At about 10 o'clock in the morning of September 23, the two Japanese troops successfully met outside Xinghe City, and the mighty small 20,000 people surrounded the originally small Xinghe County Town.

However, the Japanese army did not rush to attack, but set up a barracks outside the city, and the troops moved frequently, and it seemed that a big move was about to happen.

Temporary command of the Japanese army.

Abe Norihide excitedly looked at the map spread out on the round conference table, and said to Okaru Hikawa Daisa on the side: "Okato-kun, I just got the news that that hateful Shina is still in the city and has not escaped. ”

"Yo Xi, stupid Shina people, the lowly will use the tracks of the chariot to let that stupid guy know that the military might of the Imperial Japanese Army is sacrosanct." Okatsu Hikawa Osa said loudly.

"Oka Royal-kun, your chariot brigade is the only chariot brigade in our corps, it's time for these people to see the strength of the Iron Lion of the Great Japanese Imperial Army." Norihide Abe said loudly.

"Hay, Your Excellency, Commander, when are we going to attack?" Okatsu Hikawa asked loudly.

"Don't worry. The Shina army in the city is already a turtle in an urn, and it is only a matter of time before it falls. But before we can attack the Chinese army in the city, we must deal with the potential threats around us. ”

"Nani, Commander, do you mean that there is still an army nearby?" Hikawa asked in surprise.

"No, no, no, there is indeed only one regular Chinese army in Xinghe County, but there is also a Chinese bandit here, the number is unknown, the weapons and equipment are unknown, and we don't know who the leader is, before attacking, we must be sure that this bandit does not pose much threat to our army."

"Your Excellency, isn't it just a bandit army, even their government troops fled when they saw the battle flag of the imperial army, how dare their small bandits fight the idea of the imperial army."

"Ganglujun, the people of China are far more tenacious than we imagined, the base camp is expected to destroy China in three months before the war, but as far as I know, the leader of the China Army, Chiang, does not intend to yield to the Japanese Empire, on the Shanghai front, the China people mobilized more than 700,000 troops and the empire to fight to the death, where the battle is very fierce, General Shimizu has asked the base camp for reinforcements three times in a row, as of September 11, the Shanghai Dispatch Army has increased from the original two divisions to 5 field divisions and 2 heavy artillery brigades, etc., With the addition of the Marine Corps and other troops, the Shanghai dispatch army was close to 200,000 at this time. The number of troops continued to increase, but the results were almost none, the war began for more than a month, and the Shanghai dispatch army was still blocked on the front line of Luodian, and the destruction of China in three months was probably just an empty word. ”

Then Abe Norihide continued: "Obviously, those ministers including the base camp have underestimated the Shina people, just as we underestimated the Shina army in North China, the battle of Tianzhen, the Japanese Imperial Army suffered more than 10,000 casualties, what a tragic lesson, so we can't underestimate any of the Shina forces, even if they are armed with bandits. ”

"Hai, what Your Excellency Commander has taught you is that you will send someone to find out the details of this branch of bandits." Hikawa said loudly.

"Ganglujun, this bandit is entrenched in Daqing Mountain, it is not suitable for your chariot brigade to attack, just deal with the bandits and let those Imperial Alliance troops go." Norihide Abe said with a smile.

"Hay!"

"Liu Sang, this is Daqingshan, your knowledge, I have received reliable information, there is a bandit army stationed here, my order is you, immediately send troops to exterminate this bandit army."

"Hai, Taijun rest assured, I promise to complete the task." Liu Xu, commander of the First Cavalry Division of the puppet Mongolian Army, said flatteringly.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, after completing the encirclement of the east and west gates of Xinghe County, the Japanese troops set up artillery and began to bombard the defenders' positions outside the city.

At the same time, the Japanese army outside Tianzhen City also launched an attack on the 61st Army defending the city, the Japanese army in the direction of Tianzhen was not as 'moderate' as the Japanese army in Xinghe, as soon as it came up, it was an aircraft artillery and infantry charge, and the Japanese army organized six attacks in one afternoon, which caused great pressure to the 399th Regiment of the Jin Sui Army defending the city.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Chen Feng sent a telegram to Andre's headquarters that night, ordering the cavalry group to rush to Zhangbei immediately and launch an attack on Zhangbei County by tomorrow afternoon at the latest.

On September 24, Liu Xu, who went to Daqingshan to suppress bandits, sent someone back to report that there was indeed a bandit in Daqingshan, and the number was about 300. This bandit army resisted stubbornly due to the terrain and refused to surrender to the imperial army.

The terrain occupied by the bandits was very dangerous, and his cavalry was not suitable for attacking such a position with steep terrain, so he asked the command for reinforcements.

