"Yo Xi!" Junrokuro Matsuura saw that Tokutaro Sakai was moved by his own words, and immediately stood up and ordered his staff officer: "Akiyama Daisa, immediately mobilize the troops and march with the whole army!" ”

Yoshitaka Akiyama, chief of staff of the 106th Division, said with his legs together: "Hi! ”

Soon, the 106th Infantry Wing of the 113th Division, together with the 147th Wing, with more than 30 tanks, began to attack Huaining under the cover of the 106th Field Artillery Wing.

When they walked three kilometers away from Huaining City, they found that there were ravines and trenches in front of them, and the captain of the 113th Wing, Tanaka Sheng, put down his binoculars and sighed: "The Chinese army has built the trenches so densely, it seems that they are determined to fight a decisive battle with us." ”

Yoshio Sonoda, the wing commander of the 147th Wing, disagreed, and said with a smile: "I have long heard that the military police directly under the lieutenant general of the army are miraculous, and I have long wanted to understand it. ”

Seeing his arrogant tone, Tanaka Shengdao frowned, and did not speak, which can be regarded as acquiescence.

Yoshio Sonoda immediately sent two brigades and touched the front position. Who knew that until 400 meters in front of the position, the trench in front was always quiet, as if there was no one, and there was not even a movement. Seeing this, one of the leading teams immediately pulled out the command knife in his hand and pointed forward, and said loudly: "Kill it!" ”

The devils of the two brigades immediately increased their speed and began to rush towards the central ** position, intending to use the superior forces to occupy the first trench at the front.

Yang Hanyu, the commander of the 133rd Division, who was standing at the head of Huaining City and observing the battle situation with a telescope, couldn't help but be a little anxious, and said to Wang Weiguo: "Brother Wang, the devil came up when he saw it, shouldn't it be time to shoot?" ”

Wang Weiguo said with a smile: "Don't worry, it's not too late to shoot when they run within 100 meters." ”

"But..."

Yang Hanyu was not very relieved, and Yang Sen, who was standing next to him, persuaded: "Hanyu, I still listen to Brother Wang, this time it is the gendarme regiment directly under the command, you just have to follow the order." ”

Yang Hanyu had no choice but to give up.

After another moment, Wang Weiguo saw that the Japanese advance was already approaching the first line of defense, so he spoke: "Division Commander Yang, now you can give the order to fire." ”

When Yang Hanyu heard this, he immediately connected to the forward position and ordered: "Let the brothers of the second line of defense immediately open fire and give Lao Tzu a hard beating!" ”

The officers and men of the 798th Regiment of the 397th Brigade, who were ambushed in the second line of defense, immediately jumped on the stepping stools that had been placed in the trenches for a long time, and then emerged from the trenches one after another. This was followed by the sound of gunfire and the counterattack began on the Japanese soldiers in front of the formation.

Although the attacking Japanese army had been prepared for a long time, they still did not think that the Chinese defenders were not in the first line of defense, but hidden in the second line of defense. Hundreds of people were killed on the run. Although the officers and men of the Sichuan Army were not well equipped, each regiment had more than 20 light machine guns and six or seven heavy machine guns. In particular, the special combat team of the directly subordinate regiment attacked the Botian detachment in Zongyang that night, seized a lot of light and heavy weapons and ammunition, and after returning, let Bai Fei allocate all of them to the 133rd Division defending Zongyang, so at this time, the 133rd Division was barely said to be "strong soldiers and strong horses", and the firepower was fierce.

The forward commander of the Japanese army saw that the defensive firepower on the opposite side was quite weak, and the casualties of the soldiers were constantly increasing, so he shouted even harder: "Rush, rush, and occupy the first line of defense of the Chinese army for me." ”

Seeing that the trench was in front of them, the devil soldiers knew that only by rushing into the trench could they reduce casualties and rely on the trench to organize an effective counterattack, so they all rushed forward desperately, and the distance of dozens of meters quickly swept by, and then the little devils jumped into the trench like dumplings. Unexpectedly, after entering the trench, the soldiers realized that the trench was too deep. At a depth of more than two meters, ordinary little devils can't touch the edge of the trench when they jump up, and they can't even see anything outside, how can they fight?

