Military orders are like mountains!

Understand and execute!

Even if you don't understand, execute!

Not to mention, Mitsuhashi Kotaro now fully understood the operational intentions of Brigade Commander Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu!

Using the lives of the remaining devils of the entire 44th Regiment,

To buy the breakout of the entire upper command echelon of the 22nd Brigade!

He himself could also use this to try to break out.

Having this last reason was enough.

Regiment Commander Mitsuhashi Kotaro, having understood the orders of his superiors, immediately had a plan.

The Aoyama Yuto Battalion had been attacking at the forefront all along.

Now was the time for the Ako Sohta Battalion, the Izumiyama Kaede Battalion, and the Nagarekawa Kuro Battalion to move out.

Although the combined strength of these three battalions was only about five hundred devils,

There were still four hilltops that needed these three battalions of devils,

They needed to attack those four hilltops,

And withstand the attacks of the soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade.

Regiment Commander Mitsuhashi Kotaro looked at the three battalion commanders under his command, and pondered slightly.

He ordered, "Immediately reorganize the devils of the three battalions into four companies, each company assigned to attack one hilltop.

You three battalion commanders will move with me!"

Battalion Commander Ako Sohta, Battalion Commander Izumiyama Kaede, Battalion Commander Nagarekawa Kuro!

Excitement immediately showed on their faces.

As veteran commanders who had been through many battles, these devils were very clear:

Regiment commander's operational plan, to put it nicely, was to attack multiple points and defeat them simultaneously.

If the 44th Regiment had just entered the battlefield, when it was strong and well-equipped, using this tactic

Would still be feasible. Strong troops can, of course, attack simultaneously.

But under the current circumstances: the entire 44th Regiment only had a few hundred devils left.

Attacking so many targets simultaneously, this tactic was purely suicidal.

There was no other way to describe it other than suicide.

But the devils who were going to die were the attacking infantry.

These senior officers could completely pass by the foot of the hills while the soldiers held off the powerful firepower on the hilltops.

Casualties were certainly unavoidable for these devils passing by the foot of the hills,

But there was still hope of breaking out in the end.

The three battalion commanders accepted the orders of Regiment Commander Mitsuhashi Kotaro.

They immediately assigned four company commanders, each responsible for attacking one hilltop.

Everything was ready.

Company Commander Kuno Eita, Company Commander Tajima Kensuke, Company Commander Imataku Takuya, and Company Commander Fuyushiba Taisora each led more than a hundred devils to advance.

Seamlessly connected behind them was the command headquarters of Brigade Commander Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu.

Li Heyu, the company commander of the 5th Company of the 10th Regiment of the Special Operations Brigade, who was currently engaged in battle with the devils, was extremely happy when he saw a thousand devils suddenly swarming up from the foot of the mountain.

He loudly ordered, "Mortars! Infantry guns, don't shoot at the devils nearby anymore.

Aim at the devils at the foot of the mountain and fire!"

Li Heyu was in a very good mood today: his company was guarding the forefront.

The hundred or so devils who had come to attack first were suppressed under the firepower of the entire company at the foot of the slope.

They were simply unable to move. With each passing minute, there were fewer and fewer of these devils.

Although the hiding places of those devils were out of reach of the heavy machine guns,

The 5th Company had mortars!

Originally, the five mortars of his company were carrying out precise elimination of the devils.

Now that there were more and larger targets, of course, they had to switch targets.

What Company Commander Li Heyu did not expect was that no matter how fiercely the mortars of the 5th Company fired,

The devils at the foot of the mountain did not fire a single shot.

They silently endured the bombardment, passing through the hail of bullets.

They just passed through directly like that.

Regiment Commander Li Zhize watched the devils marching close to the riverbank.

They simply didn't take the main road, but took the side roads.

This made the directional mines that he had people bury on the road completely useless: how infuriating!

In fact, Brigade Commander Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu was also very helpless:

Who wouldn't want to take the main road?

