181st Regiment, the 2nd Battalion of the 185th Regiment, and the Special Operations Brigade to launch an attack on Liujia Lake, Sanlizhuang, Dunshang Village, and Nanluo Village.

The moment the order was issued was the moment each unit would take action!

The order received by the Special Operations Brigade was to attack Nanluo Village.

Nanluo and Beiluo were not far apart, separated by a small stream.

Lin Fan looked into the distance at the only two stone bridges over the stream, which was less than five meters wide.

The Japanese had set up bunkers at the bridgeheads.

If they charged directly onto the bridge, they would be playing right into the Japanese's hands.

This stream flowed down from upstream, and Nanluo and Beiluo were divided by this stream.

Further downstream were Liujia Village, Liujia Lake, and Dunshang Village.

The task of the 2nd Battalion of the 185th Regiment was to start from Liujia Village and attack Dunshang Village.

This Dunshang Village was west of Nanluo, and like Liujia Village, it was also divided by this stream.

After receiving the task, Jia Jianbing, the commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 185th Regiment, was also thinking about how to attack.

His battalion had now become the brightest star in the 185th Regiment!

They had not only captured Liujia Village but also defended it.

This was already a celebrity battalion in the entire 31st Division.

More importantly, his battalion still had more than 300 men, making it the unit with the fewest casualties in the entire division.

Even so, Battalion Commander Jia Jianbing still had some concerns about capturing Dunshang Village.

The more he fought, the more he understood the ferocity of the Japanese.

Before, he had only heard that the Japanese were good fighters.

He had heard about the Japanese's combat power from the brothers who had retreated from the battle with the Japanese at Niangziguan.

Although he understood that the Japanese had strong firepower and high individual quality.

These were all just things he had heard; he had not encountered them himself.

You could never truly appreciate the combat power of the Japanese until you had actually fought them.

Yesterday's clash with the Japanese cavalry and the bayonet fight with that remnant of the Japanese army.

Were when the brothers of the entire 2nd Battalion clearly understood the gap between them and the Japanese.

It was precisely because he understood more that he was more worried about an unsuccessful attack.

Just then, Gu Xiuming arrived with a platoon.

According to Lin Fan's plan: the artillery platoon would hold the Japanese in Nanluo Village from the front.

Gu Xiuming would lead the 1st Platoon to join the 2nd Battalion from Liujia Village to attack Dunshang Village first.

Then, they would attack Nanluo from the side from Dunshang Village.

A two-pronged attack to try and settle the matter once and for all!

Hearing that Company Commander Gu was going to lead a platoon to attack Nanluo via Liujia Village and Dunshang Village.

Battalion Commander Jia Jianbing was overjoyed and said repeatedly:

"Good! Good!

Brother Gu! I'll put the 1st Company and 2nd Company under your command.

Only leave the 3rd Company to guard Liujia Village."

No matter what, Jia Jianbing was now the battalion commander, and he was embarrassed to call Company Commander Gu by his rank.

He simply called him Brother Gu.

At the same time, he consciously handed over command.

Company Commander Gu Xiuming was not polite at all. Although he had only brought one platoon.

In reality, the current 1st Platoon had more than 100 men, which was already about the same number as Jia Jianbing's 1st Company.

Company Commander Gu Xiuming pointed at Dunshang Village and said:

"To guard against our attack, the Japanese have specially strengthened their defenses at the bridgehead.

Even along this stream, there are fortifications every so often.

We won't cross from the bridge; we'll cross the river directly from here."

"Good! Anyway, this stream isn't deep!"

Company Commander Gu Xiuming commanded: "The 1st Platoon will be in the lead, spearheading the attack. The 2nd Company will bring wooden planks and tripods to prepare to build a bridge."

"Do we need to build a bridge over this stream that's less than five meters wide?" Battalion Commander Jia Jianbing asked?

"Yes! With a bridge, we can charge faster.

And it won't take long to build a bridge and pave the way."

After Gu Xiuming finished speaking, he had Platoon Leader Feng Ruili bring over the equipment they had brought.

