An Yixuan, the regiment commander, ordered, "The reason you're retreating is to lure the main force of the Japanese devils in. Letting more devils in, then closing the door and beating the dog, isn't that better than your single company fighting them?"

Unable to refute, Company Commander Feng could only lead his soldiers in retreat. At this time, the Special Operations Brigade had not forgotten to send an intermediary to inform Division Commander Fujita Susumu: "The garrison troops in Jurong have withdrawn from Jianshan. You can go collect the corpses."

Division Commander Fujita Susumu now felt so frustrated he wanted to vomit blood. His division had been constrained everywhere in today's attack, taking a beating everywhere. All the attack directions had suffered devastating blows, and everywhere he was being asked to send people to collect corpses.

Colonel Kuranaga Tatsuji's Sixth Regiment was not only hit in Jianshan.

In Jianshan, more than seven hundred devils died.

The Japanese devils attacking Daishan and Banqiao Town suffered losses no less than those here.

The Second Infantry Battalion of the Sixth Regiment, led by Battalion Commander Fujieda Yujo, was responsible for attacking Banqiao Town. They were stopped ten *li* away from Banqiao Town.

The original Banqiao Town was a major town on the railway line. Since the Special Operations Brigade established the Jurong base area, the railway had been interrupted, and this place had become an important defensive stronghold for the Jurong base area.

Stationed here was the newly formed Fifteenth Regiment of the Jurong base area, and Regiment Commander Ren Woxing personally went to the front line to direct the battle.

This was a key defensive area. The Jurong base area had built three lines of defense in Banqiao Town, all of which were permanent bunkers and fortifications.

Before the team attacked, Battalion Commander Fujieda Yujo organized the entire battalion's artillery fire to fiercely bombard the Fifteenth Regiment's defensive positions.

The Third Division also sent the division's heavy artillery to this direction, opening fire on the defense line in the suburbs of Banqiao Town.

Shells exploded around the defense line, and Battalion Commander Lei Peiwu hid in the air-raid shelter, silently counting the sound of the shells exploding.

Company Commander Yu smiled and said, "Battalion Commander! Is it useful to count how many shells the Japanese devils have fired?"

Battalion Commander Lei smiled: "Just counting out of boredom. If the Japanese devils knew they had fired more than a hundred shells, would they still dare to attack?"

Captain Seishi Warota led more than fifty Japanese devils toward the Fifteenth Regiment's position, their speed not fast.

The entire battalion's artillery, as well as the heavy artillery attached to the division, were also firing at the defense line established by the Special Operations Brigade.

The entire squad of Japanese devils was not in a hurry to launch an attack. They would wait for the artillery bombardment to end before launching a fierce attack.

Artillery bombards, infantry charges! Now they were watching the artillery fire flying on the front defense line not far away.

The soldiers of the Fifteenth Regiment's First Battalion were hiding in the bunkers at this time, waiting for the Japanese devils' artillery bombardment to end.

Regiment Commander Ren did not just wait idly. He called the headquarters and requested air support: to bomb the Japanese devils' artillery positions.

Captain Pan Yongshan led the aviation brigade to bomb the Japanese devils' artillery in front of Tangshan. Now they received new combat orders.

The entire brigade's pilots set off again. Flying from Jurong Airport to Banqiao Town was not much farther than to Tangshan. Yan Gaofei piloted the fighter plane in the front, and soon discovered the Japanese devils' artillery position hidden in a hillside outside Banqiao Town.

The first dive went straight down at the Japanese devils' artillery position, machine guns firing, cannons bombing. The Japanese devils' artillery here had not deployed any anti-aircraft positions. This was what Yan Gaofei observed after diving down.

More than a dozen fighter planes continuously attacked the Japanese devils' artillery position, but no Japanese anti-aircraft guns were found.

Xiao Jianying led the bomber squadron, so they could safely enter the field. Twelve bombers skimmed over at low altitude, dropping many bombs on the Japanese devils' artillery position.

The bomber brigade was not satisfied with bombing the Japanese devils' artillery. They swept and bombed all the way down.

The Second Battalion of the Sixth Infantry Regiment, which was attacking in the direction of Banqiao Town, suffered. Only one squad of Fujieda Battalion's Japanese devils was advancing, preparing for a tentative attack. The battalion was waiting for orders to attack in the rear.

These Japanese devils waiting in the rear were swept and bombed by the suddenly appearing planes. They were like a hornet's nest that had been blown up, scurrying around, or like ants whose nest had been overturned, running around on the ground.

Yesterday, the Special Operations Brigade crippled the Japanese devils' flying brigade. Today was a good time to launch an attack on the Japanese devils' infantry.

Lin Fan also sent six ground-attack aircraft to the Banqiao Town direction. So many planes attacking a single Fujieda Battalion, Battalion Commander Fujieda Yujo's order to "disperse" could not be conveyed. However, whether his order existed or not, when Captain Ueno Hyoei saw the plane diving, he had already issued a dispersal order to the entire squadron of Japanese devils. These infantrymen had no anti-aircraft weapons in their hands. Faced with the attack from the air, what other choice was there but to disperse?

