"Hay!" The devil communication soldier suddenly bowed his head in response, and then turned around and walked away quickly.

Seeing the signal soldiers leave, Tokukawa was sensitive, and he threw the manuscript in his hand on the ground with a bang in his hand, and then strode away in a huff, leaving a group of military pilots looking at each other.

…………………………………………………………………………………… Guanqiao Town, the headquarters of the 5th Division of the Army.

After the daytime offensive was forced to stop, the commander of the 5th Division, Ita Heng Seisishiro, returned to the headquarters in Guanqiao Town.

"General, what shall we do? General Terauchi Shouichi ordered us to break through the defense line of the Tiger Army on the south bank of the Xinbian River before the fall and rush to the 20th Division to the aid of Ushijima Minorune! In the headquarters, the chief of staff of the Fifth Division, Takeshi Sakurada, said to Ita Heng Seishiro with a hesitant face.

"Hmph, Ushijima is often a fool, not greedy enough, and delusionally wants to monopolize the merits of this battle alone, but he really fell into the trap designed by Qiao Anbang." Itachi Seishiro snorted coldly with extreme disdain.

"General, now is not the time to hold accountable, let's think about how to rescue the 20th Division." Takeshi Sakurada said hurriedly.

"Judging from the current situation, if our army wants to break through the defense line of the Tiger Ben Army and capture Xiangcheng before the fall, it is tantamount to being more difficult than climbing to the sky!" Itako Seishiro said thoughtfully.

"Ah......" Sakurada Takeshi said with an extremely ugly face: "Could it be that the 20th Division is really going to be wiped out this time?" ”

"This will depend on Yuan Xiongmi's 108th Division." Itatsuno Seishiro said and turned around and walked towards the battle map hanging on the wall, and Sakurada Takeshi hurriedly followed.

Coming to the map, Itako Seishiro pointed to the map and said, "Now, Xia Yuanjun's 108th Division should be about to arrive in Su County, right?" As long as they reach Suxian and then attack south with all their might, and join the 20th Division before it is eaten by the Tiger Army, then in this battle, our army will be able to turn defeat into victory! ”

"The 108th Division?" Sakurada Takeshi was taken aback when he heard this, looked at the map, and couldn't help but nod silently.

……………………………………………… Beiping, the headquarters of the North China Front of the Army.

"Okabe-kun, what are you talking about?" After listening to the report of Chief of Staff Okabe Naosaburo, Shouichi Terauchi asked rhetorically with a surprised face.

"General Tokugawa Yoshitoshi called back and refused to carry out the order to send fighters to reinforce the 20th Division." Naosaburo Okabe replied with a somewhat heavy face.

"Yagayalu, Tokugawa Haomin, this bastard, what does he want to do? Want to rebel? The seven orifices of the temple were angry, and they couldn't help but roar angrily.

Judging from the results of the two battles between the 3rd Flying Corps directly under the Central China Front and the Air Force of the Tiger Army and today's Xiangcheng Air Force, it is indeed not appropriate for the Imperial Air Force to go to the Air Force of the Tiger Army to engage in a head-to-head air battle at this time, first of all, their fighters are more advanced than ours, which has been confirmed, and secondly, the Tiger Army seems to have some kind of advanced instruments or detection equipment.

No matter when the imperial army's air force took off and approached northern Anhui from which direction, they always seemed to know in advance, and then send a group of fighters to intercept the group of imperial fighters head-on. Okabe Naosaburo said this, investigating the above two points, and he also felt that it was meaningless to send the air force to fight at this time, which could not provide effective air support for the 20th Division, and would also cause unnecessary losses to the Imperial Army, and the loss of fighters would allow the empire to rebuild, but those experienced and excellent pilots could not be cultivated for a while and a half, once they were lost, they could not be replenished in a short time, and in the long run, even if the empire developed advanced fighters, it would not be manned! Therefore, General Tokugawa Yoshitoshi is still thinking more correctly and long-term! ”

"Baga, without the support of the Air Force, will the 20th Division be able to hold out until reinforcements arrive?" Shouichi Terauchi said angrily.

