Soon, the deputy of the first regiment rushed up with the follow-up main force, and after handing over the troops to the chief of staff for command, the deputy of the first regiment hurriedly jumped into the trench with several soldiers, and came to the side of the regiment commander.

Looking at the large knife still held high in his hand, the eyes of the deputy of the regiment immediately moistened, and he hurriedly hugged the head of the regiment and said, "Tuanza, are you okay?" ”

The head of the regiment was still straight, and he looked ahead without squinting and roared in a low voice: "Attack!" Offensive! Fast! ”

The regimental deputy immediately understood, wiped a handful of tears, took the bloodstained knife from the hand of the regiment commander, jumped out of the trench, and shouted: "The first regiment! All offense! Come on! ”

"Kill! these dogs and smash them! ”

"Rush!" The more than 2,000 officers and men of the first regiment were suddenly excited, shouted loudly, and followed the deputy regiment commander to rush towards the core position of the devils.

Seeing that a rolling stream of people was about to overwhelm the devil's last position, suddenly, on the originally silent city wall, about eight heavy machine guns suddenly peeked out of the battlements.

Eight Type 92 heavy machine guns fired in the air at the same time, and the eight tongues of fire suddenly rolled and whizzed towards the city like eight dragons.

The officers and soldiers of the regiment that were charging were suddenly hit head-on by a dense rain of bullets, and suddenly fell in a large area, and the devil machine gunners condescended and fired fiercely, so that the [***] soldiers who were charging had nowhere to hide.

Seeing this, the deputy regiment commander hurriedly shouted: "Mortar, kill those heavy machine guns for Lao Tzu, hurry up!" ”

"Whoosh....!" Seven or eight artillery men carried mortars and moved quickly, and since the mortars were charging with the infantry, the mortars were also within the effective range of the devil's machine guns at this time.

As soon as a few mortars were set up, a sharp-eyed devil machine gunner noticed the abnormal situation here, and immediately scolded "Bagaya Road", and immediately turned the muzzle of the gun to the artillery position of [***] is a burst of short point fire.

"Hello!" There was a rush of bullets whistling, "Jingle jingle clang...", a dense rain of bullets hit the mortar and several artillerymen who were preparing to shoot.

Several artillerymen fell in a pool of blood in response, and the artillery company commander hurriedly shouted loudly when he saw this: "Machine guns, machine guns, fire support!" Fire cover! ”

"Dadada.......dada!" Several machine gunners next to him hurriedly fired fiercely at the city wall, and the dense rain of bullets stomped the wall and splashed the mud.

The devil machine gunners on the city wall were temporarily suppressed and could not aim and shoot accurately for a while, so the artillery assistant gunners here hurriedly took out the shells from the ammunition box and immediately loaded the shells into the barrels that had already been aimed.

"Tom tom....!" A series of cannon shots rang out, and the dazzling fires suddenly soared into the air, and then several dazzling red lights rose from the city wall, and after the red light flashed, about ten devil soldier machine gunners and three Type 92 heavy machine guns were suddenly lifted into the air.

Seeing this, the deputy head of the regiment hurriedly shouted: "Beautiful! Well done! Keep banging him! ”

However, when several of the deputy gunners were about to open fire again, at this time the devil's retaliatory fire arrived, and a series of dense bullets rained down, and several of the deputy gunners were shot one after another and fell in a pool of blood before they could load the shells in their hands into the barrels.

At this time, the assault troops in front had already joined the short soldiers of the Yue army, and the machine gun fire of the Yue army on the city wall could not strafe the [***] under the city wall, and instead fired at the [***] soldiers who followed behind.

Seeing that the commando team had rushed in and strangled with the devils, the deputy regiment commander immediately raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers, rush!" As long as we take the devil's castle position, the victory will be ours! Rush me! The honor belongs to our 42nd Group Army and to our First Infantry Corps! For the sake of honor, rush me! ”

"Kill...!" The officers and men of the regiment shouted loudly and braved the rain of bullets from devils and began to rush forward.

……….

Half an hour later, under the leadership of the deputy commander of the first regiment, the officers and soldiers of the first regiment blew open the east city gate, rushed to the city wall, and planted the blue sky and white flag at the head of Zheng County.

When the deputy regiment commander had just planted the general flag on the city wall, at this time, "whoosh...", a dense rain of bullets came from the city, and the deputy regiment commander's sturdy and burly body was suddenly stunned, and he looked down at several blood holes in his chest that were bubbling out with blood.

