Under the leadership of the devil Dazuo, more than 100 Japanese guards joined the battle, and their participation somewhat boosted the morale of their own side, but they still could not reverse the situation that the position was about to be lost.

The situation outside the city, the acting division commander of the 14th Division of the Japanese Army inside the city, and others were all clear, and they anxiously sent urgent telegrams to the front army headquarters one after another.

When it was dawn, Tada Jun, who had been drunk last night, had just woken up, and he had just finished washing up and was about to have breakfast, when a staff officer of Osa, who had temporarily taken over the post of Shozo Riverside, hurriedly found him with a telegram.

Salute him and said: "Your Excellency General, something is wrong, starting this morning, the Dragon's Tooth Column outside Cangzhou has launched several attacks on the 14th Division one after another, after a tragic and fierce battle, now the 14th Division's defense line outside the city has almost collapsed, the situation is critical, the 14th Division Command, request the emergency command to give tactical guidance!" ”

Tada Jun had already sobered up, and although he had been mentally prepared, the first news he heard was that this troublesome unfavorable military situation still made him a little distressed.

Almost in anger, Tada Jun said sharply with a dark face: "Send power to the 14th Division, Cangzhou can hold it, and give up if it can't hold it!" “

Staff Officer Osa was stunned on the spot, not knowing whether to carry out Tada's order.

Tada Jun suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind because of this, and raised his hand and said, "Wait a minute, bring me the battle map." ”

Although Staff Officer Dazuo was confused, he nodded immediately: "Hai." He immediately ran away, and quickly came over with a combat map.

Tada Jun motioned for him to open the map on the table in front of him, and then found the location of Cangzhou on the map with his hand, looked at it carefully for a while, pondered for a long time, and then said: "Send a telegram to the 14th Division and the 8th Division, ordering them to abandon Cangzhou and Cangxian, and retreat to Qingxian and Dacheng in alternate cover."

In addition, the 5th and 6th brigades were also ordered to give up the attack on Hejian and retreat to Renqiu and Gaoyang, so that they could also form a complete defense line with Baoding, but the eastern front was slightly offset to the north.

In addition, the 3rd Air Regiment must also be dispatched immediately to carry out an air attack on the Longya Column outside Cangzhou City to cover the retreat of the main ground forces of the Imperial Army! ”

Tada Jun casually said retreat just now, so he was inspired, and he thought of such a compromise plan, although he gave up Cangzhou and Hejian, but also avoided greater casualties among the 14th Division and other units.

After all, with the current morale and troop conditions of the 14th Division and other units, it is really not suitable to engage the Dragon's Tooth Column head-on, which is gaining momentum.

This devil Dazuo is a qualified military staff officer with some strategic acumen and vision, so he also feels that Tada Jun's decision is the only feasible way at present, so he did not persuade, but bowed his head on the spot to accept the order, and then left quickly.

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After receiving Tada's call-back order, the Japanese commanders of the 14th and 8th Divisions were greatly surprised, but they quickly came to their senses and quickly carried out the order.

Especially the 14th Division, seeing that the defense line outside the city was about to be lost, at this time, this order was simply too timely for them.

The 14th Division, which had lost its original division commander and division headquarters, was greatly damaged and could not exert its full combat effectiveness at all.

The first to retreat were the Japanese troops from the east and west gates, and they quickly retreated into the city, much to the surprise of the attacking troops of the 2nd and 3rd Brigades, but they still quickly took advantage of the situation and seized the defensive positions of the devils outside the city.

However, Ma Biao and Wu Ming did not rush forward to attack the city, but immediately sent someone to report the situation to Qiao Youhua. Because they were worried that the devil's sudden retreat would be deceitful.

When Qiao Youhua received the report from the Second Brigade and the Third Brigade, the battle at the South Gate had entered the most intense stage, and Zheng Yunshan led the soldiers of the Guard Regiment to attack the forward position of the devils.

The last fierce battle for position is being fought with the remnants of the Japanese army.

Qiao Youhua was a little surprised and said, "The little devil suddenly retreated into the city? Could it be that the defense line outside the south gate was about to be broken through by our army, so it took the initiative to retreat and retreat to the city defense? ”

I can't imagine for a while that the devil will willingly and decisively abandon Cangzhou and take the initiative to retreat on all fronts.

After weighing it again and again, Qiao Youhua still ordered Ma Biao and Wu Ming to continue to attack the east and west gates on a small scale, while the main force made a detour to the south gate to assist the guard regiment that was fighting a bloody battle to completely solve the remnants of the enemy at the south gate.

Just as Qiao Youhua's order and instructions were issued, and before the herald had time to convey it, another liaison soldier ran over in a hurry and said to Qiao Youhua: "Commander, something is wrong, a large number of devils in Cangzhou City suddenly broke through from the north gate, and the encircling troops of my third brigade were caught off guard and failed to stop them!" Now the devils are fleeing out of the city. ”

"What?" Qiao Youhua was taken aback, glanced at Li Yansan beside him, and then suddenly realized: "Damn, the little devil is going to abandon the city and escape, Yansan, immediately send my order, all brigades and regiments will attack the troops, immediately attack on all fronts, and quickly capture Cangzhou City!" The besieging troops in the west and east of the city immediately divided into one or two battalions and hurried to the north gate to intercept and kill the fleeing devils! Just go. ”

Li Yansan immediately stepped forward and responded: "Yes! Then he turned around and strode away.

After figuring out what was going on, while Ma Biao and Wu Ming scolded the devil for being cunning, they immediately dispatched their troops to act according to Qiao Youhua's orders.

Tens of thousands of dragon tooth warriors launched a full-line attack on Cangzhou City from all directions, and in Cangzhou City, which had been abandoned by devils, there were only some vulnerable puppet army defenses, which were completely vulnerable before the surging offensive of the Dragon Tooth Column.

Soon, except for the small number of abandoned Japanese remnants of the South Gate who were still resisting, the East Gate and the West Gate were broken by the Dragon's Tooth infantry and rushed into the city.

Zheng Yunshan saw that the first skill that was about to be received flew like a boiled duck, and he couldn't help but be furious, leading his soldiers and soldiers, and venting his anger on the remaining devil defenders in front.

He carried an MP38 submachine gun and charged continuously along the trenches, quickly dividing and surrounding the remaining devils in the last few trenches of the position outside the South Gate.

Faced with a remnant of the devil who was besieged and still refused to put down his guns, a guard soldier asked: "Regiment commander, there are still some miscellaneous fish left, what should I do?" ”

"Deal with an egg, kill all of Lao Tzu!" Zheng Yunshan roared with red eyes, and after quickly changing a magazine, he held a submachine gun and fired fiercely at a group of devil remnants.