At night, the city of Hong Kong was full of fierce gunfire and firelight, rising from time to time between the high-rise buildings of the city, from Tang Qiuli's current position, it was a spectacular scene of fierce battles at night, however, according to the reports of the brigades, the progress of the battle was relatively slow.

On the Hong Kong battlefield, the troops invested by the Independent Division have reached the strength of more than 160,000 troops in 10 brigades, which is more than 5 to 1 compared with the strength of the Japanese army, and has already occupied the absolute initiative on the battlefield.

Accordingly, division commander Tang Qiuli issued the following order to all participating troops, "In view of the fact that the Japanese garrison units have been divided and surrounded, and the encircled areas are in a state of relative isolation, and the Hong Kong campaign has entered the stage of urban street fighting, in order to avoid unnecessary heavy casualties among the troops and casualties among the citizens, all units can slow down the pace of attack, do not need to rush to capture the existing barricade positions of the Japanese army, give full play to the infantry firepower, and exchange the minimum casualties for the greatest results, Division Commander Tang Qiuli." ”

The adjustment of this deployment is very timely and necessary, the so-called "trapped beasts are still fighting," the madness in the bones of the Japanese, and not because they were surrounded, they laid down their arms and surrendered, and the red-eyed troops, if they attacked, they would definitely be able to take all the Japanese positions, but the casualties were so large that Tang Qiuli would be unacceptable, there was no need for such brute force, the troops had time, and they would kill all the Japanese troops little by little.

Slowing down the pace of the attack also made the brigade commanders of each brigade calm down and use the best tactics and the least casualties to achieve the result of completely annihilating the Japanese defending forces, not to mention. Tang Qiuli also has a hole card, that is, the captured commander of the 37th Division of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Poly Gavin. If he could give the order for the Japanese army to surrender, Tang Qiuli would definitely not, and in order to show the so-called force, he would risk the lives of the soldiers to conquer the Japanese army's barricades.

He is equal to the news of Deshui and Shen Jun, there are no reinforcements from the Japanese army approaching, and there is no Japanese army to rely on for a long time. Tang Qiuli had a lot of time to slowly consume the remaining tens of thousands of people of the Japanese 37th Division, from the outlier of Poly Gavin. Leaving more than 30,000 subordinates behind, judging from his hasty escape with treasures, this is a very life-sparing guy, Yu Deshui and Shen Jun. There is a lot of success. This is very good, although it is not a bloody occupation of Hong Kong, it also saves the strength of the back!

When the order of the division commander was issued to the troops, Major General Liu Hongzhang, commander of the 1st Brigade of the Corps, was staring at a building in front of him. It was one of the largest and most stubborn barricade fortifications of the Japanese army on the route interspersed by the 1st Brigade. If there were only a few hundred Japanese soldiers inside, Liu Hongzhang would not have paid attention to it at all.

He took an infantry battalion, plus the brigade headquarters guard battalion, with rocket launchers and recoilless guns, all of which were sharp weapons for attacking fortifications, killers of street fighting fortifications, and more than 1,800 troops in two battalions, gnawing this fortress without much effort!

But Liu Hongzhang, who has an absolute advantage in strength and firepower, can no longer fight when he hits here, there is only one reason, there are still thousands of Hong Kong citizens in this building, and if he bombards it, he can certainly blow up the little devil into the sky, but the residents inside are also unlucky, looking at the building where every window is spitting out tongues of fire, and then looking at the bloody corpses of more than 20 soldiers on the open ground in front of the building, Liu Hongzhang almost went berserk.

The location of this building is very fucked, it happens to be on the interspersed route of the First Brigade and most of the troops, of course, the troops can make a detour, change the direction, and continue to intersperse, but it will be delayed for more than two hours, and they will not be able to complete the orders of the division headquarters, and they will not be able to reach the designated area on time, and he Liu Hongzhang and the First Brigade, Brother No. 15,600, cannot afford to lose this person.

After glaring at the Japanese fortifications for a while, Liu Hongzhang seemed to suddenly remember something, and on the walkie-talkie, he called out Major General Chu Ziye, the commander of the Fourth Brigade, but shouted in a loud voice, "I said Chu is a big man, how about the speed of your brigade interspersed?" Have you encountered any difficulties and do you need me to go for reinforcements? It's all brothers, even if you have difficulties, just speak, you're welcome! ”

What Liu Hongzhang said was the opposite, he wanted to explore the progress of the Fourth Brigade, but it was not easy to ask clearly, the entire twelve brigades directly under the corps were transferred out of the first brigade and the fourth brigade to participate in the Hong Kong campaign, he didn't want to be thrown behind by Chu Ziye's fourth brigade, otherwise, just the mouth of the big man Chu would not bury himself to death!

As for the three brigades of the Sulu Mobile Corps, as well as several brigades of the Guangzhou garrison area, Liu Hongzhang did not care much, the direction of the attack and interspersed was different, and the speed of progress had little to do with himself, in this direction, only his own first brigade and Chu Ziye's fourth brigade, if they did not compete with him, who would they compete with?