He opened his mouth to reveal his blood-stained steel teeth, raised his head proudly, and shouted loudly facing the east: "Long live China!" Long live the Chinese nation....! The stirring shout echoed for a long time. The sound has not stopped, and the man is dead.

At this time, the 17th Infantry Wing in the city hurriedly organized a counterattack, but it was too late, and the 2nd and 3rd regiments of the 2nd Brigade had already swarmed into the city.

The officers and men of the 2nd Brigade, who had an absolute superiority in strength, suddenly defeated the 17th Infantry Wing and retreated. At the same time, the first brigade also successfully repelled the last counterattack of the devils, and more than 20,000 people of the two infantry brigades swept the entire northeast of Zheng County in an instant like two torrents.

………

Outside the city, the former enemy headquarters of the 42nd Army.

Peng Bo, chief of staff of the Third Division and deputy chief of general staff of the 42nd Group Army, strode in with excitement on his face, and stood up and said: "General seat, forward report!" The 1st Brigade and the 2nd Brigade of the 3rd Division have successfully broken through the defense line of the north gate and the east gate of the army, and the main force of the 2nd Brigade has entered the city and is expanding the results of the battle and clearing the remnants of the enemy! ”

"Good! Well done! When Zhang Mingyu heard this, he immediately stood up and said, "What about the second division? How is the Second Division progressing now? ”

"The main force of the second division is launching an attack on the South Gate Railway Station, but because the resistance of the army is very tough, there is not much progress at present, but I believe that there will be an improvement soon, after all, once the army in the city is defeated, the devils in the south of the city will not be able to hold out for long!" Bloomberg replied.

"Hmm!" Zhang Mingyu nodded slightly, and then said: "What about the advance regiment of the fourth division?" Any news? Where have you arrived now? ”

"Since the advance regiment may have implemented radio silence in order to speed up the march, so far they have not reported their exact location to headquarters! Cheng Ze, the brigade commander of the four divisions and one brigade who led the team this time, Cheng Ze has experienced a hundred battles and has a lot of ghost ideas, so there shouldn't be any problems! Bloomberg replied again.

"Hmmm! Order the 3rd Division to estimate the people in the city as much as possible, and avoid accidentally injuring innocent people as much as possible! In addition, send electricity to Ling Tianbao, at seven o'clock tonight, you must take the train station! Otherwise, the main force of the little devils will run out! Zhang Mingyu nodded and said.

"Yes!" Bloomberg snapped to his feet, then turned and walked away quickly.

……….

In Zheng County, it is called the Army Garrison Headquarters.

Nakajima Kawaji was burning documents, and at this time the sound of gunfire was not far from here, and the chief of staff of the 17th Division, Matsushita Koichisa, strode in with a nervous expression, and saw Nakajima Kawaji hurriedly retracted his feet and said: "General, the 47th Infantry Wing and the 17th Infantry Wing sent an urgent message at the same time, the Chinese Army has broken through their outer defense line and attacked the city, and the two Wing Commanders are currently leading the remnants to resist desperately!"

General, you'd better retreat quickly! The last train transporting the 21st Division will depart in five minutes! General, you'd better hurry up and get on board! ”

"Huh? The Chinese army has already invaded the city? What about the west? Nakajima asked with an awe-inspiring expression.

"On the Western Front, the offensive of the Chinese Army is also extremely fast, and the baggage wing, engineer wing and search wing have already suffered more than half of the casualties, and they can only resist for half an hour at most." Matsushita Furuichi said with an anxious face.

"Oh!" Nakajima Kawaji was not surprised by the casualties of the three logistics wings, after all, they were not regular field infantry wings, but were temporarily supplemented by the logistics wings, so it is not surprising that there were such casualties.

"General! Please hurry up and get on the bus! Matsushita Furuichi saw that Nakajima Kawaji was still hesitating, and couldn't help urging.

"Matsushita-kun! Have the 101st and 21st Divisions really all been evacuated? Nakajima asked in a heavy tone.

"Yes! The 101st Division has all been evacuated, and the 21st Division has only the last baggage wing left, which has all boarded the train, and the army will set off in five minutes at most! Matsushita Koichi suddenly bowed his head in response.

"What about the Sixth Division?" Kawaji Nakajima asked again.

"The 6th Division has already exchanged fire with the Chinese army, and it is impossible to withdraw from the battle for the time being! , but General Suzuki Ichichi said that he would lead the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Division to the south on foot, over the Dabie Mountains and back to Nanjing! Matsushita replied.

"What? Can't go south to climb over Dabie Mountain? No, order the 6th Division to board the car and go south immediately, quickly! Hearing this, Nakajima Kawaji immediately objected.