Even if these devils were running away, it would be better to run more comfortably on the main road, wouldn't it?

But: the landmines laid by the Special Operations Brigade had really terrified the entire 22nd Infantry Brigade.

In order not to be blown up by landmines, Brigade Commander Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu had no choice but to make the decision not to take the main road but to take the side roads.

After the devils passed one hilltop, a team of more than a hundred devils immediately attacked the second hilltop.

Regiment Commander Li Zhize immediately understood:

The devils wanted to use a small number of troops to hold up his troops.

To let their main force pass!

Those devils attacking the hilltop, were not so much attacking, but rather sniping.

They were trying to prevent the troops of the Special Operations Brigade from going down to the foot of the mountain to completely block the road.

Having understood the intentions of the devils, Regiment Commander Li Zhize immediately ordered all the reserves to come to the front line.

Concentrate the firepower of the entire regiment to bombard the devils at the foot of the mountain.

Even if you can escape, you must leave enough corpses behind.

Under the intensive shelling of the Special Operations Brigade, these devils of Brigade Commander Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu silently endured it.

They couldn't care about anything else now, only wanting to rush forward as quickly as possible.

As for whether those devils could survive under the shelling,

Of course, they could only rely on fate, on who had better luck.

From this point of view, the devils who had arrived here today were exercising equality for the first time.

Regiment Commander Mitsuhashi Kotaro did not forget his responsibility, and when he rushed to the front of the second hilltop.

He loudly ordered, "Company Commander Kuno Eita! Attack!"

Company Commander Kuno Eita immediately issued the order, "Charge! Charge!"

The devils of his company immediately rushed towards the hillside.

Sergeant Yagishita Akihito was one of these devils who followed the charge.

He had just rushed a hundred meters up the hillside when he was pleasantly surprised to find: the shelling had stopped.

The devils of the Kuno Eita Company who had already rushed to the hillside

All discovered this.

They lay prostrate on the ground, looking back at those devils who were still struggling to survive in the shelling.

A feeling of escaping from suffering could not help but arise in their hearts.

Company Commander Kuno Eita also discovered this:

The soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade on the hilltop seemed to want to direct all their firepower at the devils at the foot of the mountain.

They turned a blind eye to these devils who were closer.

This made Company Commander Kuno Eita hesitate: should he break this peaceful moment?

He was very clear: the firepower of a unit was limited.

The unit on the hilltop would concentrate its firepower to attack the foot of the mountain, and relax its attack on his company.

If his company dared to launch an attack, or actively provoke those people on the hilltop,

The attacks at the foot of the mountain would immediately fall on his company!

To charge or not to charge!

That was the question.

While Company Commander Kuno Eita was hesitating, the devils of Company Commander Tajima Kensuke were also like tiny maggots.

Crawling out of the main force of the 22nd Brigade that was fleeing.

The devils of Company Commander Tajima Kensuke also had the same surprise, the same discovery.

As long as they escaped the main force, they could avoid being bombarded.

Although this tranquility was only for a brief moment before the storm,

These devils of Company Commander Tajima Kensuke were also willing to enjoy it a little longer.

As for what would happen after the main force at the foot of the mountain passed, or after they were completely annihilated,

Not a single devil was willing to think about it.

Live in the moment!

Anyway, these devils were not going to survive.

Even if they were to be cannon fodder, they would rest for a while first.

Cannon fodder also had their own ideals!

They would rest for a while first.

It was not only the ordinary devils who had such thoughts, even Company Commander Tajima Kensuke had such thoughts.

And Company Commander Tajima Kensuke also saw that Company Commander Kuno Eita was also resting, wasn't he?

When Regiment Commander Uzama Sota of the 43rd Regiment retreated to this place,

He realized: the retreat route had already been cut off by the Special Operations Brigade!

His regiment had always been fighting in the forefront.

Trying hard to break through the barriers set up by the Special Operations Brigade in the front.

