You were tasked with guarding the Sihang Warehouse, and you ended up with a German-equipped division

Chapter 165 Tang Enbo's Reflections, Tank Unit Support Arrives

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Tang Enbo said with a forced smile:

"It's nothing much. Your unit previously had an armored unit in Teng County, right? The Japanese 20th Division is currently launching a fierce offensive. I wonder if it would be appropriate for your unit to be deployed to strike the Japanese invaders hard and demonstrate our national power."

His words were so impeccable that it made it seem as if the armored unit hadn't been ordered by Tang Enbo not to participate in the battle.

Li Jianghe slapped his forehead and said:

"Oh, is that it? I remember now, didn't I receive orders that our mechanized units should be in the rear as reserve forces?"

"What's wrong, Brother Keqin? Is the Japanese offensive too fierce, and your unit is finding it difficult to hold on?"

Tang Enbo was naturally unwilling to admit that it was their 20th Army Group that couldn't hold out, but Li Jianghe's words were clearly meant to provoke him.

He suppressed his anger and reluctantly said:

"Well... the Japanese 20th Division and the main force of the 10th Division are both launching a fierce attack to the north. Our 20th Army's equipment is, after all, not as good as yours, so it is indeed somewhat..."

Li Jianghe was overjoyed to hear the satisfactory answer. He thought to himself, "Even if Tang Enbo doesn't ask me for help, I will still plug this gap in the defense line."

After all, when it comes to national interests, I'm much clearer-headed than you, the King of Electricity.

Thinking of this, Li Jianghe immediately said:

"Understood, Commander Tang. This is negotiable. My troops will be there to support you immediately. After all, we are fighting the Japanese, and we can't be careless. We can't just stand by and do nothing when our allies need help. I, Li Jianghe, can't do that."

His words were clearly pointed, and Tang Enbo, being so astute, could easily understand them.

But at times like this, Tang Enbo, a top graduate of the Whampoa Military Academy, could only act like a grandson in front of Li Jianghe, a ragtag army soldier who had never even attended a military academy.

"Yes, yes, Jiang He, I'm relieved to hear you say that. I'll definitely treat you to a drink after this battle is over."

After saying this, Tang Enbo exchanged a few more polite words before hanging up the phone with a gloomy expression.

"Did it work?"

Chief of Staff Wan Jianfan asked from the side.

"It's over. It's really hard to bow down to such a peasant."

Tang Enbo made no attempt to hide his feelings.

Wan Jianfan then said:

"Sir, there's something I need to say that you might not like to hear."

"Let's skip the nonsense and get to the point."

Tang Enbo said impatiently, putting his hands behind his back.

Wan Jianfan then spoke slowly.

"Perhaps Li Jianghe's attitude is not good, but it is normal for him to have emotions, after all, we did wrong before."

Now, at this crucial moment in our joint annihilation of the Japanese invaders, Commander Li has set aside personal grievances and is still willing to lend a helping hand to our 20th Army Group. He is a man of great righteousness!

Tang Enbo countered with:

"Are you saying that I, Tang, am petty and narrow-minded?"

Wan Jianfan cleared his throat and said:

"I didn't say that."

Tang Enbo was about to get angry, but then he thought about it and realized that it was true.

Then he waved his hand and said:

"Alright, alright, it was my fault this time. I owe Li Jianghe a huge favor."

"I'll repay them when I have the chance in the future. Right now, I need to get rid of these damned Japanese devils as soon as possible."

In the direction of Nanyu Village, the battle is at its most intense.

However, the positions deployed on the perimeter have been almost completely breached, and both sides have entered the stage of street fighting.

The unit left behind here is the 788th Regiment, the main force of the 20th Group Army. Huang Zhenbiao's troops are not bad in combat and their equipment is also quite good.

However, this was only compared to other Nationalist Army units, not to the Japanese army on the other side.

Currently, the 788th Regiment has suffered more than half of its casualties, and its anti-tank artillery has been completely destroyed by the Japanese army.

In order to stop the advance of Japanese tanks and armored vehicles, Huang Zhenbiao personally led a suicide squad to use the houses and alleys of Nanyu Village to get close and blow up the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles.

It should be said that the soldiers of the 788th Regiment were extremely brave in combat.

They were already bloodthirsty and disregarded their own lives.

Huang Zhenbiao also personally led his soldiers in numerous hand-to-hand combats with the Japanese army, and the blade of his broadsword even became dull.

But the Japanese army was like a surging river, with one wave crashing over the other, giving the 788th Regiment no chance to catch its breath.

"Commander, the Japanese are charging again."

Before Huang Zhenbiao could catch his breath, he heard another booming sound. The Japanese tank company and infantry had attacked again.

He drew his broadsword in a flash and said:

"How many are still able to move?"

The deputy commander, whose left eye was wrapped in bandages, said:

"Reporting to the commander, there are fewer than three hundred people left."

Huang Zhenbiao said coldly:

"Three hundred it is, brothers! This day next year will be our death anniversary. I'll die with you all. We'll walk the road to the underworld together!!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he was about to lead his soldiers out to fight the Japanese tank company to the death.

That location happened to be the only route that Japanese tank units could take to attack Nanyu Village.

As for the Japanese tank squadron that was charging forward, it was completely overwhelmed by artillery fire.

Huang Zhenbiao was taken aback, wondering what was going on? Why were those old cannons from the artillery regiment starting to squeal again?

No, the artillery regiment doesn't have that many cannons.

This is······

He quickly came up with an answer—the artillery battalion of the third detachment.

"Commander, what's going on? Is this artillery support from the Commander-in-Chief?"

Huang Zhenbiao shook his head and said:

"Support my ass! Those crappy artillery pieces from the artillery regiment wouldn't make a sound like that. It must be the Third Detachment."

As he spoke, he felt the ground beneath his feet begin to shake.

The communications soldier ran over and said:

"Reporting to the regimental commander, Commander Tang has ordered that the Third Detachment reinforcements arrive immediately, and instructs our unit not to mistakenly attack friendly forces!"

"really."

As Huang Zhenbiao said this, he rummaged in his pocket, found a half-smoked, blood-stained cigarette, lit it, and said:

"I owe them another huge favor."

As he spoke, a large number of tanks from the Third Detachment roared forward behind him.

Meanwhile, the Japanese tank units ahead, which were under heavy artillery fire, were still somewhat bewildered.

He wondered where the enemy had gotten so many artillery pieces for support.

Just then, the shelling finally ended, but under the light of the flares, they saw armored vehicles rushing out of Nanyu Village, their cold cannons aimed at them.

"fire!!!!"

At the command, the shells were launched in an instant.

"Boom!!!!!"

Amidst the roar of artillery shells, a Japanese Type 97 medium tank was blown away in the blink of an eye.