At this moment, a communications staff officer hurriedly ran in, and saluted Terauchi Shouichi and Okabe Naosaburo abruptly: "Your Excellency Commander, Your Excellency Chief of Staff, the commander of the Fifth Division Banheng Zheng Division has called. ”

"Read!" Shouichi in the temple was angry, and waved his hand angrily.

"Hay!" The communications staff officer bowed his head suddenly, and immediately opened the telegram in his hand respectfully, and read it aloud: "The report of the Fifth Division is that as early as the morning, Banheng Zhengjun has asked Xia Yuan Xiong Mi to lead the 108th Division to advance to Suxian County, so as to meet with the 20th Division, and it is expected that he should have arrived at the destination at this time, and he will soon be able to join the 20th Division. ”

"Huh? 108th Division? Terauchi Shouichi and Okabe Naosaburo looked at each other in surprise when they heard this, and they were not surprised by Itahima Seishiro's transfer of the 108th Division, after all, the former enemy commander this time was Ban Heng Seisisa, and the two were surprised that how could Itachi Seishiro deploy the 108th Division to advance eastward, could it be that Itachi Seishiro had already known that the 20th Division might be surrounded?

After pondering for a moment, Okabe Naosaburo took the lead in breaking the silence and said, "General, now is not the time to pursue these issues, so I suggest that I should immediately send an urgent telegram to the commander of the Shimoto Kumaya Division, urging him to join the 20th Division as soon as possible." ”

"Hmm!" Terauchi Shouichi did not lose his reason and calmness at this time, and immediately nodded in agreement, and instructed the communications staff officer: "Send a telegram to the 108th Division immediately, and strictly order them to join the 20th Division before the Shina Army!" ”

"Hay!" The communications staff officer hurriedly bowed his head in response, then turned around and strode away.

……………………………………………… Suxian north, on the dirt road.

Lieutenant General Shimoto Kumi, commander of the 108th Division, was leading all the main forces of the division to Suxian in a hurry, and Shimoto Kumma was sitting in an armored command car, closing his eyes and recuperating.

Outside the car door, a communications lieutenant hurriedly snapped his feet and saluted and reported: "Your Excellency the division commander, the commander of the North China Front Army Temple is in an emergency. ”

"Huh?" Shimoto Kumaya and Suzuki Toshiyuki were shocked when they heard this, and after glancing at each other, they immediately waved their hands to signal the communication lieutenant Nian.

The corresponding lieutenant stood up again, and immediately read quickly: "The 20th Division is surrounded by the Huben Regiment in the vicinity of Wugou Town, and the commander of the temple orders our troops to immediately advance to Wugou Town and rush to the aid of the 20th Division. ”

"The 20th Division is surrounded?" Xia Yuan Xiong Mi was taken aback when he heard this, and after a little contemplation, he immediately ordered the communication lieutenant: "Order all wings, go at full speed!" Hurry up and drop! ”

"Hay!" The devil communication lieutenant hurriedly bowed his head and answered, and immediately took the order.

……………………………………………… The defensive position of the Tiger Ben Army in Nanping Town.

After receiving Qiao Anbang's reply, Zhang Xudong, Chi Fengcheng and others decided to take Qiao Anbang's suggestion, leaving Liang Haoyao to lead a regiment of surviving officers and soldiers to stick to the existing positions in Nanping Town, and Zhang Xudong and Chi Fengcheng led the 3rd Armored Regiment and the 31st Division to attack Suxian in a roundabout way, preparing to take Suxian first, and then turn back to kill the two army brigades that went out of the city to reinforce.

On the defensive position, Liang Haoyao was holding a gun and was patrolling back and forth in the trenches with a guard, urging his subordinates to fight with all their might.

It may be that they received a death order, and the two infantry brigades of the Yue Army who came out of Suxian County just came into contact with Liang Haoyao's regiment, and launched a fierce attack like crazy.

