Shuangduiji, the 1st Regiment of the 5th Division of the Huben Army and the 31st Division of Chifeng City were jointly stationed.

Liang Haoyao and Chi Fengcheng were discussing the military situation together, discussing the results of the attack on the army in Nanping Town last night, and the head of the regiment, Tian Jin, walked in in a hurry, and reported to Liang Haoyao from a long distance: "Participate in the seat, the military seat is in an emergency." ”

"Oh? What does the military seat say? Liang Haoyao Huo Ran got up and hurriedly asked.

"The military command ordered that our troops and the friendly troops of the 31st Division quickly move in the direction of Sun Tong and Hancun, preparing to join the 3rd Armored Regiment of the Armored Brigade." Tian Jin opened the message and replied quickly.

"Han Village?" When Liang Haoyao heard this, he turned his head and found the location of Han Village on the map, turned his head to Chi Fengcheng beside him and said, "Big brother, now the main force of the 20th Division of the Yue Army in Suxian County has passed the boundary of Sun Tong, and I am going to lead my troops to set off." ”

"What did Brother Xian say, at the moment of the great enemy, how can my 31st Division stand by and watch, what you didn't say, we will go with you." Chi Fengcheng immediately said.

"That's good." Liang Haoyao nodded, and suddenly turned his head to Tian Jin, the head of the first regiment, and said, "Commander Tian, order the troops to start immediately!" ”

"Yes!" Tian Jin suddenly stepped forward and immediately turned to leave.

…………………………………………………… On the highway from Suxian to Pheasant and Ji, the commander of the 20th Division, Ushijima Minoru, led the headquarters of the division and the 77th Infantry Wing, the main force of the 39th Brigade and the 20th and 28th Infantry Wings directly under the division, were rapidly approaching Pheasant Heji along the road.

In front of them, the main force of the 40th Brigade had already passed through Qingtong Town, and the front of the troops was directed at Pheasant and Ji.

In a Dougu armored combat vehicle, Ushijima Minoru was sitting in danger, and the chief of staff, Kimura Hisazo, opened the portable small combat map and pointed to the map and said to Ushijima: "General, we are now less than twenty kilometers away from the base camp of the Tiger Ben Army. ”

"Hmm." Ushijima nodded excitedly, saying that it would be false if he was not excited, and to be able to capture the base camp of the Tiger Ben Army was no less than the capture of Yucheng, the capital of the national political axe at this time.

"General, the front is about to reach Sanlimen, are we stationed there?" Hisazo Kimura asked.

Ushijima woke up from joy, looked down at the map and said, "No, order the troops to move on, I'm going to have dinner at Pheasant and Ji!" ”

…………………………………………………… Yongsan Barracks, Temporary General Headquarters of the Tiger Ben Army.

"Military seat, the forward of the army has arrived at Xiniumiao, which is less than five kilometers away from my vortex river defense line." Liang Jiahan, the attendant adjutant, reported to Qiao Anbang urgently with a telegram.

"What about their follow-up troops?" Jo Anbang asked.

"According to the reconnaissance plane's report, the follow-up troops of the 20th Division have also passed through the Qingtong area and are marching rapidly towards our Pheasant and Ji base areas." Liang Jiahan replied.

"Oh, it's time." Qiao Anbang nodded, and then said: "Send a telegram to Li Yifeng, and the first division will immediately be dispatched to bypass the pheasant and set up an encirclement of the Yue army!" ”

"Yes!" Liang Jiahan stepped forward and immediately turned around and left.

………………………………………… Pheasant and Jinan, Xie Lou Village.

Li Yifeng's 1st Division has been ordered to withdraw here to hide and wait for its orders since last night, but fortunately, the people in the surrounding villages of Xie Lou Village have already withdrawn, and a large number of empty houses have provided an excellent place for the officers and men of the 1st Division to conceal their whereabouts.

In one of the larger courtyards in the village, Li Yifeng was pacing back and forth in the courtyard, and when the big war came, he couldn't sit still, waiting for Qiao Anbang's military orders all the time.

"Division, military urgency!" Suddenly, Sun Hai, chief of staff of the First Division, rushed out of the hall with a telegram in his hand.

"Huh? What does the military seat say? Li Yifeng immediately stopped and turned around and asked.

"The military seat ordered us to immediately go out, bypass the pheasant and the set, and encircle the lone 20th Division!" Sun Hai replied quickly.

"Great, damn it, it's finally here!" Li Yifeng praised fiercely, and then said to Sun Hai with an awe-inspiring expression: "Chief of Staff, order all regiments to set off immediately!" ”

"Yes!" Sun Hai snapped forward and agreed, and immediately turned around and walked into the hall.

After receiving Li Yifeng's telegram order, the infantry regiments of the 1st Division, which were on standby in Xie Lou Village and the surrounding villages, began to march towards Pheasant and Jiji.

……………………………………………… Xiangcheng Front.

When the artillery bombardment had just stopped, the surviving officers and men of the 7th and 6th Divisions on the positions came out of their bunkers and began to rescue the wounded robes and repair the damaged fortifications.

in the front enemy headquarters of the 7th Division, located not far behind the forward positions; Liu Ruming, commander of the 6th Division, put down his binoculars and said to Zhang Zizhong: "Brother Xun Chen, the artillery bombardment is over, and it is estimated that the next attack will be launched, and I think we can transfer the first armored regiment up." Just as Liu Ruming's words fell, the north shore sounded with the shouts and guns of the devil's attacking troops.