Now he knew: they had not only set up copper walls and iron barriers in the front,

But also arranged iron bolts at the back! Regiment Commander Uzama Sota saw that there were battles on these hilltops far and near.

There were corpses lying on the road of the entire brigade's escape.

This was very good, these corpses lying on the ground could be guides for the devils arriving later.

Very clear and understandable.

Having reached this position, the entire brigade had come down to the riverbank.

They had been retreating along the riverbank, seeing the positions where those corpses were lying.

They wished they could walk directly into the river.

Regiment Commander Uzama Sota looked at the devils lying on the road, and understood the difficulties of the brigade commander's decision.

Regiment Commander Uzama Sota did not hesitate, nor did he choose.

He immediately led the troops to rush towards the riverbank.

Although there were many corpses lying on the riverbank, it was clear that those corpses had been blown up by artillery shells.

As long as they were not blown up by landmines, he was not afraid.

Just now in the front, he had seen a place where at least a thousand devils had died.

It was clear that the 44th Regiment had been ambushed by landmines.

Although the 44th Regiment had died so many devils at once,

But Regiment Commander Uzama Sota had no right to say anything.

His own regiment had only more, not less, warriors who had died under these landmines.

There were less than four hundred devils left beside Regiment Commander Uzama Sota.

Having few soldiers also had its advantages.

They moved very quickly.

Hearing the regiment commander's order, "Go by the riverbank!"

These devils ran over immediately.

Regiment Commander Li Zhize had just sent off a batch of devils from the 22nd Brigade.

He estimated that more than two hundred devils had escaped.

At this time, another batch of devils came to break through.

Of course, this could not be easily let go.

Artillery shells immediately smashed towards this team of devils.

The Yamakawa Haruki Battalion, which was left behind by the 43rd Regiment, now had less than two companies left.

Battalion Commander Yamakawa Haruki also retreated to the ambush position of the 10th Regiment.

Battalion Commander Yamakawa Haruki looked at the regiment commander and the others struggling in the artillery fire.

He also saw the several companies still struggling for survival on the hillside.

It was clear that there were not many devils left in those companies.

Battalion Commander Yamakawa Haruki quickly ordered, "All of you in the battalion, there is no need to hold the rear anymore.

Everyone, catch up with the main force."

Now they didn't need to hold the rear anymore, the remaining devils on the hilltop could hold the rear.

Regiment Commander Li Zhize saw another batch of devils coming over on the hilltop.

These devils insisted on drilling into the net that he had set up.

Of course, he could not be polite, and all the firepower that could be strengthened had already been used.

The situation of nearly two hundred devils having just escaped had also been reported to the brigade commander.

Lin Fan did not give any further instructions on this,

But just let the 10th Regiment maintain its current state:

Continue to snipe the devils.

In Lin Fan's opinion, the hundreds of devils of the 22nd Brigade who had escaped here had not yet escaped danger at all.

There were still dozens of kilometers to go from here, which these devils needed to walk step by step.

Shang Wenxuan's 13th Regiment had already chased over.

They looked at the two teams of devils fleeing in panic by the riverbank.

They were not polite, and directly used mortar shells to bombard them.

Li Heyu, the company commander of the 5th Company of the 10th Regiment, saw that the friendly forces had arrived.

Looking at the devils under the hillside again, there were only a few left.

He immediately ordered, "The entire company attacks!"

The officers and soldiers of the 5th Company jumped out of the trenches and launched a decisive battle against the devils of the Aoyama Yuto Battalion under the hillside.

The devils of the entire Aoyama Yuto Battalion, at this time,

There were less than twenty devils left who could still fire a gun.

When Company Commander Li Heyu led the troops to rush over,

These twenty devils had nowhere to escape, nowhere to run.

They could only crawl up in place and fight the 5th Company in a desperate struggle.

Regiment Commander Li Zhize also saw the 13th Regiment arriving not far away.