Looking at the wooden planks that were five meters long, fifty centimeters wide, and ten centimeters thick.

And the tripods that were two meters high, all made of ten-centimeter square wood.

Gu Xiuming said: "Four people carry each wooden plank. Two people carry each tripod.

We need to build five such bridges at once."

The 2nd Company of the 2nd Battalion had already changed commanders twice; the current commander was He Jianqiang.

Company Commander He admired the officers and soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade very much.

After hearing what Company Commander Gu said, he immediately agreed: "I guarantee the completion of the task!"

Company Commander Gu Xiuming said with a smile: "Thank you, Company Commander He!

Now, please arrange the brothers of the 2nd Company.

We'll do a trial run in the village first."

Gu Xiuming looked around and pointed at the courtyard walls that were four meters apart in front of him and said:

"Let's try building a bridge over this courtyard wall."

All the officers and soldiers of the 1st Company and 2nd Company were watching how the 1st Platoon of the Special Operations Brigade built the bridge.

Upon Feng Ruili's order: the 1st Squad carried the wooden planks and quickly rushed into the courtyard.

One wooden plank after another was placed directly on the courtyard wall.

Then, soldiers carrying tripods walked up the wall along the wooden planks.

They threw the tripods down into the alleyway and jumped down.

By the time the tripods were set up, wooden planks had already been passed over from the courtyard wall.

The soldiers standing in the alleyway immediately held the wooden planks and placed them on the other courtyard wall.

Soon, several more wooden planks were placed into another courtyard.

At this time, the 1st Squad pushed the earth tank and infantry gun onto the newly built wooden bridge.

And came out from the other courtyard.

The entire process, from building the bridge to the infantry gun passing over it, took less than three minutes.

This speed stunned the 2nd Battalion officers and soldiers who were learning from the side.

Company Commander Gu Xiuming waved his hand, and the bridge that had just been built was immediately dismantled.

He said with a smile: "Company Commander He! You've all seen it.

Let the 2nd Company try it."

"Good!"

The difficulty of building this bridge was not high, but if you wanted speed.

You needed good coordination.

The soldiers of the 2nd Company had all watched the entire bridge-building process.

When it was their turn to perform.

Although there were no mistakes in the process, it took a little longer, a full seven minutes.

Company Commander Gu Xiuming pointed out the links where time was wasted, one by one.

Then, he said: "We'll set off now."

At his order, the 1st Platoon pushed the earth tank and charged to the front.

In the distance, they could already see that the artillery platoon of the Special Operations Brigade had set out.

They had quietly moved that gun to the border between Nanluo and Beiluo.

Lin Fan was personally waiting at the gun position.

Platoon Leader Anping commanded the artillery platoon of thirty or so men to charge towards Nanluo.

Before they could reach the stream, they were discovered by the Japanese guarding the bridgehead.

A barrage of heavy machine gun and machine gun fire followed.

This was what they had been waiting for.

Lin Fan looked at the Japanese bunker that had just opened fire and fired a shell at it.

Immediately, one bunker exploded and split apart.

Another shell was fired, and the bunker set up by the Japanese on the right side of the bridgehead also collapsed.

Two consecutive shots destroyed two of the Japanese bunkers.

The Japanese hidden in the wheat fields on the opposite bank could no longer hold back.

They had dug spiderweb-like fortifications in the wheat fields.

If they didn't fire now, the Special Operations Brigade would cross the bridge.

These Japanese soldiers immediately opened fire.

Anping commanded the soldiers to lie down on the spot and slowly exchange fire with the Japanese.

The mission of his platoon today was to practice shooting with the Japanese.

They didn't need to cross the river.

The artillery platoon's soldiers were even better trained than the infantry platoon.

Lin Fan wanted them to not only know how to fire cannons but also to practice everything that infantry trained in.

The artillery platoon trained a lot but rarely engaged in close combat with the Japanese.

Today was to let these people from the artillery platoon experience the scene of actual combat.

To hear the whistling of bullets flying past their ears.

To feel the sound of the grenades fired from the Japanese grenade launchers exploding.

