Qian Dacheng returned to the armored regiment, and a series of orders were conveyed, the 18 heavy armored vehicles of the 1st armored battalion were responsible for attacking the Guanlou together with the infantry, and the armored vehicles of the 2nd and 3rd battalions formed three horizontal formations to press towards the Guanlou and suppress the Japanese troops on the Guanlou with vehicle-mounted artillery and heavy machine guns. The 1st Battalion of the 882nd Regiment was responsible for the coordinated attack with the armored vehicles, and the 463rd Brigade also concentrated all mortars to strike at the Japanese troops on the Guanlou.

Half an hour later, all nearly 100 large and small caliber mortars gathered by the 463rd Brigade first launched an artillery attack on Guanlou, and amid the sound of artillery, 50 heavy armored vehicles of the armored regiment opened a distance and rushed towards Guanlou, rushing behind the 18 heavy armored vehicles in front, and the infantry of a battalion coordinated to attack forward. After the vehicle-mounted artillery could reach the gate, the armored vehicle fired at the gatehouse with both vehicle-mounted artillery and heavy machine guns.

On the upper floor of the pass was an infantry brigade of the 4th Wing on the defensive. This infantry brigade also drew two squadrons to defend the Chinese troops on the two sides of the city wall on the left and right sides of the Guanlou, and there were only three infantry squadrons on the front. As soon as nearly 100 mortars bombarded, the Japanese troops on the upper floor were in chaos, and the soldiers dodged the shrapnel flying indiscriminately. As soon as dozens of heavy armored vehicles attacked, the captain who commanded the Japanese army on the tower understood that it was impossible to defend the tower anymore, and these dozens of tanks could not be dealt with by themselves.

The captain simply gave the order to retreat, and the Japanese army escaped from the gate tower in embarrassment under the explosion of shells, and fled north along the city gate. As soon as the Japanese troops left, the armored vehicles drove to the bottom of the gate, and the soldiers of the first battalion crossed the armored vehicles one after another and rushed into the city gate. Then he rushed up the building along the passage. When the blue sky and white sun flag fluttered on the Guan Tower again, Wang Haitao let out a sullen breath and said to Tang Longzai beside him: "Long Zai, arrange a guard, the whole army will stop the pursuit, and rest and wait for the standby." ”

After Tang Longzai got down, he began to arrange troops for vigilance, while Wang Haitao walked quickly towards Zhennan Pass. After Wang Haitao went up to the gatehouse, he immediately asked: "Where is the guard brigade?" Mu Shuanglin, the commander of the first battalion, ran over and replied immediately: "Report to the military seat, the guard brigade is on the left city wall, and I will take you there." Seeing that Wang Haitao nodded, Mu Shuanglin led the way and walked towards the city wall on the left.

Tang Weijian and the others already knew that their troops had recovered the Guanlou in the south of the town, and were about to walk towards the Guanlou, when they saw Wang Haitao coming over from a distance. Tang Weijian hurriedly ordered everyone to gather. As soon as the soldiers finished lining up, Wang Haitao walked closer. Looking at the officers and soldiers in front of him whose faces were blackened by gunpowder smoke and whose uniforms were stained with blood and dust, but who were still standing upright, Wang Haitao stood up and gave them a military salute.

Tang Weijian walked up to Wang Haitao, and Wang Haitao asked Tang Weijian directly: "What about Brigade Commander Tang? Wang Haitao said: "Let everyone rest, you take me to the ambulance." Tang Weijian first asked the soldiers to disband, and then took Wang Haitao to the ambulance.

The ambulance station was actually the camp that the guard brigade first occupied, not far from the city wall on the left, and ten minutes later, Wang Haitao had already arrived in front of the ambulance station. When the guards standing guard saw Wang Haitao coming, they hurriedly stood up and saluted, and Wang Haitao returned the salute and strode in. As soon as he entered the door, Wang Haitao saw that there were lying or sitting wounded everywhere, some with minor injuries and some with serious injuries, basically the wounds had been treated, but the medical staff was seriously insufficient, and there were some soldiers taking care of these wounded.

Wang Haitao frowned and said to Tang Weijian: "You go and send a telegram to the chief of staff of the Su in Pingxiang, asking the chief of staff of the Su to immediately dispatch some medical personnel from the field hospital to rush here, how can there be so many wounded without special medical personnel?" Tang Weijian responded and turned away. Wang Haitao looked at the situation of the wounded as he walked, and stopped from time to time to ask a few questions.

After asking where the Tangshan leopard was, Wang Haitao walked over directly. Tangshan Leopard was staying in a small room, Wang Haitao came to the door, pushed open the door, and saw a few beds in the small room, each with a person lying on the bed, the person lying down should be a comrade-in-arms who had been sacrificed, and Tangshan Leopard was sitting in front of a bed motionless.

The movement of the door opening Tangshan Leopard seemed to be unaware of it, still motionless, Wang Haitao walked in, and took a closer look, lying on this bed was Li Li, the head of the Second Guard Regiment. Li Li's remains had been cleaned up, and he lay there with a calm face. Wang Haitao took off his military hat and mourned in silence for Li Li's body for a while, then Wang Haitao straightened up and asked Tangshan Leopard, "Mountain Leopard, how are you?

Wang Haitao's words seemed to wake up Tangshan Leopard, and Tangshan Leopard raised his head with great effort and looked at Wang Haitao. After recognizing who Wang Haitao was, Tangshan Leopard choked up and said to Wang Haitao: "Junzao, the mountain leopard failed to complete the task, and let so many brothers be killed and wounded, which disappointed Junza! The mountain leopard is willing to accept the punishment of the military seat!" Wang Haitao listened to Tangshan Leopard's choked words, and his heart was also very complicated.

