Sun Weiguo suddenly entered the county seat of Huaxian County, and came directly to the headquarters of the 201st Division, and the division commander Fang Chaoqun had already realized something.

He probably guessed why Sun Weiguo came here, so he took the initiative to fight for it, hoping that Sun Weiguo would be able to give him a chance.

"Chaoqun, you fought very well, you have been fighting continuously for a long time now, I am ready to withdraw your 201st Division troops, Peng Zhifang's 153rd Division troops will take over your troops' attack, and the 201st Division troops will withdraw to the periphery to rest and serve as a reserve."

Sun Weiguo looked at Fang Chaoqun's eyes, and he said softly.

Hearing that Sun Weiguo was going to withdraw the 201st Division as a reserve, Fang Chaoqun had a complicated expression on his face, and Jiang Quan, the deputy division commander, stood up and wanted to speak.

"Commander-in-chief, tanks are indeed not suitable for street fighting, but we have found a way to break the enemy, please give us a chance, we will definitely not let you down. Commander-in-chief, please believe us, before it gets dark, we will capture Dongcheng and completely encircle and annihilate the Japanese army in Dongcheng. ”

"Commander-in-chief, now that we have reached this point, if we are allowed to withdraw and rest as a reserve, how should we give orders to our brothers, many of us have died here, if we let us withdraw at this time, we are not reconciled."

"Commander-in-chief, if you can't take the Japanese position, I'm willing to come and see you, and now we are withdrawing, isn't this tantamount to admitting that we lost the battle? Where did our 201st Division fight such a battle? ”

The three commanders of the Fifth Armored Regiment, the Mechanized Infantry Regiment, and the Armored Infantry Regiment immediately stood up, and before the deputy division commander Jiang Quan could speak, they begged to speak.

Now let them withdraw, they have a lot of unwillingness in their hearts, and they are not willing to leave Huaxian like this.

They have already paid the price of casualties here, and they also have a lot of Paozawa brothers who are buried here, and they will not be willing to leave at this time.

The officers and men of the 201st Division are ready, they want to capture Dongcheng and annihilate the Japanese army in Dongcheng to pay tribute to the souls of the heroes who died in battle.

"Commander-in-chief, you are giving us a chance, we will attack right now, and we will definitely take Dongcheng immediately."

Division Commander Fang Chaoqun and Deputy Division Commander Jiang Quan looked at Sun Weiguo at the same time, and the two of them said with solemn expressions on their faces.

Sun Weiguo expected such a result, so he came here in person to convey the order, but he didn't expect the officers of the 201st Division to have such a strong attitude.

Morale can be inspired, now the morale of the officers of the 201st Division is high, they also have a way to deal with the Japanese army, if Sun Weiguo still withdraws them at this time, it will definitely affect the morale of the troops, Sun Weiguo decided to give the 201st Division troops a chance, let them continue to attack the Japanese army.

"Go ahead and move, but before four o'clock in the afternoon, whatever the fighting situation is, the troops of the 153rd Division will take over your attack. Now I am withdrawing you, not because you have not performed well, but in the follow-up operations, you have to undertake more important combat tasks, and I must ensure the combat effectiveness of the 201st Division. ”

Sun Weiguo looked at Fang Chaoqun and the other officers, and said with a serious expression on his face.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief." Fang Chaoqun and the others immediately saluted Sun Weiguo, and they began to deploy immediately.

At half past twelve o'clock at noon on the 15th, the officers and men of the 201st Division, who had eaten half of the food, were quickly assembled, and the officers above the company level of the mechanized infantry regiment who were responsible for the main attack were called to the regiment headquarters, and the division commander Fang Chaoqun mobilized these officers before the battle.

The officers also gave assurances that they would only succeed in this attack and would not fail, and the officers of the first battalion of the core battalion of the mechanized infantry regiment even put their suicide note in the regimental headquarters to express their determination to fight.

At 12:35 a.m., the assault began, and unlike the previous tanks covering the infantry in the streets, this time the infantry used explosives to blast houses and follow the tanks.

With a "boom", the wall was blown open, and the ghost soldiers in the house were completely exposed, and one of the ghost soldiers had blood all over his face, but he still immediately shot with a rifle.

But the rifle bullets clanged on the tank, which did not pose any threat to the tank at all, and the infantrymen who followed behind the tank began to shoot.

A platoon commander carried out strafing with a submachine gun, and the four devil soldiers in the house were directly beaten into a sieve.

The infantry rushed over and continued to blast the walls, while the tanks began to enter the houses along the blasted walls.

The troops of the 201st Division took one house to another, so that they effectively protected themselves, and at the same time brought a great deal of casualties to the Japanese army.

The fortifications garrisoned by the 114th Wing soon became ineffective, and even some anti-tank guns were unable to fire until the officers and men of the 201st Division rushed over.

These anti-tank guns were deployed in the fortifications, and although this increased survivability, they sacrificed a certain range of fire, and they had no way to shoot at the tanks rushing along the houses.

The fierce battle continued, but by this time, the Japanese 114th Wing was clearly at a disadvantage, and their troops suffered more and more casualties.

At this time, here in the Honor 4th Division, the troops of the 8th Regiment of Honor began to attack the 3rd Brigade of the Japanese Artillery, and the 8th Regiment of Honor dispersed and advanced towards the Japanese artillery position, but they were blocked by the 1st Brigade of the 124th Wing, and it still took some time for the troops to quickly clear the artillery.

At the same time, the troops of the Provisional Sixth Division were in trouble, and they were caught in a melee with the 55th Wing of the Japanese Army and the Baggage Wing, and the troops of the Provisional Sixth Division had no way to get close to the North City Gate, open the North City Gate, and receive the troops of the 14th Division into the county seat.

The Chinese and Japanese sides fought fiercely until 3 o'clock in the afternoon here in Huaxian, and except for the 201st Division, which made some progress, the Honorary Fourth Division and the Provisional Sixth Division did not make much progress. 、

Guangzhou, in the headquarters of the 21st Army.

Lieutenant General Toshiyoshi Ando looked at the telegram sent by Lieutenant General Commander of the Eighteenth Division, Long Najoichi, and his brows furrowed tightly.

The 18th Division is in danger, and it is very likely that they will be completely annihilated by the Chinese troops, but in the face of such a problem, Ando Toshikichi has no way to solve it.

The 106th Division and the 104th Division were attached to the puppet army to garrison Foshan and Dongguan respectively, and these two units could not have many combatants, and even if they were transferred, they would not be effective.

What's more, here in Foshan and Dongguan, the three armies of the Chinese army are carrying out a diversionary attack, and it is impossible for Ando Toshikichi to send them to reinforce Huaxian.

At present, the only troops that Ando Toshiyoshi can draw are the Guards Mixed Brigade and the 38th Division in Guangzhou, but Ando Toshiyoshi will not send these two troops to fight now.