When night falls, darkness covers the earth, and the heavens and the earth can hardly reach out their fingers, only the waves of the Tutuo River are still running tirelessly and wandering.

About two kilometers away from the bridge on the north bank of the Hutuo River, in a dense forest, the temporary headquarters of the Japanese army was located.

At this time, the tent of the headquarters was brightly lit and crowded.

Major General Kawa Yasushi, the commander of the Japanese army, held his general's knife in both hands, stood in front of the conference table made of ammunition boxes, and clubbed the general's knife in his hand on an ammunition box in front of him.

The Japanese officers present almost did not dare to breathe, and one by one they were walking on thin ice, and some even nervously continued to have cold sweat coming out of their foreheads and palms.

Obviously, none of them understood that Major General Chuan An Wensan was very dissatisfied with the battle during the day.

The mechanized elite of the Ten Thousand Imperial Army, with tanks, armored vehicles, and even sea-based aviation carrier-based aircraft, stormed a position north of the Hutuo River Bridge for one day, but failed repeatedly, and finally failed to take it when it got dark.

This made Rear Admiral Kawayasu Wensan, who originally thought that he would be able to attack Pingshan County, the base camp of the Dragon's Tooth Column, tonight, reward the three armies in the county seat, and personally send a telegram to the fleet headquarters and even the base camp and His Majesty the Emperor, very disappointed.

Under the huge psychological gap, his mood naturally could not be happy.

After pondering for a moment, Chuan An Wensan took the initiative to speak: "The repeated failures of the daytime attacks are a shame for the elite of our imperial army, you must know that we have an absolute advantage in strength and carrier-based aircraft in the air."

And the reinforcements of the Chinese army should be coming at full speed, the longer we delay, the more unfavorable the war will be for us, we need a quick solution, you know? ”

The group of devil officers were like children who had made a mistake, and they lowered their heads one by one and did not dare to squeak, but the chief of staff, Takeshita Nakasa, took the lead and said: "Please calm your anger, Your Excellency, the main reason why our attack during the day will fail is the stubborn resistance of the defenders of this branch of the army.

According to the daytime battles, the strength of this army was not as strong as ours, but its sense of resistance was extraordinarily strong, from the soldiers to the commanders, all of whom were extremely brave and fearless of death.

These troops were really the fierce enemies of the imperial army, and they were by no means comparable to the ordinary central and local armies of the ordinary China. ”

Although Chuan An Wensan was uncomfortable to hear, it was undeniable that what Takeshita Nakasa said was true, so he suppressed his anger and said, "Then Takeshita-kun, what good way do you have?" You know, we can't afford to delay any longer, or the situation on the battlefield could be reversed at any moment. ”

Takeshita Nakasa nodded hurriedly and said: "General, although this branch of the army is strong in combat and has a very stubborn sense of combat, but after a battle during the day, they have also suffered heavy losses, and it is estimated that they should not have much vitality left."

Therefore, it was suggested that the offensive should not be interrupted, and that the onslaught should continue overnight, lest the Shina army receive reinforcements tonight and its strength should be restored.

We should take advantage of the fact that our vitality is seriously damaged, continue to attack, and give full play to our superiority in strength, so that we can win this battle. ”

Chuan An Wensan also planned to attack overnight, after all, the soldiers were very fast, and his troops had been blocked on the north bank of the Hutuo River for a day, and they must not be delayed any longer, because no one knew whether there were many reinforcements coming from the Dragon Tooth Column, and what kind of reversal of the situation would occur at that time.

Therefore, Chief of Staff Takeshita's suggestion was exactly what he wanted, so Chuan An Wensan nodded happily at the moment and said: "Yo Xi, Chief of Staff Takeshita is reasonable, just do what he said, the 2nd Infantry Wing is responsible for tonight's attack, and the 1st Wing and the 3rd Wing stay to rest and recuperate, and act as the reserve of the 2nd Infantry Wing."

Always ready to go into battle. ”

When several of the main devil officers heard this, they hurriedly folded their legs and stood up and saluted, "Hai." ”

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However, before the night offensive operation of the three departments of Kawayasu Wensan began, an unexpected situation appeared that made him desperate.

Qiao Youhua led more than 3,000 soldiers of the guard regiment directly under the same fully mechanized column and arrived in time.

"Yunshan, you and I each led half of our troops to launch a surprise attack on the devils from the north and northeast respectively, and at the same time sent a telegram to the garrison, ordering them to take the initiative to attack from the front and attack the enemy in front of them after hearing the sound of gunfire.

We should cooperate with the inside and outside, attack from the inside and outside, and strive to defeat this enemy army in one go! Even if we can't defeat them, we will inflict heavy losses on them and open up our communication with the garrison. Before leaving, Qiao Youhua instructed Zheng Yunshan and other officers of the guard regiment.

Zheng Yunshan and Zhao Tiezhu agreed with a bang, and each took his officers to leave happily.

At the moment, Qiao Youhua, Zheng Yunshan. Zhao Tiezhu led more than 3,000 of the most elite ace troops of the Dragon's Tooth Column, with the cavalry of the cavalry reconnaissance battalion as the lead, and launched a surprise attack on the Japanese position at the same time in two directions.

Because it was dark and the night was thick, and the guard regiment suddenly appeared to charge extremely fast, so by the time the devil's guard post reacted, the dragon's tooth iron cavalry had already swarmed in, and the dense submachine guns and machine gun bullets rained down, and everywhere they passed, they were all invincible.

The Japanese sentries were shot and fell, and the Dragontooth cavalry led the infantry to swarm up.

The fighters performed their duties, using general-purpose machine guns, submachine guns, and rifles to form assault fire, and grenadier mortars followed up, using their curved firing function to smash shells one by one to the rear of the Japanese positions.

Dengshi's vigilant troops were defeated and retreated, and they were unable to form an army, and the losses were extremely heavy.

Chuan An Wensan finished the combat deployment meeting and was just about to sit down for a cup of tea and rest for a while, when suddenly there was a gunshot outside, and the sound of artillery and explosions was mixed with the neighing and roaring of people and horses, as if coming from all directions around.

Startled, the old devil was like burning his buttocks, and quickly stood up, holding the handle of the general's knife with one hand, and asked while shouting, "What happened?" Where to drop a gun? ”

The two devil adjutants who stayed behind looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.

At this moment, Chief of Staff Takeshita Nakasa, who had just gone out to specifically supervise and deploy combat operations, suddenly rushed in from outside in a hurry.

Even the salute seemed to have forgotten, so he shouted to Chuan An: "General, something is wrong." ”

Chuan Anwensan's heart jumped suddenly, and he immediately asked, "What's wrong?" Say it quickly! ”

"The Chinese Army, the reinforcements of the Chinese Army have arrived, our alert force has been routed by them, and they are currently rushing towards our headquarters." Nakasa Takeshita pointed to the outside.