Although Zhao Zhiguo's place is lively, compared to the troops in other directions in Pingcheng, the casualties of their regiment are relatively small!

On the front of Pingcheng, there are Japanese heavy artillery units, armored units and aircraft, constantly attacking Commander Liu's 72nd Division!

Although the 72nd Division is well-equipped in the Jinsui Army, compared to the Little Japs, it is really a beggar. It has no anti-aircraft weapons and little heavy firepower. It relies on soldiers holding explosive packs to deal with the Japanese armored forces.

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Fortunately, the little devil's infantry-tank coordination is far worse than their infantry-artillery coordination.

After fighting for a day, important positions were still in the hands of the Chinese army, but the entire defense line was in danger in several places.

When the sun rises, many soldiers know that this is the last day of their lives.

The rumbling explosions in the distance put many people into torment. After the sleepy Zhao Zhiguo reported the situation of the position to Chu Jie, he was also very depressed when he heard the Japanese shelling in the distance.

There is another person who is even more depressed than Zhao Zhiguo, that is Masao Murano. After fighting all night yesterday, not only did he not get any advantage, the artillery position was also attacked by surprise, and the soldiers under his command were also exhausted from the torture.

After inspecting his camp, Masao Murano found many soldiers putting their guns on the ground for support. After a few seconds, he fell into a dream.

At this time, Murano Masao did not dare to send troops to continue the attack. If he launched a charge and was suppressed by fire, he dared to believe that some soldiers would fall asleep while lying on the ground to avoid enemy fire.

"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, the casualties last night have been accounted for. Thirteen lieutenant-level officers were killed and one hundred and twenty-three soldiers were killed!"

Yesterday, Zhao Zhiguo's attack did not cause the Japanese army to lose much strength, but the artillery positions were knocked out, which made Masao Murano very uncomfortable.

Without the artillery to cover the infantry charge, with the firepower of Zhao Zhiguo's position, any number of troops they charged would be eaten up.

"Second order, all troops rest where they are. There is no attack plan this morning!"

The Japs did not launch an attack for a long time, and the Chinese soldiers guarding the position began to doze off. Zhao Zhiguo also fell asleep amidst the rumble of artillery in the distance.

While Zhao Zhiguo was sleeping, the two main divisions of the Jinsui Army were moving around the enemy's rear at the fastest speed. As long as these two divisions cut off the Japanese army's back road, the clarion call for the Jinsui Army's counterattack would sound.

The main force of the Japs did not know that the Jinsui Army wanted to eat them all to resolve the Japanese threat to the Jinsui Army.

At this time, Masao Murano thought he still had more time to deal with Zhao Zhiguo, so he dared to order the troops to rest for the whole morning.

In other directions of Pingcheng, the Japanese army was attacking fiercely, but there was no movement at the position on Zhao Zhiguo's side, which was exactly the opposite of the situation last night.

However, throughout the morning, the Japanese army also repeatedly broke through the positions defended by the Chinese army. The positions outside Pingcheng defended by the 72nd Division were lost many times. After a morning of fighting, only one battalion was still guarding a high ground outside the city.

Outside, Pingcheng only had the last line of defense left outside the city.

As long as the Japanese army breaks through the last line of defense, the Japs can launch an attack on Pingcheng's city wall. The battle for the city wall will be particularly fierce.

After sleeping all morning, Zhao Zhiguo also recovered some strength. He came to the front again and looked at Masao Murano's camp with a telescope.

The Japanese army still had no intention of launching an attack, and Zhao Zhiguo began to wonder whether his shelling last night had killed Masao Murano.

"Captain, commander... Captain Tian is back!"

After a whole morning, good news finally came. Tian Kezhi returned to the position carrying a crooked stick.

"Tian Kezhi is back?"

Hearing the news, Zhao Zhiguo was surprised and happy. He thought that Tian Kezhi died in the battle after he lured the Japs away, but he did not expect that Tian Kezhi was still alive.

"Hello, Captain!"

Tian Kezhi said hello to Zhao Zhiguo tiredly. In the forward position, junior officers are not allowed to salute to superior officers. This is a rule to avoid being targeted by the little devils.

"You're good! I thought you were dead!" Zhao Zhiguo happily patted Tian Kezhi's chest, "Are you injured?"

"I'm not injured, but I'm a little tired. I spent the whole night in the kid's camp last night and almost fell asleep in the kid's camp."

"Huh? In the kid's camp?"

"Didn't you lure the Japs away last night?" Tian Kezhi was still very moved, thinking that it was Zhao Zhiguo who deliberately exposed himself and lured the Japs away. "Didn't the sound of the heavy machine gun come from the Japs firing?

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Only then did Zhao Zhiguo suddenly realize that in order to save Liu Qingsheng, he attacked the Jaap armored vehicle and then used the heavy machine gun on the armored vehicle to kill the Jaap. It was precisely because of the gunfire that the Jaap was lured away.

Gone.

"What happened next?" Zhao Zhiguo asked eagerly.

"Later, I followed the hunting Japanese troops, blended in with them, and entered the Japanese camp. As for later, I discovered that Masao Murano had moved his headquarters and was waiting for our troops to attack.

, to guide our troops to the target, but I heard the explosion of the Japanese artillery position, and I guessed that it was the regiment commander who led the troops to take action, so I set a fire near Masao Murano's headquarters."

Zhao Zhiguo listened to Tian Kezhi's story and finally understood why the camp of the Japs suddenly caught fire last night. It turned out that Tian Kezhi was guiding them to the target.

"Masao Murano was killed?"

The life and death of Masao Murano is the issue that Zhao Zhiguo is most concerned about. If there had been no accident yesterday, he would not have attacked the Japanese artillery position, but Masao Murano's headquarters.

Tian Kezhi shook his head: "I don't know, I left after setting the fire!"

Artillery shells had already been fired at that time. If Tian Kezhi did not leave, he would most likely die under the fire of his own people.

"It doesn't matter anymore, what matters is that you can come back alive!"

Zhao Zhiguo is really happy that Tian Kezhi can come back alive.

"Captain, there is another situation I want to report to you. On my way back to the camp, I discovered a Japanese troop, about one brigade in strength, moving along a small road toward the rear of Pingcheng."

Otherwise, Tian Kezhi would have been able to return to the camp this morning, because he discovered a Japanese unit and followed it, so he did not return until close to noon.

"A large group of Japanese soldiers? Where did they come from?"
Chapter completed!