The speed at which the Japanese army came was very fast, and the speed advantage of the mechanized troops was brought into full play, without giving Qin Yiwu and others the opportunity to repair and strengthen the fortifications.

After the Japanese army arrived outside the city, they immediately launched an attack, the main direction of attack was still the east gate, but it was not limited to the east gate, when the main force attacked the east gate, the Japanese commander divided a small force, under the cover of tanks to launch a diversion attack on the north gate.

In the former First Theater Commander's Headquarters, Zhang Huwei looked at Qin Yiwu anxiously, he felt that Qin Yiwu's battle plan was too risky, and it was completely luring the wolf into the room.

Originally, Zhang Huwei's previous personality would not have said anything, but now after today's ideological transformation, he feels that there are some things he must say, which is also what a real soldier, especially an officer, should do.

"Sir, I think this battle plan of yours is too risky, it is easy to let the Japanese in, but I am afraid it will not be easy to drive them out!"

Qin Yiwu looked at Zhang Huwei and said: "Colonel, you are a real soldier, once upon a time, when the bastards of the National Government abandoned my Sichuan army brigade on the battlefield of the Battle of Songhu, and pushed me and less than 200 brothers around at the end, I felt that there were no real soldiers under Lao Jiang, whether it was the central army or the local army, but I was surprised by the performance of you and your troops, you are a real soldier, pure masters!" ”

"As for the battle plan I formulated, it is indeed a bit risky, but I received a death order, I must hold the city of Zhengzhou, the city is in the people, and the people are not in the city. My brethren and I have no way out. Now we lack long-range artillery, and if we fight with the devils in the field or rely on the city walls to hold on, and the command is devastating by the Japanese artillery, it is not cost-effective. Therefore, we must lure the little devils into the city, use the houses and streets to limit the artillery of the devils, and then annihilate all the troops that attack the city! ”

Zhang Huwei retorted: "But we lack anti-tank weapons, and once the tanks enter the city, the threat to us is also great." I saw that this time the little devil was not equipped with the previous kind of little king, but a real thick-shelled king. You can't do it with cluster grenades. ”

Qin Yiwu knew that Zhang Huwei said that Xiao Wang Ba was the Japanese army's 94-type and 95-type light chariots. 9. This light combat vehicle is mainly used for infantry support, reconnaissance support and armored hauling. Their common feature is that they are weakly protected, with armor as thin as 6 mm at its thinnest point, and sometimes even penetrated by rifles. Although at that time the Chinese army was poorly equipped and lacked anti-tank weapons. But it soon became clear that a bag of explosives and a bundle of grenades could easily destroy such a thin-skinned chariot.

The Great King Eight refers to the Ninety-Seven Type chariot. This new vehicle is still extremely backward compared to European armored weapons. But the thickness of its armor has been greatly improved, at least it will not be killed by grenades and rifles, and even small-caliber guns will not be able to do anything about it. This is important for China, which lacks anti-tank weapons . The army is undoubtedly the most difficult to mess with.

"Colonel, please rest assured, although we don't have long-range support artillery, we do have enough anti-tank weapons, not to mention these medium tanks of the devils, even those heavy tanks will not escape the fate of being destroyed." Qin Yiwu didn't explain, and after finishing speaking, he calmly began to arrange the defense task.

After the battle began, Major General Mizuno Nobu found that the defenders of Zhengzhou City did not deploy troops on the city wall, although the city wall and city gate of the east gate of Zhengzhou were extremely dilapidated, almost all the city fortifications had been destroyed, and even a section of the city wall more than 30 meters long had collapsed.

But in any case, something is better than nothing, as long as the defenders hold the city wall, the imperial army can not easily attack the city of Zhengzhou, after all, the tank can only run on the ground, and can not fly on the city, although the section of the city wall collapsed, but the maximum climbing height of the chariot still can not go up.

But the stupid Shina people actually gave up the city wall, which made Mizuno Shin extremely happy, it can be said that the most difficult hurdle they have crossed, as long as they enter Zhengzhou City, with the strength of the chariot troops, there is no suspense about the outcome of the battle at all.

In addition to the excitement, Mizuno Shin directly gave a big order to attack, only to see 3 Type 97 chariots open the way, followed by an infantry squad towards the east gate of Zhengzhou.

Unlike Mizuno Shin's imagination, the mixed team was not blocked at the gate of the city, and entered the city smoothly. Overjoyed, Mizuno Shin ordered the follow-up chariot troops to follow immediately, and all the troops entered the city, and after entering the city, they went straight to the headquarters of the Shina people, the railway station, the municipal building and other important strongholds, and tried to drive all the troops out of Zhengzhou before dawn.

The idea is good, but the reality is cruel. A successful attack in the early stage did not mean that the following battle would also be so smooth, as all the Japanese tank units entered the city, the artillery units outside the city were completely useless.

