The guns of the battle in Yangjiazhuang could not be heard in Liuhe Town, and Ryosuke Isoya did not have the energy to pay attention to the senior commanders (Isoya graduated from the Army School in 1904; Xia Yuan was in 1903) on the battlefield, and all his attention was on the town of Liuhe in front of him. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"I just got the report, except for the south gate in Liuhe Town, the other three city gates are all open, and it is obvious that the Chinese army does not want to have any conflict with our army outside the city."

Ryosuke Isoya held up his binoculars, and the north gate and the spacious street inside the gate were in full view, and the market was quiet, not to mention people, not even a chicken or a dog. The whole town is very quiet, it is so quiet that it makes people panic: "I can see that there is a lot of danger in Liuhe Town!" ”

"Hey, the gentlemen of the general staff of the division also have the same understanding. The Chinese army must have placed quite a lot of heavy troops in Liuhe Town, and then with the help of the existing buildings in the town, and then our army fought an offensive and defensive battle. ”

Ryosuke Isoya gritted his teeth, he genuinely felt the pain of the soldiers who were about to step onto the battlefield, "This is destined to be a battle with heavy casualties for both sides. The only thing that can reduce the casualties of our army in battle is to make this urbanization a scorched earth as much as possible! Order Taniguchi Nakasa, start the fire bombardment! ”

"Hey!" Atsuro Umemura agreed loudly, running to convey the order, and after more than ten seconds, the rumbling cannon sounded, and one after another the cannonballs crossed the gray walls of Liuhe Town, and fell heavily in all corners of the town, and the telescopic lens raised a large cloud of dust, blocking the view.

The Japanese troops were lined up neatly, but there was no sound, like freshly unearthed terracotta warriors, waiting for the commander's order.

The rumbling explosion resounded through the heavens and the earth, but Isoya Ryosuke did not have the slightest excitement, but frowned, and his face, which was already full of wrinkles, looked even older. He could see that his own bombing looked very lively, and the town of Liuhe was also blown into ruins, but in fact, the damage caused to the Chinese army was quite low. It seems that this way to pave the way for the upcoming battle for the city is completely delusional.

Turning this thought in his mind, Ryosuke Isoya beckoned: "Order Taniguchi-kun to stop bombing." ”

"Yes." The order was given, and the shelling soon stopped, and Ryosuke Isoya turned his head to look over, and as far as the eye could see, there were 16 Type 89B tanks ready to go, with a wide and thick black body, like a tiger.

This is the only tank left in the 10th Division, and Japan is a country with few resources, especially war materials such as steel and brass, which are in extreme shortage. Therefore, the number of artillery shells and the number of tanks in a division are limited, and it is absolutely impossible to use them by temperament.

According to the original intention of Isoya Ryosuke, these 16 tanks were to be left for the attack on Baoding before they were put into the battlefield, before that, all with mountain artillery, field artillery and infantry far beyond the combat power of the Chinese army to complete the attack operation, but did not expect that there were tragic losses in the battle of Nanfu Zhao in the past, and then there was the heroic martyrdom of the Guangben squadron, so he had to make a new estimate of the combat power of the Chinese army, and changed the original idea, and put all the hole cards on the gambling table.

Atsuro Umemura saw what the chief was thinking and asked, "Your Excellency, is it only arranged for the first squad of the Black Mountain Monarch to be the leading force?" ”

"That's it. Deploy tactically ahead and let them act. ”

The division commander gave an order, the Japanese army began to operate, and the troops launched attacks on the three city gates in the east, west and north at the same time, and the first wave was the 10th Wing of the 33rd Brigade, the wing commander Akashiba Yaezo Osa, and the three captains under his command were surnamed Suzuki, Fukayama and Sada. The 2nd Squadron of Lirong and Mingshi of the Shenshan Brigade followed behind the 4 tanks sent by the Black Mountain Tank Wing and entered the north gate of Liuhe Town.

Before attacking Liuhe Town, the Numata Wing of the 8th Brigade actually had the cheekiness to ask for battle again, but this time, His Excellency the division commander refused to agree, and even rarely became angry, roaring in public, and scolding the brigade commander Takehei Nagase to the blood, so as to dispel the idea of these people.

The tracks rumbled, and four Type 89B tanks crossed the swarthy city gate hole and drove to the north and south streets of Liuhe Town, which was nearly 800 meters long and lined with shops on both sides.

