In the south of Dingxiang City, the army is called a defensive position.

Nearly 2,000 devils were lying in the trenches with their butts pouted, looking ahead with indifferent expressions.

About 3,000 meters away from the position of the Yue Army, the soldiers of the first regiment and two battalions of the First Division of the Reading Army had already set up an offensive formation, and they would launch the most fierce attack on the position of the Yue Army in front of them as soon as Niu Tiangui gave the order.

In the headquarters of a regiment of former enemies, Niu Tiangui put down his binoculars and said to Zhang Biao next to him: "Master, the brothers have already prepared!" I think it's time to attack. ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Biao nodded and said, "Old Niu, it's up to you in this battle!" Our first division has always been stronger than the third division, but Lao Lai's kid is a dead skin, and he claims that the third division is the trump card of our reading force. This time, let's let him see, we can still fight faster than them without the assistance of the armored division. Convince him! ”

"Yes!" Niu Tiangui stood up and said: "Master, rest assured!" Mission completion guaranteed! But Shizuo, you better go back to the division headquarters first, it's too close to the front line, it's dangerous! ”

"Humph! The little devil he said wanted to kill Lao Tzu, it was not so easy, if he didn't board the four islands of Dongying, Lao Tzu would never die! Zhang Biao waved his hand and said, "Order the troops to attack!" ”

Niu Tiangui turned to the guards and said: "Order the artillery to shell the positions of the Yue army, and after three minutes, the infantry will attack immediately!" ”

"Yes!" The guard stood up and walked away.

About five minutes later, a group of fireballs rose from the artillery position, and soon these fireballs pierced the sky and slammed down on the Japanese position.

The devil's position immediately resounded with a deafening explosion and smoke billowing from the raging flames that rose to the sky, and from time to time the devil soldiers were swept away by the powerful qi waves generated by the explosion, and the blood and rain of stumps were intertwined and flying.

Three minutes later, after dozens of artillery pieces had ploughed the position, the infantry attacked.

More than 2,000 soldiers, under the leadership of officers at all levels, quickly rushed towards the position of the army, and as soon as they reached a position less than 2,000 meters away from the position of the army, the four Type 92 heavy machine guns arranged by the devils in the front line roared.

The dense rain of machine-gun bullets suddenly rushed towards him, and the soldiers who rushed to the front hurriedly changed their charging formation, continued to charge in a straggler formation, and soon rushed to a distance of one thousand meters.

At this time, the devil's crooked machine gun also began to shine with great power, and a company commander immediately waved his hand and said, "All lie down!" ”

The soldiers immediately lay down on the ground when they heard the sound, and the machine gunners were idle, setting up machine guns and launching fire at the devils, the infantry obviously could not see the target clearly at this time, they held the steel guns in their hands tightly, and lay motionless on the ground to let the dense machine gun bullet rain whizz over their heads.

The commander of the first battalion in charge of directing the attack immediately shouted: "Mortar to kill the heavy machine gun of the dog!" Fast! ”

"Yes!" The artillerymen who followed immediately removed the mortars and grenadiers from their shoulders, and then quickly assembled and erected them.

As an artillery platoon commander gave an order, the sound of the "all-through" platoon of guns being ejected sounded, and the machine gun position of the Chinese army, which was spitting out a vicious tongue of fire on the opposite side, suddenly burst into flames, and in the light of the fire, the machine gunner and the heavy machine gun were overturned and fell to the ground at the same time.

The grenadiers also fired at the light machine guns of the Chinese army, and the fighting quality of the veterans of the regiment was also superior to that of the 17 permanent field divisions of the Japanese army.

The grenadiers and mortars of the devils also tried to fight back, but the combat effectiveness of the 114th and 18th divisions was far inferior to that of the 17 permanent divisions and regiments, and the quality of the artillery was even worse than that of the veterans of the 17 permanent field divisions.

