War of Resistance

The morale of the enemy troops in front was high and they gained the upper hand one after another, while our troops were thrown into disarray by the sudden rain.

As troops temporarily transferred here for garrison, neither Kobashi Yoshiyasu's Japanese regular army nor the puppet army had time to build too many permanent positions, especially those like artillery towers, which were only half built.

At that time, Xiaoqiao Youkang clearly remembered what Captain Akiyama Ikko said to him: "You lead the troops to garrison here. The main purpose is to withstand the first wave of attacks from the Chinese army. Of course, the possibility of the Chinese army coming is not great. Our 11th Army has launched attacks on them one after another. They don't even have much power to resist. If the 6th Division hadn't taken the initiative to withdraw, Changsha might have been taken by now. When you get here, you can rest assured and take a vacation for a while... As for the Chinese army... well, don't worry too much!"

What about the unlikely possibility? What about the lack of resistance?

At this time, Xiaoqiao Youkang's heart was filled with more regrets than could be described. After all, he himself did not take this matter seriously, otherwise he would not have let the troops dig trenches slowly. He himself was in a semi-vacation state and did not care much about the garrison of the troops. It took more than ten days to build half of the artillery tower.

When the guard troops of the Ninth War Zone attacked, both the Japanese and puppet troops could only enter the barely built positions to resist, and the mentality of taking a vacation was directly shattered.

A sudden downpour dampened the morale of the Japanese troops. The key point was that the sound of rain covered up the sound of the other side's actions, while the rain and fog blocked the other side's sight, and the visibility was no more than 50 meters!

  The distance of fifty meters is enough for grenade launchers and mortar shells to hit the opposite position!

As a result, the Japanese army soon discovered that the combat effectiveness of these Chinese troops was not comparable to that of the ordinary Central Army. They actually had a large number of grenade launchers, and even their number exceeded theirs!

“Swoosh~~Boom!!!”

“Swoosh~~Boom!!!”

“Swoosh~~Boom!!!”

……

  Intensive explosions sounded on the Japanese positions. The Japanese firepower was suppressed for a time. The National Army's troops once again strode forward and were about to reach the Japanese positions in the blink of an eye!

Things have come to this point, and anyone can see that it is only a matter of time before the Japanese positions are lost.

At this time, Guo Qiliang's clothes were soaked by the rain, and his eyes never left the direction where the gunfire came from.

"It's such a good rain... If it weren't for this rain, it would take us more effort to capture the Japanese positions..." Guo Qiliang's lips smiled slightly, and he could no longer hide his smile.

"Commander Guo, listening to the gunshots, our troops have advanced to the Japanese positions. Next, we should prepare well and then go to support the deputy commander-in-chief." Lu Shaojie said with a smile.

"Indeed, it will take two hours at most to take this place. Commander Zhang has reinforcements from the cavalry battalion, so I guess Pingjiang County is basically safe." Guo Qiliang said with a smile, "Let the first battalion prepare and set out to reinforce Pingjiang before the rain stops. We can't let our deputy commander-in-chief wait too long."

"Yes, sir." Lu Shaojie responded, also looking in a good mood.

……

Not long after, the first battalion, which had received the order, set off and acted very quickly.

At this time, Zhang Tianhai finally waited for the arrival of the cavalry battalion.

Wang Yongcheng saw the already opened city gate and almost thought he was seeing things - were Commander Zhang and his men really that powerful? They had solved the problem in such a short time? It seemed that they were really here to reinforce him. All he had to do was hold the position!

"Brothers from the second company, all dismount and support Commander Zhang on foot! Leave the horses to the brothers from the first company!" Wang Yongcheng said loudly.

"Yes!!" The neat and loud response almost penetrated the rain curtain and transmitted the sound completely to the city wall.

"Arrived so soon?"

Not only the officers and soldiers of the special forces company were confused, even Zhang Tianhai himself was a little bewildered. They had expected the fight to last an hour, but they didn't expect that people would arrive in half an hour, and they were from the cavalry battalion!

  The cavalry battalion is well-equipped and has strong firepower, which is recognized by the entire army. Their arrival means that powerful firepower support is in place!

"Go down and pass on my order. Let their second company enter the city to build positions and establish a fire defense line, and at least one platoon must be on the city wall!" Zhang Tianhai said, pointing directly at a soldier next to him.

"Yes! Sir!" the soldier responded, and then went down along the rope they left when they climbed the city.

After receiving Zhang Tianhai's order, Wang Yongcheng immediately ordered the Second Company of the Cavalry Battalion under his command to carry out the order of Commander Zhang.

Before Wang Yongcheng could figure out what he should do with the first and third companies, another soldier from the special forces company ran up to him and conveyed Zhang Tianhai's order.

"Hello, Captain Wang! I am a soldier from the special forces company. I have come here on the orders of Commander Zhang to convey your orders!" The soldier first saluted and then explained.

"Hurry up and speak." Wang Yongcheng immediately returned a military salute.

"Commander Zhang asked you to lead the rest of the cavalry battalion to deploy one kilometer in the direction of Xiushui to prevent the Japanese troops in Pingjiang from breaking out! Message received!" After saying that, the soldiers of the special forces company ran towards the direction of Pingjiang County.

After receiving the order, Wang Yongcheng did not hesitate. He left a platoon from the first company of the cavalry battalion to guard the horses of the second company and led the troops towards Xiushui.

No one expected that Zhang Tianhai would be so bold. He would take the next steps immediately after gaining a slight advantage.

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Pingjiang County, Japanese garrison battalion headquarters.

At this time, news came one after another that the counterattacks of the front troops had been thwarted, and the attitude of the Nanchang garrison headquarters was unclear and it was very likely that they would give up on them in exchange for time for troop reinforcements. Fortunately, the news that the North Gate had been recaptured gave him a little comfort.

But the next information he received made Akiyama Ikkaku even more furious: there were only ten enemy corpses at the north gate, while his own casualties were as high as a hundred!

Faced with such a dire situation, Akiyama Ikkaku had no choice but to find other ways.

"Mr. Matsushita, how many people do we have left?" Akiyama Ikkaku asked the staff officer next to him.

"Report to His Excellency the Captain, according to the latest statistics and estimates, we still have about a squadron of troops left in the city, and the Peace and Nation Building Army barely has only one company left..." Staff Officer Matsushita's tone was very heavy.

Hearing this, Akiyama Ichikaku's heart sank to the bottom.

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PS: Update is here! (End of this chapter)