The mechanized infantry regiment is getting closer and closer to these little devils' strongholds, and the commander of the mechanized infantry regiment also saw the situation in front, and the commander of the Qin regiment picked up the microphone and ordered loudly: "Pay attention to the three companies of the first battalion, send a platoon to take a look, and the rest of the personnel continue to advance and enter the county seat of Wuning." ”

The three companies of the first battalion were at the front of the line, the closest to the strongholds of the little devils, and they were ordered to leave the large army with seven chariots in a platoon and go to the stronghold of the little devils not far away.

There are only a dozen puppet soldiers in this stronghold, and these puppet soldiers have long been a little stunned when they see the huge convoy of mechanized infantry regiments, and they have never seen the puppet army of mechanized troops, and they are a little naturally afraid of the huge mechanized infantry regiment.

Seeing a few chariots coming straight towards him, the dozen or so puppet soldiers were immediately frightened to death, immediately trembling, holding a white flag out of the stronghold, and shouting in horror from afar: "Don't shoot, don't shoot, we surrender." ”

Several fighters got out of the off-road vehicle and drove the puppet soldiers to an open field in front of the stronghold, where a soldier with an AK-47 assault rifle began to interrogate them.

"Be honest with me, answer my questions well, where are the little devils here?"

"This brother, the little devil has long run away and withdrawn to Qinhuangdao, and now there is only one little devil of the infantry squad left in Wuning County."

A puppet army squad leader still seemed a little frightened when he answered.

Seeing that these puppet soldiers didn't look like they were lying, everyone immediately reported the situation, and immediately, the commander of the mechanized infantry regiment, Qin, knew the situation in Wuning County.

Seeing that Wuning County was basically an empty city, and the little devils had basically withdrawn, Commander Qin ordered the troops to enter the city and annihilate the little devil squad.

This infantry squad had just finished reporting the situation to the army in Qinhuangdao, and before they could escape, they were surrounded by soldiers, all the little devils were killed by the soldiers, and the two or three hundred puppet soldiers in the city were all taken prisoner.

After recovering the county seat of Wuning, Regiment Commander Qin immediately reported the situation to the commander of the 5th column.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, more than half of the troops of the 5th Column passed through Wuning County, continued to march eastward, and approached Qinhuangdao, of which the vanguard of two mechanized infantry regiments, two tank regiments, two infantry regiments, and one cavalry regiment had reached the eastern urban area of Qinhuangdao.

Seeing the arrival of the large force of the 5th Column, the little devil knew that he could not compete with such a large force as the 5th Column, so the little devil directly abandoned the urban area located in the east of the Tang River, and the little devils were all in the west of the city, building fortifications along the river, trying to stop the enemy on the east bank of the Tang River.

At present, the troops of the fifth column are confronting the little devils, and many tanks, armored vehicles, and off-road vehicles have reached the east bank of the Tang River, and everyone is preparing to attack.

All the bridges on the Tang River were blown up by the little devils, so that all the tanks, armored vehicles and off-road vehicles of the fifth column could not cross the river for the time being.

Xie Zhendong, the commander of the 5th Column, also came to the east bank of the Tang River, and observed the situation of the little devil from a distance across the river.

What should I do? Xie Zhendong put down the binoculars and thought about it carefully.

Then he said to a few guards next to him: "Map, open the map of Qinhuangdao immediately." ”

Several guards immediately opened the map, and several high-ranking members of the 5th column looked carefully around the map, and after looking at the map, everyone felt a little eyebrows.

The map is still relatively clear, the lower reaches of the Tang River and the estuary are a little wider, and the upper reaches are getting narrower and narrower, if it is really as marked on the map, then it is completely possible to cross the river from the narrow place upstream.

Although it is necessary to detour for dozens of kilometers, in this way, you can go directly to the back of the little devil and come to him to attack from both sides.

For the sake of safety, everyone found a few more local people, carefully inquired about the situation, and felt that this plan was safe and feasible, so they immediately mobilized two tank regiments and one mechanized infantry regiment to go upstream, and the rest of the troops were ready to attack here to attract the attention of the little devils.

On the west bank of the Tang River, the position of the little devils.

The little devils dug temporary trenches along the river, and rows of sandbags were piled up on the river embankment, a stiff Type 92 heavy machine gun, a crooked sub-machine gun, and a Type 38 rifle, all aimed at the east bank of the Tang River.

More than 20 mortars and 6 Type 92 infantry guns of the Little Devil Infantry Wing are also ready on the west bank of the Tang River, and next to each gun, there are many little devils.

On the east bank of the Tang River, the position of the 5th Column.

A mechanized infantry regiment with hundreds of tanks lined up along the river, and the 30-mm guns on the vehicles were aimed at the other side of the river.

The two infantry regiments involved in the attack, several thousand soldiers, also collected hundreds of small wooden boats in a short period of time and prepared to cross the river.

