At the south gate of Su County, when Qiao Anbang led the special operations battalion and a regiment of officers and soldiers to withdraw into the city, Zhang Xudong led the armored troops to stop the pursuit.

When all the armored troops withdrew into the city, the infantry guarding the south gate quickly stepped forward and closed the city again, and the machine gunners at the head of the city also raised their general-purpose machine guns high.

In the city, Zhang Xudong jumped out of the tank, strode towards Qiao Anbang excitedly, and when he came to him, he stood up and saluted: "Military seat, you are here." ”

"Well, here we are." Qiao Anbang saluted in return, stepped forward and patted Zhang Xudong on the shoulder and said, "Xudong, hard work." ”

"Serve the country, not hard!" Zhang Xudong was flattered and hurriedly said.

While the two were talking, Liang Yiyu, the commander of the special operations battalion, and Tian Jin, the commander of the first regiment, walked over at the same time.

"Throne, throne." When they arrived, the two of them stood up at the same time to salute Qiao Anbang.

"Hmm." Qiao Anbang raised his hand in return and nodded slightly.

"Junza, why didn't you let us take advantage of the victory to pursue and expand the results of the battle just now?" After the salute, Tian Jin, the head of the regiment, asked. Liang Yiyu next to him obviously looked at Qiao Anbang with some doubts.

"A regiment is tired from a long battle, the special operations battalion is also a long-distance march, plus we have too few troops, even if we pursue, it is difficult to expand the results, and the most important thing is that the garrison of Suxian is weak, we must use our limited strength to contain the reinforcements of the devils, as long as they are contained in Suxian and unable to rescue the 20th Division, then victory will eventually belong to our army." Jo Anbang explained.

Liang Yiyu and Tian Jin nodded in agreement when they heard this.

After a pause, Qiao Anbang suddenly said to Tian Jin: "Commander Tian, your regiment and the friendly forces of the 31st Division will be responsible for the garrison in the direction of the south gate and the east gate." ”

"Yes!" Tian Jin stepped forward without hesitation.

After speaking, Qiao Anbang said to Liang Yilu again: "Yigang, the special operations battalion is responsible for reinforcing the West Gate and the North Gate. ”

"Yes, I understand." Liang Yilu also immediately stepped forward.

"Alright, you two should hurry up and arrange it." Qiao Anbang waved his hand, and then said to Zhang Xudong: "Xudong, go, take me to meet the division commander of Chifeng City." ”

"Yes!" Zhang Xudong hurriedly responded, and then got into an armored car with Qiao Anbang and went straight to the city.

Liang Yiyu and Tian Jin each led their troops to their destinations.

……………………………… Outside the city, the headquarters of the 108th Division of the Army.

The commander of the division, Shimoto Xiongya, was pacing back and forth in the headquarters with an anxious face, and suddenly, the chief of staff, Suzuki Toshiyuki, walked in quickly, and Shimoto Kuami immediately greeted him and asked, "Suzuki-kun, how is it?" What's going on with the gunfire just now? ”

Suzuki Toshiyuki replied in a deep voice with a bitter face: "General, according to the report of the 117th Infantry Wing, just now a branch of the Zhina Army suddenly appeared and launched an attack on the guard position of the 117th Infantry Wing. ”

"How did it turn out?" Xia Yuan Xiong Mi asked eagerly.

"After hearing the news, Gao Shu Kaichi hurriedly ordered the troops to meet the battle, but the Shina armored unit in the city also suddenly opened at this time, and the 117th Wing suffered a miserable defeat from the enemy, and finally failed to stop the Shina army...... "Suzuki Toshiyuki said in a deep voice with a solemn expression.

"Baga Yalu, Gao Shu Jiayi, this rice bucket!" Xia Yuan Xiong Mi was furious when he heard this.

"General, don't be angry, fortunately, the Chinese army did not take the opportunity to pursue, so the losses of the 117th Infantry Wing are not large." Toshiyuki Suzuki hurriedly explained.

"Where is this army now?" Hearing that the losses of the 117th Infantry Wing were not large, Xia Yuan Xiongmi's face softened slightly, and he asked in a cold voice.

"They... They entered Su County. Toshiyuki Suzuki replied.

"Entered Su County?" Xia Yuan Xiong Mi pondered for a moment, and roared angrily again: "Baga, this branch of the army must be the reinforcements of the people, damn it!" With them on board, it will be even more difficult for us to capture Suxian. ”

Just before Xia Yuan Xiong Mi's words fell, a signal soldier hurriedly walked in with a telegram in his hand, came to Xia Yuan Xiong Mi, and hurriedly closed his feet and saluted: "Report to Your Excellency General, the 20th Division is in an emergency." ”

"Huh?" Xia Yuan Xiong Mi was stunned when he heard this, and then waved his hand and said, "Read." ”

"The 20th Division is in a hurry, due to the rapid offensive of the Chinese people, their position has been lost two-thirds, General Ushijima asked His Excellency the division commander to speed up the arrival of reinforcements, later, they... They will be annihilated. The devil messenger paused.

