In the evening of the same day, Gangzi easily infiltrated the city with a dozen people. Because the guards at the city gate were all the Paozawa brothers who had been guarding the city for many years, the Japanese army did not find out. By the time the regiment commander heard the news and called Gangzi for questioning, all kinds of rumors had already spread all over the sky.

Not only was the puppet army panicked, but the Japanese commander Yamaguchi Daisa was also suspicious. He took the city for a hundred miles, and he didn't pay attention to the dirt and eight roads here at all, but the defenders of the merchant forest stronghold were wiped out overnight, but he was surprised.

The staff officer said, "Your Excellency, Shina must have come to reinforce the army." Conquering the merchant forest overnight, this is not something that Meng Qingshan can do! ”

Yamaguchi's face was a little frightened, and he said hatefully: "You immediately contact His Excellency the brigade commander and ask for another reinforcement to be sent." Also, it's been a few days, and the Balipu bridge hasn't been repaired yet? As he spoke, he swept all the teacups and bowls on the table to the ground.

After the Balipu bridge was burned down by Meng Qingshan, the Japanese army only had time to build a small bridge, which could only be used for people to walk. Big guys like tanks don't dare to come over at all.

The staff officer was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Your Excellency is angry, I will contact the brigade commander immediately, and then personally go to supervise the construction of the bridge." ”

Yamaguchi said, "Yo Sai, you must find a way to get the tank across the river!" ”

The staff officer lowered his head with a slam, leaned his legs on it, and said loudly: "Hello! ”

At 11 o'clock in the evening, more than 15,000 people from the 1st, 4th, and 9th regiments directly under the Hebei guerrilla army, the first road of the guerrilla army, and the 1st guerrilla division began to enter the attack position. The 331st Regiment of the 33rd Division had just taken advantage of the cover of night to set up an ambush in the area of Balipu, where the Ziya River and the Fuyang River converged. The terrain is complex and can lurk a large number of troops.

As the troops were marching, the scouts suddenly noticed a lot of strange rut marks on the road, so they immediately reported it to their superiors. When Duan Shuanghu learned the news, he was taken aback and said, "It's not good, it may be a devil's tank!" ”

He personally rushed to the scene to check and found that it was indeed a mark crushed by the track. Duan Shuanghu took the soldiers to take a closer look, and found that the seal had been extending in the direction of Hejian County, and hurriedly said, "Report to the division seat immediately." Let's just say that the enemy tanks may have entered the city. Let them be careful of the Japanese counterattack! ”

Commander Meng was preparing to attack the city at this time, and he was also taken aback when he got the news. In the battle a few days ago, the Japanese tanks flaunted their might and went on a rampage. However, it caused considerable casualties to the guerrillas. This invulnerability also cast a shadow over the hearts of the warriors.

The commissar said: "Commander." Do you want to postpone the siege? ”

Commander Meng hesitated. said, "Brother Zheng, what do you see? ”

Zheng Weiguo said: "The arrow is on the string, I have to send it!" If you don't fight. The morale that we have managed to muster up will be gone, and the spirit of the troops will collapse. ”

Commander Meng said, "You're right! This battle is a narrow road encounter, and the brave wins. Even if the devil has the Iron King, we have to break the river city! ”

Zheng Weiguo said: "But the tank is powerful, and we can't be unguarded." I then drew two flat-firing guns and two anti-aircraft guns from the Balipu position. If the devil dares to fight back with a tank, he will smash its turtle shell! ”

The commissar was overjoyed and said, "That's great!" But in this way, will it affect Balipu's plan to destroy the enemy? ”

Zheng Weiguo smiled: "Don't worry, Duan Shuanghu will find a way!" ”

As he spoke, the besieging forces were already in place. One by one, the warriors geared up, ready to be the first to reach the top of the city. The officers began to assign specific combat tasks, and political cadres and propagandists ran around to cheer everyone up. In fact, there is no need to mobilize to fight Hejian City, because this is the hometown of the soldiers. Fight to the death, at all costs!

