Yang Sen saw that his troops were bombed under the shelling of the devils, and he jumped on the city tower in a hurry, wanting to withdraw the army but was not agreed by Wang Weiguo.

After Yang Sen left, Wang Weiguo found Xu Jie, the commander of the 1st Company of the Artillery Battalion, pointed to the Japanese military camp and said to him: "Company Commander Xu, can you find a way to kill the Japanese artillery?" ”

Xu Jie picked up the binoculars and observed, and said: "The enemy's artillery position is too far away, and it can be hit, but it is not accurate, but the Japanese military camp in front can cover it." ”

"That's fine, order the brothers to hit him a few times, so that the devils can also taste the taste of being bombed."

"Yes!"

Xu Jie immediately picked up the radio, connected to the artillery position near the old house of the Chen family in the south of Huaining City, and ordered his opponent: "One rapid fire from the left, center, and right to calibrate Zhu Yuan!" ”

After three rapid fires, Xu Jie used the telescope to observe, and then ordered: "Move a dense position to the left, increase the elevation angle by two degrees, and shoot two volleys... Put! ”

A series of rains fell from the sky and smashed into the battalions of the 113th and 147th Wings, and the two wings of the Japanese forward army were immediately overturned by the bombers.

Yang Hanyu, the commander of the 133rd Division, couldn't close his mouth in surprise when he saw this, and the staff officer suggested on the side: "Shall we also show the artillery for the mission?" ”

Yang Hanyu shook his head and said: "No, we just have that little treasure, and it is inconvenient to move, if we are caught by the Japanese artillery, it will be all ruined, let's wait and talk..."

Ten 107 rocket launchers, two waves of salvo, is more than 200 shells, after the explosion, the power is really good, the bombing Tanaka Seido and others were shocked, immediately retreated under the protection of the garrison, and after exiting the range of the artillery, a count, just a shelling, the total loss of the 113th Wing and the 147th Wing was close to more than 800 people.

Tanaka gritted his teeth angrily, pulled out his command knife, and cut a small tree with the thickness of a wrist in two.

The 147th Wing, which had been hit in a row, was almost crippled at this time, and Wing Commander Yoshio Sonoda said with red eyes: "Tanaka-kun, what should we do now?" ”

Tanaka Shengdao sighed: "What else can I do? Report the situation and listen to Hou's orders. ”

A few minutes later, the large army stationed in Xindu Town received the news that the forward attack was blocked, and Matsuura Junrokuro said angrily: "Baga, the loss of two or three thousand people, and the forward position of the Zhina Army has not even been breached, how did they fight this battle. ”

Tokutaro Sakai said: "I said earlier that the regiment directly under the military police in Shina is very difficult to deal with, and their weapons are much more advanced than ours. Where they are, our planes are completely targets, and if we can't use them, we won't have air superiority, and we can only advance step by step with infantry. Or we will suspend the offensive and wait for the arrival of the heavy artillery brigade..."

However, Junrokuro Matsuura relied on the strength of his troops and horses, and he didn't want to admit it, so he immediately said: "Sakai-kun, don't lose confidence because of a little setback, if you can't do it during the day, you will act at night, if you can't do it head-on, you will attack from the side, since we have already planned it, don't change the plan casually." ”

Matsuura Junrokuro said to staff officer Akiyama Yoshitaka again: "Immediately send two more brigades to replenish, and order Tanaka Seido and Sonoda Yoshio to stand by after receiving reinforcements, and at 12 o'clock in the evening, launch an attack on Huaining from the front on time." ”

Yoshitaka Akiyama said, "Hi! I'm going to prepare. ”

However, Tokutaro Sakai of the 6th Division was not confident in the attack plan at night, and stood there without saying a word, and Junrokuro Matsuura saw this, and secretly scolded him in his heart for being a gutless rat, but on the surface he had to continue to encourage him.

"Sakai-kun, cheer up, once a soldier loses confidence, it will be terrible. Tonight, we will attack from both sides, and we will definitely be able to take Huaining, and then you will be able to wash away the shame planted on you by the regiment directly under the military police..."

Tokutaro Sakai couldn't stand others talking about him the most, and when he heard this, his heart immediately became angry, and he said, "Since that's the case, I'll go and prepare." With that, he walked out of Junrokuro Matsuura's headquarters.

However, when Tokutaro Sakai returned to his station, he felt a trace of regret, he knew a lot about the regiment directly under the gendarmerie, and he had suffered many defeats at his hands, and knew that it was very difficult. This time, although he was bewitched by Junrokuro Matsuura, he violated the orders of the headquarters and agreed to cooperate with him in the siege, but after calming down, he inevitably lacked confidence.

However, since he had promised Junrokuro Matsuura, it was not easy to regret it now, so Tokutaro Sakai was very chicken thief and called Ito Kazuho, the chief of staff of the Hatata detachment, and after some words, he gave him the task of cooperating with the operation at night.

The Hatada detachment originally had more than 2,000 remnants, and Tokutaro Sakai transferred a few hundred people from his own team to add to the Hatada detachment, bringing together a total of 3,000 people, and handed them over to Ito Kazuho for command.

Ito Kazuho didn't know what to do, and when he saw this, he happily agreed to the attack mission.

Tokutaro Sakai also became very happy when he saw that he had dumped the pot.

Soon, the time was twelve o'clock in the morning. Junrokuro Matsuura looked at his watch and said to the staff officer: "It's almost time, let's give a battle order." ”

In order to understand the battle situation as soon as possible and make a correct judgment, he also moved his headquarters to the forward position.

Hearing the words of the division commander, Yoshitaka Akiyama immediately gave the order to attack.

After the forward troops received the order, Yoshio Sonoda, the wing commander of the 147th Wing, no longer struggled to take the lead. Tanaka Seido glared at him with disdain, and immediately sent two brigades from his 113th Wing to quietly touch Huaining City.

A few minutes later, several explosions suddenly sounded in front of the Huaining City position, and it turned out that some early warning mines planted by the Sichuan army brothers in front of the formation were touched.

The sound of the explosion was particularly conspicuous at night, and the Sichuan army brothers who were defending the front line were immediately awakened, and they emerged from the trenches one after another, and immediately launched a blockade. And when the little devils saw that Xingzang was exposed, they simply didn't hesitate, straightened up one by one and rushed forward, and soon rushed to the first trench.

The devil also learned to be obedient this time, and most of them jumped over the trenches one after another, and continued to rush towards the second line of defense. A small number of men jumped into the trench and advanced along both ends of the trench. In this way, the defending Chinese soldiers had to defend against the Japanese troops charging on the ground, and also had to deal with the devils in the trenches, coupled with the deep night and limited vision, the two sides fought very fiercely for a while, but the squadron was never able to quickly eliminate the invading Japanese army, and formed a confrontation with it, and the two sides fell into a stalemate situation.

Seeing this, the commander of the 113th Wing, Tanaka Seimichi, immediately sent additional men from his own wing to reinforce him. As a result, the pressure on the squadron has really increased, and it seems that the second line of defense will not be able to hold on.

When the news reached the headquarters, Junrokuro Matsuura was very happy to hear it, and he was very appreciative of Tanaka Seimichi's improvisable combat method, and immediately ordered: "Order the forward troops to press the whole army immediately, and at the same time order the armored troops to act with them, and I will conquer Huaining City in one fell swoop." ”

With an order, the 147th Wing of the Japanese Army and the two additional brigades joined the battle with more than 30 tanks, and began to advance rapidly towards the Chinese position amid the rumbling sound of tanks...