This meant that the entire 22nd Infantry Brigade of the devils only had these people left in front of him.

Regiment Commander Li Zhize ordered, "Blow the charge! Charge!"

When the charge sounded,

All the officers and soldiers of the 10th Regiment on the hilltop rushed towards the devils with their guns.

These devils no longer had any possibility of surviving.

They could not possibly defeat the officers and soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade who were like fierce tigers descending from the mountain.

These devils still did not put down their weapons.

Company Commander Kuno Eita excitedly ordered loudly, "Charge! Charge!"

The company he led had just reached the hillside.

He had enjoyed a moment of tranquility.

After that, it was endless bombardment and machine gun fire.

The devils of the entire company were suppressed by the firepower of the Special Operations Brigade on the hilltop and were unable to move.

No matter where they hid, they could always be hit by the soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade on the hilltop.

They were either swept by heavy machine guns or bombarded by mortars.

The soldiers on the hilltop even used infantry guns for direct fire strikes.

This kind of attack was too unfair: the firepower was completely unequal! Even so, the devils of Kuno Eita's company had been struggling to persevere.

It was not only Kuno Eita's company that was struggling to persevere in this way.

The Fuyushiba Taisora Company in the distance was also struggling to persevere in this way.

They had actually reached the edge of the 3rd Regiment's defense.

If they went out again, they would leave the ambush position of the 3rd Regiment.

From then on, the Fuyushiba Taisora Company would be free to roam the seas and fly in the sky.

It was just that Company Commander Fuyushiba Taisora had not received the order to retreat.

He had to continue to persevere here.

And Company Commander Fuyushiba Taisora also saw: there were still warriors of the Empire braving the artillery fire to break through by the river.

They could not retreat yet.

At this moment, the charge sounded on the hilltop.

Regiment Commander Li Zhize personally led the troops to rush towards this group of devils under the hillside.

It was said that someone like him in his current position was already a middle- and high-ranking officer.

He should not personally lead the troops out to fight in close combat.

It was just that Regiment Commander Li was still a company commander two months ago.

He did everything himself and always took the lead.

Today was the same, personal habits had not changed.

The regiment commander personally took the lead, rushing to the front.

Such a demonstration had a considerable inspiring effect on the soldiers.

Most of the soldiers of the 1st Company on this hilltop were newly recruited puppet troops.

Only those squad leaders and platoon leaders were veterans who had always followed Li Zhize.

All the soldiers rushed towards the hillside, scrambling to be the first.

They did not want the regiment commander to be injured at this time.

These devils of the Fuyushiba Taisora Company had suffered no less attacks on this hillside than the Kuno Eita Company.

They were also very aggrieved: the devils who considered themselves to be capable of fighting had suffered a great loss here today.

However, the unit on the hilltop had been suppressing these devils with strong firepower.

They did not give these devils any chance at all.

When these devils who were suppressed under the hillside fired their guns, it was difficult for them to see a single soldier of the Special Operations Brigade.

Now these soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade had finally emerged.

And they also wanted to rush in and fight with bayonets!

This was what Company Commander Fuyushiba Taisora had been hoping for.

Although he had less than thirty devils under his command,

Although Company Commander Fuyushiba Taisora knew that even if the warriors under his command could fight ten against one, it was impossible to break out of here,

But he was satisfied if he could cause great damage to this Special Operations Brigade unit.

Company Commander Fuyushiba ordered, "All of you in the company! Charge!"

He did not hide behind the troops either.

He stood up and rushed towards the hillside with his head held high.

Regiment Commander Li Zhize was the company commander of the original Central Teaching Corps, and his physique and appearance had been carefully selected.

His combat qualities were even more excellent, having been selected from thousands of troops.

He saw the devil officer opposite him, holding a command saber in his hand.

He was waving it, encouraging the other devils to charge.

Regiment Commander Li Zhize could not help but say: it was him.

