General Zuo Quan noticed Qiao Youhua's dissatisfaction, so he smiled and persuaded him: "Comrade Youhua, the first division has fought very well, and the results are not small, you know, they are at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength." ”

Qiao Youhua was just about to say something, when there was a rush of footsteps outside, and several people turned around when they heard the sound, only to see a communication soldier walking in hurriedly with a look.

Seeing that it was her subordinate, Wan Ying'er immediately asked, "What happened?" ”

"Deputy Director, Commander, Chief of Staff, I just received a call from the besieging troops, the Japanese puppet army in Taiyuan City broke through from the West Gate again, this time the enemy has gathered quite a lot of troops, the offensive is very fierce, and the besieging troops ask for support." The communications corps hurriedly replied to the report.

As soon as Qiao Youhua heard that the situation was urgent, he immediately said to General Zuo Quan: "Chief, it seems that you have really guessed it, the reason why the little devil attacked from the west gate is to plan for the siege of the Japanese army in Taiyuan City to break through!" ”

General Zuo Quan nodded and said, "It seems that this should be the case now, without further ado, we must deal with it immediately." ”

Qiao Youhua immediately said: "Fortunately, our tank company has cooperated with the First Division and other departments to successfully repel the frontal attack of the devils, and it is just right to transfer over and rush to the aid of the besieging troops, giving the devils who broke through a head-on blow!" ”

"Well, this method is good, it's better to transfer the cavalry over, with the addition of tanks and cavalry, the devils will definitely not take advantage of it in the field." General Zuo Quan nodded in agreement.

Seeing that General Zuo Quan had no opinions, Qiao Youhua waved his hand at Li Yansan and motioned for him to give orders.

Li Yansan saluted and happily agreed, and immediately turned around and ran away.

Soon, the five No. 4 tanks that had just been withdrawn from the front of the blocking position and more than 700 soldiers of the cavalry reconnaissance battalion of the guard regiment received Qiao Youhua's order and quickly advanced in the direction of Taiyuan City.

Because the road and the railway run in parallel, the railway station has become a necessary way for them, and the tank battalion commander who led the team found Qiao Youhua and others standing on the side of the road when he came to the railway station.

Although he didn't recognize General Zuo Quan, Qiao Youhua, the tank battalion commander still recognized it at a glance, and immediately ordered his tank driver to stop, and then jumped in.

After all, General Zuo Quan, who came from the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, had not seen this tank armored unit belonging to the Eighth Route Army with his own eyes.

Therefore, I wanted to take this opportunity to come out and have a look, and by the way, to boost the morale of the troops.

The commander of the tank battalion ran to Qiao Youhua and General Zuo Quan, saluted the two of them, and said: "Good chief, the reason why our unit failed to arrive in Taiyuan before twelve o'clock as agreed is because when crossing the Fen River, the bridge was in disrepair and could not be passed through Guò.

Fortunately, with the help of the local brothers and the people, an earthen dam bridge was built in the shallow water, and we were able to pass through the valley. ”

General Zuo Quan smiled and nodded, Qiao Youhua said: "Well, there is a reason for the incident, and it can't be regarded as your dereliction of duty, within the scope of our territorial control, the traffic conditions of railways, highways, and bridges are indeed not very good, and when this battle is over, it is time to organize manpower and material resources to repair it." ”

After speaking, Qiao Youhua solemnly introduced: "This person next to me is the deputy chief of general staff of our Eighth Route Army Headquarters, the head of Zuo Quan, and the political commissar and chief of staff of our Dragon Tooth Column in the future!" ”

"Hello chief." The tank battalion commander hurriedly saluted again.

General Zuo Quan smiled and waved his hand: "The military situation is urgent, you don't have to be polite, hurry up and lead your troops to help my besieging troops." ”

Seeing that Qiao Youhua also nodded, the tank battalion commander immediately stepped forward and responded: "Yes!" He then turned and ran back to his tank, leading five No. 4 tanks and roaring forward.

Outside the west gate of Taiyuan City, the Japanese puppet army, relying on the local superiority in strength, has successfully broken through the blockade of the west gate blockade troops, and is fighting fiercely with the dragon tooth column that rushed to intercept them, while nervously covering their expatriate businessmen to evacuate.

In the final analysis, the reason why the devils were able to break through the blockade line of the besieging troops was that the absolute superiority of the troops was on the one hand, and the dragon tooth column did not expect that after less than an hour, the devils would break through the city again, and their vigilance was relaxed.

In addition, the fierce battle had been raging for most of the night, and the besieging troops were very tired.

This time, the Japanese army used all the vehicles at their disposal, laden with their expatriate merchants, and rushed out of the city and fled in a hurry.

Seeing that more and more devils were withdrawing, and when the situation became more and more critical, the tank troops and more than 700 dragon tooth cavalry arrived in time.

Fifteen on-board machine guns on five No. 4 tank cars, as well as five 75mm Krupp guns, opened fire first.

The devils, who were fighting fiercely with the encircling troops of the Dragon's Tooth Column, were caught off guard and fell down with screams or were blown away by high-explosive shells.

With the help of the cover of the night, the cavalry quickly rushed towards the devil crowd from the two flanks of the tank unit with the momentum of wind and clouds.

More than 700 submachine guns built a powerful firepower network far stronger than that of the tank troops, and they shrouded the devil crowd at that time, and the devil soldiers and the second devils were like wheat that had been put on the spot by a harvester, and they fell under the shroud of the dazzling tongues of fire.

"Brethren, reinforcements have arrived! Rush up with me, kill these little Japan, and don't let them run! Seeing this, Zhou Dasheng, deputy commander of the Second Division, picked up an MG34 general-purpose machine gun and took the lead in the charge.

Behind him, thousands of dragon tooth officers and soldiers whose attacks were blocked followed one after another, stood up one after another, and launched a charge against the devils and the puppet army.

Under the front and rear attacks of tank troops, cavalry and infantry, the devils who had a steady advantage were quickly defeated, and the breakthrough channel that they worked hard to maintain also collapsed in an instant with the defeat of the Japanese puppet army.

The devil expatriates and merchants who continued to go out of the city were scattered and chaotic by the crowd of soldiers who had retreated from their own side, and the entire inside and outside of the West Gate fell into crowding and chaos, which was very unbearable.

The tank troops, cavalry, and infantry units of the Second Division naturally did not let go of such a great opportunity, and they stepped up their firepower and strafed one after another, and continued to charge forward.

The dense firepower flew back and forth in the night sky like a meteor shower, and the devils and puppet soldiers in the middle of the firepower network screamed and fell in pieces.

In the end, after the death of more than 10,000 expatriates and soldiers, the remaining puppet soldiers and devils finally withdrew to the city.

The various units of the Dragon Tooth Column did not take this opportunity to attack the city, and resolutely carried out Qiao Youhua's previous orders, so as not to destroy Taiyuan City in the flames of war.

It's just that Zhou Dasheng, who didn't understand his hatred, asked the tank battalion commander to lead five tanks to line up outside the West Gate, and bombarded the West Gate City Gate and the City Gate Building that the devils had just closed into slag, and at the same time killed and injured dozens of devils and puppet soldiers stationed there.