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At this time, the Japanese troops in the rear, attacking Licheng County, became more fierce after hearing the news that the enemy had begun bombarding the walls of Changzhi City.
Several regiments of the Japanese army carried out attacks around the clock.
On the second line of defense of the Independent Division, the eyes of those soldiers who had experienced hundreds of battles were filled with numbness.
The long battle has made their bodies extremely exhausted, and their mental state has also been in a tense state for the past two days.
There is still half a day left before Xia Yang promises to stick to it.
Their second line of defense has basically completed its scheduled defense tasks at this time.
Ten minutes ago, they successfully repelled another wave of Japanese attacks. But at this time, there were less than a thousand soldiers left on their position.
Three-quarters of the two regiments had been killed or injured at this time, and only a quarter of their strength was left to continue to participate in the battle.
Such a casualty ratio can be said to be on the verge of collapse of an army.
In order to continue fighting, Liu Xiangguo directly integrated the first and second regiments together to facilitate command.
Their commanders at the level of battalion commander and company commander suffered terrible casualties. At this time, there was only one battalion commander, three company commanders, and chief of staff Liu Xiangguo.
The first and second regiment commanders had already died on this position in the fierce battle.
Qiu Guoping personally rode to the second line of defense and came to Liu Xiangguo.
Looking at Liu Xiangguo's appearance at this time, Qiu Guoping felt a sharp pain in his heart.
"Master, you are here!"
Liu Xiangguo said, but his eyes could not see him.
Because the Japanese shell shrapnel blinded his eyes, his eyes are now wrapped with white bandages.
But he was determined not to leave his position and vowed to fight to the last soldier.
Helpless, Qiu Guoping could only come to him in person.
"I'm here, Lao Qiu, your blocking mission is completed. You can leave here now and go to the rear to rest." Qiu Guoping looked at Liu Xiangguo's eyes that were wrapped in bandages, and tears almost flowed out of his eyes.
He endured the grief, and even his voice showed no signs of choking.
"Really? What time is it now? I can't see my watch." Liu Xiangguo said.
"It's eight o'clock in the morning. There are still thirteen hours before the time the master said. Brothers of the Third and Fourth Regiments will hold on to the defense line. Don't worry."
Qiu Guoping held Liu Xiangguo's hand and said.
Liu Xiangguo grinned, and then said: "Master, my gold-rimmed glasses were damaged by the explosion, but fortunately, the glasses case helped me block two rounds of shrapnel."
With that said, he took out the wooden box from his pocket.
By this time, the wooden box had been torn apart by fragments of artillery shells fired by the Japanese army. When the wooden box was opened, the gold-rimmed glasses lenses were also broken.
Liu Xiangguo¡¯s most beloved pair of gold-rimmed glasses also died heroically in the fierce battle.
¡°I¡¯ll ask you to get a new pair for you!¡± Qiu Guoping looked at the glasses case and said.
"Okay! You promise me, keep your word." Liu Xiangguo said.
¡°It counts!!¡±
When Qiu Guoping said this, he could no longer suppress the tears in his eyes. Hot tears rolled down his cheeks and fell on the blackened soil burned by the shells.
"Let's go! Take the chief of staff away." Qiu Guoping said, and began to command the troops to withdraw from the dilapidated position of the second line of defense.
Twenty minutes later, the Japanese army advanced again.
But what was different from the last time was that when they occupied the position this time, they only dispatched two small teams.
The two teams searched the blood-filled position, and after confirming that there were no explosives left behind, they notified the troops in the rear to follow them.
Although the position here was occupied, the Japanese army's attack did not stop just because it occupied the second line of defense.
They continued to move forward, calling artillery units from time to time to conduct artillery reconnaissance in the woods and hillsides where the enemy might be hiding.
"These Japanese soldiers knew that there must be another enemy in front of them, somewhere unknown.The Japanese troops stood there.
They still need to pay a lot of casualties before they can truly occupy Licheng County.
The Japanese troops behind these attacking troops were eager to move forward together.
The previous loss of Japanese positions outside Changzhi City allowed Xia Yang's artillery troops to advance a long distance.
This allows their large-caliber howitzers to cover a wider area.
The rear of their troops was still within the bombardment range of the howitzer regiment. In the first half of the night, they had been bombarded for several rounds in succession, which was extremely miserable.
So as soon as the second line of defense here was announced to be occupied, these Japanese troops began to advance forward.
At this time, outside Changzhi City, the shelling against the Japanese army had ended.
The city wall of Changzhi City is like a piece of tofu that has been smashed by a slap. You can see the blasted city wall everywhere. The masonry that collapsed from the gap in the city wall paved a road leading to the top of the city wall.
Xia Yang's troops appeared in the sight of the Japanese soldiers after the bombardment ended.
The Japanese troops hiding behind the city wall shouted and rushed to the ruined city wall after the shelling ended.
They clearly saw that Xia Yang's armored troops had set up a formation and began to advance bit by bit towards the city wall where they were stationed.
Seeing this scene, the Japanese soldiers felt a sense of oppression as if black clouds were pressing down on the city.
These Japanese soldiers could not help but hold their breath, looking at the black iron curtain advancing forward with their bloodshot eyes.
¡°Mortar ready!!!¡±
The Japanese commander on the city wall yelled.
As soon as he finished speaking, the tanks and armored vehicles slowly stopped.
"It's just that these armored vehicles and tanks stopped, not because they wanted to stop the attack. But for better aiming, the muzzle was pointed at the city wall that was full of Japanese troops at this time.
Many of those Japanese commanders have fought against Xia Yang's armored units many times, so they are naturally rich in experience.
So when they saw those tanks and armored vehicles slowly raising their muzzles, they knew that the next step of these steel monsters was to launch their shells onto their city walls.
¡°Tank bombardment!!¡±
The Japanese commander on the city wall shouted loudly and took the lead in pressing his body close to the battlements.
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