"Break through from both the north and the south at the same time?" Zhang Xinghan pondered for a while, and said: "Tell your regiment commander, first find out the actual strength of the devil, more than 1,000 people, immediately intercept and kill, less than 1,000 people, leave him alone, the army in the city is more than 30,000, and the big head is behind." ”

"Yes!" The cavalry saluted, and then beat their horses and left.

After seeing the cavalry disappear into the night, Zhang Xinghan said to Wang Yizhe: "Uncle Wang, you are here to command, and I will take the tank regiment to the east of the city to have a look." ”

"Do you think I might break through from the east of the city?" Wang Yizhe asked.

"Judging from the movements of the devils, it should be that it is obviously not as convenient to break through from the north gate and the south gate as it is to the east gate. Zhang Xinghan analyzed.

"That's right, the little devils are also cunning, but they met you, hehe, they can only walk away without eating." Wang Yizhe looked at Zhang Xinghan with approval and praised.

There is a saying, the more the mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, the more satisfied she becomes, and Wang Yizhe's current mood is like this.

In particular, Zhang Xinghan commanded several miraculous battles in the northeast, creating unprecedented brilliance and honor, and his father-in-law was even more overjoyed.

Soon, Zhang Xinghan led the remaining more than 70 tanks of the tank regiment to detour through the south of the city and drive to the east of Ningcheng.

When passing through the south gate, I happened to encounter Sabuli leading the cavalry who were slashing and killing a small group of soldiers.

Several tanks of the tank regiment went up and swept with machine guns, and the remaining dozens of devils fell to the ground one after another screaming.

Sabuli rode up on a war horse and carried a saber to meet him.

"Old Sa, what's going on?" Zhang Xinghan asked.

"Commander, these devils are escorting a group of people to break through, and in order to kill these people, they ordered them to be intercepted." Sabuli replied.

"Oh?" Zhang Xinghan was slightly surprised: "It seems that the devils at the north gate and the south gate are just bluffing, and the east gate is the real breakthrough direction of the devils." ”

"Commander, let's go to the east gate to intercept it." Sabuli pointed east with his saber.

"No, since we already know that the devils plan to break through from the east gate, let's release them all out of the city, and then annihilate them in one fell swoop!" Zhang Xinghan thought for a while and said: "Lao Sa, you immediately gather the cavalry regiment, follow me to the east of the city ten miles away to wait for the army, and send a signal corps to inform Commander Wang, saying that after I abandon the city, the first and second infantry regiments must not stay in the city, and should immediately go out of the city from the east gate, and concentrate machine gun fire to prepare to flank the army with us on both sides." ”

"Yes!" Sabuli raised his saber in salute and immediately beat his horse away.

……………………………… Ningcheng County.

"Two generals, the troops are ready, the situation is critical, please hurry up and get in the car." At the entrance of the headquarters of the division, a devil officer stood next to a military armored car and said to Nobuyuki Abe and Taro Nakagawa, who had just come out of the headquarters compound.

Nobuyuki Abe and Taro Nakagawa held their sabers in one hand and lowered their heads and got into the armored car one after another.

The armored car suddenly started and roared forward.

A large number of heavily armed infantry immediately ran to keep up.

Since the main attack of the Chinese [***] team is the West Gate, the breakthrough operation of the Yue army is very smooth, and the smooth ones are somewhat beyond the expectations of Nobuyuki Abe and Taro Nakagawa.

They didn't expect that the [***] team was unfortified at the east gate.

Inside the armored car, Nobuyuki Abe said proudly: "Nakagawa-kun, it seems that the stupid Shina people have fallen for us, and they must have all been attracted to the north gate and the south gate, haha!" ”

"Yes, it must be so, thanks to Abe-kun's bluff." Taro Nakagawa smiled and did not forget to praise.

The smug laughter of two old devils came from the armored car.

On the grassland ten miles east of the city, more than 70 tanks had been waiting in a line for a long time, and 3,000 cavalrymen were also lined up behind the tanks with swords under the leadership of Sabuli.

In the dark night, the saggerent saber reflected a chilling glow in the moonlight.

Zhang Xinghan was standing on a tank, smoking non-stop, and in front of him was an MG34 vehicle-mounted general-purpose machine gun.

The suffocating wait lasted less than half an hour, and several cavalry cruising in front of them came in a hurry.

Zhang Xinghan knew that he was coming, he threw away the few remaining cigarette butts, raised his hand, and after a pause of about a minute, he suddenly waved it down and shouted: "Attack!" ”

More than 70 tanks were started one after another, and the roar of the motors suddenly came and went, which was deafening.

Then they began to accelerate in vain and roar forward, and the cavalry followed suit to instigate their horses, and the speed increased as the tanks accelerated.

In the end, all the tank crews slammed the accelerator to the end, and the motors of more than 70 tanks let out a huge roar, driving the steel beasts weighing more than 20 tons to roar towards the front.

The cavalry also increased their speed to great speed, following closely behind the tanks.

Soon, the assault force of the New Army, composed of tanks and cavalry, collided head-on with the retreating advance of the Japanese army.

More than 70 75mm tank guns and more than 150 vehicle-mounted general-purpose machine guns were the first to fire.

