Chapter 171

Ono Shichijiro led his brigade back to Mandalay after retreating from Longling, because he felt that it was still considered a safe zone.

Choosing such a route happened to meet the 404th Wing that was heading straight for Longling.

Qixiong Tachibana was a little strange. General Mutian had issued a death order, and all the regiments had to stand by and wait for help. Where did this retreating force come from?
He immediately ordered the troops to surround Ono's brigade.

Ono Shichijiro saw a Type 95 light tank in front of him, and the logo worn by the infantry behind the tank. He knew it was the well-known 404 Wing.

Because of Tachibana Qixiong's relationship, Ono and Tachibana Qixiong also met once. Although they were not familiar with each other, they both had some impressions, so he saluted immediately.

Qixiong Tachibana frowned and asked, "Ono-kun, who ordered you to retreat?"

Ono Shichijiro didn't know that the disaster was coming, so he explained: "Captain Tachibana, I gave the order. Now that the enemy army is overwhelming, Tongcymbal and Longling can't hold it at all. I must save my strength and retreat temporarily for future preparations." counterattack."

Qixiong Tachibana's eyes gradually narrowed: "So, you retreated privately?"

Ono Shichijiro slowly sensed Tachibana's unfriendly tone, and said: "Yes. I don't want to make unnecessary sacrifices. Now the Japanese Empire is recruiting everywhere, and teenagers are all drafted into the army. We must preserve ourselves. Only the elite can fight better."

"Baga!" Lihua Qixiong suddenly shouted: "Catch it!"

More than a dozen guards immediately went up, grabbed Ono Shichijiro's command saber, and twisted his arm, preventing him from moving.

Ono Shichijiro yelled in horror: "Captain Tachibana, what are you doing?"

"Retreating privately is running away! How dare you lose Longling, who gave you such courage?"

Qixiong Tachibana snorted coldly, and continued: "According to military discipline, Ono-kun knows very well what to do, so I don't need to say more?"

Ono Shichijiro turned pale with fright.

Qixiong Tachibana looked at him and said sharply: "Ono-kun, General Mutaguchi has issued an order earlier that no one is allowed to retreat. You are disobeying the military order and must be executed!"

Ono Shichijiro was so frightened that he knelt down: "Tachibana-kun, please, let me go!"

Qixiong Tachibana shook his head: "You are a sinner of the Great Japanese Empire now, I allow you to apologize by cutting open your stomach. Otherwise, I have to do it for you!"

With a wave of his hand, he motioned for the soldiers to let go of Ono, and returned the samurai sword to him.

Ono Shichijirou sat paralyzed on the ground, took the samurai sword with his hand, looked at Qixiong Tachibana's stern gaze, and silently cursed every one of the Tachibana family to die!
Then he jerked his katana out and plunged it into his stomach.

Qixiong Tachibana saw that Ono had already apologized, and ordered the soldiers behind him: "Take Ono's brigade back to Longling, and let them take their crimes and make meritorious service!"

……

The advance regiment and the Sichuan Army occupied Longling at this time and stationed there.

Longling has two city gates, a south gate and a north gate.

The advance group dispatched the second Battalion of Bula, Krupp's Artillery Battalion, and Kang Ya's Chariot Battalion to garrison the North City Gate.

The battalion commander of the first battalion was transferred to the 200th division as a civilian, and Li Liansheng was temporarily appointed as the battalion commander.

He and Yaoma's third battalion went to the south gate to assist the Sichuan Army.

The secret service battalion stayed in the city as a reserve team, supporting the two city gates at any time.

Standing on the top of the wall, Bula couldn't help laughing out loud: "I don't think there will be such a day, and they will be scared away by us..."

A few younger brothers followed behind his buttocks, and laughed along with him.

Milong set up a Maxim heavy machine gun at the gate of the city in a place with a relatively wide field of view and shooting range, bragging half-truthfully to the soldiers of the secret service battalion beside him.

"Every time the little devils see me, they don't dare to fight with me. Once, I rushed up with a machine gun, and a dozen devils were scared by me and retreated ten meters away."

Snake's butt and a few cooks were burning a fire and cooking under the city wall. The smoke was so smoky that Krupp, who was lying on the top of the city looking down, coughed.