Time passed minute by minute, Commander Meng looked at his watch, saw that the hour hand was already pointing to midnight, and hurriedly ordered: "Send a signal and order all regiments to launch a general attack immediately!" ”

As three red flares streaked through the night, a flurry of whistles immediately rang out in the sky, and these shells flew towards the city with long tails of fire like jet planes, making a continuous explosion sound.

Needless to say, it is the "big flying cannon" that the firecracker masters have worked hard to make these days! Fired in unison from all directions, the entire sky was red, quite a bit of Katyusha rocket artillery. Explosions are everywhere in the city, roaring! The enemy was so dazed by the bombing that they couldn't figure out what kind of weapon they were, so they were so frightened that they ran around and ran away from their posts and hid in the homes of ordinary people.

Yamaguchi looked out the window in amazement and shouted in horror, "Yaga! What kind of weapon is this? ”

The staff officer was also stunned by this sight, and muttered: "Your Excellency, I have never seen it, it must be the damned Lucia who sold it to the Chinese people!" ”

Lucia is Russia. Historically, the Japanese army was very jealous of the Russian Maozi, for fear that they would sell advanced weapons to China, and as a result, they scared themselves and made a lot of jokes. Even the Kwantung Army often engaged in petty tricks such as "special performances" to threaten the Soviet Union.

Yamaguchi said: "Yaga, this is not something we can resist, quickly ask for help from His Excellency the Brigade Commander!" ”

The staff officer hurriedly said: "Haiyi! Then he hurried to the communication room to send a message. He reported the situation here to add insult to injury, saying that he had encountered the elite troops of China using Lucia's new weapons, and asked the brigade headquarters to send reinforcements immediately.

The brigade commander believed it and was also frightened. However, he really didn't have any extra troops at hand, so he had to let the Yamaguchi break through on their own.

When Yamaguchi learned about it, he was so angry that he scolded him, believing that it was the stupid command of the brigade commander that put them in a desperate situation.

The staff officer said cautiously: "Your Excellency, the situation has not yet reached the worst. We have tanks, we will be able to break out! ”

Yamaguchi looked at the night worriedly and said, "How can you rush out of the night on such a dark night!" ”

While the Japanese were hesitating, the besieging forces had already begun to storm the city.

Wooden cannons, corbel cannons, and large poles began to exert their might, and a large amount of iron sand and stones were sprayed onto the city wall. To be honest, these things have limited power, and it is difficult to kill people.

But it was too dark for the Japanese puppet army to see the true face of these weapons. I thought it was a powerful character, and I was so frightened that I couldn't even tell the difference between east and west, north and south. In addition, Gangzi took the opportunity to fan the flames in the city, making the city even more chaotic.

Commander Meng found that the enemy's position was in disarray, and hurriedly ordered the charge to launch a general attack. The sound of trumpets, grenades, explosions, gunshots, and shouts all around the county town shook the earth, and the enemy panicked and trembled, and could not figure out how many troops we had. How much firepower. The besieging warriors took advantage of the situation and marched forward. Under the cover of fire, he carried a ladder and climbed towards the city wall.

The nine regiments fought the most bravely, and one by one they desperately climbed up to the ground. Some of them were pushed down by the enemy as soon as they climbed up, and this one came down and that one went up again. While shouting, "Go on! Eliminate the Japanese devils. Take the city between the rivers". Those who ascend to the top of the city engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. Some of the warriors clung to the enemy and rolled down the city, and they all perished. It's really scrappy and majestic!

The Fourth Regiment fought the most skillfully, and their tactics were endless, and they used long bamboo poles to tie grenades to bombard the enemy in the city. There were also fighters who tied grenades to bayonets. Climb up to the city and explode as soon as you get close to the enemy. After attacking the city wall, they used corbel cannons to bombard the enemy, and the Japanese puppet army was crowded together on the wall, and it was often a large area with a bombardment. Although there were not many people who were actually killed, all of them were covered in injuries and screamed again and again.

The enemy could not stop the heroic and tenacious guerrilla fighters. At half past two o'clock, the west city and the north city were lit one after another, which was the signal to climb to the top of the city. The various units of the guerrilla army quickly entered from the north and west cities, and then engaged in street battles with the enemy, and the sound of killing and shouting filled the whole city.

