The night dissipates, the sky is bright, and a fireball slowly rises from the eastern sky. The rising sun makes a new day come for the earth.

The severe day for the officers and soldiers of the 29th Army on the No. 1 and No. 2 high ground is coming. The Japanese army suffered heavy damage last night, and the generals lost two strategic high grounds. It is impossible to give up easily.

Therefore, the next battle will surely be extremely tragic. At this time, the Xifengkou Anti-Japanese War officially entered the most intense stage. Fortunately, the reinforcements of the 37th Division had arrived, and the 110th Brigade of the 37th Division, led by the brigade commander General Wang Zhibang, rushed to Xifengkou.

On the No. 1 Highland, the injured General Zhao Dengyu had been escorted back to Xifengkou Pass City. At this time, the No. 1 Highland was commanded by Colonel Wang Changhai, the commander of the 217th Regiment, and the No. 2 Highland was responsible for the 219th Regiment. The commander of the 219th Regiment was Ji Xingwen, a famous anti-Japanese general in history.

More than 200 Big Sword Teams participating in the counterattack of the No. 2 position also suffered heavy losses. After the reinforcements arrived, it was said that only five people came down from the No. 2 Highland, and five of them were seriously injured.

On the No. 1 Highland, the officers and soldiers of the 217th Regiment were ready for battle. The soldiers were holding steel guns and lying indifferently in the trenches, ready to fight.

Zhang Xinghan and squad leader Zhao Heita were also lying behind a bunker. Not far from them was Hou Wanshan, the commander of the Fourth Company. After the battle last night, the entire Fourth Company was almost fought, leaving only the three of them.

Hou Wanshan was holding his iron sword and closing his eyes to rest, as if he didn't care about the upcoming fierce battle at all.

In fact, Hou Wanshan was deeply saddened at this time. He had a whole company of more than a hundred brothers who were alive and lively, and they disappeared in one night. This kind of grief cannot be described in any language.

But now the country is in danger and the war is imminent. People sacrifice every day. Hou Wanshan doesn't care about grief anymore and can only grit his teeth to suppress the anger and grief in his chest. At this moment, Hou Wanshan only has two words in his mind, that is, revenge! Use the blood of the Japanese devils to pay homage to his comrades who died in battle.

Born in troubled times, strong enemies invade, wars are rampant, and life is in trouble. What can a soldier do? There is only one answer, that is, pick up weapons, rise up and resist, defend your country, and fight against enemy enemies!

Zhang Xinghan will not be sad, Zhao Heita will not be sad, and the officers and soldiers of the 29th Army will not be sad, because there is no need for grief at this time, but courage, the courage to continue fighting with the invaders!

At about 9 o'clock, the Japanese attack began.

The Japanese attack this time was much more violent than last night. Not only did the gun group more than imagined to launch violent shelling on the 217th and 218th regiments, but they also used tank armored vehicles.

Highland No. 1.

The Japanese shelling had just ended, and the fires on the entire high ground were not extinguished, and the smoke had not dissipated. Zhao Heita pulled the soil with a dusty face and pulled Zhang Xinghan out of the pile of soil.

After the Japanese's artillery attack just now, the two of them lay in the trenches. Because the Japanese's artillery fire was very fierce, the soil raised buried Zhang Xinghan.

Zhang Xinghan sat up and shook his head suddenly, spit out a few spits of mud, and couldn't help but swear: "Damn! These Japanese miscellaneous things!"

"Haha! Zhang Wazi, you have become a native." Zhao Heita looked at Zhang Xinghan, who was covered in dirt on his face and said in a silence.

"Everyone, be careful, the Japanese Iron Tortoise is coming!" Hou Wanshan, not far away, reminded loudly.

Upon hearing this, the officers and soldiers raised their guns one after another, and the black muzzle began to stretch out the cover. Zhang Xinghan pulled the bolt, pushed the bullet into the chamber, and stood up at the same time as Zhao Heita. Under the high ground, two Japanese tanks followed a large number of Japanese soldiers, rumbled towards the high ground.

Two Japanese tanks with plaster flags in front took the lead and rushed over quickly with blue smoke.

The Japanese soldiers behind the tank all stood up and tried to keep a certain distance from the tank, and rushed up quickly.

Soon the Japanese entered the range, and the only ten light and heavy machine guns in the regiment began to fire one after another, and dense rain of bullets flew out, but the two Japanese tanks rushing in front rushed up like steel beasts. The dense rain of bullets hit it, except for splashing dazzling Martians, it could not organize its advance.

In fact, what the Japanese army used to attack was not a real tank, but a light armored vehicle. As early as 1927, the year of Showa, Japan decided to develop domestic combat vehicles (tanks), including heavy combat vehicles and light combat vehicles. Japan's first light combat vehicle was the Type 89 light combat vehicle, which lasted for one year, and was successfully developed and put into production in April 1929.

By 1932, Japan developed a heavy armored vehicle, namely the Type 92 heavy armored vehicle. This armored vehicle was generally used by the Japanese army to search for troops and conduct reconnaissance and combat missions.

The armored vehicle used by the Japanese at Xifengkou this time is this type of 92 heavy armored vehicle. The advantage of this armored vehicle is that it moves fast. At this time, the armor was also quite heavy, but the firepower was not strong. Each armored vehicle had only a 13mm heavy machine gun, and it was not equipped with a tank gun.

