At the same time that the tank regiment took Xian County without much effort, an elite infantry regiment of Jiang Haidong also set off from Raoyang County, west of Wuqiang County.

In addition to Raoyang, the left-behind troops in Anguo County also sent two companies of troops to advance northeast from Anguo.

The target is directly aimed at Bowang Town in the west of Suning, Bowang Town and Suning County, the garrisons in these two places are basically puppet armies, and a few devils have long been recruited to participate in the battle of besieging the Dragon's Tooth Column.

It has not been rebuilt until now, so the defense forces of these two places are very weak.

Bowang Town was only more than 20 miles away from the county seat of Anguo, so the two infantry companies from Anguo were the first to arrive, and without hesitation, under the command of a deputy battalion commander, launched an attack on the defenders in the town.

The defenders of Bowang Town built two gun towers and some pillboxes at the entrance to the town, all of which they defended, but the two infantry companies carried two Japanese Type 92 infantry guns that had been captured during the battle to retake the county town of Angua.

This thing is not capable of attacking the county, but it is not a problem to deal with these bunkers and turrets made of blue bricks and mud.

Two Type 92 infantry guns fired two shots at one of the turrets, and the bricks of the turret were shattered, flying in all directions, and in the thick smoke, several unlucky puppet soldiers were blown down by the shock wave from the top floor, and fell half to death on the spot.

Seeing that the Eighth Route Army that attacked them actually had artillery, the puppet soldiers who had never seen much of the world were timid one by one, and then they raised a white flag and begged to surrender.

The two companies then regained the town of Bowang without much effort, and all the more than 100 puppet troops in the town became their prisoners.

Leaving a platoon of soldiers to guard the prisoners, the deputy battalion commander followed the orders from above and continued to lead his troops towards the county seat of Suning.

Finally, more than an hour later, he joined forces with the main force of the 2nd Infantry Regiment of the 1st Brigade of Longya from Raoyang and the city of Suning County.

Suning County is the most advanced county town in the blockade line of Duotianjun, although the defenders in the city have been instructed, reinforcements will arrive soon, and they must strengthen their vigilance and hold on no matter what.

However, the situation in the city was the same as in Bowang Town, there were no Japanese troops at all, only more than 1,000 puppet troops, half of whom were stragglers who fled from the battlefield in Dingzhou.

The combat effectiveness can be imagined, even if the commander in the city is a hardcore traitor, and he is not the opponent of an elite infantry regiment of Dragon's Tooth.

After a fierce artillery bombardment, the puppet army was suppressed on the top of the city and could not raise its head, and thousands of elite infantry of the dragon's tooth immediately launched a charge towards the city gate.

With the absolute superiority of firepower, it was easy to suppress the puppet army on the head of the city, and then broke through the city, and the subsequent battle was without any suspense.

As long as it is attacked into the city by the dragon's tooth column, even if the remaining hundreds of defenders in the city are all devils, they will definitely not be able to withstand the onslaught of nearly 3,000 dragontooth warriors.

In less than half an hour of fierce fighting, after the hardcore traitors of the puppet army in the city and more than 300 of his men were killed, the remaining six or seven hundred puppet troops collapsed and knelt down and surrendered with their guns raised.

The county seat of Suning was recovered by the Dragon's Tooth Column immediately after the surrender of the city. 、

However, after taking Suning County, the officers and soldiers of the Second Infantry Regiment of the First Brigade did not pause, but left the two companies to garrison, and the main force of the regiment, under the leadership of the regiment commander, quickly left the city and continued to march rapidly to the northeast.

This time, their target was Hejian County, because the geographical location of Hejian County was much more important than Suning, Xiancheng and other places, and he was located in the middle of Cangzhou and Baoding.

As long as this place is taken, Tada Jun's plan to build a blockade line based on Baoding and Cangzhou will be frustrated.

Tada Jun's strategic vision can see how important Hejian is, how can Qiao Youhua not see it?

Therefore, although, for the time being, I don't know the military deployment of Tada Jun after taking office, Qiao Youhua started in advance, and after taking Hejian, he had to move troops against these counties south of Cangzhou.

"Your Excellency Commander, something is wrong, I just got an urgent telegram from Cangzhou from the 14th Division, the Tuba Road in the area of Hengshui and Raoyang suddenly took the initiative to attack north, and successively captured Xianxian County and Suning County, where our garrison was weak.

Where there is only a small number of Imperial Cooperative troops stationed, the two mixed brigades we transferred from Beiping have just arrived in Bazhou now, and they are simply unable to resist Qiao Youhua's counterattack! "In the headquarters of the Japanese army in Beiping, after Kawabe Shozo got the news, he hurriedly came to Tada Jun and reported.

Tada Jun was startled when he heard this, and quickly stood up, turned around and walked to the combat map for the first time, and after looking at it for a while, his face was full of anxiety and turned around, and said to the riverside: "Send a telegram to the 8th Division, let them set off immediately, and they must rush ahead of the people of China and rush to the river!" ”

Kawabe Shozo was a little surprised and said, "General, do you mean that the Dragon's Tooth Column will also attack Hejian County?" ”

Tada Jun said anxiously: "Yes, that's for sure, you look at the map yourself, at this moment, the location of Hejian is too important, the Dragon's Tooth Column suddenly went north to capture Suning and Xian County one after another, which is enough to prove that they also see the importance of Hejian." ”

Hebe Zhengzo glanced at the map and said with some concern: "But, general, the 8th Division is in Cangxian, where is far from Hejian than Suning from Hejian!" If the people of China really came to Hejian County, I'm afraid it's too late in time. ”

Tada Jun was a little angry and reprimanded: "Bastard, I know this, tell the 8th Division, tell them to march as fast as possible, no matter what, they must not let Hejian fall into the hands of the Dragon's Tooth Column!" Do you drip? ”

Kawabe Shozo was a little scared, and hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Hai! I understand that I will send a telegram to the 8th Division. ”、

In Hengshui City, Qiao Youhua, who had already made preliminary operational arrangements, was sitting in front of the combat map, smoking a cigarette, waiting for the news from various departments to come back.

Of the three brigade commanders, only Jiang Haidong stayed, and Ma Biao and Wu Ming personally led their respective main forces to secretly operate according to the battle plan they had discussed with Qiao Youhua.

Qiao Youhua was sitting, Jiang Haidong was standing, neither of them spoke, and at this moment, a communication soldier suddenly ran over with a telegram in his hand, and saluted the two of them: "Commander, Brigade Commander Jiang, the Second Infantry Regiment is calling, they have successfully taken Suning, and now they are marching to Hejian!" ”、

"In addition, the 2nd Brigade and the 3rd Brigade have also approached the vicinity of Botou and Dongguang 2nd County respectively, and the forward troops have already exchanged fire several times with the alert troops where the puppet army is.

At present, the troops are still advancing in a big way, and they have not encountered strong resistance. ”

After hearing this, Qiao Youhua nodded and said: "At present, it seems that the progress is smooth, and after the Second Infantry Regiment takes Hejian, I will order the Second Brigade to immediately attack Botou and Nanpi Second County."

The 3rd Brigade is responsible for cutting off the back route for the puppet army in Dongguang County, Jing County, Fucheng County, and Wuqiao County to go north to support and retreat, cut off their contact with the Japanese army in Cangzhou, and prepare to close the door and fight the dog! ”