"Rush!" Before the smoke completely cleared, more than 700 dragon tooth cavalry launched a charge against the devil's defense line.

Zhao Tiezhu held a submachine gun and was surrounded by a row of machine gunners, taking the lead, charging while firing fiercely at the Japanese positions filled with gunsmoke.

Suddenly, the gunshots rang out, and the dense bullets rained down, with the sound of whirring through the air, and went towards the remnants of the Japanese puppet army, shooting those Japanese puppet troops who were still in a panic.

A fierce fire assault, the Japanese puppet army suffered heavy casualties, unable to resist, one after another turned around and ran, the dragon tooth cavalry took advantage of the situation to cross the not too wide blockade ditch, rushed through the devil's broken defense line, slaughtered into the town of Shaling, and launched a relentless pursuit of the enemy.

With the devil's two small Luo ring legs, it was naturally impossible to outrun the four legs of the dragon's tooth cavalry's war horse, so the pursuit did not last long, and it ended with the destruction of the devil's army.

After the battle, Zhao Tiezhu, accompanied by several cavalrymen, rode his horse into the town filled with gunpowder, looked at the messy town, and instructed a soldier behind him: "Notify all companies to speed up the cleaning of the battlefield, in addition, send a telegram to the commander and regiment commander, just say that Shaling has been taken, let them rest assured to attack Wucheng." ”

"Yes." The warrior saluted on his horse, then turned and rode away.

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Five kilometers south of Wucheng, Qiao Youhua and the others had already completed the construction of the temporary headquarters and were discussing the offensive battle plan in the headquarters.

Suddenly, Wan Ying'er walked over from the confidential room next door with a telegram, and saluted Qiao Youhua: "Commander, the cavalry reconnaissance battalion is calling, Shaling Town has been taken, and Deputy Commander Zhao said that let's rest assured that we will attack Wucheng." ”

Hearing this, Qiao Youhua raised his head and stretched out his hand to take the message, glanced at Liu Yidao next to him, Zheng Yunshan and the others: "Hehe, this Zhao Tiezhu, doing things is reassuring." ”

Zheng Yunshan, as the head of the guard regiment and the peak of Zhao Tiezhu, was also very happy to hear Qiao Youhua say this, and nodded: "Commander, now we can attack with confidence." ”

Qiao Youhua nodded happily, and immediately said, "Scarface obeys orders!" ”

"Humble duty!" Scarface, the commander of the first regiment of the First Division, immediately stepped forward, and looked at Qiao Youhua's eyes full of eager battle intent.

"Lead the first regiment to take the lead in the main attack, and launch an attack on the Japanese puppet army's city defense line from the southeast of Wucheng, and the artillery regiment will provide fire support and cover for your department." Qiao Youhua commanded lightly.

"Yes!" Scarface happily agreed, and immediately turned around and left.

Qiao Youhua said to Zheng Yunshan again: "Yunshan, you take the guard regiment and set off immediately, set up a pontoon bridge in the Yanghe River, and prepare to cross the river to attack the Japanese position outside the west gate of Wucheng in a roundabout way, strive to break through it, detour back to the north gate, and cut off the retreat of the Japanese puppet army in the city to the northwest." ”

"Yes, guaranteed to complete the mission." Zheng Yunshan also saluted, and happily accepted the order to leave.

Liu Yidao said, "Commander, what are the remaining two regiments for?" ”

"Don't worry, according to the information we have, the Japanese puppet army in and around Wucheng will not be too many, at best there are three or five thousand people, and in the current situation that most of them have been recovered by us, they should not be determined to hold on to Wucheng. However, if there is an element of uncertainty in this.

That is, whether the top brass of the Japanese army in Beiping were determined to abandon Wucheng and even Chahar. ”

When Liu Yidao heard this, he suddenly realized: "Oh, I understand, so the commander, you ordered the cavalry troops to rush all the way to Shaling Town, which can not only cut off the eastward escape of the Japanese puppet army, but also play a warning role in advance for the Japanese reinforcements in the direction of Beiping." ”

Qiao Youhua nodded and said, "Not only that, if the Japanese military leaders in Beiping decide to abandon Wucheng, and the defenders of Wucheng don't know that Shaling Town has fallen into our hands, what do you think they will do?" ”

Liu Yidao said: "They should choose to retreat to Shaling Town nearby, and withdraw to Beiping from Xuanhua and other places." ”

"That's right." Qiao Youhua took out half a pack of cigarettes, threw a knife to Liu, lit it himself and took a puff: "It is very likely that compared with going far away and detouring thousands of miles, it is undoubtedly more tempting to go to Shaling Town." ”

"Moreover, in order to make this assumption come true, I have ordered the guard regiment to attack westward, to seize as much as possible the Japanese field positions in the area west of the city, and to put pressure on the devils, but unfortunately there is a Yanghe River to block it, and in a short time we will not be able to erect a pontoon bridge for tank vehicles to pass through guò, otherwise, we can throw tank troops into the attack on the west gate.

It was no problem to capture the Japanese field. Qiao Youhua said with some regret, if there was no big river blocking the Yanghe River, the two tank companies could directly go to the battlefield with the guard regiment.

Launching an attack on the Japanese army's field defensive positions in the west of the city, with the cover of tanks and the strong combat power of the guard regiment, it should be easy to take the field defensive positions of the devils.

As for the attack in the southeast direction, because Qiao Youhua also planned to induce the devils to break through from the east gate and evacuate to Shaling Town, he could not invest tank troops to participate in the attack for the time being, otherwise once the tank troops were invested, they would definitely be able to break down the devil's city fortifications, and then the devils would cut off the idea of breaking through from the east gate.

Instead, the breakthrough was carried out from the north gate and other places.

Liu Yidao held a cigarette in his hand, and did not smoke it in a hurry, but asked Qiao Youhua to ask: "Commander, it is better for me to lead two regiments across the river to attack, I promise to take the devil's field defense position in the west of the city." ”

Qiao Youhua waved his hand and said: "No need to do this, your task now is to give me a good rest in place, wait for the opportunity, you will enter the battle as a new force, launch a killing blow against the devils, and completely crush and annihilate them." ”

"Yes, I understand." When Liu Yidao heard this, he immediately straightened his chest and responded.

Outside the headquarters, the guard regiment and an infantry regiment of the 1st Division, led by Zheng Yunshan and Scarface, respectively, had embarked on the journey.

With the assistance of some baggage logistics troops, the guard regiment came to the south bank of the Yanghe River, which flowed around the city from the northeast of Wucheng, and began to build a pontoon bridge in shallow water.

Scarface, on the other hand, took an infantry regiment and an artillery regiment and went straight to the devil's field defensive position in the southeast of the city, and began to build an infantry sortie position and an artillery position in a tense and orderly manner.

Half an hour later, the artillerymen were ready, the infantry dug up several ring fortifications, and the fighters of one of the battalions in charge of serving as the vanguard rested for more than half an hour, full of energy and high morale.

Scarface ordered the artillery regiment to open fire immediately, and launched a heavy artillery bombardment of the Japanese field defensive positions in the southeast of Cheng.