The Japanese joint commander Ito Masaki learned that the attacking troops had entered the city and surrounded the recalcitrant defenders in the western part of the city.

He couldn't help but show an irrepressible expression of joy on his face, and said with excitement: "Yo Xi! It's really good, I see where Yang Jing's tiger group is fleeing this time! ”

At this moment, a communications staff officer suddenly took a telegram and hurriedly reported: "Your Excellency General, Commander Okamura is calling!" ”

Ito Masaki took the message and glanced at it, it turned out that Okamura Ninji couldn't sleep, so he got up before dawn and sent a telegram to inquire about the battle situation here.

Ito Masaki immediately commanded the corresponding adjutant who came to the newspaper with pride and pride: "Call back to Commander Okamura and say that the Imperial Army has entered the city, surrounded the remnants of the Tiger Regiment, and is carrying out a final attack.

Rest assured, we will be able to end the battle before eight o'clock in the morning! Annihilate the Tiger Ben Regiment of the China Army, and the Independent Regiment of the New Fourth Army of China!

Kill Yang Jing, the empire's top henchman! ”

"Hello!"

The deputy communications regiment slammed his head and immediately took the order away.

The brigade commander of the 101st Infantry Brigade, Shozaburo Sato, was also overjoyed, and said with a smile on his face: "Yang Jing and the Tiger Ben Regiment are the henchmen of the imperial army, and they are the biggest stumbling block to the imperial army's annihilation of China.

This time, you were wiped out by the troops under your command, Your Excellency the division commander, and when this battle is over, you will definitely become a hero of the Yamato nation and a red man in front of His Majesty the Emperor! ”

No one doesn't like to be slapped on the back.

The flattery of his subordinates and the imminent victory made Ito Masaki a little excited, so he said proudly: "This is inseparable from the full cooperation of Sato-kun and all of you, and it is the credit of every imperial soldier who participated in this battle!" ”

Shozaburo Sato hurriedly bowed his head and stammered, and climbed up the pole: "The humble position is just doing what is within the bounds, and this is all in the command of Your Excellency the division commander!"

In the future, His Excellency the commander of the division will be promoted, and please say a few kind words to His Majesty the Emperor and the cabinet for the humble position, so that the humble post will be grateful! ”

"It's supposed to drop!" Ito Masaki was in a good mood and immediately readily agreed.

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The picture pulls to Hefei.

Okamura Ninji, the old devil, has been paying close attention to the battle of Huoqiu, although he didn't stay up all night and couldn't sleep.

But because of this, I didn't sleep very well, so I got up early.

After reading the reply call sent by Ito Masaki from Huoqiu, Okamura Ningji's expression perked up, and the original little sleepiness was also swept away in an instant.

He took the telegram and muttered for a moment, then turned his head and instructed the adjutant: "Reply to Ito Masaki, Yang Jing is cunning and cunning, and you must not get carried away until you completely eliminate him."

The more critical the moment, the more careful it is to guard against the breakthrough of the Tiger Bun Regiment.

Because judging from the previous examples, this enemy army is very tenacious and cunning, and until the last moment, it must not relax and give them any opportunity! ”

"Hello!"

The devil's lieutenant paused heavily, and after exiting Okamura Ninji's office, he strode towards the confidential department.

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The picture pulls back to Huoqiu, the joint command of the Japanese army.

After receiving Okamura Ninji's reminder and supervision, Ito Masaki temporarily put away his contempt and ordered his subordinate troops, in addition to strengthening the attack.

In and around the city, several blockade lines were added to prevent the Tiger Regiments from breaking through the chaos.

At the same time, in order to prevent the Tiger Ben Regiment from repeating its old tricks, they pretended to be their own troops to hide from the world.

Ito Masaki also ordered the staff officers of the three divisions to formulate several sets of light and dark passwords to switch back and forth.

In addition, he also ordered the troops to only move forward, not to retreat, and to report any suspicious target as soon as they encounter it, and to find out the identity of the other party, and not to slack off or omit the slightest.

