March 16, 1938, 2:00 PM.

The Japanese troops attacking Da, Xiao Wu Village, Jie River, and Beisha River arrived at the foot of Teng County.

Four battalions of the 63rd Regiment of the 33rd Brigade of the Japanese 10th Division arrived west of Teng County.

Four battalions of the 40th Regiment of the 8th Brigade of the Japanese 10th Division arrived south of Teng County.

Fukuyoshi Shinpei, the commander of the 63rd Regiment, did not immediately launch an attack.

He summoned infantry battalion commander Takahashi Yujo and artillery regimental commander Bunya Hayato to inquire about the counterattacks they had encountered in the morning.

He heard that the artillery positions of Bunya Hayato's artillery regiment, located five kilometers west of the city, had been bombed by the Sichuan Army defending Teng County.

Furthermore, all the cannons of the entire artillery regiment were destroyed or damaged.

Resulting in the death of all artillery operators in the entire regiment.

He also heard that the Kuno Ryota tank company was completely annihilated.

And the Takahashi Yujo infantry battalion suffered heavy casualties.

The strength of the garrison stationed in Teng County made Fukuyoshi Shinpei secretly vigilant.

His regiment had just fought with the Sichuan Army and was already exhausted.

Now that the garrison of Teng County was so strong, he was naturally unwilling to use exhausted troops to attack.

Fukuyoshi Shinpei ordered, "The entire army will suspend the attack, rest for the night, and begin the attack on Teng County tomorrow."

Nagano Yoshio, the commander of the 40th Regiment, did not allow his troops to rest.

He believed that the garrison of Teng County was already like a frightened bird, and a simple feint would cause the Sichuan Army to flee.

So he directly ordered, "Battalion Commander Watanabe Gofu, attack!"

Nagano Yoshio continued to order: "The Fujikawa Shimosato artillery regiment will carry out a suppressive bombardment of the south city."

The Fujikawa Shimosato artillery regiment was the 10th Division's own artillery, different from the Bunya Hayato and Fujiwara Taiichi artillery regiments that had arrived in Teng County in the morning.

The latter two artillery regiments were independent artillery regiments, temporarily attached to the 10th Division.

Upon receiving the order, Regimental Commander Fujikawa Shimosato immediately directed his artillery to fire.

His artillery regiment had stopped five kilometers away from Teng County to set up positions.

Avoiding an hour's worth of marching compared to the infantry.

Before the soldiers of Watanabe Gofu's battalion could launch their assault.

The cannons of the Fujikawa Shimosato artillery regiment had already begun bombarding the south of the city.

The intense artillery bombardment immediately alerted Yan Yu's battalion of the 370th Brigade, stationed in the south of the city.

Battalion Commander Yan Yu loudly ordered, "Take cover! Take cover!"

The Japanese artillery fire came suddenly.

And it was also extremely fierce.

"It's finally here! The Japanese attack in the southeast corner just now.

Did not succeed.

The Japanese attack in the west of the city also failed.

Now they're attacking the south of the city," Battalion Commander Yan Yu thought to himself.

While making the brothers in his battalion pay attention to the movements of the Japanese troops outside the city.

Lin Fan listened to the sound of artillery explosions coming from the south of the city.

And ordered Anping's artillery platoon to send a squad to observe the southwest corner of the city wall.

If the south of the city needed help, they were to notify him immediately.

Lin Fan had already sent two platoons to the airport runway outside the city.

The twenty-one tanks on the runway were being repaired urgently.

Soldiers from two platoons of the Special Operations Brigade established a defensive line along the runway.

Preparing to resist the Japanese attack that could be launched at any time.

At this time, First Platoon Leader Feng Ruili was nervously organizing the repair of these tanks.

Lin Fan's bombing of these tanks had caused some damage to them, more or less.

What Feng Ruili didn't expect was that none of these tanks could be driven away directly.

They all had some problems that needed to be repaired.

The soldiers of the first platoon could only rob Peter to pay Paul.

Specially finding a few severely damaged tanks, dismantling them, and using them as spare parts.

Two hours had passed since these tanks were captured.

The soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade stood on top of the wall, anxiously watching the busy figures.