Anping's platoon also had mortars and infantry guns.

Lin Fan had always equipped them with everything he could.

Platoon Leader Anping commanded the infantry guns and mortars:

"Fire at a position 300 meters across the river.

I saw the Japanese grenades being fired from there."

"Aim and fire with your rifles!

Fighting the Japanese is not about who fires the most bullets.

It's about who kills the most Japanese soldiers."

There were two bridges between Beiluo and Nanluo.

The bridge on the right had already been blown up.

Platoon Leader Anping was not satisfied, leaving one squad here to continue fighting.

He led two squads to the left.

The same thing happened, first using mortars to bomb them.

Then pretending to sneak across the bridge.

This immediately attracted a fierce attack from the Japanese.

Lin Fan fired again, first blowing up the bunkers.

The Japanese soldiers hiding in the trenches immediately dispersed.

And opened fire on this troublemaking team.

The commander of the 63rd Regiment, Seguya Ke, who was in charge of attacking Taierzhuang, had already invested all the mobile forces he could use to attack Taierzhuang in order to occupy it as soon as possible.

The total strength in his hands was limited. Satisfying the attack on Taierzhuang.

Meant that the troops deployed on the periphery were stretched thin.

Now he had only one company of Japanese soldiers defending Nanluo Village.

And two squads were stationed on the Nanluo-Beiluo line for defense.

This was the first time in two days that the National Army had launched an initiative attack from Beiluo.

As soon as the battle began, the two squads lost a dozen Japanese soldiers.

Their absolute main force stationed in the bunkers had been executed by artillery as soon as the war started.

This kind of battle was difficult to fight!

Both Squad Leader Matsui Jusan and Squad Leader Yamashita Yosaburo asked Company Commander Arima Taro for help.

Company Commander Arima Taro was still sober: he saw the offensive from Beiluo.

The onlookers were clear!

He saw the initiative attack launched from Beiluo from a distance.

But it was different from the National Army's offensive in the past few days:

Every time the National Army attacked, there were at least a hundred people and as many as several hundred.

The attacking team today was too small, less than fifty people.

It was completely like playing house.

And this team had few people and didn't have a strong desire to attack.

They were just hiding on the opposite bank and not charging.

Company Commander Arima Taro ordered loudly: "Hold on! There aren't many people on the opposite side.

Find an opportunity to launch a counterattack."

The two squad leaders not only didn't find reinforcements.

Instead, they received an order to find an opportunity to launch a counterattack.

This was a bit difficult!

Although the two squad leaders also saw that there weren't many people attacking on the opposite side.

They couldn't stand the powerful firepower.

Not to mention: the guys on the opposite side were accurate shooters.

As of now, Matsui Jusan Squad had nine killed and eight wounded.

The entire squad was reduced by one-third.

Yamashita Yosaburo Squad had thirteen killed and eleven wounded.

Almost half of them were reduced.

In this case, they still had to launch a counterattack?

Counterattack my ass!

Squad Leader Yamashita Yosaburo was tired.

Under the current circumstances, it was already a blessing that the other side didn't launch an attack.

10:45 AM:

The 2nd Battalion of the 185th Regiment, together with the Special Operations Brigade, began to set off.

Platoon Leader Feng Ruili led the entire platoon quickly to the designated river-crossing position.

As soon as they appeared on the riverbank.

They immediately attracted a barrage of fire from the Japanese on the opposite bank.

Squad Leader Binzaki Akito saw hundreds of National Army soldiers from Liujia Village suddenly attacking Dunshang Village.

And this team didn't take the usual route.

They didn't attack in the direction where there was a road, nor did they wade across the river from the shallow water.

This attacking team charged from a position where there were no defensive positions at all.

This sudden situation forced Squad Leader Binzaki Akito to order the team to rush out of the trenches.

And urgently move towards the direction of the 1st Platoon's attack.

At the same time, he ordered the heavy machine guns and light machine guns in the squad to open fire, trying to suppress the 1st Platoon's charge.

Not wanting them to cross the river from this position.

