The chief of staff of the Botian detachment next to him was shocked when he saw that Hatian had given the order to close the city gate, and immediately asked in disbelief: "Your Excellency Lieutenant General, we still have hundreds of soldiers who have not entered the city, once the city gate is closed, they will be wiped out by the Zhong [***] team outside the city." ”

Hauda Shigeichi also looked helpless, let out a long sigh, and then explained weakly: "Everyone has seen that the [***] team in the distance is coming like a tide, if we don't close the city gate in time, these [***] teams will rush into the city, do you want to fight with tens of thousands of [***] teams?" ”

The few little devil commanders next to him were also full of sadness, and their own detachment commander was completely right, for the sake of the entire Botian detachment, they had to give up the hundreds of soldiers who had not yet entered the city.

"Close the gates!" The little devil's chief of staff commanded helplessly and loudly.

Guarding the city gate is a small devil infantry squad, hearing the order of his chief of staff, immediately closed the heavy city gate, hundreds of little devils outside the city, seeing that the city gate has been closed, their own troops have given up on themselves, and then look at the closer and closer [***] team, full of despair.

Some of the little devils were already red-eyed, and some of the little devils even rushed towards the [***] team with their 38-style rifles, but these dozens of little devils who rushed over were beaten into a sieve by the dense AK-47 assault rifle bullets before they rushed to a hundred meters.

The rest of the little devils saw that rushing forward was also dead, and there was no way to retreat, and the defense line in their hearts suddenly collapsed, several little devil soldiers threw away the rifles in their hands, raised their hands and surrendered, some people took the lead, and the rest of the little devils followed suit and all raised their hands to surrender.

Hata Shigeichi, who had not yet withdrawn from the city wall, saw that hundreds of little devil soldiers outside his city had surrendered one after another, his face was blue with anger, and he was about to take out his pistol and kill a few surrendered little devil soldiers, but he was hugged by the chief of staff of the little devil.

At this moment, the squadron has already approached the city, and it will be too late if it does not retreat, and the chief of staff of the little devil "wisely" retreats to the city with Hakata Shigeichi.

The Potian detachment used to be a Taiwanese garrison force, and many soldiers and low-ranking officers were Taiwanese, and the will to fight could not be compared with that of the little devils' field divisions.

Today, these little devil soldiers are in a desperate situation and are abandoned by Hakata Shigeichi, and as soon as the Taiwanese soldiers among these hundreds of little devil soldiers surrender, the other real soldiers will also surrender.

The soldiers of the third infantry division, seeing hundreds of surrendered little devils, immediately cheered happily, tied up the little devils one by one, and sent them to the rear, at this time there were not many little devils left on the west city wall, and they did not dare to take the lead in shooting when they saw more than 20,000 soldiers of the [***] team under the city, but nervously held the guns in their hands, and paid close attention to the [***] team not far from the city.

The soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division were not in a hurry to attack at this moment, but confronted the little devils defending the city from afar, putting pressure on the little devils, so as to drive the Botian detachment out of the city as soon as possible.

At this time, many people in the Botian detachment had already left the city from the east of Jingzhou and retreated in the direction of Wuhan, and there were not many little devils left on the city wall, and the little devils on the city wall looked at the large number of [***] teams around, and they didn't have much will to fight, they just wanted to hold on for half an hour, and then retreat to the east gate.

In the east of the city, many little devils have already gone out of the city gate, the little devils are in a hurry to flee for their lives, and the speed of going out of the city is very fast, and many heavy equipment such as heavy 92 heavy machine guns and mortars have been abandoned, and it is too late to destroy. A large number of little devils left Jingzhou City in a hurry and marched in the direction of Wuhan.

At this time, the original 612 regiment stationed in the eastern suburbs of the city had already retreated without a trace, and now the 612 regiment has left Jingzhou City several kilometers away.

A few little devils were driving the road in front, followed by more than a dozen large trucks, and Hakuda Shigeichi was sitting in one of the trucks, and behind the trucks were thousands of little devils, running forward......

Yichang, 59th Army Headquarters.

The information that the little devil escaped out of the city was immediately fed back to the headquarters by troops outside the city, and Zhang Zizhong saw that as Zhang Yunfei expected, the little devil really fled from the east of the city.

Zhang Zizhong looked at Zhang Yunfei with a little admiration and said: "Brother, you are really like a god, the little devil is now hurrying out of the city and fleeing east in the direction of Wuhan." ”

Zhang Yunfei smiled faintly and said: "Big brother, after the little devil goes out of the city, it will be a field battle, we will fight quickly, and eliminate the Botian detachment before the reinforcements from the little devil Wuhan arrive." ”

Zhang Zizhong listened to Zhang Yunfei's words, and was happy at first, if it was really possible to completely annihilate the Botian detachment, it would also be a very exciting thing, but it didn't take long for Zhang Zizhong to say a little worriedly: "Brother, we only blocked the 612 regiment, and the strength of our regiment doesn't know if it can resist the little devil fleeing eastward." ”

Zhang Yunfei pondered for a while, and also suggested: "Then send one or two more regiments to bypass and reinforce the 612th regiment, I think two or three regiments can still block the road for the little devil to flee eastward." ”

"Okay, I think this will work, then send our 613th Regiment and Cavalry Regiment to march in a hurry and make a detour to reinforce the 612th Regiment."

