Nogi sent a telegram to Captain Okada, and in less than ten minutes, Captain Saburo Okada's reply arrived, in which Captain Okada told Nogi that the defenders of Songjiazhuang had all been shattered, and asked him to stop reinforcing Songjiazhuang, and he immediately returned to Sanguba. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Just 20 minutes before Nogi sent a telegram to report that he had been blocked, Saburo Okada had already received accurate information that the troops stationed in Songjiazhuang had not held out for an hour before they were eaten by the three battalions of the 16th Regiment of the New Fourth Army, and all the Japanese troops were killed, and the rest of the Imperial Allied Army, except for the 62 people who were captured, were either killed or wounded.

According to a report by intelligence officers, when the battle began, the New Fourth Army used artillery fire to carry out a fierce bombardment of the defenders, and the Japanese troops guarding outside the village suffered heavy casualties.

With the help of the fortifications repaired in advance, a full squad of his own could not hold out for an hour, which made Okada Saburo feel cold in his back, it seems that Liu Tianshu's three battalions are indeed a strong enemy, not only the ambush tactics are used properly, but also the battle is so brilliant.

At this time, when he learned that his reinforced troops had lost almost one team, but had not broken through the blocking position of the New Fourth Army at all, he immediately wisely ordered Nogi to withdraw.

Because according to reliable information, the New Fourth Army, which had occupied Songjiazhuang, had begun to advance northward, and if the Nogi squadron did not withdraw, I am afraid that it would fall into the encirclement of the New Fourth Army.

The Nogi squadron has lost a squad, and the remaining strength is only about 100 people, if the New Fourth Army in Songjiazhuang is all surrounded, I am afraid that this squadron will also have no return.

He is responsible for the safety of the transportation line, and one of the squadrons is scattered in the Wild Boar Ridge, and Sanguba currently has only two squadrons, plus other troops, there are only more than 700 people, so naturally it is impossible to draw out heavy reinforcements.

The safest way is to let Nogi withdraw to the Santani Dam, and then slowly figure out a way.

When Ou Biaofei rushed over with the 8th and 9th companies, he found that the enemy who had sent reinforcements from the front of Sanguba had retreated, so he had to leave the 7th company to monitor the spot, and the 8th and 9th companies withdrew to Songjiazhuang.

Although the enemies of Songjiazhuang have been eliminated, it is difficult to ensure that there are no fish that have slipped through the net. Besides, after conquering Songjiazhuang, there are still many things to be done next.

As soon as Ou Biaofei withdrew to Songjiazhuang, the attack launched by the first battalion on the enemy at Linpingba also started on time.

The enemy stationed at Linpingba did not expect that the New Fourth Army would launch a night attack in the early hours of the morning. Because according to the battle report transferred by the brigade, the New Fourth Army launched an attack on the troops of the second brigade stationed in Songjiazhuang, Songjiazhuang was breached, and the imperial army squad stationed in Songjiazhuang was all shattered.

According to common sense, if the New Fourth Army launched an attack in the south, it should not immediately attack the Imperial Army in the north.

A battalion and a company, under the command of company commander Long Zhishui, quietly forced from the north to Linpingba, although the north of Linpingba is flat land, but because the devils suddenly swept away, the villagers were busy transferring, and the corn stalks on this land were not cut, and the dry corn stalks were shaking in the open field, plus the sparse trees in the corners of the fields, looking from afar, swaying with the wind.

The enemy stationed on the north side of Linpingba had long been accustomed to the scene in front of them, and at this time they gathered around the fire to roast the fire, except for the patrol posts that moved from time to time, the rest of the people did not care at all.

The devils occupied Linpingba, because they did not think about stationing here permanently, so they only built a few fortifications around the town, which were separated by dozens of meters, surrounding the entire village.

Of course, between the fortifications, there was still a barbed wire fence with bells hanging on them.

After all, the Japanese troops of one squadron of the second squadron of the third brigade were stationed here, and there were two companies of the Imperial Allied Army, nearly 400 people stationed in a town, and the necessary precautions were still needed.

For example, the defensive position outside the town was defended by the Imperial Army, and the Japanese army was stationed in the town except for a few important fortifications.

Because the north of the town is an open field, and the east of the town has several hills, the south is next to a small river, and the terrain on the west side is also undulating, so the commander stationed in Linping Town naturally focuses his defense on the east and west sides, although the small river in the south is not large, but it is nearly twenty meters wide, and the center of the river is several meters deep, but people cannot directly wade through the water.

Tong Guijie had already led the first battalion to Linpingba to conduct a detailed reconnaissance of the terrain here, and combined with the report of the reconnaissance company, he was ready to let the first company attack from the north, the three platoons of the second company were responsible for carrying out feints from the southeast, the west, and the third company was responsible for destroying the road from Linpingba to Maowan and to Wangjiadian.

In order to strengthen the strength of the Third Company, Tong Guijie temporarily transferred the Linping anti-Japanese guerrillas operating in this area to the command of Yan Qimu, the commander of the Third Company.

In the early hours of the morning, under Tong Guijie's order, the second company and the third platoon immediately launched an attack on the enemy on the hill to the east, and at the same time, the mortars in the battalion also fired at the enemy's fortifications on the hill.

All of a sudden, there was a loud burst of gunfire on the east side of Linpingba, and the shouts of three rows of soldiers sounded in the night sky.

