Shortly after the 462nd Brigade took the first-line positions of the Japanese army, the 461st Brigade and the 463rd Brigade also successively took the first-line positions of the Japanese troops they were facing. Although the position was taken, under the resistance of the Japanese army, the brigades still suffered some losses, so although it was not yet dark, several brigades invariably stopped the attack and switched to defending on the spot.

Wang Haitao knew the situation of the three brigades well, and it took each brigade one day to capture the front-line positions of the Japanese army they were facing, which was normal in Wang Haitao's opinion, and the three brigades must have a great advantage in all aspects. If it weren't for the fact that the Japanese army dispatched a large number of planes, Wang Haitao believed that the result of the battle would not only be so, but after all, the casualties of the brigades would not be large, and this result would be acceptable to Wang Haitao.

However, the results of the Chinese army made it difficult for Lieutenant General Akalu Li in Yongzhou Castle to sleep, and Commander Isamu Yokota gave the 13th Division an order to hold Yongzhou Castle for 10 to 15 days, but after only three days, the first line of defense outside the city was lost, and the real battle between the two sides was only one day. No matter how you say that your 13th Division is also a division, if Yongzhou City can't be held for more than ten days, you don't know how to face the question of Commander Isamu Yokoyama.

But today, Lieutenant General Chiluli can be regarded as truly understanding the power of China's strongest army, not to mention anything else, the number of heavy artillery and combat vehicles alone is beyond the reach of his own division. When the Chinese army attacked, Lieutenant General Akakari also climbed to the high place in the city to observe the Chinese army, and there were probably more than 200 heavy artillery pieces used for bombing on the first three positions alone.

More than 200 heavy artillery pieces are afraid that the entire 11th Army can be concentrated, the 48 field guns of the field artillery wing of his division and regiment cannot be compared with the Chinese army besieging the city in terms of quantity and power, in addition, the Chinese army also has a large number of giant chariots, these chariots are not comparable to the chariots in their hands just by looking at the volume, which also makes Lieutenant General Chilu Li very depressed, how can the Chinese army have so many heavy artillery and so many advanced chariots?

Depressed to depressed, tomorrow's battle still has to be considered, now there is only this position close to the city wall outside the city, and if this place is lost, the Chinese army can directly attack the city, under the heavy artillery bombardment of the Chinese army, how long can the city wall hold out without being blown down, Lieutenant General Chilu Li does not dare to guarantee. If the city wall is finished, then in the street battle, with the extremely excellent individual quality of the Chinese soldiers, how long the guard troops put together with other arms can be defended, Lieutenant General Chilu Li is even more uncertain.

Thinking of this, Lieutenant General Akaka Li invited the chief of staff, Chikawa Yongji Daisa, and after the two discussed in the office for a long time, Lieutenant General Akaka Li gave several orders in a row. The first is to order the garrison units in the city to go to the city wall to change guards with the guards on the original city wall; second, it is to order the three brigades of the field artillery wing to set up artillery positions in the eastern, southern, and western directions of the city gates to provide artillery support to the defenders on the positions outside the city tomorrow; and third, it is necessary to order the defenders on the positions outside the city not to retreat and to fight to the last man.

As soon as Lieutenant General Chilu Li conveyed these three orders, the officers of the 13th Division understood that the division commander was about to break the boat, and the entire 13th Division would fight to the death with the Chinese army. This not only did not make the officers of the 13th Division despair, but aroused the ferocity in their bones, so that the entire 13th Division was as excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

On the morning of the next day, the attack on the Japanese troops outside Yongzhou City was launched again, because the positions of the two armies were only more than 100 meters apart, and for fear of accidental injury, the heavy artillery did not open fire before the attack, and only the heavy mortars gathered by the brigades bombarded the Japanese positions for half an hour. Fortunately, yesterday the heavy artillery had already ploughed the Japanese position twice, and now there were very few strong bunkers and bunkers left on the Japanese position.

Today's offensive brigades have been replaced with new forces, and the 462nd Brigade has been replaced by the 879th Regiment as the main attacker. The battle was quite fierce from the beginning, and today's Japanese troops were completely different from yesterday, the Japanese troops in the trenches fell and someone immediately replenished them, and the machine gun fire point was also replaced as soon as the shooter fell, so as to ensure that the machine gun fire did not stop.

The positions of the two sides were only more than 100 meters apart, and the Japanese army's marksmanship was not bad, so the casualties of the 879th Regiment in the counterfire also increased, and the 879th Regiment suddenly felt the pressure. The regiment commander Wei Huang was in a bunker, watching his soldiers continue to be shot and falling, he was angry and anxious, and slammed his fist on the wall of the bunker.

If the troops could not suppress the firepower of the Japanese army, they did not dare to rush out of the position and launch a charge, otherwise they would not necessarily be able to rush forward under the heavy machine-gun fire of the Japanese army, not to mention the huge casualties. Therefore, Wei Huang could only find ways to suppress the firepower points on the Japanese position. The two sides exchanged shots for two hours, and there was a stalemate, and no one could bear anyone.

Not only the 462nd Brigade but also the 461st Brigade and the 463rd Brigade also encountered stubborn resistance from the Japanese army, and the 881st Regiment of the 463rd Brigade also tried to send a battalion to attack once, but had to withdraw because of the heavy casualties. The obstruction of the attack of the three brigades was reported to Tang Longzai, the commander-in-chief of the front, which also surprised Tang Longzai.

