The city suddenly became tense, and the soldiers squatted down one after another to avoid the Japanese artillery attack outside the city.

Boom, boom, the explosion of shells began to rage, the shock wave was wrapped in the heat wave and emanated, and the soldiers lay under the fortifications to hide.

Two kilometers outside the city, more than a dozen Type 92 infantry guns were lined up, and under the operation of a group of devil artillerymen, they were firing non-stop.

As a Japanese officer waved the flag again and again, rounds of shelling began to roar, and one shell after another flew towards the city with a long tail flame.

In the blink of an eye, it fell on the city wall, the head of the city and the city, setting off a series of violent explosions.

Outside the city, corpses were everywhere, and the city was filled with gunsmoke and fire, and a bleak battlefield was placed in front of the two armies.

The shelling of the devils lasted for about 20 minutes, and the sound of the artillery stopped, and hundreds of puppet soldiers who had already been prepared, under the supervision of those Japanese officers, took advantage of the situation to launch a charge towards the city gate.

Many puppet soldiers carried temporary wooden ladders and bamboo ladders in twos and threes, and they had the momentum of a siege force.

At the head of the city, the company commander shook his head and shook off the cannon fodder that fell above his head, looked up at the outside of the city, and shouted loudly: "Brothers! The two devils came to die again, and they greeted them well! ”

As soon as he gave the order, the dragon tooth warriors who were originally squatting under the battlement wall fortifications to avoid the fire of the devil's cannon stood up one after another.

The submachine guns, rifles, general-purpose machine guns, and pistols in their hands were raised one after another, and the muzzles of the black holes began to shoot out hot and dazzling tongues of fire one after another.

Da Da Da ...... Bang Bang Bang ...... Puff puff puff...... All kinds of gunfire mingled, and a dense rain of bullets flew out cross-ferry, weaving a net of firepower like a substance, pouring towards the attacking crowd of the Imperial Allied army.

The two devils, who were holding a gun and carrying a ladder to charge, were hit by devastating fire, and those who rushed to the front screamed and fell.

Although the follow-up puppet army was afraid, but under the urging of the fierce Japanese army supervisor, they had to rush forward, and the further they went, the more dense the firepower on the city, the greater the casualties of the puppet army, and so on.

Soon there were many new corpses of puppet soldiers under the city, and the smell of blood and blood was mixed with the choking smell of gunsmoke, which was almost disgusting.

The same scene was almost being played out in several other directions, the puppet army was used as cannon fodder, and frantically launched wave after wave of charges towards the city wall where the second regiment was stationed, but, under the ferocious fire of the second regiment, they didn't even have a chance to touch the city wall, so they were shot and fell.

Under the garrison of the Second Regiment, Hengshui City has always been as solid as a rock and stands still!

When the fierce battle was in full swing, Qiao Youhua led the guard battalion from the west, the west gate happened to be not an important direction of the siege of the Japanese puppet army, as soon as the guard battalion appeared, a group of two devils in charge of the feint thought that the reinforcements of the dragon tooth column were coming.

The guards battalion didn't fire much, they were so frightened that they turned around and scattered, and the officers and soldiers of the second regiment defending the city immediately opened the city gate, and Qiao Youhua led the guard battalion into Hengshui City.

When Ma Biao and Zhou Dasheng learned of Qiao Youhua's arrival, they walked out of the regimental headquarters in the city together and came to the west of the city to greet them.

"Commander, why are you here, don't send a telegram to inform you." After the two sides met, Ma Biao hurriedly saluted.

Qiao Youhua saluted back and said: "This is called a surprise, you are surprised, the little devils outside the city and the traitors of the Imperial Association Army are even more surprised, go, go to your regiment headquarters and talk about the purpose of my trip." ”

Ma Biao and Zhou Dasheng immediately responded, turned sideways, and asked Qiao Youhua to go first, and they followed.

Qiao Youhua was right, the news of his arrival with the guard battalion was soon reported to the devil by the puppet army who fled back, and the front commander of the devil was immediately reported to the headquarters, that is, Major General Sakai Tatsuzo, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese puppet army on the Eastern Front.

In the Japanese army headquarters in Raoyang County, Sakai Ritsuzo learned of this news and immediately convened a military meeting of his officers to discuss it.

"Gentlemen, there is news from the front line in Hengshui that the Chinese army has increased its troops." Sakai Ritsuzo's gaze slowly swept over the subordinates present and said, "What do you think about this?" ”

A Japanese soldier was the first to speak: "Sir, I think that it may be that our attack on Hengshui has had an effect, and the defenders of the Zhina Army in the city are about to be unable to support it, so the Dragon's Tooth Column has sent reinforcements. ”

This Shaozuo's words resonated with many officers present, and Sakai Ritsuzo couldn't help but be annoyed and said: "Bagaya Road, not long ago, our roundabout troops were just ambushed by the Shina Army and the whole army was wiped out, and now the Longya Column has increased its troops to Anping and Raoyang.

When did they become so many? ”

This question, all the devil officers here want to know, who can answer him? As a result, the conference room fell into a dull silence.

Sakai Rizo said with some annoyance: "Bastard, you guys have an idea, let's talk about it, what should we do?" Now Hengshui, Anping can't attack for a long time, attack in a roundabout way, and was ambushed by the Zhina army, is it just like this?

The casualties of the Imperial Alliance Army are very large, and if this continues, we are afraid that we will not even be able to see Shimen, and we will be defeated. When the time comes, you will wait for the military tribunal of the Empire. ”

Seeing that Sakai Lizo was angry, and a group of devil officers, this was the only way to be humane: "Your Excellency, today, 90% of our troops are now low-powered, loosely disciplined Imperial Cooperative Army, and some combat tasks cannot be completed at all. ”

What this devil officer said was the truth, the Japanese army may be able to complete the same combat mission, but the puppet army cannot, they are greedy for life and afraid of death, and their tactical organization ability is poor, and once they fail to complete it, they may lead to the defeat of the entire battle, so it is not without reason that the attack has been repeatedly frustrated.

"Bastard! That's not an excuse! Although Sakai Rizo knew that he was telling the truth, he was still furious, slammed the table and said: "No matter what, I will give you two more days, no matter what method you use, you must capture Anping and Hengshui, otherwise you will not come back to see me." ”

Although Sakai Rizo's words were too domineering, who called someone the commander-in-chief, all the devil officers had to stand up and bow their heads one after another: "Hai! ”

Then, one by one, as if their parents had died, they left the conference room with black faces.

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"Withdraw tonight? Why, Commander? Our second regiment has enough ammunition, and we haven't fought enough, and even if we continue to fight, we will be able to drag down the Japanese puppet army in Hengshui alone. In Hengshui City, the headquarters of the Second Regiment, Ma Biao was shocked after hearing Qiao Youhua's intention.