The commander of the devil stationed in the east suddenly heard the sound of cannonballs in the sky, and was so startled that he suddenly stuck his head out of the fortifications, and by the flash of the shell explosion, he saw the figure shaking in the distance, and immediately shouted that the New Fourth Army was coming, and commanded the soldiers to fire outside desperately.

The warriors who were charging towards the top of the hill saw that the devil had noticed it, and immediately looked for favorable terrain to hide, and at the same time began to raise their guns and shoot at the devil.

The devil's machine gun fired a string of tongues of fire, which looked very dazzling in the night sky, but this just indicated the target to Tong Guijie's mortar gunner, and a few shells passed, and the devil's machine gun on the mountain was directly dumb.

Seeing that the devil's firepower weakened, the fighters of the third platoon immediately bent down and attacked forward.

The commander of the devil who was defending the east saw that the New Fourth Army was attacking fiercely, and he was anxious to ask the squadron leader for reinforcements, and the devil squadron leader learned that the New Fourth Army was attacking the defenders east of the town, and while ordering the enemy stationed there to resist, he drew out a squad of troops and hurried to the east of the town.

Just as his reinforcements had left the town and rushed to the east, gunfire rang out again on the west side of the town, and the New Fourth Army took advantage of the darkness to attack the defenders to the west.

Immediately afterward, the shadow of the New Fourth Army also appeared in the south.

The leader of the devil squadron received one report after another from his subordinates, and he couldn't help but be anxious like an ant on a hot pot.

Ever since he set foot on Chinese soil, what he feared most was the night attack of the Chinese army. At night, the imperial air force could not provide support, and at the same time could not find out the details of the Chinese army, even if the reinforcements came to reinforce, they were also cautious, for fear that if they were not careful, they would fall into the trap of the Chinese surrounding the point to send reinforcements.

However, the appearance of the New Fourth Army in all three directions of the town made him panic, and while reporting the situation to the captain, he ordered the Imperial Allied Army to immediately take up positions and cooperate with the Imperial army to defend it.

Although the New Fourth Army did not appear in the north, the leader of the devil squadron was still not at ease, so he asked the Imperial Allied Army and two squads of Japanese troops guarding the north to constantly shoot flares into the air.

It's a pity that after the flare rose into the air, there was nothing unusual in the fields outside, and gradually the vigilance of the devils and the Imperial Association army guarding the north gradually relaxed.

However, these enemies did not know that at a distance of 300 meters in the field to the north, the first company began to dig with its head down, and by the time the second company attacked, the communication trench they had dug was already 150 meters away.

Because the earth they dug out carefully came out backwards, and the soldiers carefully placed the corn stalks and wild grass they dug up on the edge of the trenches, there was nothing unusual from a distance.

When the flares were fired, the warriors hid in the trenches they had dug out and began to dig carefully horizontally, waiting for the flares to go out, but then split into three ways and dug towards the fortifications defended by the enemy.

According to reconnaissance, the devils arranged two heavy machine guns and three grenadiers in front, as well as two platoons of the Imperial Army, although the strength was not very large, but the firepower was very strong, and the entire open area was firmly blocked. 、

If mortars were used, it would not be easy to destroy the enemy's machine-gun fortifications, and in the end Tong Guijie decided to take civil engineering operations to approach the surprise attack.

The defending enemy saw that the other directions had been fighting fiercely for half an hour, but there was nothing unusual on this side, and the flares were sparsely fired.

Long Zhishui, the commander of the first company, saw that the soldiers were approaching 80 meters, and it was difficult to ensure that they would not be discovered by the enemy, so he immediately ordered the whole company to disperse, divided into three roads, left, center, and right, and prepared to attack.

When the flare that rose into the sky went out, Long Zhishui let out a low cry and immediately rushed out like a cheetah, leading the warriors to fly forward through the night.

At a distance of eighty meters, it took less than ten seconds to rush over.

The enemy guarding the north still noticed the strange situation in front, and a devil took advantage of the fire beside him to find that someone seemed to be rushing in the field, and immediately shouted that there was a situation, and at the same time raised his gun and opened fire on the New Fourth Army that rushed over.

A soldier of the New Fourth Army, who was rushing forward, was unfortunately shot and fell to the ground.

The sudden sound of gunfire seemed to be a signal, and the New Fourth Army roared angrily, and the guns in their hands continued to fire at the enemy in front, while the grenadiers arranged in the back followed and fired shells at the enemy's positions.

The Imperial Army, which cooperated with the Japanese army to defend the position, heard the sound of cannonballs whistling in the night sky, and countless figures rushed towards them in front of them.

The remaining Japanese soldiers, as soon as they caught the guns at this time, the New Fourth Army rushed to the side of the fortifications, grenades and grenades kept flying over, explosions sounded everywhere in the fortifications, and the two heavy machine gunners just stretched out their hands to the machine guns, they were hit by several bullets and fell to the ground screaming.

Soon, the New Fourth Army, which rushed into the fortifications, met the remaining Japanese troops in short arms, but those New Fourth Army, who rushed into the fortifications, did not seem to have any intention of fighting bayonets at all.

In particular, the cadres of the New Fourth Army, who rushed to the front and were armed with shell guns, kept firing with their short guns, knocking the Japanese soldiers who were desperately resisting to the ground one by one. (To be continued.) )