Chapter 169: Student Army’s Panic Amid The Japanese Army’s Massive Offensive
Early in the morning in Yuanping City, the battle continued intermittently without stop. Japanese Troops continuously launched large-scale attacks on Wanping City, Japanese Artillery Unit and Japanese Aircraft Group continuously destroyed large numbers of houses inside and outside the city, under the cover of Japanese artillery fire, Japanese Infantry Unit also deployed large numbers of Japanese Doting Tanks, continuously charging and killing at various positions in Wanping City held fast by the 29th Army who were stubbornly resisting.
At the same time, on the same day when Japanese Troops were intermittently shelling Wanping City, large numbers of Japanese Troops also arrived at Fengtai from the Northeast and the Homeland, and Japanese Troops also dispatched large numbers of airplanes in formation to circle over Beiping and Tianjin for air strike bombing demonstrations, and while Japanese Troops were negotiating with high-level of the 29th Army, they had already urgently dispatched eight divisions, nearly 170,000 troops, speeding on their way to Beiping.
From dawn, Japanese Troops began large-scale offensive operation against the positions of the 29th Army deployed on the battle lines around Yuanping City. Large numbers of airplanes, tanks, and various mechanized troops cooperated in the operation, with the focus of the attack including Nanyuan, Huangsi, and battle lines such as Shahe.
As the rumbling sounds of artillery barrage bombing continuously echoed throughout Yuanping City inside and outside, and large numbers of Japanese Aircraft simultaneously carried out air strike bombing on Beiping and Tianjin,
the 29th Army’s army headquarters had also been relocated inside Beiping City, with only four infantry regiments and one cavalry regiment stationed in Nanyuan, with fewer than 10,000 troops.
Deputy Army Commander Tong of the 29th Army disregarded personal safety and continuously went to the front-line positions to supervise the battle, while Brigadier General Zhao, the commander on the Nanyuan side, also continuously commanded his 132nd Division under him to conduct combat operations at Nanyuan where large numbers of sturdy defensive works had not yet been constructed, using company perimeters as cover.
But after the mad bombing by large numbers of Japanese Aircraft Group and Japanese Artillery Unit of Japanese Troops,
all communication equipment of the 29th Army’s various troops were destroyed, thus completely cutting off all communications contact between each branch of the 29th Army’s troops and Yuanping City’s command post,
so soon the entire command communications system of Yuanping City was completely disabled by the bombing from Japanese Troops,
instantly throwing the contact order of the entire 29th Army’s 132nd Division into chaos, even into fighting independently.
Facing the disruption of communications contact, Brigadier General Zhao was also at a loss,
so in the end he could only dispatch even more signal soldiers to conduct manpower communications relay operations.
Japanese Troops continuously dispatched dozens of airplanes, continuously carrying out round after round of mad bombing on Yuanping City, from morning until the afternoon air strike bombing,
without pause, until the 29th Army had suffered considerable casualties and a large number of defensive works were destroyed, before flying away swaggeringly and reluctantly, stopping the air strike bombing.
“Damn Japanese Invaders! If only we had anti-aircraft weaponry, being bombed by them like this for a whole morning, how many brothers were killed or wounded! Damn it!”
“Stop cursing, prepare to meet the incoming Japanese Infantry Unit! Later, kill a few more Japanese Soldiers, and we can avenge our fallen brothers!”
“Japanese Invaders’ tank infantry troops are coming again, this time with even more tanks than in the morning! Damn it, brothers, prepare to kill Japanese Soldiers!”
“Kill Japanese Soldiers!”
“Kill Japanese Soldiers!”
“Kill Japanese Soldiers!”
After the Japanese Aircraft Group and Japanese Troops’ artillery unit’s artillery barrage bombing was finished,
all the surviving soldiers of the 29th Army’s 132nd Division also picked up sabers, shouting battle cries that shook heaven and earth.
Of course, there were also various shouts cursing Japanese Troops,
but as their morale rose and their desire for revenge burned, Japanese Infantry Unit once again launched an attack on the city, assisted by a large number of Japanese Doting Tanks.
Thus, even more soldiers of the 29th Army charged out from various trenches and the remaining smoke-filled defensive works to meet the incoming Japanese Troops, engaging in life-and-death combat.
Meanwhile, the Student Army on the front lines too were all scared pale by the terrifying war scene before them, becoming panicked and at a loss.
This was their first time on the front line, the first battle fighting against Japanese Troops.
