The surviving soldiers saw that the chariot had broken down the wall and rushed directly into the compound. The tanks that stormed the compound were mainly armored vehicles, and the heavy machine guns on the armored vehicles mercilessly swept towards the Japanese troops who were still resisting in the courtyard.

Half an hour later, the entire compound was cleared, leaving only a lone building surrounded by a brigade of guards. In order to reduce losses and kill the enemy as much as possible, the vehicle-mounted artillery of tanks and heavy armored vehicles bombarded the doors and windows of the building one by one. Then the 1st Regiment and 2nd Battalion of the Guards rushed in from the blasted open gate and cleared the remnants of the enemy layer by layer.

From time to time, gunshots and grenade explosions would be heard in the building, from dense to thin, from bottom to top, indicating that the last stubborn resistance of the Japanese army was also being broken. After an hour passed, the military flag of the 90th Army and the national flag of the blue sky and white sun were raised on the roof of the building, and when they saw the raised flag, Tang Renxin and others, who were anxiously waiting for the news in the back, breathed a sigh of relief.

The next thing to do is to clean up the battlefield and treat the wounded and the like, these things don't need to be asked by Tang Renxin, and his own subordinates will arrange them. Tang Renxin's attention now shifted to how to deal with the main force of the 11th Army that returned to the reinforcements. According to intelligence, there should be 80,000 to 100,000 people in the main force of the Japanese army returning to reinforce, and excluding non-combat troops, there should be 50,000 to 70,000 people who can attack Yueyang City.

He now has 5,000 tanks and armored vehicles in the Guards Brigade and more than 100 tanks and armored vehicles in the Armored Brigade. Although it has the advantage of Yueyang City's city defense, but it is hard to resist the attack of the Japanese army ten times, Tang Renxin's is also a little bottomless. Tang Renxin first sent the third regiment of the guards, who did not participate in the final battle, to the city wall of the east gate. The east gate is also the most convenient place for the Japanese army to attack, in the battle of the siege just now, the east gate of the city head was also badly damaged, and now send the three guard regiments over, that is, they should hurry up and repair the fortifications on the city head.

Among the troops that the Japanese army returned to help, Tang Renxin was most nervous about the Japanese army's two heavy artillery wings, although there was intelligence that there were few shells left of the Japanese heavy artillery, Tang Renxin did not dare to easily expose the tank to the muzzle of the Japanese heavy artillery. These tanks took a lot of effort to get them, each one is extremely precious, and there is not much loss in capturing Yueyang City, if the loss is under the heavy artillery of the Japanese army, then he will not be able to explain to the military seat.

According to Tang Renxin's idea, let the guard brigade defend the city, put the armored brigade outside the city, and launch a surprise attack on the Japanese army at the right time, so that the characteristics of the armored brigade of high mobility and high flexibility can be brought into full play. After thinking about it for a long time, Tang Renxin didn't make up his mind. At this time, Tangshan Leopard and Li Yuanhong walked over, and Tangshan Leopard was still carrying a Japanese command knife in his hand.

As soon as he saw Tangshan Leopard, he first shouted: "Third uncle, this time I killed a small Japanese major general, as well as several big generals, and now our guard brigade has finally opened a meat fight." There was excitement in his words. Tang Renxin glared at Tangshan Leopard and reprimanded: "Brigade Commander Tang, what third uncle is this on the battlefield?" Tangshan Leopard shrank his neck, turned his face and stuck out his tongue at Li Yuanhong behind him, and then stood up and saluted, and said loudly: "Report to Deputy Army Commander Tang, our guard brigade and armored brigade killed one commander of the Japanese Major General Brigade and five captains of the Dazuo Brigade in the battle, and completely annihilated the ninth independent mixed brigade of the Japanese army, and the results are being counted." After speaking, he sent the command knife in his hand to Tang Renxin.

Tangshan Leopard and Tangshan Tiger are orphans adopted by Tang Lao since childhood, Tang Renxin and they have always treated the two as nephews, Tangshan Tiger is honest, Tangshan Leopard is dexterous, Tang Lao They liked the two brothers very much when they were in the Evil Tiger Village. After Wang Haitao entered Longzhou City, Tang Renxin and the others watched the two of them grow day by day under Wang Haitao's *, and now one is the commander of the heavy artillery brigade, and the other is the brigade commander of the guard brigade of Wang Haitao's direct troops, and they are also very happy.

In previous battles, the Guard Brigade has always followed Wang Haitao's side and used it as a strategic general reserve, and it is rare to fight alone like this time, so it is no wonder that Tangshan Leopard is excited. But as the commander-in-chief, Tang Renxin still has to pour some cold water on Tangshan Leopard so that he can calm down, and there are more difficult battles to fight in the future.

Seeing that Tangshan Leopard had settled down, Tang Renxin took the command knife, looked at it, put it on the table, and said: "According to intelligence, the main force of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army is rushing towards us at full speed in order to rescue Yueyang City, and there is not much time left for us. This time, the troops of small Japan are more than 50,000 troops, which are more than 10 times that of ours, and we must make the soldiers ready to fight tough battles and evil battles. ”

Listening to Tang Renxin's words, Tangshan Leopard and Li Yuanhong both became serious, and Tangshan Leopard said: "Deputy Army Commander, then I will let my subordinates be more profitable, and immediately take over the city defense of Yueyang City." After saying that, he saluted and turned to leave. At this time, Li Yuanhong saw that Tangshan Leopard was gone, and asked Tang Renxin: "Deputy Commander Tang, what is the mission of our armored brigade?"

