More than 2,000 elite cavalry suddenly slaughtered from the mountains and forests five miles away from the east gate of Handan, and the shaking of the ground did not notice until it reached the outside of the city.

However, it was too late at this time, and the Japanese defenders at the east gate found that a large force of cavalry was suddenly killing Handan City outside the city, although the alarm was immediately made, and troops were sent to close the east gate in time.

However, as Wang Chengzhu commanded more than 20 mortars to bombard the east gate with lightning speed, blowing up the east gate, and the artillery bombardment suppressed the Japanese fire at the head of the city on both sides of the city gate building, and soon the situation was not favorable to the Japanese troops at the east gate.

"Boom, boom, boom!!"

The violent explosion sounded at the east city gate, and the huge explosion sound and vibration directly reminded the two old devils, the commander of the 33rd Division, Yuichiro Hatta, and the chief of staff of the division, Tomoki Onodera, who were commanding the 33rd Division headquarters in the city at this time.

"What's the situation? Hurry up, call the east gate right away and see what's going on? At the first moment, Yuichiro Hatta recovered from his somewhat confused posture after the sudden explosion in the direction of the east gate, and directly ordered Major General Tomoki Onodera, the chief of staff of the division on the opposite side.

I saw that Onodera Tomoki also came back to his senses immediately when he heard this, and immediately bent down with a heavy pause and said, "Haiyi, Your Excellency the division commander!" Then he hurriedly waved his hand to let a Japanese staff officer of the Japanese division headquarters not far behind Tomoki Onodera quickly call the commander of the defenders at the east gate to find out what happened?

In less than a minute, the Japanese staff officer of the division and regiment who was on the phone urgently hurriedly walked directly to Tomoki Onodera and Yuichiro Hatta and reported urgently: "Your Excellency the division commander, chief of staff, the defenders of the East Gate report that a large number of cavalry of the Chinese army were suddenly found outside the East Gate. The other party attacked quickly, and when the royal soldiers guarding the city at the east gate found out and warned them, the other party had already killed the city. Moreover, the enemy's cavalry, at least one or two thousand, quickly slaughtered, accompanied by artillery units, set up mortars and bombarded the head of the city and the east gate. ”。

"Nani? How can it be? How could a large cavalry unit of the Chinese army appear near the city of Handan? The vicinity of Handan is almost all occupied by the empire, how is it possible? ”

For the first time, when he heard that a large number of cavalry of the Chinese army had attacked the city of Handan, Yuichiro Hatta said angrily, this is simply impossible.

It's just that the chief of staff of the division, Tomoki Onodera, who was on the side, frowned, "Your Excellency, the division commander, this is not an impossible thing!" Your Excellency, Division Commander, the only cavalry unit that may surprise attack and kill the Zhina cavalry under the city of Handan, the new regiment of cavalry commanded by Li Yunlong has so many iron cavalry! ”

"Nani? Ono-kun, do you think that it is the two thousand elite iron cavalry commanded by Li Yunlong who are storming the east gate of Handan? Yuichiro Hatta was taken aback when he heard this, and he couldn't believe it.

But Onodera Tomoki smiled bitterly: "The cavalry of the large Chinese army that can appear outside Handan City cannot be the main force of Chang Kaishen's National Army, but only the cavalry of the 2,000 Eighth Route Army commanded by Li Yunlong can appear outside the city!" ”。

Without waiting for Yuichiro Hatta to continue speaking, the Japanese staff officer who reported the situation at the East Gate said urgently: "Your Excellency the division commander, the defenders of the East Gate report urgently, I am afraid they will not be able to withstand it." The opponent used an obvious 80 mm caliber mortar, and more than 20 guns bombarded the east gate and the city head, suppressing the fire of the defenders, and the cavalry covering part of its dismounted foot battle was storming the city gate! The defenders of the East Gate suffered heavy casualties, and more than half of the more than 600 imperial soldiers had already suffered casualties! ”。

"Bagaya Road, whether it is Li Yunlong's troops or not! If so, then it means that the small group of cavalry of the Eighth Route Army that appeared under Quzhou City is the decoy force that attracts our attention! ”