However, if there is any non-cooperation, the front-line troops and all checkpoints have the right to cut first and then play.

In this way, it is almost impossible for the Tiger Ben Regiment to follow the example of the previous one and change into the Japanese military uniform to get by.

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Inside the city, the battle between the enemy and the enemy has reached a fever pitch.

On the street near the entrance of the tunnel, Yang Jing commanded the guard company and artillerymen to carry out artillery strikes on the Japanese attacking troops who were storming the 2nd Battalion.

In addition to its short attack range and poor accuracy, the Unconscionable Cannon also has a huge weakness, that is, its limited service life.

The barrels of the barrels changed from the oil drums were very thin and generally could only withstand five or six bombardments.

No more than 10 times.

Otherwise, there is a high risk of exploding.

At this time, the conscienceless cannon that was not used many times began to exert its last residual heat.

Shoot powerful 'cannonballs' at the devils attacking the crowd and explode violently.

The 15-kilogram TNT high-explosive pack, once exploding, is extremely powerful.

With the shell landing point as the center, within a radius of tens of meters, anyone or building will be destroyed in an instant.

"Boom!"

"Boom, boom, boom! ——”

The shells were fired one after another, causing great casualties to the Japanese attacking troops for a time.

In particular, most of the buildings in the city have collapsed during the previous bombardments by the Japanese army, and many areas have even been razed to the ground.

In this way, it is equivalent to invisibly reducing the obstacle of the shock wave of the cannonball, so that the power of the unconscionable cannonball can be maximized.

Yang Jing personally operated a 75mm field gun, specializing in armored targets and heavy machine guns of devils, and did his best to provide fire support to the officers and men of the 2nd Battalion.

In Yang Jing's hands, the artillery is like having eyes, pointing wherever it hits, the cannon does not need to be fired, and almost every time the cannon is fired, it can hit the target.

It exerted its power to the fullest, causing huge casualties to the devils.

All the devil tanks and heavy machine guns that appeared in the field of vision of the observer hand and horse control became the ghosts of Yang Jing's guns.

The little devil who killed for a while was so frightened that he didn't dare to attack again.

Only dare to return fire with artillery, and crane guns are strafed from a distance.

Yang Jing's existence, like a needle of the sea god, not only killed the little devils, but also greatly boosted the morale of the officers and men of the 2nd Battalion and the Guard Company.

All the defenders were demoralized and put up resistance with all their might, buying more time for the brother troops to withdraw.

The sound of gunfire and artillery, explosions, and shouts of killing from both sides has been hovering over the entire Huoqiu County for almost a moment.

Under the indiscriminate bombardment of the little devils, the area around the entrance of the tunnel was almost razed to the ground, and there were ruins and broken bricks everywhere.

As the defense area shrank, the places where the defenders could hide became smaller and smaller, and the casualties increased under the shelling of the little devils.

Difficult times always pass slowly.

Finally, more than an hour passed.

Under the desperate resistance of the 2nd Battalion of the Tiger Regiment and the officers and men of the guard company, the Japanese attacking troops stormed until dawn and failed to break through their last line of defense.

At this time, the Independent Regiment of the New Fourth Army, as well as the Artillery Battalion and the 1st Battalion of the Tiger Regiment, had successfully withdrawn from the city along the tunnel according to the original plan.

The 2nd Battalion also has less than 600 left, and with the addition of the guard company, the total strength is already less than 800 people.

Yang Jing saw that the sky was getting brighter and the time was ripe, so he looked for Fan Tietou: "2 battalion commander, it's almost time, let's retreat!" ”

Fan Tietou shook his head and said with a resolute face: "Tuanzao, leave me a company of troops, and you take the other brothers to withdraw first!"

My Highness! ”

"Ge Laozi! What are you talking about? Yang Jing was very reluctant, his face sank, and he shouted: "Of course you want to go together, how can I leave you?" ”

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