His footsteps rushed towards Company Commander Fuyushiba Taisora.

When he rushed closer, he shouted loudly, "Kill!"

He exerted force under his feet, and with a leap, his whole body was in the air.

The rifle in his hand swooshed, and he stabbed it towards the chest of Company Commander Fuyushiba Taisora.

When Regiment Commander Li Zhize was still in the distance just now, Company Commander Fuyushiba Taisora had seen him.

He also saw that the other party was walking towards him.

He was prepared in his heart, and his hands also had movements.

It was just that Regiment Commander Li Zhize's leap forward suddenly closed the distance.

It was completely unexpected!

Company Commander Fuyushiba Taisora hurriedly held the saber with both hands, and used all his strength to slash at the rifle that was stabbing towards him.

He tried to change the direction of the rifle.

With a "bang!" the command saber chopped on the barrel of the rifle.

A burst of sparks splashed out.

Company Commander Fuyushiba Taisora had used all his strength for this strike.

When the saber and gun clashed, not only did sparks splash out,

But also broke Company Commander Fuyushiba Taisora's command saber.

Company Commander Fuyushiba Taisora, who only had half a command saber left in his hand, stared blankly at the rifle that had penetrated his chest all the way to the barrel.

This was not over yet, Regiment Commander Li Zhize, who had jumped down from a high place, still used the momentum before landing.

His knees slammed hard into Company Commander Fuyushiba Taisora's chest.

Company Commander Fuyushiba Taisora, who had already been hit by a saber, was knocked into the air.

His body flew down the mountain, a stream of blood spurting out of his mouth, and the saber wound on his chest was also spewing blood outwards.

He flew backwards for three or four meters.

After landing, he continued to roll down the hillside for more than ten meters before being blocked by a rock.

Company Commander Fuyushiba Taisora, who was lying on the ground, did not move at all.

It was unknown whether he was dead or alive!

Those devils who were charging with Company Commander Fuyushiba Taisora,

Seeing the bravery of Regiment Commander Li Zhize,

Suddenly, not a single devil charged in this direction.

Although these devils were prepared to die in battle, they did not have the idea of actively going to their deaths.

These devils still had the idea of killing one at a loss, and killing two for a profit in their hearts.

It was just that they had encountered the Special Operations Brigade today, which completely disappointed them.

The officers and soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade rushed down from the hilltop, like fierce tigers descending from the mountain.

When they really got close and fought with bayonets, they were as agile as leopards.

Not a single one of these devils of the entire Fuyushiba Taisora Company gained an advantage.

They thought that if they avoided the fierce god who had stabbed their company commander to death with one shot, they could gain some advantage.

These devils completely did not expect that the officers and soldiers who came down from the mountain were all great gods.

In the bayonet fight, none of them were mediocre.

The devils were fighting with bayonets on the hillside, and the 43rd Regiment of devils at the foot of the mountain were still fleeing in panic.

They had already escaped this area, braving the shelling of the 10th Regiment and the 13th Regiment.

Regiment Commander Li Zhize only assassinated Company Commander Fuyushiba Taisora, one devil, when he rushed down from the hillside.

It was not that he was lazy, it was just that there were too few devils. When he took the lead in launching the charge,

There were only twenty or so devils left.

There were more than a hundred officers and soldiers rushing down from the hillside. Most of the soldiers of the 1st Company did not get a chance to stab a devil.

Regiment Commander Li Zhize looked at the dozens of devils who had already escaped three hundred meters away.

He finally did not order them to be pursued and killed.

Lin Fan received a report that nearly fifty more devils had escaped.

On the entire battlefield, there was not a single standing devil now.

Lin Fan ordered, "Clean up the battlefield!"

At the same time, he ordered Jia Shusheng's 3rd Regiment to return home.

Jia Shusheng asked, "Brigade commander! Can I take the gunboats back?"

This was a problem.

