Major General Yukio Akita was organizing his soldiers to resist the attack of the Chinese army, when he suddenly found four chariots and some Chinese soldiers rushing towards the iron bridge, and he couldn't help but be very anxious. This iron bridge is their only way to retreat, he has asked an infantry squadron and a tank squadron to guard the iron bridge, and also arranged explosives and ammunition on the bridge of the iron bridge, once it cannot stop the attack of the Chinese army, he will send people to break the back, and then take the rest of the soldiers to withdraw across the iron bridge, and then blow up the iron bridge.

Now that the Chinese army is going straight to Tieqiao, Major General Yukio Akita's heart suddenly lifts. In the current chaotic situation, it is a little impossible to organize a large number of soldiers to guard the iron bridge, but he still took his own guards and hundreds of local soldiers gathered together, and rushed towards the direction of the iron bridge, charging while hoping for the troops who had been arranged to defend the bridge.

The four Cheetah tanks rushing towards the iron bridge were still some distance away from the iron bridge, and in the distance you saw eight Japanese tanks coming from the direction of the iron bridge. Of the eight Japanese tanks, only two were Type 97 medium tanks equipped with 47 mm guns, and the other six were Type 95 light tanks, although they were also equipped with 37 mm guns, but they were not as powerful as Type 97 medium tanks.

The total weight of the Japanese Type 97 medium tank was less than 16 tons, which was like the difference between a child and a strong man compared to the Cheetah tank, which weighed 36 tons. Seeing that although there were many Japanese tanks, they were not of the same level as themselves at all, the four Cheetah tanks rushed towards the Japanese tanks without hesitation. The two sides were not far away, and the hedges began shelling directly from each other.

Japanese tanks and Cheetah tanks fired almost simultaneously, and because of the close distance, both sides had a high hit rate. The Japanese shells fell on the Cheetah tank, and after a single blow, the shells were blown away by the inclined frontal armor, and the Cheetah tank's * directly penetrated the front armor of the Japanese tank.

In just one shot, the two Type 97 medium tanks that the Japanese army rushed in front exploded and caught fire, and the six tanks behind were frightened, but they rushed up again. This dialogue between the tanks was no surprise, and the victory of the Cheetah was declared 0 to 8. During the tank battle, the follow-up light tanks and heavy armored vehicles of the armored regiment, as well as the officers and men of the 572nd Regiment, also rushed to the position.

After these chariots rushed up, the holes in the Japanese positions were constantly expanded, and the officers and men of the 572nd Regiment and the officers and men of the 571st Regiment rushed to the position together to sweep the Japanese troops on the position. When Rear Admiral Yukio Akita saw his tank squadron wiped out, he knew that the position could no longer be held, but the honor and pride of the samurai kept him putting up desperate resistance under his command.

Now Major General Akita Yukio prays in his heart that the troops defending the bridge will desperately blow up the iron bridge so that the Chinese army can stop the Chinese army in the north of the Qiqi River. But maybe Aunt Amaterasu couldn't manage this far, and his prayer didn't come true. The commander of the infantry squadron guarding the bridge was ready to blow up the bridge when he saw that all eight tanks had been destroyed and that the Chinese tanks were continuing to rush towards the iron bridge.

The commander pressed the * with all his might, but did not wait for the explosion of explosives and ammunition. The squadron leader immediately sent a squad to check the wires. As soon as the soldiers of this squad approached the place where the explosives and charges were planted, they were knocked down by a dense barrage of bullets fired at them. The squadron leader was taken aback when he heard the dense gunfire coming from behind him.

It turned out that several reconnaissance teams sent by Tang Xiaoshan of the reconnaissance brigade swam down the river from the upper reaches of the Qiqi River to the iron bridge, and then climbed up along the iron bridge and found the place where the Japanese army had arranged explosives and ammunition. Not only did he deal with the detonating wires on the explosives and charges, but he also ambushed the Japanese squad that came to inspect it.

After Tang Xiaoshan received an order from Wang Haitao asking the reconnaissance brigade to seize the iron bridge on the Qiqi River and protect the iron bridge, he called Wei Changxing and Qin Mingyue, two regiment commanders, to discuss the matter. The three of them discussed for a long time, and they all thought that this task was not easy, but since it was an order given by the military seat himself, no matter how difficult it was, it had to be completed.

Next, Tang Xiaoshan personally took Wei Changxing and several reconnaissance masters in the brigade to lurk near the iron bridge to make on-the-spot observations. After observing for a long time, Tang Xiaoshan found that the Japanese army had too many troops on the ground, and even the iron bridge was guarded by a special team, and they even found that the Japanese army had arranged explosives and ammunition on the iron bridge, and they were detonated by electric detonation.

Tang Xiaoshan was a little worried, the Japanese army was so tightly guarded, it was impossible for him to send a reconnaissance group to quietly approach the iron bridge, and if he couldn't get close to the iron bridge, how could he talk about seizing and protecting the iron bridge? Just when Tang Xiaoshan was worried, Wei Changxing saw a wooden plank floating on the river, and his heart moved, and he had a way to do it. Wei Changxing said to Tang Xiaoshan: "Brigade, it is difficult for us to approach the iron bridge from the ground, so how about approaching it from the water?"

