Commander Huo held the binoculars tightly and paid close attention to the whole battle: the smoke and fire licked the strong city walls, the roar of cannons and the shouts of the troops almost lifted the entire small city, and the various units fought desperately and bloodily, and the troops in the south of the city successively found the gaps in the city walls.

The 593rd Regiment of the 198th Division attacked the corner tower in the north of the city several times, but could not take it, on the contrary, in the Japanese army's repeated counterattacks, the troops retreated again and again, until they retreated to the north bank of the Daying River.

Once again, the offensive was blocked, especially in the north of the city, and the battle could not be advanced.

Commander Huo was so anxious that he yelled at Master Ye on the phone, "Master Ye, what kind of bear?" ”

Division Commander Ye Peigao was of course more anxious than Commander Huo, he himself went to the front line to supervise the battle, and he was very clear about the situation of the 198th Division.

In front of the troops was a fertile paddy field, which was the granary of Tengchong's wealth. Where will the commander above consider this, anyway, if you fail to occupy the Japanese position, you will be scolded at the least, and you will be dealt with by military law. However, it has to be said that this place as a battlefield is not an ideal place, the terrain is open, completely exposed to the guns of the Japanese army, not only his 593 regiment retreated, but even the 592 regiment was also blocked near the Yuma River, and it was difficult to reach the predetermined position.

In the face of Commander Huo's reprimand, he was also speechless, but it didn't seem to be his personality if he didn't say it, so he had no choice but to report truthfully: "This is a fucking piece of mud and soft soil, and it is difficult for troops to pass." Commanders are requested to adjust their deployments as soon as possible. ”

It also makes sense, if you don't adjust it again, it will increase the casualties of the troops!

Commander Huo could only adjust the siege deployment again: concentrate his forces and make every effort to break through the southern city.

Except for a regiment of the 198th Division to carry out a feint attack on the line from the West Gate to the East Gate through the North Gate to contain the Japanese army, the remaining two regiments of the 198th Division, the 36th Division, the 2nd Reserve Division, the 116th Division, and nearly 4 divisions lined up to storm the south of the city. After breaking through the south of the city, they then seized the Nanyue Temple, Shuncheng Street, and the Office of the Superintendent, and broke through the streets and alleys and buildings in the city to advance to the center of the city.

On August 19, the 20th Army launched its third general assault on Tengchong City.

The offensive became tighter and fiercer each time.

Airplanes and artillery twisted the southern part of the city and bombed in turn, and the cannon roared and the smoke of gunpowder billowed on the walled position, and the gunfire and shouting shook half of Tengchong City.

With the dual cooperation of the Allied air force and artillery, the attacking troops rushed forward, successively clearing out most of the remnants of the devils on the outskirts of the city, and advancing into the city respectively.

On August 20, Allied planes blew up dozens of gaps in the city wall, and the 2nd Regiment of the Pre-2 Regiment branched from the southeast to the gap in the south city wall to attack Tengchong City, and quickly occupied Dongyue Temple and the Japanese hospital.

The 198th Division's siege method was even more special.

Division Commander Ye is a rough and fine soldier, and he can't wait for the plane to blow up the gap, he wants to open the way with sappers and break through the city walls. The 594th Regiment of Division Commander Ye used the shops and houses outside the south gate of the city to form machine gun bunkers with sandbags in the dark to cover the operation of the engineers.

The Japanese troops guarding the fortified positions were already overstretched against the Chinese troops attacking from all directions, so naturally they had no time to worry about these sappers sticking to the base of the wall. The sappers braved the rain of bullets and bullets to dig 10 holes in the hard wall, and after burying them, the 10 groups of sappers quickly evacuated.

In the midst of the whistling bullets, there was a sudden loud bang, and 10 blasting points exploded almost simultaneously, and two gaps appeared at the foot of the solid south gate wall, and Chinese troops suddenly poured in from this gap. The panicked Japanese soldiers fired another burst of machine-gun fire. In the face of the large influx of soldiers from the 198th Division, no matter how strong the devil's firepower was, it could not stop the Chinese soldiers who fought bravely, and soon the 198th Division successfully occupied the city wall and fortified the area.

To the west of Tengchong, a fortified British consulate blocked the offensive line of the 36th Regiment of the 108th Division.

This building, which is made entirely of volcanic stones, is extremely strong, and after the Japanese army occupied Tengchong, it was reinforced and rebuilt again to become the city defense headquarters of the 148th Wing of the Tibetan Heavy Yashiro, and it was only on the eve of the siege of Tengchong Castle that the Tibetan Heavy Sacred Fortress was moved from here.

At the beginning of August, the 108th Regiment of the 36th Division hit the side of this building, but after fighting for more than 10 days, it has not touched a single brick.

The 108th Regiment, which was the first to attack, did not know the solidity of the building, and always thought that it could be destroyed with a few shots, but unexpectedly, the shells only scratched a layer of skin on the outer wall, and the bullets would be bounced back.

The 108th regiment sent the personnel of the demolition group again, and rushed forward with **, but unexpectedly, the main force of the Japanese army guarding here was about 400 people, equipped with two mortars, and once the members of the demolition team approached, the dense firepower knocked down the soldiers who rushed to the front.

The 108th Regiment suffered heavy casualties, and the only way to deal with this hard bone in front of them was to ask for the help of Allied aircraft.

On August 18, three P-40 Allied planes circled over the building, and the roar of the planes chilled the Japanese troops hiding in the house, and several bold Japanese soldiers stuck their heads out to shoot at the low-flying Allied planes. I didn't expect these American planes to be very flexible, the planes were hovering at low altitudes, and after quickly finding the angle of bombing, they suddenly dived down, and the Japanese machine guns had not yet been fired, and the Allied Air Force had accurately entered this stone fort from the roof and window. The British Consulate was finally shot, and the black smoke and striking flames clearly outlined this originally very luxurious European-style building.

Everything in the embassy was destroyed in the fire, except for the sturdy walls, which stood straight there until today, more than 60 years later.

The British consulate was finally conquered.

The 108th Regiment triumphantly advanced to the south of the city.

The 346th Regiment of the 116th Division, which had already captured the castle walled position, stepped up the horn of the offensive and captured the Oriental Hospital for the next time on the 19th. The large force of the 116th Division also successfully landed on the south side of the east gate at dawn on the 20th.

By August 21, the 2nd Division, the 198th Division, the 36th Division, the 116th Division and the 2nd Reserve Regiment had broken through the city walls, broken into the urban area, and successively captured Dongyue Temple and Nanyue Temple.

Commander Huo's troops finally entered the city and occupied most of the streets and alleys in the southwest and southeast of Tengchong City.

The battle of the castle wall lasted for 20 days from the beginning of August to the end of August. The 20th Army finally broke through the Japanese army's fortified fortified position and stormed Tengchong City.

Commander Huo breathed a sigh of relief, and the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force also breathed a sigh of relief.