Those gunboats certainly could not be driven now, otherwise the devils would have driven them away long ago.

This required someone to tow these gunboats back.

Lin Fan thought for a moment, "You leave a company to guard these gunboats, and find a tugboat to tow these gunboats back to Dangtu!"

"Yes!" Jia Shusheng was satisfied.

"These gunboats cannot all be given to your 3rd Regiment, you know?

The Taihu Lake needs this thing even more!" Lin Fan said sternly.

"Just give me half of them!" Jia Shusheng said immediately.

"Dream on! It's already good enough to give you one-third.

Doesn't Wuhu need them?" Lin Fan said with a smile.

……

After thinking about it, Lin Fan comforted him, "Don't worry!

Did you see the three planes flying alone in the sky today?

Those were made by ourselves.

We are also building gunboats, we have planes.

We will also have gunboats, and we will allocate them according to the needs of each unit."

Jia Shusheng said excitedly, "Brigade commander! Are you going to equip our 3rd Regiment with planes?"

Lin Fan pondered and said, "The planes equipped for you are not like this.

They are the kind of planes that can take off and land at any location without needing an airport."

"Seaplanes?" Jia Shusheng's knowledge could only guess this far.

"They are helicopters! You haven't seen them before.

You'll know when we build them," Lin Fan said with a smile.

"Understood! Brigade commander, you owe our 3rd Regiment helicopters!" Jia Shusheng said with a smile and hung up the phone.

He loudly ordered, "2nd Company! Go clean up those gunboats.

Right those two gunboats that are tilted.

Wait for me to find a tugboat to pull them.

Throw away all the devil corpses on the gunboats.

The battlefield that should be cleaned up must be cleaned up properly!"

"Understood!"

The 10th Regiment and the 13th Regiment at this time also began a tense battlefield cleanup operation.

Lin Fan at this time could talk to the members of the business delegation who had been specially brought over to watch the battle:

"Gentlemen! The battle just now was a bit busy.

We neglected you all. The battle is now over.

Would you like to go to the battlefield to see it in person?"

Did they even need to say it?

Of course, they had to go and see.

They had been watching here for a long time, and other than the aerial combat being very exciting,

The rest of the time was just artillery barrages.

It was a bit shocking at first, but after a long time, it was just the same old thing.

Now they followed Lin Fan to set off towards the battlefield.

The linear distance from this position to the battlefield was two kilometers, but it was at least five kilometers on foot.

Fortunately, although these people were business representatives, they were all in great physical condition.

They walked to the battlefield in an hour.

From a high place, they saw that the road under the mountain was covered with the corpses of devils.

Ambassador Eisenhower Jason exclaimed, "My God! How many devils did you ambush!"

Lin Fan said with a smile:

"According to the information we seized, this is the 22nd Brigade of the 11th Division of the devils.

The entire brigade has more than 13,000 devils.

Nearly 300 devil brigade commanders, regimental commanders, officers, and soldiers escaped.

There should be more than 13,000 devil corpses here!"

……

13,000 escaped, 13,000 remained, and there were still 13,000 left?

What kind of arithmetic was this!

Lin Fan smiled and pointed to the gunboats neatly arranged by the river.

He introduced, "Those are the eleven gunboats of the 11th Squadron of the Third Fleet of the devils' navy.

Each gunboat has a crew of 118 people.

More than a thousand devil crew members are also mixed among these corpses below."

Ambassador Eisenhower Jason: "Brigade Commander Lin! Congratulations on your great victory!"

Lin Fan said with a smile, "Thank you! This is what we should do.

When jackals and leopards come to our land, they will only be greeted by hunting rifles!

When friends come, we have fine wine.

According to the news we recently received,

The devils' attack on our army this time is not just in the direction of Dangtu.

The devils are also preparing in two other directions.

However, all their attacks are destined to fail."

Ambassador Eisenhower Jason nodded slightly.

He had already seen that this unit called the Special Operations Brigade was obviously much stronger in combat power than Chang Kai-shek's troops.