The Fujikawa Shimosato artillery regiment had no intention of stopping its bombardment of the south of the city.

Their purpose was very clear: to bombard the city walls of the south of the city.

The Independent Field Artillery Regiment Fujiwara Taiichi joined the bombardment of Teng County, as if to join in the fun.

The Japanese soldiers of the Fujiwara Taiichi artillery regiment had no target at all now.

They were simply doing it to retaliate, to vent their dissatisfaction that the infantry had failed to break through.

The two Japanese artillery regiments bombarded Teng County as if they were competing with each other.

The bombardment lasted for a full hour.

The soldiers of Yan Yu's battalion hid in every corner of the city wall.

Most of the artillery shells fired by the two artillery regiments landed inside Teng County.

These civilian houses in the city were bombed into ruins one by one.

The bluestone-paved road in the middle of the street was also blown into one deep pit after another.

The people in the south and east of the city had no choice but to squeeze towards the north of the city.

The Japanese artillery shells did not dare to hit the north of the city.

At 3:30 PM, the Watanabe Gofu infantry battalion finally rushed to the south of Teng County.

Battalion Commander Watanabe Gofu looked at the high city wall without stopping.

And ordered, "The machine gun company provides cover, and the Kamikihara Kota company immediately charges."

Upon receiving the order, Company Commander Kamikihara Kota knew that the task was urgent.

Regimental Commander Nagano Yoshio of the 40th Regiment wanted to spend the night in Teng County today.

Company Commander Kamikihara Kota knew this.

Therefore, he dared not delay in the slightest, and directed the Japanese soldiers to carry siege ladders, shouting and rushing towards the city wall.

The twelve heavy machine guns of the Sakagawa Yuto machine gun company immediately opened fire.

Paving the way for the charging Japanese soldiers of the Kamikihara Kota company.

The mortars and machine guns of the Atsumi Hideki company and the Murashita Haruki company also fired at the city wall under the command of Battalion Commander Watanabe Gofu.

The two Type 92 infantry guns of the Watanabe Gofu battalion did not rest either, and kept firing at the city wall.

In order to create conditions for the charging Kamikihara Kota company, Battalion Commander Watanabe Gofu had used all the strength that the entire battalion could use.

He had only one goal: to capture Teng County in one go.

As soon as the Japanese artillery bombardment stopped, Battalion Commander Yan Yu immediately ordered:

"Enter the positions! The Japanese soldiers have already rushed up!"

Taking advantage of the cover of the battlements, they watched more than a hundred Japanese soldiers carrying a dozen bamboo ladders, rushing towards them.

Intense machine gun bullets hit the city wall, and the splashing dust filled the entire south of the city.

Machine gun bullets flew past the heads and bodies of the Sichuan soldiers hiding behind the battlements.

The whistling sound of the bullets flying past was very harsh and frightening.

Immediately afterward, Japanese artillery shells flew over again.

The artillery bombardment that had lasted for an hour just now was fired by the Japanese artillery regiment.

The current artillery bombardment was fired by the mortars and infantry guns of the Japanese infantry battalion.

"Fire! Fire!"

When the Japanese soldiers were still two hundred meters away from the city wall, Battalion Commander Yan Yu had already ordered the sniping to begin.

The three companies in his battalion totaled 237 soldiers.

Now all the soldiers were firing at the Japanese soldiers outside the city.

As soon as the three machine guns opened fire, they immediately became the key suppression target of the Sakagawa Yuto machine gun company.

Not only that, but the Japanese mortars and infantry guns in the distance also focused on these three machine guns.

Machine gunner Reki Kaisei had to move to a different position while carrying his machine gun.

At this time, the Japanese soldiers had already rushed to the moat and were placing short bamboo ladders on the moat.

Preparing to pass through.

Reki Kaisei changed his position and fired at the Japanese soldiers who were close at hand.

Watching three Japanese soldiers being shot and falling into the five-meter-deep moat.

Before he could be happy.

The Japanese machine guns and cannons chased after him again.

Reki Kaisei had to continue changing his position.

Battalion Commander Yan Yu saw that the Japanese soldiers had already rushed close.

And loudly ordered: "Grenades ready! After pulling the pin, hold it in your hand for two seconds,

Then throw it out, don't throw it far, just throw it under the city."

