Inside the encirclement, Colonel Ishida lay behind a bunker less than 200 meters away from the encirclement, staring at the National Savior Army on the encirclement without blinking, waiting for the arrival of the last attack moment.

A burst of rapid footsteps suddenly sounded behind him, and then a captain under his command heard a nervous report.

"Sir, the troops are ready. The attacking troops, the wounded, and the breakout troops are all in place and can launch an attack at any time."

Colonel Ishida also let out a long sigh at this moment, looked at his watch and ordered: "There are three minutes left to inform the Yangtou troops to prepare for combat. When the time comes, launch an attack immediately. Fight as fierce as possible. The National Salvation Army must make the National Salvation Army feel that we are going to break out from the north."

"After ten minutes of attacking, we began to break through and strive to get a siege from the National Savior Army!"

Time passed by second and second, and Colonel Ishida's nerves that had just soothed became tense again.

The frequency of turning back also begins to increase.

The upward attack troops are behind him. As long as the upward attack is done well and the attention of the national rescue army is attracted, the main force will definitely be able to successfully break through.

Therefore, the next attack on the back is the key to whether the troops can break out of the encirclement of the National Rescue Army, and he has no choice but to be nervous.

When there was still one minute left after the attack, Colonel Ishida's nervous heart was raised to his throat again, for fear that the National Salvation Army would make trouble at the last moment and affect the subsequent breakthrough.

There is a saying that if you are afraid of anything you come.

The upward attacking troops were ready to launch their final attack soon, and when they were about to launch a final attack, a scream of "swish swish swish swish swish...wish swish..." suddenly rang out over the battlefield.

The troops in the encirclement had only two mortars left, and they did not issue an order to fire the artillery, so the shells flying in the sky must have come from the National Rescue Army.

Colonel Ishida's face turned pale instantly, showing a desperate expression.

I had already reacted quickly enough. As soon as I made a decision to break through, I urged my subordinates to start preparing, in order to break through before the National Salvation Army launched a general attack, and not give the National Salvation Army the opportunity to use artillery fire to kill his troops in large quantities.

I never expected that I would hurriedly or drag it behind the National Salvation Army.

"Boom..." A shell hit near Colonel Ishida. Two guards protected him from the left and right, blocking the flying fragments with their bodies to prevent the captain from being injured. However, the violent explosion still made his ears buzzing and dizzy, and he couldn't react for a long time.

Other Japanese who were closer to the bullet would not be so lucky.

This is a field cannon shell with an effective killing radius of more than ten meters. If you stay within five meters of the bombing point, even if you are not killed by the fragment, you will be shocked and injured by powerful shock waves.

Because Colonel Ishida stayed here, a large number of guards gathered around him, and the density of personnel was very high, so nearly ten Japanese devils were reimbursed for this shell.

But not all shells are so lucky. The Japanese are ready to break through and are all concentrated near the encirclement. The shells that hit the center of the encirclement can only hear a sound, and they did not kill or injure a Japanese.

But the National Salvation Army hit too many shells in one round of artillery bombardment.

The artillery battalion directly commanded the twenty or thirty mountain field artillery and heavy artillery, dozens of mortars directly commanded by each garrison, and nearly twenty mountain field artillery and heavy artillery that the main force, the first and second battalion, had just seized, and the total number of artillery of various calibers exceeded eighty.

Just one round of artillery fire covered the Japanese ring positions and the gunfire was filled with smoke.

If all the results of the battle are equalized, one shell will kill at least two Japanese devils...

When Colonel Ishida reacted from the dizziness, he looked up and saw the scene of several subordinates being blown away not far away. He looked at the subordinates gathered around him and rushed to order: "The artillery fire of the National Salvation Army is too fierce. All troops suspended their attacks, first dispersed to avoid artillery fire, reduce losses, and then find a way to break through!"

After saying that, he moved back under the protection of the guards. It was not until then that he had the opportunity to observe the situation of the entire position. After reading it, the expression of despair on his face became stronger than before.