Squad Leader Hou Junnan of the 1st Squad commanded five earth tanks to line up in a row, blocking the bullets fired by the Japanese.

Squad Leader Zhao Siyuan of the 3rd Squad carefully observed the Japanese machine gun positions.

The Type 92 infantry gun immediately opened fire, direct fire at a distance of 300 meters.

Dong!

Dong!

Dong!

After more than a dozen shots were fired continuously.

The rain of bullets from the opposite side suddenly weakened.

Mortars and five heavy machine guns opened fire, suppressing the Japanese firepower at once.

The five heavy machine guns kept pushing forward until they reached the stream.

Then, they stopped.

Company Commander Jia watched the soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade fighting with envy.

He saw the infantry guns firing non-stop.

The shells fired by the mortars were as worthless as clods of earth.

They just kept throwing them into the muzzle of the gun.

The Japanese's arrogant arrogance was suppressed in less than three minutes.

Company Commander Gu waved his hand: "2nd Company! Build the bridge!"

Company Commander He, who had been waiting, carried a tripod himself and charged to the front.

With the company commander charging in front, the soldiers of the 2nd Company howled.

And rushed to the stream, throwing the tripods into the water.

The men immediately jumped down and fixed them in place.

A wooden plank five meters and a half wide and ten centimeters thick was placed on top.

The whole process took less than two minutes.

In five minutes, five pontoon bridges were built.

These five pontoon bridges were laid side by side. Not to mention pushing five earth tanks and two Type 92 infantry guns over now.

Even if the 88mm anti-aircraft gun that the Special Operations Brigade brought over was driven over, it would be able to withstand it completely.

By now, Company Commander Jia and the others had a wooden bridge more than two meters wide.

When the five tanks of the 1st Platoon were pushed up, they crossed the river at once.

The soldiers following behind quickly passed through.

In the blink of an eye, more than 100 people from the 1st Platoon had all attacked in front of the Japanese.

The 1st Company of the 2nd Battalion also ran up the wooden bridge. Crossing the river like this was much easier than wading through the water.

Squad Leader Binzaki Akito watched hundreds of National Army soldiers cross the river in less than ten minutes.

The speed of this group of soldiers rushing over was so fast that the first order issued by Squad Leader Binzaki Akito.

Had not been carried out by the entire squad.

His squad had not been able to rush to the front of the 1st Platoon to deploy.

Not to mention establishing a defensive position to block the 1st Platoon's attack.

Platoon Leader Feng Ruili led the team across the river, and the five earth tanks immediately swept across the Japanese who rushed out of the trenches.

Suppressing these dozen or so Japanese who rushed out to block them from crossing the river.

The distance between the two sides was less than 50 meters, and Squad Leader Hou Junnan of the 1st Squad commanded the soldiers to throw a round of grenades.

As soon as this batch of grenades exploded.

The soldiers immediately launched a charge.

The mortars and infantry guns that were still supporting on the opposite bank continued to bombard the Japanese in the trenches and bunkers.

Not letting them become an obstacle to this attack.

The 1st and 2nd Companies closely followed the 1st Platoon and continued to charge.

They charged all the way to the back of the Japanese trenches before turning around and attacking the Japanese who were still staying in the bunkers.

Squad Leader Binzaki Akito's squad now had to turn their guns around to fight against the attack from behind.

The trenches, fortifications, and bunkers were all designed to deal with frontal attacks from the beginning.

Now they suddenly had to be used to deal with attacks from behind: the Japanese could turn around.

The trenches, fortifications, and bunkers could not turn around at all.

The special feature was the bunkers, which had no firing ports on the back and were completely useless.

The 1st Company attacked to the left, and the 2nd Company attacked to the right, launching a fierce attack on the Japanese positions.

The two companies each had two heavy machine guns, and they had all been dragged up now.

Firing fiercely at Squad Leader Binzaki Akito's squad, cooperating with the heavy machine gun attack of the 1st Platoon.

The machine guns of Squad Leader Binzaki Akito immediately went silent.

