Zaozhuang.

"Dozens of tanks of the tank regiment were the first to roar, followed by thousands of officers and soldiers of the first regiment.

"Brothers, rush!" Zhao Quan, the commander of the first company of the second battalion who rushed to the front, opened his throat while brandishing a pistol, and loudly urged his subordinates to charge.

"Kill! Come on! Hundreds of soldiers responded in groups, and rushed towards the head of Zaozhuang City like a tide under the cover of tank vehicles.

Dozens of tanks roared forward, and then they opened fire on the remaining firing points of the army at the head of the city, clearing as much as possible for the infantry to charge.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, a high-explosive bomb accurately hit a heavy machine gun position of the army at the head of the city several hundred meters, and with a flash of red light, several devil machine gunners fell down from the city with heavy machine guns and sack bunkers.

Originally, the city fortifications of the devils had already been crippled and shattered under the fierce artillery fire of the 1st Division of the Tiger Army, and now they were suppressed by the fire of the tank regiment and swept away one by one, and it was difficult to pose too much threat to the infantry group that rushed in like a tide.

After clearing the remnants of the devil's firepower, the tank crews began to turn their guns and began to bombard the walls of Zaozhuang.

"Boom...... Rumble...... Rumble! Although the 75mm caliber guns equipped with the No. 4 tank were far less powerful than the 105 howitzer group of the artillery regiment, the city walls, which had already been crumbling from the flames of war, began to gradually crack under the intensive bombardment of tank guns, and the last section collapsed with a bang.

A regiment of officers and men immediately took advantage of the situation to speed up, overtook the tank group, and rushed into the city like a tide from the broken gap in the city wall, and the originally silent and inactive city suddenly began to erupt into a dense burst of gunfire, and bullets were fired from some houses and buildings in the city to a group of soldiers who rushed into the city.

Under the dense firepower of the devils, a regiment of officers and soldiers who rushed into the city were immediately killed and wounded, and one after another they were shot and fell to the ground.

Zhao Quan, the commander of the first company of the second battalion, angrily pointed to a devil's heavy machine gun fire point hidden in a civilian house and roared: "Artillery, give Lao Tzu a flat on them." ”

Several artillerymen with 82mm large-caliber mortars rushed up, quickly set up mortars at the gap in the city wall, and began to fire at the devil's heavy machine gun fire point that was spitting tongues of fire.

"Tom tom tom ......tom" several muffled sounds, several shells whistled and flew towards the devil's heavy machine gun fire point, the fire flashed, the bunker outside the devil's machine gun fire point was directly blown apart, and several machine gunners hiding inside were blown up alive.

The Type 92 heavy machine gun, which was still roaring and spitting tongues of fire just now, suddenly fell silent.

Immediately afterwards, the artillerymen fired at several other devil fire points, and after destroying them one by one, the infantry that had stopped advancing broke out again with a tsunami-like shouting and killing sound and continued to rush towards the city, although the devils were fortified everywhere in the city and resisted stubbornly, but the Tiger Army was not the Eighth Route Army and other [***] who lacked offensive weapons, they were equipped with strong enough artillery and machine gun fire, although the speed of advancing forward was slightly slow, but the devils were unable to really resist the attack of the Tiger Ben Army.

Gradually, the devil's defensive circle became smaller and smaller, and the group slowly adapted to such house-by-house battles and street battles.

………… As early as the first regiment launched a general attack on the Zaozhuang army, Cao Er led the first regiment of the headquarters to launch a full-scale attack on the devils in Yicheng after the artillery bombardment.

Cao Er's regiment also had the cover of tank clusters, and the size of its artillery that was previously responsible for covering infantry attacks was two regiments, which was amazingly powerful, and the two German-style 105 howitzers were used to deal with the 63rd Wing, which lacked heavy weapons.

However, compared to the lives of the soldiers, the importance of the shells is insignificant.

The assault team led by Cao Er took the lead in breaking through the devil's city defense, and then began to advance towards the whole city, and like a regiment, Cao Er's department was also stubbornly resisted by the devil, which is also a reasonable thing, whether it is the 10th Wing or the 63rd Wing are fighting in a trapped beast.

Zaozhuang and Yicheng are in flames, and fierce battles are raging.

In the area of the Nansha River, 25 kilometers southwest of Zaozhuang, the cavalry regiment directly under the 13th Army of Tang Enbo's department and the 9th Cavalry Division marched all the way to bypass the Zaozhuang battlefield and rushed here, just in time to collide head-on with the 8th Brigade that rushed to reinforce Zaozhuang.

The Ninth Division of the Cavalry and the 13th Army Cavalry Regiment fought and retreated, and finally insisted on the arrival of Guan Linzheng's 52nd Army, which had two main divisions and an artillery regiment, including the 25th Division, the division commander Zhang Yaoming, the second division commander Zheng Dongguo, and the Fourth Artillery Regiment was formerly a reading artillery unit belonging to Han Fuqu of the Shandong Army, which was later forcibly deployed to Tang Enbo's department by Chairman Jiang.

The two divisions of the 52nd Army were both the central divisions of Chairman Chiang, and in the [***] sequence, they were well-equipped and quite strong in combat, and they were the main forces of Tang Enbo's department.