There were forty or fifty soldiers around him who heard the order.

These soldiers took out grenades, pulled the pins, and silently paused for about two seconds.

Only then did they throw them under the city wall.

Battalion Commander Watanabe Gofu, who had been anxiously watching the attack from a distance,

Watched as the Sichuan Army, which had been suppressed by the powerful firepower and unable to resist, suddenly threw dozens of grenades.

This was expected!

Battalion Commander Watanabe Gofu was not surprised by this.

Attacking the city always required paying some price.

Under the gaze of him and all the Japanese soldiers of the entire Watanabe Gofu battalion.

Those Japanese soldiers who had rushed to the bottom of the city wall and were busy setting up siege ladders.

Suddenly fell down in large numbers, as if they had been hit by magic.

Dozens of grenades exploding in the air left these Japanese soldiers with nowhere to escape.

The Kamikihara Kota company attacking the south of the city suffered more than a hundred casualties at once.

But this did not frighten these Japanese soldiers.

They only panicked for a moment, and then continued to organize themselves to prepare to climb the city wall.

Battalion Commander Watanabe Gofu did not just watch and do nothing.

He had already ordered, "The Atsumi Hideki company and the Murashita Haruki company will immediately go to support.

No matter what, we must break into the city."

"Hai!"

"Hai!"

The two company commanders agreed with full confidence.

They both saw the current situation, and breaking the city was only a matter of time.

If the two companies rushed up again, it would definitely be the last straw that broke the camel's back.

The Japanese soldiers of the Kamikihara Kota company had already climbed onto the top of the city.

Battalion Commander Yan Yu did not expect the Japanese soldiers to climb onto the top of the city so quickly.

He was anxious!

And loudly ordered, "Drive the Japanese soldiers down!"

Personally drawing his broadsword and rushing towards the Japanese soldiers.

"Battalion Commander! More Japanese soldiers are rushing up."

After the Japanese soldiers of the Kamikihara Kota company rushed onto the city wall, the Sakagawa machine gun company also stopped firing at this section of the city wall.

Yan Yu shouted loudly, "Each company pay attention: when the Japanese soldiers rush to the bottom of the city wall,

Organize a grenade attack against them.

After pulling the pin of the grenade, hold it in your hand for two seconds, so that when you throw it down,

It will explode right above the heads of the Japanese soldiers. This will give the Japanese soldiers a hard time.

Pass it on."

The soldiers of the entire battalion immediately passed on the battalion commander's words:

"Each company pay attention: when the Japanese soldiers rush to the bottom of the city wall,

Organize a grenade attack against them.

After pulling the pin of the grenade, hold it in your hand for two seconds, so that when you throw it down,

It will explode right above the heads of the Japanese soldiers. This will give the Japanese soldiers a hard time.

Pass it on."

The bayonet fight on top of the city wall was fierce.

There were more than forty Japanese soldiers of the Kamikihara Kota company who had rushed onto the city wall.

They tried hard to maintain their combat formation, with three Japanese soldiers forming a combat squad.

Battalion Commander Yan Yu led a company of soldiers, wanting to annihilate these Japanese soldiers with the advantage of numbers.

But the Japanese soldiers' bayonet skills were indeed very good.

The two sides were in a stalemate.

At this time, Reki Kaisei rushed over with his machine gun.

When his machine gun was firing at the Japanese soldiers outside the city, he was always deliberately targeted.

Now that he saw that the situation here was critical, he immediately rushed over with his machine gun.

Rushing all the way to a position less than ten meters away from this group of Japanese soldiers.

And shouting loudly, "Get out of the way!"

The machine gun immediately opened fire.

Battalion Commander Yan Yu heard the sound of a machine gun behind him.

And quickly got out of the way.

Reki Kaisei's machine gun fire scattered the Japanese combat squads all at once.

At least thirty of the more than forty Japanese soldiers who had rushed onto the city wall were shot by Reki Kaisei.

Some Japanese soldiers were fatally wounded and had already fallen on the city wall.

Some Japanese soldiers were only wounded but were still persevering without falling.

The Sichuan brothers who were fighting these Japanese soldiers in bayonet combat were now in a situation where three brothers were fighting one Japanese soldier.

