Datong, the headquarters of the 36th Army.

All kinds of news from the front line continued to gather in the headquarters of the 36th Group Army, and seeing that the attacks of various units were going well, everyone was relatively relaxed, and Zhang Yunfei also looked calm.

Although Zhang Yunfei is not 100% sure of attacking Guisui, he is at least sure of it, because Zhang Yunfei has a deep understanding of the power of armored clusters, and he still has advanced theories and tactics of armored assault clusters in Zhang Yunfei's mind.

In addition, the little devils in Guisui, although there are more people, can only be regarded as a lone army at best, and the North China Front Army that can be reinforced has been firmly blocked in Zhangjiakou by itself. What's more, Okamura Ningji of the North China Front Army thought that Zhang Yunfei was going to attack Zhangjiakou, and he had not yet considered reinforcing Guisui.

After reading a telegram sent by Wu Youqing of the armored division, Zhang Yunfei happily said to everyone: "Comrades, the troops we have attacked from the southwest of Guisui have almost broken through the second line of defense of the little devils, and are approaching Qixing Town, the southwest gateway of Guisui, and the two tank regiments attacking from the east are also approaching the hill where the little devils have built a large number of fortifications. ”

Comrade Zuo Qingquan, chief of the General Staff, was carefully looking at the map of Guisui, and when he heard this, he raised his head and said with a smile: "Commander-in-chief, as long as we take Qixing Town, the little devil's Mengsui army will become a turtle in the urn. ”

When Zhang Yunfei saw Chief of Staff Zuo say this, he also smiled faintly and said: "Old Zuo, we will capture Qixing Town soon, and I expect that in another hour at most, there will be good news from the front line." ”

"Oh, the Commander-in-Chief is so confident." The left chief of staff said with a little surprise.

In the eyes of the Chief of Staff Zuo, because of the important strategic location of Qixing Town, the little devil was stationed in an infantry wing, and now the battle has only started for half an hour, and in another hour it will only be an hour and a half, and a field wing of the little devil will be annihilated in an hour and a half, and the chief of staff of the left is still a little unconvinced.

Just now, Chief of Staff Zuo looked at the map there for a long time, and knew that Qixing Town was only 20 kilometers away from Guisui, and there was a spacious road between Guisui and Qixing Town, and the little devil's reinforcements could reach Qixing Town in thirty or forty minutes.

Chief of Staff Zuo looked at his watch, it is now eleven o'clock, and it is expected that in about ten minutes, the reinforcements of the little devil will be about to arrive, the strategic location of Qixing Town is important, I am afraid that there will be no shortage of reinforcements sent by Okabe Naosaburo.

Zhang Yunfei saw that the chief of staff of Zuo was a little unconvinced, Zhang Yunfei smiled and said: "Old Zuo, why don't we make a bet, I bet that our troops can take Qixing Town before 12 o'clock, and whoever loses will invite everyone to go to the best restaurant in Datong for a big meal." ”

Hearing this, Chief of Staff Zuo immediately became interested, and said happily: "A good word is a certainty, everyone will be a witness for me." ”

Seeing that the two of them were humorously blocked, everyone laughed.

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Zhangjiakou, the headquarters of the 10th Division of the Little Devils.

The little devil's new division commander, Ichiro Togawa, had a gloomy face, was very anxious in his heart, and he was restless in the command headquarters, and Ichiro Togawa already knew the news that the reinforcements of the 4th Division had been heavily damaged by the air force of the 36th Army.

Originally, Shikawa Ichiro still had high hopes for the reinforcements of the 4th Division, because the 4th Division was one of the permanent divisions of the little devils, and in the minds of all the little devils, this division was very combative, and Togawa Ichiro also believed that as long as the 4th Division reached Zhangjiakou, Zhangjiakou would be worry-free.

The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, with the 4th Division's vanguard reinforcements being hit hard, Togawa Ichiro felt deep anxiety about the situation in Zhangjiakou in addition to deep disappointment.

At present, the two divisions stationed in Zhangjiakou have lost thousands of people, and what is worse is that the little devils are now demoralized, and the city wall of Zhangjiakou has also collapsed several gaps, thinking of this, Shichuan Ichiro was a little stunned, with more than a dozen little devil commanders, hurriedly walked out of the command headquarters, and walked towards the city wall.

The [***] team outside Zhangjiakou is now very quiet, neither carrying out heavy artillery bombardment, nor starting to attack the city, and the little devils don't understand what the [***] team outside the city will do next.

Outside Zhangjiakou, the headquarters of the 2nd Infantry Division.

After reading several telegrams in the command center, Qian Long, commander of the Second Division, accompanied by several guards and communications soldiers, took a telescope and went to the trench not far in front of the headquarters.

In the telescope, Qian Long still saw a lot of little devils on the city wall, especially at several gaps that had been blown up, and many little devils were piling up sandbags, trying to plug the gaps as soon as possible.