This was a signal.

He had been the ambassador to this country for many years.

For so many years, he had been worried about the chaos in this country.

Just a few days ago, he had also suggested to President Roosevelt: President Chang Kai-shek of this country had consolidated most of the warlords.

He already had the appearance of a unified country.

He suggested that President Roosevelt support Chang Kai-shek in the war against Japan!

Today, he saw another force that also had the power to unify this country.

Ambassador Eisenhower Jason asked with a smile, "Mr. Lin! Do you have any political views?"

This time he did not call Lin Fan "brigade commander."

Lin Fan said with a smile, "Repel the invaders! End the warlord melee, students can go to school, workers have jobs, farmers have land to cultivate, and merchants don't have to worry about gang harassment."

Ambassador Eisenhower Jason understood from Lin Fan's answer: this Mr. Lin should have different views from the National Army.

They walked around on the hilltops, but did not go down to the battlefield to see.

Even on these hilltops, they saw many corpses of devils.

And those eye-catching shell craters.

These were the corpses left by the 44th Infantry Regiment of the devils when they were on these hilltops.

Daniel Zachary pointed to those devils who had been stripped naked in confusion and asked:

"Brigade Commander Lin! Why are your soldiers doing this?"

Lin Fan said with a smile, "The devils have already occupied our most prosperous and economically vibrant Jiangnan region.

Now cotton and cotton cloth are very difficult to obtain.

We take these clothes from the devils.

After cleaning, sterilization, disinfection, and re-dyeing,

They are then made into clothing, cloth shoes, and reused.

Instead of burying these clothes underground with the devils, rotting with their corpses,

It is better to let these materials send a little warmth to those suffering people!"

Lin Fan's words immediately aroused the respect of all the members of the entire business delegation.

They did not expect that this person who spent money like water was so frugal.

He was so thoughtful for ordinary people.

The entire business delegation had been inspecting the Special Operations Brigade's territory for ten days.

Through these days of observing ordinary people,

These people also admitted that the Special Operations Brigade was very caring for ordinary people, merchants, and workers.

This could be seen from the vibrant faces of those people.

In the entire territory of the Special Operations Brigade, everyone's eyes had something called hope.

They all felt that tomorrow would be better!

Their days were becoming more and more promising.

After observing today's battle, when these people returned to the camp, they had privately agreed that they could carry out limited cooperation with the Special Operations Brigade.

Lin Fan had originally wanted to arrange for them to rest in Dangtu today.

Because Lin Fan was going to take the 8th Regiment back to Jurong overnight.

Shang Wenxuan's 13th Regiment was going to clean up the battlefield here, and all the spoils of war were to be taken back to Jurong.

They were also responsible for digging pits and burying more than 10,000 corpses of devils here.

Li Zhize's 10th Regiment was going to go to Moling Pass along another road.

They had to arrive at Moling Pass before 6:00 p.m. tomorrow.

Because Lin Fan did not know whether the devils would send troops to attack Moling Pass.

After all, Moling Pass was also very close to Nanjing.

These days, the commander of the Fifth Theater, Li Zhongren, had been having an unusually difficult time.

Chang Kai-shek, in order to eliminate dissidents, had given his opponent great power: commander of the Fifth Theater.

He was allowed to defend the East China area from Tianjin to Nanjing.

The combat area was the East China area from Tianjin to Nanjing Pukou (along the Jinpu Railway).

He was also given 700,000 troops, they were:

Third Army Group: Yu Xuezhong.

Eleventh Army Group: Li Pinxian.

Twenty-first Army Group: Liao Lei.

Twenty-second Army Group: Deng Xihou.

Twenty-fourth Army Group: Gu Zhutong (concurrent).

Third Army Corps: Pang Bingxun.

Twenty-seventh Army Group: Yang Sen.

The above totaled 27 infantry divisions, 3 infantry brigades, excluding special forces.

