Yin Jinshan has also seen that although the troops of the 201st Division have already attacked the city of Huaxian, the troops of the 201st Division have not entered the county for a long time.

With the Japanese air force completely and fully grasping air supremacy, the follow-up troops have begun to be hindered by Japanese bombers, and they are simply unable to reinforce them.

Now Yin Jinshan is very anxious, he hopes that his troops can quickly attack Huaxian, but he doesn't know what is happening at the city gate.

Glancing at Xie Hui, the chief of staff beside him, Yin Jinshan immediately asked Xie Hui to contact Zhang Wenbin, the commander of the Honorary Fourth Division, and asked Zhang Wenbin to lead the troops of the Honorary Fourth Division to withdraw for the time being.

The Japanese bombardment lasted for more than half an hour, and at about 3 o'clock in the morning, the Japanese air force withdrew from the battlefield one after another.

The three regiments of the Honor Fourth Division temporarily retreated to dodge, while the 5th Armored Regiment, the Armored Infantry Regiment, and the Mechanized Infantry Regiment of the 201st Division were blocked at the East City Gate.

FANG CHAOQUN THEN USED THE BATTLE DEFENSE ARTILLERY AS THE MAIN FORCE TO BREAK THROUGH, BUT AFTER PAYING TWO PRECIOUS 57MM BATTLE DEFENSE GUNS, FANG CHAOQUN CALLED OFF THE ATTACK, AND HE TEMPORARILY RETREATED HIS TROOPS.

The troops of the 201st Division did not continue to attack the East City Gate for the time being, and more than a dozen artillery pieces of the Japanese army and more than 2,000 devil soldiers blocked this place, and the troops could not enter it at all.

Any tank artillery soldier who passes through the East Gate will become a live target for the little devils, and now they continue to attack, and they will be sent to death directly.

Fang Chaoqun immediately reported the situation here to the army commander Yin Jinshan, who was preparing to withdraw the troops, and then concentrate firepower to bombard the east city gate here, widening the gap, so as to facilitate the charge of the troops.

After Yin Jinshan got Fang Chaoqun's report, he did not make a decision immediately, but quickly reported to Sun Weiguo.

In the military headquarters of the Ninth Army for the time being, Sun Weiguo has already obtained the situation on the front line, even if he doesn't need Fang Chaoqun to report, Sun Weiguo can predict what happened.

Only the city gate is opened in the east gate, as long as the Japanese army concentrates artillery to defend here, the 201st Division troops will inevitably be accurately shot by the Japanese army, whether they send soldiers or send tanks to charge, and the 201st Division troops are blocked outside the county seat, and they must have encountered this problem.

"Commander-in-chief, the troops of the 201st Division are blocked outside the county seat, and they have been unable to attack for a long time. Division Commander Fang Chaoqun reported that the Japanese army had concentrated a large number of artillery and light and heavy machine guns at the city gate, and whether it was a tank advance or an infantry assault, it would be hit by Japanese fire. Now the division commander Fang Chaoqun is ready to lead the troops back, and then concentrate the firepower to widen the gap, so as to launch another onslaught. ”

Xie Hui, chief of staff of the Ninth Army, came to the military headquarters, and after he saluted Sun Weiguo, he immediately reported.

After Sun Weiguo heard Xie Hui's report, he nodded, looked at the map, and showed a contemplative expression on his face.

"The artillery brigade strengthened the troops of the 54th Army, and let the troops of the 54th Army continue to carry out the onslaught at the North City Gate of Huaxian County, and try to attract the Japanese army to the North City Gate. The troops of the 201st Division temporarily retreated, the armored artillery regiment and the artillery belonging to the 4th Division of Honor concentrated on bombing the East City Gate and widening the gap, and the troops of the 201st Division temporarily rested and waited for the battle order. ”

After staring at the map for a while, Sun Weiguo immediately began to give orders.

