In the darkness, with the help of a claw hook, a soldier climbed the city wall like a civet, and the cold light flashed, and the sentry was killed without a word. Three hundred warriors rushed to the city walls and climbed the city with ladders when the sound of gunfire broke the dead silence of the night.

"Lose his mother, there is a secret whistle!" Li Zongren scolded and shouted: "Quick! ”

The Japanese army set up this secret post more cleverly, a heavy machine gun mounted on a nearby second floor, with a good line of sight, and the situation near the city gate can be seen at a glance. After a long period of calm, the two Japanese soldiers at the dark outpost took a nap and did not notice the abnormality at the first time. One of the Japanese soldiers woke up with his jaw on the machine gun, and found that the sentry at the head of the city noticed that something was wrong, so he immediately woke up his companion and fired at the head of the city with a machine gun to call the police.

After Li Zongren went to the top of the city, he found that some of the people who came up first were pressed by machine guns and could not go down the stairs, so he immediately organized three light machine guns to concentrate on suppressing the Japanese machine gun position, and at the same time asked a few people to go down more than ten meters around the front and touch it from behind, so that they must try their best to eliminate the machine gun position.

Abe Takeichiro Shaosa, the highest officer of the Japanese garrison in Pingdu, was sleeping when he was awakened by the sound of gunshots, and his heart was horrified. Unexpectedly, the squadron attacked Pingdu at night, but fortunately, the dark whistle arranged before played a role. Abe Takeichiro, who got up in a hurry, secretly prayed in his heart that there would not be too many Chinese troops coming, and that a small group of Japanese troops near the city gate would hold out until reinforcements arrived.

What Takeichiro Abe didn't expect was that the Japanese squad guarding the city gate did cause a lot of trouble to Li Zongren after being alarmed by the secret whistle. But the military Cao who led the team made a fatal mistake, hoping to retake the city gate with a counterattack.

At the critical moment, the Japanese army fought out of their hiding place, which gave Li Zongren a chance to quickly resolve the battle. Fifty or sixty warriors who decisively ordered to climb the city to face the Japanese army. The narrow road met at the extreme, and the thin Li Zongren rushed to the front and fired fiercely with a submachine gun. The Japanese troops did not expect that they were about 30 meters away, and the distance that could be known in the blink of an eye was suddenly strafed like a torrential rain. The Japanese army, which was caught off guard, fell more than half in an instant, and the heavy machine gun, which had rushed to the front of the opponent and had high hopes, was sent into the sky by several grenades at this time. Li Zongren led the team to take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, and the follow-up warriors followed one after another, and a Japanese squad was completely wiped out after a short period of stubborn resistance. The squad leader who gave the order to counterattack was beaten into a sieve by a submachine gun during the first wave of contact firefights. When the city gate was successful, Li Zongren divided the people into two groups, one group stayed at the city gate, and the other group took advantage of the enemy's failure to reflect in time to continue to expand the results.

Li Zongren's decision was very correct, the attack team had just left the city gate only 100 meters, a squadron of Japanese troops heard the news and arrived, the two teams of men and horses encountered on the street that ran through Pingdu from east to west, about 200 meters apart, the Japanese army fired first, Li Zongren hid behind a wall in time, and more than a dozen of his men around him were knocked down. Although the encounter suffered a loss, the Japanese then launched a charge and took the initiative to shorten the distance with the commando. This is really right in the middle.

A grenade flew over, the Japanese could not dodge, they were blown down, the smoke of gunpowder did not disperse, and they had already rushed to the commando team thirty meters away, and the fire of the submachine gun was exerted to the extreme. Li Zongren pulled the trigger and did not move, and only flashed to the side after firing a magazine, and when he quickly changed the magazine, the commandos behind came up again. The continuous submachine gun fire made it impossible for the Japanese troops on the opposite side to raise their heads. The tenacious Japanese army refused to retreat and relied on cover nearby to counterattack. The two sides engaged in fierce battles in a narrow area on the main street of Pingdu. The Japanese Harita rifle was long for assassination and short for firepower. This shortcoming was magnified in street fighting, and the fact that the commandos all brought enough grenades was even more unstoppable. Despite the desperate resistance of the Japanese army, they were still unable to stop the rapid advance of the assault team.

Takeichiro Abe had just gathered a squadron of soldiers, and the dense gunfire was already closing in on his headquarters. Accustomed to the rhythm of a single-shot rifle, Takeichiro Abe was terrified when he heard the sound of gunfire in such a dense area. According to the density of this gunfire, at least one regiment of the Chinese army came. And the gunfire is still approaching, indicating that resistance along the way has had little effect.

Abe ordered the troops to defend the extreme perimeter of the headquarters, and sent people to notify the various units to move closer to the headquarters and wait for reinforcements. Abe really didn't think about running, if he ran away, the back road of the main force of the Japanese army would be cut off, and it would be a death to go back. Even if you don't die, you won't be able to raise your head in Japan in the future.

Due to their outstanding performance in the Yexian blockade battle, the regiment of Sun Chuanfang and Tong Nianhua was once again entrusted with the important task of serving as the first echelon of the commando team. The Wehrmacht has the habit of rushing to fight tough battles, and the more capable they are, the faster they will be promoted. Therefore, Sun Chuanfang is very happy to receive this task.