With the addition of the 52nd Army, the two sides suddenly launched an unusually tragic fierce battle, the battle fell into a white-hot battle from the beginning, although the 8th Brigade has air force reinforcements, but it is not much stronger than the 52nd Army in individual weapons, plus the 52nd Army is in an absolute advantage in terms of strength, so although the 8th Brigade is attacking rapidly, it has been unable to break through the defense line of the 52nd Army.

At the same time, the 139th and 6th Divisions of the 75th Army of the Twentieth Army of Townenburg also arrived one after another, and the two divisions began to move towards the rear of the 8th Brigade in two directions.

As Bai Chongxi guessed in advance, although the 8th Brigade was aware of the intentions and whereabouts of the 75th Army, in order to rescue the Seya Detachment, they did not choose to take the initiative to shrink and retreat, but continued to storm the defensive positions of the 9th Cavalry Division and the 52nd Army.

…………………… Teng County, the headquarters of the 10th Division of the Army.

The chief of staff, Tibu Gui Osa, hurriedly walked up to the division commander Ryosuke Isoya, and hurriedly reported: "Your Excellency, division commander, the aviation reconnaissance plane has discovered that the Chinese Army is making a detour towards the flanks of the 8th Brigade and seems to be encircling the 8th Brigade. ”

Ryosuke Isoya was shocked when he heard this, and immediately walked to the map and stared at the map and pondered for a moment, then asked in a deep voice: "Where is the 14th Division now, and how long will it take to arrive?" ”

"Back to the general, the commander of the 2nd Division of Tufeiyuan Xian has personally led the 14th Division to set off from Jining, and at present, the forward wing of the 14th Division has passed through Zoucheng, and it will be able to reach the front line of Shahe in two hours at most." Ti Bu Gui Dazuo bowed his head and replied.

Ti Bu Jia Gui Dazuo's words fell, and a devil communication lieutenant rushed in, and saluted to Isoya Liansuke and Tibu Jiagui abruptly closed their feet and stood upright: "General, Zaozhuang and Yicheng called at the same time to report the urgency, the telegram said that the offensive of the Chinese army is rapid, and its attacking troops have entered the city, and the commander of the Seya detachment asks for reinforcements to arrive as soon as possible, and they can hold out for half an hour at most." ”

Isoya Ryosuke suddenly felt a pang when he heard this, and in half an hour, according to the current intelligence, it was the 20th Army Corps of Tang Enbo, which had not shown up, that blocked the 6th Brigade, and this corps was the [***] Central Elite Army, and its combat effectiveness was much stronger than Sun Lianzhong's Second Army.

Not to mention half an hour, if the 14th Division cannot arrive in time, it is a question whether the 8th Brigade can retreat in its entirety.

However, as the division commander of the 10th Division, he would not easily launch the Seya detachment until the last moment, and immediately ordered the communications second lieutenant: "Call back to Seya Kai and tell them to hold on with all their might, and the reinforcements will arrive soon!" ”

"Hay!" The communications lieutenant bowed his head abruptly, and then turned to leave.

Seeing the second lieutenant of communications leaving, Ryosuke Isoya said to the chief of staff, Ti Bujiagui: "Ti Bujun, send a telegram to the 8th Brigade, strictly order Lai Wujun to attack with all his strength, and then send a telegram to the 14th Division, asking them to come as soon as possible." ”

"Hay!" Ti Bugui also hurriedly bowed his head in response, and then strode away with his saber.

………………………………………… Inside the city of Yicheng.

Cao Er led the assault team to capture one-third of Yicheng, and the devils of the 63rd Wing were gradually put down and compressed to the northwest corner of the city, and the dense gunfire in the entire city rang out non-stop, and the sound of MP38 submachine guns, MG34 general-purpose machine guns and Garand semi-automatic rifles resounded throughout Yicheng City.

In close-range street battles and storms, the advantages of submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles are even more obvious, and the devil soldiers, who often hide in bunkers, have just fired the first bullet before they can pull the bolt to fire the second shot, and a dense rain of bullets will fly towards him.

Cao Er led hundreds of commandos to capture a fortification set up by the devil at the entrance of the street again, leaving more than a dozen infantry to stay, Cao Er led the troops to continue to advance in the direction of the devil's headquarters.

At the same time, several other battalions of the 2nd Division also began to move in the direction of the Devil's Command from other directions, and at the same time, the tank units had also moved into the city and began to provide cover and fire support for the infantry.

In an inconspicuous house, the wing headquarters of the 63rd Infantry Wing of the Chinese Army is located here.

In the command headquarters, the captain of the wing, Fukuei Zhenpei, wrote a farewell message with an awe-inspiring expression, listening to the gunfire outside getting closer and closer to his wing headquarters, Fukuei Zhenping's pen became faster and faster.

Hurriedly finished the farewell message and a family letter for his wife, Furong Zhenping pulled out his command knife, knelt down towards the United Flag, and suddenly raised the knife and stabbed himself in the abdomen, poof, the sharp adjutant knife suddenly pierced into Furong Zhenping's abdomen, Furong Zhenping muttered two bird words in a hideous low voice, and fell to the ground.

After several devil communication soldiers sent out the farewell message, they also began to commit suicide by seppuku, and for a while, the entire headquarters of the 63rd Wing sounded the sound of sharp blades and seppuku one after another.

(To be continued)