After receiving the order, the Huben officers and soldiers guarding the defense line on the river bank opened fire one after another, and for a while, the silent south bank suddenly burst into gunfire, and the devil soldiers who were trying to smuggle in with the help of wood and rubber boats were suddenly hit by intensive firepower.

On the water, a rain of bullets shot into the river, splashing in clusters.

On the position of the 5th Division on the north bank, at a forward observation post.

Ban Heng Seishiro angrily threw down the telescope in his hand and roared: "Yaga Yalu! Order the heavy artillery units to immediately suppress the artillery fire on the south bank to cover the crossing of the attacking troops! ”

"Hay!" An adjutant behind him bowed his head in response, and then strode away with his saber on his shoulder.

After the adjutant left, Itachi Seishiro still roared angrily: "Damn the Chinese people, the vigilance surname is really unusually high. ”

"General, as long as the 109th Division can successfully smuggle in, then the victory in this battle will definitely belong to us." Chief of Staff Sakurada Takeshi hurriedly persuaded well.

"Hmph, I hope so." Itachi Seishiro snorted coldly.

……………………………………………… In Xiangcheng City, in the joint headquarters of the 6th and 7th Divisions.

Zhang Zizhong, who had been resting, was awakened by the sound of gunfire outside the city, and walked into the headquarters from the bedroom while dressing in a hurry, and saw Liu Ruming who was on duty at the headquarters at night, Zhang Zizhong immediately asked: "Brother Ziliang, what's the matter?" The devils attacked? ”

Liu Ruming nodded with a solemn face and said, "Yes, the devil wanted to smuggle across the Xinbian River at night, but fortunately, he was discovered by our army sentry." ”

"Oh!" Zhang Zizhong said that he had already walked up to Liu Ruming, looked at the map, and subconsciously asked, "Where is the smuggling place of the Yue Army?" ”

"It's under the Xinbian River Bridge, the defensive position of the 7th Division." Liu Ruming replied immediately.

"What? Under the bridge? Zhang Zizhong was shocked when he heard this.

"What's wrong, what's wrong?" Liu Ruming saw Zhang Zizhong's frowning, and hurriedly asked.

"Brother Ziliang, don't you think this is a bit abnormal?" Zhang Zizhong said thoughtfully.

"Abnormal?" Liu Ruming asked suspiciously.

"Yes, do you think about it, since the army wants to sneak attack, why did it choose the smuggling site as the frontal defensive position of our army? Isn't that unreasonable? Zhang Zizhong said.

Liu Ruming was stunned when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "There is only one possibility, that is, the sneak attack troops of the Yue army are definitely not only this way, and this road is only responsible for attracting the attention of our army to cover the actions of other Yue troops." ”

"Hmm." Zhang Zizhong nodded with a heavy face.

"Then the situation may not be good, it is night, our air force fighters cannot be dispatched, let alone reconnoiter the whereabouts of the Yue army, if the Yue army chooses a random place as a smuggling site, then it will be difficult for us to guard against it." Liu Ruming also said with a worried face.

"The situation is urgent, Brother Ziliang, you stay in the command headquarters and command the troops in a unified manner, I will immediately go to the commander of the armored regiment Zhang and ask him to lead the armored regiment to immediately dispatch and patrol the coastal defense line with armored vehicles and tanks, so as to be safe!" Zhang Zizhong immediately decided.

"Good!" Liu Ruming nodded happily in agreement.

………………………………………………………… In the dark of night, west of Xiangcheng, about ten kilometers away from Pony Village, because Xiangcheng has become the front line of resistance, the people of Pony Village have already withdrawn to the vicinity of Pheasant and Ji, and the village is already empty.

In the darkness of the night, a group of dark shadows suddenly touch the river in the direction of Ponyville.

Suddenly, a light suddenly lit up, in the dark night, this light is particularly dazzling, if you look closer, it is not difficult to find that the light is emitted by a flashlight.

Under the light, several devil officers were gathering together, discussing the military situation around the map.

"Captain, there's Pony Village ahead, and along here, you'll be able to reach Xiangcheng about twenty miles east." A devil Shao Zuo pointed to the map and said to a devil Da Zuo.

