Kyushu Island, Japan, near Tagawa Castle. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

A large number of Japanese troops were retreating south in a panic along the road, and about twenty or thirty miles to the rear of their retreating troops, about a battalion of Northeast Frontier troops was engaged in a fierce battle with hundreds of devils.

The Northeast Army of this battalion was a mechanized pursuit force sent by military trucks and three-wheeled motorcycles immediately after Wang Tiehan received Zhang Xinghan's latest order.

They were the first to assemble and set out, and with their mechanized speed advantage, they quickly caught up with the Japanese troops behind the palace and engaged in a fierce exchange of fire.

Although the 18th Division and the 6th Division tightly sealed the Navy's Combined Fleet, the total annihilation and pass? Pig? Pig? Island? The news of the failure of the Battle of the Strait of the Novel, but the sudden retreat of the whole army was so panicked, anyone with a little brain can guess that the battle situation must have changed.

The pursuit of the Northeast Frontier Army strengthened the speculation of the devils, so the two sides had just fought, and the Japanese army, which had no intention of fighting, was about to collapse.

This battalion of the Northeast Frontier Army took advantage of the situation to launch a pursuit, and easily routed hundreds of devils.

After that, he didn't care about the remnants of the devils who escaped by chance, but continued to pursue the main force of the Japanese army south along the road.

A large number of the main forces of the Japanese army had just retreated to the northern suburbs of Tagawa Castle.

I found that there was a sudden roar of aircraft engines in the sky, and I couldn't help but look up at the sky.

The sharp-eyed devil soldier suddenly pointed at the rapidly growing black dot in the air and screamed bitterly: "It's an airplane, a fighter plane of the Zhina!" ”

The main force of the devils was suddenly in a panic, and at this moment, a group of Zero fighters escorting the transport planes of the airborne group in the air also discovered the main force of the Japanese army on the ground, and divided into more than 20 planes and swooped towards the crowd of devils.

Other fighters also covered the transport plane and began to fly towards the southern part of Tagawa Castle.

At the same time, Xing Zhanqing also led three tank and armored regiments with 100,000 troops to rush to the south of Tianchuan City, and made contact with the air force by radio.

Knowing that the air force had also arrived and was preparing to parachute the paratrooper brigade, Xing Zhanqing immediately ordered the troops to prepare for it.

Soon. In the sky, groups of umbrella flowers jumped from the transport planes.

At this moment, the signal corps rushed to Xing Zhanqing and reported: "Sir, a large number of devil infantry have been found in the north of the city, and at present, the first escort fighter group of our air force is attacking it in the air, but it may be difficult to last, and the commander of the paratrooper brigade, Wang Longxiang, asked us to immediately send troops to intercept it, in case the Japanese army reacts, enters the city first, or attacks our airborne troops!" ”

Xing Zhanqing was taken aback when he heard this, and immediately turned to a regiment leader behind him and said, "Old Liu." You take a regiment to continue to guard here and cover the smooth airborne landing of the airborne troops, and I will lead the troops to immediately attack the Japanese invaders to prevent them from entering Tagawa Castle! ”

"Yes." Head Liu responded, and did not forget to instruct: "Be careful!" ”

Xing Zhanqing smiled slightly: "Don't worry, the main force will arrive soon." ”

After saying that, he turned around and strode towards his car, and said to one of his subordinates as he walked: "Order the troops to immediately dispatch and attack the little devil." Fast! ”

The subordinates were ordered to run towards their chariots.

"Quick! Fast! The whole group is out! ”

About ten minutes later, all the tank crews were already on board and ready for battle, and with a deafening rumble, nearly 200 No. 4 tanks came out of the mountain like fierce tigers. With an unrivaled force that crushes everything, it rushes to the north of the city.

The more than 2,000 Japanese troops left behind in the city were frightened when they saw this, and there were still hundreds of tanks left in the south of the city, so they did not dare to leave the city at all, and could only watch the torrent of iron armor composed of nearly 200 tanks bypass Tagawa City. Rumbling towards the north of the city.

In the north of the city, the devil soldiers of the 18th and 6th divisions of the Japanese army rushed to panic under the attack of more than 20 planes. When you are tired of dodging and responding.

Xing Zhanqing led more than 190 No. 4 tanks to kill at the right time, and all the tanks opened fire one after another, and dense machine-gun bullets and shells rained down into the chaotic crowd of Japanese troops.

Suddenly, the devil soldiers were knocked down in pieces, and the miserable howls came and went, and they were endless.

Nearly 200 tanks opened fire violently, like 200 or fire-breathing mobile fortresses, and the Japanese army rampaged through the crowd, and the devil soldiers who killed them cried and cried for their mothers, screaming and screaming again and again.

"Whoosh Whoosh......" Dense bullets poured out in a fan-like rain, and everywhere they went, the devil soldiers fell in droves like mustard.

On a dirt slope, Nakamura Taniichi, Igo Masahe and others watched the tank armored unit of the Northeast Army that suddenly entered with the cooperation of the air force fighters and slaughter their own troops, their faces were all iron-blue, and the corners of their mouths couldn't help twitching.

"Your Excellency Division Commander, the left-behind troops in the city are calling, and a large number of paratroopers of the Zhina Army are parachuting in the south of the city!" A devil communications soldier ran up the dirt slope with the marching radio on his back and reported to the commander of the 6th Division, Nakamura Tanichi.