As soon as the gunfire rang out in the city, Sun Chuanfang rushed forward with his troops, rushed to the city and saw the city gate wide open, and the troops rushed in like a tide. didn't see Li Zongren, Sun Chuanfang pulled the team members at the city gate, and only then did he know that Li Zongren led more than 100 people to fight inside.

At this time, the gunfire in the city was intensive, and Sun Chuanfang was worried that Li Zongren would lose, so he left Tong Nianhua to wait for the large army, and he took a camp to meet Li Zongren. Pingdu City is not big, that is, it takes ten minutes, and it rushed to the vicinity of the Japanese headquarters where the battle was most intense. This is the original Pingdu County Office, Abe Takeichiro misjudged the misalignment, thinking that Li Zongren's men and horses had a regiment, so they guarded according to the streets and alleys, and the defensive area shrank very much, and more than 1,000 people shrank in an area of 1,000 meters. In this way, it was difficult for the assault team without artillery to continue to advance, and they could only block a street and confront the Japanese army.

Sun Chuanfang did not expect that Li Zongren's more than 100 people would be able to block the Japanese army in this small area, and he was very surprised. As everyone knows, the commander of the Japanese army, Abe Takeichiro, judged in the dark according to the firepower, and made a heavy mistake, thinking that at least one regiment had already entered the city. The Japanese troops defending the city only had four 75 mountain guns, and at this time they desperately fired at the opposite side, revealing their position.

Sun Chuanfang asked the regiment's 120 heavy mortars to knock out the Japanese mountain artillery, and the 120mm mortar lived up to expectations.

Tong Nianhua then arrived with reinforcements, and after the two sides turned, it was decided to divide the troops to surround this Japanese army on three sides, leaving a gap in the east for the Japanese army to escape. Outside the east gate of the city, Shen Tongwu set up a regiment here and waited for the Japanese army to break through.

It's a pity that Takeichiro Abe had no intention of running away and decided to stay until dawn. This decision completely sold him and his subordinates, and as the main force of the 12th Division arrived, seeing that the Japanese army did not run, they simply surrounded him completely. Then concentrate the artillery fire of the whole division and bombard this area. As for the houses of the common people and so on, after the war, it was said that "the lives of soldiers are the most important thing in all circumstances", which is clearly stated in Article 3 of the Handbook of the National Defense Officer.

More than 100 cannons, large and small, bombarded to death at the expense of ammunition. The momentum is huge and the effect is remarkable, the Japanese army has never fought such a battle, and Abe Takeichiro is also the first time that he has been beaten like this. After about two hours of shelling, a full-scale general offensive began. The 70mm infantry gun fired at close range, focusing on the Japanese machine-gun fire points. Not to mention, this copycat 92 infantry gun is very popular among the officers and soldiers of the national defense army. When necessary, it can also be used as a mortar at the maximum elevation angle. This thing is equipped to the battalion level, with two doors per battalion, and it is used to hit the firing point.

Although the Japanese army was stubborn, in the face of absolute superiority in strength and firepower, the fierce battle lasted until dawn, and the Japanese army was compressed within the county office, and the remnants were no more than 100 people. The 12th Division also paid the price of more than 300 casualties.

The sky was already bright in front of him, the Japanese army was still resisting, and Shen Tongwu was a little uneasy. rushed to the front line, found Fang Zhenwu, who was commanding the final attack of the troops, and asked unhappily, "What's the matter?" A brigade plus artillery, seven or eight thousand people fought all night and did not take down? Fang Zhenwu also felt a little embarrassed, and explained: "The Japanese army is very tough, and no one has surrendered until now." A lot of wounded Japanese soldiers played with us with **, and the brothers suffered a lot because of this. Now they are huddled in the county office, and it is not appropriate to rush in. The shells of the infantry artillery have run out and are being transported upwards. ”

Shen Tongwu observed the structure of the county office, and said crookedly: "I will give you half an hour at the end, and immediately after the battle, rush to the Yanlai River to help defend against the Japanese army." ”

After Shen Tongwu finished speaking, he turned around and went out of the city, and as soon as he got out of the city, he received a telegram that reinforcements had arrived in Dianzi Town. Shen Tongwu was overjoyed, he didn't expect the reinforcements to come so quickly, so he hurried back to greet him. When he arrived at the shop town, Xia Xiang was angry with a group of maintenance personnel. The dignified chariot brigade was only a few steps from Changyi to Dianzi Town, and as a result, most of the chariot brigade broke down. It was bad along the way, and when we arrived in the town of Dianzi, it was good that there were only three tanks left.

The blow was too great, and the heavy rain brought great damage to the road, and despite the psychological preparation, the road still encountered considerable difficulties. I don't know what happened to Liu Zhenyue's side, this guy took the train from Weifang to Jimo, and returned to Laiyang's reinforcements. Seeing Shen Tongwu, Xia Xiang gave up the rhythm of scolding, greeted him and expressed his shame: "The road condition is too poor, the failure rate of the chariot is very high, and it will take at least twenty-four hours to enter the battle." ”

How could Shen Tongwu be a little dissatisfied, Pingdu City has not been completely taken, the First Chariot Brigade has already arrived, what is there to complain about at this speed. However, the tank brigade is used for the offensive, and it is not known how effective the defense is.

Kamio Mitsutomi was awakened by the lightning in the early morning, and when he realized that it was a huge trap, he felt chills all over. The Chinese army attacked Pingdu at night and was fighting fiercely. Judging by the firepower, at least a class A division. Mitsutomi Kamio hurriedly ordered a brigade to come back to help.