Dozens of little devils, including those devil officers, soon all became corpses, and the soldiers finished shooting, and suddenly, bursts of cheers.

"Everyone hurry up and search for the little devils, and kill all those who are found alive, and we don't want to take prisoners." Brigade Commander Tang Wankun shouted loudly.

At this time, most of the soldiers went to this position of the Japanese army, and many fighters, driving M3 half-track armored vehicles, searched in depth for the position.

At about 1:50 p.m., the soldiers rushed to the little devil's position, that is, the second line of defense of the Japanese army in the west of Hangzhou, and by the afternoon, that is, at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, there was basically no gunfire on the entire position.

This shows that all the little devils on this position have been eliminated by the soldiers.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, the soldiers of the mechanized infantry brigade were preparing to start cleaning the battlefield, as one of the three major infantry brigades of the follow-up attack echelon, the soldiers of the first infantry brigade also came up, and thousands of soldiers of the first brigade also joined the ranks of cleaning the battlefield.

North of Hangzhou.

At this time, the armored brigade had already wiped out the small number of troops of the Japanese Sixth Division in the north of the city, and the three major tank regiments of the armored brigade, one machine infantry regiment, and one air defense regiment, a total of five major regiments, were about ten or twenty kilometers away from the city of Hangzhou, and they were occupying a favorable position and preparing for battle.

There were not many Japanese troops in the north of Hangzhou, because the north of the city was not the main defense area of the Sixth Division, and the Sixth Division only deployed about two or three infantry brigades, and these Japanese troops were a little far away from Hangzhou City. It has basically been wiped out, and it is relatively close to the city of Hangzhou, and the armored brigade has not moved for the time being.

Several roads lead to the city of Hangzhou from the north of the city. At this time, it was also under the control of the armored brigade, and if the reinforcements from small Japan from Shanghai wanted to reinforce Hangzhou, they had to pass through the armored brigade.

In order to better block the Japanese army that reinforced Hangzhou, in addition to the armored brigade, Ye Feng will also deploy the third infantry brigade in the north of Hangzhou to coordinate operations with the armored brigade. Hold off the Japanese army together.

In the city of Hangzhou, the headquarters of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army.

The battle between the Separate Division and the 6th Division began at about 9 a.m. It was already past two o'clock in the afternoon, and the battle had been going on for five or six hours, and in those hours, for the Japanese army. The bad news keeps coming.

The first line of defense in the west of the city was broken by the independent division. Then the second line of defense was also broken by the independent division, and the chariot brigade of the little devils was also wiped out, and a large number of independent division troops appeared in the north of the city, which made the little devils feel even worse that the chariot group of the independent division was about to attack their third line of defense.

The commander of the small Japanese division, Ushijima, had a gloomy face, the battle had already been fought like this, Ushijima Mitsuchi said, if there were no strong reinforcements. It's only a matter of time before you lose yourself.

The situation on the front line, Ushijima Mitsuru already knows a little. The weapons of the independent division attacking themselves are very advanced, and all kinds of heavy equipment make Ushijima feel Alexander.

A large number of tanks, a large number of armored vehicles, a large number of heavy artillery, even the most elite Guards divisions of small Japan did not have such good equipment.

"Your Excellency Division Commander, the reinforcements from Shanghai have already set off two hours ago, and it is the 26th Division that reinforces us." The chief of staff of Little Japan reported.

"Yaga! I don't want the 26th Division, I want tank brigades, heavy artillery brigades, a large number of aviation units for reinforcements. Ushijima almost roared.

The 26th Division of Little Japan is a newly formed B Division, which landed in Shanghai by ship more than a month ago after the formation was completed in Japan.

Sending a newly formed division to reinforce him, no wonder Ushijima was so angry that he shouted, the independent division was equipped with a large number of tanks, heavy artillery and armored vehicles, and to deal with such a force, Ushijima Manzhi said that it was necessary to have a tank brigade, a heavy artillery brigade, and even a large number of aviation units.

However, the tank brigade and heavy artillery brigade are scarce resources, and the entire Central China Front is not equipped with a few, and the Battle of Wuhan has not yet ended, and most of the troops of the Central China Front Army of small Japan are participating in the Battle of Wuhan.

"Your Excellency Division Commander, although the 26th Division is newly formed, there are more than 16,000 of them, and their vanguard has already set off along the highway from Shanghai to Hangzhou, and its vanguard can reach Hangzhou before dark at the earliest." The little Japanese chief of staff whispered.

For the time being, there are no tank brigades, heavy artillery brigades, and a large number of aviation units, and a newly formed division can only make do with it, Ushijima waved weakly.

"Your Excellency Division Commander, or we will send another telegram to His Excellency Commander-in-Chief Matsui Ishine, requesting that planes be sent for reinforcements." The chief of staff of little Japan suggested.

Ushijima was a little hesitant about such a suggestion, in the past, it was not that he had not sent planes to attack the independent division, but every time it was a fiasco, the planes were shot down a lot, and the losses were heavy.