After a few rounds of shelling, it did not cause too many casualties to the Reading Army, but instead leaked itself, and was wiped out in one fell swoop by a regiment of artillery that saw the opportunity!

After the devil's firepower was suppressed, the warriors roared to their feet, shouted and rushed forward.

After a morning of fierce fighting, the regiment successfully captured the position of the Japanese army on the outskirts of the southern part of the city, and the remnants of the devil soldiers retreated to the city in a hurry.

Compared with the first division, which was progressing smoothly, the situation of the third division was a little worse.

The 2nd Regiment in charge of the attack was subjected to a large-scale counterattack by the Yue Army, and under the bombardment of the Yue Army's artillery, it could not block the counterattack of the Yue Army's infantry after all, and had to retreat to its original position.

Lai San, who was in a hurry, immediately ordered the artillery to return fire, but because the artillery positions of the Yue army were all built in the city, the losses caused by the artillery bombardment of the third division to the Yue army were not large.

After the bombardment, Lai San sent another telegram to Su Dingtian and asked for air fire support, and about 20 minutes later, more than 20 bombers and fighters arrived over Dingxiang, circled around a few times, and then hurriedly returned after dropping only a few rounds of bombs around the city wall.

It turned out that the air force soldiers were concerned about the people in the city, and once they carried out indiscriminate bombing of the army in the city, although they could cause great casualties to the devils, the people in the city would inevitably suffer. Therefore, they only threw bombs on the positions of the army at the head of the city, and then returned and retreated.

3rd Division Command.

Several regiment commanders were all gathered, and the head of the second regiment still had a bandage on one arm, obviously hanging colors. Lai San glanced at several regiment commanders with a blue face, and then said with a dark face: "Look at how this battle is fought, the same is the strength of a regiment, the first division of the people has already reached Dingxiang City, and we have the assistance of the armored division, but it also makes the little devil bite!" What a fucking shame! ”

Several regiment commanders lowered their heads in shame, and the second regiment commander reluctantly raised his head and said: "Division, it was all my poor command and I didn't expect the little devil's artillery to cause so many brothers to die!" Punish me! ”

"Shut up! If it weren't for the war now, Lao Tzu would have shot you! Also the main group, I think it's dough! Lai San said with some annoyance.

Xu Hu persuaded on the side: "Commander Lai, don't be angry, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and the top priority at the moment is how to break through the devil's position and eliminate them!" ”

Lai San said angrily: "Just now the air force came and left, saying that there are too many people in the city, they can't bomb Dingxiang, and now we have to rely on ourselves!" ”

The second regiment commander immediately interjected: "Shizuo, give me a chance, this time I promise to take the devil's position!" If you can't take it, it's up to you! ”

Xu Hu immediately persuaded: "Master Lai, the second regiment has just fought a battle, and the brothers need to rest, I think it's better to let the first regiment go!" Our armored division will do our best to assist this time, and we must attack Dingxiang before dark! ”

The second regiment commander immediately red-eyed and said: "Master, let's go to the regiment!" If you can't take it down, I'll cut off this head for you myself! ”

Lai San pondered for a while and said, "Okay! I'm giving you a chance! If you can't take it this time, then don't do it to the head of the main regiment, Lao Tzu will shoot you! ”

"Yes!" The second regiment commander stood up and said: "Master, your bullet is still reserved to fight the little devil!" Mission completion guaranteed! ”

"Get out! I'll have a group to assist you! Lai San waved his hand.

"Yes!" After the second regiment commander gave a military salute fiercely, he turned around and left.

After the second regiment commander left, Lai San said to Xu Hu: "Brother Xu, this time you still need the full assistance of the armored division!" Defeat the enemy together! ”

"Brother Lai, don't worry! Xu Hu will go all out! Xu Hu stepped forward and said loudly.

After the commander of the 2nd Regiment returned to the garrison of the 2nd Regiment, he immediately assembled his troops. In the morning battle, although the attack of the 2nd Regiment was lost, the casualties were not very large, thanks to the full protection of the tanks of the Panzer Division. In total, less than 500 people were killed, and more than 200 were killed.

