Gao (gao) town, that is, the later Gaocheng city, is located 31 kilometers east of Shimen, which is the first town in Hengshui in the east of Shimen.

The road from Shimen to Hengshui passes through the town, and after the devils of the 21st Division of Shimen were wiped out, hundreds of remnants of the puppet army who had retreated here fled one after another.

Ma Biao, Wu Ming and others led the second and third regiments to easily recover this place.

Wu Ming and Ma Biao, Zhao Youde, Zhou Dasheng and others came to the road at the east end of the town, Wu Ming patted Ma Biao on the shoulder and said: "Okay, it's time for us to divide the troops, you kid have to be vigilant for me, don't capsize in the gutter!" ”

Feeling the heartfelt instructions of his comrades-in-arms, Ma Biao's heart warmed, and it was rare that he did not argue with Wu Ming, and said, "You are too, four-eyed." ”

Wu Ming helped his glasses, and was a little unaccustomed to Ma Biao not arguing with him, so he turned his head and said to Zhao Youde, the deputy head of the regiment: "Old Zhao, you set off with the troops first, and I will come later." ”

Zhao Youde hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Yes." Then he took a few of his subordinates and left.

After Zhao Youde left, Wu Ming put his arm around Ma Biao's neck and said: "You and I both carry radio stations, once there is something, contact each other immediately, support each other, don't hold on!" Losing a battle is a trivial matter, and it is a major matter that it harms the lives of the soldiers and the people in the base areas. ”

Ma Biao nodded and said, "I know, how can you be more nagging than Political Commissar Guo?" You kid too. ”

The two brothers looked at each other and smiled, raised their fists in tacit understanding, and then put away their smiles and solemnly saluted each other with a standard military salute.

After the salute, Wu Ming turned around and strode away with the guards.

Ma Biao watched Wu Ming leave, and after a long time, he also waved his hand and said sharply to the subordinates behind him: "Brothers, the target is Jinzhou, go!" ”

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Jinzhou, a small county town located between Shimen and Hengshui, when the Second Regiment was still participating in the siege of Shimen, Liu Jianhua and Zhao Tiezhu had already led the Longya Cavalry Battalion, where they launched a fierce battle with the Japanese puppet army reinforcements in the direction of Hengshui, and finally won the battle.

Most of the Japanese puppet army was annihilated, a few fled, and even the original garrison in Jinju County was greatly damaged, so they had to abandon this place and retreat to Hengshui instead.

So Jinzhou is also an empty city, in fact, Qiao Youhua's inference is not wrong at all, the tactical vision is very accurate, from Shimen to the east to Hengshui, to the north to Anping County, Rauning County, the Japanese puppet army is very lacking.

Among them, the total number of devils and remnants of the puppet army in Hengshui City is less than 500 people.

Ma Biao and Wu Ming's two regiments of more than 6,000 soldiers all the way to the ground, in just one day, successively captured and recovered Jinzhou, Wuji, Xinji, Shenzhou, Anping County, Forte nearly 200 li, the front of the army directly approached Hengshui and Raoyang and the city.

In Hengshui City, because Xiao Qingzhonghu, the former captain of the garrison brigade, was killed in the battle with Liu Jianhua's cavalry battalion, the leader is now a Japanese lieutenant who escaped by luck.

The name is Country Yong, probably because his mother was born on the edge of the countryside, or because he was forced by one of his fathers, so he has such a strange name.

In fact, many people in Little Japan have strange names, just like the name of their country, there are many strange names such as village side, Inoue, field, snow, etc.

Xiang Ye Yong is now twenty-six years old, as a lieutenant officer, it can be regarded as decent, if it were not for the heavy losses in the previous battle with the Shina cavalry, he continued to stay in the rear of Hengshui gilded, and after a few years, it is not impossible to grow into a large officer.

It's just that now, because of the approach of the three thousand elites of the second regiment led by Ma Biao, it has become a mirror flower.

While sending a telegram to the reinforcements who were still coming to Hengshui Road, Xiang Ye Yong sent a telegram asking for help, and at the same time organized the Japanese puppet army in the city to prepare for the city defense battle.

As a large county town in Hebei, Hengshui also guards the key points of highways and railways, gathering many Japanese businessmen and opening various shops in Hengshui City with their families to earn Chinese hard-earned money.

Of course, none of the shops they opened and the places they lived in were not snatched from the hands of the Chinese people, and they didn't have to spend a dime, let alone pay rent, which was really a huge profit.

Therefore, although these Japanese businessmen did not wear military uniforms, they were all executioners with countless blood and life debts of Chinese soldiers and civilians on their hands, just like their regular invading army.

They were even more hateful than the Japanese army and the hardcore traitors, whether it was to avoid retaliation by the Chinese army after the destruction of the city, or to defend their existing profitable property, they spontaneously acted and formed a joint garrison with the soldiers of Xiang Ye Yong.

Even some women and half-grown Japanese children mobilized to help the Japanese puppet army carry all kinds of military supplies for the purpose of defending the city.

Not to mention the puppet army, those who can follow the countryside to return to Hengshui are definitely hardcore traitors, many of them also have industries and families in Hengshui, and they are tied to the same chariot of interests as the Japanese devils.

Facts have proved that the hardcore traitors know how to harm their compatriots better than the Japanese invaders, and they directly forced the people in Hengshui City to the city wall and a dangerous street intersection in the city to help them build fortifications.

Outside the city, Zhou Dasheng, the deputy commander of the second regiment, had already arrived at the west gate of Hengshui with the vanguard troops, and then launched a surprise attack.

Under the cover of more than a dozen 60mm mortars, about two companies of Longya soldiers shouted in unison and launched a charge towards the west gate with overwhelming momentum.

At this moment, the West Gate was bombarded with mortar shells, and the smoke was billowing out, and there were Japanese puppet troops constantly walking back and forth on the city, carrying all kinds of weapons and ammunition.

The soldiers fired while charging, and the first to fire was the MG34 general-purpose machine gun with the longest range and strongest firepower, but at the head of the city, the fire points of the 92-type heavy machine guns of the devils and the puppet army also shot out tongues of fire almost at the same time.

Dense bullets flew back and forth, some dragon tooth soldiers were unfortunately shot and fell to the ground, and there were also Japanese puppet soldiers on the head of the city who were constantly hit by the dense rain of bullets fired from the city and fell behind the battlement wall.

"Brothers, rush!" A captain company commander ran to a machine gunner who had just been shot, picked up his general-purpose machine gun, put a metal bullet chain more than two meters long on his neck, and continued to fire fiercely at the city with the general-purpose machine gun, firing while turning back to urge his subordinates.

As the battle progressed, the dragon's tooth soldiers gradually suppressed the Japanese puppet army at the head of the city, which was at an absolute disadvantage in strength and firepower, with the superior artillery fire of the general-purpose machine gun, and approached the city gate.

Several Demomen rushed forward with explosives packets in their hands, ready to carry out the blasting.

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