The Japanese army that searched and advanced along the main road in the county was a squadron of the Aikawa Brigade.

The Aikawa Brigade, which came in one after another from the gate of the North Castle, took a short break after defeating the three battalions of the 391st Regiment in the inner city, and the captain of the brigade Aikawa Shaozo used a walkie-talkie to report the battle situation to the wing captain outside the city, Otsuka Kosuke did not make too many arrangements, but just ordered the squadron of the Aikawa Brigade to board the North Castle Wall to stay in place and control the situation condescendingly; The remaining three squadrons immediately advanced into the city, expelling and annihilating the defenders of China.

Aikawa Shaosa immediately sent a squadron to take the lead in the assault along the main road in the city, and five minutes later, the second squadron set off again. Although the officers and men had been thinking about the possession and enjoyment of the women and possessions of Shina after the destruction of the castle, the battle was not over at the moment, and the fierce confrontation in the past two days had made them quite afraid of the combat strength of the defenders, so they still focused on the combat side at this time.

Rao was like this, and the squadron that set off first was still hit in the center of the city, and retreated in a panic. Aikawa asked about the situation and learned that the defenders not only set up bunkers in the middle of the avenue, but also relied on the roofs of the houses on the side of the road to carry out the attack; Without thinking about it, he transferred a dozen grenadier teams, and an infantry squad opened the way to attack again; After clarifying the target, the grenadier group began a heavy bombardment.

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Kosuke Otsuka was very satisfied with his subordinates' courage to break through the city. Once he occupies the county seat, he no longer has to guard against the possible emergence of the main force of the Eighth Route Army on the right flank, not to mention that the so-called main force of the Eighth Route Army has not yet appeared. It seems that he was a little suspicious before.

The Eighth Route Army did not show its head, but its own reinforcements arrived first, and the two squadrons of the Nara Brigade set off from Junling in the early morning, rode quickly, and had just arrived. With the addition of more than 500 new forces, the wing commander felt more and more fearless.

On the one hand, he telegraphed the news of the destruction of the city by the brigade headquarters in Taiyuan, and on the other hand, he ordered that all the Futian brigades enter the city through the north city gate, and then divide into two groups, respectively, to occupy the east gate and the west gate of Fengdian. The Iwata Cavalry Squadron returned to the battlefield along the route of yesterday's attack, one to detect the movements of the Eighth Route Army, and the other to try to bring back the corpses of the dead cavalrymen - Iwata, a bastard, actually discarded the corpses of his subordinates when he broke through the siege, which is really a shame for the imperial soldiers!

The two squadrons of the Nara Brigade, which had just arrived, were also handy, and he ordered the captain of the brigade, Nara Shaosa, to personally lead a squadron and immediately detour from outside the city to its south gate, striving to encircle and annihilate the defenders of the castle; The other squadron kept a distance to follow the Iwata cavalry squadron that had already set out, in case the cavalry suffered another loss.

Kosuke Otsuka himself, along with the wing headquarters, the field artillery brigade, and the engineer squadron, waited for the dust of the battle in the castle to settle, and then entered the castle with a victorious attitude.

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Xia Lily, Sun Nier's master and servant, and her young son, were frightened by the sudden influx of shells, and they did not understand that it was a Japanese grenadier firing*.

Just now, Sun Nier, who was left by Zhao Mutou, ran into the courtyard and informed the hostess that the Japanese army had broken through the northern city, and a soldier from the 391st Regiment headquarters also informed Xia Lily of the same news.

The women were advised to run!

But Xia Lily instantly thought of her man, when they ran, the huge county town was in chaos, where could they find him?!

No matter how the maid cried and persuaded her, Xia Lily resolutely refused to leave, she believed that her man would definitely come home and take them away, and at this moment, there was a loud gunfire outside the courtyard gate, bullets and bullets were flying, and the Japanese who broke the city attacked along the avenue, even if they wanted to, they couldn't get out for a while.

After the gunfire stopped, Sun Nier immediately pulled Xia Lily and ran out of the hall, but Xia Lily still refused to leave, until Qin Zhongxiao, the head of the regiment, sent the same words, but the Japanese grenadiers immediately began to wield. In desperation, the women hid in the hall again.

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Qin Zhongxiao turned around and ran back to the bunker on the avenue outside the courtyard, the colonel of the Central Army, who was experienced in fighting against the Japanese, knew this tactic of the Japanese infantry: once its forward squad encountered the blocking and killing of the fortress and bunker during the attack, it would immediately mobilize grenadiers to carry out fixed-point strikes. The grenadier team of the little devil is usually composed of two people, and its configuration of the 91-type grenadier canister and * is light and easy to carry, but the lethality is extremely accurate, and it can often effectively remove the enemy's fire point within a range of four or five hundred meters.

