The gunfire on the position of the Dragon's Tooth Regiment was loud, and the bullets were like rain, and the more than 500 devils who tried to sneak attack were dealt a great blow. During the charge, there were constantly devils who were shot one after another and fell.

Not long after the two sides fought, the tank regiment, which had been ready to fight at any time on the orders of Qiao Youhua, under the personal leadership of the regiment commander Liu Jianhua, drove out of the city and killed on the position.

Vehicle-mounted general-purpose machine guns and tank guns fired fiercely at the attacking crowd of devils in front of the position, and under the rain of bullets and shells, the casualties of the devils were even more severe.

In less than ten minutes, more than half of the casualties were already inflicted, and even the devil Shaozuo who led the team was blown to pieces by a high-explosive shell.

The rest of the devils lost their commander, and they all turned around in a panic and fled in the direction they came, trying to escape back to their own positions.

The eighteen No. 4 tanks of the tank regiment took the opportunity to cross their trenches and launched a pursuit of the defeated devils, and the tank guns and general-purpose machine guns constituted a powerful firepower, and the fleeing devils were either killed by shells or hit by a dense rain of machine gun bullets, and fell down one after another.

In the end, less than one-tenth of the devils escaped when they set out, only about 30 people.

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After the remnants of the devil were defeated and retreated, they immediately reported the news of the failure of the sneak attack.

Isamu Yokoyama, Adachi Twenty-three and others were anxiously waiting for news from the assault force at the headquarters, when there was a rush of footsteps outside, and the chief of staff, Nakakurume, walked in with a solemn face.

Isamu Yokoyama and Adachi Twenty-Three stood up at the same time, and the former opened his mouth and asked, "Chief of Staff, how is the situation?" ”

Nakakurume's face was very embarrassed, and he said: "Your Excellency, I am very sorry to tell you that the raid of the 26th Division failed, and the hateful Shina people were very vigilant, and the assault force was discovered by them before they got close, and then they dispatched tank troops, and the assault troops suffered very heavy losses, and almost all the troops were wiped out.

As a result, the operation ended in failure. When he said these words, Nakakurume's face was hot, because it was his own persistence that led to the failure of tonight's raid, not to mention the loss of more than 500 elites of the imperial army, and it also greatly affected the morale of the imperial army.

Yokoyama was furious when he heard this, slapped him on the table next to him, and scolded angrily: "Damn, cunning Shina people, send me a telegram to the headquarters of the Beiping Front, requesting air support from the aviation forces, and tomorrow I will send the elite of the imperial army to personally participate in the attack!" ”

Anda Twenty-three's lips moved, and he didn't say much, this attack failed, and his 26th Division caught up with more than 500 elite soldiers, although it was not to hurt the muscles and bones, but it was also a disadvantage for the division, and the loss was not small.

However, Isamu Yokoyama is angry now, and he can't say anything, so he can only take one step at a time.

Nakakurume wanted to persuade Yokoyama not to be impulsive again, and continue to let Chama Hatong lead the Imperial Alliance Army to attack tomorrow and consume the Dragon's Tooth Column, but seeing Yokoyama Yong's fierce eyes, he dispelled this idea.

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In Dingzhou City, Liu Jianhua, Liu Yidao, Zhao Tiezhu and others all withdrew back and were reporting the results to Qiao Youhua in the command headquarters.

"Commander, as you expected, the little devil is really coming to attack our position." Liu Yidao was the first to speak.

Qiao Youhua smiled and said nothing, but Liu Jianhua laughed and said: "Who said no, our commander is really clever, and it is absolutely easy to deal with little devils, without pressure." The little devil was killed at least five or six hundred people this time, which was enough for them to suffer for a while. ”

Qiao Youhua said: "It's just a small victory, don't be too happy, the strength of a few hundred people is a drop in the bucket for tens of thousands of Japanese troops." The truly brutal battle is yet to come. ”

After a pause, Qiao Youhua asked Zhao Tiezhu again: "Deputy Regiment Commander Zhao, you led the cavalry battalion to attack, did you suffer any casualties?" ”

Qiao Youhua didn't ask about the results of the battle first, but first asked about the casualties of the cavalry battalion, which made Zhao Tiezhu and the others very grateful in their hearts, and hurriedly said: "Commander, the cavalry battalion has a total of twenty-eight brothers killed and more than 30 wounded, and the casualties are not large. We have killed at least a thousand puppet troops.

The main casualties are because the target of the cavalry charge is too big, the devil hides in the trench, and the devil is only produced under the influence of one another, and this is still the night when the devil's vision is blocked, if it is daytime, the cavalry battalion can not attack the devil's position like this. ”

"Hmm." Qiao Youhua nodded and said: "It makes sense, the reason why you send a cavalry battalion to sneak attack is mainly because you move faster than the infantry and can fight quickly, if it is really daytime, how can you not send cavalry to attack the infantry who have positions to defend, it is tantamount to suicide." ”

"Okay, you're all busy working for most of the night, you should all be tired, let's all go back to their posts and take turns to rest, remember, the troops outside the city must arrange a guard post in case of emergency." Qiao Youhua waved his hand at the three of them.

"Yes!" The three of them saluted at the same time, then turned and left together.

After they left, Zheng Yunshan, the head of the guard regiment, said to Qiao Youhua: "Commander, if you don't have any other orders, I'll go down too, you can rest early." ”

Qiao Youhua raised his hand and said, "No, you and I can't rest in Yunshan." ”

Zheng Yunshan was puzzled: "Commander, why can't you rest?" ”

"Because, we have to set off immediately and prepare for a night attack on Baoding!" Qiao Youhua's words were amazing, but his expression was very determined.

"What? Night raid on Baoding? Zheng Yunshan was taken aback and said.

"That's right, the total strength of the Japanese puppet army outside the city has reached seventy or eighty thousand, which is seven or eight times that of us, we can't blindly defend passively, if this continues, Dingzhou will be lost sooner or later.

So we have to find a way to take the initiative and constantly wear down the morale and supplies of the enemy army, all the things that are beneficial to us.

Therefore, I came up with a bold plan overnight, that is, a surprise attack on Baoding, but as you know, the Japanese puppet army of 70,000 or 80,000 people is overwhelming, and it is not easy for us to bypass them to attack Baoding.

Therefore, I arranged for the cavalry battalion to raid the devils and the puppet army at night just now, so that the devils would never have imagined that we would have the strength and energy to attack Baoding City.

We will set off at night now, rush to Baoding before dawn, and we will definitely be able to attack its unpreparedness by surprise and recover Baoding in one fell swoop!

The logistics advance base of the 1st Division and the 26th Division and more than 20,000 puppet cavalry is in Baoding, where a large amount of military supplies must have been hoarded! ”

Zheng Yunshan showed a yearning look, and asked a little impatiently: "Commander, then if we take the guard regiment and leave, what will happen to the city defense of Dingzhou?" ”

"In this attack, there are not many soldiers, but in the fine, of course, the guard regiment is all the most elite soldiers of my dragon's tooth column, so we only need to bring any battalion of troops, the specific battalion, you, the regiment commander, decide for yourself, I will give you ten minutes, ten minutes later, bring the troops to the south gate to meet me!" Qiao Youhua said while packing up his equipment.

"Yes!" Zheng Yunshan responded excitedly, and hurriedly turned around and strode away.

PS: Tomorrow at least four watches will break out without a cap, Saburo kneels and begs for monthly ticket support!!