"Yo Xi." The devil Dazuo nodded happily, and then ordered: "Order the troops, immediately advance to the east, quickly!" In addition, send another telegram to the division commander, report to the division headquarters where we are now, and ask him to immediately send a second wave of attacking troops to cross the river. ”

"Hay! Several devil officers suddenly bowed their heads in response, and then turned around and scattered in all directions.

………………………………………………………… At the same time, on the defensive position of the guard regiment of Wugou Town, south of Su County, gunfire was loud and the shouts of killing were deafening.

As early as ten minutes ago, the 104th Infantry Brigade of the 108th Division of the Yue Army, which had quietly moved south from Suxian, arrived here and exchanged fire with the alert troops of the guard regiment.

In the firelight, many soldiers of the guard regiment hurried in from the town to reinforce them.

In the town, the regimental headquarters of the Guards Regiment.

In the sound of hurried footsteps, an adjutant walked in hurriedly and quickly, and did not have time to salute Wang Gensheng and report.

Wang Gensheng asked anxiously, "How is it?" Have you figured out the situation, where did these devils come from? ”

"Tuanzao, this is not a group of devils, preliminary judgment, they should come from the direction of Suxian, their strength is at least one or two wings of infantry, in addition to the cavalry and armored troops of the brigade." The adjutant replied with a heavy face.

"What? Two infantry wings? And cavalry and armored units? Wang Gensheng was shocked when he heard this, and immediately said: "Send a power to Su County immediately and ask what is going on?" How did the devils from Suxian come here? Could it be that Su County has been lost? ”

"Yes!" The adjutant hurriedly stepped forward to answer, and just as he wanted to turn around and leave, a second lieutenant platoon commander ran in quickly with a panicked expression, and saluted Wang Gensheng with a snap: "Tuanza, it's not good, the 20th Division trapped in the south of the town suddenly went crazy and launched an attack on the position of our first battalion, and the first battalion is currently resisting with all its might. ”

The second lieutenant platoon commander's words fell, and another soldier ran in unkempt, saluted Wang Gensheng and reported: "Tuanzao, there are too many devils from the north, and they can't be stopped by the three battalions alone, they have begun to attack the two wings of our regiment in a roundabout way, and the three battalions ask for urgent reinforcements!" ”

It turned out that shortly after the commander of the 108th Division, Xia Yuan Xiongmi, led his army to leave Su County, he notified the commander of the 20th Division, Ushijima Minoru, of the operation, and the two sides agreed that after the local Xia Yuan Xiong Mi led his troops to Wugou Town, they would launch a surprise attack on the Wugou Town Guard Regiment at the same time, in order to rescue the 20th Division. "Fuck it!" Wang Gensheng was made by this series of sudden changes and couldn't help but burst into a foul language, and immediately suppressed the anger in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Order the second battalion to immediately reinforce the third battalion, the troops directly under the regimental headquarters, the guard company, the cooking squad, and the transport team immediately reinforce the first battalion, and inform the whole regiment that Wugou Town is the most important strategic point of our army, and whoever dares to take a step back and lose his position will be shot on the spot, and will not be tolerated!" In addition, immediately send a telegram to the military seat and report the situation on our side. ”

"Yes!" The adjutant, the second lieutenant, the platoon commander and others stepped forward at the same time, and then turned around and left.

………………………………………… In the city of Suxian, Qiao Anbang, Chi Fengcheng, Zhang Xudong and others had just finished inspecting the whole city, and were about to go back to rest, when suddenly a communication soldier hurriedly ran over, and before he arrived, he panted and reported loudly to Qiao Anbang: "Military seat, the guard regiment is in an emergency." ”

"Huh?" Qiao Anbang's face suddenly sank when he heard this, and it was definitely not a good thing at night.

The communication soldier ran to Qiao Anbang in three steps and two steps, and Qiao Anbang immediately asked, "What's the matter?" What does the Guards Regiment say in the message? ”

"The guard regiment sent an urgent telegram, ten minutes ago, a Yue army from the direction of Suxian launched an attack on the guard regiment, the size of the force is not less than two wings, and at the same time, the remnants of the 20th Division of the Yue Army, which was compressed and surrounded by our army in Wugou Town, also took advantage of the situation to launch an attack on the guard regiment. The signal soldier read aloud.