Company Commander Deng Yongjie of the 1st Company and Company Commander He Jianqiang of the 2nd Company immediately led the soldiers to launch a charge against the two Japanese squads that had been separated.

The Japanese soldiers of Squad Leader Binzaki Akito's squad had already died more than a dozen in the previous river-crossing operation.

More than a dozen were killed by artillery fire, and another ten or so had died in the previous resistance against the attack from behind.

There were less than 20 Japanese soldiers who could still fight in the entire Binzaki Akito Squad.

When the 1st Company charged, more than 100 National Army soldiers rushed up to kill more than a dozen Japanese soldiers.

One person, one knife, solved all the members of Squad Leader Binzaki Akito's squad.

The situation on the right side of the 2nd Company was similar, and the other squad of Japanese soldiers was also completely annihilated.

The actions of the 1st and 2nd Companies were too fast.

The support team organized by Company Commander Toyama Kishita, who was watching this scene in the distance, did not set off.

And retreated back.

The Toyama Kishita Company stationed in Dunshang Village now had only one squad and about 60 Japanese soldiers in the company headquarters.

Before Company Commander Toyama Kishita could even retreat, he was already targeted by the 1st Platoon.

When the 1st and 2nd Companies were acting, the 1st Platoon of course did not stop.

Just as the 1st Platoon was launching an attack on the central position of the Japanese in Dunshang Village.

The officers and soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Companies of the 3rd Battalion of the 185th Regiment quickly rushed towards the central position of Dunshang Village.

The battle they had just fought was too beautiful and too satisfying.

They captured the forward position of Dunxia Village and killed more than 100 Japanese soldiers.

The two companies had no casualties!

This could not be said to be a miracle.

Such a miracle greatly encouraged the officers and soldiers of these two companies.

Now that they were in high spirits, the two company commanders slightly encouraged them.

And the soldiers immediately rushed towards the fighting position in Dunshang Village.

They wanted to make persistent efforts and win another victory!

At this time, Gu Xiuming had already pushed the two infantry guns up.

Artillery bombardment! Infantry charge!

Now the Special Operations Brigade could do the same.

In Dunshang Village, the National Army had the advantage in firepower and troop strength.

Company Commander Toyama Kishita, who was guarding the position, was already desperate.

But he still ordered loudly: "Counterattack! Counterattack!"

There was still a heavy machine gun in the company headquarters, and the Sato Kichi Squad not only had heavy machine guns.

There were also three grenade launchers.

Under the command of Company Commander Toyama Kishita: they began their final madness.

Squad Leader Sato Kichi stood behind the three grenade launcher operators, ordering them to speed up their firing at all costs.

He first had these Japanese soldiers attack the five heavy machine guns of the 1st Platoon.

Immediately afterwards, he discovered that the infantry guns on the opposite side were too threatening.

And ordered the three grenade launcher operators to prioritize taking out the infantry guns on the opposite side.

Next: he ordered them to fire mortars.

Squad Leader Sato Kichi had many ideas, and Company Commander Gu Xiuming told him with shells: some things were enough to just think about.

Mortars and infantry guns bombarded the Japanese grenade launcher operators.

Not only were the three Japanese grenade launcher operators blown away, but also Squad Leader Sato Kichi, who was commanding on the side, was blown more than ten meters away.

Company Commander Toyama Kishita only glanced at it and knew: there was no hope!

The artillery bombardment of the 1st Platoon did not only target this one target.

All the Japanese machine gun firepower points were bombarded.

Artillery bombardment, infantry charge! As soon as the 1st Platoon's artillery bombardment ended, the three squads launched a charge.

The 1st and 2nd Companies on both wings also launched a charge.

The remaining Japanese soldiers in the Toyama Kishita Company, although they struggled hard.

But did not stir up the slightest wave.

Absolute advantage in troop strength, absolute advantage in firepower, and absolute high morale.

Allowed these dozens of Japanese soldiers to be completely annihilated in less than five minutes.

The soldiers of the 3rd Company who were still guarding the position in the Liujia Village position:

Saw that Dunshang Village was captured in 15 minutes.

