Just when Lao Dan, who was surrounded on the hill south of Mingguang City, was at a loss, a dense and rapid gunfire suddenly sounded in the north of Mingguang City, it was the 51st Army, and Lao Dan's first reaction was that the 51st Army came to save them.

It was the 51st Army, the commander of the 337th Brigade of the 113th Division of the 51st Army, Dou Guangdian, who led the 673rd and 674th regiments to storm Mingguang City.

Originally, a regiment under the 337 Brigade contacted Lao Dan and them, and if they wanted to fight, they would not have fought such a large-scale battle, and they were all raised to the brigade level, just to save a guerrilla army, which is not in line with common sense.

There is a reason for this, because the 113th Division received an order from above to recover Mingguang City in the next few days, and the devils stationed a brigade in Mingguang City, with nearly 1,000 people, and the defense was tight, and the 113th Division has not found a flaw.

Moreover, in addition to the 70 infantry guns equipped by the Japanese brigade, the artillery wing of the 13th Division gave two 120mm howitzers, which at that time was definitely a big killer weapon of the 51st Army, which was dominated by infantry.

Therefore, after the 113th Division received the order to conquer Mingguang, it was extremely difficult, if it was in peacetime, it would be a division to defend it, and it would be very difficult to deal with the attack of a large Japanese army, and now it is even more difficult to go to the blue sky.

The 51st Army understood the difficulty of the 113th Division, and also tried its best to temporarily transfer heavy firepower to the 113th Division, that is, a few old-fashioned mountain artillery, which could not even open the walls of Mingguang City.

Therefore, when the 337th Regiment of the 673rd Brigade received Lao Dan's contact and plan, they felt that this was a point that could be used, and perhaps through this point they could open up the tight defense of the Japanese army in Myeongguang City.

So they reported level by level, and Brigade Commander Dou of the 337th Brigade and Zhou Guanglie of the 113th Division immediately paid close attention, and at the same time actively prepared for the night attack on Mingguang City tonight.

That is, they used Lao Dan and them as bait, to catch the Japanese army in Mingguang City out of the city, and in the open area outside the city, the 113th Division was sure to fight with the devils.

After all, in close combat at night, there are many people, and there are tens of thousands of people in two brigades and four regiments of the 113th Division, and there must be no problem in fighting thousands of Japanese troops, with a numerical advantage of ten to one, crowd tactics, and drowning devils.

Division Commander Zhou knew that Lao Dan Niu Gu and they used the tactics of encircling points to send reinforcements to attack Liuzhuang Bridge and Guandian, and they must have avoided being hit by the Japanese army and also using encirclement points to send reinforcements to fight them, surround Lao Dan, and fight their reinforcements, even if the devils don't have this idea, they must avoid it.

The 113th Division went the opposite way and adopted the tactics of encircling Wei to save Zhao to relieve Lao Dan's siege, of course, the goal of the 113th Division was not only to relieve Lao Dan's siege, but Mingguang City.

Therefore, the 113th Division used an asymmetrical style of play at the beginning, sending two regiments of the 337 Brigade to attack Mingguang City, and now there is only one squadron in Mingguang City, plus other artillery logistics, that is, four or five hundred people, so it is naturally very difficult to defend.

Such a dozen will definitely make the two Japanese squadrons besieging Lao Shan in the south of the city tremble, is it important to besiege the enemy? Or is it your own nest that matters? Naturally, the nest is important.

Just when the enemy was distracted, the 113th Division then sent a regiment of the 339th Brigade and 677th Brigade to penetrate the position between Mingguang City and the besieged hill south of the city, and launched a fierce attack on the enemy's back outside the city.

The goal of the 677th Regiment was to isolate the Japanese troops outside the city from the Japanese forces inside the city, so that the Japanese troops outside the city could not retreat into the city, and force them to engage in field battles with the 113th Division.

The commander of the 113th Division also had a 678 regiment in his hand, which was not released and kept as a reserve.

