Nanjing, the headquarters of the Central China Front of the Japanese Army.

Okamura Ninji was reading a telegram he had just received, and half an hour later, the port of Ningbo was completely occupied by the new 6th Army, and the more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers in the port of Ningbo were all wiped out, and a large number of ships that Okamura Ninji had painstakingly raised also fell into the hands of the soldiers of the new 6th Army.

With the loss of so many ships and the loss of control of the port of Ningbo, the fate of the remnants of the 18th Division and the 29th Division of Okamura Ninjizhi Dao in Ningbo City was to be completely annihilated.

"It seems that the new 6th Army can only adopt a defensive posture for the time being, and it is not wise at all to take the initiative to attack the new 6th Army." Okamura thought to himself.

"Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, we have failed miserably this time." The chief of staff of the devil next to him lowered his head and said miserably.

Okamura Ninji nodded slowly, in this battle, Okamura Ninji was also hit hard, and he was severely reprimanded by the base camp.

After a long time, Okamura Ning Jicai said: "Inuyo-kun, you are responsible for writing a detailed report and reporting to the base camp, requesting to increase our heavy equipment, the tanks, armored vehicles and heavy artillery of the new 6th Army are too powerful, in addition, order the troops in the Ningbo area to break through." ”

"Hey!"

The chief of staff of the devil bent down and saluted, but his expression was somewhat frustrated and desperate, and the chief of staff of the devil knew that the Japanese army in Ningbo was afraid that it would be difficult to withdraw from the city, and the intelligence showed that the entire Ningbo area was almost full of soldiers of the new 6th Army.

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Ningbo.

After three or four days of fierce street fighting, it gradually weakened a lot, on the streets. It was full of soldiers, and some tanks or armored vehicles were even parked at some street corners, and the entire city of Ningbo was completely under the control of the soldiers.

At this time. The 18th Division and the 29th Division only have some remnants of the little devils left, the number of which is no more than three or five thousand, these little devils are divided and surrounded by the fighters in a few small areas, and the soldiers are destroying these remnants of the little devils.

In Ningbo was a mechanized infantry division, an armored division with a tank regiment, and the 3rd infantry division. The 5th Infantry Division, numbering tens of thousands, has no resistance at all for these thousands of remaining little devils. Surrounded by warriors in several areas, the remnants of the little devils are still resisting.

The soldiers in Ningbo City, except for some who are still fighting with the little devils, most of the soldiers have already begun to clean up the battlefield. The bodies of the little devils on the street were searched and then transported out of the city for burial. The weapons and equipment scattered on the streets were also collected by the soldiers and transported back to Hangzhou.

In the southwest of Ningbo City, there is an area with a radius of less than a few hundred meters, this area is full of buildings, the streets are narrow, and the widest street can only accommodate a tank, and the high-level leaders of the 18th Division and the 29th Division are all cowering in this area.

The port of Ningbo was occupied by the fighters. Lieutenant General Naokuni Onishi, commander of the 18th Division, and Lieutenant General Saburo Kobayashi, commander of the 29th Division. As well as the chiefs of staff of these two divisions, brigade commanders and several other Japanese major generals all hid in a small courtyard, the gate of which faced a street no more than two or three meters wide, and the soldiers' tanks and armored vehicles could not come through.

About two or three hundred little devils, armed with machine guns and Type 38 rifles, protected this small courtyard, and on the periphery, one or two hundred meters near, two or three hundred meters away, there were about hundreds of little devils exchanging fire with the soldiers.

On a three-story roof, about 30 fighters are erecting machine guns and mortars, a machine gun platoon is equipped with three 60 mm mortars, one 12.7 mm Browning heavy machine gun, and two 7.92 mm light machine guns.

On the concrete roof, soldiers are building sandbags and machine guns, and a second lieutenant platoon commander is directing it all.

A few dozen meters away from here, there is also a cement bungalow roof, and there is also a machine gun platoon of soldiers who are setting up mortars and light and heavy machine guns.

The tallest building in this area is a large cement structure building, which is five stories high, with a roof area of at least several hundred square meters, and on the flat cement roof, there are a large number of officers at all levels of the new 6th Army, including Ye Feng, Zhao Long, and the commander of the 3rd Infantry Division.

Ye Feng and the others already basically knew the situation of the little devils in this area, and in that small courtyard, Ye Feng estimated that there might be a large number of senior Japanese officers.

The street fighting went on for several days, and the soldiers killed the highest-ranking devil officer was only a major general, and there were two Japanese divisions in Ningbo, and these little devils barely broke through, all of them were divided and surrounded by the soldiers, and the senior officers of these two divisions must have also been surrounded.

Ye Feng learned that the senior officers of Little Japan might be surrounded in this area, and Ye Feng brought Zhao Long and more than a dozen special combat team members over with great interest.