The speed of the tank detachment was very slow, like a turtle crawling through the streets full of rubble and bricks, and in the narrow and stuffy compartment, the machine gunners were sweating hotly, clenching the machine guns with both hands, and suddenly pulled the trigger: "Tutu Tu Tu! ”

The gunfire rang out suddenly, the tank accelerated violently, and the tank following behind responded like this, and the 7.6 mm caliber light machine gun on the vehicle roared like a thunderstorm, and the bullets were fired indiscriminately at the already crumbling buildings on both sides without any target, and the marching infantry fell to the ground for the first time, picked up their rifles, and looked around vigilantly.

Ryosuke Isoya shuddered and hurriedly asked, "Have you already come into contact with the enemy?" ”

"No, I don't know, please wait." Atsuro Umemura said, "Oh no, not yet. ”

"None? Then why shoot? ”

"I'm sorry, but now it seems that the machine gunner in the first tank was too nervous."

Ryosuke Isoya clenched his teeth, his heart pounded like a drum, he knew that the defeat of Nanfu Zhao and Nan Xiaolou in two consecutive battles had left a shadow in the hearts of his subordinates, if Liuhe Town suffered another defeat this time, he was afraid that the spirit of the 10th Division would be defeated by the Zhi Na people! From this point of view alone, this battle in Liuhe Town must not be defeated! Even if it is a draw, it must be a brilliant victory! Definitely!

He thought so in his heart, but he pretended to be indifferent, and deliberately smiled: "Stupid! The Heavy must be that guy from Montenegro-kun! ”

This joke is really not funny, but Takehei Nagase laughs in agreement; It's not that they're filming the head of the division's ass, it's that these guys have found the same problem; And this deliberate light-hearted approach did have an effect, and the surrounding soldiers were relaxed when they saw that their own officials were all smiling.

The machine guns of the Japanese tanks fired indiscriminately for a while, gradually stopped, and in the first tank car, a black mountain curse sounded: "Damn, what are you doing?" ”

"I'm sorry, but just now in my vision, there seems to be a ...... Person. ”

Black Mountain wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and glared at the machine gunner viciously, he knew that this guy was too nervous: "Ueki, notify the friendly forces behind you, pay attention to the distance." ”

"Yes." A soldier opened the hatch, leaned out of the car with his upper body, turned around and issued orders in flags, which was very familiar to the Japanese tank troops, two flags crossed in the air, and the follow-up tanks seemed to kick people, the body shook, and the speed slowed down a little.

Ueki nodded, and was about to return to the carriage when a crisp gunshot rang out overhead, and Ueki's upper body was beaten crooked, and his body hung in the hatch!

"Enemy attack!" This time it was no better than just now, the bullets of the Chinese army became the starting pistol at the beginning of the battle, the infantry quickly lay down, and the leader of a detachment at the front knelt on one knee, his eyes scanned left and right randomly: "Where to shoot?" In which direction did the bullet come from, and did anyone see it? ”

"No, I'm sorry, I didn't see it."

"Damn." The captain of the detachment cursed, stood up from the ground, bent down slightly, and gave the order: "Prepare for battle, find the ...... of the Chinese army"

Before the sound fell, a black thing flew down from the Yunkelai restaurant on the street, the infantry was far away and would not threaten these things, but the detachment leader still realized something: "It's a cluster grenade, oops!" ”

The grenade fell in the middle area of the two tank cars in front of it, and it exploded violently! A large cloud of gunpowder smoke mixed with flames rose into the sky! At the same time, in the alley next to the Yunkelai Restaurant, three or five Chinese soldiers came out, each holding a few grenades in their hands, and smashed them on the body like dumplings, and then fell downward: "Boom!" Boom Boom! ”

The two tanks patronized by the Chinese army turned into fireworks set off on the Chinese New Year's Eve, and the thin side steel plates of Type 89B were simply not enough to cope with such continuous explosions, and after more than ten seconds, the two tanks became a pile of scrap metal with gurgling black smoke!

The eyes of the Japanese soldiers in the two tanks behind were red, and they frantically pulled the trigger and killed a few Chinese soldiers who wanted to escape while they were surrounded by smoke, but the Chinese army fought for the two Japanese tanks at the cost of less than ten deaths, this business was really cost-effective! (To be continued.) )