The situation on the battlefield immediately reversed.

As soon as a Japanese soldier died, more Sichuan soldiers would immediately come to join in the slashing of the still-resisting Japanese soldiers.

The Japanese soldiers under the city wall cheered excitedly.

They had already seen victory waving at them.

It was as if Teng County had already been occupied by them.

These Japanese soldiers gathered under the city wall, eagerly vying with each other.

Only wanting to rush to the top of the city wall one step earlier.

The Sichuan soldiers who had already received the order passed down by Battalion Commander Yan Yu.

Immediately followed the order, took out grenades.

Twisted open the caps and pulled the pins.

Holding them in their hands, they silently counted for two seconds.

Then they silently and gently threw them out of the city, this did not require much effort.

They just threw them out a little bit.

The grenades drew a perfect arc and fell down outside the city in free fall.

Before they landed, they exploded in the air with a bang.

Countless fragments fell like a summer rain on the heads of these Japanese soldiers gathered under the city.

The Japanese soldiers of the Kamikihara Kota company, the Atsumi Hideki company, and the Murashita Haruki company,

Completely did not expect:

That there would be a rain of shrapnel in the sky.

Whether it was those who had already stepped onto the bamboo ladders, or those who were holding onto the wall, or those who were looking up at the city wall.

They were all howling miserably from being blown up by the densely thrown grenades.

The bombardment on top of the city wall did not stop.

Even more grenades were being thrown down.

This was going to take the lives of these Japanese soldiers under the city wall.

They were now gathered under the city wall, climbing up the city wall?

They couldn't climb up, shrapnel was flying everywhere, how could they climb up!

Running out?

The twelve-meter-wide moat was blocking them, they couldn't get through.

Nearly four hundred Japanese soldiers were passively waiting to be bombed.

Battalion Commander Watanabe Gofu, who was watching the battle from a distance, suddenly became anxious.

And quickly ordered, "Machine gun company, resume the attack.

Artillery! Continue the bombardment!"

At this time, he no longer cared that the machine gun fire and artillery bombardment would accidentally injure the Japanese soldiers.

Compared to the one-sided bombing under the city wall, a little accidental injury had become acceptable.

However, what disappointed Battalion Commander Watanabe Gofu was that the Sichuan Army on top of the city wall was only throwing grenades now.

They were not showing their faces at all, except for the fact that the mortars could still cause some casualties to the defending Sichuan Army.

Heavy machine guns and Type 92 infantry guns seemed to be causing even more damage to the Empire's warriors.

Battalion Commander Yan Yu on top of the city wall had led more than fifty soldiers, and after paying half of the casualties.

They had finally killed all the Japanese soldiers who had rushed onto the city wall.

The two hundred soldiers in his battalion had also thrown all four grenades that each of them carried.

The effect was quite satisfactory.

Although the Japanese soldiers gathered under the city wall were still gathered there.

But not a single Japanese soldier was able to stand up anymore.

Battalion Commander Watanabe Gofu in the distance had to admit: this attack had failed.

Although he still had half of his troops, the infantry had been exhausted.

For this reason, Battalion Commander Watanabe Gofu had to send a request for help to Regimental Commander Nagano Yoshio.

From the time he issued the attack order until now, an hour and a half had passed.

Watanabe Gofu had actually buried three infantry companies.

Regimental Commander Nagano Yoshio was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

But now was not the time, it was important to complete Division Commander Isogu Renjie's order.

Regimental Commander Nagano Yoshio immediately sent the Rikuzen Saemon battalion up again.

Battalion Commander Watanabe Gofu in the south of Teng County had now ordered his machine gun company to stop firing.

And the artillery did not need to continue bombarding either.

All of this was meaningless now.

With all three infantry companies dead, his infantry battalion had lost its soul.

Battalion Commander Yan Yu took the opportunity to drag up the bamboo ladders that the Japanese soldiers had placed on the city wall.

And at the same time reported to Division Commander Wang Mingzhang: "Repelled a Japanese attack.

Annihilated three Japanese infantry companies.

Requesting that the entire battalion be resupplied with two units of grenades."

The same request was also made by Company Commander Yi Hongbao in the east of the city.

