This day passed quickly and quietly under the deployment of both sides. More than 20 Japanese cannons were moved to the city tower under the arrangement of Maruyama Masako.

All ten artillery pieces on Li Yunlong's side have been deployed, and the war is about to break out.

It was getting darker and it was soon night. Li Yunlong lifted the tent and walked out. At this time, the three battalion commanders were all ready.

"Captain, the time is almost over!" Zhao Shan said.

Li Yunlong nodded: "Tell the troops to set off immediately and arrive at Hacheng as fast as possible. Once the trenches are excavated, fire the Japanese immediately."

"Yes!" Zhao Shan responded and left quickly.

They had actually dug trenches here, but this trenches were prepared to prevent the Japanese from attacking. But what Li Yunlong did not expect was that the Japanese did not attack, but instead hurried in Ha City and did not come out.

This made Li Yunlong depressed for a moment, but he was not depressed because when he retreated, he could be used as a second line of defense to snipe the chasing Japanese.

Soon, the large army set off again. By the time Li Yunlong arrived, the soldiers of the First and Second Battalions had already dug the trenches and were ready for combat.

Looking at the dark city tower not far away, Li Yunlong snorted coldly: "Little Japanese, blood debt needs to be paid for. Today, you should pay the price for your atrocities."

"Transfer my order, ten cannons fired volleys, and the first round of bombing, I will kill half of the Japanese on the city tower!"

"Yes!" Zhao Shan responded, then shouted at the location of the artillery: "The regiment commander has an order, and ten cannons are launched at the same time, ready to fire!"

After that, a response came from the artillery position: "The shells are loaded and can be fired!"

"Let me go!" Li Yunlong roared.

"Boom boom boom!"

As Li Yunlong fell down with anger, ten artillery guns were fired together, and shells dragged their long tails in the dark, flying towards the Hacheng Tower like meteors.

A explosion came soon after, and at the same time, there was a fire that soared into the sky.

The Japanese also quickly reacted, and Maruyama Masanan quickly rushed to the city tower: "Baga! Damn Li Yunlong, for such a large-scale battle, he actually chose to fight at night, which is not in line with the spirit of Bushido!"

The chief of staff on the side said nervously: "Genius General, Li Yunlong's combat style is different from the enemies we have fought before, and it is much harder to deal with!"

Maruyama Masanan nodded: "Immediately mobilize all the searchlights on other city towers, and notify all troops to prepare for defense!"

"I have given instructions on this matter, and I will wait for your order now!" The Chief of Staff quickly followed Maruyama Masanan.

Soon, Maruyama Masanan climbed the city tower. Under the illumination of the searchlight, he saw the number of Li Yunlong's troops clearly and was extremely panicked.

Maruyama Masanan said with a trembling lips: "This...how long has it been, and Li Yunlong's army actually reached so many?"

The Chief of Staff also said in surprise: "General, judging from the number of people, Li Yunlong's troops may have reached more than 10,000. No wonder Your Excellency Guixiu of Abe is not their opponent."

"The number of people like this is probably not less than that of the Imperial soldiers in our city. What should we do next?"

Maruyama Masanan took a deep breath, looked around and said, "Although they have a large number of people, they are only half of the number of artillery. As long as we make full use of fortifications to defend, they will never be able to hit in a short time."

"In addition, contact the nearby troops immediately and ask them to send troops to surround Li Yunlong and wipe them out in one go."

The Chief of Staff responded and turned away, but soon returned, and his face looked extremely ugly.

"How is it? When will reinforcements arrive?" Maruyama Masanan hurriedly asked.

The Chief of Staff said with a bitter face: "God of General, several nearby counties have also been attacked by the Chinese."

"Nani?" Maruyama Masanan widened his eyes: "Impossible. Now, in addition to Li Yunlong's troops, how can there be other Chinese troops in the Northeast?"

But soon, Maruyama Masanan seemed to think of something: "Is it the Anti-Japanese United Army and the Volunteers?"

"Hayi!" The Chief of Staff nodded: "According to the reports of each county, although they are small troops, their harassment also prevents the nearby county from sending troops."

"As soon as possible, I'm afraid it won't arrive until noon tomorrow!"

"Baga Road!" Maruyama Masanan was so angry that he was itchy: "Since other troops can't count on them, we will kill them ourselves."

"Order, the artillery fire on the city tower will be fired freely. After the artillery fire is stopped, the Kuroda Brigade will charge!"

Shortly after Maruyama Masanan's order was issued, twenty artillery guns on the Hacheng City Tower were fired at the same time, and the target was Li Yunlong's position.

"Everyone is lying down!" Li Yunlong yelled quickly when he saw this.

But in the end, it was still one step late. Many recruits were blown out directly because of lack of experience and had not yet arrived before they could even hide in the bomb crater.

The corpse was lying in the trenches, and the blood dyed the entire trenches blood red.

However, as soon as the artillery fire stopped, the gate of Hacheng quickly opened, and the Blackfield Brigade rushed towards Li Yunlong's position like a hungry wolf.

Many soldiers looked at their comrades around them and the Japanese rushing towards them, their eyes full of fear, and they didn't even have the courage to raise their guns to shoot.

Seeing this, Li Yunlong shouted: "What are you looking at? People will die when they fight. Why do you want to fight if you are afraid of death?"

"Those brothers who fall to the ground are heroes. Do you want to be bears? If you are afraid, the Japanese will become even more rampant. Think about Chenjia Town, think about your wives and children. When they were murdered by the Japanese, do you have to dare to hide in the trenches like now, facing the Japanese artillery fire, and tremble?"

"Damn it, I'll die anyway. Instead of being killed by the Japanese like a coward, I would rather rush up and fight with the Japanese!"

Zhao Shan roared angrily, then lifted up the machine gun and fired at the rushing Japanese.

Zhang Guoping snorted coldly: "Brothers, we ran away when we were the Northeast Army. This time, we must not let the same mistakes happen again."

"This time, we want to let the people of China know that we are not cowards!"

Li Wen cursed: "The Second and Third Battalions have all been brought up. Can the people in our First Battalion still be looked down upon by them? They are all trained by the same army, and they are still worse than them?"

"Today, we want to prove to the regiment commander and to the entire regiment that our first battalion of the independent regiment is the main force!"

The soldiers of the Independent Regiment were originally all composed of the people of Northeast China. During the years when the Northeast fell, they had long been full of resentment towards the Japanese.

Now with the inspiration of their respective regiment leaders, the anger in their hearts burst out, and they poked their heads out, raising their guns to keep shooting at the coming Japanese.

On the city tower, Maruyama Masanan looked at the Eighth Route Army who had been lying in the trenches because of shelling, but now he was like a crazy wild wolf, and he felt incredible.
Chapter completed!