More than two hours passed, and the sound of killing on the periphery of Erpu Town gradually weakened.

Surrounded by several guards, Qiao Anbang went to the roof of a private house in Erpu Town, and as far as the eye could see, there was a dazzling fire burning everywhere under the dark night sky, and the entire 114th Division was filled with gunsmoke and flames.

In these two hours, one hundred and fifty tanks of the [***] armored brigade galloped across the devil's position, crushing back and forth, and smashing the devil's defense line to pieces.

The main infantry took advantage of the situation to attack fiercely, and the corpses of the 114th Division were all over the field, and the blood flowed like a river.

Qiao Anbang slowly put down the telescope in his hand, and a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, tonight is destined to be a night to save [***] and shock the world.

Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps in the courtyard, Qiao Anbang turned his head to look down when he heard the sound, and saw Wang Gensheng running in with a few guards with torches: "The main seat, the main seat." ”

"I'm here." Qiao Anbang said indifferently.

Wang Gensheng raised his head excitedly and said: "General seat, great victory, great victory, our army has successfully eliminated the 114th Division, the commander of the enemy division, Shigeji Suematsu, was crushed into a pulp by a No. 4 tank, and the chief of staff, Saburo Isoda committed suicide by cutting his abdomen, except for a few devils who escaped by luck at night, the entire 114th Division has been completely annihilated by me." As for the remnants of those devils, the regiments are currently pursuing them with all their might. ”

Qiao Anbang nodded with satisfaction, and then said, "Order all regiments to immediately stop the pursuit and prepare to start." ”

"Yes!" Wang Gensheng immediately stepped forward and answered loudly, and immediately received the order.

Due to the rapid attack of the rescue [***], the entire 114th Division was caught off guard, and before even the farewell message could be sent, the division headquarters was crushed into powder by the tank regiment.

Soon, the regiments that were taking advantage of the situation to pursue the remnants of the devil received Qiao Anbang's order, although they were very reluctant to stop the pursuit, but Qiao Anbang's order, the regiment commanders still resolutely obeyed, and they stopped the pursuit, and they didn't care about cleaning up the battlefield, so they led their troops back to Erpu Town.

After assembling the troops, Qiao Anbang took the tank regiment as the forerunner, led the three infantry regiments of the first division, the guard company of the division headquarters and other directly subordinate troops, the guard regiment, and one and a half battalions of the second division, totaling about 15,000 people, and rushed to Xiquan Town.

This time to attack the 9th Division, Qiao Anbang did not return to Fengyang along the Dingfeng Highway and then advance in the direction of Xiquan Town, but went straight to the rear of the 9th Division along the rural dirt roads such as Zongpu, Lianggang, Zhouwei, and Caodian.

In this way, although the distance has increased to more than 50 kilometers, the whereabouts of the rescue [***] are hidden as much as possible, and the tactics of attacking it unprepared can be maximized.

………………………… At the foot of Yushan, the headquarters of the 9th Division was set up in a small mountain village that was already empty.

At this time, the entire village became the headquarters of the 9th Division, and the corpses of the villagers who were killed during the day were carried by the devils to the open space outside the village and concealed on the spot.

It was late at night, the humidity of the Huai River made the small village particularly cold, and some devil sentries wearing military coats on the periphery of the village were patrolling back and forth on the main road at the entrance of the village, and a snow-bright searchlight was shining back and forth, driving away the darkness everywhere they went, just like day.

A large house in the village has now become the headquarters of the 9th Division, and a small group of troops outside the courtyard has built fortifications and set up light and heavy machine guns to guard the division headquarters.

In one of the halls inside the house, there were no one else except two devil messengers on duty, and the radio occasionally made a ticking sound, breaking the silence in the hall.

Suddenly, a loud sneeze came from one of the bedrooms in the hall, and suddenly, a devilish officer with a full face came out of it wearing a military uniform.

The two devil communication soldiers on duty hurriedly took off their headphones, got up and saluted violently: "General! ”

Ryosuke Yoshika waved his hand casually and motioned for the two to sit down, and walked out of the hall in his military coat, and came to the courtyard to untie his trouser belt and begin to untie it.

At the same time, on the dirt road four or five miles away from the village, the armored torrent of the tank regiment of the [***] armored brigade was rumbling.

Qiao Anbang was sitting in a tank car, closing his eyes and recuperating, and Zhang Xudong, the commander of the armored brigade sitting next to him, held a small map in his hand and said to Qiao Anbang: "The general seat, it seems to be almost there." ”

"Huh?" Qiao Anbang opened his eyes when he heard this.

Zhang Xudong held a flashlight in one hand and pointed to the map on his knee and said: "Look, there is a mountain about a few miles ahead, called Yushan, after Yushan, go straight north for about ten miles to Xiquan Town." ”

"Oh, it's getting closer, order the troops, do the battle accurately! If you encounter a devil, destroy it on the spot. Qiao Anbang said after a moment's silence.

"Yes!" Zhang Xudong hurriedly responded, and immediately picked up the wireless walkie-talkie and began to convey the order.

Kameda Jun is a Cao commander of the third squad of the guard squadron directly under the 9th Division of the Japanese Army, about 25 or 6 years old, the reason why he is called this name is said to be because his mother was pregnant with more than ten men from the same village next to a paddy field, because he did not know who his father was, in order to commemorate that night, Kameda Jun's mother gave him such a name.