Division Commander Wang Mingzhang could only resupply them with half a unit of grenades.

This time Battalion Commander Yan Yu requested that the entire battalion be resupplied with two units, which was really not possible.

However, Division Commander Wang Mingzhang still resupplied his entire battalion with two hundred grenades, which was equivalent to resupplying each person with one grenade.

Although he did not get the two units he needed, having two hundred grenades to resupply was better than nothing.

Battalion Commander Yan Yu could only accept reality.

There were quite a few grenades on the bodies of the Japanese soldiers under the city wall.

But the Japanese soldiers in the distance were still watching covetously, and Battalion Commander Yan Yu also strictly ordered the entire battalion to guard their positions well.

They were not allowed to show their faces!

Although most of the infantry of the Watanabe Gofu battalion had been killed under the city.

The machine gun company in the distance was still standing by, just waiting to take potshots.

Everything that happened in the south of the city was seen by the observers sent by Anping of the Special Operations Brigade.

Badehou, seeing that the Japanese soldiers had been repelled, even ran to Battalion Commander Yan Yu to inquire about the situation.

Knowing that the soldier who had run over was from the Special Operations Brigade.

Battalion Commander Yan Yu still seriously shared the experience of fighting the Japanese soldiers just now.

And finally said regretfully, "It's a pity that we don't have any grenades left.

We used up nine hundred grenades, and the division headquarters resupplied us with one hundred."

Badehou returned to the west of the city and reported the problems encountered by Battalion Commander Yan Yu in the south of the city to Lin Fan.

The Special Operations Brigade had seized a lot of grenades today.

Lin Fan immediately ordered, "Send the grenades seized today to Battalion Commander Yan Yu.

Ask them if they need machine guns?

If they need them, send them a few."

Badehou led fifty coolies, carrying more than two thousand grenades seized today, and walked along the city wall towards the west of the city.

From a distance, the soldiers of Battalion Commander Yan Yu's battalion saw that the man from the Special Operations Brigade had come again.

And there were dozens of people carrying burdens behind him.

No matter what these people were carrying, they were definitely coming to deliver something.

Battalion Commander Yan Yu greeted them with a smile, "Brother Ba! What are you delivering?"

Badehou also said with a smile, "Our brigade commander heard about Battalion Commander Yan's difficulties.

He specially asked me to send some grenades over.

These grenades were seized from the Japanese soldiers today.

It's most appropriate for the brothers to use them to bomb the Japanese soldiers."

Battalion Commander Yan Yu looked at so many boxes and asked in disbelief:

"Are these all?"

"All of them! There are a total of 2,679 grenades.

Brothers, take them and bomb the Japanese soldiers well."

Yan Yu said with a smile, "The Japanese soldiers in the west are delivering goods, and the Japanese soldiers in the south are being bombed.

This is very fair.

Brother Ba, rest assured, go back and tell Brigade Commander Lin.

The Sichuan Army will always remember Brigade Commander Lin's great kindness.

We will definitely make good use of these grenades."

Badehou continued, "Brigade Commander Lin asked me to ask, do you need machine guns?

We seized some today, if you need them.

We can send you a few machine guns."

Yan Yu said with joy, "We need them! Why wouldn't we need them, we need machine guns.

Rifles are also needed, the Japanese Type 38 rifles are much better than our old models.

I will personally express my gratitude to Brigade Commander Lin."

Lin Fan watched from a distance as Badehou led dozens of Sichuan soldiers over.

And quickly greeted them.

Badehou introduced, "This is Battalion Commander Yan, this is our Brigade Commander Lin."

Yan Yu stretched out his hand, "Thank you Brigade Commander Lin for giving us charcoal in the snow.

Well, I'm here again, shamelessly begging for help."

Lin Fan said with a smile, "We are all fighting the Japanese soldiers, so of course we have to give good things to our brothers to use.

So that we can fight the Japanese soldiers even better.

Whatever you need, Battalion Commander Yan, tell me, we will try our best to satisfy you."

Yan Yu had already thought about the equipment he needed on the way here:

"Five heavy machine guns, five light machine guns, five mortars, 150 Type 38 rifles, and two units of ammunition for each."