Zhang Xudong and Chi Fengcheng changed color at the same time when they heard this, Qiao Anbang pondered for a moment, and said awe-inspiringly: "It seems that we still underestimate the devil." ”

After saying this, Qiao Anbang immediately decided: "Signal soldiers, immediately send a telegram to the first division, the reading garrison brigade, and the first armored regiment, and order the reading garrison brigade to immediately attack the 20th division, and then order the armored regiment to quickly bypass the battlefield and make a detour to the north of Wugou Town, Li Yifeng's first division will detour with the two wings of the armored brigade, since the 108th Division's army is going to play big, then we are fortunate not to do two things, and eat them together!" ”

"Yes!" The signal soldiers did not dare to slack off, and immediately stood up and gladly responded, and immediately turned around and left quickly.

After seeing the signal soldiers leave, Zhang Xudong stepped forward and said, "Military seat, in this way, it may be disrupted." ”

"Fight in a mess!" Qiao Anbang said without thinking: "Xudong, go and gather the troops immediately, we are not idle, with the third armored regiment as the forerunner, we will take the initiative to attack the army outside the city from the north gate!" ”

"Yes!" Zhang Xudong responded suddenly, and immediately turned around and walked away quickly.

After Zhang Xudong left, Chi Fengcheng suddenly became anxious: "General Qiao, our 31st Division will also participate in the battle. ”

Qiao Anbang smiled indifferently and said: "Of course, General Chi, in this attack, all the people in the city who can hold guns will participate, including you and me!" We will crush the army outside the city with all our might. ”

"Defeat them in one fell swoop?" Chi Fengcheng looked at Qiao Anbang suspiciously.

"Now the main force of the 108th Division is in Wugou Town, and the devils outside the city are less than two infantry wings at best, and we use the armored forces as the vanguard, and if we suddenly launch an attack, we will definitely be able to kill the devils by surprise!" Jo Anbang explained. Although the entire 25th Brigade was retained, the 117th Infantry Wing, the main force of the 25th Infantry Brigade, had lost more than half of its squadron in the previous battle, so there were less than five brigades outside the city at this time.

In addition, it was necessary to pretend that the main force besieged the city, and the troops of the five brigades were scattered around Suxian, and the troops were extremely scattered.

And Qiao Anbang gathered all the special operations battalions and a regiment and the 31st Division in the city, and the strength was definitely more than that of the army in any direction, plus there were three armored regiments, the odds of victory were very great, as long as the devils in any direction outside the city were defeated, the encirclement of the devils would collapse immediately, and Qiao Anbang was confident that they would be broken one by one and all of them would be annihilated.

"Good! I'm going to assemble my troops right away! Chi Fengcheng thought of the next big battle, and nodded excitedly.

After about half an hour, all the infantry and armored fighting vehicles in the city had been assembled.

With Qiao Anbang's order, Zhang Xudong personally led the 3rd Armored Regiment as the forerunner, and Qiao Anbang Chifengcheng led the special operations battalion, the 1st Regiment and the 31st Division to follow, quickly rushed out from the north gate, and launched a sudden onslaught on the position of the army.

Because of the cooperation with Shimoto Kumaya's action this time, Suzuki Toshiyuki, chief of staff of the 108th Division, had already made all infantry brigades ready for battle in case the Tiger Ben Army suddenly attacked out of the city.

So when Joan Bang led his troops out of the city to attack, a fierce battle broke out between the two sides.

Although the devils were prepared, the Tiger Ben Army still broke through the position of the Yue Army little by little by relying on the powerful machine gun and artillery fire of the Third Armored Regiment.

When Qiao Anbang learned that the devils from several other directions outside the city left the fortified position and came to the north gate for reinforcements, he immediately ordered the three armored regiments to turn around and take the lead in meeting the Yue army in the direction of the west gate.

Leaving the fortified fortifications, the Devil Infantry Group, under the blow of the combined fire network of the dense anti-aircraft machine guns and vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns of the 3rd Panzer Regiment, fell in pieces like mustard.