The staff officer was so frightened that his voice trembled, and he urged: "Your Excellency Dazuo, the people of China are attacking fiercely, and it will be too late if they don't retreat!" ”

Seeing that the general trend had gone, and if he didn't run, he might be completely annihilated, so he had to sigh and say, "Order, Komatsu Squadron open the south gate and cooperate with the mecha squadron to break through!" ”

In fact, the guerrilla army was not as powerful as Yamaguchi imagined, and the most powerful fireworks were not enough to blow up the entire city. Not to mention that the guerrillas do not have such capabilities, even if they do, they will not be able to use them, after all, there are still ordinary people in the city. But Yamaguchi was already frightened, and his mind was full of Lucia's new weapons, and he only thought about escaping.

The commander is like this, not to mention the soldiers below. After receiving the order, the Japanese puppet army units quickly fled to the south gate. Naturally, the guerrilla fighters were unwilling to let the enemy escape, so they chased and killed them.

Fortunately, the Japanese army was able to maintain a very tight line during the retreat due to their long-term and rigorous training. In addition, their marksmanship was excellent, and the guerrillas did not dare to chase too closely.

The puppet army is not good, although the training of the 29th Army is also good, but unfortunately after becoming a puppet army, the troops lose cohesion, and everyone only thinks about running for their lives. In addition, Gangzi and they sabotaged everywhere, and even killed several officers who usually did not deal with them, causing the troops to quickly disperse.

The funny thing is that the puppet army ran wildly all the way and scattered many units of the Japanese army, including the Japanese army's anti-aircraft artillery squadron. The soldiers of the first line of the guerrilla army were overjoyed when they saw this, and rushed forward to grab all four flat-fire guns. (Note: It's not bad to grab two doors in history.) ）

Yamaguchi was furious when he heard the news, but now he had lost control of the troops and had to flee south. The south gate was a hole deliberately left by the guerrillas, so the Japanese were able to break out of the city smoothly.

The staff officer glanced back at Hejian City and muttered, "I finally rushed out, the scene just now was really terrifying!" ”

Yamaguchi said angrily: "Yaga, one day I will come back and kill all the people here, and I will be ashamed of my blood today!" ”

The staff officer said: "Your Excellency, it is important to retreat at the moment, if you wait for the people to catch up, it will be troublesome!" ”

Yamaguchi looked back with trepidation and said, "Let the Imperial warriors retreat first, and cover behind the Imperial Army!" ”

The staff officer hurriedly said: "Haiyi! "The puppet army is cannon fodder anyway, and it is nothing if the whole army is destroyed, on the contrary, if the Japanese army headquarters loses too much, Yamaguchi will go to court-martial. The staff officer naturally understood this truth, so he quickly carried out this order.

The Japanese army's ability to march on foot was indeed powerful, and with the cover of the puppet army, they quickly escaped from the pursuers and fled to the area of Balipu. The tank quickly rushed through the newly reinforced wooden bridge towards the Pingda Highway, but unexpectedly, just after rushing a section of the road, a burst of dense artillery fire suddenly came from the front.

The shells hit the front armor of the tank violently, and the Japanese-style thin-skinned tank was immediately blown up. The tank took advantage of inertia to rush forward for some distance, and then lay on its stomach and did not move.

The tanks behind hurriedly adjusted their direction and tried to disperse in an assault formation, but the drivers were surprised to find that there were pools of water on all sides, and there was only one passage in front of them. The pond did not know the depth, and according to the performance of the Japanese tank, it did not dare to pass at all. The passage was again blocked by tanks in front.

Deputy Regiment Commander Huang, who was commanding at the front, was overjoyed when he saw this, and immediately called Duan Shuanghu to report, saying: "Brigade seat, we have blocked the devil's tank!" ”

Duan Shuanghu said happily: "Okay, okay, you guys be careful, try your best to snatch those Iron Kings to Lao Tzu!" "After saying that, immediately ordered all battalions and companies to launch a general attack! (To be continued......)

PS: Thank you very much for the rewards that have been defeated and fought repeatedly, it is not easy to get Brother Lu's affirmation, hehe!