Lin Fan immediately said, "We have all of these things, let the brothers come and carry them!"

Battalion Commander Yan Yu looked at the busy soldiers on the runway outside the city.

"What are they doing?"

Lin Fan said with a smile, "The Japanese tanks were accidentally damaged by us.

We are repairing them, to see if we can put together some that can be used."

Yan Yu thought that his battalion was still pursuing rifles and machine guns.

But others already had airplanes, cannons, and tanks.

There was really no way to compare people to each other!

Lin Fan had people select the seized weapons according to Battalion Commander Yan Yu's requirements.

Battalion Commander Yan saw that the Special Operations Brigade even had Japanese leather shoes and bedding.

And immediately became interested: "Brigade Commander Lin! Some of the soldiers under my command are still wearing straw sandals.

Can you give us some leather shoes?

And these bedding."

Lin Fan did not laugh at him, but said seriously, "The Sichuan soldiers are the most hard-working that I have ever seen.

And the most capable of fighting tough battles.

Take as much as you need!

These were all taken from the bodies of the Japanese soldiers."

Yan Yu said with a smile, "Soldiers are not afraid of these things."

Letting the thirty or so soldiers who had followed him select 250 sets of bedding and leather shoes.

There were too many things, and they could not be taken away at once.

Lin Fan asked Zhu Shaoshen and the other coolies to help load them onto carts and send them over.

And also said to Battalion Commander Yan Yu, "If the leather shoes don't fit, let the brothers bring them back to exchange them."

Lin Fan had thought too carefully!

Yan Yu returned to the south of the city and immediately reported to Division Commander Wang Mingzhang: "My battalion has received a batch of weapons and ammunition supported by the Special Operations Brigade."

Division Commander Wang immediately became interested: "What did they send over?"

"Five heavy machine guns, five light machine guns, five mortars, 150 Type 38 rifles.

Two units of ammunition, more than two thousand grenades."

Division Commander Wang took a deep breath: "So much?"

The officers of the division headquarters were all stunned when they heard these numbers:

"This Brigade Commander Lin is too generous."

"If the teams fighting the Japanese soldiers were all so united," Chief of Staff Zhao Weixian sighed.

Yes, if everyone was a little more pure and only had the intention of fighting the Japanese soldiers.

The Japanese soldiers would not be so rampant now.

While Battalion Commander Yan Yu was looking for weapons everywhere.

The Japanese soldiers of the Rikuzen Saemon battalion had already arrived at the attacking position.

The Rikuzen Saemon battalion had four infantry companies.

They were waiting in the attacking position.

Battalion Commander Rikuzen Saemon was with Battalion Commander Watanabe Gofu.

Battalion Commander Watanabe pointed to the bodies of the Japanese soldiers lying under the city wall.

And told the whole story of what had happened two hours ago.

Battalion Commander Rikuzen Saemon requested that the machine gun company continue to suppress the firepower on top of the city wall.

The artillery of the two battalions gathered together.

Bombarding the south of the city again.

This time Battalion Commander Yan finally had confidence and ordered his mortars to fire back at the Japanese soldiers.

And also let the newly received ten machine guns fire at the Japanese machine gun positions.

The reaction on the city was again beyond the expectations of the Watanabe Gofu battalion.

He did not expect that in such a short period of time, the firepower of the garrison on top of the city wall had suddenly increased so much.

No matter how the Sichuan Army resisted, Battalion Commander Rikuzen Saemon still ordered the Tanaka Torataro infantry company to launch an attack.

There were still bamboo ladders left from the Watanabe battalion's attack on the moat in the south of the city.

But the bamboo ladders for climbing the city wall had been taken away.

Now the Japanese soldiers of the Tanaka Torataro company were carrying long siege ladders and charging forward.

They had already suffered quite a few casualties during the charge.

There were eleven machine guns firing on top of the city wall.

Although this time the Japanese artillery fire was twice as fierce as when the Watanabe Gofu battalion attacked.

But Battalion Commander Yan Yu's battalion's weapons and equipment had been upgraded more than tenfold.

They now occupied a favorable position, and although their firepower was generally weaker than the Japanese soldiers.

They could already fight back and forth and could fight back.

The sound of gunfire in the south of the city became more and more intense.