"Whoosh......" Liang Haoyao was walking when a burst of bullets whistled over his head, and in less than ten minutes of fierce fighting, the battle entered a white heat.

A ghost soldier was swept several times by the MG34 general-purpose machine gun, but he still struggled to throw the melon grenade in his hand towards the Tiger Army's position.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, although the grenade failed to be thrown into the position of the Tiger Army, it confirmed the strength and determination of the Yue Army's attack from the side.

"Brothers, resist me, resist me, victory is at hand, as long as we hold Nanping and win time for the main force to encircle and annihilate the 20th Division, victory will definitely belong to us!" Liang Haoyao shouted encouragement as he walked through the trenches with his waist bent.

At the same time, in the country road leading to Su County, the roundabout troops led by Zhang Xudong and Chi Fengcheng were advancing at full speed along the country road.

As long as Su County can be recovered, it is nothing to crush some crops, the soldiers shed blood and sacrificed, and the people lost some food, I believe they will not have any complaints.

"Division Commander Chi, I'm about to arrive in Su County, and I'll use the tanks and armored vehicles of our three regiments as the front drive, first blast through the devil's city defense, and then you will lead the infantry to charge!" On an armored car, Zhang Xudong said to Chifeng City.

"Well, no problem." Of course, Chi Fengcheng knew Zhang Xudong's kindness, and he was happy to accept it, with the cover of tanks and armored vehicles, he naturally would not let his subordinates die in vain with his blood and courage. "However, the devil has to leave a large number of troops in the city this time, so we must not be careless." Chi Fengcheng reminded vigilantly.

"Well, what Division Commander Chi said makes sense, if the attack is blocked, I will immediately request air support from the military seat!" Zhang Xudong nodded approvingly.

In fact, Zhang Xudong and Chi Fengcheng both overestimated the strength of the Yue Army in Suxian County this time, and those who stayed in Suxian County were the 78th Infantry Wing of the 39th Brigade of the 20th Division of the Yue Army, and the two main wings of the 39th Brigade were not small in the previous battles with Liang Haoyao and Chifeng City, especially the 78th Infantry Wing, the original three infantry brigades that were fully staffed, and now there are less than two and a half left, except for the two infantry brigades taken away by the wing Kobayashi Hengichi.

At this time, there was less than one and a half infantry squadrons left in Suxian County, among which there were still many wounded soldiers, and the 31st Division of Chifeng City still had nearly 1,400 people at this time, plus Zhang Xudong's armored third regiment, which occupied an absolute advantage in terms of strength, equipment and firepower.

For about ten minutes, Zhang Xudong and Chi Fengcheng led their troops to rush to the west gate of Suxian County, and to their surprise, the devils didn't even set up a defensive position outside the city, and they didn't even have the necessary warning position.

In fact, it's not that the devils don't want to set up a guard position outside the city, the main thing is that they don't have enough troops, more than 200 people, except for some wounded soldiers, the defense of the county town is overstretched, and there are still surplus troops to deploy outside the city?

Without any hesitation, Zhang Xudong immediately commanded the Third Armored Regiment to launch an attack on the West Gate of Suxian County, there were about thirty or forty devils stationed in the West Gate City Defense, and when dozens of armored combat vehicles of the Third Armored Regiment of the Tiger Ben Army appeared, the devil soldiers on the city were completely shocked.

Before they could react, bullets rained down from the armored vehicles, whose on-board anti-aircraft machine guns and heavy machine guns were responsible for suppressing the city's troops, while the remaining No. 4 tank aimed its guns at the closed West Gate and began to carry out heavy shelling.

"Boom, boom, boom......!" In the first round of shelling, the heavy wooden gates were destroyed by the light of fire and explosions, and the next moment the tankmen aimed their guns at the head of the city.

For a time, at the west gate of Suxian County, the cannon roared, the fire flashed, and the gunpowder smoke was filled, and from time to time there were devils who were shaken down from the city by the air waves generated by the explosion, and fell heavily under the city.