Their current situation was still good. At least, dispersing into the fields and hillsides would allow some of the Japanese devils to escape with their lives.

The bushes on the hillside here were at least not covered with thorns like those in Jianshan, preventing the Japanese devils from getting in.

Tanaka Zo was a sergeant in the Ueno Hyoei squadron. He took off as soon as he heard the captain's order. When he was resting, he had surveyed the surrounding environment.

He had considered what place was suitable for hiding and what place was suitable for running. When the bombers came, the first thing to do was to run far away.

Stay away from the main force, stay away from the main force. Among the Japanese devils, there were those like Tanaka Zo who were quick to seize opportunities, and there were also those like Sergeant Kawauchi Musashi who were slow to react. Sergeant Kawauchi Musashi was a machine gun assistant shooter. Originally, he was carrying the machine gun tripod while marching. Everyone was resting, and he also put the tripod beside him and sat on the side, gasping for breath. The artillery was bombarding, and the first wave of tentative attacks was not his squad.

Sergeant Kawauchi Musashi had plenty of time to rest, light a cigarette, and take a good puff. This was the best enjoyment.

When he had smoked three cigarettes here, the bombers in the air came. At this time, the captain also issued a dispersal order.

The rest of the Japanese devils ran away. Sergeant Kawauchi Musashi was still trying to carry the machine gun tripod, standing in place and looking for Sergeant Uehara Yuyo.

Uehara Yuyo was the machine gunner, and he was carrying the gun body. Kawauchi Musashi tried hard to find Uehara Yuyo and the machine gun, missing the best time to escape.

In fact, even if many Japanese devils reacted, there was not much time for them to escape.

"Da da da!" The sound of machine guns firing, "Boom!" The sound of bombs exploding was not much later than the captain's order.

When Sergeant Kawauchi Musashi finally saw Uehara Yuyo, it was when Uehara Yuyo was blown into the air by a bomb.

The machine gun body in his hand was too conspicuous. Kawauchi Musashi saw the machine gun first, and then saw Uehara Yuyo, who was blown into the air.

No need to think about it: Uehara Yuyo would definitely not survive. At this time, Kawauchi Musashi began to run away.

But it seemed that it was too late. Bullets hit beside his feet, splashing out a cloud of dust. The whistling sound of bullets passing by his ears was really a bit frightening.

Fortunately, a bomb exploded beside him next, and Sergeant Kawauchi Musashi was blown into the air like Sergeant Uehara Yuyo.

He no longer needed to be afraid, and would not feel afraid anymore. Sergeant Kawauchi Musashi, who was still in the air, spat out a mouthful of blood.

When he fell back to the ground, he was unable to move, and died motionless on the ground.

When Captain Ichihara Taiji saw the artillery bombardment stop, he immediately ordered the team to launch an attack.

Sergeant Rikuzen Tatsunosuke and Sergeant Omiya Yuta were the two Japanese devils rushing to the front. They shouted and charged forward. The battlefield in front was filled with smoke, and they could not see clearly what the effect of the artillery bombardment was.

The Japanese devils of the Ichihara Taiji squad only looked at the smoke in front and thought that the defensive position in front must have suffered a devastating blow.

The defenders would not have much defensive strength left, and it was even possible that the defenders had already escaped.

The more beautiful the hope, the more unfortunate the reality!

Sergeant Rikuzen Tatsunosuke and Sergeant Omiya Yuta, who rushed to the front, rushed into the smoke-shrouded battlefield. The field of vision was too blurred, and they could only see a distance of ten meters in front.

However, this did not affect their enthusiasm for the charge. These Japanese devils did not slow down at all, and continued to sprint forward.

They rushed past one crater after another, ran past one section of bumps after another, and finally, they could vaguely see the defenders' fortifications in front.

Song Yi, Xiang Cheng, and the other soldiers immediately entered the position after the Japanese devils' artillery bombardment stopped. There was too much smoke, and they could only see the situation within a range of ten meters.

Company Commander Yu Youyi tried hard to open his eyes, wanting to see farther. Obviously, in such an environment, his efforts were ineffective.

Although they could not see the situation far away, the soldiers of the First Company could still clearly hear the shouts of the Japanese devils in the smoke and the sound of their footsteps when they charged.

Company Commander Yu signaled the soldiers to prepare for battle, and he also stared at the front with all his attention. When he saw the vaguely appearing figures of Japanese devils in front of him.

He loudly ordered: "Fire!"

The entire company's machine guns, submachine guns, and rifles fired at the same time, and the previously buried directional mines were also detonated.

The few Japanese devils who had just vaguely seen the defense line in front of them had not had time to be happy, and had already welcomed the rain-like bullets that hit them head-on.