The co-captain of the little devil, from time to time, holds a telescope and stands in front of his forward command to see if there is a figure of the [***] team in the distance, the terrain around Jingzhou is relatively flat, and the little devil with a telescope can still see far away.

Suddenly, the captain of the little devil didn't move, he looked at the front deadly, only to see a large number of figures in front of him, because it was too far away, he couldn't see it clearly for a while, and he could only see a lot of small black dots, which were slowly walking towards this side.

It's not good, it's the [***] team, the captain of the little devil wing reacted quite quickly, and immediately said to the chief of staff next to him: "Quick, quickly call His Excellency Lieutenant General Shigeichi Hada, there are a large number of squadron [***] teams in front of the position of the first wing in the west of the city, and it seems that there are nearly 10,000 people." ”

The chief of staff of the little devil next to him, when he heard that there were nearly 10,000 squadrons, immediately looked at it, and hurriedly looked at it with his binoculars, then turned around and entered the headquarters, picked up the phone on the table, and eagerly called the city to report the military situation.

At this time, not only in the west of Jingzhou City, there was also a figure of one or two thousand in the south and north of Jingzhou, and even in the east of the city, where the little devil's defense was the weakest, there were also thousands of Chinese [***] teams.

At this time, the [***] team, because it had completed the siege of Jingzhou City, had no need to hide its whereabouts at all, but openly set up a position in front of the little devils.

Seeing the various little devil positions of the [***] team, they all hurriedly called the city and reported the situation to their detachment leader, Lieutenant General Hakuda Shigeichi, who was so busy at this time that the phone couldn't be answered.

Hakata Shigeichi, who finally answered the phone, was very irritable in his heart, Hakata Shigeichi couldn't understand how there were so many [***] teams in a short period of time, could it be that these [***] teams ate the gall of leopards and dared to fight their own detachment.

Wuhan is stationed in heavy troops, Wuhan to Jingzhou is more than 200 kilometers, if Wuhan reinforcements by truck, it only takes five or six hours to reach Jingzhou, are these [***] teams not afraid of being surrounded by reinforcements from Wuhan?

Shigeichi Hata, whose face was uncertain, thought for a long time in his headquarters, and the tens of thousands of [***] teams that appeared outside the city, although he couldn't figure out how it suddenly appeared, but Shigeichi Harata was not very worried in his heart.

During the battle of Wuhan, the Hatian detachment also fought with tens of thousands of Chinese [***] teams, not only did not suffer any losses, but achieved good results, although this time there are tens of thousands of Chinese [***] teams outside, but now they are on the defensive, Hakuda Shigeichi firmly believes that his troops will hold on for three or five days, no problem at all.

What's more, Wuhan's reinforcements are his own strong backing, so Hakata Shigeichi was just a little irritable in his heart, and he couldn't understand how these [***] teams suddenly appeared outside the city, and Hakata Shigeichi's inner worry was not very obvious.

After thinking for several minutes, Hatada Shigeichi immediately said to the little devil communication soldier next to him: "Order, all troops hold their positions and city walls, and at the same time report the situation to Wuhan." ”……

Outside Jingzhou City, on the forward position of the Third Infantry Division, division commander Chen Erwa took a telescope to carefully observe the position of the little devils outside the city, and on the huge position of the little devils, more than 3,000 little devils were shuttling back and forth on the position, probably making preparations before the battle.

Looking at the position of the little devil, Chen Erwa showed a smile on her face, the position of the little devil was flat, and the fortifications were mainly trenches and some sandbags to build fortifications, obviously these fortifications were mainly to defend against the 59th Army without heavy artillery.

Division Commander Chen looked at his watch, and it was almost half past one, and the 105-mm howitzers of the artillery regiment were about to start to wield. Sure enough, it didn't take long for a large sharp whistling sound to be heard from the sky, and the howitzers of the artillery regiment were fired.

One artillery shell after another exploded on the position of the little devils, and the fortifications built by the little devils were immediately blown to pieces, and many of the machine gun positions built by the little devils built with sandbags were overturned by the shells, and some Type 92 machine guns and crooked machine guns were also blown up crookedly.

The soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division saw that their artillery regiment began to shell and inflict a lot of casualties on the little devils, and many soldiers cheered from their positions.

The roaring cannons outside the city made Hatada Shigeichi's face solemn, and he immediately took a few little devil commanders out of the command headquarters, climbed the city wall in the west of the city, stood on the city wall, and looked at the position of the little devils not far away with a telescope, the more he looked, the more ugly Hatada's face became, and after looking at it for a few minutes, Hata's face was so gloomy that he could wring out the water.