There were splashing fire everywhere, and fireballs rising from the ground.

Although it is late at night, the position is still brightly illuminated by fire.

Many subordinates were blown away during the explosion, or lying on the ground and never getting up again.

Colonel Ishida saw it and was anxious, but there was no way to break the situation.

The National Salvation Army's artillery fire was too fierce, and he only had two mortars left. He was no match for him at all, so he could only stay on the position and be blasted passively.

Of course, Colonel Ishida can also choose to continue breaking through and launch an attack on the encirclement of the National Salvation Army with the rain of artillery shells falling from the sky above his head.

But once you do this, the ongoing blind shooting of the National Salvation Army artillery units will turn into precision strikes. When the troops attack, the soldiers are standing on the ground, and most of their bodies are exposed to artillery fire, and the troops will definitely suffer much greater losses.

Colonel Ishida hid in a bullet crater and felt like he was living like a year, and every second was suffering.

Ten minutes later, the rain of shells falling from the sky finally stopped, and the sound of cannons in my ears began to weaken, but Colonel Ishida's tense heart did not relieve.

The artillery fire coverage just now must have caused great losses to the troops. If it reaches the point of injury, the remaining troops will definitely not be sure to break out of the encirclement of the National Rescue Army.

So the artillery attack of the National Salvation Army had just slowed down, so he ordered his troops to go down to count the losses.

Just as he was waiting for the result with an anxious look on his face, the encirclement of the National Savior Army hundreds of meters away actually emitted a very dense sound of heavy machine guns.

Countless soldiers of the National Savior Army jumped out of the encirclement, holding guns and holding light machine guns, and screaming at the circular position, at a very fast speed.

Colonel Ishida immediately organized the remnants to break through the dream of breaking through again, with despair in his eyes, and he looked at the battlefield with an anxious command: "The peripheral troops set up defense lines on the spot, and block the offensive troops at all costs!"

"The others are moving closer to me immediately, and now there is a last chance to break through!"

"If we let go of one or two lines of defense and turn the blocking war into a chaotic war, there will definitely be loopholes in the encirclement of the National Salvation Army. We will take the opportunity to break through and will definitely fight out. Contact all the troops around us that we can contact immediately and move closer to me immediately. We will break through as soon as we have the opportunity and can't delay any more!"

"Hayi!" Several subordinates who were staying next to Colonel Ishida immediately received the order, and then scattered around to gather soldiers who were blown up by artillery fire.

Five or six hundred people gathered in less than ten minutes, and these soldiers who rushed over later also brought Colonel Ishida with very desperate bad news.

The artillery fire just now was too strong, and the troops suffered more losses than they had imagined.

All the soldiers who were blocking the attacking troops of the National Savior Army and who were still able to operate normally ran over, and the remaining more than a thousand people were almost dead under the artillery fire just now.

Colonel Ishida was very heartbroken, but at this moment he wanted to save his life.

Hearing the sound of fire exchange, he was getting closer and closer to him, and ordered decisively: "Notify the defense forces in the south and let them fight and retreat, so that the national rescue army feels that they have been defeated and chase them desperately. In this way, their encirclement will become uneasy and there are loopholes everywhere!"

On the battlefield, as the sound of gunfire became increasingly dense, the Japanese defensive troops, mainly wounded, gradually began to be unable to withstand it.

Especially the Japanese defensives on the south side have shown signs of defeat.

The battalion commander He Feng personally held a crooked hand and hugged the Japanese blocking positions.

"Dadadada..." The light machine gun pressed on his shoulder made a crisp sound of strafing. The moment the bullets were ejected from the wound, the hot bullets were pushed out of the chamber and smashed to the foot.

After killing the Japanese who had just been targeted by him, there were no less than fifty bullet shells piled at his feet.

But He Feng did not pay attention to these things, his eyes kept staring at the battlefield, and as soon as the gunshot stopped, he began to look for the next shooting target.