Yesterday's attack was too smooth, which also made Tang Longzai despise the Japanese army. In Tang Longzai's view, in addition to the Japanese planes to focus on, the soldiers on the position will soon fall apart under their own attacks, as long as they deal with the bombing of the Japanese planes, they will definitely be able to take the positions outside the city before dark today, maybe even the city wall can be taken down.

However, the situation reported below was completely different from his own thoughts, how could the Japanese army suddenly become so difficult to deal with? Could it be that the troops defending the city had been replaced? Tang Longzai thought for a moment and thought that the Japanese army would not be the opponent of his own troops, so he still gave orders to the three brigade commanders that they must capture the Japanese positions outside the city before dark today.

Tang Longzai's order immediately put pressure on the three brigade commanders, and they invariably sent additional troops to the front-line positions. Li Changwu even ignored the opposition of his subordinates, and personally came to the front-line position with the guard battalion to direct the battle. Li Changwu's arrival also put pressure on Wei Huang, who was commanding the battle, and under pressure, Wei Huang ordered Wei Lin, the commander of the first battalion, to organize a strong attack under the cover of heavy machine guns and mortars.

Welling understands how many casualties there will be in organizing a storming in the current situation, but an order is an order, and it must be obeyed unconditionally. Wei Lin called several company commanders together and said: "Listen, the regimental seat orders our battalion to organize a strong attack, and I will personally lead the team to launch an attack; if I die, the first company commander will be on top, the first company commander will die, and the second company commander will be on top! The company commander will die and the platoon commander will be on top! We must rush to the Japanese position! The fire company will provide fire cover for the attacking troops, do you understand?"

"Yes, battalion commander!" replied several company commanders in a bright and neat voice. Wei Lin looked at his pocket watch and said, "The shelling of the cover is about to begin, you go back and prepare separately, and the attack will begin in fifteen minutes!" As soon as the company commanders walked away, the heavy mortar bombardment began. Fifteen minutes passed quickly, and as soon as the artillery fire stopped, the roar of dozens of heavy machine guns rang out, and Welling shouted, "Brothers, follow me!" and took the lead in jumping out of the trench.

Wei Lin led a battalion of officers and men to launch a charge at the Japanese position more than 100 meters away, although the artillery fire had just bombarded the Japanese position, and dozens of heavy machine guns suppressed the fire, there were still soldiers on the Japanese position who were not afraid of death to open fire to block the attack, and although the machine guns fired intermittently, they never stopped. With the desperate resistance of the Japanese army, the casualties of the officers and men of the first battalion increased rapidly.

At a distance of more than 100 meters, if a soldier runs with all his might, it will take 20 seconds, but now the distance of more than 100 meters is so far away, the officers and men of the first battalion keep falling, but no one stops the pace of the charge, the people in front fall, and the people behind immediately go up. The commander of the firepower company was on the machine gun position, watching his comrades fall on the way to charge one by one, his eyes were red, and he grabbed a machine gun and pulled the trigger fiercely.

Wei Lin, who rushed to the front, was protected by a guard company, and there was no danger for the time being, but as the distance narrowed, the people of the guard company also fell one after another, and seeing that he was still fifty or sixty meters away from the Japanese position, Wei Lin was thinking: "Hurry up! Rush up!" At this time, a machine gun bullet drilled into his chest. Wei Lin insisted on rushing forward for more than a dozen steps, and finally fell down with a sense of unwillingness.

Li Changwu could no longer stand the casualties of the first battalion, and he immediately asked: "Who let the troops attack? Order the troops to withdraw immediately!" The first battalion was defeated, and when it finally withdrew, there were only more than 100 people left in the three companies of more than 400 people at the time of the charge. The battalion commander Wei Lin was killed, three company commanders and one company commander were seriously injured, and three company commanders were killed. The entire battalion was disabled.

Facing the remnants of the first battalion withdrawing, Wei Huang, who ordered the attack, also lowered his head. After Tang Longzai got the news, he slapped the table angrily, Wei Huang was removed from the post of regiment commander on the spot, and Chu Xifeng, the commander of the second battalion, temporarily replaced the post of commander of the 879th Regiment. Wang Haitao also learned in the headquarters that the front attack was unfavorable, so he took Su Zuxin to the front command headquarters.

As soon as Wang Haitao arrived, he didn't immediately reproach Tang Longzai, but asked Tang Longzai to call the three brigade commanders over. As soon as the people arrived at Qi Wang Haitao, he said: "Ladies and gentlemen, you are all commanders of the first brigade, and you are all generals who want to take charge of the enemy, how can you still have the idea of underestimating the enemy? The strength of small Japan is not weak, especially the 13th Division, a division like the 13th Division, once you have the heart to fight to the death, it is not easy to deal with. ”

Wang Haitao's words made everyone bow their heads, and after Wang Haitao glanced at a few people, he continued: "Think about how we fought in the face of the Japanese army, how we won more with less, and didn't we rely on our superiority in firepower and the superiority in the tactical skills of our soldiers? You must always keep in mind where our superiority lies, and you must flexibly use these superiority in battle! Think about it carefully, and then gather your subordinates to discuss how to give full play to our superiority in the next attack!"

After speaking, Wang Haitao asked the three brigade commanders to return to their respective posts, and then Tang Longzai said: "Longzai, as a front-line commander, your words and deeds will affect your subordinates, and even affect the entire battle situation. You must learn to be calm, not arrogant in victory, not discouraged in defeat, and it is easy to say, but it is not easy to do! You are already the commander of an army, and you must be responsible for all officers and men, think about it!"