Under one person: I, Zhang Zhiwei, the arrogant Zhang.

The Japanese pirates were mobilizing their troops, and the defenders of the positions were also trying their best to arm themselves to deal with the more brutal attacks that were to come.

But after several fierce battles, the defenders' supplies began to have problems. Even though the people of Hecheng in the back gave their full support, it was still difficult to support nearly 20,000 people to continue fighting.

At the command center, General Ma and a group of brigade commanders and regiment commanders were discussing countermeasures.

"General, after your anti-Japanese declaration was issued, it caused a huge response across the country. The people are praising you and donating money and materials in various ways." said an official from Hecheng.

"We're not that optimistic," the adjutant said. "The railways outside are controlled by the Japanese pirates, so it's hard for supplies to come in. The remaining supplies won't last long. Not only that, we're also running low on ammunition!"

"Ammo shortage? What's going on?"

General Ma's eyes widened and he asked, "We left a lot of ammunition in Heilongjiang Province. How come we don't have enough after only a few days of fighting?"

The adjutant said with a bitter face: "There are a lot of ammunition in the warehouse, but because it has been crowded and damp for a long time, it has become moldy and cannot be used."

General Ma slammed the table in anger. It was really a case of adding insult to injury. If it were any other time, he would have killed those guys in charge of the warehouse, but now the situation was urgent and he had no time to investigate the cause.

He took a deep breath. As the supreme commander, he could not afford to cause chaos among his subordinates. He said in a deep voice:

"The situation is not that bad. I have already reported today's battle. They said they will provide us with support soon. Let's continue to hold on."

Upon hearing that there would be support from above, all the officers, including Wu Gensheng and Patriarch Gao who were listening on the side, became excited.

If a fight really breaks out, it should be the time that Zhang Zhiwei said has come, right... Wu Gensheng thought to himself.

He naturally thought that this support must be sending troops.

At this moment, General Ma pointed to the sand table and said:

"Although most of the railways were occupied by the Japanese pirates, part of the railway from Fengtian to Jinzhou is still under our control, and our supply has not been completely cut off."

"Moreover, Jinzhou is home to the 12th and 20th brigades. These two brigades are elite and well-equipped, with a total of 30,000 troops."

"If they come to our aid, it will only take three days by rail to arrive, and by then we can switch our attack and defense."

"So we must hold on, support will definitely arrive!"

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It was the dead of winter, and the swamp in front of the position froze into thin ice in the severe cold, becoming a natural barrier, but also making it difficult for the defenders to maneuver.

The Japanese pirates used mechanized troops to advance rapidly. Their heavy artillery had a range of 30 kilometers, far exceeding the 15-kilometer artillery range of the defenders, which put great pressure on the defense.

Planes in the sky took turns bombing, tanks on the ground charged, and the Japanese pirates launched a general attack on the Jiangqiao position.

Under the fierce artillery bombardment, many defensive facilities were razed to the ground. A large number of Japanese pirates pressed forward in a mighty force, and the soldiers jumped out of the trenches and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army.

General Ma went to the front line and shouted:
"Put on the bayonets! Kill the Japanese!"

The shouts and clashes of bayonets on the battlefield were deafening, the snow was dyed red with blood, and the ice field turned into a Shura field.

The tall man from Northeast China charged into the enemy camp with his sword held backwards. The blade split the steel helmet, emitting dazzling sparks, and the broken limbs were mixed with the frozen soil.

A soldier whose leg was blown off pulled the trigger of a cluster grenade and rolled into the Japanese pirates' skirmish line. The blood mist that rose up with the roar dyed the snow red.

The alien troops attacked again with the cavalry, and together with the main force, they killed the Japanese pirates.

The battlefield here was like a whirlpool, madly strangling the Japanese pirates and defenders.

Most of the aliens on the battlefield are divided into teams of three according to their abilities.

The most common configuration is that one person is good at defensive means such as horizontal training, one person is good at close range attack means, and one person is good at long-range means.

One far and one close, two attacking and one defending, the three of them cooperate with each other. They can not only defend against the ninja assassination that may appear at any time, but also deal with the occasional sneak attacks, and quickly kill the soldiers who rush over shouting "Long live the Emperor".

However, there are also a small number of highly skilled aliens who feel that having more people is a burden and choose to go to the battlefield alone.

For example, Zhang Huaiyi, who was clearly from the cavalry brigade, became an inconspicuous infantryman once he charged. The only difference was that his speed as an infantryman was faster than that of the cavalry.

In addition to Zhang Huaiyi, Wu Gensheng also chose to go alone. It’s not that he didn’t want to form a three-person team, but his abilities were incompatible.