According to Ye Feng's command, at all the commanding heights in this area, on the slightly taller buildings, and on the cement roofs, a large number of soldiers from machine gun platoons were deployed, and a large number of light and heavy machine guns and mortars were erected.

In this area, the sound of intermittent gunfire continued to be heard, and some soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division were engaged in sporadic exchanges of fire with the little devils who were cowering in this area.

"Commander, according to your request, we have deployed a total of 6 cannon platoons on the roofs around here, a total of 18 60mm mortars, in addition, this area has been surrounded by our regiments, this time the little devil is unable to fly." The commander of the 3rd Infantry Division next to him reported to Ye Feng.

Ye Feng nodded, condescendingly, standing on the top of this five-story building, holding a telescope and looking around, and even more focused on the small courtyard four or five hundred meters away from it.

After taking a closer look, Ye Fengcai said loudly: "Open the cannon and bomb that small courtyard into ruins for me!" ”

There are large buildings, a lot of houses, and a large number of people hiding in their own homes, which cannot be shelled on a large scale, but the 60mm mortar still has a certain place of use and is suitable for use in such a situation.

That small courtyard, covering an area of only two or three acres, was distributed with several houses in front and back, with a wall, which may have been a rich man's house in the past, and it was suspected that there were a large number of high-ranking Japanese officers, Ye Feng was ready to carry out intensive artillery bombardment on it, and the weapons were these deployed 60mm mortars.

As Ye Feng's order was issued, the 18 60-mm mortars immediately began to aim and shell, and suddenly, one after another, shells whistled out and flew towards this small courtyard.

Ye Feng stood on the roof, holding a telescope to pay close attention to the shelling situation, Ye Feng saw that one after another shells exploded intensively in this small courtyard, and the seemingly quiet courtyard was suddenly like a tumbling oil pot, this place is not what it looks like on the surface.

In this ordinary courtyard, there are many devil officers in the houses, including two Japanese lieutenant generals and division commanders, several major generals, and a large number of auxiliary personnel of the 18th Division and the 29th Division.

In addition to these personnel, in the small courtyard and around the small courtyard, there are two or three hundred devil soldiers responsible for protection, and these devil soldiers are either hiding in houses, or they have built barricades and machine guns in narrow streets.

As one shell after another landed in this small courtyard, all of a sudden, the flames soared into the sky, the smoke of gunpowder filled the air, and violent explosions everywhere.

The sudden shelling startled some devil officers, Lieutenant General Naokuni Onishi, commander of the 18th Division, and Lieutenant General Saburo Kobayashi, commander of the 29th Division, both of whom had changed their faces and looked at each other.

Both of them knew that their location should be exposed, so the two hurriedly took a group of devil officers out of the house and hurriedly ran towards the outside of the courtyard.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

As soon as these little devils came out of this house, the brick house was immediately blown down, and it collapsed with a bang, becoming a pile of ruins.

Seeing this scene, many devil officers were scared into a cold sweat, just now, as long as they were a little slower, they would be buried alive in this pile of ruins.

Several bombs exploded one after another next to these devil officers, and the flying shrapnel hit several devil officers, one Dazuo and two Shaozo fell to the ground, and the commander of the 18th Division, Naokuni Nishi, saw that several people were killed on his side, and immediately hurriedly shouted.

"Retreat, retreat quickly, drop !!"

Onishi Naobang took a group of devil officers, hurriedly ran outside the small courtyard, braving the dense explosion to run outside, and when all these people ran out of the small courtyard, Onishi Naobang found that the twenty or thirty people he led seemed to be less than one-third.

These one-third of the people must have been killed, and Onishi Naokuni's arm was also injured and bloody, looking at the grizzled devil officers next to him, and then looking at the small courtyard that was almost in ruins, Kobayashi Saburo's face was very ugly.

"Onishi-kun, we must break through immediately, and concentrate all our forces to break through as soon as possible." Saburo Kobayashi, commander of the 29th Division, said eagerly.

Hearing this, Onishi Naobang nodded, and after looking around, he pointed to a devil Shaozuo and ordered loudly: "You lead the troops to break through over there, hurry up!" ”

Devil Shaozo led a large group of devil soldiers, at least one or two hundred people, to break through to the east. Onishi Naobang took a group of devil officers, about twenty or thirty devil soldiers, and some auxiliary personnel, about a hundred people, and ran in the opposite direction.

Onishi Naobang used the devil Shaozo as cannon fodder, and brought one or two hundred little devils to attract the firepower of the soldiers, while Onishi Naokuni himself took the rest of the personnel to break through in the opposite direction.

Standing on the top of the building, holding a telescope, Ye Feng saw the whole situation clearly, and saw a group of little devils swarming into the distance, while another group of devil officers ran towards him, Ye Feng couldn't help laughing.

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Today's three watches, the first one is sent. (To be continued......)