Because he believed that if the Sixth Division went south on foot, it would inevitably be caught up by the 42nd Group Army and encircled and annihilated in the central Henan area. That's why he wanted the Sixth Division to immediately board the car and go south.

"General! This is already the last military train, and it is already full of imperial soldiers, and it is impossible to carry more people. Moreover, the first part of the 42nd Group Army of the China Army is already storming the railway station, and the 6th Division has been fighting with the China people for nearly a day in order to cover the retreat of other divisions, so they cannot withdraw from the battle at this time, so they can only wait until the evening and break through to the south at night! Matsushita Koi said with a heavy face.

"Yaga! How so! Nakajima Kawaji snarled dissatisfiedly.

"General! Evacuate as soon as possible! The current situation is about to get out of control! There is a saying among the people of China, the green mountains left are here, and you are not afraid of no firewood, general, let's retreat! Matsushita Furuichi persuaded with an anxious face.

"Stay in the green mountains without worrying about running out of firewood?" Nakajima muttered to himself, "Can we really make a comeback?" ”

"General! Yes, by sure! It is said that the imperial army is invincible! Conquer it all! As long as our Emperor wants to, we can make a comeback again at any time! Matsushita Koichi nodded repeatedly.

"Yo Xi! Matsushita-kun, prepare to retreat! Nakajimagawa's eyes lit up.

"Hay!" Matsushita Furuichi bowed his head abruptly with excitement, and then quickly turned around and left.

…………

Southwest of Zheng County, sixty miles away, on the edge of the mountainous area of Annanling.

Nearly 6,000 officers and men of the 1st Regiment and the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Brigade of the 4th Division are rushing southwest along the edge of the mountainous area under the leadership of brigade commander Cheng Ze.

In fact, not far from the vicinity of the Annan area, there is a very famous place, that is, the site of the Great Wall of the Warring States Period, which is located in the territory of Mi County (now Xinmi City), Mi County is close to the eastern foot of Songshan Mountain, and Xingyang is in the north. The Shaolin Temple, a famous temple in the Central Plains, is less than 50 kilometers away from Mi County.

Of course, at this time, Cheng Ze didn't have the heart to pay attention to these at all, his task was to rush to Xinzheng County, forty kilometers away from here, with two regiments of starry nights, and the specific goal of the mission was to surprise attack Xinzheng County, and then destroy the Pinghan Railway that crossed from Xinzheng to prevent the army from escaping.

Seeing that the marching speed of the team behind him slowed down a little, Cheng Ze suddenly said with some dissatisfaction: "Speed up!" Hurry up! Be sure to rush to Xinzheng before dark! Fast! ”

Everyone did not respond, but increased the speed under their feet, and thousands of officers and soldiers rushed forward in hot sweat.

To tell the truth, including Cheng Ze, the thousands of officers and soldiers of the Fourth Division and the First Brigade were very tired, because each of them followed the large army from a long distance of 280 miles, and there was no time to rest for a while, so Cheng Ze led them to the south for more than 60 miles.

Up to now, almost every soldier in the Second Brigade is seriously overdrawn, but they are gritting their teeth and persevering, because they know that they are Chinese people, and as soldiers, they must unconditionally obey orders, and they are also the orders of their most respected commander-in-chief, even if they break their legs, they must not hesitate to go all out to complete the task.

About three hours later, they ran for nearly 50 miles at a maximum speed of nearly 20 miles per hour, and finally came to the outskirts of Xinzheng County.

At this time, Xinzheng was far less prosperous than in later generations, the total population of Xinzheng at this time was only tens of thousands, covering an area of less than 500 square kilometers, and the peripheral places were mostly fields, ditches and hills.

When Cheng Ze led the troops to three miles outside the city, the sky had completely darkened at this time, and the time had reached about seven o'clock in the evening.

Since the purpose of Cheng Ze's trip was to destroy the railway, there was no need for them to attack the county seat at all, but Cheng Ze, who had 6,000 soldiers, was obviously not satisfied with the small work of picking up the railway.

In his words, if you want to do it, you have to do it.

After making up his mind, Cheng Ze called the two regiment commanders together, the three of them squatted together, Cheng Ze said to the two: "First regiment commander, I will give you a task now, you send a battalion of troops to the south of Xinzheng to pick up the railway for me, before the arrival of the little devil's train, how much can be blown up, all in all, the more serious the damage to the railway, the better it will be for us." Do you understand? ”

"Understood!" The head of the regiment promised loudly.

Seeing this, the commander of the second regiment was anxious, and hurriedly asked, "Brigade seat, what are we doing in the second regiment?" ”

(To be continued)