Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

Inside the Japanese headquarters, Yokoyama Isamu angrily cursed, "Baga Yalu!"

"Now has come to the most critical moment, we must not fail."

"From the battles of the past few days, it seems that the enemy can't hold out for much longer."

"As long as we continue to attack, it will be just around the corner for us to capture Hengyang."

"And now the enemy's reinforcements have arrived near Hengyang again, and are attacking in the direction of Hengyang with all their might."

"Once their reinforcements enter Hengyang, all our previous efforts will be in vain."

"So many Locust Army warriors died in vain, and it will become more difficult for us to capture Hengyang."

"Now is the best time. We must not make any mistakes. We must seize Hengyang City at all costs."

"When I came to Hengyang, I swore to His Majesty Tian Huang that if we fail to take Hengyang City, I will lead all the officers to commit seppuku to apologize."

"So I hope you can work together with me to take Hengyang as soon as possible."

"Hayi~!"

The senior Japanese generals present responded in unison.

Yokoyama Yong continued, "But now the defenders of Hengyang are still fighting desperately, so we have to stop their reinforcements and attack with all our strength. We must not give them any chance to breathe. We must take this opportunity to capture Hengyang City."

"Hayi~!"

The Japanese officers present responded in unison again.

At this moment, these Japanese soldiers also understood that the moment of life and death had come.

Yokoyama Isamu was definitely a ruthless man. He said that if he failed, he would commit seppuku with all the officers to apologize, and he would definitely do such a thing.

Therefore, the victory or defeat of this battle is directly related to their life and death.

At this point, no Japanese dared to harbor any hope of luck anymore.

Even if it was not for themselves, they did not want to fail. They had fought so hard for so long and suffered tens of thousands of casualties. If they failed in the end, it would be a huge blow to them.

Under the personal command of Isamu Yokoyama, the Japanese began to actively mobilize their troops.

Now they have to continue to attack Hengyang City while also diverting part of their forces to block reinforcements.

This doubled the pressure on the Japanese, and their original advantage in military strength gradually weakened. Moreover, the troops were relatively scattered, and the area that needed to be defended became larger.

But there was no other way. In order to ensure victory in this battle, they had to go all out. Things had come to this point, and the Japanese could not give up.

Now Yokoyama Isamu is worried and treading on thin ice every day.

But as the 47th day approached, Li Guotao became more and more excited.

After holding on for so long, we finally see the light at the end of the tunnel and victory is just around the corner.

Li Guotao is now looking forward to winning this battle as soon as possible, and then leaving this battlefield that is like hell on earth as soon as possible. He really doesn't want to stay here any longer.

No one would want to stay in such an environment for long.

It's already the 46th day.

The soldiers of the first battalion were exhausted after a series of battles, but facing the Japanese attacks, they still put up tenacious resistance and repelled them time and time again.

Li Guotao also continued to encourage the soldiers.

"Brothers! According to the intelligence provided by the military, the reinforcements are approaching Hengyang City again, and are only a few dozen miles away from Hengyang."

"Although the Japanese are sending troops to block us, they may break through their defenses and attack Hengyang at any time."

"As soon as the reinforcements arrive, we will win."

"I know some people may not believe they can get in."

"But we have fought for so long, we have held on for so long, so many good brothers have fallen in Hengyang, we absolutely cannot give up."

"I firmly believe that as long as we can persevere, the final victory will definitely belong to us."

"So I hope everyone can hold on a little longer and take advantage of this last chance to kill more of his little devils."

Li Guotao's words did have some effect, and these soldiers had already put their lives at risk and were ready to fight the Japanese to the end.

Before they make any sacrifices, they will naturally devote themselves to the battle with all their strength.

At this time, violent explosions were heard outside again, and the Japanese artillery shells fell on the Tianma Mountain position one after another.

In order to capture the Tianma Mountain position, the Japanese used every possible means and mobilized all the artillery they could to bombard Tianma Mountain in turns, wishing they could flatten the entire mountain.

Fortunately, Li Guotao's anti-artillery fortifications were still there, so he was not afraid of the Japanese devils continuing their bombardment.

