"Units speed up, quick! The sooner you get to Mancheng, the soldiers and civilians there will be fewer casualties! We must not allow the tragedy of Yi County to repeat itself. "On a geotechnical road from Xushui County to Mancheng County, an armored convoy composed of more than a dozen No. 4 tanks and some military trucks rumbled and drove fast, bringing up bursts of smoke and dust wherever they passed.

In one of the No. 4 tanks, the commander of the 1st Battalion of the 1st Tank Regiment of the 1st Division was holding a walkie-talkie to give orders to his subordinates.

There were several dragon tooth infantry "hanging" on the outside of each tank, although this was a bit nondescript, but it was able to make the best use of everything, saving the infantry the body and carrying as many troops as possible to the scene of the incident.

Under the city, the ghost cavalry's re-attack finally ended in failure, and when a devil Dazuo was in a dilemma, he led the team to break through the Yi County, and the devil Zhongzuo said to him: "Sir, the defenders of the city are prepared, and it is pointless to attack again, so it is better for us to evacuate immediately and find the next suitable target." I am worried that after a long delay, there will be reinforcements from the Zhina Army. ”

"Well, then give the order to retreat!" Devil Dazuo thought about it when he heard this, and nodded in agreement.

However, before more than 2,000 little devil cavalry could evacuate from Mancheng, the first battalion of the tank regiment of the 1st Division arrived with an infantry company.

The commander of the 1st Tank Battalion personally operated the artillery and led more than a dozen tanks to charge the Japanese cavalry, boom! More than a dozen No. 4 tanks lined up in a row, crushing and ramming the assembled devil cavalry group with overwhelming momentum.

All the on-board machine guns and tank guns were in full fire, and a large number of dense bullets rained down on the Japanese crowd with scarlet and eye-catching fire balls.

The devil cavalry, who was caught off guard, fell down in large swaths.

At this time, the soldiers and civilians in the city found the reinforcements outside the city, and they let out monstrous cheers, and some excited soldiers and people even found ladders and ropes from the city, and took the initiative to go out of the city to cooperate with the devils.

They were not afraid to shoot at the devil and rushed towards it.

The devil Dazuo was taken aback when he saw this, and his face changed greatly: "Baga Yalu, the tanks of the Chinese army, how can they appear here?" ”

Kawashima Nakasa, the initiator of the Yixian Massacre, also had a wild change in his face, and immediately turned his horse's head and said to the big one: "Sir, the cavalry is in the plains, and it is not the opponent of the tank fighting vehicles at all, and you see, the tank firepower of the people of China is very fierce!" Let's get out of here. ”

"However, the troops have not yet completed their assembly, shall we go first?" Devil Dazuo was a little hesitant.

俅俅俅俅...... At this moment, several high-explosive grenades fired by tank guns whistled through the sky and smashed down in this direction.

After the shell landed, there was a violent explosion, and the raging shock Boden overturned seven or eight devil cavalry, even people and horses, to the ground, and for a time the horses were neighing, and the people turned over on their backs.

The devil Dazuo was shocked into a cold sweat on the horse, and he no longer hesitated at the moment, turned the horse's head and ordered: "Quickly retreat, quickly retreat!" "Take the lead and flee in a hurry.

Kawashima Nakasa and other backbone of the devil cavalry followed him to turn around and run wildly, whipping the horse's whip and legs in his hand and hitting the horse's belly constantly, in order to escape from here at the maximum speed.

There is nothing to say, in this kind of plain area with a wide field of vision, if you encounter this kind of tank group equipped with a terrifying rate of fire general-purpose machine guns, even if there are only a dozen of them, the devil cavalry will only be slaughtered, so you don't want to be beaten into a hornet's nest, so you can only flee quickly and get out of the battle.

What's more, in addition to a dozen tanks, there is also a company of regular infantry on the side of the Dragon's Tooth Column, as well as the militia and people who are constantly swarming out of the city.

In normal times, those militiamen would never dare to fight against the devil cavalry outside the city, but now it is not a problem to have their own tanks sweep the formation and beat the water dogs.

In this way, nearly 3,000 devil cavalry were easily defeated by the combination of dragon tooth tanks and infantry, and the Japanese cavalry was defeated like a mountain and could not be defeated.

The 1st Tank Battalion combined with the infantry and launched a pursuit, and countless ghost cavalrymen died under the tank guns and vehicle-mounted general-purpose machine guns.

In the end, less than 500 devil cavalry managed to escape.

When the pursuit battle ended, all the officers and men involved in the pursuit involuntarily raised their weapons in their hands and fired fiercely into the sky.

And under the tracks of their chariots, under their feet, it was the corpse of the devil who was trampled on, and in this battle, although they failed to completely annihilate the Japanese cavalry, they could be regarded as having a bad breath.

It is enough to comfort the souls of all the soldiers and civilians who died in Yi County.

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Wen'an Town, the middle army of the Dragon's Tooth Column and the former enemy headquarters of the column.

Liu Ruhan rushed to Qiao Youhua and Zuo Quan with a telegram in his hand, and reported to them: "Commander, chief of staff, there is good news from Mancheng County, after discovering the enemy's cavalry in time, while holding on, while asking for help, the first tank battalion of the first division rushed to reinforcements as soon as possible.

In the end, the two sides joined forces and broke the Japanese invaders under the city, annihilating nearly 2,000 enemy riders, and achieved a great victory!

Zuo Quan and Qiao Youhua were overjoyed when they heard this, Qiao Youhua slapped the table and praised: "Well done, you should fight like this!" The whole army should be electrified, and the battle of Mancheng should be used as a model, and make persistent efforts to prevent the devil cavalry from escaping from our base area alive! ”

"Youhua, I didn't expect your iron-walled plan to bear fruit so quickly!" Zuo Quan couldn't help but nodded in praise again and again.

"For us, the sooner we can see results, the better, after all, the offensive on the frontal battlefield will become more difficult because of the lack of cover from tank armored forces, so to speak!

Both sides know that delaying on the front line in Bazhou and Zhuozhou for a long time will not do us any good, and the situation will only become more and more unfavorable to our army.

This is also the reason why the top brass of the Japanese army in North China did not hesitate to send a large number of cavalry to the rear of our base area to carry out sabotage warfare.

They were to trade their cavalry for time, to delay as much time as possible, and to wait for reinforcements from their homeland or elsewhere to arrive. ”

Zuo Quan nodded silently: "Then do you want to continue today's attack?" ”

"Of course, we have to continue, time is precious to both the enemy and us, how can we stop the offensive just because we don't have the cover of tank armored groups? Even if they could not break through the Japanese defense line, they would never give the devils and the puppet army any respite, and the order would be passed on, and all divisions, regiments, and troops directly under the front line would continue to attack in an all-out way. Qiao Youhua said.

"Well, okay, I'll arrange it." Zuo Quan nodded and turned to leave.

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