Therefore, the main force of the second regiment still exists, and there is still the strength of a battle.

A few minutes later, the regiment had assembled more than 2,000 fighters, except for the seriously wounded. The second regiment strode to the front of the group, carrying a flower trap in his hand, and looked around at the soldiers lined up neatly.

Everywhere he looked, the warriors held their heads high.

The second regiment commander immediately shouted: "Brothers! Do you know what the master said about us just now? Dough! Do you know what leavening dough is? ”

Seeing that everyone quietly lowered their heads, the second group said loudly: "Dough is a nest ball!" Since the establishment of Lao Tzu's regiment at the beginning of the establishment of the base area, it has fought dozens of battles with little devils, and has never suffered such a big loss! There is a saying in the military seat, I don't know if you remember? ”

"The brave wins!" The warriors shouted in unison.

"That's right! It is the brave who meets on a narrow road wins! Even if the whole regiment is fought out today, Lao Tzu will take the devil's position! The second head of the regiment said impassionedly.

The commander of the first battalion responded loudly: "Commander, you can give the order!" The brethren do not frown! ”

"Guard squad! Ask Lao Tzu a job! The devil on the opposite side is which army is it. The second regiment commander said to the guard squad leader.

"Yesterday, I caught a few second devils and asked, the 114th Infantry Wing of the 115th Division of the Devil Army opposite us!" The captain of the guard replied loudly.

"115 Infantry Wing!" The second head of the regiment muttered, and then said loudly with a hideous face: "All of them have ??????"

More than 2,000 officers and men stood tall and held their heads high.

The commander of the second regiment paused and said: "The artillery has used up all the shells, and after the shelling, the whole regiment is bayonet!" Rush up and smash the 115th Infantry Wing for Lao Tzu! ”

"Yes!" More than 2,000 officers and men responded to the promise.

Dingxiang City is called the army headquarters.

A Shao Zuo quickly ran into the command headquarters, and immediately gathered his feet and said, "Your Excellency General!" All units of the 18th Division are fully ready! You're ready to strike! Waiting for your orders! ”

"I want the West!" The commander of the 18th Division, Sadao Nakajima, nodded and said, "Our army can break through the defense line of the people of China tonight and return to Beiping." ”

Shigeharu Suematsu said with a sad face: "Nakajima-kun, the soldiers of the 18th Division can be transferred to battle, but what about the soldiers of my 114th Division?" ”

Sadao Nakajima said coldly: "For the sake of the imperial holy war, I believe that the warriors of the 114th Division are willing to give everything, including their lives!" ”

"Yaga!" Shigeji Suematsu said angrily: "Nakajima-kun, I said from time to time that when I transferred to the war, I would transfer a part of my 114th Division to break through together?" Now the officers and men of my 114th Division are fighting bloody battles with the Chinese people, how can you leave them alone? ”

"Suematsu-kun, you must know that I am the commander appointed by the Front Command, and you must obey my orders!" Nakajima Sadao said with an indifferent expression.

"Yaga! I'm going to send a telegram to the commander of the Front! Shigeharu Suematsu stood up with some anger.

Before he could get out of the headquarters, several wolf-like soldiers blocked his way. Shigeharu Suematsu roared angrily: "Yagaya Road! Get the hell out of here! ”

However, the devil soldiers looked indifferent and did not get out of the way. Shigeji Suematsu was so angry that he pulled out the command knife on his waist and was about to slash the few people in front of him.

At this time, Sadao Nakajima pulled out the Wang Hachi box on his waist, "Smack!" A shot hit Shigeharu Suematsu's right arm holding the knife, and with a "clang" the knife fell to the ground.

Sadao Nakajima said loudly: "Arrest him, you can't release him without an order!" ”

"Hay!" Several wolf-like devil soldiers immediately stepped forward and controlled Shigeharu Suematsu.

(To be continued)