The performance of the devil's reconnaissance plane was not very superior, and with the speed and precision of the Bofors anti-aircraft gun, it was more than enough to hang the devil's plane.

The wreckage fragments of the two devil reconnaissance planes fell all over the city, and the sparks were splashed everywhere.

"Bagaya Road, how can there be such an accurate anti-aircraft gun......

There was only one devil pilot left, scolding in annoyance.

When he saw that the other two reconnaissance planes had been shot down, he was immediately frightened and hurriedly maneuvered the planes to escape from the airspace over Xuzhou City.

In the blink of an eye, the last devil reconnaissance plane disappeared from everyone's sight.

The defenders of the security regiment in the positions outside the city raised their guns and shouted excitedly when they saw the enemy planes fleeing in the desert.

"The security regiment will win, the security regiment will win!!"

Before the end of the battle began, the devil's plane was shot away, and this undoubtedly inspired the determination and fighting spirit of the officers and men of the entire security regiment to win.

Li Hong saw the devil's reconnaissance plane leave and put down the telescope in his hand.

Although the devil reconnaissance plane left without finding anything, his mood did not become relaxed, on the contrary, his mood gradually became a little heavier.

The devil sent a reconnaissance plane to reconnoitre, which shows that the little devil troops should not be far from Xuzhou City.

According to Li Hong's estimation of the offensive route of the devil's various units, in a few hours, the 9th Division and the 114th Division of the Japanese Army will be the first to kill outside Xuzhou City.

Immediately, Li Hong notified all units to enter combat readiness and prepare in advance to meet the enemy.

Li Hong's biggest worry was not that he would encounter a strong enemy, but that he was most worried about the evacuation of the people in the city.

As soon as the devil troops come, as soon as the fighting between the two sides starts, the civilians who have not evacuated the city will definitely suffer countless casualties.

In order to reduce the number of innocent people killed and injured, Li Hong took advantage of the fact that the devil's army had not yet arrived, and immediately ordered the cavalry battalion and armored battalion to use various methods to help the people evacuate Xuzhou City.

When encountering civilians who stubbornly refused to leave, Li Hong asked his subordinates to forcibly drive them away.

Soon, the armored battalion and cavalry battalion began to carry out Li Hong's orders, quickly transferring the residents of the city.

The soldiers of the cavalry battalion rode from house to house to inform the people of the evacuation to ensure that every family could get the news of the evacuation.

Some civilians were reluctant to give up their property, and the soldiers of the security regiment even coaxed and deceived them, but they could not persuade them, so the soldiers used forceful means to fire a few shots to scare and scare them.

Not to mention, such a special method of evacuating and transferring civilians in the city is quite effective.

About two hours later, more than 1,000 residents of the city left Xuzhou City.

Of course, it is not possible to transfer too many civilians at once in broad daylight, because there are many people and large targets, so it is easy to attract the attention of devil reconnaissance planes.

In case the evacuated civilians encounter devil bombers, the civilians on the ground are simply a flock of lambs, and they can only let the devil planes bomb and kill.

Li Hong adopted the method of transferring civilians in batches, and all the people who did not transfer out also received a notice to evacuate Xuzhou City.

The people of every household packed their luggage and backpacks and prepared for the transfer in advance.

By using this method to evacuate, more people can be evacuated in a more orderly manner and more time can be saved.

Another half an hour passed, and suddenly, an observation post at the front called the regimental headquarters.

At this time, Li Hong was listening to his subordinates report on the evacuation of the people in the headquarters.

The signal soldier put down the phone and reported loudly: "Report to the regiment, according to the report of the forward observation post, a Japanese cavalry unit has approached twenty kilometers outside the east city!" ”

Li Hong heard the devil cavalry rushing outside the city, without the slightest panic, and immediately, he picked up the binoculars and ran quickly to the building not far away.

Subsequently, the communications squad took two telephones to the upper floor of the building, so that Li Hong could give orders and command the troops.

Li Hong ran to the roof of the building in one breath, holding a telescope and looking outside the east city.

Outside the eastern city of Xuzhou, the terrain is flat, there are no mountains or undulating hills to obstruct it, and you can clearly see the situation in the distance with a telescope.

In the distance, a large cavalry team was heading towards Dongcheng, and the devil's cavalry was numerous, at least more than a thousand war horses.

Li Hong magnified the magnification of the telescope, moved the scope in his hand, and carefully observed the weapons and equipment carried by the devil cavalry.

The weapons and firepower of the devil cavalry team are actually similar, because the cavalry's horses have limited loads, and the war horses need to run and can only carry some light weapons.

At the moment, the cavalry of the devils who came rushing was not equipped with any heavy firepower weapons and equipment, and the cavalry of the devils were all carrying sabers, carrying some light machine guns, rifles, and a small number of grenadiers.

Li Hong observed for a while, and had some judgment and understanding of the situation of the devil cavalry in his heart.

Judging from the number of enemy horses and the size of the team, this should be a cavalry wing of the devils, and the wing flag of the devil's cavalry is very conspicuous.

Li Hong didn't pay attention to the devil cavalry of just a wing, and it was a matter of minutes to torture and kill the devil's cavalry.

The devil's cavalry came over, it was like a sheep in the tiger's mouth, and Li Hong decided to defeat this devil's cavalry wing.

While observing the devil's cavalry, Li Hong gave an order: "Communication soldier, immediately notify the flight squadron to carry out the bombing mission and destroy the devil's cavalry for Lao Tzu!" ”

The communications officer nodded in answer, quickly ran to the phone, picked up the phone and called the flight squadron.

The plane of the flight squadron of the security regiment was parked at the military airfield on the outskirts of Xuzhou's Houshan.

The airport is less than 50 kilometers away from the front-line position in Xuzhou, and in such a short distance, the planes of the security regiment can take off at any time to quickly support the front-line battlefield.

……

At the same time, the Devil Cavalry Wing, which rushed to the outside of Xuzhou City, suddenly slowed down.

This devil cavalry vanguard is the 14th Division of the Japanese Army, and the 18th Cavalry Wing under its jurisdiction.

Under the order of the wing commander, the devil cavalry all grabbed the reins and stopped the march.

"Calling for !!"

The neighing of long horses sounded, and more than a thousand war horses neighed and echoed each other.

The horses paused and stood still.

At the front of the war horse herd were several devil officers, and the leader in the middle was a devil Dazuo.

At this time, a devil Shaozuo on horseback pointed to the city wall in front of him: "Your Excellency, the city in front of you is Xuzhou City." ”

"Yo Xi."

Devil Dazuo nodded, his face showed a confident color, and he said meaningfully: "Xuzhou City has been a strategic place for the people of China since ancient times, as long as our Imperial Japanese Army takes this city, it can connect the battlefields of North China and Central China......"

Devil Shaozo continued with great agreement: "Yes, Your Excellency Wing Commander, the geographical location of Xuzhou City is very important, not only related to North China and Central China, but also to affect the national war situation of our Imperial Japanese Army. ”

(End of chapter)