After two days of concealed marching, more than 2,000 men of the 5th Infantry Regiment, the vanguard of the 3rd Infantry Division, reached the area of Wujiashan, less than 20 kilometers west of Jingzhou, on 6 October, a strategically important town west of Jingzhou and the western gateway of Jingzhou, where a reinforced infantry brigade of the Botian detachment was stationed.

In the past two days of the troops' march, the planes of the flying group frequently took off to reconnoiter the movements of the little devil troops, so Zhang Yunfei still knew the movements of the little devil troops. The day before yesterday, one of the little devil's reconnaissance planes took off from Wuhan Airport and was successfully shot down by the flying group when it was heading for reconnaissance in the direction of Yichang.

Since there was no reconnaissance plane in the sky for the little devil's reconnaissance, the troops' march was still relatively hidden, until Zhang Yunfei's vanguard had reached the periphery of Wujiashan less than two or three kilometers, and the little devils still did not notice that the [***] team had already overwhelmed the border.

In this attack on Jingzhou, there were more than 20,000 people in the Third Infantry Division alone, plus tens of thousands of people from the 59th Army, the total number of troops reached a terrifying 60,000 or 70,000, and at present the troops were marching to Jingzhou in three ways, the 3rd Infantry Division of the 36th Group Army launched an attack from the west of Jingzhou, the 180th Division of the 59th Army launched an attack from the north of Jingzhou, and the rest of the troops will attack from the south of Jingzhou.

In the periphery of Wujia Mountain, the little devil has built several watchtowers, each watchtower is as high as more than ten meters, the boxy watchtower construction area is more than 100 square meters, on the thick red brick walls on all sides, the little devil also opened more than a dozen shooting holes, and there is a 92-type heavy machine gun position at the top of each watchtower.

There are at least half a squad of devils in each watchtower, and the watchtower is a difficult bone for the troops who do not have heavy weapons to attack.

Zhu Ming, the commander of the 5th Infantry Regiment, was lying in the grass at this time, holding a telescope to observe the enemy situation in Wujiashan in front of him, Wujiashan is just a small town, and the little devils have built a large number of fortifications on the periphery of the town, with both watchtowers and trenches, and it seems that there are at least a thousand little devils in Wujiashan.

Behind Commander Zhu, in the grass, in the bushes, and in some small woods not far away, there were a large number of soldiers hidden, because the soldiers were wearing camouflage uniforms, and their concealment was very strong, and the little devils hundreds of meters away still didn't notice it.

After observing the little devil's position for a while, Regiment Commander Zhu turned to a messenger next to him and said, "Send a report to the commander-in-chief, the 5th Infantry Regiment of the vanguard has entered the attack position and can attack at any time." ”

In Yichang City, Zhang Yunfei and Zhang Zizhong were looking at the military map in front of them together, and several combat staff officers were carefully marking the marching direction of each unit and the position they had reached at this time on the map.

Zhang Zizhong looked at the map and said to Zhang Yunfei with a smile: "Brother, our vanguard should have entered the periphery of Wujiashan at this time." It seems that the little devil is still unconscious, and the little devil will suffer later. ”

At this time, a signal soldier walked in and reported loudly: "Commander-in-chief, the 5th Infantry Regiment of our vanguard has entered the attack position, and Zhu Ming, the commander of the 5th Infantry Regiment, sent a telegram just now, asking for instructions on the next move. ”

"Send a report to the 5th Infantry Regiment, hide in place and stand by, and at the same time order the artillery regiment to hurry up the construction of artillery positions, and start shelling the position of the little devil Wujiashan at ten o'clock in the morning. After taking Wujiashan, the troops hurried to Jingzhou to attack. ”

Zhang Yunfei planned to take Wujiashan as quickly as possible, and then encircle Jingzhou with a large army and quickly eat the Botian detachment.

Zhang Zizhong saw that Zhang Yunfei had issued a series of orders, and immediately ordered his troops to march quickly and pounce on Jingzhou.

Less than five kilometers west of Wujiashan, the artillery regiment is stepping up the construction of artillery positions, and 72 105-millimeter howitzers have all been removed from the tractor trucks and lined up in neat rows, with the muzzles of the black holes facing the direction of Wujiashan.

The artillery commander looked at the busy soldiers, looked at his watch again, and it was less than an hour before ten o'clock in the morning, so the artillery commander opened his throat and shouted loudly to his artillerymen: "Comrades, everyone refuel, strive to build a position within half an hour, and fire the artillery on time at ten o'clock." ”

"Okay, please rest assured." The warrior next to him agreed with a bang.

At nearly ten o'clock, all the cannons were ready to be fired at any time, the artillery commander looked at everyone with satisfaction, then looked at his watch, and then walked to the artillery mirror on a high place, looked at it repeatedly, and only after seeing that everything was correct, he walked to his headquarters with satisfaction.

As soon as 10 o'clock arrived, the artillery commander gave the order to open fire, and 72 105-mm howitzers roared at the same time, and a large number of shells, with a sharp whistle, flew towards the little devil's Wujiashan position.

