Chapter 179: Fight To The Death
“The Chinese 29th Army has already become our possession. As long as we increase the intensity of the air strike bombing and the duration of the artillery barrage bombing, these Chinese troops will be completely annihilated by us!”
“Yuanping City, and Beiping City will both become new territory for our Imperial Army!”
Watching the artillery barrage filling the sky, smoke billowing, flames soaring, buildings collapsing everywhere, and innocent military and civilians suffering casualties,
Garrison Army Commander Lieutenant General Wanichiro Tashiro smiled cheerfully to Lieutenant General Kiyoshi Katsuki beside him.
“Yoshi! That’s inevitable!”
“Moreover, our reinforcements have already been arriving continuously at our designated combat positions. Once we occupy Chinese Yuanping City, our large army can immediately launch a large-scale general offensive, and we can absolutely fully capture Chinese Beiping City within two or three days! At that time, we can continue to advance into Northwest Shanxi and bring those areas into our territory of expanding territory!”
Lieutenant General Kiyoshi Katsuki also revealed a confident smile in response.
As the battle became increasingly smooth,
Lieutenant General Kiyoshi Katsuki’s ambition also swelled increasingly,
Especially seeing the 29th Army’s troops completely unable to conduct air defense operations to defend Yuanping City under the Japanese aircraft group’s air strike bombing,
His smile became increasingly confident, feeling that victory would soon arrive.
“Yes! Then after Chinese Yuanping City falls, we must capture alive the Chinese 29th Army’s commander, 132nd Division Commander Zhao Dengyu, and Deputy Army Commander Tong Lingge!”
“We must make our Imperial Army’s battle achievements the most brilliant, to intimidate all Chinese troops!”
“Especially those Chinese troops that dare to oppose us, we must make them feel our excellent combat capabilities!”
“By the way! What is Major General Masazo Kawa doing now? I feel like I haven’t seen him all day!”
Garrison Army Commander Lieutenant General Wanichiro Tashiro also became increasingly cheerful, swelling with his own combat confidence.
“He is receiving the reinforcing division troops and arranging their next combat arrangements!”
Lieutenant General Kiyoshi Katsuki responded truthfully.
“Good! Then after our Imperial Air Force launches the final round of air strike bombing, we will immediately have our Army troops launch the final general offensive and capture this Chinese city in one go!”
“The battle here should be fully concluded within today. Our next place to attack is Chinese Beiping City. Once we seize it, we can complete the first stage of the combat mission!”
Garrison Army Commander Lieutenant General Wanichiro Tashiro nodded in response.
“Hai! I will personally supervise the subsequent combat!”
“I will definitely fully occupy Chinese Yuanping City before the sun sets today, and capture alive all the Chinese 29th Army commanders here!”
Lieutenant General Kiyoshi Katsuki also agreed.
“Yoshi! I like your confident demeanor like this!”
Garrison Army Commander Lieutenant General Wanichiro Tashiro praised him very satisfactorily.
Immediately after, he continued to hold the military telescope, observing the final air strike scene of the Japanese aircraft group wildly bombing Yuanping City in the distance, and increasingly felt that victory was about to be realized before his eyes.
And at this moment,
Deputy Army Commander Tong Lingge of the 29th Army, and 132nd Division Commander Zhao Dengyu commanding the 29th Army, were still desperately holding Nanyuan to the death,
Even with injuries on their bodies, they still resolutely led their troops in fierce battle to resist the incoming Japanese Army.
Moreover, at this moment, they had no reinforcements behind them, nor supplies of weaponry and ammunition.
“Even if we die today, we must kill a few more Japanese!”
“In any case, we cannot easily give up Yuanping City!”
“We cannot let Beiping City fall into danger under the edge of the Japanese Army. There are still many civilians who have not had time to evacuate. Once Beiping City falls, thousands of civilians will suffer and be cruelly killed by the Japanese invaders!”
Seeing that his side’s situation was hopeless and they had fallen into a situation of fighting to the death,
29th Army Deputy Army Commander Tong also, with his injuries, gave the final order to fight to the death to 132nd Division Commander Zhao Dengyu, who was also with minor injury.
Division Commander Zhao nodded firmly, indicating agreement.