They almost didn't believe their eyes, and they didn't dare to believe what had just happened.

This was just the beginning.

Battalion Commander Jia Jianbing ordered: "The 1st Squad of the 1st Company will stay to guard the position and clean up the battlefield.

The rest of the troops will follow Company Commander Gu to attack Nanluo Village."

Dunshang Village and Nanluo Village were less than 2,000 meters apart.

Company Commander Arima Taro saw the battle here in his eyes.

And was anxious in his heart.

The position he was defending was under attack, and he could not draw troops to support.

Now the National Army was actually attacking Nanluo from Dunshang Village.

In recent days, situations like this where Nanluo was attacked from two or even three directions had occurred.

But those times, there was a battalion of Japanese soldiers in Nanluo Village! Now, there was only one company, and two squads had already been tied down by the National Army.

The only forces that Company Commander Arima Taro could use were the Suzuki Zhisuke Squad and his own company headquarters.

The attacking force on the opposite side was a full 300-strong team.

No matter what: no retreat!

No retreat was Company Commander Arima Taro's bottom line.

Squad Leader Suzuki Zhisuke had already led the team out to urgently establish a defense line.

They had not built fortifications between Dunshang Village and Nanluo in the first place.

At this time, they could only rely on the terrain in the field for defense.

Squad Leader Suzuki Zhisuke had no idea what kind of team was charging in front!

Jia Jianbing was drooling again!

He watched Company Commander Gu command with envy and jealousy: "Bomb them hard for me!"

Bomb them hard!

This required shells!

Battalion Commander Jia Jianbing watched the shells explode on the Japanese positions.

And his heart was both happy and painful.

Pain and pleasure.

"If the 31st Division had so many shells!

If the 31st Division had so many cannons!"

……

Jia Jianbing had already figured out how to fight this kind of battle: artillery bombardment! Infantry charge!

Now it was time to charge again.

When Company Commander Gu Xiuming was bombing the Japanese.

The Matsui Jusan Squad and Yamashita Yosaburo Squad, who were still fighting against the artillery platoon on the side of the stream, became nervous.

They knew that the company headquarters was under attack.

They also knew: that the imaginary support would never come.

Fighting against those cunning National Army soldiers, the Matsui Jusan Squad had now suffered more than half of its casualties.

The Yamashita Yosaburo Squad had suffered 40 Japanese casualties.

And there were only 14 Japanese soldiers left who could fight.

The battle in Nanluo Village was very fast from start to finish.

It was completely like a whirlwind, after the 1st Platoon's artillery bombardment.

The officers and soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Companies launched a charge and completely annihilated the Japanese.

At this time, the officers and soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Companies became more and more energetic.

Under the command of Company Commander Gu Xiuming, they turned around and charged towards the two Japanese squads that had been held up for more than an hour.

These two squads were attacked from both sides.

Squad Leader Matsui Jusan desperately ordered all the Japanese soldiers:

"Turn around! Launch a desperate charge against the 1st Company that is charging over!"

More than a dozen Japanese soldiers launched a charge towards the 100-strong 1st Company.

Company Commander Deng Yongjie led the officers and soldiers of the 1st Company to rush over.

In just one charge, all the Japanese soldiers of the Matsui Jusan Squad fell to the ground.

The other side was the same, one charge from the 2nd Company caused the Yamashita Yosaburo Squad to be completely destroyed.

Today, the officers and soldiers of the 3rd Battalion have been rushing and killing non-stop after capturing two positions in a row.

They seem to be not tired at all.

While cleaning up the battlefield, they talked excitedly about their performance just now.

From the radiant faces of these soldiers, it could be seen that they were not afraid of the Japanese at all now.

This time, the counterattack against the Japanese-occupied positions on the periphery of Taierzhuang was not just in these two places.

The 1st Battalion of the 181st Regiment attacked Liujia Lake.

Battalion Commander Xiang Guangming commanded the team to start attacking at 10:00 AM.

The fierce battle that took place by Liujia Lake yesterday was still vivid in their minds.

