The county seat of Gyeongdu.

At this time, tens of thousands of people from the Eighth Mixed Reading Brigade and the Fourth Division of the Qingdu Army gathered inside and outside this ancient county town.

In the end, the Fourth Division and the Eighth Mixed Brigade reached an agreement, with the Fourth Division guarding the periphery and the Eighth Mixed Brigade guarding the periphery and the Eighth Mixed Brigade guarding the city and the neighborhoods in the center of the county.

This decision was made not because the commander of the Fourth Division, Kenzo Kitano, was incompetent, but because he believed that it was impossible for the [***] team to attack them, because their hundreds of thousands of troops had formed a huge encirclement, and the [***] team should be trying to find a way to escape and break through the encirclement.

However, this is also the case, Okabe Naosaburo transported the next eight divisions by train to Cangzhou, and then these eight divisions rushed south from Cangzhou in two ways.

The two armies were interspersed along the Canghe Highway to Xinle and other places, cutting off the connection between the Reading Army and Shimen in one fell swoop.

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At the foot of Wangdu Mountain, inside the headquarters of the First Division.

Zhang Mingyu sat on a chair made of ammunition boxes with a gloomy face, smoking the captured Oriental cigarettes one after another.

Liu Cheng on the side said with a stern expression: "Military seat, the situation is no longer optimistic, according to the scouts' reports, the devils behind us are indeed at least seven or eight divisions and more than 100,000 people. Are we holding off on the attack on Qingdu? ”

"No, the plan to attack Gyeongdu remains the same!" Zhang Mingyu waved his hand and said: "Now the 200,000 army of the army has spread a net around us, but there are still many loopholes in this net, as long as we grasp the plan, there is still a chance to turn the corner." ”

"However, the Qingdu Army has at least one or two divisions, including the Fourth Division, one of the seven veteran divisions of the Army. Isn't it a bit overwhelming to have one regiment attack a fortified city defended by two divisions? Liu Cheng said worriedly. Obviously, Liu Cheng did not know the specific strength of the army in Qingdu City, but in fact, in addition to the Fourth Division, Qingdu County was a full-fledged division, and the Eighth Mixed Brigade only had two infantry brigades, and its main force was far away in Baoding City.

"Chief of Staff, you also think that we should not attack Qingdu! That little devil must think the same way, let's take him by surprise! Zhang Mingyu stood up and said coldly: "Order the entire air force to send out the most fierce bombardment of the Qingdu army, no need to save bombs, let me blow up all the fourth division of this dog, and then the first regiment immediately attack the city and take Qingdu under dark." ”

In fact, Zhang Mingyu chose to attack Qingdu because of the Fourth Division, in the original history, the Fourth Division was the nest division of the Yue Army, Zhang Mingyu did not believe it, but yesterday when the First Regiment attacked the First Division, the advance troops of the Second Regiment had exchanged fire with the Fourth Division, and one company of the Second Regiment defeated its two squadrons one after another. Some of the soldiers were even sitting in the trenches playing gambling games.

After taking the Qingdu with the Fourth Division, it can either retreat to the southwest to Pingxingguan or go north to threaten Baoding, which can be said to be the best choice for the Reading Army at present.

If the Reading Force turned around and returned to Shimen, there would be at least 100,000 troops waiting for them, so the reason why Zhang Mingyu took the risk of sending his two most elite troops (the first regiment and the guard battalion) into battle at the same time was to capture Qingdu and achieve his strategic vision.

……………… About five minutes later, more than 100 bombers, escorted by 100 fighters, took off from Taiyuan Airport and Shimen Airport respectively and flew towards the ancient city of Qingdu.

Twenty minutes later, the mixed group reached the sky over Gyeongdu, and the soldiers of the 4th Division were as lazily disciplined as ever, leaning on or sitting in the trenches.

Some wing captains even broke away from the army directly and sneaked into Qingdu City to look for the flower girl.

Therefore, when a large group of bombers appeared in the sky under black pressure, some soldiers of the Yue Army also laughed: "To the west, Kuraki-kun, you see that it is about to rain." ”

However, at this moment, a piercing sound of "...... of " sounded in the sky, and suddenly the steel rain poured down!

At this time, some shrewd devil soldiers finally sent down, and the "black clouds" in the sky were not clouds, but Chinese bombers.

Suddenly, those devil soldiers opened their throats and shouted: "Baga Yalu, the bombers of the Zhina people, quickly hide .........."

However, it was too late, and before the little devils and old ghosts of the Fourth Division could react, at this time, the dense aerial bombs had already smashed down on their heads and faces.

"Boom .......!" A series of explosions rang out violently over the positions of the 4th Division.

Clusters of dazzling red light flickered incessantly.

In the forward observation post of the first regiment in the distance, Niu Tiangui held binoculars in both hands, and laughed: "Damn, great, it's good!" Obviously, Niu Tiangui was already excited by the scene in front of him.

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In Qingdu County, the division headquarters of the Fourth Division was not located outside the city, but in a courtyard inside the city.

