You were tasked with guarding the Sihang Warehouse, and you brought out a Tiger tank?

"The Japanese devils have escaped!"

In the front-line trenches, someone shouted out first.

"The Japanese devils have escaped!"

"The Japanese devils have retreated!"

Cheers quickly spread along the entire defensive line.

The soldiers, their faces covered in gunpowder and utterly exhausted, poked their heads out of the trenches and watched the retreating, tanned figures in the distance. The morale of the entire army soared.

Zhang Wenzhong suddenly turned around, his eyes gleaming with the light of a hungry wolf.

After being so frustrated for so long, it's time to let loose!

He decided to seize the opportunity and launch a counterattack.

He grabbed the field telephone from the table and dialed the artillery regiment:

"Is this the Mountain Artillery Regiment? I am Zhang Wenzhong."

No need to hold back anymore, unleash all your remaining shells on the Japanese retreat route.

Not a single one can be left alive!

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Wenzhong grabbed the submachine gun leaning against the wall and was about to rush outside.

"Commander, what are you doing?"

The regimental commander reacted quickly and grabbed him.

"Let the troops counterattack! I want to personally lead the charge." Zhang Wenzhong's eyes were bloodshot.

"You are the division commander, you must be in command."

The regimental commander pressed down hard on Zhang Wenzhong's shoulder, took off his military cap, and put on a steel helmet.

He picked up a Type 24 rifle and pulled the bolt back:

"The main task of this attack is our regiment."

You just stay here and watch how we drive the Japanese devils into the Yangtze River.

Having said that, he turned and yelled at the guards behind him:

"Bring the military flag!"

Soon, a military flag with its edges blackened by gunpowder and torn in several places by shrapnel was brought out.

The words "50th Division of the Provisional Eighth Army of the National Revolutionary Army" were written in bold on it.

Looking at the tattered military flag, everyone in the frontline command post was extremely excited.

They all knew in their hearts that as long as this counterattack was well executed, in conjunction with the commander's outflanking forces, it would be a success.

They would have the opportunity to wipe out an entire Japanese regiment, or even the entire Kunisaki Detachment, in one fell swoop.

This is an immense achievement.

The regimental commander took the military flag and raised it high.

He kicked open the wooden door of the command post, rushed out, and shouted with all his might:

"Brothers, the time has come to make a name for yourselves."

Charge!

"Drip drip drip drip—"

The bugler puffed out his cheeks and blew the stirring bugle call.

The sound of the horn seemed to be imbued with some kind of magic.

The officers and soldiers in the trenches, whether veterans or new recruits, all unleashed their final potential.

With bayonets at their sides, broadswords in hand, and even entrenching tools in hand, they leaped out of the trenches following the fluttering military flag.

"kill--"

The deafening shouts of battle echoed through the sky.

"kill--"

The military flag at the very front fluttered in the wind, guiding the way.

"kill--"

Gray waves, carrying the fury of revenge and the desire for victory, chased the earthy yellow waves and spread rapidly across the land north of the river.

-----

On the plains west of Huangtiangang, smoke filled the air, and the sounds of gunfire gradually subsided.

Under the protection of a group of guards, Kunisaki Noboru was taken to a semi-underground command post that had just been repaired.

His eyes were fixed on the map on the table, his face was gloomy, and he was leaning on the edge of the table, almost unsteady on his feet.

The situation is completely out of control.

The 42nd Infantry Regiment, originally intended as the main attacking force, was not only unable to hold its ground after being counterattacked by the Provisional 50th Division, but was instead relentlessly pursued and attacked.

Those Chinese soldiers, whom they had previously regarded as a rabble, now clung to them like wolves that had smelled blood.

But what was even more fatal was the stab from behind.

Lin Feng's armored forces and motorized infantry cut off their retreat at an astonishing speed, and like an iron comb, they razed their rear medical stations, supply depots, and reserve positions to the ground.

Now, the main force of the entire Kunisaki Detachment is tightly surrounded on this narrow plain.

To the north lies a vast, bottomless swamp and network of waterways, impassable for heavy equipment. Infantry would be slow to advance and likely become easy targets.

To the south lies the mighty Yangtze River, where Lin Feng's inland waterway fleet patrols the surface, ready to unleash their cannons at any moment.

On the east and west sides, the Provisional 8th Army formed an iron wall of defense and its armored spearheads were closing in step by step.

This is a perfect "bellows", and Takochi Takayuki is the rat in the bellows.

"Your Excellency, the casualty statistics for each unit have been completed."

The chief of staff, holding a telegram, reported to the commander with a slightly trembling voice:

"After a series of battles, coupled with the annihilation of the heavy artillery battalion and the logistics battalion..."

Currently, we have fewer than 11,000 troops left capable of continuing combat.

"Eleven thousand people..."

Kunisaki Noboru muttered to himself, feeling as if he had a handful of sand stuck in his throat.

When he set off, he led an elite force of over 15,000 men.

In just a few days, nearly a third of it has been lost.

Moreover, most fatally, he lost all his heavy artillery and his supply lines.

Looking at the lonely blue circle on the map that represented his unit, Kunisaki Noboru felt a surge of fear for the first time.

Far from the rear, without supplies, and heavily surrounded.

Is the Kunisaki Detachment of the 5th Division, the elite force of the Great Japanese Empire's army, known as the "Steel Army," really going to be swallowed up here?

Generally speaking, arrogant Japanese generals are not afraid of being surrounded by the Xia army.

In their eyes, although the Great Xia army was numerous, it was poorly equipped, especially lacking heavy artillery for siege warfare.

Normally, as long as the Japanese troops set up defenses on the spot and dug circular fortifications, they were not afraid at all even if they were surrounded by two or three times or even more Xia troops.

The rifles and light mortars of the Great Xia army were simply no match for their fortified field positions.

In many battles, the Japanese soldiers even deliberately allowed themselves to be surrounded, employing a "blossoming from the center" tactic.

The Daxia troops surrounding them would not only fail to eliminate the Japanese soldiers within the encirclement, but would also be unable to break through the encirclement due to prolonged attacks and exhaustion of ammunition, ultimately leading to their encirclement and annihilation by the Japanese reinforcements from the outside.

But this time, Kunisaki Noboru had to admit that he had miscalculated.

The Lin Feng in front of me, and his Provisional 8th Army, were complete oddities.

The number of artillery pieces on the other side is frightening.

At first, he thought that the troops stationed on the plain east of Huangtiangang were Lin Feng's main force.

That unit possessed dozens of 75mm mountain guns, and the density of their firepower already surprised him greatly.

Unexpectedly, Lin Feng was able to conjure up an even more powerful and mobile main force, which surrounded him from the west without him noticing.

Based on the attack reports from various units, Kunisaki Noboru silently did some mental calculations.

The enemy force to the west not only possessed a large number of armored vehicles and motorized infantry.

Even more terrifying, they also possess dozens of heavy artillery pieces with a diameter of 100mm or more!

There was even a type of "large-caliber multiple rocket launcher" that they encountered for the first time, capable of unleashing a massive amount of firepower instantly.

This level of firepower and luxury is far superior to that of the Great Xia army, let alone the Imperial Army's Class A divisions of the same size.