Qin Zhongxiao shouted for concealment, but the temporary bunkers were mostly made of furniture, door panels and even bedding from nearby private houses, so there was not much room for concealment; And those officers and soldiers lying on the roof were even more bare and unsheltered. The members of the grenadier team of the Japanese army are all veterans of a hundred battles, and they are very experienced in visual inspection and estimation of the direction, and the colonel of the Central Army watched as a hair * arced and exploded on the bunker and roof, although the small * was not as powerful as the heavy artillery shells, but almost every * explosion could burst into the body of one or even several soldiers of the 391st Regiment.

What was even more critical was that as soon as the bombardment of the grenadiers subsided, the Japanese troops did not know when a 92 heavy machine gun in the middle of the avenue was placed in the middle of the avenue, and they began to strafe their heads and faces, and the fierce fire pressed the people on the bunker to no longer be able to raise their heads. Qin Zhongxiao, who was huddled behind a table of eight immortals that had been put down, was almost hit by a heavy machine gun bullet, and he realized in horror that after this round of strafing, the devil infantry would immediately charge.

"How many more people are here?!"

Qin Zhongxiao roared and asked the adjutant who was also curled up beside him, and the adjutant replied without raising his head:

"There's not much, Tuanza, the little devil's firepower is too fierce, this temporary fortification can't withstand it!"

"If you can't stand it, you have to top it! Look at the wood, how are they? ”

The adjutant climbed some distance, leaned against the back of a flour bag and looked at the roofs on both sides, and then shouted at Qin Zhongxiao:

"Tuanza, I can't see anyone!"

The 92 heavy machine gun suddenly stopped strafing.

"The devil is coming!"

There was a scream from the roof on one side, Qin Zhongxiao, his adjutant, and the chief of staff poked their heads out of the bunker one after another, and sure enough, at the far end of the avenue, a large figure in a yellow military coat ran and appeared again. Qin Zhongxiao quickly checked the number of people behind the two bunkers, the original fifty or sixty people, at least thirty percent of the number of people, one of the light machine gunners was also killed.

"Do you know how to use machine guns?" Qin Zhongxiao shouted.

No one responded.

The adjutant ran over: "Leave it to me".

Seeing the adjutant straighten the rather crooked Czech style and skillfully pull the bolt, Qin Zhongxiao's disagreeable words came to his mouth and swallowed back: That's it, there is no one available!

"Wood, wood!" Qin Zhongxiao raised his head and shouted to the roof on the side of the road: "Are you still there?" ”

"Tuanza, I'm here!" The voice of the spy company commander came back, but the figure did not appear.

"Wood, you're up there to direct the fire! Beware of concealment! ”

After the round of raids just now, the ambush position on the roof has been exposed, and the Japanese will definitely be on guard and cover it with fire when they charge again. After Qin Zhongxiao finished shouting, he ran back into the courtyard of Xia Baihe's house with the chief of staff, and he had to contact the other three city gates, where only one platoon of troops was placed to guard them; Also, where are the people of the first and second battalions now? It also needs to be clarified.

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"Brother Wood, be careful!"

As soon as Qin Zhongxiao entered the courtyard gate, he saw the family's maid Sun Ni'er standing in the courtyard, looking at the roof across the avenue outside the door, screaming. Qin Zhongxiao turned around and found that he could indeed barely see the outline of the roof over there from here, obviously, the maid heard Zhao Mu's shout from the roof just now.

"Why aren't you leaving?!"

The colonel of the Central Army looked at the handsome maid with annoyance, of course he knew the special relationship between his spy company commander and her.

"My wife said that she would not leave if she died, and she would wait for the master to come back! Captain, save us! ”

Sun Nier replied to Qin Zhongxiao with a crying voice, and hurriedly followed them into the hall with dependence, and in the hall at this moment, in addition to a few busy communication soldiers and guards at the regiment headquarters, there was also Xia Baihe holding the crying child, hiding in the corner with a pale face.

"No, waiting here is waiting for death, and the devil may occupy this place soon!" Qin Zhongxiao looked at these women and children who were incompatible with the combat atmosphere, and turned around and instructed the chief of staff: "Arrange a brother from the third battalion and send them to the south gate immediately!" ”

Unexpectedly, Xia Lily responded stubbornly again: "I have to wait for my man to come back!" ”

Qin Zhongxiao no longer bothered with them, and went to the signal soldiers to order the defense of several other city gates.

The chief of staff patiently persuaded Xia Baihe: "Madam, the top priority at the moment is to get out of the war first!" Your house is already at the forefront of the war, and the devils are charging here a few hundred meters away, and the shells and bullets don't have long eyes! Withdraw first to the south gate, and wait for your man. He is strong, and even if he is back here, it will be easier for him to get out than you. ”

As he spoke, there was a sudden burst of gunfire outside the house, and it was obvious that Zhao Mutou led the defenders to fire at the Japanese troops who rushed up!

Xia Lily's nerves were strained for a long time, and finally collapsed, she cried and grabbed the maid's hand:

"Nier, let's go!"