The troops of the 201st Division are currently unable to attack the county seat, and since this is the case, Sun Weiguo can only withdraw them.

However, at the North City Gate of Huaxian County, Sun Weiguo prepared to concentrate the troops of the 54th Army to attack, so as to contain and attract the transfer of Japanese troops.

Of course, for the attack on Huaxian, Sun Weiguo's key attack will still be placed here at the East City Gate, after all, a gap has been opened here.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief." After receiving Sun Weiguo's order, Xie Hui, chief of staff of the Ninth Army, immediately saluted and said.

Sun Weiguo readjusted his deployment, and the troops of the 201st Division, which had already attacked the Dongchengmen of Huaxian County, began to receive orders to retreat.

However, the artillery and machine-gun positions, which had been deployed less than 700 meters from the Japanese positions, had already begun to move to the front.

When the troops of the 201st Division withdrew, the artillery and machine-gun positions set up at a distance of 600 meters from the East City Gate immediately took up cover.

After a while, the troops of the 201st Division began to evacuate from the East City Gate, and the morale of the devil soldiers was greatly boosted when they saw that the Chinese troops began to withdraw.

The commander of the 35th Brigade and the 114th Wing of the 114th Brigade was even more full of joy, and after he saw the withdrawal of the troops of the 201st Division, he immediately ordered the troops to quickly use sandbags to block the East City Gate.

Hundreds of devil soldiers began to get busy, and one of the ghost soldiers walked towards the east gate with sandbags on his back, and they wanted to block this place.

As long as the East City Gate is blocked, then the gap opened by the Chinese troops will naturally disappear, and they can continue to hold Huaxian.

These devil soldiers had a good idea, but they had certain difficulties in implementing it, and when the devil soldiers began to appear here at the East City Gate, the machine gun position immediately began to fire.

Browning heavy machine guns and MG34 general-purpose machine guns formed a dense network of firepower, and the bullets kept hitting the east city gate, and many little devils were directly beaten into a sieve.

One of the ghost soldiers began to fall to the ground, their whole body covered in blood holes, and these ghost soldiers were directly killed.

"The Chinese troops are still outside, withdraw immediately, and retreat immediately." The captain of the 114th Wing Dazuo saw that dozens of devil soldiers were directly killed, and he shouted loudly.

The few remaining devil soldiers were so frightened that they immediately dropped their sandbags and quickly returned to their positions.

The captain of the Dazuo Wing looked outside with a telescope, and he knew that the machine gun position of the Chinese troops should not be very far from here.

"Immediately draw nine grenadiers and immediately go up to the city wall." The captain of the Great Zuo Wing immediately began to give the order.

A squadron of more than a dozen devil soldiers immediately began to move with nine grenadiers, and they quickly ran towards the top of the city wall.

They knew that the captain of the Great Zuo Wing was going to let them use grenadiers to hit the machine-gun positions, and these little devils immediately ran towards the city wall.

But before they could run long, grenades hit the city wall directly, and grenades began to fall, and a huge explosion sounded.

"Boom, boom." One after another, the shells began to explode, shrapnel flew everywhere, and a grenade fell among the devil soldiers, and as the explosion sounded, more than a dozen devil soldiers were all killed.

THE 201ST DIVISION'S ARMORED ARTILLERY REGIMENT BEGAN TO SHOOT, AND THIRTY-SIX 105MM HOWITZERS BEGAN TO SHOOT, AND ONE GRENADE AFTER ANOTHER BEGAN TO HIT THE DEVIL SOLDIERS.

The East City Gate has become a concentrated target for artillery, and grenades are constantly exploding, and it is impossible for the little devil to get close to here.

"Boom, boom."

105MM HOWITZERS, 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS, 75MM INFANTRY GUNS, 70MM INFANTRY GUNS WERE CONSTANTLY FIRING, AND SHELLS OF DIFFERENT CALIBERS BEGAN TO FALL HERE AND EXPLODE.