As soon as Tang Weiren left Musuzhong, Jin Zige, the commander of the division's armored regiment, also came to Musuzhong. As soon as Mu Suzhong saw Jin Zige coming in, he greeted him with a smile on his face. The armored battalion that came to assist in front was the unit of the armored brigade, which was directly led by the military headquarters, and Mu Suzhong was not familiar with it, but now he was very familiar with Jin Zige Mu Suzhong, and the division's armored regiment and several of its own regiments often worked together for infantry and tan cooperative training, and they must cooperate with each other more skillfully.

After Jin Zige saluted Mu Su Zhongzheng, Mu Suzhong asked: "Zige, are all your armored regiments here?" Jin Zige replied: "Report to Brigade Commander Mu, all the armored regiments have arrived, the division seat has been explained, and the armored regiment will fully cooperate with your brigade to take Wendeng City." Mu Suzhong said happily: "Great! Zige, it's up to you whether you can take Wendeng City in one fell swoop!"

Jin Zige replied: "Yes, Brigade Commander Mu, rest assured, my chariot and my infantry brothers will definitely take Wendeng City in one fell swoop." After saying that, he saluted and walked out. With the roar of an engine outside, Mu Suzhong walked out of the tent and saw that dozens of large and small combat vehicles of the armored regiment were rumbling towards the front line. Jin Zige stood in a command car, stretched out half of his body, holding the car radio, and arranged the formation as he advanced.

At present, there are still eighteen tanks in the armored regiment, of which only four are Gepard heavy tanks. Fifteen heavy armored vehicles and twenty light armored vehicles. These vehicles are arranged in a zigzag in front of the position, which is also a typical attack formation, starting with four Cheetah heavy tanks. In the event of an attack, tanks are the main force, and the vehicle-mounted small-caliber artillery on heavy armored vehicles can also suppress the fire points on the city walls, and the light armored vehicles can only follow behind to cover the infantry for the time being.

After the armored vehicles and the 569th regiment were in place, the shelling of the heavy artillery regiment began. Cannonballs fell one after another on the walls of Wendeng City, causing the walls to shake incessantly. The walls of Wenden were not very strong, and after less than ten minutes of artillery fire, cracks began to appear. After another ten minutes of bombardment, a wall collapsed. The collapsed section of the wall was not wide, only about ten meters, and the heavy artillery regiment did not stop shelling, but instead hit more dense shells around this section of the wall.

As the shelling lasted longer, the distance of the collapse of the city wall became larger and larger, and after half an hour, a gap of fifty meters wide appeared in the city wall, and there were broken bricks and stones paving, and a dirt slope was formed in the gap. Seeing that the effect had been achieved, Tang Weiren ordered 150 heavy howitzers and artillery and 122 howitzers and artillery to stop shelling, while the 75* artillery battalion carried out suppressive artillery bombardment of the two city walls in the gap.

The Japanese troops who withdrew from the heights of Bawaishan entered Wendeng City, and the number of Japanese troops in Wendeng City increased to more than 1,500 people, and the number of small artillery and machine guns also tripled. Originally, the Japanese army thought that with the strong walls and sufficient troops of Wendeng City, plus mountain artillery, small artillery, light and heavy machine guns, they could firmly hold Wendeng County, and after repelling the second attack of the Chinese army, the Japanese troops defending the city were more confident.

But I never expected that the Chinese army would have so many large-caliber heavy artillery and directly attack the city wall. After the city wall collapsed more than 50 meters, I saw that the Chinese army's chariots and infantry were slowly pressing towards the gap in the city wall. The Japanese troops at the head of the city panicked. The supreme commander of the Japanese army in the city was the captain who had been withdrawn from the mountains outside Bawai.

With the experience of Bawaishan, this captain was a little timid, and when he saw that the city wall had collapsed for a while, and the Chinese army had so many chariots to assist, he was secretly afraid in his heart. Coupled with the fact that the artillery on his side was completely destroyed, and there were no heavy weapons to fight the Chinese's chariots, he once again ordered the entire group to retreat to Langshan City. However, since the captain of the brigade withdrew from the heights of the Bawai Mountains, many Japanese officers looked down on him, so many officers ignored his orders.

The order of the captain was carried out and prepared to withdraw from the city, and some did not carry it out, and led the troops to counterattack on the city wall under artillery fire, and some officers commanded the troops to rush to the gap to make a desperate blockade. The troops went their own way, and the Japanese army in the city was even more chaotic. The Japanese troops guarding the city wall were unable to lift their heads under the pressure of more than 20 75 field guns and dozens of light and heavy machine guns, while the Japanese troops blocking the gap were greeted by the artillery and heavy machine guns on tanks and heavy armored vehicles.

The battle was almost one-sided, and the Japanese army, with the light weapons in their hands, could not help the chariots that rushed up, and with human flesh *, they were either killed if they could not rush to the side of the chariots, or the power of the * bag was too small to blow up the chariots. The heavy casualties of the Japanese army could not stop the attack of the Chinese army, and many Japanese soldiers, seeing that the momentum was not right, turned around and followed behind the Japanese soldiers who ran first, and also escaped from Wendeng City.

The tanks were not suitable for street fighting in the city, and the tanks of the armored regiment stopped after approaching the city walls, while all the armored vehicles covered the officers and men of the 69th Regiment and rushed into Wendeng City from the breach with a blow of arms. Mu Suzhong saw that the troops had rushed into the city, leaving only one guard regiment by his side, and the other two infantry regiments were all sent up. After the 568th Regiment and the 570th Regiment also rushed into the city, there was no suspense about the capture of Wendeng City.