In addition, Ushijima said that most of the planes of the Central China Front participated in the battle in the Wuhan battlefield, and the number of planes participating in the battle reached three or four hundred, and now, there are not many planes at the Shanghai airport, and all the planes add up to fifty or sixty.

However, without strong reinforcements, he would definitely not be able to defeat an independent division equipped with a large number of tanks and a large number of heavy artillery, and after hesitating for a long time, Ushijima Mitsuru still gritted his teeth and sent a report to Matsui Ishine again, asking for reinforcements.

Nanjing, the headquarters of the Central China Front of Little Japan.

Since a few months ago, Matsui Ishine had focused his main energy on the Battle of Wuhan, but today Matsui Ishine had to focus on the Hangzhou side and pay attention to the fighting situation of the Sixth Division.

The Sixth Division had already sent several telegrams, all of which were not good news, not only were they not good news, but one news was worse than the other, which annoyed Matsui Ishone.

It was now nearly three o'clock in the afternoon, and a Japanese soldier with a telegram anxiously walked in, stood up in front of Matsui Ishone, and reported loudly: "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, the Sixth Division has sent another telegram requesting reinforcements. ”

"Yaga! Asking for reinforcements again, Ushijima Man, this stupid pig, a dignified division of the Japanese Empire, was actually beaten like this by a division of the Chinese army. ”

It's another request for reinforcements, obviously, Matsui Shigen is extremely angry, a class A division is like this, and Matsui Shigen also feels faceless.

I was very unhappy, but Matsui Shigen still said with a straight face: "Hurry up, what does the telegram say?" ”

"Yes!"

This little devil Shaozuo "snapped" again, and read it loudly according to the telegram, the telegram was relatively long, and the little devil Shaozuo read it for at least a minute.

Yaga! Matsui Ishine was very annoyed, and the telegram again mentioned that the independent division attacking Hangzhou was equipped with a large number of tanks, armored vehicles and heavy artillery, and that the 6th Division and the independent division had lost two lines of defense in just a few hours, losing thousands of men.

As for the telegram that the independent division was equipped with a large number of tanks, armored vehicles and heavy artillery, at first, Matsui was more suspicious, thinking that it was Ushijima himself deliberately exaggerating, it may be that the losses of the 6th Division were relatively large, Ushijima was afraid of taking responsibility, and the independent division may be equipped with a little tank, armored vehicles, and a small number of heavy artillery, deliberately exaggerating the situation several times.

However, Matsui Ishine believed a little about the losses of the Sixth Division, and he still had a slight suspicion about the fact that the Independent Division was equipped with a large amount of heavy equipment.

It is important to know that the entire Central China Front of the Japanese Army is only equipped with one tank brigade and two heavy artillery brigades, and in addition, a small number of tanks, armored vehicles, and heavy artillery are equipped in each division and regiment.

"Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, regardless of whether the Independent Division really has so many heavy weapons and equipment, we should still be cautious."

Next to him, the chief of staff of the little devil front army, seeing that Matsui Shigen was still a little suspicious, he couldn't help but suggest.

In the opinion of the chief of staff of the little devil, the independent division attacked the sixth division several times, and each time the sixth division suffered a lot of losses, which shows that the sixth division is not necessarily the opponent of the independent division, although a division is not the opponent of an army division of the Chinese army, and the chief of staff of the little devil cannot accept this, but for the sake of the sixth division, and in order to continue to occupy and control the city of Hangzhou, the chief of staff of the little devil still recommends that it be treated cautiously.

Hearing this, Matsui Shigen was not in a hurry to say anything, but frowned, walked around, and after a long time, Matsui Shigen said, "Tell me your opinion." ”

"Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, we have ordered the 26th Division in Shanghai to reinforce Hangzhou, but if the independent division is really equipped with so many tanks, armored vehicles and heavy artillery, even if the 26th Division is dispatched, I am afraid that it will not solve the problem."

The chief of staff of the little devil paused, looked at Matsui Shigen carefully, and then continued: "The 26th Division is a type B division, and there is not much heavy equipment, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to break through the defense line composed of a large number of tanks of the Independent Division in the north of Hangzhou. ”

Hearing this, Matsui Shigen thought for a while, and then slowly asked, "Is there no other way?" ”

The little devil's chief of staff shook his head, "Unless our chariot brigade is sent, however, our chariot brigade is far away from the battlefield in Wuhan, too far away from Hangzhou." ”

"This Ye Feng is really good at picking time."

Matsui Ishine knew that most of his troops, including the chariot troops, heavy artillery troops, and most of the aircraft, were on the battlefield in Wuhan, and the independent division attacked Hangzhou at this time, and suddenly hit Matsui Ishine's soft underbelly.

The number of troops that could send reinforcements was really limited, and there were almost no reinforcements from combat vehicles and heavy artillery units, and the only ones that could be used were the dozens of planes at the Shanghai airport.

Although aircraft had been dispatched several times to attack the Independent Division, each time they had suffered heavy losses, this time, Matsui had to fight again, hoping to destroy the tank units and heavy artillery units of the Independent Division.

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