I am God of War in Snow Leopard

Chapter 136 Tiger and Ben troops come to help

Following Okamoto's order, the devil infantry of the two squadrons poured into Moling Pass from the south pass and the west pass respectively, and joined the attack on the defenders.

As soon as the devils increased their troops, the pressure on the defenders suddenly increased.

Some of the courtyards that were originally captured by the counterattack soon fell again.

Seeing that the battle situation was critical, Zhang Tianyou took his adjutants with him and led a group of guard troops, which was also the last reserve team in his hands.

He took the lead and rushed into the battlefield and joined the blocking battle.

With the reinforcements and reinforcements from Zhang Tianyou and the others, the morale of the remaining [-] defenders was revived.

Relying on the houses and buildings in the pass, a more intense firefight was launched with the Japanese invaders.

……

On the Huben Regiment's side, Xu Qingfeng led the guard company, the reconnaissance company, and the officers and soldiers of the Ninth Battalion. After leaving the Zhonghua Gate, they marched all the way towards Moling Pass.

Just halfway there, the system's notification sounded again: "Ding, the new mission is triggered by sticking to Moling Pass.

If you stick to Moling Pass and kill a thousand invading enemies, you will get a gift pack.

In addition, it is detected that the host has accumulated check-in times three times. Do you want to use it? "

Xu Qingfeng rode on the horse, and suddenly said to himself: "I have been busy marching for the past few days, and I didn't take any time off when I arrived in Nanjing, so I forgot about it.

The system will give me the number of check-ins immediately. "

"Received, congratulations to the host for signing in three times in a row and receiving three hundred napalm bombs!" The system quickly carried out Xu Qingfeng's instructions.

"Very good, with these three hundred napalm bombs, the artillery strength of our Huben regiment will be even better."

Xu Qingfeng was overjoyed after hearing this, and chose to accept the new task.

After finishing the conversation with the system, Xu Qingfeng ordered Chen Qifeng, Sun Kui, Lei Xiong, Wang Changgui and others who were following him: "Order the troops to advance at full speed! We must arrive at Moling Pass within half an hour. !"

"Yes!" Everyone echoed in unison. Lei Xiong and Sun Kui took orders respectively, turned their horses and went to urge their troops in person.

……

Danyang County, the temporary headquarters of the Japanese 6th Division.

Because the old devil Gu Hisao, the head of the division at the time, was ambushed and killed by Xu Qingfeng on the south bank of Taihu Lake.

In order to allow the 6th Division, a Category A division, to continue to exert its combat power, it marched towards Nanjing.

The angry Japanese senior officials quickly transferred a new army lieutenant general to serve as the division commander.

This person is none other than Lieutenant General Inaba Shiro, the successor of Tani Hisao in history.

This Shiro Inaba turned out to be the cavalry commander of the Japanese army and was just promoted to lieutenant general in August.

As soon as Hisao Tani died, the old devil immediately lost his luck.

He was transferred directly from the north to central China and served as the new division commander of the 6th Division.

After all, the 6th Division is one of the oldest, most powerful, and highest-status divisions among the 17 permanent divisions of the Japanese army.

Being able to serve as the supreme commander of this division will elevate his status and reputation in the Japanese military circles to an unprecedented level.

It will also be of great benefit to his future career.

For this reason, Shiro Inaba rushed to Songhu to pay a quick visit to Matsui Iwane, who was the commander of the Central China Front Army at the time, and others.

Immediately, he drove to the front line and caught up with the main force of the 6th Division who had arrived at the outskirts of Nanjing.

And quickly rebuilt its own 6th Division headquarters in Danyang County.

As soon as the headquarters was established, Inaba Shiro held the first pre-war meeting to listen to the battle reports and battle progress of each regiment.

"Division Commander, currently the 36rd Infantry Regiment of our 23th Brigade has arrived at Moling Pass and is jointly launching an attack on Moling Pass with a regiment of the 18th Division.