While still continuing to search, the deputy battalion commander suddenly reminded: "Old He, the Japanese who blocked us seem to be retreating!"

He Feng's eyes lit up and he quickly expanded his observation range.

It was obvious that under the attack of the first battalion, although the Japanese built a temporary defense line in front, they were crushed by the first battalion with firepower and could only be passively beaten.

As the troops became more and more casualties, they either retreated, contracted their defenses, or defended to the end.

The Japanese in front obviously chose the first route, and used the contraction of defense to make up for their increasingly insufficient troops.

The deputy battalion commander became more and more excited as he looked at it, and immediately suggested: "Battlefield Commander, since the Japanese in front are about to run away, should we take the opportunity to rush up and beat the dogs in the water? Maybe we can be the first to break into the Japanese ring position. If we are lucky, we might even be able to run into the Japanese corps leader."

After listening to the deputy battalion commander's analysis, He Feng was very moved.

If this matter was put a year ago, with his impulsive personality, he would definitely be the first to break out of the offensive position and bit the Japanese's butt and beat the dog in the water.

But after two impulsive losses, He Feng slowly calmed down.

Just as he was about to be persuaded by the deputy battalion commander, the commander's order suddenly came to his mind, and he denied the deputy battalion commander.

"You can't attack rashly, maybe the Japanese's retreat now is a bait that attracts us to be fooled."

"Order the troops to advance fifty meters, and attack forward with the offensive troops in other directions, and make steady progress, and reduce the Japanese's living space little by little."

"After we compress the remaining Japanese together, we can blow them all into hell without infantry attacking, just one round of shells!"

Colonel Ishida led his troops to lurk on the battlefield and wait for an opportunity.

As soon as the troops defending the southern position retreated, his eyes were attracted.

As long as the National Salvation Army is closely behind the retreating troops and keeps attacking forward, the offensive troops in the south and the offensive troops in the east and west directions will be far apart. There will naturally be loopholes at the junction of the three troops, and there will be a chance to break through.

"Sir, the National Salvation Army in the south has begun to attack!" The captain looked expectant and reminded.

Because I was too nervous, my mouth couldn't help but tremble when I was talking.

"The National Salvation Army was deceived, so everyone is ready to break through. As soon as the gap in the encirclement appears, we will rush. The assault speed must be fast. We must break out of the encirclement before the National Salvation Army reacts!"

After saying that, Colonel Ishida also looked at the junction of the three troops with a nervous look on his face.

"Sir, the opportunity is here!" the captain suddenly shouted.

When the first battalion attacked forward for nearly fifty meters, the first battalion and the offensive troops in other directions slowly opened up the distance.

But the distance is still very small now, only 10 or 20 meters, so the National Rescue Army can easily block it.

As long as the gap is expanded to fifty meters, the troops can quickly penetrate and break out of the encirclement before the national rescue army blocks the gap.

Colonel Ishida seemed to have seen hope of rushing out of the encirclement, his mouth slightly raised, and a rare smile appeared on his serious face.

But at this moment, the National Salvation Army, which had rushed forward for fifty meters, stopped, and the gap at the joint was kept wide for more than twenty meters.

As the national-savior army in both east and west directions began to assault forward, the gap that had finally appeared at the joints became smaller and smaller.

"What's going on? Why didn't the National Salvation Army continue to attack!" Colonel Ishida shouted in disbelief.

You know, the blocking troops in the south did not stop, they were retreating.

According to the principle, the National Salvation Army should keep stammering behind them, rather than stopping.

The captain also showed an expression of shock that he could not believe, and racked his brains to think of the reason why the National Salvation Army suddenly stopped attacking.

Colonel Ishida's eyes never left the gap in the junction. Under his gaze, the National Salvation Army in both east and west directions also rushed forward for fifty meters. Regardless of whether the blocking troops in front were still retreating, they stopped at the same time and established a new offensive position on the spot.

At this time, the National Salvation Army, which launched an attack from the south, started moving again.
To be continued...