The shells fell into the crowd of devils one after another, and exploded one after another, and the devil soldiers were suddenly blown up to cry for their fathers and mothers, and they were killed and injured.

The biggest threat to him was the fierce strafing of more than 100 tank machine guns.

The dense rain of bullets almost formed a barrage, and everywhere they went, all the soldiers were shot and fell to the ground.

The sudden sound of gunfire and explosions shocked Nobuyuki Abe and Taro Nakagawa, who had just gotten carried away.

Before the armored car the two were riding in had come to a stop, Taro Nakagawa kicked the door open and nervously got out of the car with Nobuyuki Abe.

"What's going on?" After getting out of the car, seeing the fire flashing in front of him and the guns firing, Nobuyuki Abe asked with a shocked expression.

Taro Nakagawa was speechless, but fortunately, soon, a devil second lieutenant hurriedly ran over from the front.

After finding Nobuyuki Abe and Taro Nakagawa, the second lieutenant of the devil almost cried: "Two generals, it's not good, my forward unit was attacked by the Shina chariot unit, and the situation is extremely bad, please ask the general for urgent tactical guidance." ”

"What? Are you saying that the tank units of the China people appeared in front? Nobuyuki Abe and Taro Nakagawa's faces changed dramatically.

"Yes." The devil lieutenant nodded in confirmation.

Nobuyuki Abe glanced at Taro Nakagawa with a shocked face, and immediately fell silent.

At this time, the gunfire in front was even worse, and the cannon fire was also more and more intense, and it was obvious that the distance was shortening.

"Abe-kun, what do you think we should do? Why don't we disperse and retreat? This will at least ensure that the imperial army will evacuate here safely and get rid of the damned Zhang Xinghan. Nakagawa Taro was a little breathless, the people in front of him were all his subordinates of the 7th Division, and as time passed, his heart was dripping blood.

Nobuyuki Abe frowned, his troops had suffered a lot of losses in the previous battles, and if they were to divide their troops with the 7th Division at this time, the consequences would be absolutely unimaginable.

So he shook his head without hesitation and said: "Brother Zhongchuan, we divide our troops now, and we will be broken by each of the Zhina Army, I suggest that you order your forward troops to resist with all their might, and we should quickly bypass the battlefield and evacuate to Jianping." ”

Although Taro Nakagawa was unwilling, the situation was critical, and he couldn't afford to hesitate too much, so he had to nod his head in agreement.

However, Nobuyuki Abe clearly underestimated Zhang Xinghan and underestimated the assault capabilities of Zhang Xinghan's tank regiment.

Before they could escape far, Wang Yizhe and Liu Jianguo led two regiments of the 1st Mobu Division to rush out of the city and bite the rearguard of the Yue army.

At the same time, the tank regiment and cavalry regiment under the personal command of Zhang Xinghan also routed the forward troops of the Yue army with an unstoppable momentum and pursued them.

…………………… Zhang Xinghan led his troops to fight a fierce battle with the Yue army in Ningcheng, and Chifeng, more than 200 miles away.

The breakthrough plan of the 8th Division of the Japanese Army is also quietly underway.

Like Zhang Xinghan in Ningcheng, Jiang Baili is now extremely strong in Chifeng City, and the army in Chifeng City can take the initiative to abandon the city and flee.

Because the new army's encirclement and reinforcement plan has been completed, the county seat of Chifeng at this time no longer has the role of bait.

Therefore, Jiang Baili gathered all the main forces of the motorized infantry regiment left by Zhang Xinghan in the direction of the south gate, leaving only some necessary vigilance in other directions.

At about 12 o'clock in the morning, a burst of rapid gunfire suddenly rang out at the west gate of Chifeng, and dozens of soldiers of the Northeast New Army guarding here immediately opened fire and returned fire.

Just when the two sides were fighting fiercely, the army in the city also suddenly came out of the west gate, and dozens of new troops were outnumbered by the enemy on their backs, so they had to retreat while fighting.

The two armies soon succeeded in converging and immediately withdrew in a northwesterly direction.

The sound of gunfire quickly alarmed Jiang Baili, "Where is this shooting?" ”

"Sounds like it's west of the city."

It didn't take long for an unkempt New Army soldier to rush over with a rifle.

"Chief of Staff, a group of devils suddenly appeared outside the West Gate, and the devils in the city should be in harmony with the outside, our platoon can't resist it, and now the little devils have been allowed to stand out from the city."

Jiang Baili was not shocked when he heard this, he groaned for a while, and instructed the soldier: "You return to the team immediately, tell your regiment commander, immediately rush to the west gate with the tank company, no matter what, you must catch up with the army, and you must not let them escape smoothly!" ”

…………………… On the plains in the eastern suburbs of Ningcheng County.

The slaughter continued, and with the addition of the infantry regiment, the army completely collapsed, and the cavalry of Sabuli's cavalry regiment had already fired a shuttle of bullets, and they were brandishing sabers and were chasing and slashing the scattered devil rout.

The tankmen also drove the tanks in constant pursuit.

Although the army had an advantage in terms of troops, it was unable to organize effective resistance in time when it was caught up by tanks and cavalry on the way to defeat and flee in such a plain area.

For them, the tank regiments of the new army are simply invincible.

(To be continued)