It is estimated that before this afternoon, this pass will be won, thus opening up the way for the whole division to march to the outer positions of Nanjing! "

At the meeting, Colonel Ichiro Watanabe, the newly appointed chief of staff of the 6th Division like Shiro Inaba, held a wooden command pole, pointed at the combat map hanging on the wall, and reported to Shiro Inaba.

"How is the situation of the other alliances?" Inaba Shiro nodded slightly, and then asked.

"The other regiments, except the 13th regiment, suffered heavy losses in the battle against Xu Qingfeng's troops in Wujiang, and are currently resting and supplementing in Suzhou.

They have all arrived in Danyang, Jurong and other places and can attack forward at any time! "

After Ichiro Watanabe answered, he suggested: "However, since the landing in Hangzhou Bay, all units of our division have been attacking continuously for more than [-] kilometers, and the officers and soldiers of each unit are a little tired.

Therefore, I suggest that all the troops should rest in Danyang and Jurong for one night.

After the 23rd Regiment broke through Moling Pass, the entire division continued to attack Nanjing. "

Inaba Shiro nodded in agreement and said: "It makes sense, let's follow your suggestion, Mr. Watanabe, and order each regiment and division to be directly under each unit to seize the time to rest.

Replenish your energy and recharge your batteries, and then conquer Nanjing City in one go! "

"Also, we need to tell the 23rd Infantry Regiment and order them to capture Moling Pass before 3 o'clock this afternoon."

"Hai!" Ichiro Watanabe suddenly ordered his life.

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Moling Pass.

Seeing that they could not capture the North Pass and the East Pass, Okamoto Jinchen and Notomi Masatori once again added two squadrons.

The number of Japanese troops participating in the attack reached more than [-] people, nearly ten infantry squadrons.

The Japanese army continued to increase its troops and continued to attack regardless of the cost of casualties.

The casualties of Zhang Tianyou and the defenders under his command increased sharply, from the previous number of more than a thousand to less than 800.

The defense line in the town has been breached repeatedly.

Seeing that, it is time to retreat to the city walls of Dongguankou and Beiguankou for the final defense.

Seeing the critical situation, Zhang Tianyou, who was standing behind the ruins of a building to direct the battle, looked back to the north and said with a sad face: "Xu Qingfeng, if your reinforcements don't arrive, Moling Pass will be lost."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was another burst of Japanese soldiers shouting from the front.

Looking back in surprise, I saw a large number of devils holding bayonets, swarming towards them again like a tide.

"Brothers, beat me hard! Reinforcements will be here soon!" Zhang Tianyou made a last-ditch effort to boost morale.

Under his encouragement and command, hundreds of remnants of the defenders, relying on the closed wall and the ruins of nearby houses, fired again, trying their best to block the attack of the devils.

However, the enemy attacked more and more, and the firepower became more and more intense.

However, because their ammunition was about to run out, their firepower became increasingly sparse.

Seeing that it was almost impossible to resist, and the Japanese were about to rush forward, Zhang Tianyou shouted in anger and grief and ordered again: "Everyone is here, fix bayonets!!!"

Following his order, the hundreds of surviving guards and soldiers took out their bayonets and put them on their guns.

Soldiers who did not have bayonets took out iron swords, or even wooden sticks, poles and other objects as weapons.

Just at the critical moment when they were about to launch a counterattack against the Japanese army and start a hand-to-hand battle with the devils.

A burst of intense gunfire suddenly sounded from behind them.

Da da da da... da da da... A large number of hot bullets flew past them like raindrops.

The devils attacked the crowd in front of them and poured away. Wherever they went, devil soldiers fell down screaming in pieces.

Zhang Tianyou and others looked back and saw a large number of officers and soldiers wearing helmets, submachine guns, and yellow-green military uniforms swarming.

The leader was wearing a straight army colonel's military uniform, riding a tall horse, holding a Mauser pistol, fired repeatedly, and took the lead in charging.

"Xu Qingfeng, Colonel of the Huben Regiment of the National Revolutionary Army, was ordered to lead his troops to help. The defenders have worked hard. Please fight back with our troops and drive the little devils out of Moling Pass!"

(End of this chapter)