The commander of the cavalry regiment Kong rode forward, wanting to quickly eliminate the remnants of the enemy, but he still did not forget to turn his head and say: "Lao Zhu, you must remember to invite me to drink." ”

Zhu Ming saw that Captain Kong's eyes lit up when he heard that there was wine, and he smiled and said: "Old Kong, why are you so verbose now, don't worry, I will remember this wine well, and we will rest when we get drunk." ”

"Okay, happy!" Commander Kong also shouted, and then rode his horse into the distance, and in only a few minutes, he took the cold and shining saber in his hand and opened the heads of the three little devils.

When the head of the cavalry regiment Kong walked away, Commander Zhu glanced at the battlefield, only to see that the battlefield was basically all his own people, and the little devils were basically wiped out, and only a few little devils were still gathered together in twos and threes, trying to resist stubbornly, but around these little devils, there were already many of their own fighters.

Zhu Ming, the commander of the 612th Regiment, immediately walked quickly to the temporary headquarters in his distance, and ordered the correspondent to immediately send a report to the Yichang headquarters, saying that the cavalry regiment had now made peace with the 612th Regiment, and although the 612th Regiment was now suffering a large loss, the 612th Regiment must hold its position to prevent the little devils from escaping eastward.

Zhu Ming, the commander of the 612th regiment, who watched the correspondent finish sending the telegram, let out a long sigh at this time, feeling a sense of relief, the white-knuckle battle with the little devil just now was really thrilling, but fortunately, there was timely reinforcement from the cavalry regiment.

Now the position is still in the hands of its own 612 Regiment, and there are reinforcements from the cavalry regiment, and it is believed that the 613 Regiment, which continues to reinforce, will also arrive soon, and at that time, this blocking position will be impregnable.

The blocking position of the 612th Regiment in the east was very fierce and thrilling, and to the west of the Botian Wing, the 3rd Infantry Division of the 36th Group Army had already left Jingzhou City several kilometers.

The soldiers listened to the fierce gunfire in front of them and knew that the blocking force of the 59th Army must have exchanged fire with the little devils, and the Botian detachment was also in front of them. Commander Chen of the Third Infantry Division was both happy and anxious in his heart, happy that the big army of the little devils was in front of him, and anxiously let the comrades of the 59th Army take the lead.

"Comrades, speed up, the little devil is right in front of you." Division Commander Chen, who was slightly anxious in his heart, immediately shouted at his troops.

With Chen Erwa's order, the soldiers immediately marched faster, and many soldiers even trotted, but everyone didn't run long, only about two or three kilometers, and they saw the little devil in front of them, and many soldiers shouted happily.

At this time, Chen Erwa also saw the little devil in front, and the little devil's troops were about a thousand meters away from his own troops, so Division Commander Chen immediately ordered: "Comrades, everyone stop marching and open the battle formation. ”

More than 20,000 soldiers of the Third Infantry Division stopped the rapid march and pulled up a defense line several kilometers long to prevent the little devils from escaping.

Hakuda Shigeichi's face was very ugly, and his mood was very bad, seeing that the Second Infantry Wing was about to break through the defense line of the [***] team in the east, how could he suddenly kill a Chinese cavalry unit, causing all the jade of the Second Infantry Wing to shatter.

Just when Hakata Shigeichi felt uncomfortable in his heart, and the nameless anger in his heart had nowhere to vent, a little devil communication soldier hurriedly ran on a war horse, not far in front of Hakuda Shigeichi, the little devil hurriedly dismounted, walked in front of Hada Shigeichi in a few steps, and reported anxiously: "Your Excellency, there is a large number of [***] squadrons in the west, with more than 20,000 people, and it may be a unit of the 36th Group Army. ”

"Baga, why is it the 36th Group Army again." Ha Tian Shigeichi was extremely angry, and he raised his hand and gave this little devil communication soldier a resounding slap in the face.

Although the little devil communication soldier was beaten, he didn't care about his slightly swollen cheeks, but immediately stood upright, bowed his head and bent over: "Hi, Your Excellency Commander, the news is true. ”

As soon as this little devil communication soldier finished reporting, several more little devil communication soldiers came, and these communication soldiers hurriedly walked in front of Hada Shigeichi, and said anxiously after standing upright: "Your Excellency Commander, there are a large number of traces of the [***] team in the south and north, and the number is estimated to be tens of thousands. ”

Hearing bad news continuously, Shigeichi Hata, who was already in an extremely bad mood, felt that there was nowhere to vent his anger, his eyes were black, and he fell straight to the ground.

The chief of staff of the little devil next to him, seeing that his detachment leader His Excellency fainted, he was also "quick with his eyes and hands", he held Hauda Shigeichi, shook Hata's body vigorously, and said anxiously: "Your Excellency Lieutenant General, Your Excellency Lieutenant General, wake up,......"