Platoon Leader Feng Ruili was anxious!

If these Japanese soldiers were to attack the west of the city, he didn't know how much pressure the first company would have to bear.

These Japanese tanks were too delicate.

The brigade commander had only bombed their top covers, and they had all broken down and stopped moving.

Fortunately, after three hours of emergency repairs.

Fifteen of the twenty-one tanks had now been repaired.

They had not destroyed the remaining six tanks.

Instead, they dragged these tanks to the city gate.

Letting them face the outside of the city, and relying on these six tanks, they piled up many sandbags.

A circular defensive fortification was built.

Inside this fortification, there were also six 75mm cannons, which were the most important thing.

As for the fifteen tanks that had been repaired, Lin Fan did not let them stop and be used as reserves.

Instead, he immediately ordered, "The tanks will attack, rushing directly from outside the city to the south of the city.

Catch the Japanese soldiers off guard.

The first and second platoons will charge behind the tanks."

Infantry-tank cooperation was a subject that the first company had practiced.

In this era, there was not much research on infantry-tank cooperation in the world.

Like the Nationalist army in the two defense battles of Nanjing and Hangzhou, there were tanks that had participated in the war.

But they were all tanks fighting tanks, completely ignoring the infantry.

It was easy to be defeated one by one.

Lin Fan was different. From the time he seized the first tank, he had already let the soldiers cooperate and cooperate with each other.

The speed of the tank's movement on the battlefield could reach 20 kilometers per hour.

This was something that the infantry could not keep up with even if they ran.

The tanks drove slower, allowing the infantry to shoot down the enemies who rushed up to the left and right to detonate them.

Now Feng Ruili's first platoon was driving these sixteen tanks and rushing towards the south of the city.

In order not to be accidentally injured by Battalion Commander Yan Yu and the others.

Badehou also ran over to inform them that the Special Operations Brigade had sixteen tanks coming to fight the Japanese soldiers.

So your mortars, don't blow up your own people.

Battalion Commander Yan Yu was overjoyed.

He did not expect that the people from the Special Operations Brigade had actually repaired the tanks.

And immediately informed the entire battalion that there were tanks coming to support them.

At this time, the Tanaka Torataro company that was charging up had already reached the bottom of the city wall.

This time Battalion Commander Yan had rich experience.

They no longer threw grenades together with the entire battalion.

They had accurately identified the direction of the Tanaka Torataro company's attack.

And only let the brothers on this section of the city wall throw grenades down.

More than fifty Sichuan brothers continuously threw down four rounds of grenades.

There was no more movement from the Tanaka Torataro company under the city wall.

Battalion Commander Rikuzen Saemon watched as a company that he had sent out, disappeared into the sea, and there was no movement at all.

And looked at each other with Battalion Commander Watanabe Gofu.

Battalion Commander Watanabe Gofu did not expect that the destruction of this Tanaka Torataro company would come even faster than when his men had gone.

At this moment, a team of tanks drove over from the west of the city.

The two battalions of Japanese soldiers all cheered:

They believed that only they had tanks on the battlefield here.

And these tanks were theirs.

Before the cheering of these Japanese soldiers had stopped.

Sixteen tanks had already fired the first round of artillery shells.

It was the Special Operations Brigade's tradition: they never saved ammunition when fighting.

One round after another of artillery bombardment.

Fell towards Sakai Yuto's machine gun position.

The artillery positions of the two Japanese infantry battalions that were farther away were also bombed.

Strike when the enemy is sick, and take his life!

Battalion Commander Yan on top of the city wall was not polite either.

And urged the mortars and heavy machine guns in his battalion to attack the Japanese soldiers.

Battalion Commander Yan Yu also saw that the shells fired by the tanks of the Special Operations Brigade were exploding in the middle of the Japanese soldiers.

There were very few shells that missed.

On the other hand, the mortar shells fired by his team from the city wall, there were few that hit the target.

This was the difference!

One cannon of theirs was equivalent to ten cannons on their side.

Battalion Commander Yan Yu secretly envied the combat qualities of the soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade.

They fired a full ten rounds of artillery shells.

Only then did the sixteen tanks continue to move.