The two quickly agreed on the same opinion, and Zhang Yunfei immediately began to convey the order: "Order, all troops pursue the little devil, the 613th Regiment and the Cavalry Regiment of the 59th Army, march urgently, make a detour to reinforce the 612th Regiment, and before four o'clock in the afternoon, all units will complete the encirclement of the Botian detachment." ”

Everyone in the command headquarters saw that Zhang Yunfei began to convey the order, and immediately stood upright, with a respectful face, and several correspondents began to record Zhang Yunfei's order with a brush......

Wuhan, the headquarters of the 10th Army of the little devils.

The commander of the Little Devil Tenth Army, Noda Miyahiko, had a blue face, and he didn't say a word in the command center, just walked back and forth, and the chief of staff of the Little Devil's Tenth Army, Nagata Sadao, also stood solemnly, with a solemn face, and stood silently aside.

Just now, the little devil communication corps sent a telegram from the Botian detachment, which said that tens of thousands of Chinese [***] teams had surrounded Jingzhou City, including at least 20,000 troops of the 36th Group Army, and the rest were Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army.

What made Noda Miyahiko upset was the sudden appearance of the 36th Group Army, although Noda Miyahiko couldn't understand how the 36th Group Army far away in Shanxi could suddenly appear outside Jingzhou City, but now Noda Miyahiko felt that the matter might be a bit serious. Fortunately, in the telegram just now, it was said that the Botian detachment had successfully broken through and was rushing in the direction of Wuhan.

After thinking for a long time in the command headquarters, Noda Miyahiko said to the chief of staff of the little devil: "Nagata-kun, immediately give an order to the 18th Division, asking the 18th Division to immediately move west to meet the Hatian detachment. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander." The chief of staff of the little devil immediately replied respectfully, and then cautiously suggested: "Shall we send some planes to bomb the squadron [***] pursuing the Botian detachment?" ”

The little devil commander pondered for a while, and then said helplessly: "Nagata-kun, we still don't know the situation of the Chinese Air Force at present, and we still can't easily send our Air Force to attack." ”

"Hey, Your Excellency Commander, then I'll give the order to the 18th Division right away." The chief of staff of the little devil immediately stood up and bent down and said respectfully.

"Go ahead!" The little devil commander waved his hand, and the little devil chief of staff was about to turn around and go out, but the little devil commander added: "Nagata-kun, order the chariot wing and motorized brigade of the 18th Division to advance west along the kilometer as soon as possible, and the rest of the troops will also follow up immediately." ”

"Hey!" The little devil's chief of staff bent down again and saluted before turning around and going out to deliver the order......

In the position of the Third Infantry Division, the division commander Chen Erwa saw that there were fewer and fewer little devils on the city wall, and the little devils estimated that they had almost retreated, so Chen Erwa immediately shouted: "Comrades, everyone began to attack the city and rushed into the city, the little devils are already fleeing." ”

The soldiers who heard the order immediately ran to the city gate not far away with AK-47 rifles, and the little devils on the city wall saw that the [***] team below began to attack the city and was about to raise their guns to shoot, but the little devils who had just emerged were immediately hit by the dense AK-47 rifle bullets and their heads were blown out.

Within a few minutes, several hundred people of the 3rd Infantry Division had rushed to the vicinity of the city gate, and a soldier saw the closed city gate not far away, so he held an explosive bag and said to his battalion commander: "Battalion commander, let me go and blow the city gate open." ”

The battalion commander grabbed the soldier who was holding the explosive bag, and then shouted, "Mortar, hurry up and bring a mortar." ”

Immediately, three fighters came with a 60-mm mortar, and the battalion commander immediately asked the soldiers to lay the barrel flat against the city gate not far away, and then personally took a shell and skillfully stabbed the shell with a wooden stick.

I saw a "tom" sound, and the shell shot out flat, hitting the city gate not far away, and with a loud "boom", the thick wooden city gate was blown into pieces.

Many soldiers next to him were dumbfounded, and his battalion commander was too good to use mortars as flat-fire guns. Seeing the soldiers who were still stunned around him, the battalion commander immediately shouted: "Comrades, everyone, rush into the city and destroy the little devils." ”

The soldiers, who were still in a daze, heard their battalion commander shouting and charging, and immediately came back to their senses, shouting and rushing into the city, the little devils on the city wall, seeing the [***] team below, took a mortar as a flat-fire gun, and easily broke through the thick city gate, and couldn't believe their eyes.

(To be continued)