After a fierce bombardment, the Japanese finally stopped their shelling. However, soon, a large number of them rushed onto the smoke-filled battlefield, leaving the defenders no chance to breathe. They wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to seize the Tianma Mountain position in one fell swoop.

Li Guotao shouted loudly: "Brothers, the Japs are coming again, beat them all down!"

"Yes!"

The soldiers responded loudly, and then followed Li Guotao out of the anti-artillery cave and entered the position.

At this moment, a large number of Japanese soldiers set up ladders and were climbing up Tianma Mountain.

After the soldiers entered the position, they immediately opened fire when they saw the Japanese. There was dense gunfire, and the Japanese who had climbed up the mountain were shot and fell to the ground one after another.

At the same time, grenades were thrown into the trenches at the foot of the mountain.

"Boom~! Boom~!"

A violent explosion was heard, and a large number of Japanese soldiers in the trench were blown down again.

The Japanese soldiers who encountered stubborn resistance suddenly became angry.

A Japanese officer commanding the front line shouted angrily: "Fire with all your machine guns and mortars to suppress the enemy's firepower."

"Hayi~!"

Under the order of the Japanese officer, the machine guns and mortars on the Japanese positions also concentrated their firepower and fired fiercely at the Tianma Mountain positions.

Li Guotao hid in a relatively safe place and kept shooting with his gun.

As the crisp gunshots rang out, the Japanese machine gunners several hundred meters away fell to the ground one after another, and every bullet shot them in the head, leaving no chance for rescue.

This situation also shocked the Japanese.

Even the Japanese officer next to him widened his eyes in surprise and couldn't help but say: "This enemy's sharpshooter is simply not a human being."

At a distance of several hundred meters, every bullet hit the head. This is indeed amazing.

There are some sharpshooters among the Japanese, but they can't do this at all.

The Japanese had no better solution and just hoped to kill the enemy sharpshooter as soon as possible. However, they tried various methods but still failed to kill Li Guotao.

The attack had to continue, and the desperate Japanese soldiers once again used the human wave tactics and rushed desperately to the mountain.

The battle was extremely brutal and the Japanese casualties were gradually increasing.

However, they had no choice because their superiors repeatedly issued strict orders to them to continue their attack because they did not have much time left.

Li Guotao was becoming more and more courageous at this moment, and he also understood that he didn't have much time left.

Because it’s almost the 47th day, and everything should be over.

Taking advantage of this last bit of time, Li Guotao also wanted to kill more Japanese devils.

Relying on his superb marksmanship, Li Guotao not only continuously sniped and killed the Japanese machine gunners, but also specifically killed those Japanese grenade throwers.

Since the effective range of the grenade launcher is only about 500 meters, these Japanese devils are basically all within Li Guotao's effective killing range.

Almost all the Japanese soldiers he targeted were shot in the head.

The fierce battle lasted until dark, and the Japanese soldiers, who suffered heavy casualties, finally could not hold on and retreated.

Li Guotao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and led the soldiers to retreat into the anti-artillery fortifications, leaving only a few people hiding in a safe place to monitor the movements of the Japanese.

Yang Jihe sat next to Li Guotao and couldn't help but sigh and said, "I have survived another day. Sometimes I feel that I am really lucky."

"Every day I thought this might be the last day of my life."

"It's a miracle that I'm still alive now."

Li Guotao smiled and said, "We will definitely be able to persevere until victory."

Li Guotao touched his pocket as usual, then he remembered that he had already finished his cigarette.

They had held out in Hengyang for such a long time that all their supplies had been almost exhausted.

Fortunately, it’s almost over.

Yang Jihe glanced outside and said casually, "Do you think the Japanese will launch a sneak attack at night?"

Li Guotao said: "It's hard to say. We've been fighting for so long, and now these little devils are getting desperate."

"Our reinforcements have arrived at the outskirts of Hengyang again. Now the Japanese are more anxious than us."

Yang Jihe nodded and said, "That's true. They have fought for so long and suffered so many casualties. How can they accept the defeat in the end?"