At this time, whether it was the Watanabe Gofu battalion or the Rikuzen Saemon battalion, the Japanese soldiers were already retreating.

As the tanks accelerated and charged forward, the Japanese soldiers of the Sakagawa Yuto machine gun company had abandoned their twelve heavy machine guns and quickly ran away.

Even the four Type 92 infantry guns in the Japanese artillery position in the distance were abandoned.

Battalion Commander Yan on top of the city wall had red eyes from watching.

The Japanese soldiers had really run away this time.

It was a pity that the south gate was blocked by sandbags, and without Division Commander Wang's order.

Battalion Commander Yan Yu did not dare to open it privately, and his battalion no longer needed the heavy machine guns in the distance.

But there were corpses of Japanese soldiers from four companies under the city wall.

Battalion Commander Yan Yu tried hard to convince himself: We will go down and collect some grenades back.

Japanese infantry soldiers would carry four grenades with them. There were 700 Japanese soldiers under the city wall.

Which meant there were 2,800 grenades!

Battalion Commander Yan Yu ordered, "Set up the bamboo ladders that we just pulled up.

The first company will go down to the city wall to clean up the battlefield.

Clean up like the Special Operations Brigade.

The second and third companies will respond on top of the city wall.

And be prepared to deal with emergencies."

Five bamboo ladders were immediately lowered from the city wall.

More than seventy soldiers arrived at the city.

The Special Operations Brigade's method of cleaning up the battlefield was to first give all the Japanese soldiers a knife.

Then collect weapons, ammunition, and strip clothes.

Leaving not a single thread on the Japanese soldiers.

The soldiers under the city wall were busy bundling up the weapons.

The soldiers on top of the city wall were trying hard to pull these bundled weapons to the top of the city wall.

Grenades were transported up one basket after another.

Bao Yixiu looked at the more than 600 rifles, more than ten light machine guns, and more than 2,000 grenades that had been collected.

And said with emotion, "Battalion Commander! It's too damn fast to make money by fighting like this."

Kang Jiande said with a smile, "If this was doing business, the Special Operations Brigade would have made a lot of money today.

If the weapons they sent us were the capital, then this battle would have earned it all back.

They sent us more than a hundred Type 38 rifles.

And we have earned several times back here.

They sent us more than 2,000 grenades, and we have also earned them all back.

And we haven't used up the change yet.

The same goes for these bullets."

Battalion Commander Yan said with a smile, "We will keep two machine guns and 50 rifles.

And send the rest to Brigade Commander Lin."

Long Yuanzhong did not understand, "Battalion Commander! Brigade Commander Lin and the others don't lack weapons!"

Yan Yu said, "They don't lack weapons and ammunition.

But I see them collecting so many weapons and ammunition.

It must be useful.

Just now they saw that we were in trouble, and they took the initiative to send us guns and ammunition.

We won't have any use for these weapons if we have too many.

It's better to send them over and let Brigade Commander Lin arrange them.

We won't send these leather shoes, clothes, belts, helmets, and bedding over.

Brothers, find the right ones, and prepare two pairs for each person."

Just now they had only taken one pair of leather shoes each from the Special Operations Brigade.

Now everyone could choose three more pairs of leather shoes.

Feng Ruili led the first platoon, driving sixteen tanks, and did not chase them out very far.

On the way back, the four infantry guns, twenty mortars, and twelve heavy machine guns that the Japanese soldiers had abandoned.

Were all placed on top of the tanks and driven back towards the west of the city.

Long Yuanzhong looked at the sixteen tanks of the Special Operations Brigade and said with envy:

"They made a lot of money in this battle, these sixteen tanks are afraid that they will be sold for several million dollars."

Yan Yu thought about it, he didn't know how much a tank was worth.

But it must be very valuable.

Battalion Commander Watanabe Gofu had been running away for a full ten miles before stopping.

Battalion Commander Rikuzen Saemon followed behind.

The two battalion commanders gathered their teams.

The entire Rikuzen Saemon battalion still had 700 Japanese soldiers in the team. Just now, one company of more than 180 Japanese soldiers was lost under the city wall.

Adding up, there was still a difference of more than 300 Japanese soldiers. These 300 Japanese soldiers were killed by the tanks of the Special Operations Brigade