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Just when Hatada Shigeichi and a group of his subordinates were stunned, the second wave of shells flying from the boulder mountain arrived, and this time the shells were aimed at the middle of the entire Hatada detachment, the direction of the command. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The info detonation grenade brings the same lethal effect. What is terrifying is that after the Japanese soldiers fell within the explosion range, people outside couldn't get in if they wanted to go in to save people, and as long as they went in, they couldn't breathe. The fear of ignorance spread among the Japanese army, and the Japanese army completely lost its fighting spirit.

Hakuda Shigeichi was also shocked into a cold sweat, fortunately he came here to inspect it, otherwise he would not have broken jade in the command center, but there were still many staff officers and intermediate commanders in the command center, and they were shrouded in the explosion along with a large group near the command center. Facing the frightened faces of his subordinates, Hakata Shigeichi gave a series of orders to retreat. After giving the order, Shigeichi Harata did not return to the headquarters, and retreated back under the protection of his subordinates on the spot.

The commander withdrew first, and of course the soldiers scrambled to get out of the devil-occupied area, and all the Japanese avoided the two dead places. Wu Youbao also wanted to fire another round of artillery, but was stopped by Wang Haitao. First, there are not many detonation grenades, each of which must be used on the blade, and Wang Haitao is unwilling to expose too much of this weapon that exceeds the times and technology.

Next, Wang Haitao asked Wu Youbao to replace it with anti-personnel grenades and shell the retreating team of the Botian detachment. In the explosion of shells, the Japanese soldiers fell one by one, but the Japanese soldiers had no idea of returning fire at all, but ran faster. The 573rd Regiment and the 570th Regiment on the position saw that the Japanese army had fled, and they hurriedly organized the soldiers to pursue the Japanese army.

When the pursuing soldiers saw the strange scene left by the killing and detonation grenades, the unknown officers and soldiers also became nervous. Still Xiang Wenbin said with an idea: "Don't be afraid, this is because God also hates these little Japan, so he has sent down heavenly punishment." This heavenly punishment is only against little Japan. With God's help, it is time to destroy these little Japan. ”

Xiang Wenbin's words made the officers and soldiers under his command frightened, but their fighting spirit was even stronger, and everyone shouted: "Kill all the little Japan!" and chased the fleeing Japanese soldiers with all their might. Hata's detachment escaped more than ten miles under the shelling of Boulder Mountain, and only then escaped the pursuit of artillery fire, and at this time only half of the 12,000 men remained. When he first ran to the vicinity of Yangqiao Town, squadrons appeared on both sides of the road at the same time.

These two armies did not block the Pota detachment, but only flanked the Pota detachment on both sides of the road. The soldiers of the Potian detachment fled in a rain of bullets on both sides of the road. After the large force rushed over, the baggage troops and engineer units in the rear, as well as the 1st Infantry Wing, which had been rushing to the front, were stopped.

These Japanese officers and men who were stopped were already demoralized, and they were stopped by the soldiers of the two regiments in front, and soon after the soldiers of the two regiments rushed behind, and after most of them were wiped out, a small number of soldiers disarmed and surrendered. The captain of the 1st Wing, Sato Kashidasa, was killed, and the captain of the 1st Brigade, Toshitomo Tanaka, was captured alive.

Tangshan Leopard asked the 570th Regiment to stay behind to clean up the battlefield and take prisoners of war, while his own guard regiment, two battalions of the 572nd Regiment and the 573rd Regiment, continued to pursue the Japanese army. Ha Tian Shigeichi led more than 3,000 people to flee all the way to Zongyang County, during which he did not dare to stop at all, and everyone in Zongyang County was exhausted. Hakuda Shigeichi had just ordered all of them to enter Zongyang County to rest, but he saw that the army of the Zhina people had also appeared on the head of Zongyang County.

Ha Tian Shigeichi looked back at his tired subordinates, and said with a long sigh: "Everyone, there are pursuers in the back, and there are obstacles in front, it seems that it is difficult for us to escape today, so let's fight to the death with the people of China under this Zongyang City!" These subordinates around him also understood that it was now the last moment, and the wing commander of the second wing, Takahashi Ryodasa, replied: "Your Excellency, the captain of the detachment, I am willing to fight to the death with your Excellency!"

So Habata Shigeichi found a flat land five kilometers away from the county seat of Zongyang County, built a circular defensive position on the flat land, and at the same time sent a telegram to Commander Okamura Ninji asking for support. As soon as the remaining Japanese troops of the Botian detachment were ready to fight the trapped beasts, the Tangshan Leopard arrived with his troops, and the reconnaissance group also left a small number of soldiers to defend the city, and the rest also joined Tangshan Leopard. The strength of the three regiments brought by the Tangshan Leopard plus the reconnaissance regiment and the strength of the four regiments besieged the remaining more than 3,000 Japanese troops of the Botian detachment on a flat land of only a few square kilometers.

Of the four regiments, the guard regiment had the strongest firepower, and the reconnaissance regiment had the strongest individual and group capabilities. Several regiment commanders drew up a battle plan, with the 572nd and 573rd regiments feintting from both sides, and after attracting the attention and most of the firepower of the Japanese troops, the guard regiment attacked from the front, and the reconnaissance battalion attacked from the rear.