Lao Shan saw such a magnificent battlefield situation, and he was so moved that he didn't want it, but the Northeast villagers gave their strength, in order to save them, they actually sent so many troops, and it was almost impossible to count how many troops.

"Brothers, get out!"

Lao Shan roared excitedly, and led four platoons of brothers to rush into the enemy formation like tigers descending the mountain.

If you don't rush now, when will you wait?

It is to take advantage of the devil's momentary confusion and confusion to launch a rapid impact and catch him off guard, otherwise, it will be much more difficult to launch an impact after they wake up and make corresponding countermeasures.

Now Lao Dan's approach is indeed very right, because the 113th Division also sent a signal to them, telling them to rush out, and everyone's thoughts went together.

Suddenly, in the middle of the night, inside and outside Mingguang City, the sound of guns and war was burning everywhere, and the 337 Brigade of the siege force did not hesitate to bombard dozens of mountain artillery shells at the city gate.

It is estimated that the mountain artillery will not be able to penetrate the city wall, but the city gate must be able to penetrate, dozens of shells came down, and the south gate of Mingguang City was blasted open, and the 337 Brigade death squad, which had long been lying outside the south gate of the city, took advantage of the barrage and swarmed into Mingguang City.

The main attack position taken by the 337th Brigade was also very thief, that is, at the south gate, not far from the Japanese troops trapped on the outskirts of the city, in order to avoid the 120 howitzer horror shells in the city.

The 120 howitzers in the city now want to fight but dare not fight, the city gate is too close to fight, and outside the south of the city, there are two squadrons of their own, which are now fighting with the Chinese army, and they can't fight, and the infantry 120 guns have become ornaments.

The devil could only use 70 infantry guns, but at this time, in the dark of night, plus the Chinese army rushed into the city again, there were hand-to-hand encounters everywhere, and there was no way to fire the artillery.

The 337 Brigade first made a feint attack at the north gate of Mingguang City, and the real main attack was set up at the south gate, and suddenly concentrated on the mountain artillery to bombard the city gate, and after the city gate was opened, the death squad rushed in to seize and hold the city gate, infiltrated inside, expanded the results, and then the main attack regiment followed.

Except for a squadron of 200 people, the rest of the devils in the city are artillery logistics, etc., where can they withstand the impact of more than 2,000 people from a regiment of the 337 brigade.

It's too late for the devil to fight in the streets, because Mingguang City has changed hands several times, and the people here have all run out, and it is almost an empty city.

The death squad of the 337 Brigade siege troops, once they broke into the city, immediately set fire to the enemy while fighting the enemy, that is, to burn down the entire Mingguang City, and not let the devils have a hidden object for street fighting.

In winter, the weather is dry and dry, and a fire burns the entire Mingguang City, plus the sky is beautiful, and the north wind blew before the war, and the fire burned all the way to the north of the city in the south of the city.

The main attack regiment of the 337 Brigade followed behind the death squad, taking advantage of the fire to rob, burning and looting all the way, no matter who it encountered, because it knew in advance that there were no Chinese in the city.

The four or five hundred devils who stayed behind were so burned by the fire that they ran to the north gate, and they were also hit by the guns of the Chinese army and fled to the north gate.

According to the devil's original plan, if he encounters a regimental-level unit of the Chinese army, the people of the two squadrons outside the south of the city can solve it.

If you encounter a combat unit above the Chinese corps level, you must stick to the south gate, send a small number of men and horses to pick up the main force of the two squadrons in the south of the city, and then stick to Mingguang together.

As long as it stays up until daytime, there are Chinese troops who are comfortable, and the 120 howitzers in the city are not vegetarians, regardless of whether they are infantry or cavalry, a few shells are enough to blow up their offensive formation.

No matter how bad it is, as long as you get through to the rescue brigade sent by the Chuzhou Wing Headquarters, several brigades or wings will be dispatched, even if it is the Chinese 51st Army or the 31st Army, even if they come together, they will not be afraid.

At that time, there will be a counterattack, and then expand the results, all the way to the other side of the Mingguang River and Bengbu, and even to the Huai River.