Listening to the sudden explosion outside the city, the commander of the Fourth Division, Kitano Kenzo, was shocked, and hurriedly stood up and said to the adjutant beside him: "Call the Eighth Wing of the Front Immediately and ask what is going on?" ”

"Hay!" The adjutant bowed his head suddenly, and immediately ran to the telephone quickly, and quickly shook the telephone, but after a while, the adjutant said with a bitter face: "General, the contact with the Eighth Wing has been cut off, and it is impossible to contact." ”

"Yaga! Send out scouts to scout the situation now! Kitano said angrily.

"Hay!" The adjutant bowed his head abruptly and immediately took the order.

At this time, the position of the Fourth Division outside the city of Qingdu had turned into a sea of fire, and there were soldiers of the Yue Army who were struggling desperately with fire all over their bodies. When the surviving soldiers of the Yue Army, composed of traders and wandering merchants, saw the tragic image of their companions, coupled with the dense and fierce bombardment in the sky, their faith was shaken, and they began to flee one by one, one by one.

Some soldiers who did not know the truth also ran to the county seat of Qingdu, and finally the entire squadron began to break and flee.

At this time, the fighters in charge of escorting the escort took advantage of the situation, and dozens of fighters flew at a low altitude and swept away the deserters who were fleeing in all directions.

The dense rain of bullets from the machine guns knocked the devil soldiers into mud, and some of the ghost soldiers were directly hit in the head by bullets, and suddenly the entire head was shattered by the powerful aerial bomb, and the whole person was only left with his body, and his head flew everywhere.

At this time, Su Dingtian, who was in charge of piloting, reported to Zhang Mingyu: "Junzao, we have completed the bombing mission, and the army has begun to rout on a large scale, and the infantry can attack!" ”

"Good!" On the other end of the intercom, Zhang Mingyu applauded, turned around and said excitedly: "Order a regiment of guard battalions to attack immediately!" Besiege! ”

"Yes!" Liu Cheng had already heard the sound of a big explosion coming from the direction of Qingdu, and immediately responded with momentum.

Niu Tiangui was standing in the forward observation post, and when he was distressed that he could not see the position of the army that had fallen into a sea of fire, a staff officer had already rushed in and said in a hurry: "There is an order for the military seat, the guard battalion, the first regiment will attack immediately!" Besiege! ”

"Is the time come?" Niu Tiangui said awe-inspiringly: "Order, the first battalion, the second battalion, the third battalion, and the regimental guard company will attack immediately!" There is also the guard battalion, as soon as the trumpet sounds, everyone in the regiment takes bayonets, and the brothers in the cooking squad have to rush forward with their flat shoulders! ”

"Yes!" The staff officer stood up suddenly, and immediately took the order. Not long after, a loud charge horn sounded, and the soldiers who had been waiting for a long time jumped out of the trenches, shouting with rifles and rushing towards the Qingdu City.

The first to break out of the trench was the guard battalion, and a company of more than 400 soldiers of the guard battalion opened the way with all the submachine guns, and rushed all the way to the shattered position of the Japanese army, which had been bombed.

Behind them were the soldiers of the first regiment, followed by many soldiers of the cooking squad, some of whom were armed with kitchen knives that usually cooked, some picked up burning sticks, and some picked up flat poles to carry water, and rushed up with the army with enthusiasm.

Don't look at these usually honest firehead soldiers, when it comes to killing devils, they are all filled with righteous indignation, and they are brave to take the lead, although the guys in their hands are varied, but they are also playing tigers and tigers.

A burly man held a burning stick as thick as a bowl, followed the forward troops to rush to the devil's position, and suddenly jumped out from the front of two devil soldiers, the big man roared, and the burning stick in his hand swept through thousands of troops, and immediately stopped the two devil soldiers and knocked them down!

Then a blow to Huashan suddenly smashed one of the devil soldiers into meat sauce, and the other devil was so frightened that he fled in a hurry, but he didn't go far, and was shot left and right by a soldier holding two buckets of iron, and the two buckets "dong dong" were beaten hard one by one, and the ghost soldier was instantly beaten to death.

He was hacked to death with a kitchen knife by a man who followed him.

At this time, the Fourth Division fled on all fronts, and the few Yue troops who dared to turn back and resist were suddenly overwhelmed by the swarming wolf-like soldiers of the Reading Army.

The guard battalion rushed to the front, followed by the rout of the army and chased into the city of Qingdu, when did the soldiers of the guard battalion who had experienced a hundred battles be surrounded, even if they fell into a heavy siege, they were still out of the encirclement. He was so aggrieved like this time, he just stayed where he was for two days and didn't move.

The soldiers of the guard battalion who were full of strength burst out with amazing combat effectiveness at this time, and as a company rushed into the city gate, Tie Niu did not blindly chase after it, but divided into a platoon to expand the results of the battle on the city wall and consolidate this breakthrough.

Niu Tiangui saw that there were already his own soldiers at the city gate, and he immediately opened his throat and shouted: "The whole regiment listens to the order, you don't have to clean the battlefield, attack the city immediately!" Fast! ”

After receiving the order, a group of soldiers scrambled towards the city gate like sharks smelling blood, and the machine guns on the city wall were wiped out by the soldiers of the guard battalion who broke into the city without a few shots, and they lost their machine gun firepower.

Soon, a large number of soldiers of the Reading Army began to pour into the city from the city gate, and followed the guard battalion to expand the results of the battle, and the entire Qingdu City suddenly became a fierce battlefield, and the sound of gunfire and shouts rang out.

(To be continued)