After assigning the task, the 572nd Regiment and the 573rd Regiment mobilized some heavy firepower and opened fire at the same time, making a strong attack frame. This really attracted the attention of the Japanese army, and the few heavy weapons also turned to the direction of the 572nd Regiment and the 573rd Regiment. Half an hour later, on the position of the guard regiment, more than 30 mortars fired at the same time, just like eight 120 heavy mortars, which were more powerful than mountain artillery and field artillery.

And the fighters of the Guards Regiment charged forward in platoons, stepping on the landing point of the shells. The Japanese army had just put the focus of defense in the two directions of the 572nd Regiment and the 573rd Regiment, and the time was too short and the fortifications were too simple, so the guard regiment easily broke into the Japanese position. Ryo Takahashi, the captain of the wing, was organizing the defense, and when he saw that the Guard Regiment had broken through the position of the Shoshina army, he hurriedly ordered all those who could fight to go up and block it.

Just after the Japanese positions began to be chaotic, the officers and men of the reconnaissance regiment, taking the battle group as a unit, were like sharp arrows from behind the Japanese troops. Without resistance, these combat groups went straight to the temporary headquarters of the Hatian detachment. The small group of Japanese troops encountered along the way were all cleaned up by them.

When several combat groups of the reconnaissance regiment raided only 200 meters from the temporary headquarters of the Hatian detachment, they were blocked by the Japanese army. The Japanese army numbered less than 200 men, but it was very well armed, with no less than 10 light and heavy machine guns, as well as two 92 infantry guns and heavy weapons such as grenadiers. With the obstruction of this unit, it is impossible to break through with a few combat groups of the reconnaissance regiment.

Fortunately, the effort was not great, and Tang Xiaoshan also led several combat teams to raid here. As soon as they met, there were more than 50 people here. Tang Xiaoshan observed the Japanese army with a telescope for a while, and said: "This should be the escort of the commander of the Potian detachment, as long as they are resolved, the command of the Botian detachment can be taken." In this way, all the snipers aimed at the heavy weapons of the little Japanese to snipe, the fire support men used heavy fire to hit the people in the small Japanese fortifications, and the rest of the men rushed forward. ”

As soon as the order was given, the snipers searched for suitable sniper positions, and the light and heavy machine guns in the hands of the firefighters were changed from burst fire to burst fire. In particular, the two 40 rocket launchers were able to knock out a firepower point of the Japanese army with each rocket. After the firepower on the Japanese position was obviously weakened, Tang Xiaoshan led the remaining soldiers to use various tactical moves to break through to the Japanese position.

Twenty minutes later, Tang Xiaoshan and the others were only less than 50 meters away from the Japanese position, and the Japanese soldiers desperately shot at Tang Xiaoshan and them, regardless of the dead and wounded. Just when Tang Xiaoshan and they were completely suppressed and could not advance, and there were casualties in the ranks, a burst of mortar shells fell on the Japanese position. Tang Xiaoshan didn't care where the artillery support came from at this time, so they took the opportunity to throw a wave of grenades at the Japanese position, and then broke into the Japanese position in the smoke of gunpowder.

At this time, there was also a shout of killing behind him, and after a while, the soldiers of the guard regiment came up with reinforcements. It turned out that after Tangshan Leopard led the guard regiment to break through the defense line organized by Takahashi Ryo and killed Takahashi Liang, Tangshan Leopard left some soldiers to chase and suppress the remnants of the enemy, and he rushed to the position where the soldiers of the reconnaissance regiment were located with most of the soldiers.

As soon as the Tangshan leopard saw that Tang Xiaoshan and his people were suppressed by the little Japanese, he hurriedly transferred a few mortars and bombarded the Japanese position, and more than ten other combat groups of the reconnaissance regiment came over. Then Tangshan Leopard rushed up with the fighters of the guard regiment and the reconnaissance regiment. There was no suspense in the battle, and Shigeichi Hauda committed suicide by seppuku in the temporary headquarters, and more than 3,000 Japanese troops were wiped out by more than 2,000, and several hundred more surrendered.

When Wang Haitao came to Zongyang County, the battlefield was almost cleaned, and this time he was able to annihilate the Japanese Botian detachment at a relatively small cost. Therefore, the first credit of this annihilation battle, Wang Haitao, was recorded on the head of the heavy artillery battalion. In order to prevent the Japanese army from attacking again, Wang Haitao arranged a battalion of the 573rd Regiment to be stationed in Zongyang County, and except for the 570th Regiment to continue to defend Laoshan Town, the other troops returned to Anqing City.

In this battle, dozens of Japanese artillery pieces were completely captured, including 12 105 caliber howitzers, which is exactly what Wang Haitao urgently needs now. With these artillery, Wang Haitao has a little more confidence in sticking to Anqing City. The 573rd Regiment suffered the greatest losses in this battle, first losing half of its troops in the first battalion when blocking the attack, and then losing a group of officers and soldiers in the attack, and the other 572nd Regiment and the guard regiment also suffered losses in the attack, but at the cost of losing a few hundred people, they completely annihilated a Botian detachment of tens of thousands of people, and this kind of battle is probably only able to be fought by Wang Haitao.

The Hakuda detachment was completely annihilated, like a slap in the face of General Okamura Ninji, the combat effectiveness of the Hatada detachment was not weak, but it was completely annihilated by the Shina army in such a short period of time, and the combat effectiveness of this Shina unit made General Okamura Ninji feel terrified. Although he had the strength of five and a half divisions and the support of the Yangtze River Fleet, the Fifth Division and the 101st Division had not yet arrived in Hefei, and the Botian Detachment was all broken, and the other three divisions were divided into three directions to attack.