Finally, Hakata Shigeichi woke up slowly, and Hatada, whose face was a little pale, looked at the little devil commanders who came up around him, and said weakly: "Order the troops to defend on the spot, and at the same time send a report to Wuhan to ask for tactical guidance." ”

At this time, the surrounding [***] team had completely surrounded it, forming a huge encirclement, encircling the remaining seven or eight thousand Hatian detachments in an area of only a dozen square kilometers.

On the position of the Third Infantry Division, the division commander Chen Erwa took a telescope and carefully watched the movements of the little devils in the distance, only to see that the little devils were also building simple fortifications, and some little devils were digging trenches with their buttocks.

Seeing that the terrain was flat and the little devil basically didn't have any fortifications, Division Commander Chen hurriedly said to the correspondent next to him: "Send a report to the artillery regiment immediately, ask the artillery regiment, how long will it take to build an artillery position?" ”

"Yes, chief, I'll send the report right away." The signal soldier immediately turned around and sent a report to the artillery regiment, and not long after, the signal soldier returned and said to Chen Erwa: "Chief, the artillery regiment will start shelling in another twenty minutes." ”

"Okay, send a report to the artillery regiment immediately, and twenty minutes later, shell the Potian detachment for half an hour." Division Commander Chen immediately ordered. In such a flat place, and there are no effective fortifications, the shelling of 105-mm howitzers is enough for the little devils.

At this time, the position of the artillery regiment was almost ready, and 72 105-mm howitzers had been aimed at the Potian detachment a few kilometers away, and the artillerymen were just doing the final proofreading work, striving to make the shells more accurate.

The artillery commander looked at his watch, and the time was almost half past four in the afternoon, so he immediately ordered: "Comrades, everyone get ready, the shelling of the little devils will begin at half past four, and the shelling time will be half an hour." ”

The soldiers of the artillery regiment were very happy when they heard the order, today is really enjoyable, two shells in a row, each cannon will fire hundreds of shells, a few hours ago the shelling of half an hour, to the little devil caused a lot of casualties, this shelling effect should also be good.

The artillery commander saw that the time was exactly half past four, and immediately shouted loudly: "Fire!" ”

72 howitzers began to fire one after another, and the entire artillery regiment's position resounded with a deafening sound of cannonballing, and each cannon let out an earth-shattering roar, and in the sky, one after another shells with a sharp whistling crossed a beautiful arc in the air and flew towards the Botian detachment in the distance.

Hakata Shigeichi, who had just woken up from a fainting, had not fully recovered, and felt that his head was still groggy, and suddenly, there was a large whistling sound in the sky, and Hakuda Shigeichi secretly shouted in his heart, not good, it was a large-scale shelling by the [***] team.

Before Shigeichi Hauda could make a reaction, a large number of shells in the sky smashed down, exploding not far from Shigeichi Hata, making an earth-shattering explosion sound, and Shigeichi Hata, who was at least two or three hundred meters away from the explosion site, felt the shock wave generated by the explosion.

The little devil in the center of the explosion was directly blown to pieces by the powerful explosion, and the stump and broken arm of the little devil flew in the sky, and many of the little devils on the edge of the explosion were also shocked to the point of bleeding, or were hit by the shrapnel produced by the explosion, and lay on the ground with blood, and the little devil who did not lose his breath lay on the ground and wailed.

A little devil truck in the distance was directly hit by a 105mm grenade, and the violent explosion blew the truck apart, some truck parts were blown away, and the little devil on the truck was directly killed.

When Shigeichi Hamada saw this scene, he immediately broke his heart and almost fainted again.

On the position of the Third Infantry Division, the soldiers saw their artillery wielding, blowing up the little devils all over the ground, and more little devils were scurrying around in the explosion, and the soldiers seemed very happy.

The soldiers of the 59th Army, seeing that the artillery regiment of the Third Infantry Division had achieved good artillery results, and the mortars and Type 92 infantry guns of the 59th Army also began to shoot......

Yichang, 59th Army Headquarters.

Zhang Yunfei and Zhang Zizhong, who received the telegram, looked at each other and smiled, the cavalry regiment finally arrived in time, and together with the 612th regiment, wiped out the little devil wing that rushed to the position, and the rest of the troops had basically completed the encirclement of the little devil.

Zhang Zizhong's face was filled with joy, this battle was really happy, his old opponent Botian Detachment had become a turtle in an urn at this moment, and it was a matter of time before it was destroyed.

Zhang Yunfei looked at Zhang Zizhong, and said with a smile: "Big brother, the current Ha Tian Shigeichi has fallen into our heavy encirclement, I guess he is now in a panic, the shelling of 72 105mm howitzers of our artillery regiment, I think it is difficult for the little devil to bear." ”

(To be continued)