After reading Liu Xu's report and learning that there were only more than 300 bandits on Daqing Mountain, Abe Norihide suddenly lost interest in this bandit army. As long as this bandit does not pose a threat to the Imperial Japanese Army, Abe Norihide does not bother to pay attention to it. Instead of sending reinforcements to Liu Xu, he ordered the First Cavalry Division of the Puppet Mongolian Army to withdraw immediately, and their main strategic target this time was the newly formed independent 222nd Division and the hateful Chinese named Chen Feng, not those many bandits in China.

At about ten o'clock in the morning, the Japanese organized an attack, but it was quickly repulsed by the defenders. But soon the Japanese army once again organized a larger offensive, not only with planes to help the battle, but also artillery and chariots, followed by a reorganized infantry brigade, it seems that the Japanese army wanted to complete the battle and take Xinghe County in one fell swoop.

From the binoculars, Chen Feng looked at the Japanese troops in a neat formation and pressed towards the defenders' positions. At the same time, a loud hum of the plane's engines could be heard in the sky.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Chen Feng turned to the operator on the side and said: "Call the artillery battalion and the air defense regiment, order them to prepare for battle, and wait until the shelling of the little devil stops, and immediately launch an artillery bombardment on the artillery position of the little devil, the artillery of the little devil has only one brigade at most, tell our artillery that we must kill the artillery of the little devil, otherwise the future will be sad." ”

Under the cover of artillery fire, more than 10 Japanese tanks opened the way, and a large number of infantry followed, in view of the Chinese army's local dog tactics some time ago, Abe Norihide specially mobilized more than 30 submachine guns from the troops, so that these submachine gunners followed closely behind the chariots, and strictly guarded against the local dogs.

But to Abe's surprise, until the chariot entered the Shina position less than two hundred meters away, it was still quiet in the Shina position, and no one counterattacked.

"150 meters"

"100 meters"

When the chariot entered the position of the defenders of China less than 100 meters, a chariot walking in the front suddenly made a loud "boom", and then the whole chariot was blown up, and the tracks were broken into several pieces, hanging on the body, and at the same time thick black smoke came out of the chariot, and at a glance it was clear that the road was completely abandoned.

Then, several tanks in front were all blown up, and the Japanese discovered that the Chinese army had planted a large number of mines in front of the position, and they entered the minefield.

The first time was only a tentative attack, so the Japanese only sent less than a squadron of infantry troops, and they were repulsed more than 200 meters away from the defenders' positions, and it was not clear that the defenders had laid a minefield in front of the position.

In the telescope, Abe Norihide saw it clearly, and one accidentally suffered from the way of the Shina people, and in just a few minutes, the imperial army's precious chariot lost four of them, and dozens of others were wounded.

"Yaga! The chariots were ordered to immediately stop their advance, allowing the sappers to come forward to clear the mines, and the infantry to pay attention to cover. ”

The wish was good, but as soon as the Japanese sappers appeared, they were killed by the Chinese snipers lurking around the battlefield, and in just one minute, more than 30 sappers were all killed, which made Abe Norihide furious.

"Order the troops to retreat and let the artillery brigade carry out carpet shelling in front of the positions in China, destroying the minefield with shells."

"Boom" "Boom" "Boom" After receiving the order of Norihide Abe, the Japanese artillery brigade did not dare to slack off, and immediately carried out strategic artillery bombardment on the land within 100 meters in front of the defenders' positions, trying to destroy the defenders' minefields.

In the county town of Xinghe, the artillery battalion of the 222nd Division Guard Regiment was positioned.

"Have you figured out the coordinates of the little devil's artillery position?" A young man who was five big and three thick shouted loudly.

"Yingzuo, figuring it out, the direction of six o'clock in the south of the city, the preliminary judgment should be in Xiaowadang." A good-looking young man replied.

"Little Waddang, yes, there it is. Not only is the terrain higher, but also not far from the county seat, which is the most suitable for artillery positions. Huang Hao ordered his brothers to immediately attack and shell Xiaowadang, without debugging and firing Zhu Yuan, ten rapid shots, and immediately transfer the position after the incident. ”

"Yes"

"Boom" "Boom" "Boom"

The Japanese artillery was stunned by the sudden artillery bombardment, and they did not expect at all that before the war, Chen Feng asked the artillery to mark all the areas within a five-kilometer radius of the county town to shoot Zhu Yuan, and as soon as the Japanese artillery fired, they could judge where the Japanese artillery position was according to the landing point of the shells.

In addition, before Chen Feng withdrew the divisional artillery regiment from the city, he asked them to leave 6 mountain guns for the artillery battalion of the guard regiment. This fire hit Abe Norihide's heart, and after the shelling, only one of the 12 field guns of a complete artillery brigade could still be used, and the remaining eleven were all turned into a pile of scrap metal emitting green smoke.

What made Abe Norihide even more distressed was that this shelling caused a large number of gunners to die, unlike those cheap infantry, each gunner was an elite carefully cultivated by the Japanese Empire for many years, and he didn't expect it to be explained here.