Zhang Zizhong and Liu Ruming both changed color at the same time when they heard this, and Zhang Zizhong opened his mouth to ask: "When will our air force arrive?" ”

"When I sent a telegram to the flying regiment just now, they called back and said that the bomber group of the flying regiment had just returned from the Huainan front line and was refueling, and I estimated that it would be almost time for it to arrive." Liu Ruming replied.

Zhang Zizhong pondered for a moment and immediately nodded: "Then inform Regiment Commander Zhang, and ask him to immediately lead an armored regiment to attack!" ”

"Hmm!" Liu Ruming nodded, and immediately turned his head and shouted: "Communication soldier ......"

On the position of the 3rd Regiment of the 7th Division of the South Tiger Ben Army at the Xinbianhe Bridge, regiment commander Huang Weigang was patrolling the trenches with two guard soldiers, urging the officers and men to prepare for battle.

Since there were only three divisions in the real unit number given to the Tiger Ben Army by the National Political Axe, since the 4th Division, all the newly formed divisions were temporarily self-appointed by Qiao Anbang.

The predecessor of the 3rd Infantry Regiment stationed at the forefront of Qiaonan was the 38th Division of the 59th Army, and the commander Huang Weigang was the commander of the original 38th Division, this person was a fierce general of the Northwest Army, and the 38th Division led by him was the elite of Zhang Zizhong's department, two great victories in Linyi, the 38th Division made great contributions, and the 59th Army was reorganized into the 7th Division under the Huben Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and the 38th Division was reorganized into the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the 7th Division.

Although the 38th Division was reduced to an infantry regiment, the division commander Huang Weigang and others were not the slightest dissatisfied. What's more, although the number of the troops has changed, the equipment and firepower have been greatly improved, and the combat effectiveness of the troops is much stronger than usual, so Huang Weigang and other former generals of the Northwest Army naturally will not have any dissatisfaction or objections.

Huang Weigang was training at the time, the opposite north bank sounded the screams of devils attacking, Huang Weigang heard the sound and immediately pulled out his gun and shouted to the guard soldiers: "Order all battalions, prepare for battle!" ”

One of the guards answered, and hurried down the trench to quickly convey the order.

At the urging of the military commanders of the battalions and companies, the surviving officers and men of the three regiments came out of their bunkers one after another and entered their respective positions.

More than a dozen general-purpose machine guns originally deployed at the bridgehead were also re-erected by the soldiers, and the cold black muzzles were silently aimed at the devil crowd who had rushed to the bridge in front.

"Fire!" With Huang Weigang's order, the officers and soldiers of the three regiments at the front opened fire one after another, and dense bullets poured towards the devil crowd like water.

In particular, the more than a dozen MG34 general-purpose machine guns deployed at the bridgehead burst out with amazing power, and more than a dozen hot tongues of fire suddenly erupted from the muzzles, forming a criss-crossing firepower network, sealing all the offensive routes of the devils from the bridge.

At the same time, the 2nd Regiment of the 7th Division also opened fire on the friendly positions of the 3rd Regiment, and they were responsible for blocking the Japanese army that was attacking from the opposite bank by boat and assault boat.

Behind the positions of the 3rd and 2nd Regiments, a tank group of more than 70 No. 4 tanks of the 1st Panzer Regiment, which had been forced to retreat and conceal, reappeared, and the tank crews began to fire a salvo of artillery on the north bank.

A high-explosive bomb with a whistling sound pierced the sky and smashed down towards the military positions on the north bank, and soon a deafening explosion sounded on the north bank.

However, to the surprise of the armored group, not long after they opened fire, dozens of planes with plaster flags suddenly appeared from the sky above the north shore, and these planes swooped directly in the direction where the armored group was located like sharks that smelled blood.

Zhang Yi, commander of the 1st Armored Regiment, was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly ordered all the combat vehicles to immediately stop shelling and retreat quickly through the radio. (After the death of the commander of the original armored regiment, Zhang Yi officially took over the post of regiment commander) Even if the tank armor can block the explosive shock wave of the devil's heavy aerial bomb, the tank soldiers in the tank will be shocked to death, so they must retreat.

However, it was too late, the speed of the planes was much faster than the tanks, and Zhang Yi's order had just been issued, and before the tankers could react, dozens of devil fighters roared in, and the machine guns and airborne machine guns rained down intensively.

"Bang Bang Bang" A dense rain of bullets hit the armor of Tank No. 4, and a series of muffled sounds burst out, and all the tank crews hurriedly reversed and retreated.

Before they could go far, the devil's bombers also swooped over their heads, and one after another bombs whizzed down like eggs.

"Boom, boom...... Boom, boom, boom......, boom" Violent explosions were heard one after another, and the smoke and flames filled the entire battlefield, and in the firelight, from time to time, tanks were destroyed by explosions, lost their ability to move, and were paralyzed there.

The tank crew inside had just jumped out, but they were frantically strafed by the devil fighters.

In the rear headquarters, Zhang Zizhong was in a hurry when he saw this, and immediately put down his binoculars and shouted at Liu Ruming: "Brother Ziliang, the Air Force, where are our Air Force?" Quick, send them a telegram and ask them to come for reinforcements right away! ”

Before Liu Ruming could answer, a piercing roar of aircraft engines sounded in the sky behind them, and Li Wentian, deputy commander of the 7th Division (formerly deputy commander of the 59th Army), pointed to the sky in surprise and said: "Division, look, it's our fighter!" ”

(To be continued)