His divine power will indiscriminately deprive everyone around him of their abilities. Who would dare to team up with him?
Wu Gensheng's whole body was bathed in blue Qi, and his usually lifeless eyes were now as dazzling as headlights. He held a big knife in one hand and a box gun in the other.

He hacked the enemy in front of him to death with his sword.

The gun in his hand was used to support friendly forces in the distance.

Whenever he sees a bad situation, he will shoot to save people.

He had another gun, but he gave it to a soldier in the cavalry brigade whose gun was broken.

As the intensity of the battle escalated, Wu Gensheng increased the output of his divine power. The area within a radius of dozens of meters was shrouded in his Qi, which emanated mist and flashed blue light.

Ordinary people cannot see Qi and do not feel anything unusual, but in the eyes of extraordinary people, it is very conspicuous.

Therefore, many Japanese pirates and ninjas came to attack and kill him, but once they set foot in the area covered by his Qi, all their means were disintegrated and they became ordinary people.

Most ninjas don't cultivate their lives, and without any means, they are not much stronger than ordinary people and are quickly shot to death.

On the contrary, those extraordinary warriors, even though they have lost their Qi, have a certain foundation after years of practicing martial arts and strengthening their bodies.

However, this foundation was nothing compared to Wu Gensheng's life cultivation. They had almost no power to resist, and he killed them one by one with his sword.

Speaking of which, he had also encountered a few tough ones. Even if they had no other tricks, they could still fight him for several rounds with just their swordsmanship.

He simply pulled out his gun and shot this skilled Japanese pirate warrior to death without any moral ethics.

It is worth mentioning that among the warriors he shot and killed, there was even one who was a master of Japanese kendo.

This person was originally trying to kill the head of the Gao family, and even had the upper hand at one point, forcing the head of the Gao family into danger.

But at the critical moment, Wu Gensheng wrapped the Qi with divine effect around the bullet and suddenly attacked the sword master of the Japanese pirate.

As a master-level expert, even in swordsmanship, he had a body-protecting escape light. As long as he was not attacked by artillery shells, ordinary bullets could not hurt him, so he did not care.

However, he never expected that this bullet, which was wrapped in the divine energy, would easily penetrate his body protection and pierce his heart.

Patriarch Gao looked at Wu Gensheng with some fear. After the battles over the past few days, he had figured out Wu Gensheng's methods.

It can make the methods of aliens ineffective. If it is equipped with modern firearms, who can resist it? !
On the other side, General Ma personally went to the battlefield. Born in the Green Forest, he was definitely not just a talker, he also practiced Qi, and his skills were even stronger than many of the strange people here.

Holding a broadsword with a red scarf wrapped around the blade, he chopped off the head of a Japanese pirate with one blow. Then he rode his horse and rushed into the boiling battlefield with his personal soldiers to confront the cavalry brigade of the Japanese pirates. As he swung the powerful broadsword in his hand, several blood arrows gushed out.

"Cavalry Brigade, follow my orders, bypass the main defense line of the Japanese pirates and attack their logistics supply area!" he gave the order.

Soon, the cavalry brigade assembled and temporarily left the battlefield, using the terrain to advance covertly, raiding all the way to the Japanese pirates' temporary command post and attacking the Yizhong unit responsible for supplies.

During the raid, they successfully intercepted the cash military pay transported by the Japanese pirates, amounting to 100,000 yen, or about 30,000 silver dollars, and also seized some rifle bullets and grenades.

Because of this surprise attack, the Japanese pirates had to send their troops back to defend, which greatly reduced the pressure on the front line and also made the Japanese pirates' massive surprise attack fail.

The guns and ammunition seized this time temporarily alleviated the supply crisis.

The military funds seized from the Japanese pirates were immediately used to purchase food and medical supplies.

At the same time, the first batch of support arrived.

This time the support did not come from superiors, but from the public. It was sent by the Tiantong Church. It included cotton clothes, compressed biscuits, canned food and advanced medical supplies, but no weapons.

After all, there is war going on in the country right now, and even if several arsenals are running at full capacity, they are still not enough for their own use, so it is really difficult to deal with.

You can buy guns on the black market, but most of them are light weapons such as rifles and pistols, and the quantity is very limited. It is no problem to arm one or two groups of bandits, but it is far from enough to arm an entire army.

At this stage, all good weapons are abroad. With the influence of the Tiantong Church, you can get some, but it is too ostentatious. After all, as a church known for its charity, it is a bit incongruous to buy a large number of weapons, and it is easy to be targeted.

Therefore, most of the supplies Zhang Zhiwei sent this time were auxiliary.

These supplies were transported by Mr. Huang Jiu's men. Last time, Huang Xian was observing how much supplies were needed.

Master Huang Jiu even went to Changbai Mountain in person and communicated with Bai Sangu, who was living in seclusion there, and asked her to send a team of white fairies to follow his men down the mountain to rescue people.