If you want to say that Tangshan Leopard is at fault, that is for sure, just saying that he did not withdraw in violation of the order and caused heavy casualties in the guard brigade, Wang Haitao can directly remove him from the post of commander of the guard brigade. But the Tangshan leopard violated the order not because he was greedy and afraid of death, but in order to intercept the Japanese army for a period of time, and it was precisely because of the persistence of the guard brigade that he not only eliminated many more Japanese troops, but also recaptured the Zhennan Guanguan Tower more easily.

And Tangshan Leopard has always followed Wang Haitao in the past few years, and he has made a lot of contributions. No matter how iron-blooded a soldier is, he will not be harsh on such loyal subordinates. Wang Haitao said coldly: "Okay, mountain leopard, the wings are stiff, and I won't listen to my orders?" Tang Shanbao lowered his head and didn't make a sound. Wang Haitao gritted his teeth and said: "Mountain leopard, you kid listen, I will spare you once this time, and then next time, don't blame me for not being merciful! Rest first, come to me to report after the injury is healed!" After speaking, Wang Haitao turned around and left the house.

Wang Haitao's words made Tangshan Leopard stunned, he looked at the back of Wang Haitao leaving, and couldn't believe that the always strict military seat let himself go like this, but this time he made a big mistake. It took a while for Tangshan Leopard to react, straighten his military uniform, touch the collapsed belt on his head, put the military hat on his head, and then said to Li Li's body: "Old friend, the military seat doesn't blame us, I can go and kill little Japan again, don't worry, I will definitely avenge you!" After speaking, Tangshan Leopard saluted the soldiers who died in the house, turned around and strode out of the room where he had been staying for a long time.

Wang Haitao inspected the ambulance again, and the wounded saw that Wang Haitao came to visit everyone in person, and they were all grateful from the bottom of their hearts, and then heard Wang Haitao's words of encouragement and comfort, and they were more loyal to Wang Haitao. After inspecting the ambulance station, Wang Haitao realized that the guard brigade was really broken this time. Hundreds of wounded members of the guard brigade were stationed in the ambulance station, and the bodies of a large number of fallen officers and soldiers were parked outside.

Wang Haitao asked Sun Linhai, the commander of the Third Regiment, to be responsible for counting the battle losses of the guard brigade and then reporting to himself. After dealing with the affairs of the guard brigade, Wang Haitao returned to the Guanlou, and Tang Longzai had already commanded his subordinates to clean up a room with little damage on the Guanlou, as Wang Haitao's temporary headquarters, and his own division headquarters was also located here.

With the arrival of the rear troops one after another, all kinds of intelligence was also gathered to Wang Haitao, this counterattack, the Japanese mixed 56th Brigade was basically wiped out, the main force of the 2nd Division was also wiped out nearly 7,000 people, attacking Pingxiang's 40,000 Japanese troops, only more than 20,000 escaped, and the 90th Army, in addition to the Guard Brigade casualties of more than 2,000 people, the 90th Division casualties of more than 1,000 people, the losses of the 211th Division and the armored brigade were very small, and this counterattack was another big victory.

In the temporary headquarters, Tang Xiaoshan, commander of the reconnaissance brigade, Tang Longzai, commander of the 211th Division, Li Changwu and Wei Erxi, two brigade commanders of the 211th Division, and Wu Jianzhou, commander of the armored brigade, all arrived.

This time, in order to be able to receive the 2nd Division back to Vietnam, Commander Imamura Jun transferred the defenders in the town near Zhennanguan in Vietnam. Now these forces, as well as those of the 2nd Division that survived, were retreating towards Hanoi. According to Tang Xiaoshan's analysis, the Japanese army would deploy defenses at Lang Son, Wan Ling, and Bac Giang along the way from Zhennan Pass to Hanoi to prevent the Chinese army from entering Vietnam and directly killing Hanoi.

Wang Haitao also thinks that Tang Xiaoshan's analysis is reasonable, before the crossing, he did not listen to his father tell the story of the battle on the battlefield in Vietnam, especially the battle on the front line of Lang Son, which was very cruel, the People's Liberation Army lost a large number of troops on the front line of Lang Mountain, of course, there are many factors in this, and the situation is different from all aspects of that era, and it is not comparable, but Lang Son is a dangerous place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Japanese army has no reason to give up it.

Once your troops invade Vietnam, they will face all kinds of unimaginable difficulties, and it is always a good idea to make more preparations in order to achieve victory at a relatively small cost. Wang Haitao thought about it for a while, the Guard Brigade suffered a lot of losses, and there were many wounded, so it was necessary to withdraw to Pingxiang City, and the wounded could also be sent to the field hospital for better treatment.

The 271st Brigade of the 90th Army was responsible for garrisoning Zhennan Pass, and the three regiments of the 271st Brigade also lost a lot of soldiers in this counterattack, especially the 544th Regiment, and when defending Zhennan Pass, one regiment lost one-third. Leaving the 271st Brigade stationed at Zhennan Pass will allow the 271st Brigade to rest and recuperate, and on the other hand, with the 271st Brigade present, Zhennan Pass will not be lost, and the rear route of the troops entering Vietnam can be completely guaranteed.

Then it is clear to the troops who entered Vietnam that the 93rd Division has been raising elite animals for so long, and now is the time to make a sortie, and there is also the 211th Division, and the 211th Division will not suffer many casualties in this counterattack, and it is completely possible to continue fighting. The armored brigade is also going to go, and if you want to capture the cities defended by the Japanese army, the armored brigade is an indispensable assault force.