In Hengshui City, sporadic gunshots and explosions came from inside the city from time to time, which was caused by the occasional exchange of fire between the troops of the three regiments of Longya and the Japanese troops trapped in the city.

Although Qiao Youhua intended to stay in the city to attract reinforcements from Japanese troops from other places, so as to facilitate the encirclement and reinforcements, the sporadic exchanges in the city never stopped.

As soon as they find an opportunity, the dragon's tooth warriors everywhere in the city will not hesitate to open fire on the enemy, killing one enemy after another.

Qiao Youhua had already come to the head of the West City Gate in Hengshui, and several officers such as the third and second regiment commanders were all accompanied, and there was green smoke and fire in front of the lookouts from time to time in Hengshui City.

Everyone was in different moods, and more of them were still a little impatient, wanting to organize their troops to attack and kill the remnants of the Japanese army, which were already trapped beasts.

However, everyone knows that there is no news from the guard battalion and the cavalry battalion, and they cannot do it.

Just when everyone was waiting a little impatiently, a signal soldier ran up from the city and saluted Qiao Youhua and the others: "Commander, commanders, the guard battalion and the cavalry battalion have sent an urgent telegram!" ”

Including Qiao Youhua, everyone's expressions perked up, and Qiao Youhua even opened his mouth to ask, "How is the situation?" ”

The guard battalion and the cavalry battalion joined forces to set up an ambush at the north gate of Shenzhou, first annihilated more than 2,000 Japanese reinforcements in the direction of Raoyang, and then took the initiative to attack, completely annihilating nearly 2,000 reinforcements in the direction of Anping, and a total of more than 4,000 Japanese troops were annihilated in this battle.

The Japanese army in Anping, Raoyang and other places has been wiped out by us, and there are no reinforcements for the enemy in Hengshui! The Signal Soldier replied.

Qiao Youhua was overjoyed, and immediately said, "Great, well done!" ”

"Commander, can we attack too?" Wu Mingxing asked excitedly.

"That's right, I can't wait, just those devil remnants in the city are defeated, and I can finally clean them up." Ma Biao said eagerly.

Qiao Youhua nodded and said: "Well, without further ado, all regiments and battalions will immediately launch a full-scale attack and destroy the remnants of the Japanese army in Hengshui City in the shortest possible time!" ”

"Yes!" Wu Ming, Ma Biao and others responded violently, and immediately went down to the city to receive their own orders and leave.

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A residential area near the east gate in Hengshui, where Sakai Rizo's headquarters is located.

Originally, his headquarters was in the county government compound in the center of the city, but it has now become the front line of the battle between the offensive and defensive sides, so he had to move his headquarters to the east gate

In the headquarters, Sakai Ritsuzo and his adjutant sat on the ammunition box in a somewhat decadent spirit, one smoking a cigarette, and the other looking at his watch from time to time.

Both of them were waiting for news of reinforcements, but not long ago, the communications corps lost contact with the reinforcements, which made Sakai Ritsuzo's mood extremely heavy.

Fortunately, the Zhina army outside did not continue to attack, giving the remnants of his defeated soldiers a rare respite.

However, Sakai Ritsuzo also understood that after this short ceasefire, there would be more fierce battles, and the next time the Shina army attacked again, it would not be so light, and the two sides would definitely be endless.

Therefore, Sakai Ritsuzo is very much looking forward to Raoyang and Anping at this moment that the reinforcements from Anping can arrive as soon as possible, but at this juncture, he has lost contact with them, what does it mean? Go without saying.

Just when Sakai was at a loss, there was suddenly a burst of gunfire outside, shouting and killing, and a violent explosion.

Sakai Rizo and the adjutant next to him immediately stood up, the two looked at each other in astonishment, and Sakai Rizo asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The adjutant immediately walked out to investigate, but he had not gone far when he came across a second lieutenant officer who had come to report the situation.

The two of them briefly talked for a few words, and the adjutant's face changed drastically, and he immediately ran back to the command headquarters and saluted Sakai Rizo and said, "General, it's not good, it's the Shina Army that has attacked again." ”

Sakai Ritsuzo had already guessed that this was the case, and he was in an extremely dull mood, his face became even more difficult to look at when he heard this, and he almost gritted his teeth and asked, "Which direction?" ”

The adjutant said with a panicked face: "General, there are Zhina troops on all sides to attack our last defensive position, and it seems that the Zhina army wants to fight a decisive battle with us." ”

The adjutant paused and said: "General, Rao Yang, Anping's reinforcements have not been contacted yet, it is estimated that there was some accident, I am afraid it will be difficult to arrive in time, for the sake of your safety, take advantage of the strength of the imperial army in the city, hurry up and break through!" ”

Sakai Ritsu's face changed for a while, and Tie Qing was ugly and muttered for a while before he gritted his teeth and nodded: "Just do as you say, organize all the troops, and break through from the east gate!" ”

Although Sakai Ritsuzo was very unwilling to flee in such a gloomy manner, his face was nothing compared to his life.

Among the officers of the Japanese army, those who have achieved the rank of general or above can be said to have become elites, and although there is no shortage of fanatics who believe in bushido, many more people still cherish their lives.

Those who are truly fearless of death, completely brainwashed by the spirit of bushido, and who can fight to the last soldier are often those middle and low-level officers.

Of course, if there is no hope of breaking through and there is no way out, the senior generals of the Japanese army will also commit suicide by disembowelment, not because they are noble, but because they have no choice but to escape, they don't want to be prisoners, so they have to cut themselves.

After Sakai Tatsuzo's order was issued, the remnants of the Japanese army, who did not want to continue to hold on, quickly carried out this order, except for a few Japanese troops who were left behind in the north, south, and west directions to block the attacking troops of the Dragon's Tooth Column.

About 1,000 Japanese troops retreated to the east gate, joined up with a squadron of guards around Sakai Tatsuzo, opened the east gate, and rushed out of the city.

At this time, the two companies of the 3rd Longya Regiment, which were responsible for outflanking the detours outside the east gate, had already been reinforced by half a battalion of the 2nd Longya Regiment, and their firepower had been greatly strengthened.

In order to respond to the attack of the brother troops in the other three directions in the city, it coincided with the Japanese army taking the initiative to open the city gate and swarming out.

A deputy battalion commander who was in charge of directing the battle immediately made the correct tactical adjustments, and all the troops at the east gate held on to the spot, rifles, submachine guns, general-purpose machine guns, grenadiers, mortars, and opened fire to block the Japanese troops.

Since there was not much disparity between the two sides in terms of strength, the Dragon's Tooth Column had a firepower advantage, and the Japanese army poured out of the city gate, so it was too late to disperse, so it changed its effective tactical formation, and as soon as it left the city, it would be blocked by the strong firepower of the Dragon's Tooth officers and soldiers.

Therefore, the devil's losses are very heavy.

Several charges were repulsed and the angry Sakai Ryuzo jumped like thunder, and several of his adjutants were scolded by him and sweated profusely.

At this time, the situation in the city showed a one-sided trend, and after losing the resistance of the main Japanese army, the last line of defense of the devils quickly collapsed under the powerful offensive of tens of thousands of dragon tooth officers and soldiers.

The offensive of all regiments and battalions and companies of Longya is like a tide, and the momentum is like a bamboo! It was only a matter of time before the remnants of Sakai Rizo were destroyed.