At this time, Toshiyuki Suzuki knew that he was in the party.

In the field, the armored fighting vehicle group was definitely the nemesis of the infantry and cavalry, and an infantry brigade suffered heavy casualties in less than ten minutes of fighting, and finally broke up in a hurry.

Qiao Anbang concocted the same method, and in just one hour, swept away several army brigades outside Suxian County one after another, killing more than 2,000 enemies, and the remaining devils fled north in a hurry under the leadership of his chief of staff, Suzuki Toshiyuki.

Qiao Anbang did not pursue the remnants of Suzuki Toshiyuki, but left a regiment to guard Su County, and personally led the 3rd Armored Regiment, the Special Operations Battalion and the 31st Division to Wugou Town.

………………………………………………………………………… In order to rescue the 20th Division, the devil soldiers of the 104th Infantry Brigade of Xia Yuan Xiong Mi attacked the guard regiment completely without their lives, and the battle situation was extremely tragic.

Flares, light bombs reflect the entire battlefield as if it were day, dense bullets shuttle back and forth, dazzling like meteors, and the firelight produced by the explosions is as dazzling as fireworks.

Just when the position of the guard regiment was in danger, the 1st armored regiment that had come from the south of Wugou Town just arrived, and with the reinforcement of the 1st armored regiment, the attack of the 108th Division was immediately thwarted.

At the same time, the Reading Garrison Brigade, which had been surrounding the 20th Division, also launched an attack like the remnants of the 20th Division, and after being attacked, the 20th Division's attack on Wugou Town was also forced to stop.

The main force of Li Yifeng's 1st Division, under the cover of night, was rapidly detouring from both flanks to the 108th Division.

……………………………………………………………… In a small, uninhabited village five miles north of Wugou Town, the temporary headquarters of the 108th Division was set up here.

In the division headquarters, Xia Yuan Xiong Mi was furious about the failure of the attack just now, and a communications staff officer suddenly walked in with an ugly face, and suddenly lowered his feet and saluted: "General, it's not good, Chief of Staff Suzuki is in a hurry." ”

"Read!" Xia Yuan Xiong Mi was angry, and he waved his hand without looking back.

"Chief of Staff Suzuki sent an urgent telegram, the Chinese army in Suxian County suddenly launched an attack on our remaining troops an hour ago, and after fierce fighting, the 25th Brigade was finally forced to retreat due to heavy casualties, and Suzuki's Chief of Staff suggested that Your Excellency, the commander of the division, immediately lead his troops to retreat!" The Devil's Communications Staff Officer.

"Baga Yalu, what are you talking about? The 25th Brigade was defeated? Xia Yuan Xiong Mi was furious when he heard this, and immediately turned around and grabbed the collar of the communications staff officer and roared angrily.

"Yes, General, the 25th Infantry Brigade has been defeated, and our back road has been cut off by the Chinese people, please make a decision as soon as possible, Your Excellency, Division Commander." The devil's communications staff officer bowed his head and said loudly.

"Yaga!" Xia Yuan Xiong Mi was so angry that he kicked his subordinates in front of him to the ground, and said angrily: "Damn Shina man, Suzuki Toshiyuki is a stupid pig!" It's a stupid pig-like conductor! ”

"General, the people of Wugou Town have been reinforced by armored troops, and there is no hope for the rescue of the 20th Division, so let's retreat quickly." Another devil adjutant also urged urgently.

After pondering for a long time, Xia Yuan Xiong Micai said with a gloomy face: "Order the troops, immediately switch to battle!" ”

"Hay!" , the two devil officers bowed their heads at the same time, and then turned around and strode away with their sabers on their shoulders.

……………………………………………………………………………………………… In Wugou Town, the regimental headquarters of the guard regiment.

Wang Gensheng was anxiously smoking a cigarette, when suddenly a rush of footsteps sounded from outside the regiment headquarters, Wang Gensheng hurriedly turned around, only to see a signal soldier running in hurriedly.