The Japanese soldiers, who were quick to react, immediately began to shout loudly, trying to signal to the outside world in an attempt to stop others who had not yet entered the trenches. But where else can it be stopped? Now the front of the position is flat, and in the face of the counterattack of the fierce fire of the squadron, if you do not enter the trenches, there is only a dead end. Besides, now that the guns are loud, and some of the shouts seem very faint, they have no effect at all.

At the head of Huaining City, Yang Sen saw that the devils jumped into the first trench one after another, laughed happily, and praised directly: "This Bai Zhenyu, really a good idea, the devil is now difficult to ride a tiger, and he has to jump or not, haha..."

Yang Hanyu, the commander of the 133rd Division, said: "Yes, Junzuo, if the devil retreats, I'm afraid the casualties will be greater, in this case, knowing that there is a trap in front of you, you have to jump in with your eyes closed..."

Yang Sen looked very happy and said to Wang Weiguo: "Brother Wang, do you think it's time to fight back now?" ”

Wang Weiguo nodded: "The devil jumped into the trench, guarded by the brothers of the second line of defense, once they come up, it will be a dead end, so they should not climb out in a short time, but we still have to step up to annihilate them, otherwise when the Japanese army on the opposite side reacts, once the artillery is fired, we will increase a lot of unnecessary casualties." ”

Yang Sen said: "That's a good point. Hanyu, hurry up and follow the plan. ”

Yang Hanyu said: "It's Junzuo, I'll give the order." ”

With Yang Hanyu's order, the soldiers of the two battalions of the 133rd Division immediately sandwiched from both sides of the first trench to the middle. It's like an alley blocked at both ends, attacking the middle at the same time. At this time, more than 1,300 Japanese troops have fallen into the trenches, although there are many people, but in such a narrow environment can not play an advantage at all, with the continuous advancement of the squadron of the two sides, most of them were finally killed in the trenches, a small number of dogs jumped over the wall, wanted to climb the trench to escape, and were wiped out by the 798 regiment of the second line of defense as soon as they appeared.

Yoshio Sonoda, the co-commander of the 147th Wing, saw that the two brigades he sent out did not even make a sound, so he had already lost everything, and he almost vomited out a mouthful of old blood in anger. The commander of the 113th Wing, Tanaka Seimichi, was also taken aback when he saw this, and he didn't care about mocking Yoshio Sonoda's previous arrogance, and immediately contacted the artillery wing and asked them to support the artillery fire.

Soon, the artillery wing of the 106th Division began to fire at Huaining City. Raindrops of shells poured down on the positions outside the city one after another, and the violent explosion shook the entire Huaining City.

Yang Sen stood on the city tower, and felt that the entire city wall seemed to be a little shaky, and couldn't help but say to Yang Hanyu anxiously: "With such a fierce shelling, this time our Sichuan army is going to lose all of its old ground, so let's withdraw them..."

"Junzuo, this..."Yang Hanyu glanced at Wang Weiguo in embarrassment.

Wang Weiguo immediately said: "You can't withdraw!" As long as the soldiers hide in the anti-artillery holes, there should not be too many casualties, and when those anti-artillery holes were built, I have seen them with my own eyes, as long as they are not directly hit, the degree of solidity is still okay. ”

Yang Sen saw Wang Weiguo's resolute attitude, knowing that he was Bai Fei's spokesperson, if he insisted on withdrawing the army, he would probably not be able to go around when he turned back, and most importantly, wouldn't all these previous efforts be in vain? Although he was not afraid of Bai Fei and knew that Bai Fei could not help him, he was still quite jealous of Chiang Kai-shek and had to consider the impact. So I had to sigh heavily and said, "That... Then you can only resist hard..."