Shimoto Kuami and Suzuki Toshiyuki changed color at the same time when they heard this, and Suzuki Toshiyuki said to Shimoto Kuami with a worried face: "General, don't wait for me, we must not drag it on, we must rescue the 20th Division as soon as possible, otherwise they may be eaten by the Shina." ”

"Well, I know." Xia Yuan Xiong Mi looked up at the sky that was about to turn black with a solemn face, and said abruptly: "Suzuki-kun, let's do it, tonight, you will lead the 25th Brigade and the main force of the feigned division to stay and continue to besiege Suxian, and I will personally lead the 104th Brigade and the artillery and cavalry wing directly under the division to go south to rescue the 20th Division at night." ”

"Hay!" Toshiyuki Suzuki immediately bowed his head and responded. Although this was extremely risky, both Suzuki Toshiyuki and Shimoto Kumaya knew that it was a helpless move, and if the troops were not divided, the 20th Division might be completely annihilated, and at that time, even if the 108th Division captured Suxian, it would be useless.

Of course, Shimoto Kuma and Suzuki Toshiyuki couldn't have imagined that their hated Tiger Army commander Qiao Anbang was in Suxian County at this time, if they knew that Qiao Anbang was in the city, then they would definitely give up rescuing the 20th Division and turn to attack Suxian with all their might to kill Qiao Anbang.

However, even if they know Qiao Anbang's whereabouts, it is impossible to pose any threat to Qiao Anbang, if it is really a last resort, Qiao Anbang can evacuate safely by aircraft, which is also the confidence of Qiao Anbang to dare to risk his life to come to Su County.

…………………………………………………… Suxian County, Joint Command.

Qiao Anbang strode into the headquarters under the guidance of Zhang Xudong, and Chi Fengcheng, who was frowning and contemplating in front of the map, saw Qiao Anbang and Zhang Xudong, and hurriedly greeted him, and after looking at Qiao Anbang, he looked at Zhang Xudong with an inquiring look in his eyes.

Zhang Xudong immediately solemnly introduced: "Commander Chi, this is our Commander Qiao Anbang of the Tiger Army!" ”

"Oh!" Chi Fengcheng had actually guessed Qiao Anbang's identity just now, but he was not sure, and immediately showed a suddenly realized expression and saluted Qiao Anbang: "General Qiao's name, Chi has been looking up for a long time, and I have never seen each other for a long time. ”

"Eh" Qiao Anbang was stunned in his heart, isn't this sentence his usual line? was preempted by the seemingly coarse guy in front of him.

After a pause, Qiao Anbang saluted back and said: "General Chi is too modest, in the first battle of Taierzhuang, the general led the athletes of his department to fight bloodily to ensure the victory of the entire battle of Xuzhou, Qiao is also admired!" ”

"There, there, the battle of Taierzhuang, thanks to the timely reinforcements of General Qiao and your department, otherwise the consequences are really unpredictable!" Chi Fengcheng said with a smile on his face.

"General Chi's words are out, the battle of Xuzhou is related to the life and death of hundreds of millions of people in our Central Plains and East China, we all belong to the fight for the country, and we should help each other!" Joan Bang said.

"Haha, General Qiao understands righteousness, Chi admires it!" Chi Fengcheng laughed heartily.

"Military seat, Master Chi, come and sit down and talk." Zhang Xudong saw that the two were talking happily, but they were both standing, and immediately reminded him.

"Well, sit down and talk." Qiao Anbang nodded happily and smiled.

Chi Fengcheng saw that Qiao Anbang's words were steady and bold, and he didn't have the slightest worry about being under siege, he couldn't help but be in awe, this kind of courage is not something that everyone has, so he immediately sat down with Qiao Anbang.

…………………………………………………… Since Qiao Anbang led the special operations battalion and a regiment into Suxian, because the sky was getting dark, the 108th Division did not attack again, and the county seat of Suxian County, which had been fighting fiercely for a day, finally returned to calm.

At about six or seven o'clock, the night had quietly fallen, and in the headquarters of the 108th Division outside the city, the division commander Xia Yuan Xiong Mi was dressed in military uniform, and his expression was awe-inspiring and he was sorting out his saber, while putting on a pair of white gloves for himself, Xia Yuan Xiong Mi commanded to Suzuki Toshiyuki beside him in a dignified voice: "Suzuki-kun, after I leave, this place will be handed over to you." ”

"Yes, please rest assured that the general will do his best." Toshiyuki Suzuki hurriedly bowed his head and said.

After putting on the gloves, Shimoto Kuami immediately strode towards the outside of the headquarters with his head held high, and Suzuki Toshiyuki hurriedly followed.

Arriving at the open space outside the headquarters, Shimoto Xiong Mi waved his hand at the thousands of subordinates who had been assembled: "Open the way!" ”

Immediately, groups of heavily armed devil soldiers turned around one after another and headed south under the leadership of their respective officers.

Seeing the troops slowly pull out, Shimoto Kumanya turned around and saluted Suzuki Toshiyuki, and then turned around and got into an armored command vehicle, as the commander of the division, he naturally couldn't march on foot like an ordinary soldier.

Toshiyuki Suzuki hurriedly stepped forward and saluted in return, and said awe-inspiringly: "General, have a good trip!" ”

……………………………………………………………… At the same time, in the city of Suxian, Qiao Anbang and Chi Fengcheng, Zhang Xudong and others were patrolling, and by the way, they were visiting the soldiers who were injured in the fierce battle during the day.

Coming to the north gate, Qiao Anbang and others climbed to the top of the city, and as far as the eye could see, they could vaguely see that bonfires were burning everywhere on the military positions in the distance.

"Commander, do you want to take the three armored regiments to attack the devils at night?" Looking at the calm military position outside the city, Zhang Xudong spoke up.

(To be continued)