"In addition, those who can capture Sakai Chihei alive will be rewarded with five thousand silver dollars! Of course, it's okay to die! Qiao Youhua added.

"Yes!" Ma Biao, Wu Ming, Zhou Dasheng, Zhao Youde and others all responded in unison, and now the Dragon Tooth Column is well-equipped and has strong firepower, and their confidence is also full.

After everyone was ordered to leave, they returned to their regimental headquarters and gave orders to attack.

The first to attack was Ma Biao's 2nd Regiment and 1st Battalion, which attacked from the east of Shimen City.

The Japanese had no field defensive positions outside the city, so the battle began around the city walls.

The officers and men of the 1st Battalion built an offensive position outside the city, and then charged the city walls with the support of the artillery company directly under the 2nd Regiment.

The artillery company of the 2nd Regiment was equipped with 60mm mortars and 70mm Type 92 infantry guns, and the firepower was quite not weak.

Shells bombarded the city walls, completely enveloping the city head in smoke and fire, and from time to time some shells would fly over the city and fall into the city, exploding.

"Brothers, rush!" A captain company commander raised a pistol and shouted sharply, leading the charge, and hundreds of officers and soldiers with dragon teeth behind him followed him like a tide towards the city gate with Ying 77 rifles, MG34 general-purpose machine guns, and MP38 submachine guns.

At the head of the city, behind a battlement wall under the city gate tower, the Japanese army established a heavy machine gun position here, and two Type 92 heavy machine guns were erected on the battlement wall several meters apart.

At this moment, several devil machine gunners were roaring with hideous faces and firing wildly.

Sudden Sudden Sudden ...... Sudden Sudden Burst... The Type 92 heavy machine gun continued to let out a dull roar, and two dazzling tongues of fire crossed and sprayed towards the city.

Puff puff...... Two dragon-tooth infantry couldn't dodge, were hit by a rain of bullets, and died on the spot!

The captain and company commander who led the attack were furious when he saw this, and shouted angrily at several machine gunners beside him: "Machine gun, give me a damn blow!" Fire cover! ”

Two machine gunners holding MG34 general-purpose machine guns immediately fired back in the direction of the city gate building, and the gunfire characteristic of general-purpose machine guns tearing oilcloths rang out.

The unique ultra-high rate of fire of the MG34 general-purpose machine gun was fully exerted at this moment, and two tongues of bullets and fire, which were more violent and dense than the Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun, roared and flew away.

Some of the bullets hit the two Devil Heavy Heavy Gunners who were firing wildly, while the rest left a series of sparks on the walls of the walls on either side of the battlement, sending debris and dirt flying everywhere.

A rifleman armed with a British 77 rifle on the way to charge, fired a shot at the head of the city, his marksmanship was quite good, and he just hit the face of a devil infantry on the head of the city.

The 7.7mm caliber Ying Qiqi bullet smashed the devil's face on the spot, and before the person could completely lose his breath, he screamed and fell backwards.

Bullets rained down on the city, and the officers and men of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Longya Regiment also suppressed it with all their firepower, and the two sides launched fierce firepower, and the Longya Column, which had a clear advantage in artillery fire and light weapon firepower, was suppressing the Japanese army little by little.

However, the devils have a strong city defense, and the artillery fire has not been able to collapse the city wall for the time being, so the battle between the two sides will continue.

At the same time, on the battlefield at the south gate, the main force of the second regiment has been deployed here, and behind them, dozens of 75mm mountain guns and field guns of the artillery battalion directly under the column sent by Qiao Youhua have been lined up, and the running soldiers are nervously and orderly adjusting the calibration and firing of Zhu Yuan.

Ma Biao stood in front of the headquarters and looked at this qiē with a telescope, and couldn't help laughing happily: "Haha, this battle is really fucking cool, it's really thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, feng shui takes turns!" The little devil also can't shrink out, and he will be bombarded by us for such a day! Ha ha! ”

Since the artillery wing of the 21st Division had been completely lost in the previous battle with the Dragon's Tooth Column, in terms of artillery fire, compared with the Dragon's Tooth Column, which now has more than 300 guns of large and small calibers, it is simply not worth mentioning.

Qiao Youhua gave priority to the artillery battalion directly under the column to the Second Regiment of Longya, which made Ma Biao very happy, and made it clear that he planned to let the Second Regiment take the lead in attacking the city and win the first merit in this battle!

…………

At the same time as the fierce battle between the Longya Column and the 21st Division in Shimen County, Beiping City, the headquarters of the North China Front of the Japanese invasion of China.

The commander, General Sugiyama Moto, finally received an urgent telegram for help from the 21st Division!

His chief of staff, Shozo Kawabe, and some senior staff adjutants all came to the conference room at this moment.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I just got an urgent telegram from the 21st Division, the Chinese Dragon's Tooth Column suddenly launched an attack on Shimen, the current situation in Shimen is critical, I came to you to urgently negotiate and come up with countermeasures, so, do you have any good ways and suggestions, please don't hesitate to give advice!" Sugiyama Moto's eyes looked around with a sharp gaze, and everyone present was humane.

Except for the chief of staff Kawabe Shozo, who was the first to be notified, the faces of the other devil officers changed greatly, and one of them said: "General, isn't Shimen guarded by the 21st Division and two mixed brigades of the Imperial Allied Army?" How dare Qiao Youhua's division of the Chinese army take the initiative to attack? ”

Sugiyama Yuan threw the telegram directly in front of him and said, "See for yourself, the commander of the Sakai Chihei Division repeatedly said in the telegram that the Chinese Dragon's Tooth Column was well-equipped and had strong firepower, and the Imperial Allied Army of the two mixed brigades had been completely wiped out, and he didn't even have a chance to rescue."

Now the people of China have surrounded Shimen County, and the soldiers of the 21st Division are resisting with all their might! The situation is urgent, and there is no time to delay! ”

As soon as Sugiyama Moto's words came out, the expressions of the other devil officers changed greatly, and the combat power of the dragon tooth column was so strong? The 21st Division easily annihilated two mixed brigades of the Imperial Allied Army under the nose of the regiment?

A group of devil officers discussed a lot, and finally it was Hebe Zhengzo who opened his mouth and said conclusively: "Your Excellency General, the situation in Shimen is critical now, and it is urgent to wait, but the reinforcements will not be able to catch up for a while and a half. Therefore, he first sent aviation to provide air fire support for the 21st Division.

Then order the Imperial Allied Army and the Imperial Army troops that have been ready to rush south along the Pinghan and Jinpu railway lines to help, I don't know what do you think, general? ”

Sugiyama Mototo threw an appreciative look at Kawabe Shozo with great satisfaction, nodded and said solemnly: "Yo Xi, just do as Kawabe-kun said." ”

Shimen, Headquarters of the 21st Division.

Chihei Sakai and Yuyuki Chiba were guarding the war room like ants on a hot pot at the moment, waiting for a call back from the Front Command.

The constant sound of guns and explosions outside, like an invisible hammer, hammered down on their hearts and made them restless.

"Report!" Tadao Nakajima and a communications adjutant walked in almost at the same time and shouted in unison.

"Nakajima-kun, tell me first, how is the battle going?" Chihei Sakai looked at the two of them and raised his hand to signal.