As for the front, the communication soldier hurriedly stood up and said: "Tuanza, the third battalion reports that the devils in the north of the town are retreating!" The commander of the third battalion asked for instructions on whether to pursue? ”

"The devil wants to run?" Wang Gensheng immediately said with an awe-inspiring expression: "It's not so easy, order the second and third battalions to immediately attack in an all-out way, chase me, don't let the little devil run away, and ask the brothers of the first armored regiment to help." ”

"Yes!" The signal soldier immediately stepped forward and quickly turned and walked away.

……………………………………………………………… In a deserted village south of Wugou Town.

The remnants of the 20th Division were surrounded by the Reading Garrison Brigade in a village less than two miles in radius, and since the village had long been destroyed by the massive bombardment of the Tiger Army, the entire village was now in ruins.

Behind a broken wall, the commander of the 20th Division, Ushijima, pulled out his general's knife unkempt, wiped the general's knife, and ordered the confidential officer next to him: "Send a farewell message to the headquarters of the North China Front, because of the betrayal of the traitors Yoshiko Kawashima and Nanzao Yunzi and others, our department fell into the heavy encirclement of the Chinese army, and all the officers and men of our 20th Division fought bloodily and stood for help, but the enemy was outnumbered, and the cunning and despicable Chinese army not only used a large number of aircraft, heavy artillery, and chariots, but also openly violated the international convention of Neiva, wantonly used poison gas bombs against our troops, and our warriors suffered heavy casualties, and their positions were repeatedly lost.

Because all the people in the surrounding China have already fled, the warriors of our imperial army, there is nowhere to raise military rations, and the soldiers are poorly clothed and hungry, and they have fought fiercely until the night, and finally ...... due to heavy casualties."

After Ushijima finished giving the order, he immediately knelt to the east, held up his sword given by the emperor, and shouted two slogans such as "Long live the emperor" and "Long live the Hondai", and then decisively committed suicide.

After Ushijima actually cut his abdomen, after the devil's confidential officer sent a farewell message, he also raised a bayonet and committed suicide, and several other devil guards also committed suicide with bayonets or grenades.

About a few minutes later, a forward unit of the Reading Garrison Brigade attacked here, and so far, the 20th Division, one of the 17 permanent divisions of the Japanese army, was finally completely annihilated by the Tiger Ben Army.

After the Reading Force Garrison Brigade completely annihilated the remnants of the 20th Division, the battle was not over.

In the process of fleeing north, Xia Yuan Xiong Mi led his troops to flee north, and ran into the third armored regiment and special operations battalion led by Qiao Anbang, and a fierce battle broke out immediately.

After learning that the 20th Division was completely annihilated, Xie Jinyuan also led the Reading Force Garrison Brigade to the north, and Wang Gensheng also led the first battalion of the guard regiment and the troops directly under the regiment to the battlefield.

At this point, the 108th Brigade of the enemy, the 104th Division, has become a turtle in an urn, and about half an hour, Qiao Anbang has sent a message to the 1st Division, the Garrison Brigade, the Guard Regiment, and the Special Operations Battalion. The 31st Division, the 1st and 3rd Panzer Regiments gave the order for a general attack.

Before dawn, this unsuspenseful encirclement and annihilation battle came to an end, and the commander of the 108th Division, Xiong Mi, the commander of the 104th Brigade, and several subordinate infantry wings were either killed in battle or committed suicide by seppuku, and the 104th Brigade and the cavalry wing and artillery wing directly under the division were also completely annihilated by the Tiger Army.

………………………………………………………… At five o'clock in the morning, the headquarters of the North China Front Army of the Beiping Army.

Shouichi Terauchi, the current commander of the North China Front, who was asleep, was woken up by the chief of staff, Naosaburo Okabe.

"Okabe-kun, what's the matter? So early? Terauchi Shouichi asked with a sleepy face and some dissatisfaction.

Okabe Naosaburo said in a deep voice with an extremely solemn face: "General, last night, the Ministry of Communications received farewell messages from the 20th Division and the 108th Division. ”

"What? Farewell message? Terauchi Shouichi was shocked when he heard this, and he was sleepy for a while and said in disbelief: "You mean, the 108th Division and the 20th Division are ......?" ”

"Yes General, the 20th Division and the 108th Division have been wiped out." Okabe Naosaburo bowed his head with a sad face.

(To be continued)