It was the third squad on duty tonight, and Kameda Jun's squad was ordered to garrison the entrance to the main road in the east of the village.

Kameda was a formally trained veteran of the Battle of Songhu, and he dutifully led his men to build some improvised fortifications at the entrance of the village.

Several subordinates were standing guard, and Kameda Caochang and three other subordinates gathered in front of a bonfire and were roasting the fire, seeing that the bonfire was getting weaker and weaker, Kameda Caochang said to one of his subordinates beside him: "Yamaki, go find some more firewood."

"Hay!" The devil soldier named Yamaki nodded hurriedly in response, and then turned around and walked towards the outside of the village.

Yamaki collected a small pile of waste wood and just wanted to pick it up, but in a trance, he seemed to see a beam of light, and suddenly turned around, only to see a large group of steel giants with car lights on the dirt road not far away, galloping towards this side.

He jerked the scrap wood in his hand, quickly removed the rifle from his back, and fired a shot into the air.

The sound of the gunshot was a warning signal for the devils, and as soon as the gunshots rang out, the devil sentries in the entire village and the other devils in the sleeping guard squadron were alarmed.

The sound of gunfire also alarmed the moving tank regiment, although the tank had headlights, but the visibility was limited, and in the dark night, people could see the tanks with the lights on from afar, but the tank men could not see the people standing in the dark.

"What's going on? Where to shoot? Zhang Xudong, who was sitting next to Qiao Anbang, asked in surprise.

The report of the commander of the first tank sounded over the intercom: "Back to the brigade seat, the sound of gunfire came from the village in front, and it seems that there is an enemy." ”

"There is a situation." Zhang Xudong turned his head and said.

Qiao Anbang heard the report on the walkie-talkie clearly, and he immediately said in a deep voice: "Regardless of the enemy or me, order the first battalion to rush forward first, and then say, the second battalion and the third battalion will surround the village in front of them in a roundabout way, if it is a devil, don't let any of them go!" In addition, the 2nd Regiment was ordered to guide the infantry convoy to immediately pass through Yushan and go straight to Xiquan Town. As soon as the gunshots rang out here, I am afraid that the devils in Xiquan Town will also be alarmed. ”

"Yes!" Zhang Xudong answered, then picked up the walkie-talkie and began to give orders.

After receiving the order, the battalions of the 1st Tank Regiment quickly began to move, and the 20 tanks of the 1st Battalion roared towards the east end of the village, while the 2nd and 3rd Battalions made a detour to prepare to encircle the entire village.

"Shoot!" Behind the devil fortifications in the east of the village, the devil soldiers in the village had already rushed to reinforce them, and the third squad leader pulled out his command knife and waved it forward, and dozens of devil soldiers opened fire one after another.

The dense bullets whistled and flew towards the first No. 4 tank that roared, and the "clanging" dense bullets hit the heavy armor of the No. 4 tank and burst out a series of sparks, which did not stop the No. 4 tank in the slightest.

At the same time as the difference between the devil soldiers, the muzzle of the black hole hole of the No. 4 tank slowly aimed at the devil's fortification at the entrance of the village, and there was a muffled sound of "tom", and a flash of fire appeared, and a high-explosive shell whistled out from the cannon chamber, and flew quickly towards the devil's fortification with a hot and dazzling tail flame.

Although it was not clear whether the village was friend or foe, after being attacked, the tank commander immediately ordered a return fire.

The "boom" shell fell into the devil's fortifications, and the violent explosion broke out, and the improvised fortifications built by the devils were completely destroyed in the explosion, and more than a dozen devil soldiers were blown into a blur of flesh and blood, and their stumps flew sideways.

In the village, Ryosuke Yoshika, who had just returned to the house after a small break, was awakened by the sound of gunfire from outside the village, and before he got out of bed, there were more intensive gunshots outside the village, and then a loud bang came again.

Ryosuke Ji Jia walked out of the hall in a panic with a military coat, but saw the chief of staff Nakagawa Hiroshi running over in a hurry.

Ryosuke Yoshika immediately asked, "Nakagawa-kun, what's the matter?" ”

"General, a large number of armored fighting vehicles have appeared outside the village, they are attacking, and the guard squadron has gone to resist." Nakagawa Guang gasped like an ox, and paused and said, "General, we have limited troops, for the sake of your safety, please evacuate here quickly." ”

"Hmm!" Ji Jia Ryosuke is insidious and cunning, in the case of unknown enemy situation, he does not dare to stay here for a while, and his main forces are in the direction of Xiquan Town, ten miles away, and there is a danger here for one more minute, so he immediately nodded and said: "Nakagawa-kun, immediately send a telegram to the cavalry wing, and order them to rush to reinforcements." After sending the message, immediately break through to the back mountain! ”

"Hay!" Nakagawa Hiroshi suddenly bowed his head and answered, and immediately walked straight into the hall.

Soon, several devil communication soldiers brought the radio and followed Yoshika Ryosuke and others to retreat to Yushan in a hurry.

At this time, the battalions of the 1st Tank Regiment had already launched an attack on the mountain village, and the tank guns opened fire one after another, and the entire village was already in a sea of fire.

(To be continued)