Wei Changxing's words were like opening a window in Tang Xiaoshan's heart, and he couldn't help but light up. Tang Xiaoshan replied: "Good idea, Changxing, you can talk about it specifically." Wei Changxing said a little excitedly: "Brigade seat, our soldiers are all proficient in water, let them go into the water from upstream, then swim down the water to the bottom of the iron bridge, and then climb up the iron bridge along the piers, so that they can seize the iron bridge? As long as the explosives and ammunition arranged by the Japanese army are destroyed, the iron bridge can be protected." ”

Tang Xiaoshan listened carefully, felt that it was feasible, and asked the opinions of several masters who came with him, and then he had a preliminary plan. Back at the brigade headquarters, several commanders sat together, complementing each other, and finally a final decision was reached. Led by Lei Pengfei, commander of the first regiment and one battalion of the reconnaissance brigade, a total of 42 soldiers from six reconnaissance groups formed an assault detachment. When the 278th Brigade launched an attack on the Japanese army and attracted the attention of the Japanese army, the assault detachment launched from the upper reaches, dived under the iron bridge, and then climbed the iron bridge, destroyed the explosives and ammunition, and held the iron bridge.

With the plan, Tang Xiaoshan called Lei Pengfei, personally explained the task and let Lei Pengfei be fully responsible for commanding the operation. Then let Lei Pengfei choose the members of the assault detachment and weapons and equipment by himself. Lei Pengfei really lived up to expectations, and when the 278th Brigade began to attack, he led the assault detachment down the river from upstream, and only then did the Japanese explosives and ammunition fail, and the team sent to inspect was ambushed.

The Japanese squadron leader guarding the bridge was about to vomit blood, and the Chinese army was constantly advancing in front of him, and it seemed that he was about to fight, but suddenly a Chinese army appeared out of nowhere behind, not only destroying the arranged explosives and ammunition, but also holding the place, and an infantry squad sent to suffer heavy casualties, and was unable to repel this Chinese army.

Now the top priority was to blow up the iron bridge, so the squadron leader gathered all his men and horses and desperately rushed towards the side of the assault detachment. While holding the position, Lei Pengfei sent two teams to the south end of the iron bridge to guard the bridgehead to prevent the Japanese army from reinforcing from the city, and the remaining 20 people scattered on the bridge deck to prevent the Japanese army from blowing up the bridge.

Don't look at Lei Pengfei's subordinates, there are only twenty-eight soldiers, but the combat effectiveness is definitely no worse than a company of more than 200 people. First of all, among the 28 people, there were four light machine guns, 16 rushing and front guns, and eight specialized sniper and assault rifles. Secondly, these 28 soldiers were all sharpshooters, and the quality of individual soldiers was ranked among the 90th Army. Coupled with the existence of Lei Pengfei, the king of soldiers, the Japanese army suffered a big loss as soon as it attacked.

The commanders of the Japanese troops, including the squadron leader, were targeted by snipers and strikers as soon as they rushed over, and several officers fell under the guns of the snipers and strikers at the first moment. Then the machine gunners and grenadiers in the team were all named one or a little. The Japanese troops of a squadron had no commander, so they could only spontaneously fight back, which was to bring food to Lei Pengfei and them.

When the four Cheetah-like tanks and the officers and men of the first battalion rushed to the north end of the bridge, the Japanese squadron guarding the bridge had almost been wiped out by Lei Pengfei and them. A battalion of fighters solved the battle with a single charge. After the first battalion commander Xiao Shuyun and Lei Pengfei met, they saluted each other without too much cold noise, and after reporting to their homes, they discussed how to defend the iron bridge.

After deliberation, a decision was made, and Lei Pengfei's assault detachment was all stationed at the south end of the bridge to prevent the Japanese army from reinforcing from the city. The battle in Hebei was not over, in order to prevent the defeated Japanese army from escaping back to the city from the iron bridge, all the officers and men of the first battalion stood at the north end of the bridge to block the fleeing Japanese army. Of the four Cheetah tanks, two remained in the north of the bridge as support fire, and two drove to the south of the bridge to serve as the backing of the assault detachment.

Assign the task, and everyone is in charge. At this time, the battle on the Hebei position had come to an end, and several hundred Japanese troops with Major General Akita Yukio as the core were stubbornly defending several connected fortifications, and several machine guns were sticking out of the firing holes, shouting incessantly. The 572nd Regiment did not rush forward twice in a row, but suffered more than a dozen casualties.

The regiment commander Li Jieli saw that it was wrong and stopped his subordinates' request to charge again, but found a few light tanks and asked them to use tank guns against the Japanese fortifications. The fighting in other places was basically over, only the soldiers of the 571st Regiment were still pursuing the fleeing Japanese troops, and the tanks and heavy armored vehicles were either heading towards the iron bridge or stopped.

Li Jieli's battle here attracted everyone's attention, not only a few tanks that Li Jieli shouted about, but also tanks and armored vehicles that had been stopped were also surrounded, more than a dozen light tanks, plus more than a dozen heavy armored vehicles concentrated fire, and the Japanese fortifications were fired with artillery fire and machine gun fire, and these fortifications were immediately destroyed.

Seeing that the fortifications were destroyed, the soldiers of the 572nd Regiment immediately launched a charge against the Japanese army. Although there was still some resistance, it was difficult to stop the 572nd Regiment's charge. This charge took the Japanese position, and all the resisting Japanese troops were killed. In the crowd of Japanese soldiers who resisted at the end, several people wearing officer uniforms were also killed, and when the regiment commander Li Jieli stepped forward to check, he saw a Japanese major general, a Japanese army Dazuo, and two Japanese military lieutenants.