Li Guotao continued, "So we can't be careless now, and don't let anything go wrong at the last minute."

Yang Jihe asked, "When do you think the reinforcements will arrive?"

Li Guotao said: "It should be soon."

"As long as we can hold Tianma Mountain, the Japanese won't be able to take Hengyang City, and we will win."

"Once the reinforcements arrive, the Japanese will give up completely."

"Judging from the current trend, if we win this battle, the Japanese won't be able to hold out for much longer."

Yang Jihe nodded and said, "I hope what you said is true."

Li Guotao smiled and said, "Don't worry, what I said is true, it can't be wrong."

That night, the Japanese launched a sneak attack.

A group of Japanese soldiers climbed up Tianma Mountain under the cover of night, but with Li Guotao there, their sneak attack was doomed to fail.

During this final period of time, Li Guotao did not dare to be careless at all.

Even if he was hiding in a tunnel to sleep, he would only dare to take a nap for a while, and then wake up immediately, and then check the situation outside through the system map.

Therefore, when the Japanese entered the trench, Li Guotao discovered it in time and immediately organized troops to block them.

While the Japanese were climbing up the mountain, we killed them all.

The Japanese's sneak attack plan failed, and in anger and humiliation, they sent out hundreds of Japanese to launch a fierce attack. Fierce fighting broke out again in the middle of the night.

Li Guotao commanded his brothers to devote themselves to the battle. After a fierce battle, the attacking Japanese were finally defeated.

The Japanese suffered a series of failures in their attacks and suffered heavy losses, so they had to stop their attacks temporarily.

This went on until dawn. It was already the 47th day, and the last day.

Li Guotao was also very excited. He could finally kill these damn Japanese devils.

According to what Li Guotao learned, the Japanese had a total of five divisions of troops in the area near Hengyang. Of course, some of the Japanese suffered heavy losses and were basically crippled.

But even so, the remaining Japanese soldiers still have nearly 100,000 troops.

If we can take advantage of this opportunity to wipe out all of these Japanese devils, it will be a heavy blow to the Japanese. At the very least, their plan to open up the mainland transportation line will be completely thwarted.

And now Li Guotao definitely possesses such strength. First of all, the Japanese are almost being dragged down after a long battle. They are already an exhausted army, and their elite veterans have basically been consumed.

In addition to the cooperation of the outer reinforcements, as long as Li Guotao summons out the tens of thousands of troops in his hands and suddenly launches attacks from different positions, he can catch the Japanese off guard and quickly defeat them.

Thinking of this, Li Guotao became even more excited.

However, in this final period of time, the Japanese did not intend to let Li Guotao have an easy time. They launched another fierce offensive, and fierce fighting broke out again after dawn.

However, Li Guotao was also determined to give it his all at this moment. Although there was not much ammunition left, Li Guotao ordered his brothers to fight with all their strength and make sure to repel the Japanese attack as quickly as possible.

After such a fierce battle, the Japanese again left behind hundreds of corpses, but failed to capture the Tianma Mountain position.

At this time, Yang Jihe said worriedly: "We are running out of ammunition. If we continue to fight like this, I'm afraid..."

Li Guotao smiled slightly, patted Yang Jihe on the shoulder, and said, "Don't worry, victory is just around the corner."

"I seem to have sensed that reinforcements will arrive soon."

Yang Jihe was very suspicious whether this boy was hallucinating, but seeing that he was fine and in good mental state, it didn't seem like anything was wrong.

At this time, Yang Jihe had also let it go and decided to hold on as long as he could.

Li Guotao finally survived the time specified by the system and got the chance to draw the 47th prize.

This time, Li Guotao was lucky enough to draw Li Yunlong's independent regiment, and it was an independent regiment at its peak period.

Although the Second Battalion and the Cavalry Company were eliminated, there were still about four thousand troops.

The sudden addition of such an elite force gave Li Guotao a boost of confidence.

Now Li Guotao can finally summon all these troops.

Li Guotao looked at the enemy's position in the distance and sneered, "Little devils, it's time for everything to end." (End of this chapter)