The North China Plain is a vast expanse of plains, which is very conducive to the Japanese army's motorized troops.

Moreover, the 5th, 10th, and 14th Divisions are all one of the 17 most elite Class A divisions of the Japanese army, and their combat effectiveness is very strong.

In early 1938, the Jinpu detachment, which was expanded from the 129th Division Engineer Company of the Eighth Route Army, also continued to conduct ambushes against scattered Japanese troops in Niutouling and other places, in order to contain some Japanese troops from attacking Xuzhou.

At the same time, the Battle of Xuzhou also attracted a lot of domestic attention, including the attention of foreigners abroad.

So from the foreign concession in Songhu, a team of foreign reporters took a plane to Xuzhou City, preparing to serve as war reporters here to cover the Xuzhou Battle.

Of course, many domestic reporters also came, including many patriotic students who came to support the anti-Japanese war, make donations, and even join the army.

Suddenly, Xuzhou City became a very lively big city. Not only did it gain a lot of popularity, but these people, together with the citizens in Xuzhou City, were nervously waiting for the result of the Xuzhou Battle and discussing with each other.

The situation of this battle,

For a while, people in the streets and alleys were talking about what the final battle of Xuzhou would be like, and whether they could withstand the Japanese army.

Of course, there are also many wealthy people who have already fled Xuzhou City with their property.

Many people who stayed behind were also worried about whether the Japanese army would kill them after the city of Xuzhou was broken, so there were many traitors waiting for the Japanese army to come and make a fortune.

However, the majority of citizens are worried about the war in Xuzhou. Many citizens are worried about whether Xuzhou can hold on or whether it will eventually fall like the capital.

Just as Xuzhou citizens had various thoughts and discussions,

Liu Feiyang's troops had also taken advantage of the falling night to gradually approach the outskirts of the Setani detachment's camp.

Although Major General Kei Setani, the brigade commander of the Setani detachment, did not pay attention to the national army, it does not mean that he did not do a good job in night defense.

So at night, the brigade commander, Major General Kei Setani, still asked the commander of the 10th Infantry Regiment, Colonel Akashiba Yazozo, and the commander of the 63rd Infantry Regiment, Colonel Fukuei Shinpei, to dispatch elite inspection troops.

, conduct patrols at night to guard against enemy night attacks.

"Do you feel that our brigade commander is too cautious?"

"We haven't even gone to the outskirts of Teng County yet! He has been warning us constantly to remind us that we must strengthen patrols to guard against sudden attacks by the Chinese Army!"

"I'm really worried! Even if those Chinese troops are constantly attacking our scattered troops like those on the Tubal Road, I feel that we don't need to be like this now, stepping up patrols and patrols 24 hours a day, as if we are facing a powerful enemy.

Be on guard!"

"This really puts our troops in a high-intensity combat state, which will not be very good for their upcoming war!"

"If they are too nervous and are not relaxed all the time, it will be difficult for them to exert their due fighting power when launching a general attack!"

"And the most unacceptable thing to me is that to deal with an indescribable Chinese army with inferior weapons and equipment in Teng County, such a cautious patrol and defense is required. It really makes me speechless!"

"Do we, the imperial army, still need to be afraid of such a vulnerable Chinese army?"

"With such a poorly equipped China Army, I can annihilate several of them with one regiment, or even an entire division of the enemy! Our well-equipped imperial elites are simply not comparable to these useless, ragtag China Army.

of!"

Colonel Akashiba Yaezo, the captain of the 10th Infantry Regiment, was smoking a cigarette in the center of the camp while talking endlessly to Colonel Fukei Shinpei, the captain of the 63rd Infantry Regiment, who was also smoking next to him.

"I agree with you very much. The problem is that we can only obey orders!"

"I think we should go to bed early! Tomorrow we will launch an attack on the outlying villages of the national army!"

When Colonel Akashiba Yaezo said he was tired, finished his cigarette, started to feel sleepy, and wanted to go back to sleep, Captain Fukei Shinpei couldn't help but interrupt.

"Hmph! I want to smoke more, but I'm not in a good mood yet!"

"I don't like our commander's overly cautious behavior!"

But Colonel Akashiba Yaezo responded with a cold snort.

"Okay! That's up to you! I'd better go and rest first. I'm really too tired, and the troops who will launch the first round of attack tomorrow are also troops of our 63rd Infantry Regiment, so I'll excuse you!

"

"Akaashiba-kun!"

For the commander Yaezo Akashiba who wanted to continue to complain, the commander Furei Shinpei firmly refused to agree. He waved his hand at the opponent and quickly turned around and left.

"snort!"

Seeing this, Captain Akashiba Yaezo also snorted in displeasure,

Then he continued to smoke his favorite cigarettes,

It didn't take long for him to start vomiting with clouds all over his face.

...

...

At this time, the leader of Liu Feiyang's unit was the recruit battalion commander Zhang Jintao and a battalion of recruits he selected.

After these new recruits adapted to operating the M1 Garand rifle, they received day and night training with the AK47 automatic rifle for more than a month, and it was also high-intensity and intensive training including night combat.

Therefore, these new recruits at this moment are very skilled in using AK47 automatic rifles to aim and shoot.

"Are you all ready?"

"We're about to have a night raid!"

When the new battalion commander Zhang Jintao led his troops to the outskirts of the Segu detachment's camp in a nervous mood, preparing for a night battle and sneak attack,

He suddenly asked Li Tiexin, the deputy battalion commander beside him.

"Everything is ready, but there are still a lot of soldiers who are a bit nervous! Because they haven't done enough actual combat! So they are still quite nervous and scared!"

"battalion commander!"

Deputy Battalion Commander Li Tiexin said slightly embarrassed.

"What are we afraid of! Didn't we follow Commander Liu Feiyang to the northeast to kill the Japs? Those are elite Japs troops!"

"We dare to kill them, but why are we afraid of such an ordinary Japanese army?"

"Give me the order immediately and launch a night attack immediately!"

"Remember this battle, we are going to have a competition with Battalion Commander Li Jingang and others. Whose army belongs to us? If we lose, we will have the word "turtle" painted on our faces in the future!"

"Which of you wants to be a turtle, go ahead! Anyway, I don't want to be a turtle!"

After hearing this, the recruit battalion commander Zhang Jintao immediately showed an angry expression and scolded softly.

"Ah! This..."

"yes!"

Hearing this, Deputy Battalion Commander Li Tiexin became even more embarrassed, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

But soon he agreed and turned around to give the order to attack immediately.

...

...

"beat!"

"Da da da... da da da..."

"Tu tu tu tu——"

"Da da da——"

"Boom, boom, boom..."

"Boom! Boom! Boom boom..."

"Ah, ah, ah..."

"Baga, it's bad! It's an enemy attack by the Chinese Army! There is really a night attack by the Chinese Army! Fight back, fight back!!!"

Within a short time, the entire perimeter of the Setani detachment's camp quickly rang out with thrilling bursts of light and heavy machine gun fire, as well as the shelling sounds of small-caliber mortars and artillery, as well as the ferocious fire of the mg42 general-purpose machine gun.

The sound, the sound of guns and cannons, kept deafening throughout the night sky.
Chapter completed!