The troops attacking from the southwest also entered the attack positions, and everyone was ready, and the 3rd Tank Regiment and the Mechanized Infantry Regiment of the Armored Division were already less than 10 kilometers away from Qixing Town, southwest of Guisui.

There were 10 cavalry regiments in the cavalry division, and more than 20,000 cavalrymen followed closely behind, and everyone would attack as soon as it arrived at half past ten.

Although Qixing Town is only a small town, its strategic location is very important, it can be said to be the southwest gateway of Guisui, through Qixing Town, less than 20 kilometers to the northeast is Guisui City.

Although Qixing Town is not big, due to its important strategic location, a wing of the little devils and a cavalry regiment of the puppet army are stationed there, which can be said to be heavily guarded.

As soon as 10:30 a.m. arrived, the artillery division east of Guisui and two artillery regiments, with a total of 120 155-mm guns, took the lead in launching an artillery attack on the hilltop fortifications of the little devils.

Before the shelling, Wang Daquan, commander of the artillery division, had already stood on a high place and looked at it carefully, and the little devils had built a large number of pillboxes and trenches on a dozen or twenty small hills that stretched for ten kilometers in front, and many of the pillboxes were still cement fortifications.

On the top of those hills nearly ten kilometers away, you can see a lot of little devils through the telescope, and on some large cement bunkers, you can also see hanging plaster flags, which shows that this is the key defense area of the little devils, although Wang Daquan can't understand why the commander-in-chief ordered him to attack the most heavily defended place for the little devils, but since it is Zhang Yunfei's decision, Wang Daquan can only resolutely implement it.

Wang Daquan looked at his watch, it was almost half past ten, and the large-scale shelling was about to begin, and he had already given the order for the shelling, and now he only needed to observe the effect of the shelling.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the artillery position not far behind Wang Da's body to hear the rumbling sound of cannonball, and there were also bursts of sharp whistling sounds in the sky, and the scene was very spectacular. The movement of the 155-mm howitzer group firing is much more spectacular than the movement of the 105-mm howitzer group.

Through the telescope, Wang Daquan could clearly see that a shell hit a target in the distance, making an earth-shattering sound, although it was nearly 10 kilometers away, Wang Daquan could still feel the power of the 155-millimeter grenade explosion.

In less than a few minutes, a small hill guarded by little devils was hit by more than a dozen shells in a row, and the small dirt hill, which was already small, was cut down by one or two meters, and several small pillboxes built by the little devils on the mountain were blown away.

On the top of several large hills, the little devils built large cement bunkers, and these bunkers also looked a little crumbling after withstanding the bombardment of a few shells, and the little devils in the bunkers did not know if they were shocked to death.

At the same time as the artillery division began to bombard, hundreds of two tank regiments and more than 200 armored personnel carriers attacking from the east also began to attack, and the huge armored group rumbled towards the defensive positions of the little devils.

Although it is a small mountainous area, most of the slopes are gentle, there are no steep slopes, and the Type 39 tanks and Type 39 armored personnel carriers have strong off-road and climbing capabilities.

Several hundred combat vehicles of the two tank regiments of the armored division drove all over the mountains towards the more than a dozen hills defended by the little devils, and a few kilometers behind the two tank regiments, five or six infantry regiments of the Sixth Infantry Division also followed behind the tanks and began to advance.

The nine infantry regiments of the Sixth Infantry Division invested most of their offensive forces at once, and everyone's purpose was obvious, that is, to break through the defense line of the little devils in one fell swoop and attack Guisui as soon as possible.

Guisui southwest, as soon as 10:30 arrived, the 3rd Tank Regiment and the Mechanized Infantry Regiment of the Armored Division were the vanguard and launched an attack on Qixing Town, followed by 10 cavalry regiments of the Cavalry Division.

The terrain in the southwest of Qixing Town is gentle, which is very suitable for the deployment of mechanized troops, the third tank regiment and the mechanized infantry regiment march very fast, and tanks, armored vehicles, off-road vehicles, etc. are speeding on the plain, raising large pieces of dust, which looks very spectacular from a distance.

The cavalry division followed closely behind, 10 cavalry regiments totaling more than 20,000 people, galloping on the vast plain, and the galloping of thousands of horses was also huge, and the earth was trembling slightly.

The more than 3,000 little devil wings stationed in Qixing Town were not aware of the attacking troops of the 36th Group Army at first, and when dozens of Type 39 tanks and more than 100 armored personnel carriers of the Third Tank Regiment at the front were only two or three kilometers away from Qixing Town, the little devils discovered the magnificent armored cluster speeding in the distance.

The first to discover the situation was a little devil Shaozuo, this little devil Shaozo was checking his squadron's defensive position as usual, the little devil Shaozo had just finished half of the inspection, and saw that his defensive position was well built, and his heart was still relatively satisfied and happy.

At this time, the little devil Shaozuo had just come to a little devil machine gun position, the little devil Shaozuo looked at the machine gun position built by sandbags, the location was very reasonable, the annular machine gun position was one or two meters above the flat ground, and there were more than a dozen little devils in the annular position, and a Type 92 heavy machine gun and two crooked light machine guns were erected.

