There were about seven or eight kilometers left in Xidang City, and the Japanese convoy stopped moving forward.

Immediately afterwards, the Japanese artillery spread out along both sides of the railway line, but the infantry continued to approach Xidang City along the railway line.

It was approaching until two kilometers away before stopping.

Then, the infantry began to repair fortifications.

This is the Japanese's usual style.

For the Japanese, no matter where they go, whether they are attacking or defense, the first thing they need to do is always dig trenches and repair fortifications.

We have to admit that this is a good style!

This day was spent in peace.

The new arrival of the Japanese army did not launch an attack.

However, early the next morning, the Japanese army began to launch a fierce attack on Xidang City.

The first one to be attacked by the 8th Japanese Division was the 134th Division outside the city.

Luo Yuan, the commander of the 134th Division, was having breakfast, and suddenly a squeaking sound came from outside the command center.

As a veteran, Luo Yuan immediately realized that the landing point of the shell was close to each other, because the whistle sound of the shells near the landing point was short and harsh, while the whistle sound of the shells near the landing point was relatively long and low.

Then there was a loud bang outside the command center, and the ground was trembling violently.

The battalion commander of the Division Guard Battalion immediately rushed in and shouted: "Teacher seat, hurry up and enter the anti-aircraft hole!"

Luo Yuan did not show off his strength, and immediately followed the guard battalion commander into the anti-aircraft hole closest to the command center.

Yesterday evening, Luo Yuan saw it very clearly that the Japanese opposite brought dozens of heavy artillery, and the caliber of these heavy artillery was at least 150 mm!

A 150mm caliber shell fell down, and his command would definitely not be able to withstand it.

So to be on the safe side, it is more appropriate to hide in the anti-cannon hole. This is not that Luo Yuan is afraid of death, but that he knows that once he is blown to death, the 134th Division will fall into chaos.

Command is crucial for a unit.

The Japanese bombardment of the defensive positions outside Xidang City lasted for about a quarter of an hour.

Then the Japanese artillery group began to shoot at Xidangcheng. While the artillery was conducting extended shooting, about a small team of Japanese infantry rushed out of the trenches two kilometers away in front, carrying a spear-38 rifle, and rushed towards the first line of defense of the National Army.

Luo Yuan came out of the anti-cannon hole and shook off the dust on his body.

Then he grabbed the phone and said, "Captain 1? Listen, this is just a tentative attack from the Japanese. If you put it closer, you use a rifle and a submachine gun to deal with them. Don't rush to use machine gun fire!"

After saying that, Luo Yuan put down the phone and stood in front of the watchhole of the command center.

The outside of Xidang City is flat and the view is very good, so through the telescope, Luo Yuan can clearly see that the Japanese are approaching quickly towards the 1st Regiment's position.

The position of the 1st regiment was silent.

After a while, the Japanese were only two hundred meters away from the defensive position of the 1st Regiment.

Under normal circumstances, this distance could already be fired.

But this time, the officers and soldiers of the 1st Regiment were quiet and had no reaction.

After crossing the two hundred meters line, the Japanese immediately accelerated and started the final sprint!

In a blink of an eye, the Japanese were only fifty meters away from the 1st Regiment's position. At this moment, a black figure of the Kuomintang army suddenly appeared on the 1st Regiment's position, and the next moment, gunfire sounded loudly.

The Japanese who were charging forward fell down in rows.

Although there were no light and heavy machine guns, the national army easily dismantled the Japanese attack with its numerous rifles and submachine guns.

More than twenty corpses were thrown down, and the remaining Japanese retreated.

Immediately afterwards, the Japanese army carried out artillery preparations on the 1st Regiment's position for about five minutes.

Then, before the shelling was over, another group of Japanese soldiers rushed out of the attacking position.

This time, the Japanese who were involved in the attack were no longer a small team, but a squadron, with nearly two hundred people!

This time, in addition to the infantry, there were two Type 95 tanks, and two heavy machine gun teams and two grenade teams were followed by the infantry.

In a blink of an eye, the Japanese approached within a hundred meters again.

This time, the Kuomintang army did not dare to put the Japanese too close. They opened fire violently at a distance of more than 100 meters. More than a dozen light and heavy machine guns plus hundreds of rifles, and the submachine guns fired violently at the same time. The dense bullets splashed towards the Japanese who were a hundred meters away in front like a storm.

The dozen Japanese rushing in front fell down like cut wheat straw.

But the Japanese who followed up reacted very quickly, fell down quickly, and then raised their guns to start shooting.

The two Type 95 light tanks responsible for guiding the infantry also stopped and fired all out.

Almost at the same time, the two heavy machine gun teams and two grenade groups following up also mounted the Type 92 heavy machine guns and grenade launchers to suppress the National Army.

As soon as the "bang-bang" exploded several times, the two heavy machine guns of the Kuomintang immediately stopped.

The Japanese's tactical qualities are indeed not bragging, especially the grenadiers beat very accurately, and they made nine out of ten shots, but nearly 50% of the hit rate is still guaranteed.

The two grenade groups of the Japanese were like snipers, carrying out fixed-point removal of the light and heavy machine guns of the Kuomintang.

Less than a minute ago, more than a dozen light and heavy machine guns on the Kuomintang's position had already stopped, and the remaining rifles and submachine gun firepower were completely suppressed by the Japanese support firepower.

With the fire cover of grenade launchers, heavy machine gun teams and tanks, the Japanese who were originally shooting on the ground stood up one after another and rushed over again with a bright bayonet.

It was not until the Japanese infantry approached the position of the National Army that the heavy machine gun group and grenade launcher behind finally stopped firing in order to avoid accidental injury. However, the two Type 95 tanks that charged with the infantry had no worries and continued to fire violently through the 37mm caliber main gun and the 7.7mm caliber front-firing machine gun.

At this time, it is impossible to use firepower to block the Japanese.

Without any signs, the battle suddenly entered a white-hot stage.

So a loud military horn sounded from the national army's positions, and a flag with the word "death" rose from the trenches.

Under the guidance of this "death" flag, rows of Sichuan soldiers rushed out of the trench with bayonets and screamed and rushed towards the Japanese opposite.

Among them, one of the Sichuan Army veterans rushed towards the two tanks fearlessly with a bundle of explosives.

The Japanese instantly realized what the veteran of the Sichuan Army wanted to do, so they rushed forward with a bayonet. One of the Japanese soldiers even stabbed him as a chest.

But the veteran of the Sichuan Army turned around and nimblely avoided it, then continued to rush forward with the explosive bag.

While rushing forward, the veteran of Sichuan Army pulled the fuse violently, and the explosive pack began to burst out with blue smoke.

"Baga, stop him, stop him!" A Japanese captain waved his saber and roared hysterically.

However, it was too late. The Sichuan veteran rushed to the front of a Type 95 tank with a single step. Although his body was penetrated by two bayonets at the same time, he threw the explosive bag into the bottom of the car!
Chapter completed!