Plus one organization that he had fought for: the Special Operations Brigade.

None of these troops were from the Central Army.

All were local troops, and these troops had one thing in common:

Poor weapons and equipment, poor combat quality, and extremely strong combat awareness!

Especially the last point, Commander Li Zhongren had been moved again and again these days.

These poorly equipped troops were always the most daring to die.

These soldiers were willing to use three, five, or even ten lives to desperately kill one devil.

Despite this, the gap in weapons still allowed the well-equipped devils to advance step by step.

The intention of the devils was now very clear: the North China Front Army and the Central China Expeditionary Army of the devils jointly attacked Xuzhou.

The purpose was to clear the Jinpu Railway.

The veteran North China Front Army of the devils was even stronger in combat power than the Central China Expeditionary Army.

These days, they had approached Teng County.

Teng County was the gateway to the northwest of Xuzhou, and of course it could not be lost.

In order to defend Teng County, Li Zhongren had sent the Sichuan Army's 22nd Army Group to defend it.

This was a unit that was not wanted by the King of Shanxi, Yan Xishan, and was also a Sichuan Army that was almost drawn back to Sichuan by Chang Kai-shek.

Their equipment was extremely poor, the poorest of all the warlords.

Deng Xihou, commander-in-chief of the 22nd Army Group, led the 41st Army and the 45th Army to Teng County to be stationed.

The Sichuan Army was organized as a B-class army, with only two divisions in each army, two brigades in each division, and two regiments in each brigade.

The weapons of this unit were also poor, and they had fought with the devils in eastern Shanxi for more than forty days before, and had suffered more than half of their casualties.

Now the two armies together had only eight regiments, with a total strength of less than 20,000 people.

Could such a unit withstand the attack of the 33rd Brigade of the 10th Division of the devils?

This was a problem, and it was also something that Li Zhongren was very worried about.

He was very afraid that the Sichuan Army would flee without a fight.

The division commander of the 10th Division of the devils at this time was Lieutenant General Isogu Lianjie, a particularly bellicose devil.

His division never cared about any international conventions for the sake of victory.

And this division was also one of the most combat-effective divisions of the devils.

Commander Li Zhongren could not help but worry.

At this moment, he received a battle report from the Special Operations Brigade:

"Our brigade's 3rd Regiment, 8th Regiment, 10th Regiment, and 13th Regiment fought fiercely with the invading 22nd Brigade of the 11th Division of the devils five kilometers away from Dangtu County today.

More than 13,000 devils were annihilated. More than 200 devil brigade commanders, regimental commanders, officers, and soldiers escaped.

At the same time, the 11th Squadron of the Third Fleet of the devils' navy was annihilated, and eleven gunboats (damaged) were seized.

According to intelligence analysis, the devils will also attack Tangshan and Chunhua areas recently.

Reported specifically!"

Receiving the report from the Special Operations Brigade, Li Zhongren was excited:

The Special Operations Brigade was amazing, it could actually annihilate an entire brigade of devils at once.

The devils had thoroughly studied their country.

The elites of this country had always regarded the devils as a learning model in the past.

They also studied them deeply.

Commander Li Zhongren certainly knew what the configuration of a brigade of 13,000 devils was.

The Special Operations Brigade was able to annihilate an entire brigade of devils with just four regiments.

Such combat power was too strong.

Thinking of this, he even had the idea of transferring the Special Operations Brigade to Xuzhou to fight.

However, he saw that the devils would have new attacks in the back of the telegram.

This idea finally stopped.

Now that the direction of Jiangnan and Zhejiang could be calmer was related to the fact that the Special Operations Brigade had blocked the road for the devils to advance.

If the Special Operations Brigade was really transferred away,

Who could defend Guangde, Jurong, and those places?

Although the Special Operations Brigade could not come to help him defend the city at this time,

Now that the Special Operations Brigade occupied Wuhu, it had at least