"Da da da......" The Type 95 assault step in Qiao Youhua's hand let out a few crisp gunshots, and a few scorching 5. The 8mm rifle bullets accurately hit the head of the city, and several other devil sentries shot them on the spot.

At this time, nearly 500 dragon tooth warriors jumped out of the grass one after another, raised their weapons and fired at the city, and for a while, the gunfire was loud, and the dense rain of bullets flew towards the city like a meteor flame.

The few remaining devil sentries didn't even have a chance to react, so they were drowned by the bullets that whistled like raindrops, and they fell down one after another, killing them instantly.

Qiao Youhua stood up with an assault rifle in one hand, his eyes kept scanning back and forth at the top of the city, and shouted: "Quick, blast the city gate!" ”

"Yes!" Several guards and fighters rushed towards the city gate with bags of explosives.

At the same time, the devils in Baoding City were all alarmed by the gunfire of the two gates in the southwest, and they were in a mess, rushing out of their barracks in the city one after another, and rushed in these two directions.

Just as the devils in the city ran to the south and west gates for reinforcements, two huge explosions suddenly sounded outside the two city gates, and the sky-high fire was very dazzling in the dark night.

Immediately afterwards, there was a burst of shouts and charges, under the leadership and command of Qiao Youhua and Zheng Yunshan, more than 1,000 elite members of the Dragon Tooth Guard Regiment rushed into the city from the south gate and the west gate at the same time.

After seizing the city gate as fast as possible, the main force began to go deep along the streets into the city of Baoding.

As mentioned earlier, there are only more than 700 fighters in the city, and excluding the remaining troops at several city gates, there are less than 500 mobile forces that can be mobilized.

The soldiers rushed to the west gate and the south gate in two directions, and after meeting the dragon tooth guard regiment that had entered the city, they were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of local troops.

In addition, the Dragon's Tooth Column is equipped with all MP38 German-style submachine guns, which are countless times stronger than the devils equipped with manual single-shot rifles.

Therefore, when the two sides met, the result can be imagined, the nearly 500 devil attack troops were easily defeated and severely damaged by the 1st battalion of Longya, and then completely annihilated in the pursuit.

When the devil baggage soldiers of other non-combat units in the city reacted, took out their weapons from the munitions warehouse, and wanted to meet them, the first battalion of Longya had already attacked them with great momentum, and with superb street fighting technology and rich experience, as well as strong assault firepower, it didn't take much effort to divide and encircle and annihilate them.

The whole siege battle lasted two hours before and after, the sky was completely brightened at seven o'clock in the morning, Qiao Youhua sat in the headquarters of the Baoding defenders, Zheng Yunshan walked in with a battalion commander, and saluted Qiao Youhua: "Commander, the devils in the city have been wiped out by us, and at present, our department has controlled the entire Baoding City, and found that the Japanese military quartermaster warehouses are all around, which are full of various military supplies. ”

Qiao Youhua picked up a copy of the text on the table that the devil didn't have time to destroy, glanced at it casually, and said, "Immediately blow up all the munitions warehouses, and then withdraw from Baoding City!" ”

Zheng Yunshan and the first battalion commander hurriedly stepped forward and said in unison: "Yes!" Then he turned around and took the order to leave.

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An hour before the battle in Baoding came to an end, the devil's baggage soldiers trapped in the lonely city hurriedly sent a telegram asking for help to the headquarters of the 1st Division on the Dingzhou front.

When the communications staff officers on duty at night called out from their sleep and reported the emergency military situation, Yokoyama was so brave that he almost cried out on the spot.

After roaring angrily, he immediately ordered the 1st Infantry Wing under his command to take a military truck and leave the north of Dingzhou City with the cavalry wing to return to Baoding City.

Since then, Isamu Yokoyama, Rume Nakakukume and others have not gone to sleep again, but have sat in the headquarters anxiously waiting for news.

During this period, the commander of the 26th Division, An Da 23, and his chief of staff also rushed to hear the news, and the atmosphere of the entire command headquarters was extremely solemn.

Yokoyama Yong looked at the time, it was already seven o'clock in the morning, and it had been an hour since the reinforcements were sent, and he couldn't help but ask Nakakurume: "Chief of Staff, you go and ask the communications office, how is the situation in Baoding City now, and then ask them to send a telegram to the reinforcements, and ask if they have arrived now." ”

Nakakurume nodded, and just as he wanted to get up and do it, a communications staff officer suddenly ran in in a hurry, and almost collided with Nakakurume.

"Baga Yalu, what's the matter, so panicked!" Nakakurume shouted angrily.

The communications staff officer first bowed his head apologetically, and then saluted Yokoyama Yong: "Your Excellency General, it's not good, Baoding has been lost, and the baggage team has been wiped out!" Reinforcements have not yet arrived in Baoding. ”

Isamu Yokoyama, Nakakurume, Adachi Twenty-three and others were all taken aback and stood up one after another.

Nakakurume said: "How could you lose so quickly? Isn't there more than 3,000 people in the baggage team? And the hundreds of people from the original Baoding garrison, how could they not hold out for even three hours! ”

The communications staff officer said with a sad face: "Sir, do you know that the former commander of the Baoding garrison, Major General Yamamura Kiichi, has withdrawn to Xushui County with his garrison. ”

Yokoyama asked in surprise and angrily, "What, evacuated to Xushui County?" Why is that? Who gave him the order? ”

The communications staff officer said: "The captain of the baggage team of our division and Major General Yamamura Kiichi had a quarrel, and in a fit of anger, General Yamamura Kiichi took his imperial army and the imperial army to Xushui County to garrison, and it is estimated that he did not get the news, so he was unable to rescue Baoding in time. ”

"Baga, this bastard, the responsibility for the loss of Baoding this time is all on him." Isamu Yokoyama roared with anger and a blue face.

The loss of Baoding means that their advance base has fallen, but there are two master regiments and 20,000 Mongolian cavalry, a total of 80,000 troops and a large amount of military supplies.

Once destroyed, with only the supplies carried by the 1st and 26th Divisions, they can hold out for a week at most, and after a week, they will run out of ammunition and food, and thus lose their combat effectiveness.

What a terrible thing to do! When I thought of this, Isamu Yokoyama shuddered a little.

Anda Twenty-three was also in a very dignified mood, thinking that this time his side had an absolute advantage in strength, and he should be able to easily crush the opponent and win.

Unexpectedly, now even the logistics supply base has fallen into the hands of the Dragon's Tooth Column, what a mistake is a thousand years of hatred!

It is necessary to return to Baoding, although it is unlikely to take back the military supplies that fell into the hands of the Longya Column, but it is also necessary to take Baoding back, because it is related to their retreat and the smooth flow of logistics supply lines.

In addition, there are only two ways in front of them now, first, the whole army retreats, recaptures Baoding, and temporarily stays in Baoding to wait for the North China Front Headquarters to raise new combat materials for them.

Second, before the supplies carried by the army were not exhausted, concentrate on storming the Dingzhou defense line, and strive to take this important town in Hebei before the materials are exhausted.

Naturally, the choice was not up to him Anda Twenty-three, so he looked at Isamu Yokoyama, who was in a fit of rage, waiting for him to choose.