Yuichiro Hatta scolded and said angrily: "Order the defenders of the east gate, resist it for me!" Ono-kun immediately dispatched a squadron from the regimental headquarters of the garrison division to reinforce the east gate, and ordered the rest of the guards to defend the gate. If the other party really only has 2,000 cavalry, it is impossible to put all of them into a full-scale siege! The east gate seems to be the main direction of attack of the enemy! Resist it first, let's see! ”。

"Haiyi, Your Excellency the Division Commander, I understand!" Onodera Tomoki agreed with Hatta Yuichiro's countermeasures, at this time the defenders in Handan City did not have an advantage, after all, a wing from the city had been dispatched south to reinforce the Daimyo County, and then ordered this wing to turn to Guangping and chase after the tail of Li Yunlong's department.

Not long ago, an infantry brigade was also dispatched to reinforce Yongnian County along the north of Fuyang River, and at this time, even if they were ordered to return to Handan City, it was estimated that it would be too late in time.

At this time, 99 percent of Yuichiro Hatta and Tomoki Onodera had already been determined, and it should be the main force of Li Yunlong's new regiment of cavalry that suddenly appeared outside the east gate of Handan to attack the city.

With the news of Yuichiro Hatta's order, a squadron was urgently dispatched from the two squadrons garrisoned by the 33rd Division headquarters in the city to urgently reinforce the east gate, and all the Japanese troops in Handan City were on alert, and the tense atmosphere of the impending war filled the hearts of everyone in the city.

The people in Handan City in the city have encountered wars, and the moment when the guns and cannons at the east gate rang out violently, they have already closed their doors and doors, and hid at home.

After all, in battles during the war, bullets don't have long eyes!

At this time, his eyes turned to the outside of the east gate of Handan. Due to the effectiveness of the surprise attack, when the troops approached the city, the Japanese army at the east gate found that a large force of cavalry under the command of Li Yunlong was killing from the official road outside the east gate, although they quickly ordered the defenders behind the city gate to close the city gate in time and strictly defend it.

However, Wang Chengzhu's artillery fire quickly reacted in time before the Japanese defenders at the east gate of Handan, and the mortar shells roared and smashed into the various firing points of the little devils, and the Japanese defenders at the east gate of Handan were caught off guard, and the technical level of artillery and artillery under the command of Wang Chengzhu was enough to crush the Japanese defenders at the east gate of Handan, and there was nothing to do about suppressing their firepower to counterattack.

"Boom!" With two loud bangs, the East City Gate was directly shattered by Wang Chengzhu after being fired flat with a mortar.

Zhang Dabiao and Zhou Hua, who saw the right time, excitedly commanded the horses of the various units to enter from the exploding east gate of Handan. The city of Handan was broken, and I saw two battalions of nearly 1,000 iron cavalry roaring and risking the danger of fire from the remnants of the Japanese army at the head of the city in Dongcheng, and rushed into the city.

Then, after dividing some troops and horses along the city wall and horse road to kill the head of the city to clear the remnants of the defenders at the head of the city, Zhang Dabiao and Zhou Hua directly commanded the men and horses of each department to rush towards the headquarters of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army in the city like a fist.

At this time, Onodera Tomoki, who had just received an order from Yuichiro Hatta, rushed to the East Gate with a squadron to reinforce in person, and met the iron cavalry commanded by Zhang Dabiao and others who rushed into the city on the main street of the East Gate. The cavalry rushed and killed a squadron of Japanese troops under the personal command of Tomoki Onodera in one fell swoop.

"Baga Ya Road! Remove! "Onodera Tomoki saw that the opposing cavalry had already rushed and killed, and the infantry could not stop the infantry without the cover of blocking fortifications anyway, so he could only order the remnants of the men and horses to retreat in the direction of the division headquarters.

When Zhang Dabiao and others led their troops to rush to the division headquarters of the 33rd Division of the Little Devil, they took the lead in rushing back to the division headquarters by taking the lead around the urban road, and pulled Yuichiro Hatta to retreat to the Beicheng urban area under the cover of the garrison squadron of the last division and regimental headquarters.

And Zhang Dabiao and the others laughed, and in less than ten minutes, they eliminated the division headquarters of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army!

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