Seeing this machine gun position, the little devil Shaozuo looked at the same two machine gun positions not far away, and the little devil Shaozuo was still very sure in his heart that his position could effectively resist the attack of the [***] team.

In the southwest of Seven Star Town, less than a kilometer away from Seven Star Town, there are several small devil squadron-sized defensive positions, these defensive positions have both trenches and machine gun positions, and several hidden bunkers have been built, these positions serve as the first line of defense of Seven Star Town.

The little devil Shaozo looked at several machine gun positions on his position, and when he was happy and satisfied in his heart, suddenly the little devil Shaozo felt a slight tremor on the ground, and there was a faint rumbling sound in his ears, which was not only like the sound of a large number of war horses running together, but also like the sound of a large number of tanks starting.

The little devil Shao Zuo hurriedly picked up his binoculars and looked in the direction where the sound came from, only to see that it was gray in the distance, and a large number of tanks and armored vehicles were coming at high speed, only two or three kilometers away from here.

The little devil Shaozuo's face, which was still smiling, immediately froze, his mouth opened slightly, and a cigarette in his mouth also fell to the ground with a "snap", and the surprised little devil Shaozuo reacted after at least a few seconds, and finally understood in his heart that the opposite side was the armored cluster of the [***] team.

Shaozuo, the little devil who reacted, immediately said sharply: "The armored cluster of the [***] team has been discovered, everyone should pay attention to fighting back." After shouting, the little devil Shaozuo was a little helpless, because he didn't have anti-tank anti-tank guns at all, and these machine guns and rifles obviously couldn't stop the tanks and armored vehicles of the [***] team.

After the little devil Shaozo shouted, he reacted and wanted to report the situation to Naosaburo Okabe in Guisui City as soon as possible. The little devil Shaozuo immediately turned around, ran to the phone not far away, picked up the phone and anxiously called the headquarters of the Mengsui Army in Guisui City.

At this time, Okabe Naosaburo was walking around the headquarters with a solemn face, and just now the 26th Division stationed in the defense line east of Guisui called, and the defensive position of the 26th Division was indiscriminately bombarded by the heavy artillery group of the [***] team, and the fortifications on the defensive position were seriously damaged.

It had been several minutes since he received a call from the 26th Division, and Naosaburo Okabe had not figured out that Zhang Yunfei's 36th Army was storming Zhangjiakou. Why did a heavy artillery group suddenly appear here, Okabe Naosaburo thought to himself, could it be that Zhang Yunfei wanted to fight Guisui, but as soon as this idea appeared, it was denied by Okabe Naosaburo.

Now, Zhang Yunfei's troops are basically concentrated in Zhangjiakou, and they should not have the ability to attack Guisui City, which is stationed with heavy troops, which not only has two field divisions and regiments, but also a chariot wing and a cavalry wing, and the Imperial Association Army also has tens of thousands of people.

When Okabe Naosaburo was walking around the command headquarters and was puzzled, a little devil communication soldier walked in with an anxious expression, and bent down in front of Okabe Naosaburo and said respectfully: "Your Excellency Commander, just now there was a call from the Seven Star Town, and a large number of tanks and armored vehicles appeared on the periphery of Seven Star Town, and there are a large number of cavalry behind these armored vehicles. ”

Hearing this, Naosaburo Okabe changed color a little, and said in disbelief: "The news is reliable? ”

The little devil messenger bent down and saluted, and said loudly: "Your Excellency, Commander, the news is true. ”

Okabe Naosaburo, whose face was a little dignified, now thought faintly, could it be that Zhang Yunfei really wanted to fight Guisui, who was heavily guarded by his own troops, but according to reliable information, Zhang Yunfei had 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers outside Zhangjiakou, could it be that Zhang Yunfei still had the strength to attack Guisui.

Okabe Naosaburo thought in his heart that Zhang Yunfei was going to fight Guisui, and the number of troops would not be very large, and the troops of the 36th Group Army attacking from the southwest might be dozens of chariots plus a little cavalry at best.

Thinking of this, Okabe Naosaburo said: "Order the Kono Wing stationed in Seven Star Town to hold their position, and the Tank Wing and Cavalry Wing to reinforce Seven Star Town. ”

"Hey!" The little devil messenger immediately stood up and bent down, turned around and left, ready to convey Okabe Naosaburo's order.

"Wait a minute." Okabe Naosaburo stopped the little devil communication soldier, pondered for a while, and felt that it would be better to send another infantry wing to reinforce Qixing Town, so Okabe Naosaburo said again: "Then order the Matsumoto Wing stationed outside Guisui City to quickly reinforce Qixing Town to block the attack of the [***] team, and at the same time the cavalry division of the Imperial Association Army will reinforce Qixing Town together." ”

After giving the order, Okabe Naosaburo thought to himself, this time it should be able to block the attack of the [***] team, two infantry wings of more than 7,000 people, a cavalry wing plus a chariot wing, and five or six thousand cavalry divisions of the Imperial Army. With so many troops, it should be foolproof.

(To be continued)