On the Wujiashan position of the little devils, many little devils heard a large whistling sound in the sky, and many experienced little devils, as soon as they heard this familiar whistling sound, their faces immediately changed greatly, it was not good, it was a large-scale shelling.

Several little devils standing guard at the top of the watchtower also heard the whistling sound, and immediately became frightened and overwhelmed, standing there indifferently, and a cannonball hit this watchtower, blowing these little devils into pieces, and blowing up the entire top of the watchtower.

In Wujiashan Town, the captain of the little devil also heard the whistling sound in the sky, and immediately asked anxiously: "Where is the cannon fired, where is the cannon being fired." ”

Several little devils next to him were silent, unable to answer their captain's questions, the captain of the little devil team saw that a few questions were fruitless, and immediately went out of his own headquarters, holding a telescope, and climbed up to the lookout post next to the headquarters as high as more than 20 meters, holding a telescope, looking anxiously.

In the telescope, the captain of the little devil brigade saw the situation of the little devil's forward position clearly, and saw that a large number of little devils were killed, and the captain of the little devil was so angry that his face turned pale.

On the position of the artillery regiment, all the artillerymen appeared to be extremely excited and happy, and quickly loaded and opened fire, and after ten minutes, all the artillerymen stopped firing, and as soon as the sound of the artillery stopped, everyone let out bursts of cheers.

Within ten minutes, each cannon fired 20 shells, and the 72 cannons fired nearly 1,500 shells in total, plowing the position of hundreds of little devils several times.

"Comrades, immediately pack up your equipment and immediately march in the direction of Jingzhou." Seeing that the artillery regiment had successfully completed the 10-minute artillery bombardment task assigned by Zhang Yunfei, the artillery commander immediately ordered the troops to immediately move out.

At this time, the soldiers of the 5th Infantry Regiment of the Third Infantry Division were lying on the ground, looking at the spectacular artillery bombardment not far away, their eyes were also full of eagerness and excitement, and many soldiers were a little impatient, wanting to rush to the position of the little devil immediately and eliminate the little devil.

On the position of the little devils, those watchtowers have already been bombed into piles of ruins, and the trenches built before have basically been blown up.

Suddenly, a loud charge horn sounded on the position of the 5th Infantry Regiment, and as soon as the charge horn sounded, the commander of the 5th Infantry Regiment immediately stood up and shouted: "Comrades, rush!" ”

Suddenly, the position of the 5th Infantry Regiment let out an overwhelming shout, and more than 2,000 soldiers rushed to the little devil's position a few hundred meters away.

When everyone rushed to the little devil position, the resistance encountered was very weak, there were only seven or eight hundred little devils on the little devil position, in the shelling just now, most of the little devils were killed, after the shelling, there were less than 200 little devils who could still breathe, such a little devil, in front of more than 2,000 soldiers with AK-47 rifles in their hands, could not organize any effective resistance at all.

All the little devils who tried to fight back were taken care of by several fighters, and they were almost beaten into a sieve, and those seriously injured little devils were also shot by the fighters and sent to see their Amaterasu.

In Wujiashan Town, the captain of the little devil brigade who was holding up a long-distance observation on the lookout post, saw that his hundreds of soldiers were immediately wiped out, and then looked at the Chinese soldiers who poured into the town like a tide in the distance, and then looked at his only three or four hundred soldiers, the little devil captain with a blue face, very desperate and helpless, because there were only three or four hundred little devil soldiers, and nearly 100 were non-combatants.

The captain of the little devil brigade was blue-faced, got off the lookout post in a hurry, hurriedly rushed into his headquarters, and said eagerly to several little devil communication soldiers: "Quick, hurry up and send a report to His Excellency Lieutenant General Ha Tian Shigeichi, Wujiazhen has been attacked by thousands of squadrons, and this squadron is equipped with a large number of heavy artillery, asking for tactical guidance." ”

The little devil communication soldier, after hearing this, immediately looked hurried, and sent a report to Hatian Shigeichi in Jingzhou, asking for tactical guidance.

As soon as the telegram was sent, the unique gunfire of the AK-47 rifle of "da, da, da" sounded in Wujia Town, and the gunfire became more and more intensive, and the 3rd Infantry Division had already exchanged fire with the little devils in the town.

There are only three or four hundred little devils in the town, most of them are holding 38-type rifles, and in the face of Chinese soldiers who are almost ten times their own, the little devils are almost overwhelmed by the ferocious firepower of the [***] team, and it doesn't take long for the little devils in the town to be basically wiped out, and the remnants of dozens of little devils are all cowering in the headquarters of the little devils.

In order to reduce casualties, the commander of the 5th Infantry Regiment did not order the soldiers to attack inside, but shouted loudly: "Comrades, give me a hard mortar." ”

Immediately, the soldiers set up more than a dozen 60mm mortars, and a company commander personally commanded the soldiers, preparing to shell the little devil's headquarters. ”

(To be continued)