At that time, the Japanese stationed a battalion here.

Today, all these Japanese soldiers rushed to Taierzhuang.

Only one Japanese squad was left in Liujia Lake.

More than 50 Japanese soldiers guarded Liujia Lake.

Facing the attack of Battalion Commander Xiang.

Squad Leader Mitsui Ken was not worried at all: he was already experienced in dealing with the National Army.

It was his squad that captured Zaozhuang.

At that time, there were thousands of National Army soldiers in Zaozhuang.

His squad of more than 50 Japanese soldiers chased thousands of National Army soldiers.

Now there were only a few hundred National Army soldiers on the opposite side, and they dared to launch an attack on his squad?

Squad Leader Mitsui Ken ordered: "Heavy machine gun sweeps, grenade launcher bombardments.

The remaining Japanese soldiers, fix bayonets!"

When Battalion Commander Xiang commanded the team to rush to 100 meters in front of the Liujia Lake position.

Squad Leader Mitsui Ken ordered loudly: "Fire!"

All the Japanese soldiers in the squad opened fire.

The officers and soldiers of the 1st Battalion were psychologically prepared for the Japanese's stubborn resistance.

Battalion Commander Xiang ordered three companies to attack Liujia Lake from three directions.

In this way, the Japanese soldiers of Mitsui Ken Squad had to defend three directions.

They only had one heavy machine gun and could not support the defense of three directions at the same time.

Soon, the defense line on the east side of Liujia Lake was broken by the 3rd Company, and more than a dozen Japanese soldiers were killed.

The originally not tight defense line was broken on one side.

The collapse of the other two directions came quickly.

The 3rd Company continued to make persistent efforts and cooperated with the 1st Company to break through the Japanese's front position.

This time, the Japanese on the west side panicked.

They had to withdraw from Liujia Lake and flee to the north in a hurry.

At noon, this attack had occupied three villages.

Only the 2nd Battalion of the 181st Regiment was approaching Sanlizhuang and had not been able to completely capture it.

They had occupied all the positions set up by the Japanese on the periphery of Sanlizhuang.

At this time, the Japanese had retreated back to the village and were preparing to fight a street battle with the 2nd Battalion.

This time, the battle on the periphery of Taierzhuang finally made the Seguya Ke Regiment Leader, who was determined to enter Taierzhuang at all costs, afraid.

The continuous capture of the outer defense line of Taierzhuang made the Seguya Ke Regiment Leader of the 63rd Regiment see the danger.

In order to attack Taierzhuang, it had invested a large number of troops to attack the center of Taierzhuang.

This kind of tactic was the same as when they attacked Tengxian.

As long as Taierzhuang was occupied, all the outer defense positions would lose their function.

This time, in order to attack the center, the outer troops were completely transferred.

This allowed the National Army to succeed.

But the Fifth War Zone had already suffered losses in the Battle of Tengxian.

This time in Taierzhuang, the prepared troops were three times the number of the Japanese.

Even in Taierzhuang, the troops of the 31st Division and the 27th Division far exceeded the total strength of the Japanese army.

This allowed the Japanese soldiers sent out by the Seguya Ke Regiment Leader.

Even if they rushed into Taierzhuang, they were still one step away and could not cross it no matter what.

No matter how hard those Japanese soldiers who rushed into Taierzhuang tried, they could not annihilate the 31st Division or drive the 31st Division all out.

In Taierzhuang, the number of soldiers killed in the 31st Division in the past three days was more than the number of soldiers killed in the 122nd Division of Wang Mingzhang.

Even so, Chi Fengcheng still resisted!

The Seguya Ke Regiment Leader had to withdraw the troops that were attacking Taierzhuang and fully focus on seizing the outer positions.

It was afraid that if the outer positions were lost and the attack on Taierzhuang did not achieve the expected results.

The entire regiment of Japanese soldiers would fall into a situation of no supplies and no reinforcements.

Two Japanese infantry battalions and one tank company that were attacking Taierzhuang retreated.

The Japanese turned around and launched a counterattack on Dun