Chu Ziye's brain, the reaction was quite fast, Liu Hongzhang just said a few words, he roughly guessed what it meant, "hehe" sneered a few times, and replied slowly: "I said Liu has a loud voice, don't come with me like this, I encountered a difficult bone, where did you choke, it doesn't matter, you are right, brother, brother, I will immediately send a telegram to the division commander, requesting to expand the mission scope of the Fourth Brigade, the original interspersed area of your First Brigade, I Chu Ziye did it for you, we brothers, who is with whom, do you say no?" ”

After speaking, he didn't wait for Liu Hongzhang to reply, he looked proud, cut off contact, and Liu Hongzhang was so angry that he had nowhere to send it, and shouted loudly: "You two battalion commanders come here!" The commander of the infantry battalion and the commander of the guard battalion, the two hurriedly ran over, "Brigade commander, what is the order?" ”

Liu Hongzhang pointed to the Japanese stronghold that was still spitting out flames, and in the night, it looked extremely arrogant, with a gloomy face, and said: "You guys listen to me, take out the strength of four platoons, attack again, organize all the special shooters, take each floor as a unit, one person is responsible for a window, kill the little devil's firepower point, can't move the cannon, let's use the gun, as long as we can rush to the bottom of the building, it is easy to do, that is the shooting blind spot of the little devil, and then, attack the inside of the building, fight for it layer by floor, go and prepare!" Wait for my orders, and then start storming! ”

The troops began to get busy, more than 100 special marksmen, arrived at the stronghold of the Japanese army, found a good shooting position, and prepared to attack the troops, already lying behind the concealment, the light and heavy machine guns that were responsible for fire cover, the muzzles of the black holes, aimed at the building, all the people, their eyes were fixed on the brigade commander, Liu Hongzhang was ready to fight, he had already made a ruthless decision, took out more than 100 casualties, and also took down this thorn in the eye!

At this moment, Colonel Ye Xinwen, the chief of staff of the brigade, hurriedly ran over, "Brigade commander, don't start the action yet, the division commander is in a hurry, and all units will immediately adjust their campaign deployment!" ”

Liu Hongzhang hurriedly read the telegram, slapped his thigh, and said to Ye Xinwen: "Old Ye, the order of the division commander is really timely rain, that's good, don't worry about not completing the task, little devil, Lao Tzu has to simmer slowly, cook you bastards!" ”

Then, he shouted again: "Stop the action, the special shooter will continue to block the Japanese army's firepower points, as long as the little devil shows his head, knock him out of Lao Tzu, and the other troops will withdraw beyond the range of the little devil's firepower and surround me!" ”

At this time, Liu Hongzhang's feelings have calmed down, since the division commander has no order, he must complete the task of dividing and surrounding the little devils according to the specified time, then it will be easy to do, he said to Ye Xinwen: "Chief of Staff, order the interspersed troops behind, bypass this stronghold, and continue to carry out the interspersed mission, you command from the front, I will take the guard battalion and the first regiment and three battalions, just stay here, and follow these hundreds of little devils, to the end!" ”

Ye Xinwen took a few guards and disappeared in a hurry at the corner of the building area, several of the most arrogant Japanese firepower points, after being knocked out by the top shooters of the first brigade, the Japanese soldiers also learned to be obedient, quietly hiding in the shooting corner, as long as the troops of the independent division did not attack, they would not let go of a single shot, and they were determined to consume Liu Hongzhang.

The gunfire fell silent, the dark building, dark and dull without a trace of light, faintly, I heard the sobbing of a woman, and the cry of a child who was trying to cover his mouth, the silence here was more depressing and irritating than the non-stop gunfire around it!

Liu Hongzhang frowned, observed for a while, no matter how he observed, he was not absolutely sure, without causing harm to the residents in the building, without causing large casualties to the troops, to capture this building with hundreds of little devils stubbornly defending, the division commander's order was not to urge the troops to hurry up the attack, but he was consumed here, there was no way, and it was not a thing!

He called over to a soldier of the infiltration detachment of the Guangzhou Garrison District, who was in charge of guiding the road, and asked, "Do you know the basic structure of this building?" There are no hidden tunnels or sewers or anything like that, so you can go straight to the inside of the building? ”

This soldier of the local unit, who was obviously an officer with the rank of major general who had rarely been seen in ordinary times, and who also personally led the team, fought in the rain of bullets, looked very nervous, shook his head, and replied: "Mki! I don't care about this place! ”

Liu Hongzhang's head is two big, what is it, I don't understand it at all, but the soldier's shaking of his head, he understands what it means, waved his hand, and let the soldier retreat to a safe place, on the open ground in front of the building, the corpses of the fallen soldiers, maintaining a forward posture, fell on the way to charge, which stimulated Liu Hongzhang's heart, a sharp pain, and the blood vessels on the temples jumped straight up!

As long as you can pass through this open area in front of the building, avoid the fire of the little devils, and the troops enter the building, the problem will be solved, in this open area, I have lost more than 30 soldiers, and if I continue to fight like this, I will fill in hundreds of lives, and I am not sure to rush into the building, gritted his teeth, ask for help, he ordered the signal soldiers, "Give me the commander of the armored corps immediately, Major General Battle, I want to talk to him!" ”

(To be continued) (To be continued.) )