Nakamura Tanichi's eyes tightened when he heard this, and he said in disbelief: "What? Paratroopers? What are they going to do? ”

The chief of staff on the side, Baiga Yungo, suddenly lost his voice and said: "Oh no, Your Excellency the division commander, please quickly order the remaining troops in the city to attack, and destroy the airborne troops of the people of China no matter what, otherwise we will die without a place to bury!" ”

Nakamura Tanichi was not stupid, and immediately understood Momoga Yungo's concerns, and just gave instructions to the communication troops, but soon the defenders in the city called again, saying that there was still a tank force in the south of the city, and they did not dare to go out of the city at all.

After getting the electricity, Nakamura Tanichi looked at Yoyogo Baiga and Igo Masashi with a depressed face and said, "Two, there are interceptors in front and pursuers in the back, what do you say we should do?" ”

Igo Zhenghe was also distraught, and he bowed his head with a gloomy face and was silent.

It was still Momoga Yungo who came up with a solution that was not a way and said: "Two generals, now that the tank and armored forces of the Shina people have arrived, plus the assistance of their air force in the sky, if we continue to retreat south, I am afraid it will be difficult for us to withdraw Kurume smoothly."

For today's plan, the only way to do this is to immediately withdraw the whole army into Tagawa City and hold on to the change! ”

Major General Kobayashi, chief of staff of the 18th Division, immediately shook his head when he heard this: "No, let's not say that we are now entangled in the tank and armored forces of the Chinese people, and we will inevitably suffer heavy losses if we forcibly withdraw into Tagawa City." Have you thought about it, even if we can withdraw into the castle, we must not hold on, because it will not be long before the Shina Army in the direction of Kitakyushu Island and their second-echelon landing force will pursue us.

At that time, it will be surrounded on all sides by more than 100,000 army, navy, and air force, and once that happens, the outcome that awaits us will be self-evident. ”

"Kobayashi-kun is right, we must not defend Tagawa, that will only kill ourselves, because there will never be reinforcements on Kyushu Island to reinforce us.

Even if there were, it would not be able to defeat the besieging Chinese army, which would be tantamount to a moth to a fire. Igo nodded approvingly.

Nakamura Tanichi frowned a little displeased and looked at Momoga Yungo, as his chief of staff, he had such a ghost idea, and Nakamura Guichi was very unhappy.

Turning a blind eye to Nakamura Tanichi's displeasure, Momoga Yungo said extremely seriously: "I think Your Excellency the General misunderstood what I meant, I just said that I will retreat to Tagawa Castle to wait for a change, and this change will come soon, only a few hours at most."

That's right, it's night, and if we force our way through during the day, we will definitely be intercepted by a joint strike by the tanks and planes of the Chinese people, so tonight will be the best opportunity for us to break through. ”

When Hyaka Yungo said this, it made Igo Masaho and Kobayashi and the other three slightly satisfied, and looked up to see that it was almost evening, and the pursuing force of the Shina people should not have arrived so quickly.

As long as we disperse and break through after dark, before the pursuing army of the Shina people comes, the tank and armored forces outside the city will not be able to stop us all.

In this way, at least more than half of the troops could break through and withdraw to Kurume, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, and other places.

This is enough, and with these active troops as the backbone, the guerrilla war can be carried out in the future.

After weighing the pros and cons, Nakamura Tanichi and Igo Masachi respectively gave orders to their respective troops to withdraw into the castle.

After receiving the order, the dizzy devil soldiers who were being jointly attacked by Xing Zhanqing's headquarters and the air force fighter group immediately swarmed towards the east and west directions of Tianchuan City as if they had been amnestied.

Seeing this, Xing Zhanqing immediately contacted the air force to make every effort to intercept them, but the two divisions and regiments of the devils, plus the baggage and other directly subordinate troops, nearly 30,000 or 40,000 people, with just two tank regiments and dozens of planes of the air force, could not completely annihilate them in a short period of time, let alone block them all outside the city.

You can only fire with all your strength to inflict maximum damage on the devil as much as possible.

About an hour later, after suffering heavy casualties, most of the Japanese fled into the city.

The battlefield in the east of the city was littered with the corpses of Japanese soldiers, the wilderness was covered with blood, and the pungent smell of blood filled the air and spread everywhere, which was disgusting.

Xing Zhanqing jumped down from a No. 4 tank, as if he didn't smell the pungent smell of blood at all, and scolded angrily: "The little devil of the dog day is so cunning, he is really willing to sacrifice two entire wings to block our pursuit." ”

An adjutant ran over at this time, panting and said, "Sir, the paratrooper brigade has completed the airborne landing and assembly, and is ready to enter the battle at any time." ”

"Okay." Xing Zhanqing muttered slightly: "Now that the main force of the devils has fled into the city, it is unrealistic to attack with only us and the thousands of people in the paratrooper brigade, you go and inform the paratrooper brigade and ask them to immediately accompany us to block the whole city, and wait for the arrival of our main pursuit force to attack again." ”

"Yes." The adjutant hurriedly saluted and turned to leave.

Xing Zhanqing came to his tank in three steps and two steps, and said to the communication soldier on the opposite side: "Send a telegram to the commander-in-chief immediately, the enemy has been blocked by our department in Tianchuan City, please send reinforcements as soon as possible!" ”

ps: I'm sorry, I couldn't complete the plan of the fifth watch yesterday, and I will work hard to complete it today, no matter what time it is. (To be continued......)