At this time, a little devil communication soldier ran over panting, and said a little anxiously: "Your Excellency, the squadron [***] team in the south of the city, north of the city, and east of the city has entered the attack position, and may attack us immediately." ”

The chief of staff of the little devil next to him, who had a gloomy face, said: "Have you found it, the squadron [***] in the west of the city is well-equipped, and equipped with a large number of heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 100 mm, and the military uniforms they wear are also something we have never seen before, and the other three squadrons [***], looking at the clothing and equipment, it is likely to be Zhang Zizhong's army." ”

The little devil staff officer also agreed: "Your Excellency, it is obvious that these are two different squadrons, and looking at the equipment and clothing of this unit in the west, it is very likely that it is Zhang Yunfei's 36th Group Army. ”

"Impossible!" Hakuda Shigeichi immediately denied, "Zhang Yunfei's troops are far away in Datong Shanxi, how could they suddenly appear outside Jingzhou City." ”

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, although I don't understand how Zhang Yunfei's troops suddenly appeared in Jingzhou, I am eighty percent sure that this unit is Zhang Yunfei's, because such a unique military uniform and so many heavy artillery pieces are the hallmarks of Zhang Yunfei's 36th Group."

Hakuda Shigeichi thought about it, and also accepted the fact that Zhang Yunfei's troops appeared outside Jingzhou City a little helplessly, and originally wanted to resist for a few days with the strong city wall, and Hakuda Shigeichi, who was waiting for reinforcements to arrive, began to shake his confidence in his heart to hold on to help.

Ha Tian Shigeichi thought in his heart that if it was really Zhang Yunfei's troops outside the city, then his detachment of more than 10,000 people would definitely not be able to resist for long, and he had to retreat as soon as possible, and if it was a little later, there would be no way to retreat.

Now Zhang Yunfei is famous, and there are not a few little devils who have been annihilated in the past two years, and they are often annihilated by division after division, and Hakuda Shigeichi does not think that one of his detachments is stronger than the combat effectiveness of a permanent division, after all, the Hatada detachment is essentially just a Taiwan garrison.

Hatada Shigeichi, who had plans to retreat, immediately said to the chief of staff next to him: "Order our mountain artillery wing to shell the position of the [***] team in the east of the city, and after opening the gap, we will break through to the east, and at the same time report the news of the 36th Group's appearance in Jingzhou to the Wuhan side." ”

"Are we going to retreat?" The little devil's chief of staff asked in disbelief.

"Yes, I think it will be difficult for us to resist the attack of the 36th Army, and in order to reduce the losses of the Empire, it is better for us to retreat." Shigeichi Harata said helplessly.

At this time, dozens of Type 92 infantry guns of the little devil's mountain artillery wing located on the position in the east of the city were ready to shell the defensive position of the 612th Regiment of the 59th Army in the east of the city.

Seeing the unfatal shelling of the little devil's artillery, the commander of the 612th Regiment felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly reported the situation to Zhang Zizhong in Yichang City.

Zhang Zizhong looked at the telegram just sent by the 612 Regiment, and felt that things were a little strange, the little devil is now concentrating on the position of the 612 Regiment, where is this singing, now the little devil sees the army pressing the border, he should be holding on and waiting for reinforcements, but now he is storming the weakest defense in the east of the city, that is, the position of the 612 Regiment.

Zhang Zizhong, who felt strange in his heart, took the telegram and said to Zhang Yunfei: "Brother, the telegram just sent from the front line, the mountain artillery wing of the little devil is slamming the defensive position of our 612th regiment, it is really incomprehensible." ”

Zhang Yunfei knew that the east of the city was the weakest place in defense, but now the little devil was attacking the east of the city, Zhang Yunfei groaned, and suddenly a flash of inspiration, could it be that the little devil wanted to escape, in order to confirm the idea in his heart, Zhang Yunfei suggested: "Big brother, I think the little devil may want to escape, if this is the case, simply order the 612 regiment to retreat 10 kilometers to the east and let the little devil out of the city." ”

Hearing Zhang Yunfei say this, Zhang Zizhong also patted his head, and suddenly realized: "Brother, the little devil really wants to escape back to Wuhan, then we will get out of the east gate, let the little devil go out of the city, and then have a field battle with the little devil." ”

Zhang Yunfei smiled slightly, expressing his agreement with Zhang Zizhong's plan to have a field battle with the little devil, after all, the field battle is easier to fight than the battle, and there is another important reason, Zhang Yunfei does not want the ancient city of Jingzhou to be destroyed in the war, and the monuments in the city are all precious heritage of the Chinese nation, and Jingzhou cannot be destroyed for the sake of a Botian detachment.

Since the little devil is in a hurry to retreat, then fulfill the old devil Hata, but the mountain artillery wing of the little devil must stay, so Zhang Yunfei said to the correspondent next to him: "Send a report to the flight team immediately, pass on my order, and order all the Mustang fighters at Yichang Airport to take off with aerial bombs and blow up the mountain artillery wing of the little devil for me."

In addition, all troops were ordered to strengthen the offensive, but the 612th Regiment in the east of the city immediately retreated 10 kilometers back to the east of the city, gave way to the east of the city, and then built a blocking position 10 kilometers east of Jingzhou to block the road for the little devils to retreat east. ”

After Zhang Yunfei conveyed the order, he and Zhang Zizhong looked at each other and smiled, when Zhang Yunfei conveyed the order just now, he also conveyed the order to Zhang Zizhong's troops, this look contained the meaning of communicating with Zhang Zizhong, but Zhang Zizhong didn't mind, and smiled with Zhang Yunfei.

(To be continued)