Two hours later, the three regiment commanders came to Musuzhong at the same time, and Li Chunshan stood up and said: "Report to the brigade, the Japanese army in Wendeng County has been completely cleared, and Wendeng County has been completely occupied by us. Mu Suzhong replied: "Good job, I'll report to the division immediately." Li Yuanhong received Mu Suzhong's report and replied: "Brigade Commander Mu Suzhong, it is very good to learn that your brigade has captured Wendeng County! ”

After sending the telegram to the telegrapher, Li Yuanhong called Huang Gang, commander of the 278th Brigade. As soon as Huang Gang entered the door, Li Yuanhong said: "Brigade Commander Huang, Brigade Commander Mu's 277th Brigade has successfully captured Wendeng County. The next thing we are facing is Langshan City, how are your 278th Brigade preparing?" Huang Gang replied excitedly: "Report to the division, our 278th Brigade has made all preparations for battle, please give the division an order!"

Li Yuanhong said: "Okay, now it's up to you 278th Brigade, I order the 2nd and 8th Brigades to set off and target Langshan City." Heavy artillery regiments and armored regiments are under your full command for the time being. It is necessary to take Lang Son City as soon as possible, otherwise the Japanese army will have to spend a lot of more hands and feet as soon as the 30th Brigade is reinforced. Huang Gang replied: "Rest assured, the lowly position understands the stakes, and the lowly position immediately orders the troops to set off." ”

The effort was not great, and the 571st Regiment of the 278th Brigade was the first to be dispatched, followed by the 572nd Regiment and the 573rd Regiment. After the departure of the 278th Brigade, Li Yuanhong photographed a telegram to Wang Haitao, which said that the 93rd Division had conquered and occupied the county town of Wendeng, and that the troops were now advancing towards Lang Son City, and it was expected to arrive at Lang Son City in the evening and immediately launch an attack on Lang Son City.

Before receiving Li Yuanhong's telegram, Wang Haitao had just received a telegram from Tang Xiaoshan, in which Wang Haitao reported that the Japanese army had reinforced the 30th Brigade of Lang Son City, which was only less than 20 kilometers away from Lang Son City, and would arrive in Lang Son City tonight. Looking at the two telegrams, Wang Haitao sighed secretly: "It's still a step too late." Wang Haitao knew that as soon as the 30th Brigade arrived in Langshan City, the Japanese army in Langshan City would exceed 10,000 troops, and it would be difficult to conquer Langshan City with only one 93rd Division.

After sighing, Wang Haitao turned his attention to the map of Lang Son City in front of him. To the north of Lang Son City is a Poor Chi River, which is wide and has a very fast current, so it cannot be waded in vain. To the north of the river were some houses, and according to the reconnaissance unit, the Vietnamese residents to the north of the river had been driven to Henan by the Japanese army or killed, and most of their houses had been burned down.

At present, the Japanese army has built a large number of fortifications in Hebei, and Hebei has been built into the outer defense line of Langshan City. There is an iron-framed highway bridge over the Poor Chi River, and this iron bridge is also the only bridge over the Lang Son section of the Poor Que Chi River. After defeating the Japanese troops stationed in Hebei, this bridge became the most convenient way to pass through the Qiqi River, and the Japanese army must not be allowed to blow up this iron bridge.

Wang Haitao thought about it for a long time and decided to hand over the task of protecting the bridge and seizing the bridge to Tang Xiaoshan's reconnaissance brigade to complete. Wang Haitao called the confidential officer and asked him to record the following message: "Brigade Commander Tang Xiaoshan, the terrain of Langshan City is dangerous, especially the iron bridge over the Qiqi River is an important passage. It is now ordered that your troops must seize the iron bridge and protect it so that it cannot be blown up by the Japanese army. ”

After the confidential officer finished recording, Wang Haitao read it again, and then signed it for the confidential officer to send it out immediately. Thinking that the battle of the 93rd Division for Lang Son would be very difficult and fierce, Wang Haitao decided to use the heavy artillery brigade and the armored brigade to help the 93rd Division. As for the 211th Division, Wang Haitao was not ready to put them into battle too early.

After inquiring about the location of the heavy artillery brigade and the armored brigade, and learned that the armored brigade had all passed through the mountain road and was rushing to Wendeng City, while the 152nd heavy howitzer and artillery regiment of the heavy artillery brigade was passing through the mountain pass, and the 130 heavy cannon regiment was slowly moving towards the mountain pass, Wang Haitao ordered Wu Jianzhou to lead the armored brigade to immediately join up with the 93rd Division and assist the 93rd Division in launching an attack on Lang Mountain, while Tang Yishi's heavy artillery brigade should speed up and strive to get out of the mountain pass as soon as possible, so that the 93rd Division could be supported with heavy artillery.

After arranging the tasks of these brigades, Wang Haitao sent another telegram to Li Yuanhong, telling Li Yuanhong that the Japanese reinforcements would arrive in Langshan City tonight, and that the Japanese army might increase its troops to the Hebei position early tomorrow morning, and asked Li Yuanhong to reconnoiter the Japanese ground situation before launching an attack, and not to attack blindly. Now it is not about speed, but about stability. In addition, he also told Li Yuanhong that he had sent an armored brigade and a heavy artillery brigade to assist the 93rd Division in the attack, or to be safe, the 93rd Division would attack tomorrow after the armored brigade and heavy artillery brigade were in place.

Li Yuanhong received Wang Haitao's telegram and knew that he had lost the opportunity to quickly take Langshan City, so he couldn't help but sigh secretly. Now that there was no need to rush to attack, Li Yuanhong first asked Huanggang to suspend the attack, rest and stand by, and then asked the reconnaissance group to reconnoiter the situation of the Japanese army with all its might. Li Yuanhong set up the division headquarters in a small French-style western-style building in Wendeng County, and then went to the 277th Brigade to inspect it.