"Brothers, rush, it's time to recover Su County, rush in for Lao Tzu, and kill all the little devils when you see them! Not a single one to stay! Seeing that the 3rd Panzer Regiment had cleared the way for them, Chi Fengcheng, the commander of the 31st Division, pulled out his matching gun, raised his gun and shouted.

"Rush! Kill! Thousands of officers and men of the 31st Division immediately responded in unison and swarmed into the city from the city gate.

When the remaining devils in the city hurried from several other directions, the soldiers of the 31st Division had already rushed into the city, and the next battle was no suspense, and the officers and soldiers of the 31st Division, all equipped with semi-automatic rifles and submachine guns, easily annihilated all the surviving Japanese troops in the city, and captured the field hospital of the 20th Division in the city, and captured a group of good-looking female nurses.

However, Chi Fengcheng is obviously not a merciful and jade lord, when his subordinates asked him for instructions on how to deal with the female captives, he waved his big hand without blinking: "Kou is my sworn enemy of China, regardless of men and women, old and young, all of them are killed, and no one is left!" ”

In the end, his orders were carefully carried out by his loyal subordinates, and all the female prisoners were killed by the 31st Division.

After capturing the whole city, Chi Feng Cheng immediately ordered his troops to clean up the battlefield.

In the city, in the original headquarters of the division, Zhang Xudong said to Chi Fengcheng: "Commander Chi, I will leave it to you here, I will return immediately with the third armored regiment, and cooperate with Chief of Staff Liang to eat the two army brigades outside the city." ”

"Well, you can go with confidence. I'll leave it to the 31st Division! Chi Fengcheng patted his chest without thinking.

At this moment, a major officer suddenly hurried in quickly, and before he could stand upright, he reported to Chi Fengcheng: "Division, the army has been found in the north of the city, and my third company has already exchanged fire with them. ”

"What? How many troops are there? Chi Fengcheng and Zhang Xudong were shocked when they heard this, and immediately asked.

"The specific strength is not clear, this is only the vanguard of the army, and the strength is about one wing." The major officer hurriedly replied.

"It's bad, maybe the devil's reinforcements have arrived." Chi Fengcheng thought about it and understood, and said indifferently.

"Well, the 20th Division of the Japanese Army is surrounded, and the devils will definitely send reinforcements to reinforce it, but I didn't expect them to come back so quickly." Zhang Xudong nodded in agreement.

Suddenly, bursts of gunfire faintly sounded outside, and when the major officer heard this, he turned his head to look outside, and said to Chi Fengcheng with an anxious face: "Master, it's not good, it may be that the devil has come in, what should we do?" ”

"I didn't say it, Suxian must not lose it, order the troops, immediately counterattack me, and drive the devil out of the city at all costs!" Chi Fengcheng shouted coldly without thinking.

"Yes!" The major officer snapped to his feet, and immediately turned to leave.

"Wait a minute, I'll go with you!" Zhang Xudong stretched out his hand to stop him.

"Commander Chi, I'll leave it to you here, I'll take the armored regiment to drive the devils out." Zhang Xudong turned his head to Chifeng City Road.

"Hmm!" Chi Fengcheng nodded solemnly.

Immediately, Zhang Xudong and the major officer strode away.

………………………… In the north of Suxian County, about 100 devils have broken through the defense of the 31st Division and broken into the city, because the devils came very suddenly, the 31st Division's troops at the north gate were not many at that time, so they were exploited by the devils.

However, the devil only rushed into the city, and as a [***] captain arrived with more than a hundred [***] soldiers, he immediately blocked the devil's attack, and the two sides were desperately shooting each other against the building, but [***] obviously had the upper hand.

In close combat, the MP38 submachine gun equipped by the soldiers of the 31st Division caused great damage to the devils, but because the devils outside the city were still pouring in, [***] failed to completely drive them out of the city, and the two sides stuck in the north gate of the city.

Outside the city, the commander of the 108th Division, who had just arrived at the headquarters of the division, got off the armored command vehicle accompanied by Chief of Staff Suzuki Toshiyuki, came to a dirt slope, raised a telescope, and began to observe the situation in the city.