Enthusiastic villagers sent a pig and a sheep, but they did not dare to take them due to the group order. They only wanted some vegetables and a chicken.

Krupp surrounded Gao Fei, muttering in a low voice: "Tuan Zuo, I want to eat chicken..."

Bula came over, found a few bricks, put them on his buttocks, and placed a box of grenades on the city wall, "Fatty, you only know how to eat. Besides eating, what else do you know?"

Krupp retorted: "The group seat said that if you don't eat actively, you have brain problems."

Holding a grenadier in his arms, he muttered: "Tuan Zuo, if we don't eat, let's have a shot, shall we? Let's have a shot."

Dou Cake was carrying a box of machine gun bullets, and pressed them into the clip: "What are you doing shooting? The little devil didn't come again."

Meng was annoyed by the young master and was lazy again. The others were hurrying up to build fortifications, but he was fine, lying on the city wall with his eyes closed and his legs crossed, basking in the sun.

"Tuan Zuo, the fat man is getting more and more greedy. If he eats like this, the God of Wealth will probably be poor when he descends to earth!"

Gao Fei patted Meng Fanle's helmet: "Fanla, I found that Krupp can sometimes chatter better than you."

A Yi carried a bucket of hot water from under the city wall, and poured it into the kettle one by one with a ladle: "I also found out, it's annoying, and there have been fewer words recently."

Meng Fan smiled and said, "Since following our group seat, my troubles have become less, and naturally I have less talk. Tell me, is our counterattack going well this time? The little devil actually abandoned the city and ran away. It’s rare in a thousand years.”

At the south gate, the Sichuan Army Corps and Yaoma's Third Battalion are also strengthening their defenses.

Long Wenwen stroked the hair on the dog's neck with one hand, and held a binoculars in the other hand, observing the terrain outside the city, and shouted: "Brothers in the advance group, work hard, and complete the fortifications!" ! Although the little devil slipped away with his brigade, and Longling is no match for the copper cymbals, but this place is also very important, and the little devils will definitely kill them!"

Before he finished speaking, he saw smoke and dust billowing in the distance, and then there was a rumbling sound.

This kind of sound is very rare on the battlefield, it is the roar of the engine of the tank.

Far away, eight tanks brought up a large amount of smoke and dust, like a torrent of steel, rushing towards the north gate of Longling.

Behind these ferocious steel beasts, there are devil infantry accompanying them.

Even in a distant place, there is still an artillery unit, which has already aimed at Longling City.

"The devil is coming!" Meng Fanle yelled.

Looking at the tanks that suddenly appeared, Gao Fei narrowed his eyes gradually: "Kang Ya, it's time for the tanks to show up!"

Kang Ya stood aside and said confidently: "Tuan Zuo, I've already prepared, and I'm just waiting for this day!"

In the past, they were all chased and beaten by the little devil's tanks, but now they have their own tanks, so they must get their old scores back.

"Dodging the cannon!" Long Wenwen yelled.

The advance regiment guarding the north gate and the soldiers of the main regiment on the left and right flanks all hid behind the city wall.

The booming cannons exploded violently. Not only did the devils have an artillery squadron in the distance, but the tank troops also fired towards the city wall.

The attack pattern of the Japanese army was almost exactly the same as before—the artillery bombarded, the infantry rushed, and the infantry rushed after the artillery bombarded.

It's just that this time tanks are added, and the artillery rushes after the tanks are bombarded.

The eight tanks spread out, formed a horizontal formation, and rumbled towards Longling City.

Two of the eight tanks are Type 89 medium tanks.In fact, this kind of tank can only be regarded as a light tank. The total combat weight is only 12.1 tons, the crew is 4 people, and the main weapon is a 57mm short-barreled howitzer.

The hull and turret are steel armor with rivets. Although it is not as strong as the German tanks, there should be no problem breaking through the city gate.

The remaining six are Type 94 light tanks. This tank is surprisingly small, only 3 meters long, with a total combat weight of only 3.45 tons, and the thinner part of the armor is only 6 mm.

The tank was riveted and could be blown apart by a single hit from a pack of dynamite or from a mountain cannon at the time.

At this time, the eight Japanese tanks advanced while firing their guns.

And behind each tank, there are more than a dozen devils.

The enemy's tactic is very simple, that is, to push all the way and directly attack the city from the main gate.

(End of this chapter)

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