At this time, the Japanese light tank equipped with tank guns only had a Type 89 tank. This light tank was small in horsepower, weak in armor, and poor in maneuverability. In addition, the entire vehicle was only equipped with a 37mm tank gun and did not have a car-mounted machine gun. If there were no infantry to fight together, its self-defense ability was poor and it was easily destroyed.

At this time, the Japanese Army's Type 95 light tank was far from being developed. As we all know, the Type 95 tank equipped with tank guns and vehicle-mounted machine guns will not be officially put into production until 1935. It will be at least 1936 for formal equipment.

Even this type of 92 heavy armored vehicle equipped with only one heavy machine gun is not comparable to that of the 29th Army, which is only grenade and rifle.

The bullets fired by the soldiers were like tickling the Japanese armored vehicles, and they could not do anything to him at all. The 13mm heavy machine gun on the Japanese armored vehicles was like a god of death sickle, which occasionally took the lives of the soldiers.

Seeing the Japanese rushing closer and closer under the cover of armored vehicles, Wang Changhai, the commander of the front line, couldn't help but feel anxious and said to the soldiers next to him: "Hurry up, blow up these two turtles of the dog."

"Yes!" When the three soldiers heard this, they immediately responded to the promise, quickly took the explosive pack from their companions, and jumped out of the trench almost at the same time.

"Firepower cover!" Wang Changhai personally picked up a light machine gun and shouted loudly, then pulled the trigger repeatedly, shooting out the dense rain of bullets one after another.

Zhang Xinghan and Zhao Heita did not waste the bullets on the Japanese armored vehicles, but instead shot and killed the Japanese soldiers following behind the armored vehicles.

Just after Zhang Xinghan and Zhao Heita shot and killed two Japanese soldiers almost at the same time, the three brave soldiers were already rushing up with explosive bags.

The three of them had a lot of combat experience. After rushing out, there were no cats together, but they quickly dispersed and rushed from different directions towards the two armored vehicles roaring with flames.

However, their actions were soon discovered by the Japanese machine gunners. The two Japanese machine gunners immediately turned the gun and fired fiercely long shots at the three.

A rain of bullets like locusts instantly enveloped one of the soldiers. The warrior's chest was immediately beaten into a hornet's nest. The whole person followed his inertia and ran forward a few more steps before falling to the ground. The explosive pack rolled down next to the warrior's corpse.

The other two soldiers were furious when they saw their companions sacrifice. One of the soldiers' eyes was red and roared loudly, and they rushed straight towards one of the Japanese armored vehicles with explosive bags.

At this time, the Japanese infantry that followed also began to shoot. For a moment, gunfire sounded loudly, and dense rain of bullets roared back and forth across the entire battlefield like a meteor shower.

Just as the warrior was about to approach the Japanese armored vehicle, a Japanese magic gunman aimed at him. The Japanese magic gunman immediately pulled the trigger, and a bullet then took off his chamber and accurately hit the warrior's chest with a whoosh.

The soldier looked down at the bleeding chest and shouted: "Little Japanese, you are your ancestors! I will fight with you!" After saying that, he pulled the explosive pack and rushed towards a Japanese armored vehicle not far away in front of him.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, the flames flashed, and the armored vehicle that was advancing forward was immediately surrounded by the flames. The heavy machine gun that was still roaring just now also stopped.

Just when everyone thought the warrior destroyed it at his own expense, the Japanese armored vehicle rushed out of the fire again, and the heavy machine guns on the armored vehicle began to spit out a tongue of evil flames.

It turned out that the explosive pack that the soldier detonated just injured the Japanese inside the armored vehicle and failed to destroy the armored vehicle. The injured Japanese soldiers inside began to fire the machine gun again and began to shoot.

Before the third soldier could come back to his senses, he was flooded with machine gun bullets like a storm and fell down tragically.

Seeing this, Zhang Xinghan in the trench couldn't help feeling regretful and said, "Why don't this stupid guy explode the bottom of the car?"

Indeed, the 92 heavy armored vehicles like the Japanese have thick armored vehicles on the front and both sides. In addition, the power of domestic explosive packs is limited, so it is difficult to destroy them from the front. If you want to destroy them directly, you can only blow up its weakest chassis.

At this time, the Japanese armored vehicle was still advancing forward quickly. Just as the injured armored vehicle was about to pass the body of the soldier who had just been hit, a violent flame shot up into the sky, and the violent explosion instantly suppressed all the gunshots.

The Japanese armored vehicle that had just shown its power began to ignite a fire from the inside to the outside, burning raging.

However, the Japanese retreated because they did not respond. Another armored vehicle bypassed the wreckage of his companion and continued to take the lead in rushing up the high ground.

Seeing this, Commander Wang Changhai suddenly shouted: "Hou Wanshan! Where is the bastard? Hurry up, go and blow it up for me!"

"I'll go!" Before Hou Wanshan could reply, Zhang Xinghan carried a big knife on his back and had already jumped out of the trench with a bundle of cluster grenades and rushed up.

Company commander Hou Wanshan saved his life. Everyone knew that the bombing of the Japanese armored vehicles was a life-and-death death, so Zhang Xinghan rushed out without hesitation.
Chapter completed!