Tang Renxin replied: "Brigade Commander Li, I haven't thought about how to use your armored brigade yet, I still have to ask for instructions on the military seat, you go back first and let the troops rest outside the east gate and wait for orders." Li Yuanhong also turned around and left after answering. Tang Renxin called a confidential officer to report to Wang Haitao about the situation in Yueyang City and his thoughts in the form of a telegram, and asked for instructions on the next step.

Soon Wang Haitao's reply arrived, and the telegram first praised the guard brigade and the armored brigade for their quick movement, and in a short time they completely annihilated the defenders of Yueyang at a small cost, and captured Yueyang City. As for the next course of action, Wang Haitao's answer is to act at the opportunity and make his own decisions. This is also Wang Haitao's conscious cultivation of his subordinates' ability to take charge of themselves, so as not to make the troops unable to act without him.

Wang Haitao's reply made Tang Renxin determined to lay out his action plan according to his own ideas. Tang Renxin deliberated over the thoughts in his heart several times, and after feeling that there was no problem, he issued a task to the armored brigade. The armored brigade all drove out of Yueyang City, and the whole brigade rested and waited in Pengjialing, 15 kilometers northeast of Yueyang City.

The reason why it was chosen in Pengjialing is because Pengjialing is a place to hide troops provided by the reconnaissance detachment. It is a continuous hilly forest with dense vegetation, which makes it easy for the armored brigade to hide. In addition, Pengjialing is not on the main road leading to Yueyang City, which is relatively avoidable, and the Japanese army is eager to attack Yueyang City, and it is unlikely that the Pengjialing area will be searched. The most important point is that there is a road leading to Yueyang City from Pengjialing, although it is not a major road, but the armored brigade vehicles can pass, so that the armored brigade can attack from Pengjialing and reach Yueyang City in less than an hour.

The armored brigade received the order, and Li Yuanhong led the whole brigade overnight, under the guidance of the reconnaissance detachment, to open to Pengjialing, while the guard brigade repaired fortifications on the east gate city wall and the south gate city wall respectively and built various fire points. Guarding the east gate is the 3rd Guard Regiment, and the south gate is the 2nd Guard Regiment. After the fierce battle was completed, the first regiment of guards took a rest and prepared for the upcoming battle.

In Changsha City, Wang Haitao was discussing the form in front of him with Chief of Staff Su Zuxin. After taking Yueyang City, the form was very favorable to the Chinese army, as long as Yueyang could be held, then the Yueyang defenders would be directed at Wuhan. The Japanese army will not give up Wuhan, so it is bound to increase the strength of Wuhan. For the current Japanese army, the strength is really stretched, and with the increase in the strength of Wuhan, there will definitely be an empty force in some surrounding places.

Wang Haitao was not arrogant enough to think that he could recover Wuhan, but as the Japanese army was empty, it was still certain that he could take some cities. The key now is to defend Yueyang City. After learning that Yueyang City was lost, the Japanese army is likely to order the recapture of Yueyang City, and there is only one guard brigade that Yueyang City can use to defend the city, as for the armored brigade, it is no problem to attack, and defending the city is not its strong point. So in the face of a large number of Japanese attacks, coupled with the Japanese army with aircraft and heavy artillery assistance, how long Yueyang City can hold is the problem.

At present, the fastest 210th Division is still on the north bank of the Miluo River, and even if the 210th Division is not blocked by the Japanese army, it will take two days to reach Yueyang City. The guard brigade is the elite that Wang Haitao has cultivated since the Longzhou County Security Corps, so many years of fighting in the south and the north, the guard brigade is used at a critical time, and there is basically no excessive loss, Wang Haitao also knows that war means that someone sacrifices, and he also understands the truth that mercy is not in charge of the army, but when he thinks that the guard brigade may suffer heavy losses, Wang Haitao can't help but feel a heartache.

In this way, Wang Haitao still gave Tang Renxin an order to defend Yueyang City for forty-eight hours at all costs. At the same time, he also telegraphed Tang Hongming, commander of the 210th Division, that the 210th Division must rush to the foot of Yueyang City within 48 hours to reinforce the guard brigade in the city. Tang Renxin and Tang Hongming received Wang Haitao's order almost at the same time, and their thoughts were completely different.

Tang Renxin was still sure that he would use the guard brigade to hold Yueyang City for 48 hours, no matter how many Japanese troops there were, there would only be so many people attacking the city, unlike in the field, where many people could surround and attack with fewer people. Besides, there is an armored brigade with strong attack power outside that can be used as a surprise soldier, so it is really not a big problem to block the Japanese army's attack for two days. Therefore, Tang Renxin's heart was relatively relaxed.

And Tang Hongming's pressure is very great, although the 210th Division is a mechanized division with strong athletic ability, but from here to Yueyang City, the water network is criss-crossed, and the movement of the troops is somewhat difficult, and it will definitely not be calm on the way, and it is certain to encounter the Japanese army. But Tang Hongming knew the weight of the guard brigade and the armored brigade in the heart of the military seat, and the military seat issued such an order to the 210th Division, which also showed that the military seat had fought hard, so the sooner he rushed to Yueyang City, the guard brigade would suffer less losses.