Bai Sangu was not very kind to Huang Jiuye, but for Zhang Zhiwei's sake, she agreed to send a team of Baixian down the mountain to help. However, she also had a condition, which was that the Baixian only rescued people and did not intervene in the battle. Huang Jiuye agreed very readily, as he did not want to intervene too much in the matter.

The reinforcements were replenished, the soldiers had enough food, and the death rate of the wounded was decreasing, but the number of wounded was surging, with more each day than the day before.

Because the Japanese pirates have increased their troops.

This time, the Japanese pirates transferred a brigade of troops, and they were still adding more troops. All in all, the total force was nearly 30,000, which far exceeded the garrison in terms of both equipment and numbers.

With such a huge disparity in strength, even though the defenders fought bravely, they still lost their position.

However, General Ma did not give up resistance. He chose to lead his men to retreat to the second line of the Sanjianfang position and continue to hold on.

The battle continued. The Japanese pirates attacked again and again, causing heavy casualties. They began to use large-scale aircraft bombing.

The defenders had no air defense capabilities and were completely defenseless against the Japanese pirates' bombing.

In desperation, General Ma could only let the soldiers lie down and use Hanyang-made rifles to shoot at the incoming Japanese pirate planes.

It is worth mentioning that this folk method actually shot down two planes, and this classic case was later frequently used in various TV dramas.

But the reality was far more tragic than the drama. The Japanese pirates, who had been unable to capture the position for a long time, brought in a heavy artillery regiment to bombard the position.

The defenders converted tin gasoline barrels into giant earth cannons, filling them with crushed iron sand and gunpowder. They called it the "coffin cannon." Although the cannon was not very powerful, when it was fired, it was like a shotgun sweeping across the area, killing and maiming many Japanese pirates.

Such tenacious resistance made the Japanese pirates feel incredible.

In the rear area of ​​the Japanese pirates, a group of high-ranking and powerful Japanese pirates were holding a meeting.

The commander-in-chief of the Japanese pirates, Honjo Ta, and the supreme commander in charge of this general offensive, Lieutenant General Tamon Saburo, are both here.

"The resistance of these Chinese people has exceeded our previous expectations. The empire's soldiers cannot be sacrificed here in vain. Lord Palace Master, please send troops to join the battle!" said Saburo Tamon.

He knew that the Grand Priest had deployed a special force here, and as long as they took action, they would be able to quickly capture that damn position.

But the annoying thing is that even as the troops suffered increasing casualties, this team had no intention of moving out at all.

This made Saburo Tamon very dissatisfied. He was unable to take over such a position and was about to become a laughing stock.

Yesterday, Admiral Yujiro Takeshita, who was stationed at the Shizikou Naval Port, personally sent him a telegram. The content of the telegram, translated into Chinese, consisted of only eight words: "The army is a bunch of idiots."

He was so angry that he made this request to the Grand Priest today.

The chief priest of Ise Grand Shrine was dressed in black, sitting in the main seat, with his eyes closed and not saying a word.

Being ignored like this, Saburo Tamon was a little angry, but he didn't dare to show it.

It is no exaggeration to say that this old fellow in front of him is the number one alien in Japan. Killing him with a pinch is as easy as killing an ant.

"Lord Palace Master, what do you think?" Commander-in-Chief Honjoda couldn't bear it anymore and asked softly.

The chief priest slowly opened his eyes, which were very cloudy. He was not wearing gorgeous priest uniform, but only a simple striped kimono with a black haori draped over it. He looked like a harmless Japanese elder.

"I brought people here to stop the little Chinese master, not to charge into battle for you." said the Grand Priest.

"But we received news that the young master has noticed our ambush and has no intention of coming. It would be useless to continue waiting. It would be better for us to join the battlefield and be more loyal to His Majesty the Emperor." Honjodo said.

The chief priest said, "But I received news that the young celestial master wanted to rush here to help, but the celestial master refused and the two were arguing."

"Based on my understanding of the young Taoist priest, he is not a person who follows the rules. If he really wants to come, he will come even if the Taoist priest does not allow him to."

"In order to avoid alerting the enemy, my men cannot move. In order to force him out, I want you to attack at all costs.

"As long as we can lure him out and kill him, it will be worth it no matter how many people die."

Hearing this, Commander-in-Chief Honjoda said, "I can have people intensify the attack day and night, but what if he really doesn't come? Will my people die in vain?"

The Grand Priest groaned for a moment and said, "Just attack. If he doesn't enter the battlefield until the army retreats, it means he really won't come. At that time, my people will take action."

"They've all retreated, so what's the point of taking action?" asked Saburo Tamon.

"The purpose is to kill them all." said the Grand Priest. (End of this chapter)