Chapter 268 Breaking through Xinzhou
After sending the last devil who was still resisting stubbornly to see Amaterasu, Ding Wei immediately ordered the troops to quickly clean up the battlefield and march towards Xinzhou City. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The main force of the 119th Wing of the Japanese Army was wiped out, and the city of Xinzhou can be said to be a big open door, which is a great opportunity to take it.
At five o'clock in the afternoon of 16 November, the Second Brigade had already touched a mountain forest less than 10 miles outside the Xinzhou City Gate.
After concealing all the troops, Ding Wei sprinkled all the officers and soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion to search for information on the Japanese troops in Xinzhou City. After the main force of the 119th Wing was wiped out, Ding Wei judged that there would never be many Japanese troops in Xinzhou City, but the lion and the rabbit still needed all their strength, and it was still very necessary to know oneself and the other to understand the situation of the Japanese army.
Two hours later, the commander of the reconnaissance battalion, Li Wufeng, came to report: "Brigade commander, the Japanese army in Xinzhou City is only stationed in a brigade under the 119th Wing, and there are about 1,100 devil soldiers. ”
"Sure enough, there is only one brigade, so this is very easy to do." The Japanese army in Xinzhou City was really not much different from what Ding Wei expected, only 1,100 troops, and now the Second Brigade is strong and strong, with more than 10,000 troops, and it is really not too easy to conquer Xinzhou.
Without saying anything more, Ding Wei immediately called the commanders of each regiment and directly announced the combat deployment, in addition to leaving the sixth regiment to be responsible for the vigilance and serving as a reserve, he ordered the troops to launch an attack on Xinzhou at seven o'clock in the evening and take this strategic place in one fell swoop.
At this time, in Xinzhou City, the captain of the third brigade of the 119th Wing, Iguchi Shino Shaosa, was extremely uneasy, and the wing captain Ishida Jinzo led the main force of the wing to support the transport wing of the fifth division, but an afternoon passed, and there was still no news, and there was no response to the radio call.
However, Iguchi Shino refused to accept this fact, although the 109th Division was only an ad hoc division, it was composed of the reservists of the 9th Division, and the 9th Division's troops were in the same area, and the 9th Division's combat effectiveness in the Japanese army could be ranked in the forefront, and the 109th Division, which was composed of the reserves of the 9th Division, was certainly not far behind.
It's getting late, and Iguchi Shino's mood is getting more and more anxious, if the troops led by Wing Commander Ishida Kanzo don't come back by night, it must be an accident.
"Yamashita-kun, is there still no response from the co-captain's side?" Shino Iguchi came to the radio room and asked the signal soldiers.
"Yes, Captain, our radio calls every ten minutes, but the Wing Leader's side is still silent." Second Lieutenant Yamashita, the head of the communications team, replied.
"Ten minutes is too long, let's call once every five minutes." Iguchi Shino commanded.
"Hey! "Second Lieutenant Yamashita said respectfully.
Time flies, and the late autumn sky is very fast into the night, and it is already completely dark by this time. Ding Wei looked at the watch on his wrist, and when the hands reached seven o'clock, he gave the order to attack the troops.
"Boom!"
There was nothing to say, as soon as the order to attack arrived, Wang actually ordered the artillery battalion to launch an artillery bombardment of the city gate of Xinzhou, and the city gate tower was flattened at once.
"Yaga! Enemy attack! ”
The Japanese soldiers, who had no idea of being attacked, shouted in anger, but soon their voices were drowned out by the loud sound of the shells exploding.
With absolute superiority in strength and firepower, Ding Wei did not play any false role, and directly ordered the main force of the Second Brigade of nearly 8,000 people to launch a charge under the cover of artillery fire.
"Tick Tick Tick, Tick ......"
In the late autumn night, more than a dozen trumpeters sounded the charge horn at the same time, and the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army rushed towards Xinzhou City with vigorous steps, and the sound of killing shook the sky.
"Rush!" "Kill!"
The Japanese army did not expect the Chinese army to dare to launch an attack on the city led by the Japanese army, the defense on the city wall was very weak, and the Eighth Route Army easily drowned the defenders in the city wall with only one charge, and attacked the city of Xinzhou.
Attacking the city gate, the officers and men of the Eighth Route Army were even more unstoppable, and the Japanese troops encountered along the way were overwhelmed by the huge crowd of the Eighth Route Army before they could be organized, and their corpses were trampled into flesh.
At this time, Iguchi Shino, who was waiting for news in the radio room, also heard the sound of gunfire outside, and he was shocked, there was only one brigade in Xinzhou City, and if the army of China attacked, it would not be able to resist it at all.
"What's going on out there?" Shino Iguchi walked out of the radio room, grabbed a panicked Japanese soldier and asked.
"Report to the captain, the Eighth Route Army has invaded the city, and there are more than 10,000 of them, and we can't stop it at all." The Japanese soldier said nervously.
"Yaga! How did the Eighth Route Army dare to attack the imperial army's city? Aren't they afraid of being crushed to pieces by the imperial army? Iguchi Shino yelled in shock and anger.
No one answered the question of whether the Eighth Route Army dared to attack the imperial army's city, after all, everyone had already entered the city gate.
"Captain, our current priority is to block the city gate immediately, if the city gate is occupied by the Eighth Route Army, we will be finished." A Japanese officer suggested.
"What did we use to block the city gate, the main team of the wing team was taken out by the wing captain, and they have not come back yet. Yaga! The wing captain must have encountered an accident, and the culprit is the Eighth Route Army that is now attacking the city gate! "Shino Iguchi has finally come to his senses.
However, Iguchi Shino has now woken up too late, the Eighth Route Army has already invaded the city, and there is only one ending waiting for the Japanese army, that is, death without a place to be buried.
After the Eighth Route Army entered the city, it soon launched a fierce battle with the Japanese army in the city, but although the individual combat strength of the Eighth Route Army was far inferior to the Japanese army, the Japanese army could not organize a decent counterattack with preparation, and the rampaging Eighth Route Army captured the key places again and again, and soon compressed in a small area in the city.
"Dada......"
The Japanese army was finally surrounded in a stronghold, and Iguchi Shino continued to boost the morale of the Japanese army and repelled waves of attacks by the Eighth Route Army. A total of eight heavy machine guns of the machine gun squadron were arranged in the stronghold, and the fire was very fierce, and the fifth regiment launched three consecutive attacks, all of which were repulsed by the Japanese army, and also lost dozens of soldiers of the Eighth Route Army.
Jiang Yonghui couldn't help but get anxious when he saw that the last stronghold could not be taken for a long time, and he shouted: "What about the artillery company, the artillery company will squeak quickly!" ”
"Commander, we're here!" The artillery company commander replied loudly.
"Stop talking nonsense, take the devil's stronghold for me!"
"Yes, mission guaranteed!"