Xia Yuan Xiong Mi raised the binoculars and said in a heavy tone: "I didn't expect that even Su County was captured by the Chinese army. ”

"General, don't worry too much, the 117th Infantry Wing, the vanguard of our division, has broken through to the north gate of Suxian County, and is currently fighting fiercely, I believe that it will not be long before the entire Suxian county seat can be captured."

"Hmm!" Xia Yuan Xiong Mi nodded thoughtfully, but still commanded in a deep voice: "Order the 108th Wing of the Field Artillery to immediately build an artillery position in case of emergency." ”

"Hay!" Toshiyuki Suzuki suddenly bowed his head in response, and then turned his head and whispered an order to an accompanying adjutant behind him, who also nodded repeatedly, and then turned around and took the order.

Just as Toshiyuki Suzuki turned around, a violent explosion suddenly sounded in the North Gate Castle, followed by a dense roar of machine guns.

First of all, from the analysis of the cannon sound just now, it should be a high-explosive shell fired by an artillery with a caliber of about 75mm, but the artillery wing of the 108th Division has not yet built an artillery position, and even the artillery squadron directly under the 117th Infantry Wing has not entered the city, and even the artillery is fired, and the artillery sound can only be sent by the Chinese defenders in the city.

The sound of the machine gun is easier to distinguish, and the army is only equipped with a Type 92 heavy machine gun and a crooked handle, that is, a Taisho 11-year light machine gun, and the gunfire of these two machine guns can be distinguished by any devil soldier.

The dense gunfire that rang out in the county town was obviously not the gunfire of the Type 92 heavy machine gun and the crooked light machine gun.

What made the two even more frightened was that judging from the intensity of the gunfire, there were at least 100 machine guns in the city.

Thinking that the Chinese defenders in the city had such artillery and such a large number of machine guns, Shimoto Kumaya and Suzuki Toshiyuki couldn't help but worry about the warriors of the 117th Infantry Wing who had stormed the city.

Soon, the worries of the two became a reality, and through the telescope, Kuma Shimoto and Toshiyuki Suzuki clearly saw that the warriors of the 117th Infantry Wing, who were still charging towards the city just now, would be driven out by the [***] team like ducks.

What surprised the two even more was that it was not the Chinese infantry who rushed out of the city first, but large tanks and armored vehicles flying the blue sky and white flags, and there were dozens of them.

In particular, the dozens of armored vehicles that rushed out later, each carrying two or three anti-aircraft machine guns and heavy machine guns, were pursued by a dense rain of machine gun bullets, and the soldiers of the 117th Infantry Wing, who had withdrawn in a hurry, fell in pieces.

Seeing this, Xia Yuan Xiong couldn't help but feel a pain in his flesh, and immediately ordered: "Quick, give the order to the 117th Wing, retreat, retreat immediately!" ”

"Hay!" Suzuki Toshiyuki hurriedly lowered his head suddenly, and then turned around and walked away quickly.

In an armored car, Zhang Xudong saw that he was almost in pursuit, so he immediately picked up the wireless walkie-talkie and ordered: "Attention all battalions and companies, stop the pursuit immediately, and the tank battalion will be behind, covering the whole regiment to withdraw to the city." ”

After receiving Zhang Xudong's order, the armored soldiers of the Third Armored Regiment began to retreat one after another, and one after another armored vehicles slowly withdrew to the city of Suxian under the cover of tank vehicles.

When the 3rd Armored Regiment retreated into the city, Zhang Xudong climbed to the top of the city and looked down at the city, where the open space under the city was full of corpses of the army, not to mention four or five hundred people.

Coupled with the devil soldiers who were killed in the city, in this battle just now, the Tiger Ben Army eliminated at least seven or eight hundred devils, killed a whole infantry brigade of devils, a full infantry wing, less than an hour, one of the three, enough for the devil to be afraid, [***] proud.

(To be continued)