But when Commander Chen asked the communications corps to send a telegram to Liu Feiyang to contact him,

Liu Feiyang's side gave him the telegram first,

So the two of them also chatted briefly,

Moreover, the Chairman of the Generalissimo was listening to the contents of the chat telegram reported by Commander Chen.

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Inside Guangde City.

The two main regiments of the 145th Division of the Sichuan Army, plus the division headquarters guard battalion, are repairing fortifications in the city to replace the disabled 11th Division of the National Army, the 109th Division, and other Sichuan Army units.

Commander Rao, the commander of the 145th Division, also personally directed the officers and soldiers to dig trenches and build fortifications to defend against shelling.

"Master, the little devil's cannons are so numerous and so accurate that even a platoon of brothers will be killed if a swarm of shells comes down. Do you think this battle should be fought with a roar?"

"Do we really want to take over the defense line here? With our small strength, I'm afraid we can't hold on. Moreover, our weapons and equipment are not as good as those of the Japanese army, and there are no reinforcements coming yet..."

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Battalion Commander Cao, the divisional security battalion commander, did not have the slightest confidence and complained in a low voice.

Because he didn't understand why Commander Tang wanted a miscellaneous army that lacked weapons and equipment and no logistical supplies to take over the defense position.

And they also had to face the attack of a Japanese division with more than 20,000 troops.

Faced with such an unreasonable order,

The divisional security battalion commander, Battalion Commander Cao, really has a lot of complaints and needs to vent them out.

So he complained to his 145th Division commander, Commander Rao.

"..."

"You have the energy to complain here, why not prepare a few more fortification positions for me to avoid the Japanese bombardment?"

"This way we can save a few lives later!"

Regarding Battalion Commander Cao's complaint, Commander Rao, the commander of the 145th Division, had no choice but to retort.

Although he really didn't want to take over a battlefield like Guangde that was about to be undefendable, he still couldn't disobey his superiors' orders.

Moreover, the 11th and 109th Divisions of the National Army that were replaced by them now, as well as the National Army officers and soldiers who were also maimed, are all good. Although they suffered heavy casualties, they still held on to Guangde City.

He waited until the main force of his army came to take over the defense.

"Master, I'm telling you the truth, what the hell is Commander Tang? He's hiding behind the capital, but he's still gesticulating and giving random orders to our 145th Division. He insists on us."

Take over Guangde City, which cannot be defended at all, and not provide us with weapons and equipment supplies! I will destroy his ancestors!"

"He wants us to die in vain!"

As soon as Commander Rao finished speaking, Battalion Commander Cao said even more emotionally.

While he was talking, a short and sharp whistle suddenly came from the front.

"Stop talking so much nonsense. Although the man named Tang didn't give us any supplies of weapons and equipment! But the troops we replaced now left us with a lot of mortars and machine guns!"

"so......"

Teacher Rao retorted.

"So what! You have to know that the mortars and machine guns they left behind are all out of ammunition. They were all used up in the battle with the Japanese!"

"Otherwise they wouldn't have been beaten so badly by the Japanese!"

But Battalion Commander Cao still retorted reluctantly.

"..."

Commander Rao of the 145th Division.

At this moment, he wanted to slap Battalion Commander Cao in the face, causing him to talk so much nonsense and shake the morale of the army.

Just at this moment,

"What a fool, the little Japs are shelling Liao! Brothers, anti-artillery Liao, hurry up and hide in the anti-artillery cave!!"

"Those bastards' artillery fire is coming again!"

A short and sharp whistle suddenly struck from the sky in front, and at the same time it was accompanied by a panicked exclamation, warning.

Before he finished speaking, a Japanese artillery shell had already fallen, and then exploded with another bang.

The next moment, a position where air defense fortifications were being repaired was hit by a bomb. Several Sichuan soldiers who were unable to react were immediately injured or killed.

Then those Sichuan soldiers who survived the catastrophe immediately scattered in all directions with panic-stricken expressions on their faces, and got into the pre-dug artillery holes as quickly as possible.

A moment later, rows of shells poured in from outside Guangde City.

In an instant, the entire defense system of the 145th Division, which had just successfully taken over the defense, was shrouded in thick smoke.

In the thick smoke and fierce bombing, a lot of hot mud mixed with fierce shock waves rose into the sky, blowing many Sichuan soldiers into severed limbs.

It is impossible for simple civil air defense fortifications to withstand the fierce bombardment of the Japanese army's 75mm caliber mountain artillery group!

In particular, one division of the Japanese army assembled almost 60 75mm-caliber field guns and mountain guns, with a small number of 105mm guns sandwiched between them, and carried out an artillery fire coverage attack.

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...

"Bagaya Road! Bomb!"

"I'm going to blow up all the Chinese troops inside!"

"I want to kill you!"

However, the commander of the Sixth Division outside Guangde City, Hisao Tani, had an extremely ferocious look on his face. He waved the command knife in his hand in an extremely irritable manner and issued a combat order of desperate shelling to his artillery team.

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Because in yesterday's battle, he was caught off guard by the National Army's 11th Division, the National Army's 109th Division, and other Sichuan troops who received heavy firepower weapons and equipment supported by Liu Feiyang's troops, and after a large number of Japanese soldiers were injured or killed,

With the help of air support, the division commander Hisao Tani consumed all the ammunition of all the heavy firepower weapons and equipment of the national army in Guangde City.

But just when he thought victory was within reach, another Sichuan army suddenly appeared to take over the defense and continued to fight with his troops.

Therefore, the furious division commander Hisao Tani bombed all the few remaining shells of his artillery unit into Guangde City without thinking, and bombed the main force of the Sichuan Army's 145th Division that had just taken over the defensive position.

Where is it?

Faced with such dense and ferocious artillery bombardment,

The two main regiments of the Sichuan Army's 145th Division, which lacked heavy firepower weapons and equipment and artillery, plus the division headquarters guard battalion, were really miserable.

Because they were bombed all of a sudden and were unable to fight back,

Apart from quickly finding a life-saving bunker to avoid the bombardment, there was no way to carry out a counterattack with the same dense artillery group.

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...

Commander Rao of the 145th Division, who had just found a bunker to take shelter, was extremely anxious that the Sichuan Army troops he led were suddenly faced with such a critical situation.

"Brothers, don't be too panicked. Hold on, let me withstand this wave of artillery fire!"

"After the artillery fire of the stubborn Japanese is covered, we can fight them desperately. I don't think they will have many shells left!"

"Based on the combat situation of the troops we took over, the enemy's ammunition has also been consumed by them!"

"In short, if the people are in the position, the position can only be lost if the people die. Brothers, stand up to this wave of Japanese bombings!"

However, Commander Rao still had to work hard to control his worries and boost the morale of his few remaining troops.

However, his shouts were soon covered up by the roar of Japanese artillery fire.

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Chapter completed!