Without the threat of artillery, Qin Yiwu's troops began to counterattack, they gave up half of the territory in the eastern city, and after all the Japanese troops entered the city, the counterattack began.

Zhengguang Road, the most important road in Dongcheng District, Zhengzhou. Along the way, the Japanese army moved smoothly and did not meet resistance, but all the Japanese troops did not dare to relax, because they knew that what they had to face was not the ordinary Chinese army, but the devil's army, and they must fight with twelve points of spirit, otherwise they will suffer a big loss.

The experience of many battles has shown that the more cautious it is at such moments, the more the Shina army likes to carry out surprise attacks when the imperial army is relaxed.

The Japanese soldiers were right, and on the top floor of the Swan Hotel, 1 kilometer away from the Japanese attacking troops, three soldiers with bazookas on their shoulders stared at this mixed squadron of Japanese troops.

"Captain, a total of 8 Type 97 medium chariots!"

"Very good, in order of 1 to 8, when I play later, I will play 1, 4, 8, Xiao Li, you play 2, 5, 7, Xiao Yang, you play 3, 6! Withdraw after the fight, and leave the rest of the different infantry to someone else! ”

"Yes!"

"Captain, it's close?"

"Calm down, there's still a kilometer left, let's get closer and hit again!"

"900 meters!"

"800 meters!"

"700 meters"

"600 meters!"

"Fire at 500 meters!"

With the order of the captain of the bazooka team, the three bazooka players pulled the trigger at the same time, and the three armor-piercing shells dragged their long tails towards the Japanese tank.

"Boom" "Boom" "Boom"

The incident happened suddenly, and the Japanese tankmen did not see the three rockets fired by the Red Arrow overnight, so the tragedy was that all three tanks were hit.

With three explosions and violent explosions, the three tanks that walked in front turned into a pile of scrap metal, and the blown up parts smashed several nearby Japanese soldiers all over their heads.

Taking advantage of the panic of the Japanese army, 3 bazooka fighters fired continuously, and 12 rockets easily destroyed all 8 Japanese tanks, and by the way, killed two Japanese machine gunners.

At this time, the Japanese army found out that the attack came from the Swan Hotel, and hurriedly organized soldiers to counterattack, but unfortunately it was too late. After the destruction of 8 tanks, a large number of Chinese/troops suddenly poured out of all around, and most importantly, these Chinese/troops each had a light machine gun in their hands, and the firepower was simply stunned by the Japanese soldiers.

Soon the Japanese squadron in Zhengguang Road was defeated, and such a small battlefield can be seen everywhere in the entire city of Zhengzhou, in the urban street fighting, the combination of bazooka + assault rifle is simply invincible, you don't see that even those rebels in the Middle East and Africa in the 21st century are using this combination to overthrow small governments.

The battle situation in the city from time to time to the command outside the city, since the beginning of Chen Feng's counterattack, the Japanese army's life is not good, two hours later, Mizuno Shin had to ask for help from Nishihara Ichice, no way, the 122 97 chariots of the 8th Wing of the tank were almost all destroyed, although they occupied more than half of the territory of Zhengzhou Dongcheng District, now they have to face a comprehensive counterattack by Chen Feng's department, Mizuno Shin learned that Chen Feng's department used a new type of infantry anti-tank weapon, It is known that in the next battle, it is impossible for a single infantry wing to occupy the entire Zhengzhou, and it is necessary to call for help.

After receiving the telegram from Mizuno Shin, Nishihara Kazuse was taken aback, and immediately thought of a telegram from the Kwantung Army that had been reported to the base camp not long ago, saying that in the battles of Manchuria and Hailar, the Chinese army used a powerful individual anti-tank weapon, which could easily destroy any tank in the empire within a kilometer.

I didn't expect that the Shina people had already mass-produced this kind of individual anti-tank weapon, which was definitely not a good thing for the Great Japanese Empire.

But in any case, Zhengzhou must be taken, and since the Mizuno Department has attacked Zhengzhou City, this has made a good start for the imperial army. As long as Zhengzhou City is occupied, then the other two road branch armies will lose their goals and motivation, and they will not fight to the death with the front army, so no matter how much cost is paid, this Zhengzhou City must be defeated.

Nishihara Kazusei immediately made a decision and ordered the entire 12th Wing and the 6th Brigade of the 5th Brigade of the 3rd Tank Division, plus the 3 infantry wings mixed with the 10th Brigade to immediately rush to Zhengzhou and cooperate with Mizuno Shinsho's troops to attack the city.

The battle in the city of Zhengzhou did not stop all night, and when the battle was fought until about ten o'clock in the evening, all the chariot units of the Japanese army had been destroyed, and a small half of the ordinary infantry had been wiped out, and the remaining less than 2,000 people were defeated and retreated.

Just when Qin Yiwu and others were about to eliminate all these devils in one fell swoop, the Japanese reinforcements arrived in time, and then the battle became fierce again. (To be continued......)