A lot of machine guns of the two infantry regiments have also been erected, these are the squad machine guns produced by the Datong Arsenal, each infantry squad is equipped with one, using 200 rounds of ammunition chain feeding, the effective range of 800 meters, the theoretical rate of fire is 600 rounds per minute, and the actual rate of fire is more than 150 rounds per minute, using 7.92 mm Mauser rifle cartridges.

At present, at least hundreds of such machine guns have been erected on the east bank of the Tang River, mainly to suppress the firepower of the little devils on the opposite bank and provide cover for the comrades crossing the river.

Two infantry regiments, dozens of 60-mm mortars were concentrated and used, and in a long open field on the east bank of the Tang River, dozens of mortars were lined up in a neat row, nearly two hundred meters long, and the three gunners next to each mortar were ready.

Although the 5th Column had a lot of heavy artillery, on the other side of the Tang River, less than two or three hundred meters across the river, there were quite a few houses, and if the large-caliber heavy artillery fired at these houses, it would cause a lot of losses to the common people.

Considering that the civilian population could not be injured by mistake, the heavy artillery of the 5th column was useless this time, and the small-caliber 60-mm mortars were basically used.

Of course, because the caliber of the mortar is on the small side and the firing range does not have a great advantage, the mortar position behind the entire attacking force, and the mortar and Type 92 infantry guns of the little devils cannot hit this mortar position of a small scale.

The commander of the 5th column stood on the east bank of the Tang River, carefully looked at the position of the little devils, and saw that a lot of mortars and several 92 infantry guns were deployed behind the little devils' team, and the commander Xie Zhendong was also frowning.

Xie Zhendong looked at his watch, it was almost four o'clock in the afternoon, but the two armies had been facing each other for so long, the little devils were not in a hurry to attack first, the little devils seemed to be delaying time, could it be that the little devils were waiting for reinforcements?

I don't know if the two tank regiments and one mechanized infantry regiment have crossed the river from the upper reaches of the Tang River now, these three regiments have been on departure for more than an hour.

Xie Zhendong was about to ask, when a messenger soldier walked over quickly and reported loudly: "Commander, our two tank regiments and mechanized infantry regiments have all crossed the Tang River from Gaozhuang Village upstream, and the troops have not encountered little devils during the river crossing. ”

"Good!" Xie Zhendong's face was full of joy, and he looked at his pocket watch, it was less than ten minutes before four o'clock in the afternoon, and he could start attacking.

"Command! At four o'clock sharp, the troops attacked. ”

Xie Zhendong's voice was loud and full of energy, and it seemed that Xie Zhendong was full of confidence in this battle.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the attack of the 5th column began.

With a "snap" of a signal flare, it shone into the sky, and almost all the soldiers who were preparing to attack saw this signal flare, and everyone knew that the general attack was about to begin.

"Tom, tom, tom......"

On the huge position of the 60-mm mortars, there was a dense sound of artillery firing, and one shell after another flew hundreds of meters away, and the position of the little devils on the other side of the river, as a large number of shells were fired, a sharp whistling sound sounded in the sky.

In advance, the fighters had carefully proofread each mortar, and this round of shells was very accurate, basically exploding on the position of the little devils, killing many little devils.

"Ten shots!"

Immediately, dozens of 60-mm mortars began to fire fiercely, pouring shells on the positions of the little devils on the opposite bank.

At the same time as the mortars were fired, on the east bank of the Tang River, on the positions of the two infantry regiments participating in the attack, many machine guns began to fire, causing mud to fly on the positions of the little devils on the opposite bank, and many little devils were shot and killed.

But as soon as the soldiers attacked, the little devils also began to fight back, and across the Tang River, which was nearly two hundred meters wide, the two armies immediately shot at each other.

The mortars and Type 92 infantry guns of the little devils also began to fire shells at the positions of the 5th column, and bursts of explosions sounded on the positions of the fighters, and immediately, the fighters began to suffer casualties.

"Knock out the artillery positions of the little devils for me!"

The voice of the commander of the 5th column was loud and short, with a little anger in his voice.

Several armored vehicles and off-road vehicles in front of them, seeing that the artillery position of the little devil was exactly within the range of their 30-mm cannons, and seeing that the artillery of the little devil was still so arrogant, without waiting for the order of their commander, these 30-mm machine guns aimed at the artillery position of the little devil and opened fire.

The little devils seriously underestimated the range of the 30-mm machine guns equipped by the 36th Group Army, and although the artillery positions of the little devils were nearly a kilometer away from these armored vehicles and off-road vehicles, the distance of one thousand meters was still within the range of the 30-mm machine guns.

Through the optical sight on the 30mm cannon, the fighters can easily aim at the mortars and Type 92 infantry guns of the little devils, and even the figure of the little devils can be seen clearly.

(To be continued)