Looking at the busy little devil, Qian Long couldn't help but have a smile on the corner of his mouth, and thought in his heart, the little devil was really scared by us, and he looked like he was facing a big enemy.

In order to put some more pressure on the little devil and make it look like he was about to attack the city, Qian Long said to a communication soldier next to him: "Pass my order, and several regiments in our forward position will advance the defense line by another 500 meters. ”

Several infantry regiments in the forward position of the Second Infantry Division are still nearly a kilometer away from the city wall of Zhangjiakou, and there was a huge defensive position built by the little devils in front of the city wall of Zhangjiakou, and the trenches and various anti-artillery fortifications on the position were ready-made.

Although the trenches and fortifications in this position have been seriously damaged in the fierce shelling of the artillery regiment in the past, they can still be used, the little devils in Zhangjiakou have no heavy artillery, and the heavy weapons equipped by the two divisions in Zhangjiakou are only some mortars and 92 infantry guns.

The fortifications built by the little devils before, as long as they were slightly repaired, were more than enough to defend against the attacks of these mortars and 92 infantry guns.

With Qian Long's order, the three infantry regiments of the Second Infantry Division began to advance, and it didn't take long for them to enter the defensive position in the west of Zhangjiakou City, less than a few hundred meters away from the Zhangjiakou City Wall.

At this time, Ichiro Shikawa was accompanied by more than a dozen little devil commanders, climbed the city wall to the west of the city, and carefully looked at the position of the [***] team in the distance with a telescope. With the death of the commander of the 30th Division, Minamijiro, Okamura Ninji temporarily appointed Shikawa Ichiro to command the little devils of the two divisions in Zhangjiakou.

With a dignified face, Ichiro Shikawa held a telescope and carefully looked at the position of the [***] team in front, and suddenly, the [***] team was crowded with people, and many soldiers of the [***] team ran towards this side with AK-47 assault rifles.

Seeing this scene, Shikawa Ichiro's face changed, and he thought in his heart, it's not good, the middle [***] team has begun to attack, and it seems that it is going to attack the city.

Ichiro Shikawa immediately shouted: "Quick, everyone get ready, the middle [***] team is going to attack." ”

As soon as Shichuan Ichiro stopped talking, the little devils immediately became busy in a panic, many little devils held the rifles in their hands tightly, aiming ahead, many little devils looked nervous, and their palms were sweaty.

The three infantry regiments of the Second Infantry Division advanced forward in an orderly manner, and after entering the position west of the little devil city, the soldiers immediately entered the trench and advanced along the trench, and it didn't take long for the team of several thousand people to reach the designated position requested by Qian Long.

At this time, there were still scattered weapons everywhere on the little devil's position, and there were a lot of little devil corpses, the little devils retreated very hurriedly, although they took away a lot of corpses, but there were still at least one or two thousand little devil corpses left on the position.

The little devils on the city wall, seeing that the soldiers of the 36th Group Army were getting closer and closer, and the soldiers were still four or five hundred meters away from the city wall where the little devils were, the little devils on the city wall began to crackle and put down their guns.

Due to the distance and the fact that the soldiers were basically in the trenches, there were very few exposed trenches, and the casualties caused by the little devil's shooting to the soldiers were small.

Except for a few careless fighters who were shot, the rest of the fighters immediately hid in the trenches without showing their heads, and many fighters began to erect mortars in the trenches, and each infantry company of the 2nd Infantry Division was armed with several 60-mm mortars, and the total number of mortars owned by the three infantry regiments was not small.

After the little devil shot in a panic for a few minutes, many mortars were set up and began to fire back at the little devils on the city wall.

The commander of the little devil's division, Ichiro Shikawa, saw that the [***] team was fiercely returning fire with mortars, and immediately shouted: "Return fire, return fire!" ”

After speaking, the commander of the little devil division saw that it was not safe on the city wall, and in order not to follow in the footsteps of Nanjiro, Tokawa Ichiro, under the leadership of several little devil commanders, hurriedly got off the city wall and returned to his headquarters.

The little devils on the city wall, seeing that the middle [***] team under the city fought back violently, and many of the machine guns that the little devils had just set up were blown away, and the little devils who were a little anxious also began to set up mortars to return fire at the [***] team four or five hundred meters away.

In the distance, Qian Long, who was watching the battle with a telescope, saw that the little devils on the city wall also began to fire back with mortars, and immediately ordered: "Pass my order, order the artillery regiment to shell the little devils on the city wall for another 10 minutes." ”

Within five minutes of Qian Long's order, a large sharp whistling sound was heard in the sky, and the 72 105mm howitzers of the artillery regiment began to shell the city wall where the little devils were stationed again.

One by one, 105 mm howitzer shells exploded violently on the city wall, killing a large number of little devils, the little devils on the city wall, seeing that the artillery of the [***] team began to fire again, some of the little devils immediately stopped firing back, hugged their heads behind them, and shrank under the battlements or hid in the dead corners of the city walls.

(To be continued)